Surface Water Supply 

of the United States 

1949

Part 2. South Atlantic Slope and Eastern 

Gulf of Mexico Basins

Prepared under the direction of C. G. PAULSEN, Chief Hydraulic Engineer

> ^ _____

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1142

Prepared in cooperation with the States 

of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, 

Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, 

South Carolina, and Virginia and 

other agencies

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1951
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

W. E. Wrather, Director

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

Washington 25, D. C. Price $1.50 (paper cover)
PREFACE

This report was prepared by the Geological Survey in cooperation 

with the States of Alabama. Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, 

North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia and other agencies, by 

personnel of the Water Resources Division under the direction of:

C. G. Paulsen__________________ Chief Hydraulic- Engineer

3. V. B. Wells_,______________ Chief, Surface Water Branch 

B. 3. Peterson_______________ Chief, Annual Reports Section

District Engineers (Surface Water)

I. E. Anderson_____________________ Jackson. Miss.

F. N. Hansen___________________________^_ Baton Rouge, La.

A. E. Johnson______________________ Columbia, S. C.

A. (). Patterson___________________________ Ocala. Fla. 

E. B. Rice_____________________________ Raleigh, N. C.

M. T. Thomson___________________________ Atlanta. Ca. 

I). S. Wallace_______________________ Charlottesville, Va. 

M. R. Williams___________________ Montgomery, Ala.
Page

Ccoee of work........................................................................ 1

Definition of terras .................................................................. 1

Explanation of data.................................................................. 2

Accuracy of field data and computed results.......................................... 5

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

Records of discharge by agencies other than the Geological Survey.................... 12

Cooperation.......................................................................... 12

Division of work..................................................................... 13

Gaging-station records ............................................................... 14

James River Basin.................................................................. 14

Jackson River at Falling Spring, Va.............................................. 14

Janes River at Lick Run, Va...................................................... 15

James River at Buchanan, Va...................................................... 15

James River at Holcombs Rock, Va................................................. 17

James River at Bent Creek, Va. ................................................... 18

James River at Scottsville, Va ................................................... 19

James River at Cartersville, Va.................................................. 20

James River near Richmond, Va. ................................................... 21

Warm Spring at Warm Springs, Va.................................................. 22

Falling Springs Creek near Falling Springs, Va................................... 22

Dunlap Creek near Covington, Va.................................................. 23

Potts Creek near Covington, Va................................................... 24

Smith Creek above old dam, near Clifton Forge, Va................................ 25

Cowpasture River near Clifton Forge, Va.......................................... 26

Craig Creek at Parr, Va.......................................................... 27

Meadow Creek at Newcastle, Va.................................................... 28

Johns Creek at Newcastle, Va..................................................... 29

Catawba Creek near Catawba, Va................................................... 30

Calfpasture River above Mill Creek, at Goshen, Va................................ 31

Maury River at Rockbridge Baths, Va.............................................. 32

Maury River near Lexington, Va................................................... 33

Maury River near Buena Vista, Va................................................. 34

Kerrs Creek near Lexington, Va................................................... 35

Pedlar River near Pedlar Mills, Va............................................... 36

Buffalo River near Norwood, Va................................................... 37

Tye River near Lovingstcn, Va.................................................... 38

Piney River at Piney River, Va................................................... 39

Rockfish River near' Greenfield, Va............................................... 40

Hardware River below Briery Run, near Scottsville, Va. ........................... 41

Slate River near Arvonia, Va..................................................... 42

Mechum River near lyy, Va........................................................ 43

Rivanna River at Palmyra, Va..................................................... 44

Willis River at Flanagan Mills, Va............................................... 45

Fine Creek at Fine CreeK Mills, Va............................................... 46

James River & Kanawha Canal near Richmond, Va.................................... 47

Falling Creek near Drewrys Bluff, Va............................................. 48

Appomattox River at Farnville, Va................................................ 49

Appomattox River at Mattoax, Va.................................................. 50

Appomattox River near Petersburg, Va............................................. 51

Buffalo Creek near Hampder S idney, Va............................................ 52

Deep Creek near Mannboro, Va..................................................... 53

Swift Creek near Chester, Va............. ....................................... 54

Chickahominy River near Providence Forge, Va..................................... 55

Dismal Swamp Basin................................................................. 56

Lake Drunmond in Dismal Cw&mp, Va................................................ 56

Chowan River Basin................................................................. 57

Nottoway River near Burkeville, Va............................................... 57

Nottoway River near McKenney, Va .................................................. 58

Nottoway River near 3tony Creek, Va.............................................. 59

Nottoway River near Sebrell, Va.................................................. 60

Stony Creek at Dinwiddie, Va..................................................... 61

Anderson Branch at Sussex, Va.................................................... 62

Blackwater River near Dendron, Va................................................ 63

Blackwater River at Zuni , vr a ..................................................... 64

BlacKwater River near Franklin, Va............................................... 65

Seacock Creek at Unity, Va....................................................... 66

Meherrin River near Lawrenceville, Va............................................ 67

North Meherrin River near Keysville , Va.......................................... 68

North Meherrin River r.ear Lunenburg, Va.......................................... 69

Fontaine Creek near Enporia, Va.................................................. 70

Roanoke River Basin................................................................ 71

Roanoke River at Lafayette, Va................................................... 71

Roanoke River at Roanone, Va..................................................... 72

Roanoke River at Niagara, Va..................................................... 7,3

Roanoke River near Toshes, Va.................................................... 74

Roanoke River at Altavista, Va................................................... 75

Roanoke River at Brookneal, Va................................................... 76

V
VI CONTENTS

Caging-station records--Continued

Roanoke River Basin Continued Page

Roanoke River near Clover, Va.................................................... 77

Roanoke River at Clarksville, Va................................................. 78

Roanoke River at Buggs Island, Va................................................ 79

Roanoke River at Roanoke Rapids, .N. C ............................................ 80

Hoanoke River near Scotland Neck, N. C ........................................... 81

Elackwater River near Union Hall, Va............................................. 82

Pigg River near Toshes, Va....................................................... 83

Goose Creek near Huddleston, Va.................................................. 84

Otter River near Bedford, Va..................................................... 85

Otter River near Evington, Va.................................................... 86

Falling River near Naruna, Va..................................................... 87

Cub Creek at Phenix, Va.......................................................... 88

Roanoke Creek at Saxe, Va........................................................ 89

Dan River near Francisco, N. C ................................................... 90

Dan River near Wentworth, N. C................................................... 91

Dan River at Leaksville, N. C .................................................... 92

Dan River at Danville, Va........................................................ 93

Dan River at South Boston, Va.................................................... 94

Mayo River near Price, N. C...................................................... 95

North Mayo River near Spencer, Va. ............................................... 96

Smith River near Philpott, Va.................................................... 97

Smith River at Bassett, Va....................................................... 98

Smith River at Martinsville, Va.................................................. 99

Smith River at Spray, N. C ....................................................... 100

Sandy River near Danville, Va..... > .............................................. 101

Banister River at Halifax, Va.................................................... 102

Hyco R iver near Omega, Va........................................................ 103

Pamlico River Basin................................................................ 104

Tar River near Tar River, N. C ................................................... 104

Tar River near Nashville, N. C................................................... 105

Tar River at Tarboro, N. C ....................................................... 106

Fishing Creek near Enfield, N. C.................................................. 107

Neuse River Basin.................................................................. 108

Eno River at Hillsboro, N. C ..................................................... 108

Neuse River near Northside, N. C ................................................. 109

Neuse River near Clayton, N. C ................................................... 110

Neuse River near Goldsboro, N. C................................................. Ill

Neuse River at Kinston, N. C..................................................... 112

Flat River at Bahama, N. C....................................................... 113

Flat River at dam, near Bahama, N. C............................................. 114

Dial Creek near Bahama, N.-C..................................................... 115

Middle Creek near Clayton, N. C .................................................. 116

Little River near Princeton, N. C................................................ 117

Contentnea Creek near Wilson, N. C ............................................... 118

Contentnea Creek at Hookerton, N. C.............................................. 119

Cape Fear River Basin.............................................................. 120

Haw River near BenaJa, N. C ...................................................... 120

Haw River at Haw River, N. C ..................................................... 121

Haw River near Pittsboro, N. C................................................... 122

Cape Fear River at Lillington, N. C.............................................. 123

Cape Fear River at lock 3, near Tarheel, N. C .................................... 124

Reedy Fork near Gibsonville, N. C ................................................ 125

Horsepen Creek at Battle Ground, N. C............................................ 126

Buffalo Creek near Greensboro, N. C .............................................. 127

North Buffalo Creek near Greensboro, N. C........................................ 128

West Fork Deep River near High Point, N. C....................................... 129

Deep River near Randleman, N. C.................................................. 130

Deep River at Ramseur, N. C...................................................... 131

Deep River at Moncure,. N. C...................................................... 132

East Fork Deep River near High Point, N. C....................................... 133

Bear Creek at Robbins, N. C...................................................... 134

Lower Little River at Manchester, N. C ........................................... 135

Lower Little River at Linden, N. C............................................... 136

Rockfish Creek near Hope Mills, N. C ............................................. 137

Northeast Cape Fear River near Chinquapin, N. C.................................. 138

Waccamaw River Basin............................................................... 139

Waccamaw River at Freeland, N. C ................................................. 139

Pee Dee River Basin................................................................ 140

Yadkin River at Patterson, N. C.................................................. 140

Yadkin River at Wilkesboro, N. C ................................................. 141

Yadkin River at Yadkin College, N. C ............................................. 142

Yadkin River at High Rock, N. C.................................................. 143

Pee Dee River near Rockingham, N. C .............................................. 144

Pee Dee River at Peedee, S. C.................................................... 145

Reddies River at North Wilkesboro, N. C .......................................... 146

Fisher River near Copeland, N. C................................................. 147

Forbush Creek near Yadkinville, N. C ............................................. 148

South Yadkin River near Mocksville, N. C......................................... 149

South Yadkin River at Cooleemee, N. C............................................ 150

Rocky R iver at Turnersburg, N. C ................................................. 151

Third Creek at Cleveland, N. C................................................... 152

Abbotts Creek at Lexington, N. C................................................. 153

Uwharrie River near Eldorado, N. C............................................... 154

Rocky R iver near Norwood, N. C ................................................... 155

Brown Creek near Polkton, N. C ................................................... 156

Juniper Creek near Cheraw, S. C .................................................. 157
CONTENTS VII

Gaging-station Records Continued

Pee Dee River Basin Continued Page

Lynches River near Bishopville, S. C............................................. 158

Lynches River at Effingham, S. C ................................................. 159

Little Pee Dee River near Dillon, S. C........................................... 160

Little Pee Dee River at Galivants Ferry, S. C.................................... 161

Drowning Creek near Hoffman, N. C................................................ 162

Lumber River at Boardman, N. C................................................... 163

Black River at Kingstree, S. C ................................................... 164

Santee River Basin................................................................. 165

Catawba River near Marion, N. C .................................................. 165

Catawba River at Catawba, N. C................................................... 166

Catawba River near Rock Hill, S. C............................................... 167

Wateree River near Camden, S. C.................................................. 168

Lake Marion near Pineville, S. C................................................. 169

Santee River near Pineville, S. C................................................ 170

Linville River at Branch, N. C................................................... 171

Henry Fork near Henry River, N. C................................................ 172

South Fork Catawba River at Lowell, N. C......................................... 173

Little Sugar Creek near Charlotte, N. C.......................................... 174

Broad River near Chimney Rock, N. C.............................................. 176

Broad River near Boiling Springs, N. C........................................... 177

Broad River near Gaffney, S. C................................................... 178

Broad River near Carlisle, S. C.................................................. 179

Broad River at Richtex, S. C............... ..................................... 180

Second Broad-River at Cliffside, N. C............................................ 181

First Broad River near Lawndale, N. C............................................ 182

North Pacolet River at FingerVille, S. C......................................... 183

Pacolet River near Fingerville, S. C............................................. 184

Pacolet River near Clifton, S. C................................................. 185

South Pacolet River Reservoir near Fingerville, S. C............................. 186

North Tyger River near Moore, S. C............................................... 187

Tyger River near Woodruff, S. C.................................................. 188

Middle Tyger River at Lyman, S. C................................................ 189

South Tyger River near Reidville, S. C........................................... 190

South Tyger River near Woodruff, S. C ............................................ 191

Fairforest Creek near Union, S. C................................................ 192

Enoree River near Enoree, S. C................................................... 193

Saluda River near Greenville, S. C............................................... 194

Saluda River near Pelzer, S. C................................................... 195

Saluda River near Ware Shoals, S. C.............................................. 196

Lake Greenwood near Chappells, S. C.............................................. 197

Saluda River at Chappells, S. C.................................................. 198

Saluda River near Silverstreet, S. C ............................................. 199

Lake Murray near Columbia, S. C.................................................. 200

Saluda River near Columbia, S. C ................................................. 201

Reedy River near Greenville, S. C................................................ 202

Reedy River near Ware Shoals, S. C ............................................... 203

Lakes Marion-Moultrie diversion canal near Pineville, S. C....................... 204

Cooper River Basin................................................................. 205

Lake Moultrie near Pinopolis, S. C ............................................... 205

Edisto River Basin................................................................. 206

South Fork Edisto River near Montmorenci / S. C ................................... 206

South Fork Edisto River near Denmark, S. C....................................... 207

Edisto River near Branchville, S. C.............................................. 208

Edisto River near Givhans, S. C .................................................. 209

North Fork Edisto River at Orangeb'urg, S. C...................................... 210

Savannah River Basin............................................................... 211

Chattooga River near Clayton, Ga................................................. 211

Tugaloo River near Hartwell, Ga.................................................. 212

Savannah River near Calhoun Falls, S. C .......................................... 213

Savannah River at Augusta, Ga....'................................................ 214

Savannah River at Burtons Ferry Bridge, near Millhaven, Ga....................... 215

Savannah River near Clyo, Ga...................................................... 216

Panther Creek near Toccoa, Ga.................................................... 217

Keowee River near Newry, S. C.................................................... 218

Seneca River near Anderson, S. C................................................. 219

South Beaverdam Creek at Dewy Rose, Ga............................................ 220

Broad River near Bell, Ga........................................................ 221

Little River near Mount Carmel, S. C............................................. 222

Little River near Lincolnton, Ga................................................. 223

Stevens Creek near Modoc, S. C ................................................... 224

Augusta Canal near Augus ta, Ga................................................... 225

Brier Creek at Millhaven, Ga..................................................... 226

Ogeechee River Basin............................................................... 227

Ogeechee River near Louisville, Ga............................................... 227

Ogeechee River at Scarboro, Ga................................................... 228

Ogeechee River near Eden, Ga..................................................... 229

Canoochee River near Claxton, Ga................................................. 230

Altamaha River Basin............................................................... 231

South River near McDonough, Ga................................................... 231

Ocmulgee River near Jackson, Ga.................................................. 232

Ocmulgee River at Macon, Ga...................................................... 233

Ocmulgee River at Hawkinsville, Ga............................................... 234

Ocmulgee River at Lumber City, Ga................................................ 235

Altamaha River at Doctortown, Ga................................................. 236

Yellow River near Snellville, Ga................................................. 237

Yellow River near Covington, Ga.................................................. 238
VIII CONTENTS

Gaging-station records Continued

Altamaha River Basin--Continued Page

Alcovy River below Covington, Ga................................................. 239

Towaliga River near Forsyth, Ga.................................................. 241

Tobesofkee Creek near Macon, Ga.................................................. 243

Oconee River at Athens, Ga....'.................................................... 244

Oconee River near Greensboro, Ga................................................. 246

Oconee River at Milledgeville, Ga................................................ 247

Oconee River at Dublin, Ga....................................................... 248

Oconee River near Mount Vernon, Ga............................................... 249

Middle Oconee River near Athens, Ga.............................................. 250

Apalachee River near Bostwick, Ga................................................ 251

Apalachee River near Buekhead, Ga................................................ 253

Ohoopee River near Reidsville, Ga................................................ 254

Satllla River Basin................................................................ 255

Satilla River near Waycross, Ga.................................................. 255

Satilla River at Atkinson, Ga.................................................... 256

St. Marys River Basin.............................................................. 257

St. Marys River near Macclenny, Fla.............................................. 257

St. Johns River Basin.............................................................. 258

St. Johns River near Melbourne, Fla.............................................. 258

St. Johns River near Christmas, Fla.............................................. 259

St. Johns River near Sanford, Fla................................................ 26Q

St. Johns River near De.Land, Fla................................................ 260

Econlockhatehee River near Chuluota, Fla......................................... 261

Wekiva River near Sanford, Fla................................................... 262

Blue Spring near Orange City, Fla................................................ 263

Haines Creek at Lisbon, Fla. ..................................................... 263

Oklawaha River at Moss Bluff, Fla................................................ 264

Oklawaha River near Ocala, Fla................................................... 265

Oklawaha River at Eureka, Fla.................................................... 266

Oklawaha River near Orange Springs, Fla.......................................... 267

Oklawaha River at Riverside Landing, near Orange Springs, Fla. ................... 268

Palatlakaha Creek near Mascotte, Fla............................................. 269

Palatlakaha Creek near Okahumpka, Fla............................................ 270

Silver Springs near Ocala, Fla ................................................... 270

Camps Canal near Roohelle, Fla................................................... 271

Orange Lake outlet near Citra, Fla............................................... 271

Orange Creek at Orange Springs, Fla.............................................. 272

Lochloosa Creek near Hawthorn, Fla............................................... 272

Lochloosa Lake Out let near Lochloosa, Fla........................................ 273

South Fork Black Creek near Penney Farms, Fla.................................... 274

North Fork Black Creek near Middleburg, Fla...................................... 275

Moultrie Creek Basin............................................................... 276

Moultrie Creek near St. Augustine, Fla........................................... 276

Lake Okeechobee and The Everglades................................................. 277

Lake Okeechobee, Fla............................................................. 277

Fisheating Creek at Palmdale, Fla. ............................................... 278

Harney Pond Canal at Lake Okeechobee, Fla........................................ 279

Indian Prairie Canal near Okeechobee, Fla........................................ 280

Kissimmee River below Lake Kissimmee, Fla........................................ 281

Kissimmee River near Cornwall, Fla............................................... 282

Kissimmee River near Okeechobee, Fla............................................. 283

Mary Jane-Hart Canal near Narcoosee, Fla......................................... 284

Hart-East Tohopekaliga Canal near Narcoosee, Fla................................. 284

East Tohopekaliga-Tohopekaliga Canal near St. Clould, Fla........................ 284

Tohopekaliga-Cypress Canal near St. Cloud, Fla................................... 284

Hatchineha-Kissimmee Canal near Lake Wales, Fla.................................. 284

Reedy Creek near Loughman, Fla................................................... 285

Cypress Creek at Vineland, Fla................................................... 287

Catfish Creek near Lake Wales, Fla............................................... 288

Arbuckle Creek near De Soto City, Fla............................................ 290

Istokpoga Canal near Cornwell, Fla............................................... 291

Reedy Lake Outlet near Frostproof, Fla........................................... 292

Josephine Creek near De Soto City, Fla........................................... 293

St. Lucie Canal at Lake Okeechobee, Fla.......................................... 294

Loxahatchee Slough near Jupiter, Fla............................................. 295

West Palm Beach Canal at Canal Point, Fla........................................ 295

West Palm Beach Canal at West Palm Beach, Fla.................................... 296

Hillsboro Canal at Belle Glade, Fla.............................................. 297

Hillsboro Canal near Deerfield Beach, Fla........................................ 298

Pompano Canal at Pompano Beach, Fla.............................................. 298

North New River Canal at Couth Bay, Fla.......................................... 299

North New River Canal at 26-mile bend, near Fort Lauderdale, Fla................. 300

North New River Canal near Fort Lauderdale, Fla.................................. 300

Miami Canal at water plant, Hialeah, Fla......................................... 301

Tamiarai Cana1 outlets, Miami to Monroe, Fla...................................... 302

Imperial River Basin............................................................... 303

Imperial River near Bonita Springs, Fla.......................................... 303

Caloosahatchee River Basin......................................................... 304

Caloosahatchee Canal at Moore Haven, Fla......................................... 304

Peace Creek Basin.................................................................. 305

Peace Creek Marsh outlet near Alturas, Fla....................................... 305

Peace Creek at Bartow, Fla....................................................... 306

Peace Creek at Zolfo Springs, Fla................................................ 307

Peace Creek at Arcadia, Fla...................................................... 308

Drainage canal west of Dundee, Fla............................................... 309

Lulu Lake Outlet at Eloise, Fla.................................................. 310
CONTENTS IX

Gaging-station records Continued

Peace Creek Basin Continued Page

Kissengen Spring near Bartow, Fla................................................. 313

Miakka River Basin.................................................................. 314

Miakka River below Upper Miatcka Lake, near Sarasota, Fla.......................... 314

Miakka River near Sarasota, Fla................................................... 315

Miakka River below Lower Miakica Lake, near Sarasota, Fla.......................... 316

Manatee River Basin................................................................. 317

Manatee River near Bradenton, Fla................................................. 317

Little Manatee River Basin.......................................................... 318

Little Manatee River near Wimauma, Fla............................................ 318

Alafia River Basin.................................................................. 319

Alafia River at Lithla, Fla....................................................... 319

Hillsboro River Basin............................................................... 320

Hillsboro River near Zephyrhllls, Fla............................................. 320

Hillsboro River near Tampa, Fla................................................... 321

Crystal Springs near Zephyrhllls, Fla............................................. 321

Hanna Lake Outlet near Lutz, Fla.................................................. 322

Hutchins Lake Outlet near Lutz, Fla............................................... 323

Drainage ditch at Bearss Avenue near Sulphur Springs, Fla......................... 326

Alien Creek Basin................................................................... 329

Alien Creek near Largo, Fla....................................................... 329

Butler Lake Basin................................................................... 332

Brooker Creek near Odessa, Fla .................................................... 332

Anclote River Basin................................................................. 336

Anclote River near Elfers, Fla.................................................... 336

Weekiwachee River Basin............................................................. 337

Weekiwachee Spring near Brooksville, Fla.......................................... 337

Withlacoochee River Basin........................................................... 337

Withlacoochee River at Trilby, Fla................................................ 337

Withlacoochee River at Groom, Fla................................................. 338

Withlacoochee River near Holder, Fla.............................................. 339

Rainbow Springs near Dunnellon, Fla............................................... 339

Waccasassa River Basin.............................................................. 340

Waccasassa River near Otter Creek, Fla............................................ 340

Otter Creek at Otter Creek, Fla................................................... 341

Suwannee River Basin................................................................ 342

Suwannee River at Fargo, Ga....................................................... 342

Suwannee River at White Springs, Fla.............................................. 343

Suwannee River at Ellaville, Fla.................................................. 344

Suwannee River at Branford, Fla................................................... 345

Suwannee River near Bell, Fla..................................................... 34-3

Alapaha River near Alapaha, Ga.................................................... 347

Alapaha River at Statenville, Ga.................................................. 348

Withlacoochee River near Pinetta, Fla. ............................................ 349

Little River near Adel, Ga........................................................ 350

Santa Fe River at Worthington, Fla................................................ 351

Santa Fe River near High Springs, Fla............................................. 352

Santa Fe River near Fort White, Fla............................................... 353

Ichatucknee Springs near Hildreth, Fla............................................ 354

Fenholloway River Basin.....'........................................................ 354

Fenholloway River at Foley, Fla................................................... 354

Fenholloway River near Perry, Fla................................................. 355

Rocky Creek near Perry, Fla....................................................... 355

St. Marks River Basin............................................................... 3o5

Wakulla Spring near Crawfordville, Fla............................................ 355

Ochlockonee River Basin............................................................. 356

Ochlockonee River near Thomasville, Ga............................................ 356

Ochlockonee River near Havana, Fla................................................ 357

Ochlockonee River near Bloxhara, Fla............................................... 353

Tired Creek near Cairo, Ga......................................................... 359

Apalachicola River Basin............................................................ 360

Chattahoochee River near Leaf, Ga. ................................................ 3r"0

Chattahoochee River near Buford, Ga............................................... 3^1

Chattahoochee River near Roswell, Gi.............................................. 3u2

Chattahoochee River near Vinings, Ga.............................................. 363

Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg, Ga........................................... 3o4

Chattahoochee River at West Point, Ga............................................. 365

Chattahoochee River at Columbus, Ga............................................... So.;

Chattahoochee River at Columbia, Ala.............................................. 357

Apalachicola River at Chattahoochee, Fla.......................................... 3o8

Soque River near Demores t, Ga..................................................... 3o9

Chestatee River near Dahlonega, Ga................................................ 370

Sweetwater Creek near Austell, Ga................................................. 371

Mountain Creek near Hamilton, Ga.................................................. 372

Flint River near Griffin, Ga.......................... ........................... 373

Flint River near Molena, Ga....................................................... 374

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

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

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

Flint River at Albany, Ga. ........................................................ 2 ,'8

Flint River at Bainbridge, Ga..................................................... 379

Potato CreeK near Thomaston, Ga................................................... 380

tfhitewater Creek near Butler, Ga.................................................. 3 P 1

Ichawaynochaway Creek at Milford, Ga.............................................. 3^

Alligator Creek near Mllford, Ga.................................................. CS3

Chickasawhatchee Creek at Elnodel, Ga............................................. J34

Big Cypress Creek near Mi If ord, Ga................................................ -33 -
X CONTENTS

Gaglng-statlon records Continued

Apalachlcola River Basin Continued Page

Spring Creek near Iron City, Ga.................................................. 387

Long Branch near Damascus, Ga.................................................... 388

Chipola River near Altha, Pla.................................................... 389

Bear Creek Basin................................................................... 390

EconfIna Creek near Bennett, Fla................................................. 390

Choctawhatchee River Basin......................................................... 391

Choctawhatchee River near Newton, Ala............................................ 391

Choctawhatchee River at Caryvllle, Fla........................................... 392

Choctawhatchee River near Bruce, Fla............................................. 393

West Fork Choctawhatchee River at Blue Springs, Ala.............................. 394

Pea River near Arlton, Ala........................................................ 395

Pea River near Samson, Ala....................................................... 396

Yellow River Basin..............-......................................'............. 397

Yellow River at Mllllgan, Fla.................................................... 397

Llghtwood Knot Creek at Babble, Ala.............................................. 398

Shoal River near Crestvlew, Fla.................................................. 399

Blackwater River Basin............................................................. 400

Coldwater Creek near Milton, Fla................................................. 400

Escambla River Basin............................................................... 401

Escambla River at Flomaton, Ala.................................................. 401

Escambla River near Century, Fla................................................. 402

Coneauh River near Troy, Ala..................................................... 403

Conecuh River at Brantley, Ala................................................... 404

Conecuh River near Andalus-ia, Ala................................................ 405

Conecuh River near Brooklyn, Ala................................................. 406

Patsallga Creek at Luverne, Ala.................................................. 407

Sepulga River near McKenzle, Ala................................................. 408

Pigeon Creek near Thad, Ala...................................................... 409

Murder Creek near Evergreen, Ala................................................. 410

Perdldo River Basin................................................................ 411

Perdldo River at Barrlneau Park, Pla............................................. 411

Mobile River Basin................................................................. 412

Cartecay River near Ellljay, Ga.................................................. 412

Coosawattee River near Ellljay, Ga............................................... 413

Coosawattee River at Pine Chapel, Ga............................................. 415

Costanaula River at Resaca, Ga................................................... 416

Coosa River near Rome, Ga........................................................ 417

Coosa River at teesburg, Ala..................................................... 418

Coosa River at Gadsden, Ala...................................................... 419

Coosa River near Cropwell, Ala................................................... 420

Coosa River at Chlldersburg, Ala................................................. 421

Coosa River at Jordan Dam, near Wetumpka, Ala.................................... 422

Alabama River near Montgomery, Ala............................................... 423

Alabama River at Selma, Ala...................................................... 425

Alabama River near Millers Ferry, Ala............................................ 426

Alabama River at Clalborne, Ala.................................................. 427

Reservoirs In Mobile River Basin, Ala............................................ 428

Conasauga River at Tllton, Ga.................................................... 429

Mill Creek at Dalton, Ga......................................................... 430

Ebowah River near Dawsonvllle, Ga................................................ 431

Etowah River at Canton, Ga....................................................... 432

Etowah River above Cartersville, Ga.............................................. 433

Etowah River near Kingston, Ga................................................... 434

Etowah River at Rome, Ga......................................................... 435

Amlcalola Creek near Dawsonvllle, Ga............................................. 436

Pumpklnvlne Creek near Dallas, Ga................................................ 437

Cedar Creek near Cedar town, Ga.................................................... 438

Chattooga River at Summervllle, Ga............................................... 439

Chattooga River at Gaylesvllle, Ala.............................................. 440

Little River near Jamestown, Ala................................................. 441

Terrapin Creek near Piedmont, Ala................................................ 442

Big Wills Creek near Crudup, Ala................................................. 443

Big Canoe Creek near Gadsden, Ala................................................ 444

Choccolocco Creek near Jenifer, Ala .............................................. 445

Choccolocco Creek near Lincoln, Ala.............................................. 446

Talladega Creek at Alpine, Ala................................................... 447

Hatchet Creek near Rockford, Ala................................................. 448

Ta-llapoosa River near Ofelia, Ala................................................ 449

Tallapoosa River at Wadley, Ala.................................................. 450

Tallapoosa River below Tallassee, Ala............................................ 451

Little Tallapoosa River at Carrollton, Ga........................................ 452

Little Tallapoosa River near Wedowee, Ala........................................ 453

Uphapee Creek near Tuskegee, Ala................................................. 454

Autauga Creek at Prattville, Ala................................................. 455

Big Swamp Creek near Lowndesboro ', Ala............................................ 456

Mulberry River at Jones, Ala...................................................... 457

Cahaba River near Acton, Ala... ................................................. 458

Cahaba River at Centerville, Ala................................................. 459

Cahaba River at Sprott, Ala...................................................... 460

Cahaba River near-Marion Junction, Ala........................................... 461

Boguechltto CreeK near Browns, Ala............................................... 462

Boguechltto Creek near Orrvllle, Ala............................................. 463

Flat Creek at Fountain, Ala...................................................... 464

East Fork Tomblgbee River near Marietta, Miss.................................... 465

East Fork Tomblgbee River near Fulton, Miss...................................... 466

East Fork Tomblgbee River at Blgbee, Miss........................................ 467
CONTENTS XI

Gaging-station records Continued

Mobile River Basin Continued Page

Tombigbee River near Amory, Miss ................................................. 468

Tombigbee River at Aberdeen, Miss................................................ 469

Tombigbee River at Columbus, Miss................................................ 470

Tombigbee River near Cochrane, Ala............................................... 471

Tombigbee River at Gainesville, Ala.............................................. 472

Tombigbee River near Coatopa, Ala................................................ 473

Tombigbee River near Leroy, Ala.................................................. 474

Mackys Creek near Dennis, Miss ................................................... 475

Bull Mountain Creek at Tremont, Miss ............................................. 476

Bull Mountain Creek near Smithville, Miss........................................ 477

West Pork Tombigbee River near Nettleton, Miss................................... 478

Buttahatchee River near Hamilton, Ala............................................ 479

Buttahatchee River near Sulligent, Ala........................................... 480

Buttahatchee River near Caledonia, Miss.......................................... 481

Tibbee River near Tibbee , Miss................................................... 482

Sakatonchee River near West Point, Miss.......................................... 483

Luxapalila Creek near Fayette, Ala............................................... 484

Sipsey River at Fayette, Ala..................................................... 485

Sipsey River at Moores Bridge, Ala............................................... 486

Sipsey River near Elrod, Ala..................................................... 487

Sipsey River near Pleasant Ridge, Ala............................................ 488

Noxubee River near Brooksville, Miss............................................. 489

Noxubee River at Macon, Miss...................................................... 490

Noxubee River near Geiger, Ala................................................... 491

Mulberry Pork near Garden City, Ala............................................... 492

Black Warrior River at Tuscaloosa, Ala........................................... 493

Black Warrior River near Eutaw, Ala.................................:............ 494

Sipsey Fork near Falls City, Ala................................................. 495

Clear Creek at Falls City, Ala................................................... 496

Blackwater Creek near Manchester, Ala............................................ 497

Locust Fork near Cleveland, Ala.................................................. 498

Locust Fork at Trafford, Ala..................................................... 499

Locust Fork at Sayre, Ala........................................................ 500

Turkey Creek at Morris, Ala...................................................... 501

North River near Samantha, Ala................................................... 502

Prairie Creek near Gallion, Ala.................................................. 503

Sucarnoochee River at Livingston, Ala............................................ 504

Pascagoula River Basin............................................................. 505

Leaf River near Collins, Miss.................................................... 505

Leaf River at Hattiesburg, Miss.................................................. 506

Leaf River near McLain, Miss..................................................... 507

Pascagoula River at Merrill, Miss................................................ 508

Oakahay Creek at Mize, Miss...................................................... 509

Bowie Creek near Hattiesburg, Miss............................................... 510

Tallahala Creek at Laurel, Miss.................................................. 511

Tallahala Creek near Runnelstown, Miss........................................... 512

Chunky Creek near Chunky, Miss................................................... 513

Chickasawhay River at Enterprise, Miss ........................................... 514

Chickasawhay River near Waynesboro, Miss......................................... 515

Chickasawhay River at Leakesville, Miss.......................................... 516

Okatlbbee Creek near Meridian, Miss.............................................. 517

Bucatunna Creek at Denham, Miss.................................................. 518

Escatawpa River near Wilmer, Ala................................................. 519

Big Creek near Mobile, Ala....................................................... 520

Pearl River Basin.................................................................. 521

Pearl River at Edinburg, Miss.................................................... 521

Pearl River near Lena, Miss...................................................... 522

Pearl River at Meeks Bridge, near Canton, Miss................................... 523

Pearl River at Jackson, Miss..................................................... 524

Pearl River near Rockport, Miss.................................................. 525

Pearl River near Monticello, Miss................................................ 526

Pearl River near Columbia, Miss.................................................. 527

Pearl River near Bogalusa, La.................................................... 528

Lobutcha Creek near Carthage, Miss............................................... 529

Tuscolameta Creek at Walnut Grove, Miss.......................................... 530

Yockanookany River near Kosciusko, Miss.......................................... 531

Yockanookany River near Ofahoma, Miss............................................ 532

Strong River at Dlo, Miss........................................................ 533

Bogue Lusa near Franklinton, La.................................................. 534

Bogue Chitto near Tylertown, Miss................................................ 535

Bogue Chitto at Franklinton, La.................................................. 536

Bogue Chitto near Bush, La....................................................... 537

Miscellaneous discharge measurements................................................. 538

Index................................................................................ 563

ILLUSTRATION

Page

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

Manstee River near Wimauma, Fla.; C, Congaree River at Columbia, 3. C... 3
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY OF SOUTH ATLANTIC SLOPE AND EASTERN GULF OP MEXICO BASINS, 1949

SCOPE OP WORK

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

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

water year ending September 30, 1949. The work was begun in 1888 in connection with 

special studies relating to irrigation. Measurements of the flow of streams and of the 

stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs have been made at about 11,680 gaging stations 

in the 48 States and also at many in the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii. On September 

30, 1949, 6,240 gaging stations, including those in Hawaii and Alaska were being maintained by the Geological Survey and cooperating organizations. Miscellaneous discharge 

measurements were made during the water year at many other points.

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

either by furnishing data or by assisting in collecting data. Cooperation of the first 

kind is acknowedged in connection with the description of each station affected; cooperation of the second kind is acknowledged, under the heading "Cooperation," in the introductory matter that precedes the gaging-station records in each volume. In the present 

volume, the section on cooperation of the second kind appears on page 12.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

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

herein are defined as follows:

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

rate of discharge of a stream whose channel is 1 square foot in cross-sectional area and 

whose average velocity is. 1 foot per second.

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

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

"Runoff in inches" is the depth to which an area would be covered if all the water 

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

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

An "acre-foot" is the quantity of water required to cover an acre to the depth of 

1 foot and is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet. The term is commonly used in connection 

with storage for irrigation.

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

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

represents a runoff of 0.0372 inch from 1 square mile.

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

and discharge."

"Control" is a term used to designate a feature downstream from the gage that determines the stage-discharge relation at the gage. This feature may be a natural section, 

a reach of the channel, or an artificial structure.

1
2 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1949, P.ART 2

"Contents" is a term applied to the volume of water in a reservoir. Unless otherwise 

indicated, it is computed on the basis of a level pool and does not include bank storage.

EXPLANATION OF DATA

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

of discharge, and general information used to supplement the records of stage and discharge 

measurements in determining the daily flow. The records of stage are obtained either from 

direct readings on a nonrecording gage or from a water-stage recorder that gives a continuous record of the fluctuations. Measurements of discharge are made with a current 

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

discharge. Typical structures in use at gaging stations are shown in figure 1.

Rating tables giving the discharge for any stage are prepared from the discharge measurements. The application of the daily mean gage height to those rating tables gives the 

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

If the stage-discharge relation is subject to change because of frequent or continual 

change in the physical features that form the control, the daily mean discharge is determined by the "shifting-control method," in which correction factors based on individual discharge measurements and notes by engineers and observers are used in applying the 

gage heights to the rating tables. At times the stage-discharge relation for a station 

may be temporarily changed by the presence of aquatic growth or debris on the control. 

For such times the daily mean discharge is computed by what is essentially the "shiftingcontrol" method, described above.

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

reservoirs, tributary streams, or other sources, which necessitates the use of the "slope 

method," in which the slope or fall in a reach of the stream is a factor in the determination of discharge. Information requisite for determining the slope or fall is obtained 

by means of an auxiliary gage set at some distance from the base gage. At some stations 

the stage-discharge relation is affected by changing stage, and for them the rate of 

change of stage is used as a factor in the determination of discharge.

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

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

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

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

comparable records of discharge for stations in the same or nearby basins. For those 

stations at which the stage-discharge relation j,s affected by ice, the days included in 

the periods of ice effect either are indicated in the table by symbols referring to a 

footnote that states this fact or are given in a general note following the table. The 

days on which discharge measurements were made during or-between periods of ice effect, 

shortly before the first period, or shortly after the last period are similarly indicated 

by a footnote.

For most of the gaging stations on streams in the area covered by this report the data 

presented comprise a description of the station, a table showing the daily discharge of
EXPLANATION OF DATA
4 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1949, PART 2

the stream, and a table of monthly and yearly discharge and runoff. Skeleton rating 

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

greater part of the year was determined by the shifting-control method, the slope method, 

or other special methods.

The description of the station gives the type of gage, location, drainage area, records 

available, average discharge, extremes of discharge, general remarks, and notations of revisions of previously published record. The location of the gaging station and the drainage area are obtained from the most accurate maps available. Under "Average discharge" is 

given the average discharge for the number of years indicated. It is not given for stations having less than 10 complete years of record or for stations where changes in water 

development during the period of record cause the figure to have little significance. 

Under "Extremes" are given the maximum discharge and gage height; the minimum discharge if 

there is little or no regulation; the minimum daily discharge if there is extensive regulation (also the minim'um discharge if useful); and, the minimum gage height (unless it is 

of no importance). Unless otherwise qualified, the maximum discharge corresponds to the 

crest stage, obtained by use of a water-stage recorder or a nonrecording gage read at the 

time of the crest. Information pertaining to the accuracy of the records and conditions 

which affect the natural flow at the gaging station is given under "Remarks."

For some stations previously published records have been found to be in error on the 

basis of data or information obtained subsequently. Revisions of such records are usually 

published along with the current records in one of the annual reports. In order to make 

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

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

published. Listed therein are all the reports in which revisions appear, each followed by 

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

number, W. means Water-Supply Paper. In listing the years, water years are indicated by 

only 1 year, for Instance, 1933 stands for the water year October 1, 1932, to September 30, 

1933. If there were no daily, monthly, or annual figures of discharge involved in the 

revision, that fact is brought out by notations after the year dates as follows: (M) means 

that only the instantaneous maximum discharge was revised; (m) that only the instantaneous 

minimum was revised; and (P) that only peak discharges were revised. If the drainage area 

has been revised, the report in which the revised figure was first published is given. It 

should be noted that for all stations for which second-feet per square mile and runoff in 

inches are published, a revision of the drainage area necessitates corresponding revision 

of all figures based on the drainage area. Revised figures of second-feet per square mile 

and runoff in inches resulting from a revision of the drainage area only are usually not 

published" in the annual series of reports.

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

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

gage height. For stations subject to such fluctuation the daily mean gage height may not 

indicate the true daily mean discharge, which must be obtained by averaging the discharge 

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

daily mean discharge from a continuous gage-height graph and containing as an essential 

element a curve representing the stage-discharge relation at the station. For stations 

equipped with nonrecording gages, the table of daily discharge gives the discharge
ACCURACY OP FIELD DATA AND COMPUTED RESULTS 5

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

or the mean gage .height determined from gage-height graphs based on gage readings. For 

periods of rapidly changing stage, the daily mean discharge is determined from gage-height 

graphs based on gage readings, the frequency of which is stated in the station description.

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

for each month of the figures given in the table of daily discharge. The column headed 

"Maximum" gives the maximum daily discharge, not the momentary discharge when the water 

surface was at crest stage. Likewise, in the column headed "Minimum" the quantity given 

is the minimum daily discharge. The column headed "Mean" gives the average flow in cubic 

feet per second during the month.

Peak discharges with the times of their occurrence are listed below the table of monthly 

discharge for most stations. All independent peaks above the selected base are given. The 

base discharge, which is given in parentheses, is selected so that an average of about 

three peaks a year will be presented. Peak discharges are not published for canals, 

ditches, drains, or for any stream for which the peaks are subject to substantial control 

by man.

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

given stages is usually given in the first report in which data for a station are published 

but is omitted from succeeding reports.

ACCURACY OF FIELD DATA AND COMPUTED RESULTS

The accuracy of stream-flow data depends primarily on (1) the permanency of the stagedischarge relation or, if the control is unstable, the frequency of discharge measurements 

and (2) the accuracy of observations of stage, measurements of flow, and interpretation of 

records.

The station description gives a statement in regard to the general accuracy of the records. "Excellent" indicates that, in general, the error in the daily records is believed 

to be less than 5 percent; "good," less than 10 percent; "fair," less than 15 percent; and 

"poor," probably more than 15 percent. The records .of monthly and yearly mean discharge 

and runoff are, in general, more accurate than the daily records.

Yield at some stations as indicatsaTiy^fflonthly-means may vary widely from natural yield, 

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

due to artificial causes, or other factors. For such stations figures of "second-feet per 

square mile" and "runoff in inches" are not published unless storage or diversion records 

are included indicating the extent of the regulation or diversion or unless satisfactory 

adjustments can be made for changes in contents or reservoirs or for other changes incident 

to use and control. Evaporation from a reservoir is not included in the adjustments for 

changes in reservoir contents, unless its inclusion is indicated. Even at those stations 

where adjustments are made, in some instances large errors in computed yields may occur 

when relatively large negative adjustments are applied or when evaporation is large in 

comparison with the observed discharge. Figures of second-feet per square mile and runoff 

in inches are also omitted if the drainage area includes large noncontributing areas or if

the average annual rainfall over the drainage area is less than 20 inches. 

980338 O - 52 - 2
6 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1949, PART 2

Many gaging stations on streams in the irrigated areas of the United States are situated 

above most of the diversions from those streams, and therefore the discharge recorded does 

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

the station must first be satisfied.

The table of monthly discharge presents in summary the distribution of the flow past the 

station. The table of daily discharge affords opportunity for more detailed studies of the 

variation in flow. As further observations in each succeeding year may be expected to 

throw new light on data previously published, it should be borne in mind that such data are 

subject to revision in succeeding water-supply papers.

PUBLICATIONS

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

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

below:

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

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

	River).

3. Ohio River Basin.

4. St. Lawrence River Basin.

5. Hudson Bay and upper Mississippi River Basins.

6. Missouri River Basin.

7. Lower Mississippi River Basin.

8. Western Gulf of Mexico basins.

9. Colorado River Basin.

10. The Great Basin.

11. Pacific slope basins in California.

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

13. Snake River Basin.

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

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

the water resources of the United States may be obtained or consulted as explained below.

1. Copies may be purchased at nominal cost from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., who will, on application, furnish lists giving 

prices.

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

the United States.

3. Sets are available for consultation in the offices of the water resources division of 

the Geological Survey as follows:

East of the Mississippi River:

Albany, N. Y., 526 Federal Building.

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

Atlanta, Ga., 644 Peachtree Seventh.

Augusta, Maine, 420 Statehouse.

Baton Rouge, La., 850 North 5th Street.

Boston, Mass., 939 Post Office Building.

Champaign, 111., 605 South Nell Street.

Charleston, W. Va., 408 Union Building.

Charlottesville, Va., Cabell Hall, University .of Virginia.

Chattanooga, Tenn., 442 Post Office Building.

College Park, Md., 106 Engineering Building, University of Maryland.

Columbia, S. C., 207 Creason Building.

Columbus, Ohio, 1509 Hess Street.

Harrisburg, Pa., 490 Education Building.

Hartford, Conn., 203 Federal Building.

Indianapolis, Ind., 311 West Washington Street.

Jackson, Miss., Room 1, Fidelity Building.

Knoxville, Tenn., 337 Post Office Building.

Louisville, Ky., 531 Federal Building.

Madison, Wis., 666 State Office Building.

Montgomery, Ala., 507 Post Office Building.

New Philadelphia, Ohio, Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District Building.

Ocala, Fla., Building 211, Camp Roosevelt.

Pittsburgh, Pa., 515 Plaza Building.

Raleigh, N. C., 908 Capitol Club Building.

St. Paul, Minn., 1427 New Post Office r-'Ming.

Trenton, N. J., 228 Federal Building.

Washington, D. C., General Services Administration Building.
PUBLICATIONS 7

West of the Mississippi River:

Austin, Tex., 302 West Fifteenth Street.

Bismarck, N. Dak., 7 Eltinge Building.

Boise, Idaho, 429 Federal Building.

Denver, Colo., 476 New Customhouse.

Fort Smith, Ark., 6 Post Office Building.

Helena, Mont., 408 Federal Building.

Honolulu, 'Hawaii, 225 Federal Building.

Idaho Falls, Idaho, 204 Federal Building.

Iowa City, Iowa, 508 Hydraulic Laboratory, University of Iowa.

Lincoln, Nebr., 510 Rudge-Guenzel Building.

Los Angeles, Calif., 429-F United States Post Office and Courthouse.

Oklahoma City, Okla., 203 Council Building.

Pierre, S. Dak., 207 Federal Building.

Portland, Oreg., 606 Post Office Building.

Holla, Mo., 211 Ramsey Building.

St. Louis, Mo., 1004 New Federal Building.

Salt Lake City, Utah, 303 Federal Building.

San Francisco, Calif., 702 Appraisers Building.

Santa Fe, N. Mex., 204 United States Courthouse.

Tacoma, Wash., 207 Federal Building.

Topeka, Kans., 305 Federal Building.

Tucson. Ariz., 210 Post Office Building.

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

Geological Survey, Washington, D. C.

Prior to publication, records of discharge in provisional form for individual stations 

may usually be obtained from the district offices listed above.

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

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

have been included for some streams.

Stream-flow data for the years 1884-19O1, In reports of the Geological Survey 

(A « Annual Report; B > Bulletin; W . Water-Supply Paper)

Report

loth A, pt. 2 

llth A, pt. 2

13th A, pt. 3

16th A, pt. 2

W 11.........

18th A, pt. 4 

W 15.........

W 16......... 

19th A, pt. 4

W 35 to 39...

W 47 to 52 ...

22d A, pt. 4.

W 65, 66.....

W 75.........

Character of data

Descriptive Information only. 

Monthly discharge and descriptive Information. ...............

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

Descriptive Information only.

monthly discharge.

Descriptions, measurements ratings, and monthly discharge... 

Descriptions, measurements and gage heights of streama east 

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

Descriptions, measurements and gage heights of stream west 

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

Descriptions, measurements, ratings, and monthly discharge.

the Mississippi River, and Missouri River and tributaries.

the Mississippi River, except Missouri River and tributaries .

Year

1884 to September 1890.

1884-92 .

1896.

1895-96. 

1897.

1897.

1897. 

1898

1898

1899.

1901.

Papers on surface water supply containing records from 1899 to date, grouped by years 

and drainage basins, are listed by number on page 8. The data for any particular gaging 

station will, in general, be found in the reports covering the years during which the 

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

area covered by part 3 are published in Water-Supply Papers 283, 303, 323, 353, 403, 433, 

453, 473, and 503, which contain records for the Ohio River Basin for those years.
Numbers of water-supply papers containing results of stream measurements, 1

Year

1899 a. .................

1903.. ..................

1909. ...................

1910. ...................

1911

1914. ...................

1915....................

1919-20. ................

1921. ...................

1925....................

19Z6. ...................

1930. ...................

1931. ...................

1934

1935. ...................

1936. ...................

1 Q"*Q

1940. ...................

1941. ...................

1945.. ..................

1946. ...................

1949. ...................

1

1 ' 35

47, h48

65, 75

82

97

o!65, p!66, q!67

0201, p202, q203

241

261

301

321

351

381 ,,., 40r 

431

451

471

501

541

561

581

601

621

641

661

681

696

711 

726

741

781

801 

821

851

891

1001

1031

1111

1141

b'SS, 56

48

65, 75

b8Z, 83

b97, 98

q!67, 168

q203, 204

242

262

302

322

382

402 

43Z

452

47Z

502

542

562

582

602 " 'ess

642

662

682

697

712 

727

742

78Z

doz

82Z

852

892

952

100Z

103Z

1112

1142

3

36

48, 149

65, 75

83

98

169

205

263

3Z3

383

403 

433

453

503

543

563

583

603

623

663

683

698

713 

728

743

783

803 

823

853

893

1033

1143

4

36 

49

65, 75

m82, 83

97

170

206

Z44

264

384

404 

434

454

504

544

564

584

604

624

644

664

684

699

714 

729

744

784

804 

824

854

894

1034

1144

5

36 

49

k65, 66, 75

k83, 85

k98, 99. nlOO

Z07

Z65

Z85

385

405

505

5Z5 

545

565

585

605

62S

685

700

715

745

785

805 

825

895

9Z5

Q7C

1035

loss

1115

1145

6

c36, 37 

49, J50

66, 75

84

99

208

266

Z86

386

406

506

5Z6

546

566

586

606

6Z6

686

701

716

746

786

806 

826

856

896

926"1

1036

1056

1116

1146

7

37

50

k65, 66, 75

k83, 84

k98, 99

k!69, 173

k205, 209

267

Z87

387

407

507

527 

547

567

587

607

627

687

702

717 

732

747

787

807 

827

897

927

1037

1O57

1117

1147

a Rating tables and Index to WSP 35-39 e Mojave River only. J Loup, Platte, and El

contained in WSP 39. Monthly discharge f Kings and Kern Rivers and south Pacific slope. tributaries below 

for 1899 in Zlst Annual Report, part 4. g Rating tables and index to WSP 47-52

contained in WSP 52. Monthly discharge 

for 1900 in Z2d Annual Report, part 4. 

h Sohuylkill River to James River. 

1 Soioto River.

b James River only, 

c Gallatin River, 

d Green and Gunnison Rivers and Colorado 

River above Gunnison River.

k Tributaries of Missi

m Lake Ontario and tr

Lawrence River prop

n Hudson Bay only, 

o New England rivers 
PUBLICATIONS

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

years. Miscellaneous measurements at many points other than regular gaging stations have 

been made each year and are published under "Miscellaneous discharge measurements" at the 

end of each report, the streams and points of measurement listed appearing in the same 

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

the records obtained prior to 1904 has been published in Water-Supply Paper 119.

Each of ths reports on surface water supply for the year 1939, issued as Water-Supply 

Papers 871 to 884 (see table on p. 8), contains, for the area covered by that report, a 

summary of yearly discharge at gaging stations at which 10 or more complete years of record 

have been collected. These summaries are available also as separate reprints.

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

a single State or drainage basin. These reports contain records previously published 

(some of which have been revised), as well as some records not contained in the annual 

series of water-supply papers. The following table gives the numbers and titles of these 

reports, arranged alphabetically, some by States and some by drainage basins.

Reports containing compilations of records of discharge by States and drainage baslne

Report Period Water-Supply 

Paper

STATE 

Alabama, Water powers ott with an appendix on stream measurements In 1895-19O3

Mississippi. 

California, Water resources of, part 1, Stream measurements In Sacra- 1S87-1912

mento River Basin. 

California, Water resources of, part 2, Stream measurements in San 1878-1912

Joaquin River Basin. 

California, Water resources of, part 3, Stream measurements In the Great 1S91-1912

Basin and Pacific coast river basins. 

California, southern, Surface water supply of Pacific slope of........... 1S90-191S

California, Surface water supply of Sacramento River Basin............... 1895-1927

California, surface water supply of San Joaquin River Basin.............. 1895-1927

California, southern, surface water supply of Pacific slope basins In.... 1S94-1927

California, Surface water supply of minor San Francisco Bay, northern 1S9S-1927

Pacific, and Great basins In. 

Colorado, Water resources of............................................. 1884-1900

Georgia, Water resources of.............................................. 1S95-19O5

Massachusetts, Surface waters of......................................... 1848-1915

Massachusetts, Hydrology of, Part 1, Summary of stream-flow and precipl- 1863-1945

tatlon records. 

Nebraska, Surfac« water supply of........................................ 1894-1906

Oregon, Surface water supply of.......................................... 1878-191O

Texas, Summary of records of surface waters of........................... 1898-1937

Vermont, Surface waters of............................................... 1875-1916

Washington, Summary of hydrometrlc data In............................... 1878-1919

Washington, Summary of records of surface waters of...................... 1919-35

Wisconsin, northern, Water power of...................................... 1895-1905

Wyoming, Surface waters of, and their utilization........................ 1894-1921

DRAINAGE BASIN

Colorado River (Ariz., Colo., N. Hex., Utah, Wyo.) and Its utilization... 1888-1914 

Colorado River, upper (Colo., Utah), and its utilization................. 1897-1927

Colorado River Basin (Arlz., Calif., Colo., Utah, Wyo.), Surface waters 1891-1938

at base stations In. 

Colorado River Basin (Ariz., Calif., Nev., N. Hex., Utah), Surface waters 18SS-193S

at stations on tributaries in lower. 

Columbia River Basin, upper (Mont., Idaho), Surface waters of............ 1S9S-193S

Great Salt Lake Basin, Water powers of................................... 18S9-1920

Green River (Colo., Utah, Wyo.) and its utilization...................... 1894-1926

Kennebec River Basin (Maine), Water resources of......................... 189O-1906

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

Missouri and St. Mary River Basins (Mont.), Surface waters of............ 18S1-1938

Hew-Kanawha River Basin (N. C., Va., W. Va.), Surface water supply of.... 1895-192O

Penobscot River Basin (Maine), Water resources of........................ 19O4-9

Potomac River Basin (D. C., Md., W. Va.)................................. 1895-19O6

Rio Grande Basin (Colo., N. Hex., Tex.). Water resources of.............. 1SS8-1913

St. Mary and Milk Rivers (Mont., Canada), Water supply of................ 189S-1917

St. Mary River. See St. Mary and Milk Rivers; Missouri and St. Mary

River Basin. 

Sevier Lake Basin (Utah), Utilization of surface water resources of...... 1889-1937

Susquehanna River Basin (Pa., Md.) Hydrography of........................ 189Q-19Q4

298

299

300

447

597-E

636-D

636-E

637-A

74

197

415

1105

230 

370 

S50 

424 

492 

870 

156 

469

395

617

918

916

517

618

198

917

536

279

192

358

491

920

109

Records of discharge have been published also in State reports. Some of these are 

not contained in the publications of the Geological Survey or are revisions of records 

previously published In its water-supply papers. The following table contains a list of 

thsse reports.
10 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1949, PART 2 

State reports containing compilations of records of discharge

State

Alabama

Do.........

Do...... .. .

Connecticut . . .

Mississippi . . .

Hew Hampshire. 

Hew Jersey... .

Hew Mexico.... 

Horth Carolina

Horth Dakota.. 

Do.........

Do.........

Do.........

Period

1895-1915 

1904-47

903-48

1881-1935 

1881-1938

19OO-1927

1912-33 

1898-1946 

1895-1906 

1907-19 

1908-11 

1900-1934 

1923-27 

1927-30 

1673-1932 

1873-1940

1941-42 

1895-1919

1924-28 

1928-35 

1935-39 

1910-20 

1903-38

1887-1920 

1929-37

1892-1943

1931-48 

1909-12

1900-1948 

1857-1926

1927-39

1889-1911 

1881-1938

1894-1914

1914-28 

1889-1922 

1892-1928

1928-34 

1934-40

1888-1925 

1889-1923

1889-1936

1866-1945 

1820-1945

1866-1945 

1872-1945 

1857-1945 

1919-21

1882-1938 

1882-1944

1898-1921

1898-1944 

1902-39

1898-1939 

1878-1914 

1914-24 

1924-30

Report

Special Report 20, Water Resources and Hydrology of southeastern Alabama.

Surface Water Resources of Arkansas ........

Water resources of Colorado, Appendix 2, 

Data on stream-gaging stations of 

Color ado. 1 

Water resources of Colorado, Appendix 3, 

vols. 1 and 2, Stream-flow data of 

Colorado, 

iull. 44, Water resources of Connecticut...

fub. 72, Surface water supply of Indiana... 

fub. 112, Surface water supply of Indiana..

Water-Supply Bull. 1, Summaries of yearly 

and flood flow relating to Iowa streams . . 

fater-Supply Bull. 2, Surface water 

resources of Iowa.

Geol. Bull. 16, Surface water supply of 

Louisiana .

Flow data and draft storage curves for 

major streams In Maryland. 

Bull. 1, Summary of records of surface 

waters of Maryland and the Potomac 

River Basin. 

Bull. 5, Anne Arundel County Water Resources 

Water-resources Investigation of Minnesota. 

Bull. 68, Surface Waters of Missis, ippi. ... 

Vol. 20, 2d series, Water resources of 

Missouri. 

Vol. 26, 2d series. Surface waters of 

Missouri .

Special Rept. 10, vols. 1-4, Water resources of Montana.

Annual and statistical report, vol. 12..... 

Bull. 33, Surface water supply of Hew 

Jersey. 

Special Rept. 5, Surface water supply of 

Hew Jersey. 

Special Rept. 9, Surface water supply of 

Hew Jersey. 

Surface water supply of Hew Mexico.. ....... 

Bull. 34, Discharge records of Horth 

Carolina streams. 

Bull. 39, Discharge records of Horth 

Carolina streams. 

Hydrologlc Data on the Heuse River Basin. 

Hydrologlc Data on the Cape Fear River 

Basin. 

Hydrologlc Data on the Yadkln-Pee Dee River 

Basin. 

Hydrologio Data on the Catawba and Broad 

River Basins. 

Hydraulic Data on The French Broad River 

Basin. 

Report to Governor of North Dakote on 

flood control. 

Surface water In Horth Dakota. .............

Supplement B, 4th biennial report..........

Bull. 200, Compilation of stream-flow 

records of Ohio.

Bull. Ill, Ohio stream-drainage areas and 

flow-duration tables. 

Bull. 4, Water resources of the State of 

Oregon. 

Bull. 7, Water resources of the State of 

Oregon. 

Bull. 8, Water resources of the State of 

Oregon.

Issued by

Geological Survey of Alabama. 

Do

Arkansas Geological Survey. 

Arkansas Resources and Development Commission; 

University of Arkansas, 

Institute of Science and 

Technology. 

State Planning Commission, 

Water Conservation Board, 

State engineer. 

Do.

State Geological and Hatural 

History Survey. 

State Water Commission. 

Florida Geological Survey. 

Geological Survey of Georgia. 

Do. 

Rivers and Lakes Commission. 

Division of Waterways. 

Department of Conservation. 

Do. 

State Planning Board. 

Iowa Geological Survey.

Do.

Kansas Water Commission. 

Do. 

State Board of Agriculture. 

Do. 

Do. 

Kentucky Geological Survey. 

Department of Conservation.

Maine Water Power Commission. 

State Planning Commission and 

Water Resources Commission. 

Department of Geology, Mines, 

and Water Resources.'

Do. 

State Drainage Commission.

Mississippi Geological Survey. 

Missouri Bureau of Geology 

and Mines. 

Missouri Geological Survey 

and Water Resources. 

Office of the State Engineer. 

Montana Agricultural Experiment Station. 

Bureau of Water Power, Irrl- " 

gatlon, and Drainage . 

Do. 

Public Service Commission. 

Department of Conservation 

and Development. 

State Water Policy Commission.

Do.

Office 'of the State Engineer. 

Department of Conservation 

and Development.

Do. 

Do. 

Do.

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

State chief engineer.

State Planning Board. 

State Water Conservation 

Commission. 

Engineer lig Experiment Station, 

Ohio State University. 

Do. 

Department of Agriculture, 

Division of Conservation 

and Hatural Resources, 

nglneerlng Experiment Station, 

Ohio State University. 

Office of the State Engineer.

Do. 

Do.

1 Contains records of yearly discharge only.

fe Contains records of maximum and minimum dally, weekly, and monthly discharge and yearly mean 

discharge.
PUBLICATIONS 

State reports containing compilations of records of discharge Continued

11

State

Oregon. .......

Pennsylvania . .

Rhode Island. . 

South Carolina

Washington. . . . 

Wisconsin. ....

Period

1930-36 

1936-41 

1890-1911 

1928-32

1929-41 

1884- 194ft

1874-1924 

1920-30 

1889-1905 

1906-10 

1911-16 

1895-1927 

1927-42

1927-42 

1927-42 

1927-42

1878-1933 

1888-1914 

1914-23

Report

Bull. 9, Water resources of the State of 

Oregon. 

Bull. 10, Water resources of the State of 

Oregon . 

Report of the Water Supply Commission of 

Pennsylvania .

Bull. 17, Summary of records of surface 

water supply of South Carolina.

Bull. 34, Water resources of Tennessee3 .... 

Bull. 40, Surface waters of Tennessee......

Bull. 4, Surface water supply of Virginia 

(Potomac, Rappahannock, and York River 

Basins ) . 

Bull. 5, Surfac? water supply of Virginia 

(James River Basin). 

Bull. 6 ; Surface water supply of Virginia 

(Roanoke and Chowan River Basins ) . 

Bull. 7, Surface water supply of Virginia 

(New, Tennessee, and Big Sandy River 

Basins). 

Bull. 5, Monthly and yearly summaries of 

hydrometrlc data. 

1st report of Railroad Commission of Wisconsin to Legislature on water powers. 

2d report of Railroad Commission of Wisconsin to Legislature on water powers.

Issued by

Office of the State Engineer. 

Do.

Water Supply Commission of 

Pennsylvania . 

Department of Forests and 

Waters . 

Department of Public Works. 

South Carolina Research, 

Planning and Development 

Board. 

Department of Education. 

Do. 

Office of the State Engineer. 

Do. 

Do. 

Virginia Geological Survey. 

Virginia Conservation Commission.

Do. 

Do. 

Do.

Department of Conservation 

and Development . 

Railroad Commission of Wisconsin. 

Do.

3 Includes records of discharge for all stations In North Carolina In the Tennessee R'iver Basin. 

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

have Issued annual or biennial reports in which are contained records of discharge: California,

Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New 

Mexico, New York (also New York City Board of Water Supply and city of Rochester), North Dakota, 

Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington, and Wyoming.

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

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

the stage and discharge of many streams during major floods has been included in special 

reports on these floods published by the Geological Survey. The more recent of these 

special reports also contain other pertinent hydrologie information and analyses and compilations of data relating to earlier noteworthy floods. The following list gives the numbers and titles of these reports:

Water-Supply Title 

Paper

88

92

96 

147 

162 

334 

426

487

488

520-G

636-C

771

773-E

796-B

796-C

796-G

798

799

800 

816 

836-A 

838

842

843

844

847

867

869

914

966

967-A

967-B

967-C

994

997 

1046 

1066 

1080

The Passaic flood of 1902.

The Passaie flood of 1903.

Destructive floods in the United States in 1903.

Destructive floods in the United States in 1904.

Destructive floods in the United States in 1905.

The Ohio Valley flood of March-April 1913.

Southern California floods of January 1916.

The Arkansas River flood of June 3-5, 1921.

The floods in central Texas in September 1921.

Some floods in the Rooky Mountain region.

The New England flood of November 1927.

Floods in the United States, magnitude and frequency.

The New York State flood of July 1935.

Flood on Republican and Kansas Rivers, May and June 1935.

Flood in La Canada Valley, Calif., January 1, 1934.

Major Texas floods of 1935.

The floods of March 1936, part 1

The floods of March 1936, part 2

New England rivers.

, , Hudson River to Susquehanna River region.

The floods of March 1936, part 3, Potomac, James, and upper Ohio Rivers. 

Major Texas floods of 1936. ,.,., 

Stages and flood discharges of the Connecticut River at Hartford, Conn. 

Floods of Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, January- February, 1937. 

Floods in Canadian and Pecos Hiver Basins of New Mexico, May and June 193 /. 

Floods of December 1937 in northern California. 

Floods of March 1938 in southern California.

Maximum discharges at stream-measurement stations through September 1938. 

Hurricane floods of September 1938. 

Flood of August 1935 in Muskingum River Basin, Ohio. 

Texas floods of 1938 and 1939. 

Minor floods of 1938 in North Atlantic States.

Floods of September 1939 in Colorado River Basin below Boulder (Hoover) Dam. 

Flood of July 5, 1939, in eastern Kentucky. 

Flood of August '21, 1939, in town of Baldwin, Maine. 

Cloudburst floods in Utah, 1850 to 1933. 

Floods in Colorado. 

Texas floods of 1940.

Floods of August 1940 in the southeastern States. 

Floods of May-June 1948 in Columbia River Basin.
12 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1949, PART 2

RECORDS OP DISCHARGE COLLECTED BY AGENCIES OTHER THAN THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

The city of Lynchburg, Va., has collected records of daily discharge of Pedlar River 

at Pedlar Dam, Va., since August 1921 and The Corps of Engineers has collected records 

of discharge on Island Creek near Tungston Mines, Townsville, H. C. since November 1949.

The Soil Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture has 

collected records of runoff In selected areas in the south Atlantic slope basins as 

follows: In Virginia, from 3 areas of less than 20 acres each near Chatham beginning in 

1938 (discontinued in December 1948), from 3 areas of less than 20 acres each near 

Blacksburg beginning in 1939, and from 1 area of 500 acres and 1 area of 4,000 acres 

near Staunton beginning in 1948; in Georgia, from 1 area of 19.2 acres near Watkinsville 

beginning in 1939. These records are not published but are available In the files of the 

Soil Conservation Service.

COOPERATION

The work in the several States was done under cooperative agreements »iith the organizations listed belowr

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

Highway Department, W. W. McParland, director.

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

engineer; State Road Department, F. E. Bayless, chairman, succeeded by A. A. 

McKethan; State Geological Survey, Herman Gunter, director; State Trustees of 

Internal Improvement Fund, F. C. Elliot, engineer and secretary; Pinellas County, 

W. A. McMullin, Jr., county engineer; the city of Jacksonville, G. A. Pierce, 

chairman of city commission; the cities of Miami and Miami Beach, W. A. Glass, 

director, Miami Department of Water and Sewers; the city of Perry, J. H. Kansinger, 

mayor, succeeded by W. T. Pace; the city of Tampa, J. S. Long, superintendent of 

water department; and the Everglades Drainage District, Lamar Johnson, chief engineer.

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

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

Louisiana: State Department of Public Works, J. L. White, director.

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

North Carolina: State Department of Conservation and Development, R. B. 

Etheridge. director, succeeded by G. R. Ross.

South Carolina: State Highway Department, C. R. McMillan, chief highway 

commissioner; State Public Service Authority, R. M. Jefferies, general manager; 

State Research, Planning and Development Board, L. W. Bishop, director; the city 

of Spartanburg, J. F. Helderman, chairman of commissioners of public works.

Virginia: State Department of Conservation and Development, W. A. Wright, 

director; the city of Clifton Forge, B. F. Berkaw, city manager; the city of 

Norfolk, C. A. Harrell, city manager; the Newport News Waterworks Commission 

E. F. Dugger, general manager.

Assistance in the form of funds or services was furnished by the Corps of Engineers 

in collecting records published herein for 239 gaging stations, of which 33 were in 

Alabama, 32 in Florida, 46 in Georgia, 1 in Louisiana, 23 in Mississippi, 37 in North 

Carolina, 20 in couth Carolina, and 47 in Virginia.
DIVISION OP WORK 13

Assistance was also furnished by the Weather Bureau of the United States Department 

of Commerce.

Assistance in collecting records was also rendered by the following organizations: 

Florida: Florida Power Corporation.

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

of Augusta, Cairo, Carrollton, and Dalton.

North Carolina: State Highway and Public Works Commission, Carolina Power & 

Light Co., Duke Power Co., and the city of Durham.

South Carolina: Greenwood County Electric Power Commission, South Carolina 

Electric & Gas Co., and South Carolina Public Service Authority.

Virginia: Appalachian Electric Power-Co., Virginia Electric & Power Co., and 

Camp Manufacturing Co.

DIVISION OF WORK

The stream-gaging work was conducted by the water resources division of the ueologloal 

Survey Carl G. Paulsen, chief hydraulic engineer, and Joseph V. B. Wells, chief of the 

surface water branch. The data for stations in the several States were collected and 

prepared for publication under the supervision of district engineers as follows: In 

Alabama (except for Chattahoochee River at Columbia), M. R. Williams; in Florida, A. 0. 

Pattersonj in Georgia (except for Augusta Canal near Augusta and Savannah River at 

Augusta, at Burtons Ferry Bridge, near Millhaven, and near Clyo) and for Chattahoochee 

River at Columbia, Ala., M. T. Thomson; in Louisiana, F. N. Hansen; in Mississippi, I. E. 

Anderson; in North Carolina, E. B. Rice; in South Carolina and for Augusta Canal near 

Augusta, Ga., and Savannah River at Augusta, at Burtons Ferry Bridge, near Millhaven, and 

near Clyo, Ga., A. E. Johnson; in Virginia, D. S. Wallace.

The records were reviewed and the manuscript prepared for publication under the direction of B. J. Peterson, chief, annual reports section.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS

JAMES RIVER BASIN 

Jackson River at Falling Spring, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°52'36", long. 79°58'39", at Smith Bridge, 1 mile

 south of town of Falling Spring, Allegheny County, and l| miles downstream from Falling 

Springs Creek. Datum of gage is 1,333.49 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of 

Engineers).

Drainage area. 409 square miles.

Records available.--April 1925 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 24 years, 476 second-feet.

Extremes.--MaxlJmum discharge during year, 17,800 second-feet Apr. 14 (gage height, 12.97

 i'eet), from rating curve extended above 9,000 second-feet on basis of records for other 

stations in James River Basin; minimum, 147 second-feet'Oct. 31, Sept. 26-28; minimum 

gage height, 3.30 feet Sept. 26-28.

1925-49: Maximum discharge, 24,700 second-feet Mar. 17, 1936 (gage height, 14.74 

feet), from rating curve extended above 9,000 second-feet on basis of records for other 

stations in James River Basin; minimum, 36 second-feet Oct. 12, 1946 (gage height, 2.65 

feet); minimum daily, 58 second-feet Sept. 28-30, Oct. 1, 3, 5, 1930. 

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record,

which are fair.

Revisions (water years). W 952: 1926-30 (maximum only 1926, 1928), 1932-40.. 

Rating tables, water year 1948-49, except period of ice effect 

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 5

3.3 

3.5 

3.S 

4.2 

4.6

138

184

263

392

548

6.5 

7.0

740

1,010

1,340

1,710

2,140

7.5 2,640

8.0 3,220

8.5 4,000

9.5 6,160

3.3 147

3.5 196

3.9 311

4.5 518

Jan. 6 to Sept. 3O

5.1 790

5.7 1,130

6.5 1,710

7.3 2,430

8.1 3,360

9.0 ,5,000

10.0 7,500

11.2 11,300

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

272

222

196

263

741

1,480

815

790

1,010

740

557

466

392

331

287

257

232

235

235

212

199

189

182

174

170

165

160

158

151

149

147

Nov.

149

149

149

177

238

287

665

593

482

439

388

337

324

315

284

263

249

241

243

1,170

1,240

865

815

715

640

548

740

1,700

4,580

3,040

-

Dec.

1,830

1,270

1,840

5,800

2,860

1,830

1,340

1,100

890

765

616

552

510

*466

2,820

4,500

2,180

1,480

1,240

1,040

840

765

740

665

616

514

b440

b440

446

1,810

2,000

Jan.

1,340

1,010

815

765

1,790

6,160

2,640

1,670

1,240

980

815

765

715

644

600

538

518

480

*451

423

420

1,350

1,630

1,380

1,380

1,410

1,710

2,330

2,050

1,440

1,200

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ...........

Feb.

1,010

840

740

865

1,410

1,270

1,160

1,100

1,070

1,160

1,130

1,010

950

920

1,040

1,300

1,630

1,520

1,270

1,160

1,010

950

1,010

1,010

980

920

840

800

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

11,577

22,025

44,205

248,548

4O 659

30^075

22 594

40^295

22,711

17,557 

25 432

lz',SZ6

7,522

298, 586

Mar.

760

720

680

700

740

740

700

660

640

700

760

640

580

520

470

440

409

992

1,200

920

790

715

920

1,130

980

865

790

715

622

558

538

Apr.

538

499

451

430

420

715

740

865

1,010

890

790

690

5,710

11,300

3,220

1,920

1,380

1,160

950

815

715

690

667

600

538

499

499

558

518

518

Maximum

1,480

4,580

5,800

8,080

6,160

1,630

1,200

2^010

2,930

2,530

1,830 

622

) 11,300

May

740

950

1,300

1,160

950

790

715

644

558

600

644

579

499

462

451

790

980

815

579

499

444

538

2,010

1,100

815

715

622

518

466

409

369

Minimum

147

149

440

118

420

740

409 

420

191

275

223 

147

147

June

340

314

290

266

269

263

240

223

207

199

191

196

218

199

201

207

771

2,500

1,070

1,070

920

667

518

426

378

340

305

369

2,930

1,470

-

Mean

373

734

1,426

679

1 312

1^074

729

1,343

733

585

82O 

450

251

818

July

950

644

518

423

365

321

365

644

499

420

416

378

1,060

2,530

1,300

890

1,670

1,410

1,010

2,380

1,590

1,340

920

690

558

469

409

362

327

299

275

Aug.

260

243

338

538

499

340

281

257

275

251

223

231

281

317

375

600

622

667

667

480

392

337

349

337

290

257

299

370

1,830

1,040

690

Per square 

mile

0.912

1.79

3.49

1.66

3.21

2 . 63

1 . 78

3 . 28

1.79

1.43

l!lO

.614

2.00

Sept.

622

480

402

359

330

392

369

321

290

260

240

220

212

212

204

194

191

186

196

186

171

164

166

159

152

143

147

152

178

218

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.05

2.00

4.02

22.60

3.70

2.74

2.05

3.66

2.06

1.60

2 . 31 

l!27

.68

27.14

Peak discharge (base, 4,UX) sec.-m. j .--Kov. 2y (:> i.m.) 4,780 sec.-ft.; Dec. 4 (9 a.m.) 7,08O sec.- 

ft.; Dec. 15 (11 p.m.; 6,680 sec.-ft.; Jan. 6 (7 a.m.) 8,380 sec.-ft.; Apr. 14 (4 a.m.) 17,8OO sec.- 

June 29 (6 a.m.) 5,330 sec.-ft.; July 20 (ll:3O a.m.) 4,680 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

Note.--No gage-height record Feb. 26 to Mar. 16; discharge computed on basis of weather records and 

records for Cowpasture River near Clifton Forge.
JAMES .RIVER BASIN IS

James River at Lick Run, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°47', long. 79°47', at old highway bridge at Lick

 Hun, Botetourt County, 1,000 feet downstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 220, threequarters of a' mile downstream from confluence of Cowpasture and Jackson Rivers. Datura 

of gage is 978.30 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 1,369 square miles.

Records available. April 1925 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 24 years, 1,545 second-feet.

Extremes.--MaxiSum discharge during year, 40,600 second-feet Apr. 14 (gage height, 20.45

 Teeth minimum, 408 second-feet Sept. 27 (gage height, 1.96 feet).

1925-49: Maximum discharge, 66,600 second-feet Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 25.65 

feet), from rating curve extended above 33,000 second-feet on basis of records for 

other stations in James River Basin; minimum, 153 second-feet Oct. 11, 1930.

Flood in November 1877_ reached a stage of about 33 feet (discharge, about 120,000 

second-feet). Flood in March 1913 reached a stage of 30.4 feet, from floodmarks (discharge, about 98,000 second-feet).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years) ."^W 852: 1936-37. W 972: 1877(M), 1913(M), 1927, 1930(M),

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height. In feet, 

and discharge. In second-feet)

1.9 

2.2 

2.5 

3.O 

3.5

375

545

735

1,O8O

1,460

4.0 

4.5 

5.O 

6.0 

8.0

1,890 

2,390 

3,OOO 

4,410 

7,690

1O.O 

12.0 

15.0 

19.0

11,600

15,900

23,300

35,000

Discharge, in seccnd-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

774 

636 

515 

690 

2,620

5,340 

2,740 

2,560 

3,540 

2,340

1,710 

1,420 

1,180 

1,010 

870

780 

683 

735 

748 

709

624 

581 

545 

527 

509

485 

468 

452 

446 

430 

419

NCT.

424

430 

458

557 

716

1,350 

3,960 

2,870 

i,940 

1,620

1,420 

l.TBTT 

1,080 

1,040 

940

863

828 

761 

1.08O 

3,540

4,260 

2,870 

2,740 

2,500 

2,390

2, ISO 

3,O6O 

6,280 

18,000 

11,200

Dec.

6., 650 

4,260 

5,620 

22,800 

11,200

6,310 

4,410 

3,540 

2,800 

2,340

1,980 

1,760 

1,620 

1,500 

7,280

116,000 

110., 000 

a6,000 

a5,OOO 

a4,5OO

a3,5OO 

a3,OOO 

a2, 60O 

a2,30O 

a2,000

al,900 

al,70O 

al,60O 

al,50O 

a3,500 

a9 , OOO

Jan.

a7,OOO 

a5,060 

a4,000 

a2,7oo 

a6,oOo

al8,ooO 

a9,000 

a5,oOO 

4,llo 

3,260

2,680 

2,390 

2,440 

2,230 

2,030

1,8OO 

1,710 

1,580 

11,500 

1,380

1,420 

5,970 

6,99O 

5,020 

4,260

4,110 

4,560 

5,660 

5,82O 

4,110 

3,470

Month

Ooto 

Nora 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

 a

bar ..........................

mber.... .....................

mber.... .....................

Isndar year 1948 

&ry

h.. ..........................

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

*t ...........................

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

3,O6O 

2..560 

2,340 

2,560 

4,410

4,260 

4,110 

4,110 

3,540 

3.2OO

3,200 

2,680 

2,440 

2,280 

2,340

2,680 

3,40O 

3,400 

2.8OO

2,870

2,620 

2,390 

2,390 

2,390 

2.28O

2,130 

1,890 

1,940

Secondfoot-days

37,088 

82,537 

158, 17C

816, 25E

135, 20C 

8O,27C 

66,34C 

121, 24C 

77.55C 

50,49E 

66.26C 

41,292 

22,855

939,302

Peak discharge (base. 12,000 see.-ft. ).--Nc

Z5,BOO sec. -ft.; Dec. 16 (3:30 a.m.) £1,700 s

Mar.

1,840 

1.66O 

1,580 

1,620 

1,660

1,800 

1,800 

1,660 

1,620 

1,580

1,76O 

1,710 

1,580 

1,500 

1,420

1,380 

1,30O 

3,220 

5,180 

3,470

2,620 

2., 340 

3.O6O 

3,540 

3,000

2,560 

2,340 

2,180 

1,940 

1,760 

1,660

Apr.

1,620 

1,540 

1,42O 

1,340 

1,340

2,330 

2,680 

2,500 

2,620 

2,390

2,130 

1,980 

12,300 

34,40O 

12.0OO

6,480 

4,560 

3,680 

3,060 

2,500

2,230 

2,130 

2,130 

1,980 

1,840

1,660 

1,580 

1,660 

1,620 

1,540

Maximum

5,340 

18,000 

22,80O

22,800

18, OOO 

4,410 

5, ISO 

34, 4OO 

4,560 

10,600 

5,180 

3,960 

2,130

34,400

May

2,800 

4,260 

4,56O 

4,110 

3,260

2,680 

2,390 

2,280 

1,980 

2.O3O

2,680 

3.2OO 

2,500 

2,080 

1,890

2,280 

4,110 

a3,OOO 

a2,2OO 

al,800

al,6OO 

al, 7OO 

3,400 

3,680 

2,440

1,940 

1,710 

1,500 

1,340 

al,150 

al.OOO

Minimum

419 

424 

1,500

312

1,380 

1.89O 

1,3OO 

1,340 

1,OOO 

520 

774 

593 

414

414

June

a9oo 

a850 

a78O 

a740 

a720

a7OO 

a650 

a6oo 

a560 

a5 70

a540 

a520 

a680 

a6OO 

a600

a700 

1,150 

1O, 6OO 

5,340 

3,260

2,80O 

1,940 

1,540 

1,260 

1,O8O

975 

94O 

94O 

3,700 

4,260

Mean

1,196 

2,751 

5,102

2,230

4,361 

2,867 

2,140 

4,041 

2,502 

1,683 

2,137 

1,332 

762

2,573

July

2,680 

1,94O 

1.5OO 

1,260 

1,080

975 

940 

1,420 

1,340 

1,120

1,080 

1,120 

1,150 

4,710 

3,680

2.8OO 

4,86O 

5,180 

3,540 

4,070

4,710 

3,330 

2,500 

1,840 

1,540

1,300 

1,120 

975 

905 

821 

774

Au6 .

702 

657 

1,840 

3,220 

1,660

1,220 

940 

787 

768 

780

670 

593 

664 

856 

1,150

1,420 

1,710 

1,710 

1,94O 

1,500

1,180 

1,010 

940 

905 

800

696 

670 

905 

3,960 

3,260 

2,180

Per square 

mile

0.874 

2.01 

3.73

1.63

3.19 

2.09 

1.56 

2.95 

1.83 

1.23 

1.56 

.973 

.557

1.88

Sept.

2,13O 

1,710 

1,340 

1,150 

1,150

1,080 

1,180 

975 

870 

774

a70O 

a65O

aeoo

581 

563

539 

521 

5O9 

527 

503

474 

452 

468 

452 

430

419 

414 

424 

539 

735

Runoff in 

inches

1.01 

2.24 

4.30

22.17

3.68 

2.18 

1.80 

3.29 

2.11 

1.37 

1.80 

1.12 

.62

25.52

v. 29 (9:30 a.m.) 19.9OO sec. -ft. 5 Dec. 4 (11 a.m.) 

ec.-ft.j Apr. 14 (4:3O a.m.) 4O,600 sec. -ft.; June 18

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for station at 

Buchanan and sum of records for stations upstream.
16 JAMES RIVER BASIN

James River at Buchanan, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°31'50", long. 79°40i45", at Chesapeake & Ohio Railway station at Buchanan, Botetourt County, 300 feet upstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 11, 1,000 feet upstream from Purgatory Creek, and \\ miles downstream from Looney 

Creek. Datum of gage is 802.56 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area.--2,084 square miles.

Records available.--August 1895 to September 1949 in reports of Geological Survey. Pebruary 189b to September 1916 (revised) in Virginia Geological Survey Bulletin 31.

Average discharge.--50 years (1898-1912, 1913-49), 2,502 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 54,800 second-feet Apr. 14 (gage height, 20.18 

TeeTh minimum, 640 second-feet Sept. 27, 28 (gage height, 2.30 feet).

1895-1949: Maximum discharge, about 105,000 second-feet Mar. 27, 1913 (gage height, 

31 feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 53,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting and records for other stations in James River Basin; minimum,"255 

second-feet on several days in September 1932 (gage height, 1.60 feet).

Flood in November 1877 reached a stage of 34.9 feet, from floodmark (discharge, about 

125,000 second-feet).

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water year 1949 are given 

in Water-Supply Paper 1162.

Revisions (water years]I.--W 582: Drainage area. W 602: 1917-24. W 952: 1913(M). W 972: 

1935-36.See also Records available.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.3 640 4.5 3,110 1O.O 17,9OO 

2.5 790 5.3 4,520 12. O 24, 2OO 

2.8 1,040 6.7 7,930 15. 0 34,400 

3.5 1,780 8.0 * 11,7OO 19. O 49,8OO

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,O9O 

1,060 

918 

782 

2,950

7,930 

4,960 

3,110 

4,220 

3,420

2,480

1,960 

1,660 

1,440 

1,240

1,100 

1,OOO 

1,040 

1,040 

1,040

950 

894 

838 

814 

782

758 

726 

710 

689 

675 

661

Nov.

654 

654 

689 

1,230 

1,230

1,670 

6,880 

4,850 

3,040 

2,410

2,080 

1,840 

1,660 

1,490 

1,440

1,340 

1,290 

1,210 

1,420 

5,080

7,140 

4,740 

4,120 

3,940 

4,030

3,760 

4,780 

10 , 500 

29.9OO 

22,300

Dec.

12,300 

7,930 

11,500 

40,300 

23,600

12,600 

8,470 

6,380 

5,O8O 

4,120

a3,5OO 

a3,lOO 

a2,700 

a2 , 6OO 

a7,OOO

alS.OOO 

a!3,000 

9,310 

7,140 

7,140

5,780 

4,520 

4,030 

3,500 

3,180

a2,80O 

a2,6OO 

a2,3OO 

a2,2OO 

a9,OOO 

a!4,000

Jan.

alO.OOO 

a7,OOO 

a6,OOO 

a5,40O 

a6,OOO

aie.ooo

al 7,OOO 

a9 , OOO 

a7,OOO 

a5,200

a4,000 

a3 , 6OO 

a3 , 5OO 

3,500 

3,180

2,960 

2,610 

2,480

2,340 

2,220

2,150 

6,880 

12,900 

9,030 

7,140

6,630 

6,880 

7,930 

9,6OO 

7,140 

5,780

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

uary .........................

h. ...........................

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1948-49 .........

Feb.

5,080 

4,520 

4,030 

4,120 

6,630

7,660 

7,140 

7,660 

6,380

5,540

5,300 

4,630 

4,030 

3,760 

3,500

3,680 

4,320 

4,520 

4,030 

4,420

4,740 

4,120 

3,850 

3,760 

3,500

3,260 

2,960 

2,890

Secondfoot-days

52,937 

137,367 

259,680

1,328,180

203,050 

130,030 

107,670 

189,010 

134,740 

71,838 

122,070 

62,117 

38,845

1,509,354

Mar.

2,890 

2,610 

2,480 

2,410 

2,48O

2,610 

2,680 

2,540 

2,410 

2,340

2,410 

2,480 

2,280 

2,220 

2,080

1/960 

1,900 

2,850 

8,470 

5,900

4,320 

3,760 

7,140 

7,400 

5,660

4,630 

4,030 

3,680 

3,340 

2,960 

2,750

Apr.

2,680 

2,480 

2,280 

2,150 

2,O8O

3,420 

4,630 

3,940 

3,85O 

3,680

3,260 

3,O40 

11,3OO 

49,800 

25,800

12,600 

8,2OO 

6,380 

5,08O 

4,03O

3,500 

3,26O 

3,260 

3,110 

2,820

2,540 

2,410 

2,480 

2,540 

2,410

Maximum

7,930 

29,900 

40,300

40,300

18,000 

7,660 

8,470 

49,800 

11,100 

11,700 

13,800 

7,360 

4,630

49 , 800

May

4,370 

11,100 

11,100 

7,930 

6,020

4,740 

3,940 

3,850 

3,760 

4,220

5,080 

7,140 

5,300 

3,940 

3,340

3,590 

4,740 

4,960 

3,590 

2,890

2,540 

2,340 

2,820 

5,420 

3,420

2,820 

2,410 

2,150 

1,90O 

1,720 

1,6OO

Minimum

661 

654 

2,200

500

2,150 

2,890 

1,900 

2,080 

1,60O 

806 

1,170 

870 

64O

640

June

1,490 

1,390 

1,290 

1,190 

1,130

1,110 

1,100 

1,01O 

942 

870

822

806 

934 

1,040 

977

977 

1,440 

7,270 

11,700 

4,740

3,850 

2,960 

2,28O

1,840 

1,550

1,390 

1,290 

1,240 

3,320 

9,890

Mean

1,708 

4,579 

8,377

3,629

6,550 

4,644 

3,473 

6,3OO 

4,346 

2,395 

3,938 

2,004 

1,295

4,135

July

6,630 

3,940 

2,820 

2,280 

1,9OO

1,6OO 

1,390 

1,780 

2,150 

1,720

1,660 

1,840 

1,90O 

4,330 

6,630

6,380 

12,90O 

13,800 

T, 9 30 

5,420

8,750 

5.3OO 

4,120 

3,040 

2,480

2,150 

1,780 

1,600 

1,390 

1,290 

1,170

Aug.

1,100 

1,04O 

995 

4,240 

2,610

2,080 

1,490 

1,20O 

1,07O 

1,050

1,010 

902 

870 

1,02O 

1,550

1,960 

2,340 

2,48O 

2,610 

2,41O

1,780 

1,440 

1,290 

1,290 

1,200

1,100 

1,O6O 

1,160 

6,090 

7,360 

4,320

Per square 

mile

O.82O 

2.20 

4.02

1.74

3.14 

2.23 

1.67 

3.02 

2.09 

1.15 

1.89 

.962 

.621

1.98

Sspt.

4,630 

3,5OO 

2,61O 

2,150 

1,840

1,840 

1,720 

1,600 

1,39O 

1,230

1,09O 

1,01O 

959 

926 

902

870 

830 

830 

878 

822

766 

726 

710 

710 

675

668 

647 

64O 

726

950

Runoff in 

inches

0.95 

2.46 

4.64

23.72

3.62 

2.32 

1.92 

3.37 

2.41 

1.28 

2.18 

1.11 

.69

26.95

Peak discharge (base, 21,OOO sec. -ft.). Nov. 29 (3 p.m.) 33,700 sec. -ft.; Dec. 4 (3:3O p.m.)

42,600 sec.-ft^; Apr. 14 (3 p.m.) 54,800 sec.-ft.; June 19 (3:3O a.m.) 21,OOO see.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for stations 

at Lick Run and at Holcombs Rock and sum of records for upstream stations.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 17

James River at Holcombs Rock, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37"30', long. 79°15', at Holcombs Rock, Bedford

County, half a mile downstream from Pedlar River. Datum of gage is 548.53 feet above

mean sea level, datum of 1929. 

Drainage area.--3,250 square miles. 

Kecords available.--January 1900 to September 1915 (gage heights only), August 1931 to

September 1949. December 1926 to June 1931 at Salt Creek, 2 miles downstream. 

Average discharge.--21 years (1927-30, 1931-49), 3,711 second-feet. 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 63,300 second-feet Apr. 14 (gage height, 22.9

reet); minimum, 364 second-feet during period Sept. 16-22 (gage height, 3.73 feet, from

recorded range in stage); minimum daily, 1,040 second-feet Oct. 31.

1926-49: Maximum discharge, 115,000 second-feet Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 30.78

feet), from rating curve extended above 57,000 second-feet on basis of records for other

stations in James River Basin; minimum, 100 second-feet Sept. 21, 1941 (gage height,

3.02 feet); minimum daily, 223 second-feet July 28, 1930.

Flood in March 1913 reached a stage of 31.3 feet, from floodmarks (discharge, 118,000

second-feet, from rating curve extended above 57,000 second-feet on basis of records for

other stations in James River Basin). 

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Flow regulated by power plants above station. 

Revisions (water years).--W 972: 1913(M), 1932-33, 1935(M), 1936.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

4.4 933

4.5 1,050

5.0 1,760

5.5 2,540

6.0 3,370

7.0 5,200

8.0 7,250

10.0 11,800

12.0 17,000

15.0 27,100

19.0 43,500

22.0 58,300

Discharge, in aecond-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,930

1,560

1,510

1,280

3,260

9,230

8,570

5,060

5,810

5,760

4,100

3,280

2,650

2,400

2,130

1,910

1,670

1,910

1,960

1,910

1,930

1,620

1,180

1,480

1,400

1,330

1,290

1,330

1,280

1,180

1,040

Nov.

1,140

1,150

1,260

1,880

2,090

2,120

8,560

8,790

5,600

4,040

3,460

2,880

2,690

2,450

2,270

2,020

1,920

1,960

2,650

11,000

10,800

8,350

6,830

6,410

6,830

6,620

7,040

10,800

37,400

31.OOO

-

Dec.

18,200

12,700

15,300

58,300

37,000

18,800

13,200

10,400

8,570

7,250

6,000

5,200

4,580

4,380

6,350

26,400

21,500

13,200

10,600

10,400

9,010

7,690

6,830

6,000

5,600

5,010

4,260

3,720

3,810

11,900

23,200

Jan.

16,100

11,300

9,450

8,350

8,790

27,500

26,800

15,900

12.OOO

10,100

8,790

7,910

7,690

7,040

6,410

6,000

5,400

5,010

4,720

4,440

4,260

7,250

14,800

14,800

12,000

10,400

10,100

10,600

12,000

11,500

9,9CO

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 . ..........

Feb.

9,oio

8,130

7,470

6,830

9,010

11,000

10,800

1O,8OO

9,670

8,570

8,130

7,470

6,620

6,000

5,800

5,800

6,000

6,410

6,200

6,410

6,830

6,410

5,800

5,6OO

5,400

5,010

4,750

4,600

_

_

-

Secondfoot-clays

82,95C

202, 01C

395, 36C

1 a 962, 07J

527,310

2OO,53C

169., 73C

258, 89C

195 , 86C

112, 87C

175 29C

86, 65C

61.14C

2,268,59C

Mar.

4,480

4,240

3,840

3,580

3,760

3,820

4,060

3,900

3,660

3,540

3,670

3,780

3,520

3,320

3,220

3,080

2,880

3,780

8,790

8,570

6,620

6,200

15,000

12,000

9,900

8,130

7,250

6,200

5,6OO

4,890

4,450

Apr.

4,120

3,880

3,800

3,520

3,340

4,820

6,830

6,830

6,200

5,800

5,400

4,820

11,900

52,500

37,700

16,400

11 , 800

9,450

7,910

6,620

5,800

5,400 "

5,200

4,820

4,440

3,990

3.9OO

3.9OO

3,990

3,810

Maximum

9 230

37,4OO

58,300

58 , 300

27,500

11,000

52*500

19*. 400

16, 100

9,67O

6,830

58,300

May

4,540

10,600

17,000

12,200

9,450

7,690

6,410

6,200

5,600

7,470

7,470

9,230

8,130

6,410

5,400

5,010

6,200

7,690

5,8OO

4,650

3,970

3,710

3,830

6,410

5,600

4,200

3,7OO

3,160

2,960

2,730

2j440

Minimum

1 04O

1 14O

3^720

796

4,260

4,600

2, 88O

3,340

2,440 

1,260

2,120

1,400

1,050

1,040

June

,390

,3OO

,040

,980

,760

,870

,760

,660

,600

,480

,450

,260

,540

,700

,720

1,710

3,460

12,700

19,400

8,130

6,000

5,600

3,800

3,160

2,560

2,360

2,180

2,100

3,1OO

10,100

Mean

2, 676

6, 734

12,750

5

10,560

7 , 162

5 47 C

e^esc

6, 31 

5*655

2 79 C

2, Q3 

6,215

July

8,570

6,000

3,250

3,380

2,820

2,420

2,630

3,150

3,100

2,780

2,880

3,720

3,580

5,010

9,230

12,OOO

15,300

16,100

12,200

8,790

9,450

8,350

6,410

5,O1O

3,840

3,320

2,860

2,600

2,300

2,120

2,120

Aug.

1,880

1,820

1,570

3,4OO

4,580

3,020

2,460

2,020

1,700

1,560

1,650

1,550

1,420

1,400

1,940

2,700

2,980

3,290

3,320

3,440

2,790

2,280

2,100

1,930

1,910

1,600

1,680

1,960

6,410

9,670

6,620

Per square 

mile

0. 823

2.07

3.92

1.65

3 25

2!20

1 . 68

2 . 66

1 94

1.16

1.74

. 860

. 627

1.91

Sept.

6,830

5,600

4,2OO

3,310

2,750

2,900

2,640

2,700

2,210

2,100

1,780

1,710

1,550

1,590

1,470

al,400

al,300

al,300

al,4OO

al,300

al,2OO

al,lOO

al,lOO

al,lOO

al,o5o

al,050

al,050

al,050

al,100

al,300

Runoff in 

inches

0.95

2.31

4.52

22 . 46

3 75

2. ~29

1.94

2.97

2.24

1.29

2.01

99

^70

25.96

Peak discharge (base, 25,500 sec.-ft.). Nov. 29 (8 p.m.) 42.1OO sec.-ft.; Dec. 4 (2 p.m.) 62,7OO 

sec.-ft.; Dec. 16 (6 p.m.; 33,3OO sec.-ft.; Jan. 6 (10:30 p.m.) 35,3OO sec.-ft.; Apr. 14 (6 p.m.) 

63,300 sec.-ft.; June 19 (3:3O a.m.) 26,800 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records; sum of records for Maury 

River near Buena Vista, Pedlar River near Pedlar Mills, and James River at Buchanan, and records for 

station at Bent Creek.
18 JAME? RIVER BASIN

James River at Bent Creek, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°32', long. 78°50 I , at highway bridge at town of 

Bent Creek, Appomattox County, 150 feet downstream from Bent Creek and 1 mile downstream from Gladstone. Datum of gage is 381.39 feet above mean sea level, datum of

1929. supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 3,671 square miles.

Kecorqs available. March 1925 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 24 years, 4,125 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 76,400 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 18.68 

reet, from floodmark); minimum, 522 second-feet Sept. 28 (gage height, 2.57 feet); 

minimum dally, 1,060 second-feet Sept. 28.

1925-49: Maximum discharge, 115,000 second-feet Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 23.02 

feet), from rating curve extended above 74,000 second-feet on basis of velocity-area 

studies and records for other stations In James River Basin; minimum, 222 second-feet 

Oct. 13, 14, 1930 (gage height, 2.21 feet); minimum daily, 222 second-feet Oct. 13,

1930. 

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record,

wnTch are fair. Flow regulated by power plants above station. 

Revisions (water years). W 742: 1931 (m), W 972: 1935-36. W 1066: 1940.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.9 

3.2 

3.5 

4.0

935

1,390

1,930

2,940

5.0 

6.O 

7.5 

9.O

5,260

8,090

13,000

18,800

11.0

13.0

15.0

17.0

27,600

38,000

49,500

63,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 tc September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,060

1,780

1,740

1,740

2,740

6,85O

7,55O

6,210

5,420

6,110

5,510

d4,150

d3,400

d2,800

d2,550

d2,200

d2,OOO

d2,2OO

d2,20O

d2,2OO

2,150

2., OOO

1,420

1,590

1,71O

1,620

1,330

1,6OO

1,420

1,430

1,560

Nov.

1,310

1,170

1,580

1,610

2,520

2,140

4,280

9,320

7,170

5,110

3,970

3,68O

2,980

3,OOO

2,870

2.51O

2,260

2,330

2,420

7,370

10,600

alO, OOO

a8,OOO

a7,50O

a7,80O

a7,600

a8,OOO

a!5,OOO

a40,OOO

a35,ooO

-

Dec.

a!8,OOO

a!5,OOO

a!7,OOO

a63,OOO

a45,OOO

a20,OOO

a!5,OOO

a!2,OOO

alO,OOO

aS.OOO

7,2OO

6,420

5,660

5,220

5,580

22,2OO

25,200

15,200

11,600

11,000

9,960

8,390

7,340

6,910

6,OOO

5,700

4,72O

4,640

4,420

13,40o

23,900

Jan.

18, OOO

12,70O

9,96O

8,39O

9,32O

26,700

31,6OO

19,6OO

1 4,1OO

11,OOO

9,320

8,090

7,640

7,340

7,060

6,01O

5,440

5,27O

5,060

4,680

4,620

8,090

15,6OO

15,600

12,700

10.6OO

10, 6OO

all, 000

a!3,5OO

a!2,5OO

all, OOO

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

alO,OOO

a9,60O

a9,OOO

a8,OOO

9,320

12,000

11,300

12,OOO

ll.OOO

9,960

9,320

8,700

7,790

7,340

6,780

6,740

6,98O

7,200

7,20O

7,340

7,340

7,340

6,800

6,410

6>390

6,010

5,720

5,440

-

-

Secondfoot-days

89,24

219 1O

43s! 66

2,217,02

353,09

229,02

205 39

299 86

225 OS 122)29

91^99

70,33<

2,537,67<

Mar.

5,52O

5,02O

4,730

4,250

4,380

4,310

4,720

.4,720

4,46O

4,040

4,130

4,450

4,240

3,660

4,060

a3,500

a3,30O

a5,OOO

alO.OOO

a9,OOO

a7,50O

a7,20O

a23,OOO

a!5,OOO

a!2,000

al 0,OOO

a8,50O

a7,500

a6,500

a5, 700

a5,OOO

Apr.

a4, 700

a4,50O

a4, 400

a4,lOO

a3,8OO

a5,5OO

a7,OOO

a7,8OO

a7,2oO

a6,800

a6)20O

a5,800

a!5,000

a58,000

a40,000

a20,OOO

alS.OOO

all, 000

a9,000

7,640

6,620

6,200

6,200

5,920

5,390

4,750

4,- 780

4,240

4,780

4,540

-

Maximum

3 7,550

3 40,000

3 63,000

3 63,000

3 31,600

3 12,000

3 23,000

D 58, OOO

3 18, OOO

3 21,700

3 18,8OO

D 8,640

3 6,760

3 63,000

May

5.46O

8,700

18, OOO

14,100

ll.OOO

9,010

7,790

7,060

6,830

7,640

9,640

9,960

9,960

7,790

7,200

6,220

6,660

7,790

7,340

6,460

4,980

4,280

4,670

5,190

7,120

5,800

4,550

3,980

d3 , 640

d3 , O80

d3,180

Minimum

1,330

1,170

4,420

994

4,620

5,440

3,300

3.80O

3,080

1,5OO

2 520

1^620

1,060

1,060

June

d2,800

d2,6OO

d2,5OO

d2,3OO

d2,OOO

d2,lOO

d2,000

dl,9OO

dl,800

dl,700

dl,6OO

dl,500

dl,600

dl,900

d2,000

d2,OOO

d3,500

9,O10

21,700

9,960

7,20O

6,180

4,970

3,360

3,440

d2,T60

d2,650

d2,320

5,260

7,680

-

Mean

2,879

7 302

13|99C

6,057

11,39C

8, 17S

6,625

9 99 C

7 j 26.

4,076

6,407

2, 96'

2,344

6,952

July

9,960

7,340

5,440

3.95O

d3,240

d2,S20

d2,76O

d3,360

d3,380

d3,270

d3,320

4,140

4,480

4,870

8,090

12,OOO

18,800

18,800

13,800

9,960

9,320

9,320

7,100

6,360

4,800

3,820

3,300

a3,OOO

a2,800

2,700

2,520

Aug.

2,180

2,170

2,120

2,140

5.26O

3,610

3,330

2,360

1,960

2,030

1,770

1,870

2,010

1,620

1,900

2,320

3,140

3,280

3,260

3,440

3,480

2,720

2,590

2,260

2,140

1,800

1,890

1,920

5,140

8,640

7,640

Per square 

mile

0.784

1.99

3.81

1.65

3.10

2 « 23

1.8O

2.72

1 . 98

1.11

1 75

.639

1.89

Sept.

6,760

6,500

4,640

3,80O

3,200

2,970

3,480

2,840

2,450

2,250

2,420

1,760

1,640

1,90O

1,840

1,740

1,400

1,560

1,760

1,880

1,600

1,560

1,220

1,080

1,310

1,220

1,40O

1,O60

1,480

1,610

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.90

2.22

4.39

22.46

3.57

2 32

2 O8

3!o4

2. 28

1.24

2.02 '.11 93

25.70

Peak discharge (base, 26.5OO see.-ft.).--Dee. 4 (about 2 p.m.) 76.4OO sec.-ft.; Dec. 17 (1 a.m.) 

32,6OO sec.-ftTj Jan. 7 (5 a.m.) 35,8OO sec.-ft.; Apr. 14 (time unknown) 66,800~sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, 

and records for stations at Holcombs Rock and at Scottsville.

d Doubtful gage-height records discharge computed on basis of partial gage-height graph and records 

for stations at Holcombs Rock and at Scottsville.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 19 

James River at Scottsville, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°48', long. 78°30', at highway bridge at Scottsvllle, Albermarle County, 6 miles upstream from Hardware River. Datum of gage is 

253.18 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 

Drainage area.--4,571 square miles. 

Kecords available.--February 1925 to September 1949. 

Average discharge.--24 years, 5,152 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 94,200 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 22 9 

TeeTT; minimum, 1,270 second-feet Sept. 25 (gage height, 2.65 feet); minimum daily, 

1,650 second-feet Sept. 25.

1925-49: Maximum discharge, 133,000 second-feet Sept. 19, 1944 (gage height, 26.0 

307 mlnlmum ' 302 second-feet Oct. 1, 1930 (gage height, 1.46 feet); minimum daily,

Records available for other outstanding floods:

Date

October 1870

November 1877 

March 1913 

Mar. 19, 1936 

Aug. 16, 1940

Gage height 

(feet)

3Q.7

27.9 

25.16 

25.46 

25.84

Discharge 

(second-feet)

About 160,000 

121,000 

126,000 

130,000

Remarks

Gage height from information 

by local resident. 

Do.. 

Ploodmarks . 

Do. 

Recorder graph.

Remarks.--Records excellent except those for period of no gage-height record, which are

fair. Plow regulated by power plants above station.

Revisions (water years) .--W 727: 1931(m). W 972: 1913(M), 1936(M), 1940(M). W-1066: 

1940.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet]

2.9 1,540

3.4 2,150

4.0 3,010

5.0 4,700

6.0 6,640

7.0 8,870

8.0 11,500

10.0 18,100

12.0 25,900

15.0 39,600

18.0 57,000

22.0 85,800

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3,920

2,780

2,350

2,280

3,660

8,170

10,900

9,110

7,500

7,060

7,280

5,250

4,340

3,830

3,170

2,640

2,640

3,010

2,710

2,780

2,780

2,560

2,560

2,080

2,020

2,280

1,960

1,890

2,150

1,890

1,830

Nov.

2,080

1,710

1,710

2,420

2,640

3,330

3,090

9,480

8,630

7,060

5,250

4,430

3,920

3,660

3,250

3,170

2,940

2,860

3,090

10,400

15,000

12,700

9,850

8,870

10,600

9,350

9,350

11,200

33,600

45 , 100

-

Dec.

31,400

19,600

17,800

81 , 600

74,000

36,900

22,300

16,400

12,700

10,900

9,350

8,630

7,280

6,850

7,060

15,400

32,300

20,000

14,600

13,300

12,100

10,400

9,110

8,400

7,940

7,060

6,430

5,830

5,440

16,100

30,100

Jan.

25,900

17,400

13,000

10,600

11,200

31,400

39,OOO

26,800

18,100

14,000

11,500

10,400

9,600

8,870

8,630

7,940

7,060

6,850

6,430

6,230

5,830

13,000

16,400

20,000

15,700

13,300

12,400

13,000

14,000

14,600

12,700

Month

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

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

December ..... .......! ............

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

12,700

11,500

10,100

9,850

10,900

13,600

14,000

13,600

13,300

12,100

11,500

1O,4OO

9,600

8,870

8,400

8,170

9,110

8,630

8,630

8,870

8,630

a8,400

a8,400

a7,6OO

a7 , 200

a7,000

a6,800

a8,000

_

-

Secondfoot-daya

119,380

250,740

577,280

2,785,420

441,840

275,860

281 , 18C 

337,060

272 35C

173)960

255,430

138,050

98,080

3,221,210

Mar.

a7,500

6,430

6,230

5,630

5,250

5,630

5,250

5,630

5,630

5,250

5,250

5,250

5,250

4,700

4,700

4,520

4,340

4,520

6,430

10,400

9,350

8,170

54,900

21,900

16,000

12,700

10,900

9,600

8,870

7,720

7,280

Apr.

7,060

6,430

5,830

5,830

5,630

7,500

8,400

9,850

8,630

8,170

7,720

7,280

7,940

29,000

60,900

30 , 600

17,800

13,300

11,200

9,600

8,400

7,940

7,940

7,280

7,060

6,640

5,630

6,230

5,440

5,830

Maximum

10,900

45,100

81,600

81,600

39,000

14,000

54,900 

60,900

20 , 400

24,300

23,500

19,500

8,630

81,600

May

6,640

8,870

20,400

19,600

14,300

11,500

9,850

8,870

8,400

8,170

12,400

11,800

12,100

9,850

8,400

8,170

7,500

7,940

8,870

7,720

6,230

5,630

5,440

5,440

7,720

6,850

6,030

5,060

4,430

4,170

4,OOO

Minimum

1,830

1,710

5,440

1,280

5,830

6,800

4,340 

5,440

4,000

2 j080

3,090

2 ,280

1,650

1,650

June

3,490

3,660

3,410

3,170

2,940

2,710

2,780

2,780

2,620

2,420

2,280

2,080

2,420

3,490

2,860

3,010

5,420

18,500

24,300

18,100

10 , 400

8,400

7,280

5,250

4,700

4,170

3,660

4,000

6,160

7,500

Mean

3,850

8 5 358

18,620

7,610

14,250

9,852

9,070 

11,240

8,785

8 , 24O

4 453

3|269

8,825

July

12,400

9,85O

8,170

5,630

4,880

4,170

3,580

4,170

4,260

4,430

5,060

6,230

6,230

6,640

7,5OO

14,000

19,600

23,500

.20,400

14,000

10,600

11,800

9,350

8,170

6,640

5,060

4,700

4,170

3,410

3,740

3,090

Aug.

3,090

2,780

2,780

2,640

4,160

5,830

3,830

3,580

2,710

2,280

2,560

2,280

2,280

2,640

19,500

5,060

4,430

4,170

4,430

3,830

4,430

3,740

3,660

3,740

3,090

2,780

2,560

2,860

6,820

9,110

10,400

Per square 

mile

0.842

1.83

4.07

1.66

3.12

2 . 1G

2)45

1 92

1.27

!974

.715

1.93

Sspt.

8,630

7,940

7,060

5,440

4,430

4,000

4,430

4,080

3,660

2,860

3,090

2,640

2,640

2,150

2,710

2,490

2,280

2,280

2,420

2,860

2,020

2,150

2,350

1,830

1,650

1,830

1,830

2,020

1,890

2,420

-

Runoff in

inches

0.97

2.04

4.69

22.66

3.60

2 * 25

2 * 28

2.74

2 .21

1^42

2 ,08

1.12

.80

26.20

Peak discharge (base, 27,000 sec.-ft.). Nov. 30 (1:30 p.m.) 46,800 sec.-.ft.; Dec. 4 (8 p.m.) 

94,200 sec.-ft.; Dec. 17 (10 a.m.) 35,500 sec.-ft.; Dec. 31 (10:30 p.m.) 31*,000 sec.-ft.; Jan. 7 

12 p.m.) 41,200 sec.-ft.; Mar. 23 (12:30 p.m.) 71,9OO sec.-ft.; Apr. 15 (12:30 p.m.) 66,300 sec.- 

ft.; June 19 (7:3O p.m.) 30,100 sec.-ft.; Aug. 15 (5:30 a.m.) 50,300 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for stations 

at Bent Creek and at Cartersville.
20 JAMES RIVER BASIN 

James River at Cartersville, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°40', long. 78°05', at highway bridge between 

femberton and Cartersville, Cumberland County, 2 miles downstream from Willis River. 

Datum of gage is 161.57 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area.--6,242 square miles.

Records available.--January 1899 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--49 years (1899-1904, 1905-49), 7,182 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 134,000 second-feet Dec. 5 (gage height, 27.00 

reet); minimum, 2,220 second-feet Sept. 26 (gage height, 1.38 feet); minimum daily, 

2,480 second-feet Nov. 3.

1899-1949: Maximum discharge, 180,000 second-feet Sept. 20, 1944 (gage height 29.6 

feet, from floodmark in gage well); minimum, 320 second-feet Sept. 22, 1932; minimum 

daily, 348 second-feet Oct. 5, 1930; minimum gage height, 0.10 foot Oct. 2, 1941.

Remarks. Records good. Plow regulated by power plants above station. 

Revisions (water years). W 582: Drainage area. W 972: 1936(M).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.5 

2.5 

4.0 

6.0 

8.0

2,390

4,190

7,180

11,800

17,400

10.0

15.0

20.0

24.0

27.0

24,100

44,500

70,200

99,000

134,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

6,970 

4,660 

3,530 

2,900 

5,070

18,700 

15,300 

13,900 

12,600 

9,400

9,880 

7,820 

6,160 

5,560 

4,860

4,280 

3,620 

4,000 

5,160 

4,000

4,100 

3,810 

3,530 

3,530 

3,080

2,990 

3,080 

2,640 

2,640 

2,900 

2,820

Nov.

2,730 

2,820 

2,480 

3,260 

4,100

4,380 

7,600 

8,690 

12,400 

9,880

7,820 

6,760 

5,760 

5,160 

5,160

4,570 

4,280 

4,000 

4,100 

11,500

20,000 

17,100 

14,200 

12,100 

16,800

15,900 

13,600 

15,300 

41,900 

57,700

Dec.

46,400 

28,200 

22,000 

88,600 

124,000

75,400 

35,400 

23,400 

18,100 

15,000

12,800 

11,600 

10,400 

9,400 

8,940

14,200 

34,700 

27,800 

19,300 

18,100

15,900 

13,900 

12,400 

10,800 

10,400

9,400 

8,480 

7,600 

7,820 

18,600 

46,800

Jan.

61,400 

25,900 

18,700 

15,000 

14,400

38,9OO 

48,200 

38,900 

24,800 

19,000

15,600 

13,900 

13,100 

12,100 

11,600

10,800 

9,640 

9,170 

8,940 

8,480

8,480 

25,900 

24,500 

26,700 

22,000

18,100 

16,800 

16,800 

17,800 

18,100 

16,800

Month

Octo 

Hove

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948

h.. ..........................

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

17,400 

16,500 

15,000 

14,400 

16,500

17,800 

18,700 

18,100 

17,400 

15,900

15,900 

14,200 

13,100 

11,800 

11,400

11,100 

13,900 

12,400 

11,800 

12,400

12,400 

11,600 

11,600 

10,800 

10,100

9,880 

9,400 

9,880

Seoondfoot-days

183,490 

342,050 

805,840

3,821,320

630,510 

381,360 

396,180 

419,230 

357,610 

216,950 

334,700 

228,160 

140,150

4,436,230

Mar.

11,400 

9,640 

11,100 

8,260 

7,600

7,600 

7,600 

7,600 

7,600 

7,390

7,180 

7,180 

7,180 

6,970 

6,360

6,760 

5,960 

6,760 

9,640 

11,100

12,600 

10,600 

53,000 

56,200 

23,000

18,400 

15,300 

13,400 

12,100 

10,600 

10,100

Apr.

9,400 

8,940 

8,480 

7,820 

7,390

11,400 

12,600 

13,100 

12,400 

10,600

10,100 

9,640 

10,400 

23,400 

56,200

49,400 

23,400 

17,100 

14,400 

12,600

11,100 

10,400 

10,800 

9,880 

9,170

8,480 

7,820 

7,820 

7,390 

7,600

Maximum

18,700 

57,700 

124,000

124,000

61,400 

18,700 

56,200 

56,200 

28,200 

27,400 

29,400 

29,800 

11,600

124,000

Peak discharge (base, 40,000 sec. -ft.) . Nov. 30 (11 a.

134,

a.m.

000 sec. -ft.; Dec. 31 (12 m.; 

82,800 sec. -ft. ; Apr. 16 (1

49,700 sec. -ft.; Jan. 6 

a.m.) 65,800 sec. -ft.;

May

7,820 

18,100 

21,100 

28,200 

19,300

15,300 

12,800 

11,600 

10,800 

11,800

15,600 

18,100 

15,900 

14,800 

11,600

10,800 

9,640 

9,880 

10,800 

9,880

8,710 

7,880 

7,600 

7,390 

8,040

9,170 

7,880 

.6,760 

6,160 

5,560 

5,360

Minimum

2,640 

2,480 

7,600

1,580

8,480 

. 9,400 

5,960 

7,390 

5,360 

2,820 

4,380 

2,900 

2,560

2,480

June

4,960 

4,570 

4,480 

4,880 

4,000

4,000 

3,530 

3,530 

3,440 

3,350

3,440 

2,820 

3,080 

3,810 

4,280

3,810 

4,570 

15,900 

26,300 

27,400

14,200 

11,100 

9,400 

7,600 

5,960

5,960 

4,860 

4,960 

5,960 

11,400

Mean

5,919 

11,400 

?5,990

10,440

20,340 

13,620 

18,780 

13,970 

11,540 

7,238 

10,800 

7,360 

4,678

12,150

July

12,100 

12,800 

10, 100 

8,040 

6,160

5,360 

4,660 

4,570 

6,760 

5,160

6,560 

8,040 

10,400 

11,600 

11,800

16,200 

28,200 

29,400 

25,900 

18,700

13,900 

13,600 

12,600 

10,400 

9,170

7,180 

5,960 

5,560 

4,960 

4,480 

4,380

Aug.

3,900 

3,720 

3,620 

3,350 

3,810

7,180 

5,360 

4,660 

3,900 

3,860

2,900 

3,080 

2,990 

2,900 

28,700

29,800 

12,800 

9,880 

8,040 

6,760

5,960 

5,960 

5,160 

5,960 

4,960

4,480 

3,810 

3,900 

8,760 

15,000 

13,600

Per square 

mile

0.948 

1.83 

4.16

1.67

3.86 

2.18 

2.05 

8.84 

1.85 

1.16 

1.73 

1.18 

.748

1.95

Sept.

11,600 

10,600 

9,640 

7,390 

6,560

5,560 

5,560 

6,360 

5,360 

4,760

4,000 

4,100 

3,440 

3,530 

3,350

3,720 

3,860 

3,260 

3,810 

3,530

3,530 

2,900 

3,170 

3,530 

8,640

2,560 

2,730 

2,730 

3,440 

3,530

Runoff in 

inohes

1.09 

2.04 

4.80

22.75

3.76 

2.27 

2.36 

2.50 

2.13 

1.89 

1.99 

1.36 

.83

26,42

m.) 58,700 sec. -ft.; Dec. 5 (5:30 a.m.) 

(10:30 p.m.) 5O,200 sec. -ft.; Mar. 24 (l 

Aug. 15 (4:30 p.m.) 54,700 sec. -ft.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 21

James River near Richmond, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°33'47", long. 77 0 32'50", at Westham Bridge, if 

miles downstream from Boshor Dam and 3 miles west of city limits of Richmond, Henrico 

County. Datum of gage is 98.82 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area.--6,757 square miles.

Kecords available.--October 1934 to September 1949.

Average discharge---14 years (1935-49), 7,746 second-feet (includes flow in James River & 

K.anawha Canal).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 136,000 second-feet Dec. 5 (gage height, 20.9 

I'eet); minimum daily, 1,880 second-feet Sept. 26.

1934-49: Maximum discharge, 175,000 second-feet Mar. 19, 1936 (gage height, 23.42 

feet); minimum daily, 46 second-feet Sept. 18-20, 25-27, Oct. 1-4, 7. 1941, Sept. 8, 

9, 12, 1944.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow regulated by power plants above station. Extremes and records of daily discharge 

do not include flow in James River & Kanawha Canal which diverts around station. For 

canal records see page 47. Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the 

water year 1949 are given in Water-Supply Paper 1162.

Revisions (water years).--W 972; 1936(M).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1 3.9 

4.5 

5.0

e.o

1,750 

3,290 

4,72O 

8,040

7.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

11,860 

16,100 

26,600 

39,8OO

16.0

18.0

20.0

71,100

94,OOO

122.0OO

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

4,880

5,360

3,420

2,710

2,89O

12/000

16,600

14, 3OO

12,600

10,200

8,580

8,400

6,340

5,040

4,420

3,700

3,840

3,O5O

3,840

3,98O

3,420

3,240

3,020

3,100

2,71O

2,48O

2,380

2,380

2,OOO

2,180

2,810

Nov.

2,180

2,120

2,100

1,920

3,050

3,420

4,880

6,500

11,000

- 9,860

8,400

6,670

5,520

4,88O

4,42O

3,980

3,840

3,420

3,42O

3,980

17,000

17,OOO

14,800

12,200

14,500

18,000

13,9OO

15,200

30,9OO

54,000

-

Dec.

53,200

33,600

22,6OO

48,600

115,000

116, OOO

55,400

E4,900

18,400

15,200

12,6OO

10,500

1O, OOO

9,300

9,OOO

13, OOO

34,OOO

27,000

19.0OO

17,500

15,000

13,500

11,500

1O.5OO

1O.OOO

9,OOO

8,000

7,OOO

7,50O

17,500

46,500

Month

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

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

Calendar year 1948 - .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 19,48-49 

Jan.

60,000

26,

18,

15,

OOO

500

OOO

14,000

38, OOO

47,

38,

24,

50O

500

000

18,500

15,000

13,

12,

11,

300

600

BOO

11,OOO

1O,6OO

9,

8,

8,

860

760

580

8,220

8,220

18,

28,

24,

3OO

40O

5OO

23,700

18,400

17,

16,

16,

17,

DOO

100

5OO

DOO

17,000

Secondfoot-days

165,870

302,860

82O, 8OO

3,726,780

615,740

375,860

381, OOO

399, 560

338, 8OO

193, 03O

331,200

214,120

125,940

4,264,830

Feb.

16,60O

17,500

15,600

14,300

15,2OO

16, 600

17,500

17,500

17,OOO

16,1OO

15, 6OO

14,300

13, OOO

12,2OO

11,000

11,000

12,600

14,300

12,2OO

11,8OO

12,2OO

11,400

11.4OO

11,OOO

9,860

9,49O

9,120

9,49O

-

_

-

Mar.

10.6OO

10,2

3,1

8,2

00

20

20

7,690

7,340

7,3

7,0

7,0

40

OO

00

7,17O

6,840

6,8

6,6

6,5

40

70

00

6,180

6,O10

5,8

5,8

7,5

40

40

20

9,120

12,200

11', 0

25,1

87,7

00

OO

00

33,500

19,400

16,1

13,9

12,2

11,0

OO

00

00

00

9,860

Observed

Maximum

16,600

54,OOO

116,000

116,000

60, OOO

17,500

67,70O

57,100

27,800

28, 400

29,100 

42,700

12,200

116, OOO

Minimum

2,OOO

1,920

7, OOO

1,010

8

9^120

5,840

6,670

4,720

2,100 

3,840

2,530

1,880

1,88O

Apr.

9,120

8,760

8,220

7,520

7,340

8,58O

13,000

11.8OO

12,600

1O, 6OO

9,860

9,490

9.12O

13,500

41,3OO

57,100

28,400

18, OOO

14,3OO

12,6OO

11,OOO

10,20O

10,200

1O,20O

9,120

8,400

8,040

7,OOO

7,520

6,670

Mean

5,351

10,100

26, 48O

10,180

19, 860

13,420

13*320

10,93O

6,434 

10,680

6,907 

4,198

11,680

Hay

7,170

9,120

13,9OO

27,8OO

20,400

15,60O

13, OOO

11,800

1O,200

10,600

12,600

19,400

16,6OO

14,800

11,800

1O, 200

9,86O

9,120

9,49O

9,86O

8,760

7,340

7,17O

6,840

6,670

8,400

7,690

6,840

6,010

5,O4O

4,720

June

4,42O

4,120

3,980

3,700

3,560

3,240

3,020

2,840

2,840

2,660

2,450

2,580

2,100

2,500

3,420

3,160

3,16O

6,210

23,100

28,40O

17,000

11,800

9,490

8,040

6,010

5,040

4,570

4,120

6,O1O

9,49O

Diversion

( aecond-f eetjt

1,078

1,220

975

1,145 

1,O66

1,074

1,071

1,006 

9O3

886

897

937

1,023

July

10

13

1O

8

6

5

4

3

4

5

4

6

9

10

11

13

24

29

26

21

24

12

13

11

9

7

5

5

4

3

3

200

,500

,20O

760

,180

200

,420

,840

7 2O

,680

720

180

,49O

,2OO

,40O

,000

800

10O

OOO

000

8OO

600

,900

40O

120

520

840

040

570

840

980

Aug.

3,420

3,290

2,970

2,970

2,810

3,980

6,340

4,120

3,840

2,890

2,530

2,580

2,760

2,92O

11,3OO

42,7OO

17,5OO

10, 600

8,58O

7,170

6,340

5,520

5,040

4,880

5.2OO

4,120

3,560

3,210

4,88O

13,500

12,600

Sept.

12,200

10.2OO

9,12O

8,040

6,340

5,200

5,040

5,520

5,36O

4,570

3,560

3,420

3,420

2,940

2,840

2,970

2,89O

2,710

2,66O

3,020

2,940

2,580

2,450

2,730

2,500

1,88O

1,900

1,950

2,180

2,810

Adjusted for diversion

Mean

6,429

11,090

27,700

11,160

21,OOO 

14,49O

13,36O

14,390

11,940

7,337

11,570 

7,804

5,135

12.7OO

Per square 

mile

0.951

1.64

4.10

1.65

3.11

2.14

1.98

£ 13

l!?7

1.09

1.71

1.15

.760

1.88

Runoff in 

inches

1.10

1. 83

4.73

22.48

3 eft. OO

2, 23 2 . 28

2 . 38

2.04

1.22

1.97

1.33

.85

25.54

Peak discharge (base, 50,OOo see.-ft.). Dec. 1 (12:3aa.m.) 57,100 sec.-ft.; Dec. 5 (1O-12 p.m.) 

136,000 sec.-ft.; Mar. 24 (4 p.m.) 73,000 sec.-ft.; Apr. 16 (1 p.m.) 6O.3OO sec.-ft.; Aug. 16 (6 a.m.) 

50,1OO sec.-ft.

t Diversion by James River & Kanawha Canal.

Note. No gage-height record Dec. 12 to Jan. 11; discharge computed on basis of weather records and 

records for station at Cartersvllle and James River & Kanawha Canal near Richmond.

980338 O - 52 - 3
22 JAMES RIVER BASIN 

Warm Spring at Warm Springs, .Va.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 38°03'11" (corrected), long. 79°46'52", just above V-shaped

weir, about 200 feet downstream from Warm Spring in town of Warm Springs, Bath County.

Datum of gage is 2,316.22 feet above mean sea level, unadjusted. 

Records available.--June 1928 to September 1944, October 1944 to September 1949 (monthly

readings only).

Average discharge. 14 years (1930-44), 2.24 second-feet. 

Extremes.--192tP?9: Maximum daily discharge recorded, 5.45 second-feet Nov. 18, 1929

(flow probably increased somewhat by local surface runoff); minimum daily recorded,

1.35 second-feet Feb. 25, 26, 1931. 

Remarks. Gage read about once monthly. 

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Date

Oct. 5 

Nor. 9

Dec. 14 

Jan. 20

Gage height 

(feet)

1.47 

1.27 

1.32 

1.33

Discharge 

(second-feet)

3.53 

2.18 

2.48 

2.54

Date

Feb. 8 

Mar. 15 

Apr. 18 

May 17

Gage height 

(feet)

1.39 

1.37 

1.41 

1.38

Discharge 

(second-feet)

2.94 

2.80 

3.08 

2.87

Date

June 7 

Sept. 13

. .

Gage height 

(feet)

1.35 

1.37

Discharge 

(second-feet)

2.68 

2.80

Falling Springs Creek near Falling Spring, Va.

Location (revised). Water-stage recorder and concrete control (wall to collecting basin),

 lat. gVbii'OJ)", long. 79°56'45", at bridge on U. S. Highway 220, 0.7 mile downstream 

from Falling Spring (the main source), 2.1 mile southeast of town of Falling Spring, 

and 5 miles northeast of Covington, Alleghany County.

Records available.--November 1947 to September 1949 (fragmentary November 1947 to February 194«).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 304 second-feet Apr. 13 (gage height, 2.27 feet),

 from ratin'g curve extended above 140 second-feet by logarithmic plotting on basis of 

computation of flow over weir; minimum, 5.7 second-feet Oct. 4 (gage height, 0.39 foot); 

minimum daily, 9.2 second-feet on many days during October, July, August, and September.

1927-49: Maximum gage height, 3.0 feet Feb. 14, 1948, from recorded range in stage 

(discharge not determined); minimum discharge, 4.6 second-feet Sept. 26, 1948 (gage 

height, 0.35 foot); minimum daily, 6.4 second-feet Sept. 28, 1948.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

 Regulation at low flow by cress beds, 2,000 to 3,000 feet above station.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

13

12

10

9.2

25

32

24

28

28

24

22

20

19

17

a!4

a!2

all

a9

9.2

9.2

9.2

9.2

9.2

9.2

9.2

9.2

9.2

9.2

9.6

9.6

9.6

Nor.

9.6

9.6

9.6

9.6

10

13

19

18

18

16

14

13

12

12

11

10

10

9.6

12

18

18

19

20

21

a21

a22

a35

a70

a!20

a90

Dec.

a60

a50

66

147

85

65

56

49

38

27

26

23

22

21

56

86

61

51

46

42

37

34

33

32

a30

a25

a20

19

19

48

51

Jan.

44

38

29

25

45

86

60

48

40

34

26

24

22

22

20

20

20

20

18

18

20

52

55

48

43

40

39

39

42

38

33

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

May

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

28

26

26

32

42

40

36

33

31

29

27

27

26

24

23

27

27

27

27

27

25

22

22

21

20

19

19

18

_

_

-

Mar.

18

17

17

17

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

17

17

16

16

28

32

28

24

22

24

24

25

25

24

24

22

21

20

Secondfoot-days

450.0

690.0

1,425

_

1,108

751

640

1,197

764

376

397.8

519 4

453.2

8,771.4

Apr.

18

17

17

17

17

26

26

26

25

24

a20

a20

166

216

103

64

55

46

38

33

29

27

25

22

22

22

21

19

18

18

-

Maximum

32

120

147

_

86

42

32

216

44

16

22

60

35

216

May

22

34

44

42

39

35

33

32

27

25

25

24

23

22

22

20

26

38

25

23

21

19

18

18

16

16

16

16

15

14

14

Minimum

9.2

9.6

19

-

18

18

16

17

14

10

9.2

9.2

9.2

9.2

June

14

13

13

13

13

12

12

11

11

11

11

12

11

10

10

10

14

15

15

14

14

15

14

14

13

12

12

12

12

12

-

Mean

14.

23.

46.

-

35.

26.

20.

39.

24.

12.

12.

16.

15.

24.

July

12

12

12

11

11

10

10

9.6

9.6

9.2

9.6

9.2

11

14

a!7

a22

a20

a!9

18

17

16

15

14

14

13

12

11

10

10

10

9.6

Aug.

9.2

9.2

13

26

18

16

14

12

12

11

11

11

11

11

12

13

14

16

17

16

15

14

14

12

12

12

12

14

60

44

38

Per square 

mile

3

3

7

B

B

9

6

5

8

8

1

0

Sept.

35

32

28

26

22

20

18

16

15

14

13

13

13

13

13

11

11

11

12

11

10

10

9.6

9.2

9.2

9.6

10

9.6

12

17

-

Runoff in 

inches

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

Jackson River at Falling Spring.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 23

Dunlap Creek near Covington, Va.

Location.--Chain gage, lat. 37°48', long. 80°03 T , at highway bridge 2 miles downstream 

from Ogle Creek and 3 miles west of Covington, Allegheny County. Datum of gage is 

1,294.21 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Enigneers).

Drainage area.--166 square miles.

Kecords avalTable.--December 1928 to September 1949:

Average discharge. 20 years (1929-49), 156 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 8,100 second-feet Apr. 13 (gage height, 10.1 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 4,500 second-feet on basis of 

velocity-area studies and records for other stations in James River Basin; minimum observed, 21 second-feet Oct. 2; minimum gage height observed, 1.13 feet Oct. 2, Sept. 10, 

17, 18, 21.

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 8,370 second-feet Mar. 17, 1936 (gage height, 10.52 

feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 4,500 second-feet on basis of 

velocity-area studies and records for other stations in James River Basin; minimum observed, 8 second-feet Aug. 27, 28, 30, 1932 (gage height, 0.88 foot).

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor. Gage read 

twice daily.

Revisions (water years).--W 972: 1929-39, 1932-34, 1942.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49, except period of Ice effect 

(gage Insight, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 15 Dec. 16 to Sept. 3O

1.1 18 2.O 162 4.0 1,030 1.1 20 1.5 68 2.5

1.2 27 2.3 237 5.0 1,73O

1.3 38 2.7 371 6.0 2,59O

1.5 67 3.0 496 7.0 3,56O 

1.7 101 3.5 745 ,

L.2 29 1.8 124 2.8

.3 40 2.2 215 3.5

Note. --Same as preceding table

303

416

745

above

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

25

22

22

26

81

99

61

96

90

64

52

46

38

36

35

31

29

36

36

34

31

29

29

29

28

27

27

27

26

27

27

Nov.

29

27

30

34

34

36

60

58

54

49

46

41

38

38

38

35

35

34

41

81

97

97

122

116

116

116

252

970

2,500

855

-

Dec.

411

266

432

2,410

800

474

316

252

198

174

140

126

116

105

*1,970

1,730

745

502

437

437

338

271

242

215

202

167

b!40

b!30

b!20

855

693

Jan.

502

303

242

242

800

2,050

800

458

338

256

215

202

190

167

145

134

124

122

*112

104

108

1,490

970

572

396

416

416

437

396

303

271

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

242

228

228

303

228

458

416

416

357

320

338

303

271

242

228

396

416

320

287

303

303

287

271

215

215

190

167

190

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

1,266

6,075

15,414

85,916

13,281

8,138

7 49!

13 ', 614

7,372

1.68C

1,526

1 *984 39'

78,247

Mar.

167

156

156

167

190

242

242

202

190

190

202

190

178

167

156

141

130

910

800

458

320

271

256

215

202

190

190

178

156

143

141

Apr.

141

]

]

1

28

16

12

108

338

J

;

2

20

03

71

228

215

1

3,2

3,C

90

60

60

970

572

3

2

2

96

38

71

228

215

2

2

2

15

56

56

215

190

1

1

1

1

Maximum

99

2,500

2,410

4,910

'458

910

3,260

548

215

110

178

78

3,260

90

78

67

67

-

May

376

458

548

437

338

271

228

202

178

178

303

376

303

228

190

287

548

338

228

178

156

145

145

124

116

102

96

85

75

70

65

Minimum

22

27

105

22

104

167

130

108

65

36

25

25

24

22

June

62

59

53

50

46

48

45

41

40

38

38

41

48

43

44

53

66

65

50

45

43

39

38

36

36

36

50

45

215

167

-

Mean

40.8

203

497

235

428

291

242

454

238

56.0

49 2

45 ]

32! 8

214

July

110

80

64

53

48

43

45

46

43

40

41

40

43

49

59

65

83

83

66

56

49

44

40

36

33

31

29

27

27

28

25

Aug.

1

1

Per square 

mile

0.246

1.22

2.99

1.42

2.58

1.75

1.46

2.73

1.43

.337

.296

.272

.198

1.29

26

25

36

33

37

33

29

28

33

38

31

29

29

27

48

68

71

56

46

40

36

34

33

31

29

29

31

58

78

00

75

Sept.

78

60

48

41

40

37

33

33

31

25

28

27

26

26

25

25

24

24

26

25

24

24

29

27

25

25

25

27

38

58

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.28

1.36

3.45

19.23

2.97

lies

3.05

1.65

.38

.34

.31

.22

17.51

Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
24 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Potts Creek near Covington, Va.

Location.--Chain gage, lat. 37°44', long. 80°02', at highway bridge a quarter of a mile 

upstream from Hays Creek and 3 miles southwest -of Covington, Alleghany County. Datum 

of gage is 1,257.61 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area.--158 square miles.

Kecopds available.--December 1928 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--20 years (1929-49), 170 second-feet.

Kxtrernes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 8,200 second-feet Apr. 13 (gage height, 

9.32 feet), from rating curve extended above 4,000 second-feet on basis of velocityarea studies; minimum observed, 37 second-feet Oct. 4 (gage height, 1.56 feet).

1928-49: Maximum discharge observed, 9,170 second-feet Jan. 23, 1935 (gage height, 

10.10 feet), from rating curve extended above 4,000 second-feet on basis of velocityarea studies; minimum observed, 13 second-feet Nov. 29, 1930 (gage height, 1.30 feet).

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are poor. Gage read once or twice daily.

Revisions (water years). W 727: 1931.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49, except period of Ice effect

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 14 to June 16, Aug. 5 to Sept. 30)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 13, July 19 to Sept. 30 Apr. 14 to July 18

1.5 29 2.2 196 5.O 2,320 1.7 44

1.6 43 2.4 285 6.O 3,270 1.8 61

1.7 60 2.6 396 7.0 4,460 2.0 12O

1.8 80 3.0 674 2.2 196

2.0 129 4.0 1,470 Note. --Same as preceding table above 2.2

feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

53

43

40

39

285

157

98

116

98

80

76

68

60

55

53

50

46

66

64

58

55

53

50

50

50

50

46

46

43

43

43

Nov.

46

46

50

76

76

72

129

119

103

98

89

85

76

72

68

64

64

64

68

230

221

196

204

189

257

204

434

1,630

2,500

1,070

-

Dec.

637

447

910

2,970

1,150

751

529

422

349

276

230

204

^89

174

2,050

1,310

*79O

564

600

529

460

349

a 300

266

230

196

blSO

b!70

204

1,310

al,200

Jan.

529

396

306

316

a500

1,470

790

a6OO

447

349

306

276

266

a230

2O4

a 190

182

a!70

*167

154

alSO

1,030

751

564

aSOO

434

422

460

422

343

366

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ......

Feb.

316

280

257

366

637

494

637

6OO

529

454

441

378

337

311

285

332

316

280

276

460

402

366

355

290

276

234

209

196

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

2 134

8^600

19,946

96,812

13,320

10,314

8 , 186

16,761

11,322

* _

3ie79

2,607

106,344

Mar.

209

189

196

192

209

230

225

213

204

196

225

192

182

178

174

16O

160

830

529

422

343

327

372

327

311

290

266

238

209

196

192

Apr.

182

171

160

138

154

494

343

321

3O1

266

252

243

4,460

3,270

1,230

751

529

454

361

290

262

280

285

257

230

213

213

238

209

204

-

Msy

990

751

674

494

428

355

316

311

266

306

830

790

529

409

378

332

372

290

247

221

349

361

238

171

167

148

141

127

120

110

101

Maximum Minimum

39

2,500 46

2,970 170

4,740 32

1,470 154

637 196

830 160

4,460 138

990 101

529 54

7 IL 78

751 53

301 5"

4,460 39

June

94

88

83

77

74

72

66

61

58

58

54

54

58

61

69

110

257

252

167

152

127

110

91

80

72

77

88

127

529

332

July

271

238

184

144

117

98

88

91

83

80

101

114

107

144

494

311

396

712

494

311

221

182

144

126

113

98

92

85

80

78

80

Mean

68 . £

287

643

265

430

368

264

559

120

ISO

119

86.9

291

Aug.

70

68

76

80

132

a 80

64

62

58

64

57

53

53

53

144

132

1

1

7

3

08

01

94

82

72

66

89

74

76

78

78

94

51

21

349

Per square 

mile

0.435

1 . 82

4.07

1.68

2.72

2.33

1.67

3.54

2 31

759

1.20

.753

.550

1.84

Sept.

301

221

al70

138

111

101

101

92

82

72

66

64

66

64

62

a60

58

57

62

57

52

57

60

53

53

52

55

58

64

98

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.50

2.03

4.69

22.77

3.14

2.43

1.92

3 95

2.66

1 . 38

.61

25.03

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Jackson 

River at Falling Spring and Cowpasture River near Clifton Forge, 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 25

Smith Creek above old dam, near Clifton Forge, Va.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 37°51', long. 79°51', at bridge on city of Clifton Forge highway, a quarter of a mile upstream from old water-supply dam, three-quarters of a mile 

upstream from new water-supply dam, 3 miles northwest of Clifton Forge, Alleghany County, 

and about 3J- miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--13.5 square miles.

Records available. May 1947 to September 1949. July 1944 to March 1947 at site a quarter 

or a mile downstream, published as Smith Creek near Clifton Forge (records not equivalent because of diversion and spring inflow).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge observed during year, 752 second-feet Apr. 13 (gage height, 

b.UU feet); minimum observed, 3.8 second-feet Aug. 2 (gage height, 1.27 feet).

1947-49: Maximum discharge observed, that of Apr. 13, 1949; minimum observed, 2.1 

second-feet Sept. 4, 5, 1947; minimum gage height observed, 1.05 feet Aug. 29, Sept. 5, 

1948.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are poor. Gage read twice daily. No diversion above station.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49, exaept period of ice effect 

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Apr. ! Apr. 14 to Sept. 30

1.3 4.7 2.2 30 4.1 279 1.2 3.1 1.9 17 2.9 1O4 

1.5 7.6 2.4 47 5.0 47O 1.3 4.1 2.1 26 3.5 183 

1.7 11 2.7 77 6.0 752 1.5 7.O 2.3 41 4.-0 267 

1.9 16 3.1 119 1.7 11 ' 2.6 69 

2.0 19 3.5 173

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

. 13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

8.1 

6.4 

5.4 

7.0 

59

40 

24 

45 

35 

25

18 

17 

12 

10 

8.4

7.6 

7.0 

9.1 

7.9 

7.6

7.2 

7.0 

6.7 

6.8 

6.7

6.7 

6.4 

6.2 

6.1 

6.0 

5.8

Nov.

6.1 

5.8 

6.8 

9.3 

10

13 

3O 

26 

22 

18

15 

14 

13 

12 

11

10 

10 

9.3 

9.3 

35

36 

35 

35 

35 

32

30 

45 

77 

190 

131

Dec.

82 

66 

158 

242 

119

82 

54 

43 

34 

28

25 

20 

18 

16 

*144

151 

92 

61 

51 

33

30 

27 

25 

23 

22

20 

b!8 

b!6 

b!5 

92 

72

Jan.

53 

42 

31 

29 

87

138 

82 

66 

43 

35

29 

28 

23 

20 

18

17 

16 

15 

*14 

13

23 

82 

82 

67 

53

52 

47 

58 

53 

32 

38

Feb.

33 

33 

32 

34 

36

42 

40 

38 

36 

35

35 

32 

26 

22 

20

23 

28 

26 

26 

25

24 

24 

26 

26 

22

19 

17 

19

Month Secondfoot-days

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Va

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 19*8 

ary . ,

433.1 

931.6 

1,879

8,886.6

h. ...........................

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

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

1,386 

799 

679 

1,589 

950.2 

359.3 

387.4 

608.3 

312.1

ter year 1948-49 lo, 312.0

Mar.

16 

15 

14 

14 

15

18 

19 

19 

18 

18

17 

16 

15

14 

14

13 

13 

40 

33 

35

32 

29 

36 35 

33

28 

30 

23 

20 

19 

18

Apr.

17 

a!5 

14 

14 

14

32 

32 

32 

29 

25

26 

25 

470 

267 

130

86 

57 

45 

35 

29

25 

25 

23 

23 

18

17 

17 

16 

15 

16

Maximum

59

190 

242

287

138 

42 

40 

470 

92 

42 

43 

110 

38

470

May

80 

92 

80 

65 

53

39 

41 

41 

38 

32

35 

36 

35 

34 

32

26 

21 

19 

17 

16

14 

15 

13 

12 

11

11 

9.7 

9.0 

8.4 

7.7 

7.4

Minimum

5.4 

5.8 

15

2.4

13 

17 

13 

14 

7.4 

4.1 

4.4 

3.9 

4.4

3.9

June

7.O 

6.5 

6.0 

5.6 

5.4

5.3 

.9 

.6 

.4 

.2

.1 

a .1 

.4 

4.9 

4.8

6.2 

34 

42 

24 

19

33 

24 

16 

13 

11

9.7 

7.5 

6.7 

13 

24

Mean

13.9 

31.1 

6O.6

24.3

44.7 

28.5 

21.9 

53.0 

30.7 

12.0 

12.5 

19.6 

10.4

28.3

July

18 

14 

10 

8.4 

7.4

6.4 

6.0 

6.0 

5.9 

6.0

7.0 

8.3 

12 

24 

18

14 

36 

43 

32 

22

16 

12 

10 

8.1 

6.8

6.O 

5.4 

4.9 

4.5 

4.9 

4.4

Aug.

4.1 

3.9 

3.9 

5O 

26

16 

12 

10 

9.2 

8.1

6.7 

6.0 

5.7 

5.7 

7.O

14 

27 

49 

33 

21

16 

13 

13 

10 

8.1

7.4 

6.8 

9.7 

110 

56 

40

Sept.

38 

29 

22 

19 

18

16 

15 

13 

11 

9.7

8.4 

7.4 

7.4 

7.2 

6.7

5.9 

6.0 

6.2 

6.0 

5.3

5.0 

4.8 

5.4 

4.9 

4.4

4.4 

4.4 

4.6 

8.6 

8.4

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

1.03 1.19 

2.30 2.57 

4.49 5.18

1.80 24. 5O

3.31 3.82 

2.11 2.20 

1.62 1.87 

3.93 4.38 

2.27 2.62 

.889 .99 

.926 1.07 

1.45 1.67 

.770 .86

2.10 28.42

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Cowpasture 

River near Clifton Forge and Jackson River near Falling Spring, 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
26 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Cowpasture River near Clifton Forge, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°48', long. 79°46', at highway bridge lj miles upstream from confluence with Jackson River and 4 miles southeast of Clifton Forge, 

Alleghany County. Datum of gage is 1,006.93 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps 

of Engineers).

Drainage area'. --456 square miles.

Kecords available. May 1907 to August 1908, March 1925 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 24 years (1925-49), 513 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 16,400 second-feet June 18 (gage height, 13.32 

reet); minimum, 145 second-feet Sept. 26, 27, 28 (gage height, 2.10 feet).

1907-8, 1924-49: Maximum discharge, 34,200 second-feet Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 

18.62 feet), from rating curve extended above 13,000 second-feet on basis of records 

for other stations in James River Basin; minimum, 38 second-feet Sept. 2, 1932 (gage 

height, 1.70 feet).

Flood in March 1913 reached a stage of 20.8 feet, from floodmarks (discharge, about 

45,000 second-feet), from rating curve extended above 13,000 second-feet on basis of 

records for other stations in James River Basin.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are fair.

Hevlslons (water years). W 952: 1925-41 (maximum only 1925, 1941). W 972: 1913(M).

Rating tables, water year 1948-49, except period of Ice effect

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-5)

Oct. 1-5, May 24 to Aug. 28 Oct. 6 to May 23, Aug. 29 to Sept. 30

2.2 

2.4 

2.7 

3.0

162

226

338

470

3.4 

4.0 

4.5

5.0

694

1,120

1,530

2,000

Note. Same as following 

table above 5.0 feet.

2.0 

2.2 

2.4 

2.8 

3.2

117

175

242

407

607

3.6 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

848

1,140

2,000

3,090

4,350

5,800

7,440

11,200

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

306 

219 

181 

244

1,450

3,090 

1,260 

1,220 

2,050 

1,060

687 

534 

440 

358 

312

276 

250 

261 

280 

265

238 

218 

207 

197 

191

185 

175 

169 

166 

160 

157

Nov.

154 

157 

166 

214 

276

888 

3,030 

1,640 

950 

704

586 

474 

421 

398 

362

333

312 

296 

420 

2,170

1,910 

1,260 

1,220 

1,060 

1,020

882 

1,380 

2,648 

6,120 

3,960

Dec.

2,200 

1,510 

2,420 

9,050 

3,700

2,100 

1,550 

1,220 

950 

797

663 

575 

539 

493 

2,770

4,630 

*2,300 

1,510 

1,220 

1,140

915 

816 

778 

704 

646

570 

b440 

b440 

b460 

2,890 

3,090

Jan.

1,730 

1,180 

915 

816 

2,140

6,120 

3,090 

1,820 

1,300 

1,020

848 

810 

985 

915 

784

692 

629 

*580 

539 

498

513 

2,160 

2,200 

1,730 

1,460

1,420 

1,640 

2,460 

2,200 

1,510 

1,220

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary .

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1948-49 ... ........

Feb.

1,100 

950 

848 

985 

1,600

1,420 

1,550 

1,510 

1,220 

1,100

1,020 

882 

784 

734 

722

784 

985 

1,060 

882 

848

772 

681 

722 

772 

734

687 

618 

613

Secondfoot-days

16,806 

35,403

53,086

284,730

45,924 

26,583 

21,618 

35,757 

25,895 

23,626 

36,747 

14,891 

7,745

334,081

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 sec. -ft.). No\

10,600 sec. -ft. ; Dec. 16 (12:30 a.m.) 5,800 s 

(4 p.m.) 13,200 sec. -ft.; June 18 (7 p.m.) IE 

* Winter discharge measurement made on this 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice

liar.

580 

518 

518 

538 

554

575 

565 

508 

478 

478

518 

498 

459 

430 

416

398 

371 

983 

1,600 

1,020

810 

722 

1,260 

1,460 

1,140

915 

835 

747 

635 

565 

534

Apr.

518 

478 

435 

416 

416

822 

950 

829 

784 

687

618 

586 

3,070 

10,400 

3,570

1,960 

1,340 

1,100 

915 

741

646 

607 

607 

554

503

454 

435 

464 

440 

412

Maximum

3,090 

6,120 

9,050

9,050

6,120 

1,600 

1,600 

10,400 

1,630 

8,140 

2,580 

1,950 

692

10,400

May

756 

1,460 

1,510 

1,300 

985

822 

716 

716 

586 

710

915 

915 

710 

596 

575

716 

1,630 

1,220 

816 

652

544 

549 

1,430 

1,360 

900

669 

563 

470 

415 

363 

326

Minimum

157 

154 

440

105

498 

613 

371 

412 

326 

171 

276 

219 

145

145

June

298 

280 

258 

240 

226

233 

236 

203 

187 

178

178 

171 

266 

233 

203

200 

317 

8,140 

3,120 

1,530

1,160 

747 

542 

424

359

318 

291 

298 

1,440 

1,360

Mean

542 

1,180 

1,712

778

1,481 

949 

697 

1,192 

835 

788 

863 

480 

258

915

July

886 

537 

456 

372 

314

276 

322 

531 

447 

359

338 

389 

430 

2,000 

1,360

1,200 

2,580 

2,250 

1,440 

1,710

2,410 

1,530 

1,050 

707 

552

470 

415 

393 

351 

314 

298

Aug.

276 

250 

742 

1,950 

694

415 

314 

276 

261 

272

240 

226 

244 

372 

429

433 

515 

580 

753 

547

415 

346 

306 

287 

361

233

219 

384 

985 

985 

681

Per square 

mile

1.19 

2.59 

3.75

1.71

3.25 

2.08 

1.53 

2.61 

1.83 

1.73 

1.89 

1.05 

.566

2.01

Sept.

692 

565 

440 

380 

398

376 

4,16 

337 

292 

257

228 

210 

201 

201 

194

188 

181 

178 

188 

181

169 

160 

163 

160 

154

148 

145 

151 

178 

214

Runoff in 

inches

1.37 

3.89 

4.32

23.19

3.75 

2.17 

1.76 

2.91 

2.11 

1.93 

2.18 

1.31 

.63

27.23

r. 29 (10 a.m.) 6,600 sec. -ft.; Dec. 4 (7:30 a.m.) 

ec.-ft.; Jan. 6 (l:3Op.m.) 7,100 sec. -ft.; Apr. 14 

,400 sec. -ft.; Aug. 3 (11 p.m.) 5,650 sec. -ft. 

day.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 27

Craig Creek at Parr, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°39'55", long. 79°54'40", at Chesapeake & Ohio 

Kanway bridge, 700 feet dowistream from Stony Run, 0.4 mile northwest of Parr, 

Botetourt County, and 12 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 992.50 feet above 

mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 331 square miles.

Hecoras available. April 1925 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 24 years, 382 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 11,600 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 12.95 

reet): minimum, 75 second-feet Oct. 4 (gage height, 3.72 feet from recorded range in 

stage).

1925-49: Maximum discharge observed, 16,700 second-feet Jan. 23, 1935 (gage height, 

15.85 feet), from rating curve extended above 11,000 second-feet; minimum, 26 secondfeet Dec. 23, 1943 (gage height, 3.26 feet), result of low temperature.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

wnicn are fair.

Revisions (water years). W 852: 1937. W 892: 1935-36.

Rating table, water year 1948-49, except period of Ice effect 

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in secon" *"eet)

3.6 58 5.0 510 8.0 3,470 

3.8 88 5.5 780 9.0 4,950 

4.0 122 6.0 1,140 12.0 9,850 

4.2 172 6.5 1,620 

4.5 284 7.0 2,180

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

a90 

aSO 

a8o 

875 

a900

a 500 

a350 

260 

264 

225

182 

158 

137 

122 

113

106

101 

109

113 

113

106 

101 

98 

96 

94

91 

90 

88 

88 

86 

85

NOT.

85 

85 

96 

158 

196

206 

590 

442 

322 

272

236 

199 

179 

169 

152

142 

157 

135 

163 

880

792 

560 

525 

505 

570

580 

698 

1,590 

6,550 

3,540

Dec.

1,620 

968 

1,680 

9,340 

3,610

1,840 

1,140 

861 

692 

580

aSOO 

a450 

a 400 

a350 

al,500

%6,000 

2,180 

1,280 

1,060 

1,100

896 

738 

621 

545 

510

451 

361 

b350 

b370 

2,420 

2,660

Jan.

1,320 

910 

720 

648 

902

4,340 

2,240 

1,280 

924 

738

632 

570 

520 

465 

424

384 

357 

*344 

322 

301

292 

1,090 

1,780 

1,060 

840

750 

744 

804 

903 

738 

692

Month

Octo 

Move 

Deoe

Ca

Jam] 

Febi 

Hare 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

Julj 

Augv 

Sept

We

mber .........................

Lender year 1948 

lary . . .

h. ...........................

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

64S 

585 

545 

590 

1,100

1,050 

996 

1,060 

875 

780

810 

738 

665 

600 

550

530 

495 

442 

438 

798

910 

744 

676 

585 

5.30

480 

428 

438

Second 

foot-days

5,101 

20,754 

47,093

211,102

28,034 

19,086 

16,592 

32,178 

21,913 

8,193 

20,385 

9,589 

6,933

235,851

Mar.

428 

384 

366 

361 

370

392 

397 

366 

348 

348

361 

326 

301 

288 

276

264 

256 

558 

1,230 

792

638 

575 

1,620 

1,280 

868

709 

626 

555 

475 

428 

406

Apr.

384 

357 

326 

305 

305

836 

750 

626 

575 

515

475 

475 

4,720 

8,660 

3,120

1,840 

1,140 

868 

714 

600

525 

505 

525 

460 

433

402 

388 

460 

451 

438

Maximum

900 

6,550 

9,340

9,340

4,340 

1,100 

1,620 

8,660 

2,240 

2,180 

3,060 

2,700 

1,320

9,340

Peak discharge (base, 4,200 sec. -ft. ) . -- Nov. 29 (1 p.m

May

2,120 

2,240 

1,730 

1,230 

780

750 

643 

610 

520 

638

1,200 

1,620 

980 

726 

600

621 

600 

525 

456 

397

357 

344 

357 

301 

264

280 

264 

210 

a200 

a!80 

a!70

Minimum

75 

85 

350

58

292 

428 

256 

305 

170 

98 

135 

99 

88

75

June

a!60 

also 

a!40 

a!35 

a!30

a!20 

al!5 

allO 

104 

99

98 

99 

109 

133 

126

179 

523 

732 

446 

366

305 

252 

206 

166

144

137 

129 

118 

482 

2,180

Mean

165 

692 

1,519

577

904 

682 

535 

1,073 

707 

273 

658 

309 

231

646

July

1,420 

720 

525 

410 

326

264 

240 

326 

229 

206

206 

326 

415 

460 

847

1,280 

2,930 

3,060 

1,470 

924

966 

605 

456 

366 

301

256 

217 

186 

166 

147 

135

Aug.

126 

118 

118 

129 

250

240 

152 

131 

118

113

111 

99 

101 

129 

118

166 

248 

335 

339 

256

196 

166 

161 

182 

150

142 

161 

276 

2,700 

1,320 

738

Per square 

mile

0.498 

2.09 

4.59

1.74

2.73 

2.06 

1.62 

3.24 

2.14 

.825 

1.99 

.934 

.698

1.95

) 7,350 sec. -ft.; Dec. 4 (3 p.m

Sept.

1,320 

756 

540 

433 

361

313 

276 

240 

214 

182

161 

144 

140 

 137 

137

129 

122 

120 

118 

109

102 

96 

96 

94 

96

91 

88 

91 

101 

126

Runoff in 

inches

0.57 

2.33 

5.29

23.70

3.15 

2.14 

1.87 

3.62 

2.47 

.92 

2.29 

1.08 

.78

26.51

.) 11,600

sec.-ft.; Dee. 3O (9 p.m.) 4,490 see.-Ft.; Jan. 6 (12 m.) 5,270 sec.-ft.; Apr. 14 (7 a.m.) 10,900 

sec.-ft.; July 17 (lO p.m.) 4,640 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, 

and records for Johns Creek at Newcastle.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
28 JAMES RIVER BASIN 

Meadow Creek at Newcastle, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder and sharp-crested weir, lat. 37°29'3S", long. 80°06'35", 

aT~southern town limits of Newcastle, Craig County, 800 feet upstream from NewcastleSalem highway bridge and half a mile upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 1,337.32 

feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--13.8 square miles.

Records available. September 1929 to September 1949,

Average discharge. 18 years (1929-36, 1938-49), 15.9 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 303 second-feet July IS (gage height, 4.22 

feet); minimum daily, 4 second-feet Sept. 26, 27.

1929-49: Maximum discharge, 700 secondrfeet Aug. 16, 1940 (gage height, 4.80 feet), 

from rating curve extended above 300 second-feet on basis of records for Johns Creek at 

Newcastle and Craig Creek at Parr; minimum, 0.5 second-foot July 1, 1945 (gage height, 1.27 

feet); minimum daily, 1.3 second-feet Sept. ,, 1930.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

JJiurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by power plant above station.

Revisions (water years). W 1002: 1938-43.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

9.0

8.1

8.3

8.1

55

39

24

24

21

18

16

15

14

13

12

11

11

12

11

10

9.8

9.6

9.4

9.4

9.0

8.8

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.3

8.5

Nov.

8.6

8.3

11

11

10

18

a!6

a!5

a!3

a!2

all

11

11

9.8

9.2

9.0

8.8

8.4

18

47

31

28

23

23

23

22

3O

109

216

142

-

Dec.

77

52

130

253

1S9

a90

a 70

a55

a45

. a35

a3O

a25

a22

a20

a5O

a!50

allO

a 7O

a50

a50

a45

a40

a35

a30

a25

a20

a!9

a!8

a22

a80

allO

Jan.

a60

a45

a35

a30

a80

a!20

alOO

a70

a60

a50

a40

a35

a30

a28

a24

a22

a2O

19

17

16

18

64

61

51

42

38

34

36

36

31

31

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

September ...............".........

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

29

26

25

33

55

47

46

43

41

39

34

13

29

27

26

26

23

22

25

39

39

36

33

28

26

24

22

22

-

-

-

Seoondfoot-days

438.1

913.1

2,017

9,658.0

1,343

896

763

1,297

1,009

380.6

969

667

445

11,138.0

Peak discharge (base, 1OO sea .-ft.) .--Nov.

Mar.

19

19

19

18

18

18

17

16

16

17

16

15

14

14

13

13

13

34

32

28

25

31

63

56

46

39

34

29

26

23

22

Apr.

21

19

18

17

20

33

28

28

25

23

23

24

174

224

146

94

56

45

36

3O

27

27

23

21

19

18

20

19

17

22

-

Maximum

55

216

253

253

120

55

63

224

75

50

150

150

60

253

29 (8 a.m.)

May

75

74

71

56

46

38

34

28

26

26

46

52

44

36

36

38

31

27

25

23

21

22

19

17

16

15

15

14

13

13

12

Minimum

8.1

8.3

18

6.2

16

22

13

17

12

7.3

10

8

4

4

June

12

11

11

1O

10

10

9.6

9.0

8.8

8.8

8.3

8.8

10

9.6

11

15

27

20

16

13

12

10

9.4

8.4

7.9

7.9

7-5

7.3

21

a50

-

Mean

14.1

30.4

65.1

26.4

43.3

32.0

24.6

43.2

32.5

12.7

31.3

21.5

14.8

30.5

July

a35

a25

a20

al8

a!4

a!2

a!4

a!2

alO

all

a!5

al8

a!6

a25

a7O

132

a!50

alOO

a5O

a35

a3O

a25

a20

a!8

al7

a!5

a!4

a!3

a!2

a!2

all

Aug.

all

all

a!2

12

16

12

11

alO

a9

a8

a8

a8

a9

a8

a9

a!5

a!9

a!9

a!5

a!2

alO

38

a!3

a!2

39

all

a!4

325

3150

31OO

380

Per square 

mile

1.02

2.20

4.72

1.91

3.14

2.32

1.78

3.13

2.36

.920

2.27

1.56

1.07

2.21

Sept.

a60

a5o

a4o

a35

a30

325

320

317

315

a!3

312

3ll

310

3lO

a9

38

38

37

37

ae

a6

a5

35

a5

85

a4

a4

a5

36

37

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.18

2.46

5.44

26.02

3.62

2.42

2.05

3.49

2.72

1.03

2.62

1.80

1.19

30.02

227 sec. -ft.; Dec. 4 (4 a.m.) 270 seo.-ft.j

Apr. 14 (5 a.mT) 256 sec.-ft.; July 15 (8:3o a.m.) 303 sec.-ft.; July 17 (time unknown) 182 sec.-ft.; 

Aug. 29 (time unknown) 184 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, 

and records for Craig Creek at Parr and Johns Creek at Newcastle.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 

Johns Creek at Newcastle, Va.

29

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°30', long. 80 C 06', at highway bridge 800 feet

northeast of town limits of Newcastle, Craig County, and 1,700 feet upstream from mouth. 

Datum of gage is 1,254.43 feet above mean sea level, unadjusted.

Drainage area. 106 square miles.

Records available. April 1926 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 23 years, 125 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,750 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 9.58 

feet); minimum, 24 second-feet Oct. 3, 4; minimum gage height, 2.97 feet Oct. 4.

1926-49: Maximum discharge observed, 8,000 second-feet Jan. 23, 1935 (gage height, 

10.80 feet), from rating curve extended above 3,200 second-feet on basis of velocityarea studies; minimum, 6 second-feet Dec. 5, 1946 (gage height, 2.72 feet); minimum 

daily, 7 second-feet Aug. 11, Sept. 3, 6, 7, 1930.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). W 972: 1935(M), 1936(M), 1940(M).

Rating table, water year 1948-49, except period of Ice effect 

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

2.9 21 3.6 71 5.2 350 7.2 1,380 

3.0 25 4.0 120 5.6 496 8.0 2,070 

3.2 36 4.4 174 6.0 680 8.5 2,670 

3.4 52 4.8 246 6.5 930 9.0 3,490

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

30 

26 

24 

24 

108

78 

42 

52 

55 

40

35 

33 

31 

29 

28

28 

28 

31 

34 

30

29 

28 

28 

28 

28

27 

27 

26 

26 

26 

26

Nov.

26 

26 

31 

46 

41

51 

124 

70 

59 

58

55 

50 

48 

46 

42

40 

41 

41 

80 

451

212 

166 

157 

149 

173

156 

261 

963 

2,360 

855

Dec.

556 

298 

1,260 

3,170 

871

504 

341 

261 

204 

168

140 

126 

117 

106 

1,230

*1,560 

607 

396 

372 

376

275 

222 

185 

166 

154

b!20 

bllO 

bllO 

132 

1,120 

680

Jan.

393

282 

228 

212 

687

1,480 

630 

407 

298 

240

206 

188 

167 

152 

136

123 

*115 

107 

100 

92

104 

599 

468 

332 

266

253 

257 

309 

292 

236 

234

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

her ..........................

mber ........................

lendar year 1948 

ary ......

h. .....................

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

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

ter year 1948-49 ......

Feb.

20] 

173 

164 

236 

418

323 

404 

366 

292 

270

264 

230 

208 

188 

174

177 

164 

149 

182 

400

320 

266 

242 

201 

182

160 

145 

154

Secondfoot-days

1,085 

6,878 

15,937

70,411

9,593 

6,653 

5,519 

9,016 

8,999 

2,604 

6,292 

3,406 

1,833

77,815

Mar.

137 

124 

124 

126 

143

150 

145 

133 

128 

130

132 

116 

108 

104 

102

94 

92 

356 

369 

261

217 

212 

429 

320 

257

222 

197 

174 

150 

137 

130

Apr.

123 

114 

102 

97 

109

350 

221 

208 

195 

174

163 

167 

1,370 

2,010 

730

448 

317 

261 

208 

173

153 

154 

157 

137 

125

117 

128 

170 

149 

186

May

1,310 

730 

584 

396 

300

242 

213 

187 

196 

261

930 

607 

382 

275 

234

312 

280 

226 

187 

159

136 

140 

125 

100 

89

81 

76 

69 

62 

57 

53

June

49 

45 

42 

38 

36

35 

33 

31 

29 

28

27 

30 

40 

33 

47

72 

237 

190 

114 

87

73 

59 

49 

42 

40

37 

33 

31 

413 

584

Maximum Minimum Mean

108 24 35.0 

2,360 26 229 

3,170 106 514

3,220 17 192

1,480 92 309 

418 145 238 

429 92 175 

2,010 97 301 

1,310 53 290 

584 27 86.8 

1,390 33 203 

1,010 26 110 

314 26 61.1

3,170 24 213

July

335 

197 

142 

110 

86

69 

86 

62 

56 

56

76 

116 

104 

153 

293

547 

1,390 

880 

418 

261

187 

141 

107 

86 

71

61 

52 

41 

40 

36 

33

Aug.

31 

30 

30 

39

82

37 

31 

29 

31 

32

28 

26 

39 

32 

34

82 

136 

136 

110 

78

63 

52 

80 

64 

52

54 

112 

129 

1,010 

368 

349

Sept.

314 

184 

138 

116 

97

84 

73 

67 

57 

49

43 

40 

40 

41 

37

35 

35 

32 

31 

30

28 

27 

28 

30 

26

26 

26 

27 

32 

40

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.330 0.38 

2.16 2.41 

4.85 5.59

1.81 24.69

2.92 3.37 

2.25 2.34 

1.S8 1.94 

2.84 3.17 

2.74 3.16 

.819 .91 

1.92 2.21 

1.04 1.20 

.576 .64

2.01 27.32

Peak discharge (base, 2,100 sec. -ft.) .--Nov. 29 (1:30 a.m.) 2,890 sec. -ft.; Dec. 4 (5 a.m. 4,750

sec.-ft.; Dec. 15 (11:30 p.m.) 3,220 sec.-ft.; Jan. 6 (5 a.m.) 2,230 sec.-ft.; Apr. 14 (5 a.m.) 2,970 

2,970 sec.-ft.; July 17 (1 p.m.) 2,170 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
30 JAMES'RIVER BASIN 

Catawba Creek near Catawba, Va.

Location. Vertical staff gage, lat. 37°28'05", long. 80°00'20", at highway bridge 1 mile 

downstream from Little Catawba Creek, \\ miles upstream from Stone Cool Creek, and 8$ 

miles northeast of Catawba, Roanoke County. Datum of gage is 1,299.96 feet above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area. 34 square miles.

Records available. September 1943 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 3,000 second-feet June 29 (gage height, 

5.60 feet), from rating curve extended above 700 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; 

minimum observed, 8.6 second-feet Oct. 28 to Nov. 1 (gage height, 0.80 foot).

1943-49: Maximum discharge observed, that of June 29, 1949; minimum observed, 2.2 

second-feet Sept. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 1944 (gage height, 0.54 foot).

Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of 13.26 feet, from information by observer.

Remarks. Records fair. Gage read twice daily.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to June 29 June 30 to Sept. 30

o.s s.e 1.3 57

.9 13 1.5 95

1.0 24 1.7 13S

1.1 31 1.9 192

1.2 42 2.3 323

2 . 7 490

3.1 705

3.6 1,O20

4.0 1,300

4.3 1,540

0.9 11 1.3 56 2.2

1.0 18 1.5 95 2.6

1.1 29 1.7 13S 3.0

1.2 40 1.9 192

286

445

650

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1948 to September 19 49

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

18

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

13

12

11

9.9

236

45

30

32

28

23

21

14

13

13

13

12

11

14

13

12

11

10

9.9

9.4

9.4

9.4

9.4

S.6

S.6

8.6

S.6

NOT.

9.0

9.4

23

40

23

3450-

3O

25

24

IS

15

13

13

12

13' 11

13

25

66

41

35

32

44

6S

48

83

323

382

151

Dec.

103

73

362

650

252

151

105

SI

66

57

56

46

42

41

269

220

133

101

95

S9

75

64

57

54

54

41

40

41

50

515

178

Jan.

113

93

15

J6

161

269

1!

1C

>1

)5

)3

77

71

(

i

51

>6

18

45

42

'

;

2

10

59

10

33

40

2<

i:

i:

)6

56

L3

87

S5

1C

f

77

)3

35

73

73

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

June .................'............

Jnly .............................

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

75

71

71

126

124

107

111

93

SI

SI

89

77

6S

64

64

59

5O

44

52

93

79

70

66

57

56

51

46

56

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

67S . £

1*673.4

4,161

19, 275. O

2, 756

2,OS1

1,914

3,528

1 993

3^231

3,320

1,442

769

27,547.2

Mar.

57

46

41

38

38

33

38

38

38

39

39

34

31

31

31

31

30

126

73

57

52

79

269

136

103

S7

73

66

56

51

48

Apr.

1,2

4

44

42

41

39

46

85

75

71

59

52

54

30' 54

68

236

141

:

Maximum

236

3S2

650

670

269

126

269

1,230

304

1,540 

540

286

105

1,540

13

91

73

61

56

56

52

42

40

40

40

41

38

%

May

304

252

170

111

S3

73

61

52

52

51

87

71

56

48

45

42

39

34

31

30

30

31

31

30

2S

2S

28

26

24

23

22

Minimum

8.6

9.0

40

7.4

33

44

3O

38

22

13

29

14

11

S.6

June

22

20

20

20

17

16

13

13

13

13

13

13

IS

23

23

39

236

126

66

57

56

41

33

30

28

25

24

23

1,540

650

Mean

21.9

55.8

134

52.7

SS 9

74. 3

61.7

US

64. 3

108

107

46 . 5

25. 6

75.5

July

252

151

93

73

54

43

40

39

36

30

93

85

60

126

93

236

540

236

17S

2O6

143

103

75

62

54

42

40

a3S

a36

34

29

Aug.

2

1

28

24

23

25

40

2S

27

25

20

IS

16

14

16

20

40

40

95

66

36

29

25

24

25

22

IS

64

32

77

S6

01

138

Per square 

mile

O.644

1.64

 z q A o. -J-*

1.55

2. 61

2.19

1.S1

3.47

1 . S9

3. 18

3.15

1 37

!753

2.22

Sept.

105

66

51

42

37

34

34

29

27

25

25

23

23

20

18

17

16

16

15

14

14

14

14

14

12

11

11

11

14

17

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.74

1. 83

4.54

21.03

3.01

2 . 2S

2.O9

3 . 87

2 . 18

3 55

3. 63

1. 5S

. 84

30.14

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Cralg Creek at Parr.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 31

Calfpasture River above Mill Creek, at Goshen, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 37°59'15", long. 79°29'40", at 

highway bridge at Goshen, Rockbridge County, 400 feet upstream from Mill Creek. Datum 

of gage is 1,384.84 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, Parkersburg-Uniontown 

supplementary adjustment of 1944.

Drainage area. 147 square miles.

Kecords available. January 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 160 second-feet.

JQctremes. Maximum discharge during year, 14,800 second-feet June 18 (gage height, 12.14 

feet), from rating curve extended above 9,200 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; 

minimum, 15 second-feet Sept. 26, 27, 28 (gage height, 1.95 feet).

1939-49: Maximum discharge, that of June 18, 1949; minimum, 1.8 second-feet Oct. 9, 

1941 (gage height, 1.22 feet).

Remarks. Records good except those below 30 second-feet and those for periods of ice 

effect or no gage-height record, which are fair. Discharge given herein includes diversion 50 feet above control by Stillwater Worsted Mill.

Revisions (water years). W 972: 1936(M).

Ratine tables, water year 1948-49, except period of Ice effect 

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to June 18 June 19 to Sept. 30

1.9

2.0

2.2

2.3

3.2 220 

3.5 365 

4.0 640 

4.9 1,20O 

Note. Same as precedlng table below 3.2 

feet. 

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

2.6 

2.8 

3.0 

3.2 

3.5 

4.0

102

150

220

368

660

4.5 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

8.5 

10.0

1,02O 

J,480 

2,60O 

3,910 

6,30O 

9,3OO

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

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

Oct.

32 

30 

27 

24 

184

586 

271 

482 

6O4 

309

196 

150 

120 

100 

86

74 

64 

84 

92 

80

74 

65 

61 

58 

54

49 

46 

42 

39 

37 

36

Nov.

36 

34 

39 

48 

79

241 

2,56O 

705

396 

271

199

160 

142 

125 

111

1O2 

94 

84 

509 

1,240

692 

452 

368 

319 

303

271 

368 

580 

1,740 

1,240

Month

Dec.

750 

521 

1,030 

3,470 

1,050

648 

441 

346 

265 

216

182 

157 

145 

*130 

510

1,280 

679 

452 

368 

298

232

210 

2O2 

192 

178

b!5O 

b!30 

b!25 

123 

1,150 

1,220

Jan.

617 

413 

292 

244 

596

2,240 

916 

562 

385 

287

232 

248 

287 

282

240

210 

185 

168 

148 

*135

135 

492

61O 

503 

441

424 

458 

711 

673 

469 

396

mber ........... . .

lendar year 1948 

ary

st ...........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 2,5OO sec

Feb.

336 

260 

232 

298 

538

463 

413 

402 

352 

341

309 

248 

220 

202 

202

232 

271 

298 

265 

240

202 

182 

213 

220 

22O

202 

182 

182

Second 

foot-days

4,156 

13,508 

16,850

88,304

13,999 

7,725 

6,295 

11,267 

8,976 

14,287 

6,448 

2,13O 

1,434

107,075

-ft.). --No

ft.; Jan. 6 (5:3O a.m.) 2,980 sec.-ft.; Apr.

Mar.

160 

142 

158 

135 

135

148 

148 

142 

138 

138

135 

al2O 

allO 

alO5 

alOO

96 

92 

209 

379 

309

248 

22O 

458 

526 

407

319 

265 

232 

199

174 

168

Apr.

154 

14O 

125 

125 

120

341 

385 

325 

271 

232

2O6 

192 

900 

4,OOO 

932

538 

374 

298 

228 

185

160 

148 

142 

125 

116

1O4 

1O2 

1O9 

98 

92

Maximum

6O4 

2,56O 

3,470

3,470

2,240 

538 

526 

4,000 

818 

8,56O 

850 

245 

135

8,560

f. 7 (5 a.m. 

13 (4 a.m.)

May

109 

178 

492 

452 

314

236 

199 

182 

164 

407

368 

314 

260 

213 

188

216 

818 

521 

33O 

236

182 

228 

66O 

48O 

33O

228 

188 

150 

128 

111 

94

Minimum

24 

34 

123

12

135 

182 

92 

92 

94 

23 

47 

23 

15

15

June

82 

70 

61 

54 

48

43 

40 

35 

30 

27

26 

25 

25 

25 

23

27

1,670 

8,560 

1,170 

514

448 

252

178 

132 

111

92 

79 

84 

178 

178

Mean

134 

45O 

544

241

452 

276 

203 

376 

290 

476 

208 

68.7 

47.8

293

July

138 

109 

88 

72 

59

51 

49 

50 "51 

48

49 

50 

175 

85O 

612

682 

480 

514 

392 

275

392 

31O 

232 

16O 

138

107 

86 

72 

59 

51 

47

Aug.

38 

33 

39 

61 

57

37 

3O 

27 

24 

30

26 

23 

26 

49

47

65 

98 

130 

168 

111

84 

68 

59 

51 

41

35 

34 

44 

245 

210 

140

Per square 

mile

0.912 

3.06 

3.7O

1.64

3.07 

1.88 

1.38 

2.56 

1.97 

3.24

.467 

.325

1.99

4,34O sec.-ft.; Dec. 4 (4 a.m.; 

8,24o sec.-ft.; June 18 (12 m. )

Sept.

135 

109 

90 

79 

65

127 

118 

94 

74 

58

46 

39 

36 

34

30

27 

25 

25 

25 

21

20 

19 

19 

17 

16

15 

15 

16 

19 

21

Runoff in 

inches

1.O5 

3.41 

4.27

22.32

3.54 

1.96 

1.59 

2.86 

2.27 

3.62 

1.63 

.54 

.36

27.10

5,11O sec.- 

14.8OO sec.-

ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage, weather records, 

and records for Maury River at Rockbridge Baths and near Lexlngton.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
32 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Maury River at Rockbridge Baths, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°54'26", long. 79°25'20", at Rockbridge Baths, 

Kocicbridge County, 700 feet upstream from highway bridge and 1 mile upstream from Hays 

Creek. Datum of gage is 1,100.33 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers) .

Drainage area.--329 square miles.

Records available.--October 1928 to September 1949 (prior to October 1945, published as 

Nortn Kiver at Rockbridge Baths).

Average discharge.--20 years, (1929-49), 352 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 15,600 second-feet June 18 (gage height, 10.07 

reet); minimum, 26 second-feet Sept. 26, 27 (gage height, 1.27 feet).

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 33,000 second-feet Mar. 17, 1936 (gage height, 13.07 

feet), from rating curve extended above 16,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; 

minimum, 11 second-feet Nov. 28, 1930 (gage height, 0.76 foot).

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of ice effect, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years).--W 972: 1929-40, 1941(M). W 1002: 1930(M).

Rating table, water year 1948-49, except period of ice effect 

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

1.2

1.3

1.4 

1.6 

1.8

112

170

2.0 240

2.5 450

3.0 720

3.5 1,030

4.0 1,400

5.0 2,370

6.0 3,650

7.0 5,500

8.0 8,000

9.0 11,300

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

87 

72 

61 

57 

494

1,100 

500 

700 

960 

515

352 

276 

211 

173 

146

126 

118 

170 

180 

149

132 

123 

115 

110 

103

98 

91 

89 

85 

81 

78

Nov.

78 

78 

85 

158 

173

478 

4,040 

1,400 

840 

624

475 

380 

352 

272 

229

204 

190 

173 

394 

2,550

1,280 

900 

780 

720 

738

654 

930 

1,820 

4,500 

2,850

Dec.

1,670 

1,140 

2,120 

7,150 

1,760

1,580 

1,060 

870 

690 

570

470 

420 

*380 

344 

1,460

2,610 

1,400 

960 

870 

750

590 

540 

510 

465 

435

368 

b300 

b290 

312 

2,790 

2,590

Jan.

1,320 

900 

690 

648 

1,760

4,800 

1,950 

1,200 

870 

690

590 

690 

696 

648 

555

490 

445 

396 

372 

*336

352 

1,720 

1,580 

1,200 

995

960 

995 

1,490 

1,320 

930 

870

Feb.

840 

672 

600 

810 

1,240

995 

1,060 

995 

840 

780

708 

590 

540 

490 

480

515 

525 

520 

505 

505

425 

396 

450 

445 

450

410 

376 

392

tin** + h S6 C Olid 

Honth foot-days

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mbe r .........................

7,552 

28,345 

37,464

lendar year 1948 ............ 192,453

ary

h.. ..........................

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

st ...........................

embe r ........................

32,458 

17,554 

14,251 

24,093 

19,966 

20,366 

13,496 

5,727 

3,216

ter year 1948-49 ............ 224,488

Peak discharge (base, 4,500 sec.-ft. ) .--No\

sec. -ft.; Dec. 4 (7:30 a.m. 9,900 sec. -ft.; 

sec. -ft.; Apr. 14 (6 a.m.) 10,200 sec. -ft.; ,. 

* Winter discharge measurement made on thl 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice

Mar.

356 

320 

316 

328 

352

372 

356 

332 

320 

328

332 

288 

260 

244 

233

218 

208 

614 

840 

660

550 

530 

1,060 

995 

810

678 

600 

525 

450 

396 

380

Apr.

2, 

6, 

2,

1,

Maximum

1,100 

4,500 

7,150

7,150

4,800 

1,240 

1,060 

6,420 

1,680 

10,300 

1,400 

684 

340

10,300

360 

320 

288 

292 

280

960 

810 

714 

595 

510

455 

440 

530 

420 

040

200 

870 

738 

590 

490

415 

400 

380 

336 

300

272 

272 

308 

256 

252

May

368 

734 

1,580 

1,060 

780

612 

535 

475 

440 

1,680

1,030 

900 

714 

565 

475

505 

1,170 

840 

580 

445

360 

445 

840 

708 

520

388 

340 

280 

233 

194 

170

Minimum

57 

78 

290

34

336 

376 

208 

252 

170 

68 

107 

78 

47

47

June

152 

132 

118 

107 

100

96 

91 

85 

76 

72

68 

76 

89 

83 

74

91 

1,790 

10,300 

2,000 

960

774 

495 

352 

268 

215

180 

155 

184 

648 

535

Mean

244 

945 

1,209

526

1,047 

627 

460 

803 

644 

679 

435 

185 

107

. 615

July

372 

276 

215 

177 

146

120 

123 

155 

134 

120

137 

152 

602 

1,400 

930

960 

1,400 

1,360 

900 

618

732 

560 

435 

320 

288

211 

170 

146 

123 

107 

107

Aug.

94 

85 

87 

410 

248

146 

112 

94 

85 

100

89 

78 

78 

91 

129

226 

272 

300 

360 

233

173 

143 

134 

118 

100

89 

89 

115 

684 

445 

320

Sept.

340 

240 

194 

170 

149

188 

197 

161 

132 

107

96 

85 

87 

85

76

70 

68 

66 

78 

66

57 

55 

54 

50 

48

47 

47 

50 

68 

85

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.742 0.86 

2.87 3.20 

3.67 4.23

1.60 21.78

3.18 3.67 

1.91 1.99 

1.40 1.61 

2.44 2.72 

1.96 2.26 

2.06 2.30 

1.32 1.52 

.562 .65 

.325 .36

1.87 25.37

r. 7 (6:30 a.m.) 6,170 sec. -ft.; Nov. 29 (l p.m.) 5,000 

Dec. 30 (7 p.m.) 4,600 sec. -ft.; Jan. 6 (5 a.m.) 5,500 

Fune 18 (4 p.m.) 15,600 sec. -ft. 

5 day.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 

Maury River, near Lexington, Va.

33

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°48'49", long. 79°26'42", 300 yards upstream from 

Lime Kiln highway "bridge, a quarter of a mile downstream from Kerrs Creek, and 2| miles 

upstream from Lexington, Rockbridge County. Datum of gage is 906.56 feet above mean 

sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 487 square miles.

Hecprds available. August 1925 to September 1949 (prior to October 1945, published as 

North Kiver near Lexington).

Average discharge. 21 years, (1928-49), 501 second-feet.

actrernes. Maximum discharge during year, 14,500 second-feet June 18 (gage height, 13.98 

reet); minimum, 109 second-feet Sept. 26, 27 (gage height, 2.24 feet).

1925-49: Maximum discharge, 40,000 second-feet Mar. 18, 1936 (gage height, 23.58 

feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 9,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting and on basis of records for other stations in James River Basin; minimum, 

34 second-feet Sept. 6, 1930, Sept. 18, 1932.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair.

Revisions (water years). W 952: 1936(M). W 972: 1936.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49, except period of ice effect

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-6)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 23, June 18 to Sept. 3O Mar. 24 to June 17

2.5 

2.8 

3.2

100

122

175

273

433

835

1,130

1,470

2,300

3,360

Note.--Same as following 

table above 7.0 feet.

2.4 

2.7 

3.0 

3.4 

4.0 

5.0

138

228

336

510

815

1,460

6.0

7.0

8.5

10.0

11.5

2,280

3,360

5,280

7,400

9,770

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

199

164

147

140

832

1,580

780

870

1,360

808

560

446

370

310

273

245

231

295

310

273

245

228

218

208

199

190

184

175

172

167

161

Nov.

161

164

175

259

280

368

4,250

1,780

1,040

780

605

478

438

390

345

318

299

280

606

3,600

1,940

1,300

1,160

1,070

1,100

1,010

1,400

2,590

5,980

4,05O

-

Dec.

2,500

1,740

2,740

9,110

3,840

2,400

1,740

1,400

1,160

980

835

752

*685

620

2,070

3,480

2,030

1,470

1,360

1,200

1,010

920

835

780

725

625

b520

b500

575

3,990

3,360

Jan.

1,940

1,440

1,130

1,040

a2,000

a6,000

a3,000

a2,000

al,300

al,100

al.loo

al,050

al,000

a900

3840

3760

3700

366O

360O

354O

*3700

2,400

2,260

1,820

1,540

1,440

1,440

1,940

1,860

1,440

1,300

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

January

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 sec

Feb.

1,300

1,100

1,010

1,260

1,820

1,540

1,740

1,620

1,400

1,300

1,200

1,010

920

862

835

835

835

808

808

808

725

665

715

700

705

665

615

640

_

_

-

Secondfoe t-days

12,340

38,216

55,952

279,365

47,240

28,441

22,104

32,599

26,567

24,135

19 915

8J931

5,710

322,150

Mar.

585

535

525

530

560

580

565

525

511

520

535

469

442

412

390

370

361

849

1,200

980

835

780

1,660

1,460

1,220

1,020

930

815

710

630

600

Apr.

570

515

468

463

454

1,280

1,150

990

842

735

660

645

3,040

7,200

2,740

1,680

1,280

1,090

900

760

660

645

610

540

486

450

432

482

427

405

-

Maximum

1,580

5,980

9,110

9,110

6,000

1,820

1,660

7,200

2,140

9,600

1,940

780

502

9,600

-ft.) .--Nov. 7 (10 a.m

May

550

882

2,140

1,530

1,120

900

788

735

620

1,800

1,320

1,220

960

788

685

3720

al,200

al,000

3840

3700

a540

3560

984

930

685

540

472

405

356

313

284

Minimum

140

161

500

109

540

615

361

405

284

152

228

167

109

109

June

259

238

222

206

196

190

187

181

163

160

152

163

169

181

160

190

1,580

9,600

2,800

1,360

1,070

720

530

420

361

318

284

322

918

835

-

Mean

398

1,274

1,805

763

1,524

1,016

713

1,087

857

804

642

288

190

883

July

590

446

365

310

270

245

295

292

262

245

256

299

648

1,580

1,440

1,330

1,940

1,860

1,330

920

950

780

650

506

451

365

31O

273

248

231

228

Aug.

212

193

184

513

403

266

222

199

187

205

193

169

167

169

212

306

361

386

460

353

277

242

228

212

190

172

167

199

780

635

469

Per square 

mile

0.817

2.62

3.71

1.57

3.13

2.09

1.46

2.23

1.76

1.65

1.32

.591

.390

1.81

Sept.

502

361

299

270

245

245

299

256

222

193

175

164

158

161

153

147

142

142

155

142

124

122

142

122

115

111

109

115

144

175

Runoff in 

inches

0.94

2.92

4.28

21.35

3.61

2.18

1.68

2.49

2.03

* 1.64

1.52

.68

.44

24.61

) 6,260 sec. -ft.; Nov. 29 (12 m. ) 6,400

seo.-ft.rDec. 4 (8 a.m.) 11.6OO sec.-ft.; Dec. 30 (6 p.m.) 5,560 sec.-ft.; Apr. 14 (9 a.m.) 10,300 

seo.-ft.; June 18 (6:30 p.m.) 14,50O sec.-ft.

* Winter dlschsrge measurement made on this day.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, 

and records for stations at Rockbridge Baths and near Buena Vista.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
34 JAMES RIVER BASIN 

Maury River near Buena Vista, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°45 I 45", long. 79°23'30", half a mile downstream 

rrorn South River and 2j miles northwest of Buena Vista, Rockbridge County. Datum of 

gage is 846.58 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area.--649 square miles.

Records available. March 1939 to September 1949 (prior to October 1945, published as 

North River near Buena Vista).

Average discharge.--10 years, 662 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 15,600 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 13.84 

reet); minimum, 156 second-feet Sept. 27 (gage height, 2.07 feet).

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 21,700 second-feet May 22, 1942 (gage height,-16.00 

feet); minimum, 20 second-feet Oct. 10, 1941 (gage height, 1.23 feet), occurred during 

filling of a small reservoir 2 miles upstream.

Flood of Mar. 18, 1936, reached a stage of about 22 feet, from information by local 

residents.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Revisions (water years).--W 952: 1940-41.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.9 

2.1 

2.5 

3.0

115

164

289

472

3.6 

4.2 

5.4 

6.6

754 

1,140 

2,O8O 

3,200

8.0

10.0

12.5

4,880.

7,950

12,700

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

309 

243 

215 

199 

988

2,030 

1,000 

1,070 

1,660 

1,OOO

728 

604 

506 

432 

387

351 

330 

402 

436 

387

348

326 

313

303 

a290

a270 

a260 

a250 

a240 

a240 

a230

Nov.

a230

a290 

a340 

a400

a 800 

a5,000 

al,950 

1,580 

902

728 

604 

549 

506 

452

417 

405 

380 

,120 

,360

,460 

,700

,510 

,360 

,510

,360 

,900 

3,340 

7,610 

5,010

Dec.

3,200 

2,420 

3,220 

12,500 

5,280

33,500 

a2,500 

a2,000 

al,600 

31,400

al,200 

al,050 

a940 

870 

2,470

4,120 

2,690 

2,030 

1,860 

1,660

1,400 

1,250 

1,180 

1,070

1,000

870 

754 

754

782 

3,880 

4,880

Jan.

2,890 

2,080 

1,660 

1,510 

3,230

7,27O 

4,OOO 

2,690 

2,120 

1,740

1,510 

1,580 

1,550 

1,400 

1,250

1,140 

1,040 

968 

902 

810

984 

3,200 

3,090 

2,460 

2,120

1,950 

1,950 

2,420

2,380 

1,860 

1,740

. Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

her. .............. ..........

mber .......... ... ..........

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. ......... ... . . . . . .

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,700 

1,470 

1,360 

1,700 

2,420

2,120 

2,380 

2,200 

1,950 

1,740

1,580 

1,360 

1,250 

1,140 

1,100

1,100 

1,070 

1,040 

1,040 

1,070

968 

870 

902 

902 

902

840 

782 

84 O

Second 

foot-days

16,347 

49,022 

75.33C

378,107

65,494

37,796 

29,772 

42,217 

33,52E 

29,256 

26,747 

10,98^ 

7 , 90'j

424, 40E

Peak discharge (base, 6,200 sec. -ft.). Nov

a.m.) 8,120 sec. -ft.; Dec. 4 (9 a.m.) 15,600 

a.m.) 8,300 sec. -ft.; Apr. 14 (10:30 a.m.) 1C 

15 (9 p.m. ) 6,470 sec. -ft . 

a No gage-height record; discharge computec 

near Lexington .

Mar.

782 

7 O2 

677 

677 

702

728 

702 

677 

652 

652

677 

628 

581 

549 

532

510 

493 

1,040 

1,510 

1,210

1,040 

1,070 

2,560 

2,120

1,700

1,440 

1,280 

1,140 

1,000 

902 

840

Apr.

782 

728 

677 

652 

652

1,700 

1,550 

1,360 

1,180 

1,000

902 

87O 

3,410 

8,120 

3,500

2,240 

1,700 

1,470 

1,250 

1,070

935 

902 

870 

782 

702

652 

652 

677 

628 

604

Maximum

2,030 

7,610 

12,500

12,500

7,270 

2,420 

2,560 

8,120 

2,790 

10,400 

2,570 

870 

677

12,500

. 7 (time un 

sec. -ft.; De 

,9OO sec. -ft

on basis of

May

728 

1,200 

2,790 

2,030 

1,510

1,250 

1,070 

1,000 

840 

2,000

1,580 

1,470 

1,210 

1,000 

870

870 

1,440 

1,280 

968 

782

677 

702 

1,100 

1,100 

840

702 

628 

549 

489 

444 

409

June

380 

358 

334 

313 

303

289 

279 

263 

253 

240

237 

230 

266 

269 

246

289 

1,550 

10,400 

3,670 

1,740

1,320 

935 

7O2 

558 

489

440 

387 

448 

l.OOO 

1,070

Minimum Mean

199 527 

230 1,634 

754 2,430

154 1,033

810 2,113 

782 1,350 

493 960 

604 1,407 

409 1,082 

230 975 

334 863 

221 354 

156 264

156 1,163

July

754 

581 

493 

424 

376

337 

414 

448 

398

362

372 

532 

628 

1,820 

2,570

1,900 

2,380 

2,330 

1,700 

1,320

1,180 

l.OOO 

84O 

677 

581

506 

432 

387 

337 

334 

334

Aug.

306 

282 

269 

529 

506

365

303 

276 

256 

266

256 

237 

224 

240 

272

365 

417 

448 

514 

421

344

306 

296 

279 

253

227 

221 

224 

633 

870 

581

Per square 

mile

0.812 

2.52 

3.74

1.59

3.26 

2.08 

1.48 

2.17 

1.67 

1.50 

1.33 

.545 

.407

1.79

Sept.

677 

518 

409 

365 

334

306

376 

348 

303 

263

240 

208 

215 

221 

205

196 

190 

224 

243 

212

184 

173 

202 

181 

164 '

161 

156 

161 

221 

253

Runoff in 

inches

0.94 

2.81 

4.31

21.65

3.76 

2.17 

1.71 

2.42 

1.92 

1.67 

1.53 

.63 

.45

24.32

known) about 8,000 sec. -ft.; Nov. 29 (1O:3O 

c. 30 (8 p.m.) 7,270 sec. -ft.; Jan. 3 (7 

.; June 18 (8:30 p.m.) 14.2OO sec. -ft.; July

westher records snd records for station
JAMES RIVER BASIN

Kerrs Creek near Lexington, Va.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°49'33", long. 79°26'28", at highway bridge l£ miles 

upstream from mouth and 2j miles north of Lexington, Rockbridge County. Datum of gage 

is 972.04 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 34 square miles.

Hecords available. January 1927 to September 1949 (fragmentary prior to August 1930).

Average discharge. 19 years (1930-49), 37.3 second-feet.

Kxtremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,540 second-feet Apr. 13 (gage height, 10.0 

reet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 800 secondfeet by logarithmic plotting and on basis of records for other stations in James River 

Basin; minimum observed, 11 second-feet Oct. 2, 3, 4, and on many days during September; 

minimum gage height observed, 4.18 feet Sept. 25.

1927-49: Maximum discharge, 7,600 second-feet Mar. 17, 1936 (gage height, 12.82 

feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 800 second-feet by logarithmic 

plotting and on basis of records for other stations in James River Basin; minimum, 4 

second-feet on many days in August and September 1932, Sept. 12, 1934, July 17, Nov. 21, 

1938.

Remarks.--Records good. Gage read twice daily.

Revisions (water years). W 972: 1927-33 (maximum only, 1930-33), 1936-39. W 1052: 1940.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-4, July 15 to Sept. 8)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 4 Dec. 5 to Sept. 30

4.1 6.0

4.2 12

4.3 20

4.4 29

4.6 

4.8 

5.O

52

82

117

Note. Same as following table above 5.O feet.

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.7 

4.9 

5.1 

5.3 

5.6

100

137

186

276

5.9 

6.3

6.7 

7.1

385

555

765

1,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

13

11

12

11

310

74

37

34

33

33

31

24

24

26

24

24

24

24

24

24

24

24

24

18

17

15

17

18

15

17

17

Nov.

16

17

17

18

18

65

82

38

38

31

26

27

27

25

26

25

25

25

85

244

121

97

59

6O

60

42

186

4O5

555

260

-

Dec.

117

55

276

710

173

115

92

71

63

55

50

47

47

42

425

165

108

83

92

80

74

67

54

47

54

42

35

33

42

465

214

Jan.

121

77

65

63

385

214

125

97

77

65

86

121

105

80

63

52

45

42

46

42

47

310

165

97

71

92

2OO

820

117

77

78

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

Juns .............................

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

71

67

65

176

244

229

310

112

100

95

71

65

63

58

55

55

125

119

47

50

48

47

45

40

38

40

38

38

_

_

-

Secondfoot days

1,02:

2.72C

3 , 99Z

23 ,36'

4,04£

2 51'

l!s3C

2 52'

1 32

97

1,97£

69.

44£

23,75"

Mar.

38

35

38

35

35

35

32

3fa

34

35

45

29

31

29

28

27

28

133

64

55

5O

50

144

86

71

63

58

55

45

42

42

Apr.

39

38

35

33

33

86

56

54

47

42

42

42

940

244

117

86-

65

63

55

50

42

45

41

39

34

32

33

31

29

31

Maximum

310

555

710

1,910

820

310

144

137

214

445

51

32

940

May

63

74

137

78

60

52

50

43

40

45

59

52

42

40

50

42

39

29

27

27

27

33

29

27

24

23

24

23

21

21

20

Minimum

11

16

33

11

42

38

27

29

20

13

18

15

11

11

June

19

19

16

16

17

16

17

16

15

13

14

. 14

16

16

16

23

214

36

26

45

31

25

21

19

18

17

17

19

170

5O

Mean

33.0

9O.7

129

63.8

130

89.7

49 . i

84* ]

42.6

32.^

22.2

is!o

65.1

July

35

27

25

22

19

18

58

35

27

25

33

45

47

62

445

86

276

155

93

67

52

46

39

38

35

34

3O

26

26

27

26

Aug.

Per square 

mile

0.97]

2.67

3 " 79

1 . 88

3 . 82

2.64

1.45

2.47

1 .2595"

1 " AA*

.656

.441

1.91

24

25

23

29

26

24

23

21

21

20

19

17

16

18

17

26

24

26

20

18

16

18

19

16

16

15

16

17

51

28

42

Sept.

32

22

21

19

18

15

16

16

14

13

12

13

14

13

12

13

11

12

12

12

11

12

15

12

11

12

12

16

21

17

Runoff in 

inches

1.12

2.98

4.37

25. 6O

4.40

2.75

1.67

2.76

1.44

1.06

2.17

.76

.49

25.97
36 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Pedlar River near Pedlar Mills, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°32'35", long. 79°15'10", at highway bridge

 1 mile south of Pedlar Mills, Amberst County, 1.7 miles downstream from Horsley Mill

Creek, and 3.7 miles upstream from mouth. 

Drainage area.--91 square miles. 

Records available. July 1942 to September 1949. 

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,060 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 11.44

 feet, from floodmark in gage well), from rating curve extended above 2,200 secondfeet by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 31 second-feet June 12 (gage height, 2.34 

feet).

1942-49: Maximum discharge, 11,200 second-feet Aug. 8, 1942 (gage height, 14.1 

feet, from floodmark in gage well), from rating curve extended above 2,200 second-feet 

by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 2.3 second-feet Sept. 8, 1944 (gage height, 1.83 

feet).

Remarks.--Record good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Diversion above station for municipal supply of city of Lynchburg.

Cooperation. Records of monthly diversions and change in contents of Lynchburg Reservoir 

rurnished by city of Lynchburg.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used July 16 to Aug. 29)

2.3

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.7

37

50

2.9 

3.3

127

227

326

738

1,220

6.8 1,960

8.0 2,900

9.5 4,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

6

4

5

6

V

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Ib

16

IV

18

19

20

21

26

28

29

Oct.

73

53

44

40

363

214

118

143

123

95

79

70

60

53

49

46

45

95

70

58

52

50

47

46

44

41

42

36

40

38

37

Nov.

37

40

57

95

64

64

85

70

65

75

70

65

65

60

60

60

60

60

70

1,200

500

300

170

170

230

200

270

190

1.500

800

-

Dec.

350

260

350

4,000

1,500

700

400

250

200

180

162

152

138

127

308

311

233

192

203

195

170

155

138

129

125

103

35

105

185

1,650

Jan.

398

282 >30

°08

711

1,020

631

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

Calendar year 1'j .'

February. . ......

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

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

May.... ......

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

September. ....... . .

Water year 1 -*4f -t£

550

380

?93

247

22? "19

195

ISO

165

155

150

141

141

129

189

597

389

308

256

23u

'Feb.

326

2

2>

2

56

27

50

508

250

2

2

2

53

33

;9

214

195

1

1

1

RO

7?

Rfi

SO

168

1

1

1

5r

41

45

185

168

1

1

1

5fi

55

45

141

132

222 1 °7

269 1 145

?33

^03

330

_

-

Mar.

134

1

1

1

23

?.n

116

114

1

1

1

~>7

11

31

107

105

35

31

31

33

85

1

1

17

T.5

138

127

4

2,0

5

n5

70

?

338

259

135

1

1

I?"rt

155

Apr.

145

132

127

129

141

319

208

182

158

143

141

141

604

£44

359

263

219

20O

175

158

145

170

168

141

127

123

127

132

112

116

Observed

Secondfoot-days

- ' - - ,~

15 ,75^

C3.0G1

5.573

5.455

1,341

71,003

Maximum

4,000

4,000

50 F

2,070

S'O

4, -00

Minimum

21

_L"°

1"7

35

6G

- -

35

34 J

Mean

444

172

"' L

139

2C4

n 3£

134

001

64.7

May

242

463

620

322

242

200

182

June

64

61

58

55

55

53

49

168 46

152 42

272

236

185

158

141

132

148

227

150

125

112

101

118

112

99

97

85

81

77

72

70

66

42

46

36

81

53

50

105

747

550

304

256

175

145

120

103

95

89

77

135

188

141

-

July

109

87

77

68

61

56

85

85

66

63

223

385

282

227

312

992

1,010

620

393

286

242

190

148

129

112

99

91

83

77

76

83

Aug.

72

64

58

101

91

Cl

55

49

4:

44

42

41

38

38

dO

101

64

58

50

44

40

45

66

56

42

36

34

64

289

120

187

Sept.

216

125

101

93

81

1O5

87

77

61

55

50

46

52

53

47

46

46

47

76

47

40

38

45

40

35

35

35

38

60

64

-

Diversion

and change Adjusted

(equl -alfnt, .. Per square Runoff in 

-t,-nr,:-fee-,t Mean mile inches

13.2 457 5.02 5.79

13. U 185 C.03 27.70

I/,. 3 311 3.42 5.34

13.3 212 ^.33 2.45

l-".3 237 2. GO 3.00

13.4 211 2.32 2.53

13.4 1J3J ".OR 2.40

13.4 82. J i .311 1.05

13.2 77.9 .85i. .,?b

l.j I Ij.J | 208 2.JD 31.00
JAMES RIVER BASIN 37

Buffalo River near Norwood, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°38", long. 78°53', 1 mile downstream from Tye 

itlver, 3 miles upstream from Rucker Run, and 4j miles upstream from mouth and Norwood, 

Nelson County. Datum of gage is 400.78 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, 

supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 360 square miles.

Records available. March 1940 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge rising year, 23,200 second-feet Mar. 23 (gage height, 14.28 

I'eetJ, from rating curve emended above 13,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; 

minimum, 220 second-feet Nov. 2; minimum gage height, 2.43 feet Sept. 27.

1940-49: Maximum discharge, 33.500 second-feet Oct. 15, 1942, Sept. 19, 1944 (gage 

height, 18.1 feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 13,000 secondfeet by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 30 second-feet Oct. 10, 1941 (gage height, 1.64 

feet).

Remarks. Records good.

2.4 210

2.5 26O

2.7 39O

3.0 630

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 5 to Nov. 19)

Oct. 1 to Aug. 28

3.3 91O

3.6 1.25O

4.1 1,900

5.0 3,250

Aug. 29 to Sept. 30

6.5 5,730

8.Q 8,570

9.5 11,700

2.4 231

2.5 281

2.7 408

3.0 666

3.5 1,210

4.0 1,850

Discharge, in seccnd-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

648

465

376

334

960

965

666

851

810

675

579

497

442

398

362

341

327

398

334

302

284

272

266

260

250

240

240

235

235

230

230

Nov.

230

220

250

458

341

334

420

383

398

458

398

369

362

348

327

314

314

302

718

2,260

1,540

1,310

1,120

1,170

1,350

1,170

1,290

1,670

3,650

2,260

-

Dec.

1,700

1,400

2,280

9,55O

3,010

2,110

1,56O

1,300

1.O8O

932

830

765

711

657

1,180

1,230

987

860

954

890

783

738

684

648

622

562

529

537

622

4,210

2,630

Jan.

1,830

1,490

1,250

1,150

2,230

4,050

2,260

1,700

1,42O

1,230

1,100

1,060

954

870

792

756

720

693

675

639

858

2,260

1,440

1,260

1,120

1,100

1,050

1,260

1,090

987

1,320

Hcnth

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,450

1,230

1,110

1,150

1,260

1,120

1,140

1.O6O

1,020

1,020

987

910

850

820

792

840

910

792

783

921

738

711

711

675

657

622

604

729

_

_

-

Seccndfcct-days

13,472

25,734

46,551

268,973

40,614

25,612

33,683

25,376

26,303

32,094

28,768

14,307

11,944

324,458

Mar.

666

613

588

562

562

542

521

505

505

513

537

473

465

458

458

442

4-42

800

675

596

562

1,100

11,300

2,180

1,580

1,300

1,120

998

998

830

792

Apr.

747

693

657

657

657

1,350

880

840

765

720

693

693

1,500

1,970"

1,440

1,170

1,020

932

830

765

720

765

738

657

613

588

588

613

545

570

-

Maximum

965

3,650

9,550

9,550

4,050

1,450

11,300

1,970

2,560

9,060

2,400

1,720

991

11,300

May

1,310

1,350

2,560

1,630

1,290

1,090

976

890

810

1,180

1,300

1,020

860

783

783

783

693

630

588

545

521

604

562

497

489

465

450

435

428

405

376

Minimum

230

220

529

147

639

604

442

545

376

250

428

255

246

220

June

369

369

341

314

320

314

290

272

260

250

250

260

579

442

355

579

2,840

9,060

2,630

1,900

1,500

1,180

965

901

720

666

579

579

1,760

1,350

-

Mean

435

858

1,502

735

1,310

315

1,087

846

848

1,070

928

462

399

889

July

1,080

890

774

702

630

570

648

639

537

497

1,290

1,400

976

1,050

1,020

998

2,400

2,260

1,700

1,350

1,190

1,020

850

738

648

579

537

489

450

428

428

Aug.

405

369

348

512

489

348

327

302

290

290

272

278

255

255

787

630

450

412

334

302

290

320

529

465

376

320

308

362

1,720

1,070

892

Per square 

mile

1.21

2.38

4.17

2.04

3.64

2.54

3.02

2.35

2.36

2.97

?.58

1.28

1.11

2.47

Sept.

991

776

666

619

555

529

486

463

408

374

360

328

322

334

310

299

305

305

455

299

271

271

305

271

251

251

246

256

310

328

-

Runcff in 

inches

1.40

2.56

4.81

27.80

4.20

2.64

3.48

2.62

2.72

3.31

2.97

1.48

1.24

33.53

Peak discharge ______________,000 (base, see.-ft.).--Nov. 29 (7:30 p.m.) 4,050 sec.-ft.; Dec. 4 (5 a.m.) 14,500 

sec.-ft.; Dec. 30 (2:30 p.m.) 5,560 sec.-ft.; Jan. 6 (12:30 a.m.) 5,770 sec.-ft.; Jan. 22 (1 a.m.) 

.1,090 sec.-ft.; Mar. 23 (5 a.m.) 23,200 sec.-ft.; May 3 (4 a.m.) 3,330 sec.-ft.; June 18 (3:30 a.m.) 

13,000 sec.-ft.; Aug. 29 (3 a.m.) 3,040 sec.-ft.

980338 O - 52 - 4
38 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Tye River near Lovingston, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°43', long. 78°58', at highway bridge 2 miles 

downstream from Hat Creek, 4 miles upstream from Piney Bridge, and 6 miles southwest 

of Lovingston, Nelson County. Datum of gage is 578.39 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area. 92 square miles.

Kecoras available. August 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 11 years, 151 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,900 second-feet June 18 (gage height, 10.08 

reet); minimum, 49 second-feet June 12 (gage height, 1.52 feet).

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 9,670 second-feet Sept. 19, 1944 (gage height, 13.7 

feet); minimum, 4.5 second-feet Oct. 9, 1941; minimum gage height 0.29 foot Oct. 4, 

1943.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Revisions (water years) .--W 892: 1938.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used June 17 to July 17)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 4 Dec. 5 to Sept. 3O

1.7 51 3.5 460 1.5 47 3.O 324 

2.0 91 4.0 700 1.6 58 3.3 427 

2.5 165 5.0 1,360 1.8 85 3.9 715 

2.8 220 6.0 2,160 2.1 132 5.O 1,400 

3.1 300 2.6 226 7.2 3,150

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11

az

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

160 

130 

111 

271 

347

a270 

a 240 

a260 

273 

228

190 

165 

147 

134 

120

111 

105 

123 

114 

105

99 

95 

91 

88 

83

77 

72 

69 

67 

67 

61

Nov.

63 

68 

80 

160 

126

123 

138 

140 

138 

146

138 

130 

128 

120 

114

110 

108 

102

261 

1,030

595 

403 

307 

265 

258

245

273 

376 

760 

672

Dec.

523 

407 

433 

2,160 

1,200

865 

640 

492 

400 

340

294 

271 

244 

222 

378

346 

304

271 

281 

260

239 

226 

211 

203 

197

181 

182 

175 

234 

1,310 

805

Jan.

469 

340 

375 

340 

646

1,200 

775 

600 

478 

408

355

346 

304 

276 

255

241 

228 

220 

216 

196

201 

56O 

440 

379 

330

310 

291 

330 

296 

271 

333

Feb.

276 

304 

286 

299 

333

307 

304 

310 

302 

288

264 

244 

233 

224 

211

228 

207 

194 

194 

226

199 

194 

196 

186 

182

173 

170 

190

y-_th Second- 

"onth foot-days

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mbsr .......................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary .

4,473 

7,577 

14,284

............ 81,433

h............... .............

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

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

12,029 

6,724 

7,493 

7,782 

7,068 

10,784 

7,821 

3,467 

2,831

ter year 1948-49 .. ......... 92,333

Mar

172 

163 

159 

154 

152

150 

141 

136 

134 

141

152 

139 

136 

136 

132

126 

129 

253 

197 

182

175 

242 

1,140 

665 

478

382 

327 

288 

255 

235 

222

Apr.

209 

194 

184 

182 

182

327 

262 

244 

Z20 

201

203 

205 

504

775 

530

400 

333 

296 

262 

235

218 

226 

213 

190 

179

172 

166 

170 

152 

148

Maximum

347 

1,030 

2,160

2,440

1,22O 

333

1,140 

775 

895 

3,000 

552 

496 

201

3,000

Peak discharge (base, 1,OOO sec. -ft. ) .--Nov. 2O (9 a.m

sec. -ft.; Dec. 3O (12 m.) 1,92O sec. -ft.; Jan. 5 (12 p.ra 

sec. -ft.; May 2 (4 a.m.) 1,O8O sec. -ft.; June 18 (4 a.m. 

sec. -ft.; 

a No gage-he Lght record; discharge computed on basis of 

River near Norwood.

May

320 

421 

895 

560 

416

333 

291 

260 

235 

228

248 

226 

201 

188 

186

182 

172 

159 

150 

141

134

161 

145 

122 

118

108 

103 

98 

92 

90 

85

Minimum

61 

63 

172

29

196 

170 

126 

148 

85 

51 

116 

68 

63

51

June

81 

78

74 

68 

67

64 

62 

58 

54 

56

52 

51 

118 

106 

85

253 

1,500 

3,OOO 

985 

640

469 

362 

296 

262 

239

220 

199 

241 

575 

469

Msan

144 

253 

461

222

388 

240 

242 

259 

228 

359 

252 

112 

94.4

253

July

355 

299 

260 

233 

209

192 

196 

211 

182 

173

230 

296 

274 

307 

316

316 

552 

545 

412 

340

284 

244 

216 

192 

177

163 

148 

137 

127 

119 

116

Aug.

110 

103 

102

119 

103

96 

90 

82 

86 

81

77 

78 

71 

74 

121

119 

98 

94 

79 

71

68 

81 

127 

91 

75

70 

82 

133 

496 

196 

194

Psr squars 

mile

1.56 

2.75 

5.01

2.41

4.22 

2.61 

2.63 

2.82 

2.48 

3.90 

2.74 

1.22 

1.03

2.75

Sspt.

201 

163 

145 

134 

122

114 

111 

103 

90 

84

79 

75 

86 

84 

74

74 

72 

92 

113 

77

68 

68 

90 

70 

64

63 

64 

67 

96 

88

Runoff in 

inchss

1.80

3.07 

5.78

32.93

4.86 

2.72 

3.03 

3.15 

2.86 

4.35 

3.16 

1.41 

1.15

37.34

) 1,220 sec. -ft.; Dec. 4 ( 1O a.m.) 2,720 

) 1,720 sec. -ft.; Mar. 23 (6 a.m.) 1,610 

5,900 sec. -ft.; Aug. 29 (l a.m.) 1,260

weather records and records for Buffalo
JAMES RIVER BASIN 39

Piney River at Piney River, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°42'10", long. 79°01 I 40", at bridge on State Highway 151, half a mile south of Piney River post office, Nelson County, and 1.3-miles upstream from Maple Run.

Drainage area. 48 square miles.

Records available. July to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during period, 1,060 second-feet Aug. 28 (gage height, 4.26 

 feeb); minimum, 34 second-feet Sept. 28 (gage height, 1.33 feet).

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating table, July to September 1949 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.3 

1.5 

1.7 

1.9

2.4

3.0 

3.5

231

415

630

123

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day! Oct. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July I Aug. | Sept.

415

321

257

217

182

159

141

123

110

97

84

78

78

46

43

41

41

48

72

91

100

84

67

67

172

583

282

260

252

212

184

159

143

127 

114 

10O 

90 

83

75

68

73

66

60

Secondfoot days

Per square 

mile

Runoff in

October . . 

November. 

December.

Calendar year

January....

February... 

March......

April ......

May........

June .......

July 19-31. 

August 

September. .

2,262! 

2,953 

2,532

415

583

252

174

95.3

84.4

3.62 

L.99 

1.76

1.75

2.29

1.96

Water year
40

JAMES RIVER BASIN

Rockfish River near Greenfield, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°52', long. 78°49', at bridge on State Highway 634,

 2$ miles downstream from confluence of North and South Forks and 4ir miles south of Greenfield, Nelson County. Datum of gage is 530.29 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, 

Culpeper supplementary adjustment of 1943.

Drainage area. 96 square miles.

Hecords available. April 1943 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,450 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 11.3 feet);

 minimum, 54 second-feet Sept. 27; minimum gage height, 1.82 feet Nov. 2, Sept. 27.

1943-49: Maximum discharge, 13,700 second-feet Sept. 19, 1944 (gage height, 17.2 feet, 

from rating curve extended above 8,500 second-feet on basis of slope-area determinations 

at gage heights 17.2 and 23.4 feet and peak runoff comparison with nearby stations; minimum, 3.0 second-feet July 30, 1944; minimum gage height, 1.25 feet Sept. 17, 18, 19, 

1946.

Flood in October 1942 reached a stage of 23.4 feet, from floodmarks (discharge, about 

30,000 second-feet). 

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

1.8 68

2.0 100

2.5 187

3.0 280

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 4

3.5 380

4.0 500

4.5 640

5.0 810

6.0 1,220

7.5 2,000

8.8 2,750

1.9

2.0 

2.2 

2.6

Dec. 5 to Sept. 30

51

64

81

122

183

3.0 

3.4

4.5 

5.0

249

334

522

685

875

6.0 1,310

7.0 1,800

8.0 2,330

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

171 

114 

97 

86 

408

424 

290 

349 

310 

223

196 

165 

138 

124 

113

105 

98 

142 

121 

108

100 

95 

92 

90 

84

81 

79 

78 

76 

74 

74

Nov.

74 

71 

127 

191 

144

142 

221 

194 

200 

219

185 

164 

156 

138 

128

116 

113 

105 

314

1,040

474 

380 

320 

290 

310

270 

310 

399 

1,000 

596

Dec.

462 

391 

811 

2,740 

1,040

668 

490 

410 

334 

298

258 

240 

224 

208 

287

267 

249 

232 

249 

232

212 

201 

188 

180

177

162 

157 

158 

195 

1,020 

685

Jan.

474 

378 

322 

298 

650

1,020 

618 

490 

394 

334

309 

362 

334 

309 

249

224 

224 

215 

224 

205

278 

538 

362 

322 

287

277 

267 

309 

277 

258 

298

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Da

ber ..........................

mber .........................

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lendar year 1948 ............

ti. ........................ .

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

st ......................... .

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

277 

258 

258 

298 

334

298 

322 

287

277 

267

240 

220

210 

200 

200

190 190' 

170 

170 

180

170 

170 

170 

160 

150

150 

150 

190

Mar.

170 

160 

150 

150 

150

140 

140 

130 

140 

150

130 

130 

130 

130 

120

120 

115 

203 

157 

145

140 

314 

1,200

400 

300

230 

200 

200 

200 

200 

194

Secondfoot-days

4,705 

8,391 

13,425

74,100

11,106 

6,156 

6,438 

6,271 

8,507 

9,709 

8,489 

4,460 

3,044

90,701

Peak discharge (base, 1,200 sec. -ft.). Nov

sec. -ft.; Fee. 4 (5 a.m.) 4,45O see. -ft.; Dec

Apr.

183 

168 

161 

160 

172

322 

249 

232 

215 

196

188 

182 

348

426 

348

287 

258 

240 

215 

195

180 

188 

171 

157 

148

140 

144 

139 

129 

130

Maximum

424 

1,040 

2,740

2,740

1,020 

334 

1,200 

426 

1,080 

2,330 

602 

766 

258

2,740

May

296 

671 

1,080 

554 

394

322 

298 

277 

275 

287

348 

334 

298 

267 

266

240 

224 

200 

182

168

164 

195 

162 

150 

144

134 

127 

121 

118 

108 

100

Minimum

74 

71 

157

30

205 

150 

115 

129 

100 

58 

116 

66 

58

58

June

94 

87 

81 

78 

76

72 

66 

64 

61 

60

59 

58 

81 

78 

81

198 

1,260 

2,330 

975 

522

378 

298 

240 

208 

188

168 

152 

215 

743 

738

Msan

152 

28C 

433

202

35£ 

22C 

208 

20S 

274 

324 

274 

144 

 10]

24E

July

506 

362 

298 

249 

213

186 

170 

203 

168 

152

177 

426 

394 

362 

298

405 

602 

570 

442 

 348

287 

249 

215 

196 

162

160 

160 

154 

134 

125 

116

Aug.

112 

106 

102 

127 

118

104 

89 

81 

74 

72

67 

66 

67 

89 

137

160 

136 

137 

108 

89

78 

96 

161 

127 

104

102 

116 

176 

766 

426 

267

Psr square 

mile

1.58 

2.92 

4.51

2.10

3.73 

2.29 

2.17 

2.18 

2.85 

3.38 

2.85 

1.50 

1.05

2.58

Sspt.

258 

201 

176 

158 

142

132 

127 

118 

102 

94

85 

83 

106 

98 

83

81 

78 

94 

89 

69

64 

64 

76 

61 

59

58 

60 

63 

89 

76

Runoff in 

inches

1.82 

3.26 

5.20

28.71

4.30 

2.38 2.50' 

2.43 

3.29 

3.77 

3.29 

1.73 

1.17

35.14

20 (3 a.m.) 1,880 sec. -ft.; Nov. 29 (10 a.m.) 1,220 

30 (12 m.) 1,500 sec. -ft.; Jan. 5 (11:30 p.m.) 1,700

sec.-ft.; Mar. 23

sec.-ft.; Aug. 29 (2 a.m.) 1,400 sec.-ft.

Note. No gage-height record Feb. 11 to Mar. 17, Mar. 23-30; discharge computed on basis of records 

for Mechum River near Ivy.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 41

Hardware River below Briery Run, near Scottsville, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°49", long. 78°28', at highway bridge half a mile 

aownstrearn from Briery Run, 2 miles northeast of Scottsville, Albemarle County, and 

9 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 294.96 feet above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929, Culpeper supplementary adjustment of 1943.

Drainage area. 116 square miles.

Records available. December 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 125 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 11,100 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 18.48 

1'eet); minimum, 56 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 2.03 feet).

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 23.000 second-feet Sept. 19, 1944 (gage height, 23.8 

feet, from floodmark in gage house), by slope-area method; minimum, 2.8 second-feet Oct. 

1, 1941 (gage height, 1.34 feet); minimum daily, 4.8 second-feet Oct. 5, 1941.

Remarks. Records good. Occasional small diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by dam 

and gristmill 2 miles above station.

Revisions (water years). W 952: 1941(M). W 1002: 1940, 1943. W 1032: 1940, 1944.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

98 

74 

68 

63 

430

580 

198 

265 

220 

143

116 

104 

95 

90 

84

81 

81 

126

104 

84

84 

81 

81 

81 

80

76 

76 

76 

76 

74 

76

Nov.

74 

74 

83 

134 

97

101 

133 

101 

97 

125

127 

111 

1O6 

99 

94

90 

90 

85 

144 

780

266 

196 

168 

182 

415

233 

266 

395 

1,240 

535

Dec.

302 

233 

614 

6.3OO 

977

460 

348 

295 

252 

233

217 

211 

204 

193 

288

325 

252 

222 

239 

239

217 

205 

192 

184 

182

172 

166 

166 

180 

1,090 

790

Jan.

370 

28O 

239 

233 

46O

1,220 

475 

348 

288 

259

239 

246 

233 

217 

205

201 

197 

189 

191 

182

286 

983 

385 

302 

259

259 

246 

288 

246

222 

273

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

be r ........ ...........

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lendar year 1948 

ary

h. ............ ........

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

310 

266 

252 

318 

370

295 

295 

266 

246 

233

227 

211 

211 

202 

200

211 

222 

196 

193 

227

202 

193 

192 

180 

179

170 

167 

217

Secondfcot-days

3,965 

6,641 

15,948

72,842

10,021 

6,451 

8,057 

6,529 

5,481 

3,306 

4,739 

10,986 

3,974

86,098

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 sec. -ft.). Dec

sec. -ft.; Jan. 6 (9 a.m.) 1,700 sec. -ft.; Mai 

11,100 sec. -ft.

liar.

211 

186 

179 

172 

170

167 

158 

153 

153 

158

164 

148 

145 

141 

140

136 

136 

252 

200 

170

161 

236 

2,130 

505 

325

273 

246 

227 

211 

204 

200

Apr.

197 

187 

182 

182 

192

430 

239 

252 

217 

198

192 

188 

460 

475 

266

222 

205 

200 

191 

179

173

195 

191 

173 

161

158 

159 

166 

148 

151

Maximum

580 

1,240

6,300

6,300

1,220 

370 

2,130 

475 

318 

273 

445 

4,610 

217

6,300

,. 4 (5 a.m.) 

'. 23 (6:30 a

May

266 

239 

302 

217 

188

174 

167 

161 

180 

252

318 

259 

201 

180 

170

188

170 

156 

146 

140

136 

166 

150 

131

131

122 

120 

118 

116 

"105 112 

Minimum

63 

74 

166

40

182 

167 

136 

148 

105 

74 

74 

57 

96

57

June

99 

94 

91 

88 

88

88 

83 

78 

77 

75

74 

74 

94 

108 

86

98 

222 

273 

233 

162

133 

114 

101 

92 

88

86 

78 

92 

103 

134

Mean

128 

221 

514

199

323 

230 

260 

218 

177 

110 

153 

354 

132

236

July

112 

96 

91 

84 

83

81 

74 

78 

77 

80

217 

227 

289 

227 

153

269 

445 

318 

191 

161

164 

146 

131 

189 

118

103 

99 

143 

94 

107 

92

Aug.

84 

78 

77 

75 

118

81 

74 

68 

64

62

60 

59 

57 

67 

4,610

1,240 

487 

343 

233 

20O

176 

161 

242 

205 

186

156 

145 

164 

860 

332 

222

Per square 

mile

1.10 

1.91 

4.43

1.72

2.78 

1.98 

2.24 

1.88 

1.53 

.948 

1.32 

3.05 

1.14

2.03

10,600 sec. -ft.; Dec. 30 (9:30 

.m.) 3,920 sec. -ft.; Aug. 15 (l

Sept.

217 

176 

162 

158 

146

141 

162 

145 

131 

122

116 

114 

122 

131 

116

112 

114 

161 

154 

112

101 

101 

156 

110 

101

98 

96 

110 

162 

127

Runoff in 

inches

1.27 

2.13 

5.11

23.36

3.20 

2.06 

2.58 

2.10 

1.7*6 

1.06 

1.52 

3.52 

1.27

27.58

p.m.) .1,700 

p.m.)
42 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Slate River near Arvonia, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°42', long. 78°21', at Bumpers Bridge, 1 mile upstream from Hunt Creek, 2 miles upstream from mouth, and 2 miles north of Arvonia, 

Buckingham County. Datum of gage is 238.78 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps 

of Engineers).

Drainage area. 235 square miles.

Hecoras available. April 1926 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 2"2 years (1926-35, 1936-49), 231 second-feet.

Extremes.--maxJium discharge during year, 9,780 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 18.25 

reet); minimum, 67 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 2.62 feet).

1926-49: Maximum discharge, 13,600 second-feet Sept. 6, 1935 (gage height, 22.18 

feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 5,500 second-feet on basis of 

velocity-area studies; minimum, 2 second-feet Sept. 28 to Oct. 2, 1930.

Remarks. Records good excetot those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Occasional diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by gristmill 1\ miles above station.

Revisions (water years). W 972: 1928-29, 1932, 1933-34(M), 1935.

Rating tables, wacer year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Dec Dec. 5 to Sept. 3O

2.7 71 4.4 380 10.0 3,220 2.6 65 4.2 340 

3.0 103 5.0 588 12.0 4,650 2.8 86 5.0 602 

3.3 142 6.0 986 15.0 7,000 3.0 112 6.0 988 

3.6 192 7.0 1,450 18.0 9,600 3.4 178 7.0 1,500 

 4.0 272 8.5 2,280

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

144 

95 

83 

79 

1,080

1,080 

254 

296 

355 

185

142 

131 

118 

113 

107

103 

101 

160 

174 

128

116 

110 

109 

109 

107

103 

101 

101 

101 

100 

100

Nov.

101 

101 

103 

155 

144

187 

683 

248 

174 

183

174 

153 

142 

139 

129

124 

123 

123 

127 

512

325 

203 

257 

406 

1,500

682 

664 

1,150 

3,220 

1,600

Dec.

463 

314 

1,640 

8,880 

6,810

690

462 

362 

314 

284

260 

256 

262 

246 

314

567 

424 

333 

462 

602

362 

310 

280 

260 

254

240 

204 

236 

260 

2,160 

2,440

Jan.

637 

410 

331 

312 

690

2,500 

766 

462 

371 

331

308 

322 

308 

286 

272

260 

258 

258 

260 

248

238 

2,280 

1,720 

584 

462

427 

497 

a430 

a350 

a310 

a350

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Jann 

Febr 

Haro 

Apri

Hair

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ra

her ..........................

nber .........................

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L ....................

St .............. . ember .......... . . ....

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

550 

480 

462 

672 

862

567 

532 

497 

388 

462

602 

410 

360 

336 

322

426 

1,180 

567 

427 

637

497 

388 

382 

345 

327

308 

294 

495

Secondfoot days

6,185 

13,832 

30,951

143,772

17,238 

13,775 

14,994 

11,392 

9,457 

4,903 

7,950 

7,593 

3,763

142,033

Mar.

637 

391 

340 

314 

306

300 

284 

266 

266 

276

302 

268 

254 

246 

248

240 

240 

413 

427 

302

278 

282 

3,710 

1,480 

550

567 

444 

385 

348 

320 

310

Apr.

314 

300 

282 

278 

308

1,190 

497 

410 

340 

306

292 

290 

742 

944 

480

355 

314 

300 

300 

276

266 

318 

404 

304 

270

258 

254 

292 

258 

250

Maximum

1,180 

3,220 

8,880

8,880

2,500 

1,180 

3,710 

1,190 

771 

340 

969 

3,000 

214

8,880

May

601 

704 

514 

355 

298

276 

262 

258 

252 

320

771 

672 

365 

294 

264

254 

254 

230 

210 

196

184 

210 

278

216 

196

184

176 

173 

169 

164

157

Minimum

79 

101 

204

59

238 

294 

240 

250 

157 

112 

82 

70 

92

70

June

152 

145 

140 

137 

137

135 

127 

120

114 

112

112 

112 

187 

178 

140

140

202 

280 

333 

198

152 

143 

130 

115 

122

145 

127 

118 

310 

340

Mean

200 

461 

998

393

556 

492 

484 

380 

305 

163 

256 

245 

125

389

July

192 

148 

135 

127 

116

106 

99 

116 

137 

122

165 

969 

288 

800 

770

858 

842 

345 

224 

178

152 

152 

132 

116 

111

104 

97 

92 

90 

85 

82

9.0 2,680 

11.0 3,910 

15.0 7,000

Aug.

84 

82 

84 

85

116

102 

84 

78 

73 

70

70 

71 

70 

72 

3,000

790 

298 

210 

164 

137

126 

122 

164 

164 

130

116 

111 

115 

444 

216 

145

Per square 

mile

0.851 

1.96 

4.25

1.67

2.37 

2.09 

2.06 

1.62 

1.30 

.694 

1.09 

1.04 

.532

1.66

Sept.

186 

140 

115 

115 

109

106 

210 

214 

138 

112

102 

99

106 

120 

109

105 

124 

115 

127 

112

96 

93 

118 

130 

98

92 

92

96 

202 

182

Runoff in 

inches

0.98 

2.19 

4.90

22.77

2.73 

2.18 

2.38 

1.81 

1.50 

.77 

1.26 

1.20 

.59

22.49

Peak discharge (base, 2,100 see. -ft.). Oct. 5 (8 p.m.) 2,340 see. -ft.; Nov. 29 (9 a.m.) 3,420

sec.-ft.; Dee. 4 (11:30 p.m.) 9,780 sec.-ft.; Dec. 30 (5 p.m.) 3,280 sec.-ft.; Jan. 6 (1 a.m.) 2,860 

sec.-ft.; Jan. 22 (2 p.m.) 2,920 sec.-ft.; Mar. 23 (8 a.m.) 4,350 sec.-ft.; Aug. 15 (12 m.) 5,250 

sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of 1 discharge measurement, weather records, 

and records for Appomattox River at Farmville and Willis River at Flanagan Mills.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 43 

Mechum River near Ivy, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°06'15", long. 7"8°35'35", 2.6 miles downstream from 

Spring Creek, 3.3 miles north of town of Ivy, Albemarle County, and 4.7 miles upstream 

from confluence with Moormans River.

Drainage area. 97 square miles.

Records available. October 1942 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,340 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 14.7 feet); 

minimum, 46 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 1.58 feet).

1942-49: Maximum discharge, 20,000 second-feet Oct. 15, 1942 (gage height, 30.3 feet, 

from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 8,000 second-feet by logarithmic 

plotting; minimum 0.6 second-foot Sept. 9, 1944 (gage height, 0.51 foot).

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

1.6 

1,8 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to July 16

45 4.0

65 5.0

89 6.5

165 8.0

275 10.4

540

875

1,420

2,060

3,190

2.0 

2.2 

2.4

July 17 to Sept. 30

122

160

2.5 

2.7 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

180

260

410

680

920

5.0 1,250

6.5 1,680

8.0 2,180

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

106

72

60

52

420

308

163

179

155

136

118

102

88

80

72

68

65

102

80

70

64

62

60

58

54

51

50

50

50

50

50

Nov.

50

51

70

132

86

79

96

81

84

108

95

85

88

77

74

72

72

66

149

5OO

H38

189

163

154

209

167

169

219

770

350

-

Dec.

250

199

799

3,150

525

362

270

215

183

163

152

149

146

138

177

171

152

149

152

151

149

144

136

130

130

118

120

120

126

908

450

Jan.

300

221

181

169

296

571

312

248

211

187

169

181

160

152

151

151

151

149

149

144

182

450

252

230

225

223

207

242

209

185

217

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1943 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

228

219

209

255

290

238

255

225

205

189

171

160

154

149

146

144

138

128

130

138

127

126

127

118

116

112

110

138

_

_

-

liar.

128

118

115

110

110

109

103

100

102

108

108

99

95

96

93

89

85

115

136

127

118

118

1,070

312

225

185

162

147

144

143

141

Secondfoot-days

3,095

4,743

10, 184

o4 j oo4

6 , 875

4,745 

4 911

4!l27

5,031

s!ioo

7 , 586 

2,878

62,859

Apr.

139

128

126

126

130

265

154

146

143

141

138

135

186

187

151

141

141

141

139

130

124

136

127

116

109

106

108

108

106

100

-

Maxima

420

770

3,150

3,150

571

290

1,070

265

548

60O

2,170 

184

3,150

May

162

222

338

199

159

146

144

141

350

369

23S

215

181

162

157

152

141

138

128

121

118

139

126

112

108

103

100

97

93

89

86

MininuB

50

50

118

33

144

110 

85

1OO

86

61

65

51

65

50

June

84

80

76

75

76

79

70

67

64

63

63

61

69

72

63

79

238

548

312

193

149

136

130

115

103

100

86

82

118

133

Mean

99.8

158

329

150

222

169

138

162

119

165

245 

95.9

172

July

104

92

85

76

73

68

67

89

70

75

205

393

248

193

152

400

600

450

300

220

200

150

130

110

100

90

80

80

70

65

65

Aug.

60

60

55

60

65

60

65

60

60

60

55

51

58

91

2,170

810

470

335

180

144

140

140

150

135

114

106

104

180

1,010

310

228

Per square 

Bile

1.03

1.63

3.39

1.55

2 . 29

1.74 

1.63

1.42

1.67

1 23

1.70

2 .53 

.989

1.77

Sept.

184

144

140

133

120

118

114

106

99

90

86

85

97

97

88

84

83

90

80

70

65

65

80

73

70

69

71

80

108

89

Runcff in 

inches

1.19

1

00 ,O£

3.91

21.05

2.64

1 .81

L .88

1.92

1.37

1 .96

2 .92 

lilO

24.10

Peak discharge (base. 1.20O sec.-ft.). Dec. 4 (6 a.m.) 5,340 sec.-ft.; Dec. 3O (2:30 p.m.) 1,580 

sec.-ft.; Mar. 23 (4 a.m.) 2.O20 sec.-ft.; May 9 (11 p.m.) 1,740 sec.-ft.; June 18 (5:30 p.m.) 1,30O 

sec.-ft.; Aug. 15 (7:3O a.m.) 4,480 sec.-ft.; Aug. 29 (4:3O a.m.) 1.8OO sec.-ft.

Note. No gage-height record July 16 to Aug. 11, Sept. 18-23; discharge computed on basis of records 

for Rivanna River at Palmyra and Rockfish River near Greenfield.
44 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Rivanna River at Palmyra, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°51', long. 78°16', at highway bridge at Palmyra, 

Fluvahna County, half a mile upstream from Cunningham Creek and 15 miles upstream from 

mouth. Datum of gage is 210.39 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, Culpeper 

supplementary adjustment of 1943.

Drainage area. 675 square miles.

Records available.--May 1934 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 15 years, 762 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 28,800 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 26.78 

 I'eet); minimum, 275 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 3.61 feet).

1934-49: Maximum discharge, 78,000 second-feet Oct. 16, 1942 (gage height, 36.5

feet at site then in use, 37.4 feet at present site); minimum, 19 second-feet Oct. 9,

1941 (gage height, 1.53 feet, site then in use).

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are poor.

Revisions (water years).--tf 802: 1936(M). W 852: 1937. W 892: 1934-35.

Rating table, water year 1948-49, except period of ice effect 

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

3.5 239 4.8 1,090 8.O 3,750 19.0 11,600 

3.8 357 5.4 1,680 9.O 4.4OO 20.0 13,400 

4.1 506 6.O 2,170 14. O 7,400 22.0 17,8OO 

4.4 705 7.0 2,970 17.0 9,560 25. O 24,600

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

705 

506 

403 

357 

1,600

5,240 

1,770 

1,400 

1,680 

1,090

838 

705 

598 

536 

506

479 

452 

748 

790 

598

536 

479 

479 

452 

452

428 

403 

403 

380 

380 

380

Nov.

380 

380 

380 

750 

70S

698 

1,630 

668 

598 

705

790 

705 

668 

630 

565

536 

506 

479 

536 

4,000

2,090 

1,300 

1,090 

985 

1,970

1,500 

1,300 

1,570 

6,320 

5,360

Dec.

2,330 

1,680 

2,410

*23,200 

12,500

3,290 

2,170 

1,680 

1,500 

1,300

1,090 

1,090 

985 

838 

1,090

1,680 

1,300 

1,090 

1,090 

1,300

1,090 

985 

935 

838 

790

748 

630 

b680 

705 

4,190 

7,470

Jan.

3,450 

2,170 

1.68O 

1,600 

1,930

6,680 

3,820 

2,330 

1,770 

1,600

1,500 

1,400 

1,400 

1,3OO 

1,200

985 

*885 

838 

79O 

790

985 

6,020 

2,810 

,850 

,500

,40O 

,400 

,680 

,600 

,300 

,400

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

mber ....... .................

mber ....... ........... .....

lendar year 1948 

ary

st .......................

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,770 

1,600 

1,500 

1,680 

2,250

1,680 

1,680 

1,680 

1,5OO 

1,300

1,300 

1,090 

1,090 

985 

985

985 

1,09O 

885 

885 

985

935 

838 

885 

838 

838

790 

748 

885

Secondfoot-days

25,773 

39,794 

82,674

401,954

60,063 

33,677 

40,692 

32,647 

34,828 

23,513 

36,613 

47,162 

19,921

477,357

Mar.

1,090 

885 

790 

790 

748

748 

705 

668 

668 

668

705 

668 

630 

598 

598

565 

565 

935 

1,200 

838

790 

790 

9,400 

5,240 

2,250

1,600 

1,400 

1,200 

1,090 

985 

885

Apr.

885 

838 

748 

748 

748

2,220 

1,400 

1,300 

1,090 

935

885 

838 

1,470 

3,130 

1,850

1,400 

1,200 

1,090 

1,090 

985

885 

885 

985 

838 

748

705 

705 

748 

668 

630

Maximum

5,240 

6,320 

23,200

23,200

6,680 

2,250 

9,400 

3,130 

4,240 

3,290 

4,760 

9.74U 

1,500

23 , 200

Peak discharge (base, 6,000 sec. -ft.). Oct. 6 (7 a.m.)

May

838 

1,600 

4,240 

2,570 

1,600

1,300 

1,090 

985 

935

2,010

1,600 

1,770 

1,300 

1,090 

935

985 

885 

790 

705 

668

630 

790 

838 

7C5 

630

598 

598 

565 

536 

.536 

506

June

506 

479 

452 

452 

428

428 

428 

403 

380 

380

357 

357 

357 

428 

403

380 

565 

2,87O 

3,290 

1,770

1,090 

885 

705 

598 

536

506 

452 

428 

1,700 

1,500

Minimum Mean

357 831 

380 1,326 

630 2,667

219 1,098

790 1,938 

748 1,2?C 

565 1,313 

630 1,088 

506 1,123 

357 784 

380 1,181 

294 1,521 

380 664

294 1,308

July

790 

598 

565 

506 

428

403 

380 

790 

885 

565

885 

1,770 

1,770 

2,410 

1,300

3,130 

4,760 

3,050 

1,930 

1,500

1,400 

1,200 

885 

838 

705

630 

565 

565 

506 

452 

452

Aug.

428 

403 

380 

403 

479

403 

357 

336 

314 

314

314 

294 

294 

452 

9,740

6,860 

3,210 

3,050 

2,170 

1,400

985 

838 

885 

1,090 

790

630 

565 

598 

4,350 

3,150 

1,680

Per square 

mile

.23 

.96 

.95

.63

.87 

.78 

.95 

.61 

.66 

.16 

.75 

.25 

.984

1.94

Sept.

1,500 

1,090 

985 

a90O 

a85O

a 840 

al,OOO 

3900 

aSOO 

a 700

a600 

a540 

a6OO 

a660 

a540

a480 

a480 

a720 

a5 60 

479

428 

403 

479 

536 

428

403 

380 

380 

630 

630

Runoff in 

inches

1.42 

2.19 

4.55

22.13

3.31 

1.85 

2.25 

1.80 

1.91 

1.29 

2.02 

2.59 

1.10

26.28

6,500 sec. -ft.; Nov. 29 (9:30 p.m.) 7,580

_--. -__, Dec. 4 (2 p.m.) 28,800 see.-ft.; Dec. 31 (l:30 a.m.) 10,700 sec.-ft.j Jan.

7,710 sec.-ft.; Jan. 22 (1C a.m.) 7,040 sec.-ft.; Mar. 23 (9:30 a.m.) 11,900 sec.-ft.; Aug. 15 (7

p.m.) 17,200 sec.-ft.; Aug. 29 (6:30 a.m.) 6,200 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, 

and records for Hardware River below Briery Run, near Scottsville, and Slate River near Arvonia.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 45

Willis River at-Flanagan Mills, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°40', long. 78 C 11 T , at highway bridge a quarter

or a mile downstream from Flanagan Mills, Cumberland County, half a mile downstream

from Trices Lake, and 4 miles downstream from Reynolds Creek. Datum of gage is 178.98

feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers). 

Drainage area. 247 square miles.

Hecords available. April 1926 to January 1935. September 1936 to September 1949. 

Average aischarge. 21 years (1926-34, 1936-49), 250 second-feet. 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,800 second-feet Dee. 5 (gage height, 20.59

reetj, backwater from James River; minimum, 63 second-feet July 8 (gage height, 3.96

feet).

1926-35, 1936-49: Maximum discharge, 9,580 second-feet Apr. 27, 1937 (gage height,

23.86 feet, from flooomarksJ, from rating curve extended above 5,800 second-feet on

basis of velocity-area studies, with backwater correction; minimum, 2 second-feet Sept.

30, Oct. 1, 4, 12, 1930. 

Remarks. Records good except those for- periods of backwater from James River or no gageheight record, which are fair. Complete regulation of flow from Trices Lake, trubutary

to Willis River, slightly affects flow at gage. 

Revisions (water years). W 872: 1936-37. W 892: 1928-29, 1932-34(M), 1935. W 972:

1937, 1940.

Rating table , water year 1948-49, except period of backwater from 

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 9 to Nov. 1, 

Jan. 2\ to Feb. 17, July 15-23)

James River

4.0 65 6.8 424 14.0 2,10O 

4.5 101 8.0 651 15.0 2,720 

5.0 152 10.0 1,040 20.0 6,950 

5.8 257 13.0 1,720

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

406 

328 

136 

92 

441

980 

960 

1,020 

459 

235

176 

141 

121 

109 

103

98 

95 

121 

164 

158

130 

115 

109 

110 

110

108 

104 

103 

106 

120 

120

Nov.

107 

110 

110 

130 

146

146 

141 

136 

129 

141

158 

158 

146 

141 

130

126 

123 

126 

129

164

208 

208 

208 

319 

768

822 

880 

980 

1,450 

1,300

Dec.

2,150 

1,520 

803 

c3,500 

c6,4OO

c5,600 

2,360 

940 

442 

362

311 

280 

287 

280 

287

461 

537 

442 

461 

632

575 

415 

336 

295 

272

257 

221 

208 

242 

900 

1,500

Jan.

1,880 

1,720 

765 

415 

499

1,040

1,140 

1,210 

960 

461

379 

353 

353 

328 

295

272 

264 

264 

264 

264

394 

1,300 

1,540 

1,670 

1,120

613 

575 

537 

461 

380 

388

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Jami 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

 her .........................

lendar year 194E 

ary .

. ...

tt&ry

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

594 

727 

689 

689 

784

765 

670 

537 

480 

461

613 

613 

480 

406 

379

414 

817 

822 

765 

613

575 

480 

433 

388 

344

319 

295 

499

Seoondfoot-days

7,578 

9,840 

33,276

155,454

22,112 

15,651 

12,121 

9,672 

10,676 

3,283 

9,419 

3,700 

3,172

140,500

Mar.

632 

537 

388 

336 

311

295 

280 

257 

250 

257

287 

287 

257 

235 

228

228 

221 

303 

424 

362

280 

264 

1,020 

1,160 

708

480 

461 

406 

353 

319 

295

Apr.

287 

287 

264 

257 

257

480 

537 

451 

353 

295

257 

250 

280 

537 

651

451 

280 

257 

257 

235

214 

242 

442 

451 

287

228 

214 

228 

235 

208

Maximum

1,020 

1,450 

6,400

6,400

1,860 

822 

1,160 

651 

1,080 

327 

1,720 

260 

150

6,400

Peak discharge (base, 1.7OO sec. -ft.). Dec. 1 (4 a'.m.

May

214 

280 

940 

803 

461

280 

235 

257 

235 

311

708 

1,080 

1,060 

841 

328

264 

235 

214 

188 

164

146 

146 

176 

194 

158

146 

136 

124 

122 

119 

111

Minimum

92 

107 

208

49

264 

295 

221 

208

111 

73 

69 

90 

85

69

June

106 

103 

95 

91 

92

90 

88 

82 

76 

73

73 

73 

86 

100 

96

92 

97 

136 

152

130

105 

102 

110 

82 

76

76 

82 

89 

327 

303

Mean

244 

328 

1,073

425

713 

559 

391 

322 

344 

109 

304 

119 

106

385

July

228 

130 

101 

92 

85

76 

69 

71 

90 

79

76 

149 

451 

651 

814

1,690 

1,720 

689 

613 

264

182 

158 

136 

120 

110

100 

95 

95 

95 

95 

95

Aug.

100 

100

100 

100 

120

110 

100

100

95 

90

90 

140 

120 

130 

160

150 

160 

120 

100

loo

95 

95

120 

120 

110

100 

95 

110 

260 

180 

130

Per square 

mile

0.988 

1.33 

4.34

1.72

2.89 

2.26 

1.58 

1.30 

1.39 

.441 

1.23 

.482 

.429

1.56

2,320 sec. -ft.; Dec. 5 (4 p.m.)

Sept.

120 

120 

110 

110 

100

100 

130 

150 

110 

100

90 

90 

95 

104 

106

99 

106 

101 

116 

111

93

88 

129 

126 

103

91 

87 

85 

95

107

Runoff in 

inches

1.14 

1.48 

5.00

23.39

3.33 

2.35 

1.82 

1.45 

1.60 

.49 

1.42 

.56 

.48

21.12

6,800 sec.-

ft.; Jan. 1 -(8 p.m.) 2,050 sec.-ft.; July 16 (1O p.m.) 2,lOO sec.-ft.

c Backwater from James River; discharge computed from estimated backwater graph.

Note. No gage-height record July 24 to Sept. 13; discharge computed on basis of weather records 

and records for Appomattox River at Farraville and Slate River near Arvonia.
46 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Fine Creek at Fine Creek Mills, Va.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 37°36', long. 77°49', at highway bridge at Fine Creek Mills, 

three-quarters of a mile upstream from mouth and 7 miles northeast of Powhatan Powhatan County.

Drainage area. --2 3 square miles.

Records available. July 1944 to September 1949.

Extremes . --Maximum discharge observed during year, 440 second-feet July 17 (gage .height, 

3. HO feet); minimum observed, 4.6 second-feet July 10, 11, Aug. 8-11 (gage height, 1.65 

feet).

1944-49: Maximum discharge, 1,650 second-feet Aug. 4, 1948 (gage height, 7.0 feet, 

from floodmark); minimum observed, 1.5 second-feet Sept. 5, 1947 (gage height, 1.63 

feet).

Remarks .--Records fair. Gage read twice daily.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to May 11 May 12 to Sept. 3O

1.7 4.4 2.1 29 2.9 145

1.8 9.2 2.3 45 3.2 236

1.9 15 2.5 66 3.7 406

2.0 22 2.7 98

1.6 3.2 1.9 16

1.7 6.3 2.2 37

1.8 10

Note. Same as preceding table above 2.2 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

26

7.0

6.5

6.0

69

48

15

18

14

10

9.2

9.8

9.2

8.1

8.1

7.6

8.1

16

12

10

9.2

8.6

9.2

60

40

9.8

9.2

9.2

9.2

9.2

9.2

Nov.

9.2

10

10

14

11

11

15

10

13

11

15

11

13

12

10

9.2

12

12

12

15

13

12

13

44

50

32

80

44

179

179

-

Dec.

38

31

89

220

204

54

33

31

26

24

21

22

21

20

26

36

35

25

50

39

28

23

22

22

22

18

17

21

25

140

287

Jan.

64

37

31

31

43

98

50

36

30

28

27

29

25

24

22

22

22

23

22

21

26

188

98

45

39

47

39

35

30

25

36

Month

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

Novembe r .......................

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

56

52

43

53

43

35

41

34

32

32

39

31

30

29

26

35

69

39

36

54

36

31

39

28

28

25

24

89

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

500.4

881.4

1,670

10,310.4

1,293

1,109

918

718

669.6

417.5

796.2

765.2

461.0

10,199.3

Mar.

39

32

28

26

25

23

21

21

21

23

31

22

20

20

21

20

20

46

28

23

22

22

107

45

37

39

31

29

26

23

27

Apr.

Maximum

69

179

287

576

188

89

107

50

116

120

389

270

77

389

27

25

22

25

23

50

28

31

24

22

22

22

33

26

22

20

18

16

18

17

16

43

40

23

18

17

16

18

18

18

May

18

18

34

17

14

13

12

14

13

40

77

116

40

26

20

18

17

16

13

12

12

13

13

12

11

11

10

10

10

9.8

9.8

Minimum

6.0

9.2

17

4.4

21

24

20

16

9 8

5 9

4 6

4 6

9 2

4.6

June

8.8

8.4

8.0

8.0

8.4

8.0

7.6

6.9

6.9

6.9

6.2

6.2

9.8

7.6

6.9

7.2

9.2

8.8

8.4

8.4

7.6

8.4

6.9

6.2

6.2

6.5

5.9

9.2

120

84

Mean

16.1

29.4

53.9

28.2

41.7

39.6

29.6

23.9

21.6

13.9

25.7

24.7

15.4

27.9

July

16

12

10

8.4

7.6

7.2

6.5

20

15

4.6

4.9

11

15

13

12

34

389

89

 17

13

11

11

10

11

8.0

7.6

7.2

6.9

6.2

6.2

5.9

Aug.

6.2

6.2

6.2

5.6

5.6

4.9

5.2

4.6

4.6

4.6

11

6.9

7.2

12

77

270

33

17

12

11

10

10

12

12

9.2

8.0

8.0

9.2

98

24

54

Sept.

77

22

17

15

12

12

24

19

16

13

12

12

16

17

11

12

11

11

16

11

10

10

13

10

9.2

9.8

10

10

12

11

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.700 0.81

1.28 1.43

2.34 2.70

1.23 16.68

1.81 2.09

1.72 1.79

1.29 1.49

1.04 1.16

.939 1.08

.604 .67

1.12 1.29

1.07 1.23

. 670 . 75

1.21 16.49
JAMES RIVER BASIN 47 

James River & Kanawha Canal near Richmond, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°33'52", long. 77°34'28", at canal bridge, 400 

feet downstream from head gates, 1,200 feet north of north end of Bosher Dam on James 

River, ij miles upstream from Westham Bridge, and 4| miles west of city limits of 

Richmond, Henrico County. Datum of gage is 106.07 feet above mean sea level, datum of 

1929.

Records available.--September 1936 to September 1949. 

Average discharge. 13 years, 858 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,820 second-feet Dec. 5 (gage height, 18.78 

feetJ; no flow at times when head gates were closed.

1936-49: Maximum gage height, 19.7 feet Sept. 20, 1944 (discharge not determined); 

no flow at times when head gates were closed.

Remarks. Records good except those below 300 second-feet and those for period of no gageneignt record, which are poor. Canal diverts from James River 1,200 feet above Bosher 

Dam and discharges into river at several points below gaging station near Richmond. 

Figures given show flow in canal only; for records of flow of James River near Richmond see page 21.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

0.88 0 5.0

1.0 10 7.0

2.0 111 9.0

3.0 227 13.0

4.0 361 17.0

510

870

1,280

2.21O

3,280

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October j.948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

950

950

89O

870

890

990

1,050

1,070

1,030

990

1,030

1,030

990

950

930

850

475

1,330

1,370

1,340

1,330

1,320

1,320

1,330

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,280

1,280

1,130

a600

Nov.

a900

a90O

870

870

91O

930

99O

1,010

1,070

1,030

1,050

1,010

99O

970

970

950

950

930

930

950

1,130

1,090

1,050

1,030

1,050

1,050

1,030

1,030

1,030

1,030

Dec.

1,O3O

1,030

1,030

1,150

3,060

3,110

1,350

1,070

1,090

1,070

1,050

1,050

1,070

1,070

1,090

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,070

1,090

1,110

1,110

1,O9O

1,090

1,110

1,090

1,070

1,050

1,030

1,070

1,190

Jan.

1,150

1,130

1,130

1,150

1,150

1,170

1,170

1,190

1,150

1,170

1,170

1,170

1,150

1,150

1,130

1,110

1,090

1,070

1,070

1,050

1,070

1,130

1,130

1,190

1,310

1,170

1,170

1,150

1,170

1,190

1,190

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

Jnne .............................

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,170

1,190

1,170

1,150

1,170

1,190

1,210

1,210

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,170

1,150

1,110

1,090

1,090

l.OOO

161

430

1,050

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,090

_

_

-

Mar.

1,110

1,090

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,050

1,070

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,030

1,010

1,030

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,070

1,070

1,110

1,050

1,090

1,300

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,070

Apr.

1,07O

1,C

1,C

1,C

70

30

10

1,030

1,050

1,C

1,C

1,C

70

90

90

1,070

1,070

1,C

1,C

1,C

70

70

9O

1,130

1,170

1,C

1,C

1,C

90

9O

90

1,110

1,110

1,C

1,C

1,C

90

50

70

1,070

1,070

1,C

1,C

i»c

1,C

-

forays » 

33,425 1,370

29,700 1,130

37,820 3,060

356,829 3,060

35,490 1,210

29,861 1,210

33,300 1,300

32,140 1,170

31,176 1,170

27,080 1,150

37,470 1,150

27,819 1,070

28,120 1,050

373,401 3,060

50

30

30

10

May

1,030

1,070

1,110

1,170

1,130

1,130

1,030

476

1,050

1,030

1,030

1,090

1,070

1,070

1,030

1 , 050

1,030

1,030

1.O30

1,030

1,010

970

970

950

950

990

970

950

930

910

890

Minimum

475

870

1,030

218

1,050

161

1,010

1,010

476

790

0

259

870

o

June

890

870

870

85O

850

830

830

830

830

810

810

810

790

810

850

830

830

950

1,130

1,150

1,050

1,050

1,010

990

930

910

890

870

950

1,010

-

Mean

1,078

990

1,220

975

1,145

1,066

1,074

1,071

1,006

903

886

897

937

1,023

July

970

1,010

950

910

890

890

89O

890

850

418

950

990

1,030

1,010

1,030

1,030

1,090

1,110

1,150

1,110

1,110

722

0

0

950

990

930

930

910

870

890

Aug.

870

850

830

830

830

870

950

870

850

790

790

790

810

830

950

1,070

1,030

1,030

1,010

990

259

950

950

950

950

930

950

950

1,010

1,050

1,030

Sept.

1,030

1,03O

1,O30

1,O5O

1,010

990

970

990

990

97O

93O

930

930

910

910

910

910

91O

910

910

910

890

890

910

890

870

870

870

890

910

-

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

a No gage-height record; 

at Cartersville.

discharge computed on basis of records for James River near Richmond and
48 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Palling Creek near Drewrys Bluff, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°27'40", long. 77°28'00", at highway bridge 2.4 

mile's northeast of town of Drewrys Bluff, Chesterfield County, 2.7 miles downstream 

from Pocoshock Creek, and 3.7 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 54 square miles.

Records available. September 1942 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 700 second-feet Aug. 16 (gage height, 4.60 

reet); minimum, 3.8 second-feet Oct. 4 (gage height, 1.27 feet).

1942-49: Maximum discharge, 7,270 second-feet July 18, 1945 (gage height, 10.1 

feet); minimum, 1.0 second-foot July 30, 31, 1944; minimum gage height, 0.97 foot Aug. 

29, 1943, July 8, 1944.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). W 1032: 1943-44(M).

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1946 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

5.8

4.7

4.2

4.O

42

45

25

18

16

13

11

11

9.1

8.5

7.9

7.6

7.2

7.9

9.9

9.5

9.1

9.1

9.1

18

18

16

13

11

11

10

9.5

Nov.

9.9

9.9

9.9

11

14

13

47

25

19

18

18

18

19

20

17

16

19

22

2O

21

19

18

21

40

97

74

83

163

391

256

-

Dec.

130

90

188

280

213

130

96

80

66

57

51

50

49

47

51

84

90

80

104

132

94

77

66

57

53

48

43

45

47

234

310

Jan.

178

115

91

83

84

167

138

100

83

74

70

67

66

61

55

48

50

50

50

48

58

263

184

125

106

1O9

117

102

88

71

112

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

Hay

June ..................."..........

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

202

184

139

127

115

97

103

114

97

109

139

104

93

87

83

94

167

117

100

122

106

90

90

80

9.0

67

61

136

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

401.1

1>528. i

3,142

23,898.4

3,013

3,113

2,369

2,021

3,034

973. £

1,457.4

3,001.1

861

24,914.9

Mar.

119

86

75

68

62

56

52

47

47

49

56

50

44

41

41

41

41

72

83

55

49

47

215

191

122

125

109

94

84

76

72

Apr.

74

75

65

60

56

109

90

84

65

55

52

52

63

96

72

61

52

51

77

67

55

72

119

87

65

56

52

52

46

41

-

Maximum

45

391

310

564

263

202

215

119

435

263

280

615

66

615

May

39

44

193

147

83

60

47

40

34

72

388

435

22B

136

94

151

114

86

66

51

40

40

53

40

79

51

80

45

37

32

29

Minimum

4.0

9.9

43

3.2

48

61

41

41

29

9.1

9 5

8.2

18

4.0

June

27

24

23

21

20

19

18

16

15

14

13

12

11

15

16

18

18

23

28

21

18

15

13

11

11

9.5

9.1

16

236

263

-

Mean

12.9

51.0

101

65.3

97.2

111

76.4

67.4

97.9

32.5

47.0

96.8

28.7

68.3

July

28O

52

40

32

24

20

18

20

24

19

18

22

24

34

31

130

263

94

60

55

38

31

22

17

16

14

16

13

11

9.9

9.5

Aug.

11

11

13

11

11

9.1

8.8

8.5

8.2

8.5

16

65

202

298

333

615

386

138

81

68

47

39

41

46

35

30

26

38

242

96

59

Per square 

mile

0.239

.944

1.87

1.21

1.80

2.06

1.41

1 25

1 -L tJl flT 

.602

 870

1.79

.531

1.26

Sept.

66

43

33

30

28

26

34

36

32

25

20

20

25

25

24

22

20

20

40

30

21

18

38

35

24

19

18

18

32

39

Runoff in 

inohes

0.28

1.05

2.16

16.46

2.08

2.14

1.63

1.40

2.09

.67

1.00

2.06

.59-

17.15

Peak discharge (base, 500 sec.-ft.). Aug. 16 (5 p.m.) 700 sec.-ft.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 49

Appomattox River at Farmville, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°18', long. 78°23', at highway bridge, 1,000 feet

 north of town limits of Farmville, Prince Edward County, and IT; miles (corrected) downstream from Buffalo Creek. Datum of gage is 281.93 feet above mean sea level, datum of

1929.

Drainage area. 306 square miles.

Records available.--March 1926 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 23 years, 302 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 9,000 second-feet Dec. 5 (gage height, 18.84

 feet'T; minimum, 45 second-feet Sept. 23 (gage height, 3.34 feet); minimum daily, 90 

second-feet Sept. 28, 29.

1926-49: Maximum discharge, 21,000 second-feet Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 23.60 

feet), from rating curve extended above 12,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; 

minimum, 3.8 second-feet Sept. 25, 1941; minimum daily, 9 second-feet Sept. 20, 1932.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

 Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mills above station.

Revisions (water years). W 972: 1927-37, 1938(M).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used May 12 to Aug. 12)

3.7 76 8.5 785 16.0 3,800 

4.0 107 10.0 1,110 17.0 5,400 

4.5 168 12.5 1,730 18.0 7.40O 

5.5 300 14.0 2,200 

7.0 510 15.0 2,800

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

3OO 

154 

123 

114 

688

1,760 

715 

342 

279 

226

194 

174 

167 

155

146

142 

140 

181 

214 

168

155 

151 

151 

151 

150

145 

141 

140 

142 

142 

142

Nov.

146 

147 

148 

168 

181

165 

188 

207 

168 

181

188 

168 

163 

165 

156

150 

160 

174 

168 

300

314 

233 

272 

454 

978

744 

745 

1,160 

2,860 

2,360

Dec.

806 

454 

786 

4,820 

6,540

1,400 

608 

482 

412 

370

335 

321 

314 

300 

335

510 

440 

370 

426 

558

426 

356 

321 

300 

293

279 

226 

272 

307 

1,360 

2,070

Jan.

1,130 

510 

412 

370 

440

1,500 

1,510 

626 

454 

384

356 

342 

328 

307 

286

272 

272 

272 

272 

266

384 

1,650 

1,280 

574 

440

426 

454 

398 

370 

314 

356

Month

Octo 

Move 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1946 

ary ......

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

558 

558 

496 

558 

806

574 

482 

468 

398 

510

765 

526 

426 

370 

349

384 

765 

542 

426 uo

468 

398 

370 

335 

321

300 

286 

440

Secondfoot-days

7,992 

13,611 

26,797

154,792

16,955 

13,389 

10,762 

9,841 

11,032 

5,428 

11,984 

4,769 

3,669

136,229

Peak discharge (base, 3,500 sec. -ft.). De

a No gage-height record; discharge compute

liar.

510 

384 

328 

307 

300

293 

279 

259- 

259

272

328 

279 

259 

252 

252

246 

240 

300 

370 

286

266 

266 

665 

665 

454

558 

482 

398 

370 

328 

307

Apr.

300 

279 

259 

272 

272

468 

412 

356 

307 

279

266 

266 

407 

806 

468

342 

293 

279 

279 

252

246 

321 

482 

335 

279

252 

252 

300 

266 

246

Maximum

1,760 

2,860 

6,540

6,540

1,650 

806 

665 

806 

1,230 

468 

2,240 

356 

194

6,540

May

335 

482 

542 

454 

321

279 

266 

266 

240 

328

1,230 

1,220 

665 

384 

314

356 

328 

279 

252 

226

214 

220 

259 

233 

214

200 

194 

188 

188 

181 

174

June

168 

162 

160 

151 

152

152 

143 

135 

128 

129

126 

130 

181 

188 

158

162 

214 

468 

246 

188

174 

252 

200 

151 

154

158 

141 

131 

233 

293

Minimum Mean

114 258 

146 454 

226 864

84 423

266 547 

286 478 

240 347 

246 328 

174 356 

126 181 

118 387 

111 154 

90 122

90 373

July

246 

174 

168 

150 

136

125 

118 

130 

168 

142

279 

720 

349 

1,070

2,240

850 

1,500 

848 

356 

293

240 

220 

200 

200 

188

165 

155 

145 

140 

135 

134

Ang.

138 

134 

134 

138 

194

163 

138 

128 

122 

116

115 

206 

142 

155 

214

181 

200 

148 

132 

124

119 

118 

142 

154 

131

115 

111 

120 

356 

233 

148

Per square 

mile

0.843 

1.48 

2.82

1.38

1.79 

1.56 

1.13 

1.07 

1.16 

.592 

1.26 

.503 

.399

1.22

;. 5 (5:30 a.m.) 9,000 sec. -ft. 

[ on basis of weather records and records for

Sept.

151 

136 

132 

141 

126

120 

140 

194 

134 

110

105 

105 

114 

126 

118

114 

137 

130 

131 

122

104 

106 

107 

116 

a!40

a!30 

alOO 

a9O 

a 90 

alOO

Runoff in 

inches

0.97 

1.65 

3.25

18.79

2.06 

1.62 

1.30 

1.19 

1.34 

.66 

1.45 

.58 

.44

16.51

stations

at Mattoax and near Petersburg.
50 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Appomattox River at Mattoax, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°25', long. 77°52', at Southern Railway bridge at 

Mattoax, Amelia County, half a mile upstream from Skinquarter Creek. Datum of gage is 

174.51 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 729 square miles.

Records available.--August 1900 to December 1905, March 1926 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--28 years, 741 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 9,100 second-feet Dec. 7 (gage height, 24.37 

feet); minimum, 218 second-feet Sept. 28; minimum gage height, 5.94 feet Aug. 11.

1900-1905, 1926-49: Maximum discharge, 35',000 second-feet Aug. 18, 1940 (gage height, 

35.3 feet, from floodmark in gage house), from rating curve extended above 20,000 secondfeet on basis of records for stations at Farmville and near Petersburg; minimum, 11 

second-feet Oct. 2, 1930 (gage height, 3.52 feet).

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Revisions 35"; (water years).--tf 782: Drainage area. W 872: 1938. W 972: 1928, 1932, 1934- 

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 19491

Da;

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

710

573

334

242

533

2.0OO

2,350

2,000

788

597

465

388

352

325

300

282

274

300

361

397

334

300

291

334

30O

282

274

266

258

258

258

Nov.

258

258

266

300

316

325

343

379

397

361

379

370

352

334

325

308

308

325

361

397

475

573

475

775

1,92O

2,290

2,260

2,460

3,670

3,910

-

Dec.

4,110

4,700

4,650

3,950

4,030

5,500

8,450

8,190

4,360

1,210

922

814

762

736

710

922

1,210

1,010

950

1,320

1,350

978

814

710

684

633

561

506

573

1,730

3,230

Jan.

3,370

3,60O

3,770

1,350

1,060

1,780

2,490

2,700

2,130

1,180

1,030

950

922

841

788

736

710

710

684

684

762

2,380

2,830

2,940

2,O6O

1,180

1,180

1,120

978

868

841

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Auguet ...........................

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 sec

Feb.

1,240

1,710

1,560

1,440

1,650

1,680

1,380

1,290

1,150

1,O9O

1,680

1,870

1,290

1.O3O

922

950

1,610

1.9OO

1,470

1,350

1,410

1,240

1,090

1,010

922

868

814

1,030

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

16,726

25,470

70,275

373,441

48,624

36, 646

29,084

24,693

28, 681

10,818

23,909

17,080

8,792

340,798

Mar.

1,120

1,290

978

868

841

814

762

710

684

684

762

788

710

658

633

633

609

710

868

895

736

684

1,210

1,940

1,960

1,350

1,350

1,150

978

895

814

Apr.

788

762

710

684

684

950

1,210

1,060

B95

788

710

684

684

1,010

1,44O

978

762

684

658

658

6O9

710

1,180

1,210

841

710

633

658

710

633

Maximum

2,350

3,910

8,450

8,450

3,770

1,900

1,960

1,440

3,050

1,230

3,370

2, 76O

370

8,450

.-ft.). --Dec. 3 (6 a.m.

May

609

684

1,160

1,440

1,090

710

609

585

573

710

1,84O

3,050

3,010

2,800

1,090

922

950

762

633

550

495

465

495

573

528

435

415

397

379

370

352

Minimum

242

258

506

139

684

814

6O9

609

352

226

282

234

218

218

June

343

334

316

300

291

291

282

266

250

242

234

226

250

300

325

300

282

361

609

455

361

308

325

343

274

266

274

522

1,230

658

-

Mean

54C

84<

2,26'

1.02C

1,56S

1,30£

93J

82C

92E

36]

77]

55]

29;

93

July

658

528

406

370

343

308

282

291

370

406

445

539

1,010

1,320

1,410

2,590

3,370

2,290

1,680

814

609

506

455

425

445

445

370

325

308

300

291

Aug.

274

274

274

266

266

300

334

300

258

234

234

266

343

370

2,220

2,760

788

573

465

4O6

370

334

343

370

506

415

334

413

1,240

al , OOO

a550

Per square 

mile

0.741

1.16

3.11

1.40

2.15

1.80

i 1.29

1.13

1.27

.495

1.06

.756

.402

I 1.28

Sept.

a350

a340

a330

a340

a310

361

343

308

361

325

274

242

250

25O

266

266

291

300

361

370

343

250

250

250

291

250

226

218

226

250

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.85

1.29

3.58

19.03

2.48

1.87

1.49

1.26

1.46

.55

1.22

.87

.45

17.37

4,970 sec. -ft.; Dec. 7 (ll p.m.) 9,100

see.-ft.; Aug. 15 (11 p.m.) 4,250 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed 

at Farmville and near Petersburg.

on basis of weather records and records for static
JAMES RIVER BASIN 51

Appomattox River near Petersburg, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°14', long. 77°33', 1? miles upstream from

Wallace Creek, 2y miles upstream from dam of Virginia Electric & Power Co., and 7 miles

west of Petersburg, Dinwiddie County. 

Drainage area. 1,335 square miles. 

Records available.--September 1931 to September 1949. May 1927 to September 1931 at site

i mile downstream.

Average discharge.--21 years (1927-30, 1931-49), 1,245 second-feet. 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,650 second-feet Dec. 10 (gage height,

reet); minimum, 256 second-feet during period July 27 to Aug. 24 (gage height,

feet, from recorded range in stage).

1927-49: Maximum discharge, 28,000 second-feet Aug. 20, 1940 (gage height, 18.15

feet); minimum, 19 second-feet Sept. 21-27, 1932.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). W 757: 1932-33. W 802: 1936(M). W 972: 1932, 1934-35.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-8,

Oct. 16 to Nov. 29, July 18-26, Sept. 2O-30)

9.63

2.70

Oct. 1 to Feb. 12, June 30 to Sept. 30 Pet. 13 to June 29

2.6 221 3.5 685 7.0 4,300 2.9 314 4.7 1, 

2.9 339 4.0 1,100 8.0 5,500 3.2 450 5.7 2, 

3.2 490 5.0 2,100 10.0 8,250 3.5 630 7.0 4, 

3.9 950 9.0 6,

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Daj

1 

2

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

591 

993 

678 

430 

508

1,780 

2,980 

2,980 

1,830 

1,020

824 

671 

589 

520 

490

446 

425 

425 

490 

576

582 

496 

462 

629 

671

532 

468 

430 

420 

415 

400

Nov.

400 

405 

415 

462 

576

589 

800 

738 

692 

657

629 

671 

650 

629 

602

570 

589 

685 

700 

760

832 

908 

925 

1,080 

2,430

3,420 

3,640 

3,970 

5,990 

6,800

Dec.

6,940 

6,280 

6,020 

6,540 

6,800

6,800 

6,540 

6,540 

7,360 

7,500

2,320 

1,280 

1,190 

1,140 

1,110

1,380 

1,730 

1,730 

1,630 

2,260

2,320 

1,830 

1,430 

1,240 

1,170

1,110 

959 

908 

1,000 

2,510 

5,500

Jan.

6,150 

5,630 

4,780 

3,750 

1,680

2,480 

3,640 

3,750 

3,420 

2,100

1,580 

1,430 

1,380 

1,330 

1,240

1,130 

1,080 

1,080 

1,080 

1.06O

1,090 

3,090 

4,300 

4,300 

3,860

2,260 

1,990 

1,940 

1,730 

1,480 

1,530

Month

Octo 

More 

Decs

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her.. ........................

 her .........................

 her .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

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

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

2,700 

3,310 

3,200 

2,650 

2,480

2,600 

2,430 

2,320 

2,040 

1,990

2,760 

3,090 

2,570 

1,750 

1,550

1,500 

2,350 

2,790 

2,520 

2,130

2,130 

1,960 

1,700 

1,550 

1,400

1,310 

1,220 

1,600

Seoondfoot-days

24,751 

42,214 

103,067

619,394

77,340 

61,600 

47,034 

39,800 

50,647 

18,248 

32,141 

28,430 

15,311

540,583

Mar.

2,240 

2,130 

1,650 

1,360 

1,260

1,220 

1,180 

1,080 

1,040 

1,030

1,180 

1,220 

1,130 

1,020 

977

968. 

959 

1,040 

1,360 

1,360

1,220 

1,080 

1,750 

2,790 

3,120

2,790 

2,300 

2,020 

1,700 

1,500 

1,360

Apr.

1,310 

1,260 

1,180 

1,130 

1,080

1,550 

1,860 

1,860 

1,500 

1,310

1,180 

1,080 

1,130 

1,310 

1,700

1,600 

1,220 

1,080 

1,130 

1,130

1,020 

1,080 

1,910 

2,080 

1,600

1,180

1,040 

1,080 

J..13C 

1,080

Maximum

2,980 

6,800 

7,500

9,220

6,150 

3,310 

3,120 

2,080 

5,140 

2,900 

4,020 

4,000 

700

7,500

May

995 

1,020 

2,020 

2,570 

2,240

1,360 

1,130 

1,130 

1,040 

1,040

2,640 

5,020 

5,140 

4,540 

2,900

1,960 

1,860 

1,700 

1,310 

986

804 

748 

860

977 

941

756 

665 

617 

578 

553 

547

Minimum

400 

400 

908

218

1,060 

1,220 

959 

1,020 

547 

351 

400 

330 

380

330

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 sec. -ft.). Dec. 10 (7:30 a.m.

June

523 

505 

478 

461 

450

450 

440 

420 

391 

364

351 

351 

386 

410 

445

450 

450 

472 

565 

772

584 

478 

430 

440 

430

364 

360 

478 

2,900 

2,650

Mean

798 

1,407 

3,325

1,692

2,495 

2,200 

1,517 

1.3P7 

1,634 

608 

1,037 

917 

510

1,481

July

1,430 

1,010 

760 

615 

532

468 

430 

410 

468 

532

496 

704 

984 

1,380 

1,580

2,040 

3,860 

4,020 

2,980 

1,530

900 

700 

596 

520

474

502 

500 

460 

450 

410 

400

700 

790 

300 

800

Aug.

390 

380 

370 

370 

370

390 

420 

460

400 

350

340 

330 

400 

600 

3,800

4,000 

1,500 

1,000 

900 

760

680 

640 

600 

1,000 

900

740 

640 

800 

2,000 

1,700 

1,200

Per square 

mile

0.598 

1.05 

2.49

1.27

1.87 

1.65 

1.14 

.994 

1.22 

.455 

.777 

.687 

.382

1.11

7.650 sec. -ft.; Jan. 1 (l E

Sept.

700 

600 

590 

580 

550

600 

560 

580 

600 

540

500 

450 

420 

420 

425

435 

435 

490 

550 

589

582 

484 

457 

538 

496

462 

405 

380 

425 

468

Runoff in 

inches

0.69 

1.17 

2.87

17.27

2.16 

1.72 

1.31 

1.11 

1.41 

.51 

.90 

.79 

.43

15.07

.m.1 6.150

sec.-ft.j May 12 fB'p.m.") 5,140 sec .'-ft.; Aug. 16 (time _-_.-...., ,_-- __.. _.., -.. . _. ,._. - 

known) 5,260 sec.-ft.

Note. No gage-height record July 27 to Sept. 14j discharge computed on basis of recorded range in 

stage, weather records, and records for stations at Farmville and at Mattoax.
52 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Buffalo Creek near Hampden Sidney, Va. '

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 37°15", long. 78°29', at bridge on State Highway 626, 0.8 mile 

upstream from Locket Creek, 2 miles northwest of Hampden Sidney, Prince Edward County, 

and 6 miles southwest of Parmville.

Drainage area.--70 square miles.

Records available.--August 1946 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge observed during year, 1,130 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 

b'.40 feet); minimum observed, 24 second-feet Sept. 26; minimum gage height observed, 

1.93 feet Aug. 11.

1946-49: Maximum discharge observed, 1,660 second-feet Feb. 14, 1948 (gage height. 

6.60 feet); minimum observed, 11 second-feet Sept. 5, 6, 1947 (gage height, 1.60 feet).

Remarks.--Records fair except those for period of doubtful gage-height record, which are 

poor. Gage read once daily.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

70

32

32

31

160

331

127

70

60

50

45

45

40

40

35

31

38

60

52

45

40

38

38

38

38

34

34

34

34

34

34

Nov.

35

35

35

45

40

40

42

38

38

42

42

40

38

38

38

34

40

42

40

68

60

48

58

193

106

200

200

200

1,130

320

-

Dec.

127

38

52

1,000

550

186

dlOO

d90

d80

d70

d65

62

62

62

60

62

62

68

72

70

68

68

62

62

60

58

55

55

68

254

690

Jan.

160

103

1OO

103

85

263

254

118

94

88

88

88

75

75

72

72

68

70

68

68

70

310

173

173

97

100

103

94

85

75

80

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

137

142

114

132

180

122

106

103

91

100

222

114

97

91

85

85

208

106

94

122

94

85

85

78

78

75

75

118

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

1,790

3,325

4,438

32,291

3, 472

3 139

2, 626

2,207

2, 699 

1 251

1 , 424

1,065 

918

28,354

Mar.

97

85

80

75

72

72

70

65

65

68

85

75

70

65

65

65

62

70

75

72

65

65

186

118

88

200

114

94

88

80

75

Apr.

75

70

70

72

65

62

80

85

78

68

68

68

80

114

91

82

70

68

70

65

62

62

106

85

72

65

62

65

65

62

-

Maximum

331

1,130

1,000

1,130

310

222

114

368

50

173

50

38

1,130

May

85

80

186

97

68

68

62

65

62

58

222

368

137

100

88

78

75

68

65

60

58

55

78

58

58

52

52

50

50

48

48

Minimum

31

34

38

22

68

75

62

62

34

28

26

24

24

June

45

45

42

42

42

40

40

38

35

35

35

35

45

40

38

40

48

50

50

45

42

48

48

45

45

40

35

34

42

42

-

Mean

57.7

111

143

88.2

112

112

84.7

73 . £

87 .]

41.7

45.9

34. 4

30.6

77.7

July .

55

48

42

40

38

35

34

34

40

38

35

45

40

48

55

85

173

72

50

48

40

38

35

38

35

34

32

32

29

28

28

Aug.

29

28

28

28

42

40

30

28

28

27

26

30

40

38

35

50

42

38

34

31

31

30

35

40

35

32

30

30

45

50

35

Per square 

mile

0.824

1.59

2.04

1.26

1.60

1.60

1.21

1.05

1.24

.596

.656

.491

.437

1.11

Sept.

35

33

34

34

34

33

30

30

32

32

30

28

32

32

30

28

38

33

38

32

26

26

32

27

26

24

26

27

26

30

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.95

1.77

2.35

17.15

1.84

1.67

1.40

1.17

1.43

. 66

.76

.57

.49

15.06

d Doubtful gage-height record! 

Appomattox River at Parmville.

discharge computed on basis of weather records and
JAMES RIVER BASIN 53

Deep Creek near Mannboro, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°17', long. 77°52', at bridge on State Highway 38, 

U.Y mile upstream from Sweathouse Creek, 3.5 miles northwest of Mannboro, and 7.5 miles 

southeast of Amelia, Amelia County. Prior to Sept. 2, staff gage at same site and 

datum.

Drainage area. 156 square miles.

Records available.--September 1946 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 1,300 second-feet Dec. 21 (gage height, 

B'.OO feet); minimum observed, 22 second-feet Aug. 10 (gage height, 1.26 feet).

1946-49: Maximum discharge observed, 7,140 second-feet Sept. 25, 1947 (gage height, 

13.1 feet, from floodmarks); minimum observed, 10 second-feet Sept. 6, 1947 (gage 

height, 1.08 feet).

Remarks.--Records good after Sept. 2, others fair. Gage read once daily prior to Sept. 2.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 29)

1.2 20 3.2 157 6.8 836

1.4 28 3.6 196 7.6 1,120

1.6 39 4.4 297 8.0 1,300

2.0 63 5.0 393

2.6 106 5.8 565

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1943 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

120

112

36

36

112

247

168

83

72

66

62

53

47

41

36

33

36

41

56

53

44

38

38

59

53

47

41

38

38

38

38

Nov.

38

41

38

76

83

76

80

72

66

56

69

62

62

76

59

53

62

9O

83

97

76

80

90

129

289

374

305

393

1,210

1,120

Dec.

565

243

358

774

1,040

565

269

196

176

148

130

122

122

122

243

196

176

148

186

358

231

166

148

130

122

98

]06

98

130

516

1,300

Jan.

691

283

196

176

176

393

516

157

148

166

157

148

157

139

122

122

122

122

122

122

122

494

540

243

196

186

207

176

157

139

219

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

Feb ruary .........................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

516

565

358

256

231

186

196

243

186

243

453

342

207

186

176

166

516

269

186

256

243

176

176

157

148

139

122

243

_

-

Mar.

269

176

148

139

139

130

122

114

114

122

122

130

114

106

106

114

106

139

176

130

114

139

358

516

269

327

312

196

186

157

157

Apr.

158

130

122

122

122

269

196

166

139

122

114

114

130

139

122

106

94

94

139

114

98

122

269

157

122

106

102

139

114

98

ffoHaPs « -

1,982 Z47

5,405 1,210

9,182 1,300

57,506 3,240

6,914 691

7,141 565

5,447 516

4,039 269 

6,119 868

1,835 327

3,167 375

4,087 966

1,774 139

57,092 1,300

May

106

114

453

473

166

122

106

157

130

114

494

868

665

196

148

256

358

176

114

98

90

86

83

80

76

72

69

66

63

60

60

Minimum

33

38

98

10

122

122

106

94

60

33

27

22

42

22

June

57

54

54

51

54

51

45

45

42

39

38

39

51

45

39

57

63

76

63

60

51

48

39

34

33

36

33

45

166

327

Bean

63.9

180

296

157

2ZS

255

176

135

197

61 . 2

1O2

132

59.1

156

July

157

176

90

69

57

51

94

69

57

45

57

256

94

90

256

297

375

283

94

69

57

48

39

35

34

32

32

30

28

27

69

Aug.

42

37

37

32

36

29

32

27

24

22

25

24

51

69

139

283

196

90

66

51

51

45

51

219

297

76

63

76

366

774

157

Per square 

mile

0.410

1.15

1.90

1.01

1 43

1 , 63

1.13

. 865

1 . 26

 392

.654

. 846

.379

1.00

Sept.

139

102

76

69

60

57

54

63

60

54

45

42

45

51

51

48

57

57

60

57

45

42

60

83

63

48

45

45

48

48

Runoff in 

inches

0.47

1.28

2.19

13.69

1. 65

1.70

1.30

.97

1.45

.44

.75

, 98

.42

13.60

980338 O - 52 - 5
54 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Swift Creek near Chester, Va.

Location. Chain gage, lat. 37°18'55", long. 77°29'40", at Bradley Bridge, lir miles downstream from Second Branch, 3 miles upstream from Prank Branch, and 4 miles southwest of 

Chester, Chesterfield County.

Drainage area. 143 square miles.

Records available.--September to December 1943, June 1944 to July 1949 (discontinued).

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during period October 1948 to July 1949, 1,480 

second-feet May 12 (gage height, 10.50 feet); minimum observed, 10 second-feet Oct. 4 

(gage height, 1.61 feet).

1943-49: Maximum discharge, 13,200 second-feet July 18, 1945 (gage height, 29.0 

feet, from floodmarks); minimum observed, 0.2 second-foot Sept. 19, 1943 (gage height, 

1.16 feet).

Remarks. Records poor. Gage read once daily.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 194S to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

18

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

22

16

16

10

alOO

87

a 45

34

28

a25

320

a!8

16

15

13

12

13

a20

21

18

a!6

15

18

32

52

44

33

25

22

20

19

Nov.

20

19

18

17

30

31

141

115

56

41

38

36

a40

44

39

36

39

61

53

aSO

75

56

56

90

272

317

287

423

1,18O

1,120

-

Dec.

471

302

362

739

a650

439

317

216

19O

153

a!25

110

110

100

100

177

177

177

203

332

302

a220

153

130

a!20

110

a90

90

95

503

883

Jan.

799

362

257

2O3

177

3300

423

302

303

177

165

153

a 140

136

120

110

110

110

110

allO

105

569

641

392

272

229

a290

343

203

141

a!30

Moath

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

Itay.... ..........................

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

July 1-20..... ...................

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

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

The per< od ......................

Feb.

a!2O

allO

a!30

a200

287

229

a240

257

229

243

377

317

229

aZOO

177

203

407

407

273

317

a260

229

216

177

165

141

130

a 300

_

.

-

Seoondfoot-days

845

4,809

8,146

62,926.9

7,683

6,469

5,790

4,603

6,704

1 592

4^006

-

-

Mar.

362

a240

a!70

165

a!50

a!30

a!20

120

allO

a9O

a90

alOO

alOO

ags

go

go

go

125

203

153

a 120

105

302

5S6

377

362

332

a 280

203

177

153

Apr.

153

153

136

a!20

115

257

257

2O3

177

136

a!20

110

125

229

203

a!50

105

allO

allO

a 110

115

120

347

a250

141

136

105

allO

HO

90

-

Maximum

100

1,180

883

2,030

799

407

586

347

1,430

739

988

-

-

May

90

a90

ago

aigo

a!60

a!30

allO

105

80

85

egg

1,.430

967

519

203

302

272

203

141

105

70

31

120

100

80

75

75

56

48

4O

38

Minimum

10

17

go

5.5

105

110

90

90

31

14

25

-

-

June

36

32

29

29

28

28

25

22

ig

18

16

15

18ig

17

18

25

31

33

31

24

19

17

16

15

14

14

16

229

739

-

Mean

27.3

160

263

172

248

231

187

153

216

53,1

200

-

-

July

a54O

a250

a200

alOO

a45

a40

a 45

a 35

a30

a25

25

31

32

70

85

165

552

988

519

229

_

-

-

-

-

.

-

-

-

-

-

Aug.

Per square 

mile

0.191

1.12

1.84

1,20

1.73

1,62

1,31

1.07

1.51

.371

1.40

-

-

Sept.

Runoff in 

inches

0.22

1.25

3.12

16.38

1.99

1.69

1.51

1.19

1.74

.41

1.04

-

-

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Appomattox 

River near Petersburg.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 55

Chickahominy River near Providence Forge, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°26aO", long. 77°03i40", at highway bridge 1.1 

miles southwest of Providence Forge, New Kent County, and 1.7 miles downstream from 

Schiminoe Creek. Datum of gage is 6.07 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, 

supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 249 square miles.

Records available.--January 1942 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,320 second-feet Dec. 4, June 20 (gage height, 

8.65 feet); minimum, 26 second-feet Aug. 10 (gage height, 2.24 feet).

1942-49: Maximum discharge, 5,750 second-feet July 21, 1945 (gage height, 10.6 

feet); minimum, 9.6 second-feet Aug. 25, 26, Sept. 18, 1943, July 8, 1944; minimum gage 

height, 1.56 feet Aug. 25, 26, 1943.-

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage-height. in feet,

and discharge. In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 5 to Nov. 3,

May 6 to June 28, Aug. 29 to Sept. 30)

22 24 5.0 285 8.0 955 

24 37 6.0 408 8.5 1,250 

28 6S 6.8 527 9.0 1,700 

3 2 104 7.1 592 

4 0 180 7.5 725

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to Septemberl949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

75 

87 

77 

58 

87

175 

195 

241 

246 

210

195

180 

140 

99 

71

61 

55 

58

62 

69

71 

69 

65 

63 

64

64 

66 

66 

66 

62 

62

Nov.

62 

62 

63 

69 

77

83 

122 

140 

150

165

170 

150 

140 

136 

131

126 

140 

150 

150 

200

205 

190 

170 

180 

225

263 

331 

422 

620 

857

Dec.

1,060 

1,000 

1,120 

1,320 

1,320

1,180 

955 

905 

1,000 

955

811 

620 

495 

408 

355

331 

343 

343 

368 

450

511 

592 

620 

567 

545

a460 

a440 

a370 

331 

422 

686

Jan.

725 

725 

686 

857 

955

905 

811 

686 

592 

527

527 

527 

511 

450 

381

331 

307 

296 

285 

268

263 

319 

368 

422 

465

511 

725 

857 

767 

592 

527

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Vebr 

Hare

%?

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

ber ..........................

mber

mber .........................

lendar year 1948

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

St..... ......................

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

545 

567 

545 

527 

527

567 

592 

592 

527 

495

495 

465 

465 

450 

422

422 

465 

480 

465 

465

465 

511 

527 

495 

465

436 

408 

422

Secondfoot-days

3,159 

5,949 

20,883

133,705

17,168 

13,807 

10,937 

7,875 

10,080 

3,745 

7,073 

4,820 

3,762

109,258

Mar.

436 

436 

408 

381 

394

422 

408 

355 

307 

280

296 

285 

252

236 

236

241 

236 

241 

268 

274

274 

268 

319 

408

436

450 

450 

511 

527 

480 

422

Apr.

368 

343 

307 

285 

268

296 

307 

307 

307 

307

319 

307 

296 

274 

246

225 

210 

215 

246 

246

230 

215 

225 

225 

215

210 

220 

236 

225 

195

Maximum

246 

857 

1,320

1,320

955 

592 

527 

368 

725 

1,320 

955 

450 

296

1,320

Peak discharge (base, 1,000 sec.-ft.>. Dec. 4 (6 p.m.)

May

165 

150 

165 

160 

165

205 

252 

331 

368 

307

368 

511 

567 

567 

495

527 

686 

725 

620 

465

355 

307 

263 

205 

190

200 

205 

180 

150 

122 

104

Minimum

55 

62 

331

33

263 

408 

236 

195 

104 

36 

52 

28 

52

28

June

91 

81 

72 

65 

62

62 

59 

54 

47 

43

41 

40 

40 

38 

38

48 

66 

72 

90 

131

131 

84 

65 

50 

45

40 

36 

74 

660 

1,320

Mean

102 

198 

674

365

554 

492 

353 

262 

325 

125 

228 

155 

125

299

July

955

620 

465 

368 

355

355

296 

140 

77 

63

59 

58 

62 

126 

185

200 

205 

225 

581 

394

331 

236 

126 

118 

155

136 

118 

90 

68 

52 

54

Aug.

52 

52 

48 

44 

40

37 

34 

34 

28 

2S

30 

31 

86 

164 

296

422 

450 

394 

331 

307

296 

268 

180 

126 

104

87 

72 

61 

165 

285 

268

Sept.

263 

296 

285 

296 

285

a!90 

a!50 

a 130 

a 100 

a 95

a 95 

a 90 

395 

a 100 

allO

allO 

a 80 

69 

74 

79

78 

62 

76 

97 

100

88 

59 

52 

75 

83

Per square Runoff in 

mile inohes

0.410 0.47 

.795 .89 

2.71 3.12

1.47 19.95

2.22 2.56 

1.98 2.06 

1.42 1.64 

1.05 1.17 

1.31 1.51 

.502 .56 

.916 1.06 

.622 .72 

.502 .56

1.20 16.32

1,320 sec. -ft.; June 30 <6 a.m.) 1,320

sec,-rt.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Dragon Run 

near Church View.
56 DISMAL SWAMP BASIN

Lake Drummond in Dismal Swamp, Va.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 36°36'00", long. 76°26'40", in outlet canal, in Norfolk

County, 200 feet upstream from dam and gates, half a mile downstream from Lake Drummond, 

2 miles east of Nansemond County line, 3 miles north of North Carolina State line, and 

20 miles southwest of.Norfolk.

Records available.--May 1926 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum gage height during year, 5.68 feet Aug. 3; minimum, 4.05 feet Nov. 3.

1926-49: Maximum gage height, 6.09 feet Oct. 7, 1929; minimum, about 0.0 foot sometime during fall or winter of 1941-42.

Remarks. Gage read twice daily.

Revisions (water years).--W 1032: 1934-43.

Sage height, in feet, water /ear October 1948 to Septembe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

.44

.50

.4?

.42

.58

.59

.57

.s>:

.58

.55

.56

.60

.61

.61

.58

.53

.50

.50

.43

.41

.39

.57

.33

.34

.32

.21

.23

.23

.22

.15

.11

Nov.

.08

.08

.Ot

.09

.14

.15

.20

.20

.15

.18

.11

.17

.17

.17

.12

.09

.23

.17

.19

.35

.37

.39

.46

.53

.62

.67

.74

.85

5.08

5.14

-

Dec.

5. "9

5.J2

5.17

5.22

5.15

5.07

4.94

4.88

5.05

5.00

5.01

5.03

5.05

5.06

5.00

5.03

5.00

5.03

5.08

5.12

5.13

5.16

5.13

5.11

5.12

5.11

5.09

5.04

5.01

5.09

5. IS

Jan.

5.29

5.12

5. J^

5.JV

5.09

5.20

5.13

5.10

5.03

5.06

5.02

4.99

5.00

5.02

5.01

5.00

4.96

4.97

4.98

4.97

4.94

4.99

4.99

5.03

5.06

5.09

5.08

5.08

5.07

5.05

5.10

Feb.

5.11

E.1C

5.1,

5.14

5.14

5.1:

5.1 i

5.14

5.14

5.24

5.14

5.08

5.00

5.04

5.01

4.99

5.08

5.07

5.04

5.09

5.08

5.07

5.07

5.07

5.09

5.09

5.07

5.21

_

_

-

Mar.

5."1

5.15

5.17

5.11

5.14

5.12

5.19

5.08

5.04

5.0U

5.09

5.0f

4.97

4.94

4.99

4.92

4.96

5.05

5.07

5.07

5.11

5.11

5.26

5.21

5.24

5.16

5.14

5.12

5.05

5.05

5.04

Apr.

5. ,4

S.ijl

S.i'i

5.09

5.u4

5. J9

5.04

5.04

4.99

5.UJ

5.01

5.0;

5.0'-

5.14

5.08

5. J5

5.02

4.94

5.00

5.00

4.94

4.99

4.98

4.96

5.07

5.07

5.05

5.06

5.05

5.05

-

May

5.0/

5.12

5.28

5.19

5.13

5.08

5.07

5.09

5.07

5.08

5.17

5.16

5. -19

5.19

5.19

5.17

5.14

5.10

5.11

5.09

5.04

5.08

5.09

5.09

5.11

5.09

5.12

5.10

5.09

5.15

5.04

June

.00

. 00

.99

.97

.9:

.95

.99

.95

.89

.82

.78

.75

.70

.69

.68

.67

.63

 .62

.59

.57

.57

.50

.50

.46

.39

.31

.28

.28

.47

.89

-

July

5.04

5.15

5.48

5.55

5.54

5.53

5.54

5.44

5.39

5.33

5.21

5.20

5.12

5.10

5.08

5.22

5.19

5.16

5.09

5.04

4.97

5.00

5.03

5.07

5.08

5.09

5.04

5.13

5.21

5.20

5.25

Aug.

5.37

5.51

5.65

5.54

5.29

5.18

5.09

5. 06

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.10

5.20

5.10

5.13

5.00

5.00

5.04

5.14

5.11

5.11

5.15

5.29

5.19

5.13

5.15

5.12

5.14

5.06

5.08

Sept.

5.14

5.05

5.11

5.11

5.09

5.11

5.12

5.10

5.07

4.98

4.94

5.01

5.02

5.04

5.03

4.99

5.07

5.05

5.05

5.02

5.00

5.00

5.00

5.04

5.00

5.01

5.04

5.0G

5.07

5.04

-
CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 57

Nottoway River near Burkeville, Va.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°OS', long. 78°12', at bridge on State Highway 49, 

at miles upstream from Modest Creek, 6 miles north of Victoria, and 1\ miles south of 

Burkeville, Nottoway County. Datum of gage Is 354.58 feet above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 38 square miles.

Records available.--September 1946 to September IP'49.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge observed during year, 1,290 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 

I27F2~ feet); minimum observed, 2.4 second-feet Aug. 10 (gage height, 1.26 feet).

1946-49: Maximum discharge observed, 3,020 second-feet Sept. 25, 1947 (gage height, 

18.15 feet); minimum observed, 0.3 second-foot Sept. 20, 1947 (gage height, 1.02 feet). 

Maximum stage known, 26.4 feet in August 1940, from Corps of Engineers floodmark.

Remarks. Records fair above 5 second-feet and poor below. Gage read once daily.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 6 to Nov. 28, 

Apr. 7 to May 15)

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.7 

2.8 

4.0

5.4

7.0

2.0 

2.4 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

10.0

12.5

233

317

418

558

738

1,290

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

11

6.0

4.7

4.0

526

44

21

30

22

13

9.4

9.4

8.0

7.4

6.4

5.6

5.6

8.6

14

8.6

7.6

5.9

7.0

7.6

7.0

6.7

6.7

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.4

Nov.

6.4

6.7

6.5

13

13

10

15

13

9.8

14

13

10

11

14

11

9.6

20

24

15

58

26

18

36

52

355

54

127

70

1,290

121

Dec.

58

36

54

797

121

66

48

40

32

28

26

26

26

24

22

62

42

32

36

70

44

34

32

26

27

20

26

22

30

558

189

Jan.

GS

48

40

34

30

466

85

52

40

36

32

30

28

28

26

24

24

24

24

22

21

217

58

44

38

36

48

38

34

26

a 40

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

140

103

75

70

58

40

38

50

40

40

121

54

42

38

34

32

121

46

38

80

46

36

36

32

30

Zl

26

58

_

-

Secondfoot-days

838.8

2,442.0

2,654

16,385.7

1,761

1,551

1,385

1,087

2,300.4

259.2

750.1

735.0

577.6

16,340.7

Mar.

50

36

30

27

27

27

26

22

22

26

38

27

22

22

21

21

21

52

36

26

24

24

385

75

48

62

44

38

44

32

30

Apr.

30

26

24

26

26

161

46

54

36

30

28

28

32

34

28

24

21

21

40

26

a 25

21

80

50

32

28

26

36

26

22

-

Maximum

526

1,290

797

1,290

468

140

385

161

858

36

290

317

147

1,290

May

26

24

418

50

32

26

21

19

17

19

241

140

52

36

27

858

62

38

27

21

16

19

19

15

13

12

12

11

10

9.8

9.6

Minimum

4.0

6.4

20

1.1

21

26

21

21

9.6

4.1

2.7

2.4

7.4

2.4

June

9.4

8.6

7.4

7.6

7.8

8.0

6.5

5.6

4.8

4.8

4.6

4.6

20

8.6

5.9

6.8

10

13

9.0

15

9.2

6.8

6.8

5.3

4.6

4.6

4.1

4.4

9.4

36

Mean

27.1

81.4

85.6

44.8

56.8

55.4

44.7

36.2

74.2

8.64

24.2

23.7

19.3

44.8

July

13

8.8

14

8.8

5.9

4.7

4.1

62 -15

8.2

12

22

11

26

91

28

290

30

20

14

11

8.8

7.2

6.0

5.6

4.8

5.7

3.3

3.3

2.7

3.2

Aug.

3.3

3.3

3.3

2.8

3.4

4.1

3.6

2.9

2.5

2.4

6.5

4.0

3.6

75

21

28

38

16

11

8.4

7.4

6.5

10

58

18

12

10

9.0

317

28

16

Per square 

mile

0.713

2.14

2.25

1.18

1.49

1.46

1.18

.953

1.95

.227

.637

.624

.508

1.18

Sept.

147

30

28

17

14

12

10

28

13

9.2

8.4

7.6

8.6

7.4

9.0

8.8

66

14

16

12

9.0

8.0

14

21

12

9.0

8.8

9.8

10

10

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.82

2.39

2.59

16.00

1.72

1.52

1.36

1.06

2.25

.25

.73

.72

.57

15.98

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Nottoway River near McKenney 

and Stone Creek near Dlnwlddle.
58 CHOWAN RIVER BASIN

Nottoway River near McKenney, Va.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°56'45", long. 77°43'55", at bridge on U. S. Highway 1, 

1.4 miles upstream from Birch Creek, 3 miles south of McKenney, Dinwiddie County, and 10 

miles northeast of Alberta.

Drainage area.--362 square miles.

Records available.--September 1946 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 3,800 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 

14.49 feet); minimum observed, 83 second-feet Aug. 9, 11; minimum gage height observed, 

1.74 feet June 27.

1946-49: Maximum discharge observed, 5,180 second-feet Feb. 15, 1948 (gage height, 

16.54 feet); minimum observed, 15 second-feet Sept. 19, 1947 (gage height, 0.89 foot); 

minimum daily, 36 second-feet Sept. 5, 1947.

Remarks. Records poor. Gage read once daily. Diurnal fluctuation caused by gristmill 4 

miles upstream.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1943 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

OQfSiy

30

31

Oct.

275

181

230

260

338

930

577

Z90

Z3O

181

168

154

1Z9

1Z3

117

111

105

1Z3

14Z

148

123

111

123

135

129

111

105

105

99

94

105

Nov.

105

105

111

181

Z60

216

507

Z75

Z02

181

188

188

181

181

168

161

Z16

Z75

Z45

306

338

Z75

Z90

371

1,170

890

83O

1,230

2,620

3,800

--

Dec.

2,200

629

880

1,650

2,070

1,240

686

553

477

4ZZ

369

352

352

335

335

591

496

386

477

743

5B3

440

Z87

335

335

287

272

Z87

686

1,1ZO

Z,110

Jan.

2,500

705

534

477

440

724

1,140

648

515

458

422

386

386

369

335

319

319

404

303

319

352

800

900

572

477

422

4Z2

4ZZ

386

335

422

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

920

880

667

572

534

458

686

686

534

840

1,200

840

610

534

477

458

686

667

629

591

572

477

477

440

404

369

352

515

_

_

-

Second 

foot-days

6,052

16,066

21,955

156,066

17,213

17,075

12,995

11,125

12 391

6 9 194

11,086

11,522

7,962

151,636

liar.

667

458

386

369

352

352

335

303

303

303

369

352

303

303

303

287

287

319

477

386

319

319

667

960

591

610

553

496

458

422

386

Apr.

369

352

335

352

335

591

629

515

422

369

335

335

369

352

352

303

272

272

335

335

335

352

572

515

369

319

287

303

287

257

Maximum

93O

3 , 8OO

2,200

4,900

2,500

1,2OO

960

629

1,200

1,340

1,820

2,300

1,450

3,8OO

May

272

287

900

880

440

352

3O3

3O3

257

272

515

1,200

940

458

369

496

92O

440

319

272

257

228

228

214

200

186

200

186

172

166

159

Minimum

94

105

272

53

303

352

287

257

159

92

93

83

137

83

June

152

140

133

127

140

140

121

1O9

109

104

92

98

127

159

133

146

159

228

179

257

186

159

133

115

109

92

92

115

1,34O

1,000

Mean

195

536

708

426

555

610

419

371

40O

206

358

372

265

415

July

458

228

228

186

166

127

115

496

287

186

422

1,820

556

323

770

575

1,130

910

375

291

230

188

143

131

125

108

1O3

93

98

98

120

Aug.

1O3

98

108

114

131

120

108

98

83

103

83

98

114

188

613

950

1,010

393

230

168

149

137

143

260

357

2O2

143

188

1,92O

2,300

81O

Per square 

nile

O.539

1 .48

1.96

1 18

1 .53

1 .69

1.16

1.02

1.10

. 569

. 989

1.O3

.732

1.15

Sept.

1,450

810

357

291

260

216

188

188

216

175

149

149

162

156

175

149

393

291

230

216

162

137

202

291

202

149

137

137

168

156

Runoff in 

inohes

0. 62

1.65

2.26

16.03

1.76

1.76

1.34

1.14

1.27

. 63

1.14

1.19

.82

15.58
CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 59

Nottoway River near Stony Creek, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder lat. 36°54'00", long. 77°24'00", at bridge on PetersburgEmporla highway, 2 miles upstream from Island Swamp Creek and 3j miles south of tovm of 

Stony Creek, Sussex County.

Drainage area. 586 square miles.

Records available.--March 1930 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 19 years, 561 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,020 second-feet June 30 (gage height, 15.18 

reet); minimum, 109 second-feet June 28 (gage height, 2.52 feet).

1930-49; Maximum discharge, 25,200 second-feet Aug. 17, 1940 (gage height, 23.66 

feet), from rating curve extended above 13,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting on 

basis of records for stations on Appomattox River; minimum, 5 second-feet Sept. 2,5, 

1932 (gage height, 0.62 foot).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water- years). W 802: 1935(M). W 972; 1931(M), 1932, 1934-35, 1939.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 29, Dee. 2-30)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 1 Jan. 2 to Sept. 30

2.6 120 4.5 466 12.0 2,880 2.5 106 5.0 64O 12. 0 E.90O 

3.0 177 5.5 740 13.0 3,360 3.0 185 7.0 1,24O 14.0 4.0OO 

3.5 256 7.5 1,320 14.0 4,000 3.5 285 9.0 1,88O 15. O 4,820 

4.0 351 9.5 1,940 4.0 400 11.0 2,530

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30

31

Oct.

239 

273 

192 

137 

156

642 

1,080 

572 

300 

256

231 

182 

164 

149 

137

126 

120 

120 

134 

164

162 

144 

138 

144 

155

155

141 

130 

128 

124 

127

Nov.

127 

130 

131 

164 

256

300 

768 

911 

454 

300

264 

256 

248 

248 

248

231 

215 

300 

351 

394

504 

441 

429 

504 

796

1,110 

1,170 

1,560 

3,400 

3,930

Dec.

3,860 

2,040 

1,290 

2,680 

2,800

2,840 

1,650 

940 

768 

670

586 

530 

504 

491 

478

684 

824 

684 

642 

1,060

1,030 

768 

614 

544 

504

491 

429 

406 

441 

1,500 

3,020

Jan.

3,020 

2,300 

1,030 

1,120 

730

1,150 

1,590 

1,430 

940 

790

700 

655 

640 

586 

550

515 

504 

504 

492 

504

492

1,000 

1,460 

1,090 

820

700 

655 

655 

612 

550 

562

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

Mar

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

aber .........................

aber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

&ry .

nary .............. ......

h. ...........................

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

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,240 

1,500 

1,210 

970 

880

760 

940 

1,300 

1,030 

1,340

2,170 

1,850 

1,210 

970 

850

790 

1,210 

1,210 

970 

1,000

1,000 

850 

820 

760 

670

626 

574 

715

Secondfoot-days

6,922 

20,140 

35,768

242,056

28,346 

29,415 

20,365 

17,960 

19,360 

10,854 

21,077 

11,988 

19,067

241,257

Peak discharge -(base, 3,500 see. -ft.). Noi

Mar.

1,000 

880 

670 

586 

562

550 

550 

515 

480 

480

526 

574 

515 

469 

458

458 

446 

480 

940 

790

586 

526 

640 

1,150 

1,150

820 

8?0 

745 

715 

685 

599

Apr.

574 

574 

538 

562 

550

880 

1,090 

970 

790 

626

538 

515 

562 

760 

640

515 

446 

423 

458 

515

458 

343 

850 

970 

434

515 

446 

446 

458 

423

Maximum

1,080 

3,930 

3,860

5,440

3,020 

2,170 

1,150 

1,090 

1,980 

4,460 

2,230 

1,500 

2,000

4,460

May

423 

423 

762 

1,340 

910

550 

446 

400 

388 

400

1,400 

1,980 

1,820 

1,000 

612

526 

940 

940 

526 

423

354 

308 

320 

320 

261

263 

331 

308 

248 

226 

212

Minimum

120 

127 

406

62

492 

574 

446 

423 

212 

117 

124 

110 

196

110

June

209 

199 

187 

174 

178

203 

194 

167 

146 

135

128 

128 

134 

167 

198

171 

194 

236 

296 

263

a230 

a200 

a!80 

a!50 

a!40

a!30 

a!20 

117 

1,420 

4,460

Mean

223 

671 

1,154

661

914 

1,051 

657 

599 

625 

362 

680 

387 

636

661

July

1,820 

599 

434 

354 

285

228 

198 

1,060 

655 

412

274 

1,330 

2,010 

730 

632

1,270 

2,230 

1,980 

1,210 

880

492 

366 

285 

236 

201

181 

169

154 

143 

135 

124

Aug.

143 

169 

162 

209 

178

212 

240 

181 

a!30 

allO

117 

123 

171 

243 

423

1,340 

1,500 

1,030 

469 

308

a290 

3250 

3230 

a230 

a250

a270 

a310 

a250 

a450 

a800 

al,200

Per square 

Bile

0.381 

1.15 

1.97

1.13

1.56 

1.79 

1.12 

1.02 

1.07 

.618 

1.16 

.660 

1.09

1.13

Sept.

3l,5OO 

31,700 

31,900 

32,000 

a 1,800

a 1,500 

a 1,100 

a900 

3600 

a 350

3300 

3260 

3250 

325O 

3250

259 

308 

599 

434 

331

261 

212 

201 

285 

366

259 

211 

196 

222

263

Runoff in 

inches

0.44 

1.28 

2.27

15.37

1.80 

1.86 

1.29 

1.14 

1.23 

.69 

1.34 

.76 

1.22

15.32

r. 30 (2 to 6 a.m.) 4,000 see. -ft.; June 30 (2 p.m.)

5,020 sec.-ft.

3 No gage-height record; disehsrge computed on bssis of records for Nottowsy River near Sebrell 

and Meherrin River near Lswrenceville.
60 CHOWAN RIVER BASIN

Nottoway River near Sebrell, Va.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°46'10", long. 77°10'00", 1.1 miles downstream from 

Three Creek, 2.5 miles southwest of Sebrell, Southampton County, and 5.3 miles upstream 

from Assamoosick Swamp. Datum of gage is 5.96 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area.--1,451 square miles.

Records available.--September 1941 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,800 second-feet Jan. 3 (gage height, 17.60 

reet); minimum observed, 158 second-feet Oct. 1 (gage height, 4.04 feet).

1941-49: Maximum discharge, 25,000 second-feet July 22, 1945 (gage height, 24.5 

feet); minimum observed, 12 second-feet Oct. 23, 1941 (gage height, 3.30 feet).

Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of 29.7 feet, from floodmarks (discharge, 48,000 

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

Remarks. Records good. Gage read twice daily.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 3-8)

Oct. 1 to May 15 May 16 to Sept. 30

4.1 166 7.0 840 13.0 3.O2O

4.5 234 8.0 1,140 14. O 3,640

5.0 330 10. 0 1,800 16.0 5,580

5.5 444 12.0 2,560 17.5 7,620

4.2 191 9.0 1,530

1.4 226 11.0 2

5.0 356 13.0 2

3.0 604 14.0 ;

,290

,150

,790

9 7.0 876 15.1 4,680

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1948

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

166

234

 420

374

374

494

900

1,430

1,140

702

520

444

352

310

270

252

216

216

216

207

234

252

290

234

234

310

290

270

252

234

225

NOT.

225

225

216

25H

310

396

650

1,080

1,660

1,360

1,080

812

702

650

624

598

572

468

650

960

1,170

1,360

1,270

1,240

1,330

1,630

1,910

2,020

2,840

3,170

-

Dec.

3,420

4,860

5,920

6,410

5,920

5,360

5,360

5,580

5,260

4,260

3,070

2,200

1,770

1,560

1,300

1,400

1,600

1,800

1,840

1,870

2,160

2,360

2,240

2,280

1,630

1,530

1,330

1,240

1,170

1,430

2,240

Jan.

6,O4O

7,440

7,620

7,620

3,980

3,350

3,350

3,230

3,560

3,490

3,070

2,880

2,650

2,120

1,980

1,630

1,560

1,460

1,430

1,330

1,360

1,400

1,800

2,320

2,520

2,360

1,980

1,800

1,660

1,530

1,460

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

Bay ..............................

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,630

2,120

2,930

2,740

2,700

2,360

2,160

2,320

2,700

3,020

3,23O

3,560

4,170

4,360

3,980

3,290

2,840

2,880

3,020

3,020

2,970

2,880

2,740

2,520

2,360

1,940

1,910

1,770

_

-

Seccndfoct-days

12,062

31.43C

90,37C

580,872

89.98C

78.12C

53,O6C

42,22C

48.41C

11,174

54,734

35,533

43,246

590,345

Mar.

1,940

2,240

2,240

1,980

1,770

1,60O

1,530

1,530

1,330

1,330

1,430

1,530

1,530

1,430

1,270

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,430

1,940

2,O5O

1,800

1,730

1,840

2,200

2,400

2,400

1,940

1,840

1,730

1,660

Apr.

1,490

I,/

1.'

l,t

130

130

130

1,490

1,560

l,f

2,: 2,;

40

00

00

1,980

1,600

1,4

1,2

1,3

00

30

30

1,300

1,530

1,2

1,1

c

70

40

90

990

1,050.

l.C i»c

l.E

20

50

3O

1,800

1,600

1,2

l.c

c

c

Maximum

1,430

3,170

6,410

9,020

7.62O

4,360

2,4OO

2,200

3,980

1,530

4,590

3,650

4,680

7,620

40

20

90

90

tc September 1949

May

930

93C

1.36C

1.84C

5

3

5

2,240

2,320

1,70C

1,14C

84C

)

)

)

756

1,660

2.74C

3,35C

3.80C

)

)

)

3,980

3,380

2,29C

1,89C

1,78C

)

)

)

1,290

876

682

1.06C

604

708

656

792

764

792

682

578

Minimum

166

216

1,170

107

1,330

1,630

1,140

990

578

208

268

191

404

166

June

500

452

404

38O

356

380

356

334

312

257

246

226

236

257

246

312

312

334

356

452

452

452

380

312

246

226

208

208

452

1,530

-

Mean

389

1,048

2,915

1,587

2,903

2,790

1,712

1,407

1,562

372

1,766

1,146

1,442

1,617

July

2,570

3,100

4,590

2,960

2,610

1,390

820

1,290

1,560

1,600

1,150

792

1,190

2,010

1,740

1,250

2,050

2,530

2,920

3,440

4,090

3,05O

1,850

1,060

792

604

476

380

312

290

£68

Aug.

236

2

3

2

36

12

79

290

334

2

2

3

80

56

12

246

217

1

4

9

91

04

96

1.O9O

2,330

3,2

3,5

3,6

00

10

50

3,200

1,850

9

6

5

06

56

52

552

656

7

5

1,5

2,4

36

52

60

90

3,260

Per square 

mile

0.268

.722

2.01

1.09

2.00

1.92

1.18

.970

1.08

.256

1.22

.790

.994

1.11

Sept.

3,790

4,330

4,590

4,680

4,410

3,150

1,710

996

1,030

876

820

7O8

708

736

708

656

7O8

736

1,090

1,090

996

708

682

500

552

5OO

526

428

404

428

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.31

.81

2.32

14.89

2.31

2.00

1.36

1.08

1.24

.29

1.41

.91

1.11

15.15
CHOW AN RIVER BASIN 61

Stony Creek near Dinwiddie, Va.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°04'00", long. 77°36'10", at bridge on U. S. Highway 

1,1.2 miles southwest of Mnwiddie, Dinwiddie County, and 1.7 miles downstream from 

Chamberlains Bed Creek.

Drainage area.--Ill square miles.

Records available.--September 1946 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge observed during year, 1,270 second-feet Aug. 29 (gage height, 

a.53 feet); minimum observed, 9.1 second-feet Aug. 11 (gage height, 1.30 feet).

1946-49: Maximum discharge observed, 1,950 second-feet Feb. 15, 1948 (gage height, 

10.05 feet); minimum observed, 2.8 second-feet Aug. 20, 1947 (gage height, 1.06 feet).

Remarks.--Records fair. Gage read once daily.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 '(gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used May 12 to June 28, Sept. 18-30)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 31

1.4 IE 2.6 155 7.0 842 1

1.6 25 3.0 222 8.0 1,100 1

1.8 42 4.0 371 9.0 1,47O 1

2.0 65 6.0 645 1

2.2 92 6.5 728

3

Jan. 1 to Sept. 30

3 9.1 1..7 36 2.7 181

4 14 1.9 59 3.1 245

5 20 2.1 87 3.6 315

6 27 2.3 117

Note. Same as preceding table above

6 feet.

Discharge, in aecond-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

31

24

16

17

48

100

73

51

38

31

25

22

20

18

15

15

14

14

17

18

18

17

19

39

41

31

24

17

20

19

18

Nov.

19

19

19

29

48

38

357

147

86

64

52

44

42

43

40

37

41

68

55

63

68

55

64

77

171

188

180

329

1,160

890

-

Dec.

539

238

214

749

60S

357

222

155

123

115

95

86

85

81

77

147

139

107

102

270

171

123

104

91

85

79

64

64

75

300

749

Jan.

593

289

181

141

133

302

260

214

149

133

117

110

110

102

110

98

98

87

86

93

77

357

302

206

149

141

133

125

117

102

102

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

385

329

230

181

157

133

149

260

198

214

455

302

214

181

157

149

302

245

173

214

198

157

157

149

133

117

117

149

_

-

Secondfoot-days

870

4,493

6)412

47,626.

5 217

5)805

3 834

3 ^93

3!307

2,016

3 432 4)201.

3,220

46,100.

Mar.

214

181

125

171

110

98

110

98

88

87

93

102

90

84

76

92

74

79

190

133

117

92

190

206

157

165

141

133

165

117

110

Apr.

110

L02

92

10

110

275

L73

L65

L25

99

87

83

92

L25

125

94

70

66

98

92

80

74

330

L41

102

Maximum

100

1,160

749

3 1,890

593

455

214

275

371

842

771

5 1,270

990

5 1,270

74

67

83

77

72

May

77

72

289

371

149

93

72

66

58

60

343

315

214

110

73

165

141

100

72

57

46

45

47

44

39

31

35

35

32

29

27

Minimum

14

19

64

5.3

77

117

74

66

27

12

12

9.6

30

9.6

June

26

25

22

21

21

22

20

16

15

15

14

12

14

21

18

16

21

26

29

27

25

20

18

16

14

16

16

16

842

632

Mean

28.]

150

207

130

168

207

124

110

10767.'

Ill

136

107

126

July

315

133

84

58

46

36

31

149

357

80

48

141

117

69

65

83

771

315

133

94

54

48

37

31

28

24

21

19

18

15

12

Aug.

12

12

13

14

16

15

16

16

12

11

10

9.6

13

117

165

567

329

149

72

52

44

36

34

54

39

35

32

28

1,270

749

260

Per square 

mile

0.253

1.35

1.86

1.17

1.51

1.86

1.12

.991

. .964

' .605

1.00

1.23

.964

1.14

Sept.

990

469

190

loo

79

67

57

66

67

53

44

40

52

54

51

47

190

93

62

48

39

32

43

60

47

37

32

30

36

45

Runoff in 

inches

0.29

1.51

2.14

15.93

1.74

1.94

1.29

1.11

1.11

.68

1.15

1.42

1.08

15.46
62 CHOWAN RIVER BASIN

Anderson Branch at Sussex, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°5t>'10", long. 77 0 15'45", at highway bridge 1 

mile east of Sussex, Sussex County, and 1.5 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 5.4 square miles.

Records available.--October 1948 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 70 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 4.95 feet); 

no 1'iow at times.

Remarks.--Records poor.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

0

0

o

0

0.1

.3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

o

0

0

0

0

o

0

0

0

0

0

o

0

0

Nov.

o

0

0

0

o

0

.4

.4

.3

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.3

.5

.5

.6

1.9

2.0

1.9

2.2

2.6

4.1

3.4

4.9

9.6

27

21

-

Dec.

11

6.0

16

31

21

12

7.8

5.6

4.4

3.4

2.7

2.4,

2.3

2.2

2.5

3.6

3.7

3.0

5.1

8.7

6.0

3.9

2.9

2.3

2.1

1.8

1.5

1.6

1.8

24

39

Jan.

25

15

10

7.5

6.6

20

23

14

9.9

10

5.8

5.6

5.5

4.9

4.1

3.6

3.4

3.2

3.2

3.6

3.7

11

11

7.5

5.5

4.6

4.1

3.8

3.4

2.6

6.0

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jnly .............................

Angus t ................

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

14

10

6.3

5.6

5.1

4.2

18

23

14

28

33

18

11

8.5

6.3

6.9

26

20

14

17

14

11

14

12

9.3

7.2

5.6

16

_

_

-

Second 

foot-days

0.4

86.0

241.3

-

247.1

377.9

194.8

119.4

142.3

64. *

41 . (

221.2

48.8

1,785.7

liar.

15

9.9

6.6

5.5

5.1

4.9

4.9

3.9

3.7

4.1

7.5

4.9

3.7

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.8

8.1

18

11

6.3

4.9

10

9.6

6.3

5.8

5.6

4.9

4.9

4.1

3.8

Apr.

3.9

4.2

4.4

6.3

5.1

11

10

8.7

5.S

4.1

3.3

3.3

4.1

4.4

3.6

2.6

2.0

1.9

2.2

1.9

1.6

3.1

6.3

4.2

2.5

1.8

1.4

2.4

1.7

1.6

-

Maximum

0.3

27

39

-

25

33

11

31

32

8.1

52

20

52

May

2.0

2.2

16

13

4.7

2.2

1.3

.9

.6

1.0

24

31

15

6.3

3.3

2.0

I.

4.

2!

1.

Minimum

0

o

1.5

-

2.6

4.2

2.8

1.4

.4

O

0

0

O

0

June

0.5

.3

.2

.2

.5

.7

.4

.2

.1

.1

O

0

.1

.1

.1

.3

.5

.5

.3

.6

.4

.2

a. 2

a.l

a.l

aO

ao

1.0

32

25

Mean

0.013

2.87

7.78

-

7.97

13.5

6 . 28

3 . 98

4 . 59

2 . 16

1.35

7.14

1.63

4.89

July

7.8

3.4

2.1

.9

.6

.4

.3

2.1

1.8

.6

.5

.4

.3

.5

.5

1.2

0.1

3.3

3.4

1.6

.7

.4

.3

.2

.2

.1

.1

0

O

0

0

Aug.

0

O

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4.8

26

23

52

24

8.7

2.8

1.2

.8

.6

.5

.6

.5

.4

.3

1.4

50

18

5.6

Per square 

mile

O.O024

.531

1.44

-

1.48

2. 5O

l!l6

.737

'.4,00

. 25O

1.32

.302

.906

Sept.

20

13

3.6

1.6

.8

.6

.6

.9

.6

.4

.2

.2

1.0

.7

.5

.4

.6

.5

.4

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

0

0

0

.5

1.0

-

Runoff im 

inches

0.003

.59

1.66

-

1.71

2.60

1.34

.82

. 98

.45

. 29

1 . 52

!34

12.30

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of 1 discharge measurement.
CHOWAH RIVER BASIH 63

Blackwater River near Dendron, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°01'30", long. 76°52'30", at Walls Bridge, H miles 

downstream from Cypress Swamp and 3| miles southeast of Dendron, Surry County. Datum 

of gage is 30.99 feet above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Drainage area. 285 square miles.

Records available. January 1942 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,220 second-feet Aug. 16 (gage height, 6.45 

I'eet); minimum, 8.1 second-feet Oct. 1 (gage height, 1.54 feet).

1942-49: Maximum discharge, 4,710 second-feet July 21, 1945 (gage height, 8.90 

feet); no flow at times.

Remarks. Records fair except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Dischsrge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

32 

53 

57 

61 

38

148 

268 

242 

215 

198

167 

169 

192 

186 

158

123 

91 

70 

57 

45

39 

37 

35 

34

33

31 

29 

27 

25 

23 

22

Goto 

Hovs 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Fsbr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

 s

Nov.

21 

31 

20 

31 

41

47 

S3

125 

156 

183

192 

215 

261 

288 

285

264 

248 

233 

218 

242

268 

310 

281 

317 

36O

423 

506 

570 

800 

1,14O

Month

Dec.

1.38O 

1,420 

1,620 

1,66O 

1,700

1,700 

1,580 

1,460 

1,340 

1,100

920 

706 

589 

529 

428

399 

418

413 

399 

413

474 

489 

484 

512 

428

39O

386 

386 

382 

418 

546

Jan.

83O 

,18O 

,420 

,500 

,380

,22O 

,060 

942 

845 

727

652 

614 

558 

489 

428

386 

373 

369 

344 

325

306 

317 

31O 

317 

333

336 

352 

373 

373 

344 

348

b»r

 her. ........................

 bar .........................

lendar ysar 1948 ............

A17

«fb«r................... .....

tsr year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

348 

352 

365 

378 

390

423 

558 

706 

860 

890

950 

1,020 

1,140 

980 

86O

785 

822 

940 

875 

778

778 

804 

745 

662 

626

602 

548 

566

Seoondf cot-days

2,905 

8,149 

25,069

144,479.

19,351 

19,751 

13,176 

9,011 

8,193 

1,542 

11,779 

LI, 663 

12,611

143,200

Peak discharge (base, l.OOO sec. -ft.) .--De

sec. -ft. j Feb. 13 {IZ m.) 1,180 sec. -ft.; Auj

liar.

590 

596 

524 

489 

455

434 

444 

434 

408 

366

348 

336 

324 

316 

301

284 

270 

270 

308 

393

434 

413 

444 

524 

578

614 

548 

489 

450 

408 

384

Apr.

357 

340 

336 

340 

324

340 

357 

375 

380 

444

403 

357 

348 

357 

340

308 

290 

264 

254 

242

221 

212 

224 

224 

236

236

212 

212 

236 

242

Maximum

268 

1,14O 

1,7OO

5 2,090

1,500 

1,140 

614 

444 

784 

190 

7OO 

2.OOO 

1,540

2,000

;. 4 (11 p. in

;. 16 (3 p.m

Bay

227 

198 

245 

254 

324

230 

198 

179 

173 

168

276 

500 

784 

644 

461

450 

494 

483 

332 

245

176 

129 

101 

81 

66

58 

95 

141 

239 

139 

103

Minimum

22 

20 

382

4.2

306 

348 

270 

212 

58 

13 

26 

15 

67

13

June

81 

67 

57 

49 

46

43 

47 

49 

34 

26

20 

17 

2O 

29 

26

27 

43 

52 

54 

101

190 

85 

38 

29 

25

19 

15 

13 

50 

190

Mean

93." 

272 

8O9

395

624 

705 

425 

300 

264 

51. 

380 

376 

420

392

July

160 

180 

170 

190 

220

250 

260 

450 

600 

700

60O 

540

600 

680 

600

600 

700 

620 

470 

370

578 

620 

434 

370 

287

215 

141 

74 

43 

31 

26

Aug.

26 

62 

85 

61 

61

101 

81 

51 

30 

21

16 

15 

23 

76 

538

2,000 

1,580 

1,120 

626 

572

472 

344 

261 

236 

224

176 

139 

119 

632 

975 

940

Per square

mile

0.329 

.954 

2.84

1.39

2.19 

2.47 

1.49 

1.05 

.926 

I .180 

1.33 

1.32 

1.47

1.38

Sept.

1,220 

1,540 

1,150 

975 

875

790 

650 

518 

444 

384

312 

239

258 

287 

312

298 

336 

280 

312 

357

206 

157 

141 

121 

91

81 

73 

67 

67 

70

Runoff in 

inches

0.38 

1.06 

3.27

18.87

2.52 

2.57 

1.72 

1.17 

1.07 

.20 

1.53 

1.52 

1.64

18.65

) 1,790 sec.-ft.; Jan. 4 (10 p.m.) 1,540 

) 2,310 sec. -ft. ; Sept. 2 (7 p.m.) 1,460

sec.-ft.

Note. Ho gage-height record June 28 to July 2O; discharge computed on basis of records for Blackvater River at Zunl and near Franklin and Seacock Creek at Unity.
64 CHOWAM RIVER BASIN

Blackwater River at Zuni, Va.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 36°52'05", long. 76°50'15", at bridge on U. S. Highway 460 

at zuni, Isle of Wight County, 1.6 miles downstream from Pope Swamp'and 3.4 miles upstream from Antioch Swamp. Datum of gage is 8.56 feet above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--448 square miles.

Records available.--January 1943 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge observed during year, 3,880 second-feet Aug. 18 (gage height, 

13.34 feet); minimum observed, 7.8 second-feet Oct. 1 (gage height, 1.62 feet).

1943-49: Maximum discharge, 5,200 second-feet July 24, 1945 (gage height, 15.05 

feet); no flow Sept. 10-18, 1944.

Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of 23.2 feet.

Remarks.--Records fair except those below 20 second-feet, which are poor. Gage read once

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 11 to Dec. 5)

1.6 7.5 4.0 89

1.8 10 4.5 117

2.0 14 5.0 149

2.4 24 5.6 197

2.8 36 6.2 280

3.4 60 6.6 380

7.0 515

8.0 900

9.0 1,340

10.0 1,820

12.0 2,930

13.3 3,880

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

7.8

12

24

48

60

142

171

197

244

325

280

244

208

179

163

163

156

156

135

111

94

84

69

60

56

52

48

44

40

38

36

Nov.

33

33

d36

d46

64

79

105

156

171

188

219

244

260

260

280

300

325

d410

350

380

445

445

48O

515

550

550

585

660

900

1,080

-

Dec.

1,260

1,390

1,480

1,670

1,870

2,080

2,020

1,920

1,770

1,570

1,44O

1,340

1,160

985

860

780

740

660

660

740

780

780

780

780

740

660

620

585

550

620

8 GO

Jan.

985

1,120

1,210

1,340

1,480

1,620

1,770

,770

,620

,390

,260

,080

985

900

860

780

700

660

585

585

550

550

515

550

550

515

515

515

515

515

55u

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

585

620

620

620

620

620

660

900

1,120

1,260

1,440

1,480

1,480

1,440

1,390

;300

,770

,390

,390

,390

,340

,260

,160

,160

1,120

1,030

900

900

_

_

-

Second 

foot-days

3.646.E

10,149

34,150

204,924,]

28,540

30,965

22,025

13,944

14,498

3,705

18,565

24,059

21,746

225, 992. £

Mar.

940

940

940

900

820

780

700

700

660

620

660

660

620

550

515

480

445

480

d515

550

585

585

6 SO

780

820

900

940

940

860

780

700

Apr.

660

t

f.

c

20

20

85

585

585

1

1

1

85

85

85

585

550

c

1

50

85

85

550

515

4

t

4

80

45

10

350

325

;

2

;

25

25

25

325

280

i

:

i

Maximum

325

1,080

2,080

2,440

1,770

1,770

940

660

1,080

244

1,120

3,880

1,770

3,880

60

60

60

44

May

280

300

350

445

445

410

325

380

325

325

350

780

940

1,080

1,030

1,030

820

700

660

660

550

410

300

208

171

156

197

188

208

231

244

Minimum

7.8

33

550

6.1

515

585

445

244

156

30

84

30

179

7.8

June

244

208

156

117

105

123

219

197

123

89

64

50

42

46

46

52

60

60

69

171

219

219

244

197

105

105

40

30

74

231

Mean

118

338

1,102

56C

921

1,106

7 1C

46 E

468

124

599

776

72E

619

July

171

£08

197

280

300

380

380

700

1,030

1,080

900

860

900

1,030

940

900

1,120

985

940

780

585

445

480

585

585

550

445

350

219

156

84

Aug.

60

60

69

89

Ill

171

1

]

1

63

71

49

105

1

64

40

30

05

197

1,210

3,C

3,6

3,C

4O

80

40

2,200

1,920

1,0

9

7

80

40

40

550

410

3

;

4

£

80

00

45

60

1,480

Per square 

mile

0.263

.754

2.46

1.25

2.06

2.47

1.58

1.04

1.04

.277

1.34

1.73

1.62

1.38

Sept.

1,670

1,720

1,770

1,720

1,480

1,210

1,080

550

820

740

660

550

550

550

445

380

445

585

740

700

550

515

480

445

325

280

231

197

179

179

Runoff in 

inches

0.30

.84

2.84

17.02

2.38

2.57

1.82

1.16

1.20

.31

1.54

1.99

1.81

18.76

A Doubtful gage-height record] discharge computed on basis of records for stations near 

nd near Franklin.
CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 65

Blackwater River near Franklin, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°45'50", long. 76°53'50", half a mile south of 

town of Burdette, half a mile upstream from Black Creek, 3j miles downstream from 

Corrowaugh Swamp, and 6 miles north of Franklin, Southampton County.

Drainage area.--613 square miles.

Records available.--August 1944 to September 1949.

Extremes. Haximjm discharge during year, 3,660 second-feet Aug. 19 (gage height, 11.5 

feet, from estimated stage graph); minimum, 15 second-feet Oct. 2, 3 (gage height, 1.16 

feet).

1944-49: Maximum discharge observed, 5,360 second-feet July 25, 1945 (gage height, 

13.4 feet); minimum, 0.4 second-foot Sept. 10, 11, 1944 (gage height, 0.36 foot).

Remarks.--Records fair.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 7 to Sept. 30

1.2

1.3

1.7

2.1 

2.5 

3.3

101

171

1.7 

2.1 

2.5 

2.9 

3.5

130

190

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0

240

300

375

455

565

7.0

8.0

10.0

11.0

13.0

875

1,300

2,550

3,260

5,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

23

17

18

37

105

171

220

252

282

328

359

359

321

270

215

190

190

180

165

140

112

91

84

85

76

70

69

61

58

55

50

Nov.

48

51

40

76

140

160

270

359

367

367

415

431

431

431

439

439

455

504

527

650

822

858

840

858

875

875

895

995

1,300

1,770

-

Dec.

1,900

1,970

2,100

2,360

2,550

2,690

2,690

2,550

2,420

2,160

2,030

1,840

1,580

1,400

1,260

1,120

1,040

955

935

1,040

1,080

1,080

1,040

995

935

895

840

805

770

840

1,160

Jan.

1,400

1,580

1,640

1,700

1,770

1,960

2,360

2,550

2,420

2,220

1,960

1,700

1,520

1,350

1,210

1,120

1,040

955

875

840

805

788

770

770

770

755

740

725

710

695

710

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

Unv way ..............................

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

805

840

858

875

875

858

895

1,080

1,300

1,640

2,030

2,160

2,160

2,030

1,960

1,840

1,900

2,030

2,100

2,100

2,030

1,900

1,840

1,770

1,640

1,520

1,400

1,300

_

_

-

Secondfoot days

4,653

16,688

47,030

287,013

40,408

43,736

31,040

19,600

26,377

11,797

33,639

31,946

31,111

338,025

Mar.

1,350

1,300

1,300

1,210

1,160

1,080

1,040

975

915

875

915

955

955

895

805

740

680

665

710

788

822

840

895

1,040

1,080

1,160

1,260

1,260

1,210

1,120

1,040

Apr.

955

895

840

840

840

840

840

848

822

805

755

725

710

740

755

755

710

636

552

493

447

423

439

473

483

455

407

383

375

359

-

Maximum

359

1,770

2,690

3,100

2,550

2,160

1,350

955

2,100

2,030

2,360

3,600

2,550

3,600

May

351

351

579

805

822

770

665

650

593

539

1,260

1,900

",100

2,030

1,770

1,580

1,300

al,000

a900

a900

a900

a700

a500

a450

a400

399

391

431

455

455

431

Minimum

17

40

770

15

695

805

665

359

351

83

180

69

264

17

June

423

399

300

215

190

264

328

407

300

165

108

86

83

116

126

116

160

190

ISO

574

858

858

650

464

314

165

87

241

1,400

2,030

-

Mean

150

556

1,517

784

1,303

1,562

1,001

653

851

393

1,085

1,031

1,037

926

July

1,900

1,400

1,210

975

770

1600

a540

a800

al.OOO

1,300

1,260

1,120

1,040

1,270

1,400

1,520

2,160

2,360

2,160

1,770

1,400

1,040

755

650

650

636

579

493

407

294

180

Aug.

135

180

220

246

235

246

258

225

205

150

103

69

84

312

875

1,770

2,760

a3,400

a3 , 600

a3,100

2,480

1,900

1,400

1,120

915

725

607

504

822

1,460

1,840

Per square 

mile

0.245

.907

2.47

1.28

2.13

2.55

1.63

1.07

1.39

.641

1.77

1.68

1.69

1.51

Sept.

2,360

2,550

2,480

2,420

2,160

1,840

1,520

1,260

1,120

975

858

755

710

710

695

621

621

695

770

895

858

755

665

621

527

447

375

314

270

264

Runoff in 

inches

0.28

1.01

2.85

17.39

2.46

2.66

1.88

1.19

1.60

.72

2.04

1.94

1.89

20.52

Peak discharge (base. 1,500 see.-Ft.). Dec. 7 (3 a.m.) 2,690 sec.-ft.; Jan. 8 (6 p.m.) 2,550 sec. 

ft.; Feb. 12 (6 p.m.) 2,160 sec.-ft.; Feb. 20 (2 a.m.) 2.1OO sec.-ft.; May 13 (2 p.m.) 2,160 sec.- 

ft.; June 30 (8 p.m.) 2,1OO sec.-ft.; July 18 (2 a.m.) 2,420 sec.-ft.; Aug. 19 (time unknown) 3,660 

sec.-ft.; Sept. 2 (6 a.m.) 2,550 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Zunl and near 

Dendron.
66 CHOWAN RIVER BASIN

Seacock Creek at Unity, Va.

Location.--Chain gage, lat. 36°49'15", long. 76°53'00", at highway bridge 0.7 mile northeast of Unity, Southampton County, 1 mile upstream from mouth, and 4.2 miles downstream 

from Round Hill Swamp. Datum of gage is 9.22 feet above mean sea level, unadjusted.

Drainage area. 102 square miles.

Records available.--January 1943 to September 1949 (discontinued).

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 946 second-feet Aug. 16 (gage height, 

d.62 feet); minimum observed, 0.8 second-foot Oct. 1 (gage height, 1.28 feet).

1943-49: Maximum discharge observed, 1,180 second-feet Sept. 19, 1945: maximum gage 

height observed, 9.44 feet July 23, 1945 (backwater from Blackwater River); no flow at 

times.

Remarks.--Records poor. Gage read once daily.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 Dec. 1 to Sept. 30

1.2 0.4 2-.0 8.2 5.0 125

1.3 .9 2.2 12 5.5 158

1.4 1.5 2.4 16 6.0 212

1.5 2.2 2.8 28 6.5 300

1.6 3.1 3.2 44 7.0 420

1.7 4.0 4.0 76 8.0 712 

1.8 5.2 4.5 98 8.6 946

1.7 4.0 2.8 30 5.5 171

1.8 5.4 3.2 46 6.0 220

2.0 8.6 4.0 81 6.5 300

2.2 12 4.5 106

2.4 18 5.0 135

Note. Same as preceding table below 

1.7 and above 6.5 feet.

Discharge, in seccnd-feet. water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

I

2

S

4

S

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

0.8

1.0

1.3

1.6

2.6

40

60

68

64

52

40

20

15

13

11

8.4

6.9

5.6

4.0

3.7

3.4

3.2

6.0

8.7

10

10

8.9

7.6

7.1

6.9

6.5

Nov.

6.2

5.8

5.3

5.0

28

32

38

64

80

S4

84

80

76

68

56

50

44

40

44

56

80

144

151

151

151

144

93

166

280

368

-

Dec.

344

300

262

246

246

262

246

232

220

188

163

149

135

123

117

106

111

129

135

163

188

198

179

163

135

123

117

106

111

117

246

Jan.

262

246

246

232

246

300

446

474

420

322

262

220

188

163

163

149

135

123

117

111

111

117

117

135

123

123

111

106

101

101

101

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rater year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

135

149

149

142

135

135

163

246

322

368

368

394

322

280

232

198

156

322

368

322

322

280

262

232

179

179

179

188

_

«

-

Secondfcot-days

497 t

2 , 674 . I

5,560

44,710.1

6,071

6,727

4 753

2 , 867

5 379

3*824 S

6,2 82 . t

7,041.9

3,755

55,432.1

Mar.

198

198

179

163

142

129

129

123

111

101

156

163

163

135

111

101

91

91

135

163

171

149

171

188

220

220

209

188

171

149

135

Apr.

163

1

1

1

56

42

23

96

111

1

1

1

35

56

23

96

129

1

1

Maximum

68

368

344

778

474

394

220

163

744

854

744

946

502

946

01

96

96

86

91

96

29

52

54

48

42

46

96

96

86

66

62

52

52

-

May

50

48

149

209

188

179

123

111

86

76

446

744

682

474

394

232

171

117

86

76

46

36

30

27

34

38

58

149

135

123

62

Mininum

0.8

5,0

106

0

101

135

91

42

27

7.5

3.2

3.3

27

.8

June

44

40

30

21

15

58

86

111

34

18

11

7.5

22

38

54

50

46

62

50

502

446

368

111

71

34

22

15

42

562

854

-

Mean

16.0

89.1

179

122

196

240

153

95.6

174

127

203

227

125

152

July

744

592

368

262

171

117

62

149

232

232

149

117

62

163

188

232

446

682

446

344

188

111

81

50

30

24

18

11

4.4

3.6

3.2

Aug.

3.9

11

28

71

54

44

24

13

9.0

7.0

5.1

3.3

8.6

106

592

946

898

854

682

532

300

163

76

46

42

81

81

71

368

420

502

Per square 

mile

0.157

.874

1.75

1.20

1.92

2.35

1.50

.937

1.71

1.25

1.99

2.23

1.23

1.49

Sept.

446

502

394

368

220

149

117

86

81

76

62

58

44

52

76

86

111

101

106

123

81

71

62

54

42

34

66

27

30

30

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.18

.98

2.02

16.29

2.21

2.45

1 .73

l!o5

1.97

1.40

2.29

2.57

1.37

20.22
CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 67

Meherrln River near Lawrenceville, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°43'00", long. 77°50'00", at Gholson Bridge, 1 mile

 upstream from Alien Creek and 3 miles southeast of Lawrenceville, Brunswick County. 

Datum of gage is 136.56 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 553 square miles.

He cords available. De eember 1928 to September 1949.

Average discharge'. 20 years (1929-49), 513 second-feet.

extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,430 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 19.44

 reet); minimum, 103 second-feet Oct. 4 (gage height, 2.23 feet).

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 38,000 second-feet Aug. 17, 1940 (gage height, 42.0 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 13,000 second-feet on basis of 

velocity-area studies and records for Nottoway River near Stony Creek; minimum, 5 second-feet Sept. 23, 24, 1932 (gage height, 0.72 foot); minimum daily, 5 second-feet Sept. 

24, 1932.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Revisions (water years). W 972: 1932(ra), 1935.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 14-3O)

2.2 99 4.O 415 14.0 3,430 

2.4 124 5.0 656 18. O 4,81O 

3.0 217 7.0 1,200 19. 0 5.23O 

3.5 311 10.0 2,110

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

448 

272 

144 

110 

2OO

800 

1,400 

800 

450 

300

250 

200 

170 

150 

130

120 

120 

120 

130 

ISO

140 

130 

130 

140 

140

150 

130 

120 

120 

110 

120

Nov.

120 

130 

134 

242 

362

262 

1,170 

656 

351 

272

311 

282 

253 

244 

253

230 

222 

459 

415 

472

682 

448 

6O4 

709 

1,460

1,520 

1,17O 

2,69O 

4,210 

5,180

Dec.

2,630 

871 

1,200 

3,500 

3,840

1,400 

871 

7O9 

604 

530

483 

437 

426 

415 

415

604 

709 

554 

566 

1,170

817 

592 

506 

448 

448

448 

382 

351 

437 

1,850 

4,310

Jan.

3,700 

1,030 

763 

617 

566

1,340 

2.O5O 

979 

736 

630

554 

530 

530 

494 

448

426 

415 

404 

404 

4O4

415 

1,380 

1,34O 

790 

630

566 

518 

518 

483 

426 

472

Month

Ooto 

Move

Deoe

Ca

Jami 

Febr 

Haro 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

bar.... ......................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

&ry

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

at ...........................

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,430 

1,550 

1,060 

817 

763

643 

682 

1,250 

79O 

1,750

3,67O 

1,610 

952 

79O 

682

656 

1,200 

1,140 

763 

79O

952 

709 

656 

617 

554

518 

483 

592

Seoondfoot-days

7,894 

25,513 

32,523

229,356

24,558 

28,069 

18,900 

15,657 

15,859 

7,501 

12,655 

2O.722 

11,730

221,581

Peak discharge (base, 4.5OO sec . -f t . ) . Ho\

sec. -ft.

Mar.

1,140 

656 

542 

494 

472

460 

460 

426 

4O4 

404

472 

5O6 

415 

382 

372

372 

362 

415 

736 

592

448 

415 

936 

1.98O 

844

979 

871 

656 

6O4 

579 

506

Apr.

494 

46O 

426 

426 

448

844 

1,010 

682 

617 

494

448 

437 

460 

530 

518

415 

372 

351 

382 

404

362 

426 

1,220 

898 

566

437 

393 

404 

382 

351

Maximum

1,4OO 

5,180 

4,310

6,800

3,700 

3.67O 

1,980 

1,220 

2,4OO 

1,630 

2,530 

4,080 

3,7OO

5,180

May

362 

382 

897 

1,280 

579

426 

372 

331 

301 

351

1,250 

2,4OO 

1,030 

604 

460

46O 

579 

415 

341 

301

272 

262 

272 

272 

244

224 

331 

253 

214 

200 

194

Minimum

110 

120 

351

56

404 

483 

362 

351 

194 

115 

124 

12O 

159

110

June

189 

181 

170 

164 

171

171 

170 

153 

138 

132

135 

137 

159 

331 

200

176 

233 

404 

341 

226

179 

165 

153 

148 

144

138 

115 

153 

695 

1,630

Mean

255 

850 

1,049

627

792 

1,002 

610 

522 

512 

250 

408 

668 

391

6O7

July

426 

253 

224 

189 

176

168 

178 

523 

656 

272

203 

630 

372 

363 

579

617 

2,530 

1,430 

506 

393

282 

221 

194 

186 

253

162

140 

131 

127 

124 

147

Aug.

132 

120 

171 

159 

260

174 

272 

156 

124 

125

159 

210 

142 

1,010 

2,050

1,920 

2,560 

674 

382 

282

231 

207 

214 

412 

415

235 

187 

409 

4,080 

2,230 

1,020

Per square 

 lie

0.461 

1.54 

1.90

1.13

1.43 

1.81 

1.10 

.944 

.926 

.452 

.738 

1.21 

.707

1.10

i. 30 (5 p.m.) 5,430 sec. -ft.; Jan. 1 (4:3O a

Sept.

3,700 

1,060 

483 

382 

321

282 

262 

262 

244 

222

195 

178 

202 

202 

235

203 

311 

448 

341 

244

202 

174 

178 

244 

272

187 

179 

159 

174 

184

Runoff in 

inches

0.53 

1.72 

2.19

15.45

1.65 

1.88 

1.27 

1.05 

1.07 

.50 

.85 

1.40 

.79

14.90

.m.) 4,850

sc.-rt.

Note. No gage-height record Oct. 4 to Nov. 2; discharge computed on basis of records for Nottoway 

Lver near Stony Creek and Fontaine Creek near Emporia.
68 CHOWAN RIVER BASIN

North Meherrin River near Keysville, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°03', long. 78°25', 3 miles northeast of Keysville, 

Charlotte County, and 4 miles upstream from Owl Creek.

Drainage area.--9. Z square miles.

Records available.--October 1948 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 564 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 5.63 feet); 

minimum, 0.8 second-foot Aug. 10, 13, 13 (gage height, 0.74 foot).

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 5-29)

Oct. 7 to Dec. 4 Dec. 5 to Sept. 30

0.7 1.7 1.1 14

.8 3.5 1.2 19

.9 6.2 1.3 25

1.0 10 1.5 39

1.9 68 0

2.3 102

3.0 172

3.2 196

2

7 0.5 1.0 3.9 1.3 16

8 1.3 1.1 6.7 1.7

9 2.5 1.2 11 2.1

48

84

Note.--S3me as preceding table above

1 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

a4

a3

32

35

3150

a 20

5.4

8.8

5.1

3.5

3.0

3.1

3.0

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.8

5.7

3.5

3.3

3.1

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

Nov.

2.8

2.6

3.0

4.8

3.5

6.2

8.5

4.3

5.1

5.4

4.6

3.5

4.8

4.3

3.5

3.5

8.9

5.4

5.4

9.6

5.1

8.2

7.7

34

44

10

57

162

98

37

Dec.

26

22

106

185

26

15

12

9.7

7.6

7.1

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.4

13

11

8.4

6.7

22

11

8.0

6.7

6.4

6.1

6.7

5.9

6.4

6.4

9.7

182

30

Jan.

14

11

10

9

22

73

17

12

11

10

9

9

9

8

8

8

8

a7

a7

a6

a8

330

315

alO

a8

a!2

39

a8

a8

a7

all

Month

Ootcber ..........................

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

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

Calendar year 1948 .........

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

7

7

7

3

8

4

0

0

S

O

.5

O

.5

0

O

.5

.0

Feb.

a20

a!5

317

317

312

all

a!7

all

alo

a!5

320

a!3

a!2

all

a9.0

310

317

312

3 10

316

31211

10

8.8

8.8

8.0

8.0

28

_

-

Secondfoot days

272.

562.

788.

-

399.

369.

397.

282.

278.

77.

120.

52.

75.

3,675.

Mar.

10

8.8

8.8

8.4

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

11

11

8.4

8.0

7.6

7.6

7.6

7.6

14

10

8.8

8.4

10

102

17

15

14

12

12

11

9.7

8.8

Apr.

E

E

7

1

.8

.0

.6

.3

21

22

12

12

1

E

E

£

12i

E

.7

.4

.0

i.4

.7

i.O

7.1

£

-

3E

.7

.1

.0

a7.O

a6.o

af

al.

al(

a

i.O

)

i.O

a7.0

a

a

3

3

Maximum

L 150

7 162

i 185

-

5 73

3 28

5 102

5 22

5 68

5 6.6

1 30

1 8.2

3 14

2 185

.0

.5

r.o

May

37.0

a6.5

a25

315

3 2O

310

36.0

35.5

35.0

20

68

15

7.6

5.6

5.0

4.7

4.7

3.9

3.8

3.5

3.5

3.8

3.8

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.1

3.1

Minimum

2

2.6

5.9

-

6.5

8.0

7.6

6.0

3.1

1.7

1.1

.9

1.0

.9

June

2.9

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.1

2.0

2.1

2.1

2.3

2.6

2.4

2.3

2.5

6.6

3.6

2.9

2.6

2.3

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.9

1.8

1.7

4.2

2.9

2.9

-

Mean

8.7£

18.8

25.4

-

12.9

13.2

12.8

9.4

8.9E

2.5E

3.8

1.6!

2.5C

10. 1

July

2.3

2.0

2.1

1.9

1.7

1.7

al.6

alO

a6.0

33.0

a!4

a6.0

32.5

33.0

a4.5

a4.0

a30

aS.O

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

Aug.

1.1

1

1

1

.1

.1

.3

1.7

1.2

1

1

1

1

]

.1

.1

.0

.9

.9

.9

.1.3 '

1.2

3.2

1

]

1

.5

.3

.1

.1

1.1

E

!

.3

.2

.5

.1

.1

.0

.O

.5

.3

1.1

Per square 

mile

) 0.954

2.04

2.76

-

1.40

1.43

1.39

1.02

i .976

i .280

.421

.184

.272

1.10

Sept.

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.3

1.3

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0 1.1

1.1

1.1

13

4.5

1.9

1.8

1.3

1.3

1.1

14

aS. 5

33.0

32.5

a2.0

a2.0

32.5

32.0

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.10

2.28

3.18

-

1.61

1.49

1.60

1.14

1.13

.31

.49

.21

.30

14.84

3 No gsge-helght record; dischsrge computed on bssis of westher records and records for station 

iesr Lunenburg.
CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 69

North Meherrin River near Luneriburg, Va.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°59', long. 78°21', at bridge on State Highway 40, 

hair a mile downstream from Tusekiah Creek and 5 miles northwest of Lunenburg, Lunenburg County.

Drainage area. 60 square miles.

Records available. August 1946 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 1,780 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 

11.97 feet); minimum observed, 3.5 second-feet Aug. 10 (gage height, 1.15 feet).

1946-49: Maximum discharge observed, 2,890 second-feet Feb. 14, 1948 (gage height, 

16.60 feet); minimum observed, 2.4 second-feet Aug. 31, 1947; minimum gage height observed, 1.13 feet Aug. 31, 1947, Sept. 5, 1948.

Remarks. Records poor. Gage read once daily.

Hating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 6 to Nov. 27, May 12 to July 16)

1.1 2.7 1.7 20 3.5 175 

1.2 4.3 1.8 25 4.0 247 

1.3 6.8 2.0 37 5.0 410 

1.4 9.6 2.2 51 7.0 770 

1.5 13 2.6 86 11.0 1,560 

1.6 16 3.0 122 12.0 1,780

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

16

9.6 

7.4 

6.8 

808

77 

30 

24 

33 

18

14 

13 

12 

10 

9.6

7.6 

9.3 

12 

13 

12

11 

11 

11 

11 

11

10 

9.3 

10 

11 

11 

11

Nov.

11 

11 

11 

14 

14

14 

44 

17 

17 

29

18 

17 

18 

20 

16

15 

64 

27 

26 

82

30 

35 

43 

82 

28

64 

532 

1,780 

478 

132

Dec.

72 

55 

640 

l,64t> 

132

95 

68 

64 

51 

43

37 

38 

35 

35 

48

72 

55 

44 

263 

72

55 

48 

42 

38 

43

37 

77 

48 

51 

1,580 

175

Jan.

113

68 

55 

51 

51

496 

108 

77 

59 

51

51 

48 

44 

41 

25

36 

34 

36 

36 

35

33 

188 

82 

68 

51

82 

55 

51 

55 

36 

55

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Maro 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her. .........................

 her... ......................

lendar year 1948 

ary

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

at ...........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

142 

95 

113 

113 

77

59 

113 

72 

59 

90

132 

82 

68 

55 

55

59 

122 

68 

59 

104

72 

55 

59 

48 

.48

40 

39 

216

Secondf cot-days

1,259.6 

3,689 

5,753

29,654.3

2,271 

2,314 

1,892 

1,431 

1,786 

309.1 

817.8 

723.6 

548.2

22,794.3

Mar.

68 

51 

48 

43 

43

41 

36 

36 

34 

39

59 

37 

33 

31

34

31 

32 

95 

48 

36

36 

36 

427 

100 

72

77 

59 

55 

59 

48 

48

Apr.

44 

36 

38 

37 

48

142 

64 

72 

48 

43

40 

42 

64 

51 

40

33 

33 

34 

48 

34

33 

38 

95 

43 

44

41 

37 

44 

34 

31

Maximum

808 

1,780 

1,640

2,660

496 

216 

427 

142 

604 

32 

247 

343 

132

1,780

May

40 

36 

175 

77 

86

40 

37 

31 

29 

40

604 

132 

64 

43 

32

48 

36 

27 

24 

16

19 

19 

21 

16 

15

14 

14 

14 

13 

13 

11

Minimum

6.8 

11 

35

3.2

25 

39 

31 

31 

11 

3.8 

5.0 

3.5 

5.3

3.5

June

12 

11 

11 

10 

11

7.4 

8.2 

7.4 

6.8 

3.8

6.8 

7.4 

32 

12 

6.0

11 

14 

24 

13 

13

11 

9.6 

8.8 

4.8 

7.4

6.8 

5.3 

5.0 

5.6 

17

Mean

40.6 

123 

186

81.0

73.3 

82.6 

61.0 

47.7 

57.6 

10.3 

26.4 

23.3 

18.3

62.5

July

41 

17 

12 

18 

11

9.6 

9.0 

68 

27 

16

100 

18 

15 

16 

26

16 

247 

28 

22 

16

13 

11 

9.0 

8.8 

8.5

5.0 

6.8 

6.6 

5.6 

5.6 

5.3

Aug.

4.0 

5.0 

4.8 

5.6 

12

9.0 

6.0 

5.0 

4.6 

3.5

5.0 

4.6 

23 

10 

12

12 

27 

15 

9.9 

9.3

9.0 

9.3 

12 

36 

11

12 

17 

11 

21 

343 

55

Sept.

14 

5.3 

14 

14 

13

7.4 

11 

16 

12 

9.0

8.8 

8.8 

10 

10 

7.1

5.3 

95 

18 

17 

11

9.6 

9.9 

132 

17 

13

11 

11 

11 

15 

12

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.677 0.78 

2.05 2.29 

3.10 3.57

1.35 18.37

1.22 1.41 

1.38 1.44 

1.02 1.18 

.795 .89 

.960 1.11 

.172 .19 

.440 .51 

.388 .45 

.305 .34

1.04 14.16

980338 O - 52 - 6
70 CHOWAN RIVER HffilB

Fonfcaine Creek near Emporia, Va.

Location. Chain gage, lat. 36 0 38'10", long. 77°35'10"» at highway bridge 3.7 miles southwest of Emporia, Greenville County, and 8 miles upstream from Beaverpond Creek.

Drainage area. 96 square miles.

Records available. July 1944 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 1,120 second-feet Dec. 1 (gage height, 

6.12 feet); minimum daily, 7 second-feet Aug. 13.

1944-49: Maximum discharge observed, 3,500 second-feet July 19, 1945 (gage height, 

10.58 feet); minimum observed, 0.6 second-foot Sept. 6, 1944 (gage height, 1.58 feet).

Remarks. Records poor. Gage read twice daily. Occasional regulation at low flow by mill 

above station.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 1 Dec. Z to Sept. 3O

2.3 10 2.8 36 3.6 17S 2.1 7 2.7 37 3

2.4 13 2.9 46 4.0 3O3 2.2 9 2.S 47 4

2.5 17 3.0 58 4.5 478 2.3 12 2.9 60 4

2.6 22 3.2 88 5.O 670 2.4 16 3.0 75 5

2.7 28 3.4 126 6.O 1.O80 2.5 21 3.2 112

2.6 28 3.4 154

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

6

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

10

13

18

17

39

255

303

239

106

46

22

15

19

19

13

13

13

15

16

16

16

15

16

21

18

18

20

18

19

17

16

Nov.

a2O

22

21

22

22

208

148

170

a 60

66

57

53

45

43

38

56

58

46

42

120

184

120

138

181

224

239

255

371

910

1,040

-

Dec.

1.O8O

870

710

830

45O

320

231

154

143

132

108

104

97

93

112

143

178

204

218

245

191

166

143

143

allO

alOO

99

88

88

416

630

Jan.

950

870

670

520

191

368

484

592

484

289

154

132

112

97

89

101

104

1O4

101

102

122

143

178

166

132

122

104

91

88

86

97

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

132

166

245

304

3O4

218

143

204

289

368

520

556

274

218

178

245

520

384

32O

274

204

166

143

132

122

122

122

132

_

_

-

Second 

foot-daya

1,401

4,979

8,596

49,253

7,843

7.O05

3 972

2^812

4,264

1,455

1,790

3,531

2,235

49,883

Mar.

122

122

108

110

122

122

132

143

154

178

178

191

143

112

99

95

104

122

154

143

143

122

132

154

143

122

110

1O2

1O2

97

91

Apr.

102

95

91

93

110

143

191

122

95

88

84

SO

110

a!3O

1O8

89

74

74

68

66

68

79

93

1O4

89

82

70

66

69

79

-

Maximum

303

1.O4O

1.O8O

1,660

950

556

191

191

670

320

143

416

336

1,080

May

86

102

HO

95

75

64

60

57

56

93

670

67O

520

304

178

112

82

63

54

39

24

2O

34

41

38

72

122

166

122

75

50

Minimum

10

20

88

5

86

122

91

66

20

18

18

7

22

7

June

42

39

51

48

37

33

27

26

24

23

20

20

22

18

19

26

48

66

62

59

43

32

3O

27

26

23

2O

2O

320

204

-

Mean

45.2

166

277

135

253

250

128

93.7

138

48.5

57.7

114

74.5

137

July

122

89

74

66

63

55

40

34

31

27

24

20

22

24

29

34

50

99

143

132

. 122

1O6

89

72

56

41

34

28

24

22

18

.6 2O4

.O 32O

.8 592

.7 950

Aug.

15

14

13

16

18

16

15

16

17

14

10

8

7

9

12

91

U6

552

289

231

204

218

L66

L12

7O

32

14

16

320

416

384

Psr square 

mils

0.471

1.73

2.89

1.41

2.64

2.6O

1.33

.976

1.44

.505

.601

1.19

. .776

1.43

'Sept.

336

289

231

178

132

101

72

56

47

37

32

28

27

32

43

54

63

69

63

55

46

39

32

28

25

22

25

26

23

24

-

Runoff in 

inohes

0.54

1.93

3.33

19.07

3.04

2.71

1.53

1.09

1.66

.56

.69

1.37

.87

19.32

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Meherrin River near Lawrenceville.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 71

Roanoke River at Lafayette, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37 0 14', long. SCT13 1 , at Lafayette, MontgomeryComty^ 

a tnirc1 of a mile downstream from confluence of North and South Forks of Roanoke River 

and ij miles upstream from Mill Branch. Prior to July 29, staff gage at same site and 

datum.

Drainage area. 257 square miles.

Records available. September 1943 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 8,700 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 

 8.9V feet); minimum observed, 75 second-feet Oct. 28 to Nov. 2 (gage height, 1.12 feet). 

1944-49: Maximum discharge observed, 11,600 second-feet Aug. 4, 1948 (gage height,

10.88 feet}; minimum observed, 26 second-feet on many days in August and on Sept. 1,

1944 (gage height, 0.85 foot).

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of doubtful gage-height record, which are 

poor. Gage read twice daily Oct. 1 to July 29.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

116

106

103

100

246

485

167

160

152

126

106

103

100

97

97

97

97

92

94

89

83

83

83

83

83

83

83

78

75

75

75

Nov.

75

80

86

100

130

140

225

183

148

112

100

94

89

66

86

86

86

89

140

290

183

160

196

191

360

308

485

2,940

3,070

1,070

-

Dec.

620

590

1,920

6,780

1,920

1,000

680

535

435

385

336

304

300

246

2,820

1,620

1,140

590

590

560

535

460

385

360

360

336

313

300

295

4,120

1,360

Jan.

800

680

485

435

1,280

2,350

1,070

680

590

510

410

385

385

360

360

336

282

272

259

259

277

1,070

800

590

560

485

410

485

435

385

385

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

410

410

410

485

535

620

620

560

510

560

590

560

560

410

360

410

385

435

435

800

650

590

485

410

360

300

277

272

_

_

-

Second 

foot-days

3,617

11,388

32,195

158,444

18,070

13,409

12,677

20,292

16,474

9 537

19 597

9^560

6,536

173,352

Mar.

268

259

255

251

251

246

238

242

234

229

221

217

204

196

191

187

171

360

385

385

300

286

3,070

1,000

620

510

435

385

385

360

336

Apr.

308

282

277

264

246

560

460

410

410

336

286

277

4,120

3,070

1,720

800

650

560

485

460

460

435

435

410

385

385

336

620

435

410

Maximum

485

3,070

6,780

6,780

2,350

800

3,070

4,120

3,590

2,020

2,460

2,200

650

6,780

May

3,590

1,440

1,070

770

535

510

435

385

360

830

740

650

535

460

385

460

385

320

280

250

220

220

250

210

190

183

160

196

183

152

120

Minimum

75

75

246

75

259

272

171

246

120

89

200

140

140

75

June

116

112

112

112

112

109

103

89

89

89

89

89

126

126

140

360

1,210

590

308

264

246

183

152

144

144

137

130

116

2,020

1,920

-

Mean

117

380

1,039

433

583

479

409

676

53]

316

632

306

21i

475

July

930

485

410

308

277

221

336

255

212

229

336

360

1,360

2,020

1,360

2,460

2,350

930

650

830

590

435

360

313

259

246

234

225

212

204

200

Aug.

191

187

183

212

204

179

175

167

171

171

160

164

254

164

179

300

308

277

212

175

160

167

167

156

140

245

217

798

2,200

535

792

Per square 

mile

0.455

1.48

4.04

1.68

2.27

1.86

1.59

2.63

2.07

1.24

2.46

1.20

.848

1.85

Sept.

650

410

336

300

280

260

250

230

210

200

180

210

190

210

200

190

190

180

230

160

160

160

150

140

140

140

140

140

140

160

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.52

1.65

4.66

22.94

2.62

1.94

1.83

2.93

2.39

1.38

2.84

1.38

.95

25.09

Note. Doubtful gage-height record May 18-25, Sept. 5-30; 

records and records for stations at Roanoke and at Niagara.

discharge computed on basis of weather
72 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Roanoke River at Roanoke, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°15'30", long. 79°56'20", at Walnut Street Bridge 

in Hoanoke, Roanoke County, 3 miles upstream from Tinker Creek. Datum of gage is 906.84 

feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 388 square miles.

Kecords available. July 1896 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 51 years (1896-1905, 1907-49), 398 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 15,100 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 13.68 

reet, from floodmarks); minimum, 121 second-feet Nov. 1 (gage height, 0.90 foot); minimum daily, 138 second-feet Nov. 2.

1896-1949: Maximum discharge, 28,000 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 18.25 

feet), from rating curve extended above 15,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting on 

basis of slope-area determination by Geological Survey, unit hydrograph and flood-routing 

studies by Corps of Engineers, and records for other stations in Koanoke River Basin; 

practically no flow Dec. 23, 1909, when flow was retarded by freezing (gage height, 

0.0 foot); minimum daily, 27 second-feet Feb. 20, 1934.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, which 

are fair. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow by power plant just above station.

Revisions (water years). W 972: 1928, 1930, 1933, 1935, 1936-39(M).

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

210

179

163

157

575

525

319

272

240

214

2OO

183

176

166

163

157

157

179

193

166

163

157

154

150

154

150

147

147

144

141

141

Nov.

144

138

163

193

183

193

264

236

20O

189

179

166

157

154

150

144

144

147

186

364

337

306

319

351

46O

46O

591

2,060

2,220

1,740

-

Dec.

1,040

738

3,010

10,400

2,600

1,500

1,040

822

684

621

520

465

434

379

1,730

2,200

1,190

836

801

773

658

603

549

498

481

413

36O

364

394

3,270

2,100

Jan.

1,220

918

759

704

1,080

2,870

1,620

1,150

902

766

704

69O

633

579

531

503

465

423

408

384

408

1,190

1,260

962

794

738

717

801

766

684

690

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

710

704

690

738

1,150

1,OOO

925

872

794

829

925

794

724

690

639

639

609

567

591

962

858

752

697

633

585

537

503

537

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

6,242

12,538

41,473

202,742

26,319

20,654

18,605

26,588

19,040

17,076

28,036

14,352

10,756

241,679

Mar.

486

454

449

428

423

418

413

389

379

384

389

355

341

332

323

314

310

512

658

537

481

555

2.87O

1,540

1,04O

815

704

664

597

537

508

Apr.

476

444

418

403

413

759

671

658

609

549

514

531

3,620

4,380

1,880

1,260

962

822

710

652

585

597

690

597

549

5O8

503

652

585

591

Maximum

575

2,220

10,400

10,400

2,870

1,150

2,87O

4,380

2.33O

4,970

3,370

3,870

1,260

10,400

May

2,330

1,790

1,340

1,000

794

664

597

561

508

787

918

925

704

573

514

486

486

408

360

332

310

319

379

297

272

252

252

236

225

214

207

Minimum

141

138

360

135

384

503

310

403

207

150

293

200

196

138

June

200

a!90

also

also

also

a!70

a 160

also

also

also

166

166

207

229

233

354

1,380

794

476

379

351

337

284

252

236

210

186

186

3,970

4,970

-

Mean

201

418

1,338

554

849

738

600

886

614

569

904

463

359

662

July

2,020

1,040

710

633

531

454

573

449

369

472

1,070

1,110

962

1,500

1,040

2,430

3,370

1.79O

1,190

1,190

1,000

684

579

492

449

319

346

346

319

306

293

Aug.

284

272

272

289

3O6

256

236

225

222

214

203

200

302

248

264

374

439

454

394

314

276

260

272

248

222

428

374

364

3,870

1,190

1,080

Per square 

mile

0.518

1.08

3.45

1.43

2.19

1.90

1.55

2.28

1.58

1.47

2.33

1.19

.925

1.71

Sept.

1,260

787

a66o

d580

d500

d450

d410

d380

d350

d290

d270

d310

d280

d310

dJDO

d290

d290

d270

d350

280

240

225

222 210

207

200

196

196

210

233

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.60

1.20

3.98

19.44

2.52

1.98

1.79

2.54

1.82

1.64

2.69

1.37

1.03

23.16

Peak discharge (base, 4.000 sec. -ft.) . .Now. 28 (11 o.m.1 6.200 sec . -f t . : Dec. 4 (time unknown)

15,100 sec.-ft.; Dec. 30 U p.m.) 4,670 see.-ft.; Apr. 14 (12:30 a.m.) 7.22O sec.-ft.; June 29 (12:30 

p.m.) 6,830 sec.-ft.; July 17 (2 a.m.) 4,870 sec.-ft.; Aug 29 (time unknown) 6,570 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for stations 

at Lafayette and at Niagara.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed as explained in footnote a.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 73

Roanoke River at Niagara, Va.

Location Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°15'18", long. 79°52'18", 200 feet downstream

 FrbnTpower plant of Appalachian Electric Power Co. at Niagara, Roanoke County, and 

2 miles downstream from Tinker Creek. Datum of gage is 820.15 feet above mean sea 

level (leyels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area.--511 square miles.

Records available.--July 1926 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--23 years, 538 second-feet.

Extremes. -Maximum discharge during year, 27,600 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 16.30

 feet) from rating curve extended above 12,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting 

on basis of velocity-area study by Geological Survey, unit hydrograph and floodrouting studies by Corps of Engineers, and records for other stations in Roanoke 

River Basin; minimum, 37 second-feet Oct. 28, 29 (gage height, 0.81 foot); minimum 

daily, 172 second-feet Oct. 24.

1926-49- Maximum discharge, 35,000 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 17.b 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended as explained above; minimum-, 13 

second-feet June 4, 1937 (gage height, 0.42 foot); minimum daily, 22 second-feet

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

 Flow regulated at dam and power plant 200 feet above station.

Revisions (water years).-W 892: 1928(M), 1930(M), 1933(M), 1935-36(M), 1938(M). W 972:

 iyaV-yO (maximum only 1929), 1933-38, 1940.

Rating table, water year 194S-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.7 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

158

221

360

530

720

920

4.5 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

8.0 

9.0

1,160

1,470

2,230

3,120

4,120

5,220

11.0

11.5

12.5

13.5

14.5

7,800

8,640

11,400

14,600

18,800

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

346 

236 

291 

288 

1,120

850 

532 

464 

458 

326

374 

352 

318 

306

288

289 

256 

334 

310 

286

230 

249 

238

172 

278

219 

230 

224 

222 

210 

174

Nov.

260 

216 

254 

300 

268

336 

510 

460 

348 

335

304 

268 

262 

199 

302

225 

240 

248 

354 

670

563 

560 

519 

542 

707

704 

893 

3,180 

6,080 

2,670

Dec.

1,540 

1,O6O 

3,720 

17,700 

4,020

2,400 

1,640 

1,280 

1,060 

9OO

780 

740 

700 

661 

2,360

3,300 

1,830 

1,340 

1,310 

1,190

1,040 

940 

814 

810 

775

688 

628 

620 

640 

4,500 

3,030

Jan.

1,750 

1,280 

1,060 

960 

1,540

4,020 

2,400 

1,64O 

1,280 

1,080

960 

902 

836 

784 

670

663 

685 

633 

636 

600

658 

1,790 

1,790 

1,370 

1,140

1,060 

1,040 

1,160 

1,110 

940 

1,010

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber. .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary .

h. ...... ....................

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

st ...........................

embe r ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,060 

1,010 

985 

,110 

,610

,370 

,310 

,220 

,110 

1,160

1,250

1,080 

985 

940 

866

882 

818 

755 

776 

1,220

1,140 

1,010 

934 

828 

822

634 

646 

823

Seoond 

foot-days

10,470 

22,777 

64,016

305,018

37 , 447 

28,354 

26,692 

35,013 

30,660 

35,325 

43,264 

21,108 

14,132

369,258

Mar.

688 

654 

646 

621 

613

554 

656 

559 

566 

554

589 

544 

424 

546 

516

486 

471 

708 

890 

682

700 

850 

4,230 

2,230 

1,440

1,160 

985 

908 

814 

718 

690

Apr.

676 

636 

541 

630 

608

l.OOO 

909 

894 

817 

683

710 

713 

4,340 

5,950 

2,580

1,680 

1,250 

1,060 

940 

820

754 

748 

895 

755 

726

646 

646 

826 

760 

820

Maximum

1,120 

6,080 

17,700

17,700

4,020 

1,610 

4,230 

5,950 

2,940 

6,440 

6,780 

4,830 

1,610

17,700

Peak discharge (base, 7, OOO sec. -ft.) . Nov. 29 (12:3O

27,600 sec. -ft.; Apr. 14 (1:30 a.m.) 9,36O sec. -ft. ; June

May

2,940 

2,940 

2,310 

1,610 

.1,220

1,010 

900 

840 

825 

1,220

1,400 

1,400 

1,080 

900 

820

840 

800 

700 

638 

601

566 

544 

646 

573 

518

496 

506 

524 

418 

386 

489

Minimum

172 

199 

620

172

600 

634 

424 

541 

386 

272 

414 

306 

228

172

June

420 

425 

378 

398 

275

422 

364 

375 

339 

346

360 

272 

442 

416 

448

509 

1,650 

1,120

678 

580

538 

470 

410 

402 

383

277 

436 

382 

5,370 

6,440

Mean

338

759 

2,065

833

1,208 

1,013 

861 

1,167 

989 

1,178 

1,396 

681 

471

1,012

July

2,760 

1,370 

960 

774 

686

624 

740 

616 

501

767

1,470 

1,500 

1,190 

2,030 

1,720

4,120 

6,780 

2,850 

1,830 

1,680

1,610 

1,140 

905 

734 

710

667 

642 

557 

483 

414 

434

Aug.

458 

404 

396 

385

460

306 

379 

397 

340 

a340

a330 

a320 

a400 

a500 

a540

a600 

a700 

848 

578 

460

383 

439 

408 

384 

352

726 

635 

1,040 

4,830 

1,470 

1,300

Per square 

mile

0.661 

1.49 

4.04

1.63

2.36 

1.98 

1.68 

2.28 

1.94 

2.31 

2.73 

1.33 

.922

1.98

Sept.

1,610 

960 

746 

698 

584

581 

526 

513 

430 

374

354 

429 

365 

411 

394

378 

384 

341 

498 

374

324 

324 

314 

312 

228

368 

324 

300 

332 

356

Runoff in 

inches

0.76 

1.66 

4.66

22.21

2.72 

2.06 

1.94 

2.54 

2.24 

2.58 

3.15 

1.53 

1.03

26.87

a.m.) 8,640 sec. -ft.; Dec. 4 (4:3O a.m.) 

29 (11:30 p.m.) 9,640 sec. -ft.; July 17

(3 a.m.) 12,900 sec.-ft.; Aug. 29 (6 a.m.) 7,380 sec.-ft.

? Tfo gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for station 

at -fioanoke and near Toshes.
74 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Roanoke River near Toshes, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°02'03", long. 79°31'18", iff miles downstream 

rrom irfitchers Creek, 3 miles upstream from Pigg River, and 5 miles northwest of Toshes, 

Pittsylvania County. Datum of gage is 588.99 feet above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area.--1,020 square miles.

Records available. September 1925 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 24 years, 1,031 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 35,800 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 22.40 

feet); minimum, 303 second-feet Nov. 1 (gage height, 1.44 feet).

1925-49: Maximum discharge, 70,000 second-feet Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 27.36 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 31,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting on Basis of unit hydrograph and flood-routing studies by Corps of Engineers, and records for other stations in Roanoke River Basin; minimum, 93 second-feet 

Sept. 19, 20, 1932 (gage height, 0.96 foot).

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow by power plant at Niagara. 

Revisions (water years). W 1032: 1933(M), 1938-49(M), 1940, 1944(M).

Rating tabLe, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.6 399 4.0 2,260 11.0 11,40O 

1.8 535 5.0 3,210 13.0 14.7OO 

2.2 835 7.0 5,620 16. O 20,200 

3.0 1,450 9.0 8,400 2O.O 28,6OO

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to Septesber 1949

Day

1 

2

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

888 

640 

493 

550 

1,590

2,460 

1,250 

940 

872 

790

662 

670 

595 

580 

542

528 

514 

550 

620 

550

528 

493 

493 

486 

419

542 

465 

472 

465 

458 

458

Nov.

4O6 

521 

500 

700 

655

580 

745 

805 

708 

648

625 

580 

550 

528 

465

580 

486 

493 

558 

2,530

1,410 

1,140 

1,170 

1,410 

1,850

1,530 

1,770 

3,940 

9,900 

5,230

Dec.

2,810 

2,170 

3,950 

26,800 

8,550

4,480 

3,010 

2,530 

2,170 

1,850

1,650 

1,490 

1,450 

1,330 

1,970

5,490 

3,210 

2,440 

2,260 

2,260

1,970 

1,810 

1,650 

1,490 

1,530

1,410 

1,170 

1,210 

1,330 

7,590 

6,140

Jan.

3,320 

2,440 

2,010 

1,850 

2,930

7,400 

4,360 

2,910 

2,350 

2,010

1,810 

1,730 

1,570 

1,490 

1,370

1,290 

1,290 

1,210 

1,210 

1,140

1,140 

2,170 

2,810 

2,350 

2,010

1,850 

1,810 

1,930 

2,010 

1,770 

1,850

Month

Ooto 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr

Hare 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

 her .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h... .........................

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

2,260 

2,090 

1,930 

1,970 

2,530

2,440 

2,260 

2,170 

1,970 

2,090

2,350 

2,010 

1,850 

1,730 

1,610

1,610 

1,690 

1,530 

1,450 

1,930

2,090 

1,850 

1,730 

1,570 

1,450

1,370 

1,330 

1,410

Secondfoot-days

21,566 

43, 012 

109, 17C

547, 28Z

67.39C 

52,27C 56,48' 

57,76C 

60,43! 

45.83C 

89 , 90E 

44,34 

37,19;

685,36'

Peak discharge (base, 7,500 see. -ft.). NOT

sec. -ft.; Dec. 30 16 p.m.) 10,800 sec. -ft.; ,

Mar.

1,450

1*210 

1,170 

1,140

1,140 

1,100 

1,100 

1,020 

1,020

1.O6O 

1,060 

985 

940 

955

932 

910 

1,020 

1,450 

1,330

1,170 

1,170 

14,200 

4,600 

2,710

2,260 

1,930 

1,770 

1,570 

1,450 

1,370

Apr.

1,330 

1,250 

1,170 

1,170 

1,140

1,890 

1,730 

1,570 

1,450 

1,330

1,250 

1,250 

3,210 

9,450 

4,360

2,710 

2,170 

1,890 

1,730 

1,570

1,410 

1,530 

1,690 

1,490 

1,370

1,210 

1,210 

1,450 

1,410 

1,370

Maximum

2,460 

9,900 

26,800

26,800

7,400 

) 2,530 

14,200 

9,450 

j 5,620 

) 14,900 

) 12,200 

8,210 

2,910

26,800

r. 29 (5 a.m 

Tan. 6 (12 m

Hay

3,540 

4,840 

5,620 

2,910 

2,260

1,930 

1,730

1,650 

1,490 

2,260

3,320 

3,320 

2,260 

1,890 

1,650

1,650 

2,530 

1,570 

1,370 

1,210

1,140 

1,140 

1,290 

1,210 

1,O6O

978 

985 

962 

910 

902 '858

Hiniaua

419 

406 

1,170

352

1,140 

1,330 

910 

1,140 

858 

648 

985 

715 

708

406

June

835 

835 

820 

760 

768

708 

738 

685 

662 

648

648 

648 

805 

910 

835

962 

1,89O 

3,010 

1,570 

1,140

1,020 

1,100 

910 

828 

805

850 

700 

1,140 

3,700 

14,900

Mean

696 

1,434 

3,522

1,495

2,174 

1,867 

1,822 

1,925 

1,95C 

1,528 

2,90C 

1,431 

1,24C

1,876

July

7,090 

3,110 

2,170 

1,770 

1,450

1,290 

1,210 

1,290 

1,140

1,140

4,020 

3,760 

2,440 

3,430 

3,540

9,390 

12,200 

6,010 

3,540 

2,81O

2,710 

2,620 

1,890 

1,610 

1,450

1,330 

1,210 

1,140 

1,100 

1,060 

985

Aug.

962 

948 

932 

932

1,100

940 

835 

850 

820 

790

730 

715 

775 

1,020 

1,170

,140 

,530 

,850 

,450 

,140

985 

925 

985 

940 

872

1,460 

2,170 

1,370 

8,210 

3,540 

2,260

Per square 

 ile

0.682 

1.41 

3.45

1.47

2.13 

1.83 

1.79 

1.89 

1.91 

1.50 

2.84 

1.40 

1.22

1.84

) 10,600 sec. -ft.; Dec. 4 (2 p. it 

) 8.100 sec. -ft.; Mar. 23 (6:3O

Sept.

2,910 

2,010 

1,610 

1,410 

1,410

1,810 

1,290 

1,250 

1,100 

985

925 

858 

932 

1,930 

1,210

1,210 

1,900 

1,140 

1,730 

1,140

955 

865 

918 

812 

790

708 

782 

775 

850 

978

Runoff in 

inches

0.79 

1.57 

3.98

19.95

2.46 

1.91 

2.06 

2.11 

2.20 

1.67 

3.27 

1.61 

1.36

24.99

.) 35,800 

a.m.)

17,700 sec.-ft.; July 11 (7 p.m.) 7,960 sec.-ft.; July 17 (2 p.m.) 16,800 sec.-i'c.; Aug. 29 (11 a.m.) 

12,100 sec.-ft.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 75

Roanoke River at Altavlsta, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°06'21", long. 79°17'38", at highway bridge a 

quarter of a mile south of Altavlsta, Campbell County, half a mile downstream from 

Sycamore Creek, and 3j miles upstream from Otter River. Datum of gage Is 503.10 feet 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 1,802 square miles.

Records available. August 1930 to September 1949.

Average aiscnarge. 19 years, 1,957 second-feet.

.Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 54,600 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 30.84 

reet); minimum, 763 second-feet Nov. 1 (gage height, 3.28 feet).

1930-49: Maximum discharge, 105,000 second-feet Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 40.08 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 41,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting on basis of unit hydrograph and flood-routing studies by Corps of 

Engineers, and records for other stations in Roanoke River Basin; minimum, 94 secondfeet Jan. 31, 1934 (gage height, 1.66 feet).

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow by power plant at Niagara, 69 

miles above station.

Revisions (water years). W 892: 1938(M). W 972: 1931-33.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 4 Dec. 5 to Sept. 30

3.0 

4.0 

6.0 

7.5 

10.0

595 

1,230 

2,560 

3; 780 

6,230

14.0

16.0

19.0

23.0

27.5

10,800

13,300

19,300

28,200

41,200

4.2 

6.0 

8.0 

10.0 

13.0 

Note. Same as 

preceding table 

above 13.0 feet.

1,310

2,690

4,420

6,400

9,600

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948- tc September 1949

Das

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,S20

1,300

1,000

1,040

2,080

4,800

2,350

1,820

1,620

1,490

1,260

1,330

1,130

1,130

1,070

1,07O

1,040

1,100

1,260

1,100

1,040

1,000

1,000

1,000

905

1,040

938

938

938

905

938

MOT.

872

1,O4O

970

1,330

1,420

1,100

1,230

1,460

1,390

1,260

1,200

1,130

1,100

1,070

970

1,100

1,040

1,040

1,100

4,020

3, ISO

2,140

2,210

2,560

3,510

2,940

3,100

5,430

20,500

9,810

-

Dec.

5,200

3,600

5,820

41,000

25,300

7,000

5,000

4,060

3,430

3,010

2,690

2,450

2,290

2,210

2,370

6,600

5,200

3,790

3,430

3,790

3,250

2,930

2,610

2,370

2,370

2,290

1,930

1,890

2,130

12,100

13,000

Jan.

4,150

4,330

3,520

3,170

3,790

15,700

8,06O

5,300

4,240

3,700

3,250

3,090

2,930

2,690

2,530

2,370

2,290

2,290

2,210

2,210

2,130

3,790

4,900

4,150

3,610

3,250

3,170

3,170

3,430

3,O9O

3,090

Booth

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

November

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

 arch ............................

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

4,240

3,970

3,610

3,520

4,420

4,420

3,8SO

3,700

3,430

3,520

4,330

3,700

3,340

3,090

2,930

2,930

3,250

3,010

2,770

3,250

3,790

3,340

3,090

2,930

2,770

2,610

2;450

2,530

_

-

Secondfoot-days

41,452

81,222

185,110

1,000,776

119,600

94,820

111,660

104,000

124,620

78,240

165,980

74,890

68,340

1,249,934

Har.

2,930

2,530

2,370

2,290

2,210

2,210

2,130

2,130

2,050

2,050

2,050

2,050

1,930

1,770

1,930

1,810

1,770

1,890

2,450

2,450

2,130

2,130

24,200

13,300

5,700

4,600

3,880

3,520

3,340

3,010

2,850

Apr.

2,690

2,530

2,370

2,290

2,290

3,340

3,520

3,090

2,850

2,610

2,370

2,450

4,160

13,300

7,970

5,100

4,060

3,520

3,250

3,010

2,770

2,770

3,340

3,010

2,610

2,530

2,370

2,610

2,690

2,530

Maxima

4,SOO

20,500

41,000

41,000

15,700

4,420

24,200

13,300

10,800

21,300

25,800

9,340

5,500

41,000

May

4,800

7.2OO

10,800

6,200

4,510

3,700

3,340

3,170

2,930

4,260

8,2SO

8,610

5,000

3,880

3,430

3,340

6,800

4,240

3,090

2,770

2,530

2,450

2,530

2,530

2,370

2,130

2,O5O

2,O50

1,970

1,850

1,810

Minima

905

S72

1,890

739

2,130

2,450

1,770

2,290

1,810

1,380

1,890

1,340

1,340

872

June

1,850

1,730

1,700

1,620

1,620

1,520

1,590

1,450

1,420

1,420

1,380

1,380

1,650

2,010

1,700

1,390

2,690

4,240

3,600

2,290

2,010

2,130

1,930

1,620

1,520

1,660

1,520

1,920

3,880

21,300

-

Mean

1,337

2,707

5,971

2,734

3,858

3,386

3,600

3,467

4,020

2,608

5,354

2,416

2,278

3,424

July

12,200

5,700

3,880

3,170

2,690

2,370

2,210

2,450

2,290

2,130

5.02O

8,560

4,600

4,700

7,2OO

14,700

25,800

13,400

6,6OO

4,900

4,510

4,700

3,520

3,010

2,690

2,530

2,29O

2,210

2,050

2,010

1,89O

Aug.

1,S10

1,810

1,730

1,700

1,S90

1,930

1,590

1,560

1,520

1,450

1,380

1,340

1,380

1,520

2,770

2.29O

2,610

3,010

2,770

2,210

1,890

1,700

1,930

1,850

1,770

1,620

3,170

2,370

9,340

7,100

3,880

Per square 

 ile

0.742

1.50

3.31

1.52

2.14

1.88

2.00

1.92

2.23

1.45

2.97

1.34

1.26

1.90

Sept.

5,500

3,790

2,930

2,450

2,370

3,090

2,450

2,290

2,130

1,850

1,730

1,620

1,730

2,610

2,770

1,970

3,610

2,210

2,850

2,290

1,810

1,660

1,730

1,590

1,480

1,340

1,480

1,420

1,620

1,970

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.86

1.67

3.82

20.67

2.47

1.96

2.31

2.14

2.57

1.62

3.42

1.54

1.41

25.79

Peak discharge (base. 18,000 sec.-ft.) . Nov. 29 (3 p.m.) 23.300 sec.-ft.; Dec. 4 (9 p.m.) 54,600 

sec.-ft.; Dec. 30 (11:SO p.m.) 2O.50O sec.-ft.5 Jan. 6 (9 a.m.) 18.100 sec.-ft.; Mar. 23 (3:30 p.m.) 

37,300 sec.-ft.; June 3O (5 p.m.) 26,300 sec.-ft.; July 17 (1 a.m.) 28,200 sec.-ft.
76 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Roanoke River at Brookneal, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°02'28", long. 78°57'02", at Brookneal, Campbell

 County, 1,600 feet upstream from highway bridge and 3 miles upstream from Palling

River. Datum of gage is 351.96 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary 

adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--2,420 square miles.

Kecoras available.--April 1923 to September 1949.

Average aiscnarge.--26 years, 2,505 second-feet.

.Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 55,100 second-feet Dec. 5 (gage height, 33.93

 feet); minimum, 1,060 second-feet Nov. 2 (gage height, 6.70 feet).

1923-49: Maximum discharge, 130,000 second-feet Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 46.5 

feet, at present site from gage-height relation curve), from rating curve extended 

above 44,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting on basis of slope-area determination 

by Geological Survey, unit hydrograph and flood-routing studies by Corps of Engineers, 

and records for other stations in Roanoke River Basin; minimum, 191 second-feet Sept. 2, 

1932

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Revisions (water years). W «22: Drainage area. W 892: 1928(14). W 972: 1928-34.

6.7 1,06O

7.1 1,46O

8.O 2,470

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 12 to Mar. 23,

Aug. 31 to Sept. 17) 

Oct. 1 to Nov. 29 Nov. 3O to Sept. 3O

12.0 7,070

16.0 11,900

20.O 18,1OO

24.O 25,800

2S.O 35,500

32.0 47,500

7.2 1,520 14.0 9,200 

8.O 2,340 16.0 11,9OO

12.0 6,750

Note. Same as preceding table

above 16.O feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,870

1,840

1,410

1,21O

3,230

6,38O

3,850

2,58O

2, ISO

1,950

1,73O

1,570

1,570

1,46O

1,360

1,360

1,310

1,360

1,460

1,520

1,360

1.31O

1,310

1.26O

1,26O

1,210

1,310

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,210

Nov.

1,210

1,120

1,310

1,460

1,840

1,620

1,620

1,730

1,730

1,680

1.57O

1,460

1.41O

1,360

1,360

1,260

1,410

1.36O

1,78O

a5,5OO

a4,20O

3,100

3,040

a3,700

a5,OOO

a4,100

a4,5OO

a7,4OO

a30,OOO

17,000

Dec.

6,870

4,810

5,6OO

31,200

46,900

12,300

6,290

5,370

4,700

4,O40

3,710

3.39O

3,180

3.O8O

2,970

6,060

6,870

5,140

4,480

4,920

4,480

3,930

3,600

3,280

3,180

3,180

2,860

2,60O

2,860

12,400

26,8OO

Jan. '

8,320

5,720

4.81O

4,370

4.37O

19.1OO

12,700

7,110

5,720

5,O30

4,59O

4,260

4,040

3,820

3,500

3,280

3,08O

3,O8O

2,970

2,97O

2,97O

5,480

6,52O

5,72O

5.O3O

4,590

4,37O

4,260

4,59O

4,260

4,260

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

5,720

5,6OO

5,260

5,O30

5,600

5.83O

5,260

4,920

4,590

4,700

5,720

4,810

4,150

3,82O

3, GOO

3,600

4,040

3,82O

3.39O

3,710

4,260

4,040

3,710

3,5OO

3,280

3,080

2,86O

3.O8O

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

56,O60

115,830

241,050

1,348,205

164,890

120,980

137,680

133,630

156,610

87,910

22O.88O

86 , 38O

79,130

1,601,O3O

Msr.

3,390

3,180

2,860

2,760

2,660

2,600

2,550

2,500

2,440

2,440

2,550

2,55O

2,44O

2,340

2,290

2,240

2,240

2,290

2.66O

2,86O

2,66O

2,55O

18,600

27,000

7.35O

5,830

5,140

4,700

4,370

3,930

3,710

Apr.

3,390

3,180

2,97O

2,970

2,970

3,820

4,590

4,O40

3,710

3,390

3,180

3, ISO

4,040

14,5OO

10,900

6,520

5,260

4,700

4,480

4.O4O

3,820

3,820

4,700

4,260

3,710

3,5OO

3.28O

3,500

3,710

3,500

-

Maximum

6,380

3O.OOO

46,900

46,900

19,100

5,830

27,OOO

14,500

12.OOO

16,000

40,000

1O.4OO

5.14O

46,9OO

May

5,480

8,580

12.0OO

8,95O

5,830

4,92O

4,370

4,150

3,93O

3,820

9,850

11,600

6,87O

5,140

4,48O

4,260

7,590

6,520

4,150

3,500

3,180

3,O8O

3,180

3,180

2.97O

2,760

2,600

2,55O

2,440

2,340

2,340

Minimum

1,210

1,120

2,600

9O7

2,970

2,860

2.24O

2,970

2,34O

1,670

2,440

1,620

1,770

1,120

June

2,290

2,180

2,130

2,O8O

1,970

1,970

1,870

1,82O

1,720

1,720

1,67O

1,67O

1,72O

2,55O

2,180

2, ISO

2,860

4,48O

6,O6O

2.97O

. 2.44O

2,390

2,390

2,020

1,920

1,97O

1,97O

2.O8O

6,640

16,000

-

Mean

1,8O8

3,861

7,776

3,684

5,319

4,321

4,441-

4,454

5,052

2,930

7,125

2,786

2,638

4,386

July

17,600

7,590

4,810

3,820

3,180

2,760

2,6OO

2,760

3,O8O

2,660

3,82O

11,900

6,52O

5,600

7,710

11,900

40,000

27 ,OOO

9; 980

6,290

5,37O

5,83O

4,700

3,82O

3.39O

3,180

2,860

2,660

2,55O

2,50O

2,44O

Aug.

2,290

2, ISO

2,180

2.O8O

2,180

2,550

2,080

1,920

1,870

1,770

1,720

1,620

1,620

1,720

2,760

3,080

2,970

3,280

3,390

2,760

2,390

2,130

2,240

2,390

2,180

1,970

2,860

3,390

5,600

1O.4OO

4,810

Per square 

mile

0.747

1.60

3.21

1.52

2.20

1.79

1.84

1.84

2.O9

1.21

2.94

1.15

1.O9

1.81

Sept.

5,140

4,920

3,6OO

3,O8O

2,660

2.97O

3,080

2,550

2,390

2.O8O

1,920

1,77O

1,770

2,O2O

3,180

2,240

3,600

3,280

3.O8O

3,280

2,440

2,180

2,130

2,130

1,920

1,820

1,770

1,870

1,97O

2,290

-

Runoff in 

inches

O.86

1.78

3.70

20.68

2.54

1.86

2.12

2.O5

2.41

1.35

3.39

1.33

1.22

24.61

Peak discharge (base, 21,000 sec. -ft.) .--Nov. 29 (11 p.m.) 25,200 sec. -ft.; Dec. 5 (6:30 a.m.)

(1 a.m.) 43.0OO sec.-ft.; July 1 (4 a.m.) 23,OOO sec.-ft.; July 17 (1O:30 a.m.) 45,100 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Roanoke 

River at Altavlsta and near Clover, and Otter River near Evlngton.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 77

Roanoke River near Clover, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°50'17", long. 78°40'02", at highway bridge 3i 

miles downstream from Roanoke Creek and 6 miles east of Clover, Halifax County. Datum 

of gage is 302.91 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment 

of 1936.

Drainage area.--3,230 square miles.

Hecords available.--August 1929 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--20 years, 3,344 second-feet.

extremes.--Maximum discharge during year not determined; minimum, 1,420 second-feet Nov 3 

(gage height, 2.43 feet).

1929-49: Maximum discharge, 160,000 second-feet Aug. 16, 1940 (gage height, 37.15 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 70,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting on basis of slope-area determination by Geological Survey, unit hydrograph, 

and flood-routing studies by Corps of Engineers and records for other stations in 

Roanoke River Basin; minimum, 204 second-feet Sept. 3, 1932 (gage height, 0.50 foot).

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

revisions (water years).--W 727: 1930(M). W 972: 1930, 1931(M).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

2.4 1,370 8.0 7,630 17. O 23,700 

3.O 1,920 10.0 10,200 20.0 34,900 

4.0 2,980 12.0 13,000 22. O 44,500 

6.0 5,230 14.0 16,500 24.0 55,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

3,640 

2,870 

1,920 

1,600 

2,980

8,900 

7,510 

4,300 

2,980 

2,600

2,270 

2,020 

1,920 

1,780 

1,680

1,640 

1,600 

1,640 

1,730 

1,870

1,730 

1,640 

1,600 

1,600 

1,600

1,550 

1,500 

1,550 

1,500 

1,500 

1,500

Nov.

1,500 

1,460 

1,500 

1,640 

1,970

2,120 

1,920 

2,020 

2,070 

2,070

1,970 

1,870 

1,780 

1,730 

1,680

1,600 

1,640 

1,730 

1,680 

4,630

6,790 

4,630 

3,640 

4,190 

6,070

6,670 

6,430 

8,640 

18,200 

26,000

Dec.

10,000 

7,000 

7,600 

40,OOO 

50,000

20,000 

9,000 

,000 

,400 

,600

,OOO 

,600 

,300 

,100 

,000

,000 

,000 

,000 

,000 

,600

,000

,400 

,800 

,500 

,300

,200 

,000 

,500 

3,800 

15,000 

35,000

Jan.

15,000 

8,000 

6,600 

6,000 

6,000

25,000 

15,000 

10,000 

8,000 

6,800

6,000 

5,400 

4,800 

4,410 

4,080

3,860 

3,750 

3,640 

3,640 

3,530

3,640 

6,190 

8,510 

7,510 

6,070

5,350 

5,110 

4,870 

4,990 

4,990 

4,750

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Aprl 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

Lendar year 1946 

ary

h. .....................

I ............................

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

ter yesr 1948-49 ....... .

Feb.

6,190 

7,630 

6,670 

6,190 

6,550

7,150 

6,550 

5,950 

5,470 

5,830

7,390 

6,910 

5,590 

4,990 

4,630

4,520 

5,470 

5,590 

4,750 

4,750

5,470 

5,470 

4,870 

4,520 

4,190

3,970 

3,750 

4,190

Secondfoot days

74, 720 

129,840 

310, 700

1,683,760

211,490 

155,200 

166,600 

151,000 

177,600 

85,710 

257,620 

103,480 

96,250

1,920,210

Peak discharge (base, 23,000 sec. -ft.). N

discharge unknown); Dec. 31 (time and dlscha

Mar.

4,520 

4,520 

3,860 

3,640 

3,420

3,420 

3,310 

3,090 

3,200 

3,090

3,310 

3,200 

3,090 

2,870 

2,760

2,870 

2,760 

2,870 

3,310 

3,640

3,420 

3,200 

7,150 

21,800 

26,900

10, 600 

6,790 

5,710 

5,230 

4,750 

4,300

Apr.

4,080 

3,860 

3,640 

3,640 

3,420

4,190 

5,590 

5,110 

4,520 

4,080

3,750 

3,530 

4,080 

10,100 

16,100

9,680 

6,430 

5,350 

4,750 

4,300

3,970 

4,080 

5,350 

5,230 

4,300

3,640 

3,420 

3,420 

3,750 

3,640

Maximum

8,900 

26,000 

50,000

50,000

25,000 

7,630 

26,900 

16,100 

13,600 

10,100 

34,400 

13,500 

6,800

50, 000

DV. 30 

pge unkn

time 

own)

May

3,860 

7,870 

11,600 

13,600 

8,250

5,950 

4,990 

4,410 

4,300 

4,300

8,640 

13,600 

11,100 

7,030 

5,350

4,750 

5,590 

9,160 

5,350 

4,080

3,640 

3,420 

3,420 

3,420 

3,310

3,090 

2,870 

2,760 

2,700 

2,650 

2,540

Minimum

1,500 

1,460 

3,500

1,130

3,530 

3,750 

2,760 

3,420 

2,540 

1,870 

2,760 

1,970 

1,920

1,460

Jnne

2,430 

2,430 

2,320 

2,220 

2,170

2,170 

2,070 

2,070 

1,970 

1,920

1,870 

1,870 

1,920 

2,320 

2,650

2,380 

2,760 

4,300 

5,590 

4,080

2,980 

2,650 

2,760 

2,430 

2,170

2,120 

2,170 

2,070 

4,750 

10, 100

Mean

2,410 

4,328 

10,020

4,600

6,822 

5,543 

5,374 

5,033 

5,729 

2,857 

8,310 

3,338 

3,208

5,261

July

18,200 

16,100 

6,550 

4,520 

3,750

3,200 

2,980 

4,990 

4,080 

3,200

3,090 

9,740 

10,300 

6,310 

6,790

9,290 

17,800 

30, 600 

34,400 

15,200

6,790 

6,190 

6,070 

4,750 

4,080

3,640 

3,420 

3,090 

2,980 

2,760 

2,760

Aug.

2,

2,

z,

2,

2,

2, 

2, 

2, 

2, 

2,

1, 

1, 

1, 

2, 

3,

4, 

4, 

3, 

3, 

3,

2, 

2, 

2, 

2, 

2,

2,

2, 

3» 

5, 

13, 

6,

Per square 

mile

0.746 

1.34 

3.10

1.42

2.11 

1.72 

1.66 

1.56 

1.77 

.885 

2.57 

1.03 

.993

1.63

650 

480 

480 

380 

480

600 

700 

220 

120 

070

970 

970 

970 

120 

200

990 

080 

640 

860 

420

870 

540 

540 

870 

700

430 

220 

860 

950 

500 

600

Sept.

6,800 

6,200 

5,000 

4,000 

3,500

3,900 

4,000 

3,500 

3,200 

2,900

2,600 

2,400 

2,400 

2,300 

2,980

3,420 

3,420 

4,410 

3,200 

3,530

2,980 

2,380 

2,430 

2,480 

2,220

2,020 

1,920 

1,970 

1,970 

2,220

Runoff in 

inches

0.86 

1.50 

3.57

19.36

2.43

1.79 

1.91 

1.74 

2.04 

.99 

2.96 

1.19 

1.11

22.09

and discharge unknown); Dec. 5 (time and 

Jan. 6 (time and discharge unknown); Mar.

25 (6 a.m.) 31,400 sec.-ft.; July 19 (4 a.m.) 38,200 sec.-ft.

Note. No gage-height record Nov. 30 to Jan. 13, Aug. 3O to Sept. 14; discharge computed on basis 

of records for stations at Brookneal and at Clarksvllle.
78 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 

Roanoke River at Clarksville, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°37'40", long. 78°33'04", at highway bridge In 

Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, 500 feet upstream from Dan River. Datum of gage Is 

258.23 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area.--7,320 square miles (Including that of Dan River).

Records available.--December 1934 to September 1949 (Include flow of Dan River).

Average discharge. 14 years (1935-49), 8,490 second-feet.

JL^vi-emes. Maximum discharge during year, 82,400 second-feet Dec. 6 (gage height, 14.20 

feet); minimum, 3,040 second-feet Nov. 2 (gage height, 2.14 feet).

1934-49: Maximum discharge, 280,000 second-feet Aug. 17, 1940 (gage height, 26.66 

feet); minimum, 1,100 second-feet Sept. 11, 1944 (gage height, 1.02 feet).

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctutatlon at low flow by cotton mills at Danville 

ana power plant on Banister River.

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

Revisions (water years).--W 852: 1936-37. W 922: 1940.

Rating table, vater year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

2.2 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

3,160

5,280

8,530

12,600

17,200

7.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

22,200

28,000

42,000

59,000

80,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 tc September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

10,400 

7,340

4,55U 

3,510 

8,520

23,20O 

20,200 

11,200 

6,680 

5,580

4,840 

4,690 

4,140 

3,880 

3,760

3,510 

3,390 

3,390 

3,630 

3,880

3,880 

3,630 

3,510 

3,390 

3,510

3,510 

3,390 

3,390 

3,280 

3,390 

3,390

Nov.

,280 

,390 

,280 

,760 

,280

,580 

,430 

,130 

,690 

,840

,550 

,280 

,140 

,010 

,010

,510 

,760 

,010 

,880 

6,420

14,800 

13,500 

10,000 

11,200 

15,300

15,300 

15,800 

24,300 

49,200 

57,200

Dec.

63,000 

26,400 

17,200 

35,900 

52,700

76,700 

53,60O 

19,100 

12,200 

10,000

9,070 

8,360 

7,500 

7,500 

7,340

8,890 

15,300 

13,500 

12,200 

13,500

14,400 

10,800 

9,250 

8,180 

8,010

8,010 

7,840 

7,170 

7,000 

22,400 

42,800

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Da

Jan.

48,400 

25,600 

14,400 

11,200 

9,620

19,600 

41,200 

37,300 

17,700 

13 , 500

11,200 

10,000 

9,250 

8,890 

8,360

7,840 

7,500 

7,500 

7,340 

7,340

7,500 

12,200 

14,800 

14,400 

11,700

10,400 

9,620 

9,250 

9,250 

9,250 

10,300

her ..........................

 her. ........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

15,300 

18,700 

17,200 

14,800 

13 , 500

14,000 

14,800 

14,000 

11,700 

14,800

19,200 

17,200 

14,400 

11,200 

10,000

10,000 

12,600 

13,000 

11,700 

11,700

13,000 

13,500 

11,200 

10,000 

9,250

8,890 

8,360 

9,250

Secondfoe t-days

178,560 

312,830 

615,820

3,674,640

442,410 

363,250 

353,690 

351,040 

441,130 

194,950 

472,000 

263,840 

228,650

4,218,170

Mar.

10,000 

9,620 

8,530 

8,010 

7,840

7,500 

7,170 

7,170 

7,000 

6,840

7,340 

8,010 

7,500 

6,680 

6,680

6,360 

6,360 

6,520 

7,670 

8,180

7,670 

7,340 

15,800 

32,900 

43 , 600

26,800 

18,200 

14,800 

12,600 

12,200 

10,800

Apr.

9,620 

9,070 

8,360 

8,180 

8,180

10,000 

12,200 

12,200 

9,620 

8,890

8,180 

8,010 

9,620 

22,300 

34,500

21,200 

14,000 

10,800 

10,400 

9,250

8,710 

10,000 

16,700 

17,200 

11,700

9,250 

8,360 

8,180 

8,180 

8,180

Maximum

23,200 

57,200 

76,700

76,700

48,400 

19,200 

43,600 

34,500 

34,500 

21,700 

42,600 

27,400 

21,700

76,700

May

8,530 

18,200 

30,400 

29,200 

19,200

13,000 

10,800 

9,250 

9,250 

10 , 800

26,800 

34,500 

25,000 

15,800 

11,700

14,400 

18,200 

27,400 

18,200 

10,400

8,710 

8,010 

8,180 

8,360 

7,840

7,170 

7,170 

6,520 

6,360 

5,890 

5,890

Minimum

3,280 

3,280 

7,000

2,260

7,340 

8,360 

6,360 

8,010 

5,890 

4,280 

5,130 

4,140 

4,410

3,280

June

5,740 

5,740 

5,580 

5,280 

4,840

5,130 

5,130 

4,690 

4,690 

4,550

4,410 

4,280 

4,550 

7,500 

7,840

6,200 

6,840 

8,360 

10,400 

9,070

6,520 

5,750 

5,580 

5,280 

4,980

4,550 

4,690 

5,130 

9,960 

21,700

Mean

5,760 

10,430 

19,870

10,040

14,270 

12,970 

11,410 

11,700 

14,230 

6,498 

15,230 

8,511 

7,622

11,560

July

34,500 

27,400 

13 ,000 

8,890 

7,500

6,520 

5,890 

8,010 

8,710 

8,180

6,520 

19,500 

33,100 

24,400 

14,400

20,200 

24,400 

37,300 

47,600 

29,600

14,400 

11,200 

10,000 

8,360 

7,500

6,840 

6,200 

5,890 

5,580 

5,280 

5,130

Aug.

4,980 

5,130 

5,130 

5,130 

5,280

5,430 

5,740 

5,740 

5,280 

4,550

4,280 

4,140 

4,550 

6,360 

7,500

10,800 

13,000 

11,700 

10,400 

8,710

6,840 

7,340 

7,840 

9,250 

8,010

7,170 

5,740 

6,520 

17,700 

26,200 

27,400

Per square 

mile

0.787 

1.42 

2.71

1.37

1.95 

1.77 

1.56 

1.60 

1.94 

.888 

2.08 

1.16 

1.04

1.58

Sept.

17,700 

21,700 

13,500 

12,600 

9,250

7,670 

7,840 

8,010 

7,340 

7,170

6,040 

5,430 

5,430 

5,280 

5,580

6,840 

7,000 

8,180 

8,360 

7,340

6,520 

5,580 

5,130 

5,280 

4,980

4,550 

4,550 

4,410 

4,550 

4,840

Runoff in 

inchss

0.91 

1.58 

3.12

18.66

2.25 

1.84 

1.80 

1.78 

2.24 

.99 

2.40 

1.34 

1.16

21.41

Peak discharge (base, 50,000 sec. -ft.). Dec. 1 [10 a.m.) 65,000 sec. -ft.; Dec. 6 (6 to 7 p.m.)

82,400 sec. -ft.; Jan. 1 (1 p.m.) 50,000 sec. -ft.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 79

Roanoke River at Buggs Island, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°36'29", long. 78°17'33", 1.9 miles upstream 

from Aliens Creek, 4.8 miles upstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 1, and 6.7 miles 

southeast of Boydton, Mecklenburg County.

Drainage area.--7,780 square miles.

Records available.--November 1921 to August 1923 (gage heights only), April 1947 to 

September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 76,000 second-feet Dec. 7 (gage height, 14.97 

feet); minimum, 3,080 second-feet Nov. 2 (gage height, 1.24 feet).

1947-49: Maximum discharge, that of Dec. 7, 1948; minimum, 1,690 second-feet 

Sept. 9, 1947 (gage height, 0.74 foot).

Flood of August 1940 reached a stage of 33.9 feet, from levels by Corps of Engineers .

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of doubtful gage-height record, which 

are fair. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow by cotton mills at Danville and power plant 

on Banister River.

Rating tables, water year 194S-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In seuond-feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 29 Nov. 3O to Sept. 30

1.3 3,280

1.5 3,970

2.0 5,850

3.0

4.0 

6.0

10.0OO 

14,60O 

24,TOO

S.O 

10.0 

12.0

33.6OO 

42,40O 

53,000

1.6 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0

3,850 

5,210 

9,05O 

13,400

6.0 23.OOO

8.0 33.OOO

10.0 43,OOO

14.0 68,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

10,900

8,450

5,450

3,970

7,480

22, TOO

23,200

13,600

7,850

6.O5O

5,260

4,800

4,370

4,110

3,760

3,620

3,450

3,450

3,550

3,860

4,040

3,760

3,620

3,520

3,620

3,480

3,480

3,450

3,310

3,420

3,380

Nov.

3,350

3,350

3,310

3,900

4,510

5,650

S.25O

6,450

5,260

5,260

5,070

4,690

4,470

4,330

4,330

3,940

3,940

4,550

4,370

5,260

14,300

14,600

11,800

11,800

16,100

16,100

16,600

23,200

46,500

53,200

-

Dec.

58,600

38,000

18,000

32,500

46,600

61,70O

67,30O

27,000

13.OOO

1O.90O

9,450

S,450

8,050

7,450

7,450

8,250

13,700

14,800

12,50Qi

13 , 800

14,800

12,000

9,650

8,650

8,250

8,250

8,050

7,450

6,860

20,000

41,000

Month

Jan.

46,600

33,500

16.60O

12,000

10,200

17,OOO

37.0OO

41,500

21,500

14,300

12,OOO

10,700

10,000

9,450

8,850

8,250

7,850

7,850

7,650

7,650

7,650

12.OOO

14,800

15,200

13,000

11,200

10 , 200

9,850

9,650

9,650

10,OOO

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

16,100

18,500

18,500

15,600

13,800

14,300

15,20O

15,20O

13,OOO

15,600

22,000

19,000

15,600

12,500

11,200

10,500

13,000

13,80O

13,400

12,500

13,400

13,800

12,500

11,200

10,200

9,850

9,050

10,200

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

188, 96C

318,440

622,460

3,859,190

463,650

389 5OC

365 ^54C

367 1 10C

457,150

195,560

474,420

267 , 19C

232,030

4,342,000

Mar.

10,700

10, 500

9,650

8,650

8,650

8,050

7,850

7,850

7,450

7,250

7,850

8,450

8,250

7,250

7,050

6,860

6,670

6,860

8.45O

8,650

8,250

7,850

13,400

28,000

39,500

32,500

19,500

16,100

13,400

12,500

11,600

Apr.

10 , 500

9,650

8,850

8,450

8,450

10,200

12,000

13,40O

1O, 900

9,450

8,850

8,650

9,050

17,400

32,500

26,000

15,600

12,500

11,400

10,200

9,450

9,650

17,000

18,500

13,400

10,500

8,850

8,650

8,450

8,65O

-

Maximum

23,200

53,200

67,300

69.6OO

46,600

22.OOO

39,500

32 5OO

35)500

17,500

41,000

29,500

20,500

67,300

May

8,65O

13,700

31,000

29,OOO

23,000

14,800

11,600

10,000

9,450

1O,OOO

27 , 500

35,500

29,OOO

18,OOO

13,000

13,OOO

16,600

25,000

22,500

12,50O

9,850

8,650

8,250

8,650

8,050

7,450

7,450

6,480

6,480

5,930

6,110

Minimum

3,310

3,310

6,860

2,350

7,650

9 050

6)670

8,450

5 93O

4^700

5,300

4,100

4,290

3,310

June

5,930

5,750

5,570

5,390

5,210

5,210

5,390

5,210

5,040

4.87O

4,700

4,700

4,870

6,110

8,650

7,250

6,860

8,850

9,450

10,900

d6,900

d6,000

d5 , 7OO

d5,500

d5 , 200

d4 , 700

d4,800

d5,300

8,050

17,500

-

Mean

6,095

10,610

2O,O80

10,540

14,960

13,910

11,790

12,240

14,750

15^300

8, 613

7,734

11,9OO

July

30,000

3O.OOO

16, 10O

10.OOO

8,450

7,450

6,670

7,650

9,45O

9,250

7,450

13,300

31,000

27,000

15,600

19,500

23 , OOO

33,000

41, OOO

36, OOO

16,600

12,50O

10,700

9,250

d7,700

d7,OOO

d6,3OO

d6,OOO

d5,70O

d5,500

d5,3OO

Aug.

dS.OOO

d5,200

d5,200

d5,20O

d5,300

d5,500

d5,800

d5,800

d5,6OO

d4,7OO

d4,30O

d4,100

d4,600

d6,8OO

d7,600

1O, 2OO

13,000

12,500

11,4OO

d9,300

d7,200

d7 , 40O

d8,000

d9,200

d8,30O

8,450

6,110

.5,930

17,500

22,50O

29 , 50O

Per square 

mile

0.7S3

1.36

2.58

1.35

1 .92

l!?9

1 52

l!57

1.90

. 838

1.97

1.11

.994

1.53

Sept.

20,500

20,000

15,6OO

12,500

9,850

8,250

7,450

8,25O

7,250

7,250

6,29O

5,570

5,570

5,390

5,390

6,480

7,O50

7,85O

8,450

7,250

6,67O

5,570

5,040

5,040

5,040

4,7OO

4,460

4,290

4,500

4,530

-

Runoff in 

inches

O.9O

1 .52

2!97

18.44

2 21

1.86

1.75

1.75

2.19

.94

2.27

1 . 28

1.11

2O.75

Peak discharge (base, SO,OOP see.-ft.). Dee. 1 [8 p.m.) 59.8OO sec.-ft.; Dec. 7 (4 to 9 a.m.) 

76,OOO sec.-ft.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Clarksvllle.
80 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Roanoke River at Roanoke Rapids, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°28 I 15", long. 77°38'05", lj miles upstream from 

(JUDcyott Creek and li miles downstream from State Highway 47 at Roanoke Rapids, 

Halifax County. Datum of gage is 43.83 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, 

supplementary adjustment of 1936. Auxiliary water-stage recorder at bridge on U. S. 

Highway 301 at Weldon, 3.4 miles downstream at 27.77 feet lower datum.

Drainage area. 8,410 square miles.

Kecords available.--February 1930 to September 1949. December 1911 to December 1932 at 

site 9 miles upstream, published as Roanoke River at Old Gaston.

Average discharge.--37 years (1912-49), 8,469 second-feet.

Kxtremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 69,300 second-feet Dec. 7; maximum gage height, 

18.yy feet Dec. 7; minimum discharge, 3,050 second-feet about Nov. 2 (gage height, 3.47 

feet).

1911-49: Maximum discharge, 261,000 second-feet Aug. 18, 1940 (gage height, 39.0 

feet from floodmarks); minimum, 458 second-feet Sept. 21, 1932 (gage height, 1.25 

feet); minimum daily, 472 second-feet Sept. 21, 1932.

Flood of November 1877 at Old Gaston reached a stage about 2 feet lower than flood 

of August 1940 which was 21.5 feet.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by power plant above station. Discharge during 

floods computed by using fall as determined by auxiliary gage as a factor. Records of 

chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water year 1949 are given in WaterSupply Paper 1162.

Revisions (water years) . W 712: 1929. W 822: 1936. W 1032: 1912, 1923(M), 1928(M),

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

8,670 

10,200 

7 ,4OO 

4,880 

4,500

8,500 

18,000 

24,000 

15,000 

10,000

7,000 

5,500 

4,800 

4,400 

4,000

3,600 

3,400 

3,400 

3,200 

3,200

3,400 

3,600 

3,800 

3,600 

3,600

3,400 

3,400 

3,400 

3,200 

3,200 

3,200

Nov.

3,200 

3,200 

3,100 

4,000 

4,880

4,880 

7,950 

9,100 

6,380 

5,250

5,250 

5,000 

4,620 

4,400 

4,200

4,200 

4.OOO 

4,000 

4,500 

4,750

7,650 

14,600 

13,400 

-11,600 

13,800

15,800 

15,400 

18,800 

40,800 

54,400

Dec.

55.5OO 

54,900 

24,900 

27,400 

43,900

51 , 200 

64,600 

49 , 300 

17,800 

13,000

11,600 

10,600 

10 , 200 

9,200 

8,900

8,900 

10,700 

16,200 

14,200 

14,600

14,600 

13,800 

11,200 

9,850 

8,900

8,900 

8,900 

8,300 

7,700 

11,800 

40,800

Jan.

45,800 

42,800 

22,400 

14,600 

12,000

13,800 

30,800 

41 , 800 

31,100 

17 ,000

13,800 

11,600 

10,900 

10,600 

9,850

9,200 

8,600 

8,000 

8,000 

7,700

7,700 

9,680 

13,800 

15,000 

13,800

11,600 

10,900 

9,850 

9,500 

9,500 

9,850

Month

Goto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

ber. .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

h. ...........................

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

st ...........................

embe r ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

13,000 

17 ,000 

18,500 

16,200 

14,200

13,40u 

14,200 

15 , 400 

13,800 

14,200

24,500 

21,000 

17,000 

13,800 

12,000

10,900 

12,000 

13,800 

13,800 

12,300

12,600 

13,400 

13,000 

11,600 

10,600

9,500 

9,200 

8,900

Secondfoot days

191,450 

303,110 

662,350

3,906,240

491,530 

389,800 

360,500 

356,100 

448,780 

176,180 

473,920 

267,920 

253,190

4,374,830

Peak discharge (base, 50,000 sec. -ft.). De

Note. --No gage-height record Oct. 6 to Nov. 

near Scotland Neck.

Mar.

10 , 200 

10,600 

9,850 

8,900 

8,300

8,300 

8,000 

7,550 

7,550 

7,400

7,700 

8,300 

8,300 

8,000 

7,100

6,950 

6,650 

6,650 

8,000 

8,600

8,600 

8,000 

8,300 

19,900 

36,000

39,500 

22,200 

17,000 

13,800 

12,300 

12,000

Apr.

10,900 

9,850 

9,200 

8,600 

8,300

9,200 

11,200 

12,600 

11,600 

9,850

8,900 

8,300 

8,600 

11,000 

25,800

30,000 

17,000. 

13,000 

10,900 

10,200

9,500 

8,900 

13,800 

17,500 

15 , 400

11,600 

9.2OO 

8,600 

8,3OO 

8,300

Maximum

24,000 

54,400 

64,600

70,000

45,800 

24,500 

39,500 

30,000 

35,400 

12,800 

43,300 

29,200 

30,100

64,600

=.2(6 a.m. 

3; discharg

May

8,300 

8 , 900 

23,200 

29,400 

26,000

16,200 

12,300 

10,200 

9,320 

9,500

21,400 

35 , 400 

34 , 200 

22,000 

14,200

11,600 

14,200 

19,000 

24,900 

15,000

10,200 

8,600 

8,000 

8,300 

8,300

7,700 

7,400 

7,100 

6,250 

6,090 

5,620

Minimum

3,200 

3,100 

7,700

2,240

7,700 

8,900 

6,650 

8,300 

5,620 

4,100 

5,250 

3,900 

4,500

3,100

June

5,620 

5,500 

5,380 

5,250 

5,120

4,880 

4,750 

4,880 

4,400 

4,300

4,200 

4,100 

4,200 

4,300 

6,500

7,700 

6,250 

7,100 

8,300 

10,200

8,900 

6,500 

5,620 

5,380 

5,120

4,880 

4,400 

4,400 

5,250 

12,800

Mean

6,176

10,100

21,370

10,670

15,860 

13,920

Ili870 

14,480 

5,873 

15,290 

8,643 

8,440

11,990

July

24,100 

31,800 

21,000 

11 , 200 

8,900

7,400 

6,500 

6,120 

8,600 

8,900

8,000 

6,650 

23,000 

29 , 400 

20.OOO

16,600 

21,500 

27,800 

40 , 200 

43 , 300

23,300 

13,400 

10,900 

10 , 200 

8,300

7,550 

6,800 

6,120 

5,750 

5,380 

5,250

Aug.

5,120 

4,880 

5,120 

5,000 

5,620

5,500 

5,750 

6,120 

5,380 

4,620

4,3OO 

4,100 

3,900 

5,250 

7,700

12,000 

12,000 

12,600 

11,600 

10,600

8,900 

6,950 

7,400 

8,000 

9,200

8,000 

7,100 

6,310 

18,700 

21,000 

29,200

Per square 

mile

0.734 

1.20 

2.54

1.27

1.89 

1.66 

1.38 

1.41 

1.72 

.698 

1.82 

1.03 

1.00

1.43

Sept.

30 , 100 

18,000 

19,500 

12,600 

11,200

9,200 

7,700 

8,000 

8,300 

7,400

7,250 

6,120 

5,620 

5,620 

5,500

5,620 

7,550 

8,000 

8,600 

8,300

7,40O 

6,500 

5,750 

5,120 

5,120

5,000 

4,620 

4,500 

4,500 

4,500

Runoff in 

inches

0.85 

1.34 

2.93

17.28

2.17 

1.72 

1.59 

1.57 

1.98 

.78 

2.10 

1.18 

1.12

19.33

59,600 sec. -ft.; Dec. 7 (9 p.m.) 69,300 

= computed on basis of records for station
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 81

Roanoke River near Scotland Neck, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°12'30", long. 77°23'10", at bridge on U. S. Highway 258, 1 mile downstream from tributary on right, 3 miles downstream from Bridgers 

Creek, and 5tr miles north of Scotland Necic, Halifax County. Auxiliary water-stage 

recorder at Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge 8tj miles downstream. Datum of each 

gage is 5.77 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 

1936.

Drainage area. 8,700 square miles.

Records available. August 1940 to September 1949. July 1896 to May 1903 at site of 

auxiliary gage, at different datum, published as Roanoke River at Neal.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 55,400 second-feet Dec. 9 (gage height, 33.26 

reet); minimum, 2,870 second-feet Oct. 1.

194u-49: Maximum discharge, 260,000 second-feet Aug. 19, 1940; maximum gage height, 

41.98 feet Aug. 19, 1940; minimum discharge, 1,200 second-feet Oct. 16, 1941.

Maximum stage observed during period June 1930 to July 1940, 35.1 feet Jan. 24, 1936 

(from unpublished U. S. Weather Bureau records adjusted to present datum). The following- data on major floods (adjusted to present datum) were furnished by State Highway 

and Public Works Commission: 1877, about 37.8 feet; March 1912, 36.8 feet; 1919, 34.9 

feet; 1924, 32.9 feet.

Remarks. Records good, 

as a factor.

Discharge computed by using fall as determined by auxiliary gage

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

4,420

10,300

9,330

6,270

5,220

8,870

19,700

20,700

16,600

11,100

7,660

6,220

5,120

4,710

4,240

3,940

3,730

3,590

3,420

3,460

3,600

3,880

4,070

3,990

3,850

3,770

3,630

3,560

3,490

3,490

3,320

Nov.

3,450

3,360

3,290

3,740

4,960

5,440

6,430

10,200

8,600

6,560

5,770

5,490

5,150

4,800

4,590

4,440

4,590

4,810

4,840

5,750

6,670

12,800

15,200

13,700

13,500

16,000

16,700

17,200

22,400

28,800

-

Dec.

35 , 100

44,000

48,600

39,700

33,100

35,200

41,600

51,300

51,200

32,600

22,600

17,600

13,900

11,600

9,820

9,160

9,340

13,000

15,100

14,000

14,900

14,200

13,200

11,000

9,560

8,970

8,780

8,550

8,140

9,220

22,000

Jan.

27,700

31,700

34,600

28,500

22,300

18 , 300

20,800

25,800

29,600

29,000

23,500

18,400

15,200

12,700

11,300

10,000

9,190

8,480

8,250

8,040

7,990

8,510

12,000

14,600

15,100

13,600

11,800

10,900

10,500

1O,OOO

10,200

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

May

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

11,400

15,800

18 , 000

18,200

16,700

14,900

14,700

15,500

15,400

14,800

19,000

22,100

21,000

18,400

15,200

13,000

12,500

14 , 000

14,300

14,100

13,400

13,600

14,100

13,000

11,600

10,700

9,960

9,570

.

-

Secondfoot-days

199,150

269 23O

677*040

4,018,420

518,560

414,930

370,610

379,090

468,160

180, 30C

264J.940

288,980

4,519,950

Mar.

10,300

11,100

10,700

9,950

9,000

8,680

8,510

8,260

8,170

7,990

8,160

8,600

8,780

8,780

7,910

7,560

7,280

7,100

7,610

8,960

9,140

8,780

8,690

13,300

22,000

26,500

28,400

25,900

21,500

17,700

15,300

Apr.

13,800

12,100

1O.60O

9,600

8,870

8,960

10,500

12,200

13,100

11,200

9,710

9,090

8,770

9,590

16,800

23,600

23,400

19,100

14,900

12 , 500

10,700

9,640

11,300

17,400

18,000

15,000

11,700

9,600

8,870

8,490

-

Maximum

20,700

28, 8OO

51,300

60,800

34,600

22,100

28 r 4OO

23,600

27,500

10,300

31,500

22,100

25,200

51,300

May

8,680

8,950

16,000

23,000

24,400

23,300

18,700

14,700

12,100

10,700

14,300

23,600

26,6OO

27,500

24,200

18,600

16,400

17,300

2O.90O

20,800

15,300

11,700

9,410

8,610

8,690

8,360

7,980

7,580

7,000

6,700

6,100

Minimum

3,320

3 29O

8 ) 140

2,320

7,990

9,570

7,100

8,490

6,100

4,400

5,320

4,240

4,780

3,290

June

6,140

5,910

5,730

5,630

5,470

5,310

5,150

5,200

4,990

4,680

,540

,400

,400

,400

,110

,950

,270

6,980

8,560

9,230

10,300

7,750

6,320

5,690

5,490

5,230

4,910

4,610

4,830

8,120

-

Mean

6,424

8,974

21,840

10,980

16,730

14, 820

11, 96C

12,640

15,100

6,010

15,770

8,546 

9,633

12,380

July

17,400

23,100

24,500

20,600

14,300

10,600

8,350

7,4OO

7,740

9,380

9.O1O

7,500

12,600

22,800

23,600

21,300

21,600

32,900

26,100

28,900

31,500

27,100

20,700

16,200

12,200

9,810

7,870

6,970

6,O3O

5,580

5,320

Aug.

5,510

5,240

5,440

5,570

5,820

5,960

5,870

6,140

6,140

5,330

4,340

4,450

4,240

4,440

6,710

10,300

12,000

12,900

12,400

11,500

10,200

8,190

7,420

8,170

9,590

9,300

8,000

7,070

13,200

20, 900

22,100

Per square 

mile

0.738

1.03

2.51

1.26

1.92

1.70

1.37

1.45

1.74

. 691

1 . 81

.982

1.11

1.42

Sept.

25,200

24,900

23,000

19,700

16,O^O

12,700

10,200

8,630

8,780

8,130

7,640

6,930

6,060

5,830

5,870

5,910

7,860

8,870

8,950

9,290

8,330

7,490

6,560

5,670

5,440

5,420

5,180

4,780

4,830

4,830

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.85

1.15

2.89

17.18

2.22

1.77

1.58

1.62

2.00

.77

2.09

1.13

1.24

19.31
82 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Blackwater River near Union Hall, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 3V°02'35", long. 79°41'07", at highway bridge at 

 Remps r'ord, 3 miles upstream from Gills Creek and 3 miles north of Union Hall, Franklin 

County. Datum of gage is 693.13 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers),

Drainage area. 208 square miles.

Records available. March 1925 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 24 years, 233 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 8,610 second-feet Mar. 23 (gage height, 12.90 

reet); minimum, 117 second-feet Oct. 29, 30, 31, Nov. 1 (gage height, 1.96 feet).

1925-49: Maximum discharge, 19,700 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 19.52 

feet), from rating curve extended above 6,500 second-feet by logarithmic plotting on 

basis of unit hydrograph and flood-routing studies by Corps of Engineers, and records&r 

other station in Roanoke River Basin; minimum, 13 second-feet Sept. 20, 1932 (gage height,. 

J.. 4o feet).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). W 892; 1930(M), 1933(M), 1938-39(M).

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

215

168

152

146

675

503

255

215

200

178

165

158

149

143

140

137

137

155

149

137

134

134

131

128

128

123

120

120

120

117

120

Nov.

120

123

143

219

168

152

161

161

146

143

140

134

131

131

128

125

125

125

243

898

326

264

268

388

471

322

393

1,010

1,710

710

Dec.

471

374

1.05O

4.65O

1,090

685

510

427

364

331

294

272

264

247

468

64O

422

350

369

369

312

281

259

251

255

238

230

259

259

1,440

685

Jan.

446

369

322

304

760

1,240

620

500

436

398

369

350

331

317

299

290

286

281

281

272

281

407

378

350

331

336

340

374

364

320

380

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Septsmber ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

470

450

420

470

540

500

440

390

360

450

520

420

380

350

330

359

470

400

350

440

410

370

350

330

320

300

310

370

_

-

Secondfoot-daye

5 552

9^578

18,116

111,547

12,332

11,269

14, 897

12 , 681

16,167

14,615

18,061

11,962

10,877

156,107

Pta* discharge (base, 2,000 sec. -ft.). Nov

Mar.

360

330

320

300

290

280

270

270

268

268

272

255

247

247

243

238

238

276

294

255

251

767

4,630

788

570

486

432

402

369

345

336

Apr.

322

304

299

290

336

505

393

364

326

312

308

336

1,090

1,190

660

520

446

412

378

350

336

393

422

355

322

312

312

393

336

359

Maximum

675

1,710

4,650

4,650

1,240

540

4,630

1,190

4^090

2,150

1,970

735

4,650

. 29 (2 a.m.

May

864

1,100

952

610

505

451

441

417

388

788

1,300

980

6SO

535

495

565

815

422

364

331

317

331

383

304

286

272

272

264

259

255

251

Minimum

117

120

230

110

272

300

238

290

251

215

243

196

230

117

June

247

243

238

238

243

238

230

230

226

222

222

251

345

264

276

378

578

790

317

272

299

322

251

230

243

255

215

422

2,240

4,090

Mean

179

319

584

305

398

402

481

A I}"I

*£O

522

487

583

386

363

428

July

1,510

735

550

446

369

322

294

290

294

312

546

760

535

892

862

1,090

2,150

1,020

685

570

645

481

402

355

331

304

286

272

259

251

243

Aug.

234

230

230

259

340

247

234

226

219

211

203

196

203

238

398

294

476

535

369

294

268

264

294

259

230

535

640

456

1,970

815

595

Per square 

mile

0.861

1.53

2.81

1.47

1 * Q1 91

1.93

2

"t-\ 

.01

2.03

2 51

2 . 34

2. SO

1.86

1.75

2.06

2.600 sec. -ft.; Dec. 4 (2 p.m.

Sspt.

735

486

427

398

486

544

378

374

322

294

281

272

293

698

393

340

402

336

520

308

276

264

276

243

234

230

230

238

281

312

Runoff in 

inches

0.99

1.71

3.24

19.95

2.20

2.01

2.66

2.26

2 * 89

2.61

3.23

2.14

1.95

27.89

5,^70

_,_.. _-.. ..., .... _ .... ,

3,210 sec.-ft.; Aug. 29 (10 a.m.) 2,390 sec.-ft.

Note. No gage-height record Jan. 30 to Feb. 15, Feb. 17 to Mar. 8; discharge computed on basis of 

weather records and records for Roanoke River at Roanoke, and Pigg River near Toshes.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 83

Pigg River near Toshes, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°59'0l", long. 79°30'52", half a mile downstream 

from tfryingpan Creek and 1.7 miles northwest of Toshes, Pittsylvania County. Datum of 

gage Is 602.55 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 394 square miles.

Records available. August 1930 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 19 years, 411 second-feet.

isxtremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 9,330 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 17.27 

feet); minimum, 221 second-fset Oct. 4 (gage height, 3.62 feet).

1930-49: Maximum discharge, 34,300 second-feet Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 32.5 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 11,000 second-feet by 

logarithmic plotting on basis of slope-area determination at gage height 25.8 feet, 

and records for other stations in Roanoke River Basin; minimum, 22 second-feefAug. 31, 

1932 (gage height, 2.32 feet).

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mill above station.

Revisions (water years).--W 972: 1931-40 (maximum only, 1931-32, 1934-35, 1937).

Rating table, water year 194S-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

3.7 242 7.0 1,48O 

4.0 324 9.O 2,51O 

4.5 484 11.0 3,760 

5.0 665 14.0 6,OOO 

6.0 1,050 16.0 7,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

345 

271 

250 

247 

830

932 

414 

354 

330 

286

271 

276 

265 

258 

258

252 

258 

318 

321 

289

278 

276 

273 

276 

278

273 

271 

276 

273 

276 

268

Nov.

263 

265 

286 

464 

366

312 

394 

291 

286 

a290

a28O 

a270 

a260 

276 

276

273 

276 

284 

318 

1,12O

61O 

466 

466 

759 

874

610 

816 

2,160 

3,480 

1,130

Dec.

7 2O 

536 

1,76O 

7,600 

2,450

854 

665 

572 

519 

484

449 

414 

414 

399 

519

797 

572 

484 

554 

572

484 

466 

432 

414 

432

414 

369 

432 

449 

2,760 

1,380

Jan.

740 

572 

502 

484 

721

3,11O 

1,010 

721 

591 

536

502 

484 

466 

432 

414

399 

399 

384 

399 

399

414 

778 

591 

519 

484

484 

466 

536 

536 

466 

554

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber.... ......................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

&ry

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

721 

684 

628 

684 

952

740 

646 

591 

536 

684

797 

610 

554 

519 

502

536 

684 

572 

536 

646

628 

554 

536 

502 

484

449 

449 

554

Seoondfoot-days

10.O43 

18,121 

29,366

197,088

19,093 

16,978 

18,794 

15,925 

23,716 

16,496 

22,616 

15,522 

14,252

220,922

Mar.

554

502 

484 

466 

414

414 

414 

399 

399 

399

432 

399 

384 

384 

384

375 

378 

432 

449 

399

384 

399 

3,800 

1,440 

778

665 

628 

610 

591 

536 

502

Apr.

484 

449 

432 

414 

414

S16 

591 

519 

484 

449

414 

449 

898 

1,260 

740

591 

5U 

484 

466 

449

432 

484 

646 

484 

414

432 

399 

449 

414 

449

Maximum

932 

3,480 

7,600

7,60O

3,110 

952 

3,80O 

1,260 

2,720 

3,930 

2.41O 

1,920 

1,350

7,600

May

990 

874 

1,440 

778 

61O

536 

502 

572 

502 

432

2,120 

1,870 

874 

665 

61O

702 

2,720 

874 

628 

554

5O2 

5O2 

502 

449 

466

432 

414 

414 

399 

399 

384

Minimum

247 

260 

369

201

384 

449 

375 

384 

394 

291 

306 

273 

312

247

June

384 

375 

363 

354 

351

342 

330 

318 

312 

309

303 

30O 

369 

399 

369

399 

466 

91O 

502 

363

333 

375 

315 

291 

306

432 

342 

484 

1,870 

3,930

Mean

324 

604 

947

538

616 

606 

606 

531 

765 

550 

730 

501 

475

605

July

1,130 

646 

519 

466 

414

399 

384 

414 

414 

414

1.11O 

1,210 

759 

1,130 

1,670

2,410 

1,920 

1,390 

740 

628

572 

519 

484 

414 

3S4

372 

354 

351 

378 

306 

315

Aug.

336 

369 

327 

354 

449

284 

333 

306 

286 

276

273 

281 

273 

385 

702

554 

665 

665 

536 

536

449 

432 

536 

519 

449

384 

372 

502 

1,92O 

759 

1,O1O

Psr square 

mile

O.822 

1.53 

2.40

1.37

1.56 

1.54 

1.54 

1.35 

1.94 

1.40 

1.85 

1.27 

1.21

1.54

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 sec. -ft.). Nov. 28 (12 p.m.) 5,280 sec. -ft. s Dec. 4 (3 p.m

Sept.

1,350 

684 

519 

486 

484

591 

414 

466 

399 

378

372 

363 

378 

628 

646

43'

466 

414 

519 

432

378 

363 

414 

378 

351

348 

312 

339 

449 

519

Runoff in 

inches

0.95 

1.71 

2.77

18.61

1.80 

1.6O 

1.78 

1.51 

2.24 

1.56 

2.13 

1.46 

1.35

2O.86

.) 9,330

aec. _, ,_-- ., _, -_-- ---, - - __ ,_-- 

sec.-ft.; June 30'(ll:30'a.m.) 7,000 secl-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, 

and records for Blackwater River near Union Hall and Goose Creek near Huddleston.
84 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Goose Creek .near Huddleston, Va.

Location Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°10', long. 79°32', a quarter of a mile upstream 

from Haden Bridge, three-eighths of a mile upstream from Rockcastle Creek, and 4 miles 

upstream from Huddleston, Bedford County. Datum of gage is 592.91 feet above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 187 square miles.

Hecoras available. September 1930 to September 1949. March 1925 to September 1927 (gage 

heights only) at site a quarter of a mile downstream.

Average discharge. 19 years (1930-49), 184 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 17,600 second-feet Mar. 23 (gage height, 24.1 

reet/ from floodmark), by slope-area method; minimum, 78 second-feet Nov. 2 (gage height, 1.53 feet)

oc ^30-49: Maximiim discharge, 20,300 second-feet (revised) Oct. 19, 1937 (gage height, 

<so./o leet from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 6,400 second-feet on basis 

oi slope-area determination at gage height 24.1 feet; minimum, 3 second-feet Aug 31 

1932, Jan. 30, 1934.

Revisions. The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised 

as snown in the following table. They supersede those published in the water-supply 

papers indicated.

Water-Supply 

Paper

852..........

872..........

892:.........

Water 

year

1937-38

1939-40

Date

Aug. 18

Aug. 14

Gage height 

(feet)

oc 71:

91 7fi

21.90

Discharge 

(second-feet)

20 300

14,100

14,400

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years) W 892: 1933, 1935(M), 1939. W 972: 1931-32(M), 1934(M), 

1935-38, 1940, 1941(M). W 1082: 1940(P).

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

IS

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

135

118

112

110

677

301

156

140

125

1OS

115

120

115

108

105

105

1O3

122

120

108

105

103

98

98

98

96

96

94

94

94

94

Nov.

96

94

105

128

105

105

118

112

110

110

105

105

103

100

96

96

98

96

164

636

252

210

194

280

440

23O

330

1,230

1,750

652

-

Dec.

365

252

1,480

6,160

95O

59O

440

353

278

230

196

ISO

170

156

412

493

362

283

315

280

221

196

178

172

172

151

138

161

273

2,590

914

Jan.

515

382

312

286

1,110

1,51O

668

455

370

318

283

272

252

238

227

216

216

210

207

2O2

213

7O8

500

379

321

307

295

330

312

283

382

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

May

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

485

382

333

347

382

327

318

295

378

341

330

289

278

266

26ft

272

272

244

244

307

275

255

249

232

227

218

213

235

.

_

-

Secondfoot-days

4,173

8,250

19,111

103,552

12,279

8,154

13,715

8,829

13,380

6,745

14,453

4,634

4,501

118,224

Mar.

230

213

207

202

196

194

186

178

178

180

183

170

167

164

164

159

159

210

210

194

186

761

5,560

812

560

455

396

368

312

289

272

Apr.

252

232

218

210

224

411

275

266

227

199

191

194

1,030

880

500

362

295

252

230

210

205

263

252

21O

199

188

199

224

196

235

Maximum

677

1,750

6,160

6,160

1,51O

485

5,560

1,030

1,480

852

3,060

550

275

6.16O

Peak discharge (base, 3.0OO sec. -ft.) . Nov. 28 (7:30 i

May

6O5

936

1,480

6O5

411

373

347

318

258

1,320

1,210

620

426

336

321

286

382

a330

a290

a26O

a240

a250

a270

a200

194

191

194

186

183

180

178

Minimum

94

94

138

76

202

213

159

188

178

148

151

105

1O3

94

June

175

172

170

167

167

167

161

159

153

153

153

153

241

183

178

235

304

23O

183

178

199

188

159

153

161

159

148

305

852

739

Mean

135

275

616

283

396

291

442

294

432

466

149

ISO

324

July

286

210

188

175

164

156

151

161

161

167

1,28O

373

318

318

258

2,270

3,060

982

560

411

485

47O

295

252

224

202

186

183

17O

170

167

Aug.

153

148

140

138

148

135

128

122

118

115

110

105

115

1O5

125

151

153

140

130

128

122

125

138

128

118

156

133

161

550

2O2

194

Per square 

mile

0.722

1.47

3.29

1.51

2.12

1.56

2 36

l!57

2.31

1.20

2.49

.797

.802

1.73

Sept.

275

188

164

159

153

151

148

153

146

135

130

130

135

172

143

178

199

218

213

140

125

120

122

112

108

105

103

103

130

143

Runoff in 

inches

0.83

1.64

3.79

20.57

2.44

1.62

2.72

1.75

2 .66

1 34

2 .87

92

!89

23.47

i.m.) 3.2OO sec. -ft.; Dec. 4 (4 a.m.) 12,300

. Dec. 30 (10 a.m.) 4,76O sec.-ft.; Jan. 5'(9:3O p.m.) 3,360 sec.-ft.; Mar. 23 (2 a.m.) 

17,600 sec.-ft.; May 2 (11:30 p.m.) 3,150 sec.-ft.; May 1O (5 p.m.) 5.69O jsec.-ft.; July 17 (12:3O 

a.m.) 6.O2O sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Otter 

Iver near Evlngton and Plgg River near Toshes.
ROANOKE ,RIVER BASIN °° 

Otter River near Bedford, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°22', long. 79°25', at bridge on U. S. Highway 

4bU, 1 mile downstream from Roaring Run, 6j miles northeast of Bedford, Bedford County, 

and 8 miles upstream from Little Otter River. 

Drainage area. 116 square miles. 

Records available. October 1943 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 12,100 second-feet Mar. 23 (gage height, 17.3 

reet), from rating curve extended above 4,000 second-feet on basis of slope-area 

determinations at gage heights 12.1 and 17.3 feet; minimum, 45 second-feet Oct. 4 

(gage height, 1.66 feet).

1944-49: Maximum discharge, that of Mar. 23, 1949; minimum, 5.6 second-feet Sept. 

8, 1944 (gage height, 0.89 foot).

Flood in 1937 or 1939 reached a stage of 21.8 feet, from floodmarks at present site. 

Flood in August 1940 reached a stage jf 12.1 feet, from floodmarks (discharge, 

8,080 second-feet, revised), from rating curve extended above 4,000 second-feet on 

basis of slope-area determinations at gage heights 12.1 and 17.3 feet.

Revisions.--The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as snown in the following table. They supersede those published in the water-supply 

papers indicated.

Water-Supply 

Paper

1002... .......

1112..........

Water 

year

1943-44

1947-48

Date

Sept. 18

Aug. 4

Gage height 

(feet)

12.0

15.62

Discharge 

(second-feet)

8,000

10,700

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

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

1.6 4O 2.4 170 4.6 1,280 

1.7 49 2.6 229 5.2 1,750 

1.8 6O 3.0 375 6.0 2,530 

2.0 88 3.4 550 7 .O 3,630 

2.2 123 4.0 880 8.0 4,60O 

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Oct.

65 

53 

49 

47 

291

165 

100 

12O 

9S 

S2

73 

69 

64 

60 

58

57 

57 

73 

64 

59

56 

56 

56 

54 

53

51 

51 

50 

50 

50 

50

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

Nov.

51 

50 

69 

S8 

65

6S 

66 

60 

60 

63

59 

57 

59 

57 

57

54 

57 

56 

199 

445

204 

176 

148 

2O4 

335

204 

320 

914 

970 

496

Month

Dec.

351 

274 

972 

4,530 

798

540

4O7 

331 

274 

243

2 2O 

207 

19O 

170 

5O1

399 

305 

249 

309 

270

232 

210 

19O 

178 

176

152 

155 

145 

199 

1,930 

650

Jan.

427 

343 

294 

274 

977

97O 

505 

411 

351 

313

280 

263 

239 

223 

2O7

195 

190 

178 

181 

162

224 

605 

391 

328 

288

302 

291 

367 

298 

263 

468

ber. .................... ....

nber .........................

nber ............... .........

lendar year 1948 ............

ary ....

uary ................. . . .

h.... .................. .....

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

435 

347 

309 

313 

309

274 

280 

246 

239 

274

256 

239 

229 

220 

21O

220 

21CT 

192 

198 

298

239 

229 

217 

204 

195

184 

178 

223

Second 

foot-days

2,281 

5,711 

15,757

76,852

1O.8O8 

6,967 

10,561 

8,066 

8,414 

3,271 

10,118 

3.8O8 

2,638

88,400

liar.

187 

173 

170 

162 

158

158 

141 

134 

132 

141

134 

123 

119 

119 

118

114 

114 

201 

150 

136

134 

1,680 

3,340 

550 

407

343 

298 

263 

232 

220 

210

Apr.

192 

181 

176 

168 

176

284 

214 

207 

184 

173

170 

187 

1,250 

678 

435

355 

309 

277 

243 

220

204 

274 

229 

201 

19O

181 

184 

176 

158 

190

May

464

592 

615 

423 

347

305 

288 

256 

246 

606

560 

431 

367 

316 

291

302 

263 

223 

198 

178

173 

192 

165 

150 

141

134 

127 

121 

118 

112 

110

Maximum Minimum

291 47 

97O 50 

4,530 145

4,530 34

977 162 

435 178 

3,340 114 

1,250 158 

615 110 

284 69 

1,810 88 

582 66 

229 54

4,530 47

June

105 

102 

96 

95 

93

88 

80 

78 

73 

73

73 

73 

80 

85 

84

105 

239 

138 

158

127

105 

96 

84 

91 

105

78 

69 

85 

284 

229

Mean

73.6 

190 

508

210

349 

249 

341 

269 

271 

109 

326 

123 

87.9

242

July

173 

141 

123 

110 

1OO

88 

118 

190 

160 

141

256

280 

226 

214 

276

1,810 

1,600 

850 

535 

419

387 

355 

270 

220 

192

170 

160 

152 

130 

134 

138

Aug.

116 

109 

103 

127 

155

110 

100 

90 

84 

80

76 

72 

70 

7O 

90

103 

109 

95 

78 

69

69 

69 

90 

76 

66

118 

95 

170 

582 

243 

324

Sept.

229 

158 

141 

132 

118

109 

114 

103 

86 

80

78 

76 

76 

78 

70

74 

74 

76 

91 

64

60 

60 

60 

54 

54

54 

54 

58 

79 

78

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.634 0.73 

1.64 1.83 

4.38 5.05

1.81 24.65

3.01 3.47 

2.15 2.24 

2.94 3.39 

2.32 2.59 

2.34 2.70 

.940 1.05 

2.81 3.24 

1.06 1.22 

.758 .85

2.09 28.36

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 sec. -ft.) . Nov. 28 (5 p.m.) 2,220 sec. -ft.; Dec. 4 (3 a.m.) 9,810

sec.-ft.; Dec. 3O (10:30 a.m.) 3.740 sec.-ft.; Jan. 5 (9 p.m.) 2,970 sec.-ft.; Mar. 23 (12=3O a.m.) 

12.1OO sec.-ft.; Apr. 13 (4 p.m.) 4,05O sec.-ft.; July 16 (2 a.m.) 4,05O sec.-ft. 

960338 O- 52 - 7
86 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Otter River near Evington, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°13', long. 79°18', at highway bridge 2 miles upstream from Flat Creek and 2 miles southwest of Evington, Campbell County. Datum of 

gage is 544.02 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 

1936.

Drainage area.--325 square miles.

Records available.--November 1936 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--12 years (1937-49), 366 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 22,300 second-feet Mar. 23 (gage height, 21.86 

1'eet), from rating curve extended above 7,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting on 

basis of unit hydrograph and flood-routing studies by Corps of Engineers, and records 

for other stations in Roanoke River Basin; minimum, 159 second-feet Oct. 4 (gage height, 

2.03 feet).

1936-49: Maximum discharge, 27,500 second-feet Oct. 19, 1937, Aug. 19, 1939 (gage 

height, 23.1 feet), from rating curve extended above 7,000 second-feet by logarithmic 

plotting on basis of unit hydrograph and flood-routing studies by Corps of Engineers, 

and records for other stations in Roanoke River Basin; minimum, 39 second-feet Dec 16 

1343 (gage height, 1.07 feet), result of low temperature.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Revl .sj:Pns ( water years).--W 852: 1937. W 892: 1938-39(M). W 972: 1937-39. W1032- 

194U.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

236 

185 

167 

160 

873

650 

334 

311 

311 

250

226 

215 

201 

192 

185

178 

178 

204 

211 

185

180 

178 

180 

178 

175

172 

170 

170 

175 

217 

259

Nov.

230 

210 

210 

240 

230

220 

210 

200 

197 

208

196 

187 

187 

184 

180

178 

187 

192 

248 

945

478 

464 

436 

753 

918

578 

828 

1,910 

3,240 

1,170

Dec.

753 

578 

1,830 

9,700 

2,020

1,180 

888 

753 

650 

578

506 

492 

464 

436 

866

1,110 

738 

606 

798 

753

606 

534 

492 

464 

464

408 

345 

395 

478 

5,100 

1,980

Jan.

1,040 

798 

694 

650 

1,820

4,040 

1,320 

948 

798 

694

636 

621 

578 

534 

492

478 

464 

450 

450 

422

492 

1,740 

948 

738 

650

650 

621 

738 

650 

578 

823

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Maro 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h.. ..........................

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

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,210 

918 

738 

753 

798

664 

650 

592 

548 

708

738 

592 

548 

520 

492

520 

621 

492 

492 

753

621 

548 

534 

492 

478

450 

436 

548

Seoondfoot-days

7,506 

15,614 

36,965

195,512

26,555 

17,454 

36,650 

20,927 

23,329 

12,224 

28,660 

9,184 

' 6,714

231,782

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 sec. -ft.). No\

sec. -ft.; Dec. 30 (3:30 p.m.) 6,920 sec. -ft., 

22,300 sec. -ft. j Apr. 14 (12:30 a.m.) 4,950 s 

Note. No gage-height record Nov. 1-8, June 

of weather records and records for Otter Rive 

River near Toshes .

Mar.

520 

464 

450 

422 

422

408 

395 

382 

382 

382

395 

357 

345 

345 

345

334 

334 

492 

478 

395

369 

637 

1O.7OO 

1,600 

1,040

888 

798 

723 

650 

606 

592

Apr.

563 

520 

506 

506 

492

948 

636 

650 

548 

506

492 

506 

1,900 

2,310 

1,080

828 

723 

664 

606 

563

520 

664 

738 

548 

492

478 

478 

548 

450 

464

Maximum

873 

3,240 

9,700

9,700

4,040 

1,210 

10,700 

2,310 

2,200 

1,500 

6,000 

1,000 

506

10,700

. 29 (1 a.m. 

Jan. 6 (2:3 

ec.-ft. 

2O- 24, June 

r near Bedfo

May

1,210 

1,170 

2,200 

1,040 

798

694 

636 

650 

548

1,190

2,040 

1,250 

858 

738 

650

694 

918 

592 

520 

478

450 

478 

563 

422 

408

382 

382 

357 

345 

334 

334

Minimum

160 

178 

345

132

422 

436 

334 

450 

334 

250 

300 

218 

162

160

June

334 

311 

300 

290 

279

279 

269 

259

250 

250

250 

250 

334 

290 

279

322 

606 

506 

382 

360

400 

380 

330 

260 

334

320 

300 

600 

1,500 

1,400

Mean

242 

520 

1,192

534

857 

623 

860 

698 

753 

407 

925 

296 

224

635

July

700 

450 

380 

360 

330

320 

300 

320 

330 

340

2,500 

750 

650 

640 

550

4,100 

6,000 

2,000

1,100

850

950 

950 

600 

520

460

420 

380 

370 

350 

350 

340

Aug.

310 

300 

290 

280 

290

280 

260 

250 

250 

240

229 

224 

218 

231 

269

300 

322 

290 

259 

240

231 

235 

269 

259 

227

240 

269 

289 

1,000 

464 

369

Per square 

mile

0.745 

1.60 

3.67

1.64

2.64 

1.92 

2.65 

2.15 

2.32 

1.25 

2.85 

.911 

.689

1.95

Sept.

506 

322 

279 

279 

259

259 

240 

240 

213 

196

190 

187 

190 

208 

190

192 

250 

208 

279 

199

178 

178 

184 

170 

162

162 

162 

180 

217 

235

Runoff in 

inches

0.86 

1.78 

4.23

22.38

3.04 

2.00 

3.06 

2.40 

2.68 

1.40 

3.29 

1.05 

.77

26.56

) 4,550 sec. -ft. ; Dec. 4 (9:3O a.m.) 14.3OO 

0 a.m.) 6,370 sec. -ft.; Mar. 23 (7 a.m.)

26 to Aug. 8; discharge computed on basis 

rd, Goose Creek near Huddleston, and Pigg
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 87

Falling River near Maruna, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°07', long. 78°58', at highway bridge 2 miles upstream from Little Falling River and Zj miles northeast of Maruna, Campbell County. 

Datum of gage is 412.32 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 172 square miles.

Kecords available.--July 1929 to January 1935, September 1941 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 13 years (1929-34, 1941-49), 150 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,270 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 17.34 

feet); minimum, 63 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 2.82 feet).

1929-35, 1941-49: Maximum discharge, 15,800 second-feet Sept. 18 or 19, 1944 (gage 

height, 23.9 feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 6,100 second-feet 

on basis of slope-area determinations at gage heights 23.9 and 26.5 feet; minimum observed, 3 second-feet Oct. 9, 1932 (gage height, 2.18 feeb).

Flood in August 1940 reached a stage of 26.5 feet, from floodmarks (discharge, 22,000 

second-feet, by slope-area method).

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height-record, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 -(gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

2.8 

3.0 

3.2 

3.6

134

235

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

8.0

350

686

1,040

1,840

10.0

12.0

15.0

2,700

3,610

5,390

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

1Q

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

a!20

alOO

a 85

380

a450

a 350

a200

a!60

134

103

93

91

a9O

a90

a85

a85

a 85

a 95

a 100

a 85

a 85

a80

a80

a 80

a8O

a8O

aSO

a80

a80

a8O

a85

Nov.

a 85

a90

a95

allO

a 105

a 100

alOO

a 95

a9O

a95

a90

97

97

93

89

86

93

89

496

1,500

263

227

a230

a310

a210

a290

a380

a 600

31,120

35OO

-

Dec.

33OO

227

1,180

5,070

584

344

269

232

203

187

170

167

167

160

246

280

216

182

269

249

200

182

170

162

170

150

150

172

203

2,050

618

Jan.

320

252

219

211

447

1,590

414

300

255

230

213

205

195

187

174

170

170

170

167

160

219

860

338

266

238

249

232

227

203

185

269

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Angus t ...........................

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

363

332

294

366

382

283

274

243

222

401

338

263

235

222

208

263

448

266

252

323

252

232

222

203

198

187

185

317

_

_

-

Secondf cot-day s

3,571

7 3 825

14,92£

81,715

9 335

7^774

6.60C

6,927

s.sse

4,175

8,28£

3 59^

2)986

81,65S

Mar.

257

211

198

185

182

180

167

164

164

185

180

162

157

157

157

150

152

216

185

164

157

164

751

308

280

285

241

235

213

198

195

Apr.

187

170

164

174

180

338

224

238

195

177

172

177

356

401

243

203

185

177

170

3170

3170

3350

3440

3410

3290

3200

182

150

157

277

-

Maximum

450

1,500

5,070

5,070

1,590

448

751

440

530

1,000

3,100

450

200

5,070

May

241

332

205

170

150

a!60

a!70

a!70

al50

a270

a530

a 350

a230

174

157

283

203

157

139

130

124

132

143

121

119

111

111

109

107

105

103

Minimum

80

85

150

55

160

185

150

150

103

82

88

69

75

69

June

99

97

93

93

93

91

86

82

82

82

84

84

91

97

88

105

176

146

July

162

119

111

103

93

88

91

105

103

95

628

409

235

423

185

252

3,100 376

101 i 235

95 i

116

134

93

84

88

93

82

206

l.OQO

314

-

Mean

115

261

482

223

301

278

213

231

182

139

267

116

99.6

224

180

152

143

121

111

107

101

97

93

91

89

88

Aug.

89

84

86

89

99

84

84

79

75

72

69

80

75

106

93

230

101

91

74

79

75

84

119

101

a 105

allO

a!20

3210

3450

3210

3170

Per square 

mile

0.669

1.52

2.80

1.30

1.75

1.62

1.24

1.34

1.06

.808

1.55

.674

.579

1.30

Sept.

a200

a!40

a 125

3125

3120

a!15

a 110

a 110

a95

a85

385

385

82

89

93

91

117

89

113

88

79

77

97

80

75

75

75

79

95

99

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.77

1.70

3.23

17.68

2.02

1.69

1.43

1.50

1.22

.90

1.79

.78

.65

17.68

Peak discharge (base, 1.600 sec.-ft.). Nov. 20 (3 a.m.) 3.43O sec.-ft.} Dec. 4 ^2 p.m.) 7,270 

sec.-ft.j Dec. 30 (2 p.m.) 3,100 sec.-ft.; Jsn. 6 (3:30 a.m.] 2,830 sec.-ft.) Jan. 22 (4 3.m.) 1,710 

sec.-ft.; June 29 (1 a.m.) 2,300 sec.-ft.; July 11 (7 p.m.) 1,760 sec.-ft.; July 17 (9:3O a.m.) 

5,390 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Otter River 

near Evington, Hoanoke Creek at, Ssxe, and Cub Creek at Phenix.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Cub Creek at Phenix, Va.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 37°05', long. 78°46', at bridge on State Highway 40 0 9 mUe 

west of Phenix, Charlotte County, and 2 miles downstream from Rough Creek.

Drainage area.--102 square miles.

Records available.--August 1946 to September 1949.

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

J-L< ?" feet); minimum observed, 40 second-feet Aug. 4, 9 (gage height, 1.28 feet).

oo Maximum discharge observed, 2,340 second-feet Apr. 1, 1948 (gage height, 

11.88 feet, from floodmark); minimum observed, 16 second-feet Oct. 31, 1947; minimum 

gage height observed, 1.16 feet Sept. 5, 1947.

Remarks.--Records poor. Gage read once daily,

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

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

1.2 34 5.0

1.4 49 6.0

2.0 105 8.0

3.O 220 1O.O

4.0 340 11.5

479

680

1,170

1,750

2,200

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

67

58

a55

a55

a300

842

136

95

90

a82

72

62

67

76

62

62

55

90

72

62

62

58

62

58

57

55

57

57

57

57

58

Nov.

58

57

62

76

62

62

62

62

67

76

67

62

67

62

58

72

58

72

67

136

95

90

95

196

220

154

244

328

938

392

-

Dec,

160

148

268

2,200

1,200

256

172

142

125

115

alOO

alOO

alOO

a95

a!45

a!65

a!30

allO

a!60

alSO

al20

allO

alOO

a95

alOO

a90

a90

alOO

al20

al,200

a300

Jan.

al90

alSO

a!30

a!30

a260

3920

a250

alSO

alSO

a!40

a!30

ITS

125

110

105

105

105

105

105

105

105

268

304

172

148

154

148

136

125

115

130

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

196

184

172

184

232

172

160

154

136

184

268

172

148

136

130

136

220

172

142

172

148

142

136

120

115

115

172

172

_

_

-

Second-- 

foot-days

3,098

4,117

8,466

49,878

5,425

4,590

4,077

3,973

3,853

2,127

2,558

1,624

1,538

45,226

Mar

172

125

125

115

115

110

105

105

105

110

136

110

105

105

105

100

100

115

125

105

105

105

220

256

148

244

160

148

148

125

125

Apr.

115

1

1

1

15

05

15

105

184

1

1

1

36

48

25

115

105

1

3

2

05

60

80

172

125

2

3

]

15

15

10

105

105

]

2

]

10

08

25

105

105

]

3

1

2

Maximum

842

938

2,200

2,200

920

268

256

280

292

184

268

105

67

2,200

05

25

05

05

-

May

172

184

208

160

115

105

105

105

100

105

256

292

148

115

105

184

136

105

95

95

85

85

95

80

80

76

76

76

a70

a70

a70

Minimum

55

57

90

29

105

115

100

105

70

49

41

40

41

40

June

a 65

a65

a 60

a 60

a60

a 60

a55

a55

a50

49

49

49

67

72

58

76

80

85

76

67

67

184

85

72

67

62

56

49

67

160

-

Mean

99.9

137

273

136

175

164

132

128

121

70.9

82.5

52.4

51.3

124

July

110

105

76

67

58

67

53

56

67

58

67

160

80

105

90

76

256

268

85

85

67

62

58

58

56

49

47

46

44

41

41

Aug.

43

41

41

40

56

46

43

41

40

41

41

43

47

51

58

105

Per square 

mile

C.979

1.34

2.68

1.33

1.72

1.61

1.29

1.25

1.19

.695

.809

.514

.503

1.22

76

58

56

49

47

46

58

54

47

43

49

58

76

72

58

Sept.

62

56

62

67

67

62

56

58

51

47

44

43

44

47

47

54

62

62

58

51

41

41

43

43

43

43

44

46

47

47

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.13

1.50

3.09

18.20

1.98

1.68

1.49

1.40

1.37

.78

.93

.59

.56

16.50

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Otter 

River near Evlngton, Falling River near Naruna, and Roanoke Creek at Saxe.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 89

Roanoke Creek at Saxe, Va.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 36°56', long. 78°41', at highway bridge 500 feet northwest 

or baxe, Charlotte County, and 4 miles upstream from Roanoke River.

Drainage area. 162 square miles.

Records available. August 1946 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 3,190 second-feet Dec. 6 (gage height, 

11.94 feet); minimum observed, 31 second-feet Sept. 14; minimum gage height observed, 

2.08 feet Aug. 3, 4.

1946-49: Maximum discharge observed, that of Dec. 6, 1948; minimum observed, 19 

second-feet Sept. 5, 6, 1947, Sept. 3-6, 1948; minimum gage height observed, 1.73 feet 

Sept. 6, 1947.

Remarks. Records fair. Gage read twice daily.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

92

99

a60

47

232

475

450

281

134

92

74

62

54

52

50

47

47

52

60

65

57

52

52

52

52

52

50

50

47

47

47

Nov.

47

50

50

54

57

52

60

57

57

57

54

54

57

57

57

54

62

74

80

92

99

106

120

176

253

281

450

680

1,530

1,350

-

Dec.

680

297

396

1,060

2,230

2,870

500

204

162

127

113

106

99

99

99

155

155

148

176

197

232

162

127

113

113

99

92

92

120

615

1,170

Jan.

645

253

183

141

134

281

500

348

197

155

113

113

106

99

86

86

8O

80

80

80

86

274

362

281

176

141

134

134

120

113

99

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

211

260

267

239

239

218

197

183

162

274

379

475

260

155

134

141

211

239

239

211

190

162

134

127

113

106

99

183

_

-

Secondfoot-days

3,082

6,22"

12,716

65,531

5,68C

5,806

4,639

3,806

4,50£

1 45C

2 093

ijgei

1,437

53.41C

Mar.

197

183

134

120

106

106

99

86

86

86

86

86

86

86

86

86

80

86

120

113

99

92

348

525

450

239

190

176

148

134

120

Apr.

113

106

99

92

92

183

a!60

141

134

120

99

99

141

183

211

141

106

92

92

99

86

141

232

239

155

106

86

86

86

86

Maximum

475

1,530

2,870

2,870

645

475

525

239

525

155

350

246

92

2,870

May

99

120

253

500

362

176

106

86

74

80

239

475

525

289

176

92

86

74

65

60

57

57

54

54

54

52

52

50

50

47

44

Minimum

47

47

92

19

80

99

80

86

44

33

33

33

31

31

June

42

40

40

37

37

37

37

35

35

33

33

33

37

42

40

40

74

141

155

62

47

42

40

40

37

40

40

40

40

54

Mean

99.5

208

410

179

183

207

150

127

145

48.3

67.5

63 . *

47.9

146

July

54

86

44

40

37

40

35

169

246

62

50

47

44

44

44

42

080

clOO

C350

92

44

40

37

35

33

33

33

33

33

33

33

Aug.

33

33

33

33

35

37

35

35

35

35

35

35

37

37

47

106

99

80

54

47

42

40

65

74

86

57

44

62

204

246

120

Per square 

mile

0.614

1.28

2.53

1.10

1.13

1.28

.926

.784

.895

.298

.417

.391

.296

.901

Sept.

57

44

44

50

47

42

40

42

42

40

33

33

33

31

33

35

47

50

74

80

60

47

57

92

86

47

40

37

37

37

Runoff in 

inches

0.71

1.43

2.92

15.07

1.30

1.33

1.07

.87

1.03

.33

.48

.45

.33

12.25

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Falling 

River near Naruna and Cub Creek at Phenix.

c Backvater from Roanoke River; daily discharge computed on basis of weather records and records 

for Cub Creek at Phenix.
90 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

L_in River near Francisco, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°30'15", long. 80°20'55", at bridge on State Highway 704 just downstream from Georges Mill, 3 miles east of Francisco, Stokes County, 

and 7.9 miles downstream from Little Dan River.

Drainage area.--124 square miles.

Records available. August 1924 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--25 years, 189 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,690 second-feet Aug. 28 (gage height, 6.22 

feet); minimum, 44 second-feet Oct. 4; minimum gage height, 1.03 feet Nov. 1; minimum 

daily discharge, 52 second-feet Oct. 4.

1924-49: Maximum discharge, 12,400 second-feet Oct. 19, 1937 (gage height, 12.45 

feet); minimum, 7.1 second-feet Sept. 8, 1932 (gage height, 0.43 foot); minimum daily, 

30 second-feet Sept. 18, 20, 1932.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, 

wnich are poor. Considerable diurnal fluctuation and some regulation by Pinnacles 

Power Plant and two reservoirs, 28 miles above station with a combined capacity of 

416,000,000 cubic feet.

Revisions. W 892: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

81

78

66

52

189

120

94

103

106

81

62

95

89

86

85

86

73

65

90

137

142

144

141

105

61

142

137

96

96

96

82

Nov.

61

94

136

130

111

111

113

69

102

106

104

100

101

86

61

95

98

98

251

298

138

109

134

160

142

127

175

a900

419

249

-

Dec.

207

187

al.OOO

500

223

190

254

244

235

2£8

211

196

205

212

319

271

237

227

248

231

231

227

220

222

213

173

199

218

234

a700

326

Jan.

260

229

229

238

a700

d643

d362

d306

d274

d246

d252

d242

d232

d230

d225

d216

d206

d217

231

181

199

210

209

203

188

190

188

210

187

127

193

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

229

205

194

206

209

159

156

184

179

217

189

177

138

128

169

232

281

220

228

241

200

225

268

260

254

240

231

256

_

_

-

Second 

foot-days

3,082

4,876

8,586

72,435

7,822

5,875

7,386

8,022

12,562

7,659

10,142

11,181

7,793

94,992

Mar.

244

236

237

233

228

212

198

164

157 -

181

182

160

126

108

155

152

151

188

163

124

101

212

949

401

348

316

287

296

310

285

282

Apr.

276

257

241

225

252

300

239

232

222

220

214

247

521

440

316

274

268

243

216

238

238

290

322

268

232

240

238

254

237

262

Maximum

189

900

1,000

1,380

700

281

949

521

1,170

415

822

1,450

559

1,450

May

1,170

658

al,000

574

457

395

414

369

408

597

514

456

393

357

351

486

393

314

293

291

276

264

262

321

290

270

259

242

173

140

176

Minimum

52

61

173

48

127

128

101

214

140

162

155

160

166

52

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 sec. -ft.) .--Nov. 28 (time and discharp

June

192

240

244

234

218

223

242

240

238

234

230

218

236

348

323

352

407

286

247

239

248

243

242

243

240

226

205

162

415

245

Mean

99.5

 163

277

198

252

210

238

267

405

255

327

361

260

260

July

186

229

230

201

220

155

229

375

249

286

520

477

552

444

479

424

822

576

425

385

315

273

241

253

236

227

224

222

221

227

239

Aug.

a220

a220

a220

a260

a260

a200

a2oO

a!80

a!80

a!70

a!70

a!60

also

alSO

a!80

a600

a500

a440

a340

a340

3340

a340

3340

3460

3250

213

185

1,100

1,450

543

Per square 

mile

0.802

1.31

2.23

1.60

2.03

1.69

1.92

2.15

3.27

2.06

2.64

2.91

2.10

2.10

760

Sept.

559

386

329

306

313

319

327

298

263

234

238

239

231

232

222

286

262

218

252

227

212

208

207

193

166

178

200

218

264

206

Runoff in 

inohes

0.92

1.46

2.58

21.72

2.35

1.76

2.22

2.41

3.77

2.30

3.04

3.35

2.34

28.50

e unknown); Dec. 3 (time and

discharge unknown); Jan. 5 < time and discharge unknown); May 10 (6 p.m.) 2,200 sec.-ft.; Aug. 28 

(10 p.m.) 3,690 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for other stations In basin.

d Doubtful gage height record; discharge computed on basis of dpubtful gage heights.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 91

Dan River near Wentworth, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°24'45", long. 79°49'45", 150 feet downstream from 

Settles Bridge, ~3f miles northwest of Wentworth, Rockingham County, and 1\ miles downstream from Mayo River. Prior to Aug. 3, 1949, at site 150 feet upstream'.

Drainage area.--1,050 square miles.

Kecords available. November 1939 to September 1949.'

Average discharge. 10 years, 1,234 second-feet.

Kxtremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 16,000 second-feet July 12 (gage height, 18.93 

I'eet); minimum not determined probably occurred Oct. 24 during period of fragmentary 

record; minimum daily, 510 second-feet Nov. 2.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 56,800 second-feet Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 27.78 

feet); from rating curve extended above 16,500 second-feet on basis of slope-area determination at gage height 26.9 feet and run-off comparisons; minimum, 149 second-feet 

Sept. 11, 1944 (gage height, 1.32 feet); minimum daily, 182 second-feet Sept. 11, 1944.

Flood of 1908 reached a stage about 7 feet higher than that of Sept. 18, 1945, and 

flood of 1937 reached a stage of about 29.8 feet, from information by local residents.

Remarks.--Records good. Slight diurnal fluctuation and regulation at low stage caused by 

power plants above station.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 fgage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 21-26)

2.3 428 5.0 1,700 13.0 8,500 

2.6 547 6.0 2,300 15.0 10,600 

3.0 720 7.0 3,000 17. O 13,000 

3.5 945 9.0 4,600 

4.0 1,190 11.0 6,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

765 

589 

518 

518 

2,150

2,090 

968 

765 

810 

698

654 

610 

589 

568 

547

f526 

f526 

610 

610 

547

568 

589 

632 

f547 

589

514 

547 

568 

543 

543 

f531

Nov.

547 

510 

589 

1,090 

832

698 

832 

765 

654 

654

676 

632 

632 

610 

610

547 

589 

610 

632 

2,060

1,290 

990 

1,120 

1,260 

1,490

1,160 

2,310 

5,240 

11,900 

3,150

Dec.

1,880 

1,490 

3,680 

11,400 

3,730

2,060 

1,640 

1,490 

1,340 

1,240

1,140 

1,090 

1,060 

1,020 

1,240

2,240 

1,590 

1,340 

1,940 

2,120

1,490 

1,290 

1,190 

1,120 

1,190

1,220 

922 

968 

1,160 

6,640 

5,140

Jan.

2,120 

1,590 

1,390 

1,290 

2,030

10,900 

3,750 

2,240 

1,820 

1,590

1,440 

1,390 

1,290 

1,240 

1,190

1,140 

1,120 

1,090 

1,140 

1,140

1,090 

1,490 

1,390 

1,340 

1,260

1,190 

1,190 

1,260 

1,340 

1,190 

1,290

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Haro 

Apri 

Bay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary ......

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

2,300 

2,300 

1,760 

1,640 

1,840

1,640 

1,540 

1,440 

1,340 

1,490

1,940 

1,490 

1,390 

1,260 

1,190

1,340 

2,300 

1,820 

1,590 

2,060

1,820 

1,540 

1,490 

1,390 

1,340

1,260 

1,220 

1,390

Secondfoot-days

21,829 

44,679 

67,060

507,719

54,930 

45,220 

44,753 

53,630 

75,370 

41,912 

72,700 

61,923 

44,351

628,357

Mar.

1,340 

1,220 

1,160 

1,140 

1,140

1,120 

1,090 

1,040 

990 

1,060

1,440 

1,190 

1,060 

1,020 

968

990 

945 

1,090 

1,340 

1,120

1,040 

990 

3,230 

2,730 

2,000

2,720 

1,940 

1,880 

2,240 

1,880 

1,640

Apr.

1,540 

1,390 

1,340 

1,290 

1,260

2,180 

1,640 

1,440 

1,340 

1,240

1,240 

1,540 

3,280 

5,540 

2,440

1,820 

1,590 

1,490 

1,390 

1,290

1,290 

2,400 

3,500 

1,820 

1,540

1,390 

1,340 

1,390 

1,290 

1,390

Maximum

2,150 

11,900 

11,400

12,000

10,900 

2,300 

3,230 

5,540 

8,740 

5,820 

13,100 

12,000 

7,320

13,100

Peak discharge (base, 12,OOO sec. -ft.) .--Nov. 29 (9 a.n

sec. -ft.; Jan. 6 (2 p.m.) 12,600 see. -ft.; June 3O (l a.n 

see. -ft.; Aug. 29 (6 p.m.) 14,100 sec. -ft. 

a Mo gage-height record; discharge computed on basis ol 

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed fi

May

8,740 

4,470 

4,500 

2,860 

2,180

1,880 

1,700 

1,760 

1,590 

2,170

3,680 

2,580 

1,940 

1,640 

1,540

3,450 

8,460 

2,720 

1,880 

1,590

1,490 

1,440 

1,440 

1,290 

1,440

1,290 

1,240 

1,190 

1,140 

1,060 

1,020

Mininum

514 

510 

922

391

1,090 

1,190 

945 

1,240 

1,020 

900 

945 

698 

878

510

June

1,040 

990 

1,020 

1,020 

1,020

990 

945 

945 

922 

922

900 

922 

1,440 

1,440 

1,340

1,390 

1,440 

1,440 

1,160 

1,040

968 

968 

945 

900 

900

945 

900 

1,440 

5,820 

5,800

Mean

704 

1,489 

2,163

1,387

1,772 

1,615 

1,444 

1,788 

2,431 

1,397 

2,345 

1,998 

1,478

1,722

July

2,000 

1,340 

1,260 

1,160 

1,040

990 

990 

2,120 

1,390 

1,140

4,060 

13,100 

2,860 

2,180 

3,360

3,570 

6,800 

5,840 

2,580 

2,000

1,700 

1,490 

1,340 

al,250 

al,150

al,100 

al,050 

31,000 

a950 

945 

945

Aug.

968 

3900 

al,000 

1,060 

1,290

968 

900 

832 

742 

765

a700 

698 

a700 

3750 

al,200

34,000 

33,400 

32,400 

al,700 

31,600

32,600 

32,400 

32,600 

31,800 

31,600

31,200 

1,020 

1,790 

12,000 

4,400 

3,940

Per square 

mile

0.670 

1.42 

2.06

1.32

1.69 

1.54 

1.38 

1.70 

2.32 

1.33 

2.23 

1.90 

1.41

1.64

Sept.

7,320 

a2,600 

1,820 

1,590 

1,490

1,490 

1,440 

1,760 

1,590 

al,300

al,200 

al,200 

31,150 

1,120 

1,060

1,090 

1,760 

1,260 

1,290 

1,090

1,020 

968 

990 

945 

900

878 

878 

922 

990 

1,240

Runoff in 

inches

0.77 

1.58 

2.38

18.00

1.95 

1.60 

1.59 

1.90 

2.67 

1.48 

2.57 

2.19 

1.57

22.25

i.) 14,100 sec. -ft.; Dec. 4 (4 p.m.) 13,100 

i.) 12,100 sec. -ft.; July 12 (12 m.) 16,000

' records for station at Leaksville. 

'om partly estimated gage heights.
92 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 

Dan River at Leaksville, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°29'05", long. 79°45'30", at Leaksville, Rockingham County, half a mile downstream from State highway bridge and half a mile upstream 

from Smith River. Datum of gage is 490.33 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area.--1,150 square miles.

Records available. July 1929 to September 1949 (discontinued).

Average discharge. 20 years, 1,304 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 14,700 second-feet July 12; maximum gage-height, 

lb.5U feet June 30 (backwater from Smith River); minimum discharge, 518 second-feet 

Oct. 26 (gage height, 1.33 feet).

1929-49: Maximum discharge, 54,200 second-feet Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 28.27 

feet); minimum, 84 second-feet Sept. 12, 1932 (gage height, 0.25 foot); minimum daily, 

114 second-feet Sept. 12, 1932.

Remarks.--Records good. Slight diurnal fluctuation and regulation during periods of low 

flow caused by power plants above station.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

e

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

961

664

572

542

1,620

2,710

1,030

798

810

739

682

633

615

602

584

560

566

627

670

608

621

, 639

658

608

621

572

572

621

602

584

578

Nov.

602

572

621

1,090

928

752

862

810

701

682

707

676

651

651

645

615

608

633

689

2,330

1,570

1,090

1,200

1,430

1,710

1,300

2,120

5,340

=21,900

4,040

-

Month

Dec.

2,180

1,670

3,610

ell, 500

4,830

2,390

1,770

1,540

1,430

1,330

1,230

1,160

1,130

1,060

1,260

2,390

1,770

1,470

2,050

2,390

1,640

1,400

1,260

1,160

1,230

1,300

994

1,030

1,230

7,d90

5,610

Jan.

2,390

1,840

1,540

1,400

2,160

11,500

4,240

2,460

1,980

1,710

1,570

1,500

1,400

1,330

1,230

1,200

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,130

1,540

1,400

1,400

1,330

1,260

1,230

1,300

1,430

1,260

1,370

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

2,460

2,530

1,910

1,770

2,050

1,840

1,640

1,500

1,400

1,570

2,050

1,640

1,430

1,330

1,230

1,330

2,180

1,980

1,640

2,110

2,050

1,670

1,540

1,470

1,370

1,330

1,260

1,370

_

-

Secondfoot days

23,269

48,525

72,104

548,977

58.84C

47.65C

46,997

57.12C

79.63C

44,805

77,015

64,012

48,455

668,423

Mar.

1,370

1,230

1,200

1,160

1,130

,130

,090

,O30

,030

,060

,470

,260

1,090

1,030

961

961

961

1,090

1,370

1,160

1,030

994

c3,800

3,300

2,250

2,740

2,110

1,980

2,320

1,980

1,710

Apr.

1,600

1,430

1,370

1,330

1,300

2,250

1,910

1,540

1,400

1,300

1,260

1,600

3,530

6,200

2,740

2,050

1,770

1,600

1,500

1,370

1,330

2,260

3,750

2,050

1,640

1,470

1,400

1,430

1,370

1,370

Maximum

2,700

12,900

11,500

13,900

11,500

2,530

3,800

6,200

7,960

7,600

13,400

11,000

8,140

13,400

May

7,390

5,300

c5,000

3,180

2,390

2,050

1,840

1,910

1,710

c2,400

04,000

3,180

2,250

1,840

1,710

3,580

7,960

3,100

2,110

1,770

1,600

1,570

1,570

1,430

1,540

1,370

1,300

1,260

1,200

1,090

1,O30

Minimum

542

572

994

388

1,130

1,230

961

1,260

1,030

895

961

695

928

542

June

1,060

1,030

1,030

1,030

1,030

994

928

928

928

895

895

928

cl,500

1,500

1,370

1,400

cl.500

cl,500

1,230

1,060

961

961

928

895

895

928

961

1,640

C6.300

C7.600

-

Mean

751

1,618

2,326

1,500

1,898

1,702

1,516

1,904

2,569

1,494

2,484

2,065

1,615

1,831

July

02,400

cl,500

1,430

1,300

1,130

1,060

1,030

2,050

1,540

1,200

C3.300

:^,400

03,400

02,400

03,600

03,800

7,210

6,240

3,030

c2,200

01,800

1,640

1,470

1,330

1,260

1,160

1,130

1,030

1,030

961

994

Aug.

961

895

994

1,2OO

1,430

1,090

961

862

772

765

739

714

695

765

1,130

4,260

3,580

2,740

1,840

1,710

2,530

2,460

2,530

1,980

1,770

1,300

1,160

1,440

cll.OOO

5,540

4,200

Per square 

mile

0.653

1.41

2.02

1.30

1.65

1.48

1.32

1.66

2.23

1.30

2.16

1.80

1.40

1.59

Sept.

08,140

2,880

2,110

1,840

1,670

1,670

1,600

1,910

1,840

1,400

1,260

1,230

1,200

1,230

1,160

1,130

1,770

1,470

1,500

1,160

1,090

1,030

1,030

1,030

928

928

928

961

1,030

1,330

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.75

1.57

2.33

17.75

1.90

1.54

1.52

1.85

2.58

1.45

2.49

2.07

1.57

21.62

Peak discharge (base, 14,000 see.-ft.) . July 12 (10 a.m.) 14,700 sec.-ft.

c Backwater from Smith River; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Wentworth.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 93

Dan River at Danville, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°35'15", long. 79°22'55", at Southern Railway

bridge in Danville, Pittsylvania County, 1,000 feet upstream from Fall Creek. Datum of 

gage is 379.29 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 

1936.

Drainage area. 2,050 square miles.

Records available.--August 1934 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--15 years, 2,454 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 23,500 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 10.90 

reetJ; minimum, 260 second-feet Oct. 3 (gage height, 1.94 feet); minimum daily, 615 

second-feet Oct. 3.

1934-49: Maximum discharge, 75,000 second-feet Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 20.96 

feet); minimum, 40 second-feet Dec. 8, 1946 (gage height, 1.19 feet); minimum daily, 

338 second-feet Sept. 12, 1944.

Remarks.--Records- fair except those for periods of doubtful gage-height record, which are 

poor. Flow regulated by cotton mills above station.

Revisions (water years) .--W 972: 1936.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to Septeaber 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oot.

2,O50 

1,140 

615 

842 

2,860

5,740 

2,900 

1,620 

1,170 

1,190

1,370 

1,220 

1,130 

1,140 

995

1,020 

962 

1,12O 

1,240 

1,140

1,060 

1,060 

1,070 

956 

1,320

1,470 

990 

954 

d960 

d950 

d950

Nov.

d960 

dl,OOO 

dl,100 

dl.500 

1,830

dl,300 

dl,3OO 

dl,300 

dl,200 

dl,200

1,130 

1,100 

1,170 

896 

880

1,090 

942 

950 

1,200 

3,46O

3,970 

2,55O 

2,23O 

2,780 

3,42O

2,960 

3,730 

9,59O 

21,900 

11,600

Dec.

4,460 

3,380 

4,650 

17,800 

14,400

5,1OO 

3,740 

3,300 

3,110 

2,630

2,17O 

1,740 

2.O9O 

2,140 

2,1OO

3,880 

4,010 

3,100 

3,150 

4,840

3,630 

3,O6O 

2,32O 

2,340 

2,280

2,400 

2,660 

1,970 

1,980 

8,160 

13,800

Jan.

5,380 

3,720 

3,340 

2,790 

3,OOO

15.3OO 

12,100 

5,140 

3,920 

3.40O

3.160 

2,930 

2,710 

2,490 

2,30O

2,120 

2,40O 

2.1OO 

2,260

2,180

2,1OO 

2,570 

3,140 

2,970 

2,680

2,420 

2,35O 

2,420 

2,570 

2,710 

2,9OO

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

 a

ber......... .................

 her .........................

lendar year 1946 

&ry

LSt ...........................

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

4,060 

5,100 

4,030 

3,360 

3,540

3,780 

3,340 

3,01O 

2,77O 

2,970

3,720 

3,180 

2,790 

2,880 

2,350

2,320 

3,240 

3,920 

2,940 

3,200

4,O80 

3,220 

2,850 

2,760 

2,450

2,250 

2,110 

2,310

Seoondfoot-days

43,206 

90,238 

136,390

951,679

111,570 

88,53O 

86,230 

1O5,32O 

144,300 

76,460 

142,460 

102,710 

92,990

1,220,404

Peak discharge (base, 22,OOO sec. -ft.). N

sec. -ft.; June 30 (1 p.m.) 22,500 sec. -ft.

Nar.

2,530 

2,27O 

2,OOO 

1,980 

1,9OO

1,760 

1,970 

1.84O 

1,760 

1,760

2,410 

2,340 

1,740 

1,930 

1,7OO

1,650 

1,570 

1,630 

1,950 

1,990

2,040 

1,840 

5,750 

8,800 

4,380

5,22O 

4,420 

3,940 

3,980 

3,94O 

3,24O

Apr.

2,950 

2,540 

2,36O 

2,620 

2,180

3,320 

4,140 

2,910 

2,580 

2,470

2,440 

2,470 

4,780 

12 . 200 

5,940

4,040 

3,470 

d3,200 

3,230 

2,750

2,500 

3,200 

6,880 

4,30O 

3,360

2,750 

2,520 

2,520 

2,460 

2,240

Maximum

5,740 

21,900 

17,800

21,900

15,300 

5,100 

8.8OO 

12,200 

13,300 

18,OOO 

18,400 

14, 200 

13,60O

21,900

w. 29 (10 a

May

7,520 

11 , 200 

8,520 

7,OOO 

4,3OO

3,37O 

2,920 

2,990 

2,970 

4,850

13,300 

7,400 

4,420 

3,470 

3,150

5,980 

11,900 

7,960 

3,820 

3,150

2,360 

2,560 

3,080 

2,390 

2,190

2,500 

2.O5O 

1,870 

1,520 

1,970 

1,62O

Minimum

615 

880 

1,74O

615

2,100 

2,110 

1,570 

2,180 

1,520 

1,170 

1,27O 

970 

1,750

615

June

1,670 

1,730 

1,660 

1,350 

1,460

1,6OO 

1,500 

1,5OO 

1,290 

1,290

1,220 

1,29O 

2,690 . 

3,410 

2.81O

2,450 

2,440 

2,65O 

3,350 

2,660

1,79O 

1,430 

1,380 

1,380 

1,170

1,280 

1,430 

2,460 

6,120 

18,OOO

Mean

1,394 

3,OO8 

4,400

2,60O

3,599 

3,162 

2,782 

3,511 

4,655 

2,549 

4,595 

3,313 

3,100

3,344

m. ) 23,5OO sec. -ft.

July

5,960 

3,410 

2,960 

2,780 

2,560

2,020 

1,510 

1,850 

3,270 

2,540

5,740 

18,400 

11,600 

5,140 

7,400

6,620 

10,700 

11,300 

6.78O 

5,62O

4,280 

3,19O 

2,310 

2,370 

2,36O

2.OOO 

1,840 

1,680 

1,460 

1,270 

1,540

Aug.

1,780 

1,530 

1,430 

1,600 

2,320

2,O6O 

1,790

1,690 

1,170 

1,180

1,180 

1,170 

1,240 

970 

1,660

5,OOO 

6,620 

5,290 

3,830 

2,420

3,680 

3,870 

4,28O 

3,770 

3,550

2,240 

1,840 

2,190 

11,900 

1 4,20O 

5,260

Per square 

mile

O.68O 

1.47 

2.15

1.27

1.76 

1.54 

1.36 

1.71 

2.27 

1.24 

2.24 

1.62 

1.51

1.63

Sept.

13,600

e, sac

4,250

3,530 

3,440

3,440 

3,460 

3,1OO 

3,580 

3,120

2,030 

2,460 

2,260 

2,2OO 

2,250

2,190 

2,180 

3,580 

3,460 

3,16O

2,290 

1,950 

1,870 

1,780 

1,750

1,850

1,830 

1,800 

1,760 

1,940

Runoff in 

inches

O.78 

1.64 

2.48

17.26

2.03

1.60 

1.57 

1.91 

2.62 

1.38 

2.58 

1.87 

1.68

22.14

Dec. 4 (12 p.m.) 23,2OO

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for 

station at South Boston.
94 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 

Dan River at South Boston, Va.

Location. --Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°41'37", long. 78°54'09", at Norfolk & Western 

Hallway bridge at South Boston, Halifax County, 1 mile downstream from Lawson Creek 

and 6 miles upstream from Banister. River. Datum of gage Is 299.23 feet above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to April 1923, at 

datum 3.06 feet higher.

Drainage area. 2,730 square miles.

Records available. August 1900 to May 1907, April 1923 to September 1949.

Average discharge . 31 years (1900-1902, 1903-6, 1923-49), 2,971 second-feet.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 26,600 second-feet Nov. 30, Dec. 1 (gage height, 

2TT2~~ feet); minimum, 1,110 second-feet Oct. 4 (gage height, 5.59 feet); minimum dally, 

1,260 second-feet Oct. 4, 28.

1900-1907, 1923-49: Maximum discharge, 81,000 second-feet Aug. 16, 1940 (gage 

height, 31.8 feet, from floodmark); minimum, 161 second-feet Sept. 20, 1932 (gage 

height, 3.11 feet); minimum daily, 208 second-feet Sept. 15, 1932.

Remarks . Records good. Water supply for South Boston diverted just above station. 

Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by cotton mills at Danville.

Revisions --(water years ).--W 697: Drainage area. W 972: 1930, 1936-40, 1942. W 1002:

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 30, Apr. 16 to Sept. 3O Dec. l to Apr. 15

5.8 1,210 17.0 11,800 7.6 2,140 

7.O 1,83O 2O. 0 16,800 9.0 3J26O 

9.O 3,070 22.0 21,OOO 11.0 4,95O 

11.0 4,850 24.0 26,000 13. O 6.9OO 

14.0 8,000 Note. Same as 

preceding table 

above 13. O feet. 

Dischsrge, in second-feet, vater year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

3,310 

2,230 

1,510 

1,260 

3,980

8,720 

6,79O 

2,860 

2,110 

1,880

1.66O 

1,720 

1,560 

1,410 

1,410

1,310 

1,310 

1,310 

1,410 

1,510

1,410 

1,360 

1,360 

1,410 

1,310

1,410 

1,360 

1,260 

1,360 

1,310 

1,310

Nov.

1,310 

1,310 

1,360 

1,460 

2,05O

2,290 

1,880 

1,830 

1,880 

1,780

1,610 

1,560 

1,560 

1,610 

1,410

1,310 

1,510 

1,460 

1,460 

3,040

5,450 

4,260 

3,630 

4,170 

5,050

4,550 

5,O50 

9,620 

20,6OO 

25,200

Dec.

20,300 

5,500 

5,500 

14, 200 

2O.30O

17,900 

5,700 

4,410 

3,820 

2,940

3.O20 

2,860 

2,300 

2,540 

2,46O

3,260 

5.13O 

4,060 

3,820 

5,600

5,310 

3.74O 

3,180 

2.78O 

2,780

2,860 

2.94O 

2,460 

2,300 

7,010 

15,900

Jan.

15,100 

5,700 

4,320 

3,500 

3,260

8,440 

17,800 

12,300 

5,5OO 

4,5OO

3,740 

3,500 

3,260 

3.O2O 

2.86O

2,620 

2,620 

2,620 

2,460 

2,54O

2,62O 

3.42O 

3,820 

3,820 

3,340

3,100 

2,940 

2,940 

2.94O 

3,100 

3,260

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

"ay.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

tb»r ............ .............

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

4,41O 

6,900 

6,100 

4,860 

4.50O

4,770 

4,680 

4,230 

3,740 

4,320

6,000 

5,500 

4,140 

3.74O 

3,340

3,180 

3,980 

4,860 

4,410 

4,23O

5, ISO 

4,680 

3,900 

3,58O 

3,340

3.1OO 

3,020 

3,020

Seoondfoot-days

64,120 

121,260 

186,880

1,306,748

144,960 

121,660 

115,840 

129,870 

185,940 

80,210 

174,360 

120,260 

100,330

1,545,690

Mar.

3,260 

3,150 

2,860 

2,620 

2,540

2.46O 

2,380 

2,460 

2,300 

2,300

2,700 

3,180 

2,700 

2,460 

2,300

2,140 

2,140 

2,220 

2,540 

2,860

2,62O 

2,380 

5,800 

12,300 

8,360

7,340 

6,9OO 

5,040 

4,590 

4,770 

4,140

Apr.

3,660 

3,260 

3,1OO 

3.O2O 

2,940

3.34O 

4,770 

4.23O 

3,400 

3,100

3,020 

2.94O 

4,500 

10,800 

12,800

5,850 

4,350 

3,720 

3,550 

3,23O

2,930 

3,390 

7,230 

7,45O 

4,450

3,390 

3,000 

2,93O 

2,86O 

2,720

Maximum

8,720 

25,200 

20,300

25,200

17,800 

6,9OO 

12,300 

12,800 

15,OOO 

11,200 

19,2OO 

15,400 

12,600

25,200

Peak discharge (base, 22,000 sec. -ft.). Nov. 3O (1O p

Dec. 6 (4:30 a.m.) 22,900 sec. -ft.

May

3,390 

12,100 

13,400 

11,400 

6,57O

4,550 

3,720 

3,550 

3,55O 

4,960

13.4OO 

14,200 

7,780 

4,750 

3,900

6,57O 

ll.OOO 

15,000 

6,790 

4,080

3,390 

3,070 

3,55O 

3,230 

2,93O

2,860 

2,790 

2,530 

2,230 

2,410 

2,290

Minimum

1.26O 

1,310 

2,3OO

85O

2,460 

3.O2O 

2.14O 

2,720 

2,230 

1.66O 

1,880 

1,660 

2,000

1,260

June

2,170 

2,170 

2,050 

2,050 

1,880

2,050 

2,050 

1,830 

1,880 

1,780

1,780 

1,660 

2,170 

4,350 

3.OOO

2,65O 

2,720 

2,86O 

4,26O 

2,860

2,410 

2,170 

2,O5O 

2,000 

1,880

1,830 

1,940 

2,170 

4,340 

11,200

Mean

2,070 

4,040 

6,030

3,57O

4,680 

4,340 

3,740 

4,330 

6,000 

2,670 

5,620 

3,880 

3,340

4.23O

July

15,200 

5,350 

3,470 

2,930 

2,590

2,350 

2,000 

2,350 

2,930 

2,93O

3,220 

14,200 

19,200 

12,400 

6,050

9,320 

8,480 

11,700 

1O.6OO 

6,150

5,650 

3,720 

3,150 

2,790 

2,650

2,470 

2,290 

2,230 

2,110 

2,000 

1.88O

Aug.

2,050 

2,05O 

2,050 

2,000 

2,35O

2,650 

2,350 

2.17O 

2,000 

1,830

1,720 

1,720 

1,780 

1,720 

1,660

3,31O 

6,680 

6,460 

5,350 

3,63O

3,O70 

4,170 

4,850 

5,450 

4.26O

3,470 

2,650 

2,880 

7,230 

15,400 

11,300

Psr square 

mile

0.758 

1.48 

2.21

1.31

1.71 

1.59 

1.37 

1.59 

2.20 

.978 

2.06 

1.42 

1.22

1.55

Sept.

8,540 

12,600 

5,950 

4,350 

3,72O

3,310 

3,230 

3,230 

3,310 

3,310

2,590 

2,530 

2,530 

2,410 

2,470

2,530 

2,470 

3,150 

3,630 

3,000

2,530 

2,290 

2,170 

2,110 

2,050

2,000 

2,050 

2,050 

2,050 

2,170

Runoff in 

inches

0.87 

1.65 

2.55

17.79

1.97 

1.66 

1.58 

1.77 

2.54 

1.09 

2.38 

1.64 

1.36

21.06

m.) to Dec. 1 (l a.m.) 26.6OO sec. -ft,;
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 95

Mayo River near Price, N. C.

Location. --Water- stage recorder, lat. 36°32'00", long. 79°59 I 30", just downstream from 

Anglins Bridge, half a mile downstream from confluence of North and South Mayo Rivers, 

three-quarters of a mile downstream from Virginia-North Carolina State line, and 4 

miles west of Price, Rockingham County.

Drainage area.- -260 square miles.

Records available .--July 1929 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 20 years, 331 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,720 second-feet Aug. 29 (gage height, 6.31 

reet ) ; minimum, 155 second- feet Nov. 3 (gage height, 1.27 feet).

1929-49: Maximum discharge, 30,000 second- feet Oct. 19, 1937 (gage height, 14.00 

feet), from rating curve extended above 8,000 second-feet; minimum, 41 second-feet 

Sept. 19, 1932 (gage height, 0.52 foot); minimum daily, 44 second-feet Sept. 19, 1932.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are poor. 

diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mills above station.

Some

Rating table, water year 1948-49, except period of ice effect 

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

1.3 162 2.5 748 4.0 1,9OO 

1.6 265 3.0 1,060 4.5 2,460 

2.0 462 3.5 1,430 5.0 3,110

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

211 

179 

168 

162 

790

427 

257 

249 

241 

208

194 

190 

179 

173 

170

168 

168 

187 

182 

170

168 

168 

168 

168 

165

160 

157 

157 

160 

157 

157

Nov.

157 

160 

200 

323

211

194 

208 

190 

184 

187

179 

173 

173 

168 

168

162 

165 

162 

286 

722

352 

300 

291 

462 

435

338 

512 

1,520 

1,700 

670

Dec.

468 

382 

1,260 

3,020 

839

556 

446 

388 

*362 

338

314 

300 

287 

283 

541

556 

419 

357 

539 

451

377 

343 

319 

300 

309

291 

b250 

b270 

319 

1,660 

766

Jan.

506 

413 

377 

347 

854

1,990 

754 

567 

484 

435

403 

382 

357 

347 

333

319 

319 

314 

*309 

305

319 

484 

382 

357 

343

352 

347 

440 

430 

377 

468

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Angu 

Sept

We

her. .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1948 49 ............

Feb.

619 

523 

468 

495 

584

484 

462 

419 

393 

457

462 

398 

382 

367 

357

413 

682 

490 

457 

619

517 

468 

435 

403 

388

367 

362 

440

Secondfoot-days

6,456

10,95:

17,31C

128, 57E

14,414 

12,911 

13,152 

15.41E 

20,422 

13,579 

18,883 

18,111 

13.19E

174,802

Mar.

377 

357 

347 

338 

333

328 

314 

309 

309 

333

393 

328 

309 

309 

305

296 

296 

352 

347 

309

305 

319 

1,450 

706 

688

630 

517 

512 

539 

462 

435

Apr.

413 

382 

382 

372 

377

636 

451 

413

382 

367

377 

462 

1,410 

1,150 

682

551 

500 

468 

440 

419

403 

715 

602 

462 

419

398 

393 

413 

382 

594

Maximum

> 790 

1,700 

3,020

3,020

1,990 

682 

1,450 

1,410 

1,870 

2,170 

1,930 

3,070 

1,320

3,070

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 sec. -ft.). Nov. 28 (9 p.m.

May

1,870 

963 

1,600 

839 

676

602 

584 

579

512 

684

932 

718 

562 

506 

506

871 

1,550 

590 

490 

451

424 

435 

419 

398 

484

382 

382 

367 

357 

347 "343

June

338 

328 

314 

309 

309

305 

291 

283 

283 

283

278 

394 

780 

551 

440

500 

528 

451 

357 

328

305 

309 

296 

283 

287

296 

265 

398 

2,170 

1,320

Minimum Mean

157 208 

157 365 

250 558

133 351

305 465 

357 461 

296 424 

367 514 

343 659 

265 453 

319 609 

249 584 

291 440

157 479

July

682 

484 

430 

372 

352

343 

393 

860 

435 

393

1,040 

1,930 

839 

760 

724

1,030 

1,140 

1,140 

688 

624

523 

473 

430 

403 

377

357 

347 

333 

319 

333 

319

Aug.

305 

300 

309 

408

398

30E 

296 

287 

269 

261

253 

249 

274 

274 

478

1,060 

901 

694 

506 

506

534 

534 

457 

749 

446

382 

357 

1,050 

3,070 

839 

1,360

Per square 

mile

0.800 

.40 

.15

.35

.79 

.77 

.63 

.98 

.53 

.74 

.34 

.25 

.69

1.84

Sept.

1,320 

730 

607 

562 

517

506 

506 

534 

457 

413

398 

388 

388 

403 

367

362 

413 

362 

357

343

323 

314 

309 

291 

291

296 

300 

305 

435 

398

Runoff in 

inches

0.92 

1.57 

2.48

18.40

2.06 

1.85 

1.88 

2.20 

2.92 

1.94 

2.70 

2.59 

1.89

25.00

) 3,480 sec. -ft.; Dec. 4 (5 a.m.) 3,930

sec.-ft.; Jan.

sec.-ft.; July 12'(2 a.m'.) 3,620 sec.-ft'.; Aug. 29 (4 a.m.)'s,270 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
96 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

North Mayo River near Spencer, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36 0 3'4'05", long. 79°59'15", 800 feet downstream

 from highway bridge at Moores Mill, 2 mil? downstream from Horse Pasture Creek, and 

4 miles southeast of Spencer, Henry County. Datum of gage is 730.94 feet above mean 

sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area.--108 square miles.

Records available. October 1928 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--19 years (1929-35, 1935-49), 124 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,500 second-feet June 29 (gage height, 6.32

 feet); minimum, 62 second-feet Oct. 4 (gage height, 1.60 feet).

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 17,200 second-feet Oct. 9, 1947 (gage height, 15.80 

feet), from rating curve extended above 7,200 second-feet by logarithmic plotting on 

basis of velocity-area study; minimum observed, 19 second-feet Sept. 2-5, 1930 (gage 

height, 2.12 feet, site and datum then in use).

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 17 Feb. 18 to Sept. 30

1.6 62 3.0 478 

1.7 77 3.5 710 

1.9 120 4.0 975 

2.2 201 5.0 1,570 

2.6 325

Discharge, in second- feet, water year Oc

Sa,

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

81 

70 

65 

62

338

165 

102 

97 

89 

77

74 

74 

70 

68 

66

65 

65 

74 

72 

68

68 

68 

68 

68 

66

66 

66 

66 

66 

66 

66

Nov.

66 

66 

88 

136 

85

79 

79 

74 

72 

74

71 

70 

70 

66 

66

66 

66 

66 

130 

284

136 

120 

115 

213 

193

141 

216 

687 

844 

266

Dec.

184 

151 

617 

1,540 

342

224 

179 

157 

141 

128

120 

120 

115 

108 

234

218 

162 

141 

213 

179

146 

133 

120

115 

116

108 

106 

106 

113 

752 

286

Jan.

187 

157 

143 

133 

384

882 

270 

201 

176 

160

149 

141 

133 

128 

120

120 

118 

118 

120 

113

128 

207 

157 

149 

136

141 

141 

193 

173 

149 

184

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

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

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

248 

210 

187 

201 

245

195 

184 

168 

154 

173

173 

151 

143

138

133

160 

242 

169 

163 

232

169 

166

152 

141 

136

128 

128 

158

Secondfoot-days

2,576 

4,705 

7,376

49,050

5,713 

4,667 

4,616 

5,486 

7,192 

5,155 

7,567 

6,558 

4,805

66,636

Mar.

133 

125 

122 

119 

117

114 

112 

109 

109

119

136 

112 

109 

109 

107

102 

102 

128 

122 

109

107 

109 

522 

220 

269

229 

177 

163 

183 

155 

147

L.S 90 2.5 288 

L.9 114 3.0 478 

'.1 169 

Note. --Same as preeedtober 1948 to September 1949

Apr.

138 

12S 

128 

122 

125

247 

161 

147 

133 

125

125 

158 

660 

430 

232

186 

169 

155 

149 

138

136 

251 

200 

155 

141

136 

130 

136 

128 

217

Maximum

338 

844 

1,540

1,540

862 

248 

522 

660 

735 

606 

750 

1,100 

527

1,540

Peak discharge (base, 1,400 sec. -ft.). Nov. 29 (I a.m

May

660 

278 

735 

272 

214

191 

189 

177 

161 

246

354 

262 

191 

169 

194

379 

531 

191 

163 

147

141 

147 

141 

133 

163

133 

133 

128 

125 

122 

122

Minimum

62 

66 

106

54

113 

128 

102 

122 

122 

102 

119 

97 

109

62

June

119 

114 

112 

112 

112

109 

107 

104 

102 

102

102 

121 

332 

163 

155

149 

169 

175 

128 

119

109

122 

114 

107 

107

114

104 

161 

608 

700

Mean

83.1 

157 

238

134

164 

174 

149 

183 

232 

172 

245 

212 

160

183

July

262 

186 

163 

147 

133

127 

138 

429 

175 

155

400 

750 

351 

336 

315

601 

3S5 

504 

241 

223

186 

172 

155 

149 

141

133

133 

125 

119 

133 

119

Aug.

117

117 

119 

175 

172

122 

119 

112 

109 

107

102 

97 

100 

102 

186

298 

285 

229 

172 

163

172 

191 

169 

476 

186

149 

136 

276 

1,100 

285 

411

Per square 

mile

0.769 

.45 

.20

.24

.70 

.61 

.38 

.69 

.15 

.59 

.27 

.96 

.46

1.69

) 1,660 sec. -ft.; Dec. 4 (12 m.

Sept.

527 

244 

203 

191 

177

175 

172 

183 

155 

141

138 

136 

136 

149 

136

136 

155 

a!70 

a!30 

al20

117 

117 

117 

109 

109

112 

112 

114 

166 

156

Runoff in 

inches

0.69 

1.62 

2.54

16.68

1.96

1.68 

1.59 

1.69 

2.48 

1.77 

2.62 

2.26 

1.65

22.95

2,130 see.-

ft.; Jan. S (4:30 a.m.) 1,510 see.-ft.; May 17 (12:30 a.m.) 1,460 see.-ft.; June 29 (10:3O p.m.) 

2,500 see.-ft.; Aug. 29 (6 a.m.) 1,540 see.-ft.

i No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, 

and records for Sandy River near Danville.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 97

Smith River near Philpott, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°48i, long. 80°01', 1 mile upstream from bridge 

onSlate Highway 674, It miles west of Philpott, Henry County, and 6f miles upstream 

from Reed Creek. Datum of gage is 784.59 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 

supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers) 

Drainage area.--201 square miles.

Records available.--August 1946 to September 1949. 

Extreme's.--Maximum discharge during year, 17,000 second-feet June 29 (gage height 20 3 

TeeTT, from rating curve extended above 4,000 second-feet on basis of two slope-area 

determinations at gage heights 18.2 and 20.3 feet; minimum, 102 second-feet Nov 3- 

minimum gage height, 3.21 feet Oct. 31, Nov. 1, 2, 3.

r ^!iH9: Maximiun discharge, that of June 29, 1949; minimum, 92 second-feet Sept. 5, 

6, 1947 (gage height, 3.04 feet). v 

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record 

which are fair. Occasional diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by work above 

station at Philpott dam site.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49, except period of ice effect

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 22 to Nov. 19,

Jan. 25 to Feb. 15)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 15 Feb. 16 to Sept. 3O

3.1 

3.3

100

139

214

305

410

4.8 

5.6 

6.8 

8.0 

10.0

665

1,080

1,880

2,940

4,600

3.7 

4.1 

4.5 

4.9

230

355

515

710

Hote. Same as preceding table above 

4.9 feet.

Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

180

157

148

146

806

377

255

240

220

192

167

162

146

141

139

137

137

167

153

141

141

139

148

146

141

137

135

133

126

109

105

Nov.

107

105

225

292

252

2O3

255

172

155

155

137

1E8

128

124

120

118

118

114

514

1,220

399

315

283

370

328

273

399

1,310

1,360

665

-

Dec.

466

377

1,330

2,840

860

598

466

403

*359

328

302

295

289

273

518

494

384

335

373

348

315

299

283

273

286

249

b240

b230

286

1,010

598

Jan.

418

366

331

318

792

1,320

665

506

438

399

373

356

335

322

308

302

299

295

*295

270

279

362

322

318

295

308

308

426

392

342

438

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

498

430

403

450

598

470

422

373

356

377

366

328

318

308

302

327

398

327

369

635

470

406

383

348

334

311

308

366

_

_

-

Second 

foot-days

5,671

10,344

15,707

118,963

12,498

10,981

14,702

14,514

19,565

16,848

28,368

£3,515

15,935

188,648

Mar.

320

305

296

287

284

281

269

260

260

269

290

260

251

251

251

242

245

287

269

a250

a240

640

4,380

810

63O

538

479

470

410

344

334

Apr.

314

296

290

299

324

600

394

366

330

311

311

383

2,320

1,170

710

546

470

438

402

372

362

438

422

366

338

334

338

362

320

588

-

Maximum

806

1,360

2,840

2,840

1,320

635

4,380

2,320

1,880

3,780

2,840

2,940

1,170

4,380

May

1,880

1,760

1,840

885

685

-595

556

492

524

710

1,110

810

610

533

488

488

492

442

406

386

380

398

386

366

366

344

344

334

324

317

314

Minimum

105

105

230

105

270 30'2

240

290

314

254

376

338

360

105

June

308

299

290

287

287

278

263

257

254

E54

254

298

598

538

533

630

1,020

1,480

524

410

362

334

305

293

365

369

296

362

3,780

1,320

Mean

183

345

507

325

403

392

474

484

631

562

915

759

531

517

July

885

595

502

438

430

442

376

484

414

688

2,840

2,040

1,420

2,060

1,170

2,180

1,640

1,080

1,000

1,770

835

685

660

560

524

484

462

438

426

438

402

Aug.

390

380

422

1,020

580

434

418

386

366

352

355

338

398

394

822

1,290

1,460

1,140

735

620

570

660

560

551

479

442

438

1,870

2,940

935

1,770

Per sqnare 

mile

0.910

1.72

2.52

1.62

2.00

1.95

2.36

2.41

3.14

2.80

4.55

3. 78

2.64

2.57

Sept.

1,170

785

685

630

735

760

655

615

533

492

470

450

470

585

aSOO

a480

a570

a490

a460

a420

a400

a390

a390

a360

a360

a36O

a36O

a380

a470

a5 10

Runoff in 

inches

1.05

1.92

2.90

22.01

2.31

2.03

2.72

2.69

3.62

3.12

5.25

4.36

2.94

34.91

ak discharge (base, 5, OOP sec. -ft.) . Nov. 28 (7:3O p.m.) 3,030 sec. -ft.; Dec. 4 (3 a.m.) 6,OOO 

sec.-ft.; Mar. 23 (2 a.m.) 13,7OO sec. -ft.; Apr. 13 (4 p.m.) 3,960 sec. -ft.; Maj 2 (7 p.m.) 4,200 

sec. -ft.; June IB (3 a.m.) 4.120 sec.-ft.; June 29 (12 m. ) 17.0OO sec.-ft.; July 11 U a.m.) 4,920 

sec.-ft.; July 14 (4:30 p.m.) 6,OOO sec.-ft.; July 16 (6 a.m.) 4,520 sec.-ft.; July 20 (3:3O a.m.) 

4,040 sec.-ft.; Aug. 29 (12:30 a.m.) 7,800 sec.-ft.; Aug. 31 (7 p.m.) 4,360 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

s Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records pnd records for station at

Bassett.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Smith River at Bassett, Va.

Location. --Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°46 I 15", long. 80 0 00'00", at highway bridge at 

north edge of North Bassett, 1 mile northwest of Bassett, Henry County, and 2j miles 

downstream from Town Creek. Datum of gage is 753.09 feet above mean sea level (levels 

by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. --253 square miles.

Kecords available. --April 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. --10 years, 367 second-feet.

Extremes . --Maximum discharge during year, 21,600 second-feet June 29 (gage height, 16.0 t). minimum, 143 second-feet Oct. 30, 31, Nov. 1 (gage height, 1.56 feet) 

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 26,600 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 18.28 

feet); minimum, 58 second-feet Jan. 3, 1940 (gage height, 1.32 feet).

Maximum stage known, about 22.9 feet Oct. 19, 1937, from information by local residents (discharge, 38,200 second-feet, from rating curve extended above 24,000 secondfeet on basis of backwater studies and records for station at Martinsville) . 

Remarks . --Records good except those for periods or ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49, except period of ice effect 

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

1.5 

1.7 

1.9

2.3

125

189

275

495

Oct. 1 to Mar. 23

680

900

1,430

2,130

Mar. 24 to Sept. 30

5.0 

6.0 

6.5

3,130

4,600

5,350

2.1 360 

2.5 580 

2.9 840

Note. Same a; 

table above 4.0

3.3 

4.0

1,180

1,910

preceding 

feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

209

182

172

165

948

459

290

275

247

217

189

182

165

162

155

155

155

197

179

162

16£

165

172

172

172

169

169

169

162

146

143

Nov.

146

146

263

396

315

261

315

221

201

201

182

172

172

169

165

162

158

158

565

1,470

471

369

330

447

418

330

495

1,580

1,640

757

-

Dec.

525

424

1,350

3,870

980

667

525

453

*402

358

330

320

310

295

a540

aSeo

a410

a350

a380

a360

3330

a310

290

290

300

261

b250

b240

310

1,340

654

Jan.

465

402

369

347

1,010

1,570

729

561

477

424

396

380

353

342

320

315

310

*305

310

290

305

418

369

353

336

347

347

483

447

380

477

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ....... ....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 . . ....... .

Feb.

579

495

465

525

687

543

489

435

408

435

424

386

369

353

347

380

459

396

418

715

537

465

435

391

374

353

347

418

_

-

Secondfoot-days

6,666

12,675

17,944

139,778

13,937

12,628

17,255

17,777

23,676

19,679

33 °1'

26)729

18,434

220,613

Mar

369

347

330

320

315

310

300

285

285

300

325

285

275

275

270

261

261

310

29O

270

266

780

5,310

1,010

728

646

586

568

514

438

426

Apr.

405

385

380

385

421

749

509

465

426

400

400

487

2,590

1,380

833

652

580

544

498

470

454

556

544

465

432

421

426

454

410

656

-

Maximum

948

1,640

3,870

3,870

1,570

715

5,310

^,590

2,240

4,820

3,200

3,300

1,380

5,310

May

2,240

2,050

2,130

1,040

791

688

652

SBC

642

966

1,530

1,000

728

640

586

586

610

538

492

476

465

492

470

448

448

421

416

400

390

380

375

Minimum

143

146

240

134

290

347

261

380

375

296

487

405

421

143

June

370

360

350

340

340

320

310

306

301

296

301

310

678

604

574

676

1,070

1,490

586

470

416

390

370

355

416

438

350

432

4,820

1,640

-

Mean

215

422

579

382

450

451

557

593

764

656

1,071

862

614

604

July

1,070

728

634

562

538

568

487

610

532

751

3,200

2,400

1,690

2,330

1,430

2,590

1,990

1,240

1,070

1,900

936

791

756

646

604

568

550

520

509

526

487

Aug.

465

460

482

1,160

710

509

504

465

443

426

432

405

460

407

al.OOO

31,500

al,800

1,280

813

700

658

756

652

a620

a5 60

a520

a510

al,700

a3,300

1,090

1,880

Per square 

mile

0.850

1.67

2.29

1.51

1.78

1.78

2.20

2.34

3.02

2.59

4.23

3.41

2.43

2.39

Sept.

1,380

880

756

714

842

872

728

700

616

568

550

532

550

682

544

580

714

544

538

487

465

454

460

426

426

421

426

454

616

509

Runoff in 

inches

0.98

1.86

2.64

20.55

2 .05

1.85

2.54

2.61

3 .48

2 .89

4.88

3.93

2.71

32.42

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, 

nd records for stations near Philpott and at Martinsville, 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
ROANOKE. RIVER BASIN 99

Smith River at Martinsville, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°39"45", long. 79°52"55", 2 miles south of Martinsville, Henry County, and 3 miles downstream from Grassy Creek. Datum of gage is 657.22 

feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 374 square miles.

Kecords available. August 1929 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 20 years, 469 second-feet.

Kxtremes. Maximum discharge during year, 15,800 second-feet June 29 (gage height, 12.72 

feet); minimum, 14 second-feet Nov. 4; minimum gage height, 1.52 feet Oct. 24, 25, 26; 

minimum daily discharge, 144 second-feet Oct. 26.

1929-49: Maximum discharge, 39,000 second-feet Oct. 19, 1937 (gage height, 21.50 

feet), from rating curve extended above 14,000 second-feet on basis of computations of 

flow over dam at gage heights 16.76 and 21.50 feet; minimum, 5 second-feet May 20, 1934 

(gage height, 1.20 feet); minimum daily, 19 second-feet Oct. 6, 1935.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow regulated by power plant 1,000 feet above station.

Revisions (water years). W 1032: 1933-35(M), 1936-39, 1940(P), 1941 (P).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 22 to Nov. 19)

1.9 116 3.0 790 5.0 2,860 

2.0 152 3.5 1,24O 6.O 4,280 

2.3 292 4.O 1,72O 7.5 6,6OO 

2.6 468 4.5 2,24O

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

272 

207 

240 

21O 

1,11O

856 

39O 

394 

328 

294

256 

238 

225 

232 

197

2O3 

226 

266 

272 

228

214 

226 

222 

228 

202

144 

264 

206 

188 

176 

162

NOT.

164 

174 

234 

554 

339

322 

296 

276 

214 

228

214 

197 

192 

156 

210

178 

161 

176 

371 

1,960

660 

506 

452 

688 

6 SO

535 

642 

2,48O 

2,490 

1,050

Dec.

738 

562 

1,850 

5,980 

1,310

962 

749 

660

544 

499

388 

436 

448 

382 

635

89O 

627 

558 

571 

619

527 

466 

418 

416 

398

400

292 

358 

478 

1,990 

993

Jan.

702 

586 

546 

482

1,260

2,480 

1,010 

766 

660 

600

548 

536 

475 

450 

396

440 

392 

419 

424 

404

418 

568 

575 

523

494

460 

470 

538 

661 

557 

568

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Fsbr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Angu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

 her... ......................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

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

f

at ...........................

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

848 

709 

656 

677 

960

762 

681 

621 

560 

549

634 

566 

516 

502 

482

494 

641 

603 

536 

884

766 

658 

605 

552 

517

503 

429 

536

Secondfoot days

8,87 

16,79 

26,14

185,83

19,39 

17,44 

20,86 

20,37 

29,88 

23,64 

37,36 

31,48 

22,20

274,49

Mar.

545 

478 

470 

444 

38O

407 

458 

334 

370 

427

480 

341 

378 

356 

363

367 

355

459 

356 

398

344 

358 

5,880 

1,240 

804

841 

751 

685 

694 

584 

517

Apr.

490 

382 

467 

372 

45O

924 

634 

581 

504 

469

450 

560 

2,700 

1,8OO 

992

768 

676 

630 

610 

558

552 

554 

617 

584 

526

500 

474 

500 

5O 6 

540

Maximum

3 1,110 

9 2,490 

4 5,980

3 5,980

8 2 , 480 

7 960 

4 5,880 

D 2,700 

7 3,220 

8 4,710 

8 3,280 

9 4,550 

2 1,600

2 5,980

Peak discharge (base, 6,500 sec. -ft.). Dec. 4 (8:30 a

14.2OO see. -ft. j May 2 (11 p.m.) 7,240 sec. -ft.; June 29

May

2,410 

2,190 

3,220 

1,200 

940

810 

760 

710 

666 

1,800

1,870 

1.3OO 

946 

790 

726

859 

865 

702 

645 

61O

588 

574 

605 

556 

585

522 

510 

525 

408 

501 

494

Minimum

144 

156 

292

144

392 

429 

334 

372 

408 

366 

502 

485 

482

144

June

461 

413 

422 

438

427

368 

445 

369 

366 

372

376 

386 

738 

758 

706

815 

1,120 

2,440 

824 

672

592 

530 

466

458 

4Z2

601 

489 

594 

4,710 

1,870

Mean

28 

56 

84

50

62 

62 

67 

67 

96 

78 

1,20 

1,01 

74

75

July

1,300 

945 

799 

651 

502

679 

577 

658 

682 

636

2,810 

1,90O 

1,92O 

2,510 

1,970

3,280 

2,130 

1,670 

1,150 

2,170

1,120 

976 

929 

818 

754

715 

672 

604 

570 

581 

690

Ang.

606 

562 

558 

1,O6O 

899

691 

587 

561 

517 

487

485 

538 

519 

585 

1,330

1,670 

1,920 

1,470 

954 

876

a8 20 

a850 

a830 

a760 

747

677 

620 

1,490 

4,550 

1,280 

a2,000

Per square 

mile

5 0.765 

) 1.50

5 2.25

3 1.36

5 1.67 

5 1.67 

5 1.80 

3 1.82 

t 2.58 

3 2.11 

B 3.22 

5 2.72 

3 1.98

I 2.01

Sept.

al,6OO 

al,100 

a930 

a870 

al.OOO

al,030 

a90O 

a840 

a750 

a700

a66O 

a66O 

a680 

aSOO 

a680

a700 

a830 

a680 

a650 

aSSO

558 

534 

554 

482 

496

556 

512 

520 

642 

708

Runoff in 

inches

0.88 

1.67 

2.59

18.45

1.92 

1.74 

2.08 

2.03 

2.97 

2.35 

3.71 

3.14 

2.21

27. Z3

.m.) 11,600 sec. -ft.; Mar. 23 (7:30 a.m.) 

(6 p.m.) 15,800 sec. -ft.; Aug. 29 (2:30

a.m.) 9.OOO sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, 

and records for stations at Bassett arid near Philpott.
100 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Smith River at Spray,' N. C,

Legation.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°31'47", long. 79°46'08", 0,9 mile south of 

Virginia-North Carolina State line, 1 mile downstream from Stuart Creek, and 1 mile 

north of Spray, Rockingham County. Datum of gage is 539.56 feet above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--538 square miles.

Records available. October 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 652 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 15,100 second-feet June 29 (gage height, 11.48 

reet); minimum, 124 second-feet Oct. 16 (gage height, 1.68 feet); minimum daily, 233 

second-feet Oct. 31.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 45,600 second-feet Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 19.28 

feet), by computation of flow over dam; minimum, 63 second-feet Jan. 12 1942 (gage 

height, 1.38 feet); minimum daily, 66 second-feet Sept. 10, 1944.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of fragmentary gage-height record, which 

are poor. Diurnal fluctuation and some regulation caused by power plant at Martinsville, Va.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

452

316

304

308

1,060

1,350

570

f511

468

408

f392

342

320

310

308

268

f312

f320

370

347

296

290

324

f298

f313

f312

328

283

310

304

233

Nov.

344

286

352

707

550

486

502

487

415

360

362

349

314

254

374

328

288

294

358

2,150

918

704

647

882

945

728

932

2,930

4,690

1,580

-

Dec.

1,040

796

2,270

9,420

2,000

1,290

1,000

888

762

695

576

598

613

554

727

L.330

943

754

876

974

743

660

602

568

524

566

484

454

608

3,110

1,930

Jan.

1,070

824

748

678

1,040

4,540

1,590

1,130

928

827

769

720

664

640

584

624

580

606

588

586

640

1,000

895

792

754

698

708

786

936

784

856

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

Uflv nay ..............................

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,360

1,180

998

980

1,350

1,140

982

904

798

851

1,020

844

756

726

687

742

984

881

789

1,100

1,080

902

830

754

718

700

607

746

_

-

Sscondfoot-days

12,32"

24,51

38,35

260,70]

28,58(

25 40£

27J17I

27,35

39,46

28,71<

45,77

35,87'

27,19

360, 73 -

Peak discharge (base, 8,000 sec. -ft. .--Dec.

Mar.

742

676

632

606

583

555

6L4

513

515

586

708

532

524

498

508

486

492

602

556

542

486

503

6,130

1,780

1,170

1,120

987

984

994

833

713

Apr.

653

548

620

597

492

1,200

840

776

692

632

618

685

2,780

2,890

1,360

1,050

888

814

774

716

675

922

1,210

836

715

680

649

688

668

684

-

Maximum

1,350

> 4,690

5 9,420

9,420

> 4,540

1,360

) 6,130

> 2,890

3 4,170

4,730

' 4,280

t 5,950

3 3,510

9,420

May

2,800

1,920

4,170

1,560

1,190

1,010

954

929

844

2,110

3,180

1,970

1,250

1,020

1,100

1,550

1,600

1,010

842

784

733

763

777

714

794

706

647

674

600

623

641

Minimum

233

254

454

217

580

607

486

492

600

474

649

544

594

233

June

603

606

574

572

558

527

583

495

490

495

500

504

882

860

819

894

1,130

2,590

986

747

652

599

546

518

474

622

523

1,040

4,730

3,600

-

Msan

398

817

1,237

712

922

907

876

912

1,273

957

1,477

1,157

906

98£

July

1,600

1,040

869

716

649

666

676

770

778

681

3,680

4,28Cf

2,120

2,040

3,140

3,590

2,580

2,740

1,520

2,280

1,300

1,070

998

898

824

779

736

686

708

708

650

Aug.

654

640

648

1,110

1,030

762

672

658

608

562

567

605

544

647

762

2,120

2,040

1,800

1,160

970

944

1,010

1,080

1,450

942

781

727

781

5,950

1,690

1,960

Psr square 

mile

0.740

1.52

2.30

1.32

1.71

1.69

1.63

1.70

2.37

1.78

2.75

2.15

1.68

1.84

Sept.

3,510

1,340

1,090

1,010

936

1,200

966

994

866

780

741

722

718

800

846

718

1,030

832

749

711

670

665

629

608

594

622

602

618

768

857

-

Runoff In 

inches

0.85

1.69

2.65

18.00

1.98

1.76

1.88

1.89

2.73

1.99

3.16

2.48

1.88

24.94

4 (12 ra.) 13,200 sec. -ft.; Mar. 23 .(2 p.m.) 13,700 sec.-

ft.; June 29 (11 p.m.) 15,100 sec.-ft.; Aug. 29 (10 a.m.) 9,950 sec.-ft.

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed from partly estimated gage heights.
RQANOKE RIVER BASIN 

Sandy River near Danville, Va.

101

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°37'10", long. 79°30'10", 200 feet downstream from 

Hickory Forest Creek, 400 feet upstream from bridge on road between Callahans Store and 

Mount Cross, 6 miles northwest of Danville, Pittsylvania County, and 6 miles upstream 

from mouth. Datum of gage is 460.38 feet above mean sea level, unadjusted.

Drainage area. 113 square miles.

Records available. November 1929 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--19 years (1930-49), 105 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,330 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 5.24 

reet); minimum, 26 second-feet Oct. 2 (gage height, 1.16 feet); minimum daily, 49 

second-feet Oct. 3, 4.

1929-49: Maximum discharge, 23,000 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 14.8 

feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 3,600 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 3 second-feet Sept. 29, 1930 (gage height, 0.40 foot, site and 

datum then in use); minimum'daily, 8 second-feet Aug. 29, 31, Sept. 1, 2, 1932.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice or no gage-height record, which 

are poor. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by small mill above station.

Revisions (water years).--W 972: 1930-41.

Rating table, water year 1948-49, except period of ice effect 

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

1.2

1.3 

1.5

1.7 133

2.0 204

2.3 298

2.7 460

3.2 710

3.8 1,050

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

58

51

49

49

308

126

81

78

68

64

62

60

58

57

55

55

55

64

60

57

55

55

57

57

57

53

55

55

55

55

55

Nov.

57

57

64

106

74

72

117

76

72

70

68

64

60

62

60

58

62

58

100

144

85

100

102

179

138

106

266

1,040

1,040

223

Dec.

156

126

678

966

246

172

138

*124

112

106

100

97

97

91

140

163

128

U2

172

156

126

1L2

104

100

106

10O

b95

b95

102

880

34U

Jan.

174

140

126

115

276

856

250

170

144

133

122

115

110

106

102

100

100

100

100

*95

110

165

128

122

112

110

108

117

106

100

133

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

Ifnv may ..............................

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

204

184

154

158

172

142

140

124

117

174

179

140

126

122

117

142

184

138

133

LSI

L28

L22

1.19

112

110

106

104

131

_

-

Secondfoot-daye

2,12

4,78

6,24

47,86

4,74

3,93

3,42

4,18

4,01.

3,17

4,BL

3,12

2,59

47,16

Mar.

110

104

102

100

100

LOO

95

93

93

10O

115

95

93

91

89

87

87

108

100

93

91

100

161

122

128

168

131

149

165

133

124

Apr.

117

108

104

100

110

165

122

119

108

104

104

115

265

439

179

142

126

122

115

108

104

204

189

133

117

110

108

110

104

138

-

Maximum

4 308

0 1,040

0 966

8 2,250

5 856

3 204

7 168

9 439

3 281

7 443

7 670

6 300

3 265

4 1,040

May

240

174

158

126

115

110

106

104

102

163

223

163

128

115

110

135

281

138

115

106

100

115

106

100

133

100

93

91

89

87

87

Minimum

49

57

91

37

95

104

87

100

87

60

65

55

64

49

June

85

81

78

78

78

76

72

68

68

68

68

70

136

89

78

87

87

89

74

70

68

68

68

64

60

78

112

303

443

313

-

Mean

68.

159

201

131

153

140

111

140

129

106

155

101

86.

129

July

156

119

115

102

93

89

89

122

100

119

670

443

156

161

493

196

194

252

140

117

104

97

89

87

78

78

78

70

70

75

65

Aug.

65

65

75

100

95

70

65

65

60

60

60

55

55

60

1LO

160

160

130

100

95

100

1LO

95

85

81

76

72

142

300

110

250

Per square 

mile

5 0.606

1.41

1.78

1.16

1.35

1.24

.982

1.24

1 .14

.938

1.37

.894

4 .765

1.14

Sept.

265

1L5

108

102

95

87

89

91

78

74

72

72

74

76

74

81

106

83

78

72

68

68

72

68

64

64

66

68

78

85

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.70

1.57

2.05

15.75

1.56

1.29

1.13

1.38

1.31

1.05

1.58

1.03

.85

15.50

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 see.-ft.).--Nov. 28 (5 p.m.) 2,330 sec.-ft.; July 11 (8:30 p.m.) 1,660 

sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

Note. No gage-heLght record July 28 to Aug. 24; discharge computed on basis of weather records 

aid records for North Mayo River near Spencer and Smith River near Philpott.

980338 O - 52 - 8
102 ROANOKE-RIVER BASIN

Banister River at Halifax, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36;45'30", long. 78°54 I 05", 1,000 feet downstream 

from Terrible Creek, 1 mile north of Halifax, Halifax County, and 10 miles upstream 

from mouth. Datum of gage is 318.54 Teet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of 

Engineers).

Drainage area. 552 square miles.

Kecoras available.--December 1928 to September 1949. September 1904 to December 1905 

(gage heights only) published as Banister River near Houston.

Average discharge. 20 years (1929-49), 560 second-feet.

mtremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,530 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 20.7 

reetj; minimum, 25 aecond-feet Aug. 10, 11, minimum gage height, 0.41 foot June 8, 12; 

minimum daily discharge, 151 second-feet Sept. 20.

_1928-49: Maximum discharge, 50,000 second-feet Sept. 20, 1944 (gage height, 40.8 

feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 11,000 second-feet on basis of 

slope-area measurement at gage height 40.8 feet and velocity-area study; minimum, 6 

second-feet on many days in August and September 1932; minimum daily, 6 second-feet 

Aug. 30, 1932.

Remarks. Records good. Low and medium flow regulated by power plant half a mile above 

station.

Revisions (water years). W 892: 1929-30, 1932-35. W 972: 1938(M), 1940. W 1112:

1943(M).

Rating tables, water jrear 1948-49 -{gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 29, July 13 to Sept. 3O Nov. 30 to July 12

1.6' 150 9.0 1,860 1.5 161 4.O 635 

2.0 210 11.0 2,440 2.0 241 6.O 1,100 

2.5 29O 13. 0 3,100 2.5 335 9.0 1,860 

3.0 3SO 15. 0 3,850 3.O 435 

5.O 79O 17. 0 4.8OO . _ ,. 7.0 1,300 19.0 6 100 _ N°te---Same, as preceding 

' table above 9.O feet.

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1948 to September 194S

Day

1 

2

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,410 

543 

238 

324 

1,360

3.21O 

1,440 

776 

384 

427

384 

334 

264 

329 

270

268 

273 

328 

366 

322

278 

318 

207 

310 

3O9

251 

272 

258 

288 

295 

222

Nov.

3O8 

262 

340 

294 

39S

364 

364 

299 

3O2 

374

320 

278 

292 

284 

296

284

300 

226 

351 

1,390

1,750 

964 

75O 

992 

1,250

1,040 

1.30O 

2,660 

6,100 

5,890

Dec.

2,110 

1,070 

1,290 

4,20O 

5,470

2,380 

1.12O 

l.OOO 

833 

716

557 

661 

592 

554 

662

1,OOO 

717 

452 

830 

756

954 

542 

6OO 

524 

542

638 

400 

474 

620 

1,860 

3,420

Jan.

1,920 

1,050 

988 

851 

664

1,720 

2,470 

1,360 

1,020 

977

691 

722 

582 

616 

588

538 

580 

510 

589 

553

634 

1,050 

1,000 

976 

566

890 

632 

662 

587 

598 

560

Month

Ooto 

Move 

Dace

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

 her .........................

 her .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,050 

1,170 

1.O70 

1,020 

1.O70

1,O2O 

1,000 

954 

505 

1,050

1,340 

1,140 

976 

SO8 

732

735 

1,020 

976 

764 

806

747 

718 

716 

558 

644

566 

473 

788

Secondfoot-days

16,258 

30,002 

37,544

272,709

27,144 

24,416 

19,472 

22,342 

24,324 

12,257 

18,300 

12,319 

12,571

256,949

Bar.

750 

650 

433 

686 

421

453 

494 

484 

466 

562

62O 

530 

433 

460 

474

414 

446 

470 

445 

380

488 

618 

1,140 

1,070 

1,OOO

1,020 

1,000 

768 

833 

828 

636

Apr.

642 

553 

498 

505 

552

1,000 

892 

570 

488 

582

520 

495 

790 

2,140 

1,590

1,000 

845 

6OO 

585 

603

544 

657 

1,190 

1,050 

897

423 

632 

487 

550 

462

HaxiBUB

3,210 

6,100 

5,470

6,100

2,470" 

1,340 

1,140 

2,140 

2,410 

1,220 

1,860 

1,190 

1,620

6,100

Peak discharge (base, 5.OOO sec. -ft.). Nov. 29 (lo to

Hay

780 

992 

1,170 

716 

444

462 

464 

356 

540 

648

1,190 

1,860 

.1,120 

920 

584

632 

1,180 

2,410 

1.7SO 

952

624 

421 

662 

521 

422

626 

331 

380 

363 

390 

384

Minimum

2O7 

226 

40O

34

510 

473 

38O 

423 

331 

217 

166 

163 

151

151

June

364 

307 

356 

312 

318

326 

264 

290 

300 

233

236 

235 

356 

910 

613

414 

68S 

356 

390 

326

312 

308 

217 

324 

342

232 

294 

324 

1,090 

1,220

Hean

524 

1,000 

1,211

745

876 

872 

628 

745 

785 

409 

59O 

397 

419

704

July

1,000 

370 

334 

360 

320

278 

553 

791 

950

166

572 

1,860 

1,720 

916 

866

915 

1,040 

966 

924 

4OS

469 

244 

278 

305 

300

249 

232 

221 

230 

258 

205

Aug.

229 

214 

226 

240 

251

235 

223 

216 

250 

170

171 

163 

228 

311 

624

921 

794 

544 

568 

350

232 

268 

514 

228 

314

252 

242 

799 

1,190 

852 

5OO

Per square 

 lie

0.949 

1.81 

2.19

1.35

1.59 

1.58 

1.14 

1.35 

1.42 

.741 

1.07 

.719 

.759

1.28

12 p.m.) 7,53O sec. -ft.; Dec. 5

Sept.

821 

534 

1,620 

1,290 

6O4

344 

562 

342 

390 

362

242 

344 

317 

306 

272

304 

599 

190 

430 

151

303 

222 

30O 

280 

270

229 

195 

258 

278 

212

Runoff in 

inches

1.09 

2.02 

2.52

18.35

1.83 

1.64 

1.31 

1.51 

1.64 

.83 

1.23 

.83 

.85

17.30

(5:30 a.m.)

6,ISO sec.-ft.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 103

Hyco River near Omega, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°38', long, 78°48', at highway bridge l| miles 

upstream from Hilly Creek, 2| miles south of Omega, Halifax County, and 7 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 294.45 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, 

supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--338 square miles.

Records available. March 1934 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--15 years, 411 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,790 second-feet Dec. 1 (gage height, 17.53 

feet); minimum, 28 second-feet July 31 (gage height, 1.93 feet).

1934-49: Maximum discharge, 11,900 second-feet Sept. 20, 1945 (gage height, 28.4 

feet), from rating curve extended above 6,800 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; 

minimum, 1.4 second-feet Oct. 25, 26, 1941 (gage height, 1.47 feet).

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years).--W 972: 1934-38, 1940.

Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

360

215

93

58

880

1,600

1,140

715

229

168

128

106

95

85

74

68

64

62

64

65

64

60

58

58

58

57

55

55

55

54

53

Nov.

54

54

55

80

188

201

334

236

208

163

147

125

112

109

103

95

94

111

123

256

327

507

870

1,010

1,210

950

1,210

1,930

3,250

3,710

-

Dec.

3,750

3,320

1,570

2,470

2,440

2,190

1,470

530

420

335

272

243

229

222

215

327

548

394

602

910

656

411

319

272

272

352

335

258

295

2,220

2,870

Jan.

2,710

2,590

1,110

482

419

1,220

1,440

1,400

1,200

538

428

374

338

312

278

252

244

236

236

228

338

900

804

557

455

383

347

320

294

252

652

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

February ....................'.....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,600

1,500

1,420

1,060

690

538

880

1,080

728

1,250

1,830

1,520

1,380

652

500

500

861

747

557

920

1,040

823

576

464

392

347

303

482

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

6,896

17,822

30,717

177,604.2

21,337

24,640

16,402

14,452

12,609

4,333

3,591

12,631

5,330

170,760

Peak discharge (base, 3,100 sec. -ft.). Dec

Mar.

557

401

320

294

269

260

260

252

228

228

338

338

252

228

220

205

198

212

437

356

269

260

,480

,48O

,400

,440

,380

,260

633

519

428

Apr.

392

338

294

286

278

747

842

614

410

320

278

294

590

1,140

1,100

595

374

312

286

252

228

568

1,300

880

446

312

260

244

244

228

-

Maximum

1,600

3,710

3,750

6,530

2,710

1,830

1,480

1,300

1,210

1,570

392

2,140

1,140

3,750

. 1 (7 p.m.)

May

286

401

804

614

347

260

220

198

182

820

1,100

990

1,080

590

347

1,210

710

422

272

214

176

164

171

166

161

140

137

119

110

102

96

Minimum

53

54

215

7.2

228

303

198

228

96

38

30

53

53

30

3,790 sec

June

93

89

82

76

65

69

75

61

56

45

47

47

98

235

106

73

64

95

71

57

54

52

51

44

38

42

40

174

1,570

664

-

Msan

222

594

991

485

688

880

529

482

407

144

116

407

178

468

July

193

129

112

90

75

70

65

98

113

73

67

113

82

106

183

235

228

347

392

180

133

96

75

64

48

46

43

38

35

32

30

Aug.

53

102

295

484

183

96

419

148

80

63

65

106

552

1,540

910

730

332

228

250

178

138

136

221

193

130

99

84

406

2,140

1,540

730

Per square 

mile

0.657

1.76

2.93

1.43

2.04

2.60

1.57

1.43

1.20

.426

.343

1.20

.527

1.38

Sept.

1,140

584

294

317

362

214

165

144

186

144

103

87

82

87

86

81

157

172

186

111

90

72

65

63

63

58

54

53

53

57

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.76

1.96

3.38

19.55

2.35

2.71

1.81

1.60

1.38

.48

.40

1.38

.59

18.80

-ft.
104 PAMLICO RIVER BASIN

Tar River near Tar River, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 36 C 12', long. 78°34 I , at bridge 

on State Highway 96, 1-j miles upstream from Fishing Creek, Z\ miles east of town of Tar 

River, Granville County, and 8 miles south of Oxford.

Drainage area. 161 square miles.

Records available.--November 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--10 years, j.67 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,640 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 12.00 

reet); minimum, 5.4 second-feet Aug. 2 (gage height, 1.03 feet).

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 10,600 second-feet Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 16.51 

feet); minimum, 0.2 second-foot Nov. 9-22, 1941.

Remarks.--Records good. Town of Oxford diverts about 0.5 second-foot for municipal water 

supply.

Revisions (water years). W 972: 1940-41. W 1112; 1941 (calendar year figures).

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

270

86 

51 

35 

1,350

1,540 

237 

124 

102 

75

57 

47 

32 

30 

30

30 

28 

28 

31 

30

27 

26 

25 

25 

24

23 

22 

16 

16 

22 

22

Nov.

21 

20 

18 

502 

243

127 

1,210 

362 

180 

137

107 

86 

75 

70 

62

56 

158 

301 

157 

520

277 

187 

384 

705 

681

379 

665 

1,180 

4,520 

1,180

Dec.

351 

237 

1,460 

2,320 

851

366 

257 

243 

210 

164

134 

122 

119 

88 

107

131 

144 

122 

278 

418

210 

154 

131 

112 

181

243 

144 

119 

127 

2,190 

2,010

Jan.

428 

267 

206 

177 

160

1,550 

880 

321 

230 

190

170 

157 

144 

127 

114

105 

103 

102 

102 

108

191 

690 

324 

216 

180

160 

150 

147 

147 

114 

323

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. ...........................

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1948 49 ............

Feb.

1,020 

477 

277 

213 

190

164 

243 

243 

177 

1,340

1,330 

369 

254 

206 

180

232 

956 

351 

257 

477

311 

210 

197 

164 

147

127 

119 

315

Seoondfoot-daya

4,461 

14,570 

13,743

90,053.7

8,283 

10,546 

5,041 

5,227 

5,818 

1,096 

1,442.9 

2,795.7 

2,523

75,546.6

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 sec.-ft .) .--Od

sec. -ft.; Dec. 4 (2 a.m.) 2,S3u sec.-ft.; De< 

sec.-ft.; Feb. 1O (10 a.m.) 2,280 sec. -ft.; i 

2,200 sec. -ft.

Mar.

254 

157 

127 

114 

108

105 

112 

105 

99 

103

193 

164 

112 

100 

94

86 

80 

108 

342 

187

124

;u

381 

330 

200

271 

220 

170 

167 

164 

150

Apr.

164 

127 

108 

105 

107

468 

271 

177 

137 

110

99 

102

380 

414 

237

147 

110 

97 

90 

85

78 

206 

687 

237 

137

103 

90 

86 

83 

85

Maximum

1,540 

4,520 

2,320

4,520

1,550 

1,340 

381 

687 

1,200 

219 

338 

1,730 

1,530

4,520

.. 6 (1 a.m.) 

,. 30 (10 p. n 

Vug. 29 (9 a

May

105 

352 

996 

341 

170

114 

95 

82 

75 

124

1,200 

554 

233 

144 

107

89 

121 

124 

80 

65

55 

50 

48 

45 

48

108 

106 

58 

48 

42 

39

Minimum

16 

18 

88

3.5

102 

119 

80 

78 

39 

13 

6.0 

5.7 

11

5.7

June

37 

35 

31 

30 

33

37 

30 

27 

24

20

19 

54 

53 

24

20

19 

28 

219 

86 

4O

27 

21 

17 

16 

15

14 

13 

13 

15 

79

Mean

144 

486 

443

246

267 

377 

163 

174 

188 

36. E 

46. E 

90. i 

84.1

207

July

48 

28 

20 

20 

18

14 

12 

41 

33 

20

15 

12 

11 

27 

153

98 

338 

107 

131 

122

50 

30 

20 

15 

12

11 

8.8 

8.2 

7-.6 

6.3 

6.0

Aug.

6.3 

7.2 

11 

67 

18

13 

84 

20

13 

10

8.3 

7.2 

6.3 

5-7 

36

62 

34 

22 

22 

16

14 

18 

18 

14 

14

11 

9.8 

224 

1,740 

168 

96

Sept.

65 

70 

44 

32 

25

20 

18 

17 

15 

13

12 

11 

11 

13 

16

133 

1,530 

164 

75 

50

34

26 

22 

20

16

15 

14 

14 

14

14

Per square Runoff in 

mile inohes

0.894 1.03 

3.02 3.37 

2.75 3.17

1.53 20.81

1.66 1.91 

2.34 2.44 

1.01 1.16 

1.08 1.21 

1.17 1.34 

.227 .25 

.289 .33 

.560 .65 

.522 .58

1.29 17.44

2,600 sec.-ft.; Nov. 29 (11 a.m.) 5,640 

.) 3,500 sec.-ft.; Jan. 6 (6 p.m.) 2,170 

m.) 2,400 sec.-ft.; Sept. 17 (8 a.m.)
PAMLICO RIVER BASIN 105

Tar River near Nashville, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°51'00", long. 77°55'50", at Cockrell Bridge on 

State Highway 58, 5 miles upstream from Sapony Creek and 10 miles south of Nashville, 

Nash County. Datum of gage is 110.98 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 701 square miles.

Records available.--October 1928 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--21 years, 775 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 6,420 second-feet Dec. 3 (gage height, 12.84 

reet); minimum, 118 second-feet July 31 (gage height, 2.39 feet); minimum daily, 134 

second-feet July 30.

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 16,900 second-feet Dec. 3, 1934 (gage height, 20.8 

feet); minimum observed, 10 second-feet Sept. 20, 1932 (gage height, 1.50 feet).

Remarks. Records good. Considerable diurnal fluctuation and some regulation at low flow 

caused by small mills above station.

Revisions. W 822: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,560 

2,080 

690 

382 

839

2,000 

3,O2O 

3,420 

1,120 

542

433 

398 

346 

307 

268

250 

230 

236 

250 

257

246 

226 

236 

257 

250

233 

223 

210 

207 

200 

191

Nov.

197 

197 

200 

1,300 

3,210

4,030 

2,280 

2,4OO 

2,790 

1,260

768 

633 

546 

501 

477

433 

589 

910 

1,180 

1,160

1,900 

1,670 

1,060 

1,310 

1,960

2,180 

1,620 

1,950 

4,450 

4,900

Dec.

5,46u 

6,150 

5,540 

3,090 

3,890

4,450 

4,320 

1,600 

1,210 

1,080

935 

814 

791 

746 

700

700 

723 

723 

935 

1,240

1,410 

1,010 

814 

723 

791

960 

1,010 

791 

746 

1,490 

2,730

Jan.

3.68O 

4,380 

2,460 

1,080 

960

1,360 

2,340 

3,090 

1,990 

1,140

985 

886 

838 

791 

723

678 

656 

656 

656 

656

656 

838 

1,620 

1,310 

935

814 

768 

746 

746 

723 

700

Month

Octo 

Novs

Dece

Ca

Jami 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

leadar year 1948 ............

&ry .

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

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,O80 

2,060 

1,790 

1,110 

935

814 

768 

838 

960 

1,110

2,180 

3,090 

3,220 

1,360 

1,040

910 

1,360 

1,940 

1,740 

1,570

1,740 

1,410 

1,180 

1,110 

935

838 

768 

886

Secondfoot-days

21,10 

48,06 

57,57

364,52

39,86 

38,74 

23,98 

20,23 

22,39 

8,30( 

17,99 

28,08 

21,77(

348,12

Mar.

1,110 

1,160 

838 

723 

678

656 

768 

791 

700 

656

700

910 

791 

678 

611

568 

546 

546 

656 

935

814 

656 

723 

935 

1,080

838 

886 

861 

768 

723 

678

Apr.

700 

700 

65b 

656 

611

700 

1,010 

985 

723 

611

568 

546 

611 

768 

960

814 

589 

521 

489 

477

453 

461 

678 

1,460 

935

611 

509 

497 

477 

461

Maximum

? 3,420 

L 4,900 

' 6,150

3 8,410

4,380 

3 3,220 

1,160 

1 1,460 

5 2,620 

> 910 

1,620 

3 4,980 

3 3,610

2 6,150

Peak discharge (base, 4,OOO sec. -ft.). Nov. 6 (2 p.m.)

sec. -ft. ; Dec. 7 (6 a.m.) 4,740 sec. -ft.; Jan. 2 (7 p.m.) 

sec. -ft.

May

469 

534 

723 

1,260 

1,260

633 

489 

441 

433 

485

1,920 

2,500 

2,620 

1,210 

746

589 

509 

505 

505 

441

380 

350 

346 

328 

328

328 

336 

700 

417 

321 

289

Minimum

191 

197 

700

89

656 

768 

546 

453 

289 

154 

134 

137 

233

134

June

285 

289 

250 

236 

236

257 

246 

230 

197 

184

181 

172 

172 

303 

292

220 

226 

454 

538 

517

300 

230 

243 

207 

188

154 

163 

166 

260 

910

Mean

681 

1,602 

1,85'

996

1,28£ 

1,384 

774 

67E 

722 27' 

58] 

90f 

72(

954

July

1,14O 

723 

465 

372 

332

257 

223 

257 

350 

321

254 

303 

271 

783 

910

1,280 

1,620 

1,620 

1,120 

985

1,520 

791 

429 

303 

254

220 

195 

169 

151 

134 

247

Aug.

1,14O 

1,520 

1,080 

1,040 

700

481 

321 

264 

278 

210

181 

178 

154 

137 

140

157 

254 

300 

250 

434

380 

372 

314 

1,750 

1,270

656 

354 

524 

4,100 

4,980 

4,170

Per square 

mile

0.971 

2. 29 

2.65

1.42

1.83 

1.97 

1.10 

.963 

1.03 

.395 

.829 

1.29 

1.04

1.36

4,240 sec. -ft.; Dec. 3 (7 a.m. 

4,520 sec. -ft.; Aug. 30 (8 p.ra

Sept.

1,840 

1,390 

700 

505 

417

365 

328 

435 

406 

318

260 

236 

233 

268 

296

292 

792 

2,390 

3,610 

2,510

935 

589 

437 

383 

328

300 

282 

278 

314 

343

Runoff in 

inches

1.12 

2.55 

3.05

19.34

2.11 

2.06 

.27 

.07 

.19 

.44 

.95 

.49 

.15

18.45

6,420 

) 5,140
106 PAMLICO RIVER BASIN

Tar River at Tarboro, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°53'40", long. 77°32'00", at bridge on U. S. Highway b4 in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, and 6j miles downstream from Pishing Creek. Datum

of gage is 10.37 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of

1936.

Drainage area. 2,100 square miles. 

Kecords available.--July 1896 to December 1900, October 1931 to September 1949. Gageheight records at different datum collected at same site since 1905 are contained in

reports of U. S. Weather Bureau. 

Average discharge.--22 years, 2,336 second-feet.

Extreme's. --Maximum discharge during year, 15,300 second-feet Dec. 4; maximum gage height.

 ffi.48 feet Dec. 5; minimum discharge, 351 second-feet July 30 (gage height, 2.07 feet).

1896-1900, 1931-49: Maximum discharge, 37,200 second-feet Aug. 20, 1940 (gage

height, 31.77 feet); minimum, 36 second-feet Oct. 17, 22, 1933 (gage height, 0.45 foot). 

Maximum stage known, 34.2 feet, present datum, July 27, 1919 (discharge, 52-,800

second-feet, from rating curve extended above 38,000 second-feet). 

Remarks.--Records good except those computed from graph based on once-daily gage readings,

which are fair. Discharge for days of considerable change in stage computed using rate

of change of stage as a factor. Some diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mills

above station.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1, 2, Sept. 22-30)

1.9 302 3.5 862 8.0 2,92O 16.0 8,050 

2.2 391 4.0 1,060 1O.O 4,O8O 18. O 9,750 

2.6 525 5.0 1,460 12 .0 5,32O 2O.O 11,800 

3.0 670 6.0 1,900 14. O 6,650 22. O 14,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,800 

2,230 

,640 

,620 

,750

,190 

,080 

,860 

,320 

,520

,180 

,860 

,720 

,380 

,140

980 

765

746 

727 

670

689 

670 

670 

746 

1,000

1,100 

1,180 

1,060 

828 

804 

727

Mov.

708 

67O 

633 

689 

2,630

4,850 

6,220 

6,850 

6,990 

7,060

6,650 

4,970 

3,470 

2,700 

2,280

1,990 

2,010 

3,340 

3,960

5,190

5,980 

6,580 

6,720 

6,180 

5,720

5,720 

5,850 

5,850 

7,020 

8.910

Dec.

10,200 

11,800 

13,500 

14,700 

14,800

13,600 

12,600 

11,800 

9,880

7,590

5,690 

4,170 

3,480 

3,080 

2,810

2,640 

2,480 

2,430 

2,700 

3,600

4,140 

4,440 

3,900 

3,250 

2,980

3,080 

3,200 

3,140 

2,760 

3,030 

4,560

Jan.

6,450 

7,620 

8,450 

8,940 

7,760

5,980 

5,000 

5,260 

6,250 

6,520

5,720 

4,800 

4,140 

3,300 

2,810

2,590 

2,430 

2,330 

2,280 

2,280

2,230 

2,180 

2,480 

3,300 

3,140

2,700 

2,480 

2,38u 

2,280 

2,230 

E.230

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

nber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary ..... . . .

h. ...........................

st ...........................

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

ter year 1948 49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 8,000 sec

Feb.

2,380 

2,860 

3,840 

3,900 

3,3uO

2,980 

2,700 

2,480 

2,380 

2,700

3,360 

4,730 

5,650 

6,520 

6,320

5,450 

4,740 

4,680 

5,060 

5,580

5,720 

5,720 

5,720 

5,320 

4,740

4,080 

3,420 

3,140

Secondfoot-days

52,706 

138,390 

192,030

1,124,656

128,540 

119,470 

83,500 

56,090 

65,185 

21,946 

50,320 

76,554 

110,300

1,095,031

Mar.

3,360 

3,540 

3,540 

2,980 

2,640

2,430 

2,640 

3,200 

3,200 

2,920

2,640 

2,540 

2,700 

2,590 

2,230

2,040 

1,900 

1,860 

1,900 

2,080

2,380 

2,280 

2,280 

2,920 

3,250

3,420 

3,080 

2,980 

2,880 

2,640 

2,480

Apr.

2, 

2, 

2, 

2,

2,

2, 

2, 

2, 

2, 

2,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

2, 

fl, 

fl, 

1, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

2,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

Maximum

5,320 

8,910 

14,800

19,400

8,940 

6,520 

3,540 

2,590 

6,180 

1,910 

3,540 

8,130 

10,200

14,800

-ft.) .--Dec. 4 (11 p.ra

280 

230 

180 

230 

230

180 

230 

590 

540 

130

900 

760 

720 

760 

900

080 

990 

580 

420 

300

260 

220 

340 

570 

248

180 

630 

460 

380 

340

May

1,260 

1,260 

1,500 

1,810 

2,130

2,130 

1,580 

1,300 

1,140 

1,140

2,440 

4,770 

5,520 

6,180 

5,910

5,120 

3,720 

2,330 

1,810 

1,460

1,260 

1,060 

960 

882 

823

842 

823 

804 

1,140 

1,180 

901

Minimum

670 

633 

2,430

189

2,180 

2,380 

1,860 

1,220 

804 

420 

394 

508 

1,000

.194

June

823 

784 

746 

670 

670

614 

614 

614 

578 

542

490 

456 

420 

490 

473

614 

596 

804 

980 

1,260

1,140 

823 

784 

940 

1,020

670 

440 

525 

456 

1,910

Mean

1,700 

4,613 

6,195

3,073

4,146 

4,267 

2,694 

1,870 

2,103 

732 

1,623 

2,469 

3,677

3,000

July

2,080 

2,640 

2,380 

1,810 

1,460

1,220

980 

1,060 

1,340 

1,340

1,380 

1,220 

1,000 

940 

1,570

2,080 

2,590 

3,250 

3,540 

3,140

2,590 

2,700 

2,080 

1,420 

1,060

823 

727 

525 

525 

394 

456

Aug.

783 

2,470 

3,780 

4,140 

4,080

2,860 

2,280 

2,180 

1,540 

1,100

842 

689 

560 

542 

508

970 

1,300 

1,500 

1,540 

2,040

3,140 

3,030 

2,380 

2,290 

3,140

2,980 

1,890 

1 610 

5,000 

7,260 

8,130

Per square 

mile

0.810 

2.20 

2.95

1.46

1.97 

2.03 

1.28 

.890 

1.00 

.349 

.773 

1.18 

1.75

1.43

) 15,300 sec. -ft.; Sept. 2 (l p.

Sept.

9,480 

10,200 

9,750 

8,060 

6,180

,700 

,080 

,900 

,990 

,990

,720 

,420 

,260 

,260 

,220

,300 

,540 

,270 

,140 

,970

,910 

,000 

,640 

,580 

,900

,460 

,220 

,060 

,000 

,100

Runoff in 

inches

0.93 

2.45 

3.40

19.91

2.28 

2.12 

1.48 

.99 

1.15 

.39 

.89 

1.36 

1.95

19.39

m.) 10,400

:.-ft.; Sept. 21 (2 p.m.) 8,290 sec.-ft. 

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed from partly estimated gage height. 

Note.--Discharge for Dec. 26 to Jan. 18 computed from graph based on daily staff-gage readings 

nd recorded range In stage.
PAMLICO RIVER BASIN 107

Fishing Creek near Enfield, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°08'55", long. 77°41'45", at bridge on U. S. Highway 301, 2,000 feet downstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge, 2 miles southwest of Enfield, Halifax County, and 4f miles downstream from Rocky Creek. Datum of 

gage is 76.25 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 

1936.

Drainage area.--462 square miles.

Records available. October 1923 to September 1949 in reports of Geological Survey. October I9ib to December 1936 (annual discharge summaries) in Bulletin 39 of North Carolina 

Department of Conservation and Development. Gage-height records collected at same site 

since July 1910 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 31 years (1918-49), 524 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,810 second-feet Aug. 31; maximum gage height, 

14.43 feet Sept. 1; minimum discharge, 114 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 1.17 feet).

1923-49: Maximum discharge, 12,600 second-feet Dec. 2, 1934, Aug. 18, 1940; maximum 

gage height, 17.72 feet Aug. 18, 1940; minimum discharge, about 10 second-feet Oct. 19, 

1933.

Maximum stage known, 21.0 feet Apr. 19, 1910. Flood of July 24, 1919, reached a 

stage of 19.6 feet (discharge, 20,300 second-feet).

Remarks. Records are fair. Discharge for days of considerable change of stage computed 

by using rate of change of stage as a factor. Slight diurnal fluctutation and some 

regulation at low flow caused by mills above station. Records of chemical analyses 

and water temperatures for the water year 1949 are given in Water-Supply Paper 1162.

Revisions (water years).--W 872: 1935(M).

Discharge, in seccnd-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30

31

Oct.

364 

605 

414 

262 

336

1,070 

1,2OO 

1,O4O 

643 

372

274 

232 

208 

196 

178

166 

156 

156 

161 

178

184 

166 

172 

30O 

538

623 

359 

256 

208 

190 

178

Hcv.

172 

166 

172 

1,170 

2,48O

2,230 

2,330 

2,160 

1.57O 

1.11O

719 

517 

455 

427 

413

385 

494 

875 

857 

985

,270 

,180 

875 

,O1O 

,38O

,430 

,140 

,480 

3.20O 

4,450

Dec.

4,6OO 

3,56O 

2,280 

2,840 

2,91O

2,590 

1,620 

1,O4O 

857 

767

659 

605 

569 

569 

533

533 

533 

517 

629 

995

935 

695 

587 

533 

533

695 

641 

517 

517 

1,300 

2.53O

Jan.

2,840 

2,O90 

1,170 

821 

713

1,18O 

1,96O 

2,030 

1.37O 

898

767 

695 

677 

623 

569

533 

517 

533 

533 

533

533 

76O 

955 

785 

641

587 

569 

551 

551 

533 

517

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Jami 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

 ber. ........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

enber ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

961 

1,100 

849 

713 

713

641 

587 

677 

713 

1,140

2,350 

E.710 

2,170 

1,190 

857

749 

1,100 

1,240 

959 

1,190

1,200 

935 

821 

785 

677

623 

569

679

Seccndfoot-days

11,385 

37,1O2 

38,689

248,054

£8,034 

£8,934 

19,159 

15,397 

17,038 

5,602 

12,339 

24,174 

24,291

262,144

Peak discharge (base, 2,40O sec. -ft.) . Noi

sec. -ft.; Dec. 4 (9 p.m.) 2,98O sec. -ft.; Jai 

sec. -ft.; May 13 (9 a.m.) 2,480 sec. -ft.; Auj 

sec. -ft.

liar.

857 

749 

605 

551 

517

501 

623 

731 

623 

533

623 

839 

695 

551 

501

469 

455 

455 

605 

713

587 

501 

563 

895 

785

713 

659 

587 

587 

569 

517

Apr.

641 

587 

501 

569 

551

605 

839 

677 

551 

469

427 

413 

441 

623 

659

501 

413 

372 

359 

359

346 

346 

777 

935 

598

441 

372 

346 

346 

333

Maxima

1,200 

4,450 

4,600

5.62O

2,84O 

2,71O 

895 

935 

2,43O 

640 

1,400 

4,450 

4,170

4,6OO

J. 5 (10:30 a 

i. 1 (3 p.m.) 

I. 31 (7 p.m.

May

333 

455 

551 

485 

441

333 

294 

274 

262 

382

1,740 

2,280 

2,430 

1,320

626

441 

372 

346 

314 

288

256 

238 

238 

226 

232

238 

324 

485 

346 

262 

226

Minima

156 

166 

517

65

517 

569 

455 

333 

226 

117 

150 

116 

232

116

June

208 

202 

19O 

178 

178

184 

190 

178 

161 

144

134 

134 

134 

144 

166

161 

156 

313 

307 

244

190 

161 

144 

128 

119

117 

117 

124 

156 

640

Mean

367 

1,237 

1,248

678

9O4 

1,O33 

618 

513 

550 

187 

398 

780 

810

718

July

1,400 

890 

551 

469 

320

232 

226 

551 

413 

359

256 

196 

184 

281

333

466 

895 

706 

551 

455

501 

385 

281 

226

196

178 

166 

161 

156 

150 

205

Aug.

1,480 

996 

731 

551 

323

238 

232 

214 

184

166

144 

128 

121 

116 

391

722 

995 

805 

437 

460

486 

346 

268 

618 

1,070

510 

294 

298 

2,690 

3,71O 

4,450

Per square 

Bile

0.794 

2.68 

2.70

1.47

1.96 

2.24 

1.34 

1.11 

1.19 

.405 

.861 

1.69 

1.75

1.55

.m.) 2,590 sec. -ft.; Dec. 1 (1O 

2,840 sec. -ft.; Feb. 12 (1O p. it 

) 4,810 sec. -ft.; Sept. 18 (3 a.

Sept.

4,17O 

2.O8O 

1,160 

534 

372

314 

281 

314 

399 

399

307 

244 

238 

288 

320

358 

2,740 

3,120 

2,390 

1.16O

565 

359 

3O7 

281 

281

256 

232 

232 

244 

346

Runoff in 

inches

O.92 

2.99 

3.11

19.98

2.26 

2.33 

1.54 

1.24 

1.37 

.45 

.99 

1.95 

1.96

21.11

a.m.) 4,760 

.) 2,840 

m.) 3,430
108 NEUSE RIVER BASIN

Eno River at Hillsboro, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder with sharp-crested rectangular weir and masonry control, 

 lat. 36°04'20", long. 79°06'30", 1,000 feet downstream from bridge on State Highway 86,

at Hillsboro, Orange County, and 2 miles downstream from Sevenmile Creek. 

Drainage area. 66.5 square miles. 

Records available. November 1927 to September 1949. 

Average discharge. 19 years (1930-49), 67.4 second-feet. 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,060 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 14.86

minimum, 7.8 second-feet Aug. 14, 15 (gage height, 1.31 feet).

1927-49: Maximum discharge, 11,000 second-feet Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 20.01

feet); minimum daily, 0.3 second-foot Oct. 20-27, 1941. 

Remarks. Records good except those for period of fragmentary gage-height record, which

are fair, and those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. Diversion of

about 0.25 second-foot for Hillsboro water supply is partly returned above station as

sewage. 

Revisions (water years). W 1032: 1931 (M). 1939(Mhr 19444MK

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.3 7.5 2.3 61 5.0 482 

1.4 11 2.6 90 6.0 655 

1.6 18 3.0 144 8.0 1,030 

1.8 27 3.5 227 1O.O 1,43O 

2.0 38 4.0 312

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

61 

29 

22 

18 

550

146 

61 

42 

35 

28

25 

23 

21 

20 

18

17 

17 

18 

18 

18

16 

16 

16 

16 

16

16 

16 

16 

16 

16 

16

NOV.

15 

15 

23 

182 

63

96 

544 

96 

66 

56

48 

40 

37 

34 

31

29 

72 

74 

77 

311

100 

144 

146 

295 

278

126 

274 

1,100 

1,160 

218

Dec.

135 

103 

512 

374 

174

126 

102 

107 

89 

75

68 

66 

65 

61 

63

73 

66 

56 

126 

102

74 

66 

60 

56 

126

100 

70 

65 

73 

921 

266

Jan.

140 

106 

90 

80 

98

592 

181 

122 

102 

89

82 

77 

73 

68 

64

61 

60 

59 

59 

65

79 

134 

86 

78 

72

68 

66 

74 

74 

60 

231

Feb.

303 

155 

106 

94 

84

74 

100 

88 

74 

409

228 

122 

1OO 

88 

80

98 

230 

107 

157 

304

140 

107 

102 

87 

8.0

74 

72 

134

 nn+h Second- ltonth foot-days

Ooto 

Move 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

nber .........................

nber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary .

1,363 

5,750 

4,420

............ 33,551.7

uary .........................

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

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

3,290 

3,797 

2,214 

2,161 

2,504 

1,032 

1,279 

1,695.8 

831

ter year 1948-49 ............ 3O,336.8

Mar.

89 

73 

69 

63 

62

61 

59 

54 

53 

64

80 

60 

54 

51 

50

48 

47 

55 

87 

56

50 

55 

152 

84 

86

142 

88 

74 

82 

69 

97

Apr.

92 

66 

61 

60 

71

224 

95 

77 

66 

57

55 

66 

163 

95 

68

56 

50 

48 

46 

43

41 

102 

126 

65 

49

43 

42 

48 

43 

43

Maximum

550 

1,160 

921

1,500

592 

409 

152 

224 

612 

297 

148 

548 

84

1,160

May

65 

84 

146 

69 

51

44 

43 

50 

43 

304

612 

191 

96 

72 

60

52 

47 

44 

40 

37

34 

34 

39 

34 

34

33 

36 

30 

27 

26 

27

Minimum

16 

15

56

4.0

59 

72 

47 

41 

26 

12 

13 

8.1 

15

8.1

June

27 

24 

22

22 

24

27 

23 

21 

19 

18

17 

17 

18 

18 

17

16 

18 

18 

17 

38

21 

17 

14 

13

IE

13 

16 

51 

297 

157

Mean

44.0 

192 

143

91.7

106 

136 

71.4 

72.0 

80.8 

34.4 

41.3 

54.7 

27.7

83.1

July

46 

31 

28 

27 

23

20 

19 

148 

43 

29

24 

21 

20 

32 

82

137 

102 

51 

138 

44

32 

26 

23 

a20 

a20

al8 

a!7 

a!6 

alS 

a 14 

al3

Aug.

al3 

al6 

a50 

a22 

18

16 

15 

13 

12 

11

10 

9.4 

8.8 

8.5 

8.1

19 

48- 

30 

20 

16

29 

128 

34 

24 

20

18 

15 

f548 

f395 

62 

59

Sept.

47 

30 

84 

68 

39

30 

28 

28

25

22

20 

19 

20 

21 

20

19 

30 

35 

52 

27

20 

18 

18 

17 

16

15 

15 

15 

16 

17

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.662 0.76 

2.89 3.22 

2.15 2.47

1.38 18.77

1.59 1.84 

2.05 2.12 

1.07 1.24 

1.08 1.21 

1.22 1.40 

.517 .58 

.621 .72 

.823 .95 

.417 .46

1.25 16.97

Peak discharge (base, 1.5OO sec. -ft. ) . Nov. 28 (ll p.m.) 3,O6O sec. -ft.; Aug. 28 about 10 p.m.)

about 2,100 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage and records for 

other stations In basin.

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height 

record.
NEtJSE RIVER BASIN 109

Neuse River near Northside, N. C.

Location. --Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°02'25", long. 78°45'05", at Fish Dam Bridge,

 1 mile downstream from Rocky Creek, l| miles downstream from Seaboard Airline Railway 

bridge, and 2 miles south of Northside, Granville County. Datum of gage is 226.32 feet 

above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 586 square miles.

Records available .--July 1927 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 22 years, 553 second-feet.

Extremes. --Maximum discharge during year, 10,700 second-feet Nov. 30; maximum gage -height,

 yy.06 feet Nov. 30; minimum discharge, 47 second-feet Aug. 14 (sage height, 1.41 feet). 

1927-49: Maximum discharge, 36,600 second-feet Sept. 18, 1945; maximum gage height, 

31.02 feet, from floodmark, Sept. 18, 1945; minimum discharge, 3.1 second-feet Sept. 20, 

1932 (gage height, 0.87 foot).

Remarks. --Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record or backwater from

 return of overbank flow, which are poor. Discharge for periods of changing stage usually computed using rate of change of stage as a factor. Moderate diurnal fluctuation 

caused by power plants above station. Flow slightly regulated by Durham municipal dam. 

For diversion, see "Flat River at dam, near Bahama". *

 

Revisions (water years ). W 822: 39, 1944(M). 

Drainage area. W 1032: 1933(M), 1935-36, 1937(M), 1938-

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,150

420

273

151

al,600

3,530

2,670

890

564

388

215

204

193

182

188

157

139

133

156

151

147

170

160

123

154

156

142

124

162

182

118

Nov.

104

137

106

1,100

1,250

457

2,100

1,940

847

741

582

404

266

246

227

215

332

720

510

1,570

1,520

870

1,200

1,820

2,340

1,720

1,510

2,900

6,820

C7.870

-

Dec.

C3.800

c2,100

C2.390

c4,400

C4.500

o2,900

ol,400

cl.OOO

892

783

700

640

640

640

640

680

640

492

736

1,130

700

564

528

474

662

984

660

546

546

2,660

5,080

Jan.

4,980

2,500

1,050

783

720

2,280

3,630

2,080

960

804

741

720

700

660

620

564

528

456

456

474

528

1,150

848

640

564

564

582

528

564

492

756

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 4,500 sec

Feb.

2,300

1,800

1,070

848

762

680

741

870

741

1,730

3,220

2,240

1,030

848

741

680

1,720

1,300

961

1,840

1,580

1,030

938

870

804

700

492

750

_

-

Mar.

804

582

528

492

474

456

474

438

420

438

564

528

420

396

396

302

288

270

564

420

325

318

749

938

741

1,030

892

720

640

600

510

Secondfoot-days

14 992

42*424

44,507

300,196

32 922

33)286

16,717

15,695

19,576

5,095

11,090

14,389

6,528

257,221

-ft . ) . Nov

Apr

700

528

438

420

332

919

870

660

582

528

492

510

720

892

640

528

474

364

348

332

266

316

1,080

602

420

364

340

356

356

318

Maximum

3,530

7,870

5,080

11,300

4, 98O

3 220 1)030 1,080

3,340

671

1,180

4,030

667

7,870

May

340

693

1,480

1,230

625

511

344

264

280

549

2,730

3,340

1,390

667

549

492

369

336

264

247

230

208

214

236

242

276

616

252

203

196

203

Minimum

118

104

474

30

456

492

270

266

196

68

74

50

101

50

Jnne

196

190

175

157

180

196

178

164

159

139

143

124

133

137

137

181

139

181

143

85

122

126

208

162

87

68

72

101

341

671

Mean

484

1,414

1,436

820

1,062

1, 189

539

cp-z D£O

631

170

358

464

218

705

30 (2 a.m.) 10,700 sec.-ft.; De

July

304

196

141

13C

112

99

85

812

403

187

124

159

130

190

1,180

1,130

1,140

572

894

920

572

236

220

190

188

182

173

135

135

74

77

Aug.

101

107

124

355

280

242

128

91

81

68

65

65

63

50

52

256

225

258

329

214

208

402

388

225

242

172

141

667

4,030

3,580

1,180

Per square 

mile

0.920

2.69

2.73

1.56

2.02

2.26

1.02

QQC: y;jo

1.20

.323

. 681

pop .ooc 

.414

1.34

Sept.

667

435

258

258

252

225

230

220

220

203

167

130

141

162

161

150

295

236

316

274

203

162

154

155

132

148

252

109

101

112

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.06

3.00

3.15

21.21

2.33

2 35

1 . 18

1.11

1 . 38

. 36

78

1.02

.46

18.18

c. 5 (8 a.m.) 4,800

sec.-ft.; Dec ."51 (9 p.m. ) S, 690 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for other stations. 

c Backwater from return of overbank flow.
110 NEUSE RIVER BASIN

Neuse River near Clayton, K. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder,- lat. 35°38'55", long. 78°24'30", at bridge on Stabe Highway 42, 1.8 miles upstream from Mill Creek and 3 miles east of Clayton, Johnston County. 

Datum of gage is 128.12 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area.--1,140 square miles.

Records available. July 1927 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--22 years, 1,270 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 9,150 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 12.54 

1'eet); minimum, 212 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 1.46 feet).

1927-49: Maximum discharge, 22,900 second-feet Sept. 19, 1945 (gage height, 22.12 

feet); minimum, 44 second-feet Sept. 15, 1932 (gage ..eight, 0.28 foot,site then in use).

Remarks. Records good.

Revirloaj (water yars). W 822: Drainage area. W 1032: 1930, 1935(M).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.5

1.7 

2.0 

2.3 

2.6

226

310

468

648

830

3.0 1,080

3.5 1,420

4.0 1,750

5.0 2,430

6.0 3,160

7.O 4.OOO

8.0 4,850

10.0 6,700

12.0 8,650

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2.O8O

1,880

960

612

2,420'

'4,600

3,740

4,000

2,430

1,080

818

606

504

462

421

393

378

367

383

352

367

338

352

373

338

329

352

343

301

310

352

Nov.

315

306

315

2,530

6,420

4.OOO

2,650

3,010

3,320

2,140

1,420

1,150

890

746

666

612

776

1,750

1,550

2,410

2,720

2,650

1,880

2,510

3,240

3,320

3,320

3,740

7,210

8,950

-

Dec.

7,850

7,550

8,050

8,750

8,250

6,610

6,140

5,490

2,850

1,880

1,550

1,420

1,280

1,220

1,220

1,220

1,220

1,150

1,380

2,080

2,010

1,520

1,220

1,080

1,320

2,080

1,880

1,460

1,280

2,460

5,770

Jan.

5,590

5,490

5,590

3,750

1,700

2,320

3,820

4,170

4,340

2,540

1,680

1,520

1,420

1,350

1,250

1,180

1,080

1,050

990

960

990

1,050

2,080

1,820

1,380

1,220

1,150

1,180

1,150

1,150

1,150

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

2,080

3,010

3,090

2,150

1,620

1,490

1,350

1,350

1,490

1 , 840

2,720

3,820

4,170

2,550

1,680

1,520

2,150

2,650

2,650

3,090

3,240

2,940

2,150

1,880

1,750

1,580

1,420

1,350

_

_

L -

Second 

foot-daya

32,241

76,516

99,240

603,235

66,110

62,780

36,060

32 ,801

44,124

20,366

36,731

42,771

29,177

578,917

Mar.

1,620

1,620

1,320

1,150

1,050

1,020

1,120

1,050

990

960

1,050

1,250

1,120

960

890

860

800

770

960

1,220

1,050

860

990

1,320

1,620

1,420

1,620

1,580

1,380

1,220

1,220

Apr.

1,120

1,250

1,120

990

925

1,020

1,420

1,620

1,250

1,120

1,020

1,020

1,120

1,490

1,380

1,220

1,020

925

830

764

740

752

1,050

1,680

1,320

960

860

925

860

830

-

Maximum

4,600

8,950

8,750

10,500

5,590

4,170

1,620

1,680

6,050

5,930

4,830

7,750 

4,850

8,950

May

860

830

1,490

2,150

2,150

1,250

960

824

697

1,020

4,130

6,O5O

4,590

3,820

1,680

1,180

1,020

925

80O

691

606

576

534

504

582

582

691

1,020

733

528

651

Minimum

301

306

1,080

119

960

1,350

770

740

504

284

329

219

399

219

June

534

468

433

427

427

421

421

399

362

348

329

334

357

362

334

373

468

444

352

573

378

301

284

399

486

329

404

519

3,170

5,930

-

Mean

1,040

2 551

3!201

1,648

2,133

2,242

1,163

1,093

1,423

679

1^380

973

1,586

July

1,950

1,320

818

642

510

433

373

750

1,050

960

522

399

367

846

2,000

3,940

4,830

2,150

2,080

3,160

2,250

1,250

746

552

486

438

421

404

362

329

393

Aug.

939

1,750

860

830

1,080

782

654

510

393

362

301

275

258

234

219

343

542

715

612

1,550

1,220

1,320

1,280

1,920

890

642

540

1,350

6,890

7, 750

5,760

Per square 

mile

0.912

2.24

2.81

1.45

1.87

1.97

1.02

.959

1.25

.596

1.04

1.21

.854

1.39

Sept.

4,850

2,080

1,230

830

685

636

60O

758

660

534

48O

444

421

492

498

534

1,530

1,160

3,560

1,890

960

678

552

498

444

415

399

462

498

399

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.05

2.50

3.24

19.68

2.16

2.05

1. 18

1.07

1.44

. 66

1.20

1.40

.95

18.90

Peak discharge (base, 7,100 sec. -ft. K Nov. 30 fl p.m.) 9.150 sec. -ft.; June 3O (5 a.m.) 7,550

sec.-ft.; lug. 30 (11 a.m.) 8,150 sec.-ft.
NEUSE RIVER BASIN 111

Neuse River near Goldsboro, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°20 I 15", long. 77°59'45", at county bridge 0.2 

mile upstream from Stony Creek, 1.5 miles downstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 

bridge, 4.3 miles downstream from Little River, and 3 miles south of Goldsboro, Wayne 

County. Datum of gage is 42.95 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary 

adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 2,390 square miles.

Records available.--September 1948 to September 1949. February 1930 to July 1931 at railroad bridge 1.5 miles upstream. August 1931 to August 1948 at site 2.3 miles upstream.

Average discharge. 19 years, 2,564 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 13,000 second-feet Dec. 8, Sept. 5; maximum gage 

height, 19.99 feet Dec. 8; minimum discharge, 588 second-feet Aug. 16 (gage height, 2.83 

feet).

1930-49: Maximum discharge, 30,700 second-feet Sept. 23, 1945; maximum gage height, 

26.72 feet Sept. 23, 1945, site and datum then in use; minimum discharge, 85 second-feet 

Sept. 14, 1932 (gage height, 1.03 feet), site and datum then in use.

Maximum discharge known, 38,600 second-feet Oct. 5, 1929 (gage height, 31.14 feet, 

at railroad bridge and present datum), by current-meter measurement.

Remarks.--Records good. Discharge for days of considerable change in stage computed by 

using rate of change in stage as a factor. Records of chemical analyses and water 

temperatures for the water year 1949 are given in Water-Supply Paper 1162.

Revisions.--W 822: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Fsbr 

Marc 

Apr! 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

Oct.

2,030 

3,200 

3,740 

3,230 

2,340

2,540 

3,960 

4,530 

4,850 

4,98O

4,980 

3,890 

2,320 

1,780 

1,420

1,220 

1,1OO 

985 

950 

910

890 

850 

830 

795 

795

830 

85O 

812 

795 

778 

726

Nov.

726 

726 

7O9 

985 

1.34O

3,170 

4,490 

4,850 

5,370 

5,790

5,860 

5,440 

3,890 

2,530 

2,02O

1,690 

1,970 

2,86O 

3,500 

4,76O

5,180 

5,510 

5,86O 

6,140 

6,14O

5,930 

5,72O 

5,860 

6,940 

7.74O

Month

Dec.

8,300 

9,OOO 

9,850 

10.8OO 

11,70O

12.4OO 

12,700 

13,000 

13,OOO 

12.6OO

12,000 

11,1OO 

10,OOO 

7,510 

5,060

3,570 

3,140 

2,9OO 

3,260 

3,980

4,550 

5,O70 

5,2OO 

4,810 

4,100

4,230 

4,750 

5,200 

5,330 

5.2OO 

5,270

Jan.

5,610 

6,100 

6,590 

7,040 

7,440

7,920 

8,160 

8,000 

7,520 

6,960

6,730 

6,660 

6,380 

4,84O 

3,630

3,260 

3,020 

2,84O 

2,73O 

2,620

2,510 

2,46O 

2,57O 

3,020 

3,440

3,26O 

2,840 

2,570 

2,51O 

2,46O 

2,510

ber ..........................

 her............. ............

lendar year 1948

&ry

h.. ..........................

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 7,700 sec

Feb.

2,620 

3,080 

3,740 

4,230 

4,360

4,290 

3,560 

2,960 

2,680 

2,790

3,200 

3,800 

4,490 

4,750 

5,010

5,200 

4,51O 

3,800 

3,920 

4,880

5,400 

5,750 

6,100 

6,310 

6,380

6,170 

5,130 

4,420

Secondfoot-days

63,906 

123,696 

299,580

1,243,726

144,200 

123,530 

91,8OO 

64,930 

129,680 

34,190 

91,O40 

84,208 

160,300

1,341,060

-ft.). Dec

sec. -ft. ; May 17 (5 a.m.) 9,900 see. -ft.; Set

Mar.

3,920 

3,920 

3,920 

3,620 

3,080

2,730 

3,140 

3,800 

4,160 

3,920

3.5OO 

3,140 

2,960 

2,790 

2,570

2,300 

2,150 

2,050 

2,000 

2,000

2,200 

2,300 

2,250 

2,460 

2,960

3,260 

3,200 

2,960 

2,960 

2,900 

2,680

Apr.

2,510 

2,350 

2,40O 

2,790 

2.9OO

2,790 

2,620 

2,620 

2,840 

2,730

2,350 

2,050 

1,950 

2,000 

2,150

2,350 

2,250 

1,900 

1,600 

1,480

1,320 

1,240 

1,240 

1,360 

1,800

2,150 

1,800 

1,850 

2,400 

3,140

Maximum

4,980 

7,740 

13,000

20,000

8,160 

6,380 

4,160 

3,140 

9,900 

1,700 

6,100 

5,68O 

12,8OO

13,000

May

3,260 

3,320 

3,860 

4,360 

4,810

4,940 

4,620 

3,110 

2,350 

2,350

4,310 

6,020 

7,220 

8,16O 

9,200

9,800 

9,900 

9,500 

7,210 

3,660

2,020 

1,650 

1,480 

1,360 

1,280

1,240 

1,440 

1,750 

1,900 

1,950 

1,650

Minimum

726 

709 

2,900

250

2,460 

2,620 

2,000 

1,240 

1,240 

728 

780 

605 

1,100

605

June

1,400 

1,480 

1,700 

1,650 

1,600

1,400 

1,36O 

1,320 

1,160 

1,000

868 

815 

850 

980 

1,000

1,000 

1,160 

1,440 

1,480 

1,240

1,120 

1,080 

902 

780 

728

762 

885 

815 

815 

1,400

Mean

2,061 

4,123 

7,406

3,398

4,652 

4,412 

2,961 

2,164 

4,183 

1,140 

2,937 

2,716 

5,343

3,674

July

3,650 

4,490 

5,140 

5,890 

6,1OO

3,840 

2,090 

1,520 

1,360 

1,520

1,700 

1,480 

1,160 

1,040 

1,280

2,320 

3,610 

4,640 

5,330 

5,820

6,100 

5,820 

4,640 

3,010

1,690

1,280 

1,080 

960 

885 

815 

780

Aug.

850 

940 

2,360 

3,020 

2,570

2,30O 

2,100 

1,600 

1,280 

1,080

902 

798 

728 

640 

605

640 

815

1,440 

2,380 

4,440

5,400 

5,540 

3,680 

5,540 

5,200

4,880 

3,790 

2,750 

2,980 

4,730 

6,230

Per square 

mile

0.862 

1.73 

3.10

1.42

1.95 

1.85 

1.24 

.905 

1.75 

.477 

1.23 

1.14 

2.24

1.54

Sspt.

8,130 

9,960 

11,100 

12,400 

12,80O

12,400 

9,870 

8,080 

8,060 

8,500

8,800 

7,50O 

5,040 

3,080 

2,460

2,170 

1,970 

1,970 

2,800 

3,030

3,860 

4,160 

2,760 

2,020 

1,560

1,300 

1,180 

1,100 

1,100 

1,140

Runoff in 

inches

0.99 

1.92 

3.57

19.45

2.24 

1.92 

1.43 

1.01 

2.02 

.53 

1.42 

1.31 

2.49

20.85

. 8 (3 p.m.) 13,000 sec. -ft.; Jan. 7 (7 p.m.) 8,160 

)t. 5 (11 a.m.) 13,000 see. -ft.
112 NEUSE RIVER BASIN

Neuse River at Kinston, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35 0 15'30", long. 77°35'10", at Kinston, Lenoir

County, two city blocks downstream from bridge on State Highway 11. Datum of gage

is 10.90 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. 

Drainage area.--2,690 square miles. 

Kecords available .--February 1930 to September 1949.' 

Average discharge.--19 years, 2,970 second-feet. 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 13,600 second-feet Dec. 11 (gage height, 17.83

feet); minimum, 690 second-feet Oct. 1 (gage height, 3.70 feet).

1930-49: Maximum discharge, 25,900 second-feet Sept. 27, 1945; maximum gage height,

22.44 feet Sept. 27, 1945; minimum discharge, 124 second-feet Sept. 26, 1932 (gage

height, 1.29 feet, site and datum then in use).

Maximum stage known, 25.0 feet, present site and datum, July 1919 (discharge, about

39,000 second-feet), from information by North Carolina State Highway and public Works

Commission. 

Remarks.--Records good. Discharge for days of considerable change in stage computed by

using rate of change of stage as a factor. 

Revisions.--W 822: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-49, (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1; rate of change of stage 

used as a factor Oct. 2, 3, 14, 15, Nov. 7, 8, 15, 16, 2O, 21, Dec. 16-18, 

Jan. 16, 17, May 10, 12, 13, 21-24, July 1, 2, 8, 9, 25-27, 

Aug. 4, 20-22, Sept. 1-4, 15-17, 25)

3.5 670 8.0 2,940 14. O 7.4OO 

4.0 870 10.0 4,200 15.0 8.6OO 

5.0 1,300 12. O 5,640 16.0 10,100 

6.0 1,810 13.0 6,440 18.0 14,10O

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

39 

30 

31

Oct.

770 

1,740 

2,710 

3,180 

3,540

3,240 

2,820 

3,180 

3,730 

4,130

4,550 

4,970 

5,120 

3,990 

2,460

1,810 

1,500 

1,300 

1,180 

1,O9O

1,050 

1,030 

990 

970 

950

930 

950 

870 

950

910 

890

Nov.

850 

830 

830 

930 

1,350

1,610 

2,810 

3,720 

4,270 

4,750

5,190 

5,560 

5,720 

5,560 

4,140

2,820 

2,230 

2,400 

3,O6O 

4,030

4,920 

5,490 

5,960 

6,280 

6,530

6,710 

6,710 

6,620 

6,900 

7,400

Dec.

8,090 

8,600 

9,020 

9,470 

10,300

11,100 

11, 700 

12,500 

13,100 

13,400

13,600 

13 , 600 

13,100 

12,500 

11,500

9,290 

7,110 

5,470 

4,900 

4,750

4,970 

5,260 

5,560 

5,800 

6,040

6.O4O 

5,800 

5,720 

5,800 

6,1HO 

6,530

Jan.

6,800 

6,8OO 

6,800 

6,9OO 

7,100

7,510 

7,850 

8,210 

8,340 

8,340

7,970 

7,510 

7,200 

7,000 

6,620

5,660 

4,610 

3,990 

3,540 

3,300

3,180 

3,060 

3,000 

3,000 

3,180

3,480 

3,600 

3,420 

3,120 

2,940 

2,880

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .................. ...

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

h. ...........................

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 194^-49 ............

Feb.

2.S40 

3,OOO 

3,240 

3,540 

3,930

4,270 

4,480 

4,340 

3,730 

3,360

3,300 

3,480 

3,730

4,130 

4,550

4,820 

5,040 

5,190 

4,9OO 

5,040

5,490 

5, -800 

6,120 

6,280 

6,530

6,620 

6,620 

6,440

Secondfoot-days

67,600 

126,180 

266,740

1,445,968

166,910 

130,910 

111,610 

76,980 

145,750 

43 , 250 

104,220 

85, 410 

% 180,230

1,505,790

Peak discharge (base, 7,6OO sec. -ft.). Dei

sec. -ft.; May 19 (11 p.m.) 9,470 sec. -ft.; S

Mar.

5,960 

5,26O 

4,680 

4,410 

4,200

3,930 

3,670 

3,800 

4,130 

4,340

4,480 

4,340 

3,930 

3,540 

3,360

3,180 

2,880 

2,700 

2,640 

2,520

2,460 

2,520 

2,700 

2,820 

2,940

3,180 

3,420 

3,540 

3,420 

3,360 

3,300

Apr.

3,120 

2,880 

2,820 

3,120 

3,420

3,600 

3,480

3,300 

3,180 

3,180

3,120 

2,820 

2,580 

2,460 

2,400

2,400 

2,580 

2,460 

2,170 

1,910

1,760 

1,610 

1,550 

1,500 

-1,550

1,860 

2,170 

2,340 

2,640 

3,000

Maximum

5,120 

7,400 

13,600

20,80O

8,340

6,620 

5,960 

3,600 

9,320 

2,170 

6,040 

5,560 

13 , 100

13,600

May

3,420 

3,800 

4,620 

5,260 

5,490

5,560 

5,490 

5,340 

4,820 

3,630

3,300 

3,920 

4,900 

5,560 

6,280

7,100 

8,090 

8,880 

9,320 

9,320

7,840 

5,190 

3,010 

2,010 

1,810

1,710 

1,860 

1,910 

2,020 

2,120 

2,170

Minimum

770 

830 

4,750

306

2,880 

2,940 

2,460 

1 , 500 

1,710 

930 

1,110 

850 

1,400

770

June

2,020 

1,760 

1,710 

1,910 

2,120

2,170 

1,860 

1,71O 

1,610 

1,400

1,250 

1,150 

1,010 

1,010 

1,150

1,250 

1,450 

1,500 

1,610 

1,710

1,610 

1,400 

1,300 

1,150 

1,030

930 

950 

1,090 

1,180 

1,250

Mean

2,181 

4,206 

8.60E

3,95:

5,384 

4.67E 

3.60C

2,566 

4, 70S 

1.44J 

3.36J 

2,755 

6,006

4.12E

July

1,860 

3,370 

3,990 

4,550 

5,040

5,490 

5,640 

4,110 

2,480 

1,810

1,760 

1,860 

1,760 

1,710 

2,460

2,640 

3,060 

3,670 

4,200 

4,820

5,420 

5,800 

6,04C 

5,880 

4,880

3,100 

1,810 

1,450 

1,300 

1,150 

1,110

Aug.

1,400 

1,450 

1,550 

2,660 

3,240

3,240 

2,820 

2,460 

2,020 

1,610

1,350 

1,130 

1,010 

930 

850

850 

1,030 

1,150 

1,400 

2,250

3,340 

4,380 

4,900 

5,420 

5,560

5,560 

5,340 

4,900 

4,340 

3,540 

3,730

Per square 

mile

0,811 

1.56 

3.20

1.47

2.00 

1.74 

1.34 

.954 

1.75 

.536 

1.25 

1.02 

2.23

1.53

Sept.

4,820 

5,950 

7,310 

8,760 

9,94O

11,100 

12,3OO 

13,100 

12,500 

11,100

9,780 

9,020 

8,880 

8,340 

6,350

4,370 

3,200 

2,700 

2,520 

2,880

3,180 

3,540 

3,930 

3,800 

2,680

2,070 

1,710 

1,550 

1,450 

1,400

Runoff in 

inches

0.93 

1.74 

3.69

19.99

2.31 

1.81 

1.54 

1.06 

2.02 

.60 

1.44 

1.18 

2.49

20.81

.. 11 (4 p.m.) 13,600 sec. -ft.; Jan. 9 (6 p.m.) 8,470 

;pt. 8 (1 p.m.) 13,100 sec. -ft.
NEUSE RIVER BASIN 113

Flat River at Bahama, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder and rectangular weirs in masonry dam, lat. 36°11"25", 

long. 78°53'00", at head of Lake Michie, l£ miles upstream from county highway bridge, 

1? miles upstream from Dial Creek, and ij miles north of Bahama, Durham County. Datum 

of gage is 255.05 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area. 150 square miles.

Records available.--July 1925 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--24 years, 147 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,250 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 8.58 

reet); minimum, 12 second-feet Aug. 1 (gage height, 1.36 feet).

1925-49: Maximum discharge, 16,100 second-feet Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 11.90 

feet); minimum, 0.37 second-foot Sept. 26, 27, 1932 (gage height, 0.23 foot).

Remarks.--Records fair. Some diurnal fluctuation and occasional regulation at low flow 

caused by small mill 5 miles above station.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.4 14 3.0 212 5.0 1,410 

1.7 30 3.3 321 6.0 2.57O 

2.0 49 3.6 455 7.0 4.16O 

2.3 74 4.0 673 

2.7 135 4.5 982

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

163 

58 

41 

34 

1,750

459 

158 

100 

84 

64

55

49 

46 

41 

38

35 

35 

35 

34 

38

34 

31 

30 

30 

31

30 

28 

28 

28 

27 

27

Nov.

26 

26 

29 

123 

97

83 

1,030 

192 

127 

131

103 

89 

78 

71

65

60 

150 

185 

141 

661

228 

391 

392 

684 

756

317 

822 

2,240 

3,260 

554

Dec.

334 

243

1,400 

1,510 

538

348

258 

243 

201 

168

142 

133 

127 

118 

120

158 

158 

122 

302 

297

171 

140 

124 

110 

190

242 

133 

120 

131 

2,460 

730

Jan.

350 

254 

206 

181 

168

1,620 

480 

297 

231 

198

179 

163 

149 

135 

124

114 

113 

110 

108 

114

192 

446 

224 

184 

158

144 

137 

133 

129 

103 

474

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. ...........................

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1948-49 ........'....

Feb.

847 

436 

254 

215 

190

158 

259 

236 

171 

1,370

629 

317 

243 

209 

187

231 

611 

251 

242 

580

285 

221 

206 

176 

161

144 

133

285

Secondfoot-days

3,641 

13,111 

11,471

79,242.

7,618 

9,247 

5,162 

4,947 

5,183 

863 

1,687 

2,740 

1,330

67,000

Mar.

195 

144 

129 

120 

114

110 

110 

102 

96 

102

165 

120 

102 

93 

87

81 

79 

112 

294 

137

110 

117 

682 

289 

220

358

212 

174 

201 

161 

146

Apr.

151 

122 

106 

103 

124

625 

221 

168 

137 

114

103 

114 

400 

319 

176

126 

103 

97 

92 

85

80 

269 

397 

163 

113

94 

84 

86 

89 

86

Maximum

1,750 

3,260 

2,460

3 4,850

1,620 

1,370 

682 

F.25 

1,160 

41 

490 

992 

269

3,260

Peak discharge (base, 4.5OO sec. -ft.). Nov. 29 (3 a.m.

May

184 

242 

1,160 

239 

149

113 

97 

89 

82 

142

977 

344 

168 

118 

99

87 

79 

74 

69

62

55 

52

56 

76 

62

62 

59 

52 

48 

45 

42

Minimum

27 

26 

110

6.1

103 

133 

79 

80 

42 

18 

14 

15 

19

14

June

41 

40 

38 

34 

34

36 

35 

34 

30

28

25 

22 

31 

31 

39

37 

33 

28 

31 

32

26 

22 

19 

20 

20

18 

18 

19

22 

20

Mean

117 

437 

370

217

246 

330 

167 

165 

167 

28.8 

54.4 

88.4 

44.3

184

July

18 

20 

22 

22 

21

20 

21 

24 

20 

20

19 

18 

20 

21 

68

137 

490 

48 

191 

164

62 

47 

35 

28 

27

22 

20 

18 

16 

14 

14

Aug.

15 

59 

235 

63 

47

32 

27 

29 

27 

24

22 

22 

22 

20 

104

76 

58 

44 

43 

44

37 

60 

70 

54 

42

31 

28 

254 

992 

102 

57

Per square 

mile

0.780 

2.91 

2.47

1.45

1.64 

2.20 

1.11 

1.10 

1.11 

.192 

.363 

.589 

.295

1.23

) 7,250 sec. -ft.

Sept.

148 

61 

42 

44 

43

38 

35 

32 

31

27

26 

26 

23 

22 

27

25 

269 

70 

50 

47

41 

31

28 

20 

21

22 

20 

19 

20 

22

Runoff in 

inches

0.90 

3.25 

2.84

19.63

1.89 

2.29 

1.28 

1.23 

1.29 

.21 

.42 

.68 

.33

16.61
114 NEUSE RIVER BASIN

Flat River at dam, near Bahama, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°09'05", long. 78°50 I 55", just downstream from 

Durham municipal dam at old Tilley mill'site, 3 miles southeast of Bahama, Durham 

County, and 4 miles upstream from confluence with Eno Hiver.

Drainage area.--171 square miles.

Records available.--August 1927 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--22 years, 161 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,330 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 13.22 

feet]; minimum, 5 second-feet Oct. 23, 24, 31, Nov. 2-6.

1927-49: Maximum discharge, 18,600 second-feet July 26, 1938 (gage height, 19.50 

feet), by computation of flow over Durham municipal dam; no flow Sept. 3-14, 1938.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of fragmentary gage-height record, which 

are poor. Considerable regulation since 1926 by Lake Michie (usable capacity, 12,610 

acre-feet) Just above station where about 13 second-feet daily was diverted during year 

for Durham municipal water supply. About 5.3 second-feet was returned as sewage to 

Neuse River 3 miles above Northside gage. Large durnal fluctuation caused by power 

plant at Durham municipal dam.

Revisions (water years).--W 802: 1935.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

0.5 

.6 

.7

1.1 

1.3

1.6

160

266

3.0 

3.5 

4.O 

5.0 

6.0

398

550

720

1,120

1,560

7.0

8.0

9.0

11.0

2,020

2,550

3,150

4,800

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

168

144

73

44

1,360

974

337

316

243

72

45

61

51

72

60

40

40

41

51

43

64

76

36

46

65

60

44

61

101

51

30

Nov.

59

34

30

31

20

5

119

310

318

308

181

84

43

44

44

64

44

47

133

426

363

300

458

636

840

428

741

2,090

4,350

762

-

Dec.

397

315

1,190

2,080

771

420

324

305

312

308

286

273

301

330

334

332

205

164

143

158

156

156

162

149

148

151

164

164

195

1,430

1,230

Jan.

452

318

317

306

316

1,240

692

366

286

302

320

334

315

318

272

259

192

156

158

158

156

160

156

150

156

226

190

156

148

151

156

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

423

545

348

327

311

277

326

328

335

651

942

409

313

326

242

260

471

383

330

469

405

365

366

384

373

218

127

160

_

-

Second 

foot-days

4, 869

13,312

13,053

87,700

8 -I ' . . .

5 455

5)457

5,103

1,394

1 257

2 235

1^898

73,329

Mar.

155

166

156

155

156

143

160

160

160

158

164

164

144

164

121

7O

72

74

43

42

72

78

210

369

371

369

359

318

268

211

203

Apr.

158

160

140

112

69

157

261

264

266

247

258

264

264

264

263

260

208

148

154

121

68

150

150

135

156

156

156

156

156

136

-

Maximum

1,360

4,350

2,080

5,030

1,240

942

371

266

99

146

538

230

4,350

May

66

120

f604

352

253

204

80

32

167

245

f623

f476

256

234

227

185

136

102

67

65

48

42

64

59

79

68

42

49

38

60

60

Minimum

30

5

143

5

148

127

42

68

32

14

12

13

14

5

June

51

60

48

51

38

49

51

62

51

60

51

41

52

53

f87

f74

43

14

15

31

30

f87

99

48

15

15

24

31

32

31

-

Mean

157

444

421

24O

287

372

176

182

165

46.5

40.5

72.1

63.3

201

July

15

15

16

16

15

15

14

14

13

13

29

48

12

36

23

12

19

64

64

fl46

f86

66

80

69

80

80

66

65

31

14

21

"Aug.

13

14

36

83

f!66

59

26

13

13

14

14

15

15

15

55

66

50

49

49

49

49

43

48

47

47

47

47

f92

f538

f243

220

Per square 

mile

Sept.

230

136

84

53

42

81

83

77

83

76

38

50

48

48

47

47

27

33

48

47

47

47

47

47

47

140

70

20

41

14

-

Runoff in 

inohes

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed from partly estimated gage heights.
NEUSE RIVER BASIN HiDial Creek near Bahama, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder and combination 90° V-notch and masonry weir, lat.

36°1U'50", long. 78°51'55", three-eighths of a mile upstream from mouth and Lake Michie 

and la miles northeast of Bahama, Durham County.

Drainage area. 4.9 square miles.

Records available. October 1925 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 24 years, 4.28 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 206 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 3.75 feet), 

from rating curve extended above 130 second-feet on basis of computation of flow over 

artificial control at gage heights 3.5, 4.0 ? and 4.5 feet; minimum discharge, 0.56 

second-foot Aug. 13 (gage height, 0.53 foot).

1925-49: Maximum discharge, 1,270 second-feet May 24, 1940 (gage height, 7.60 feet), 

from rating curve extended above 130 second-feet on basis of computation of fl'ow over 

artificial control at gage heights, 3.5, 4.0, and 4.5 feet; no flow at times in many 

years.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in fe

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-eontol method used Dec. 5-11)

0.48

.73

1.02

1.38

1.85

1.0 

1.2 

1.4 

1.7 

2.0

2.42

3.87

5.7

9.4

14

2.3

2.6 

3.0

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

4.46

2.24

al.9

al.6

a55

11

4.93

4.21

3.31

a2.8

a2.

a2.

a2.

al.

al.

al.

al.

al.

al.

al.

al.

al.

al.

al.

1.50

1.46

1.46

1.46

1.46

1.46

1.46

Nov.

1.46

1.46

2.09

17

4.75

4.38

19

5.7

4.48

4.03

3.31

2.87

2.87

2.60

2.42

2.30

8.2

5.1

6.4

14

6.0

7.4

6.9

15

14

7.6

15

81

50

17

-

Dec.

12

10

58

36

11

9.0

7.3

7.8

6.1

5.4

4.93

4.93

4.75

4.48

5.0

5.1

4.57

4.12

10

6.7

5.3

4.84

4.48

4.21

8.4

5.7

4.75

4.57

5.4

81

19

Jan.

11

8.1

6.7

6.0

S.4

35

13

8.8

7.2

6.5

5.9

5.6

5.1

4.93

4.48

4.48

4.48

4.30

4.57

4.39

8.8

8.8

6.2

5.5

5.2

5.0

4.75

5.4

4.66

4.12

17

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 19*8 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

16

9.7

7.3

6.7

5.9

5.2

6.9

5.3

5.0

38

15

9.4

7.8

6.8

6.2

11

15

8.3

1O

13

8.3

7.2

6.6

5.9

5.5

5.1

5.1

10

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

126.81

334.32

364.83

2,634.82

232 .36

262. 2

153.18

157 . 83

39 . 33

104.27

84. 13

40.33

2,020.98

Mar.

5.4

5.0

4.84

4.57

4.57

4.48

4.30

4.03

4.03

6.0

5.6

4.39

4.03

3.95

3.95

3.63

3.71

6.0

5.2

4.21

4.03

5.1

8.0

5.4

6.1

6.1

5.4

5.2

5.4

4.66

5.9

Apr.

4.93

4.30

4.57

4.21

7.8

11

6.5

5.5

4.66

4.21

4.12

5.4

9.9

6.2

4.93

4.12

3.79

3.79

3.63

3.31

3.23

13

8.3

5.0

4.12

3.71

3.55

3.87

3.39

3.79

Maximum

55

81

81

126

35

3812"8 0

15

2.24

35

36

5.7

81

May

6.9

10

15

5.8

4.39

3.71

3.31

3. OS

2.94

4.12

12

5.5

3.87

3.23

2.80

3.68

3.82

2.66

2.30

2.12

2.06

2.06

2.24

1.85

1.90

1.95

1.85

1.65

1.50

1.50

1.60

Minimum

1.46

1.46

4.12

.4

4.12

5.0

3. 63

3.23

1.5O

.84

. 66

.63

.78

.63

June

1.50

1.30

1.26

1.38

1.85

1.50

1.26

1.11

1.02

.99

.99

1.05

2.17

1.55

1.18

1.30

1.70

1.80

1.30

1.30

1.30

1.05

.96

.90

.87

.93

.84

1.35

2.24

1.38

Mean

4.09

11.1

11.18

7.20

7.50

9.36

4.94

5.26

3.92

1.31

3.36

2.71

1.34

5.54

July

1.44

1.11

1.18

1.22

.96

.81

.75

1.18

.93

.81

.84

.81

.98

1.62

7.3

13

7.0

4.26

35

9.2

3.08

2.00

1.50

1.26

1.18

.99

.93

.81

.78

.68

.66

Aug.

0.66

.94

5.1

2.24

1.26

1.02

1.11

.90

.81

.73

.68

.66

.63

.70

.66

.87

1.11

1.11

1.08

.90

1.23

2.58

1.18

1.08

.93

.81

.81

36

12

2.54

1.80

Per square 

mile

0.835

2.27

2.41

1.47

1.53

1.91

1.01

1.07

.800

.267

.686

. 553

!273

1.13

Sept.

1.55

1.22

1.18

1.18

1.08

1.02

1.15

1.18

.99

.84

.81

.78

1.30

1.65

1.82

3.56

5.7

1.70

1.50

1.15

.99

.96

.99

.81

.78

.78

.78

.84

1.11

.93

Runoff in 

inches

0.96

2.54

2.77

20.OO

1.76

1.99

1.16

1.20

.92

.30

.79

.64

.31

15.34

Peak discharge (base 160 see.-ft.). Nov. 28 (8;5O p.m.) 2O6 sec.-ft.; July 19 (7 p.m.) 164 sec.-

in stage, weather records,

ft.; Aug. 28 (9:30 p.m.) 164 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded rang

and records for other stations in basin.
116 NEUSE RIVER BASIN

Middle Creek near Clayton, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°34'10", long. 78°35'30", 300 feet downstream fron 

bridge on State Highway 50, a quarter of a mile upstream from Buffalo Branch, 3-5- miles 

downstream from county line, and 9^ miles southwest of Clayton, Johnston County.

Drainage area. 80.7 square miles.

Records available.--November 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 95.0 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2.6SO second-feet May 11 (gage height, 11.52 

feet); minimum, 10 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 1.08 feet).

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 2,740 second-feet Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 11.70 

feet); minimum, 1.0 second-foot Sept. 21, 1948.

Remarks. Records fair. Slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by gristmills 

above station.

Revisions (water years).--W 952: 1940(M), 1941.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

113

44

26

21

242

340

208

80

61

47

38

46

40

32

28

26

23

24

28

27

24

22

21

24

23

24

21

20

19

20

18

Nov.

18

21

21

116

252

227

17S

147

90

70

62

55

51

48

44

42

82

192

129

232

282

190

134

183

183

125

142

235

f654

915

-

Dec.

490

227

242

373

458

282

177

167

167

142

124

113

112

113

104

103

106

 99

220

324

276

152

138

120

214

336

258

167

152

242

360

Jan.

360

1S7

152

138

133

237

324

270

167

142

133

124

120

112

103

98

98

99

98

106

94

142

138

109

102

92

89

92

108

88

120

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

217

182

128

112

109

loo

95

92

92

157

f264

187

120

108

1OO

98

237

324

197

312

336

217

417

276

270

172

152

217

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

1,694

5,120

6,558

40,905.2

4,375

5,288

3,262

2,303

6,805

2,940

2,814

10,352

2,846

54,357

liar.

212

147

128

120

112

112

167

133

110

106

124

104

90

84

84

78

75

81

95

86

77

75

157

120

92

87

86

81

84

80

75

Apr.

78

67

65

71

68

99

96

95

78

64

56

62

88

85

67

53

40

40

40

34

35

44

120

84

55

44

45

237

196

97

Maximum

304

915

490

1,430

360

417

212

237

1,800

1,160

523

1,860

334

1,860

Peak discharge (base, 600 sec. -ft. ) .--Nov. 30 (about 3

May

93

88

230

271

112

63

40

44

75

458

1,800

1,460

524

230

145

116

97

90

77

70

70

65

61

55

63

67

74

59

46

37

115

Minimum

18

18

99

1.3

88

92

75

34

37

13

12

12

31

12

June

386

199

74

57

67

65

48

36

29

32

23

32

40

32

23

24

65

50

29

22

23

22

18

37

58

28

16

13

232

1,160

Mean

54.6

171

212

112

141

189

105

76.8

220

98.0

90.8

334

94.9

149

July

523

165

116

121

81

59

42

48

84

54

34

27

23

57

160

208

230

92

92

175

110

62

47

32

28

24

19

16

13

12

60

Aug.

308

223

92

77

67

53

42

34

28

23

17

14

13

12

22

332

883

856

419

305

1,010

484

350

289

317

152

112

406

1,860

1,130

422

Per square 

mile

0.677

2.12

2.63

1.39

1.75

2.34

1.30

.952

2.73

1.21

1.13

4.14

1.18

1.85

Sept.

334

271

170

145

112

108

116

160

145

102

70

60

62

72

70

69

92

98

112

84

58

47

42

38

32

31

31

35

40

40

Runoff in 

inches

0.78

2.36

3.02

18.85

2.02

2.44

1.50

1.06

3.14

1.35

1.30

4.77

1.31

25.05

a.m.) 1,090 sec. -ft.; May 11 (6 p.m.) 2,620

sec.-ft.; June 30 (12:30 p.m.) 1,800 sec.-ft.; Aug. 17 (8 p.m.) 1,09O sec.-ft.; Aug. 21 (5:30 a.n 

1,270 sec.-ft.; Aug. 29 (4:30 p.m.) 2,ISO sec.-ft.

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed from partly estimated gage heights.
NEUSE RIVER BASIN 117

Little River near Princeton, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°30'40", long. 78°09'30", a. quarter of a mile upstream from county bridge, three-quarters of a mile upstream from Little Creek, and 3 

miles north of Princeton, Johnston County.

Drainage area. 229 square miles.

Records available. February 1930 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 19 years, 256 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,400 second-feet May 12 (gage height, 10.44 

feet); minimum, 49 second-feet Aug. 15.

1930-49: Maximum discharge, 4,030 second-feet Dec. 2, 1934 (gage height, 12.68 

feet); minimum, 1.0 second-foot several times in September and October 1932. 

Maximum stage known, 14.90 feet in September 1924.

Remarks. Records fair. Slight diurnal fluctuation and occasionally some regulation for 

short periods caused by mills above station.

Revisions. ¥ 822: Drainage area.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

894 

766 

380 

198 

459

850 

810 

579 

465 

322

228 

235 

246 

184 

130

108 

91 

92 

100 

102

80 

78 

74 

84 

99

119 

96 

82 

75 

57 

58

Nov.

58 

64 

61 

90 

417

712 

810 

916 

762 

522

408 

304 

237 

202 

184

171 

234 

436 

436 

465

522 

465 

474 

522 

522

474 

446 

548 

1,140 

1,460

Dec.

1,550 

1,430 

1,210 

1,210 

1,070

850 

750 

617 

541 

474

398 

332 

304 

294 

266

256 

256 

246 

436 

731

674 

484 

398 

342 

446

693 

617 

456 

398 

627 

1,000

Jan.

916 

674 

579 

474

408

503 

693 

617 

522 

484

427 

380 

342 

332 

313

294 

294 

294 

275 

275

284 

256 

266 

275 

294

266 

256

266 

256 

256 

284

Month

Octc 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

 arc 

Apri 

 ay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

 her. ........................

 her .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary .

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

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

at ...........................

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

418 

418 

342 

322 

313

284 

266 

256 

256

304

522

503 

427 

408 

251

322 

370 

465 

503 

674

693

560 

598 

560 

446

380 

332

436

Seccndfoct-days

8,141 

14,062 

19,356

127,287

12,055 

11,729 

8,521 

5,988 

11,079 

2,788 

10,460 

9,831 

14,375

128^385

Mar.

465 

389 

322 

284 

256

246 

436 

541 

389 

313

275 

237 

205 

189 

187

182 

180 

173 

202 

214

195 

187 

294 

436 

342

266 

237 

216 

226 

228 

209

Apr.

209 

196 

209 

294 

256

246 

246 

220 

218 

187

169 

166 

178 

220 

207

178 

157 

139 

131 

119

110 

117 

155 

213 

187

169 

143 

304 

389 

256

Maximum

894 

1,46O 

1,550

3,640

916 

693 

541 

389 

2.27O 

606 

1,160 

2.04O 

1,760

2.27O

May

231 

275 

389 

465

284

205 

169 

136 

120 

340

1,860 

2,270 

1,200 

617 

427

278 

194 

162 

140 

132

106 

96 

88 

96 

90

120 

151

151 

111 

86

90

Minimum

57 

58 

246

16

256 

256 

173 

110 

86 

50 

63 

59 

1O4

50

June

72 

79

80 

70 

70

82 

80 

58 

55 

54

53 

52 

50 

51 

54

66 

72 

83 

64

66

129 

94 

59 

55 

55

59 

60 

75 

285 

606

Mean

263 

469 

624

348

389 

419 

275 

200 

357 

92. 

337 

317 

479

352

July

482 

730 

756 

530 

311

220 

124 

94 

77 

66

94 109' 

83 

93 

183

494 

929 

1,060 

1,160 

807

479 

432 

337 

221 

135

103 

85 

74 

66 

63 

63

Aug.

61 

122 

151 

109 

93

101 

92 

118 

94 

75

69 

69 

63 

59

61

76 

75 

75 

99

182

530 

491 

302 

160 

149

232

377 

296

1.45O 

2,040 

1,960

Per square 

mile

1.15 

2.05 

2.72

1.52

1.70 

1.83 

1.20 

.873 

1.56 

9 .406 

1.47 

1.38 

2.O9

1.54

Sept.

1,760 

1,650 

1,380 

677 

393

282 

304 

892 

699 

384

229

180 

170 

184 

189

169 

263 

495 

654 

868

672 

517 

374 

230 

167

128 

114 

104 

107 

140

Runoff in 

inches

1.32 

2.28 

3.14

20.65

1.96 

1.9O 

1.38 

.97 

1.80 

.45 

1.70 

1.60 

2.33

20.83

Peak discharge (base. 1.2OO sec. -ft.). Dec. 1 (12: 3O p.m.) 1,550 sec. -ft.; May 12 (5:30 a.m.)

Z,4d6 sec. -ft. ; Aug. 50 (8 p.m.) 2,080 see. -ft. 

980338 O - 52 - 9
118 NEUSE RIVER BASIN

Contentnea Creek near Wilson, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°41'15". long. 77°56'50", at bridge on U. S. High-

 way 801, just downstream from municipal power plant, 1 mile upstream from Atlantic 

Coast Line Railroad bridge, and 3 miles southwest of Wilson, Wilson County.

Drainage area.--236 square miles.

Records available.--February 1930 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--19. years, 252 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,750 second-feet Dee. 2 (gage height, 7.28 feet);

 minimum, 22 second-feet Apr. 26, 27; minimum daily, 23 second-feet July 12.

1930-49: Maximum discharge, 4,830 second-feet Aug. 17, 1940 (gage height, 13.80 

feet); minimum, about 0.2 second-foot Oct. 6-15, 1932, Nov. 24 to Dec. 26, 1933. 

Maximum stage tuiown, about 24.3 feet in September 1924.

Remarks.--Records fair. Extreme diurnal fluctuation and considerable regulation during

 lovTflow caused by municipal power plant above station. City of Wilson diverted an 

average of about 3 second-feet above station for municipal supply.

Revisions (water years). W 782: 1934. W 82 Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16lilS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1.03O

820

377

162

458

871

S69

869

649

184

170

19S

226

165

10S

110

44

80

75

79

72

64

95

143

128

103

64

92

53

59

56

Nov.

90

66

63

136

400

582

1,010

1,120

815

599

406

190

244

123

150

145

244

523

681

787

712

582

500

449

483

483

466

500

976

1,330

Dec .

1,590

1,680

1,300

1,120

1,050

946

815

599

466

432

398

291

322

2S6

272

257

231

275

314

632

728

697

533

398

342

500

582

533

429

498

944

Jan.

1,020

996

815

533

405

422

582

648

582

449

361

320

298

262

248

216

221

224

224

227

262

218

211

239

210

204

218

201

216

198

232

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

291

395

372

240

256

222

189

191

189

245

391

466

483

235

234

256

268

378

516

815

815

728

632

483

449

415

338

314

_

-

Mar.

401

405

371

243

232

157

4O3

550

500

393

280

280

216

195

171

162

140

164

238

251

185

181

288

483

466

365

213

229

204

229

170

Secondfoot-days

8,473

14,855

19,460

128,957.6

11,462

10,806

8,770

4,833 

R,531

2,150

5,880

7,171 

15,500

115,891

Apr.

245

176

169

276

240

259

266

253

175

143

124

135

145

173

192

157

80

103

97

82

74

69

143

217

145

104

94

177

167

153

-

Maximum

1,030

1,330

1,680

3,950

1,020

815

550

276

946

937

648

1,500

1,650

1,680

May

124

174

308

321

267

146

92

76

69

180

594

946

815

665

364

153

107

103

101

134

80

64

72

71

65

67

99

67

81

64

62

Minimum

44

63

231

.5

198

189

140

69

62

27

23

27

83

23

June

57

57

37

41

41

49

46

33

35

37

33

30

33

32

28

27

27

44

81

71

38

50

29

31

27

27

33

50

89

937

-

July

648

550

418

312

325

168

93

78

67

67

35

23

33

47

87

325

582

550

516

240

160

155

95

67

38

38

36

33

37

30

27

Mean

273

495

628

352

370

386

283

161

211

71.7

190

231

517

318

Aug.

37

85

175

126

81

55

38

74

83

44

32

31

27

27

28

37

32

31

29

235

566

388

147

172

168

91

74

118

1,260

1,500

1,380

Per square 

mile

1.16

2.10

2.66

1.49

1.57

1.64

1.20

. 894

.304

.805

.979

2.19

1.35

Sept.

1,650

1,550

1,550

1,020

385

136

237

1,190

697

243

97

83

87

103

105

91

712

963

1,080

1,170

944

500

183

141

93

91

89

87

93

130

~

Runoff in 

inches

1.34

2.34

3.07

20.33

1. 81

1.70

1 . 38

.76

1.03

.34

 93

l!l3

2.44

18.27
NEUSE RIVER BASIN 119

Contentnea Creek at Hookerton, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°25'40", long. 77°35'05", at Hookerton, Greene 

County,-about half a mile upstream from State Highway 123 and 2j miles upstream from 

Wheat Swamp Creek.

Drainage area.--789 square miles.

Records available. November 1928 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 21 years, 807 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,040 second-feet Dec. 5; maximum gage height, 

13.91 feet Dec. 5; minimum discharge, 126 second-feet Aug. 16.

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 11,100 second-feet Oct. 6, 1929 (gage height, 18.9 

feet), from rating curve extended above 7,200 second-feet; minimum, 13 second-feet 

Sept. 16, 17, 1932 (gage height, 1.17 feet).

Maximum stage known, 23.3 feet sometime in September 1928. High water of autumn 

1924 was at practically the same stage.

Remarks.--Records good. Discharge for periods of rapidly changing stage computed using 

rate of change of stage as a factor.

Revisions.--W 822: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

881

980

1,080

1,170

1,300

1,360

1,360

1,380

1,470

1,500

1,500

1,380

934

702

632

560

454

369

337

305

290

282

290

275

275

321

345

329

290

260

240

Nov.

220

208

214

326

618

651

821

1,070

1,170

1,300

1,410

1,470

1,360

1,000

680

560

618

1,080

1,400

1,950

2,160

2,340

2,470

2,680

2,760

2,680

2,470

2,280

2,540

2,920

-

Dec.

3,160

3,430

3,610

3,900

4,000

3,900

3,610

3,430

3,160

2,920

2,610

2,280

1,940

1,690

1,500

1,330

1,200

1,120

1,170

1,410

1,650

1,790

1,890

1,940

1,990

2,040

1,990

1,940

1,890

1,990

2,340

Jan.

2,540

2,540

2,610

2,680

2,610

2,540

2,280

2,040

1,890

1,790

1,740

1,650

1,530

1,360

1,200

1,080

960

895

851

829

829

808

808

808

767

767

747

727

708

708

708

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1948 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

808

895

940

980

980

940

851

787

747

747

873

1,010

1,080

1,120

1,150

1,100

940

851

925

1,280

1,440

1,610

1,790

1,990

2,040

1,890

1,740

1,530

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

22,851

43,426

72,820

438,337

44,000

33,034

32,759

20,308

£7,448

7,607

19,305

19,435

52,088

395,081

Mar.

1,410

1,300

1,250

1,170

1,100

960

1,090

1,250

1,360

1,410

1,470

1,470

1,360

1,080

980

851

727

689

670

670

670

689

727

851

980

1,100

1,200

1,220

1,150

1,010

895

Apr.

829

747

792

1,100

1,200

1,220

1,150

1,080

940

808

689

578

542

578

578

542

506

437

386

337

321

313

353

394

403

428

394

637

996

1,030

-

Maximum

1,500

2,920

4,000

9,600

2,680

2,040

1,470

1,220

1,940

437

1,360

1,440

2,840

4,000

Peak discharge (base, 1,900 sec. -ft.). Dee. 5 (2 a.m.

May

940

895

1,230

1,410

1,500

1,410

1,100

751

526

488

1,020

1,390

1,610

1,840

1,940

1,940

1,690

1,090

594

407

353

345

313

275

282

275

337

403

420

361

313

Minimum

240

208

1,120

45

708

747

670

313

275

150

139

128

386

128

June

345

337

282

275

369

412

345

275

233

196

173

168

168

185

196

196

226

246

220

359

437

302

226

196

173

156

150

162

242

357

-

Mean

737

1,448

2,349

1,198

1,419

1,180

1,057

677

885

254

623

627

1,736

1,082

July

656

934

1,190

1,300

1,360

1,150

777

510

359

290

240

208

196

196

436

651

670

767

972

1,160

1,250

1,300

858

487

345

246

196

162

150

139

150

Aug.

396

542

822

1,050

1,100

1,120

723

429

305

246

226

196

162

139

128

134

235

337

305

253

572

1,010

1,240

1,380

1,440

1,180

855

575

471

744

1,120

Per square 

mile

0.934

1.84

2.98

1.52

1.80

1.50

1.34

.858

1.12

.322

.790

.795

2.20

1.37

Sept.

1,420

1,920

2,340

2,540

2,540

2,540

2,470

2,470

2,160

2,280

2,610

2,840

2,680

1,990

1,340

917

851

940

1,280

1,470

1,690

1,990

2,100

2,040

1,680

1,110

635

447

412

386

Runoff in 

inches

1.08

2.05

3.43

20.66

2.07

1.56

1.54

.96

1.29

.36

.91

.92

2.46

18.63

4,040 see. -ft. j Jan. 4 (l p.m.) 2,680 seo.-

ft.; Feb. 25 (6 a.m.) 2,040 sec.-ft.; May 15 (6 p.m.) 1,940 sec.-ft. 

ft.j Sept. 23 (11 p.m.) 2,160 sec.-ft.
120 CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

Haw River near Benaja, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36"14'55", long. 79°33'45", at site of old High 

Kock Mill, 500 feet upstream from county road crossing, half a mile upstream from 

county line, and 6 miles east of Benaja, Rockingham County.

Drainage area.--168 square miles.

Records available. October 1928 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 21 years, 170 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,640 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 7.85 

feet); minimum, 41 second-feet about Aug. 14 (gage height, 1.32 feet).

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 12,300 second-feet Sept. 25, 1947 (gage height, 19.22 

feet, from high-water mark), by slope-area method; minimum, 6.3 second-feet Sept. 1, 

1932 (gage height, 0.73 foot).

Flood of July 1916 reached a stage of about 17.5 feet, from floodmarks on tree 

500 feet below gage.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 23 to Apr. 12)

1.2 

1.4 

1.7 

2.0

2.5

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

216

323

576

816

6.0 

7.0 

8.0

1,080

1,380

1,700

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

109

71 

56 

52 

261

288 

269 

164 

103 

82

73 

68 

66 

61 

57

56 

56 

61 

70 

67

61 

60 

61 

61 

61

60 

60 

60 

60 

60 

61

Nov.

61 

61 

67

112 

122

114 

109 

104 

97 

94

94

88 

84 

82 

79

76 

76 

80 

103 

226

273 

399 

348 

323

311

288 

348 

658 

1,410

1,510

Dec.

943 

624 

514 

552 

502

490

386 

277 

206

173

149 

137 

134 

130

139

173 

201 

184 

191 

226

226 

191 

162 

146 

162

182 

171 

149 

158 

436 

600

Jan.

634 

490 

348

236 

212

386 

477 

490

399 

288

210 

184 

169 

156

147

139 

137 

135 

135 

130

137 

169 

184 

171 

156

149 

142

140 

137 

127 

146

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare «cJune 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. ...........................

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

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

222 

277 

299 

273 

240

222 

232 

222 

208 

264

311 

311 

264 

212

186

199 

256 

277 

277 

288

277 

262 

224 

195 

174

162 

153 

174

Second 

foot-days

2,75E 

7,797 

8,914

68,556

7,15C 

6,66] 

5,653 

5,857 

8,527 

3,644 

8,17C 

7.71C 

4,22E

77,063

Mar.

186 

171 

151 

140

135

134 

128 

122 

120 

132

176 

188 

158 

137 

130

123 

120 

134 

160 

158

139 

170 

348 

348 

348

288 

273 

254 

216 

193 

173

Apr.

156 

140 

132 

130

137

195 

214 

201

158 

135

128 

186 

336 

386 

451

323 

203 

165 

151 

139

130 

187 

264 

273

199

151 

134 

149 

153 

151

Maximum

288 

1,510 

943

1,580

624 

311 

348 

451 

891 

1,100 

1,290 

600 

280

1,510

Peak discharge (base, 1,400 sec. -ft.). Nov. 30 (3 a .m

Hay

147 

323 

399 

348 

266

189 

153 

224 

162 

213

451 

451 

348 

232 

160

254 

572 

891 

672 

451

242

158 

240 

205 

149

122 

114 

106 

98 

94 

93

Minimum

52

61 

130

22

127 

153 

120 

128 

93 

59 

55 

42 

98

42

June

94 

89 

80

76 

75

74 

70 

66 

62

61

61 

64 

68

71 

69

73 

82 

81 

75 

69

69 

66 

59

60

100 

550 

1 , 100

Mean

88.9 

260 

288

187

231 

238 

182 

195 

275 

121 

264 

249 

141

211

July

1,290 

624 

246

151 

117

94

82 

93 

137 

147

120 

188 

342 

624 

477

360 

425 

600 

600

412

248 

140 

103

91 

81

74 

68 

64 

60 

57 

55

Aug.

56 

60 

60 

60 

80

70 

65 

60 

55 

50

46 

44 

42 

42

50

200 

500 

600 

500 

200

170 

340 

500 

600 

600

400 

160 

500 

550 

550 

500

Per square 

mile

0.529 

1.55 

1.71

1.11

1.37 

1.42 

1.08 

1.16 

1.64 

.720 

1.57 

1.48 

.839

1.26

) 1,640 sec. -ft.; July 1 (8 a .m

Sept.

250 

, 150

, 100

170 

280 

260

220 

146 

144 

155 

132

108 

100 

98 

98

114

Runoff in 

inches

0.61 

1.73 

1.97

15.16

1.58 

1.47 

1.25 

1.30 

1.89 

.81 

1.81 

1.71 

.94

17.07

) 1,440

sec .-ft . 

Hote. --Ho gage-height record June 24-31, Aug. 3 to Sept. 21; discharge computed on basis of record 

ed range in stage and records for other stations in basin.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 

Haw River at Haw River, N. C.

121

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°05'35", long. 79 0 21'40", at town of Haw River, 

Alamance County, 650 feet (revised) downstream from Southern Railway bridge and 3 miles 

downstream from Stony Creek.

Drainage area.--599 square miles.

Records available. October 1928 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 21 years, 602 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 11,100 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 19.57 

feet); minimum, 41 second-feet Sept. 12, 13 (gage height, 1.42 feet); minimum daily, 

116 second-feet Aug. 13.

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 37,000 second-feet Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 31.10 

feet, from high-water mark on gage shelter), by contracted-opening method; minimum, 3 

second-feet Sept. 5, 1930; minimum daily, 5 second-feet Sept. 6, 1930.

Remarks.--Records good except those above 6,000 second-feet, which are fair, and those for 

period of no gage-height record, which are poor. Large diurnal fluctuation and some 

regulation for short periods at low flow caused by power plants above station.

Revisions (water years). W 757: 1929(M). W 782: 1934. W 822: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used May 26 to June 27)

1.8 103 3.5 549 11.0 3,920 

2.0 148 4.0 707 14.0 5,970 

2.3 222 5.0 1,070 17.0 8,400 

£.6 299 7.0 1,900 

3.0 405 9.0 2,800

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

a28O 

a!90 

a!5O 

a!30 

al,200

1,400 

826 

534 

£99 

227

202 

172 

177 

177 

153

184 

153 

165 

165 

184

172 

156 

155 

153 

155

148 

148 

146 

143 

146 

165

Nov.

155 

156 

175 

447 

405

378 

549 

405 

320 

322

270 

£52 

£57 

257 

252

200 

257 

273 

437 

1,840

954 

1,910 

1,690 

2,220 

1,680

1,150 

1,900 

5,110 

8,380 

4,940

Dec.

2,340 

1,430 

1,880 

2,430 

1,590

1,390 

1,030 

826 

642 

504

447 

447 

419 

433 

490

579 

519 

461

770 

880

707 

610 

534 

461 

716

880 

658 

549 

564 

4,140 

2,810

Jan.

2,070 

1,390 

992 

658 

697

4,150 

2,250 

1,550 

1,070 

826

674 

610 

549 

447 

423

419 

405 

433 

447 

433

570 

992 

7£4 

707 

610

490 

447 

447 

476 

490 

960

Month

Goto 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr!

Unv

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber. .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

h.. ..........................

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1948 49 ............

Feb.

1,730 

1,510 

1,230 

880 

792

707 

986 

916 

758 

£,150

1,870 

1,310 

898 

707 

642

771 

1,270 

954 

1,100 

1,980

1,230 

992 

826 

690 

809

741 

594 

758

Secondfoot days

8,655 

37,541 

32,136

246,636

27,416 

29,801 

23,418 

21,965 

25,493 

10,748 

32,548 

23,777 

12,549

286,047

Mar.

6£6 

549 

504 

461 

461

461 

405 

364 

364 

405

594 

564 

476 

405 

370

364 

378 

658 

626 

504

419 

433 

3,280 

1,680 

2,030

2,020 

1,030 

809 

775 

809 

594

Apr.

534 

461 

447 

405 

511

1,300 

954 

724 

594 

534

476 

594 

2,420 

1,810 

1,470

992 

626 

504 

433 

378

364 

698 

1,030 

690 

519

392 

364 

504 

658 

579

Maximum

1,400 

8,380 

4,140

8,380

4,150 

2,150 

3,280 

2,420 

2,430 

3,350 

6,890 

2,530 

992

8,380

Peak discharge (base, 6,000 sec. -ft . ) .--Nov. 28 (11:30

May

1,380 

1,500 

2,080 

1,190 

758

594 

476 

579 

476 

697

2,430 

1,580 

1,030 

690 

519

476 

775 

1,230 

1,030 

775

564 

419 

917 

775 

579

378 

351 

364 

338 

283 

260

Minimum

130 

155 

419

4O

405 

594 

364 

364 

260 

118 

158 

116 

172

116

June

247 

214 

197 

184 

180

187 

170 

154 

160 

136

158 

125 

174 

165 

158

170 

18£ 

180 

162 

182

143 

139 

136 

130 

134

139 

118 

824 

£,150 

3,350

Mean

279 

1,251 

1,037

674

884 

1,064 

755 

732 

822 

358 

1,050 

767 

418

784

July

2,160 

1,150 

564 

405 

351

364 

266 

210 

504 

519

351 

648 

862 

1,440 

3,290

6,890 

3,270 

1,770 

1,810 

1,510

1,580 

626 

351 

304 

242

2OO 

197 

177 

167 

158 

21£

Aug.

153 

248 

338 

232 

197

302 

187 

21O 

162 

162

134 

130 

116 

132 

121

1,210 

1,690 

2,160 

1,340 

594

476 

992 

1,180 

1,810 

1,680

954 

447 

1,140 

2,530 

1,560 

1,190

Per square 

mile

0.466 

2.09 

1.73

1.13

.48 

.78 

.26 

.22 

.37 

.598 

.75 

.28 

.698

1.31

Sept.

992 

594 

760 

519 

447

298 

405 

284 

564 

419

392 

201 

172 

244 

263

276 

585 

534 

880 

626

549 

364 

325 

338 

325

257 

222 

222 

232 

260

Runoff in 

inches

0.54 

2.33 

E.OO

15.32

1.70 

1.85 

1.45 

1.36 

1.58 

.67 

2.02 

1.48 

.78

17.76

p.m.) 11.10O sec. -ft.; July 29 (9 p.m.)

7,240 sec.-ft.; July 16 (11 a.m.) 7,950 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for other stations in basin.
122 CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

Haw River near Pittsboro, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°41'00", long. 79°05'40", about 100 feet upstream 

from Robinsons Creek, 2 miles downstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 64, and 5 miles 

east of Pittsboro, Chatham County. Datum of gage is 180.06 feet above mean sea level 

(levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area.--1,310 square miles.

Records available.--November 1928 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--21 years, 1,301 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 28,600 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 17.70 

feet); minimum, 15 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 1.44 feet); minimum daily, 54 

second-feet Oct. 16.

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 79,000 second-feet during night of Sept. 18-19, 1945 

(gage height, 28.58 feet, from high-water mark in gage shelter), from rating curve extended above 46,000 second-feet and confirmed by discharge measurement made at site 6 

miles upstream; minimum, 4.5 second-feet Sept. 27, 1948; minimum daily, 7.3 second-feet 

Sept. 26, 1948.

Flood of August 1908 reached a stage of about 32.1 feet (discharge, about 98,000 

second-feet).

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Considerable diurnal fluctuation and some regulation for short periods of low flow 

caused by power plants above station.

Revisions.--W 822: Drainage area.

Rating fable, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

580

960

1,370

2,360

3,500

4,750

6,130

7,650

14.0

16.0

9,320

13,100

17,200

22,700

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30

31

Oct.

1,320 

718 

418 

361 

4,070

4,540 

1,600 

1,120 

725 

457

451

580 

484 

280 

114

54 

155 

288

322 

226

248 

269 

142 

214 

231

3OO 

245 

261 

309 

117 

108

Nov.

197 

275 

273 

5,130 

1,640

888 

4,580 

1,730 

1,000 

770

718

a 550

a800 

a4,400

a2,600 

a4,400 

a4,4OO 

5,030 

4,830

2,910 

3,930 

9,570 

24,600 

9,600

Dec.

4,970 

3,020 

6,150 

7,680 

4,160

3,020 

2,360 

2,000 

1.7OO 

1,320

1,120 

952 

1,040 

952

960

1,080 

1,120 

1 , 000 

1,400 

2 , 300

1 , 600 

1,280 

1,080 

1 , OOO 

1,860

2,910 

1,750 

1,320 

1,200 

10,400 

9,230

Jan.

4,230 

2,910 

2,150 

1,650 

1,320

8,940 

5,960 

3,500 

2,360 

1,900

1,550 

1,370 

1,280 

1,160 

960

872 

952 

912 

944

952

1,000 

2,050 

1,700 

1,460 

1,320

,160 

,040 

,040 

,160 

,000 

,870

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

Pe

a

ber ................. ........

mber\ ..... ......

lendar year 1948 

ary . .

h. ...........................

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

at ...........................

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

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

5,790 

3,620 

2,470 

2 , 000 

1 , 600

1,460 

1,500 

2,100 

1,550 

3,600

5,400 

2,740 

2,050 

1,650 

1,370

1,420 

3,220 

2,300 

2.O3O 

5,790

3,470 

2,360 

1,950 

1,650 

1,420

1,500 

1,240 

1,600

Secondfoot-days

20,727 

98,821 

81,934

572,090.2

60,672 

68,850 

47,158 

44,749 

49,639 

14,643 

58,128

24.83P

618,495

ak discharge (base, 17,000 sec .-f t . ) .--Nc

No gage-height record; discharge computec

Mar.

1,800 

1,240 

1,160 

1,04O 

9O4

928 

1 , 000 

904 

832 

792

1,080 

1,120 

96O 

896 

856

778 

770 

800 

1,24O 

1,080

928 

880

3,030 

3,650 

2,820

6,440 

2,660 

1,850 

1,600 

1,600 

1,420

Apr.

1,650 

1,160 

1,000 

1 , 000 

944

2,710 

2,340 

1,650 

1,280 

1,080

1,040 

1,000 

3,580 

4,650 

2,580

1,950 

1,370 

1,040 

1,000 

928

800 

785 

2,150 

1,460 

1,120

920 

770 

832 

1 , 000 

960

Maximum

4,540 

24,600 

10,400

24,600

8,940

5,790 

6,440 

4,650 

6,450 

5,450 

13,000 

9,740 

2,470

24.6OO

May

1,340 

3, SOO 

4,980 

2,610 

1,6OO

1,160 

952 

880 

960 

1,500

6,450 

3,830 

2,150 

1,460 

1 , 080

944 

944

1,320 

1,500 

1,200

12 

725 

825 

1,460 

1,040

896

896 

658 

360 

517 

69O

Minimum

54 

197

352

7 .3

872 

1,240

770 

770 

360 

111 

195 

70 

227

54

June

504 

468 

368 

412 

227

145 

532 

437 

241 

111

165 

182 

269

336 

222

274 

291 

255 

217 

351

411 

291 

266 

273 

172

159 

164

290 

1,160 

5,450

Mean

669 

3,294 

2,643

1,563

1,957 

2,459 

1,521 

1,492 

1,601 

488 

1,875 

1,559 

828

1,695

July

2,870 

1,950 

1,040 

665 

525

439 

425 

1,590

1,820 

872

755 

643 

84O 

1,540 

5,520

13,000 

6,950 

2,910 

2,860 

2,980

2,640 

1,500 

840 

444 

491

640 

376 

297 

288 

223 

195

Aug.

443 

565 

514 

735 

421

259 

203 

354 

486

317

332 

218 

83

70 

200

800 

3,610 

3,960 

2,250 

1,370

848 

2,350 

1,650 

2,440 

2 , 200

1,700 

960 

4,000 

9,740 

3,210 

2,050

Per square 

mile

0.511 

2.51 

2.02

1.19

1.49 

1.88 

1.16 

1.14 

1.22 

.373 

1.43 

1.19 

.632

1.29

Sept.

2,470 

1,500 

1,320 

1,500 

960

840 

800 

861 

978 

895

600 

623 

788 

406 

227

348

623 

954 

1,670 

1,300

916 

802 

- 593 

469 

370

508

565 

327 

257

366

Runoff in 

inches

0.59 

2.81

2.33

16.24

1.72 

1.95 

1.34 

1.27 

1.41 

.42 

1.65 

1.37 

.71

17.57

v. 29 (5 a.m.) 28,600 sec. -ft. 

on basis of records for station ab Haw River.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 123

Cape Pear River at Lillington, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°24'25", long. 78°48'45", at bridge on U. S. 

Highway 15-A, about 1,800 feet downstream from Norfolk Southern Railway bridge at 

Lillington, Harriett County, and 1 mile downstream from Neill Creek. Datum of gage is 

105.71 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 3,440 square miles.

Kecords available. December 1923 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--25 years (1924-49), 3,390 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 53,400 second-feet Nov. 29 fgage height, 19.15 

feet); minimum, 89 second-feet Aug. 15; minimum dally, 124 second-feet Aug. 15.

1923-49: Maximum discharge, 192,000 second-feet Sept. 19, 1945 (gage height, 33.19 

feet, from high-water mark), from rating curve extended above 70,000 second-feet on 

basis of logarithmic plotting and velocity-area computation; minimum, 29 second-feet 

Oct. 8, 1926 (gage height, 0.01 foot); minimum daily, 29 second-feet Oct. 8, 1956.

Remarks.--Records good except those below 500 second-feet, which are fair, and those for 

period of fragmentary gage-height record, which are poor. Large diurnal fluctuation 

and considerable regulation for short periods at low flow caused by power plants above 

station.

Revisions (water years).--W 822: Drainage area. W 1032: 1927, 1942(m).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 Jgage height, In 

and discharge, in second-feet)

0.7 129 1.7 637 4.0 3,220 1O.O 16,300 

.8 161 2.0 870 5.0 4,850 12.0 22,600 

1.0 240 2.5 1,320 6.O 6,600 14.0 30,000 

1.2 332 3.0 1,860 7.O 8,850 16.0 38,300 

1.4 442 3.5 2,490 8.0 10,900 18.0 47,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

5,880 

2,920 

1,750 

951 

9,000

17,3OO 

6,950 

3,690 

2,490 

1,440

969 

1,230 

977 

942 

824

623 

263 

652 

584 

508

566 

637 

607 

508 

505

508 

494 

547 

608 

573 

419

Nov.

323 

330 

471 

13,500 

18,100

7,610 

11,200 

11,800 

5,280 

3,450

2,700 

2,160 

1,640 

1,470

906

1,320 

1,940 

5,360 

4,010 

11,100

13.5OO 

6,600 

7,560 

10,90O 

13,500

8,580 

7,820 

f!5,400 

f44,8OO 

42,300

Dec.

29,200 

14,700 

12,700 

24,000 

15,400

9,460 

7,170 

5,700 

5,020 

4,010

3,220 

2,770 

2,490 

2,490 

2,360

2,360 

2,420 

2,360 

4,320 

10,600

6,240 

4,340 

3,370 

2,840 

5,250

14,600 

9,010 

5,360 

4,010 

16,300 

32,000

Jan.

19,900 

10,400 

6,980 

5,020 

3,850

13,300 

22,600 

13,100 

7,170 

5,530

4,340 

3,690 

3,370 

3,070 

2,770

2,490 

2,360 

2,360 

2,300 

2,360

2,360 

6,260 

5,190 

4,010 

3,450

3,000 

2,700 

2,560 

2,840 

3,000 

3,000

Month

Octo 

Novs 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Maro 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 194 

ary . . .

nary

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

at ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

12,300

11,200 

7,170 

5,360 

4,260

3,610 

3,220 

3,690 

3,530 

5,030

13,500 

8,370 

5,700 

4,340 

3,610

3,300 

8,010 

8,580 

6,060 

15,200

14,000 

7,760 

7,760 

6,240 

4,510

3,930 

3,450 

4,750

Secondfoot-days

65,915 

275,630 

266,070

1,690,957

175,330 

188,440 

109,070 

106,870 

180,260 

30,551 

99,078 

184,124 

77,268

1,758,606

Mar.

6,600 

4,680 

3,530 

3,O70 

2,700

2,490 

2,700 

2,840 

2,630 

2,420

2,420 

2,840 

2,700 

2,360 

2,100

2,100 

1,920 

1,750 

2,100 

2,630

2,360 

2,230 

2,460 

6,790 

5,190

10.8OO 

7,620 

4,680 

3,690 

3,450 

3,220

Apr.

3,300 

3,450 

2,700 

2,360 

2,300

3,290

6,060 

4,850 

3,610 

2,840

2,420 

2,360 

4,650 

11,400 

6,980

4,510 

3,220 

2,560 

2,230 

1,920

1,750 

1,700 

2,720 

3,370 

2,700

2,230 

1,750 

3,670 

5,880 

4,090

Maximum

17,300 

44,800 

32,000

47,000

22,600 

15,200 

10,800 

11,400 

25,800 

6,960 

18,200 

37,400 

9,O6O

44,800

Peak discharge (base, 30.OOO sec. -ft .) . Nov. 29 (8 p. it

May

3,690 

13,400 

19,300 

14,400 

6,730

4,090 

2,920 

2,230 

2,490 

13,600

25,800 

18,700 

8,790 

6,060 

4,170

2,920 

2,420 

2,230 

2,560 

2,420

2,100 

1,540 

1,300 

1,940 

2,300

2,100 

3,140 

2,300 

1,580 

1,130 

1,910

Minimum

263 

323 

2,360

60

2,300 

3,220 

1,750 

1,700 

1,130 

384 

437 

124 

434

124

June

1,280 

1,120 

1,230 

1,000 

1,000

548 

502 

1,030 

897 

728

470 

572 

518 

751 

672

774 

1,030 

712 

384 

838

1,000 

638 

535 

712 

704

412 

407 

427 

2,700 

6,960

Mean

2,126 

9,188 

8,583

4,620

5,656 

6,730 

3,518 

3,562 

5,815 

1,018 

3,196 

5,939 

2,576

4,818

July

4,850 

3,370 

2,230 

1,370 

1,370

806 

843 

1,250 

2,300 

1,920

1,210 

1,370 

933 

1,380 

4,030

14,800 

18,200 

7,140 

5,060 

5,530

6,060 

4,150 

2,300 

1,580 

746

786 

1,020 

604 

437 

806 

727

Aug.

1,450 

1,580 

1,540 

1,480 

1,580

978 

870 

846 

728 

870

419 

616 

372 

371 

124

6,910 

13,900 

17,800 

7,380 

4,170

3,370 

8,080 

12,700 

6,800 

6,060

3,930 

2,630 

7,270 

37,400 

21,300 

10,600

Per square 

mile

0.618 

2.67 

2.50

1.34

1.64 

1.96 

1.02 

1.04 

1.69 

.296 

.929 

1.73 

.749

1.40

.) 53,400 sec. -ft.; Dec. 31 (5 a

Sept.

9.O6O 

5,880 

3,930 

3,930 

2,840

2,230 

2,350 

8,530 

5,190 

3,220

2,360 

1,450 

1,530 

1,480 

1,280

1,180 

1,280 

1,980 

2,230 

3,070

2,770 

2,300 

1,320 

1,180 

989

536 

933 

1,230 

576 

434

Runoff in 

inchea

0.71 

2.98 

2.88

18.29

1.90 

2.04 

1.18 

1.16 

1.95 

.33 

1.07 

1.99 

.84

19.03

.m.) 35,700

sec. -ft.; Aug. 29 (1 p.m.) 42,800 sec. -ft. 

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of partly estimated gage heights.
124 CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

Cape Fear River at lock 3, near Tarheel, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder about 100 feet upstream from concrete lock and dam lat 

J4 50'00 , long. 78°43'30 , 1 mile downstream from county line and 7 miles north of 

Tarheel, Bladen County. Datum of gage is 29.75 feet above mean sea level (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Auxiliary water-stage recorder in lower pool about 600 feet downstream at same datum.

Drainage area. 4,810 square miles.

Records available. October 1937 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--12 years, 5,043 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum gage height during year, 25.68 feet Dec. 1; maximum discharge not deterv?11?? 5 ; minimum discharge, 738 second-feet July 30 (gage height, 1.05 feet); minimum 

daily, 805 second-feet July 30.

1937-49: Maximum gage height, 43.44 feet Sept. 22, 1945 (discharge not determined); 

minimum discharge, 200 second-feet Oct. 20, 1940 (gage height, 0.42 foot); minimum daily, 

£oO second-feet Oct. 19, 1940.

Remarks.--Records excellent between 1,000 and 10,000 second-feet, good above and poor below 

these limits, except those computed from graph based on twice-daily staff-gage readings 

and those for periods of indefinite stage-discharge relation, which are poor. Discharge 

above 11,000 second-feet computed by using submergence of lock and dam as determined by 

auxiliary gage as a factor. Slight diurnal fluctuation and some regulation for short 

periods at low flow caused by power plants above station.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

8,090

6,730

4,280

2,990

4,860

17,100

16,900

10,200

5,940

3,960

2,660

2,580

2,740

2,580

2,200

1,970

1,460

1,360

1,700

1,620

1,520

1,540

1,580

1,310

1,240

1,440

1,340

1,320

1,320

1,320

1,080

Nov.

1,020

i;oso

1,130

2,680

18,500

15,800

9,540

15,500

12 , 000

6,200

4,610

3,750

3,080

2,500

2,200

2,040

2,740

5,440

7,540

7, mo

17,800

15,000

11,40']

13,100

16,400

15,600

12,600

13,800

;26,000

539,000

-

Dec.

e40,OOO

e35,OOO

e27,000

2?, 600

28,800

23,700

15,200

12,500

10,400

8,660

7,000

5,940

5,200

5,080

4,840

4,610

4,610

4,610

5,440

10,900

13,100

9,250

7,270

6,070

6,330

14,200

17,300

13,000

9,250

8,660

27,300

Jan.

29,600

21,600

15,400

12 , 100

7,810

8,090

21,800

23,600

16,700

11,700

8,660

7,000

6,070

5,690

5,200

4,720

4,500

4,280

4,280

4,280

4,170

4,610

6,860

6,600

5,820

5,200

4,610

4,390

4,280

4,500

4,720

Month

October ..........................

November ....................

December ................... .....

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ................ ...

February .........................

March .................. . April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

7,480

15 , 100

13,300

8,950

7,000

5,690

5,200

4,960

5,440

5,320

10,400

14,200

10,200

7,270

5,940

5,200

6,070

11,400

9,850

11,600

19,700

15,900

12,300

10,800

8,090

6,330

5,560

5,940

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

116,930

305,860

413,820

2,489,348

278, 840

255,190

167,050

151,940 

261,710

58,740 

153,245

256,585

, ObU

2,609,270

Mar.

8,370

8,370

6,600

5,440

4,720

4,170

4,720

5,320

5,320

4,960

4,500

4,500

4,500

4,170

3,960

3,650

3,460

3,270

2,990

3,560

3,850

3,750

3,850

6,070

8,090

8,090

12,200

8,370

6,070

5,200

4,960

Apr.

4,610

4,960

4,500

4,170

4,060

4,170

6,2OO

7,270

5,940

4,500

3,960

3,750

3,850

9,150

11,600

7,540

5,080

4,060

3,650

3,180

2,740

2,660

2,660

4,060

4,280

4,060

3,270

4,390

8,370

9,250

-

Maximum

17,100 

39, OOO

40,000

50 , 000

29

19,700

12,200

11,600

9^140

37^000

23, 600

40,000

May

8.O90

10,800

19,000

21,800

15,500

10,100

6,200

4,390

3,850

7,360

21,300

28,200

23,100

15,000

10,700

6,460

4,720

3,960

3,65fl

3,650

3,46"

2,740

2,200

2,340

3,180

3,270

4,280

4,390

3,180

2,420

2,420

Minimum

1,080 

1 , 020

4,610

505

4,170

4,960

2,990

2,660

2,200

1,060

896

1,530

805

June

3,270

2,580

2,120

2,200

2,120

2,200

1,830

1,600

1,760

1,620

1,310

1,060

1,500

1,830

1,830

1,660

1,760

1,760

1,300

1,190

1,610

1,620

1,350

1,360

1,270

1,280

1,100

1,370

2,140

9,1:40

-

Mean

3 772

10, 200

13,350

6,801

8, 995

9 114

5 389

5^065

8,442

1, 958 

4 943

6, 312

7,149

July

12,400

8,660

6,200

4,280

3,560

2,900

1,900

1,700

2,280

2,900

2,270

2,040

gl,970

gl,970

g2,500

7,340

18,800

17,700

11,800

7,810

7,540

7,270

4,840

2,900

gl,970

gl,640

gl,460

gl,570

gl,280

g805

g990

Aug.

gl,830

3,080

3,750

2,900

3,080

2,820

g2,120

gZ , 040

2,270

g2,120

gl,830

gl,320

gl,210

g969

g896

2,670

9,250

15,800

17,300

11,000

7,540

7,000

13,000

16,100

11,600

8,080

5,080

4,920

e26,000

637,000

B32.000

Per square 

mile

0.784

2.12

2 . 78

1.41

1 . 87

1 . 89

1.12

1.05

1.76

.407

1.03

1.72

1.31

1.49

Sept.

23,600

20,700

16,200

12,200

9,850

6,730

5,820

9,060

12 , 000

9,250

6.6OO

4,960

3,750

3,650

3,360

3,180

2,990

2,900

3,460

4,170

4,500

4,060

3,360

g2,340

g2,040

gl,830

gl,530

gl,670

gl,900

gl,700

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.90

2 . 36

3 20

19 25

2.16

1 97

1 . 29

1.17

2.02

.45 

1 . 18

1 . 98

1.46

20.14

e Stage-discharge relation indefinite; discharge computed on basis of gage-height record, 

or station at Lillington, and unpublished records for station at Payetteville. 

g Computed from graph based on twice-daily gage readings.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 125

Reedy Fork near fiibsonville, N. C .

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°10'30", long. 79°37'00", a quarter of a mile

downstream from Huffines Mill, 1^ miles upstream from Buffalo Creek, and 6 miles northwest of Gibsonville, Guilford County.

Drainage area. 133 square miles.

Records available.--September 1928 to September 1949.

Average dlscharge.--21 years, 118 second-feet.

.Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,880 second-feet July 16 (gage height, 10.73 

feet); minimum, 2.1 second-feet June 14 (gage height, 0.66 foot); minimum daily, 20 

second-feet Oct. 21.

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 11,600 second-feet Sept. 25, 1947 (gage height, 20.77 

feet); minimum, 0.6 second-foot sometime during period Nov. 12 to Dec. 8, 1941; minimum 

daily, 0.9 second-foot Sept. 25, 1942.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Considerable diurnal fluctuation caused by power plants above station. Flow partly 

regulated since 1923 by reservoir (capacity, 113,256,000 cubic feet) 14 miles above 

station from which city of Greensboro diverted about 13 second-feet during year.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage heights, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 19)

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3 

1.5 63

1.7 93

2.0 156

2.5 284

3.0 414

4.0 680

5.O 98O

6.0 1,280

7.0 1,590

8.0 1,900

9.0 2,250

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

130 

49 

24

21 

179

222 

245 

86 

36 

28

25 

25 

26 

26 

49

44 

25 

22 

25 

23

20 

23 

21 

25 

27

26 

26 

26 

25 

25 

25

Nov.

27 

26 

32 

55 

58

70 

77 

64 

58 

56

56 

49 

47 

42 

38

38 

37 

37 

62 

161

331 

411 

284 

294 

268

248 

315 

741 

1,580 

1,210

Dec.

479 

333 

25O 

258 

313

349 

250 

178 

80 

66

71 

74 

79 

132 

137

80 

62 

61 

97 

119

166 

161 

111 

66 

93

111 

115 

104 

106 

408 

531

Jan.

571 

362 

222 

77 

114

349 

571 

320 

232 

191

171 

158 

107 

62 

55

57 

76 

128 

128 

109

71 

83 

130 

198 

106

63 

57 

62 

93 

132 

139

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ................... ......

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary ... . .

h.. ..........................

st ...........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

166 

242 

284 

109 

156

149 

164 

168 

168 

253

276 

307 

161 

134 

154

168 

198 

232 

222 

191

240 

222 

181 

168 

391

242

128 

106

Secondfoot-days

1,579 

6,772 

5,440

44,156.9

5,194 

5,580 

3,772 

3,686 

4,138 

2,654 

8,818 

6,464 

2,393

56,490

Mar.

38 

130 

85 

76

71

70 

69 

63 

66

76

97 

80 

71 

69 

67

62 

190 

191 

100 

83

79 

110 

372 

201 

294

227 

132 

119 

196 

215 

73

Apr.

57 

50 

47 

46

66

196 

216 

154 

134 

126

93 

88 

176 

323 

336

250 

80 

59 

53 

49

48

87 

100 

70 

55

52 

49

248

176

Maximum

245 

1,580 

531

1,580

571 

391 

372 

336 

276 

1,010 

2,290 

808 

229

2,290

Peak discharge (base, 1.6OO sec. -ft.). Nov. 29 (11 p. it

May

276

227 

271 

245 

158

111 

61 

53 

52 

82

149

219 

240 

104 

87

109 

204 

144 

119 

95

79 

77 

252 

171 

107

88 

79 

76 

71 

73 

59

June

35 

35 

29 

29

30

30 

29 

28 

29 

29

26 

26 

30 

26 

29

29 

29 

29

27 

27

28 

27 

27 

27 

30

27

30 

66 

1,010 

801

Minimum Mean

20 50.9 

26 226 

61 175

3.7 121

55 168 

106 199 

38 122 

46 123 

52 133 

26 88.5 

28 284 

31 209 

46 79.8

20 155

July

428 

87 

63 

56 

49

40 

36

47 

110 

188

65 

293 

411 

442 

1,340

2,290 

842 

580 

512 

336

220 

69 

48 

40 

37

34 

33

31 

30 

33 

28

Aug.

31 

36 

34 

32

50

48 

43

. a36

a!50 

a700 

808 

a 240 

alOO

a 80 

a!60 

a500 

638 

596

247 

73 

196 

689 

402 

323

Sept.

229 

76 

73 

71 

73

73 

66 

102 

85 

61

53 

51 

48 

50 

58

63 

85 

120 

161 

151

128 

82 

71 

C3 

53

51

46 

47 

48 

55

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

.) 2,04O sec. -ft.; June 29 (e p.m.) 2,840

see.-rt.; July ib (z a.m.) ,;,£tiU sec. -it. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage, observer's inspections, and records for other stations In baaia.
126 CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

Horsepen Creeik at Battle Ground, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder and modified Parshall flume, lat. 36°08'30", long.

Y9"51'20", at bridge on county road a quarter of a mile downstream from U. S. Highway 

220, three-quarters of a mile north of Battle Ground, Guilford County, and about 

2 \ miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--15.9 square miles.

Records available.--November 1925 to July 1931, May 1934 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 16 years (1929-30, 1934-49), 15.3 second-feet.

Extremes.---Maximum discharge during yes.r, 838 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 6.86 

reet); minimum, 3.2 second-feet Oct. 3, 4, June 27; minimum gage height, 0.58 foot 

June 27.

1925-31. 1934-49: Maximum discharge,6,400 second-feet Sept. 24, 1947 (gage height, 

10.36 feet), from rating curve extended above 600 second-feet on basis of contractedopening computation at 10.36 feet; minimum, 0.7 second-foot July 24, 1926.'

Remarks.--Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height- record, which are poor.

Discharge, in second-feet, 'rater year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

5.0 

3.9 

3.5 

3.8

100

18 

8.2 

6.3 

5.2 

4.5

4.4 

4.5

4.2 

3.9 

3.8

3.8

7.0 

9.2 

7.C 

7.0

5.8 

6.4 

5.9 

5.0 

4.4

4.1 

3.9 

4.1 

4.2 

4.2 

4.1

Nov..

3.9 

3.9 

8.2 

10 

5.9

6.3 

12 

5.9

7.0

6.3 

5.5 

5.5 

5.3 

4.9

4.7 

5.5 

5.0 

62 

184

21 

96 

38 

90 

38

20 

83 

312 

217 

38

Dec.

21 

16 

92 

72 

26

19 

15 

14 

13 

9.1

8.3 

8.2 

7.8 

7.2 

15

12 

9.1 

7.4 

31 

16

11 

9.3 

8.2 

8.0 

36

14 

11 

9.5 

50 

220 

22

Jan.

19 

13 

11 

10 

50

180 

30

18 

15 

13

13 

11 

9.5 

9.0 

8.5

8.5 

8.5 

9.4 

9.8 

8.8

17

18 

13

13 

12

11 

10 

12 

9.0 

8.4 

36

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber ......................

lendar year 1^48 

ary ....

h. ...........................

1 ....... ............ .

ember ......... . . ...

ter year 1948-49 . . ..... ...

Feb.

55

30 

20 

19 

16

13 

32 

18 

16 

77

29 

20

17 

16 

15

36 

30 

19 

39 

48

22 

19 

17 

15 

14

13 

13 

20

Secondf dot-days

266. S 

1,317.4 

818.1

6,542.9

614.4 

698 

480 

488 

466.2 

203. C 

964.8 

1,366.5 

263.4

7,946.7

Peak discharge (base, 300 sec. -ft . ) . --Nov.

Mar.

13 

12 

12 

12 

11

11 

11 

10 

10 

19

18 

13

12 

11

11

10

10 

14 

12

11

10 

15 

70 

20 

28

22 

17 

15 

14 

13 

13

Apr.

12 

11 

11 

10 

21

20 

14 

13 

11 

10

14 

29 

67 

28 

18

14

12 

12 

11 

10

10 

28 

17 

12 

11

10 

11 

15 

11 

15

Maximum

100 

312 

220

312

180 

77 

70 

67 

66 

23 

179 

3?4 

Cl

324

20 (5 a.m.)

May

66 

34 

38 

17 

13

11 

11 

12 

11 

15

20 

14 

11 

9.8 

8.8

10 

17 

10 

8.6 

7.8

7.6 

8.4 

34 

11 

9.0

10 

9.8 

8.2 

7.6 

7.6 

8.0

Minimum

3.5 

3.9

7.2

2.0

8.4

13 

10 

10 

7.6 

4.2 

4.8 

3.9 

6.2

3.5

June

7.4 

6.8 

6.3 

6.3 

6.5

5.7 

5.3 

5.0 

4.8

5.3 

5.3 

5.5 

5.7 

5.9

7.0 

6.8 

5.7 

5.3 

5.5

5.3 

4.8 

4.2 

4.2 

4.4

4.4 

4.4 

9.4 

22 

23

Mean

8.61 

43.9 

26.4

17.9

19.8 

24.9 

15.5 

16.3 

15.0 

6.77 

31.1 

44.1 

8.78

21.8

July

8.6 

6.3 

7.4 

6.5 

5.3

4.8 

5.7 

78

11

42 

92 

12 

13

157

120 

179 

62 

39 

23

14

11 

9.4 

8.2 

7.8

7.0 

6.5 

5.7 

5.0 

4.8 

5.0

Aug.

5.5 

15 

10 

6.5 

5.9

7.8 

6.8 

5.3 

4.8

4.2

4.2 

3.9 

4.6 

8.6

324 

199 

48 

21 

16

16 

88 

184 

52 

22

14 

13 

97

22

14

Per square 

mile

0.542 

2.76 

1.66

1.13

1.25 

1.57 

.975 

1.03 

.943 

.426 

1.96 

2.77 

.552

1.37

Sept.

12 

9.1 

8.7 

8.7 

7.9

7.8 

7.9 

8.1 

7.6

6.2 

6.2 

6.6 

12 

7.4

13 

14 

21 

16 

8.1

7.4 

7.0 

7.0 

6.2 

6.2

6.2 

6.4 

6.4 

8.3 

7.6

Runoff in 

inches

0.62 

3.08 

1.91

15.29

1.44 

1.63 

1.12 

1.14 

1.09 

.47 

2.26 

3.20 

.62

18.58

415 sec. -ft.; Nov. 28 (8 p.m.) 838 sec. -ft.;

July 17 (6 a.m.) 327 sec.-ft.; Aug. 

(2 a.m.) 402 sec.-ft.

Note. No gage-height record Dec. "7 to Jan. 17; discharge computed on basis of records for East 

Fork Deep River near High Point and North Buffalo Creek near GreenslDOro.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 127

Buffalo Creek near Greensboro, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage, recorder, lat. 36°03'30", long. 79°43'35", at McConnell road

crossing, 3 miles east of Greensboro, Guilford County, and 6 miles upstream from North 

Buffalo Creek.

Drainage area.--32.8 square miles.

Records available. August 1928 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--21 years, 37.6 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 10,000 second-feet July 15 (gage height, 11.54 

reetj, from rating curve extended above 2,000 second-feet on basis of contractedopening determinations at gage heights 8.69, 10.64, and 11.54 feet; minimum, 5.2 

second-feet June 27 (gage height, 2.31).

1928-49: Maximum discharge, that of July 15, 1949; minimum, O.D second-foot Oct. 2, 

1930.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Sewage from Greensboro enters above station affecting low-water flow.

Revisions (water years) .--W 972: 1928-33, 1934(M), 1935-37, 1939-, 1940(M).

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

20

10

9

10

300

46

26

12

8

ir ?

1

7.3

7.4

7.4

7.4

7.8

6.9

Nov.

7.9

8.8

12

42

18

14

34

16

15

16

16

13

13

12

11

11

13

15

21

167

175

114

257

232

259

81

91

374

944

259

-

Dec.

58

38

112

296

131

46

41

48

40

33

29

24

28

30

50

40

34

30

85

44

36

30

26

22

110

44

36

34

55

500

100

Jan.

50

40

38

36

120

460

85

55

46

38

34

30

26

24

22

20

22

23

24

24

38

60

35

32

30

29

28

31

29

23

51

Month

October ............... ..........

Novembe r ....... .................

December ..................... ...

Calendar year 1948 .... ... ...

January ..........................

February ................ . . ...

March ...... . . ........... ......

April ............................

May .................. ..........

June ... .........................

July. ............................

August ..........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 . .......

Feb.

183

120

50

43

38

30

82

54

37

173

222

52

38

34

31

47

104

43

61

252

114

45

44

35

52

26

26

69

_

-

Secondfoot-days

610.2

3,261.7

2,230

17,308.7

1,603

2,087

1,648

1,632

1,387

415.6

9,530.8

1,813.1

483.7

26,702.1

Peak discharge (base, 650 sec. -ft.

Mar.

37

29

27

25

24

23

22

21

21

32

58

29

24

22

23

20

20

28

31

22

2O

28

488

241

62

88

45

36

38

31

33

Apr.

31

25

23

23

42

181

54

35

28

25

25

62

168

390

70

35

29

26

25

24

23

46

60

29

24

23

22

32

26

26

-

Maximum

300

944

500

944

460

252

488

390

190

115

5,460

374

50

5,460

May

190

148

129

46

32

28

25

28

28

37

60

50

30

26

23

20

24

22

19

18

17

17

161

113

20

16

16

13

10

10

11

Minimum

6.9

7.9

5.0

20

26

20

22

10

6.1

8.4

8.1

9.8

6.1

June

12

10

9.4

8.8

8.3

8.6

8.7

8.3

7.8

7.6

7.6

7.0

7.6

8.3

8.3

9.6

9.8

8.8

7.3

7.0

7.2

6.9

6.8

6.5

6.1

6.2

6.1

26

58

115

Mean

19.7

I'D 9

71.9

47.3

51.7

74.5

53.2

54.4

44.7

13.9

307

56.5

16.1

73.2

July

18

12

9.6

9.9

8.6

8.4

29

161

52

14

22

145

24

287

5,460

1,280

326

174

149

991

189

36

24

17

15

14

13

12

11

10

9.3

Aug.

9.8

17

20

14

12

13

13

11

11

11

9.6

9.6

9.4

8.1

8.6

90

198

160

27

18

18

124

84

242

41

20

16

64

374

128

32

Per square 

mile

Sept.

50

22

18

18

17

16

17

18

18

14

12

12

13

15

15

13

20

17

26

15

12

12

15

12

9.8

9.9

11

11

12

13

Runoff in 

inches

).--Nov. 29 (5 a.m.) 1,380 sec. -ft.; Mar. 26 (6 p.m.) 748 sec.-
128 CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

North Buffalo Creek near Greensboro, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°07'10", long. 79°42'35", at county highway bridge 

a miles upstream from mouth and 6 miles northeast of Greensboro, Guilford County.

Drainage area.--36.4 square miles.

Records available.--August 1928 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--21 years, 45.5 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,060 second-feet July 15 (gage height, 13.70

1'eet), from rating curve extended above 2,000 second-feet on basis of contracted-opening 

determinations at gage Heights 14.15 and 15.^6 feet; minimum, 9.5 second-feet Oct. 

17 (gage height, 1.86 feet).

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 6,000 second-feet Sept. 25, 1947 (gage height, 15.96 

feet), from rating curve extended above 2,000 second-feet as explained above; minimum, 

1.6 second-feet Aug. 28, 1932.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periodsof no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mills above station. Sewage from Greensboro 

and Proximity Mills enters above station.

Hating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 6-Z7)

1.9 13 3.0 129 6.."J 

2.U 19 3.5 221 8.0 1 

2.5 45 4.0 3£1 10.0 1 

2.6 74 5.0 521 11.0 1

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

27 

20 

16 

16 

302

48 

£8

18 

15

16 

20 

19 

18 

17

17 

14

20

20 

20 

18 

L5 

17

20

20 

19 

17 

14

Nov.

17 

20 

11

72 

28

40

25

28

28 

25 

25 

18 2'0

23 

31 

25 

80 

153

38 

242 

90 

216 

109

52 

186 

684 

a550 

a90

Dec.

a65 

a50 

a!20 

a300 

a!30

a60 

a46 

50 

38 

36

32 

28 

31 

33 

53

42 

57

32 

92 

49

40 

36 

31 

28 

114

49 

40

33 

62 

519 

107

Jan.

55 

45 

44 

44 

146

456 

94 

64 

52 

49

45 

43 

40 

37 

32

29 

32 

35 

34 

32

74 

54 

40 

40 

40

36 

38 

40 

31 

25 

108

Feb.

78 

57 

52 

45

38 

59

48 

45

206

62 

52 

43 

45 

43

84 

81 

51 

109 

L52

66 

57 

53 

47 

43

36 

32 

82

,, ... SecondMonth foot-days

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber ................. . .....

905

3,022 

2,389

lendar year 1948 ............ 20,183.

ary

h. ...........................

1 .................... .......

ember .......................

1,936 

1,912 

1,771 

1,667 

1,444 

1,134 

4,233

l|o33

ter year 1948-49 .. ...... .. 23,968

Mar.

44 

39

37 

36 

32

28 

28 

32 

52 

55

53

28

28 

32

32 

31 

46 

36

27

30

62 

482 

79 

110

72 

48 

46 

48 

41 

41

Apr.

38 

29 

25

29 

93

92 

50 

46 

34 

28

88 

316 

107 

56

36 

32 

31 

32 

3£

32 

104 

53

30

31 

31

33 

39

Maximum

302 

684 

519

3 684

456 

20t 

482 

316 

243 

323 

1,820 

339 

95

1,820

Peak discharge (base, 920 sec. -ft. .--Nov. 28 (8 p.m.)

7 (JO 

030 

5£0 

960

to September 1943

May

245 

83 

100 

49 

38

32 

29 

31 

28 

46

70 

43 

34 

28

32

40 

31

28

19

142 

34 

30

38 

35 

24 

18 

21 

28

Minimum

14 

17 

^8

9.3

25

25 

LS 

L4 

18 

L5 

20

14

1,460 sec

June

25 

23 

22 

20 

15

18 

21 

22 

21 

20

18 

14 

16

24 

25 

19 

14 

16

21 

20 

20 

20

18

26 

97 

323 

170

Mean

29. 

101 

77.

55.

69.. 

57. 

55. 1 

46. t 

37. f 

137 

81. 

34.'

65.

July

43 

24

26

20 

22

157

32 

26

126 

109 

37 

395 

1,820

223

260 

209 

140 

185

77 

46 

32 

28 

E5

24

21 

20 

18

Aug.

80 

45 

28 

26

25

24

23

22 

22 

20 

15 

66

339

245 

74 

41 

35

29

120 

328 

90 

49

34 

28 

272 

225 

56 

84

Sept.

63 

41 

35 

29 

28

31 

35 

37 

35 

28

22 

25 

27 

32 

28

37 

42 

95

33

29 

26 

34 

24 

20

24 

25 

34 

26

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

t 

I

'

-ft.; June 29 (ll p.m.) 1.050

of records for stations on nearby stream
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 129

West Fork Deep River near High Point, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder and modified Parshall flume, lat. 36°00'15", long.

V9"b«'40", a quarter of a mile upstream from county road bridge at head of High Point

Reservoir, about 2 miles northwest of Jamestown, and 3j miles northeast of High Point,

Guilford County.

Drainage area.--32.1 square miles.

Records available.--June 1923 to September 1926, July 1928 to September 1949. 

Average discharge'. 24 years, 32.0 second-feet. 

Jixt peme s. - -Maximum discharge during year, 2,000 second-feet July 15 (gage height, 12.24

reet); minimum, 6.0 second-feet June 27.

1923-26, 1928-49; Maximum discharge, 8,450 second-feet Sept. 24, 1947 (gage height,

19.92 feet, from high-water mark), from rating curve extended above 2,000 second-feet

on basis of contracted-opening'determinationat 19.92 feet; minimum, 0.3 second-foot

Sept. 1, 1932. 

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, wl ^ch are poor.

Occasional marked diurnal fluctuation caused by gristmill 4 miles above station. 

Revisions (water years). W 852: Drainage area. W 922: 1928-29(M), 1933(M), 1936(M).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

2.7 7.1 3.7 47 6.0 318 

2.8 9.8 4.0 67 6.5 363 

2.9 13 4.3 100 7.0 408 

3.0 16 4.6 142 7.5 458 

3.2 24 5.0 198 8.0 518 

3.4 33 5.5 264 9.0 692

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

10 

9 

9 

9 

100

30 

10 

9 

9 

9

8 

8 

8 

8 

8

8 

8 

10 

8 

8

8

8 

8 

8 

8

8 

8 

7.9 

7.9 

7.9 

7.9

Nov.

8.2 

8.2 

15 

32 

14

15 

21 

12 

14 

14

14

12 

12 

11 

11

10 

12 

11 

130 

77

22 

134 

55 

170 

86

37 

167 

595 

480 

82

Dec.

44 

33 

189 

171 

59

41 

34 

36 

28 

24

23 

22 

21 

21 

31

28 

23 

21 

71 

36

27 

24 

22 

21 

97

41 

28 

26 

52 

472 

100

Jan.

48 

37 

32 

28 

130

293 

71 

41 

36 

32

29 

28 

25 

24 

22

21 

22 

22 

22 

21

34 

38 

29 

27 

25

25 

24 

27 

23 

21 

63

Feb.

122 

67 

44 

42 

37

31 

52 

34 

33 

142

66 

41 

35 

32 

29

87 

89 

42 

116 

134

52 

42 

43 

33 

31

27 

28 

51

Month Secondfoot-days

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

her ..........................

mber .........................

373.6 

2,281.4 

1,866

lendar year 1948 ............ 13,880.6

ary .

uary ........................

h. ...........................

1 ............................

ember ........................

1,323 

1,582 

1,040 

1,016 

1,144 

310.3 

2,191.6 

2,875.6 

502

ter year 1948-49 ............ 16,505.5

Peak discharge (base, 700 sec. -ft. . Nov.

sec. -ft.; Aug. 16 (9 a.m.) 950 sec. -ft. ; Aug 

ft. 

Note. No gage-height record Oct. 1-27; dl 

River near High Point.

Mar.

29

26 

24 

23 

23

22 

21 

20 

20 

34

30 

23

21 

20 

19

18 

18 

28 

23 

20

19 

31 

177 

45 

83

59 

39 

34 

34 

28 

29

Apr.

25 

22 

22 

22 

54

66 

34 

31 

25 

23

30 

80 

92 

46 

32

26 

24 

23 

21 

20

19 

49 

32 

23 

19

18 

19 

46 

23 

50

Maximum

100 

595 

472

595

293 

142 

177 

92 

254 

17 

650 

593 

33

650

May

254 

94 

96 

39 

29

25 

23 

23 

29 

37

57 

38 

25 

21 

19

21 

23 

18 

16 

15

15 

26 

80 

19 

17

15 

15 

14 

13 

13 

15

Minimum

7.9 

8.2 

21

5.7

21 

27 

18 

18 

13 

6.6 

7.6 

7.9 

11

6.6

June

13 

11 

11 

11 

11

10 

9.3 

9.3

9.0 

9.0

9.3 

9.8 

11 

11 

12

13 

14 

11 

10 

9.8

9.3

8.4 

7.6 

7.4 

7.1

7.4 

6.6 

14 

11 

17

Mean

12.1 

76.0 

60.2

37.9

42.7 

56.5 

33.5 

33.9 

36.9 

10.3 

70.7 

92.8 

16.7

45.2

July

11 

9.0 

10 

9.8 

8.4

7.6 

16 

40 

11 

10

66 

45 

15 

20 

650

383 

236 

253 

77 

37

23 

18 

15 

34 

19

13 

11 

10 

9.8 

103 

21

Aug.

14 

21 

19 

14 

13

12 

12 

11 

9.8 

9.3

9.0 

8.4 

8.2 

7.9 

34

593 

252 

61 

29 

26

74 

312 

438 

74 

35

25 

21 

347 

300 

44 

42

Sept.

33

23 

21 

21

19

18 

18 

20 

20 

15

14 

14 

14 

16 

14

16

22 

19 

27 

15

13 

13 

13 

11 

11

11 

12 

12 

14 

13

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.377 0.43 

2.37 2.64 

1.88 2.16

1.18 16.06

1.33 1.53 

1.76 1.83 

1.04 1.20 

1.06 1.18 

1.15 1.33 

.321 .36 

2.20 2.54 

2.89 3.33 

.520 .58

1.41 19.11

28 (6 p.m.) 1,510 sec. -ft.; July 15 (8 p.m.) 2,000 

22 (4 a.m.) 716 sec. -ft. ; Aug. 28 (9 p.m.) 1,260 sec.-

scharge computed on basis of records for East Pork Deep
130 CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

Deep River near Randleman, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°54'10", long. 79°51'15", 500 feet downstream from 

county bridge at Coltrane's Mill, half a mile south of Guilford County line, 4-f miles 

upstream from Muddy Creek, and 7 miles north of Randleman, Randolph County. Datum of 

gage is 638.11 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area.--124 square miles.

Records available.--October 1928 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 21 years, 122 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,320 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 19.77 

I'eet, from high-water mark); minimum, 3.5 second-feet Oct. 22; minimum daily, 11 secondfeet Oct. 4, 30.

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 20,000 second-feet Sept. 25, 1947 (gage height, 32.2 

feet, from high-water mark), by contracted-opening method at bridge if miles upstream; 

minimum, 0.5 second-foot Nov. 28, 1931 (gage height, 1.41 feet); minimum daily, 1.2 

second-feet Nov. 12, 1933.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of fragmentary or no gage-height record, 

which are poor. Large diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by Coltrane's Mill. 

Flow slightly regulated by High Point Reservoir.

Revisions (water years). W 782: 1929-30.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in fe

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used May 24 to July 7)

10

21

37

56

2.8 

3.0 

3.5

105

139

235

337

555

6.0 785

8.0 1,280

10.0 1,800

12.0 2,360

15.0 3,260

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

28 

17 

18 

11 

170

75 

33 

21 

22 

18

23 

13 

20 

12 

20

18 

17 

21 

17 

17

42 

24 

18 

13 

16

16 

17 

16 

22 

11 

18

Nov.

22 

13 

26 

78 

34

42 

74 

32 

64 

47

38 

50 

43 

30 

25

46 

47 

34

a20O 

a800

a240 

a360 

a500 

a700 

a400

a220 

f663 

a2,400 

a2,300 

401

Dec.

243

190 

694 

654 

285

206 

162 

169 

145 

84

88 

53 

94 

61 

116

96 

82 

83 

150 

166

134 

alOO 

a90 

a75 

a340

216 

125 

130 

137 

31,500 

3650

Jan.

3300 

f!92 

158 

148 

289

1,520 

368 

227 

164 

158

154 

f74 

128 

f76 

f88

f50 

95 

89 

57 

81

95 

126 

93 

113 

95

96 

67 

113 

79 

45 

197

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Mav

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary . . . .

h. ...........................

1 .................... . . .

ember .................... ...

ter year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 2,600 sec

5,150 sec. -ft.; July 19 (11 p.m.) 

3,110 sec. -ft.

Feb.

434

316 

196 

171 

146

105 

246 

177 

156 

611

358 

196 

158 

150 

152

168 

368 

190 

304 

668

265 

196 

209 

166 

156

109 

66 

209

Secondfoot-days

804 

9,929 

7,318

52,638.7

5,535 

6,646 

4,496 

4,358 

4,231 

727 

9,663 

9,633 

1,693

65,033

-ft.). Nov

3,260 sec.

Mar.

150 

125 

62 

125 

95

55 

79 

85 

47 

130

158 

69 

56 

93 

81

42 

97 

63 

102 

49

81 

85 

1,020 

265 

256

285 

185 

158 

156 

145 

97

Apr.

137 

77 

66 

93 

194

337

177 

158 

106 

71

110 

218 

612 

295 

186

121 

101 

98 

111 

98

51 

127 

152 

94 

97

84 

43 

145 

129 

70

Maximum

170 

2,400 

1,500

2,400

1,520 

668 

1,020 

612 

657 

43 

2,930 

2,040 

181

2,930

May

657 

324 

401 

190 

152

76 

102 

81 

132 

209

255

196 

110 

97 

55

93

102 

80 

58 

40

75 

38 

286 

112 

74

31 

52 

48 

27 

42 

36

Minimum

11 

13 

53

7.2

45 

66 

42 

43 

27 

13 

12 

12 

20

11

June

27 

43 

30

35 

30

25 

20 

14 

13 

30

23

29 

19 

19 

19

24 

25 

28 

32 

25

14 

18 

23 

22 

18

25 

20 

20 

24 

33

Mean

25.9 

331 

236

144

179 

237 

145 

145 

136 

24.2 

312 

311 

56.4

178

July

27 

22 

23 

19 

20

15 

12 

326 

66 

43

112 

195 

72 

131 

2,930

1,520 

733 

593 

.1,030 

841

190 

105 

56 

53 

107

61 

35 

59 

333 

156 

78

Aug.

65 

69 

80 

47 

30

38 

30 

29 

36 

38

23 

24 

12 

22 

19

1,470 

800 

266 

122 

80

99 

980 

2,040 

454 

156

110 

81 

692 

1,310 

209 

202

Per square 

mile

0.209 

2.67 

1.90

1.16

1.44 

1.91 

1.17 

1.17 

1.10 

.195 

2.52 

2.51 

.455

1.44

Sept.

181 

118 

68 

50 

80

64 

39 

76 

67 

72

28 

41 

57 

47 

74

31 

85 

49 

101

66

25 

58 

23 

22 

20

44 

42 

21 

23 

21

Runoff in 

inohes

0.24 

2.98 

2.19

15.78

1.66 

1.99 

1.35 

1.31 

1.27 

.22 

2.90 

2.89 

.51

19.51

28 (about 8 p.m.) 5.320 sec. -ft.; July 15 (9 a.m.) 

-ft.; Aug. 23 (3 p.m.) 4,120 sec. -ft.; Aug. 28 (12 p.m.)

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Deep River at Ramseur and East 

and West Fork Deep River near High Point.

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of partly estimated gage heights.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 131

Deep River at Ramseur, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°44'10", long. 79°38'40", 1,600 feet (revised) 

downstream from railroad station at Ramseur, Randolph County, and \\ miles downstream 

from Sandy Creek. Datum of gage is 419.50 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps 

of Engineers).

Drainage area. 346 square miles.

Kecords available.--November 1922 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 27 years, 355 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 12,700 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 18.85 

reet); minimum, 6.2 second-feet Sept. 30 (gage height, 0.39 foot); minimum daily, 9.3 

second-feet Oct. 14, 29.

1922-49: Maximum discharge, 43,000 second-feet Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 34.04 

feet, from high-water mark) by slope-area method; minimum, 0.4 second-foot May 27, 

Nov. 28, 29, 1941; minimum daily, 0.7 second-foot Nov. 29, 1941.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor, 

large diurnal fluctuation caused by power plants above station. Flow slightly regulated by High Point Reservoir and small power-plant reservoirs.

Revisions (water years).--W 822: Drainage area. W 1032: 1923-36, 1927-28(M), 1929,

 1930(H), 193H-33, 1934(M), 1935, 1936-37(M). 1944(M).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 24 to July 14)

.9

1.0

6.5

16

26

38

52

70

90

1.2 

1.4 

1.7 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

136

187

277

390

645

930

1,230

4.0

5.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

1,540

2,190

2,880

4,120

5,490

6,980

8,580

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

46

91 

27 

126 

827

442 

196 

123 

39 

48

140 

191 

127 

9.3 

11

12 

15 

126 

130 

101

20 

16 

14 

16 

109

164 

48 

17 

9.3

11 

16

Nov.

102 

11 

54 

907 

266

218 

828 

279 

208 

115

208 

85 

62 

100 

169

107 

93 

192 

602 

2,650

616 

895 

1,210 

2,230 

1,160

595- 

1,440 

4,800 

7,900 

1,410

Dec.

728 

495 

2,500 

2,050 

931

618 

473 

455 

394 

309

233 

230 

250 

245 

219

235 

242 

182 

375 

487

a320 

a240 

a220 

a200 

a950

862 

3420 

3400 

3400 

al,500 

3900

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Jami 

Febr 

llaro 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

Jan.

a 650 

a550 

a460 

a400 

a400

4,360 

1,320 

700 

515 

456

394 

364 

284 

308 

220

236 

266 

260 

246 

233

258 

484 

300 

345 

308

263 

258 

286 

340 

230 

1,020

mber

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

1 ............................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 6,000 sec

Feb.

1,700 

1,050 

612 

479 

400

346 

544 

522 

396 

1,550

31,200 

3600 

3500 

424 

370

453 

1,180 

601 

770 

2,140

888 

575 

533 

458 

386

331 

284 

550

Seoondfoot-days

3, £67. 6 

29,512 

21,563

161,473.4

16,714 

19,842 

12,764 

13,759 

15,349 

2,394 

15,526 

20,664 

5,446

176,800.6

.-ft.). No

about 7,000 sec. -ft. ; Jan. 6 (8 a.m.) 6,000

Mar.

457 

344 

302 

242 

236

245 

238 

238 

239 

246

352 

267 

233 

230 

236

239 

233 

179 

297

251

230 

245 

1,610 

785 

855

1,040 

596 

470 

455 

378 

796

Apr.

618 

373 

276 

308 

42O

1,400 

628 

555 

395 

298

291 

435 

1,660 

1,080 

575

395 

308 

305 

280 

277

261 

258 

414 

280 

264

248 

248 

294 

327 

288

Maximum

827 

7,900 

5,000

7,900

4,360 

2,140 

1,610 

1,660 

2,580 

197 

3,670 

4,370 

927

7,900

May

2,580 

1,310 

1,310 

629 

395

323 

255 

248 

424 

1,540

1,520 

678 

420 

291 

267

242 

245 

248 

239 

122

71 

171 

297 

316 

255

158 

245 

109 

41 

164 

236

Minimum

9.3 

11 

182

7.4

220 

284 

179 

248 

41 

23 

22 

10 

12

9.3

June

132 

36 

69 

55 

84

197 

188 

75 

27 

28

28 

33 

148 

188 

40

33 

98 

118 

41 

104

72 

30 

23 

28 

48

65 

163 

141 

40 

62

Mean

105 

984 

696

441

539 

709 

412 

459 

495 

79.8 

501 

667 

182

484

July

164 

161 

39 

41 

39

100

30 

222 

253 

102

143 

215 

212 

256 

2,860

3,670 

1,160 

699 

1,060 

2,320

522 

274 

182 

63 

155

184 

179 

59 

22 

22 

118

Aug.

199 

184 

221 

188 

63

37 

39 

66 

170 

70

12 

10 

11 

12 

54

4,370 

1,800 

808 

312 

177

186 

1,850 

1,710 

1,500 

364

231 

169 

1,050 

3,220 

638 

943

Per square 

mile

0.303 

2.84 

2.01

1.27

1.56 

2.05 

1.19 

1.33 

1.43 

.231 

1.45 

1.93 

.526

1.40

Sept.

927 

322 

333 

230 

232

222 

237 

135 

234 

188

74 

169 

204 

118 

24

204 

88 

96 

226 

232

205 

105 

24 

148 

43

121 

26 

144 

123 

12

Runoff in 

inches

0.35 

3.17 

2.32

17.35

1.80 

2.13 

1.37 

1.48 

1.65 

.26 

1.67 

2.22 

.59

19.01

v. 28 (11 p.m.) 12,700 sec. -ft.; Dec. 30 (time unknown) 

sec. -ft.; July 16 (8:30 a.m.) 6,080 sec. -ft. ; Aug. 16

(4

a No gsge-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Moncure snd nesr 

Randleman.
132 CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

Deep River at Moncure, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°36'25", long. 79°05'10", l| miles northwest of 

Koncure, Chatham County, 2£ miles downstream from Rocky River, and 4j miles upstream 

from confluence with Haw River. Datum of gage is 185.88 feet above mean sea level 

(levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 1,410 square miles.

Records available. May 1898 to December 1899, July 1930 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--19 years (1930-49), 1,431 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 24,400 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 9.40 

TeeTT; minimum, 75 second-feet Aug. 11 (gage height, 0.98 foot); minimum daily, 84 

second-feet Aug. 11

1898-99, 1930-49: Maximum discharge, 80,300 second-feet Sept. 18, 1945 (gage 

height, 17.20 feet); minimum, 9 second-feet Nov. 11, 1941.

Remarks.--Records good above 250 second-feet and fair below. Diurnal fluctuation and 

considerable regulation for short periods caused by power plants above station.

Revisions (water years). W 822: Drainage area. W 1082: 1930-46 (1943-46 not previously 

puDiisnea).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

l.O 79 1.8 467 3.0 1,8OO 6.0 9,340 

1.2 139 2.O 621 3.5 2.7OO 7.0 13,2OO 

1.4 224 2.3 900 4.O 3,74O . 8.0 17,30O 

1.6 334 2.6 1,230 5.O 6,240 9.0 22,200

Discbsrge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Daj

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,290 

1,O9O 

386 

294 

5,460

6,940 

2,480 

1.O60 

621 

474

366 

26O 

317 

340 

398

215 

247 

14O 

122 

179

307 

215 

234 

231 

122

136 

196 

195 

290 

2O8 

114

NOT.

92 

98 

548 

11,100 

9,960

2.91O 

7,37O 

5,840 

1,90O 

1,190

920 

763 

735 

573 

432

432 

1,41O 

3,06O 

1,750 

7,48O

6,87O 

2,600 

3,020 

5,960 

5,96O

3,520 

4,310 

9,540 

19 , 1OO 

17,300

Dec.

15,200 

4,65O 

6,82O 

1O.4OO 

6,220

3,100 

2,200 

1,980 

2,040 

1,650

1,320 

1,110 

1.O2O 

990 

96O

93O 

880 

870 

3,38O 

5,5OO

2.6OO 

1,650 

1,320 

1,180 

3,970

8.66O 

4,340 

2,330 

1,830 

11,100 

13,600

Jan.

9,780 

3,120 

2,080 

1,710 

1,5OO

7,99O 

11,200 

5,400 

2,600 

1,980

1,680 

1,470 

1,360 

1,220 

1,120

1,040 

950 

970 

960 

940

1,180 

1,980 

1,780 

1,360 

1 16O

1,100 

1 04O 

990 

1,310 

1,310 

1,6OO

Feb.

6,440 

4,660 

2,700 

1,880 

1,600

1,430 

1,230 

1,210 

1,360 

2,560

5,420 

3,3OO 

1,910 

1,490 

1,370

1,350 

4,840 

4,070 

2,620 

8,660

6,66O 

3,200 

3,410 

2,700 

1,9OO

1.56O 

1,350 

2,870

*ontn footways

Octo 

Nova 

Deoe

Cn

Jann 

Febr 

llaro 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

 bar .........................

 her .........................

lendar year 1948

25,927 

136,743 

123, 8OO

............ 768,455

h..... .......................

1............. ...............

st ...........................

eober . .......................

73,880 

83,750 

46,203 

48,964 

88,458 

8,658 

27,291 

86,924 

28,339

ter year 1948-49 ............ 778,937

liar.

,300 

,96O 

,470 

,280 

,160

,O6O 

,130 

,440 

,210 

,06O

,230 

,280 

,110 

93O 

920

920 

840 

673 

1,O4O 

1.O10

960 

9 2O 

910 

2,210 

1,980

5,030 

3,220 

1,80O 

1,490 

1,430 

1,23O

Apr.

1,530 

1,640 

1,160 

980 

950

1,640 

2,800 

1,930 

1,500 

1.19O

99O 

1,010 

3.48O 

5,160 

2,800

1,640 

1,220 

1,010 

890 

781

754 

754 

1.01O 

1.12O 

970

772 

673 

2,700 

3,740 

2,170

Maximum

6,940 

19.1OO 

15,200

22,200

11,200 

8,66O 

5,03O 

5,160 

12,400 

534 

5,760 

13,600 

5,030

19,100

Peak discharge (base, 15,000 sec. -ft.) . Nov. 4 (3 p.m.

May

3,400

10,100 

11,600 

7,080 

2,9OO

1,640 

1,240 

1,220 

1,06O 

9,720

12,4OO 

7,840 

2,920 

1,710 

1,260

1,040 

940 

87O 

754 

763

664 

526 

467 

581 

681

1,200 

1,340 

950 

665 

482 

446

Minimum

114 

92 

87O

64

940 

1,210 

673 

673 

446 

92 

101 

84 

106

84

June

293 

489 

497 

482 

227

158 

311 

290 

398 

366

224 

151 

235 

192 

340

446 

405 

143 

288 

432

286 

132 

240 

266 

234

103 

92 

98 

305 

534

Mean

836 

4,558 

3,994

2,100

2,383 

2,991 

1,490 

1,632 

2,853 

289 

880 

2,804 

945

2,134

July

405 

192 

109 

412 

252

101 

256 

119 

347 

240

439 

276 

174 

379 

529

5,220 

5,760 

2,200 

1,390 

1,400

2,640 

1,270 

772 

440 

155

305 

317 

119 

405 

311 

357

Aug.

784 

890 

613 

589 

565

426 

557 

353 

419 

162

84 

229 

155 

98 

109

1,430 

12,200 

9,710 

2,360 

1,130

1,000 

8,480 

7,710 

2,900 

2,460

1.O7O 

681 

3,470 

13 , 600 

9,590 

3,100

Per square 

mile

0.593 

3.23 

2.83

1.49

1.69 

2.12 

1.06 

1.16 

2.02 

.205 

.624 

1.99 

.670

1.51

) 15,200 sec. -ft.; Nov. 29 (5 a.

Sept.

2,040 

1,940 

1,780 

1,310 

l.OOO

763 

2,500 

5,030 

2,240 

1,170

920 

597 

412 

504 

557

573 

467 

347 

482 

439

549 

467 

474 

398 

260

129 

379 

266 

106 

240

Runoff in 

inches

0.68 

3.61 

3.27

20.28

1.95 

2.21 

1.22 

1.29 

2.33 

.23 

.72 

2.29 

.75

20.55

m.) 24,400

ec.-ft.; Dec. 30 (5 p.m.) 15,6OO sec.-ft.; Au
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 133

East Fork Deep River near High Point, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°02il5", long. 79°56i45", just above highway

bridge 3 miles upstream from High Point Dam and 6 miles northeast of High Point, Gallford County.

Drainage area. 14.2 square miles.

Records available.--July 1928 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 21 years, 14.9 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,180 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 4.89 

feet); minimum, 3.7 second-feet June 23, 26, 27.

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 6,300 second-feet Sept. 24, 1947 (gage height, 10.87 

feet, from high-water mark), by contracted-opening method based on floodmarks at gage 

heights 14.11 feet on upstream side of bridge and 10.98 feet on downstream side of 

bridge; minimum, 0.7 second-foot Sept. 22, 1941 (gage height, 0.16 foot).

Remarks.--Records good above 15 second-feet and fair below except those for periods of no 

gage-height record, which are poor.

RevisJLons.--W 852: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

0.3

.4

.7

3.2

5.0

7.6

11

16

1.0 

1.2 

1.4

38

65

102

2.0 

£.3 

2.6

154 

215 

£80 

386 

518

Discharge, In second feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

5.0

4.6

4.6

5.0

43

6.0

4.6

4.6

4.5

4.3

4.5

4.3

4.3

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

5.0

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

3.9

3.9

Nov.

4.1

4.1

8.0

8.2

4.8

7.6

7.0

4.8

5.8

5.5

5.5

5.3

5.5

5.0

5.0

4.8

5.3

4.8

129

33

11

78

28

83

31

16

82

391

110

28

-

Dec.

18

41

105

63

£2

18

14

15

12

10

9.0

9.0

8.6

8.3

14

12

9.6

8.6

33

16

11

10

9.3

8.6

41

17

1£

11

32

£18

33

Jan.

19

15

13

l£

88

113

£5

18

15

13

13

11

10

10

9.3

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

8.3

16

16

12

12

11

10

10

12

10

9.0

42

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

llaroh ...........................

April ................ ...........

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

52

24

19

18

15

12

28

15

14

84

24

17

15

13

1£

47

30

17

62

49

£1

18

16

13

13

11

12

£0

_

_

-

Second 

foot-days

173.

1,121.

822.

6,148.

588.

691

438.

408.

449.

159.

867.

1,732.

233.

7,685.

Mar.

12

11

11

10

10

9.6

9.0

9.0

9.0

14

12

9.6

9.0

9.0

8.6

8.3

8.3

13

10

9.0

8.6

14

73

17

34

£1

16

15

14

12

12

Apr.

10

9.6

9.3

9.0

£6

£0

13

1£

10

9.3

14

34

32

18

13

11

alo

10

9

9

8

22

13

9.3

8.3

8.3

8.6

13

9.0

21

-

Maximum

3 43

L 391

) 218

5 391

3 113

84

) 73

J 34

3 104

> 6.8

J 347

I 454

L 12

2 454

May

104

32

£8

15

11

10

9.3

9.3

11

12

17

12

9.6

9.0

8.3

8.6

16

9.0

7.6

7.1

7.1

16

25

8.6

7.6

7.1

7.1

6.6

6.0

6.3

6.6

Minimum

3.9

4.1

8.3

3.4

8.3

11

8.3

8

6.0

4.1

4.5

4.5

5.8

3.9

June

6.6

6.0

6.0

6.0

5.8

5.5

5.5

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.8

6.3

5.8

5.3

4.8

4.8

4.6

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.6

4.6

4.1

6.0

4.8

6.8

Mean

5.6C

37.4

26.5

16.8

19.0

24.7

14.1

13.6

14.5

5.3]

£8.0

55.9

7.T

21.1

July

4.8

4.6

5.3

4.8

4.5

4.5

40

16

6.8

6.0

23

9.3

6.3

9.8

347

64

95

85

28

17

10

7.3

6.6

10

7.3

6.0

5.5

5.3

5.0

17

6.0

Aug.

5.5

8.4

7.1

6.0

5.5

6.8

5.5

5.3

5.0

4.8

4.6

4.6

4.5

4.5

1£9

454

£14

26

13

12

78

93

£97

29

16

11

9.3

194

46

17

16

Per square 

mile

0.394

£.63

1.87 .

1.18

1.34

1.74

.993

.958

1.02

.374

1.97

3.94

.547

1.49

Sept.

12

9.6

9.3

9.0

8.6

7.9

8.3

8.6

7.9

7.1

6.8

6.8

7.1

9.0

7.1

8.7

9.6

12

9.6

7.1

6.6

6.3

6.0

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.8

6.8

6.3

Runoff in 

inches

0.45

2.94

2.15

16.10

1.54

1.81

1.15

1.07

1.18

.42

2. £7

4.54

.61

20.13

ak discharge (base, 800 see.-ft.).--Nov. £8 (2 p.m.) 1,370 see.-ft.; July 15 (1 a.m.) 1,760 

see.-ft.; Aug. 15 (12 p.m.) 2,18U sec.-ft.; Aug. 21 (11 p.m.) 848 see.-ft.; Aug. 23 (7:15 a.m.) 

1,700 see.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

other stations in basin.

980338 O - 52 - 10
134 CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

Bear Creek at Robbins, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°25'40", long. 79°35'40", just downstream from 

Cabin Creek and half a mile west of Robbins, Moore County. Datum of gage is 323.23 

feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by 

North Carolina Highway and Public Works Commission).

Drainage area.--134 square miles.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--10 years, 145 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 6,530 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 15.39 

feet); minimum, 5 second-feet July 14.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 27,000 second-feet Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 32.02 

feet, from high-water marks in gage shelter), by slope-area method; no flow Oct. 2, 

22-27, 1941 (storage of flow in pool after construction of new station control).

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Some diurnal fluctuation caused by mills above station. Diversion of about 300,000 gallons daily from the gage pool for municipal water supply of town of Robbins, is included in these records.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 12-41)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 14 Mar. 15 to Sept. 30

152

304

488

953

1,430

1,920

2,940

2.3 

2.6 

3.0 

3.5

171

330

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

513

953

1,430

1,920

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

108

52

37

151

2,060

225

99

77

65

56

52

53

49

44

40

40

38

45

54

45

43

39

41

40

41

41

40

40

39

39

38

Nov.

39

200

.

I 220

[

70

536

1,220

248

339

495

638

318

198

884

2,010

2,580

401

-

Dec.

432

Jan.

850

380

272

225

192

174

163

147

137

123

117

117

111

111

113

236

243

144

125

117

107

104

187

174

106

528

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

461

210

155

147

140

121

117

111

119

511

247

147

130

121

117

343

711

213

704

1,080

318

231

201

169

155

137

172

542

_

-

Secondfoot days

3,831

12,06f

13,392

78, 32t

9 55 3

7^83]

5,059

4.76S

6,489

1,062

2,97c

8,306

1,653

76,99£

Peak discharge (base, 3,500 sec . -ft .) . --Nov

Mar.

219

163

147

137

130

125

330

158

134

163

195

140

121

117

132

121

117

134

165

125

123

130

225

150

385

304

150

125

154

117

123

Apr.

130

98

97

102

138

216

119

123

103

90

91

236

505

193

132

108

97

94

88

78

79

91

123

88

73

69

143

612

274

379

Maximum

2,060

2,580

3,190

1,080

385

61E

1,720

74

947

-

154

2,580

May

1,720

573

1,020

274

176

140

123

114

112

177

421

236

130

106

96

88

104

94

76

66

61

62

61

6O

82

69

57

51

45

44

51

Minimum

37

39

6

104

111

117

69

44

17

6

30

6

June

55

46

37

37

41

40

35

30

27

23

24

28

56

41

34

38

74

55

37

30

46

28

23

20

18

17

22

34

30

36

Mean

124

402

432

214

309

280

163

159

209

35.4

96.0

268

55.3

211

July

29

27

24

23

23

21

16

14

11

10

8

7

6

10

492

947

272

83

108

84

128

41

32

27

C3

22

19

23

130

3OO

Aug.

268

Per square 

mile

0.9E5

3.00

3.22

1.60

2.30

2.09

1.22

1.19

1.56

.264

.716

2.00

.413

1.57

Sept.

154

85

73

67

61

55

72

98

84

62

49

46

49

67

60

55

50

46

46

42

36

35

33

32

32

30

30

30

36

44

Runoff in 

inches

1.06

3.35

3.72

21.73

2.65

2.17

1.40

1.32

1.80

.29

.83

£.31

.46

21.36

. 29 (12:30 a.m.) 6,530 sec. -ft.; about Aug. 17 (time

unknown) 6,470 sec. -ft.

Mote. No gage-height record Nov 

discharge computed on basis of rec

, . .

2-18, Dec. 1 to Jan. 7, July 30 to Aug. 

ds for stations on nearby streams.

29, Sept. 15-17, 24-3O;
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 135

Lower Little River at Manchester, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°11'40", long. 78°59'15", at bridge on State 

tilgnway 87 at Manchester, Cumberland County, lv miles downstream from Atlantic Coast 

Line Railroad and 12 miles southwest of Linden. Datum of gage is 127.38 feet above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 348 square miles.

necoras available. November 1938 to September 1949.

Average aiscnarge. 11 years, 437 second-feet.

Extremes. maximum discharge during year, 4,480 second-feet Aug. 29 (gage height, 16.58 

reet); minimum, 93 second-feet July 13; minimum daily, 101 second-feet July 13.

1938-49: Maximum discharge not determined, occurred Sept. 18 or 19, 1945, during 

period of backwater from Cape Fear River (gage height, 29.00 feet, from floodtnarks on 

gage well); 20 second-feet Sept. 18, 19, 1943; minimum daily, 22 second-feet Sept. 18, 

19, 1943.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Large diurnal fluctuation and considerable regulation for short periods caused by power 

plant above station.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.0 82 3.5 463 9.0 1,610 

1.3 114 4.0 558 10.0 1.91O 

1.6 151 5.0 752 12.0 2,640 

2.0 207 6.0 952 14.0 3,440 

2.5 285 7.0 1,160 16.0 4,240 

3.0 372 8.0 1,370

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Jami 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

Oct.

600 

500 

440 

340 

850

1,000 

1,000 

900 

650 

400

345 

435 

454 

381 

310

269 

253 

261 

277 

285

261 

245 

230 

230 

214

207 

207 

200 

192 

192 

185

Nov.

185 

185 

192 

269 

408

482 

615 

653 

501 

426

390 

345 

310 

285 

277

261 

472 

692 

712 

912

932 

992 

952 

952 

852

832 

792 

980 

1,640 

2,120

Dec.

2,120 

1,370 

1,160 

1,240 

1,480

1,260 

1,030 

972 

912 

852

792 

712 

672 

634 

634

596 

596 

596 

772 

892

972 

852 

672 

596 

832

992 

1,200 

1,000 

850 

850 

1,100

Jan.

1,100 

1,300 

900 

772 

732

912 

1,090 

1,300 

1,120 

912

792 

712 

672 

634 

615

577 

558 

558 

539 

539

520 

558 

615 

577 

539

482 

454 

463 

501 

501 

520

Month

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

653 

752 

692 

596 

539

501 

472 

454 

435 

482

615 

653 

596 

501 

454

426 

577 

672 

752 

872

952 

912 

752 

634 

577

539 

520 

692

Seoondfoot-days

12,313 

19,616 

29,208

206,186

22,064 

17,272 

15,782 

13,203 

18,07C 

6,852 

11,192 

24,936 

23,042

213,55!

Mar.

792 

772 634' 

539 

501

482 

672 

812 

792 

672

615 

539 

482 

472 

417

417 

408 

381 

408 

390

372 

363 

454 

539 

454

454 

426 

408 

381 

372 

363

Apr.

444 

444 

40B 

463 

444

520 

558 

501 

435 

354

319 

381 

539 

615 

558

460 

380 

340

280 

260

260 

260 

300 

340 

320

260 

260 

500 

900 

1,100

Maximum

1,OOO 

2,120 

2,120

3,860

1,300 

952 

812 

1,100 

1,600 

596 

1,330 

3,780 

2,720

3,780

Hay

1,100

1,100

1,000

1,000 

850

650 

500 

440 

500 

650

1,200 

1,600 

1,300 

850 

550

460 

400 

380 

360 

300

280 

260 

260 

277 

261

319 

302 

277 

222 

200 

222

Minimum

185

185 

596

87

454 

426 

363 

260 

200 

138 

101 

116 

237

101

June

277 

253 

192 

185 

230

230 

222

237 

168 

142

138 

214 

336 

253 

200

200 

192 

222 

207 

168

159 

172 

144 

177 

200

165 

200 

319 

454 

596

Mean

397 

654 

942

563

712 

617 

509 

440 

583 

228 

361 

804 

768

585

July

539 

501 

417 

408 

310

230 

178 

144 

136 

125

116 

113

101 

200 

261

1,040 

1,330 

1,180 

852 

653

472 

336 

253 

200 

175

157 

142 

128 

116 

108 

271

Aug.

408 

558 

399 

408

372

253 

463 

558 

372 

214

168 

144 

142

128 

116

156 

392 

692 

672 

672

812

1,010

1,030 

1,140 

892

653 

444 

1,370 

3,780 

3,600 

2,920

Per square 

mile

1.14 

1.88 

2.71

1.62

2.05 

1.77 

1.46 

1.26 

1.68 

.655 

1.04 

2.31 

2.21

1.68

Sept.

2,720 

2,560 

1,840 

1,370

1,120

912 

792 

1,120 

1,160 

1,090

792 

634 

558 

577 

596

520 

482 

417 

417 

482

417 

345 

310 

277 

253

237 

237 

269 

261 

277

Runoff in 

inches

1.32 

2.10 

3.12

22.04

2.36 

1.85 

1.69 

1.41 

1.93 

.73 

1.20 

2.67 

2.46

22.84

Peak discharge (base, 1,600 see. -ft. ). Nov. 30 (11 p.m.) 2,450 sec. -ft.; May 12 (time unknown)

1,720 sec.-ft.; Aug. 29 (3 a.m.) 4,480 sec.-ft.

Kote. Ho gage-height record Oct. 1-10, Dec. 27 to Jan. 3, Apr. 16 to May 23; discharge computed 

on basis of records for station at Linden.
136 CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

Lower Little River at Linden, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°16'00", long. 78°46'40", at bridge on U. S. Highway 15-A, lj_,miles west of Linden, Cumberland County, 2 miles upstream from Stewart 

Creek, and 4| miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 71.37 feet above mean sea 

level (levels by Corps ol Engineers).

Drainage area.--460 square miles.

Records available.--November 1928 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--21 years, 573 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,260 second-feet Aug. 29; maximum gage height, 

ib.itb feet Aug. 29 (backwater from Cape Fear River); minimum discharge, 136 second-feet 

July 31.

1928-49: Maximum discharge not determined, occurred Sept. 18, 1945, during period 

of backwater from Cape Fear River; maximum gage height, 41.47 feet Sept. 19 or 20, 1945 

(from floodmark on gage well); minimum discharge, 26 second-feet Oct. 14, 1940.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of backwater from Cape Fear River, which 

are fair. Diurnal fluctuation and some regulation at low flow caused by power plant 

above station.

Revisions. W 822: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

786

695

500

437

1,210

1,540

1,390

1,010

730

533

452

500

584

516

437

376

346

346

364

370

358

329

314

308

305

291

280

271

263

255

252

Nov.

249

246

255

337

437

533

638

768

620

516

468

422

391

370

355

334

555

934

971

1,270

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,310

1,160

1,080

1,010

1,240

02,180

c2,500

-

Dec.

02,700

cl,990

1,620

1,700

1,890

1,780

1,390

1,310

1,240

1,160

1,050

934

860

823

786

768

730

749

971

1,200

1,310

1,160

934

786

971

1,350

1,500

1,430

1,160

1,160

1,460

Jan.

1,660

1,540

1,240

1,010

916

1,120

1,390

1,660

1,500

1,160

1,010

916

842

804

768

712

695

675

675

656

656

656

712

695

656

620

567

567

602

620

638

Month

October ................ ... ...

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .............. ...... . .

March ...................... .....

April ............................

May ..............................

June ... .......... ..............

July .............. ..............

August ....................... ...

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 2,100 see

Feb.

786

878

860

749

656

602

567

550

550

567

730

786

730

620

567

533

675

804

916

1,120

1,200

1,200

971

804

712

675

638

860

~

-

Secondfoot-days

16,34

24,86

38,87'

270,48'

27,93f

21,30

20,01E

16,79

24 23i

lCi',85t

15,28

27,93f

31,45.

275,91

Mar.

971

971

823

695

638

602

823

971

1,010

842

76S

695

620

584

533

516

516

484

500

516

484

468

550

695

638

584

550

516

500

484

468

Apr.

533

567

533

584

584

620

695

638

567

468

422

452

602

730

675

584

500

422

370

352

346

340

391

437

406

352

323

7O9

1,160

1,430

Maximum

3 1,540

3 2,500

' 2,7OO

4,400

5 1,660

3 1,200

> 1,010

1,430

5 2,280

1,930

1,430

5 4,850

) 3.OOO

j 4,850

-ft.). Dec. 1 (7 a.m.

May

1,430

1,310

1,200

1,270

1,080

897

675

620

656

823

1,750

2,280

1,820

1,200

823

638

550

484

468 4'06

355

349

349

367

334

391

422

391

329

280

291

Minimum

252

246

730

102

567

533

468

323

280

190

143

145

343

143

June

376

391

308

255

329

349

320

311

244

197

190

244

376

361

288

266

285

285

288

238

212

207

200

202

241

217

230

406

1,110

1,930

Hean

527

829

1,254

739

901

761

G46

560

782

362

493

901

1,048

756

July

1,200

860

695

675

567

422

326

257

233

210

187

172

158

217

329

961

1,430

1,430

1,050

804

656

484

349

277

228

202

187

165

151

143

264

Aug.

437

638

516

422

452

311

406

567

452

285

217

182

170

160

145

160

340

675

749

695

934

1,120

1,120

1,310

1,010

749

516

1,010

c4,850

C4.060

C3.280

Per square 

mile

1.15

1.80

2.73

1.61

1.96

1.65

1.40

1.22

1.70

.787

1.07

1.96

2.28

1.64

Sept.

3,ooo

2,920

2,680

2,090

1,700

1,350

1,120

1,500

1,700

1,620

1,220

934

786

768

804

712

638

567

567

656

602

500

437

406

376

352

343

358

373

376

Runoff in 

inches

1.32

2.01

3.14

21.87

2.26

1.72

1.62

1.36

1.96

.88

1.24

2.26

2.54

22.31

2.860 sec. -ft.; May 12 (lo a.m.) 2,320

sec.-ft.;

c Backwater from Cape Pear River.
CAPE PEAR RIVER BAS-IN 137

Rockfish Creek near Hope Mills, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°58' long. 78°55', at bridge on U. S. Highway 

aui, at mouth of Little Rockfish Creek, If miles east of town of Hope Mills, Cumberland County, and 5f miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 52.35 feet above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--284 square miles, including that of Little Rockfish Creek.

Records available.--February 1939 to September 1949. October 1902 to May 1903 (gage 

neignts only) and November 1928 to December 1931 at site 4 miles downstream,published 

as Rockfish Creek near Fayetteville. Records include flow of Little Rockfish Creek.

Average discharge.--12 years (1929-31, 1939-49), 402 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, about 4,000 second-feet Aug. 29; maximum gage 

neignt, 22.46 feet Aug. 29 (backwater from Cape Fear River); minimum discharge, 16 

second-feet Apr. 23, 24; minimum daily, 27 second-feet June 11.

1928-31. 1939-49: Maximum discharge, 8,000 second-feet Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 

31.75 feet), by computation of flow over dams three quarters of a mile upstream on 

Rofckfish Creek and If miles upstream on Little Rockfish Creek; minimum, 2.6 second-feet 

Oct. 24, Nov. 22, 23, 1941; minimum daily, 2.8 second-feet Nov. 23, 1941.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of backwater from Cape Rear River, which 

are fair, and those for period of fragmentary or no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Large diurnal fluctuation and considerable regulation caused by mills and reservoirs 

above station. Records of chemical analyses for the water year 1949 are given in 

Water-Supply Paper 1162.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

491

521

496

590

870

600

717

747

497

404

444

470

380

470

326

360

124

483

448

307

315

386

238

47

365

408

309

336

364

70

57

Nov.

362

330

335

338

398

230

145

491

459

360

382

40O

220

71

495

453

363

327

477

462

520

665

666

787

549

620

521

665

ol,050

cl,110

-

Dec.

cl,120

c870

870

583

682

684

608

654

683

654

577

419

521

538

517

496

512

481

610

502

652

532

560

612

666

656

586

704

674

682

a 800

Month

Jan.

a 800

aSOO

a700

575

548

642

721

568

632

608

567

553

529

509

377

428

508

509

497

496

479

313

310

510

513

500

492

485

245

314

528

October ........................ .

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

504

545

499

494

384

320

517

501

495

485

499

346

358

510

497

491

489

410

284

504

610

585

533

519

576

320

332

578

-

_

-

Secondfoot-days

12,640

14,251

19,705

176,404

16,256

13,185

13,063

11,486

14,126

10,060

14,437

23,072

21,639

183,920

Mar.

511

501

494

485

341

286

533

559

491

487

496

263

336

513

490

477

380

424

108

276

466

487

471

441

384

223

234

497

489

f480

f440

Apr.

f380

213

f!70

, a480

a200

al50

a420

463

473

466

449

208

160

450

479

352

286

307

103

143

724

827

462

235

414

552

-

Maximum

870

1,110

1,120

1,500

800

610

559

827

845

575

1,750

3,050

2,050

3,050

May

656

835

649

616

594

500

318

231

450

495

521

845

777

656

479

497

496

430

332

334

257

28

402

450

370

359

398

240

90

349

472

Minimum

47

71

419

19

245

284

108

103

28

27

100

125

266

27

June

371

331

322

376

98

505

418

388

399

360

27

158

575

571

465

403

426

87

144

417

446

292

238

229

40

165

400

458

403

548

-

Mean

408

475

636

482

524

471

421

383

456

335

466

744

721

504

July

761

467

364

481

570

393

294

297

278

193

f400

f440

227

271

216

495

1,510

1,750

1,140

560

480

442

386

146

402

401

302

304

253

100

114

Aug.

397

692

477

315

331

489

243

432

512

530

397

388

196

125

322

311

340

527

588

645

1,250

1,390

1,240

1,180

874

675

195

661

c3,050

02,600

cl,700

Per square 

mile

1.44

1.67

2.24

1.70

1.85

1.66

1.48

1.35

1.61

1.18

1.64

2.62

2.54

1.77

Sept.

1,900

2,050

1,690

771

640

712

793

1,120

1,130

973

418

699

628

548

541

574

582

320

582

535

521

509

496

350

266

432

520

508

415

416

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.66

1.87

2.58

23.11

2 .13

l!73

1.71

1.50

1.85

1.32

1.89

3.02

2.83

24.09

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations on nearby streams.

c Backwater from Cape Pear River.

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of partly estimated gage heights.
138 CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

Northeast Cape Fear River near Chinquapin, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°49', long. 77°50', 1,000 feet downstream from 

orioge on State Highway 41, half a mile downstream from Muddy Creek, and l£ miles west 

of Chinquapin, Duplin County. Datum of gage is 17.28 feet above mean sea level 

(levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 600 square miles.

Records available. July 1940 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,400 second-feet May 5 (gage height, 13.21 

reet); minimum, 92 second-feet Nov. 4.

1940-49: Maximum discharge, 11,000 second-feet Oct. 16, 1942 (gage height, 16.74 

feet); minimum, 10 second-feet Oct. 25, 1941.

Flood of 1908 reached a stage of 22.6 feet, present datum, at old bridge 1,000 feet 

upstream from gage. Flood of 1928 reached a stage 0.8 foot lower than that of 1908, 

from information furnished by North Carolina Highway and Public Works Commission.

Remarks. Records fair.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.6 66 5.0 594 10.0 2,140 

2.0 111 6.0 780 11.0 2,700 

2.5 182 7.0 1,020 12. 0 3,400 

3.0 257 8.0 1,300 13.0 4,200 

4.0 420 9.0 1,650

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 tc September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

404

522 

558 

505 

648

844 

1,020 

1,050 

916 

723

505 

387 

387 

420 

437

454 

428 

362 

289 

242

212 

184 

162 

149 

155

156 

148 

139 

131 

124 

118

Nov.

114 

105 

97 

114 

380

648 

866 

1,070 

1,150 

1,240

1,210 

1,070 

942 

780 

666

576 

488 

454 

437 

674

1,020 

1,300 

1,650 

2,090 

2,460

2,770 

2,770 

2,640 

2,700 

3,190

Dec.

3,800 

3,880 

3,800 

3,560 

3,260

2,840 

2,340 

2,140 

2,040 

2,090

2,140 

2,040 

1,840 

1,650 

1,450

1,360 

1,270 

1,180 

1,300 

1,570

1,840 

1,990 

2,040 

1,940 

1,940

2,090 

2,240 

2,340 

2,240 

2,240 

2,520

Jan.

2,980 

3,260 

3,120 

2,770 

2,340

2,040 

1,840 

1,690 

1,610 

1,490

1,420 

1,300 

1,210 

1,120 

1,020

916 

822 

761 

723 

685

666 

685 

704 

685 

666

630 

612 

594 

558 

540 

576

Month

Octo 

Novsi 

Decs

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber.... .....................

mber.... .....................

lender year 1948 

ary

h. ...........................

1.. ..........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

648 

666 

666 

742 

866

916 

866 

800 

780 

942

1,180 

1,300 

1,270 

1,180 

1,050

916 

780 

685 

756 

1,690

2,920 

3,480 

3,400 

3,120 

2,640

2,090 

1,650 

1,420

Seoondfoot-days

12,779 

35,671 

68,970

366,121

40,033 

39,419 

25,936 

22,346 

43,952 

29,152 

34,447 

34,394 

29,354

416,453

Mar.

1,300 

1,180 

1,050 

916 

822

761 

723 

761 

780 

800

890 

942 

916 

866 

822

780 

704 

648 

723 

780

780 

761 

761 

800 

822

800 

780 

780 

822 

844 

822

Apr.

742 

666 

630 

704 

822

1,070 

1,270 

1,420 

1,490 

1,490

1,300 

1,100 

890 

800 

742

685 

612 

540 

454 

379

321 

289 

281 

273 

257

234 

212 

36O 

913

1,400

Maximum

1,050 

3,190 

3,880

6,700

3,260 

3,480 

1,300 

1,490 

4,400 

2,140 

2,520 

3,400 

2,640

4,400

May

1,790 

2,100 

2,770 

3,880 

4,400

4,200 

3,720

2,980 

2,140 

1,570

1,360 

1,300 

1,270 

1,180 

1,050

916 

822 

704 

558 

420

338 

273 

242 

212 

204

242 

404 

576 

685 

780 

866

Minimum

118 

97 

1,180

14

540 

648 

648 

212 

204 

273 

164 

132 

273

97

June

994 

1,120 

1,210 

1,070 

1,210

1,490 

1,740 

2,040 

2,140 

2,040

1,650 

1,300 

1,020 

844 

723

666 

761 

866 

844 

742

666 

522 

420 

371 

313

281 

273 

316 

604 

916

Mean

412 

1,189 

2,225

1,000

1,291 

1,408 

837 

745 

1,418 

972 

1,111 

1,109 

978

1,141

July

1,100

1,570 

2,140 

2,460 

2,520

2,290 

1,740 

1,300 

916 

594

420 

338 

273 

519 

994

1,330 

1,450 

1,610 

1,650 

1,610

1,490 

1,300 

1,070 

866 

822

704 

488 

313 

227 

179 

164

Aug.

194 

273 

371 

371 

330

313 

338 

396 

48fl 

505

396 

273 

192 

148 

132

354 

1,150 

1,990 

2,240 

1,990

2,580 

3,330 

3,400 

2,910 

2,190

1,740 

1,390 

1,100 

1,070 

1,120 

1,120

Per square 

mile

0.687 

1.98 

3.71

1.67

2.15 

2.35 

1.40 

1.24 

2.36 

1.62 

1.85 

1.85 

1.63

1.90

Sept.

1,120 

1,320 

2,240 

2,640 

2,340

1,890 

1,490 

1,240 

1,100 

968

844 

742 

685 

612 

594

540 

488 

437 

379 

578

942 

1,3OO 

1,300 

1,050 

723

505 

387 

330 

297 

273

Runoff in 

inches

0.79 

2.21 

4.27

22.67

2.48

2.44 

1.61 

1.39 

2.72 

1.81 

2.14 

2.13 

1.82

25.81
WACGAMAW RIVER BASIN 139

Waccamaw River at Freeland, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°05'45", long. 78°32'50", 150 feet downstream 

from State Highway 130, I mile southwest of Freeland, Brunswick County, and about 

7 miles downstream from mouth of White Marsh. Datum of gage is 15.52 feet above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929, supplementaty adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 667 square miles.

Records available.--July 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--10 years, 737 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,440 second-feet Dec. 3 (gage height, 15.43 

feet); minimum, 42 second-feet Nov. 3, 4; minimum gage height, 1.85 feet Nov. 4.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 7,400 second-feet Feb. 14, 1948 (gage height, 15.92 

feet); minimum observed, 0.5 second-foot Nov. 10, 11, 1940.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of rapidly changing stage and those for 

periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. Discharge for periods of rapidly 

changing stage computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

168

249

314

401

596

645

690

693

693

678

601

559

 165

436

373

323

285

238

202

172

141

124

106

98

90

80

72

66

60

54

50

Nov.

48

44

42

53

96

116

170

244

272

283

301

292

292

283

267

251

235

235

246

343

407

460

646

1,080

1,510

2,260

2,730

3,170

3,920

4,440

-

Dec.

4,980

5,280

5,440

5,280

4,980

4,570

4,190

3,840

3,730

3,630

3,530

3,350

3,260

3,100

3,020

2,940

2.8OO

2,660

2,600

2,480

2,370

2,220

2,090

1,930

1,780

1,710

1,650

1,530

1,470

1,530

1 530

Jan.

1,590

1,680

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,740

1,710

1,710

1,650

1,590

1,530

1,530

1,420

1,370

1,320

1,240

1,160

1,100

1,040

990

920

883

847

811

775

740

708

678

648

603

574

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ..................... ...

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ..........................

April ............................

May ........... ..................

June .......... ..................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ......... ..............

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

547

534

510

498

522

547

560

574

661

834

991

1,120

1,280

1,510

1,670

1,820

1,970

2,010

2,140

2,480

3,120

3,440

3,530

3,440

3,350

3,100

2,940

2,800

_

_

-

Seccndfoot days

9,742

24,736

95,470

454,369

37,687

48,498

36,038

12,190

13,850

19,201

53,700

26,656

38,568

416,336

Mar.

2,600

2,480

2,320

2,140

1,930

1,780

1,650

1,470

1,370

1,280

1,200

1,130

1,070

1,020

990

940

901

865

829

793

740

693

678

663

648

648

648

633

648

648

633

Apr.

618

603

603

603

618

618

603

588

560

534

498

474

474

474

462

440

390

354

329

294

266

251

243

235

213

199

178

158

152

158

Maximum

693

4,440

5,440

7,400

1,740

3,530

2.6OO

618

940

1,370

2,800

1,820

2,050

5,440

May

164

164

185

213

227

227

235

308

465

666

838

926

938

940

920

901

822

745

667

582

504

427

356

300

248

207

170

141

123

109

132

Minimum

50

42

1,470

17

574

498

633

152

109

158

847

263

650

42

June

180

185

178

158

174

218

220

213

199

192

199

213

227

311

448

689

884

1,020

1,180

1,300

1,370

1,370

1,320

1,240

1,160

988

922

821

811

811

Mean

314

825

3,080

1,241

1 ,216

1,732

1 ,16;

406

447

640

86C

1,286

1,141

July

847

883

920

97O

99O

1,040

1,100

1,280

1,570

1,810

1,930

2,010

1,930

1,930

1,930

2,050

2,090

2,090

2,270

2,600

2,800

2,730

2,600

2,420

2,220

2,010

1,690

1,510

1,30O

1,150

1,030

Aug.

931

838

754

688

637

567

520

501

498

474

440

385

347

305

263

271

357

448

558

764

,05O

,290

,520

,680

,82O

,820

,710

,530

1,350

1,180

1,160

Per sqnare 

mile

0.471

1.24

4.62

1.86

1.82

2.6O

1.74

. 6O9

.670

.960

2 .60

1.29

1.93

1.71

Sept.

1,100

1.O70

1,070

1,040

1.1OO

1,160

1,280

1,420

1,530

1,740

1.97O

2,050

2.05O

2,050

1,970

1.85O

1,710

1,530

al,400

al,200

al.100

S70

a900

a85O

a8OO

a8OO

a750

a750

7O8

a65O

Runoff in 

inches

0.54

1.38

5.32

25.33

2.10

2.70

2.01

. 68

.77

1.07

2 99 1)49

2.15

23. 2O

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for other stations.
140 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Yadkin River at Patterson, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°59'30", long. 81°33'32", 200 feet upstream from 

bridge on State Highway 268, half a mile south of Patterson, Caldwell County, threequarters of a mile upstream from Warrior Creek, and 2 miles downstream from Walnut 

Branch.

Drainage area.--28.8 square miles.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--10 years, 48.2 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,500 second-feet Aug. 28 (gage height, 4.58 

feeti by computation of flow over dam; minimum 25 second-feet Oct. 27 to Nov. 2 (gage 

height, 0.36 foot); minimum daily, 25 second-feet Oct. 27 to Nov. 2.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 16,200 second-feet Aug. 13, 1940 (gage height, 12.70 

feet), by computation of flow over dam; minimum, 6 second-feet Sept. 7, 1944, May 28, 

29, 1947; minimum daily, 9 second-feet June 22, 1941.

Remarks. Records good except those above 300 second-feet and those computed from partly 

estimated gage heights, which are fair, and those for periods of no gage-height record, 

which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Aug. 28

0.8 83

1.0 119

1.2 159

1.5 224

Aug. 29 to Sept. 30

1.8 294

2.1 378

2.4 476

2.7 582

1.0

1.2

115

154

1.5 218

1.8 285

2.1 368

2.4 470

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

48

41 

37 

37 

42

36 

35 

41 

35 

33

31 

31 

29 

29 

28

28 

28 

36 

29 

28

27

27 

27 

27 

26

26 

25 

25 

25 

25 

25

Nov.

25 

25 

112 

64 

48

129 

125 

77 

65 

65

62 

55 

51 

49 

45

44 

41 

40 

90 

110

78 

71 

65 

68 

74

67 

95 

321 

f282 

al50

Dec.

allO 

a 100 

a!50 

a!30 

allO

alOO 

a 90 

a85 

a75 

a70

a65 

a60 

a60 

a55 

a55

51 

50 

48 

51 

f49

a46 

f44 

44 

42 

a50

a46 

a44 

a42 

72 

258 

133

Jan.

97 

78 

68 

64 

123

159 

113 

93 

82 

74

70 

65 

62 

60 

57

54 

54 

53 

51 

50

50 

51 

51 

53 

50

49 

49 

54 

50 

48 

58

Feb.

f57 

f55 

55

61 

71

67 

65 

61 

58 

80

70 

64 

61 

57 

55

67 

76 

65 

97 

137

102

86 

77 

71 

67

61 

61 

64

Month SecondMonth foot-days

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Bay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1946

967 

2,593 

2,385

............ 20,280

h. ...........................

1 ............................

ember ........................

2,090 

1,968 

1,825 

2,497 

2,381 

1,873 

2,501 

4,885 

1,958

ter year 1948-49 ............ 27,923

Peak discharge (base, 1,000 sec.-ft . ) .--Au

Mar.

54 

54 

51 

51 

50

49 

46 

45 

45 

50

49 

44 

42 

42 

42

40 

40 

53 

46 

44

42 

73 

159 

90 

77

78 

74 

78 

78 

71 

68

Apr.

62 

58 

57 

54 

65

88 

71 

67 

62 

58

58 

79 

282 

195 

147

119 

93 

80

72 

68

64 

72 

65 

61 

57

55 

54 

60 

54 

a!20

Maximum

48 

321 

258

390

159 

137 

159 

28E 

180 

279 

204 

562 

126

562

May

alSO 

a!40 

a!30 

a 85 

a75

70 

65 

62 

77 

77

177 

135 

102 

86 

77

72 

67 

62 

58 

57

55 

55 

51 

53 

50

16 

45 

44 

42 

42 

44

Minimum

25 

25 

42

17

48 

55 

40 

54 

42 

33 

39 

51 

41

25

June

41 

40 

39 

37 

36

35 

34 

33 

33 

33

33 

33 

44 

108 

118

120 

279 

127 

78 

64

58 

55 

50 

53

62

51 

44 

41 

45 

49

Mean

31.2 

86.4 

76.9

55.4

67.4 

70.3 

58.9 

83.2 

76.8 

62.4 

80.7 

158 

65.3

76.5

July

45 

41 

39 

39 

39

42 

52 

97 

a50 

a48

a6O 

a!30 

a 90 

a 80 

76

74 

184 

204 

lt>3 

135

108 

1OO 

88 

76 

67

61 

57 

54 

54 

57 

65

Aug.

57 

51 

306 

318 

153

127 

123 

110 

97 

88

80 

76 

7O 

64 

71

238 

283 

176 

119 

102

110 

146 

172 

125 

W

90 

82 

562 

424 

203 

160

Per square 

mile

1.08

3.00 

2.67

1.92

2.34 

2.44 

2.05 

2.89 

2.67 

2.17 

2.80 

5.49 

2.27

2.66

Sept.

126 

108 

97 

90 

85

83 

83 

78 

70 

66

62 

61 

60 

58 

55

54 

56 

66 

61 

50

49 

48 

45 

42 

41

44 

61 

55 

56 

48

Runoff in 

inches

1.25 

3.35 

3.08

26.19

2.70 

2.54 

2.36 

3.22 

3.07 

2.42 

3.23 

6.31 

2.53

36'. 06

I. 3 (10 p.m.) 1,220 sec.-ft.; Aug. 28 (S p.m.) 1,500

sec. -ft. 

a (Jo gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage, occasional gage 

readings, weather records, and records for stations on nearby streams, 

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height records.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 141

Yadkin River at Wilkesboro, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°09i, long. 81°09i, at bridge on U. S. Highway

421 between North Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro, Wllkes County, Just downstream from Reddles

River. Datum of gage Is 942.35 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary

adjustment of 1936. 

Drainage area. 493 square miles, 

ttecoras available. October 1928 to September 1949. April 1903 to June 1909 and October

192U to September 1928 at site 1 mile downstream, published as Yadkin River at North

Wilkesboro. Revised records for April 1903 to May 1907 are published in Bulletin 34

of North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development. 

Average discharge. 32 years (1903-6, 1920-49), 796 second-feet. 

Extremes. maximum discharge during year, 12,800 second-feet Aug. 29 (gage height, 17 09

FeeTT; minimum, 350 second-feet Oct. 29, Nov. 1, 2 (gage height, 2.12 feet); minimum

dally, 419 second-feet Oct. 30, 31.

1903-9, 1920-49: Maximum discharge, 160,000 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height,

37.6 feet, from floodmarks), by slope-area method; minimum, 101 second-feet Jan. 20,

1940 (gage height, 1.54 feet), result of low temperature; minimum daily, 162 second-feet

July 21, 24, 1926.

Tlood of July 1916 reached a stage of 34.5 feet, from flood reference mark cut in old

steel highway bridge (discharge, 116,000 second-feet). 

Remarks. Records good. Slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by power plant on

Keoaies River 1 mile above station. 

Revisions'(water available.___ years). W 822: Drainage area. W 892: 1930(M). See also Records

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 28 Nov. 29 to Sept. 3O 

2.0 291 3.0 8S6 5.0 2,240 2.1 373 3.5 1,240 8.O 4,420 

2.3 446 3.5 1,220 6.O 2,940 2.4 544 4.0 1,570 10.0 5,92O 

2.6 624 4.0 1,560 7.O 3,670 2.7 730 5.0 2,24O 12.0 7,450 

3.0 920 S.O 2,940 14.0 9.1OO

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

662 

562 

515 

503 

734

568 

509 

593 

550 

503

497 

486 

469 

463 

452

452 

452 

556 

480 

457

452 

446 

446 

441 

435

430 

424 

424 

424 

419 

419

Nov.

424 

424 

1,440 

1,280 

740

832 

1,560 

920 

793 

799

793 

701 

669 

630 

599

574 

568 

550 

1,290 

1,S60

1,090 

920 

839 

920 

953

873 

1,220 

3,380 

4,270 

1,960

Dec.

1,410 

1,180 

2,650 

3,280 

1,830

1,500 

1,280 

1,180 

1,050 

985

920 

888 

856 

856 

856

856 

824 

780 

8S8 

856

793 

768 

749 

749 

952

856 

762 

787 

917 

3,770 

1,960

Jan.

1,340 

1,150 

1,020 

952 

1,510

2,680 

1,700 

1,340 

1,180 

1,080

1,020 

952 

920 

888 

856

824 

824 

824 

856 

793

793 

856 

856 

856 

824

824 

793 

888 

824 

780 

952

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Jam] 

Febi 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

Julj 

Align 

Sept

WE

 tor.... .....................

deodar year 1948 ............

i&ry

h. ...........................

1. ...........................

.ember ........................

iter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,020 

985 

920 

985 

1,180

1,050 

1,020 

952 

920 

1,120

1,050 

952 

920 

888 

856

985 

1,240 

1,020 

1,130 

2,030

1,500 

1,240 

1,150 

1,020 

985

920 

888 

1,020

Seoondfoot days

15,223 

33,871 

37,988

330,626

31,955 

29,946 

31,088 

35,730 

40,771 

25,798 

39,629 

65,679 

33,020

420.698

liar.

888 

856 

824 

824 

793

793 

780 

762 

762 

824

856 

768 

743 

736 

730

711 

717 

888 

824 

749

730 

1,160 

3,570 

1,570 

1,210

,240 

,150 

,180 

,280 

,120 

,050

Apr.

985 

920 

888 

856 

996

1,500 

1,120 

1,050 

985 

920

920 

1,180 

3,580 

2,340 

1,640

1,340 

1,210 

1,120 

1,050 

985

952 

1,020 

1,020 

920 

888

856 

856 

985 

888 

1,760

Maximum

734 

4,270 

3,770

4,310

2,680 

2,030 

3,570 

3,580 

2,770 

2,840 

4,440 

8,690 

1,830

8,69O

May

2,540 

2,440 

2,490 

1,540 

1,280

1,150 

1,240 

1,150 

1,120 

1,380

2,770 

2,320 

1,640 

1,340 

1,210

1,180 

1,150 

1,120 

985 

952

920 

985 

952 

920 

1,020

856 

856 

824 

824 

793 

824

Minimum

419 

424 

749

403

780 

856 

711 

856 

793 

655 

655 

787 

824

419

June

793 

768 

749 

724 

730

717 

686 

673 

673 

667

673 

698 

692 

888 

1,150

1,120 

2,840 

1,340 

985 

856

793 

793 

730 

730 

793

824 

692 

661 

"705 655 

Mean

491 

1,129 

1,225

903

1,031 

1,070 

1,003 

1,191 

1,315 

860 

1,278 

2,119 

1,101

1,153

July

724 

661 

655 

655 

680

705 

717 

1,490 

888 

934

1,350 

1,800 

1,690 

1,180 

1,280

1,770 

4,440 

2,450 

2,170 

1,700

1,440 

1,380 

1,570 

1,080 

1,020

920 

888 

824 

856 

856 

856

Aug.

824 

787 

1,260 

2,150 

1,410

1,120 

1,150 

1,050 

952 

888

856 

824 

856 

824 

948

6,500 

6,070 

2,820 

1,770 

1,540

1,600 

2,260 

2,800 

1,900 

1,500

1,540 

1,310 

4,310 

8,690 

2,870 

2,300

Per square 

mile

0.996 

2.29 

2.48

1.83

2.09 

2.17 

2.03 

2.42 

2.67 

1.74 

2.59 

4.30 

2.23

2.34

Peak discharge (base, 8.OOO sec.-ft.J.. Aug. 16 (1:30 p.m.) 8,930 sec. -ft. j Aug. 29 (l

Sept.

1,830 

1,540 

1,410 

1,340 

1,280

1,28O 

1,280 

1,240 

1,150 

1,080

1,020 

1,020 

1,020 

985 

952

1,020 

1,210 

1,150 

1,180 

985

920 

888 

888 

856 

824

824 

1,020 

920 

1,020 

888

Runoff in 

inches

1.15 

2.56 

2.87

24.95

2.41 

2.26 

2.35 

2.70 

3.08 

1.95 

2.99 

4.95 

2.49

31.76

a.m.) 12, 8C
142 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Yadkin River at Yadkin College, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°Sli25", long. 80°23'25", at bridge on U. S. High-

 way fa'4, l| miles south of Yadkin College, Davidson County, and 6| miles downstream from 

Reedy Creek, Datum of gage is 638.65 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers ).

Drainage area. 2,280 square miles.

Records available. July 1928 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 21 years, 2,949 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 24,800 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 17.76 

feet); minimum, 1,310 second-feet Oct. 28 (gage height, 1.46 feet).

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 80,200 second-feet Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 33.75 

feet); minimum, 395 second-feet Sept. 20, 1932 (gage height, 0.05 foot).

Maximum stage known, 35.0 feet sometime in July 1916, from floodmarks (discharge, 

86,600 second-feet), from rating curve extended above 72,000 second-feet.

Remarks . Records good except those for periods fo no gage-height record, which are fair.

 Slight diurnal fluctuation during low flow caused by small power plant with little

storage capacity 10 miles above station. 

Revisions (water years). W 822: Drainage area. W 852: 1935-37(M).

rtating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet) 

1.5 1,350 7.0 7,140 

2.0 1,790 10.0 11,100 

3.0 2,750 13.0 15,600 

5.0 4,750 17.0 23,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,750 

1,880 

1,610 

1,480 

3,620

4,150 

2,400 

1,880 

1,840 

1,840

1,660 

1,610 

1,560 

1,480 

1,430

1,390 

1,390 

1,560 

1,660 

1,610

1,480 

1,480 

1,480 

1,480 

1,430

1,430

1,390 

1,390 

1,390 

1,390 

1,350

Nov.

1,390 

1,390 

1,520 

2,300 

3,550

2,300 

2,300 

3,050 

2,500 

2,200

2,350 

2,200 

2,060 

1,920 

1,840

1,790 

1,740 

1,740 

1,790 

4,690

5,600 

3,650 

3,250 

3,850 

3,750

3,250 

4,640 

8,030 

20,800 

15,500

Dec.

6,430 

4,450 

5,390 

17,100 

13,300

a6 , 000 

a4,700 

a4,OOO 

a3,400 

a3,200

a3,000 

a2,800 

a2,700 

2,650 

2,750

3,250 

3,050 

2,750 

2,850 

3,550

3,050 

2,750 

2,550 

2,500 

3,050

3,150 

2,750 

2,450 

2,650 

10,100 

14,200

Jan.

6,530 

4,550 

3,750 

3,350 

3,670

13,300 

10,400 

5,660 

4,450 

3,950

3,550 

3,350 

3,150 

2,950 

2,850

2,750 

2,650 

2,650 

2,650 

2,650

2,650 

2,850 

2,950 

2,850 

2,750

2,750 

2,650 

2,750 

2,850 

2,750 

2,950

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

la

ber ..........................

mber ............... ....

mber .........................

lendar year 1948

uary ................. ......

h. ...........................

1 ..........................

st ...........................

ember ......... ..............

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

4,250 

4,750 

3,850 

3,550 

3,650

3,850 

3,750 

3,550 

3,250 

3,950

4,250 

3,650 

3,250 

3,050 

2,950

3,150 

4,450 

4,250 

3,650 

4,550

5,540 

4,450 

3,950 

3,550 

3,350

3,150 

2,950 

3,150

Secondfoot-days

54,490 

116,940 

146,520

1,220,870

119,560 

105,690 

106,690 

120,430 

155,090 

102,840 

128,500 

177,620 

115,910

1,450,280

Mar.

3,150 

2,850 

2,750 

2,650 

2,550

2,550 

2,550 

2,450 

2,400 

2,450

2,750 

2,750 

2,450 

2,350 

2,300

2,300 

2,250 

2,300 

2,850 

2,750

2,400 

2,350 

6,660 

11,300 

5,660

4,970 

4,450 

4,250 

4,750 

4,550 

3,950

Apr.

3,650 

3,350 

3,050 

2,950 

2,950

4,650 

4,750 

3,750 

3,350 

3,150

2,950 

3,450 

5,950 

11,200 

7,240

5,080 

4,250 

3,850 

3,550 

3,350

3,150 

3,400 

4,860 

3,750 

3,150

2,950 

2,850 

3,150 

3,150 

3,550

Maximum

4,150 

20,800 

17,100

20,800

13,300 

5,540 

11,300 

11,200 

13,600 

18,000 

13,800 

22,700 

14,400

22,700

Peak discharge (base, 18,000 sec. -ft.). Nov. 29 (7 to

20,200 sec. -ft.; May 1 (11 p.m.) 18,40O sec. -ft.; June If 

(9 a.m.) 20,800 sec. -ft.; Aug. 3O (7 to 9 a.m.) 24,8OO s< 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis ol 

rainfall records, and records for other stations In baslr

May

13,600 

13,000 

11,500 

9,200 

5,540

4,550 

4,150 

4,840 

4,800 

4,560

4,830 

6,790 

6,140 

4,650 

4,050

3,950 

4,790 

4,600 

3,850 

3,350

3,150 

3,150 

3,350 

3,250 

3,050

3,050 

2,850 

2,750 

2,650 

2,550 

2,550

Minimum

1,350 

1,390 

2,450

1,220

2,650 

2,950 

2,250 

2,850 

2,550 

2,060 

2,060 

2,150 

2,550

1,350

June

2,550 

2,500 

2,400 

2,300 

2,300

2,250 

2,200 

2,150 

2,060 

2,060

2,060 

2,100 

2,400 

2,550 

2,950

3,650 

8,100 

18,000 

6,060 

3,750

3,250 

2,950 

2,750 

2,650 

2,500

2,550

2,650 

3,050 

2,950 

3,150

Mean

1,758 

3,898 

4,726

3,336

3,857 

3,775 

3,442 

4,014 

5,003 

3,428 

4,145 

5,730 

3,864

3,973

July

2,750 

2,500 

2,300 

2,200 

2,150

2,060 

2,150 

2,950 

3,750 

2,950

3,750 

5,780 

5,210 

4,980 

4,250

6,020 

9,530 

13,800 

8,010 

5,660

4,750 

4,050 

3,750 

3,650 

3,250

2,950 

2,750 

2,650 

2,650 

2,550 

2,750

Aug.

2,650 

2,400 

3,050 

2,650 

4,360

3,650 

2,950 

2,750 

2,650 

2,450

2,300 

2,250 

2,200 

2,150 

2,400

5,160 

14,300 

18,200 

7,360 

4,650

5,660 

4,970 

5,420 

6,380 

4,750

4,050 

3,750 

3,800 

15,700 

22,700 

9,910

Per square 

mile

0.771 

1.71 

2.07

1.46

1.69 

1.66 

1.51 

1.76 

2.19 

1.50 

1.82 

2.51 

1.69

1.74

Sept.

14,400 

7,780 

a4,800 

a4,200 

84,000

a4,ooo 

a3,soo

a3,800 

a3,600

a3,4oo

a3,300 

3,150 

3,050 

3,050 

2,950

2,950 

3,530 

3,650 

4,250 

3,550

3,050 

2,850 

2,950 

2,950 

2,650

2,550 

2,550 

2,850 

2,950 

3,350

Runoff in 

inches

0.89 

1.91 

2.39

19.91

1.95 

1.72 

1.74 

1.96 

2.53 

1.68 

2.10 

2.90 

1.89

23.66

8 p.m.)22,400 sec. -ft,; Dec. 4 (9 p.m.) 

3 (9:30 a.m.) 20,800 8ec.-ft.; Aug. 18 

;c.-ft. 

" 1 discharge measurement, 5 gage readings, 

i.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 143

Yadkin River at High Rock, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°35'46", long. 80°13'59" (revised), a quarter of 

a mile downstream from High Rock Dam at High Rock, Davidson County and if miles upstream from Lick Creek. Datum of gage is 558.68 feet above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, and 590.00 feet above Carolina Aluminum Co. datum.

Drainage area.--3,980 square miles.

Hecords available. January 1919 to November 1927, November 1941 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--14 years (1919-25, 1926-27, 1942-49), 4,977 second-feet (adjusted).

extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 39,400 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 11.40 

feet); minimum, 32 second-feet Nov. 7, 8, 15, June 18, 20 (gage height, 2.13 feet); 

minimum daily, 44 second-feet Oct. 10.

1919-27, 1941-49: Maximum discharge, 76,600 second-feet July 21, 1919 (gage height, 

15.9 feet, present datum, from floodmarks as determined by Tallassee Power Co.), from 

rating curve extended above 53,000 second-feet by velocity-area studies: minimum, 10 

second-feet Aug. 10, 1942 (gage height, 1.84 feet); minimum daily, 12 second-feet 

Aug. 9, 1942.

Maximum stage known, 22.1 feet (present datum) in July 1916, from floodmarks from 

records by Tallassee Power Co.

Remarks.--Records.excellent except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are 

good, and those below 2,000 second-feet, which are fair. Large diurnal fluctuation 

caused by High Rock power plant above station. Plow largely regulated since 1927, 

by High Rock Reservoir, which has a usable capacity of 10,230,000,000 cubic feet.

Cooperation.--High Rock Reservoir capacity curve and elevations furnished by Carolina 

Aluminum Co.

Revisions.--W 972: Drainage area.

2.2

2.3

2.4

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

111

146

3.0 

3.3 

3.6

390

690

1,080

4.0 

4.4

1,710

2,500

3,480

5.4 5,310

6.0 7,570

6.5 9,810

7.0 12,^00

8.0 17,800

10.0 29,700

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3,960

1,620

57

3,870

3,580

3,400

4,090

3,420

1,620

44

3,690

3,640

4,180

4,190

3,770

2,110

68

4,040

4,160

4,060

4,080

3,760

2,090

68

3,880

4,010

4,070

3,960

3,950

2,290

68

Nov.

3,950

3,860

3,630

3,120

3,290

2,520

49

3,750

4,380

4,200

4,730

3,920

3,340

96

4,920

4,480

4,390

2,860

3,430

1,860

112

4,830

5,730

4,420

4,2£0

a4,400

a2,200

a 1,200

8,070

31,200

-

Dec.

13,600

7,210

11,100

22,000

22,000

10,600

8,000

6,370

5,700

5,950

2,570

4,200

5,900

4,910

4,780

4,750

4,820

1,730

3,760

6,060

5,020

4,920

5,110

5,100

3,310

i,350

5,510

4,600

4,630

22,200

25,400

Month

October. ...............

November. ..............

December. ...........

Calendar year 1948 . .

January. ...............

February. ..............

March. .................

April. .................

May. ............... ...

June ...................

July. ................ .

August .................

September. .............

Water year 1948-49 . .

Jan.

11,900

7,

6,

5,2

;oo

580

80

8,800

21,800

1S,E

9,.

7 ,C

00

10

J30

6 ,560

5)l

c -

z>',4

4 £

30

40

30

00

j|750

3,620

5,f

5,e

6,6

70

00

50

4,790

5,340

4,2

3,9

6,6

60

00

80

5,440

5,320

5,7

5,7

3,2

4,3

6,4

Secondfoot days

91,795

133,187

246,180

2,031,928

212,340

171,200

165,900

195,500

261,010

131,320

168,449

243,720

161,900

I, 182, 501

60

20

30

50

50

Feb.

4,900

 1,710

4,910

5,480

3,780

4,500

6,200

5,370

5,810

6,440

8,420

6,320

4,820

6,570

5,160

5,000

7,490

7,430

7,170

10,700

9,140

7,490

7,120

5,800

6,220

2,840

4,670

6,740

-

_

-

Mar.

6,090

5,770

5,890

D.820

3,660

3,720

7,050

5,770

5,870

5,890

6,060

4,080

4,980

5,920

5,810

6,090

5,990

5,230

3,170

1,700

6,590

6,J20

5,200

5,010

5,340

3,630

4,660

6,190

5,290

6,000

7,010

Apr.

6,750

3,900

4,660

6,600

6,250

8,430

7,960

7,060

3,900

4,980

6,720

b ,^00

9,5hO

15,600

11,100

6,690

6,140

6,570

6,250

5,860

5,160

5,720

3,570

5,140

6,270

4,960

6,340

4,770

7,050

5,140

-

Observed

Maximum

4,190

31,200

2^, OG

32,700

21,800

10,700

7,050

15,600

28,300

6,530

17,800

27,800

18,900

31,200

Minimum

44

49

1,730

34

3,230

2,840

1,700

3,570

3,650

1,490

89

1,910

2,530

44

Mean

2,961

4,440

7,941

5,552

6,850

6,114

5,352

6,517

8,420

4,377

5 434

7^862

5,397

5,979

May

28,300

24,700

17,100

15,000

8,040

7,250

5,490

6,830

7,700

11,400

13,100

8,590

9,040

6, 570

5,370

6,410

5,930

5,880

5,830

6,010

..,350

3,900

5,310

5,570

5,310

5,560

5,300

3,650

5,140

6,380

5,800

June

4,970

6,380

5,880

3,210

5,480

5,280

5,020

5,470

6,140

6,320

3,200

2,280

5,000

4,090

3,830

4,050

2,940

1,490

1,490

3,790

4,750

4,720

4,790

4,560

2,000

2,180

6,480

6,530

5,360

5,640

-

Change In

(equivalent, 

se^ond-feetjt

-390

+2,939

0

+76

-441

+ 447

+57

-498

+ 446

+ 129

-245

+ 187

July

5

1

5

5

5

5

2

2

4

5

5

4

5

5

13,

17,

11,

7,

7,

5

2

4,

5,

4,

4,

4,

4,

2,

2 '

A t 

r

Mean

2,571

7,379

7 , 941

5,628

6 -i09

6J561

5,389

6,489

7,922

4,312

5,880

7,991

5,152

6,166

340

89

170

500

590

670

720

430

120

460

400

310

110

840

120

660

700

800

600

680

210

770

560

050

660

590

570

460

350

460

460

Aug.

6,280

6,400

5,090

3,440

4,610

2,710

3,220

4,750

4,940

4,780

4,650

5,450

2,610

1,910

4,230

4,130

5,400

21,200

12,900

6,950

8,140

7,770

9,720

8,650

6,930

5,420

4,540

11,100

19,900

27,800

18,100

Sept.

18,900

12,700

6,870

5,880

5,090

6,060

6,100

5,820

6,420

4,070

4,310

4,490

4,350

3,940

4,280

4,330

2,530

3,620

5,310

4,670

3,960

4,400

4,510

3,440

2,640

5,250

4,140

4,730

.,620

-1 ,470

-

s.ervoir contents

Per aquare Runoff in 

mile inches

0.6-16 0.74

1.85 2.06

2.00 2.51

1.41 19.25

1.6L 1.86

1.65 1.72

1.35 1.5C

1.63 1.82

1.99 2.29

1.08 1.20

1.48 1.71

2.01 2.32

1.29 1.44

1.55 21.03

t Change In contents In High Rock Reservoir, 

a No gage-height record; discharge based on recor 

Carolina Alumin m Co.

is of discharge at High Rock Dam furnished by
144 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 

Pee Dee River near Rockingham, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°56'10", long. 79"51'10", at bridge on U. S. Highway 74, 1 mile upstream from Falling Creek, 4 miles downstream from Blewett Falls

hydroelectric plant, and 6 miles west of Rockingham, Richmond County. Datum of gage is

120.68 feat above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). 

Drainage area.--6,870 square miles. 

Hecords available.--September 1927 to September 1949. August 1906 to January 1912 at site

on fee Dee River about 4 miles upstream, published as Yadkin River near Pee Dee. 

Average discharge. --22 years (1927-49), 8,075 secon_d-feet (unadjusted). 

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 68,400 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 12.45

reet); minimum, 227 second-feet Sept. 18 (gage height, 0.85 foot); minimum daily, 446

second-feet pet. 24,

1927-49: Maximum discharge, 270,000 second-feet Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 30.80

feet), from rating curve extended above 194,000 second-feet; minimum, 143 second-feet

Oct. 25, 1943; minimum daily, 152 second-feet July 28, 1940.

Maximum stage known, 31.28 feet in August 1908, from State Highway and Public Works

Commission records (discharge, 276,000 second-feet, from rating curve extended above

194,000 second-feet). 

Remarks. Records good. Large diurnal fluctuation caused by power plants above station.

Plow largely regulated since 1928 by four reservoirs above station, which have a oombined usable storage capacity for normal operation of 17,638,000,000 cubic feet. 

Cooperation.--Capacity curves and elevations for High Rock and Narrows Reservoirs furnished

by Carolina Aluminum Co., and those for Tillery and Blewett Reservoirs furnished by

Carolina Power & Light Co. 

Revisions.--W 822: Drainage area.

1.2

1.4 

1.7

2.0

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

402

580

980

1,530

3.0 

3.5

2,250

3,070

4,400

6,200

4.0 

5.0

6.0 

7.0

8,300

13,300

19,200

25,700

S'.O

9.0

10.0

12.0

32,500

40,000

48,000

65,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1548 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

4,380

1,210

668

5,120

9,430

9,200

7,860

5,040

2,000

' 1,470

4,440

4,290

3,770

4,120

3,920

3,000

1,600

4,170

4,500

4,630

4,300

4,150

3,080

446

3,640

3,920

3,870

3,830

4,190

2,300

958

Nov.

4,560

4,790

5,720

9,660

11,600

9,900

8,300

9,660

8,980

6,660

5,650

5,930

5,260

1,410

5,130

4,620

5,860

7,530

7,980

19,800

15,600

9,660

9,900

21,800

20,500

13,900

12,400

23,800

63,300

67,600

Dec.

40 , 800

16,800

14,800

31,100

33,200

22,400

14,200

13,900

12,700

10,800

9,430

7,640

6,800

6,800

5,380

5,640

6,800

6,800

7,430

9,430

9,660

8,080

7,860

7,860

10,800

20,500

13,000

11,100

10 , 400

29 , 400

59,900

Month

October. ...............

November. ...'...........

December. ..............

Calendar year 1948 . .

January. ...............

February ............. .

March. ..............

April........... .... .

May. ...... ...... .....

June ...... ............

July. ................ .

August .................

September. .............

Water year 1948-49 .

Jan.

35,500

19,

12,

9,

200

700

430

6,800

43,100

57,

27,

16,

400

500

800

13,000

11,100

9,

8,

8,

 360

980

980

8,520

6,800

6,

8,

8,

500

380

300

8,520

8,980

8,

7,

6,

750

310

800

8,080

8,980

8,

8,

8,

6,

520

380

300

320

7,010

Secondfoot days

119,502

407,460

471,410

3,685,234

413,900

348,030 

249,870

295 180

4531640

157,580

267,050 

392,833

256,436

3,832,891

Feb.

15,000

15,600

11,600

10,100

9,200

8,980

7,010

8,520

8,300

9,900

21,200

15,600

10,400

8,980

8,980

8,980

17,400

16,800

12,200

23,100

19,800

15,000

13,600

12,400

10 , 400

9,200

8,980

10,800

_

-

Mar.

13,600

11,100

10 , 100

9,200

8,750

7,220

6,390

8,980

8,980

8,980

8,980

8,750

6,440

7,860

8,300

8,300

7,860

5,760

3,560

2,190

5,440

7,000

7,480

7,060

7,950

8,300

9,200

8,980

8,980

8,980

9,200

Apr.

9,200

9,200

9,200

8,980

7,430

9,430

11,900

11,600

10,100

9,200

9,200

9,200

9,200

17,400

19,200

13,000

 10,100

9,430

9,200

8,980

8,520

8,080

8,300

5,190

7,170

7,640

8,300

9,200

9,430

12,200

Observed

Maximum

9,430

67,600

59,900

78,300

57 , 400

23 , 100 

13,600

19,200

61,600

9,070

48,700 

38 , 800

23,800

67,600

Minimum

446

1,410

5,380

446

6,320

7,010

2,190

5,190

4,580

1,560

3,140

9S3

576

446

Mean

3,855

13,580

15,210

10,070

13,350

12,430

8,060

14',630

5 253

8 , 615

12 , 670 

8,548

10,500

May

44,400

61,600

40,000

30 , 400

19,200

13,000

11,100

9,200

8,750

10,600

30,200

27,600

16,800

12,400

9,660

8,980

8,750

8,750

8,300

5,890

5,830

6,030

6,680

5,650

8,540

5,100

6,870

7,200

4,580

5,570

6,010

June

4,920

7,950

6,850

6,560

5,650

5,280

6,570

4,610

4,940

5,330

5,450

1,720

5,930

5,890

5,160

5,440

9,070

4,070

1,560

5,310

5,700

5,370

5,040

5,120

3,940

2,300

5,640

5,390

5,160

5,660

Change in 

contents

(equivalent,

second-feet) t

-2O9

+3,169

+68

+99

-924

+584

+121

+47

-599

-33

+450

+393

-616

+196

July

5

5

4

4

5

4

4

5

5

3

5

5

4

5

5

48

20

16

21

20

12

9

7

3

4

5

5

4

4

4

3

,940

,470

,280

,230

,000

,610

,450

,230

,430

,940

,090

,400

,480

170

,980

,700

,200

,200

200

500

,200

430

,770

140

590

,530

620

,820

680

090

680

Aug.

8,980

9,660

9,200

8,080

8,080

7,860

4,340

4,370

6,730

5,460

5,620

5,420

4,510

963

5,370

6,330

13,600

15,900

20,500

12,400

12,200

29,900

 25,000

15,600

13,300

11,600

8,980

6,580

38 , 800

37 , 800

29,700

Sept.

23,100

22,400

14,200

11,100

9,430

7,860

8,080

23,800

18,700

11,600

8,980

6,260

6,840

7,050

7,360

6,310

4,690

576

4,660

4,520

4,620

5,250

6,080

5,810

2,240

4,820

5,030

4,760

5,150

5,160

-

Adjusted for change in 

reservoir contents

Mean

.

_

_

1O.170

-

10,700

Per square 

mile

_

_

1.48

-

1.56

Runoff in 

inches

_

_

_

20.15

-

21.14

t Change in contents in High Rock, Narrows, Tillery, and Blewett Reservoirs.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 145

Pee Dee River at Peedee, S. C.

Location --Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°12'15", long. 79°32'55", at new bridge on

 U. S. Highway 76, at Peedee, Marion County, 0.2 mile downstream from Atlantic Coast Line 

Railroad bridge, and 8j miles downstream from Black Creek. Datum of gage is 24.73 feet 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--8,870 square miles. , , *.

Kecords available.--October 1947 to September 1949. January 1939 to September 1947 at

 site 1.6 miles downstream, published as Pee Dee River near Mars Bluff, S. C. Gage

height records collected at practically same sites since 1923 are contained in reports of 

U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 10 years, 9,336 second-feet.

Extremes.-- Maximum discharge during year, 47,800 second-feet Dec. 5 (gage height, <24.l<i

 feet); minimum 2,320 second-feet Aug. 16 (gage height, 4.56 feet).

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 220,000 second-feet Sept. 22, 1945 (gage height, 33.30 

feet, site and datum then in use), from rating curve extended above 48,000 second-feet 

on basis of discharge measurement of 221,000 second-feet at Cheraw; minimum, 9QO secondfeet July 30, 1940 (gage height, 1.66 feet, site and datum then in use).

Remarks.--Records good. Plow partly regulated by power plants above station. Records of

 chemical analyses for the water year 1949 are given in Water-Supply Paper 1162.

Rating taole, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used May 17 to Sept. 2)

4.8

8.5

13.0

16.0

18.0

2,760

5,440

9,100

12,300

15,200

19.5

20.5

21.5

23.0

24.1

18,200

22,000

27,400

38,200

47,800

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

6,190 

6,550 

5,740 

3,880 

4,160

9,260 

11,500 

11,900 

10,600 

8,210

5,520 

4,690 

5,890 

6,050 

5,820

5,660 

5,140 

4,240 

3,720 

4,920

5,440 

5,360 

5,220 

4,920 

3,860

2,760 

4,020 

4,540 

4,620 

4,690 

4,390

Nov.

3,230 

2,860 

4,690 

5,520 

8,380

10,700 

11,300 

11,200 

11,100 

11,100

9,960 

8,470 

7,730 

7,250 

5,970

4,540 

5,740 

6,290 

7,970 

9,190

12,200 

14,800 

15,200 

15,200 

16,000

17,200 

18,600 

19,200 

20,300 

22,000

Dec.

24,500 

29,400 

35,800 

45,100

47,800

46,000 

44,200 

41,500 

39,000 

35,OOO

29,400 

24,500 

20,700

17,400 

15,700

13,800 

12,300 

11,600 

11,200 

11,200

11,800 

12,400 

12,200 

11,700 

11,200

11,900 

14,200 

15,500 

15,500 

15,500 

16,000

Jan.

18,OOO 

20,300 

24,000 

28,700 

31,400

29,400 

25,600 

25,000 

26,800 

31,400

35,000 

35,000 

32,100 

26,200 

21,100

17,700 

15,700 

14,100 

13,000 

12,400

11,900 

11,700 

11,500 

10,800 

9,860

9,760 

10,200 

10,400 

10,200 

10,100 

9,460

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Oece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ...........

ary

h. ...........................

1 ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

9,190 

11,100 

13,500 

13,900 

13,700

13,200 

12,500 

11,600 

11,300 

11,900

13,000 

15,000 

16,200 

16,400 

15,900

15,000 

14,100 

14,400 

15,500 

16,000

16,800 

18,000 

19,200 

19,900 

19,600

18,200 

16,800 

15,900

Secondfoot-days

179,460 

323,890 

704,000

4,485,080

598,780 

417,790 

337,260 

334,550 

567,610 

174,180 

262,420 

322,750 

423,450

4,646,140

Peak discharge (base, 22.00O sec. -ft. ) .--D

35.80O sec. -ft. j May 8 (2 a.m.) 42,400 sec . -

Mar.

15,500 

15 , 900 

15,900 

15,500 

14,800

13,900 

13,000 

11,600 

11,500 

11,500

11,500 

11,300 

11,100 

10,300 

9,660

9,760 

10,100 

9,860 

8,920 

7,890

5,970 

5,590 

7,250 

8,380 

8,740

9,280 

9,860 

10 , 600 

10 , 700 

10,700 

10,700

Apr.

10,700 

10, 600 

10,600 

10,500 

10,500

10,100 

10,400 

11,300 

12,100 

12,100

11,500 

10,900 

10 , 900 

11,000 

12,300

14,200 

14,700 

14,200 

13,200 

12,200

11,300 

10,700 

10,300 

10,300 

9,100

8,380 

8,740 

8,830 

10,5OO 

12,400

Maximum

11,900 

22,000 

47,800

68,200

35,000 

19,900 

15,900 

14,700 

41,500 

8,050 

17,200 

13,800 

29,400

47,800

?c. 5 (10:30 

't.; Sept. 4

May

14,200 

16,200 

18,200 

2O,7OO 

26,200

34 , 200 

40 , 600 

41,500 

37,400 

30,700

25,000 

22,000 

22.0OO 

23,000 

23,400

21,600 

18,200 

16,200 

14,500 

13,200

11,200 

9,660 

8,470 

8,130 

7,570

8,290 

7,570 

7,410 

7,570 

6,850 

5,890

Minimum

2,760 

2,860 

11,200

2,240

9,460 

9,190 

5,590 

8,380 

5,890 

3,860 

4,320 

2,910 

4,840

2,760

June

6,370 

6,370 

7,010 

6,450 

7,250

6,930 

6,290 

6,610 

5,970 

5,440

5,520 

5,660 

5,060 

4,160 

5,970

5,970 

6,050 

8,050 

7,410 

5,220

3,940 

5,440 

5,660 

5,520 

5,290

5,890 

4,160 

3,860 

5,220

5,440

Bean

5,789 

10,800 

22,710

12,250

19,320 

14,920 

10,880 

11,150 

18,310 

5,806 

8,465 

10,410 

14,120

12,730

July

5,820 

6,130 

6,210 

5,740 

5,060

5,140 

5,140 

4,920 

5,06O 

5,290

5,140 

4,320 

5,060 

4,840 

4,920

5,820 

12,100 

15,200 

15,900 

16,400

17,000 

17,200 

16,400 

14,700 

12,200

9,100 

7,810 

7,010 

6,210 

5,520 

5,060

Aug.

4,540 

6,050 

8,210 

8,830 

8,830

8,560 

8,380 

7,250 

5,440 

5,970

6,130 

5,890 

5,660 

5,360 

4,090

2,910 

5,220 

8,430 

11,100 

13,200

13,800 

13,800 

15,200. 

16,600 

18,000

18,600 

18,000 

16,800 

15,900 

17,200 

18,800

Per square 

mile

0.653 

1.22 

2.56

1.38

2.18 

1.68 

1.23 

1.26 

2.06 

.655 

.954 

1.17 

1.59

1.44

Sept.

21,100 

24,500 

28,OOO 

29,400 

28,700

 25,000 

20,700 

18,OOO 

18,000 

18,800

19,600 

18,600 

16,400 

14,700 

13,400

12,400 

11,100 

9,860 

7,570 

5,520

6,530 

6,530

6,450 

6,850 

7,010

6,210 

4,840 

5,660 

5,970 

6,050

Runoff in 

inches

0.75 

1.36 

2.95

18.82

2.51 

1.75 

1.42 

1.41 

2.38 

.73 

1.10 

1.35 

1.77

19.48

a.m.) 47,800 sec. -ft.; Jan. 12 (3 a.m.) 

(6:30 p.m.) 29.40O sec. -ft.
146 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Reddies River at North Wilkesboro, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°10'25", long. 81°10'10", 400 feet upstream from 

bridge on county road, l£ miles northwest of North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, i£ miles 

upstream from l.crth Wilkesboro municipal dam, and 2 miles upstream from mouth. Datum 

of gage is 978.62 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment 

of 1936. .

Drainage area.--a3.9 square miles.

Kecords available.--December 1939 to September 1949.

Average"oTs charge.--10 years, 145 second-feet.

ExtremesT^aximum discharge during year, 5,600 second-feet Aug. 28 (gage height, 11.50 

feet), by computation of flow over dam; minimum, 68 second-feet Oct. 27, 29-31.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 27,000 second-feet Aug. "14, 1940 (gage height., 22.02 

feet), by computation of flow over dam; minimum, 43 second-feet Jan. 6, 1940, but may 

have been less at times during periods of ice effect in January and February 1940.

Remarks.--Records good except those above 800 second-feet and those for period of ice 

effect, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1948-43, except period of ice effe 

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 29 Dec. 30 to Sept. 30

1.0 61 2.6 370 1.3 106 3.5 700 

1.4 119 3.0 485 1.6 156 4.0 900 

1.8 184 3.5 680 2.O 235 4.5 1,120 

2.Z 274 4.0 920 2.5 370 5.0 1,370 

3.0 525 6.O 1,920

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

89 

82 

78

78 

134

92 

85 

102 

85 

81

79 

78 

75 

74 

71

72 

72 

92 

76 

74

72 

72 

71 

71 

69

.69 

68 

69 

68 

68 

68

Nov.

71 

69 

248 

147 

108

173 

168 

122 

119 

128

122 

112 

106 

98

94

89

90 

86 

250 

231

150 

139 

130 

142 

156

137 

177 

727

480 

250

Dec.

188 

166 

568 

591

291

228 

194 

177 

163 

152

144 

140 

136 

131 

132

131 

126 

120 

155 

137

128 

125

120 

120 

142

120

bl20 

bl20 

164 

652 

*269

Jan.

197 

178 

163 

156 

320

356 

231 

193 

174 

165

158 

152

143 

140 

135

133 

132 

133 

135 

125

127 

133 

133 

135 

130

135 

133 

152 

135 

132 

1.67

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. ........................

1 ............................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 .............

Feb.

163 

156 

152 

165 

189

172 

172 

158 

152 

172

152 

145 

142 

138 

135

164 

178 

152 

197 

312

211 

185 

170 

160 

154

143 

143 

161

Secondfoot-days

2,434 

5,119

6,150

53,678

5,031 

4,693 

4,853 

5,956 

6,714 

4,543 

9,072 

11,159 

6,577

72,301

Mar.

136 

135 

132 

128 

128

127 

122

120 

120 

132

127 

119 

116 

114 

114

111 

112 

152 

127

119

117 

269 

504 

217 

180

199 

180 

189 

180 

167 

160

Apr.

149 

142 

138 

135 

173

207 

165 

160 

149 

143

151 

203 

675 

373 

257

213 

197 

187 

174 

165

161 

180 

161 

151 

145

142 

143 

163 

142 

412

Maximum

134 

727 

652

805

356 

312 

504 

675 

470 

572 

1,680 

1,840 

346

1,840

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 sec .-ft .) .--July 16 (10:3O

Hay

442 

343 

290 

224 

201

187 

259 

220

209 

197

470 

343 

252 

315

207

203 

220 

201 

182 

172

167 

180 

172 

156 

152

149 

149 

142 

138

136 

136

Minimum

68 

69 

120

67

125 

135 

111 

135 

136 

111 

112 

149 

172

68

June

133 

127 

124 

122 

122

119 

114 

112 

111 

112

116 

125 

128 

163 

184

211 

572 

209 

161 

149

142

138 

132 

127 

162

143 

125 

117 

119 

124

Mean

78.5 

171 

198

147

162 

168 

157 

199 

217 

151 

293 

36O 

219

198

July

124 

114 

112 

117 

127

122 

116 

251 

172 

221

308 

364 

272 

211 

248

868 

1,680 

542

400 

346

322 

285 

235

217 

201

191 

184 

178

185 

187 

172

Aug.

161 

161 

236 

264 

189

178 

184 

169 

160 

158

152 

149 

156 

156

177

466 

1,020 

355 

254 

259

252 

439 

486 

298 

259

349 

259 

1,840 

1,050 

490 

433

Sept.

346 

293 

275 

264 

267

259 

264 

249

231 

217

209 

205 

205 

201 

195

197 

207

237 

209 

189

184 

185 

182

174 

172

176 

205 

185 

217 

178

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.836 0.96 

1.82 2.03 

2.11 2.44

1.56 21.27"

1.73 1.99 

1.79 1.86 

1.67 1.92 

2.12 2.36 

2.31 2.66 

1.61 1.80 

3.12 3.59 

3.83 4.42 

2.33 2.60

2.11 28.63

p.m.) 3,500 sec. -ft.; Aug. 17 (2 a.m.) 2,440

sec.-ft.; Aug. 28 (8 p.m.) 5,BOO sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 147

Fisher River near Copeland, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°19'5S", long. 80°40'30", 300 feet upstream from 

Bridge on State Highway 268, half a mile upstream from Cody Creek, and 2 miles west of 

Copeland, Surry County.

Drainage area.--121 square miles.

Records available.--October 1931 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 18 years, 184 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,000 second-feet June 17 (gage height, 10.30 

reet), minimum, 75 second-feet Oct. 28, 29 (gage height, 2.16 feet).

1931-49: Maximum discharge, 27,300 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 18.4 

feet, from floodmarks), mean of two slope-area determinations; minimum observed, 21 

second-feet Sept. 18, 1932 (gage height, 1.70 feet).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are poor.

Revisions,--W 822: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-49, except period of ice effect 

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

2.1 64 3.0 327 5.0 1,350 

2.3 102 3.5 552 6.O 2,O2O 

2.5 148 4.0 800 7.0 2,780 

2.7 207 4.5 1,060 8.O 3,620

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

IS

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

98 

86 

82 

78 

288

148 

111 

117 

109 

98

94 

92 

86 

84 

80

80 

80 

109 

96 

88

84 

84 

BZ 

BZ 

80

78 

77 

78 

78 

77 

77

NOT.

78 

80 

177 

214 

131

131 

214 

138 

129 

167

143 

126 

120

111 

106

104 

102 

98 

339 

460

207 

175 

167 

197 

188

162 

233 

774 

661 

327

Dec.

237 

201 

1,090 

882 

375

*293 

237 

214 

191 

a!80

a!70 

a!60 

a!60 

a!50 

188

185 

167 

153 

a220 

al80

a!60 

a!60 

a!50 

143 

153

141 

b!30 

b!50 

159 

898 

340

Jan.

237 

207 

188 

178 

474

673 

318 

252 

222 

204

191 

185 

172 

167 

162

156 

*156 

153 

159 

153

153 

185 

167 

170 

164

164 

164 

201 

181 

167 

201

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Cm

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

1. ...........................

at ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

218 

214 

201 

214 

252

226 

214 

194 

185 

204

188 

175 

170 

167 

164

194 

240 

191 

197 

384

252 

222 

207 

191 

185

175 

170 

204

Secondfoot-days

2,981 

6,259 

8,217

66,595

6,524 

5,798 

6,970 

7,820 

10,081 

9,045 

8,388 

11,720 

8,208

92,011

Mar.

170 

167 

162 

156 

156

153 

148 

146 

146 

156

170 

151 

146 

143 

143

138 

138 

172 

156 

146

143 

272 

1,360 

353 

268

268 

244 

280 

276 

229 

214

Apr.

197 

188 

185 

175 

201

318 

214 

201 

188 

178

181 

260 

835

515 

353

284 

256 

237 

218 

207

201 

284 

252 

211 

194

191 

185 

214 

191 

506

Maxiaum

288 

774 

1,090

1,520

673 

384 

1,360 

835 

1,030 

3,050 

832 

1,310 

520

3,050

May

1,030 

612 

600 

375 

314

284 

336 

306 

310 

349

497 

411 

327 

288 

264

317 

475 

297 

256 

233

218 

229 

229 

201 

226

197 

197 

181 

175 

175 

172

Minimum

77 

78 

130

61

153 

164 

138 

175 

172 

134 

146 

148 

185

77

Peak discharge (base, 2,200 sec. -ft.). Dec. 3 (9:30 p.m.) 2,540

June

170 

164 

156 

153 

153

148 

143 

136 

136 

134

134 

148 

156 

207 

284

318 

3,050 

538 

363 

284

248 

229 

207 

197 

218

211 

181 

201 

181 

207

Mean

96.2 

209 

265

182

210 

207 

225 

261 

325 

302 

271 

378 

274

252

July

197 

170 

167 

162 

151

162 

146 

167 

153 

219

370 

427 

327 

276 

336

310 

832 

688 

371 

301

264 

260 

218 

252 

204

188 

185 

170 

170 

218 

327

Aug.

191 

429 

214 

336 

252

201 

191 

181 

167 

156

162 

148 

156 

159 

235

510 

750 

389 

272 

597

371 

442 

380 

301 

256

229 

214

1,050 

1,310 

451 

1,020

Sept.

520 

362 

318 

301 

379

384 

340 

327 

276 

248

237 

226 

226 

222 

207

323 

349 

412 

306 

240

214 

207 

Z01 

188 

185

185 

191 

194 

233 

207

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.795 0.92 

1.73 1.92 

2.19 2.53

1.50 20.46

1.74 2.01 

1.71 1.78 

1.86 2.14 

2.16 2.40 

2.69 3.10 

2.50 2.78 

2.24 2.58 

3.12 3.60 

2.26 2.52

2.08 28.28

sec. -ft.; Mar. 23 (2 a.m.) 3,180

sec.-ft.j June 17 11Z m.; 6,OOO sec.-ft.; Aug. 28 (10:30 p.m.) 3,350 sec.-ft.; Aug. 31 (5 p.m.) 

2,300 sec.-ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage, occasional gage 

readings, and records for stations on nearby streams.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
148 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Forbush Creek near Yadkinvllle, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°08'00", long. 80°32'45", 600 feet upstream from 

county highway bridge, three-quarters of a mile north of Forbush Church, 4^ miles upstream from mouth, and 6 miles east of Yadkinville, Yadkin County.

Drainage area.--21.7 square miles.

Records available.--April 1940 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 738 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 6.93 feet), 

from rating curve extended above 200 second-feet on basis of previous curve which was 

defined to 700 second-feet; minimum, 8.0 second-feet Oct. 2-4; minimum daily, 8.4 

second-feet Dot. 2, 3.

1940-49: Maximum discharge, 2,450 second-feet Sept. 30, 1944 (gage height, 11.02 

feet), from rating curve extended above 700 second-feet on basis of velocity-area 

studies; minimum, 2.1 second-feet Sept. 22, 24, 25, 1941; minimum daily, 2.5 secondfeet Sept. 25, 1941.

Remarks.--Records good except those above 100 second-feet and those for period of ice 

errect, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 0.948-49, except period of ice effect

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 29 to Dec. 3O,

May 8 to Sept. 30)

0.7

1.1

1.5

1.9 

2.4 

3.0 

4.0

96

151

223

353

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

8.8 

8.4 

8.4 

8.8 

72

15 

13 

14 

12 

11

11 

11 

10 

9.6 

9.6

9.6 

9.6 

14 

11

11

10 

10

11

10 

10

10 

10 

10 

10

11

10

Nov.

11 

11 

18 

15 

13

13 

14 

12 

12 

13

13

12 

12 

12 

12

11 

11 

11 

31 

29

17 

21 

21 

32 

25

21 

75 

359 

161 

46

Dec.

29 

23 

259 

148 

45

32 

25 

22 

19 

18

16 

16 

16 

15

19

18 

17 

16 

27 

21

18 

17 

16

15

24

19 

*b!5 

16 

23 

179 

52

Jan.

32 

26 

22 

21 

114

139 

45 

32 

26 

23

22 

21 

19 

18 

17

17 

17 

*17 

17 

16

19 

20 

19 

18 

18

17 

18 

18 

16 

16 

32

Feb.

55 

44 

32 

32

31

25 

25 

22 

21 

34

28 

24 

22 

21 

19

27 

32 

24 

26 

30

24 

22 

21 

19

19

18 

19 

21

forays

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber ........... .............

lendar year 194E 

ary .... .

389. 

1,064 

1,195

............ 9,118.

h. ...........................

1 .........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

872 

737 

681 

790 

986 

844 

686 

815. 

578

ter year 1948 49 ............ 9,638.

Peak discharge (base, 570 sec. -ft. .--Nov.

Mar.

18 

18 

17 

- 17 

17

17 

16 

16 

16 

19

18 

17 

16 

16

16

16 

16 

21 

18 

17

16 

26 

42 

25

28

30 

27 

43 

45 

31 

26

Apr.

23

21 

20 

19 

24

48 

28 

24 

22 

20

21 

34 

60 

43 

30

24 

22 

22 

20 

19

19 

37 

27 

22 

19

18 

18

19 

17 

50

Maximum

3 72 

359 

259

9 359

139 

55 

45 

60 

160 

270 

100 

2 127 

52

3 359

28 (5 p.m.)

May

160 

78 

76 

38 

29

25 

45 

50 

32 

29

33 

30 

25 

23 

21

22 

22 

20 

19 

18

18 

19 

19 

18 

19

17 

17 

16 

16 

16 

16

Minimum

8.4 

11 

15

5.4

16

18 

16 

17 

16 

12 

12 

9.6 

13

8.4

June

15 

15 

14 

14 

14

14 

13 

13 

12 ' 13

13 

15 

22 

24 

18

41 

270 

40 

26 

22

20 

18 

18 

20 

19

16 

15 

29 

39 

22

Mean

12.

35. 

38.

24.

28. 

26. 

22. C 

26. 

31. 

28. 

22. 

26. 

19.

26.

July

18 

17 

16 

16 

15

14 

14 

22 

16

19

28 

20 

18 

18

17

78 

100 

32 

24 

21

18 

17 

IS 

15 

15

14 

14 

13

12 

15 

14

Aug.

13 

13 

15 

15 

14

13 

13 

12 

11 

11

10 

10 

9.6 

9.6 

10

32 

82 

22 

16 

16

16 

25 

19 

16 

14

14

13 

109 

87 

28 

127

Per square 

mile

5 0.581 

i 1.64 

5 1.77

3 1.15

L 1.29 

5 1.21 

) .01 

5 .21 

3 .47 

L .29 

L .02 

5 .21 

5 .889

1 1.22

Sept.

52 

26 

22 

20 

18

18 

21 

22 

18 

15

15 

15 

15 

15 

14

15 

16 

14 

15 

13

13 

13 

43 

15 

14

14 

14 

16 

35 

22

Runoff in 

inches

0.67 

1.82 

2.05

15.63

1.49 

1.26 

1.17 

1.35 

1.69 

1.45 

1.18 

1.40 

.99

16.52

738 sec. -ft.

* Winter discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 149

South Yadkin River near Mocksville, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°50'40", long. 80°39 I 45", at county highway bridge 

1 mile upstream from Little Creek, 4| miles upstream from Hunting Creek, and 65- miles 

southwest of Mocksville, Davie County.

Drainage area.--313 square miles.

Records available. October 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--11 years, 320 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,950 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 9.48 

reet); minimum, 142 second-feet Oct. 4 (gage height, 1.95 feet).

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 8,000 second-feet Sept. 19, 1945 (gage height, 16.02 

feet); minimum, 68 second-feet Oct. 12, 1941 (gage height, 1.48 feet).

Maximum stage known, 22.6 feet sometime in October 1929, from flood reference mark 

cut in tree at gage by local resident.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.0 

2.3

2.7

152

224

347

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

450

625

800

6.0 

8.0 

9.0

1,520

2,280

2,710

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

172

152

146

144

297

246

181

170

174

163

156

159

154

152

148

148

148

181

191

170

165

163

163

163

161

159

154

154

154

154

154

Nov.

156

159

199

340

244

203

216

214

196

208

216

198

191

186

181

179

179

181

216

520

364

292

308

485

446

344

669

1,430

2,620

2,720

-

Dec.

891

555

952

1,740

1,460

730

555

468

412

367

334

314

304

295

295

308

298

276

364

350

301

282

270

261

412

450

a360

a320

a340

al.500

al,400

Jan.

a900

a550

a 440

a400

a550

al,200

al,100

a700

a550

a460

a400

a380

354

337

321

308

301

298

295

298

295

317

317

311

301

292

288

292

288

273

380

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April .............. .............

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ................. .........

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 . . .........

Feb.

555

572

468

443

436

415

429

398

371

712

642

485

426

388

367

443

608

485

468

642

538

468

432

391

367

347

334

361

_

-

Secondfoot-days

5,19f

14.06C

17, 164

147,20]

13,496

12,99]

11,154

13.56C

15,79]

8,53"

16.82C

16,67"

12.66C

158,10

Mar.

347

317

304

298

292

288

304

282

273

282

321

304

282

276

270

270

264

285

314

285

270

291

590

590

576

502

502

468

555

502

450

Apr.

429

374

350

337

446

678

485

415

374

347

337

572

944

944

642

502

436

398

371

350

334

361

450

361

324

308

298

405

354

634

-

Maximum

297

2,720

1,740

2,720

1,200

712

590

944

1,270

1,620

) 1,710

) 1^820

2,720

May

1,270

944

1,120

944

608

502

565

713

502

642

678

818

642

502

440

401

418

364

337

317

304

304

321

292

288

282

267

258

249

244

255

Minimum

144

156

261

119

273

334

264

298

244

191

170

184

224

144

June

276

244

230

224

219

216

211

203

196

193

193

211

216

244

279

308

1,620

518

295

258

244

224

216

206

203

201

191

261

241

196

-

Mean

168

469

554

402

435

464

36C

452

509

285

542

538

422

433

July

196

193

181

181

174

170

186

717

772

382

946

1,300

1,020

856

1,710

858

1,630

1,020

748

538

440

367

321

288

267

249

238

224

216

216

216

Aug.

211

307

863

354

440

288

249

232

216

206

198

191

186

186

184

636

1,270

1,370

572

436

440

422

502

450 35-7

308

298

645

1,670

1,930

1,060

Per square 

mile

0.537

1.50

1.77

1.28

.39

.48

.15

.44

.63

.911

.73

.72

1 . ' 35

1.38

Sept.

1,820

1,740

642

502

436

398

391

538

450

361

321

304

298

304

288

273

279

295

304

279

252

244

241

232

224

224

230

244

267

279

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.62

1.S7

2.04

17.49

1.60

1.54

1.33

1.61

1.88

1.01

2.00

1.98

1.50

18.78

Peak discharge (base, 2.700 sec.-ft.) . Nov. 30 (7:30 a.m.) 2,950 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height recordj discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage, rainfall records, 

and records for South Yadkin River at Cooleemee and Rocky River at Turnersburg. 

O - 52 - 11
ISO PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

South Yadkin River at Cooleemee, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°48'30", long. 80°33'45", just downstream from 

tailrace of Erwin Cotton Mills at Cooleemee, Davie County, just upstream from State 

Highway 801, and 2£ miles downstream from Bear Creek. Datum of gage is 624.57 feet 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps 

of Engineers).

Drainage area.--569 square miles.

Hecords available. June 1928 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 19 years (1930-49), 631 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,930 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 15.95 

reet); minimum, 19 second-feet Oct. 29 (gage height, 0.58 foot); minimum daily, 16? 

second-feet Oct. 3.

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 24,800 second-feet Oct. 3, 1929 (gage height, 32.25 

feet), from rating curve extended above 7,500 second-feet, by computation of flow over 

dam half a mile upstream verified by records of other streams; minimum, 10 second-feet 

Nov. 25, 1931 (gage height, 0.40 foot); minimum daily, 23 second-feet Oct. 12, 19, 1941. 

Flood of July 16, 1916, reached a stage of 27.2 feet.

Remarks.--Records fair except those above 1,500 second-feet, which are poor. Large diurnal 

fluctuation and slight regulation during low and medium flow caused by Erwin Cotton 

Mills above station.

Revisions.--W 822: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 3O Dec. 1 to Sspt. 30

1.2 121 5

1.5 199 8

2 . 0 350 12

3.0 690 15

.0 1,440 1

.0 2,640 1

.0 4,240 2

.0 5,480 3

.2 122 5.0 1,580

.5 208 8.0 2,670

.0 372 12.0 4,240

.0 752

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

383

287

167

362

452

508

403

320

312

214

379

221

339

225

310

176

258

378

335

327

302

290

288

181

379

215

327

286

204

£68

224

Nov.

366

213

335

516

450

396

356

384

361

348

388

343

399

279

411

225

342

297

361

731

670

532

586

930

759

591

1,280

2 , 380

5,030

5,600

-

Dec.

2,600

1,080

1,620

3,000

3,420

1,760

1.O3O

862

752

709

580

648

508

566

547

547

547

529

605

646

566

547

529

511

740

906

646

585

627

2,890

3,200

Jan.

1,950

1,0

8

7

BO

40

50

929

2,560

2,4

1,4

9

30

50

34

840

73O

6

6

6

38

16

35

585

566

5

5

5

17

17

17

547

529

5

5

5

17

35-6

547

547

5

5

5

5

?9

?9

?9

?9

637

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ....................... .

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ......................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June ..........................

July ........................... .

August ...........................

September ............. ..........

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,190

1,150

884

796

796

752

818

752

667

1,500

1,350

906

774

688

646

818

1,270

906

867

1,430

1,040

862

774

709

646

625

605

646

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

9,320

25,859

34,303

287,781

25,945

24,867

21,719

25,708

31,553

19,650

50,347

32,580

23,759

305,610

Mar.

646

566

547

547

529

529

529

529

511

511

547

566

529

529

511

511

494

494

547

529

511

511

1,350

1,330

1,430

1,200

950

884

1,040

972

840

Apr.

774

561

J25

305

798

1,680

372

774

588

625

605

1,

2,

335

360

350

1,410

942

318

706

567

625

599

320

352

567

585

547

1,

Maximum

508

5,600

3,420

5,600

2,560

1 , 500

1,430

2,050

3,430

3,480

2 , 730

3 920

3*, 190

s.eoo

547

26

525

320

May

3,430

2,430

2,030

1,980

1,230

906

374

1,560

1,020

1,320

1,310

1,580

1,220

906

774

'30

752

667

605

566

547

547

566

529

529

529

494

494

476

476

476

Minimum

167

213

508

136

529

605

494

547

476

280

365

283

444

167

June

476

476

427

392

386

399

406

399

396

444

280

414

482

427

517

504

2,480

3,480

1,680

605

529

494

458

436

431

430

406

465

491

440

-

Mean

301

862

1,107

786

837

888

701

857

1,018

655

979

1,051

792

837

July

427

410

389

386

379

365

405

1,370

1,120

651

1,610

2,270

1,540

1,3OO

2,580

2,300

2,730

2,3OO

1,360

976

684

674

544

494

494

476

398

416

4O6

478

415

Aug.

283

1,

591

L70

300

648

561

141

138

HO

3O6

373

569

558

555

352

997

2,

3,

2,.

370

360

560

945

859

395

398

350

652

606

t

1,

2

3,

193

'10

390

320

2,520

Per square 

mile

0.529

1.51

1.95

1.38

1.47

1.56

1.23

1.51

1.79

1.15

1.72

1.85

1.39

1.47

Sept.

2,740

3,190

1,240

906

774

7O9

709

960

838

667

625

469

537

752

730

709

574

604

631

547

511

444

474

533

458

458

458

500

486

526

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.61

1.69

2.24

18.82

1.70

1.63

1.42

1.68

2.06

1.28

1.98

2.13

1.55

19.97
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 151

Rocky River at Turnersburg, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°54'35", long. 80°48'10", 500 feet downstream 

rrom bridge on U. S. Highway 21 at Turnersburg, Iredell County, and 1 mile downstream 

from Mud Creek. Datum of gage is 724.10 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, 

supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--85.5 square miles.

Records available. April 1940 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,200 second-feet Aug. 31 (gage height, 6.68 

reet ) ; minimum, 46 second-feet Oct. 17 (gage height, 1.75 feet); minimum daily, 54 

second-feet Oct. 3, 17.

1940-49: Maximum discharge, 6,080 second-feet Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 12.08 

feet); minimum, 1 second-foot Oct. 18, 1940, Oct. 26, 1941; minimum daily, 22 secondfeet Oct. 26, 1941.

A stage of about 18.0 feet was reached by a flood sometime during years 1936 to 1938, 

from information by local resident.

Remarks.--Records good. Diurnal regulation at low flow caused by mills above station.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, Jn second-feet) 

.(Shifting-control method used Nov. 4-28)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 23 24 to Sept. 30

1.8 

2.0 

2.2

74

104

2.4 

2.7 

3.0

144

213

305

3.5

4.0 

5.0

505

750

1,270

2.0

2.2 

2.4 

2.7

112

153

228

3.0 325

3.5 513

4.0 750

5.0 1,270

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

61

56

54

55

104

81

65

68

64

60

59

60

59

56

55

55

54

75

68

60

58

58

58

58

57

56

57

57

57

57

57

Nov.

59

59

110

102

78

68

85

71

69

75

71

66

64

61

60

59

60

58

75

200

108

94

94

131

119

99

192

755

1,290

340

-

Dec.

213

168

633

749

280

199

162

142

125

112

102

99

96

94

98

99

94

88

101

101

91

88

87

84

127

119

102

99

108

780

350

Jan.

201

162

138

125

227

532

258

187

159

140

127

121

112

106

102

99

98

94

96

96

96

102

101

101

98

94

93

96

96

90

117

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

torch............ .................

April ............................

toy..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

166

164

142

136

142

131

131

121

117

182

164

140

129

121

115

134

171

140

140

182

157

144

136

123

117

114

110

123

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

1,899

4 772

5,' 790

52,013

4,264

3^777

4, 757

s',629

3,016

5 552

8,267

4,738

56,353

Mar.

112

102

99

98

96

99

96

91

91

96

115

102

98

98

93

90

91

102

108

99

94

101

226

188

160

164

164

174

204

171

155

Apr.

142

130

124

120

140

201

151

140

128

122

120

181

443

311

209

171

151

142

136

128

124

154

155

130

120

114

114

134

120

202

-

Maximum

104

1,290

780

1,290

532

182

226

443

461

512

596

1,060

852

1,290

May

461

334

459

246

191

164

188

237

171

214

290

308

214

176

155

149

158

132

122

116

112

116

112

107

112

103

101

96

94

92

99

Minimum

54

58

84

44

90

110

90

114

92

72

67

75

91

54

June

99

88

88

84

84

83

81

77

74

77

75

78

80

116

116

99

512

132

101

94

89

81

7£

75

78

75

72

72

84

74

-

Mean

61.2

159

187

142

138

139

122

159

182

101

179

158

154

July

77

68

68

68

67

67

78

261

108

133

596

271

198

484

380

260

544

350

228

174

145

126

112

103

96

89

84

81

78

80

78

Aug.

77

582

287

176

174

120

107

98

91

84

81

78

75

77

77

521

1,060

381

217

194

167

171

198

162

138

120

114

488

1,020

300

832

Per square 

mile

0.717

1.86

2.19

1.66

1.61

1.63

1.43

1.86

2.13

1 . 18

2.09

3 . 12

lies

1.80

Sept.

852

277

212

188

169

158

238

196

151

132

124

118

118

116

110

105

130

120

130

107

99

96

96

92

91

91

96

98

120

108

Runoff in 

inches

0.83

2.08

2.52

22.64

1 . 85

 1.69

1.64

2.07

2 . 45

l'.31

2.41

3.60

2.06

24.51

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 sec.-ft.).--Nov. 29 (5 a.n 

2,200 sec.-ft.

,140 sec.-ft.; Aug. 31 (11:5O p.m.)
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Third Creek at Cleveland, N. C.

Location. --Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°44'40", long. 80°40'55", at county road threequarters of a mile north of Cleveland, Rowan County, and 7 miles upstream from Fourth 

Creek. Datum of gage is 684.47 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. --87. 4 square miles.

Records available. April 1940 to September 1949.

Extremes.- -Maximum discharge during year, 1,120 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 9.91 

reet ) ; minimum, 36 second-feet Oct. 4, Aug. 15.

1940-49: Maximum discharge, 3,080 second-feet about Sept. 19, 1945 (gage height, 

15.76 feet from high-water mark), from rating curve extended above 900 second-feet by 

logarithmic plotting; minimum, 19 second-feet Oct. 9, 24, 1941.

Maximum stage known, 22.5 feet sometime in July 1916, from reference mark as witnessed by local resident. Creek channel has been improved considerably by dredging 

since 1916.

Remarks . --Records good except those above 400 second-feet, which are poor. 

Revisions (water years) . --W 1112: 1944-46.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 6 to Feb. 10,

Mar. 23 to Apr. 5)

Oct. I to Nov

1.0 

1.2 

1.5 

2.0 

2.5

114

164

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

214

326

426

512

607

8.0 

9.0 

9.9

750

930

1,120

1.0 

1.2 

1.5 

2.0 

2.5

Nov. 30 to Sept. 30 

35

110

159

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

210

320

430

546

667

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

42

39

37

37

115

58

47

46

42

39

39

41

39

37

37

37

37

53

44

41

40

42

46

44

42

42

41

41

41

41

41

Nov.

42

42

81

77

56

53

58

49

50

54

51

47

47

46

45

44

48

46

66

110

66

80

85

244

139

98

330

604

1,080

46T

-

Dec.

174

122

325

304

169

129

108

104

92

84

79

77

76

75

76

76

72

69

90

82

74

72

71

70

148

116

92

86

99

647

251

Jan.

154

117

102

94

181

397

194

144

119

108

101

97

92

88

84

82

82

81

82

80

83

88

84

86

83

81

80

85

80

75

145

Month

October ..........................

Novembe r ........... ....... .....

December ....................... .

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ........................ .

February .........................

March .......................... .

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948 49 ............

Feb.

189

159

120

117

112

101

119

106

103

298

189

129

111

102

96

136

179

124

138

220

139

118

108

98

95

89

88

33

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

1, 36E

4,307

4,109

39 07C

3,449

3, 681

3,059

3, 835

3,467 

1,654

3,130 

2 5 71

2^185

36,815

Mar.

85

81

80

78

77

77

76

72

74

78

80

74

71

71

72

69

69

79

75

70

70

80

254

129

194

164

134

129

139

119

139

Apr.

121

107

103

100

210

290

139

114

98

90

88

171

278

184

129

108

97

92

87

83

81

95

94

83

77

76

77

144

99

320

-

Maximum

115

1,080

647

1,080

397

254

320 

480

80

330

436 

323

1,080

May

480

204

164

124

107

97

100

102

92

216

194

139

107

95

88

83

93

81

78

74

71

73

79

71

72

66

64

63

63

62

.65

Minimum

37

42

69

28

75

88

76 

62

43

41

36 

46

36

June

66

61

59

57

57

57

55

55

52

52

52

54

71

60

63

59

80

61

55

55

52

51

48

47

48

46

43

43

51

46

-

Mean

44.1

144

133

107

111

131

98 . 7

112

55.1

101

72.8

101

July

48

43

44

44

41

41

41

152

79

83

315

330

114

G7

152

£24

309

184

115

91

76

67

60

56

52

50

46

44

43

53

46

Aug.

46

46

52

50

52

46

44

46

41

42

44

39

38

38

36

76

88

79

61

83

76

82

94

70

60

55

52

192

436

139

268

Per sqnare 

mile

0.505

1.65

1.52

1.22

1.27

1.50

1.13

1.46

.630

1.16

949 

.833

1.16

Sept.

323

115

88

79

72

66

76

94

133

75

65

61

61

60

56

54

55

53

53

50

48

48

49

46

46

46

50

50

60

53

Runoff in 

inches

0.58 

1 . 83

1.75

16 . 63

1.47

1.57

1.30

1.63

1.48

.70

1.33

1.09 

.93

15.66

Peak discharge (base, 1,050 sec.-ft.). NJV. 29 (8:3O p.m.) 1,12O sec.-ft.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 153

Abbotts Creek at Lexington, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°48'35", long. 80°14'10", 400 feet upstream from 

county highway bridge, half a mile downstream from bridge on II. S. Highway 64, l| miles 

southeast of Lexington, Davidson County, and 3 miles downstream from Rich Creek. 

Prior to July 28, 1948, water-stage recorder 1,000 feet upstream from county highway 

bridge at same datum.

Drainage area.- -174 square miles.

Records available. --March 1940 to September 1949.

Extremes . --Maximum discharge during year, 4,660 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 14.68 

reet); minimum, 15 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 1.58 feet).

1940-49: Maximum discharge, 14,800 second-feet Sept. 25, 1947 (gage height, 22.12 

feet, former site, same datum, from high-water mark); minimum, 1.8 second-feet Oct. 22, 

1941.

Remarks . --Records good. The town of Lexington diverts about 2 second-feet above station 

for water supply. The town of Thomasville diverts its water supply from, and returns 

its sewage to stream above station.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 194b

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

35 

25 

21 

24 

308

177 

68 

48 

44 

39

47 

35 

33 

30 

29

27 

27 

34 

42 

33

30 

28 

28 

31 

29

28 

28 

27 

27 

27 

27

Nov.

27 

30 

44 

121 

73

54 

100 

68 

52 

54

59 

51 

46 

46 

44

41 

46 

51 

115 

496

211 

396 

427 

816 

623

321 

645 

1,630 

4,100 

1,800

Dec.

399

235 

543 

1,030 

638

284 

206 

200 

172 

134

112 

107 

103 

99 

104

143 

123 

101 

147 

198

134 

117 

110 

103 

406

427 

219 

157 

179 

1,750 

1,90C

Jan.

497 

258 

203 

176 

298

1,780 

1,200 

357 

255 

209

182 

170 

155 

138 

125

119 

118 

116 

138 

124

124 

196 

159 

143 

138

127 

124 

143 

136 

110 

284

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

«a

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary .

1 ............................

st ...........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 2,400 sec

Feb.

666 

525 

306 

252 

218

186 

230 

214 

180 

666

713 

316 

223 

192 

170

248 

539 

321 

387 

1,000

588 

288 

252 

207 

182

159 

146 

240

Secondfoot-days

1,436 

12,587 

10,580

75,295

8,302 

9,614 

5,938 

6,050 

10,660 

1,349 

4,280 

6,998 

2,134

79,928

-ft.). Noi

2,440 sec. -ft.

Mar.

190 

143 

133 

125 

119

118 

125 

104 

103 

120

198 

136 

113 

106 

104

96 

93 

113 

138 

106

96 

104 

816 

598 

351

441 

282 

212 

207 

172 

176

Apr.

174 

135 

124 

118 

199

576 

280 

212 

164 

138

127 

244 

553 

469 

258

176 

146 

135 

124 

113

106 

148 

221 

136 

106

96 

93 

201 

148 

330

Maximum

308 

4,100 

1,900

4,100

1,780 

1,000 

816 

576 

1,960 

97 

1,020 

1,470 

256

4,100

. 29 (10:30

May

1,960 

1,460 

1,290

455 

230

166 

143 

172 

215 

914

1,370 

385 

218 

164 

138

128 

122 

113 

99 

87

75 

75 

117 

113 

87

70 

66 

62 

56 

53 

57

Minimum

21 

27 

99

10

110 

146 

93 

93 

53 

29 

26 

17 

32

17

June

63 

51 

45 

44 

43

41 

39 

42 

39 

34

34 

37 

37 

39 

41

43 

97 

69 

45 

40

61 

40 

32 

30 

31

32 

29 

39 

69 

63

Mean

46.3 

420 

341

206

268 

343 

192 

202 

344 

45.0 

138 

226 

71.1

219

July

58 

36 

36 

37 

34

29 

26 

80 

92 

56

60 

130 

78 

50 

78

366 

1,020 

595 

371 

228

223 

94 

69

60 

70

71 

45 

36 

34

55

63

Aug.

36 

46 

81 

48 

40

36 

38 

32 

31 

27

23 

20 

19 

18 

17

226 

592 

193 

107 

152

115 

268 

738 

560 

243

96 

77 

252 

1,470 

1,140 

257

Per square 

mile

0.266 

2.41 

1.96

1.18

1.54 

1.97 

1.10 

1.16 

1.98 

.259 

.793 

1.30 

.409

1.26

Sept.

256 

133 

97 

90 

81

72 

70 

92 

164 

99

65

55 

52 

55 

54

47 

76 

72 

72 

55

43 

40 

38 

36 

35

32 

34 

37 

39

43

Runoff in 

inches

0.31 

2.69 

2.26

16.09

1.77 

2.05 

1.27 

1.29 

2.28 

.29 

.91 

1.50 

.46

17.08

a.m.) 4,660 sec. -ft.; Dec. 31 (2 to 3 a.m.)
154 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Uwharrie River near Eldorado, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°25'25", long. 80°00'40", 300 feet downstream 

rrom State Highway 109, 1 mile upstream from McLeans Creek, and 3 miles south of Eldorado, Montgomery County.

Drainage area.--347 square miles.

Records available.--October 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 11 years, 334 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 8,810 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height,113.80 

reet); minimum, 14 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 0.97 foot); minimum daily, 16 

second-feet Aug. 15.

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 23,300 second-feet Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 26.22 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 13,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 0.5 second-foot Sept. 21, Oct. 13, 14, 1941; minimum dally, 0.5 

second-foot Oct. 13, 1941.

Flood of August 1928 reached a stage of 22.2 feet, from floodmark established by 

local resident.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height, which are poor. Marked 

diurnal fluctuation and some regulation for short periods at low flow caused by gristmill above station.

Revisions (water years).--W 892: 1939.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.0 16 2.0 178 5.0 1,680 

1.2 29 2.3 269 6.0 2,360 

1.4 53 2.6 368 8.0 3,770 

1.6 86 3.0 524 1O.O 5,32o 

1.8 128 4.0 1,050 12.0 7,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

126 

74 

47 

42 

350

508 

163 

98 

74 

64

59 

52 

59 

55 

47

46 

40 

46 

45 

49

46 

43 

37 

40 

48

40 

40 

40 

37 

37 

40

Nov.

38 

37 

46 

809 

392

218 

1,060 

354 

196 

173

153 

138 

119 

104 

98

88 

115 

146 

230 

2,430

719 

388 

1,110 

2,190 

1,320

567 

1,190 

3,600 

6,470 

4,100

Dec.

684

466 

1,370 

2,270 

842

546 

434 

419 

375 

314

269 

244 

238 

229 

217

220 

217 

214 

381 

466

314 

254 

235 

220 

1,020

1,540 

590 

423 

375 

3,210 

3,820

Jan.

871 

546 

434 

368

385

3,720 

2,220 

734 

524 

434

382 

351 

321 

295 

272

250 

244 

238 

235 

235

235 

427 

341 

288 

266

254 

238 

272 

382 

279 

675

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr: 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber.. ........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

2,220 

1,140 

636 

482 

427

365 

348 

474 

361 

862

1,350 

590 

446 

390

' 351

364 

1.O8U 

636 

524 

1,720

960 

590 

550

446 

382

344 

327 

636

Seoondfoot-days

2,482 

28,598 

22,416

171,975

16,716 

19,002 

10,154 

13,458 

21,817 

2,819 

4,036 

20,659 

4,131

166,288

Mar.

546 

382 

331 

304 

288.

282 

279 

260 

238 

257

298 

272 

238 

226 

220

208 

196 

214 

327 

266

226 

223 

422 

550 

434

760 

474 

372 

354

321 

386

Apr.

787 

404 

321 

295 

298

1,440 

708 

486 

393 

318

291 

400 

1,230 

1,050 

537

393- 

321 

291 

269 

244

229 

235 

334 

275 

223

199 

199 

442

495 

351

Maximum

508 

6,470 

3,820

6,470

3,720 

2,220 

760 

1,440 

3,940 

285 

787 

4,140 

652

6,470

Peak discharge (base, 4,600 sec. -ft.) .--Nov. 28 (9:30 p

May

2,760 

2,070 

1,920 

1,010 

511

382 

324 

295 

288 

2,460

3,940 

1,320 

612 

423 

351

301 

282 

260 

229 

208

190 

181 

187 

173 

211

187 

170 

158 

140 

136 

138

Minimum

37 

37 

214

11

235 

327 

196 

199 

136 

47 

38 

16 

59

16

June

143 

130 

117 

104 

106

108 

98 

88 

84 

76

72 

84 

92 

86 

74

84 

92 

106

88 

78

69 

59 

63 

58 

59

47 

53 

53 

285 

163

Mean

80.]

953 

723

470

539 

679 

328 

449 

704 

94. C 

130 

666 

138

456

July

104 

72 

63 

69 

69

61 

47 

49 

40 

39

a38 

a38 

a38 

a200 

261

390 

193 

158 

332

787

274 

130 

90 

72 

66

61 

55 

49 

45 

50 

106

Aug.

115 

76 

61 

72 

69

52 

52 

43 

39 

45

28 

38 

40 

19 

16

2,120 

4,140 

2,240 

386 

220

334 

1,850 

639 

770 

269

178 

140 

1,010 

3,840 

1,400 

358

Per square 

mile

0.231 

2.75 

2.08

1.35

1.55 

1.96 

.945 

1.29 

2.03 

) .271 

.375 

1.92 

.398

1.31

.m.) 8,810 sec. -ft.; Dec. 31 (7

Sept.

652 

314 

205 

176 

158

138 

138 

173 

208 

173

119 

106 

100 

104 

119

104 

94

86 

108 

136

92 

81 

72 

67

61

63 

63

59 

79 

83

Runoff in 

inches

0.27 

3.07 

2.40

18.44

1.79 

2.04 

1.09 

1.44 

2.34 

.30 

.43 

2.21 

.44

17.82

a.m.)

4,660 sec.-ft.; Aug. 17 (4 a.m.) 4,820 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

stations on nearby streams.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 155

Rocky River near Norwood, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°08'40", long. 80°10'45", at Hyatts Ford, 1,000 

reet downstream from Lanes Creek and 6 miles southwest of Norwood, Stanly County. Datum 

of gage is 212.91 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 1,370 square miles.

Kecords available. October 1929 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--2Q years, 1,316 second-feet.

KKtr'ernes.--Maximum discharge during year, 42,200 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 26.68 

feet); minimum, 97 second-feet July 12 (gage height, 0.44 foot).

1929-49: Maximum discharge, 155,000 second-feet Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 46.37 

feet), from rating curve extended above 70,000 second-feet by slope-area method; minimum, 19 second-feet Oct. 28, 1931, Nov. 13,1933.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Slight diurnal fluctuation during low flow.

Revisions [water years). W 822: Drainage area. W 1052: 1908(M), 1936(M).

Rating table, water- year- 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-5, 

Feb. 22-27, May 14 to June 1)

0.4 88 1.7 645 8.O 8,200 

.5 111 2.0 875 11.0 12,700 

.6 140 2.5 1,290 14.0 17,600 

.8 204 3.0 1,780 17.0 22,7OO 

1.0 280 4.0 2,860 20.0 28,200 

1.2 368 5.0 4,050 23.0 34,2OO 

1.4 466 6.0 5,300 26.0 40,7OO

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

718 

354 

204 

159 

3,180

2,830 

843 

441 

319 

264

214 

188 

178 

178 

162

156 

146 

143 

134

178

162 

146 

140 

140 

146

140 

134 

134 

134 

134 

134

Nov.

128 

126 

156 

2,920 

1,750

742 

3,700 

1,480 

698 

504

436 

373 

323 

289 

268

247

632 

1,480 

2,130 

11,900

2,900 

1,520 

5,990 

13,000 

5,240

2,200 

9,170 

16,800 

37,500 

18,300

Dec.

4,420 

1,830 

4,640 

6,120 

2,750

1,830 

1,580 

1,830 

1,780 

1,290

1,030 

899 

843 

795 

750

698 

660 

632 

2,400 

3,140

1,480 

1,090 

955 

875 

7,900

8,630 

2,640 

1,730 

1,480 

18,700 

15,400

Jan.

4,310 

2,140 

1,630 

1,380 

1,660

26,800 

12,100 

3,120 

2,090 

1,680

1,430 

1,290 

1,160 

1,040 

947

851 

811 

788 

772 

750

800 

1,300 

1,120 

963 

875

795 

750 

838 

1,480 

1,020 

3,870

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

1 ............................

st ...........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

8,350 

3,120 

1,830 

1,480 

1,380

1,200 

1,090 

1,O8O 

1,100 

5,160

5,2OO 

2,100 

1,530 

1,290 

1,160

1,610 

7,840 

3,130 

3,100 

8,610

3,940 

2,310 

1,930 

1,580 

1,340

1,200 

1,340 

4,800

Secondfoot-days

12,533 

142,902 

100,797

739,378

80,560 

79,800 

34,059 

44,003 

78,194 

6,142 

34,213 

62,707 

12,690

688,600

Mar.

2,420 

1,480 

1,200 

1,040 

955

899 

1,620 

1,160 

907 

907

987 

891 

742 

668 

638

606 

568 

568 

720 

765

586 

550 

632 

1,250 

1,140

3,830

1,970 

1,200 

1,100 

1,040 

1,020

Apr.

1,780 

1,200 

867 

765- 

800

3,640 

2,400 

1,380 

1,090 

851

735 

1.O9O 

3,810 

2,770 

1,430

1,010 

780 

675 

612 

545

499 

488 

562 

574 

461

406 

373 

1,740 

4,320 

6,350

Maximum

3,180 

37,500 

18,700

37,500

26,800 

8,610 

3,830 

6,350 

18,300 

343 

11,500 

13,900 

1,600

37,500

May

18,300 

13,900 

8,850 

3,900 

1,730

1,250 

1,000 

939 

947 

2,330

8,230 

5,840 

2,020 

1,250 

947

772 

638 

562 

494 

436

402 

402 

382 

387 

451

397 

341 

302 

280 

260 

^55

Minimum

134 

126 

632

69

750 

1,080 

550 

373 

255 

131 

100 

128 

170

100

June

276 

3O 2 

255 

225 

218

208 

197 

194 

171 

162

152 

149 

159 

165 

247

280 

260 

225 

204 

171

204 

201 

156 

143 

137

131 

152 

343 

264 

191

Mean

404

4,763 

3,252

2,020

2.599 

2,850 

1,099 

1,467 

2,522 

205 

1,104 

2,023 

423

1,887

July

165 

152 

171 

214 

171

149 

128 

117 

111 

109

100

100

378 

214 

709

11,500 

3,390 

1,380 

3,970 

3,880

924 

499 

332 

251 

204

174 

159 

152 

140 

2,240 

2.03O

Aug.

4,350 

1,030 

3,020 

1,680 

1,300

411 

1,570 

451 

264 

208

181 

159 

143 

143

128

1,180 

1,670 

705 

373 

1,120

2,870 

13,900 

3,570 

1,080 

593

421 

527 

5,460 

10,900 

2,300 

1,000

Per square 

mile

0.295 

3.48 

2.37

1.47

1.90 

2.O8 

.802 

1.07 

1.84 

.150 

.806 

1.48 

.309

1.38

Sept.

1,600 

1,000 

550 

460 

40O

360 

360 

460 

700 

1,000

6OO 

340 

300 

320 

460

400 

3GO 

300 

270 

360

280 

240 

220 

200 

180

170 

170 

170 

220 

240

Runoff in 

inches

0.34 

3.88 

2.74

2O. O8

2.19 

2.17 

.92 

1.19 

2.12 

.17 

.93 

1.70 

.34

18.69

_______________________J.o»uw Peak discharge (base, 16,OOO sec. acu.-n..;. -ft.) .--Nov. 29 (5 , a.m.) . 42.2OO sec. -ft.; . Dec. 30 (about . 6 .p.m.)

27.2OO sec.-ft.; Jan. 6 (11 a.m.) 31,80O sec.-ft.; May 1 (3 p.m.) 22,400 sec.-ft.; Jul^ ~>e (5 a.m.) 

21,000 sec.-ft.; Aug. 22 (7 a.m.) 16,9OO sec.-ft.; Aug. 29 (1 a.m.) 17,300 sec.-ft.

Note. Ho gage-height record Aug. 31 to Sept. 30; discharge computed on basis of weekly inspections ty observer and records for TJwharrie River near Eldorado.
156 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Brown Creek near Polkton, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 35°02'15", long. 80°08 I 45", at 

site of Medley's mill, Just downstream from bridge on State Highway 742, 3j miles downstream from Little Brown Creek, and 4 miles northeast of Polkton, Anson County.

Drainage area. 110 square miles.

Records available.--October 1937 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 12 years, 89.1 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,000 second-feet Aug. 22 (gage height, 11.70 

reet); no flow Oct. 1-3.

1937-49: Maximum discharge, 17,300 second-feet Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 17.68 

feet, from high-water mark), from rating curve extended above 3,000 second-feet; no 

flow for several days of most years.

Flood of August 1908 reached a stage of 16.4 feet, from floodiaark witnessed by land 

owner.

Remarks. Records good above 5 second-feet and fair below.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

0.8 O

.9 .42

1.0 1.14

1.1 2.0

1.2 3.0

1.4 5.4

1.6 9.9

1.8 20

2.0 37

2.2 63

2.5 108

3.0 168

4.0 268

5.0 365

6.0 47O

7.O 582

8.0 741

9.O 1,O30

10.0 1,470

11.0 2,240

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948-to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

IS

18 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

O 

0 

0 

3.2 

243

106 

134 

48 

20 

12

8.O 

6.1 

4.8 

3.8 

2.8

2.3 

1.92 

1.56 

1.38 

1.30

1.22 

1.22 

1.14 

1.06 

.90

.83 

.76 

.76

.83 

.76 

.76

Nov.

0.76 

.69 

1.89 

228 

112

171 

368 

236 

218 

106

52 

32 

22 

18 

15

12 

136 

133 

211 

536

680 

763 

703 

763 

669

595 

525 

665 

1,880 

1,590

Dec.

995 

494 

366 

326 

248

178 

96 

126 

121 

112

78 

59 

49 

45 

41

37 

34 

32 

137 

152

157 

100 

66 

59 

404

492 

492 

437 

210 

538 

622

Jan.

669 

504 

217 

1O6 

112

811 

868 

839 

530 

211

111 

88 

74 

63 

62

47 

42 

39 

37 

35

34 

41 

44 

39 

36

34

31 

34 

39 

36 

137

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Maro 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

mber. ........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary .

h.. ..........................

1 ............................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

2O8 

213 

144 

90 

78

68 

56 

49 

55 

359

365 

346 

26O 

109 

78

123 

287 

203 

275 

57O

547 

558 

319 

126 

93

74 

138 

355

Seoondfoot-days

610.4C 

11,442.34 

7,303

52,458.5]

5,960 

6,146 

1,996 

3,563.5 

6,063.7 

40. 7F 

480. 74 

10.835.4E 

7,768.7

62.210.6J

Peak discharge (base, 810 sec. -ft. . Nov.

ft.; May 1 (10:30 a.m.) 1,950 sec. -ft.; Aug. 

sec. -ft.; Sept. 8 (10 a.m.) 2,880 sec. -ft.

Mar.

297 

336 

168 90' 

69

59 

59 

45 

38 

43

43 

35 

30 

26 

25

22 

20 

19 

19 

17

15 

15 

18 

19 

22

84 

136 

88 

56 

44 

39

Apr.

43 

35 

27 

24 

30

80 

84 

74 

47 

32

23 

52 

157 

146 

104

55 

32 

24

19 

16

14 

13 

15 

16 

13

9.9 

8.6 

287 

643 

1,440

Maximum

243 

1,880 

995

1,880

868 

570 

336 

1,440 

1,720 

6.1 

i 207 

J 2,540 

2,540

2,540

29 (11 a.m. 

22 (8:30 a.n

May

1,720 

1,190 

929 

703 

547

313

88 

56 

42 

37

123 

88 

49 

31 

22

17 

13 

11 

9.6 

8.3

8.6 

8.3 

7.0 

6.3 

6.1

6.7 

6.7 

5.9 

4.4 

3.3 

3.5

Minimum

0 

.69 

32

0

31 

49 

15

8.6 

3.3

.36 

.16 

1.14 

7.2

0

June

3.8 

3.3 

3.9 

3.2 

2.6

2.2 

1.83 

1.47 

1.06 

.90

.76 

.69 

.55 

.48 

.48

.42

.42 

.62 

.83 

.90

.55 

.48 

.42 

.42 

.36

.36 

.69 

.48 

.55 

6.1

Mean

19.7 

381 

236

143

192 

220 

64.4 

119 

196 

1.36 

15.5 

350 

259

170

July

3.9 

2.9 

1.74 

.98 

.69

.62 

.55 

.36 

.26 

.26

.26 

.21 

.16 

.16

14

207 

82 

45 

59 

18

13 

9.9 

5.9 

3.3 

2.1

1.30 

.90 

.62 

.42 

.45 

4.8

Aug.

12

18 

118 

81 

258

34 

249

90 

31 

12

6.8 

4.2 

2.6 

1.74 

1.14

183 

547 

205 

37 

66

230 

2,540 

1,870 

926 

304

53 

32 

316 

1,150 

929 

528

Per square 

mile

0.179 

3.46 

2.15

1.30

1.75 

2.00 

.585 

1.08 

1.78 

.012 

.141 

3.18 

2.35

1.55

2,140 sec. -ft.; Jan. 6 (6 p.m. 

1.) 3,000 sec. -ft.; Aug. 29 (10 £

Sept.

448 

385 

190 

72 

62

43 

858 

2,540 

1,420 

741

225 

68 

5U 

162 

130

80 

48 

32 

35 

30

22

17 

13 

11 

8.6

7.7 

7.2 

7.2 

24 

32

Runoff in 

inches

0.21 

3.87 

2.47

17.73

2.02 

2.08 

.67 

1.20 

2.05 

.01 

.16 

3.66 

2.63

21 ".03

995 sec.- 

.m.) 1,270
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 157

Juniper Creek near Cheraw, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder at spillway of Eureka Lake Dam, lat. 34°39', long. 79°54', 

l=r miles upstream from mouth and 3j miles south of Cheraw, Chesterfield County

Drainage area. 64 square miles.

Records available.--May 1940 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 459 second-feet May 2; minimum, 5 second-feet

1940-49: Maximum discharge, 3,910 second-feet Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 5.71 

feet), from rating curve extended above 280 second-feet by logarithmic plotting and 

computation of flow over dam; no flow May 29, 30, 1945 (water below spillway .crest and 

gates closed).

Remarks. Records good except those for period of gate operation, which are 4.air, and 

those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

 11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

137

131

102

90

147

224

228

163

114

84

68

69

74

75

67

55

50

49

52

53

52

49

48

48

48

47

45

44

43

43

43

Nov.

44

43

51

76

89

102

111

105

97

89

76

64

59

58

63

60

74

89

107

153

174

177

191

224

235

202

170

168

274

338

-

Dec.

262

191

180

18u

174

157

144

147

150

157

150

137

125

114

108

105

102

102

116

125

131

131

119

108

119

137

157

150

141

163

188

Jan.

194

177

144

125

114

144

170

177

157

160

140

130

120

110

110

100

100

100

100

LOO

100

95

95

95

95

95

100

95

95

95

95

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May.................... .........

June .............................

July

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

95

95

95

100

100

lOu

100

150

190

190

190

190

190

190

190

190

190

190

190

160

130

130

130

130

130

120

110

110

_

-

Seccndfoct-days

2 542

3)753

4,470

39 , S96 >j*ju .

3 727

4^075

3,005

2,605

3,336

1,799

1,663.

3,128.

2,670

36,783.

Mar.

140

180

160

140

120

110

110

110

110

110

65

40

75

80

85

85

85

85

80

80

80

80

85

85

90

90

90

90

90

90

85

Apr.

80

70

75

75

85

90

85

80

70

65

65

80

100

110

100

80

65

60

55

55

55

65

90

100

100

85

65

90

150

260

Maximum

228

338

262

5 411

194

190

180

260

440

160

1 163

1 380

240

3 440

May

320

440

340

240

180

140

110

95

85

85

95

100

110

100

85

70

65

60

55

50

46

50

48

46

48

48

46

44

40

40

55

Minimum

43

43

102

16 . 8

95

95

40

55

40

31

16.8

21.6

37

16.8

June

75

80

80

65

60

65

65

50

42

38

42

50

60

70

70

75

160

130

75

55

43

33

31

39

44

47

45

38

37

35

Mean

82. C

125

144

108

120

146

96 .' ae'.l

108

60. C

53."

101

89 .(

101

July

43

58

69

71

70

60

43

31

26.2

24.6

23.1

21.6

20.9

21.6

28.6

49

84

94

131

163

150

119

72

42

31

24.6

21.6

19.5

17.5

16.8

16.8

Aug.

28.1

68

86

92

99

71

55

50

44

40

33

26.2

21.6

28.5

66

a90

a!20

a90

a60

a44

a70

a200

a240

a!70

allO

alOO

a 100

allO

alSO

a380

256

Per square 

mile

-

-

1.69

-

-

)

)

1.58

Sept.

160

119

114

a85

a65

a55

allO

a240

a220

a!50

allO

75

62

74

86

102

111

97

84

81

69

51

45

42

38

37

38

42

53

55

Runoff in 

inches

-

22.99

_

21.39

Peak discharge (base, 250 sec.-ft.).--Oct. 7 [1 a.m.) 226 aec.-ft.; Nov. 30 (11 a.m.) 347 sec.-ft.; 

May 2 (12 m.) 459 sec.-ft.; Aug. 22 or 23 (time unknovn) about 260 sec.-ft.; Aug. 30 (about 10 a.m.) 

425 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage and weather records.

Note.--Gate In dam being operated making spillway inoperative as control Jan. 10 to June 20; discharge computed on basis of 5 discharge measurements and notes on gate operation by park superintendent .
158 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Lynches River near Bishopville, S. C.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 34°15', long. 80°13', at bridge on U. S. Highway 15, 

1 mile upstream from Seabuarri Air Line Railroad bridge, 2.9 miles northeast of Bishopville, Lee Comity, and 3.3 miles downstream from Bells Branch.

Drainage area.--675 square miles.

Records available.--May 1942 to September 1949.

Extrsmes.--Maximum discharge during year, 10,900 second-feet Dec. 1 (gage height, 16.85 

feet, from graph based on cage readings); minimum, 269 second-feet Aug. 16.

1942-49: Maximum discharge, 29,400 second-feet Sept. 19, 1945 (gage height, 22.35 

feet, from floodmark), from rating carve extended above 12,000 second-feet by velocityarea studies; minimum, 138 second-feet June 20, 25, July 4, 1945.

Remarks.--Records good. Gage read twice daily.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-7, 

Aug. 31 to Sept. 30)

6.1 282 11.0 1,270 14.0 4,520 

7.0 411 11.6 1,570 15.4 7,260 

8.0 581 12.3 2,150 16.4 9,760 

10. U 993 13.0 2,970

Discharge, in second-feet, »ater year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,090 

1,310 

1,510 

1,270 

1,140

1,450 

2,150 

2,710 

2,470 

1,370

839 

819 

839 

819 

659

581 

545 

527 

545 

581

545 

510 

510 

493 

510

493 

493 

476 

476 

476 

476

Nov.

493 

493 

510 

619 

949

1,200 

1,570 

1,710 

1,710 

1,790

1,450 

905 

719 

659 

659

639 

659 

779 

1,090 

1,450

1,640 

2,540 

4,520 

3,700 

3,250

3,700 

3,860 

2,970 

2,590 

3,720

Dec.

9,530 

5,540 

3,250 

2,470 

2,150

2,150 

2,05O 

1,870 

1,790 

1,790

2,05O 

2,050 

1,640 

1,350 

1,200

1,120 

1,060 

1,040 

1,060 

1,140

1,310 

1,450 

1,350 

1,140 

1,040

1,090 

1,310 

1,710 

2,150 

1,870 

1,450

Jan.

1,970 

3,860 

3,250 

2,050 

1,510

1,350 

1,450 

2,120 

4,350 

2,840

1,960 

1,510 

1,230 

1,090 

1,040

993 

971 

949 

927 

927

927 

905 

883 

883 

861

861 

839 

799 

819 

883 

905

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her. ............ ............

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary ...

uary .....................

h.. ..........................

1.... ........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

993 

1,140 

1,310 

1,23O 

1,090

1,090 

1,060 

1,040 

1,060 

1,310

1,570 

1,870 

2,250 

2,050 

1,400

1,120 

1,020 

1,090 

1,270 

1,710

2,050 

2,840 

3,400 

2,470 

1,640

1,350 

1,140 

1,230

Secondfoot-days

28,682 

52,543

62,170

422,147

45,912 

42,793 

32,588 

24,313 

47,068 

13,724 

13,418 

34,980 

26,354

424,545

Mar.

1,450 

2,050 

2,590 

1,870 

1,350

1,090 

993 

971 

949 

905

883 

905 

861 

819 

819

819 

819 

799 

799 

819

779 

759 

759 

779 

819

905 

1,040 

1,230 

1,170 

927 

861

Apr.

799 

779 

719 

739

759

779 

861 

905 

719 

659

639 

699 

905 

1,090 

1,230

1,140 

779 

639 

599 

581

563 

599 

861 

1,020 

949

739 

581 

545 

927 

1,510

Maximum

2,710 

4,520 

9,530

9,530

4,350 

3,400 

2,590 

1,510 

5,800 

659 

861 

5,420 

4,180

9,530

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 sec. -ft.). Nov. 23 (7 a.m

May

3,800 

5,420 

5,800 

5,420 

3,400

2,840 

2,150 

1,420 

1,020 

927

971 

1,020 

1,120 

1,400 

1,230

839 

719 

639 

599

581

545 

527 

545 

527 

527

545 

599 

493 

493 

459 

493

Minimum

476 

493 

1,040

203

799 

993 

759 

545 

459 

365 

282 

295 

395

282

June

639 

659 

527 

459 

459

510 

493 

443 

395 

395

380 

395 

427 

443 

443

459 

476 

459 

427 

380

365 

365 

365 

365 

443

581 

527 

459 

476 

510

Mean

925 

1,751 

2,005

1,153

1,481 

1,528 

1,051 

810 

1,518 

457 

433 

1,128 

878

1,163

July

510 

476 

459 

459 

459

459 

395 

350 

365 

380

365

322 

308 

308 

336

380 

427 

719 

581 

679

861 

739 

493

411 

350

308 

295 

282 

282 

295 

365

Aug.

699 

949 

1,040 

949 

883

563 

459 

493 

493 

443

427 

336 

308 

295 

295

308 

586 

971 

1,090 

883

719 

949 

1,140 

2,030 

4,020

1,960 

949 

993 

1,710 

2,620 

5,420

Per square 

mile

1.37 

2.59 

2.97

1.71

2.19 

2.26 

1.56 

1.20 

2.25 

.677 

.641 

1.67 

1.30

1.72

) 4,870 sec. -ft. ; Dec. 1 (4 p.m

Sept.

4,180 

2,150 

1,360 

883 

799

739 

759 

949 

1,200

1,710

1,630 

759 

563 

599 

659

599 

563 

545 

563

581

619 

510 

443 

427 

411

395 

395 

411 

443 

510

Runoff in 

inches

1.58 

2.89 

3.42

23.25

2.52 

2.35 

1.80 

1.34 

2.59 

.76 

.74 

1.92 

1.45

23.36

) 10,900

ec.-ft.; Jan. 2 (7 a.m.) 4,020 sec.-ft , . . . _ . . 

ec.-ft.; May 3 (2 p.m.) 5,800 sec.-ft.; Aug. 25 (ll a.m.) 4,520 sec.-ft.; Aug. 31 (5:30 p.m.) 5,800 

ec.-ft.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 159

Gage-height records collected at same 

Weather Bureau.

Lynches River at Effingham, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°03'05", long. 79°45'15", at steel bridge on

U. 5. Highway 52, 75 feet upstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge and 1 mile

south of Effingham, Florence County. Datum of gage is 58.49 feet above mean sea level,

datum of 1329, supplementary adjustment of 1933. 

Drainage area. 1,030 square miles. 

Kecorgs available. August 1929 to September 1949.

site since 1891 are contained in reports of U. S. 

Average discharge.--20 years, 993 second-feet, 

extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 8,320 second-feet Dec. 5 (gage height, 15.92

reetJ; minimum, 302 second-feet Aug. 1.

1929-49: Maximum discharge, 25,000 second-feet Sept. 22, 1945 (gage height, 21.21

feet), from rating curve extended above 17,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting;

minimum, 116 second-feet July 1, 1935. 

Remarks. Records good.

uoopera'tlon. Gage-height record collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau. 

Kevisions.--W 952: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used June 5)

Oct. 1 to June 5 June 6 to Sept. 30

3.5 

4.7 

5.9 

7.0

379

592

1,180

9.0

11.0

12.0

13.0

1,840

2,610

3,260

4,100

14.0

15.0

15.8

5,160

6,670

8,120

295

417

631

2.7

3.5

4.7

5.9

Note.--Same as preceding table above 

5.9 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

Z

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

379

496

633

806

1,180

1,340

1,460

1,700

1,840

1,770

1,740

2,080

2,300

2,160

1,840

1,520

1,280

1,100

948

792

698

654

633

612

592

572

552

552

533

514

514

Nov.

496

496

496

533

572

572

612

698

842

976

1,120

1,240

1,400

1,520

1,600

1,600

1,460

1,180

921

868

868

1,000

1,570

2,190

2,370

2,840

4,020

4,400

4,820

5,870

-

Dec.

6,020

5,290

4,700

7,140

8,120

6,360

4,820

4,020

3,840

3,920

3,840

3,660

3,260

2,840

2,610

2,500

2,410

2,300

2,260

2,190

2,080

1,980

1,910

1,840

1,770

1,840

1,880

1,910

1,880

1,840

1,880

Jan.

1,940

2,160

2,330

2,300

2,260

2,840

3,040

2,720

2,330

2,080

1,940

2,220

3,040

2,910

2,460

2,160

1,910

1,740

1,600

1,490

1,420

1,360

1,300

1,240

1,240

1,220

1,180

1,180

1,180

1,160

1,160

Month

October... ................... ..

November .........................

December .....................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ............... .....

February ...................... . March ............ .... .

April ..........................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,180

1,180

1,180

1,280

1,400

1,460

1,520

1,660

1,940

2,460

2,780

2,910

2,910

2,840

2,610

2,460

2,500

2,500

2,370

2,370

2,260

2,080

2,050

2,120

2,260

2,920

3,190

2,980

_

-

-

Secondfoot-days

33,790

49,150

102,910

567,950

59,110

61,370

47,160

30,736

54,575

14, 90S

14,635

27,322

41,398

537,065

Mar.

2,610

2,300

2,080

1,980

1,910

2,020

2,300

2,300

2,050

1,840

1,660

1,490

1,400

1,300

1,280

1,280

1,240

1,180

1,180

1,160

1,120

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,060

1,100

1,100

1,120

1,180

1,280

1,340

Apr.

1,400

,420

,400

,300

,160

,120

,120

1,060

1,000

948

976

1,040

976

894

842

868

948

1,040

1,120

1,180

1,060

842

792

768

744

768

842

948

gl.100

1,060

-

Maximum

2,300

5,870

8,120

8,120

3,040

3,190

2,610

1,420

6,020

649

703

2,840

3,840

8,120

May

948

1,100

1,360

1,990

3,870

5,570

6,020

4,820

3,660

2,910

2,560

2,260

1,880

1,520

1,300

1,180

1,180

1,240

1,300

1,240

948

744

633

572

552

533

533

514

514

552

572

Minimum

379

496

1,770

222

1,160

1,180

1,060

744

514

385

318

302

434

302

June

572

533

496

514

633

649

577

523

541

523

469

451

451

451

451

469

541

541

523

523

505

469

417

401

385

385

401

469

523

523

-

Mean

1,090

1,638

3,320

1,552

1,907

2,192

1 521

1J025

1,760

497

472

881

1,380

1,471

July

487

487

523

559

577

577

523

505

469

434

401

401

385

362

340

340

348

385

417

487

577

631

631

667

703

631

451

362

332

g325

g318

Aug.

g302

g325

g417

g523

g631

761

948

1,100

976

685

577

541

505

469

417

378

348

362

417

541

741

894

1,040

1,060

976

948

1,000

1,430

2,610

2,840

2,560

Per square 

mile

1.06

1.59

3.22

1.51

1.85

2.13

1.48

995 i!?i

.483

.458

.855

1.34

1.43

Sept.

2,500

2,330

2,830

3,840

3,500

2,700

2,160

1,800

1,460

1,180

1,000

1,000

1,060

1,340

1,600

1,600

1,280

921

801

761

703

685

667

667

613

541

505

469

451

434

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.22

1.77

3.71

20.51

2.13

2.22

1.71

1.11

1 97

!54

.53

99 i!so

19.40

Peak discharge (base. 2,500 see.-ft.). Dec. 1 (3 a.m.) 6,180 sec. 

ft.; Jan. 7 (4 a.m.) 3,120 sec.-ft.; Jan. 13 (6 p.m.) 3,190 sec.-ft. 

ft.; Feb. 27 (6 a.m.) 3,260 sec.-ft.; May 7 (4 a.m.) 6,180 sec..-ft.;

g Computed from graph based on recorded range in stage and daily g 

Bureau.

-ft.; Dec. 5 (4 a.m.) 8,320 sec. 

j Feb. 13 (8 a.m.) 2,980 sec.- 

Sept. 4 (2 p.m.) 3,920 sec.-ft. 

ige readings by U. S. Weather
160 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 

Little Pee Dee River near Dillon, S. C.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 34°24", long. 79 0 20', at bridge on State Highway 9, 

l.l miles east of Dillon, Dillon County, and 3 miles upstream from Maple Swamp.

Drainage area. 524 square miles.

Records available. March 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 535 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,330 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 10.47 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 124 second-feet Aug. 17 

(gage height, 4.96 feet).

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 9,810 second-feet Sept. 20, 1945 (gage height, .14.64 

feet), from rating curve extended above 2,800 second-feet by velocity-area studies 

and logarithmic plotting; minimum, 54 second-feet June 10, 1941 (gage height, 3.73 

feet).

Remarks. Records good. Gage read twice daily.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 1, 2, Mar. 2-17, Apr. 8-29)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 2, Mar. 18 to Apr. 29 Jan. 3 to Mar. 17, Apr. 30 to Sept. 30

7.0 327 8.8 1,340 4.9 12O 7.0 378 8.8 1,450 

7.3 423 9.4 1,910 5.9 194 7.3 490 9.4 2,02O 

7.7 605 9.8 2,370 6.4 240 7.7 67O 9.8 2,470 

8.3 965 10.4 3,190 6.7 292 8.3 1,060

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

965 

835 

745 

835 

1,100

1,420 

1,910 

2,370 

2,370 

1,260

1 ,~180 

1,260 

1,420 

1,600 

1,700

1,700 

1,340 

660 

555 

531

507 

507 

463 

423 

405

387 

387 

387 

371 

355 

341

Nov.

355

371 

355 

341 

341

355

371 

371 

387 

405

405 

423 

443 

463 

463

463 

443 

443 

463 

485

531 

605 

965 

1,420 

1,700

1,800 

1,910 

2,020 

2,630 

3,190

Dec.

3,190 

2,910 

2,770 

2,630 

2,500

2,370 

2,250 

2,130 

2,130 

2,020

1,910 

1,910 

1,800 

1,700 

1,700

1,6OO 

1,510 

1,340 

1,100 

1,100

1,100 

1,180 

1,180 

1,180 

1,260

1,260 

1,260 

1,180 

1,420 

1,510 

1,600

Jan.

1,510 

1,600 

1,630 

1,630 

1,540

1,540 

1,630 

1,630 

1,630 

1,720

1,630 

1,540 

1,360 

1,280 

1,200

1,130 

1,060 

985 

985 

985

915 

850 

850 

818 

785

818 

818 

850 

850 

850 

818

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augvj 

Sept

We

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. ...........................

embe r ........................

iter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

818 

785 

785 

818 

850

850 

915 

985 

985 

1,060

1,200 

1,280 

1,280 

1,280 

1,130

1,130 

1,130 

1,200 

1,200 

1,200

1,450 

1,450 

1,450 

1,450 

1,450

1,450 

1,450 

1,360

Secondfoot-days

30,289 

24,917 

54,700

325 , 365

37,437 

32,391 

23,167 

16,403 

28,661 

11,054 

10,760 

11,222 

26,063

307,064

Mar.

1,280 

1,200 

1,200 

1,200 

1,130

1,130 

1,060 

1,060 

985 

850

755 

645 

598 

598 

598

575 

575 

555 

555 

555

555 

531

507 

507 

507

555 

580 

605 

605 

580 

531

Apr.

531 

507 

531 

531 

555

580 

632 

688 

688 

605

580 

605 

580 

555 

531

507 

485 

463 

443 

423

443 

463 

463 

443 

443

423 

405 

405 

695 

1,200

Maximum

2,370 

3,190 

3,190

3,610

1,720 

1,450 

1,280 

1,200 

2,470 

530 

552 

1,920 

1,630

3,190

Peak discharge (base, 1,300 sec. -ft.). Oct. 9 (2 a.m.)

May

1,63C 

2,24C 

2,35C

2,47C 

2.24C

1.63C 

1.36C 

1,06C 

985 

85C

85C 

81E 

816 

816 

785

78E 

755 

72E 

62C 

53C

47C 

432 

396 

362 

346

317 

317 

346 

396 

49C 

47C

Minimum

341 

341 

1,100

148

785 

785 

507 

405 

317 

271 

144 

124 

254

124

June

396 

317 

317 

362 

413

413 

396 

346 

346 

362

346 

332 

304

271 

282

346 

378 

413 

450

470

510 

530 

470 

396 

332

292 

282 

346 

332 

304 

-

Mean

977 

831 

1,765

889

1,208 

1,157 

747 

547 

925 

368 

347 

362 

869

841

July

362 

396 

450 

530 

552

470 

432 

378 

332 

317

262 

214 

190 

166 

234

292 

346 

346 

378 

378

413 

490 

530 

530 

470

346 

262

214 

178 

158 

144

Aug.

144 

178 

198 

240 

282

254 

214 

182 

170 

162

148 

138 

134 

130 

141

138 

124 

127 

130 

141

170 

194 

214 

240 

271

346 

470 

942 

1,360 

1,720 

1,920

Per square 

mile

1.86 

1.59 

3.37

1.70

2.31 

2.21 

1.43 

1.04 

1.77 

.702 

.662 

.691 

1.66

1.60

Sept.

1,630 

1,450 

1,630 

1,630 

1,360

1,200 

1,130 

1,200 

1,280 

1,060

1,28C 

985 

915 

1,060 

985

850 

698 

725 

620 

575

530 

510 

470 

432 

378

346 

317 

292

271 

254

Runoff in 

inches

2.14 

1.77 

3.88

23.08

2.66 

2.30 

1.65 

1.16 

2.04 

.78 

.76 

.80 

1.85

21.79

2.500 see. -ft.; Oct. 15 (12 p.m.) 1,800

sec ."-ft.! Nov. 30 (Tl a.m.") 3,330 sec.-ft.; Jan. 1O (7 a.m.) 1,720 ==^.-i^., * > 

1,450 sec.-ft.; May 4 (4 a.m.) 2,470 sec.-ft.; Aug. 31 (1 p.m.) 1,920 sec.-ft.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 161

Little Pee Dee River at Galivants Ferry, S. C.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 34°03 I , long. 79°15', at bridge on U. S. Highway 501, 

at Galivants Ferry, Horry County, 3 miles upstream from Back Swamp. Datura of gage Is 

23.95 feet above mean sea level, datum of ISSQ, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--2,790 square miles.

Records available.--January 1942 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 14,800 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 10.62 

feet); minimum, 1,040 second-feet Oct. 1, Aug. 18.

1942-49: Maximum discharge, 26,800 second-feet Sept. 23, 1945 (gage height, 13.23 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum, 452 second-feet Oct. 26, 27, Oct. 30 

to Nov. 2, 1943.

Maximum stage known, 16.0 feet In September 1928, from floodmark set by local 

resident.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair^. 

Gage read twice daily.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge. In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 3,

July 21 to Sept. 9)

5.1 1,070 6.8 1,990 8.4 5.21O 

6.0 1,390 7.3 2,670 9.O 7,510 

6.4 1,640 7.9 3,810 1O. 6 14,80O

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,070 

1,180 

1,320 

1,480 

1,890

2,230 

2,670 

3,010 

3,190 

3,190

3,390 

3,390 

3,590 

3,590 

3,590

3,590 

3,810 

3,590 

3,590 

3,390

3,190 

3,010 

2,830 

2,670 

2,370

2,230 

1,990 

1,980 

1,720 

1,640 

1,500

Nov.

1,440 

1,390 

1,350 

1,350 

1,350

1,350 

1,350 

1,350 

1,350 

1,350

1,390 

1,390 

1,440 

1,500 

1,500

1,500 

1,570 

1,570 

1,640 

1,800

1,990 

2,110 

2,370 

3,190 

4,050

5,550 

6,690 

7,510 

9,270 

11,100

Dec.

13,400 

14,300 

14,300 

14,800 

14,300

13,900 

13,400 

13,000 

13,000 

13,000

13,000 

13,000 

13,000 

13,000 

12,500

11,600 

11,100 

10,200 

9,730 

8,810

8,370 

7,930 

7,510 

7,090 

6,690

6,690 

6,690 

6,690 

6,690 

6,690 

6,690

Jan.

,690 

,090 

,090 

,090 

,510

,930 

,930 

,510 

,510 

,510

,090 

,090 

,690 

,690 

,690

,690 

3, 290 

,910 

,550

,210

,210 

,890 

,590 

,310 

,050

,050 

,810 

,590 

,590 

,390 

3,390

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

ber ............ ....... ...

mber ........................

lendar year 1948 

ary . .

h. ...........................

1 .................. .... . .

si ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 .........

Peak discharge (base, 5,500 sec

Feb.

3,390 

3,390 

3,190 

,390 

,390

,190 

,390 

,590 

,810 

,310

,890 

,550 

,690 

,O9O 

,510

,510 

,510 

,090 

,090 

,690

,690 

,690 

,090 

,090 

,510

,510 

,510 

,510

Secondfoot days

81.79C 

82,76C 

331, 07C

1,728,55C

182, 63C 

160, 26C 

136,42 

75.70C 

145, 62C 

43.06C 

94,81 

60.63C 

223, 05C

1.617.80C

Mar.

7,090 

7,090 

6,690 

6,690 

6,290

6,290 

5,910 

5,910 

5,550 

5,550

5,210 

4,590 

4,590 

4,310 

4,050

3,810 

3,810 

3,590 

3,390 

a3,200

a3,100 

aS.OOO 

a3,000 

a2,900 

a2,900

a2,900 

a2,900 

a2,900 

3,010 

a3,100 

a3,100

Apr.

3,010 

2,830 

2,830 

2,830 

2,830

2,830 

2,830 

2,830 

2,670 

2,670

2,670 

2,830 

3,010 

2,830 

2,830

2,830 

2,830 

2,670 

2,510 

2,370

2,230 

2,230 

2,230 

2,110 

1,990

1,890 

1,800 

1,800 

1,890 

1,990

Maximum

3,810 

11,100 

14,800

) 17,600

7,930 

7,510 

) 7,090 

) 3,010 

9,730 

) 1,720 

D 4,590 

) 4,890 

13,000

) 14,800

-ft.). Dec. 4 (6 a.m.)

May

2,110 

2,370 

2,830 

3,?90 

4,310

5,910 

7,510 

8,810 

9,730 

9,730

9,270 

8,370 

7,930 

7,090 

6,290

5,910 

5,210 

4,590 

4,050 

3,810

3,590 

3,390 

3,010 

2,830 

2,670

2,370

2,110 

1,890 

1,640 

1,5~00 

1,400

Minimum

1,070 

1,350 

6,69O

622

3,390 

3,190 

2,900 

1,800 

1 , 400 

1,240 

1,350 

1,070 

2,110

1,070

June

1,440 

1,390 

1,390 

1,390 

1,570

1,500 

1,440 

1,390 

1,350 

1,320

1,280 

1,280 

1,320 

1,320 

1,350

1,390 

1,500 

1,640 

1,720 

1,720

1,640 

1,570 

1,570 

1,570 

1,500

1,390 

1,320 

1,280 

1,240

1,280

Mean

2,638 

2,759 

10,680

4,723

5,891 

5,724 

4,401 

2,523 

4,697 

1,435 

3,058 

1,956 

7,435

4,432

July

1,350 

1,440 

1,570 

1,720 

1,890

2,110 

2,370 

2,83O 

3,190 

3,390

3,590 

3,810 

4,050 

3', 810 

3,590

3,390 

3,590 

4,050 

4,310 

4,590

4,050 

3,810 

3,390 

3,190 

2,670

2,510 

2,510 

2,830 

3,190 

3,190 

2,830

Aug.

2,510 

2,100 

1,800 

1,440 

1,320

1,280 

1,390 

1,570 

1,570 

1,500

1,440 

1,350 

1,280 

1,240 

1,140

1,070 

1,070 

1,070 

1,100 

1,180

1,390 

1,640 

1,990 

2,230 

2,370

2,830 

3,190 

3,810 

3,810 

4,050 

4,890

Per square 

mile

0.946 

.989

3.33

1.69

2.11 

2.05 

1.58 

.904 

1.68 

.514 

1.10 

.701 

2.66

1.59

14,800 sec. -ft.; Feb. 27 (12 p.

Sept.

5,910 

6,690 

7,510 

8,370 

9,730

10,200 

10,600 

11,100 

12,000 

13,000

12,500 

12,000 

11,100 

10,600 

9,270

8,370 

7,510 

7,090 

6,690 

6,290

5,910 

5,210 

4,590 

4,050 

3,590

3,190 

2,830 

2,670 

2,370

2,110

Runoff in 

inches

1.09 

1.10 

4.42

23.03

2.43 

2.14 

1.82 

1.01 

1.94 

.57 

1.27 

.81 

2.97

21.57

m. ) 7,510

sec.-ft.; May 10 (7 a.m.) 9,730 sec.-ft.; Sept. lo (2 p.m.) 13,000 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Lumber 

River at Boardman, N. C. and Little Pee Dee River near Dillon.
162 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Drowning Creek near Hoffman, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°03'35", long. 79°29'35", at bridge on TJ. S. 

Highway 1, three-quarters of a mile downstream from Deep Creek, 1 mile upstream from 

Seaboard Airline Railway bridge, and 4 miles northeast of Hoffman, Richmond County.

Drainage area.--l78 square miles.

Records available. October 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 270 second-feet.

Extremes Maximum discharge during year, 6,360 second-feet July 16 (gage height, 9.21 

reet); minimum, 107 second-feet July 13 (gage height, 2.44 feet).

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 10,900 second-feet Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 10.29 

feet); minimum, 28 second-feet Aug. 4, 1940 (gage height, 1.32 feet).

Remarks.--Records, good except those below 150 second-feet, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years).--W 972: 1941(M).

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

416 

590 

458 

345 

383

578 

767 

541 

400 

323

275 

275 

282 

258 

218

192 

183 

1S6 

228 

238

210 

187 

183 

183 

179

175 

163 

163 

159 

159 

159

Nov.

159 

167 

183 

279 

545

843 

661 

528 

497

541

447 

369 

345 

314 

297

282 

305 

397 

477 

673

644 

628 

585 

541 

541

550 

536 

536 

734 

1,120

Dec.

1,010 

685 

622 

611 

650

650 

550 

510 

497 

485

465 

429 

407 

397 

383

383 

369 

369 

397 

447

469 

477 

423 

383 

407

489 

532 

541 

477 

489 

585

Jan.

697 

638 

514 

697 

426

497 

638 

801 

644 

528

469 

440 

423

410 

397

383 

383 

369 

369 

369

383 

383 

383 

383 

357

345 

334

334 

345 

369 

369

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary .

Bt ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

413 

454

454

413 

369

357 

345 

323 

323

345

397 

429 

426 

369 

334

323

369 

436 

465 

497

497 

536 

497 

419 

383

357 

357 

416

Secondfoot-days

9,066 

14,724 

15,588

123,907

14,077 

11,303 

10,932 

9,927 

11,597 

6,388 

15,760 

13,602 

11,030

143,994

Peak discharge (oase, 850 sec. -ft.). Nov.

Julj 16 (3 p.m. j 6,360 sec. -ft.; Aug. 23 (1 a

Mar.

473 

489 

436 

369 

345

334 

357

416 

447 

451

400 

369 

357 

334 

314

305 

297 

297 

297 

297

289 

282 

297 

334 

345

345 

357 

357 

314 

314 

314

Apr.

314 

334 

314 

314 

334

357 

397 

383 

357 

357

314 

305 

413 

469 

440

357 

282 

258 

248 

238

228 

233 

263 

289 

253

214 

200 

301 

528 

633

Maximum

767

1,120 

1,010

1,170

801 

536

489 

633

715 

416 

3,650

1,100 

788

3,650

May

580 

528 

565 

715 

667

518 

413 

369 

369 

416

505 

709 

633 

497 

397

334

297 

275 

263 

238

214 

214 

223 

223 

214

253 

243 

196 

179 

167 

183

Minimum

159 

159 

369

77

334 

323

282 

200 

167 

127 

111 

147 

200

111

June

205

183 

155 

147 

179

183 

159 

135 

127 

127

153 

323 

383 

297 

248

214 

243

269 

314 

195

151 

143 

163 

253 

263

192 

151 

179 

238 

416

Mean

292 

491 

503

339

454 

404 

353 

331 

374 

213 

508 

439 

368

395

July

497 

334 

248 

275 

248

175 

147 

131 

131 

127

115 

111 

115 

205 

335

3,650 

2,550 

1,240 

865 

754 '

636 

526 

423 

345 

297

258 

233

218 

196 

183 

192

Aug.

269 

383 

369 

334 

289

233 

228 

233

238 

196

171 

155 

147 

168

210

175 

269 

416 

441 

477

600 

' 932 

1,080 

858 

594

437 

357 

444 

948 

1,100 

851

Per square 

mile

1.64 

2.76 

2.83

1.90

2.55 

2.27 

1.98 

1.86 

2.10 

1.20 

2.85 

2.47 

2.07

2.22

Sept.

788 

695 

618 

501 

426

389 

386 

482 

559 

526

416 

323

297 

323

345

334 

314 

323 

314 

334

297 

248 

233 

218 

205

200 

205 

214 

228 

289

Runoff in 

inches

1.89 

3.08 

3.26

25.89

2.94 

2.36 

2.28

2.07 

2.42 

1.33 

3.29 

2.84 

2.30

30.06

6 (6 a.m.) 880 sec. -ft.; Nov. 30 (8 p.m.) 1,200 sec. -ft. 

.m.) 1,160 sec. -ft.; Aug. 30 (6 p.m.) 1,160 sec. -ft.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 163

Lumber River at Boardman, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°26'40", long. 78°56'35", at U. S. Highway 74,

I mile downstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad "bridge at Boardman, Columbus County, 

and lj miles downstream from Big Swamp. Datum of gage is 72.05 feet above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area.--1,220 square miles.

Records available.--September 1929 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--20 years, 1,295 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,600 second-feet about Sept. 6 (gage height, 

9.34 feet); minimum, 384 second-feet Oct. 1 (gage height, 2.27 feet).

1929-49: Maximum discharge, 13,400 second-feet Sept. 24, 1945 (gage height, 10.64 

feet); minimum, 132 second-feet (estimated) Oct. 12, 1930.

Maximum stage known, 11.8 feet sometime in August 1928, from floodmark as witnessed 

by local resident (discharge, 25,000 second-feet, estimated).

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

ITischarge for days of considerable change in stage computed by using rate-of change of 

stage as a factor.

Revisions.--W 892: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

459

556

685

828

1,080

1,170

1,280

1,490

1,650

1,780

1,880

1,980

1,980

1,930

1,980

1,980

1,830

1,700

1,520

1,380

1,280

1,200

1,120

1,030

915

850

790

760

734

709

684

Nov.

662

640

618

662

662

684

734

760

790

820

820

820

850

932

1,100

1,200

1,200

1,140

1,100

1,120

1,140

1,200

1,350

1,650

1,930

2,330

2,750

3,230

3,840

4,420

-

Dec.

5,060

5,500

5,610

5,610

5,500

5,390

5,170

5,170

5,060

4,840

4,730

4,620

4,420

4,220

3,940

3,760

3,500

3,260

3,100

2,960

2,880

2,880

2,810

2,740

2,740

2,740

2,740

2,880

3,030

3,180

3,260

Jan.

3,340

3,420

3,500

3.50C

3,420

3,340

3,260

3,260

3,260

3,340

3,260

3,100

3,030

2,960

2; 880

2,810

2,740

2,540

2,420

2,240

2,080

1,980

1,880

1,840

1,750

1,710

1,710

1,670

1,640

1,600

1,640

Month

October ..........................

November ..........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,640

1,6OO

1,600

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,670

1,710

1.8OO

1,980

2,130

2,100

2,360

2,420

2,360

2,240

2,130

2,030

2,030

2,240

2,420

2,680

2,810

2,880

2,880

2,810

2,740

2,810

_

_

-

Secondfoot-daye

39,210

41,154

123,300

699,167

81 , 12C

61,190

56,510

38,210

75,872

23,270

56,584

31,051

117,030

744,501

Mar.

2,810

2,810

2,7^0

2,680

2,540

2,360

2,300

2,180

2,130

2,080

1,980

1,880

1,750

1,670

1,640

1,600

1,560

1,600

1,600

1,560

1,500

1,420

1,390

,36O

,360

,360

,330

,330

,330

,330

,330

Apr.

1,330

1,300

1,300

1,330

1,360

1,390

1,460

1.500

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,530

1,500

1,460

1,390

1,360

1,300

1,240

1,170

1,100

1,050

1,030

1,050

1,050

.1,010

970

910

890

1,210

1,520

-

Maximum

1,980

4,420

5,610

7,070

3,500

2,880

2,810

1,530

5,320

950

3,420

3,690

7,500

7,500

May

2,120

3,260

4,490

5,200

5,320

5,280

5,060

4,550

3,890

3,430

3,lbO

2,850

2,68O

2,360

2,130

1,930

1,840

1,840

1,840

1,800

1,640

1,350

1,160

1,050

930

838

806

806

748

748

776

Minimum

459

618

2,740

280

1,600

1,600

1,330

890

748

626

864

504

900

459

June

748

698

698

698

722

722

722

748

748

748

748

776

806

910

950

870

838

838

838

890

890

838

722

650

626

722

748

776

776

806

-

Msan

1,265

1,372

3,977

1,910

i <- ,D1 ci 7t

2,185

1,823

1,274

2 *776 447

1,825

1,002

3,901

2,040

July

1,030

1,400

1,770

2,030

2,360

2,610

2,680

2,680

2,480

2,240

1,830

1,540

1,390

1,330

1,300

1,360

1,270

1,220

1,220

1..240

1,270

1,710

3,000

3,420

3,040

2,550

1,960

1,530

1,220

1,020

884

Aug.

806

748

674

604

583

583

761

956

97O

930

838

776

640

583

542

504

523

562

562

562

604

674

776

870

930

1,130

1,410

1,860

2,420

2,980

3,690

Per square 

mile

1.04

1.12

3.26

1.57

2 . 15

l!79

1.49

1.04

2.01

.636

1 . 5O

. 821

3.20

1.67

Sept.

5,350

5.7OO

6,500

7,080

7,500

7,500

7,500

7,000

6,000

5,500

5,000

4.60C

4,200

3,800

3,600

3,400

3,200

3,000

2,800

2,600

2,400

2,200

1,900

1,700

1,500

1,300

1,200

1,100

1,000

900

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.20

1.25

3.76

21 * 31

2.47

1.87

1.72

1.16

2.31

.71

1.72

.95

3.57

22.69

Mote. No gage-height record Sept. 5-3O; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage 

and records for Little Pee Dee River at Galivants Ferry, S. C.
164 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Black River at Klngstree, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°40', long. 79°50', at bridge on U. S. Highway 52 

at Klngstree, Wllliamsburg County, a quarter of a mile downstream from Broad Swamp. 

Datum of gage is 25.66 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of T936.

Drainage area. 1,260 square miles.

Records available. August 1929 to September 1949. Gage-height records collected at same 

site since ldy3 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 20 years, 832 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 9,020 second-feet Dec. 2 (gage height, 12.50 

t'eet); minimum discharge, 28 second-feet July 31.

1929-49: Maximum discharge, 29,100 second-feet Sept. 20, 1945 (gage height, 16.07 

feet); minimum, 4 second-feet June 30, July 1, 4, 5, 1935, Sept. 5, 6, Oct. 15-19, 1944.

Maximum stage known, 18.0 feet Sept. 21, 1928 (discharge, 41,600 second-feet, from 

rating curve extended above 27,000 second-feet).

Remarks. Records good.

Cooperation. Gage-height record collected In cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

Revisions (water years).--W 1032: 1928(M), drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

275

414

542

648

792

871

956

1,020

1,090

1,160

1,330

1,660

1,940

2,020

1,860

1,790

1,660

1,540

1,330

1,160

1,020

898

818

742

694

626

583

522

484

440

397

Nov.

381

381

373

381

373

357

349

334

334

334

334

334

342

381

431

466

503

522

542

583

604

648

778

1,160

1,630

1,860

2,620

4,240

6,540

7,760

-

Dec.

8,160

9,020

8,580

7,760

7,020

6,060

5,240

4,760

5,000

5,240

6,06O

6,680

6,680

6,36O

5,780

5,000

4,540

3,970

3,630

3,310

3,160

3,010

3,010

2,870

2,870

2,870

2,740

2,510

2,400

2,400

2,400

Jan.

2,400

2,300

2,300

2.3OO

2,300

2,300

2,400

2,400

2,400

2,300

2,200

2,020

1,940

1,790

1,660

1,540

1,430

1,380

1,280

1,240

1,200

1,160

1,120

1,090

1,050

1,020

987

956

927

927

898

Month

October ........ .................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

Januarv ..-..-.- . . . . . Febi 

Marc

 uary .........................

h . .

April ............................

May ..............................

June ... .........................

July .............................

Auguet ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

898

898

871

871

927

956

1,020

1,050

1,180

1,740

2,760

3,810

5,240

5,780

5,780

5,240

4,760

3,970

3,470

3,470

3,470

3,470

3,160

3,010

2,740

2,510

2,300

2,300

-

-

Secondfoot days

31,282

35,875

149,090

672,738

51,215

77,651 

38,855

20,644

23,116

14,029

9,520

12,885

45,691

509,853

Mar.

2,300

2,300

2,200

2,02O

1,940

1,790

1,720

1,540

1,480

1,430

1,330

1,240

1,200

1,120

1,090

1,020

987

956

956

898

871

844

844

844

844

871

844

844

844

844

844

Apr.

898

956

1,050

1,090

1,120

1,120

1,090

1,090

1,020

956

871

792

767

742

671

6O4

562

522

484

448

406

389

406

422

406

357

326

297

342

440

-

Maximum

2,020

7,760

9,020

10,400

2,400

5,780 

2,300

1.12O

2,11O

898

1,090

2,650

4,150

9,020

May

542

626

694

767

818

898

1,090

1,580

2,020

2,110

1,940

1,660

1,430

1,200

1,020

898

767

604

448

349

290

249

223

199

170

139

110

88

70

.54

63

Minimum

275

334

2,400

36

898

871 

844

297

54

76

30

94

352

30

June

76

91

91

83

169

217

170

221

532

718

694

742

898

898

792

742

792

871

844

742

626

542

466

373

290

290

276

297

230

256

-

Mean

1,009

1,196

4,809

1,838

1,652

2,773 

1,253

688

746

468

307

416

1,523

1,3d,

July

416

758

956

1,O90

1,090

956

767

554

381

283

217

176

139

122

121

132

170

144

144

154

149

130

96

78

62

52

46

40

35

32

30

Aug.

94

172

217

211

170

200

242

199

199

236

236

176

144

126

134

154

187

236

290

319

342

381

422

440

448

448

414

478

1,120

1,800

2,650

Per square 

mile

0.801

.949

3.82

1.46

1.31

2.20 

.994

.546

.592

.371

.244

.330

1.21

1.11

Sept.

3,800

4,150

3,800

3,310

3,010

2,740

2,510

2,200

1,940

1,660

1,430

1,240

1,120

1,200

1,160

1,090

956

844

767

792

844

844

792

718

627

530

462

416

387

352

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.92

1.06

4.40

19.87

1.51

2.29 

1.15

.61

.68

.41

.28

.38

1.35

15.04

Peak discharge (baae, 2,000 aec.-ft.). Oct. 14 (3 a.m. 

sc.-ft.; Feb. 14 (2 p.m.) 5,780 aec.-ft.; May 1O (6 a.m.

2,020 sec.-ft.; Dec. 2 (1:30 p.m.) 9,020 

2,200 aec.-ft.; Sept. 2 (8 a.m.) 4.34O
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 165

Catawba River near Marion, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°42'20", long. 82°02 I 10", at bridge on U. S.

Highway 221, a quarter of a mile downstream from Tom Creek and 2^ miles northwest of

of Marion, McDowell County. 

Drainage area.--171 square miles (including area of first tributary below bridge, which

enters above control).

Records available. October 1941 to September 1949-. 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 19,700 second-feet Aug. 28 (gage height, 15.02

reetJ, from rating curve extended above 4,500 second-feet by logarithmic plotting and

contracted-opening method; minimum, 155 second-feet Nov. 2 (gage height, 1.34 feet);

minimum daily, 191 second-feet Oct. 29.

1941-49: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 28, 1949; minimum, 69 second-feet Dec. 17,

1943, Sept. 8-11, 1944; minimum daily, 69 second-feet Sept. 10, 1944.

Maximum stage known, 19.34 feet Aug. 13, 1940 (discharge, 71,400 second-feet), by

contracted-opening method. 

Remarks. Records good. Some diurnal fluctuation and slight regulation for short periods

aTTow flow caused by power plants above station. 

Revisions (water years).--¥ 1032: 1942, 1943(P).

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shiftins-control method used Aug. 29-31)

Oct. 1 to Aug. 29 Aug. 30 to Sept. 30 

1.3 144 2.9 7/5 8.O 4,500 2.0 353 

lJ6 236 3.5 1,080 10.0 6,3OO 2.7 665 

1.9 342 4.5 1,770 11.0 7,6OO 3.5 1,080 

2.3 506 6.0 2,920 Note. -Same as preceding table above 

3.5 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Dag

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

324 

288 

270 

277 

298

274

253 

312 

270 

256

250 

243 

236 

220 

226

223 

223 

243 

243 

223

203 

210 

213 

210 

197

220 

213 

194 

191 

197 

213

Nov.

207 

197 

1,250 

640 

502

1,340 

930 

595 

506 

462

420 

384 

365 

346 

331

309 

331 

291 

652 

685

502 

480 

437 

519 

532

480 

618 

2,640 

1,76O J48

Dec.

752 

640 

730 

685 

618

595 

546 

515 

471 

454

428 

416 

400 

388 

380

372 

376 

357 

441 

388

365 

357 

335 

376 

537

462 

404 

404 

545 

1,400 

822

Jan.

640 

568 

502 

462 

679

822 

662 

577 

528 

589

466 

445 

416 

416 

400

384 

380 

372 

380 

346

361 

361 

361 

353 

342

338 

320 

361 

338 

324 

412

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dace

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

llay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

ber. .........................

 her ......:..................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

h. ...........................

l............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

408 

396 

372 

454 

484

441 

428 

396 

392 

674

568 

480 

437 

416 

404

480 

493 

445 

604 

752

590 

524 

480 

433 

433

404 

416 

445

Seccndfoot-days

7,413 

19,659 

15,959

142,239

13,905 

13,249 

12,951 

17,157 

16,984 

19,317 

20,750 

32,604 

15,117

205,065

Peak discharge (base, 3,400 sec. -ft.). No

sec. -ft.; June 16 (1O:3O p.m.; 12,700 sec.-f

Mar.

388 

369 

350 

361 

353

346 

342 

324 

324 

338

342 

320 

309 

305 

305

291 

280 

405 

346 

320

309 

536 

1,030 

618 

546

590 

532 

546 

532 

484 

510

Apr.

466 

428 

412 

396 

471

550 

449 

437 

404 

384

388 

618 

2,500 

1,080 

798

662 

590 

546 

493 

462

424 

488 

449 

420 

392

384 

380 

428 

412 

846

MazlBUD

324 

2,640 

1,400

2,640

822 

752 

1,030 

2,500 

1,570 

3,780 

1,720 

8,060 

840

8,O60

v. 28 (5 p.m 

b.j Aug. 21

May

798 

870 

752 

618 

528

497 

475 

449 

493 

662

1,570 

990 

752 

640 

572

532 

502 

458 

437 

428

412 

404 

392 

365 

376

342 

353 

338 

324 

320 

335

Miniwim

191 

197 

335

100

320 

372 

280 

380 

320 

250 

312 

396 

345

191

June

338 

298 

305 

294 

288

291 

263 

277 

250 

270

270 

353 

288 

561 

73O

3,780 

3,450 

1,030 

752 

618

595 

618 

506 

484 

462

428 

400 

384 

369 

365

Msan

239 

655 

515

390

449 

473 

418 

572 

548 

644 

669 

1,052 

504

562

July

376 

346 

338 

312 

394

392 

428 

369 

346 

410

424 

1,100 

822 

618 

590

765 

1,720 

1,560 

1,3OO 

1,030

1,140 

895 

798 

685 

590

532 

493 

449 

449 

449 

630

Aug.

1,

2,

1, 

1,

8, 

3, 

1, 

1,

Per square 

Bile

1.40 

3.83 

3.01

2.28

2.63 

2.77 

2.44 

3.34 

3.20 

3.77 

3.91 

6.15 

2.95

3.29

) 4,900 sec. -ft.; Apr. 13 (6:3O 

6:30 a.m.) 3,630 sec.-f'j.j Aug.

190 

595 

572 

775 

662

595 

546 

484 

445 

416

396 

408 

441 

404 

396

441 

618 

480 

428 

538

610 

030 

120 

846 

708

640 

640 

060 

600 

400 

120

Sept.

840 

740 

815 

690 

642

665 

715 

642 

580 

534

511 

498 

480 

458 

436

436 

458 

449 

436 

397

377 

369 

377 

349 

349

345 

385 

402 

389 

353

Runoff in 

inohss

1.61 

4.28 

3.47

30.93

3.02 

2.88 

2.82 

3.73 

3.69 

4.20 

4.51 

7.09 

3.29

44.59

a.m.) 3,790 

28 (7:30

D.) 19,700 sec.-ft. 

980338 0-52-12
166 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Catawba River at Catawba, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°42<50", long. 81°04'10",-at bridge on U. S. Highways 64 and 70, half a mile upstream from Lyle Creek, five-eighths of a mile upstream 

from Southern Railway bridge, and 1 mile northeast of Catawba, Catawba County. Datum 

of gage is 746.49 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment 

of 1936.

Drainage area.--1,535 square miles, including that of Lyle Creek.

Records available.--July 1896 to April 1902, November 1934 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--17 years (1896-99, 1935-49), 2,434 second-feet (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 31,200 second-feet Aug. 29 (gage height, 18.28 

reet); minimum, 122 second-feet Oct. 17 (gage height, 2.21 feet).

1896-1902, 1934-49: Maximum discharge, 177,000 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage 

height, 36.8 feet, from floodmarks), by computation of flow at Lookout Shoals power 

plant by Duke Power Co.; minimum, 107 second-feet Nov. 9, 1941.

Maximum stage known, 44.1 feet July 16, 1916, affected by failure of earth dike 

at Lookout Shoals Dam, 4 miles above station (from levels by State Highway and Public 

Works Commission).

Remarks. Records good except those below 1,000 second-feet, which are fair. Records 

include discharge of Lyle Creek. Flow regulated by four reservoirs above station 

which have a combined usable capacity of 14,975,000,000 cubic feet.

Cooperation.--Reservoir capacity curves and elevations furnished by Duke Power Co. Gageheight record collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

Revisions (water years).--W 892: 1936-38. W 952: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

118

158

205

320

465

620

3.3 

3'. 6 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

6.0

890

1,210

1,680

2,360

3,080

4,610

8.0 

1O.O 

12.0 

14.0 

16.0

7,910

11,300

15,000

19,400

24,200

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 194S to September

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 zn

O\J

31

Oct.

2,760

689

130

3,12O

3,670

3,620

3,090

2,030

768

154

2,040

2,220

2,230

2,500

3,O20

966

167

2,190

2,500

2,650

3,110

2,670

745

202

2,500

2,440

2,520

2,630

2,240

749

196

Nov.

2,360

2,340

2,990

2,700

2,740

1,410

2,660

3,240

2,640

2,220

2,410

1,760

722

522

2,310

2,500

2,260

2,200

2,350

704

172

2,840

3,770

2,800

1,520

1,930

2,750

10,500

15,200

10 , 400

-

Dec.

6,760

5,930

7,420

7,250

4,780

5,440

5,270

5,600

5,100

4,350

1,270

525

2,940

2,960

3,400

3,530

3,050

2,310

1,390

2,920

3,280

3,400

1,700

2,060

580

487

1,570

2,420

3,OOO

4,240

5,270

Month

October. ...............

November. ..............

December. ..............

Calendar year 1943 . .

January ................

February ...............

March. .................

April.. .............. .

Hay. ...................

June. ................ .

July. ............. . .

August .................

September. .............

Water year 1948-49 .

Jan.

5,

3,

4,

4,

4,

5,

5,

4,

4,

6,

6,

4,

4,

2,

2,

z,

3,

3,

z,

I,

2,

1,

2,

2,

270

280

140

610

530

930

270

850

750

420

420

780

12O

290

600

770

730

100

09O

820

360

460

762

190

240

2,540

2,

1,

590

940

772

186

2,360

Feb.

2,210

2,570

2,250

2,250

825

338

2,560

2,660

3,060

3,540

2,730

1,450

332

2,450

3,560

3,280

3,77O

2,500

2,660

2,300

4,210

5,6iO

5,010

4,610

4,610

3,370

1,870

2,860

_

_

-

Mar.

3,040

2,790

2,820

2,750

738

446

2,500

2,620

2,620

2,730

2,170

928

311

2,760

2,830

2,760

2,630

2,190

1,130

256

2,440

3,220

3,320

3,930

4,610

4,450

1,930

4,220

4,610

4,450

4,450

Apr.

2,520

1,810

1,800

3,550

4,040

4,O7O

3,490

2,910

1,950

1,530

3,510

4,160

4,780

5,930

6,760

4,770

3,480

4,180

4,360

4,340

4,450

4,450

3,650

964

2,790

2,790

2,640

2,900

2,760

1,270

-

Observed

Secondfoot days

60,516

94 92O

llo!202

958,096

102,170

79,475

82,649

102,604

102,641

84,817

162I900

105,874

1,194,967

Maximum

3,670

15 , 2OO

7,420

15 , 200

6,420

5,640

4,610

6,760

5,760

7,700

7 25O

24)200

8,410

24,200

Minimum

130

172

487

130

186

332

256

964

556

336

D3C t-OO

290

366

130

Mean

1 952

3)l64

3,555

2,618

3,296

2,838

2,666

'3,420

3,311

2,827

3,426

5,255

3,529

3,274

Bay

1,720

3,930

5,760

5,600

4,610

4,350

2,190

1,170

3,620

4,710

4,780

5,220

5,490

4,640

3,620

4,370

4,450

4,450

4,450

2,660

1,200

' 955

2,380

2,350

2,330

2,670

2,200

1,710

556

2,030

2,470

June

2,580

2,510

1,940

1,160

406

2,910

3,020

3,050

2,510

1,990

687

336

2,040

2,32O

2,830

2,670

4,450

7.7OO

5,740

4,780

4,610

3,990

3,160

2,240

2,690

918

3,180

3,410

2,420

2,570

Change in

(equivalent, 

secondfeetlt

-675

4-1,153

-101

+395

-565

+248

+69

-5

+12

-89

+186

+328

-971

-410

July

2

2

1

2

2

1

4

4

4

4

4

4

3

6

6

7

6

6

5

3

4

4

2

3

2

1

,540

800

235

946

,190

,870

,020

,230

,940

716

,030

,610

,790

,290

,480

,340

,700

,260

,920

,250

,420

,420

,640

,130

,000

,270

,860

,000

,320

,420

562

Aug.

3,160

3,230

3,230

3,480

6,920

4,840

3,210

3,500

4,450

4,300

2,870

3,200

1,850

290

3,050

3,660

4,450

4,400

4,000

3,110

3,190

3,710

5,230

6,590

6,100

4,450

4,290

6,040

24,2OO

15,100

12,100

Sept.

8,410

6,590

5,770

3,590

4,120

4,330

4,610

4,610

4,450

3,360

1,000

3,470

3,680

4,400

4,290

3,250

2,740

768

2,970

3,170

2,920

2,880

3,320

1,930

366

1,700

3,230

3,260

3,460

3,230

Adjusted for change in 

reservoir contents

lie an

_

-

3,013

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

2,864

Per square 

mile

_

_

-

1.96

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

1.87

Runoff in 

inches

_

_

-

26.68

_

-

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

25.38

t Change In contents of Bridgewater, Rhodlss, Oxford, and Lookout Shoals Reservoirs.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 167

Catawba River near Rock Hill, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°59i, long. 80°58', at bridge on U. S. Highway 21, 

3| miles downstream from Catawba Dam, 5 miles northeast of Rock Hill, York County, and 

7j miles upstream from Sugar Creek.

Drainage area. 3,050 square miles.

Records available. April 1942 to September 1949. September 1895 to July 1903 at site 

2 miles downstream (revised records for this period published in North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development Bulletin 34 and South Carolina Research, Planning 

and Development Board Bulletin 17).

Average discharge.--14 years (1895-1902, 1942-49), 5,057 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 60,200 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 17.79 

reet); minimum, 535 second-feet Oct. 24 (gage height, 3.05 feet); minimum daily, 1,020 

second-feet Oct. 24, July 31.

1895-1903; 1942-49: Maximum discharge, 151,000 second-feet May 23, 1901 (gage height, 

24.15 feet) at site 2 miles downstream; minimum, 42 second-feet Apr. 25, 1943 (gage 

height, 2.59 feet); minimum daily, 815 second-feet Sept. 2, 1945.

Remarks . Records good. Flow regulated by Catawba Reservoir (usable capacity, 6,542,000,000 

cuDic feet) and by other power plants above station.

Revisions. See Records available.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 ( Sage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

3.3 890 6.0

3.8 1,730 8.0

4.3 2,780 12.0

5.0 4,670 13.8

7,970

15,600

32,100

4O , 30O

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

4,490

1,350

1,100

4,210

5,840

3,390

4,280

4,330

1,160

1,110

3,500

3,940

3,660

3,520

3,780

1,460

1,050

4,350

4,310

4,020

4,720

4,180

1,310

1,020

4,140

4,320

4,140

3,700

3,220

1,260

1,190

Nov.

3,700

3,680

5,530

3,590

1,220

1,130

1,030

2,540

3,690

2,210

1,620

2,400

1,140

1,100

2,850

3,970

3,400

2,770

3,060

1,170

1,070

3,600

5,960

7,300

4,830

4,210

10,300

25,000

40 , 200

32,100

-

Dec.

18,400

10 , 2OO

11,000

10,200

12,000

8,950

10,200

9,28O

9,550

5,840

2,530

1,240

5,620

7,410

6,860

7,430

6,720

3,530

2,000

5,230

6,570

6,540

2,890

3,070

1,830

1,630

2,590

4,410

5,750

12,000

13,300

Jan.

7,780

6,340

9,240

9,4OO

11,800

15,600

13,600

6,580

1,390

8,450

10,100

9,860

7,560

5,730

2,920

2,770

9,100

8,290

6,580

5,830

5,620

2,550

1,590

5,500

5,690

4,790

4,160

3,550

1,380

1,280

4,700

Month

October. .........................

November .........................

December ....... .................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ................ ...........

April ...........................

Hay

June ............... .............

July .............................

August ...........................

September .....................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

4,270

5,170

4,720

4,650

1,690

1,310

5,530

5,570

5,380

4,660

3,700

2,950

1,370

5,010

4,840

6,430

6,210

6,480

5,810

3,500

11,300

10,100

9,470

9,920

6,910

4,050

1,760

8,740

-

-

-

Seoondfoot-days

98,050

186 , 370

214,770

1,853,407

199,730

151,500

149,040

189,020

192,770

117,770

172,210

233,080

185,420

2,089,730

Mar.

7,610

6,580

4,170

3,610

1,880

1,380

5,480

6,580

5,820

5,450

4,620

1,630

1,160

5,140

7,020

6,070

4,220

3,620

1,430

1,130

5,930

5,130

4,190

4,600

4,650

4,970

3,020

8,570

8,240

7,640

7,500

Apr.

5,700

4,

2,

7,

370

750

710

9,660

8,900

7,

6,

4,

L90

120

380

2,730

5,910

8,

9,(

9,

520

380

90

10,600

4,530

3,

8,

8,

340

LOO

300

8,930

7,450

7,C

5,C

l.f

350

310

570

5,540

6,570

5,£

3,£ 3, c

3,.

Maximum

5,840

40 , 200

18,400

40 , 200

15,600

11,300

8,570

10,600

14,400

7,400

15 , 900

31,700

16,000

40 , 200

60

10

30

520

May

6,010

9,340

14,400

9,660

7,340

4,410

5,830

4,540

6,17O

9,09O

10,600

9,850

8,240

4,320

2,720

8,920

10,200

9,280

8,330

6,070

2,540

1,370

4,430

5,190

4,970

4,340

2,170

1,710

1,160

4,210

5,360

Minimum

1,020

1,030

1,240

906

1,280

1,310

1,130

1,870

1,160

1,110

1,020

1,080

1,080

1,020

June

4,610

2,850

,660

,180

,110

,350

,370

,220

,680

,190

,290

,180

,680

,350

,120

,510

,730

,400

,540

,760

,580

,320

,270

,320

3,960

3,510

5,070

5,800

5,150

4,010

Mean

3 162

6^212

6,92E

5,064

6,443

5,411

4,806

6,301

6.21E

3,926

5 555

7 J51E

6,181

5,725

July

5,520

1,880

1,370

1,350

2,050

2,120

2,230

1,940

2,350

1,440

3,530

4,760

4,410

6,050

7,530

15,900

10,500

11,800

14,000

10,700

9,570

11,100

4,300

3,380

7,810

7,970

6,300

4,470

3,460

1,400

1,020

Aug.

3,880

5,

4,

6,

too

340

320

6,740

5,750

3,

6,

6,

5,

330

500

LOO

210

4,140

3,

1,

1,C

380

100

380

5,010

6,050

5,

4,

4,

330

310

'80

2,740

6,760

7 ( i

9, 9,;

160 '70

90

6,740

5,960

4,C

15,:

21,: 31,"

)10

00

>00

00

22,400

Per square 

mile

-

1.66

-

-

-

1.88

Sept.

16,000

12,500

11,400

3,980

7,520

9,690

10,200

5,500

5,070

4,820

2,860

6,720

7,250

6,100

6,120

5,810

3,520

1,300

6,040

6,400

6,160

4,830

5,480

1,660

1,080

3,920

6,750

5,650

5,560

5,470

Runoff in 

inohem

-

22.60

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25.50
168 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Wateree River near Camden, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°14'40", long. 80°39'15", at bridge on U. S. Highway 1, 1,500 feet downstream from Twentyfivemile Creek, 4,000 feet upstream from Seaboard Air Line Railroad bridge, 2.2 miles west of Camden, Kershaw County, and 7.4 miles 

downstream from Wateree Dam. Datum of gage is 119.36 feet above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--5,070 square miles.

Kecords available.--January to December 1903 (gage heights only), September 1904 to June 

191U, October 1929 to September 1949. Gage-height records collected at site lj miles 

downstream, 1891-1934, at site 1,000 feet upstream, January 1935 to September 1942, 

and at present site since October 1942, are contained in reports of U. S. Weather 

Bureau.

Average discharge.--20 years (1929-49), 6,046 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 101,000 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 31.44 

reet); minimum daily, 340 second-feet Oct. 24.

1904-10, 1929-49: Maximum discharge occurred Aug. 26, 1908 (gage height, 39.7 feet, 

at site ]_z miles downstream, from records of U. S. Weather Bureau), discharge uncertain; 

minimum daily, 170 second-feet June 3, 1941.

Maximum stage known, 40.4 feet July 18, 1916, at site l| miles downstream, from records of U. S. Weather Bureau (discharge uncertain).

Remarks. Records fair. Flow regulated by power plant at Wateree Reservoir (capacity, 

V,626,000,000 cubic feet) and by other power plants above station.

Cooperation. Gage-height record collected dn cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

KevisionsTwater years).--W 802: 1930. W 952: Drainage area. W 1082: 1908(M), 1934(m).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.6 

1.9 

2.2 

2.6 

3.1

302

455

647

975

1,480

5.0

9.0

14.0

19.0

21.0

3,550

3,05L. 

13,600 

20,200 

24,500

25.0

26.0

28.0

30.8

36,100

41,000

59,500

92,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

5,250

2,490

584

5,520

7,050

6,010

7,290

7,160

3,560

663

4,670

5,210

5,120

5,940

7,330

3,350

482

4,750

5,S70

5,300

5,740

6,000

1,3SO

340

4,030

4,970

4,920

4,390

4,150

2,9.70

767

Nov.

4,100

3,820

5,OSO

4,170

4,030

2,370

1,360

3,960

5,050

4,680

4,860

3,810

2,440

432

3,700

4,370

3,690

4,830

5,900

9,370

6,910

8,670

10,900

15,300

16,400

14,700

13,500

12,800

70,800

92,900

-

Dec.

49,900

28,300

19,500

14,300

13,700

17,400

16,900

15,300

14,400

13,700

12,900

4,840

7,840

12,800

13,000

11,800

11,000

9,370

6,600

3,330

10,200

9,480

6,940

5,220

5,190

3,540

5,720

6,800

8,380

11,900

14,100

Jam.

18,800

12,900

13,200

14,600

14,200

20,200

33,500

27,800

15,300

13,100

13,500

13,100

13,000

13,000

12,500

7,140

7,020

6,820

9,560

11,100

10,200

10,600

3,260

5,290

S.460

8,030

8,550

6,720

3,730

853

5,480

Month

October ...... ........ ... .... .

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ...........

January ..........................

February ......................

March ........................ ...

April ............................

May ........... ...........

June ... .......... ..............

July ... .......... ..............

August ...........................

Septembe r ........................

Water year 1948-49 ......

Feb.

8,600

10,600

10,700

10,600

5,010

1,160

5,290

8,710

10,400

12,000

12,200

11,200

6,S20

9,040

7,840

10,200

11,300

11,100

11,500

u,670

7,670

11,300

11,800

12,000

11,900

11,600

11,100

11,100

_

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Secondfoot-days

133,546

344,712

389,350

2,988,937

359,513

269,210

232,750

254,650

328,854

133,346

200,160

332,021

322,474

3,300,586

Mar.

11,600

11,300

10,900

10,900

10,300

4,13U

6,160

10,800

10,800

8,600

8,050

5,110

1,230

5,590

7,230

7,450

8,310

7,470

4,200

1,040

5,100

7,180

7,750

6,900

7,570

5,450

1,990

6,290

10,700

11,100

Il,0u0

Apr.

10,800

7,940

3,560

6,100

8,380

10,800

10,200

10,9OO

9,340

2,150

5,480

9,810

11,200

11,100

9,370

9,480

2,790

6,010

10,600

10,800

10,700

11,300

9,670

2,200

4,780

7,830

7,500

8,180

12,100

13,600

Maximum

7,830

92,900

49, 30'

92,900

33,500

12,200

11,600

13,600

28,200

9,480

17,000

48,600

29,600

92,900

May

14,400

21,400

28,200

27,100

20, 400

IS, 100

13,500

11,800

11,100

11,000

10,800

11,500

11,400

11,300

9,700

9,160

10,500

10,700

10,600

10,600

9,590

2,810

4,530

5,330

4,820

5,140

4,720

3,150

754

3,610

4, 1-40

Minimum

340

462

3,540

243

853

1,160

1,040

2,130

754

728

1 , 000

651

834

340

June

5,850

5,130

3,540

2,580

728

3,910

5,510

5,060

4,430

4,260

3,040

930

3,850

3,950

3,560

3,720

9,480

9,150

3,030

3,570

4,520

4,320

4,860

4,490

3,520

938

-,S60

3 . 720

5,570

7,470

Mean

4,308

11,490

12.56C

3,166

11, BOO

9,615

7 , 503

8,488

10,610

4,445

6,457

10,710

10,75C

9,043

July

8,160

4,92O

1,000

2,980

3,780

3,300

3,080

2,960

2,590

1,060

4,060

4,670

5,140

4,130

4,600

9,790

4,040

9,900

14,900

17,000

15,600

14,600

13,400

8,300

7,870

6,430

5,630

5,270

5,640

3,080

1,030

Aug.

6,770

8,600

8,380

8,610

11,000

6,720

1,640

4,100

6,370

6,960

6,190

5,680

2,760

651

4,900

6,230

8,370

10,800

7,090

4,100

3,430

7,520

13,100

14,000

j. 4,100

13,200

5,050

3,950

38 , 400

43,600

39,700

Per square 

mile

-

1.61

_

_

-

1.78

Sept.

29 , 600

23,600

19,100

16,100

11,900

14,100

14,300

16,800

20,400

17,500

10,000

9,100

9,340

11,500

8,150

3,930

5,730

1,060

4,430

6,150

6,290

7,570

8,150

5,980

834

5,020

7,720

7,660

8,010

7,450

Runoff in 

inches

-

21.92

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24.20
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 169

Lake Marion near Pineville, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°27'00", long. 80°09 I 50", at right upstream end of 

spillway, 2f miles upstream from old Santee Canal, 5 3/8 miles upstream from Dead 

River, and 8 miles west of Pineville, Berkeley County. Datum of gage is at mean sea 

level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Harza Engineering 

Co.).

Drainage area. 14,700 square miles.

Kecords available. January 1942 to September 1949.

extremes. Maximum elevation during year, 76.91 feet Sept. 7 (caused by high wind); minimum, 70.61 feet Nov. 19.

1942-49: Maximum elevation, that of Sept. 7, 1949; minimum elevation observed, 

63.75 feet Jan. 1, 1942.

Remarks. Lake is formed by earth darn. Storage began in November 1941; dam completed in 

T94T. Usable capacity, 39,640,000,000 cubic feet between elevations 60.0 feet (limit 

of draw-down) and 75.0 feet (maximum normal lake elevation). Dead storage, about 

15,250,000,000 cubic feet. Figures given herein represent usable contents. Elevation 

of spillway crest, 63.0 feet; top of spillway gates, 76.8 feet. Water is diverted 

from Lake Marion through canal to Lake Moultrie (see p. 204) for generation of power 

and for navigation.

Elevation at 12 p.m., In feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

71.93

72.02

72.07

72.28

72.19

72.23

72.32

72.40

72.42

72.46

72.48

72.42

72.40

72.32

72.34

72.37

72.38

72.24

72.16

72.08

72.08

72.08

72.07

72.04

71.95

71.84

71.82

71.81

71.80

71.78

71.76

Nov.

71.70

71.54

71.57

71.54

71.52

71.59

71.55

71.54

71.51

71.51

71.37

71.33

71.26

71.19

71.06

70.88

 70.81

70.70

70.71

70.70

70.70

70.83

71.02

71.18

71.23

71.37

71.68

72.41

72.83

73.20

-

Dec.

73.2?

74.17

75.17

75.84

76.75

76.66

76.63

76.66

76.44

76.32

76.21

76.18

76.37

76.48

76.57

76.66

76.70

76.72

76.44

76.23

76.30

76.34

76.33

76.30

76.30

76.16

76.10

76.03

76.02

76.11

75.76

Jan.

75.83

76.00

76.32

76.43

76.41

76.28

75.76

75.16

74.90

75.29

75.96

76.42

76.68

76.72

76.69

76.67

76.65

76.63

76.62

76.52

76.52

76.49

76.45

76.40

76.28

76.19

76.08

76.05

75.94

75.81

75.77

Feb.

75.59

75.49

75.48

75.53

75.61

75.66

75.67

75.61

75.63

75.74

75.74

75.90

76.11

76.31

76.42

76.49

76.39

76.36

76.48

76.56

76.60

76.64

76.68

76.73

76.66

76.73

76.80

76.59

_

-

-

Mar.

76.55

76.63

76.69

76.75

76.75

76.74

76.59

76.51

76.40

76.41

76.29

76.25

76.16

76.16

76.05

75.99

75.96

75.93

75.88

75.86

75.80

75.70

75.64

75.60

75.58

75.55

75.58

75.60

75.58

75.56

75.60

Apr.

75.53

75.56

75.63

75.56

75.72

75.56

75.53

75.50

75.52

75.53

75.59

75.51

75.53

75.50

75.63

75.65

75.78

75.96

75.94

75.96

75.98

76.03

76.09

76.07

76.07

76.00

75.94

75.90

75.91

75.99

-

May

76.13

76.36

76.42

76.56

76.55

76.64

76.65

76.58

76.51

76.46

76.53

76.65

6.75

6.68

6.66

6.64

6.59

6.56

6.52

6.43

76.31

76.25

76.12

75.97

75.80

75.64

75.46

75.38

75.21

75.05

74.96

June

74.84

74.77

74.68

74.70

74.75

74.75

74.77

74.76

74.86

74.86

74.90

74.93

74.89

74.81

74.79

74.80

74.71

74.67

74.73

74.82

74.83

74.75

74.67

74.62

74.58

74.56

74.51

74.37

74.29

74.22

-

July

74.16

74.12

74.03

73.95

73.80

73.71

73.60

73.46

73.38

73.35

73.33

73.27

73.29

73.29

73.31

73.31

73.39

73.51

73.63

73.78

73.94

74.11

74.30

74.41

74.51

74.52

74.51

74.it

74.39

74.30

74.29

Aug.

74.31

74.30

74.40

74.53

74.64

74.82

74.94

74.94

74.86

74.79

74.72

74.61

74.53

74.48

74.33

74.20

74.39

74.47

74.54

71.78

75.03

75.25

75.38

75.54

75.66

75.86

76.11

76.71

76.64

76.25

75.77

Sept.

75.90

76.33

76.43

76.62

76.60

76.74

76.79

76.64

12. :0

76. C6

76.59

76.68

76.70

76.75

76.74

76.73

76.70

76.67

76.64

76.44

76.34

76.26

76.14

76.00

75.91

75.82

75.63

75.49

75. -10

75.26

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Monthly elevation and contents, water year October 1948 tc

Date

Sept. 

Oct.

r.ov.

Dec. 

Cal

Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar.

Apr. 

May 

June 

Jjly 

A-ig. 

Sept.

v;at

30....... ...........

31. .................

endar year 1948. ....

28..................

30..................

30. .................

er year 1943-49. ....

Elevation 

(feet)t

71.88 

71.76 

73.20 

75.76

5.77 

6.59 

5.60 

5.99 

4.96 

4.22 

4.29 

75.77 

75.26

-

Contents 

(billions of

cubic feet)

27.34 

26.92 

32.24 

43.05

-

43.09 

46.93 

42.33 

44.08 

39.47 

36.34 

36.64 

4;. 09 

40.81

-

Change in contents 

during month (equiv 

alent, second-feet)

-157

+4,040

-103

+15 

+1,590 

-1,720 

+ 675 

-1,720 

-1,210 

+ 112 

+2,410 

-830

+ 427

at 12 p.
170 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Santee River near Pineville, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°27'15", long. 80°09'25", 3.0 miles upstream 

from Dead River, 3.3 miles downstream from Lake Marion Dam, and 6.7 miles west of 

Pineville, Berkeley County. Datum of gage is C3.00 feet above mean sea level (levels 

"by South Carolina Public Service Authority).

Drainage area.--14,700 square miles.

Records available.--April 194L to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 114,000 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height,

aa.bb feet), from rating curve extended above 13,000 second-feet by computations of 

flow over spillway at Lake Marion and logarithmic plotting; minimum daily, 396 second-feet Sept. 30.

1942-49: Maximum discharge, 155,000 second-feet Sept. 23, 1945 (gage height, 31.1 

feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 13,000 second-feet by computations of flow over spillway at LaLe Marion and logarithmic plotting; minimum 

daily, 9 second-feet Feb. 23, 1947.

Remarks.--Records good. Flow completely regulated by Lake Marion (see p. 169). Water 

is1 diverted above station from Lake Marion through canal (see p. 204) into Lake 

Moultrie (see p. 205) for generatio'n of power and for navigation, then discharged 

into Cooper River Basin.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

563

563

545

545

545

523

545

sa:

581

599

SOP

531

531

59°

563

562

545

528

510

510

510

492

528

528

528

528

528

563

563

531

562

Nov.

545

545

545

523

563

563

581

531

531

581

581

581

563

56?

563

545

545

545

545

545

545

510

528

523

510

510

510

599

726

545

-

Dec.

15,500

12,200

82,100

87,300

30,600

41,100

23,200

26,000

53,100

?9,800

26,600

'5, 430

3,740

4,620

1,940

1,130

2,110

7,210

19,300

25,100

4,630

1,270

875

1,140

1,130

1,180

1,070

1,030

939

1,430

11,600

Jan.

5,170

1,190

394

7,000

11,200

14,300

33,800

45,400

41 , 000

22,000

5,930

2,180

1 ,110

4,870

7,670

9,460

6,060

1,680

894

726

689

726

671

689

653

689

689

635

653

671

635

Month

October ....... ..................

Novembe r ...................

December .........................

Calendar year 1943 ........

January ...................... . .

February . ............ .... ....

March .......... .....

April .................. ...

May ............... ..............

June ... ..........

July ............................

August ...........................

September ............

Water year 1948-49 ..... ....

Feb.

599

581

581

563

635

581

581

599

599

697

81?

599

581

581

653

653

726

563

563

599

581

4,480

7,500

10,400

16,100

9,420

B, 460

17,300

_

_

-

Secondfoot days

17,08

16,70

535,99

1,872,91

86 58

27^61

18,36

226, 85

18,43

17 15

mlaa

467,72

1,773,83

Mar.

4,600

933

726

708

911

889

1,530

617

581

2,170

1,410

599

453

599

855

689

617

726

635

617

617

599

599

617

599

581

563

599

635

617

671

Apr.

708

635

617

635

635

1,250

635

671

617

599

581

581

708

635

563

961

563

528

510

492

510

492

510

599

563

528

510

510

510

510

Maximum

j 599

0 726

4 87,300

6 87, '00

4 45,400 

3 17,300

9 4,600

S 1,250

0 33,100

4 671

5 617

7 57,100

2 73,400

4 87,300

May

510

510

7,360

12,200

20,800

24,200

30,500

33,100

29,300

23,600

12,600

6,080

1,800

6,840

5,920

2,980

896

475

458

653

582

689

617

599

478

617

475

545

581

462

477

Minimum

492

510

875

207

635

563

458

492

458

483

510

475

396

396

June

491

483

653

671

653

653

527

653

653

653

635

653

653

653

671

671

653

653

653

671

653

653

653

635

510

563

563

528

510

510

-

Mean

55

55

17,29

5,11

7 ,41 

3 , 09

89

61

7,31

61

55

3 59

15^59

4,86C

July

528

545

545

545

528

528

545

545

545

545

528

528

545

528

510

528

563

563

581

581

581

599

599

617

599

563

563

545

545

545

545

Aug.

510

545

510

510

510

528

528

528

510

510

510

492

492

492

475

492

492

492

510

528

545

528

528

510

492

510

510

2,400

12,600

25,500

57,100

Per square 

mile

L

7

D

7

7

7

L

7

t

!,

)

)

Sept.

57,100

58 , 400

73,400

62,600

47,600

27,200

24,600

24,600

15,000

13,200

12,700

12,600

10,700

6,480

5,400

4,340

3,110

1,340

1,180

1,070

744

635

653

475

440

475

458

420

406

396

-

Runoff in 

inches
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 171

Linville River at Branch, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°47 I 50", long. 81°53'20", at bridge on State Highway 126 at Branch, Burke County, a quarter of a mile upstream from Lake James.

Drainage area.--65 square miles.

Kecords available.--June 1922 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--27 years, 143 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 10,400 second-feet Aug. 28 (gage height, 7.98 

reet, from high-water mark); minimum, 36 second-feet Nov. 2 (gage height, 1.63 feet); 

minimum daily, 47 second-feet Nov. 1.

1922-49: Maximum discharge, 39,500 second-feet Aug. 13, 1940 (gage height, 11.4 

feet), by slope-area method; minimum, 3 second-feet Jan. 2, 1940, result of low temperature; minimum daily, 8 second-feet Sept. 7-9, 1925.

Flood of July 1916 reached a stage slightly lower than that of Aug. 13, 1940.

Remarks. --Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are' poor. 

Small diurnal fluctuation caused by mill above station.

Revisions (water years). W 892: 1928-29, 1935, 1937.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 30 to Feb. 19, 

June 17 to July 12)

Oct. 1 to July 18 July 19 to Sept. 3O

1.7 44 2.6 319 3.6 1,060 1.9 92 2.8 466 4.O 1,550 

1.9 75 £.8 435 4.0 1,45O 2.1 136 3.0 626 5.0 2.77O 

2.1 118 3.0 560 4.5 2.O2O 2.5 191 3.3 884 6.O 4.31O 

2.3 181 3.3 785 2.6 33O 3.6 1,150

Discharge, ID second- feet, water year October 1948 tc September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

150 

121 

106 

97 

106

100 

89 

97 

102 

91

77 

75 

73 

66 

66

63 

70 

77 

75 

68

54

61 

60 

60 

58

57 

55 

54 

54 

52 

58

Nov.

47 

52 

536 

374 

210

1,040 

806 

375 

288 

268

263 

210 

181 

164 

146

132 

126 

118 

a240 

a300

a20O 

a20o 

a200 

a22O 

273

231 

330 

1,250 

1,090 

560

Dec.

393 

304 

364 

465 

353

325 

278 

245 

214 

189

167 

156 

150 

138 

129

129 

121 

111 

124 

129

109 

104 

100 

100 

121

109 

93 

102 

155 

749 

353

Jan.

227 

202 

170 

150 

214

411 

268 

218 

189 

164

150 

138 

129 

124 

118

111 

109 

104 

104 

100

95 

102 

109 

104 

95

95 

93

100 

93 

91 

104

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber . ........................

lendar year 1948 

ary . . .

h. ...........................

1 ............................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

113 

102 

97 

106 

153

140 

140 

153 

138 

197

193 

160 

143 

132 

124

143 

206 

156 

185 

3380

a 200 

a!80 

a 160 

al40 

a!40

a!30 

a!30 

a!20

Seccndfoct-days

2,392 

10,43C 

6,57J

58,626

4,48] 

4,36] 

5,21] 

7,342 

6,994 

7,70E 

10,30] 

14,672 

4,552

85,023

Mar.

allO 

allO 

allO 

allO 

allO

allO 

allO 

aloo 

97 

104

126 

109 

93 

95 

93

91 

85 

144 

182 

129

118 

219 

709 

341

268

250 

231

222 

240 

202 

193

Apr.

178 

156 

143 

135 

151

283

214 

197 

174 

156

146 

200 

1,350 

620 

411

314 

259 

227 

193 

170

160 

170 

178 

140 

129

124 

121 

174 

164 

306

Maximum

150 

1,250 

749

1,440

411 

380 

709 

1,350 

883 

2,020 

1,070 

4,000 

408

4,000

Peak discharge (base, 1,600 sec. -ft.). Nov. 6 (4 p.m..

May

470 

387 

336 

268 

231

210 

206 

170 

178 

189

883 

504 

330 

268 

222

210 

206 

210 

164 

150

138 

138 

126 

118 

111

104 

102 

100 

93 

85 

87

Minimum

52 

47 

93

29

91 

97 

85 

121 

85 

55 

79 

148 

84

47

June

85 

79 

75 

70 

70

66 

60 

60 

60 

55

61 

63 

68 

138 

375

2,020 

1,920 

534 

330 

236

197 

185 

146 

129 

121

109 

97 

89 

89 

118

Mean

77.2 

348 

212

160

145 

156 

168 

245 

226 

257 

332 

473 

152

233

July

95 

87 

85 

79 

91

95

102 

100 

83 

89

111 

791 

474 

319 

309

299 

925 

1,070 

943 

 593

444 

924 

474 

330 

251

210 

233 

182 

170 

161 

182

Aug.

188 

148 

422 

830 

375

256 

251 

217 

185 

191

191 

228 

236 

270 

195

198 

274 

269 

210 

a!90

a340 

a340 

a340 

3340 

a 250

3230 

a260 

a4,000 

al,900 

796 

552

Per square 

mile

1.19 

5.35 

3.26

2.46

2.23 

2.40 

2.58 

3.77 

3.48 

3.95 

5.11 

7.28 

2.34

3.58

2,15O sec. -ft.; Nov. 28 (6 p.m.

Sept.

408 

302 

280 

251 

213

202 

191 

176 

158 

148

138 

134 

131 

122 

120

118 

118 

127 

124

105

94 

96 

94 

92 

84

92 

113 

118 

111 

92

Runoff in 

inches

1.37 

5.97 

3.76

33.54

2.56 

2.50 

2.98 

4.20 

4.00 

4.41 

5.89 

8.39 

2.6O

48.63

) 2,420

c.-ft.

1,840 sec.-ft.; July 22 

4 p.m.) 1. 1 10,400 _iu,4uu sec.-ft. sec.-rt.

[o gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for North Toe River at Altapass and

rba River near Marion.
172 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Henry Pork near Henry River, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°41'05", long. 81°24'05", 400 feet downstream 

from bridge on county highway at Old Link Ford, ly miles downstream from Catawba-Burke 

county line, and 2 miles downstream from village of Henry River, Burke County.

Drainage area.--80 square miles.

Records available.--July 1925 to November 1931, December 1941 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--13 years (1925-31, 1942-49), 128 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 6,910 second-feet Aug. 28 (gage height, 11.87 

feet), by computation of flow over dam; minimum, 7 second-feet Oct. 31; minimum daily, 

16 second-feet Oct. 31.

1925-31, 1941-49: Maximum discharge, 15,300 second-feet Oct. 2, 1929 (gage height, 

18.40 feet, site then in use),from rating curve extended above 2,500 second-fe.et on 

basis of computation of flow over dam; minimum, 3 second-feet Dec. 20, 1942; minimum 

daily, 4 second-feet Nov. 15, Dec. 20, 1942.

Maximum discharge known, 31,300 second-feet Aug. 13, 1940 (gage height, 29.2 feet, 

at site 400 feet upstream, from floodmarks), by computation of flow over dam at Henry 

River.

Remarks. Records good except those below 40 second-feet, which are fair, and those for 

periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. Considerable diurnal fluc-tuation 

and some regulation caused by mill above station. About 2j second-feet daily is diverted for water supply by city of Morganton and Morganton State Hospital and wasted 

into Catawba River.

Revisions (water years).--W 952: 1928, 1930.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

113

80

81

113

125

105

92

102

83

77

77

75

72

70

69

52

45

87

81

75

58

73

63

43

108

66

64

64

63

54

16

Nov.

79

76

523

291

150

135

143

130

111

135

131

107

97

62

112

109

96

85

219

394

236

150

157

214

209

235

373

2,020

1,040

412

-

Dec.

261

197

486

535

286

254

200

178

166

134

134

138

146

133

121

181

119

119

113

137

130

124

112

121

178

165

143

136

158

664

327

Month

Jan.

224

184

168

150

266

495

293

217

187

173

192

117

148

141

130

132

136

130

130

123

121

127

125

130

121

119

119

119

117

112

176

October ..........................

November .........................

December .....................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ............... .

February ................. ......

March ...................... ....

April ............................

May ..............................

June ..........................

July .............................

August ...........................

September .................. ...

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

208

187

165

187

224

192

195

176

165

327

293

208

178

165

155

208

276

214

325

637

318

244

211

187

173

165

170

187

_

_

-

Second 

foot-days

2,346

8,231

6,296

63,124

5,122

6,340

5,098

5,840

6,083

3,611

6,302

7,838

4,031

67,138

Mar.

160

152

148

141

141

141

136

132

132

138

138

127

125

125

123

121

121

138

127

121

119

156

494

240

190

198

198

208

224

192

192

Apr.

176

155

155

150

165

272

208

176

155

148

152

204

628

383

254

201

184

176

162

150

150

165

152

145

143

136

136

152

141

266

-

Maximum

125

2,020

664

3,520

495

637

494

628

55O

295

1,500

2,570

356

2,570

May

379

512

550

290

220

192

195

184

170

227

268

234

184

165

160

158

150

141

136

132

125

134

155

130

127

125

162

169

117

88

104

Minimum

16

62

112

9

112

155

119

136

88

64

42

49

50

-16

June

106

106

106

67

a80

allO

8240

8200

212

295

143 -

117

115

106

104

102

104

64

92

96

89

102

85

-

Mean

75.7

274

203

172

165

226

164

195

196

120

203

253

134

184

July

104

42

83

83

96

96

85

92

a50

also

8300

a 200

alSO

alSO

a260

al,500

aSOO

a400

244

265

165

127

108

104

104

100

100

83

91

49

121

Aug.

143

102

102

106

123

94

85

94

96

87

75

92

49

70

92

92

102

102

96

87

134

258

237

145

115

110

108

2,570

1,O9O

308

874

Per square 

mile

0.946

3.42

2.54

2.15

2.06

2.82

2.05

2.44

2.45

1.50

2.54

3.16

1.68

2.30

Sept.

356

206

170

159

148

141

291

206

152

129

12J

123

117

115

107

103

115

109

105

103

101

103

105

50

87

101

101

103

101

101

Runoff in 

inches

1.09

3.83

2.92

29.34

2.38

2.95

2.37

2.71

2.83

1.68

2.93

3.64

1.87

31.20

Peak discharge (base, 2.8OO sec. -ft. ) . Nov. 28 (5 p.m.) 4,080 sec. -ft.; Aug. 28 (9 p.m.) 6,910

see.-ft.; Aug. 31 Til a.m.) 2,810 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for South Fork Catawba River at 

Lowell and First Broad River near Lawndale.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 173

South Fork Catawba River at Lowell, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°17'05", long. 81°06'00", on county highway just 

downstream from Housers Creek, I mile north of Lowell, Gaston County. Datum of gage is 

603.10 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 630 square miles.

Kecords available. January 1942 to September 1949.

.Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 9,450 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 11.57 

feet); minimum, 145 second-feet Oct. 31 (gage height, 1.73 feet), but may have been 

less July 30 or Aug. 16, when lower intake was closed; minimum daily, 279 second-feet 

Aug. 14.

1942-49: Maximum discharge -22,000 second-feet Sept. 19, 1945 (gage height, 16.98 

feet), from rating curve extended above 9,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; 

minimum, 43 second-feet Sept. 10, 1944; minimum daily, 138 second-feet Sept. 10, 1944. 

Maximum stage known, 21.33 feet in August 1940, from floodmarks.

Remarks.--Records good. Considerable diurnal fluctuation and slight regulation for short 

periods at low flow caused by power plant above station. City of Gastonia diverted an 

average of 6.4 second-feet during water year 1949 for municipal supply.

Revisions (water years).--W 1002; 1943(M).

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 29 Nov. 30 to Sept. 30

2.2 265 3.5 75O 6.O 2,520 2.2 279 3.5 773 5.O 2.5OO 

2.6 394 4.0 1,030 8.0 4,7OO 2.6 415 4.0 1.O4O 8.0 4,420 

3.0 540 5.0 1,700 11.0 8,590 3.O 563 5.O 1,710 9.O 5,670

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

682 

462 

410 

459 

484

521 

478 

403 

402 

402

420 

400 

397 

383 

329

348 

357 

286 

408 

425

404 

340 

350 

367 

413

350 

428 

334 

392 

298 

330

Nov.

395 

329 

489 

987 

1,000

630 

640 

598 

578 

541

530 

524 

484 

465 

470

455 

488 

485 

511 

958

1,090 

922 

881 

1,650 

1,300

1,060 

2,220 

5,130 

8,480

5,930

Dec.

3,490 

1,490 

2,230 

2,660 

2,020

1,460 

1,190 

1,060 

952 

845

806 

745 

773 

750 

728

715 

728 

684 

718 

762

678 

663 

663 

642

1,410

1,190 

952 

820 

820 

3,520 

2,820

Jan.

1,810 

1,220 

1,040 

925

1,120

2,840 

2,020 

1,420 

1,120 

980

925 

898 

796 

796 

750

750 

750 

728 

728 

706

728 

706 

728 

728

706

684 

663 

706 

706 

663 

985

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

her. .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

1. ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,320 

1,220 

1,040 

952 

898

952 

980 

925 

87O 

1.28O

1,600 

1,280 

1,040 

952 

870

1,100 

1,600 

1,280 

1,260 

2,580

2,180 

1,520 

1,250 

1,O6O 

991

908 

925 

1,060

Seoondfoot-days

12,462 

40,220 

38,984

355,137

30,325 

33,893 

28,001 

32,446 

31,717 

17,335 

27,914 

32,446 

24,454

350,197

Mar.

952 

870 

845 

820 

773

773 

796 

750 

750 

750

773 

7O6 

706 

728 

684

684 

684 

728 

773 

7O6

684 

706 

1,430 

1,400 

1,420

1,350 

1,100 

1,040 

1,120 

1,040 

1,460

Apr.

1,320 

980 

899 

898 

1,150

2,080 

1,320 

1,100 

925 

845

845 

1,320 

1,980 

1,900 

1,490

1,120 

980 

925 

845 

820

820 

796 

870 

796 

773

706 

728 

820 

845 

1,550

Maximum

682 

8,480 

3,520

8,480

2,840 

2,580 

1,460 

2,080 

2,260 

1,290 

3,720 

5,410 

2,660

8,480

Peak discharge (base, 8,OOO sec. -ft.). Nov. 28 (11 p.n

May

2,260 

1,780 

1,980 

1,710 

1,220

1,010 

911 

925 

893 

1,250

2,180 

1,460 

1,140 

925 

855

823 

773 

740 

706 

684

642 

695 

766 

724 

773

660 

642 

642 

663 

622 

663

Minimum

286 

329 

642

227

663 

870 

684 

706 

622 

435 

367 

279 

487

279

Jnne

656 

576 

528 

544 

525

571 

524 

552 

529 

495

490 

435 

567 

602 

561

634 

1,290 

1,010 

667 

582

555 

533 

500 

502 

479

527 

456 

548 

437 

460

Mean

402 

1,341 

1,258

970

978 

1,210 

903 

1,082 

1,023 

578 

900 

1,047 

815

959

July

485 

450 

421 

457 

409

424 

450 

367 

395 

465

773 

870 

1,030 

663

612

2,830 

3,620 

3.72O 

1,80O 

1,150

941 

750 

656 

602 

595

511 

517 

499 

485 

508 

459

Aug.

561 

565 

800 

622 

566

545 

487 

484 

453 

441

451 

431 

390 

279 

391

4OO 

643 

543 

482

612

1,060 

1,460 

1,710 

982 

717

619 

552 

1,990 

5,410 

4,310 

3,490

Per square 

mile

0.638 

2.13 

2.00

1.54

1.55 

1.92 

1.43 

1.72 

1.62 

.917 

1.43 

1.66 

1.29

1.52

a.) 9,450 sec. -ft.

Sept.

2,340 

2,660 

1,580 

965 

856

765 

845 

1,250 

898 

728

706 

663 

642 

663 

602

582 

602 

582 

602 

559

536 

528 

519 

487 

488

501 

513 

547 

663 

582

Runoff in 

inches

0.74 

2.37 

2.30

20.96

1.79 

2.00 

1.65 

1.92 

1.87 

1.02 

1.65 

1.92 

1.44

20.67
174 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Little Sugar Creek near Charlotte, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 35°09'15", long. 80°51'10", 

 just upstream from sewage-disposal plant of city of Charlotte, a quarter of a mile

downstream from Brier Creek, and 5 miles south of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County.

Datum of gage is 571.6 feet above mean sea level (city of Charlotte datum).

Drainage area. 41.4 square miles.

Records available. July 1924 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 25 years, 45.7 second-feet.

Extremes. 1947-48: Maximum discharge during water year, 3,360 second-feet Aug. 3 (gage 

Height, 10.83 feet), from rating curve extended above 2,000 second-feet by slope-area 

determination at 10.42 feet; minimum, 4.5 second-feet Sept. 26, 27 (gage height, 1.62 

feet).

1948-49: Maximum discharge during water year, 3,730 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage 

height, 11.28 feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 2,000 second-feet 

by slope-area determination at 10.42 feet; minimum, 6.9 second-feet Oct. 4 (gage height, 

1.67 feet).

1924-49: Maximum discharge, 8,370 second-feet Apr. 6, 1936 (gage height, 16.2 feet, 

from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 2,000 second-feet; minimum, 1.6 

second-feet July 30, 31, Aug. 1, 1925.

Remarks.--Records good except those above 1,000 second-feet or those for periods of fragmentary or no gage-height record, which are poor.

Revisions (water years). W 1052: 1939-44.

Rating table, Oct. 1, 1947, to Sept. 30, 1949 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 8-31, 1948, May 31, 1948, 

to Oct. 4, 1948, May 1, 1949, to June 13, 1949)

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.9

2.0 

2.2

4.1 

9.0

2.4 

2.6 

2.8 

3.0 

3.3 

3.6

10O 

156 

219 

277 

363 

450

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

570

728

1,210

1,560

Discharge, in second-feet, 1947-49 

1947-48

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

19

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

 28

29

30

31

Oct.

9.0

9.6

9.6

9.0

8.0

9.0

14

38

128

351

38

23

20

16

16

19

120

64

31

25

19

16

75

194

43

27

25

100

44

26

22

HOT.

20

393

al,OOO

a380

a 60

a44

a7O

a340

54

39

a64O

al3O

a5O

a44

a48O

96

59

47

66

47

40

37

95

9O

58

42

35

34

30

30

-

Dec.

29

29

28

28

28

29

26

31

28

73

44

38

31

28

115

102

44

38

35

31

31

30

30

27

40

62

SO

44

40

35

32

Jan.

1O3

78

42

35

34

32

3O

29

29

27

25

27

559

117

53

46

43

38

34

35

56

44

35

33

31

40

139

131

86

164

172

Feb.

76

84

73

71

76

260

88

119

80

73

69

1,080

454

5 9O

126

92

84

71

66

60

48

154

62

53

60

56

48

4£

40

_

-

Mar.

37

138

69

53

43

66

al,O06

98

92

98

62

53

44

40

39

90

156

53

47

43

39

37

142

59

44

4O

138

60

44

39

f470

Apr.

f47O

110

67

56

52

5O

157

82

56

43

124

67

50

47

47

42

37

32

32

31

31

30

30

29

27

26

25

25

24

25

-

Hay

22

21

21

29

26

22

64

22

20

19

20

246

82

44

32

3O

32

28

26

24

23

21

21

44

107

35

24

109

85

251

54

June

30

23

22

22

19

17

17

139

28

19

16

16

16

17

44

26

16

15

14

IE

14

15

14

13

13

12

11

12

53

35

-

July

16

13

11

9.6

9.6

9.6

9.6

9.0

9.0

8.5

13

18

12

12

37

14

9.6

7.5

8

8.5

8.5

8.6

8.5

7.5

10

7.5

8.0

8.0

13

8.5

6.9

Aug.

131

263

636

306

145

28

19

16

16

15

14

27

14

12

11

13

13

13

12

12

12

10

10

11

10

9.6

9.6

8.5

7.5

9.0

15

Sept.

10

8.5

8.0

7.5

9.6

24

29

18

28

11

8.5

6.9

7.5

8.5

9.0

8.0

7.5

6.9

6.4

6.9

7.5

6.9

6.9

6.4

5.4

4.5

5.9

56

58

26

-
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 175

Discharge, in second-feet, of Little Sugar Creek neap Charlotte, N. C., 1947-49--Continued

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

12

8.5

7.5

25

190

24

16

18

13

12

12

13

12

12

11

11

10

24

al3

12

11

12

14

11

10

alO

alO

alO

alO

alO

alO

NCT.

12

13

29

139

23

73

58

22

a!9

al7

a!5

al4

al3

al2

a!2

all

all

alO

370

a!6

al2

a 100

3400

194

66

40

472

1,570

394

76

-

Dec.

54

42

122

69

47

47

40

47

37

32

27

27

27

28

28

28

26

28

143

47

37

34

33

99

297

71

48

43

180

722

100

Jan.

60

50

44

42

551

493

90

64

52

47

43

42

39

42

33

31

38

40

42

39

111

60

47

46

44

43

43

99

52

40

256

Feb.

123

66

48

50

43

38

46

39

69

204

75

56

48

46

39

179

120

56

163

158

75

66

58

47

43

37

106

98

_

_

-

liar.

52

46

42

38

37

60

58

38

37

50

40

34

32

32

32

30

30

55

34

29

29

40

52

34

193

66

43

49

44

37

89

Apr.

43

34

32

37

122

83

50

43

38

34

54

158

98

56

44

37

34

35

34

34

31

46

33

26

25

24

25

82

129

477

-

May

463

92

337

58

46

35

43

40

57

121

135

62

47

42

37

35

37

35

33

33

30

30

38

34

44

29

29

26

24

26

33

June

28

26

24

23

22

24

24

23

22

22

21

20

198

30

35

28

27

21

19

21

21

20

34

23

18

16

25

21

19

18

-

July

18

16

16

16

17

16

16

16

14

14

17

18

27

23

42

309

118

80

26

90

46

20

16

14

14

14

14

14

14

24

217

Aug.

45

38

36

19

17

14

14

14

14

15

a!5

a!4

a 14

313

a!3

alOO

a40

320

a!5

alOO

340

a20

315

al4

a!7

315

314

31,500

3400

370

26

Sept.

23

20

19

18

17

19

324

42

27

21

18

19

24

21

20

19

17

16

26

21

21

20

19

16

15

17

18

19

55

20

-

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1947-49

Month

December. .........................

Calendar year 1947 .............

May. ..............................

September. ........................

Water year 1947-48 .............

December. .........................

May. ..............................

September. ........................

Hater year 1948-49 .............

Secondfoot-days

1,256

18,780.7

413.2

24,221.5

3 913

2,610

23,964.3

2 723

1 931

951

23,268

Maximum

115

1,000

139

58

1,080

190

722

1,570

324

1,570

Minimum

26

5.4

4.5

4.5

26

4.5

15

7.5

Mean

40.5

51.5

13.8

66.2

84.2

65.5

42 5

31.7

63.7

Per square 

mile

.978

1.24

1 43

.333

1.60

2.03

1.58

.766

1.54

Runoff in 

inches

1.13

16.88

.37

21.76

2.34

21.53

2 45

.85

20.89
176 SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

Broad River near Chimney Rock, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°25'35", long. 82°10'45", 1,000 feet downstream 

from Lake Lure Dam, 1 5 miles downstream from Buffalo Creek, and 3 miles east of Chimney 

Rock, Rutherford County.

Drainage area. 97 square miles.

Records available. March 1927 to September 1949. May 1907 to June 1909 at site at Uree, 

L i/a miles downstream.

Average discharge. 22 years (1927-49), 177 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 13,700 second-feet Aug. 28 (gage height, 10.3 

Feet, from rating curve extended above 5,000 second-feet on basis of computation of flow 

over Lake Lure Dam; minimum, 4..S second-feet Apr. 24 (gage height, 0.51 foot): minimum 

''ail-"- 5.5 second-feet Apr. 10.

1907-9. 1927-49: Maximum discharge, 26,000 second-feet Aug. 15, 1928 (gage height, 

16.8 feet), by computation of flow over Lake Lure Dam; minimum, 0.7 second-foot 

Sept. 13, 1928 (gage height, 0.28 foot); minimum daily, 0.8 second-foot Sept. 13, 14, 

1928.

Remarks. Records good except those below 10 second-feet, which are fair. Large diurnal 

fluctuation caused by power plant above station. Discharge regulated by Lake Lure 

power plant.

Revisions (water years). W 892: 1927(M), 1928-30, 1933, 1935-39(M).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

0.5 4.4 0.9 31 1.4 166 3.O 1,Z8O

.6 8.0 1.0 48 1.7 286 3.5 1,870

.7 13 1.1 71 2.0 441 4.0 2,540

.8 20 l.Z 99 2.5 794 4.5 3,33O

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

158

91

9.0

151

Z4Z

157

157

156

80

10

156

157

156

151

159

79

10

160

154

158

156

154

80

9.0

158

155

147

151

15Z

74

9.5

Nov.

151

149

Z36

384

384

334

310

416

386

388

316

2Z8

150

9.0

31Z

390

355

321

396

369

9.0

349

434

314

131

355

235

353

609

483

-

Dec.

483

483

483

335

12

3Z8

483

483

483

.483

318

8.5

323

396

ZZ6

Z22

Z24

154

9.0

230

280

329

323

184

152

10

Z78

327

362

40Z

400

Jan.

253

10

310

402

445

489

489

404

320

378

3ZO

320

315

315

241

7.6

239

37Z

337

177

177

177

177

181

181

184

184

184

181

181

196

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............. ..............

May..............................

June ........................... .

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

199

196

196

196

196

196

196

196

196

196

199

199

196

196

196

196

196

19Z

192

196

295

326

333

464

480

381

8.0

153

_

-

Secondfoot-days

3.796.E

9, Z56 . i

9.213.E

82, 341. <

8,146.

6.361.C

7,439.^

8, 713 .

10,691..

9,695

1O 992

14^512

10,104

108,921.'

Mar.

113

305

386

358

201

6.2

266

173

261

317

Z76

46

6.6

Z70

316

279

2Z3

221

72

6.6

Z18

314

438

352

307

Z92

240

314

375

Z14

273

Apr.

346

145

6.2

234

353

405

268

215

141

5.5

249

384

553

526

560

468

188

339

377

321

288

360

Z36

133

Z30

Z21

229

Z64

316

353

-

Maximum

Z42 } 609

> 483

3 1,630

i 489

) 480

386

7 560

) 1,100 

1,900

1,110

3,480

65Z

3,480

May

310

432

471

416

317

317

205

8.5

314

417

1,100

646

587

517

327

413

415

372

335

293

92

19

276

330

328

3Z8

321

177

17-

274

317

Minimum

9.0

9.0

8.5

4.Z

7.6

8. 0

sis

8.5

16

152

159

177

5.5

June

216

278

148

82

16

155

159

140

Z47

153

96

18

230

ZZ9

366

1,900

1,230

495

422

384

384

343

343

305

Z16

152

247

239

232

270

-

Mean

122

*Q<

297

22E

26'

227

24C

Z9C

345 32"

355

466

337

296

July

Z84

153

173

170

276

155

157

311

243

173

284

4ZZ

546

477

471

331

2ZO

1,110

779

645

566

546

397

310

357

356

280

173

309

15Z

166

Aug.

278

;

;

41

45

11

166

162

]

;

59

58

96

04

166

]

]

]

66

66

66

162

263 i

;:

30

14

6Z

298

474

i

4

05

47

65

459

459

3,4

1,5

I

76

80

20

98

716

Per square 

mile

1.26

3. 19

3.06

2.3Z

2 » 71

2 . 34 2)47

2.99

3.56

3.33

3. 66

4. 82

3.47

3.07

Sept.

652

616

569

444

451

520

580

546

471

351

181

Z79

286

181

177

354

248

177

Z76

287

177

177

323

177

177

320

177

376

310

244

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.46

3.55

3.53

31.56

3.1Z

2.44

2 . 85

3.34

4.10

3 72

4.21

5.56

3.87

41.75
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 177

Broad River near Boiling Springs, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°12'35", long. 81°41'55", half a mile upstream 

rrom Sandy Run Creek and 3| miles southwest of Boiling Springs, Cleveland County.

Drainage area. 864 square miles.

Records available. June 1925 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 24 years, 1,429 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 20,300 second-feet Aug. 29 (gage height, 12.65 

FeeTT; minimum, 316 second-feet Oct. 31 (gage height, 1.56 feet); minimum daily, 578 

second-feet Nov. 1.

1925-49: Maximum discharge, 73^300 second-feet Aug. 16, 1928 (gage height, 24.3 

feet, present datum); minimum, 6Isecond-feet July 21, 1940 (gage height, 1.06 feet); 

minimum daily, 157 second-feet Oct. 12, 1941.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record which are poor. 

Considerable diurnal fluctuation and some regulation caused by power plants above 

station.

Revisions (water years).--W 892: 1928, drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.8 508 3.5 2,660 8.0 9,600 

2.0 690 4.0 3,400 10.0 13,600 

2.3 1.O20 5.0 4,9OO 12.0 18,6OO 

2.6 1,400 6.0 6,450 

3.0 1.940 7.0 8,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October '1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,110 

1,020 

864 

634 

937

1,040 

9O6 

92O 

923 

795

587 

874 

874 

864 

926

835 

615 

6O5 

878 

92O

908 

874 

916 

864 

596

683 

928 

917 

898 

842 

679

Nov.

578 

910 

2,330 

3,42O 

1,970

1,950 

2,42O 

1,870 

1,770 

1,700

1,650 

1,490 

,310 

,210 

,O5O

,300 

,40O 

,290 

1,500 

3,400

2,170 

1,340 

1,990 

2,830 

2,170

1,810 

4,010 

1O,4OO 

14, 1OO 

5,740

Dec.

3,550 

3.1OO 

4,54O 

3,700 

2,56O

1,76O 

2,490 

2,260 

2,350 

1,930

1,830 

1,700 

1,410 

1,770 

1,740

1,60O 

1,720 

1,460 

1,6OO 

1,030

1,450 

1,720 

1,490 

1,570 

2,390

1,94O 

1,760 

1,81O 

1,770 

4,230 

3,550

Jan.

2,730 

2,O1O 

1,480 

1,940 

2,850

4,370 

3,020 

2,560 

2,350 

1,750

2,210 

1,820 

1,86O 

1,760 

1,77O

1,810 

1,220 

1,500 

1,690 

1,650

1,530 

1,570 

1,620 

1,140 

1,400

1,52O 

1,440 

1,360 

1,390 

1,46O 

1,490

Month

Ooto 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri May

Juns 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary ...

h.. ..........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 9,OOO sec

Feb.

2,41O 

2,020 

1,960 

1,720 

1,940

1,680 

1,580 

1,940 

1,8OO 

2,350

2,540 

2,21O 

1,830 

1,560 

1,740

2,24O 

2.66O 

1,980 

2,900 

5,060

3,100 

2,870 

2.38O 

2,250 

2,120

2,330 

2,O20 

1,470

Secondfoot-days

26,43 

81,07 

67,78

613,81

58,27 

62,66 

57,10 

68,79 

67,71 

49,75 

77,64 

93,23 

64,26

774,73

Mar.

1,990 

1,680 

1,850 

1,840 

1,910

1,610 

1,060 

1,560 

1,500 

1.79O

1,670 

1,580 

1,520 

972 

1,450

1,650 

1,520 

1,540 

1,600 

1,290

936 

1,520 

3,240 

2,880 

2,530

2,470 

2,60O 

2,020 

2,420 

2,180 

2,730

Apr.

2,750 

2,250 

2,050 

1,540 

2,130

2,920 

2,350 

2,170 

1,980 

1,650

1,340 

2,600 

5,210 

4,150 

3,220

2,710 

2,470 

1,760 

2,110 

2,200

2,120 

1,910 

2,280 

1,720 

1,460

1,910 

1,630 

1,670 

2,010 

2,520

Maximum

2 1,11O 

8 14.10O 

0 4,54O

6 14.10O

0 4,37O 

0 5,060 

8 3,240 

0 5,210 

6 6,O20 

8 5,560 

5 7,540 

6 18,OOO 

0 4,450

3 18,OOO

-ft.). Nov. 28 (4 p.m.

May

3,62O 

3,890 

6,020 

3,320 

2,650

2,400 

2,220 

2,240 

1,380 

2,430

2,610 

3,100 

2,560 

2,43O 

1,940

1,700 

2.14O 

1,770 

1,960 

1,040

1,66O 

1,480 

1,170 

1,720 

1,650

1,880 

1,470 

1,530 

1,300 

916 

1,520

Minimum

587 

578 

1,030

544

1,140 

1,470 

936 

1,340 

916 

890 

913 

856 

1,O80

578

June

1,620 

1,610 

1,440 

1,270 

1,220

978 

1,230 

1,260 

1,140 

1,300

1,11O 

1,040 

890 

1,580 

2,030

2,800 

5.56O 

3.02O 

2,150 

1,580

1,770 

1,750 

1,560 

1,460 

1,480

1,500 

1,170 

1,610 

1,200 

1,43O

Mean

85 

2,7O 

2,18

1,67

1,88 

2,23 

1,84 

2,29 

2,18' 

1,65 

2,50 

3,00 

2,14

2,12

July

1,710 

1,440 

1,110 

913 

972

1,440 

1,260 

1,240 

1,360 

1,360

1,290 

2,470 

3,320 

2,730 

2.95O

6,860 

7.54O 

7,070 

5,270 

4,810

3,27O 

2,460 

2,230 

1,720 

1,530

1,80O 

1,520 

1,440 

1,340 

1,650 

1,570

Aug.

1,7OO 

2,O6O 

2,320 

1,780 

1,760

1,680 

1,390 

1,150 

1,270 

1,340

1,180 

1,060 

1,000 

1,170 

856

2,5OO 

4,080 

2,600 

1,580 

2,500

a7,2OO 

a4,400 

a3,600 

a2,800 

a2,000

a2,4OO 

82,000 

a3,4OO 

a!8,OOO

7,700

4,760

Per square 

mile

5 O.987

5 3.13 

3 2.53

? 1.94

3 2.18 

3 2.59 

2 2.13 

5 2.65 

t 2.53 

3 1.92 

5 2.90 

3 3.48 

2 2.48

5 2.46

) 17.OOO sec..-ft.; Aug. 29 (7 p.

Sept.

4,450 

3,250 

3,480 

2,950 

2,390

2,570 

2,750 

2,870 

2,660 

2,040

1,850 

1,450 

1,930 

1,740 

1,740

1,540 

3,570 

1,9OO 

1,500 

1,950

1.65O 

1.4OO 

1,380 

1,770 

1,320

1,080 

1,850 

1,540 

1,880 

1,810

Runoff in 

inches

1.14 

3.49 

2.92

26.45

2.51 

2.7O 

2.46 

2.96 

2.91 

2.14 

3.34 

4.01 

2.77

33.35

m.) 20,300

sec .^f

a No gage-height record; discharge computed jn basis of records for other stations In basin.
178 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Broad River near Gaffney, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°05'20", long. 81°34i20", at bridge on U. S. 

Highway 29, 0.3 mile upstream from Cherokee Creek, 4.4 miles downstream from Gaston 

Shoals Dam, and 4.5 miles east of Gaffney, Cherokee County. Datum of gage is 539.10 

feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--1,490 square miles.

Records available. --December 1938 to September 1949. 

1.1 miles upstream .

July 1896 to December 1899 at site

Average discharge. --12 years (1896-98, 1939-49), 2,597 second-feet.

Extremes . --Maximum discharge during year, 35,700 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height,' 12.47 

reet) ; minimum, 680 second-feet July 30; minimum daily, 1,040 second-feet Oct. 18.

1896-99, 1938-49: Maximum discharge, 119,000 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage 

height, 19.78 feet), by computation of flow over Gaston Shoals Dam; minimum, 242 second-feet Sept. 18, Oct. 30, 1939; minimum daily, 443 second-feet July 2, 1940.

Remarks . --Records good except those for periods of doubtful gage-height record, which 

are CLI c fair. j.a.ii. Medium i'Lcuj-uiu tiuu and j_uw low ij_uw flow 1'c^u.xaucu regulated by u,y power power plants yj.euius CLULM above station. Capacity of

reservoirs insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff.

Revisions.--W 972: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

- 5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,760

1,570

1,590

.1,260

1,270

1,710

1,420

1,610

1,440

1,230

1,230

1,320

1,420

1,340

1,340

1,400

1,190

1,040

1,260

1,400

1,400

1,420

1,350

1,350

1 ,200

1,180

1,410

1,410

1,340

1,340

1,150

Nov.

1,200

1,110

2,470

5,560

3,350

2,890

3,220

2,910

2,600

2,500

2,480

2,360

1,920

1,750

1,610

1,790

2,120

2,000

2,120

4,760

3,760

2,380

3,020

5,100

4,090

3,330

7,300

18,300

29,800

10,300

-

Dec.

5,680

4,760

7,010

6,6?0

4,640

3,330

3,760

3,540

3,540

3,020

2,910

2,7OO

2,340

2,600

2,800

2,440

2,600

2,280

2,440

2,200

2,100

2,500

2,420

2,180

d4,640

3,870

3,120

3,020

3,020

8,320

7,410

Jan.

4,870

3,870

2,800

3,120

4,160

8,440

5,680

4,420

3,980

3,120

3,220

3,220

2,910

2,700

2,800

2,910

2,280

2,120

2,600

2,600

2,600

2,360

2,600

2,020

2,200

2,320

2,280

2,280

2,180

2,260

2,600

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ...........

January .................... ....

February .........................

March ............................

April ....................... ...

May ........... ..................

June ....................... . . .

July .............. ..............

August ...........................

September ............. ..........

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

4,090

3,440

3,440

3,020

3,220

2,870

2,700

3,220

3,020

o,44o

4,530

3,870

3,220

2,800

2,910

3,650

4,980

3,870

4,800

10,000

5,920

4,980

4,310

3.H70

3,540

3,650

3,440

3,120

_

-

Secondfoot-days

42.35C

138, 08C

113, 89C

1,073,284

97 52C

109^920

94.24C

112, 55C

110.06C 

73.46C

120, 50C

174, 62C 

95,37C

1,282,56C

Mar.

3,220

2,700

7,020

3,020

3,120

2,8OO

2,200

2,360

2,600

2,700

2,700

2,600

2,520

1,900

2,180

2,500

2,460

2,420

2,700

2,340

1,750

2,140

5,050

4,930

4,200

4,200

4,?00

3,650

?,650

3,760

4,600

Apr.

4,980

3,980

3,650

2,910

3,630

4,980

4,310

3,650

3,330

2,700

2,480

4,070

7,580

7,040

5,330

4,420

3,980

3,020

3,330

3,330

3,220

3,020

3,540

2,910

2,360

?,020

2,420

2,700

",120

3,540

-

Maximum

1,760

29,800

) 8,320

29,800

8,440

10,000

5,050

7,580

8,410

6,500

) 16,700

33,600 

8,340

) 33,600

May

5,440

5,680

8,410

5,440

4,420

3,980

3,540

3,870

2,700

3,830

5,100

5,100

4,200

3,870

3,440

2,800

3,440

2,910

3,120

2,500

2,700

2,600

2,100

2,500

2,700

2,800

2,480

2,320

2,140

1,770

2,160

Minimum

1,040

1,110

2,100

845

2,020

2,700

1,750

2,360

1,770

1,600

1,260

1,44,0

1,810

1,040

June

2,500

2,480

2,220

1,960

1,940

1,770

1,650

2,000

1,700

2,160

1,680

1,600

1,750

2,440

3,060

3,160

6,500

4,980

3,560

2,360

2,600

2,600

2,400

2,210

2,220

2,140

1,970

2,150

1,690

2,010

-

Mean

1,366

4,603

3,674

2,932

3,146

3,920

3,040

3 752 3)550

2 44C

3 ,881

5,633

3,179

3,514

July

2,390

1,990

1,560

1,420

1,260

2,290

1,680

1,830

1,750

1,980

4,060

3,430

4,640

4,200

3,540

16,700

10,500

9,580

7,040

6,040

5,220

3,980

3,440

2,700

2,500

2,600

2,220

2,100

1,940

2,340

3,580

Aug.

3,690

3,920

5,120

2,910

2,800

2,800

2,340

2,080

1,840

2,000

1,980

1,680

1,530

1,660

1,440

2,080

6,040

4,200

2,910

4,160

9,200

10,400

6,860

4,640

3,760

3,120

3,440

18,400

33,600

17,500

6,520

Per square 

mile

0.917

3.09

2.47

1.97

2.11

2.63

2.04

2.52

2,38

1.64

2» 61

2*. 13

2.36

Sept.

d8,340

34,660

4,640

4,530

3,440

3,650

3,760

3,980

4,090

3,330

2,910

d2,220

d2,800

32,430

d2,390

2,200

4,200

3,120

2,160

2,910

2,500

2,060

2,040

2,450

1,940

1,810

2,420

2,470

3,120

2,800

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.06

3.45

2.85

26.81

2.43

2.74

2.35

2.81

2.74

1.83

3.01

4.36

2.38

32.01*

Peak discharge (base, 16,000 sec. -ft. ). Nov. 29 (3 a.m.) 35,700 sec. -ft. j July 16 (3:15 p.m.)

21,400 sec.-ft.: Aug. 29 (6:45 a.m.) 35,000 sec.-ft.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of dally 

Bureau, weather records, and records for other stations in basin.

ge readings by U. S. Weather
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 179

Broad River near Carlisle, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°36', long. 81°25', at bridge on Stage Highway 

Y2, 2 miles upstream from Sandy River, 2 miles downstream from Seaboard Air Line 

Railroad bridge, 2j miles east of Carlisle, Union County, and 5 miles downstream 

from Neals" Shoals Dam. Datum of gage Is 290.70 feet above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 2,790 square miles.

Kecords available. November 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years (1939-49), 3,843 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 62,200 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 22.81 

reet); minimum, 73 second-feet Nov. 1 (gage height, 1.14 feet); minimum daily, 324 

second-feet Oct. 24.

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 103,000 second-feet Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 29.41 

feet), on basis of computation of flow over Neals Shoals Dam; minimum, that of 

Nov. 1, 1948; minimum daily, 90 second-feet June 30, 1940.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, 

which are fair. Low and medium flow regulated by power plants above station. Capacity of reservoirs insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff.

Revisions (water years). W 892: 1939(m), drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-48 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.6 263 3 0 1,770 14.0 27,800 

1.8 400 3 7 2,940 18.0 40,700 

2.0 565 5 0 5,540 21.5 55,700 

2.3 859 7 0 9,740 

2.7 1,340 10 0 16,800

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

?,940 

2,853 

694 

2,700 

2,850

1,860 

2,460 

2,050 

2,280 

358

2,370 

2,450 

1,870 

1,970 

1,740

2,540 

488 

1,500 

2,680 

1,970

1,950 

1,860 

2,180 

324

2,350

2,690 

i ,970 

2,030 

1,820 

2,000 

379

Nov.

1 ,790 

9,570 

2,790 

3,490 

6,140

4,540 

3,560 

4,440 

4,040 

3,740

3,340 

3,240 

3,240 

674 

3,120

3,240 

2,660 

3,440 

2,620 

3,540

4,740 

4,840 

6,090 

8,640 

7,J40

5,340 

10,500 

24, 603 

55,633 

49,300

Dec.

15,300 

7,760 

7,980 

11,700 

7,980

6,540 

5,340 

5,740 

5,340 

4,640

4,440 

3,260 

4,240 

4,100 

3,350

4,130 

3,540 

3,840 

2,810 

4,940

3,690 

3,190 

3,730 

2,660 

5,070

7,760 

5,540 

4,140 

4,840 

(316,000 

(317, 200

Jan.

8,640 

5,740 

5,740 

5,340 

5,820

d20,800 

15,300 

8,200 

5,540 

6,340

5,340 

5,140 

,540 

4,140 

3,740

3,130 

4,340 

4,140 

3,740 

3,640

3,740 

4,140 

2,580 

4,440 

?,740

4,040 

?,640 

3,410 

3,440 

2,190 

5,540

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Decs

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

h. ............ ...... .......

1 ............................

ember ...... .................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

7,340 

6,740 

5, '40 

5,040 

4,840

3,380 

4,840 

4,740 

5,340 

8,200

7,540 

5,540 

5,140 

5,140 

4,940

4,540 

4,640 

7,140 

6,060 

14,400

13,900 

8,420 

7,140 

6,540 

5,140

4,940 

4,540 

6,940

Secondfoot-days

61,17 

242,80 

191,59

1,765,87

170,25 

178,44 

131,55 

168,86 

169,50 

106,83 

152,87 

294,36 

159,87

2,028,09

Mar.

5,540 

4,940 

7,840 

4,140 

3,840

3,740 

4,840 

4,140 

3,740 

3,740

3,440 

3,740 

3,070 

4,060 

3,940

3,240 

3,330 

3,170 

3,740 

2,740

3,740 

4,240 

3,180 

5,940 

6,340

6, '40 

5,040 

5,340 

4,840 

4,740 

4,840

Apr.

6,140 

6,140 

4,540 

4,740 

4,540

7,140 

7,140 

5,140 

4,740 

4,180

4,060 

5,340 

9,960 

11,100 

8,420

6,540 

5,540 

5,540 

4,840 

4,340

4,640 

4,240 

3,940 

4,150 

4,360

4,140 

3,840 

4,310 

5,940 

9,180

Maximum

3 3,940 

4 55,600 

0 17,200

4 55,600

0 20,800 

0 14,400 

0 6,340 

0 11,100 

0 16,700 

0 7,500 

0 16,400 

0 51,400 

0 12,400

7 55,600

May

10,200 

9,960 

16,700 

11,000 

7,140

5,940 

5,140 

4,340 

5,540 

5,040

6,740 

6,540 

6,340 

5,340 

4,240

4,440 

4,240 

4,340 

3,240 

3,540

3,400 

3,000 

5,500 

4,400 

3,600

3,600 

3,600 

2,400 

2,800 

4,000 

3,200

Minimum

324 

674 

2,660

324

2,190 

3,380 

2,740 

3,840 

2,400 

1,600 

1,580 

1,190 

1,920

324

June

3,200 

3,600 

3,600 

2,600 

2,200

4,400 

3,000 

2,200 

3,200 

3,400

2,400 

1,600 

3,800 

3,800 

3,600

4,600 

7,000 

7,500 

4,800 

4,600

4,200 

2,800 

4,000 

3,400 

2,380

2,680 

2,940 

3,240 

2,850 

3,240

Mean

1,97 

8,09 

6,18(

4,82,

5,49 

6,37: 

4,24' 

5,62< 

5,46f 

3,56 

4,93 

9,49 

5,32

5,55

July

1,580 

2,630 

2,460 

2,330 

2,240

2,240 

2,870 

2,020 

2,540 

2,150

4,740 

4,940 

4,740 

6,540 

4,840

7,910 

16,400 

15,800 

10,000 

8,000

7,000 

6,500 

4,800 

3,800 

4,800

3,600 

2,600 

2,800 

3,200 

2,600 

4,200

Aug.

10,400 

5,500 

6,000 

5,500 

4,400

3,440 

3,520 

3,520 

3,030 

1,780

2,840 

3,050 

2,660 

1,190 

2,390

2,850 

5,200 

9,520 

6,540 

3,990

10,200 

21,500 

14,600 

8,420 

6,340

5,140 

4,240 

20,000 

51,400 

47,800 

17,400

Per square 

mile

5 0.707 

5 2.90 

) 2.22

3 1.73

I 1.97 

2.28 

I 1.52 

) 2.02 

3 1.96 

D 1.28 

L 1.77 

5 3.40 

3 1.91

5 1.99

Peak discharae (base, 25,000 sec. -ft.). Nov. 29 (10:15 p.m.) 62,200 sec. -ft.; Aug. 29

Sept.

11,900 

9,740 

6,740 

7,540 

6,340

5,340 

12,200 

12,400 

6,740 

5,940

4,140 

4,540 

3,810 

4,240 

3,840

3,740 

3,740 

4,530 

4,440 

3,840

3,940 

3,540 

3,240 

2,580 

1,920

4,240 

2,790 

3,500 

3,940 

4,440

Runoff in 

inches

0.82 

3.24 

2.56

23.58

2.27 

2.37 

1.75 

2.25 

2.26 

1.43 

2.04 

3.92 

2.13

27.04

(5:15 p.m.)

54,200 sec.-ft.-

rt Doubtful gaee-height record; discharge computed on basis of partial record and power-plant 

records.

Note. No s-a^e-heifht record May 21 to June 24, July 19-31, Aug. 2-5; discharge computed on basis 

of recorded rsnce in stage and power-plant records.
180 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Broad River at Richtex, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°]1 1'OS" ) long. 81° 11 "48", 1.2 miles upstream 

from Little River, 0.8 mile west of Richtex, Fairfleld County, and 11 miles downstream from Parr Shoals Dam. Datum of gage Is 184.84 feet above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 4,850 square miles.

Keeoras available. November 1925 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 21 years (1926-27, 1929-49), 6,008 second-feet.

ttztremes. MaxlSum discharge during year, 95,700 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 18.59 

feet); minimum dally, 1,590 second-feet Oct. 31.

1925-49: Maximum discharge, 228,000 second-feet Oct. 3, 1929 (gage height, 30.7 

feet, from floodmarks), on basis of computation of flow over Parr Shoals Dam; minimum dally, 149 second-feet Oct. 13, 1935, from rating curve extended above 320 second-feet.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are 

Fair. Low and medium flow regulated by power plants above station. Capacity of 

reservoirs Insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff.

Revisions (water years). W 757: 1930(M). W 972: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 Dec. 1 to Sept. 30

1.3 

1.8 

2.4 

3.2 

4.0

1,510

2,480

3,950

6,230

8,680

6.0

8.0

ll.O

16.0

18.2

16,000

24,600

40,800

73,800

91,900

1.5 1,860

1.8 2,440

2.4 3,740

3.2 

4.0 

6.0

5,850

8,390

16,000

Note. Same as preceding 

table above 6.0 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oot.

5,440 

4,450 

1,970 

2,710 

3,750

3,600 

2,620 

3,380 

2,790 

1,890

2,020 

3,410 

2,830 

2,490 

2,730

2,360 

2,360 

1,900 

2,430 

3,120

2,690 

2,550 

2,820 

2,250 

1,650

3,170 

2,880 

2,880 

2,810 

2,640 

1,590

Nov.

1,910 

2,810 

3,420 

4,240 

6,130

7,250 

6,320 

5,550 

5,800 

4,940

4,440 

4,310 

4,540 

2,450 

3,160

3,790 

4,130 

4,900 

4,400 

5,220

5,410 

6,660 

8,020 

16,300 

15,300

10,800 

12,500 

29,100 

71,200 

91,900

Dec.

64^200 

29.600 

16,000 

16,800 

16,000

11,700 

9,830 

9,830 

9,110 

7,880

6,730 

5,390 

5,710 

36,000 

a5,500

a5, 000 

a5,500 

4,890 

a5,500 

a6, 000

86,500 

36,000 

84,600 

86,000 

84,200

89,000 

8<3,OOO 

87,500 

87,000 

318,00) 

832,000

Jan.

 ?4,000 

812,000 

88,500 

88,000 

88,000

824,000 

36,200 

24,200 

14,800 

9,470

9,110 

7,710 

7,210 

5,990 

6,280

5,030 

5,310 

5,850 

5,570 

5,130

5,200 

5,810 

4,670 

5,190 

5,480

5,050 

5,160 

4,900 

5,700 

4,480 

5,450

Month

Octo 

Neve 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber. ........................

lendar year 19 4£ 

ary

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

12,100 

11,700 

9,110 

8,050 

8,750

7,100 

6,560 

7,050 

9,900 

16,000

18,900 

13,200 

S,930 

7,880 

7,370

6,430 

11,000 

13,200 

11,000 

18,800

25,600 

20,200 

14,000 

10,600 

8,930

7,370 

6,890 

11,700

Seoondfoot-days

86,18 

356,901 

356,97

2,823,31

289,05 

318,32 

189,11 

240,90 

251,69 

125,71 

198,44 

418, 741 

226,13

3,058,14

Peak discharge (base, 35,000 sec. -ft. ). 

37,800 sec. -ft. ; Aug. 30 (3:30 a.m.) 70,300 

a No gage-height record; discharge compute 

and tallrsce records at Parr Shoals power pi

Mar.

10,600 

8,050 

7,770 

5,680 

5,850

5,570 

5,990 

5,850 

5,440 

5,440

5,570 

5,300 

4,900 

4,660 

5,570

5,030 

4,720 

4,770 

4,590 

4,470

4,720 

5,030 

5,160 

5,940 

8,220

9,470 

8,050 

7,050 

6,890 

6,580 

6,580

Apr.

6,730 

7,880 

6,970 

5,980 

6,280

7,810 

11,000 

8,570 

6,730 

5,590

5,720 

6,380 

14,800 

17,600 

15,200

11,000 

8,390 

7,370 

6,890 

6,280

5,850 

6,130 

5,570 

5,740 

5,000

5,850 

4,410 

6,220 

8,560 

14,400

Maximum

3 5,440 

3 91,900 

3 64,200

3 91,900

3 36,200 

3 25,600 

3 10,600 

3 17,600 

3 23,700 

3 8,220 

3 18,900 

3 67,500 

0 22,800

0 91,900

Hov. 30 (1:3 

3ec.-ft. 

3 on basis o 

ant.

May

23,700 

19,300 

21,000 

22,400 

13,200

9,830 

7,880 

6,420 

6,580 

7,370

8,220 

9,110 

8,750 

8,220 

5,690

6,180 

5,570 

5,300 

5,300 

4,160

4,760 

3,180 

4,540 

5,160 

4,670

4,630 

4,760 

3,990 

2,910 

3,990 

4,920

Minimum

1,590 

1,910 

4,200

1,590

4,480 

6,430 

4,470 

4,410 

2,910 

2,020 

2,500 

2,340 

2,190

1,590

June

3,690 

4,450 

4,230 

4,100 

2,570

3,240 

4,500 

3,080 

3,200 

3,090

3,830 

2,020 

3,030 

4,110 

4,110

4,810 

5,520 

8,220 

7,880 

5,850

4,930 

4,170 

3,690 

4,620 

4,140

2,680 

3,730 

4,500 

3,700 

4,020

Mean

2,78C 

11,90C 

11,52C

7,71'

9,32' 

11,37C 

6,10C 

8.03C 

8,11< 

4,19( 

6,40] 

13,51( 

7,53£

8,37£

July

3,520 

2,780 

2,720 

3,360 

2,980

2,500 

3,460 

2,750 

3,240 

3,810

4,000 

8,660 

6,990 

6,630 

8,050

6,580 

17,000 

18,900 

17,200 

12,800

10,200 

8,930 

7,540 

5,230 

4,430

4,760 

4,260 

3,280 

3,740 

3,470 

4,670

Aug.

9,320 

11,000 

8,930 

9,830 

6,890

5,850 

3,690 

5,030 

4,340 

3,140

2,780 

3,740 

3,500 

2,340 

2,370

3,580 

6,850 

11,700 

12,500 

8,930

7,100 

23,300 

24,200 

15,600 

9,470

7,370 

5,990 

24,200 

61,200 

67,500 

46,500

Per square 

mile

) 0.573 

) 2.45 

) 2.38

t 1.59

L 1.92 

) 2.34 

) 1.26 

) 1.66 

) 1.67 

) .864 

L 1.32 

) 2.79 

1.55

1.73

Sept.

18,900 

15,200 

9,830 

9,470 

9,110

7,210 

9,060 

22,800 

14,800 

11,300

7,880 

6,280 

5,710 

5,180 

5,440

4,970 

4,630 

4,710 

5,850 

5,030

4,900 

4,630 

4,360 

3,900 

2,180

4,520 

4,530 

3,680 

4,630 

5,440

Runoff in 

inches

0.66 

2.73 

2.74

21.62

2.21 

2.44 

1.45 

1.85 

1.92 

.96 

1.52 

3.22 

1.73

23.43

3 p.m.) 95,700 sec. -ft. j Jan. 7 9:30 a.m.) 

P recorded range In stage, weather records,
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 181

Second Broad River at Cliffside, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°14'15", long. 81°46'25", at Cliffside, Rutherford 

County, 2 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 211 square miles.

Records available.--June 1925 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--24 years, 299 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 6,340 second-feet Aug. 29 (gage height, 8.66 

reet); minimum, 7 second-feet Sept. 10; minimum daily, 26 second-feet Aug. 14.

1925-49: Maximum discharge, 15,000 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 17.93 

feet), by computation of flow over Cliffside Mills Dam about a quarter of a mile upstream; minimum, 4 second-feet July 24, 1943; minimum daily, 6 second-feet June 9, 

1940.

Remarks. Records good except those below 100 second-feet, which are fair, and those for 

period of no gage-height record, which are poor. Considerable diurnal fluctuation and 

some regulation caused by mills above station.' Records of chemical analyses and water 

temperatures for the water year 1949 are given in Water-Supply Paper 1162.

Revisions (water years). W 892: 1928(M), drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 5-28)

0.7 22 1.4 172 2.6 850 5.O .2,940 

.8 35 1.6 255 3.0 1,17O 5.5 3,280 

.9 50 1.8 356 3.5 1.64O 6.0 3,66O 

1.0 67 2.0 467 4.0 2,140 7.0 4,580 

1.2 111 2.3 650 4.5 2,590 8.0 5,61O

Discharge, in second-feet , water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

157 

148 

144 

191 

131

171 

145 

140 

138 

136

181 

157 

124 

118

155

90 

133 

176 

161 

156

121 

105 

132 

130 

168

159 

156 

147 

107 

81 

108

Nov.

166 

160 

459 

615 

271

243 

346 

278 

200 

224

311 

191 

179 

177 

197

175 

185 

190 

250 

641

366 

325 

329 

571 

445

395 

888 

2,230 

3,830 

1,370

Dec.

605 

464 

892 

714 

544

473 

401 

380 

315 

303

24O

265 

275 

247 

244

257 

199 

218 

268

275

235 

229 

194 

247 

545

461 

362 

330 

353 

1,220 

893

Jan.

519 

418 

374 

316 

511

961 

584 

445 

392 

364

323 

298 

276 

27O

257

252 

281 

228 

241

242

238 

245 

241 

267 

210

225 

232 

234 

224 

228 

372

Month

Goto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. ..................... .....

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948 49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 sec

Feb.

456 

412 

365 

350 

360

34-3 

365 

328 

292 

558

577 

432 

380 

352 

312

427 

659 

492 

701 

1,400

731 

556 

436 

392 

37O

338 

346 

385

Secondfoot-days

4,36« 16,10- 

12,64f

123, 10C

10,26f 

13, HE 10,57- 

12,36£ 

11,31 

8,89< 

12,13C 

17,52 

8,56f

137,88'

Mar.

334 

325 

273 

268 

325

225 

281 

256 

267 

252

265 

241 

249 

258 

246

236 

233 

261 

285 

244

251 

287 

852 

553 

459

468 

508 

438 

446 

395 

596

Apr.

520 

416 

377 

357 

372

591 

410 

383 

349

329

346 

423 

1,O50 

821 

556

454 

4O3

392 

354

322

332 

311 

331 

301 

321

293 

269 

264 

294 

425

Maximum

191 

3,830 

1,220

3,830

) 961 

> 1,400 

852 

1,050 

5 1,040 

1,200 

1,800 

) 5,530 

) 796

5,530

-ft.) .--Nov. 29 (2 p.m.

May

649 

839 

1,040 

640 

448

4O1

398 

376 

348 

411

510 

375 

332 

306 

293

319 

278 

250 

346 

161

305 

140 

335 

231 

208

291 

176 

243 

158 

260 

248

Minimum

81 

160 

194

45

210 

292 

225 

264 

140 

134

26 

169

26

June

249 

231 

228 

183 

187

212 

182 

191 

138 

156

134 

171 

200 

277 

500

1,2OO 

7OO 

400

, 280

Mean

141 

537 

408

336

331 

468 

341 

412 

365 

297 

391 

565 

286

378

July

. 200

380

500 

1,800 

1,000 

700 '550

, 400 

280

Aug.

I 280

257

145 

236 

340 

129 

150

2O9

150 

75 

26 

44

98 

5O7 

277 

139 

190

705 

7O8 

443

311 

239

232 

226 

2,490 

5,530 

1,690 

862

Per square 

mile

0.668 

2.55 

1.93

1.59

1.57 

2.22 

1.62 

1.95 

1.73 

1.41 

1.85 

2.68 

1.36

1.79

) 4,190 sec. -ft.; Aug. 29 (12 m.

Sept.

796 

450 

444 

330 

329

312 

332 

354 

472 

169

174 

278 

238 

188 

257

223 

352 

239 

238 

216

2O1

195 

197 

178 

173

232 

224 

216 

387 

174

Runoff in 

inches

0.77 

2.84 

2.23

21.70

1.81 

2.31 

1.86 

2.18 

1.99 

1.57 

2.14 

3.09 

1.51

24. 3O

) 6,340

ec.-rt.

Note. No gage-height record June 15 to Aug. 

stations.

980338 O - 52 - 13
182 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

First Broad River near Lawndale, N. C.

Location (revised).--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°22'50", long. 81°32'40", an eighth of 

a mile upstream from Barnes Creek, a quarter of a mile downstream from county highway 

bridge at Double Shoals, and 2-| miles southeast of Lawndale, Cleveland County.

Drainage area. 198 square miles.

Kecords available. February 1940 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 10,200 second-feet Aug. 29 (gage height, 20.78 

feet); minimum, 22 second-feet Oct. 17; minimum daily, 66 second-feet Oct. 17.

1940-49: Maximum discharge, 32,500 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 37.8 

feet), from rating curve extended above 8,300 second-feet on basis of records for nearby streams; minimum. 16 second-feet June 23, 30, 1940, July 25, 1943; minimum daily, 

29 second-feet July 29, 1940.

Revisions. The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as shown in the following table. They supersede those published in the water-supply 

papers indicated.

Water-Supply 

Paper

1032........

1052. .......

Water 

year

1945

1946

Date

Sept. 18

Jan. 7

Gage height 

(feet)

19.87

20.29

Discharge 

(second-feet)

9,530

9,810

Flood of July 1916 reached a stage of 37.8 feet, from reference marks established 

by local resident.

Remarks.--Records fair. Considerable diurnal fluctuation and slight regulation at low 

flow caused by power plants and mills above station. Records of chemical analyses and 

water temperatures for the water year 1949 are given in Water-Supply Paper 1162.

Revisions. W 952: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

156

163

109

150

134

154

143

152

128

132

140

141

130

123

132

170

LD

140

140

132

128

135

136

111

135

130

119

125

12^

125

12t3

Nov.

128

130

725

406

254

230

260

239

228

227

230

212

169

179

198

185

195

191

356

540

301

313

315

7-5

50;

391

1,170

3,790

3,540

7cO

-

Dec.

569 4'8

1,380

1,000

648

492

404

359

327

297

253

263

287

257

250

249

244

225

246

27S

243

250

206

2;3

346

335

272

2CO

302

i,:so

832

Jan.

471

382

311

300

466

930

597

418

357

329

303

278

286

244

214

245

254

257

232

257

232

232

239

2.34

235

221

228

242

235

223

117

Month

October ...... . . . . . .........

November ...... . ................

December ........ ............

Calendar year 19 _3 ...........

January .......... ........ ......

February .........................

March ............... ........

April ...........................

May ......................... .

June ..... .... .................

July .................. ..........

August ...................... ....

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

386

353

330

287

288

287

310

276

272

532

517

361

318

295

276

343

435

378

755

1,530

£92

499

454

372

377

335

317

_

_

-

Secondfoot-clays

-1,129

17,106

13,326

136,860

9,860

11,945

9,613

10,489

12,350

8,202

14,504

20,047

8.751

140,322

Mar

30-.

328

309

291

257

281

294

287

246

268

281

238

250

259

250

212

242

293

2:8

242

250

277

553

3B2 4.:;

398

366

362 3~2

333

177

Apr.

419

362

323

321

323

408

357

333

295

277

285

105

802

670

440

377

338

328

309

291

28fi

300

304

264

273

24B

255

296

2_5

34;

-

Maximum

170

3,790

1,580

3,790

930

1,530

553

B02

1,050

198

3,200

5,680

1,630

5,680

May

485

611

697

429

357

314

401

331

310

774

1,050

621

364

353

367

352

352

309

310

291

323

292

533

315

295

266

295

277

272

29t

309

Minimum

128

206

66

221

2^8

248

266

202

195

199

172

P6

June

286

25o

259

250

255

272

250

246

246

234

25_

233

320

3GO

445

365

498

319

252

250

2-16

23B

229

242

242

259

225

217

252

202

-

Mean

133

570

430

374

318

427

310

350

398

27^

46B

647

292

364

July

217

210

206

202

253

233

195

214

206

206

377

193

255

268

445

3,200

1,^0

1,140

704

5O6

410

343

327

277

295

259

250

246

238

369

110

Aug.

341

259

277

325

360

272

250

246

232

231

224

210

199

210

225

215

399

255

206

395

451

5oO

393

323

282

263

302

3,910

5,680

832

1,720

Per square 

mile

0.672

2 . 88

2.17

1.89

1.C1

2. 1C

1.57

1.77

2.01

1.38

2.36

3.27

1.47

1.94

Sept.

1,630

548

378

320

301

265

301

362

336

210

233

249

210

220

213

213

220

195

210

197

192

184

195

179

172

192

210

203

216

197

-

Runoff in 

inches

0. 78

3.21

2.50

25.71

1.85

2.24

1.81

1.97

2.32

1.54

2.72

3.77

1.61

26.35

Peak al_charge .-ft. ) . Nov. 29 (3 to '1 a.m.) S.J-iO see.-ft.; Ji 1., 16 (8:30 p.m.)
SANTEE RIVER BASIN

North Pacolet River at Fingerville, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°07', long. 81°59', at McMillin Mill, about 400 

reet downstream from Obed Creek and 1 mile south of Fingerville, Spartanburg County. 

Datum of gage is 715.56 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 116 square miles.

Records available. November 1929 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--19 years (1930-49), 208 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,780 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 13.74 

feet), from rating curve extended above 1,400 second-feet by computation of flow over 

dam 2 miles above station; minimum, 91 second-feet Oct. 10; minimum daily, 109 second 

feet Oct. 28.

1929-49: Maximum discharge, 12,500 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 27.13 

feet), from rating curve extended above 1,400 second-feet by computation of flow over 

dam 2 miles above station; minimum, 10 second-feet Oct. 7, 1940, June 22, 1941; minimum daily, 34 second-feet Oct. 1, 2, 1931.

Remarks.--Records fair. 

above station.

Some diurnal fluctuation at low and medium flow caused by mill

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

142

130

127

127

136

130

119

142

128

119

121

121

TIB

114

110

112

112

128

125

125

114

116

118

118

114

112

114

109

110

110

112

NOT.

114

114

497

810

296

278

402

229

203

194

183

168

164

158

154

150

160

156

230

510

298

234

286

458

358

287

601

1,320

2,880

915

-

Dec.

510

382

588

536

394

346

322

298

272

248

231

224

?16

205

196

214

201

192

236

216

201

192

192

218

358

293

243

a240

3240

a5 00

a350

Jan.

8320

a320

a220

227

415

T82

455

322

286

264

252

245

236

229

220

5>15

218

216

214

212

209

223

212

212

207

201

201

225

216

203

296

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1943 ............

January ..........................

February .................. ......

March ............................

April ............................

Bay ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1943 49 ............

Feb.

394

334

300

296

300

276

276

248

240

358

358

298

269

257

250

308

334

274

387

726

522

370

322

288

272

257

267

288

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

3 73

12, 80"

9,05

86,77

8,27: 9 ,O6' 

7 86

9',?4:'

7,69!

5 50i

s',60>

12,63!

7,89

100,47*

Mar.

255

240

223

218

216

212

207

201

201

203

201

196

192

192

187

187

385

201

201

187

183

224

628

520

346

322

308

286

286

272

382

Apr.

510

334

303

286

298

358

296

260

234

225

225

457

810

634

358

308

262

250

238

231

227

250

243

223

214

209

205

220

231

445

Maximum

L 142

2, 880

I 588

) 2,880

726

* 628

I 810

588

497

5 497

» 1,720

3 698

2,880

May

588

497

497

370

310

262

257

250

236

227

267

252

229

218

209

207

205

198

187

183

197

181

231

190

190

176

179

176

172

174

201

Minimum

109

114

192

96

201

240

183

205 

172

138

132

148

168

109

June

194

176

168

162

160

154

152

146

138

142

144

172

158

185

194

501

497

248

205

172

166

160

156

148

179

172

154

154

144

202

Mean

120

427

292

237

26 1

32^

25^

311 

248 18'

21'

408

263

275

July

166

152

146

146

140

138

144

132

136

140

164

353

394

267

195

214

260

334

394

497

327

238

205

192

170

160

156

150

146

142

207

Aug.

185

172

219

291

298

220

196

198

170

160

156

152

148

148

148

423

919

505

252

454

782

870

528

322

245

205

194

867

1,720

1,020

471

Per square 

mile

1.03

3 . 68

2.52

2.04

2.30 2 79

: 0 I Q c . is

2.68

2.14

1. 58 1 84

3 52

2.27

2.37

Sept.

698

458

484

370

310

334

358

322

284

260

240

236

231

220

205

187

216

214

220

216

183

176

176

170

168

176

198

183

216

183

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.19

4.11

2.90

27. 82

2. 65 

2.90

2 52

2 99 

2! 47

1.76

2.12

4.06

2.53

32.20

Peak discharge (base, 1,600 sec. -ft. ). --Nov. 29 (8:30 a.m.) 3,780 sec. -ft.; AUK. 29 (6:30 p.m.)

2,700 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Pacolet River near Fingerville 

and records of power-plant operation on South Pacolet River.
184 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Pacolet River near Pingerville, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°07', long. 81°58', 100 feet upstream from bridge 

on State Highway 55, a quarter of a mile downstream from confluence of North Pacolet 

and South Pacolet Rivers, and 2j miles southeast of Pingerville^ Spartanburg County. 

Datum of gage is 706.33 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--212 square miles.

Kecords available.--November 1929 to September 1949.

Average discharge'. 19 years (1930-49), 341 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,980 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 9.66 

reet}; minimum daily, 156 second-feet Oct. 28.

1929-49: Maximum discharge, 22,800 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 22.43 

feet), from rating curve extended above 9,600 second-feet by velocity-area studies; 

minimum daily, 38 second-feet Oct. 4, 1931.

Maximum stage known, 46 feet, from floodmark, in June 1903 (discharge not determined) .

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Plow partly regulated by South Pacolet River Reservoir (see p. 186). Some regulation 

caused by mill on North Pacolet River. About 7,384,000 gallons a day diverted above 

station for city of Spartanburg water supply.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 2, July 31 to Aug. 22)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 2, July 20 to Sept. 3O Apr. 3 to July 19

0.6 134 2.0 697

.8 186 3.0 1,340

1.1 283 6.0 3,470

1.5 446 8.3 5,550

0.8 174

1.1 26&

1.5 419

2.0 674

3.1 1,410

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

238

213

175

178

198

186

175

195

183

172

172

175

170

167

162

167

164

181

178

175

157

167

172

167

189

222

195

156

159

159

159

Nov.

162

162

602

1,040

646

526

474

381

344

336

287

283

258

235

238

232

248

240

336

664

442

474

486

720

675

565

1,030

2,740

5,520

2,160

-

Dec.

933

675

884

1,040

684

642

595

570

442

364

340

320

320

360

352

359

352

328

324

360

360

340

340

360

550

550

550

500

500

750

700

Jan.

650

500

500

511

701

1,290

1,190

648

497

550

530

526

415

373

360

297

318

340

352

352

352

364

294

352

348

340

336

340

298

283

523

Month

October ....................... .1 .

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ...........

January ..........................

February ................... ...

March ...........................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ..........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

708

606

560

555

560

348

411

380

394

506

600

545

352

402

469

611

670

550

65O

1,300

1,200

750

600

550

550

500

360

440

_

-

Secondfoot-days

5,526

22,506

15,744

147,543

14,730

16,127

13,191

15,838

8^432

11,317

23 , 616

12,675

172,585

Mar.

420

400

380

380

400

300

360

360

360

420

352

356

309

352

328

320

336

356

356

283

336

373

821

784

637

585

389

555

570

455

558

Apr.

790

.

570

585

193

558

663

188

102

581

316

373

1,

1,.

593

510

560

721

571

561

527

128

353

385

L93

155

505

354

346

Maximum

238

5,520

1,040

5,520

1,290

1,300

821

1,360

925

764

3,180

1,040

5,520

538

558

581

580

-

May

860

925

892

657

585

450

394

365

437

354

517

543

446

346

301

346

326

320

301

290

290

287

354

301

309

305

316

290

259

241

276

Minimum

156

162

320

146

283

348

283

305

241

208

191

219

258

156

June

230

273

266

253

243

250

263

259

250

208

208

266

256

289

305

420

764

413

276

266

253

250

250

243

245

232

218

236

213

284

-

Mean

178

750

508

403

475

576

426

528

416

281

365

762

422

473

July

234

221

233

218

205

191

191

196

202

214

238

474

553

488

438

350

392

673

733

889

737

530

464

283

324

316

269

218

233

236

374

Aug.

400

421

472

529

595

449

298

360

332

320

309

287

280

262

219

577

1,690

1,440

570

722

1,090

1,550

1,110

666

492

364

356

1,250

3,180

2,160

866

Sept.

1,040

726

754

483

585

600

621

575

550

413

313

364

336

328

291

302

324

313

358

354

287

288

283

276

258

317

422

296

331

287

-

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

Note. No gage-height record Dec. 1O-15, Dec. 2o to Jan. 4, Feb. 18 to Mar. 10; discharge computed 

on basis of records for North Pacolet River at Flngerville and records of power-plant operation on 

South Pacolet River.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 1Bt) 

Pacolet River near Clifton, S. C.

Location (revised).--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°58'10", long. 81°48'05", 1.2 miles 

downstream rrom dam at Clifton Mill 2, 1.3 miles southeast of Clifton, Spartanburg 

County, 2.7 miles upstream from Lawson Fork, and 2.7 miles northeast of Glendale.

Drainage area. 320 square miles.

Records available.--November 1939 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 9,170 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 9.62 

feet), from rating curve extended above 4,400 second-feet by computation of flow over 

dam at Clifton Mill 2; minimum daily, 226 second-feet July 7.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 26,800 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 21.19 

feet), by computation of flow over dam at Clifton Mill 2; minimum daily, 17 secondfeet Oct. 19, 1941.

Remarks. Records fair. Low and medium flow regulated by power plants above station and 

South Pacolet River Reservoir (see p. 186). City of Spartanburg diverts water above 

station from South Pacolet River Reservoir for municipal supply.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

354

293

263

297

288

270

263

266

238

252

272

252

260

240

240

240

240

260

263

260

240

240

260

240

280

320

280

240

240

240

240

Nov.

240

240

850

1,800

900

750

650

550

500

480

420

400

380

340

340

340

364

346

45 D

794

680

688

690

1,020

900

812

1,800

5,700

6,980

3,160

-

Dec.

1,330

944

1,750

1,380

1,020

891

829

794

688

562

432

513

496

539

521

513

521

433

513

548

496

484

487

482

997

829

768

715

724

1,460

1,150

Jan.

944

706

724

732

1,260

1,820

1,690

990

759

785

696

741

688

574

511

513

506

5*0

539

565

556

512

496

546

539

521

521

548

446

444

704

Month

October ..........................

November ........... .............

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February ..........

March ...................... ... .

April ............................

Bay ..................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September .................. .....

Water year 1948-49 .

Feb.

1,020

864

785

768

741

618

622

583

618

750

829

776

618

618

627

917

1,030

856

1,640

1,7*0

1,830

1,080

917

812

803

750

688

724

_

_

-

Secondfoot days

8,12

33,56

23,80

219 ' 71

22,10

24,61

19,31

27,27

19,05

12, 68

15, 70

35, 76

18,97

256,59

Mar.

662

627

609

572

542

574

550

556

539

592

671

485

487

540

513

487

495

579

501

465

496

530

900

1,050

900

785

680

715

768

715

768

Apr.

997

785

688

671

856

979

812

662

572

556

618

954

1,560

1,780

1,060

812

662

688

706

583

565

644

708

530

550

556

539

636

644

905

-

Maximum

3 354

I 6,980

3 1,750

: 6,980

> 1,820

t 1,830

t 1,050

3 1,780

3 1,460

> 1,110

9 9^7

7 4,820

3 1,420

2 6,980

May

1,090

1,460

1,200

926

803

732

569

574

627

627

688

776

706

521

478

525

513

461

439

431

433

419

592

478

470

453

453

413

392

376

433

Minimum

238

240

432

151

444

583

465

530

376

257

226

278

373

226

June

414

392

381

341

356

376

373

366

348

352

257

350

411

537

444

687

1,110

680

453

442

377

365

399

392

333

369

354

341

315

367

Mean

262

1,119

768

60C

713

879

622

77f

61E

422

49!

1 » 15£

632

702

July

399

367

307

323

296

243

226

283

290

333

430

548

820

680

636

477

605

812

900

917

891

724

552

426

431

404

365

303

361

266

687

Aug.

583

679

745

588

644

571

378

410

353

342

348

310

278

290

311

1,780

2,150

1,760

750

907

2,480

1,930

1,500

1,020

705

495

419

4,820

3,660

3,220

1,340

Per square 

mile

Sept.

1,380

1,010

1,420

917

726

873

1,010

856

785

640

504

551

491

496

436

444

443

453

518

567

432

415

414

373

376

410

591

440

553

446

-

Runoff in 

inches

Note. No gage-height record Oct. 13 to Nov. 16; discharge computed on basis of recorded range In 

stage, weather records, and records Cor station near Plngervllle.
186 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

South Pacolet River Reservoir near Fingerville, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°07', long. 81°59', at bridge on State road,

1 mile upstream from dam and if miles south of Fingerville, Spartanburg County. Datum 

of gage is 761.18 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment 

of 1936.

Drainage area. 92 square miles. ' 

Records available. March 1930 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum gage height during year, 16.73 feet Nov. 29; minimum, 11.75 feet June 

June 10.

1930-49: Maximum gage height, 17.68 feet Oct. 19, 1937; minimum, 2.76 feet Oct. 8, 

1930.

Remarks. Reservoir is formed by concrete dam completed in 1926. Capacity, 879,000,000 

gallons between gage heights 0.0 foot (limit of draw-down) and 15.0 feet (top of flashboards). Dead storage is about 350,000,000 gallons. Figures given herein represent 

usable contents. Spillway crest is at gage height 12.0 feet. City of Spartanburg 

diverted about 7,384,000 gallons daily from reservoir for municipal supply during year. 

Surplus water is used for generation of power.

Gage height, in feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

as

X

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

12.24

11.92

11.93

12.07

12.16

12.25

12.32

12.43

12.57

12.64

12.70

12.73

12.73

12.73

12.70

12.70

12.72

12.81

12.88

12.91

12.94

13.00

13.05

13*10

13.10

12.68

12.24

12.13

12.14

12.18

12.26

Nov.

12.33

12.38

12.81

14.15

15.03

14.38

14.44

14.71

14.49

14.24

14.02

13.85

13.66

13.56

13.56

13.45

13.38

13.31

13.35

 13.77

14.82

14.95

14.66

14.86

15.01

14.66

14.91

15.85

16.51

15.57

-

Dec.

15.15

14.86

15.08

15.20

15.20

14.88

14.32

13.66

13.18

13.37

13.77

14.00

14.33

14.28

14.15

14.05

14.00

13.87

g!4.09

14.39

14.30

14.15

13.97

13.77

g!4.32

g!5.14

g!4.98

14.30

13.50

13.48

14.93

Jan.

15.01

15.05

14.89

14.13

13.47

14.67

15.37

15.07

15.16

14.85

14.18

13.45

12.82

12.79

12.79

12.99

13.42

13". 58

13.59

13.52

13.37

13.33

13.59

13.71

13.60

13.45

13.30

13.31

13.69

14.03

14.22

Feb.

14.04

14.17

13.82

13.16

12.45

12.43

12.92

13.32

13.50

13.83

14.40

14.13

14.32

14.67

14.60

14.06

14.02

14.30

14.16

15.36

15.32

15.03

14.86

14.56

14.05

13.37

13.42

14.05

_

.

-

Mar.

14.33

14.43

14.50

14.57

14.47

14.45

14.62

14.52

14.47

14.23

13.52

13.30

13.33

13.31

13.20

13.15

13.08

12.94

12.92

13.04

IS. 13

13.02

13.42

14.58

14.57

14.17

14.22

14.20

13.45

12.85

12.97

Apr.

13.70

14.24

14.27

14.38

13. S3

13.15

12.93

13.01

13.05

13.26

13.45

13.65

14.93

15.37

15.07

14.69

14.77

14.78

14.17

14.20

14.29

14.12

13.60

13.79

13.98

13.82

13.69

13.67

13.75

14.07

-

Hay

14.99

15.16

15.07

14.78

14.19

13.61

13.76

14.10

14.05

13.88

13.99

13.77

13.20

13.06

13.29

13.38

13.21

13.17

13.12

13.09

13.00

13.04

13.13

13.38

13.41

13.18

12.98

12.67

12.65

12.72

13.01

June

13.30

13.36

13.25

13.12

13.07

12.98

12.71

12.36

12.02

11.83

12.07

12.25

12.29

12.40

12.71

12.83

13.01

12.90

12.97

13.07

13.10

13.07

12.88

12.71

12.70

12.96

13.18

13.07

13.07

13.03

-

July

13.01

13.09

13.03

12.91

12.85

12.94

13.08

13.12

13.09

13.14

13.18

13.44

14.02

14.45

13.76

13.59

14.64

15.12

15.10

15.08

15.11

14.84

1^.06

13.81

13.73

13.36

13.06

13.08

13.15

13.11

13.23

Aug.

14.18

14.89

14.68

14.25

14.53

14.27

14.29

14.36

14.40

14.13

13.71

13.37

13.03

12.79

12.62

12.63

14.96

15.52

15.01

14.47

15.07

15.32

15.26

15.02

14.56

14.37

14.24

14.95

15.94

15.54

15.14

Sept.

14.98

14.77

14.47

14.73

14.74

14.02

13.69

13.98

13.80

13.44

13.81

13.94

13.94

13.98

14.07

14.11

14.34

14.84

14.97

14.90

14.80

14.72

14.68

14.56

14.50

14.46

13.76

13.53

13.57

13.65

-

g Computed from graph based on recorded range in stage and daily gage readings at powerhouse.

Monthly gage height and contents, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Date

Nov. 30..................

Dec. 31..................

Calendar year 1948.....

Aug. 31..................

Sept. 30... ...............

Water year 1948-49.....

Gage height 

(feet)t

12.32 

12.27 

15.30 

15.16

-

14.02 

14.24 

13.20 

14.20

13.16 

13.03 

13.82 

15.09 

13.61

-

Contents 

(millions of 

gallons)

636 

632 

910 

896

-

783 

804 

709 

800 

706 

695 

765 

888 

746

-

Change In contents 

during month (equivalent, second-feet)

-0.2

+ 14.3 

-.7

+ .7

-5.6 

+ 1.2 

-4.7 

+4.7 

-4.7 

-.6 

+3.5 

+ 6.1 

-7.3

+ .5

t Gage height at 12 p.m.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 187

North Tyger River near Moore, S. C.

Location (revised). Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 34°48'10", long.

8i°t>7'57" , at Ott Shoals, 2.0 miles upstream from Wards Creek, 2.6 miles southeast of

Moore, Spartanburg County, and 5.3 miles upstream from confluence with South Tyger

River. Datum of gage is 564.79 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary

adjustment of 1936. 

Drainage area. 162 square miles. 

Keeofds available. April 1934 to September 1949. 

Average discharge.-15 years, 231 second-feet. 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,800 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 4.78

TeeTT; minimum, 56 second-feet Aug. 14, 15; minimum daily, 58 second-feet Aug. 14. 

1934-49: Maximum discharge, 12,300 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 7.15

feet), from rating curve extended above 7,800 second-feet by velocity-area studies;

minimum, 9.2 second-feet (estimated) Dec. 29, 1935; minimum daily, 21 second-feet

Oct. 12, 1941. 

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

LOW flow regulated by power plants above station. Records of chemical analyses' for the

water year 1949 are given in Water-Supply Paper 1162.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 28 to May 2)

Oct. 1 to May Z

0.9

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3

76

104

137

175

1.5 

1.7 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

266

380

604

1,050

1. RfiO

3.5 

4.0

4.7

2,240

3,120

4,570

May 3 to Sept. 30

50

71

0.9 50 1.3 166

1.0 71 1.5 256

1.1 97 1.7 372

1.2 129 2.0 604

Mote. Same as preceding table above 2.0 

feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

al50 

alOO 

a65 

alOO 

3180

98 

98 

3137 

a!34 

379

114 

167 

98 

96 

393

3150 

365 

375 

alOO 

3170

3170 

3120 

3120 

a80 

104

141 

145 

132 

396 

a80 

a65

Nov.

a70 

3130 

a200 

3380 

3440

a340 

a!90 

8170 

3200 

3190

a!80 

3170 

3110 

390 

a!64

8160

a!56 

152 

161 

220

270 

236 

287 

420 

393

293 

729 

2,280 

4,570 

2,290

Dec.

790 

440 

677 

910 

621

427 

356 

326 

288 

266

248 

197 

256 

244 

223

195 

232 

200 

229 

282

236 

218 

218 

152 

340

362 

293 

265 

288 

686 

715

Jan.

475 

332 

320 

286 

440

1,030 

1,140 

619 

387 

344

309 

298 

288 

242 

248

210 

255 

287 

232 

223

242 

230 

204

231 

247

228 

247 

242 

214 

173 

309

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lender year 1948 

airy

st ....................... ...

embe r .......

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

434 

414 

344 

326 

261

271 

298 

293 

320 

382

400 

319 

282 

298 

304

331 

514 

454 

596 

1,460

1,130 

585 

454 

380 

350

297 

341 

400

Secondfoot days

3,522 

15,641 

11,180

102,581

10,532 

12,238 

8,470 

9,827 

8,920 

5,289 

6,393 

13,856 

8,518

114,386

Mar.

338 

332 

293 

266 

269

236 

282 

282

266 

271

234 

232 

188 

238 

282

252 

228 

197 

238 

216

244 

288 

344 

387 

332

287 

271 

298 

298 

288 

293

Apr.

277 

271 

247 

277 

230

362 

315 

277 

242 

203

270 

434 

698 

829 

527

332 

282 

293 

268 

277

252 

232 

233 

217 

232

261 

214 

318 

336 

621

Maximum

180

4,570 

910

4,570

1,140 

1,460 

387 

829 

803 

401 

423 

2,300 

843

4,570

May

621 

803 

3750 

3500 

3300

3240 

204 

256 

261 

261

382 

415 

314 

241 

232

251 

242

211 

175 

171

198 

148 

228 

225 

255

197 

186 

131 

130 

182 

210

Minimum

65 

70 

152

55

173 

261 

188 

203 

130 

79 

71 

58 

137

58

June

208

198 

175 

166 

116

164 

188 

148 

144 

148

146 

79 

136 

195 

210

356 

401 

219 

159 

186

187 

156 

123 

167 

159

113 

166 

170 

162 

144

Mean

114 

521 

361

280

340 

437 

273 

328 

288 

176 

206 

447 

284

313

July

133 

119 

71 

90 

140

144 

92 

93 

116 

335

243 

210 

233 

346 

259

209 

340 

386 

379 

393

423

321 

187 

133 

161

174 

148 

126 

138 

136 

115

Aug

372 

282 

208 

141 

221

190 

107 

172 

184 

138

95 

119 

116 

58 

103

176 

1,100 

2,300 

747 

296

451 

655 

464 

299 

223

192 

163 

550 

1,540 

1,540 

654

Per square 

mile

0.704 

3.22 

2.23

1.73

2.10 

2.70 

1.69 

2.02 

1.78 

1.09 

1.27 

2.76 

1.75

1.93

Peak discharge (base, 1,800 sec. -ft. ). Nov. 29 (1:30 p.m.) 4,800 sec. -ft.; Aug. 18 (2:

Sept.

316 

242 

257 

315 

243

327 

843 

803 

698 

518

326 

272 

242 

227 

208

194

197 

170 

207 

218

180 

137 

173 

138 

141

166 

208 

179 

187 

186

Runoff in 

inches

0.81 

3.59 

2.57

23.57

2.42 

2.81 

1.95 

2.25 

2.05 

1.22 

1.46 

3.18 

1.95

26.26

15 a.m.)

3,310 sec. -ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage, weather records, 

and records for South Tyger River near Woodruff and Tyger River near Woodruff.
188 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Tyger River near Woodruff, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34 0 45'15", long. 81°55'30", at Nesbitts Bridge on 

State Highway 49, 0.5 mile downstream from confluence of North Tyger and South Tyger 

Rivers and 6% miles east of Woodruff, Spartanburg County. Datum of gage is 489.44 fee 

above mea'n sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--351 square miles.

Records available. October 1929 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 19 years (1930-49), 484 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 8,740 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 8.88 

feet); minimum, 108 second-feet Oct. 17 (gage height, 1.93 feet); minimum daily, 124 

second-feet Oct. 17, Nov. 1.

1929-49: Maximum discharge, 19,200 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 13.27 

feet), from rating curve extended above 11,000 second-feet on basis of rating curves 

for North Tyger River near Moore and South Tyger River near Woodruff; minimum, 37 

second-feet Oct. 18, 1941; minimum daily, 40 second-feet Oct. 17, 1941.

Flood in August 1928 reached a stage of 20.0 feet; that of September 1929, 14.65 

feet, from floodmarks (discharge, 19,600 second-feet).

Remarks.--Records good. Low and medium flow regulated by power plants above station. 

Revisions.--W 742: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

I 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

306 

236 

140 

173 

34?

245 

228 

254 

268 

202

154 

296 

223 

212 

200

254 

124

136 

220

291

306 

240 

245 

153 

169

281 

272 

268 

208 

204 

153

Nov.

124 

254 

341 

603 

885

809 

411 

272 

396 

384

361 

344 

281 

236 

246

327 

327 

332 

332 

436

520 

406 

603 

905 

839

493

2,010 

4,510 

7,860 

4,520

Dec.

1,620 

905 

1,330 

1,710 

1,370

847 

955 

800 

695 

584

543 

444 

448 

522 

455

410 

477 

513 

455 

446

535 

520 

513 

385 

436

520 

633 

671 

568 

1,750 

1,470

Jan.

1,210 

839

590 

606 

1,070

2,490 

2,150 

1,470 

752 

724

664 

651 

606 

554 

570

410 

411 

535 

522 

540

518 

436 

396 

400 

490

541 

580 

543 

482 

483 

585

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber .........................'.

mber ...... ..................

lendar year 1948 

ary ....

h. ...........................

1 ....................... ...

st ...........................

ter year 1948-49 .........

Feb.

962 

859 

737 

762 

658

580 

510 

577 

762 

945

743 

714 

629 

492

614

890 

1,040 

828

1,420 

2,920

1,960 

1,340 

1,040 

776 

659

688 

567 

677

Secondfoot-days

7,003 

30,367 

23,530

209,592

22,818 

25,349 

17,815 

20,589 

19.29C 

11,316 

17,007 

25,534 

19,505

240,123

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 sec. -ft.). Hov

Mar.

800 

768 

535 

600 

636

438 

388

612 

624 

543

522 

561 

412 

408 

564

595 

471 

422 

545 

420

348

551 

780 

771 

809

762 

497 

476 

605 

656 

696

Apr.

579 

665 

482 

433

561

856 

733 

526 

480 

450

408 

900 

1,490 

1,510 

1,160

885 

586 

aSOO 

a550 

a650

a550 

a480 

a440 

a550 

396

506 

491 

602 

660 

1,510

Maximum

342

7,850 

1,750

7,860

2,490 

2,920 

809 

1,510 

1,650 

774 

1,140 

3,550 

2,080

7,860

. 29 (2:45 a

May

1,130 

1,520 

1,650 

1,180 

856

567 

521 

480 

437

570

797 

915 

733 

628 

484

476 

526 

556 

481 

344

348 

352 

384 

474 

642

520 

384 

324 

296 

280 

4-35

Minimum

124 

124 

385

120

396 

492

348 

396 

280 

234 

171 

167 

306

124

June

410 

535 

384 

334 

234

256 

403 

455 

348 

291

307 

242 

278 

399 

373

658 

774 

420 

414 

315

398 

312 

348 

348 

330

276 

293 

391 

440 

350

Mean

226 

1,012 

759

573

736 

905 

575 

686 

622 

377 

549 

824 

650

658

July

268 

248 

171 

180 

272

317 

232 

226 

336 

822

848 

452 

400 

1,140 

895

905 

1,010 

896 

1,040 

1,130

995 

965 

665 

314 

236

455 

436

303 

258 

320 

272

Aug.

538 

578 

392 

338 

352

437 

295 

301 

366 

328

234 

250 

245 

167 

202

339

1,520 

3,550 

1,430 

637

810 

1,000 

915 

618 

389

361 

422 

1,420 

2,560 

2,920 

1,620

Per square 

mile

0.644 

2.88 

2.16

1.63

2.10 

2.58 

1.64 

1.95 

1.77 

1.07 

1.56 

2.35 

1.85

1.87

Sept.

724 

508 

516 

724 

414

806 

2,080 

1,770 

1,710 

1,270

885 

527 

660 

633 

458

367 

475 

373 

338 

498

535 

361 

332

306 

361

317 

396 

416 

390 

355

Runoff in 

inches

0.74 

3.21 

2.49

22.20

2.42

2.69 

1.89 

2.18 

2.04 

1.19 

1.80 

2.71 

2.06

25.42

.m. 8,740 sec. -ft.; Feb. 20 (9 a.m.) 3,230

:.-ft.j July 10 (9:30 p.m.) 4,800 se 

3,080 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for North Tyger 

River near Moore and South Tyger River near woodruff.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 189

Middle Tyger River at Lyman, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder and masonry control, lat. 34°56'35", long. 82°08'OU' , at 

Lyman, Spartanburg County, 200 feet upstream from bridge on State Highway 292, 600 

feet downstream from Southern Railway bridge, and three-quarters of a mile northeast 

of Duncan. Datum of gage is 776.05 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. --68. 3 square miles.

Records available. January 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 11 years, 96.8 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,190 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 10.78 

feet ) ; minimum, 13 second-feet Oct. IV; minimum daily, 45 second-feet Oct. 15 r 16.

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 4,800 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 16.16 

feet), by computation of flow over dam; minimum, 1 second-foot Sept. 25, 1940; minimum 

daily, 13 second-feet Oct. 12, 18, 26, 1941.

Remarks. --Records good. 

station.

Some diurnal fluctuation caused by steam power plant above

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in fe 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 6 Jan. 7 to Sept. 30

1.3 39 2.4 185 6.O 1,44O 1.5 50 2.7 240 

1-5 54 3.0 315 7.5 2,08O 1.7 70 3.0 31O 

1.7 73 3.6 480 8.3 2,380 2.0 111 3.6 480 

2.0 113 4.5 815 2.4 179 

Note. Same as preceding 

table above 3.6 feet.

Discharge, in second-f eet , water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

51 

47 

47 

48 

52

52 

53 

56 

50 

47

46 

48 

48 

47 

45

45 

46 

56 

53 

51

48 

48

51 

50

47

47 

47 

47 

48 

48 

47

Nov.

49 

50 

151 

344 

133

94 

124 

93 

79 

79

75 

69 

76 

68 

63

66 

73 

71 

96 

250

145 

110 

129 

240 

205

132 

395 

1,230 

2,360 

510

Dec.

242 

165 

275 

339 

215

171 

151 

140 

123 

116

109 

106 

102 

99 

94

98 

98 

96 

124 

107

95 

91 

95 

96 

196

172 

123 

109 

121 

314 

328

Jan.

172 

140 

121 

118 

185

731 

412 

206 

161 

139

130 

124 

117 

117 

108

102 

105 

104 

105 

104

10C 

11C 

102 

96 

99

95 

93

111 

108 

96 

144

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber. .........................

mber ........................

lendar year 1948 

ary . .

h .........................'...

1 ...........................

st ..........................

ember .............

ter year 1948-49 ...........

Feb.

229 

174 

137 

139 

139

124 

130 

122 

130 

173

170 

139 

127 

117 

114

166 

264 

174 

253 

607

321 

196 

174 

151 

141

130 

139 

152

Secondfoot-days

1,51E 

7.55J 

4,712

47.50E

4.65E 

5,03J 

3,63£ 

4,20; 

3,564 

2,25] 

3,43] 

7,786 

4,134

52,47E

Mar.

129 

121 

117 

118 

113

106 

106 

105 

104 

108

100 

101 

94 

98 

98

93 

93

106 

114 

93

93 

108 

236 

210 

139

132 

121 

119 

114 

110 

137

Apr.

161 

121 

114 

110 

118

154 

117 

105 

98 

96

99 

179 

482 

324 

170

136 

121 

116 

108 

104

96 

118 

116 

96 

93

90 

89 

123

124 

225

Maximum

56 

2,360 

399

2,870

731 

607 

236 

482 

231 

168 

327 

1,990 

390

2,360

Peak discharge (base, 1,000 sec. -ft. ) .--Nov. 29 (3:30 a

1,100 sec. -ft. j Aug. 17 (5:30 a.m.) 2,760 sec. -ft.; Aug.

May

231 

229 

214 

152 

127

114 

113 

105 

106 

114

184 

181 

124 

106 

109

99 

93 

89 

78 

86

80 

78 

109 

92 

88

77 

76 

76 

71 

70 

93

Minimum

45 

49 

91

43

93

114 

93 

89 

70 

59 

53 

60 

73

45

June

89 

76 

71 

69 

68

64 

66 

62 

60 

60

63 

64 

67 

70 

117

85 

168 

104 

77 

74

69 

67 

64 

67 

75

80 

66 

66 

59 

64

Mean

48.9 

252 

152

130

150 

180 

117 

140 

115 

75.0 

111 

251 

138

144

July

61 

59 

59 

57 

55

57 

55 

54 

54 

55

62 

110 

158 

197 

152

146 

187 

198 

262 

271

327 

128 

99 

88 

80

75 

70 

68 

66 

53 

68

Aug.

158 

81 

95 

106 

130

80 

82

90 

72 

67

62 

61 

60 

60 

62

329

1,990 

536 

162 

166

288 

253 

164 

125 

105

96 

90 

335

 i,C90 

417 

174

Per square 

mile

0.716 

3.69 

2.23

1.90

2.20 

2.64 

1.71 

2.05 

1.68 

1.10 

1.63 

3.67 

2.02

2.11

Sept.

136 

117 

124 

129 

110

235 

390 

390 

336 

221

142 

124 

126 

102 

105

96 

116 

96 

90 

93

81 

84 

85 

80 

80

73

96 

88 

1C4 

85

Runoff in 

inches

0.83 

4.12 

2.57

25.87

2.54

C.75 

1.97 

2.29 

1.94

1.23 

1.88 

4.23

r.25

28.60

.m.) 3,190 sec. -ft.; Jan. 6 (5:30 p.m.) 

29 (11:45 a.m.) 1,710 sec. -ft.
190 SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

South Tyger River.near Reidville, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°52'35", long. 82°05'10", 0.4 mile upstream from 

ErTage on State Highway 296, 1.2 miles downstream from Berry Shoals, 1.8 miles northeast 

of Reidville, Spartanburg County, and 4 miles upstream from Bens Creek. Datum of gage 

is 626.28 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 106 square miles.

Records available. April 1934 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 15 years, 158 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,760 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height 9 51 

reetT; minimum, 9.4 second-feet Oct. 23, 31; minimum daily, 11 second-feet Oct. 31 

1934-49: Maximum discharge, 6,08U second-feet Apr. 6, 1936 (gage height 13 66 

feet); minimum, 4.6 second-feet June 5, 6, 1941 (gage height, 0.60 foot); minimum 

daily, 5.5 second-feet June 6, 1941.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair 

Low and medium flow regulated by power plants above station.

Rating table, water yesr 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and dischsrge, in second-feet)

0.7 8.9 1.4 83 4.0 915 

.8 14 1.7 139 5.5 1,62O 

.9 33 3.0 311 6.9 3.34O 

1.0 31 3.5 354 

1.3 54 3.3 594

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

I 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

95 

35 

18 

87 

103

106 

82 

85 

88 

36

67 

85 

89 

86 

70

17 

16 

78 

91 

80

83 

85 

37 

39 

94

92 

97 

83 

78 

57 

11

Nov.

75 

90 

94 

251

521

346 

77 

133 

149 

140

138 

139 

103 

65 

131

122 

133 

127 

117 

137

95 

153 

361 

418 

79

131 

694 

1,700 

3,340 

1,230

Dec.

521 

384 

334 

500 

273

346 

285 

299 

232 

144

147 

88 

196 

155 

154

173 

176 

197 

72 

177

307 

222 

306 

30 

al6

355 

332O 

3340 

3200 

383 

473

Jan.

432 

139 

196 

160 

275

728 

801 

304 

213 

343

343 

359 

333 

236 

149

54 

178 

153 

345 

226

109 

111 

69 

176 

155

251 

170 

129 

311 

90 

315

Month

Octo 

More 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

Julj 

Augn 

Sept

Wt

mber. ........................

 her. ........................

lender year 1948 ............

lary

nary

1......... ...................

... .

st ...........................

ember ........................

iter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

364 

380 

381 

308 

226

99 

312 

318 

299 

312

161 

275 

134 

190 

349

317 

347 

388 

463 

633

726 

498 

390 

188 

27O

310 

66 

342

Secondfoot-days

2,159 

10,O68 

7,094

66,515.5

7,232 

7,946 

6,303 

6,925 

6,565 

4,199 

6,929 

8,689 

7,536

81,645

Mar.

433 

143 

118 

352 

144

43 

124 

337 

183 

173

228 

172 

54 

179 

331

190 

108 

208 

151 

38

122 

236 

365 

313 

456

213 

67 

310 

203 

315 

305

Apr.

357 

219 

74 

186 

238

342 

342 

127 

181 

63

176 

299 

483 

509 

473

302 

85 

194 

238 

384

165 

104 

304 

115 

177

173 

181 

112 

310 

413

Maximum

106 

3,340 

531

2,340

801 

726 

456 

509 

582 

303 

692 

1,340 

810

2,340

Hay

158 

582 

504 

472 

338

199 

189 

57 

188 

223

369 

317 

307 

330 

98

195 

234 

285 

138 

86

138 

54 

160 

202 

288

163 

101 

120 

52 

138 

110

Minimum

11 

65 

16

9.5

54 

66 

38 

63 

52 

32 

16 

49 

65

11

June

173 

247 

104 

77 

33

143 

193 

334 

1O3 

97

60 

133 

174 

96 

144

303 

131 

194 

89 

167

101 

151 

160 

92 

103

72 

165 

196 

179 

87

Mean

69.6 

336 

329

182

233 

284 

303 

231 

212 

140 

224 

280 

251

224

July

78 

35 

60 

96 

104

106 

106 

108 

98 

102

170 

89 

273 

555 

693

410 

336 

418 

515 

488

546 

481 

323 

16 

144

295 

134 

90 

67 

138 

57

Aug.

124 

108 

173 

92 

155

78 

79 

157 

137

110

86 

84 

49 

91 

134

81 

1,330 

679 

426 

126

183 

371 

345 

168 

87

194 

154 

339 

1,340 

973 

458

Per square 

mile

0.657 

3.17 

2.16

1.72

2.20 

2.68 

1.92 

2.18 

3.00 

1.32 

2.11 

3.64 

3.37

2.11

Peak dischsrge (base, 1.4OO sec. -ft.) . Nov. 28 (8:30 p.m.) 3,76O sec. -ft.; Aug. 17 (2

Sept.

273 

127 

339

317 

69

388 

770 

810 

690 

489

358 

197 

314 

350 

91

132 

354 

65

171 

374

197 

90 

83 

165 

130

155 

178 

141 

105 

326

Runoff in 

inches

0.76 

3.54 

3.49

23.34

2.54 

2.79 

2.21 

3.43 

2.31 

1.47 

2.43 

3.04 

2.64

28.65

30 p.m.)

1,770 sec. -ft.; A'jg. 39 (9:15 p.m.) 1,570 sec. -ft. 

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of 'recorded rsnge in stage, weather recordo, 

and records for station near Woodruff.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 191

South Tyger River near Woodruff, C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 34°45°2l", long. 81°56'19", at 

Cftesnee Shoals, 0.5 mile (revised) upstream from confluence with North Tyger River and 

5ir miles east of Woodruff, Spartanburg County. Datum of gage is 508.35 feet above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--174 square miles.

Records available.--March 1934 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--15 years, 235 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,860 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 5.45 

TeeTT; minimum, 52 second-feet Oct. 17 (gage height, 1.74 feet); minimum daily, 57 

second-feet Oct. 17, Nov. 1.

1934-49: Maximum discharge, 9,510 second-feet Apr. 6, 1936 (gage height, 9.78 

feet), from rating curve extended above 7,700 second-feet by velocity-area studies; 

minimum, 13 second-feet Oct. 17, 18, 1941; minimum daily, 14 second-feet Oct. 17, 1941.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Low and medium flow regulated by power plants above station.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 7 to Apr. 29)

1.7 46

1.9 79

2.2 137

2.4 189

2.7 296

3.1 482

3.5 721

4.0 1,120

4.6 1,730

5.3 2,640

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

147 

133 

72 

69 

154

142 

133 

120 

122 

120

64 

113 

116 

120 

107

10O 

57 

64 

120 

120

112 

116 

120 

69 

73

129 

122 

122 

114 

116 

82

Nov.

57 

119 

149 

188 

380

434

209 

110 

182 

185

172 

166 

161 

144 

96

167 

179 

170 

170 

220

220 

170 

320 

440 

40O

200 

1,200 

2,200 

2,600 

2,000

Dec.

70O 

400 

650 

750

650

400 

550 

450 

380 

300

280 

230 

200 

260 

220

200 

240 

300 

220 

160

280 

300 

280 

200

110

150 

320 

380 

260 

1,000 

700

Jan.

700 

480 

280 

280 

449

1,420 

942 

721 

330 

353

330 

322 

295 

292 

280

177 

155 

209 

256 

276

246 

171 

175 

143 

220

300 

320 

280 

260 

3OO 

280

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber ................... .....

lendar year 1945 

ary .

h. .......... ................

1 ............................

st ...........................

embe r ................... ...

ter year 1948-49 .........

Feb.

480 

420 

360 

420 

360

262 

198 

264 

431 

514

315 

358 

337 

200 

283

428 

474 

327 

724

1,390

786 

714 

564 

371 

306

356 

243 

262

Secondfoot-days

3,368 

13,408 

11,520

99,069

11,242 

12,147 

8,459 

9,911 

9,491 

5,495 

9,777 

10,660 

10,094

115,572

Peak discharge (base, 1,800 sec. -ft.).-- Nc

Mar.

407 

365 

211 

299 

326

190 

121 

290 

317 

248

256 

291 

183 

157 

246

291 

209 

208 

272

192

120 

241 

388 

382 

452

445 

203 

192 

274 

335 

348

Apr.

303 

330 

230 

1F4

308

432 

394 

242 

218

212

149 

433

701 

642 

592

514 

274 

200 

267 

330

293 

225 

189 

294

179

211 

245

165 

311 

764

Maximum

154

2,600 

1,000

2,600

1 , 420 

1,390 

452 

764 

801 

304 

751 

1,320 

1,110

2 , 600

May

479 

643 

801 

629

501

305 

305 

223 

177 

284

386 

430 

382 

357 

243

193

257 

319 

285 

174

152 

178 

150 

220 

324

279 

177 

158 

167 

110 

2.03

Minimum

57 

57 

110

53

143

198

12L

149 

110 

107 

88 

110 

134

57

June

186 

304 

194 

152 

107

114 

194 

276 

186 

139

139

153 

157 

191 

153

301 

291 

176 

233

135

181 

139 

207 

164

150

149 

129 

192 

240 

163

Mean

109 

447 

372

271

363 

434 

272 

33C

30 E

315 

344

317

July

122 

110 

88 

101 

131

154 

137 

135 

161 

393

542 

230 

185 

751 

611

648 

574 

469 

611 

677

552

575 

459

163 

97

256

137 

129 

145

155

Aug.

169 

222 

163

187 

143

202 

162 

153 

154 

177

132 

120 

116 

110 

118

139 

378 

1,150 

596 

337

326 

307 

397 

295

157

152 

261 

735 

926

1,320 

856

Sept.

408 

248 

230 

385 

164

444

1,110 

918 

950 

712

509 

238 

334 

360 

214

147 

286 

184 

134 

261

288 

192 

154 

142 

214

147 

175 

219 

180 

147

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.626 0.72 

2.57 2.87 

2.14 2.47

1.56 21.19

2.09 2.41

.57 1.81 

.90 2.12 

.76 2.03 

.05 1.17 

.81 2.09 

1.98 2.28 

1.93 2.15

1.82 24.71

3v. 29 about 6 p.m.) 2,860 sec. -ft.; July 10 ( 1C : 30

p.m. ) 1,900 sec. -ft. 

Note. No gage-height record Nov. 1R to Jan. 4, Jan. 25 to Feb. 5; dischargp computed on basis of 

recorded range in stage, weather recrrds, and records ''-r North Tyger River near Moore and Tyger 

River near Woodruff.
192 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Fairforest Creek near Union, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°41', lont. 81°41', at bridge on State Highway 

92, U.3 mile downstream from Buffalo Creek and 4.3 miles southwest of Union, Union 

County. Datum of gage is 393.91 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--183 square miles.

Records available.--June 1940 to Septembpr 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 8,690 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 7.61 

feet), from rating curve extended above 4,300 second-feet by velocity-area studies 

and logarithmic plotting; minimum, 62 second-feet July 8; minimum gage height, 2.20 

feet Oct. 15-17, July 8.

1940-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 29, 1948; minimum, 19 second-feet 

Aug. 11, 1940 (gage height, 1.85 feet).

Remarks.--Records good. Discharge includes some water diverted from South Pacolet 

Hiver RpF°T-v?*.r (nee p. 186) which is discharged into this stream after use.

in~ ta'.le, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

anri Discharge, in second-feet)

( Shifting-control method u=ed Oct. 1 to Nov. 3

Fee. 31 to Mar. 25, June 19 to Aug. 16)

21 49 2.6 209 1.5 1,91O 

2? 68 2.7 264 5.0 2,670 

2 ? 93 3.0 458 5.8 4,250 

2 4 124 3.5 830 6.9 6,870 

2 5 162 4.0 1,300

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

' 132 

88 

78 

73 

86

88 

76 

76 

76 

70

68 

70 

70

66 

64

64 

64

7?

as

7'

73 

73 

86 

80 

76

73 

73 

70 

70 

70 

70

Nov.

70 

73 

148 

171 

128

113 

147 

118 

105 

121

105 

93 

90 

90

88

8? 

160 

121

120 

162

133 

179 

645 

766 

514

264 

1,350 

4,560 

6,870 

3,400

Dec.

620 

332 

449 

611 

510

308 

253 

253 

220 

190

167 

167 

162 

158 

154

15] 

147

147 

258

255

181 

158 

154 

147 

335

365 

242 

200 

368 

1,530 

1,180

Jan.

508 

306 

248 

220

683

1,910 

1,460 

525 

338 

270

242 

226 

209 

195

186

181 

176 

171

171 

167

194 

204 

176 

167 

162

158 

158 

239 

243 

176 

530

Feb.

615 

446 

282 

276 

270

231 

248 

236 

626 

977

712 

401 

270 

231 

209

505 

682 

492

648 

1,170

1,220 

476 

?44 

270 

242

214 

281 

431

«°"th fool^s

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ............... ..........

mber ........................

lendar year 1948

2,34 20,98" 

10,36£

............ 105,06

1. ............ .

1 ......................

st ..................... . . .

ember ............

10,79 

13,00,

fi.Ol 

9,80 

8,78 

3,72 

4,55 

14,96 

6,76

ter year 1948-41 . . ......... 112,12

Mar.

351 

253 

226 

209 

200

190 

181 

171 

171 

214

204 

171 

167 

162

158

154 

151 

158 

167 

154

151 

154 

186 

200 

188

294 

228 

200 

209 

190 

204

Apr.

1,

Maximum

} 132 

J 6,870 

1,530

5 6,870

} 1,910

5 1,220 

3 351 

t 1,120 

3 1,120 

3 395 

> 261 

I 3,410 

3 1,070

6,870

Peak discharge (hasp. 2, SCO ae.- . -f t . ) . Nov. 29 (l-4R a

209 

181 

171 

167 

240

500 

440 

247 

204 

181

181 

635 

987 

780 

382

258 

220 

204 

186 

176

171 

214 

214 

181 

154

151 

147 

342 

561 

120

May

1,000 

881 

1,120 

778 

405

294 

253 

231 

248 

281

281 

248 

204 

186 

171

162 

154 

151

143 

139

128 

128 

135 

143 

147

151 

128 

124 

118 

118 

139

Minimum

64 

70 

143

49

158 

209 

151 

147 

118 

76 

64 

68 

112

64

June

147 

128 

115 

108 

108

105 

99 

96 

93 

93

96 

99 

105 

131 

147

154 

271 

395 

158 

118

108 

102 

96 

96 

103

112 

99 

86 

78 

76

Mean

75.8 

700 

334

287

348 

464 

194 

327 

284 

124 

147 

483 

226

307

July

78 

73 

73 

73 

70

68 

68 

64 

105 

144

230 

224 

172 

232 

171

132 

239 

298 

461 

208

151 

115 

99 

93 

86

80 

78 

76 

73 

84 

434

Aug.

580 

148 

179 

233 

329

136 

105 

96 

90 

86

80 

76 

73 

70 

68

108 

383 

641 

415 

158

338 

910 

871 

317 

195

154 

183 

2,230 

3,410 

1,810 

492

Per square 

mile

0.414 

3.83 

1.83

1.57

1.90 

2.54 

1.06 

1.79 

1.55 

.678 

.803 

2.64 

1.23

1.68

.m. ) 8,690 sec. -ft.; Aug. 29 (3:

Sept.

263 

200 

195 

285 

319

278 

731 

1,070 

433 

257

200 

176 

167 

154 

147

139 

135 

135 

135 

132

124 

121 

121 

118 

112

115 

118 

121 

132 

135

Runoff in 

inches

0.48 

4.27 

2.11

21.37

2.19 

2.64 

1.22 

2.00 

1.79 

.76 

.93 

3.04 

1.37

22.80

30 a.m. )
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 193

Enoree River near Enoree, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°36', long. 81 U 54', at bridge on State Highway 30, 

three-quarters of a mile upstream from Warrior Creek and 4 miles southeast of Enoree, 

Spartanburg County. Datum of gage is 448.07 feet.above mean sea level, datum of 1929, 

supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--307 square miles.

Keeords available.--August 1929 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--20 years, 424 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 10,200 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 6.18 

reet); minimum, 39 second-feet Oct. 31; minimum daily, 132 second-feet Oct. 17.

1929-49: Maximum discharge, 30,000 second-feet Oct. 2, 1929 (gage height, 10.5 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 17,000 second-feet by -logarithmic plotting; minimum, about 4 second-feet Oct. 20, 1935; minimum daily, 32 secondfeet Oct. 15, 1941.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, 

which are fair. Low and medium flow regulated by power plants above station.

Revisions (water years).--W 802: 1930(M). W 892: 1929-30, 1931(M), 1932-33, 1935. 

W Ilia: 1934(M).

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used May 4, 5)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 28, May 6 to Sept. 30 Nov. 29 to May 5

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.2

95

144

205

275

2.4 

2.7 

3.0 

3.3

445

775

1,200

1,720

3.7 

4.3 

4.9

2,580

4,110

5,820

2.2 

2.4 

2.6 

2.9

308

498

735

1,170

3.3 

4.0

5.9

1,890

3,390

5,520

9,140

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

177

178

159

153

198

178

178

158

171

166

164

166

155

146

156

154

132

176

181

184

162

170

176

170

176

166

171

158

158

172

143

Nov.

188

160

240

384

525

396

338

303

268

238

240

217

204

208

208

2OO

264

238

232

320

373'

350

672

893

622

514

2,600

5,820

9,140

5,300

-

Dec.

1,400

748

1,090

1,400

870

710

610

576

520

468

438

418

430

407

388

384

372

368

468

475

420

375

372

350

504

520

460

414

461

1,850

1,260

Month

Jan.

810

648

532

488

978

3,510

2,320

1,100

735

622

543

509

488

465

438

428

428

423

414

414

437

433

468

422

399

395

402

454

430

408

644

October ..........................

November ..."......................

Decembe r .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ...................... ...

February .........................

Maroh ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .........................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

816

698

622

599

599

543

543

532

884

1,170

916

698

610

554

486

752

1,070

789

1,290

3,280

2,250

1,060

830

740

600

576

635

776

_

-

Secondfoot-days

5,152

31,685

19,526

185,845

21,185

24,918

15,399

18,890

17,140

9,302

13,537

17,290

16,865

210,889

Mar.

648

576

543

532

498

498

488

468

468

543

498

458

448

448

448

438

458

431

46O

446

429

434

519

576

610

554

508

496

488

482

508

Apr.

514

478

446

451

538

723

590

505

452

435

446

863

1,370

1,350

884

685

588

543

508

468

490

490

488

478

448

448

456

537

738

1,480

-

Maximum

198

9,140

1,850

9,140

3,510

3,280

648

1,480

1,460

414

1,190

2,920

2,840

9,140

May

1,30O

1,460

1,370

926

698

567

515

485

520

522

551

644

600

495

465

443

420

407

380

384

364

361

394

416

394

370

344

324

322

311

388

Minimum

132

160

350

87

395

486

429

435

311

242

210

194

261

132

June

411

383

342

309

311

308

298

322

288

294

276

292

288

358

414

332

353

368

291

285

264

278

242

253

251

334

350

293

250

264

-

Mean

166

1,056

630

508

683

890

497

630

553

310

437

558

562

578

July

295

251

226

226

219

226

212

210

215

378

1,030

357

550

842

550

347

692

1,130

1,190

933

655

470

325

299

294

252

243

224

211

255

230

Aug.

480

272

270

270

430

260

294

232

200

258

219

219

194

199

198

228

a380

a900

a 850

a550

a 600

a75O

a480

a 280

a260

247

312

1,690

2,920

2,020

828

Per square 

mile

0.541

3.44

2.05

1.65

2.22

2.90

1.62

2.05

1.80

1.01

1.42

1.82

1.83

1.88

Sept.

505

399

389

515

384

705

d2,840

d2,220

dl,400

d879

d633

d457

d294

d299

338

325

318

316

317

309

290

289

296

261

261

291

276

315

378

366

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.62

3.84

2.36

22.49

2.56

3.02

1.87

2.29

2.08

1.13

1.64

2.10

2.04

25.55

Peak discharge (base, 3,500 sec.-ft.). Hov. 29 (3 a.m.) 10,200 sec.-ft.; Jan. 6 (2 p.m.) 4,010 

sec.-ft.; Feb. 2O (11:15 a.m.) 3,510 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, 

and observer's inspection.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed from partly estimated gage heights.
194 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Saluda River near Greenville, S. C. 

(Formerly published as Saluda River near West Greenville)

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°50'30", long. 82°28'50", 500 feet upstream from 

bridge on U. S. Highway 123, 1.5 miles downstream from Saluda Lake Dam, 2.5 miles upstream from George Creek, and 4.6 miles west of Greenville, Greenville County.

Drainage area.--893 square miles.

Hecords available.--January 1942 to September 1949. Prior to October 1948, published as 

Saluda Hiver near West Greenville.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 6,280 second-feet July 13 (gage height, 12.12 

reet); minimum, 17 second-feet Sept. 25 (gage height, 1.74 feet); minimum daily, 186 

second-feet Oct. 17.

1942-49: Maximum discharge, 7,720 second-feet Jan. 8, 1946 (gage height, 14.48 

feet); minimum, 8 second-feet July 21, 1946 (gage height, 1.67 feet); minimum daily, 

124 second-feet Oct. 21, 1945.

Remarks.--Records good. Low and medium flow regulated by power plant at Saluda Lake. 

Capacity of reservoir insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second feet)

(Shifting control method used Oct. 1 to N^v. 28, 

May 2-19)

Oct. 1 to

180

287

465

755

Aug. 

4 5

28

1,340

2,160

3,520

5,620

Aug. 29 to Sept. 3O

3.2 503

3.7 804

4.5 1,420

5.5 2,280

6.9 3,160

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 19*8 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

258 

228 

243 

303 

244

250 

264 

279 

299 

198

242 

272 

257 

274 

194

193 

186 

311 

295 

238

187 

188 

299 

257 

231

213 

245 

210 

213 

224 

£42

Nov.

238 

231

680 

1,300 

666

642

1,070 

1,110 

613 

550

470 

507 

420 

345 

417

358 

352 

386 

388 

969

1,110 

809 

736

1,040 

775

736 

1,160 

2,740 

5,260 

3,750

Dec.

,760 

,300 

,340 

,500

,260

,070 

,110 

998 

927 

822

723 

768 

679 

685 

642

704 

691 

618 

685 

802

648 

642 

624 

618 

753

892 

697 

642

755 

1,210 

1,460

Jan.

1,220 

816 

782 

802 

996

2,570 

2,080 

1,420 

1,180 

927

927 

795 

795 

802 

697

706 

710 

742 

723 

723

679 

685 

673 

673 

648

624 

636 

648

892 

685 

858

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augn 

Sept

ffa

lendar year 1948 

ary .

h. ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,380 

1,200 

1,070 

892 

892

900 

871 

809 

927 

891

1,180 

927 

714 

974 

782

906 

1,070 

1,040 

1,070 

2,140

2,080 

1,500 

1,260 

1,070 

998

842 

1,000 

927

Secondfoot-days

7,537 

29,828 

28,025

227,390

28,114 

30,312 

27,349 

31,457 

31,384 

23,799 

44,492 

32,659 

37,223

352,179

Mar.

892 

822

788 

782 

795

688 

768 

704 

642 

742

710 

679 

613

624 

679

636 

624 

613

755 

667

601

679 

1,920 

1,960 

1,300

1,110 

1,260 

1,260 

1,040 

998 

998

Apr.

1,420 

1,300 

1,150 

927 

998

1,150 

876 

1,040 

857 

795

829 

1,150

,500 

,920

,500

,220 

,070 

927 

927 

927

795 

836 

998 

892 

729

717 

815 

755

927 

1,510

Maximum

311 

5,260 

1,760

5,260

2,570 

2,140 

1,960 

1,920 

3,020 

1,990 

5,620 

2,860 

3,160

5,620

Peak discharge (base, 2,800 sec .-ft . ) . --Nov. 29 (8 p.m

sec. -ft.; May 1 (11 p.m.) 3,210 sec. -ft.; July 13 (5 p.m

May

3,020 

2,540

1,800 

1,340 

1 , 070

962 

866 

962 

927 

885

1,180 

1,260 

1,040 

927 

871

857 

885 

714 

710 

697

729 

723 

802 

927

740

624 

630 

636 

630 

642 

788

Minimum

186 

231 

618

186

624 

714 

601 

717 

624 

490 

496 

572 

540

186

June

871 

63O 

624 

630 

528

556 

624

630 

517 

517

601 

490 

642 

755 

728

749 

1,710 

1,990 

1,220 

843

691 

736 

755 

736 

927

1,110 

888 

736 

729 

636

Mean

243 

994

904

621

907 

1,083 

882 

,049 

,012 

793 

,435 

,054 

,241

965

July

572 

507 

613 

534

507

676 

836 

606 

496 

601

598 

2,150 

5,620 

4,130

1,920

1,590 

1,630 

2,340 

3,210 

2,680

2 , 000 

1,630 

1,380 

1,260

1,070

998 

927 

822 

892

802 

795

Aug.

749 

809 

742 

768 

927

769 

894 

679 

782 

630

685 

630 

630 

613 

572

818 

1,630 

1,410 

1,220 

885

1,180 

1,340 

1,420 

1,260 

998

770 

829 

1,340 

2,860 

2,260 

1,560

Per square 

mile

0.829 

3.39 

3.09

2.12

3.10 

3.70 

3.01 

3.58 

3.45 

2.71 

4.90 

3.60 

4.24

3.29

Sept.

1,420 

1,300 

1,100 

1,140 

988

1,700 

2,920 

3,160 

2,350 

1,820

1,470 

1,340 

1,100 

1,100 

1,020

988 

950 

1,100 

1,060 

] ,020

942 

791 

928 

912

540

797 

804 

861 

784 

818

Runoff in 

inches

0.96 

3.78 

3.56

28.86

3.57 

3.85 

3.47 

3.99 

3.98 

3.02 

5.65 

4.15 

4.73

44.71

) 5,500 sec. -ft.; Jan. 6 (9:45 a.m. 2,880 

) 6,280 sec. -ft.; July 19 (2:30 a.m.) 3,520
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 195

Saluda River near Pelzer, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°40', long. 82°28', half a mile downstream from 

Hurricane Creek and 2 miles north of Pelzer, Anderson County. Datum of gage is 727.75 

feet above mean sea level, unadjusted.

Drainage area. 405 square miles.

Hecoras available. September 1929 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--20 years, 787 second-feet.

Extremes. rcaxiSum discharge during year, 8,370 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 7.37 

reet j; minimum, 58 second-feet Oct. 18 (gage height, 0.98 foot); minimum daily, 250 

second-feet Oct. 22.

1929-49: Maximum discharge, 13,300 second-feet Apr. 7, 1936 (gage height 10.26 

feet); minimum, 9 second-feet Sept. 22, Oct. 5, 1947 (gage height, 0.70 foot); minimum daily, 62 second-feet Oct. 25, 1931.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are 

fair. Low and medium flow regulated by power plants above station. Capacity of 

reservoirs insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff.

Revisions. W 872: Drainage area.

Rating tattle, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used May 1-4)

1.5 250 3.O 1,480 

1.8 413 3.5 2,120 

2.1 620 4.5 3,640 

2.4 S69 6.7 7,180

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

460 

266 

318 

348 

378

317 

327 

366 

378 

366

287 

322 

360 

327 

330

255 

278 

311 

389 

328

290 

250 

322 

369 

328

284 

300

295 

285 

290 

310

Nov.

327 

311 

658 

1,660

1,200

765 

1,120 

1,380 

1,030 

757

647 

683 

598 

480 

576

475 

504 

500 

583 

883

1,340 

1,190 

1,070 

1,440 

1,280

1,040

2,370 

5,020 

7,180 

5,720

Dec.

5,060 

1,850 

2,190

2,120 

1,780

1,520 

1,390 

1,330 

1,180 

1,050

1,020 

942 

887 

914 

817

869 

878 

826 

860 

998

914 

826 

791 

782 

887

1,100 

998 

826 

906 

1,550 

2,050

Jan.

1,660 

1,270 

988 

1,040

1,440

4,040 

a3,000 

a2,OOO 

al,600 

al,300

al,200 

al,100 

1,020 

1,010 

951

843 

970 

860 

933 

914

960 

826 

914 

826 

878

808 

808

86O 

960 

979 

1,030

Month

Octo 

Nova 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc

ft?

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

 a

ber... .......................

 her .........................

 ber .........................

lendar year 194S 

ary ....

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,620 

1,650 

1,49O 

1,270 

1,210

1,12O 

1,250 

1.03O 

1,270 

1,350

1,480 

1,350 

1,050 

1,200 

1,060

1,140 

1,600 

1,350 

1,730 

3,240

3,160 

2,260 

1,720 

1,480 

al,300

al,200 

al,200 

al,300

Secondfoot-days

10,0!' 

42,78 

38,11

316,12

37,981 

42,08 

34,76 

40,06 

42,79 29,37" 

54,30 

40,21 

46,81

459,32"

Mar.

al,200 

81,100 

al.OOO 

al,ooo

81,000

a95O 

953 

396 

905 

960

878 

933

799 

S34 

826

878 

808 

S43 

878 

914

834 

796 

1,740 

2,780 

1,850

1,460 

1,370 

1,540 

1,420 

1,200 

1,240

Apr.

1,460 

1,600 

1,440 

1,210 

1,170

1,400 

1,200 

1,240 

1,100 

98S

1,020 

1,530 

2,410 

2,410 

2,120

1,600 

1,420 

1,180 

1,140 

1,120

1,050 

1,040 

1,120 

1,120 

1,020

826 

970 

988 

1,210 

1,910

Maximum

L 460 

r 7,180 

L 3,060

5 7,180

3 4,040 

) 3,240 

5 2,780 

'. 2,410 

L 3,880 

L 2,560 

j 5,880 

* 3,400 

5 4,760

L 7,180

May

3,560 

3,830 

2,690 

2,120 

1,720

1,460 

1,?60 

1,290 

1,350 

1,290

1,490 

1,780 

1,500 

1,270 

1,130

1,140 

1,120 

1,030 

924 

878

887 

878 

860 

1,060 

1,010

876 

774 

791 

782 

808 

933

Hinlnim

250 

311 

7S2

250

808 

1,030 

796 

826 

774 

636 

620 

692 

710

250

June

1,120 

892 

796 

750 

724

668 

740 

757 

716 

636

716 

675 

742 

869 

826

975 

1,430 

2,560 

1,750 

1,190

911 

830 

942 

924 

987

1,440 

1,160 

908 

887 

850

Mean

324 

1,426 

1,22S

864

1,22E 

1,503 

1,12] 

1,33E 

1,38C 

97£ 

1,752 

1,291 

1,56C

1,256

July

740 

636 

691 

707 

620

653 

952 

956 

636 

667

732 

1,600 

4,920 

5,880 

3,080

1,920 

2,050 

2,510 

4,440 

3,880

3,050 

2,120 

1,660 

1,490 

1,350

1,230 

1,100 

1,020 

1,030 

960 

1,020

Aug.

1,010 

970 

905 

933 

1,010

1,030 

999 

1,250 

878 

843

774 

80S 

749 

749 

692

782 

1,650 

1,920 

1,440 

1,230

1,210 

1,600 

1,660 

1,580 

1,350

1,080 

860 

1,680 

3,400 

3,160 

2,010

Per square 

mile

0.800 

3.52 

3.03

2.13

3.02 

3.71 

2.77 

3.30 

3.41 

2.42 

4.33 

3.20 

3.85

3.11

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 sec.-ft.). Nov. 29 (2 a.m.) 8,370 sec. -ft. j Jan. 6 (2:30

Sept.

1,560 

1,460 

1,400 

1,440 

1,240

2,470 

4,760 

4,440 

3,720 

2,410

1,780 

1,520 

1,320 

1,260 

1,140

1,100 

1,050 

1,090 

1,270 

1,110

1,080 

888 

979 

1,030 

710

884 

869 

970 

905 

970

Runoff in 

inches

0.92 

3.93 

3.49

29.02

3.48 

3.86 

3.19 

3.68 

3.93 

2.70 

4.99 

3.69 

4.30

42.16

p.m.)

4,12O sec.-ft.; July 14 (7:30 a.m.) 6,520 see.-ft.j July 19 (2:30 p.m.) 4,600 sec.-ft.} Aug. 29 

(5 p.m.) 3,960 sec.-ft.i Sept. 7 (8:45 p.m.) 5,240 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage and records for 

station near Greenville.
196 SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

Saluda River near Ware Shoals, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°23', long. 82°14', 2 miles southeast of Ware

Shoals Greenwood County, 2j miles downstream from Ware Shoals Dam, and 5 miles upstream 

from Turkey Creek.

Drainage area. 569 square miles.

Records available. March 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 977 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 16,500 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 19.12 

feet), from rating curve extended above 6,300 second-feet on basis of computation of 

flow over dam at gage height 20.48 feet; minimum, 19 second-feet Oct. 17; minimum 

daily, 187 second-feet Aug. 14.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 20,600 second-feet Aug. 13, 1940 (gage height, 20.48 

feet), by computation of flow over dam; minimum, 3 second-feet Sept. 18, 1939; minimum 

daily, 11 second-feet Oct. 12, 19, 1941.

Remarks. Records fair. Low and medium flow regulated by power plants above station. 

Capacity of reservoirs insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff.

Revisions (water years). W 892: 1939.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

367 

433 

228 

422 

387

390 

461 

392 

486 

245

475 

436 

427 

485 

447

401 

211 

315 

536 

491

520 

448 

298 

256 

300

483 

343 

411 

449 

358 

262

NOT.

290 

462 

515 

1,350 

1,920

996 

867 

1,750 

1,640 

1,040

786 

693 

530 

359 

559

834 

561 

447 

503 

1,010

837 

1,920 

1,750 

2,190 

1,530

1,700 

4,500 

8,940 

13,600 

7,150

Dec.

4,820 

2,760 

2,880 

2,880 

2,410

2,360 

1,970 

1,920 

1,750 

1,420

1,320 

879 

1,530 

1,230 

1,040

1,010 

937 

982 

566 

1,370

1,100 

958 

896 

619 

816

1,170 

1,420 

1,090 

904 

2,880 

2,300

Jan.

2,080 

1,750 

1,700 

1,250 

2,010

5,620 

4,620 

3,240 

2,240 

2,190

1,800 

1,480 

1,420 

1,270 

1,080

927 

1,420 

1,180 

993 

1,130

1,090 

960 

554 

1,270 

1,010

734 

913 

897 

891 

730 

1,530

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h.. ........................

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,750 

2,02O 

1,750 

1,920 

1,350

1,320 

1,750 

1,640 

1,860 

2,460

2,080 

1,700 

1,530 

1,640 

1,700

1,530 

2,240 

1,970 

2,280 

4,620

4,100 

3,360 

2,410 

2,08O 

1,920

1,280 

1,480 

2,080

Secondfoot days

12,163 

61,229 

50,187

427,584

49,979 

57,820 

42,421 

49,160 

52,244 

34,313 

59,082 

48,187 

55,831

572,616

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 sec. -ft.}. Nou

sec. -re.; Sfeo. zu (3:30 a.m.) b.uuu sec. -it. 

6,760 see. -ft.; July 20 (7 a.m.) 4,940 sec.-f

Mar.

1,800 

1,420 

1,300 

1,32O 

1,100

882 

1,480 

1,270 

1,190 

1,O10

1,290 

1,040 

703 

1,370 

1,230

881 

991 

1,080 

1,080 

664

1,420 

1,230 

1,120 

2,820 

2,700

1,700 

1,530 

1,970 

1,800 

1,640 

1,390

Apr.

1,640 

1,420 

1,700 

1,860 

1,750

1,470 

1,700 

1,420 

1,110 

1,100

1,530 

1,800 

2,820 

2,760 

2,760

2,O20 

1,750 

1,860 

1,530 

1,140

1,290 

1,310 

1,030 

1,100 

1,53O

1,130 

940 

1,250 

1,5OO 

2,940

Maximum

536 

13,600 

4,82O

13,600

5,620 

4,620 

2,820 

2,940 

5,140 

2,520 

6,200 

4,030 

5,550

13,600

May

3,540 

5,140 

3,960 

2,940 

2,300

1,860 

1,530 

1,530 

1,970 

1,700

1,750 

1,970 

1,920 

1,480 

1,420

1,640 

1,580 

1,120 

1,140 

1,010

1,070 

470 

1,320 

1,100 

1,140

1,060 

894 

829 

491 

1,220 

1,150

Minimum

211 

290 

566

117

554 

1,280 

664 940' 

470 

318 

493 

187 

663

187

June

1,040 

1,150 

1,130 

974 

318

1,200 

1,020 

793 

843 

751

840 

385 

1,200 

1,100 

1,020

1,070 

1,260 

1,920 

2,520 

2,020

1,540 

1,040 

927 

1,040 

790

1,310 

1,800 

1,250 

1,130 

932

Mean

392 

2,041 

1,619

1,168

1,612 

2,065 

1,368 

1,639 

1,685 

1,144 

1,906 

1,554 

1,861

1,569

July

1,030 

692 

775 

797 

753

603 

819 

961 

493 

658

1,200 

1,210 

3,110 

6,200 

4,760

2,360 

2,410 

2,880 

3,840 

4,620

3,840 

2,760 

1,970 

1,800 

1,800

1,370 

1,320 

1,170 

1,140 

939 

865

Aug.

1,640 

1,140 

964 

881 

1,000

968 

762 

1,800 

1,420 

823

935 

845 

813 

187 

1,080

859 

1,920 

2,410 

2,020 

1,290

1,190 

2,080 

1,970 

1,970 

1,860

1,7OO 

1,360 

1,790 

3,480 

4,030 

3.OOO

Per square 

mile

0.689 

3.59 

2.85

2.05

2.83 

3.63 

2.40 

2.88 

2.96 

2.01 

3.35 

2.73 

3.27

2.76

Sept.

2,080 

1,860 

1,420 

1,860 

1,860

2,300 

5,550 

5,000 

4,740 

3,300

2,520 

82,000 

al,8OO 

al,500 

al,400

al,300 

al,2OO 

a 900 

al,400 

al,200

al,200 

1.27O 

982 

1,160 

663

1,080 

1,060 

987 

1,260 

979

Runoff in 

inches

O.79 

4.00 

3.29

27.96

3.26 

3.78 

2.77 

3.21 

3.41 

2.24 

3.86 

3.15 

3.65

37.41

'. 29 (1 a.m.) 16,50O sec. -ft.; Jan. 6 (2:45 a.m.) 6.2OO 

May 2 (11:40 a.m.) 5,480 sec. -ft.; July 14 (8 p.m.) 

t.; Aug. 30 (8:15 a.m.) 4,220 sec. -ft. ; Sept. 7 (9 p.m.)

6,040 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of normal power-plant operation, weather 

records, and records for station near Pelzer.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

Lake Greenwood near Chappells, S. C.

197

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34 0 10' ) long. 81°54', at left upstream end of dam on 

Saluda River, 0.7 mile upstream from Wilson Creek and 2.4 miles west of Chappells, Newberry County. Datum of gage is 400.00 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels 

by Dan T. Duncan Engineering Co.); gage readings have been reduced to elevations above 

mean sea level.

Drainage area.--1,150 square miles.

Records available.--May 1940 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum elevation during year, 441.82 feet Jan. 7; minimum, 425.32 feet Oct. 18.

T9~40-49r Maximum elevation, that of Jan. 7, 1949; minimum elevation since normal 

reservoir- level was first reached, 424.42 feet Oct. 16, 1947.

Remarks.--Lake is formed by earth dam; storage began In May 1940; dam completed in 1940. 

Osaftle capacity, about 8,330,000,000 cubic feet between elevations 420.0 feet (limit of 

draw-down) and 441.5 feet (top of 1^-foot flashboards on top of spillway gates) above 

mean sea level. Dead storage is about 3,500,000,000 cubic feet. Figures given herein 

represent usable contents. Elevation of spillway crest is 415.0 feet above mean sea 

level. Water is used for generation of power-.

Revisions. W 972: Drainage area.

Elevation, In feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

27.95

27.83

27.86

27. 71

27.59

27.44

27.28

27.12

26.97

26.98

26.82

26.47

25.98

25.51

25.38

25.39

25.43

25.39

25.38

25.42

25.48

25.54

25.60

25.54

25.47

25.48

25.51

25.49

25.51

25.58

25.56

Nov.

25.55

25.58

25.70

25.92

26.29

26.77

27.10

27.35

27.75

28.04

28.18

28.15

28.19

28.24

28.21

28.25

28.32

28.30

28.29

28.47

28.57

28.89

29.41

30.18

30.81

31.21

32.23

34.85

38.77

40.88

Dec.

41.66

41.39

41.39

41.39

41.51

41.40

41.27

41.14

40.95

40.66

4O.41

40.28

40.19

39.96

39.58

39.19

38.78

38.45

38.40

38.31

38.24

38.13

37.94

37.77

37.66

37.68

37.72

37.71

37.57

38.26

38.79

Jan.

39.15

39.47

39.57

39.42

39.22

40.71

41.70

41.60

41.28

41.39

41.27

41.02

40.75

40.48

40.24

40.17

40.12

39.84

39.49

39.16

38.84

38.49

38.36

38.29

37.95

37.47

36.98

36.53

36.25

36.15

36. 18

Feb.

36.12

36. OO

35.87

35.84

35.92

35.98

36.05

35.82

35.90

36.29

36.61

36.73

36.89

36.97

36.79

36.61

36.71

36.81

37.00

38.05

39.19

39.63

39.77

39.76

39.71

39.65

39.77

39.94

_

_

- .

Mar.

39.87

39.68

39.43

39.19

38.91

38.87

38.88

38.61

38.34

38.18

38.02

37.84

37.69

37.61

37.38

36.91

36.52

36.38

36.23

36.06

35.98

35.89

35.88

35.98

36.34

36.67

36.81

36.94

37.09

37.21

37.35

Apr.

37.40

37.56

37.68

37.78

37.87

37.95

38.02

38.18

38.32

38.33

38.37

38.54

38.79

39.08

39.32

39.39

39.40

39.43

39.26

38.98

38.70

. 38.50

38.56

38.54

38.47

38.45

38.30

38.22

-38.33

39.00

Hay

39.71

40.80

41.47

41.72

41.67

41.53

41.39

41.41

41.47

41.37

41.25

41.06

41.00

40.93

40.93

40.90

40.69

40.40

40.10

39.91

39.84

39.71

39.63

39.49

39.29

39.16

39.04

39.08

39.21

39.13

39.26

June

39.25

39.19

39.12

39.12

39.13

39.12

39.06

38.92

38.85

38.70

38.64

38.71

38.71

38.64

38.61

38.57

38.56

38.56

38.68

38.87

38.92

38.83

38.47

38.17

38.00

37.87

37.77

37.73

37.67

37.67

-

July

37.58

37.29

37.06

36.93

36.93

36.82

36.73

36.80

36.88

36.95

37.14

37.32

37.52

38.08

38.78

39.01

39.09

39.27

39.44

39.98

40.33

40.51

40.52

40.48

40.37

40.14

39.89

39.60

39.37

39.19

38.99

Aug.

38.90

38.89

38.89

38.70

38.56

38.50

38.32

38.22

38.21

38.12

37.96

37.74

37.59

37.61

37.58

37.50

37.81

38.09

38.21

3S.30

38.45

38.60

38.72

38.59

38.54

38.45

38.43

38.90

39.82

40.28

40.51

Sept.

40.46

40.25

40.21

40.25

40.23

40.09

40.39

41.10

41.55

41.41

41.51

41.56

41.38

41.10

40.78

40.41

40.11

39.83

39.64

39.38

38.99

38.55

38.11

37.76

37.74

37.75

37.62

37.40

37.25

36.99

~

Monthly elevation and oonte water year October 1948 to September 1949

Date

Oct 31

Calendar year 1948...

Sept. 30. ...............

Water year 1948-49...

Elevation 

(feet)t

-

439 92

436.84

-

Contents 

(billions of 

cubic feet)

-

5.88

7 34

7.88

6. 2O

-

Change in contents 

during month 

(equivalent, 

second-feet)

321

+88

-648

+115

t Elevation at 12 p.m. 

Note. Add 400 feet to

980338 O - 52 - 14

elevation above mean sea level.
198 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Saluda River at Chappells, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°11', long. 81°52', at bridge on State Highway 39 

at Uhappells, Newberry County, 7 miles dovmstream from dam at Lake Greenwood and 

8u miles upstream from Little River. Datum of gage is 363.89 feet above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 1,350 square miles.

Keeords available. May 1927 to September 1949. Gage-height records collected at practlcally same site since 1905 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 22 years, 2,039 second-feet.

.Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 31,400 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 24.59 

I'eet); minimum 356 second-feet Oct. 23; minimum daily, 457 second-feet July 10.

1927-49: Maximum discharge, 63,700 second-feet Oct. 2, 1949 (gage height, 31.5 

feet), from rating curve extended above 27,000 second-feet on basis of velocity-area 

studies; minimum, 8 second-feet Oct. 29, 1939; minimum daily, 8 second-feet Oct. 29, 

1939.

Maximum stage known, 35.7 feet (present datum) Aug. 26, 1908, from reports of 

U. S. Weather Bureau.

Remarks. Records good. Flow regulated by Lake Greenwood (see preceding page).

Revisions. W 972: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Hov. 28, Sept. 11-30 Hov. 29 to Sept. 10

7.1 2,450 1.9 447 7.1 2,450 18.0 10,800

10.0 3,820 2.7 677 10. C

12.7 5,450 4.0 1,130 13. C

Mote. --Same as following 5-5 1,730 16. C

table below 7.1 feet.

3,960 19.5 14,200

> 5,850 21.0 18,300

8,400 22.8 24,300

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Da&

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

a

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,38O

1,130

694

1,600

1,470

1,410

1,470

1,470

1,070

568

1,820

2,230

2,560

1,930

980

631

584

813

707

616

705

610

708

652

840

624

694

766

736

583

624

Hov.

794

722

744

856

751

950

955

948

1,040

874

1,190

1,240

98O

830

1,060

1,210

1,280

1,310

1,180

1,120

1,010

1,390

2,710

3,860

1,890

1,920

3,390

5,420

24.2OO

14,700

-

Dec.

7,850

7,040

4,770

4,940

3,520

4,550

4,130

4,510

4,320

4,070

3,380

2,270

2,940

3,950

3,980

3,960

3,950

3,260

2,750

2,930

2,680

2,440

2,860

2,340

2,330

2,260

2,360

2,650

2,900

4,950

4,980

Jan.

2,390

1,820

2,800

3,820

3,890

5,140

7,150

8,300

5,770

3,080

4,140

4,060

3,990

3,830

2,970

1.8OO

2,970

3,990

3,950

3,870

3,830

3,500

1,890

3,030

4,120

4,140

4,170

4,070

3,130

1,970

3,170

Vonth

October ..........................

November ........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June ......................... ...

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 .........

Feb.

4,410

4,180

4,070

4,590

3,990

2,520

3,260

4,170

5,660

6,860

5,150

3,260

2,050

3,030

3,900

3,830

4,080

3,640

3,280

3,290

3,600

4,050

3,670

3,630

3,380

2,790

2,120

3,350

_

-

Secondfoot days

32.67E

80,524

115, 82C

872,105

116, 75C

105, 81C

86, 93C

79.41C

92,48'

62,64^

72, 551

77.53C

101,925

1,024,85£

Mar.

3,870

3,850

3,840

3,660

3,350

1,790

2,880

3,630

3,480

3,370

3,020

3,090

2,070

2,950

3,860

3,830

3,560

2,250

3,060

2,030

2,610

2,500

2,140

2,170

2,190

1,490

2,070

2,270

2,190

1,970

1,890

Apr.

2,040 i,;

1,5 2,:

40

50

10

2,930

3,040

2,3 I,'

l.Z

10

60

80

1,930

2,150 2,'

3,4

3,£

80

60

40

3,100

3,220

2,3

3,C

3,J

10

>10

20

3,550

3,590

3,C

1,E 2,:

90

50

60

2,440

2,360

2,4

2,E

3,C

5,C

Maximum

2,560

24,200

7,850

24.2OO

8,30O

6,860

3,870

5,040

4,540

3,360

3,550

4,570

6,010

24,200

80

40

30

4O

May

3,710

3,820

4,540

4,470

4,200

3,970

3,190

1,980

3,050

4,270

4,310

4,OOO

3,400

2,950

1,980

3,050

3,600

3,620

3,390

2,410

2,040

1,780

2,530

2,7OO

2,700

2,470

1,930

924

1,640

1,960

1 ,900

Minimum

568

722

2,260

410

1,800

2,050

1,490

1,280

qp ac<tA 

724

457

536

765

457

June

2,180

2,120

2,070

1,260

1,070

1,620

2,070

2,080

2,140

2,200

1,140

724

1,640

2,090

2,160

2,180

2,310

1,840

2,230

1,720

2,12O

2.48O

3,360

3,210

2.47O

2,560

2,820

2,320

2,220

2,240

-

Mean

1,054

2,684

3,736

2,383

3,766

3,779

2 804

2 ',647

2,983

2,088

2 33^

2^50]

3,398

2,808

July

2,160

2,580

2,410

1,410

1,540

1,740

1,510

740

640

457

1,120

1,120

1,340

3,010

2,990

2,680

2,470

3,120

3,480

3,500

3,550

3,240

2,780

2,470

3,180

3,410

3,060

3,140

2,830

2,240

2,440

Aug.

2,850

2,9

3,C

3,C

40

30

2O

2,970

1,960

2,4

2,2

2,2

80

90

00

2,300

2,310

2,4

1.6

E

30

40

36

1,600

2,240

Z.4

2,4

2,4

00

50

40

1,530

634

1,6

2,7

3,1

90

20

80

2,520

2,600

1,7

3,4

4,5

4,5

40

40

00

70

3,920

Per square 

mile

Sept.

3,850

3,720

3,160

2,560

3,340

3,710

4,040

4,220

5,220

6,010

2,400

3,140

3,670

3,770

3,720

3,820

3,570

2,720

3,420

3,870

3,870

3,870

3,670

2,860

765

1,900

2,540

2,680

2,940

2,900

-

Runoff in 

inches
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

Saluda River near Silverstreet, S. C.

199

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°11', long. 81°44', 200 feet upstream from Higgins 

i'erry Bridge on State Highway 19, 1 mile downstream from Little River, and 2^ miles 

south of Silverstreet, Newberry County. Datum -of gage is 345.13 feet above mean sea 

level, unadjusted.

Drainage area.--1,620 square miles.

Records available.--January 1927 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 22 years, 2,344 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 32,200 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 25.80 

reet), from rating curve extended above 19,000 second-feet on basis of discharge 

measurements made at Chappells and near Chapin; minimum daily, 560 second-feet Oct. 17.

1927-49: Maximum discharge, 83,800 second-feet Oct. 3, 1929 (gage height, 33.97 

feet), from rating curve extended as explained above; minimum, 49 second-feet July 4, 

1940 (gage height, 2.88 feet); minimum daily, 49 second-feet July 4, 1940.

Remarks. Records good. Plow regulated by Lake Greenwood (see p. 197). 

Revisions.--W 972: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to Sept

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,460

1,390

694

1,580

1,630

1,490

1,560

1,460

1,310

579

1,560

2,24,0

2,540

2,350

1,230

814

560

728

744

630

653

701

654

744

816

677

688

783

732

644

627

Nov.

769

723

789

964

905

949

1,130

937

1,070

897

1,080

1,220

1,070

884

910

1,150

1,260

1,390

1,280

1,120

1,370

1,180

2,820

5,490

3,900

2,350

4,640

7,460

19,600

27,600

-

Dec.

13,700

9,510

6,090

6,090

4,130

4,890

4,380

5,040

4,830

4,440

3,740

2,570

2,620

4,020

4,130

4,180

4,280

3,880

3,210

3,210

3,060

2,780

3,010

2,690

2,600

2,640

2,640

2,830

3,150

6,910

8,070

Jan.

4,640

2,010

2,980

4,080

4,260

6,900

10,400

10,200

8,400

3,490

4,460

4,390

4,320

4,060

3,500

2,120

2,820

4,120

4,190

4,130

4,000

4,000

2,140

2,870

4,330

4,390

4,460

4,400

3,760

2,290

3,230

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January .......... ............

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June ..........................

July ..........................

August ................. .........

September ...... .................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

5,330

4,810

4,530

5,260

5,740

3,240

3,230

4,530

6,640

8,800

7,880

5,030

2,530

3,110

4,240

,320

,780

,550

,240

,070

,750

,910

,200

3,990

3,710

3,360

2,520

3,490

_

-

Secondfoot-days

34,268

96,907

139,320

1,035,193

135,340

128,790

89,690

87,580

103,680

65,810

79,320

90,510

105,920

1,157,135

Mar.

4,280

4,200

4,000

3,930

3,770

1,920

2,500

3,820

3,520

3,250

3,000

3,070

2,160

2,630

3,900

3,970

3,810

2,570 

3,030

2,270

2,530

2,850

2,170

2,170

2,170

1,800

2,140

2,230

2,170

1,990

1,870

Apr.

1,980

1,540

2,000

2,090

3,010

3,610

2,340

1,720

1,500

2,090

2,160

3,160

4,430

4,280

3,590

3,330

2,390

2,740

3,680

3,840

3,840

3,700

1,880

2,150

-2,400

2,360

2,420

2,770

3,820

6,760

-

Maximum

2,540

27,600

13,700

27,600

10, 400

8,800

4,280

6,760

6,190

3,400

4,870

7,270

6,390

27,600

May

6,190

4,650

5,740

5,220

4,740

4,410

3,880

2,400

2,980

4,820

4,820

4,660

3,850

3,370

2,230

2,920

3,710

3,860

3,610

2,560

2,070

1,960

2,310

2,700

2,630

2,480

1,960

1,360

1,660

1,930

2,000

Minimum

560

723

2,570

560

2,010

2,520

1,800

1,500

1,360

1,170

970

1,210

1,260

560

Junt

2,140

2,040

1,980

1,450

1,170

1,510

2,030

2,090

2,360

2,240

1,610

1,190

1,700

2,280

2,350

2,350

2,490

2,000

2,420

1,730

2,080

2,210

3,350

3,400

2,850

2,720

2,780

2,440

2,260

2,590

-

Mean

1,105

3,230

4,494

2,828

4,366

4,600

2,893

2,919

3,345

2,194

2,559

2,920

3,531

3,170

July

2,380

2,600

2,490

1,750

1,510

1,840

1,700

1,220

1,170

970

1,370

1,510

1,380

2,740

3,060

2,740

2,660

3,100

3,780

4,400

4,870

3,530

3,030

2,600

3,020

3,410

3,2OO

3,140

2,870

2,440

2,840

Ang.

2,910

3,260

3,370

3,140

3,180

2,200

2,540

2,360

2,370

2,250

2,280

2,390

2,160

1,320

1,730

2,300

2,780

2,780

2,460

1,830

1,210

1,92C

2,780

3,500

2,620

2,710

2,240

4,960

6,860

7,270

4,830

Per square 

mile

Sept.

4,080

4,100

3,310

2,790

3,060

3,780

4,140

4,430

4,810

6,390

3,430

2,860

3,680

3,830

3,840

3,920

3,800

3,010

3,290

4,000

4,060

4,070

3,940

3,200

1,260

1,710

2,510

2,680

2,960

2,980

-

Runoff in 

inches

Note.--Backwater from Lake Murray Oct. 1 to Nov. 23, Nov. 25-27, Dec. 2 to Sept. 30; discharge 

computed by using fall as determined from records for Lake Murray near Columbia as a factor.
200 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Lake Murray near Columbia, S. C.

Location. --Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°03'05", long. 81°13'15", in intake tower 500 feet 

upstream from dam on Saluda River, 10 miles upstream from confluence of Saluda and

IPVP? d9tr f ?S9Qmbla ' Rlchland County. Datum of gage is 0.64 foot below mean sea 

level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. --3, 420 square miles.

Records available. --August 1929 to September 1949.

Extremes Maximum gage height during year, 360.05 feet Mar. 10; minimum, 350.70 feet

lnl~ Bge helehl slnce

draw-down) and 360.0 feet (maximum normal lake level). Dead storage, 21,800,000,000 

cubic feet Figures given herein represent usable contents. Gage height of one spillway crest (completed in 1946), 330 feet with top of gates 362 feet; gage height of other 

spillway crest, 340 feet with top of gates 365 feet. Water is used for generation of 

power .

Revisions. W 972: Drainage area,

Gage height, in feet, water year Octoter 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

54.56

54. Jx

54.51

54.50

54.49

54.39

54.28

54.18

54.09

54.08

54.03

53.93

53.81

53.70

53.54

53.42

53.40

53.35

53.12

52.91

52.71

52.51

52.35

52.30

52.20

51.97

51.72

51.50

51.28

51.15

51.10

Nov.

51. OS

50.87

50.75

50.78

50.75

50.80

50.90

5J.92

50.94

50.95

50.93

50.95

50.99

50.98

50.95

50.88

50.90

50.89

50.85

51.00

51.05

51.19

51.52

52.11

52.40

52.44

52.53

52.96

54.10

55.12

-

Dec.

55.83

56.11

56.38

56.48

56.56

56.64

56.57

56.66

56.71

56.66

56.61

56.63

56.57

56.41

56.21

56.01

55.82

55.74

55.90

55.98

55.85

55.68

55.64

55.67

55.77

55.89

55.96

55.92

55.84

56.27

56.65

Jan.

56.85

56.97

56.98

56.95

56.92

57.10

5/.31

57.60

57.97

58.15

58.16

58.16

58.11

58.07

58.05

58.12

58.18

58.14

58.08

58.02

57.94

57.92

57.95

57.98

57.93

57.87

57.81

57/77

57.79

57.82

57.89

Feb.

57.87

57.86

57.78

57.86

58.06

58.21

58.32

58.23

58.58

59.07

59.29

59.40

59.49

59.52

59.48

59.45

59.49

59.45

59.52

59.89

59.85

59.82

59.75

59.70

59.66

59.64

59 . 80

59.87

_

_

-

Mar.

59.82

59.80

59.79

59.81

59.88

59.96

by .93

59.93

59.93

59.96

59.92

59.89

59.89

59.85

59.77

59 . 70

59.61

59.53

59.48

59.47

59.42

59.31

59.23

59.14

59.09

59.07

59.08

59 . 10

59.03

58.93

58.84

Apr.

58.79

58.73

58 . 72

58. "'S

58.69

56.75

58.74

58.73

58 . 70

58.71

58.74

58.77

58.95

59 . 00

59.06

59.13

53. il

59.13

59.19

59.17

59.15

59.22

59.30

59.33

59.34

59.26

59.17

59.14

59.25

59.70

-

May

59.97

59.91

59.91

59.92

59.88

59.84

59.83

59.83

59.85

59.81

59.79

59.77

59.76

59.79

59.89

59.91

59.87

59.82

59.81

59.75

59.73

59.76

59.76

59.66

59.61

59.52

59.48

59.49

59.49

59.52

59.49

June

59.42

59.33

59.27

59.20

59.14

59.02

58.79

58.58

58.35

58.21

58.07

57.97

57.90

57.77

57.73

57.77

57.83

57.89

57.93

57.95

57.95

57.96

57.96

58.04

58.13

58.18

58.23

58.31

58.34

58.39

-

July

58.42

58.44

58.49

58.53

58.52

58.45

58.41

58.33

58.22

58.06

57.88

57.77

57.65

57.61

57.61

57.63

57.68

57.75

57.82

57.91

58.01

58.05

58.07

58.13

58.11

58.07

58.05

58.03

58 . 00

58.00

58.22

Aug.

58.37

58.43

58.55

58.63

58.66

58.69

58.77

58.86

58.83

58.81

58.76

58.71

58.66

58.67

58.65

58.58

59.10

59.06

58.96

58.90

58.91

58.98

58.87

53.77

58.63

58.48

58.34

59.06

59.89

59.95

59.92

Sept.

59.80

59.63

59.51

59.49

59.53

59.49

59.42

59.42

59.37

59.36

59.45

59.48

59.32

59. 17

59.02

58.86

58.75

58. 76

58.81

58.70

58.59

58.46

58.33

58 . 20

58.18

58.11

57.97

57.77

57.67

57.52

-

Note.--Add 300 tain gage height (gage datum).

Monthly gage height a

Date

Eec. 31. .............

Calendar year 1948.

flue" zil

Sept.oJ. .............

Water year 1948-49.

id contents,

Gage height 

(feet)t

356.73

-

359 43

357.44

-

ater year Octob

Contents 

(billions of 

cutic feet)

5E . 69

63.38 .

-

64. d4

-

=r 1948 to September 1949

Change in contents 

during month ( equivalent, mean second-feet)

-2,400

+3,220

+874

+397

+1,720

-810

+988

-448

-868

+1,210

-1,931-1

+181
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 201

Saluda River near Columbia, S. C.

Location (revised) . Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°00'50", long. 81°05'17", 0.4 mile upstream rrom site of old Saluda mill, 1.6 miles upstream from confluence with Broad 

River, and 3.3 miles west of Columbia, Rlchland County. Datum of gage Is 149.46 feet 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 2,510 square miles.

Kecords available. August 1925 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 24 years, 2,969 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 25,700 second-feet May 1 (gage height, 9.16 

feet) ; minimum, 131 second-feet Aug. 15; minimum daily, 167 second-feet Aug. 14.

1925-49: Maximum discharge, 67,000 second-feet Oct. 2, 1929 (gage height, 15.22 

feet), from rating curve extended above 26,000 second-feet on basis of discharge 

measurements made at Wise Perry Bridge near Chapin; minimum, 11 second-feet July 13, 

1930; minimum daily, 12 second-feet July 13, 1930.

Remarks. Records good. Flow regulated by Lake Murray (see preceding page) and Lake 

Greenwood (see p. 197).

Revisions. W 972: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 21)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 21 Feb. 22 to Sept. 3O

1.5 220 2.4 915 4.4 4,740 1.3 155 2.1 599 4.4 

1.6 265 2.8 1,410 5.0 6,58O 1.4 184 2.4 870 5.5 

1.8 385 3.2 2,040 5.9 9,590 1.5 220 2.7 1,200 6.5 

2.1 625 3.8 3,220 1.6 265 3.2 1,920 7.4 

1.8 382 3.8 3,020

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1549

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

3,710 

1,9OO 

641 

4,070 

4,690

4,160 

4,050 

4,260 

1,700 

512

4,150 

4,780 

4,610 

5,230 

5,090

1,770 

343 

4,720 

5,430 

5,050

4,380 

4,900 

2,910 

1,270 

5,160

5,430 

5,940 

5,490 

5,40O 

2,630 

451

Nov.

4,6OO 

4,87O 

3,510 

2,830 

996

450 

321 

978 

1,070 

1,320

869 

832 

590 

1,150 

2,790

2,510 

1,800 

3,660 

2,580 

383

234 

1,090 

1,890 

1,230 

1,680

3,870 

4,020 

3,99O

7,160 

7,560

Dec.

5,730 

5,200 

5,950 

4,OOO 

2,940

5,920 

7,600 

7,240 

6,420 

6,820

4,260 

3,350 

6,890 

8,610 

9,550

9,180 

8,250 

4,750 

1,160 

5,700

7,170 

5,420 

3,320 

1,430

655

474 

2,090 

4,700 

4,620 

5,440 

4,710

Jan.

1,190 

486 

4,910 

5,560 

5,190

5,150 

4,580 

1,920 

484 

3,810

4,780 

5,700 

6,310 

5,370 

2,780

404 

3,87O 

5,860 

5,970 

6,080

6,220

3,560 

737 

5,080 

5,650

6,080 

5,710 

5,900 

2,860 

702 

5,460

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber ........... ...........

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

1 ...........................

st .............. .

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

6,040 

6,030

6,210 

5,310 

2,910

554 

5,640 

6,800 

7,520 

7,170

6,370 

3,590 

1,140 

5,380 

5,640

5,840 

6,010 

5,920 

3,460 

8,280

8,120 

6,220 

6,380 

5,490 

5,160

1,630 

1,640 

8,880

Secondfoot-days

70,832 

159, 54E

1,341,324

128,363 

149,334 

127, 68C 

93.57E 

133,364 

90,08C 

83.22E 

131,732 

163,37=

1 445 935

Mar.

4,760 

4,920 

4,200 

3,320 

1,470

1,340 

3,900 

3,890 

3,450 

4,430

4,050 

3,500 

2,050 

5,110 

5,970

5,840 

5,550 

5,710 

3,620 

2,150

5,270 

5,710 

5,040 

4,570 

4,330

3,220 

1,690 

4,690 

5,040 

4,490 

4,400

Apr.

3, 

2, 

1, 

3,

4,

3,

3, 

2, 

1,

3, 

3, 

3, 

3,

2,

1, 

1,

2, 

3,

4,

3, 

3, 

2, 

1, 

3,

4, 

4, 

4, 

4, 

4,

Maximum

5,940 

7,560 

9,550

13,600

6,310 

8,880 

5,970 

4,770 

14,700 

6,960 

5,200 

6,720 

7,890

14,700

510 

55O 

040 

320

770

630 

130 

760 

680 

968

620 

860 

490 

050 

560

880 

250 

260 

660 

090

680 

440 

370 

030

850

430 

430 

590 

360 

320

May

14,700 

9,930 

8,780 

6,120 

5,540

4,710 

3,930 

1,160 

4,690 

6,000

6,200 

4,880 

3,350 

1,050 

508

3,940 

4,490 

4,380 

4,390 

3,760

1,500 

854 

4,510 

4,440 

4,220

3,910 

2,340 

672 

390 

3,050 

4,970

Minimum

343 

234 

474

95

404 

554 

1,340 

968 

390 

1,030 

738 

167 

793

167

June

3,970 

3,610 

2,950 

3,520 

2,010

5,790 

6,960 

6,940 

6,730 

5,650

4,560 

1,760 

3,920 

4,650 

2,350

1,180 

1,480 

1,030 

1,460 

1,900

1,900 

2,070 

2,130 

2,050 

2,180

1,740 

1,460 

1,500 

1,390 

1,240

Mean

3,704

2,361 

5,147

3,665

4.141

5,333 

4,119 

3,119 

4,302 

3,003 

2,685 

4,249 

5,446

3,961

July

1,72O 

1,230 

1,500 

2,090 

2,800

2,550 

2,950 

2,930 

3,030 

5,200

4,830 

3,800 

3,320 

2,900 

2,700

1,350 

831 

2,450 

2,610 

2,940

3,240 

3,290 

1,000 

2,330 

4,210

3,860 

3,460 

3,220 

2,840 

1,310 

738

4,380 

7,590 

11,100

15,160

Aug.

2, 

3, 

3,

2, 

3,

3^

3,

3, 

3,

3,

4, 

8,

7, 

5,

1, 

4, 

6, 

6, 

6,

6, 

4, 

5, 

7, 

8, 

8,

Per square 

mile

910 

220 

220 

970 

040

708 

642 

600 

290 

290

420 

690 

576 

167 

350

270 

640 

970 

250 

080

170 

840 

690 

560 

240

110 

860 

240 

690 

720 

310

Sept.

7,890 

7,830 

5,190 

1,840 

3,010

5,670 

6,840 

6,630 

5,880 

3,540

793 

5,380 

7,520 

7,210 

7,070

7,300 

4,370 

1,180 

5,560 

6,210

6,290 

7,220 

7,300 

4,000

922

5,460 

6,370 

6,790 

6,5£(J 

5,520

Runoff in 

inches
202 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Reedy River near Greenville, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°48'00", long. 82°21'55", 200 feet upstream from 

bridge on State road, 0.5 mile upstream from Brushy Creek, 2.5 miles upstream from dam 

at Conestee, and 3.9 miles southeast of Greenville, Greenville County.

Drainage area. 48.6 square miles.

Records available. November 1941 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,460 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 6.17 

reet); minimum, 26 second-feet Oct. 14, 15.

1941-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 28, 1948; minimum, 12 second-feet Nov. 29, 

Dec. 3, 1941.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 7-30)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 27 Nov. 28 to Sept. 30

.9 

1.0

1.2 

1.5 

2.2 

2.6

142

242

504

139

1.5 

2.2 

3.2 

4.5

242

504

935

1,520

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

35

40

33

31

33

31

27

54

42

31

29

31

29

26

26

41

29

57

35

33

31

33

40

31

31

31

31

29

27

41

31

Nov.

31

36

282

238

93

114

96

61

53

53

50

46

50

42

40

38

50

42

123

96

59

80

150

192

110

121

634

1,520

1,320

313

-

Dec.

151

106

274

196

129

120

103

98

85

75

80

65

65

65

63

65

63

76

102

70

63

60

58

66

116

80

70

68

121

278

178

Jan.

109

82

75

80

450

608

258

139

104

96

87

82

77

75

77

68

72

70

77

72

75

82

65

68

68

65

65

91

77

63

177

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ................ ....

February .........................

March ............................

April .......................

May ..............................

June .......................

July ........................ ....

August ...........................

September ............ ....

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

169

124

9S

127

109

85

90

82

143

180

126

104

87

85

82

210

190

121

522

482

216

142

124

106

101

101

136

114

_

-

Secondfoot-days

1,049

6,133

3,209

34,009

3,654

4,256

2,701

3,711

3,554

2,753

3,565

3,965

4,639

43,189

Mar.

96

90

87

82

90

75

72

75

72

84

72

77

68

68

70

68

68

92

80

65

65

132

190

126

106

98

80

89

85

77

102

Apr.

85

82

72

72

119

104

82

75

75

65

84

385

487

226

121

101

87

82

77

72

72

85

82

68

63

65

65

143

157

358

Maximum

57

1,520

278

1,520

608

522

190

487

335

260

312

776

1,090

1,520

May

279

335

274

135

106

96

143

182

146

112

143

152

101

98

85

80

75

70

77

75

72

60

89

72

76

63

60

68

54

68

108

Minimum

S6

31

58

26

63

82

65

63

54

52

43

45

48

26

June

82

68

63

65

54

60

86

52

52

52

63

61

260

222

118

151

193

125

70

65

63

58

58

62

220

98

68

58

54

52

Mean

33.8

204

104

92.9

118

152

87.1

124

115

91.8

115

128

155

118

July

52

59

50

48

48

43

48

45

51

51

147

240

312

274

122

105

243

271

303

221

150

93

80

70

63

60

58

54

52

54

98

Aug.

60

61

60

54

52

59

182

72

52

66

56

48

52

45

49

116

178

132

81

70

145

82

68

88

68

60

107

776

647

261

118

Per square 

mile

0.695

4.20

2.14

1.91

2.43

3.13

1.79

2.55

2.37

1.89

2.37

2.63

3.19

2.43

Sept.

101

77

114

100

80

1,090

970

478

237

133

89

75

68

58

58

56

65

54

64

60

54

54

56

56

48

56

73

71

92

52

Runoff in 

inches

0.80

4.69

2.47

26.03

2.80

3.26

2.06

2.84

2.73

2 .11

2.73

3 .03

3.56

33.08

Peak discharge (base. 1,000 ace.-ft.) . Nov. 28 (2:45 p.m.) 2,460 sec.-ft.; Jan. 5 (S p.m.) 1,340 

sec.-ft.; Feb. 19 (6:30 p.m.) 1,160 sec.-ft.j Aug. 28 (3:45 p.m.) 1,480 sec.-ft.; Sept. 6 (4 p.m.) 

2,100 sec.-ft.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 203

Reedy River near Ware Shoals, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°27', long. 82°12', if miles downstream from 

dam at Boyd^s mill, 4.5 miles northeast of Ware Shoals, Greenwood County, and 10.5 

miles upstream from Redburn Creek.

Drainage area. 228 square miles.

Records available.--March 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--10 years, 301 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 6,690 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 10.64 

feet), from rating curve extended above 2,700 second-feet on basis of computation of 

flow over dam at gage heights 7.56 and 13.32 feet; minimum, 6 second-feet Nov. 11 

(gage height, 0.54 foot); minimum daily, 16 second-feet Oct. 10, 30.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 7,750 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 13.32 

feet), by computation of flow over dam at Boyd's rnil^; minimum, that of Nov. 11, 1948; 

minimum daily, 14 second-feet Sept. 15, 22, 1940,"Aug. 28, 1948.

Remarks. Records good. Low and medium flow regulated by power plants above station. 

Capacity of reservoirs insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff.

Revisions (water year).-- W 892: 1939. W 922: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

0.8 16 1.2 52 2.0 233 3.5 1,320

.9 22 1.4 82 2.3 368 5.0 2,960

1.0 30 1.6 120 2.6 548 6.5 4,100

1.1 40 1.8 168 3.0 852 8.8 5,600

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

147

146

19

147

141

143

140

144

77

16

140

143

138

130

152

72

27

101 in

144

146

146

19

19

151

159

148

147

145

16

55

Nov.

158

148

151

150

402

398

188

256

266

261

43

147

270

18

262

124

180

161

174

183

197

257

457

597

597

459

1,590

3,800

5,600

3,650

-

Dec.

1,150

604

556

1,090

660

528

496

483

483

353

312

285

256

248

253

252

260

?11

334

269

290

254

251

"42

325

357

316

279

350

720

1,190

Jan.

720

516

496

432

421

f2,160

f 1,960

920

618

516

f502

f408

359

277

362

293

316

321

319

301

"97

255

342

293

?49

175

157

264

3R3

264

269

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

 arch ...................... .....

April ............................

May..............................

June ........................... .

July ........................... .

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

611

604

528

528

503

398

450

363

490

961

886

615

513

517

378

403

804

744

766

2,100

1 ,810

861

640

535

516

498

386

522

-

_

-

Second 

foot-days

3,42

2l!l4

13,75

136 , 48'

15,16.

18 f 93

10,65

12,93

14 19

7,82

9 18

10^40

13 ,2O

150,82

Mar.

522

486

364

350

369

340

325

323

264

376

373

331

294

219

291

291

296

296

296

304

304

300

380

482

412

379

353

328

338

328

343

Apr.

363

328

309

304

330

506

423

379

406

281

316

418

817

1,050

706

465

406

396

380

296

291

306

327

299

372

262

248

299

423

1,230

-

Maximum

} 159

3 5,600

T 1,190

5 5,600

5 2,160

3 2,100

522

3 1,230

5 1,300 

3 423

2 1,220 2 2,*00

' 5,600

May

1,300

1,220

1,090

861

578

453

418

401

406

418

418

792

573

435

401

406

385

290

291

258

253

276

241

259

251

271

266

261

205

260

258

Minimum

16

18

242

14

157

363

219 

248

205

199

17

28

24

16

June

215

304

267

216

229

217

207

211

213

214

199

214

209

302

423

423

412

412

316

274

238

208

210

215

248

285

237

236

254

212

Mean

111

705

444

373

48 <

676

344

431

458

261

29f

33f 

44C

413

July

206

205

17

187

219

178

210

144

154

26

226

298

418

522

502

423

316

479

640

782

754

467

310

278

294

213

211

199

249

23

39

Aug.

520

422

294

267

293

238

45

293

302

297

154

155

161

160

162

238

253

398

305

302

28

373

310

309

245

239

126

391

1,220

1,210

692

Per square 

mile

0.487

3.09

1.95

1* 64

2.14

2. 96

1.51

1 . 89

2.01

1.14

1. 30

1, 47 1 93

1.81

Sept.

443

288

297

384

378

404

1,440

2,300

1,200

747

509

446

314

283

268

252

352

459

469

267

59

89

133

147

24

274

161

270

271

274

Runoff in 

inches

0.56

3.45

2.25

22. 28

2.47

3 O8

l!?4

2.11

2. 32

1.27

1.50

1.70

2.15

24.60

Peak discharge (base, 2,20O sec .-f t.). Nov. 29 (4:3O p.m.) 6.69O sec.-ft.: Jan. 6 (about 9 p.m.) 

2,860 sec.-ft.T Feb. 2O (1O p.m.) 2,600 sec.-ft.: Sept. 8 (4:3O a.m.) 2,760 sec.-ft. 

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
204 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Lakes Marion-Moultrie diversion canal near Pineville, S. C.

Location. Two water-stage recorders in diversion canal. Upper gage, lat. 33°23'15 I , long. 

bO"ua l 25", 0.7 mile upstream from temporary bridge on State Highway 45 and 7.0-miles 

southwest of Pineville, Berkeley County; auxiliary gage, 3.9 miles downstream.

Records available.--February 1944 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 36,500 second-feet Dec. 5; minimum daily, 

B,7bU second-feet June 6.

1944-49: Maximum daily discharge, that of Dec. 5, 1948; maximum daily reverse flow, 

12,100 second-feet Feb. 9, 1947.

Remarks. Records fair. Discharge computed by using fall as determined by auxiliary

water-stage recorder as a factor. Canal diverts water from Lake Marion to- Lake Moultrie 

for generation of power and for navigation. Water is discharged from power plant and 

navigation lock into West Branch Cooper River.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

14,400

14,400

13,900

13,900

14,200

14,300

14,800

15,500

15,200

14,000

13,800

13,700

13,600

13,800

13,800

13,800

13,100

13,100

12,100

12,700

12,900

13 , 900

13,600

12,500

11,900

11,500

12,100

12,600

13,300

13,000

11,900

Nov.

11 , 600

11,300

11,300

f!3,100

f 13, 000

f 13, 000

f!2,400

f 11, 800

f!2,400

f 13, 200

13,300

31,600

13,300

12,200

12,100

12,500

13,400

13,700

13,800

14,500

13,800

13,800

15,000

16,100

17,400

17,500

18,300

18,200

21,100

22,200

-

Dec.

23,500

25,600

32,400

33.90U

36,500

35,300

33,400

30,800

28,500

25,300

23,600

21,400

21,700

23,200

23,700

24,300

24,600

23,900

22,000

18,600

20,800

22,600

23,600

23,900

23,700

21,600

20,300

20,800

21,300

23,400

23,600

Jan.

22,200

22,800

24,200

26,900

26,800

26,800

23,900

20,100

16,800

19,200

25,300

28,400

29,000

28,200

26,200

23 , 900

23,400

23,700

24,300

24,600

25,000

25,100

24,500

24,200

24,000

23,900

23,600

23,900

24,500

22,800

22,200

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January .......... ...............

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .................. .......

July ............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

22,200

21,900

22,800

23,500

24,700

24,700

24,900

24,500

24,700

25,900

25,800

26,600

27,700

28,700

29,500

29,600

29,800

28,900

28,900

28,200

27,000

26,400

26,700

27,100

27,900

27,600

27,100

25,600

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

417,40(

428, 90(

777, 80C

S,649,63(

750, 40(

738, 901

696, 10(

617, 60(

654,80(

383, 75(

456, 45<

527, 50(

672, 60(

7,122,20C

Mar.

24,800

25,400

26,400

27,100

27,500

26,800

26,100

24,800

24,500

25,900

24,200

23,700

21,600

21,100

21,400

19,800

20,100

20,700

20,800

20,100

19,600

19,400

20,100

20,300

20,400

20,400

20,000

20,700

20,400

20,700

21,300

Apr.

21,800

21,000

20,700

20,700

20,600

22,500

21,300

22,100

21,500

20,400

20,400

20,900

21,200

20,600

20,600

21,500

18,900

19,000

'20,200

19,800

19,600

20,100

20,500

20,500

20,000

20,100

19,900

20,100

20,400

20,700

-

Maximum

) 15,500

) 22,200

3 36,500

) 36,500

3 29,000

1 29,800

) 27,500

) 22,500

24,600

3 15,600

3 19,000

3 24,600

3 25,900

36.5OC

May

19,500

18,600

19,400

20,300

20,900

21,500

21,700

20,400

19,200

18,900

20,300

21,400

23,100

23,700

22,900

22,600

23,100

23,700

24,200

24,600

23,600

23,100

22,800

f 21, 900

F21.300

f 22, 500

F21.900

P19.700

F17,500

f 14, 900

£ 15,600

Minimum

11,600

11,300

18,600

6,130

16,800

21, 900

19,400

18, 900

14,900

8,760

9,850

14*000

8,760

June

fis.ioo

f 15, 400

f 15, 600

f 14, 500

f9,190

f8,760

f9,600

f 12, 200

f!4,300

f 14, 400

13,300

10,400

9,600

11,200

13,500

15,600

14,300

12,900

10,400

11,600

13,600

14,100

13,800

14,000

13,300

12,000

11,400

12,000

13,100

14,600

Mean

13,46C

14.30C

25,090

18,170

24.21C

26.39C

22,450

20 59C

2l|l2C

12,790

14,720

17,020

22,420

19,510

July

14,6OO

14,900

14,50O

13,400

13,50O

13,200

13,600

13,000

11,300

9,850

10,200

12,000

13,400

14,200

14,200

13,800

11,800

12,200

13,500

14,400

15,700

16,900

17,800

17,900

18,600

18,800

19,000

18,600

18,100

f!7, 400

fl6, 100

Aug.

f!3,3OO

f 12, 100

12.80O

13,800

14,500

16,000

16,400

16,800

17,300

17,200

17,000

16,400

16,000

14,300

14,200

14,500

15,000

16,000

17,100

17,900

17.20O

17,000

17,200

18,400

20,100

22,400

24,600

22,200

24,000

21,700

14,100

Per square 

mile

Sept.

14.OOO

17,900

2O.900

19.3OO

20,900

22,500

23,600

22,900

22,900

23,200

22,900

23,100

24,500

25,000

25,600

25,900

25,900

25,300

24,000

23,100

22,500

22,600

23,300

22,800

22,000

12,600

21,000

20,900

21,000

21,500

-

Runoff in 

inches

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
COOPER RIVER BASIN 205

Lake Moultrie near Pinopolis, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°15 I , long. 80°00i, at power plant, three-quarters 

or a mile upstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge, 2f miles northeast of 

Pinopolis, Berkeley County, and 4^ miles upstream from West Branch Cooper River. Datuir 

of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels 

by Harza Engineering Co.).

Records available.--January 1942 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum elevation during year, 76.00 feet Sept. 5; minimum, 69.57 feet Nov. 19. 

1942-49: Maximum elevation, 76.18 feet Feb. 24, 1946 (caused by high wind); minimum 

elevation observed, 63.0 feet Apr. 25, 27, Apr. 29 to May 1, 1942.

Remarks. Lake is formed by earth dikes and dam, with concrete navigation lock; dikes and 

dam completed in 1941. Storage began in November 1941. Water is diverted through canal 

from Lake Marion (see p. 169) and discharged through tailrace canal into West Branch 

Cooper River. Usable capacity, 28,314,000,000 cubic feet between elevations 60.0 feet 

(limit of draw-down) and 75.0 feet (maximum normal elevation). Dead storage, about 

19,600,000,000 cubic feet. Figures given herein represent usable contents. Water is 

used for generation of power and for navigation.

Elevation at 12 p.m., In feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

71.22

71.36

71.57

71.70

71.64

71.59

71.61

71.65

71.82

72.01

72.02

71.97

71.89

71.85

71.79

71.89

72.02

71.95

71.82

71.70

71.62

71.55

71.62

71 .75

71.65

71.54

71.40

71.33

71.25

71.35

71.43

Nov.

71.33

71.15

71.08

71.00

70.98

71.09

71.21

71.14

71.01

70.91

70.73

70.67

70.68

70.76

70.47

70.23

70.01

69.83

69.69

69.77

69.83

69.90

69.90

69.82

69.83

69.77

70.10

70.82

'1.12

71.24

-

Dec.

71.11

71.00

71.31

71.71

72.75

73.46

74.10

74.54

74.94

75.02

75.17

75.33

75.36

75.39

75.42

75.48

75.54

75.69

75.88

75.62

75.38

75.23

75.15

75.11

75.31

75.37

75.28

75.12

74.93

75.00

74.83

Jan.

74.71

74.83

74.81

74.80

74.81

74.82

74.69

74.51

74.37

74.12

74.17

74.45

74.83

75.12

75.37

75.59

75.54

75.43

75.37

75.28

75.24

75.22

75.29

75.22

75.13

75.01

74.88

74.79

74.74

74.79

74.73

Feb.

74.56

74.39

74.23

74.15

74.12

74.24

74.24

74.13

74.14

74.24

74.11

74.07

74.20

74.24

74.29

74.38

74.39

74.38

74.57

74.94

75.05

75.17

75.16

75.08

75.06

75. 06

75.34

75.46

_

_

-

Mar.

75.29

75.19

75.16

75.12

75.14

75.37

75.36

75.25

75.12

75.21

75.13

75.24

75.34

75.35

75.34

75.23

75.12

75.08

75.08

75.13

75.02

74.92

74.84

74.77

74.70

74.71

74.76

74.78

74.71

74.65

74.61

Apr.

74.60

74.64

74.78

74.67

74.66

74.58

74.52

74.47

74.54

74.70

74.63

74.56

74.54

74.56

74.73

74.85

75.14

75.23

75.17

75.21

75.23

75.24

75.33

75.45

75.34

75.23

75.14

75.11

75.02

75.14

May

75.53

75.68

75.74

75.75

75.74

75.75

75.85

75.95

75.90

75.81

75.79

75.68

75.57

75.56

75.69

75.57

75.47

75.37

75.27

75.16

75.11

75.17

75.07

74.88

74.69

74.52

74.41

74.44

74.69

74.47

74.40

June

74.31

74.24

74.13

74.48

74.80

74.67

74.59

74.45

74.42

74.41

74.68

74.82

74.70

74.52

74.40

74.41

74.38

74.41

74.61

74.52

74.48

74.38

74.28

74.20

74.26

74.37

74.26

74.07

73.88

73.77

July

73.77

73.69

73.63

73.52

73.39

73.28

73.19

73.11

73.11

73.12

72.98

72.85

72.78

72.76

72.74

72.89

73.10

73.10

73.17

73.23

73.30

73.39

73.51

73.57

73.60

73.59

73.60

73.64

73.63

73.58

73.89

Aug.

73.99

74.00

74.06

74.17

74.21

74.39

74.48

74.41

74.31

74.21

74.20

74.07

74.07

74.16

73.98

73.82

73.92

73.85

73.81

74.11

74.51

74.75

74.81

74.86

74.71

74.65

74.60

75.39

75.59

75.71

75.66

Sept.

75.55

75.58

75.77

75.93

75.83

75.71

75.78

75.70

75.60

75.51

75.69

75.62

75.51

75.45

75.39

75.32

75.30

75.50

75.53

75.44

75.27

75.11

75.00

74.89

74.96

74.81

74.67

74.48

74.35

74.12

-

Monthly elevation and contents, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Date

Sept. 30. ...................

Nov . 30 ....................

Dec . 31 ....................

ralendar year 1948 .......

Jan. 31. ...................

Feb. 28. ...................

Apr . 30 ....................

May 31 ....................

Water year 1948-49 .......

Elevation 

(feet)t

74.83

_

75.46

-

Contents 

(billions of 

cubic feet)

19.14

27.88

_

29.54

^7 31

°5 17

-

Change In contents 

during month (equivalent, second-feet)

+3.24O

-47

+219

t "Elevation at 12 p.m.
206 EDISTO RIVER BASIN 

South Fork Edisto River near Montmorenci, S. C.

Location. Wire-weight sage, lat. 33 0 34'35", long. 81°30'50", at bridge on State Highway 

215, 0.4 mile upstream from Cedar Creek, 1 mile upstream from Shaw Creek, and 7.6 miles 

northeast of Montmorenci, Aiken County. Datum of gage is 250.18 feet above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area.--198 square miles.

Records available.--April 1940 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,180 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 8.52 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 141 second-feet July 27 

(gage height, 3.48 feet).

1940-49: Maximum discharge, 2,460 second-feet Aug. 15, 1940, July 19, 1941 (gage 

height, 8.81 feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 58 secondfeet June 8, 1941 (gage height, 1.52 feet).

Remarks. Records good. Gage read twice daily. 

Revisions. W 1032: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

385 

320 

278 

266 

297

320 

320 

272 

230 

217

214 

234 

242 

238

220

202 

196 

194 

202 

196

196 

199 

202 

205 

208

214 

205 

202 

202 

208 

211

Nov.

211 

214 

238 

284 

320

385 

329 

329 

349

312

272 

251 

251 

242 

238

238 

238 

246 

272 

297

304 

450 

495 

650 

720

720 

495 

685

1,010 

1,080

Dec.

883 

376 

430 

550 

650

520 

430 

398 

398 

398

398 

398 

372 

385 

385

360 

360 

385 

430 

430

414 

450 

385 

360 

349

360 

372 

398 

372

450 

607

Jan.

86O 

650 

450 

398 

385

385 

385 

398 

372

36O

339 

329 

329 

329 

329

320 

320 

320 

320 

320

312 

272 

256 

272 

320

312 

304 

297 

284 

329 

349

Month

Octo 

Neve 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber. .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948

h.. ..........................

1 ...................

st .....................

ember ........ .........

ter year 1948-49 . .

Feb.

360 

385 

395 

450 

585

685 

550 

470 

615 

755

1,010 

685 

650 

470 

414

398

414 

414 

470 

615

755 

755 

550 

450 

398

372 

385

430

Secondfoot-days

7,295 

12,125 

13,453

132,514

11,205 

14,875 

10,207 

8,904 

8,981 

6,420 

6,237 

15,022 

9,055

123,779

Peak discharge (base, 90O sec. -ft. . Nov.

ft.; Feb. 11 (6 a.m. 

ft.; Aug. 23 (8 a.m. 

a Ho gage-height r 

d Doubtful gage-he

1,080 sec. -ft.; May 2 

1,010 sec. -ft. ; Aug. 3C 

ecord; discharge computec 

Ight record; discharge cc

Mar.

470 

450 

360 

349 

329

329 

320 

329 

32O 

320

329 

349 

312 

312 

312

320 

329 

312 

304 

312

304 

290 

297 

297 

297

297 

312 

349 

329 

329 

339

Apr.

297 

290 

278 

272 

278

297 

312 

304 

266 

256

261 

304 

398 

430 

329

290 

266 

251 

251 

251

266 

278 

297 

339

304

256 

268 

320 

297 

398

Maximum

385

1,080 

883

1,240

860 

1,010 

470 

430 

972 

295 

332 

1,500 

470

1,500

May

650 

972 

685 

d428 

d349

d281 

d240 

235 

262 

268

295 

372 

329 

274 

245

230 

218 

211 

201 

192

192 

192 

186 

184 

184

181 

181 

176 

176 

181 

211

Minimum

194 

211 

349

148

256 

360 

290 

251 

176 

171 

141 

171 

235

141

June

236 

295 

281 

235 

198

176 

171 

176 

184 

189

201 

262 

262 

245 

222

218 

214 

208 

192

181

204 

222 

218

214 

208

201 

201 

204 

201 

201

Mean

235

404 

434

362

361 

531 

329 

297 

290 

214 

201 

485 

3O2

339

July

178 

184 

186 

184 

208

a!98 

178 

a!61 

a!51 

151

148 

154 

156 

168 

184

195 

195 

204 

332 

311

329 

329

178 

158 

156

146 

141 

171 

282 

274 

247

Aug.

520 

720 

402 

303 

295

295 

320 

25O 

192 

171

222 

226 

222

195 

181

226 

430 

685 

1,160 

720

385 

520 

860 

755 

434

303 

303

580 

1,010 

1,500 

637

Per square 

mile

1.19 

2.04 

2.19

1.83

1.82 

2.68 

1.66 

1.50 

1.46 

1.08 

1.02 

2.45 

1.53

1.71

30 (7 a.m.) 1,240 sec. -ft.; Jan. 1 (6 a.m.) 

6-a.m.) 1,080 sec. -ft.; Aug. 19 (7 a.m.) 1,1 

i (6 a.m.) 2,180 sec. -ft. 

on basis of weather records, 

raputed on basis of weather records.

Sept.

470 

398 

372 

349 

349

311 

295 

338 

398 

385

385 

328 

281 

274 

262

256 

240 

240 

240 

235

235 

295 

262 

256 

262

240 

240 

268 

303 

288

Runoff in 

inches

1.37 

2 .28 

2.52

24.89

2.10 

2.79

1.91 

1.67 

1.68 

1.20 

1.18 

2.82 

1.71

23.23

935

40

sec.-

3ec. -
EDISTO RIVER BASIN 207

South Fork Edisto River near Denmark, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°23'35", long. 81°08'00", at bridge on U. S.

 Highway 321, 200 feet downstream from Seaboard Air Line Railroad bridge, If miles 

downstream from Little River, and 4^ miles north of Denmark, Bamberg County. Datum 

of gage is 155.68 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment 

of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 720 square miles.

Records available. August 1931 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 18 years, 795 second-feet.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during y^ar, 3,810 second-feet Oct. 5 (gage height, 8.30 

reet); minimum, 408 second-feet July 30.

1931-49: Maximum discharge, 13,500 second-feet Apr. 11, 1936 (gage height, 10.91 

feet), from rating curve extended above 4,800 second-feet on basis of velocity-area 

studies and logarithmic plotting; minimum, 183 second-feet June 30 to July 3, 1935.

Remarks. Records fair.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In fe

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 6 to Nov. 28, 

June 12 to Aug. 4)

5.O 4O8 6.7 980 

5.8 534 6.9 1,220 

6.1 608 7.4 2,O80 

6.4 747 8.3 3,810

Discharge, in aecond-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,26O 

3,210 

2,830 

2,740 

3,710

3,310 

2,740 

2,120 

1,670 

1,360

1,250 

1,260 

1,240 

1,130 

1,070

1,010 

971 

953 

917 

882

844 

806 

787 

780 

773

767 

747 

747 

747 

747 

747

Nov.

747 

747 

760 

813 

875

908 

1,140 

1,320 

1,320 

1,340

1,320 

1,260 

1,210 

1,140 

1,090

1,000 

935 

890 

875 

1,050

1,220 

1,540 

1,940 

2,190 

2,300

2,130 

2,030 

2,340 

3,410 

3,610

Dec.

3,310

2,92O 

2,830 

2,830 

2,54O

2,220 

2,030 

2,150 

2,830 

3,120

3,020 

2,740 

2,450 

2,280 

2,080

1,920 

1,740 

1,610 

1,720 

1,920

1,990 

1,950 

1,880 

1,790 

1,740

1,740 

1,740 

1,740 

1,680 

1,650 

1,740

Jan.

1,950 

2,010 

1,900 

1,860 

1,900

1,900 

1,900 

1,760 

1,610 

1,510

1,420 

1,390 

1,360 

1,320 

1,260

1,220 

1,210 

1,210 

1,190

1,190

1,160 

1,120 

1,120 

1,100 

1,090

1,090 

1,090 

1,090 

1,090 

1,080 

1,100

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber. ........................

nber... ......................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. ........... .. . ......

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 1,700 sec

Feb.

1,210 

1,260 

1,300 

1,300 

1,310

1,34O 

1,360 

1,360 

1,510 

2,190

2,740 

2,830 

2,540 

2,340 

2,190

1,940 

1,720 

1,560 

1,470 

1,610

1,830 

1,880 

1.790 

1,680 

1,700

1,650 

1,520 

1,540

Secondfoot-days

45,125 

43,450 

67 , 900

535,630

43,200 

48,670 

34,298 

27,660 

29,647 

20,886 

16,273

34,755

447,308

-ft.).--0ct

sec. -ft.; Dec. 10 (6 p.m.) 3,120 sec. -ft.; Ja

liar.

1,540 

1,460 

1,370 

1,300 

1,260

1,260 

1,190 

1,120 

1,070 

1,050

1,080 

1,080 

1,040 

1,050 

1,080

1,090 

1,090 

1,070 

1,050 

1,040

1,060 

1,080 

1,040 

1,000 

980

971 

962 

953 

971 

991 

1,000

Apr.

1,070 

1,060 

1,010 

1,000 

980

991 

971 

917 

882 

859

882 

1,000 

1,060 

1,040 

1,000

971 

991 

1,050 

991 

899

828 

787 

767 

767 

754

747 

720 

747 

899 

1,020

Maximum

3,710 

3,610 

3,310

3,910

2,010 

2,830 

1,540 

1,070 

1,520 

867 

608 

2,340 

2,740

3,710

. 5 (3 p.m.) 

n. 1 (8 p.m.

May

1,240 

1,400 

1,390 

1,340 

1,390

1,520 

1,400

1,210 

991 

1,100

1,400 

1,460 

1,360 

1,100 

944

875 

867 

828 

754 

692

646 

627 

593 

578 

566

554 

544 

544 

534 

544 

656

Minimum

747 

747 

1,610

483

1,080 

1,210 

953 

720 

534 

491 

415 

566 

692

415

June

867 

828 

844 

813 

773

747 

747 

767 

813 

780

813 

720 

669 

646 

720

773 

747 

692 

646 

608

593 

578 

566 

544 

534

534 

544 

625 

747 

608

Mean

1,456 

1,448

2,190

1,463

1,394 

1,738 

1,106 

922 

956 

696 

525 

1,143 

1,158

1,226

July

593 

608 

593 

593 

608

566 

544 

a525 

a516 

a499

a483 

a467 

a460 

a437 

437

467 

499 

516 

544 

578

593 

578 

593 

593 

593

544 

483 

437 

415 

415 

496

Aug.

578 

669 

868 

1,120

1,320

1,310 

1,120 

926 

800 

800

844 

787 

692 

627 

578

566 

709 

926 

1,180 

1,420

1,490 

1,560 

1,630 

1,370 

1,080

944 

1,090 

1,540 

2,240 

2,320 

2,340

Per square 

Bile

2.02 

2.01 

3.04

2.03

1.94

2.41 

1.54 

1.28 

1.33 

.967 

.729 

1.59 

1.61

1.70

3,810 sec. -ft. ; Nov. 30 (6 a.m. 

) 2,010 sec. -ft.; Feb. 12 (2 a.ir

Sept.

2,300 

2,740 

2,640 

1,990

1,540

1,260 

1,100 

1,060 

1,180 

1,340

1,280 

1,130 

1,070 

1,140 

1,160

1,060 

935 

821 

773 

780

780 

760 

760 

725 

692

692 

747 

773 

767 

760

Runoff in 

inches

2.33 

2.24 

3.50

27.65

2.24 

2.51 

1.78 

1.43 

1.53 

1.08 

.84 

1.83 

1.80

23.11

) 3,710 

.) 2,830

c*-. -A i,., oept,. £. \ i p.m.; c ,Gsu sec . -re. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage
208 EDISTO RIVER BASIN

Edisto River near Branchville, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°10'35", long. 80°48'05", 400 feet downstream 

from bridge on U. S. Highway 21, 4.7 miles downstream from Brier Branch, and 5.2 miles 

south of Branchville, Or-angeburg County. Prior to May 19, 1949, at datum 1.00 foot 

higher.

Drainage area. 1,720 square miles.

Records available. November 1945 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 10,000 second-feet Oct. 6 (gage height, 9.37 

reet); minimum, 1,000 second-feet July 31 (gage height, 2.49 feet).

1945-49: Maximum discharge, that of Oct. 6, 1948; minimum, 606 second-feet Aug. 20, 

1946 (gage height, 0.11 foot).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to May 18

3.4 1,600

4.5 2,100

5.5 2,730

6.5 3,650

7.2 4,600

8.2 6,740

9.1 9,140

May 19 to Sept. 30

2.6 1,040

4.3 1,580

5.5 2,100

6.5 2,770

7.6 3,870

8.2 4,770

9.1 6,730

9.-6 8,050

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2 , 600 

3,600 

4,400 

5,500 

7,240

9.000 

9,000

7 , 500 

6,500

5,500

4,400 

3,800 

3,400 

3,000 

2,800

2,600 

2,400 

2,400 

2,200 

2,200

2,000 

2,000 

1,900 

1,900 

1,900

1,800 

1,800 

1,800 

1,700 

1,700 

1,700

Nov.

1,600 

1,600 

1,600 

1,600

1,700

1,70O 

1,800 

1,900 

1,950 

2,100

2,330 

2,520 

2,590 

2,590 

2,590

2,520 

2,390 

2,330 

2,270 

2,270

2,270 

2,390 

2,810 

3,560 

4,780

5,160 

5,360 

6,020 

7,240 

7,500

Dec.

8,300 

8,860 

8,580 

7,760 

6,980

6,260 

5,800 

5,800 

6,260 

6,500

6,740 

6,980 

6,980 

6,500 

6,020

5,360 

4,960 

4,600 

4,600 

4,600

4,600 

4,600 

4,600 

4,440 

4,280

4,140 

4,000 

3,880 

3,880 

4,000 

4,000

Jan.

4,140 

4,14O 

4,280 

4,280 

4,140

4,000 

4,140 

4,280 

4,280 

4,140

3,880 

3,650 3,540" 

3,340 

3,240

3,150 

3,060 

3,060 

2,970 

2,890

2,810 

2,810 

2,730 

2,730 

2,660

2,660 

2,660 

2,590 

2,590 

2,590 

2,590

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

nary .......................

st ...........................

ember ...................... .

ter year 1948-49 . . .........

Feb.

2,66O 

2,730 

2,810 

2,810 

2,970

2,970 

3,060 

3,150 

3,240 

3,540

3,880 

4,440 

5,360 

5,800 

5,580

5,160 

4,780 

4,440

4,140 

4,140

4,140 

4,000 

4,000 

4,000 

3,880

3,760 

3,650 

3.760

Secondfoot-days

110, 24C 

89.040 

174,860

1,217,900

104,020 

108, 85C 

84,920 

63,940 

64,080 

50,500 

40,620 

85,460 

103,900

1,080,430

Peak discharge (base, 3,50O sec. -f t . ) . --Oct

9,140 sec. -ft.; Feb. 14 (5 p.m.) 5,800 sec.-f 

Note. Ho gage-height record Oct. 1-4, Oct.

Mar.

3,760 

3,650 

3,540 

3,440 

3,24O

3,150 

3,060 

2,970 

2,890 

2,810

2,730 

2,660 

2,660 

2,520 

2,590

2,590 

2,590 

2,590 

2.59O 

2,590

2,520 

2,450 

2,450 

2,450 

2,450

2,450 

2,390 

2,330 

2,270 

2,270 

2,270

Apr.

2,270 

2,270 

2,330 

2,390 

 2,450

2,390 

2,390 

2,330 

2,270 

2,210

2,150 

2,1OO 

2,100 

2,150 

2,330

2,450 

2,390 

2,270 

2,150 

2,100

2,050 

2,050 

2,050 

1,900 

1,800

1,720 

1,680 

1,680 

1,760 

1,760

Maximum

9,000 

7,500 

8,860

9,140

4,280 

5,800 

3.760 

2,450 

3,150 

1,950 

1,730 

8,050 

8,050

9,000

May

1,900 

2,270 

2,810 

3,060

3,150

2,970 

2,890 

2,810 

2,810 

2,660

2,52O 

2,330 

2,330 

2,450 

2,450

2,330 

2,100 

1,950 

1,810 

1,810

1,730 

1,610 

1,470 

1,360 

1,300

1,240 

1,220 

1,180 

1,160 

1,160 

1,240

Minimum

,700 

,600 

,880

970

,590 

,660 

,270 

,680 

,160 

,280 

,040 

,120 

,730

1,040

June

1,340 

1,440 

1,610 

1,900 

1,950

1,900 

1,900 

1,850 

1,810 

1,770

1,810 

1,850 

1,850 

1,810 

1,850

1,900 

1,900 

1,850 

1,850 

1,770

1,650 

1,540 

1,470 

1,400 

1,360

1,340 

1,280 

1,580 

1,500 

1,470

Hean

3,556 

2,968 

5,641

3,328

3,355 

3,888 

2,739 

2,131 

2,067 

1,683 

1.310 

2,757 

3,463

2,960

July

1,610 

1,690 

1,730 

1,690 

1,690

1,730 

1,730 

1,690 

1,540 

1,340

1,240 

1,180 

1,120 

1,06O 

1,O40

1,040 

1,04O 

1,060 

1,100 

1,120

1,180 

1,240 

1,280 

1,280 

1,240

1,240 

1,240 

1,220 

1,160 

1,060 

1,040

Aug.

1,120 

1,300 

1,500 

1,850 

2,160

2,340 

2,470 

2,540 

2,610 

2,690

2,400 

2,160 

1,950 

1,770 

1,650

1,540 

1,470 

1,580 

1,810 

2,340

2,610 

2,850 

3,220 

3,420 

3,640

3,640 

3,320 

3,780 

4,950 

6,730 

8,050

Per square 

mile

2.07 

1.73 

3.28

1.93

1.95 

2.26 

1.59 

1.24 

1.20 

.978 

.762 

1.60 

2.01

1.72

Sept.

8,O5O 

7,510 

6,990 

6,250 

6,010

5,570 

4,59O 

3,990 

3,64O 

3,420

3,220 3,120' 

3,030 

3,030 

2,850

2,770 

2,690 

2,690 

2,610 

2,540

2,340 

2,160 

2,000 

1,950 

1,900

J. , 900 

1,850 

1,770 

1,730 

1,730

Runoff in 

inches

2.39 

1.93 

3.78

26.30

2.25 

2.35 

1.83 

1.38 

1.38 

1.09 

.88 

1.84 

2.24

23.34

. 6 (time unknown) 10,000 sec. -ft.; Dec. 2 (10 a.m.) 

t.; Sept. 1 (8 a.m.) 8,050 sec. -ft. 

6 to Nov. 8; discharge computed on basis of recorded
EDISTO RIVER BASIN 

Edisto River near Givhans, S. C.

209

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°01'40", long. 80°23'30", at bridge on State High-

 way 65, 2.3 miles downstream from Four Hole Swamp and 2.8 miles west of Givhans, Dorchester County. Datum of gage is 20.46 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of 

Engineers).

Drainage area. 2,730 square miles.

Records available. January 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge.-10 years, 2,773 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 15,800 second-feet Dec. 3 (gage height, 14.62 

feet); minimum, 1,020 second-feet July 31.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 24,300 second-feet Sept. 21, 1945 (gage height, 17.28 

feet), from rating curve extended above 14,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; 

minimum, 442 second-feet June 3, 1941 (gage height, 1.12 feet).

Remarks.--Records good. About 40,279,000 gallons a day (62.3 second-feet) diverted above

 station for Charleston water supply during the 1949 water year.

Revisions.--W 1032: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

3.3 1,020 9.5 5,010 

4.5 1,480 10.5 6,470 

6.0 2,220 12.0 9,290 

7.5 3,100 13.5 12,800 

8.5 3,890 14.6 15,800

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,960 

2,220 

2,440 

2,670 

3,170

4,200 

5,550 

6,790 

8,270 

9,950

11,100

11, ion

10,400 

9,O70 

7,690

6.630 

5,550 

4,880 

4,300 

3,890

3,540 

3,240 

3,030 

2,850 

2,730

2,550 

2,440 

2,320 

2,160 

2,060 

2,000

Nov.

1,900 

1,900 

1,860 

1,800 

1,800

1,760 

1,760 

1,800 

1,800 

1,900

1,900 

2,000 

2,100 

2,220 

2,320

2.440 

2,490 

2,550 

2,550 

2,490

2,490 

2,440 

2,440 

2,610 

2,850

3,10C

3,680 

5,300 

7,620 

11.300

Dec.

14,400 

15,500 

15,800 

15,800 

15,000

14,100 

13,100 

11,800 

11,100 

11,300

12,600 

13,100 

13,100 

12,800 

12,300

11,800 

11,100 

10.200 

9,510 

8,870

8,470 

8,070 

7,870 

7,690 

7,510

7,510 

7,330

7,150 

6,790 

6,470

6,470

Jan.

6,470 

6,470 

6,470

6.470 

6,470

6,470 

6,470 

6,630

6,470 

6,470

6,310 

6,150 

5,830 

5,410 

5,140

4,880 

4,640 

4,410 

4,090 

3,890

3,710 

3,620 

3,460 

3,380 

3,310

3,240 

3,170 

3,170 

3.100 

3,030 

3.030

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

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1 ............................

st ...........................

ember. .......................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

3,030 

3,030 

3,030 

3,030 

3,100

3,240 

3,380 

3,620 

3,800 

4,090

4,760 

5,690 

6,630 

6,970 

7,330

7,690 

8.070 

8,270 

8,270 

8,070

8,070 

8,070 

7,690 

7,300 

6,970

6,470 

6,150 

5,990

Secondfoot-clays

150. 7SO 

85.170 

334,610

1,849,530

151,830 

161,810 

113,620 

70,800 

80,570 

72,520 

48,680 

102,010 

203-,510

1,575,880

Mar.

5,830 

5,690 

5,550 

5,270 

5,010

4,760 

4,410 

4,190 

3,890 

3,710

3,710 

3,620 

3,540 

3,380 

3,310

3,240 

3.170 

3.170 

3,170 

3,100

3,100 

3,030 

3,030

2,970 

2,910

2,850 

2.850 

2,790 

2,790

2,790 

2,790

Apr.

2,730 

2,610 

2,550 

2,550 

2,550

2,670 

2,730 

2,730 

2,670 

2.5EO

2,490

2,490 

2,490 

2,440 

2,320

2,320 

2,320 

2,330 

2,440 

2,380

2,270 

2,160 

2,160 

2,160 

2,100

2,060 

1,960 

1,860 

1,800 

1.860

Maximum

11,100 

11.300 

15,800

15,800

6,630 

8,270 

5,830 

2,730 

4,090 

3,540 

2,320 

13,100 

15,000

15,800

Peak discharge (base. 5,000 sec. -ft. ) .--Oct. 12 (2 p.m.

May

1,960 

2,270 

3,110 

3,890 

4,090

4,090 

3,990 

3,890 

3,800 

3,800

3,710 

3,540 

3,460 

3,240 

2,970

2,730

2,670 

2,550 

2,440 

2,220

2,000 

1,860 

1,760 

1,710

1,530

1,360 

1,240 

1,160 

1,090 

1,120 

1,320

Minimum

1,960 

1,760 

6,470

1,020

3,030 

3,030 

2,790 

1,800 

1,090 

1,660 

1,020 

1,120 

2,100

1,020

June

1,760 

2,060 

1,900 

1,760 

1,860

2,100 

2,220 

2,270 

2,440 

2,790

3,170 

3,380 

3,460 

3,540 

3,460

3,170 

2,970 

2,790 

2,670 

2,440

2.320 

2,160 

1.960 

1,800 

1,660

1,860 

1,960 

2.100 

2,220 

2,270

Mean

4,863 

2,839 

10,790

5,053

4,898 

5,779 

3,665 

2,360 

2,599 

2,417 

1,570 

3,291 

6,784

4,317

July

2,160 

2,060 

2,060 

2,160

2,270

2,320

2,320 

2,320 

2,220 

2,100

1,860 

1,530 

1,320 

1,200 

1,120

1,060 

1,090 

1,200 

1,320 

1,360

1,400 

1,400 

1,400

1,360 

1,320

1,240 

1,160 

1,120 

1,120 

1,090 

1.020

Aug.

1,120 

1,400 

1,580 

1,660 

1,800

1,960 

2,100

2,270 

2,440

2,550

2,610 

2,670 

2,610 

2,550 

2,440

2,270 

2,100 

1.960 

1.800 

1.800

2,100 

2,550 

2,850 

3,170 

3,540

3.800 

4,090 

5,320 

8,200 

11,600 

13,100

Per square 

mile

) 11.300 sec. -ft.; Tec. 3 (7 a.m

Sept.

13,100 

13,800 

14,700 

15,000 

14,700

13,300 

11,800 

10,600 

9,950 

9,070

8,070 

7,150 

6,310 

5,410 

4,880

4.410 

4,090 

3,800 

3,620 

3,540

3,310 

3,170 

3,030 

2,850 

2,610

2,440

2,320 

2,220 

2.160 

2,100

Runoff in 

inches

.) 15,800

?.-ft.; Feb. 18 (1:30 p.

Note. Computed from graph based on daily gagi 

ords Feb. 24 to Mar. 14.

) 8,470 see.-ft.; Sept. 4 (1 p.m.) 15,200 sec.-ft.

adlngs by U. S. Weather Bureau and
210 ED IS TO RIVER BASIN

North Pork Edisto River at Orangeburg, 3. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°29'00", long. 80°52'25", at bridge on U. S. Hlghway 301 at Orangeburg. Orangeburg County, 0.5 mile upstream from Atlantic Coast Line 

Railroad bridge and Ij miles downstream from Caw Swamp. Datum of gage is 149.02 feet 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps 

of Engineers).

Drainage area. 683 square miles.

Records available.--December 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years (1939-49), 771 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,560 second-feet Aug. 29 (gage height, 10.47 

reet); minimum, 402 second-feet July 29.

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 9,500 second-feet Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 14.28 

feet), from rating curve extended above 3,900 second-feet by velocity-area studies 

and logarithmic plotting; minimum, 236 second-feet July 3, 1945.

Remarks.--Records good.

Revisions. W 1032: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

3.9 410 7.5 1,370 

5.0 593 8.0 1,760 

6.5 900 9.0 2,720 

6.9 1,030 . 10.3 4,300 

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,060

2,570

2,210

2,580

4,300

3,520

2,720

2,020

1,630

1,400

1,270

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,080

1,030

990

940

900

875

838

815

805

805

795

785

785

775

765

765

765

Nov.

765

775

815

850

900

912

955

1,080

1,210

1,180

1,100

1,050

990

955

940

900

862

838

850

912

1,060

1,810

2,410

2,260

2,160

1,930

1,800

1,980

3,400

3,400

-

Dec.

2,830

2,210

2,070

2,160

2,120

1,710

1,550

1,710

2,410

2,620

2.41O

2,020

1,800

1,670

1,550

1,440

1,370

1,340

1,520

1,670

,670

,550

,440

,370

,400

,440

,440

,370

,300

1,400

1,630

Jan.

1,760

1,670

1,520

1,440

1,480

1,520

1,480

1,400

1,300

1,240

1,210

1,180

1,150

1,150

1,100

1,080

1,050

1,030

1,030

1,010

1,010

990

990

990

990

990

972

972

972

955

1,010

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January

February .....................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ...... .

Feb.

1,080

1,120

1,100

1,080

1,180

1,370

1,400

1,340

1,480

2,200

2,940

2,620

2,070

1,760

1,760

1,630

1,520

gl,400

gl,300

gl,400

gl,550

1,590

1,550

1,440

1,440

1,400

1,300

1,340

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

44,513

41,049

54,190

449,794

36,641

43,360

31,441

26,707

25 ,708

20,808

17,195

42,662

34,450

418,724

Mar

1,370

1,300

1,240

1,150

1,120

1,120

1,100

1,030

990

972

972

972

955

940

972

990

990

972

955

972

990

990

955

925

912

900

900

900

925

972

990

Apr.

990

972

912

925

925

940

972

912

888

850

850

955

1,150

1,120

1,010

925

900

862

850

815

775

745

765

775

775

775

765

775

838

996

-

Maximum

4,300

3,400

2,830

4,300

1,760

2,940

1,370

1,150

1,550

990

775

4,170

2,720

4,300

Peak discharge (base, 1,600 sec. -ft.). Oct. 2 (6-:15 a.

May

1,340

1,520

1,550

1,340

1,210

1,120

1,050

925

862

825

850

850

815

775

775

815

815

765

695

656

620

593

566

548

539

521

505

505

530

548

680

Minimum

765

765

1,300

433

955

1,080

900

745

505

497

410

611

765

410

June

940

990

88.,

838

785

755

715

715

765

745

745

695

675

656

685

725

735

725

685

647

620

593

557

530

513

497

497

557

620

715

-

Mean

1,43*

1,36E

l,74f

1,22E

1,182

1 54!

1,'014

89C

82 =

694

55!

1,37£

1,146

1,14"

July

775

735

715

745

765

695

629

584

548

513

481

465

441

433

441

489

505

521

548

566

548

521

513

548

557

539

489

449

410

425

602

Aug.

1,080

1,440

1,480

1,180

990

1,030

990

862

862

725

685

665

629

611

611

620

805

912

1,260

1,670

1,760

2,310

2,120

1,500

1,100

912

900

gl,750

g4,170

4,170

2,940

Per square 

mile

2.10

2.00

2.56

1.80

1 73

2.27

1.48

1.30

1.21

1.02

.813

2.01

1.68

1.68

Sept.

2,310

2,720

2,410

1,710

1,400

1,240

1,100

1,080

1,080

1,100

1,210

1,240

1,240

1,180

1,050

940

862

815

805

838

888

912

875

815

765

775

785

795

785

775

-

Runoff in 

inches

2.42

2.23

2.95

24.49

1.99

2.36

1.71

1.45

1.40

1.14

.94

2 . 32

l!87

22.78

ra.) 2,670 sec. -ft.; Oct. 5 (10:3O a.m.)

4,430 sec.-ft.; Nov. 23 (4 p.m.J 2,460 sec.-ft.; Nov. 29 (9 p.m.) 3,650 sec.-ft.; Dec

2,670 sec.-ft.; Jan. 1 (4 p.m.) 1,800 see.-ft.j Feb. 11 (12 ra. ) 3,050 sec.-ft.; Aug. 22 (7 p.m.)

2,460 eec.-ft.; Aug. 29 (7 p.m.) 4,560 sec.-ft.

g Computed from graph based on recorded range In stage and dally gage readings by U. S. Weather 

Bureau.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 

Chattooga River near Glayton, Ga.

211

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°49', long. 83°18', at Rogues Fork, at bridge on 

U. 5. Highway 76, 2f miles upstream from Stekoa Creek, 7 miles southeast of Clayton, 

Rabun County, 9 miles downstream from War Woman Creek, and 9 miles upstream from confluence with Tallulah River.

Drainage area. 203 square miles.

Records available. May 1907 to June 1908, November 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--10 year (1939-49), 616 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 13,900 second-feet June 16 (gage height, 8.66 

reet); minimum, 266 second-feet Oct. 30 to Nov. 2.

1907-8. 1939-49: Maximum discharge, 29,000 second-feet Aug. 30, 1940 (gage height, 

13.8 feet), by slope-area method; minimum, 122 second-feet Oct. 6, 7, 1947.

Remarks.--Records fair.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.2 238 2.5 1,260 

1.4 338 3.2 2,180 

1.7 530 4.2 3,750 

2.1 850 5.7 6,650

Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1943 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

441 

429 

410 

404 

410

410 

398 

448 

423 

392

386 

386 

374 

368 

356

356 

350 

356 

350 

d320

296 

301 

312 

306 

296

285 

276 

281 

271 

266 

266

Nov.

266 

301 

2,470 

1.O2O 

990

2,330 

1,700 

1,020 

832 

850

850 

720 

664 

640 

593

572 

586 

544 

1,700 

2,470

dl.100 

dl,200 

dl,400 

dl,500 

1,020

970 

1,540 

3,060 

3,690 

2,320

Dec.

1,900 

1,600 

1,830 

1,630 

1,440

dl,500 

dl,300 

1,180 

1,150 

1.O6O

1,010 

990 

950 

913 

895

895 

868 

850 

1,020 

931

868 

823 

805 

796

1,050

970 

886 

850 

970 

1,760 

1,200

Jan.

1,030 

950 

895 

1,040 

4,090

3,050 

1,970 

1,600 

1,430 

1,300

1,230 

1,160 

1,100 

1,050 

1,000

970 

980 

950 

1,080

1 , 020

960 

960 

940 

913 

886

859 

841 

1,130 

1,000 

913 

1,630

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1948

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

,630 

,320 

,180 

,260 

,260

,150 

,110 

,060 

,060 

,340

,300 

,150 

,080 

,040 

990

,130 

,430 

,200 

,400 

,040

,510 

,340 

,250 

,170 

,130

,060 

,060 

,100

Secondfoot-days

10,913 

38,918 

34,890

284,434

38,927 

34,750 

29,034 

33,803 

30,457 

32,241 

47,806 

35,515 

33,552

40O,8O6

Peak discharge (base, 3,400 sec. -ft.). No

ft.; Nov. 28 9 p.m.) 5,820 sec. -ft.; Jan. 5 

ft.; June 16 4 p.m.) 13,9OO sec. -ft.; July 

ft.; July 18 4:30 p.m.) 6,020 sec. -ft.; Aug 

ft. 

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge c 

Panther Creek near Toccoa.

Mar.

1,010 

980 

960 

931 

913

895 

868 

841 

832 

832

778 

744 

720 

720 

704

680 

680 

778 

736 

680

672 

1,320 

1,810 

1,080 

1,010

1,160 

1,060 

1,080 

1,040 

970 

1,550

Apr.

1,330 

1,110 

1,020 

950 

990

1,04O 

922 

868 

832 

805

823 

1,110 

2,850 

1,600 

1,280

1,150 

1,06O 

1,010 

960 

922

895 

1,000 

940 

886 

841

832 

823 

904 

1,040 

3,010

Maximum

448 

3,690

1,900

5,620

4,090 

2,040 

1,810 

3,010 

1,900 

6,650 

5,240 

2,430 

3,510

6,650

May

1,90O 

1,700 

1,440 

1,260 

1,190

1,150 

1,110 

1,060 

1,170 

1,160

1,130 

1,060 

1,000 

950 

913

886 

850 

823 

805 

796

778 

760 

823 

778 

778

712 

688 

648 

640 

640 

859

Minimum

266 

266 

796

238

841 

990 

672 

805 

640 

516 

769 

787 

680

266

June

728 

656 

616 

586 

586

565 

544 

530 

516 

523

523 

544 

558 

593 

1,020

6,650 

2,930 

1,630 

1,280 

1,130

1,040 

970 

922 

895 

1,220

1,050 

904 

859 

814 

859

Mean

352 

1,297 

1,125

777

1,256 

1,241 

937 

1,127 

982 

1,075 

1,542 

1,146 

1,118

1,098

July

970 

796 

769 

778 

823

931 

877 

850 

970 

922

1,280 

3,250 

2,540 

1,590 

1,500

1,970 

2,250 

5,240 

2,770 

2,320

1,970 

1,700 

1,500 

1,390 

1,280

1,220 

1,140 

1,080 

1,040 

1,020 

1,070

Aug.

1,040 

940 

1,060 

1,O40 

990

99O

913 

931 

850 

859

814 

841 

859 

787 

832

1,320 

1,620 

1,360 

1,000 

960

1,610 

1,580 

1,390 

1,140 

1,000

913 

886 

2,430 

1,970 

1,370 

1,220

Per square 

mile

1.73 

6.39 

5.54

3.83

6.19 

6.11 

4.62 

5.55 

4.84 

5.30 

7.60 

5.65 

5.51

5.41

Sept.

1,070 

98O

1,000

970 

913

3,510 

2,770 

1,900 

1,530 

1,340

1,230 

1,140 

1,07O 

1,020 

970

940 

913 

913 

913 

850

805 

787 

769 

736 

7 2O

720 

895 

778 

720 

68O

Runoff in 

inches

1.99 

7.13 

6.39

52.12

7.14 

6.36 

5.33 

6.19 

5.58 

5.91 

8.76 

6.51 

6.15

73.44

v. 3 (11 a.m.) 4,280 sec. -ft.; Nov. 6 (6 p.m.) 4,650 secv- 

(7:30 p.m.) 6,870 sec. -ft.; Apr. 13 (7 a.m.) 4,100 sec . - 

12 (1 p.m.) 4,100 sec. -ft.; July 15 (11 p.m.) 3,75O sec.- 

. 28 (6 p.m.) 4,840 sec. -ft.; Sept. 6 (4 p.m.) 6,440 sec.-

omputed on basis of weather records and records for
212

SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 

Tugaloo River near Hartwell, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°29 I , long. 82°55 I , three-quarters of a mile upstream from Beaverdam Creek, 5 miles upstream from confluence with Seneca River, and

10 miles north of Hartwell, Hart County. 

Drainage area. 905 square miles.

Kecoras available. April 1925 to September 1927, February 1940 to September 1949. 

Average discharge.--11 years (1925-27, 1940-49), 2,013 second-feet (unadjusted). 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 27,800 second-feet June 17 (gage height, 10.4 

"reet); minimum daily, 463 second-feet Oct. 4.

1925-27, 1940-49: Maximum discharge, 28,600 second-feet Aug. 31, 1940 (gage height,

10.8 feet); minimum daily, 189 second-feet Oct. 6, 1941.

Revisions. The maximum discharge for the water year 1926 has been revised to 18,200

second-reet Jan. 18, 1926 (gage height, 7.76 feet), superseding figure published in

Water-Supply Paper 622. 

Remarks. Records good. Flow regulated by power plants above station and by Burton and

Matnis Reservoirs on Tallulah River. Burton Reservoir, completed in 1920, and Mathis

Reservoir, completed in 1941, have combined usable capacity of 129,000 acre-feet and

regulate the flow from 150 square miles of Tallulah River Basin.

.Cooperation. Records of monthly reservoir contents furnished by the Georgia Power Co. 

Hevlslons. Revised figures of discharge, in second-feet, for the high-water period in

ttte water year 1926, superseding those published in Water-Supply Paper 622, are given

herewith:

Jan. 18......11,800

Month

Water-year 

1925-26....

Secondfoot-days

508,616

Maximum

11,800

Minimum

ZOO

Mean

1,393

Per square 

mile

2 31

1.54

Runoff In 

Inches

20.90

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day Oct. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.

1,870

1,800

1,080

463

1,810

1,710

1,620

2,110

1,580

990

694

1,950

1,770

1,610

1,870

1,710

668

979

2,540

2,600

2.O6O

2,190

2,160

494

655

2,890

2,580

3,500

2,180

1,570

650

826

2,740

9,960

8,400

3,050

3,350

6,210

2,650

2,530

2,440

2,130

2,560

2,550

675

729

1,510

1,990

1,680

2,020

5,210

2,920

2,210

4,340

5,360

2,940

1,540

8,910

12,100

17,700

7,300

4,960 

4,920 

3,660 

3,510 

3.O6O

3,040

3,590

3,560

3,660

3,580

3,420

2,710

2,320

2,820

2,730

3,040

3,460

3,170

2,710

2,190

2,700

3,030

3,170

3,400

3,040

2,580

2,520

3,250

3,870

6,040

4,620

3,890

2,640

3,040

4,140

7,590

17,200 

7,720 

5,100 

3,7So 

3,270

3,910

3,980

3,620

3,410

3,580

3,010

3,160

3,080

3,600

3,540

3,450

3,610

2,960

2,460

3,500

3,850

3,160

3,510

3,830

2,610

4,310

6,010

4,620

4,530

4,330

4,120

3,410

3,130

3,920

4,810

5,430

4,820

4,830

3,460

2,880

3,590

4,690

5,170

4,500

5,690

7,630

4,090

4,440

4,110

3,970

3,650

3,540

3,730

2,580

3,360

3,470

3,150

2,350

2,230

2,650

2,060

2,410

2,840

3,500

2,710

2,270

1,470

1,570

2,760

2,450

2,290

2,630

2,900

1,220

1,180 

3,100 

7,650 

4,6dO 

4,560

4,990

3,460

3,560

3,610

3,700

4,090

4,240

4,150

3,980

2,710

3,630

3,380

3,010

3,230

3,340

1,210

2,670

4,320

8,600

6,720

4,620

4,180

4,190

2,420

3,210

3,710

3,320

3,020

3,430

2,100

1,300

2,750 

2,330 

3,420 

4,090 

12,2OO

8,240

7,530

5,860

4,280

3,710

3,550

3,800

3,760

2,860

4,440

4,270 

4,130 

4,28O 

3,580 

2,340

1,720

3,790

2,980

2,670

3,080

2,500

1,450

1,730

3,320

3,030

3,360

3,080

2,900

1,170

1,140

2,900

3,180

2,110

2,960

2,560

1,110

1,180

2,700

2,240

2,670

2,330

2,110 

880 

1,130 

2,610 

2,81O

6,670

22,000

12,000

5,230

4,110

3,490

3,600

4,150

3,270

4,400

3,640

1,750

3,100

3,310

3,540

3,750 

3,570 

2,OOO 

1,050 

2,040

2,350

3,170

3,060

2,770

2,860

2,240

4,220

9,240

6,310

5,330

5,290

5,580

6,960

8,600

7,980

5,920

5,370

5,040

4,160

3,160

3,660

3,360

3,560

3,310

3,710

3,120

1,540

3,170

3,220

3,720

3,790

3,900' 

3,200 

1,050 

2,920 

2,660

2,730

2,820

3,580

1,820

1,210

2,980

12,800

6,240

4,180

3,030

2,800

3,310

4,390

3,230

3,080

2,980

2,270

5,040

5,010

4,190

3,530

3,180

2,920

3,550

2,630

1,430

9,140' 

18,200 

7,980 

5,710 

4,260

3,450

3,200

3,210

3,590

3,350

3,380

3,290

3,030

2,350

2,910

2,620

2,650

2,850

2,300

1,720

1,380

2,810

2,490

2,540

2,170

Secondfoot days Maximum Minimum

Change In contents In Bi; 

ton and Matnis 

Reservoirs 

(acre-feet)

Adjusted for change In 

reservoir contents

 Per square Runoff in 

Mean mile inches

October.. 

November. 

December.

52,355

128,530

104,330

3,500

17,600

6,040

463

675

2,190

1,689

4,284

3,365

-34.1OO

+36.4OO

-3,200

1,134

4,896

3,313

1.25

5.41

3.66

1.44

6.04

4.22

Calendar year 1948 933,442 17,600 463 2,550 +21,700 2,580 2.85

January... 

February. . 

March.....

April.....

May.......

June......

July......

August....

September.

130,480

121,680

94,790

115,480

107,450

116,840

132,740

110,390

114,290

17,400

7,630

7,650

12,200

8,240

22,000

9,240

12,800

18,200

Hater year 1948-49 .1,329,353 22,OOO

,460

,580

,180

,210

,140

880

,050

,050

,380

4,209

4,346

3,058

3,849

3,466

3,895

4,282

3,561

3,810

+8,700

+700

+11,700

+8,500 

-600

+2,OOO

-3,200

-3,300

-4,000

4,350

4,359

3,248

3,992

3,456

3,929

4,230

3,507

3,743

4.81

4.82

3.59

4.41

3.82

4.34

4.67

3.88

4.14

5.54

5.02

5.38

4.47

463 3,642 +19,600 3,669 4.05

Peak discharge (base, 10,000 sec.-ft.).--H

sec.-ft.; Jan. 6 (2 p.m.) 19, 70O sec.-ft

sec.-ft.; Apr. 3O (8 p.m.) 14,400 sec.-ft.;

3 (12 p 

b. 20 (4 a 

une 17 (7 p.m.) 27,800 sec. -ft.; July 13 (9 a.m.)

.m.) 14,900 sec. -ft.; Nov. 29 

.m.) 11,000 sec. -ft.; Mar.

;i a.m. 

a.m.)

2O,800 

1O,6OO

10,900 sec.-ft.; Aug. 17 (2 p.m.) 15,800 sec.-ft.; Sept. 7 (7 a.m.) 22.0OO sec.-ft.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 213

Savannah River near Calhoun Falls, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°04', long. 82°38', 150 feet upstream from bridge 

on state Highway 72, 1 mile downstream from Seaboard Air Line Railroad Bridge, lj miles 

downstream from Rocky River, and 3 miles southwest of Calhoun Palls, Abbeville County. 

Datum of gage is 363.53 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--2,876 square miles.

Hecprds available.--August 1896 to December 1900 (fragmentary), January to December 1903, 

harcn laau to July 1932, April 1938 to September 1949. Gage-height records collected 

at original site 1 mile upstream 1899-1928 and at present site since 1928 are contained 

in reports of U. S, Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.--13 years (1896-97, 1930-31, 1938-49), 5,047 second-feet.

.Extremes. --Maximum discharge during year, 61,800 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 8.94 

feet); minimum, 1,610 second-feet Nov. 2; minimum daily, 1,730 second-feet Oct. 25.

1896-1900, 1903, 1930-32, 1938-49: Maximum discharge, 96,500 second-feet Aug. 13, 

1940 (gage height, 11.52 feet), from rating curve extended above 50,000 second-feet by 

velocity-area studies and logarithmic plotting; minimum 660 second-feet Oct. 14, 1941; 

minimum daily, 845 second-feet Oct. 14, 1941.

Maximum stage known, 28.2 feet Aug. 25, 1908, original site and datum.

Remarks.--Records good. Flow partly regulated by Burton and Mathis Reservoirs (see p. 212 

for monthly change in contents) and power plants above station.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Aug. 17, Sept. 7-30 Aug. 18 to Sept. 6

1.3 1,670

1.5 2,090

1.9 5,170

2.5 5,350

3.2 8,600

3.9 

4.8 

6.0 

8.0 

8.6

12,700

19,100

29,400

50,700

58,000

2.5 

3.2 

3.9 

4.6

5,180

8,040

11,700

16,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3,320

3,270

2,660

2,190

2,320

3,360

3,080

3,360

3,340

2,620

2,250

2,670

3,180

2,930

2,920

3,070

2,290

1,890

2,780

3,940

3,260

3,090

3,540

2,500

1,730

2,860

3,700

4,070

3,720

2,940

2,280

Nov.

1,910

3,020

7,260

22,000

9,320

6,36O

11,600

8,880

5,720

5,220

4,740

4,940

5,280

3,260

2,700

3,050

4,320

4,070

3,580

8,980

9,940

5,860

9,100

14, 400

10,100

6,350

27,800

38,900

58,000

32,200

-

Dec.

13,700

10,200

12,600

11,200

8,880

7,600

8,560

8, GOO

7,850

7,600

7,350

6,420

5,650

6,150

6,300

6,100

6,940

6,800

6,520

5,980

6,210

6,220

6,180

6,920

5,960

6,720

5,840

6,460

7,360

15,700

1 4,OOO

Jan.

9,700

7,100

6,650

7,520

12,200

38,400

28,200

13,400

10,200

8,100

8,200

8,030

8,030

7,440

7,240

6,870

6,460

6,910

7,000

7,190

7,060

7,150

6,420

5,780

6,490

7,000

6,810

6,600

7,500

6,430

7,100

Month

October ............... ..........

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July.... .........................

August ...........................

September .................. .....

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

14,200

10,600

9,150

1O,8OO

10,400

8,940

7,080

8,060

13,100

14, 500

13,400

1O.3OO

8,960

6,910

7,680

8,930

13,400

10,60O

11,400

22,700

16,OOO

10,800

9,420

8,980

8,310

8,090

8,200

7,850

_

-

Secondfoot days

91,130

338,860

248,570

2,265,930

289,180

298, 76C

225, 48C

272,020

281,080

219,370

234, 320

256,210

3,054,480

Mar.

7,540

7,6OO

7,600

6,650

6,2OO

6,200

5,980

5,750

6,320

7,560

6,960

6,150

4,840

4,720

6,230

5,760

5,670

5,740

6,820

4,860

4,300

5,360

13,600

14, 400

9,740

9,410

1O,6OO

7,900

8,400

8,OOO

8,620

Apr.

9,620

8,880

8,720

6,680

7,800

9,010

8,050

7,520

7,540

5,120

5,520

10,300

17,900

19,400

12,000

9,980

9,100

7,090

6,920

7,680

7,560

7,140

7,780

6,020

4,740

6,160

5,840

7,250

10,100

24,600

-

Maximum

4,070

58,OOO

15,700

58,OOO

38,400

22,700

14, 400

24, 600

32,300

24,500

lelsoo

34,300

58,OOO

May

32 , 300

27,800

15,700

12,000

9,7OO

8,350

8,350

8,880

9,150

9,700

9,7OO

9,980

9,020

8,640

6,420

5,350

7,280

7,100

6,320

6,580

6,160

5,030

4,570

6,880

6,700

6,520

6,39O

6,070

4,500

4,080

5,860

Minimum

1,730

1,910

5,650

1,730

5,780

6,910

4,300

4,740

4,080

3,630

3,630

3,490 

3,760

1,730

June

7,680

5,800

5,890

5,720

4,060

3,660

5,290

4,920

5,590

5,480

4,850

4,180

3,630

5,63O

6,460

7,800

23,700

24,500

10,100

8,000

6,560

7,080

6,560

6,520

7,940

7,960

5,160

6.O9O

6,120

6,440

Mean

2,940

1 1 , 300

8,018

6,191

9,328

10,670

7,274

9, 067

9,067

7 312

9^661

7 559

8^540

8,368

July

6,530

6,540

5,260

3,630

3,8OO

4,620

5,400

6,200

5,580

5,680

5,500

11,700

23,200

21,800

12,400

1O.6OO

11,400

14,800

23,200

20,700

14,300

11,200

9,700

8,600

6,650

7,120

6,850

6,940

6,320

6,480

6,800

Aug.

4,130

6,450

5,830

7,290

7,310

6,840

6,870

4,530

5,290

5,360

5,420

5,140

5,710

4,790

3,490

4,890

16,500

15,700

8,770

6,530

6,440

11,300

9,680

8,120

6,530

6,320

5,740

8,110

14,400

12,800

8,040

Per square 

mile

-

2.15

-

2.91

Sept.

7,160

6,530

7,060

8,460

5,380

9,120

34,300

27,200

14,500

10,600

8,880

7,350

7,320

7,200

7,240

6,880

6,920

6,420

5,980

6,920

5,680

5,620

6,020

5,560

4,520

3,760

5,670

6,670

5,780

5,110

Runoff in 

inches

-

29.31

-

39.49

Peak discharge (base, 25,000 sec.-ft.). Nov. 4 (-10 a.m.) 25,8OO sec.-ft.; Nov. 29 (1:15 a.m.) 

61,800 sec.-ftT; Jan. 6 (2:15 p.m.) 40,50O sec.-ft.; Feb. 2O (11:15 a.m.) 25,80O sec.-ft.; May 1 

(3:30 a.m.) 35,300 sec.-ft.; June 18 (l:3o a.m.) 35,300 sec.-ft.; July 13 (7:3O p.m.) 27,6OO sec.- 

ft.; Aug. 17 (10 p.m.) 26.70O sec.-ft.; Sept. 7 (3:45 p.m.) 36,300 sec.-ft. 

980338 O - 52 - 15
214 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Savannah River at Augusta, Ga.

Location (revised).--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°22'25", long. 81°56'35", at New 

Savannah Bluff lock and dam, 0.2 mile upstream from Butler Creek and 12 miles downstream from Augusta, Richmond County. Datum of gage is 97.00 feet above mean sea 

level (Corps of Engineers bench mark). Auxiliary water-stage recorder at Fifth Street 

Bridge on U. 3. Highway 1 at Augusta for use in connection with measurement of discharge during flood periods. Datum of auxiliary gage is 102.56 feet above mean sea 

level (U. S. Weather Bureau bench mark). Prior to Nov. 11, 1948, water-stage recorder 

at site 0.2 mile downstream, at same datum.

Drainage area. 7,508 square miles, including that of Butler Creek. Drainage area at 

site 12' miles upstream, 7,240 square miles.

Records available. October 1938 to September 1949. January 1884 to December 1891, January 1B9H to December 1906, June 1927 to July 1932 at site 12 miles upstream. January 

1925 to June 1933 (at site 12 miles upstream) in House Document 64, 746h Congress, 1st 

session. June 1933 to September 1938 in report of South Carolina Research, Planning 

and Development Board. Gage-height records collected at site of auxiliary gag& since 

1875 and at Butler Creek site since 1937 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather 

Bureau.

Average discharge. 23 years (1898-1906, 1927-31, 1938-49), 11,060 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 154,000 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 26.61 

feet); minimum, 2,700 second-feet Oct. 19; minimum daily, 2,930 second-feet Oct. 27.

1884-91, 1898-1906, 1927-32, 1938-49: Maximum discharge, 350,000 second-feet Oct. 3, 

1929; maximum gage height, 46.3 feet Sept. 27, 1929 (at site and datum of present auxiliary gage); minimum discharge, 648 second-feet Sept. 24, 1939, from rating'curve extended below 1,400 second-feet; minimum daily, 1,040 second-feet Oct. 2, 1927.

Remarks. Records good. Flow partly regulated by Burton and Mathis Reservoirs (see p.212 

for monthly change in contents), power plants, and New Savannah Bluff lock and dam 

above station.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

g5,630 

g5,530 

g5,030 

g5,030 

g5,030

5,230 

4,830 

5,030 

4,830 

5,130

5,030 

5,530 

4,370 

4,730 

5,030

4,930 

4,460 

4,460 

3,410 

4,370

5,44O 

4,640 

4,550 

4,930 

4,930

3,740 

§2,930 

5,130 

5,130 

5,030 

4,460

Nov.

4,10O 

3,830 

4,220

8,780 

24,600

21,200 

13,400 

12,900 

16,400 

12,4OO

7,150 

6,64O 

7,310 

6,870 

5,550

4,620 

5,330 

5,770 

7,090 

7,090

8,640 

13,400 

13,500 

23,000 

31,800

26,000 

23,100 

56,900 

107,000 

149,000

Dec.

126,000 

67,000 

34,300 

29,500 

25,300

19,700 

16,300 

18,000 

20,800 

18,000

15,300 

13,800 

12,800 

10,600 

10,800

8,870 

10,100 

10,200 

13,600 

16,700

14,800 

12,800 

11,500 

10,300 

9,470

10,700 

12,500 

13,100 

11,800 

21,600 

45,400

Jan.

40,800 

26,800 

19,400 

14,500 

11,200

22,900 

53,100 

63,000 

35,100 

22,400

17,200 

15,400 

13,800 

13,500 

12,900

12 , 200 

11,400 

9,110 

10,100 

10,800

11 , 100 

12, 100 

11,200 

11,100 

10,800

10,200 

10,500 

10,500 

10,500 

10,600 

11,400

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary .

h. ...........................

1. ...........................

st ................ ...... ...

ember ............ ...........

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb."

14,500 

23,800 

21,300 

18,600 

30,200

30,500 

24,700 

19,500 

22,000 

43,700

53,300 

39,700 

27,000 

21,100 

16,000

13,100 

17,700 

26,400 

24,100 

29,200

44,400 

34,800 

25,000 

20,400 

17,800

14,800 

12,200 

18,000

Secondfoot-daya

148, 53C 

637, 59C 

671, 64C

5,159,05C

555, 61C 

703, 80C 

398, 73C 

436, 53C 

578, 89C 

357, 08C 

439, 97C 

365, 81C 

392, 42C

5,686,600

Mar.

19,700 

16,700 

14,400 

14,300 

12,600

10,600 

10,600 

11,400 

10,500 

10,700

13,100 

14,400 

13,200 

11,200 

9,230

9,830 

9,710 

10,100 

10,300 

11,100

9,830 

8,630 

11,100 

15,300 

21,600

17,200 

15,300 

15,300 

14,100 

13,500 

13,200

Apr.

12,800 

13,700 

13,800 

13,100 

12,10O

11,400 

17,000 

16,700 

13,500 

12,400

10,600 

10,900 

17,300 

28 , 500 

30,100

23,100 

17,800 

 15,300 

11,800 

9,950

11,100 

11,400 

11,500 

11,800 

12,500

10,300 

7,790 

8,990 

10,400 

28,900

Maximum

5,630 

149,000 

126,000

149,000

63,000 

53,300 

21,600 

30,100 

68,900 

32 , 400 

36,600 

27,000 

41,600

149,000

Peak discharge (base, 50,000 see. -ft. ) --Nov. 30 (5:30

66,3OO see. -ft.; Feb. 11 (9 a.m.) 55,100 see. -ft.; May 3

May

55,000 

68 , 900 

48,800 

47,200 

26,800

19,900 

16,000 

11,400 

15,000 

20,100

20,600 

23,100 

21,800 

18,000 

14,400

11,900 

9,950 

9,830 

9,710 

10,800

11,200 

10 , 200 

8,390 

7,790 

8,390

9,470 

9,710 

10,200 

9,230 

7,090 

8,030

Minimum

2,930 

3,830 

8,870

2,580

9,110 

12,200 

8,630 

7,790 

7,090 

6,430 

6,100 

5,990 

6,320

2,930

June

11,100 

12,900 

14,000 

12,600 

9,940

6,870 

6,430 

6,980 

9,230 

9,950

11,000 

10,500 

9,950 

7,790 

9,830

11,000 

12,000 

27,500 

32,400 

20,800

13,600 

10,500 

10,500 

10,100 

9,110

11,000 

11,200 

10,200 

8,270 

9,830

Mean

4,791 

21,250 

21,670

14,100

17,920 

25,140 

12,86O 

14,550 

18,670 

11,900 

14,190 

11,800 

13,080

15,580

July

8,630 

9,590 

10,200 

8,510 

6,320

6,100 

6,210 

6,430 

8,150 

8,750

7,550 

9,830 

13,700 

24,800 

27,000

20,100 

17,400 

18,800 

25,200 

36,600

35,000 

25,2OO 

19,000 

15,100 

12,100

8,990 

8,870 

8,990 

8,990 

8,990 

8,870

Aug.

9,110 

9,470 

9,470 

9,590 

10,200

10,800 

9,350 

8,510 

8,270 

7,790

9,230 

8,390 

7,310 

5,990 

6,430

6,320 

9,120 

16,100 

23,300 

17,800

11,700 

7,310 

12,600 

15,400 

14,100

11,200 

8,750 

11,200 

20,500 

27,000 

23,500

Per square 

mile

1

1.88

-

2.08

Sept.

16,600 

12,100 

10,80O 

10,200 

10,700

9,470 

13,300 

34,800 

41,600 

35,200

24,900 

14,900 

11,000 

9,710 

9,710

9,830 

10,300 

9,830 

9,470 

8,750

8,390 

8,150

8,270 

8,750 

7,310

6,760 

6,320 

7,200 

8,870 

9,230

Runoff In 

inches

1

25.57

:

28.17

p.m.) 154,000 see. -ft.; Jan. B (6 a.m.) 

(8:30 a.m.) 71,500 see. -ft.

g Computed from graph based on several gage readings dally at lock.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 215

Savannah River at Burtons Ferry Bridge, near Millhaven, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°56'20", long. 81°30'10", at bridge on U. S. Highway 301, 2 miles downstream from Rocky Creek and 9 miles east of Millhaven, Screven 

County. Datum of gage is 52.42 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary 

adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 8,650 square miles.

Records available.--October 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 11,360 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 108,000 second-feet Dec. 3 (gage height, 24.91 

reet); minimum daily, 4,900 second-feet Oct. 28.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 141,000 second-feet Aug. 18, 1940 (gage height, 27.0 

feet); minimum daily, 2,240 second-feet Oct. 18, 25, 1941.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow partly regulated by Burton and Mathis Reservoirs (see p. 212 for change in monthly 

contents), power plants, and New Savannah Bluff lock and dam above station. Minimum 

flows may be affected by regulation, but figures of monthly runoff closely represent 

those for natural runoff except during periods of extremely low flow.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 tc September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

.23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

7,700

8,400

8,500

8,300

9,040

9,370

8,930

8,100

7,420

7,060

6,880

6,790

7,240

6,700

6,430

6,430

6,430

6,160

5,890

5,440

5,260

5,980

6,340

5,980

5,980

6,160

5,710

4,900

5,440

6,160

6,250

Nov.

6,070

5,620

5,440

5,350

7,510

10,900

12,500

13,500

14,400

15,000

15,400

15,000

12,800

11,000

9,820

8,710

7,420

7,150

7,240

8,200

8,820

9,590

11,600

13,000

13,700

14,600

16,000

19,600

26,200

32,400

-

Dec.

51,500

87,000

106,000

101,000

81 , 200

63,000

48,700

39,900

34,400

29,8OO

26,800

25,200

23,600

22,100

20,400

18,200

16,300

15,100

14,700

14,700

14,900

15,300

15,900

16,100

15,900

15,100

14,300

14,000

14,200

14,500

14,900

Jan.

15,500

17,000

24,400

34,400

34,400

30,400

26,200

23,000

23,000

36,200

44,600

41,400

35,000

28,600

24,000

21,200

18,800

17,000

15,700

14,500

13,800

13,500

13,500

13,500

13,500

13,500

13,100

13,000

12,800

12,800

12,800

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February ..................... ...

March ................ ...........

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

13,100

13,500

14,000

15,100

16,600

18 , 500

20,800

24,000

28,600

29,800

29,200

29,800

37,800

43,800

41,400

36,400

31,100

26,200

23,000

22,100

22,600

25,200

29,800

36,400

36,400

33,000

28,600

25,700

_

-

Secondfoot-days

211,370

364,540

1,004,700

5,725,330

671,100

752,500

463,900

472,900

639,520

391,580

466,660

375,040

483,010

6,296,820

Mar.

22,600

20,400

19,600

19,200

19,200

18,500

17,600

16,300

14,900

14,100

13,500

13,200

13,500

13,900

14,300

13,900

13,000

12,500

12,200

12,000

12,000

11,800

11,200

all, 200

all, 700

al2,500

a!3,700

a!5,100

16,300

17,000

17,000

Apr.

16,800

16,300

15,800

1'5 , 300

15,300

15,100

14,700

14,500

14,500

14,900

15,300

15,300

14,700

14,300

14,500

15,300

17,000

20,400

23,600

23,000

21,200

18,200

16,300

14,900

14,100

13,700

13,200

12,000

11,200

11,500

-

Maximum

9,370

32,400

106,000

106,000

44,600

43,800

22,600

23,600

52,300

21,200

31,100

16,100

31,800

106,000

May

12,800

14,300

16,900

31,400

47,800

52,300

47,000

39,200

32,400

26,800

22,600

20,800

20,000

20,000

20,800

21,200

21,200

19,200

17,000

14,900

13,400

12,700

12,200

11,200

10,000

9,640

9,880

10,300

10,500

10,800

10,500

Minimum

4,900

5,350

14,000

4,900

12 y 800

13,100

11,200

11,200

9,640

9,400

7,400

8,040

7,700

4,900

June

10,30O

11,100

11,800

12,500

13,000

13,000

11,500

9,880

9,40O

10,300

11,000

11,500

12,000

12,000

11,200

11,100

11,500

12,200

12,700

13,700

15,300

18,200

21,200

20,400

18,200

15,800

13,900

13,200

12,300

11,400

-

Mean

6,818

12,150

32,410

15,640

21,650

26 ,880

14,960

15,760

20,630

13,050

15,050

12,100

16,100

17,250

July

11,200

10,800

10,500

10,800

10,700

9,160

7,810

7,400

7,400

8,030

9,160

8,800

9,400

10,400

11,800

13,000

14,300

16,300

18,500

20,000

20,800

22,100

26,200

31,100

30,400

27,400

23,000

18,800

15,700

13,500

12,200

Aug.

11,800

11,700

11,500

11,400

11,300

11,300

11,400

11,500

11,000

10,500

9,940

10,200

10,200

9,500

8,420

8,040

8,140

8,900

10,900

12,400

13,600

14,700

15,100

14,700

14,500

14,500

14,700

15,300

15,900

15,900

16,100

Per square 

mile

. 788

.40

.75

.81

50

.11

: .73

. 38

.51

.74

.40

.86

1.99

Sept.

17,000

19,200

21,600

22,100

20,000

17,600

15,900

14,500

14,200

14,900

16,900

24,800

31,800

31,100

26,800

21,600

17,600

15,300

13,700

12,700

11,800

10,800

10,100

9,760

9,640

9,160

8,250

7,700

7,700

8,800

Runoff in 

inches

0.91

1.56

4.32

24.63

2. 88

2.24

1 99

2! 03

2.74

1. 68

2.01

1.61

2.08

27.05

Peak discharge (base, 55,000 3ee.-ft.). Dee. 3 (6 p.m.) 108,000 sec.-ft.; Jan. 4 (9 p.m.) 35,700 

sec.-ft.; Jan. 11 (2 p^m.) 45,400 see.-ft. j Feb. 14 (4 pita.) 43,800 see.-ft.; Feb. 2-1 (10 p.m.) 

37,100 see.-ft.; May 6 (8 a.m.) 53,200 see.-ft.

a No gage-height-record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

station near Clyo.
216 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Savannah River near Clyo, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°31.'30", long. 81°15'45", at bridge on Seaboard

 Air Line Railroad 3 miles north of Clyo, Effingham County. Datum of gage is 13.41 

feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 9,850 square miles.

Records available.--October 1937 to September 1949. April 1930 to June 1933 (below 12,000

 second-feet only) in House Document 64, 74th Congress, 1st session. Gage-height records collected at same site 1921-43 by U. S. Weather Bureau (unpublished prior to 1933). 

Average discharge. 12 years, 12,130 second-feet. 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 104,000 second-feet Dec. 6 (gage height, 22.17

 feet); minimum daily, 6,100 second-feet Oct. 30.

1937-49: Maximum discharge observed,128,000 second-feet Aug. 21, 22, 1940 (gage 

height, 23.6 feet); minimum daily, 2,830 second-feet Oct. 19, 25-28, 1941.

1921-49: Maximum gage height, 29.7 feet Oct. 6, 1929; minimum observed, 1.3 feet 

Oct. 11, 1931. 

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

 Plow partly regulated by Burton and Mathis Reservoirs (see p. 212 for change in

monthly contents), power plants, and New Savannah Bluff lock and dam above station. 

Revisions (water years). W 1112: 1940.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

5.3 

7.O 

10.0 

12.0 

13.0

6,10O

7,900

11,500

15,500

18,400

14.5

16.0

18.0

20.0

22.1

25,100

34,400

51,000

73,000

103,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

7,35O

8.23O

9,000

9,720

10,6OO

11,100

11,500

11,700

11,700

11,100

10,300

9,720

9,240

9,240

9,000

8,560

8,230

8,010

7,680

7,350

6,910

6,600

6,800

7,240

7 , 130

7,020

7,020

6,800

6,300

6,100

6,600

Nov.

7,O2O

6,910

6,600

6,400

6,200

7,24O

9,120

10,300

11,100

11,700

12,300

12,900

13,500

13,900

14,100

14,100

13,500

12,000

10,300

9,480

9,480

9,960

10,600

11,500

12,300

12,900

13,500

14,500

15,500

17,200

-

Dec.

2O,4OO

28,800

48,50O

77,8OO

98,2OO

103,000

99,700

87,700

74,300

61,300

52,000

43,800

37,300

32,300

a30,000

a28,000

826,000

a24,000

322,000

320,000

319,000

318,000

818,000

a!8,000

a!9,000

a!9,000

a!8,000

318,000

17,500

17,200

16,900

Jan.

16,300

16,300

16,600

16,900

18,8OO

26,000

33,000

33,700

30,900

27,900

26,100

32,100

42,900

45,600

42,100

35,800

30,300

26,100

23,100

20,800

19,200

17,800

16,900

16,000

15,500

15,000

14,800

14,500

14,300

14,300

14,100

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ............ ...........

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

14,100

13,900

13,900

13,900

14,300

14,500

15,200

16,000

17,200

19,600

23,100

27,900

30,300

30,900

35,800

43,800

47,400

45,600

39,700

35,100

30,300

26,700

25,100

24,600

26,700

32,300

37 , 300

38,900

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

263, 85C

336, 11C

1,213,70C

6,996,62C

733 70C

754 'lOC

501*201

639 , 40C

416, 70C

469, 78C

530|88C

6,862,51C

Mar.

35,800

31,600

27,900

25,10O

23,100

21,600

20,800

20,000

19,600

19,200

18,400

17,500

16,600

16,000

15,500

15,200

15,200

15,200

15,200

15,000

14,800

14,300

14,100

13,900

13,700

13,500

13,300

13,300'

13,700

13,900

14,500

Apr.

15,OOO

15,800

16,30O

16,900

16,900

16,900

16,600

16,300

16,000

15,800

15,800

15,500

15,500

15,500

15,500

15,500

15,500

15,200

15,500

16,000

17,200

19,600

21,600

21,600

20,400

18,800

17,200

16,300

15,500

15,000

-

Maximum

11,700

17,200

103,000

103,000

45 , 600

47,400

35,800

53,000

18,400

27,900

18 , 300 

27,900

103,000

May

14,800

14,300

14,100

14,100

14,500

16,200

29,000

48,300

53,000

50,100

43,800

35,800

29,100

25,100

22,600

20,800

20,400

20,000

20,400

20,400

20,000

18,800

17,200

16,000

15,200

14,300

13,300

12,300

11,800

11,700

12,000

Minimum

6,100

6,200

16,900

6,040

14,100

13^300

15,000

11,700

12,000

9,240

8, 890 

9,480

6,100

June

12,10O

12,100

12,000

12,000

12,300

12,500

12,900

13,300

13,500

13,500

13,300

13,100

13,100

13,100

13,100

13,300

13,300

13,100

13,300

13,300

13,500

13,700

14,100

14,500

15,500

16,900

18,100

18,400

17,500

16,300

-

Mean

8,511

11,200

39,150

19,120

23, 67C

26 ,93C

17, 98C

16,710

22,240

ls)l5C

12 , 76C 

17,700

18,800

July

15,5OO

14,500

13,700

13,100

12,500

12,300

12,000

11,200

10,100

9,360

9,240

9,720

9,960

10,200

10,400

10,900

11,500

12,000

12,500

13,300

14,100

15,200

16,900

18,400

20,400

23,600

?7,300

ci , iCO

26,700

24,100

21 , 200

Aug.

18,800

16,600

15,000

14,100

13,100

12,700

12,300

12,100

12 , 100

12,100

12,000

11,700

11,200

10,900

10,700

10,200

9,360

8,890

9,000

9,840

10,600

11,200

12,000

12,500

13,100

13,500

14,100

15,500

16,300

16,900

17,200

Per square 

mile

0.864

1.14

3.97

1.94

2. 40

2.73

1, 83

1.70

2 . 26

1.41

1.54

1.30 

1.80

1.91

Sept.

17,500

17,800

18,100

18,100

18,800

20,000

21,200

21,200

20,400

18,800

17,500

16,300

15,800

16,000

18 , 400

24,100

27,900

26,700

23,600

20,800

18,400

16,600

15,500

14,100

13,300

12,100

11,500

10,800

10,100

9,480

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.00

1.27

4.58

26.43

2.77

2. 84

2.11

2.61

1.57

i!so

2.01

25.94

Peak dlschsrge (base, 30,000 see.-ft.). Dec. 6 (l:'30 p.m.) 104,000 sec. -ft.; Jan. B (3 a.m.) 

34,400 sec.-ftT; Jan. 14 (6 a.m.) 46,500 sec.-ft. ; Feb. 17 (3 p.m.) 48,300 sec.-ft. ; Feb 27 (ll p.n 

38,900 sec.-ft.j May 9 (12 m.) 54,000 sec.-ft.

s No gsge-height records discharge computed on bssis of recorded range in stsge snd records for 

station nesr Millhaven.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 

Panther Creek near Toccoa, Ga.

217

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°41', long. 83°21', at Yonah Dam, a quarter of a 

mile, upstream from mouth and 7 miles north of Toccoa, Stevens County. Temporary staff 

gage at same site and datum used after July 13.

Drainage area.--31.4 square miles.

Records available. January 1943 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 15,100 second-feet June 16 (gage height, 18.0 

reet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 800 second-feet on basis of 

slope-area determination at gage height, 18.0 feet; minimum, 34 second-feet Oct. 31.

1943-49: Maximum discharge, that of June 16, 1949; minimum, 14 second-feet Sept. 6, 

7, Oct. 7, 1947.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

CJage read once daily July 13 to Sept. 30.

Cooperation. Gage-height record collected in cooperation with Georgia Power Co. 

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27

29

31

Oct.

42 

41 

41 

43 

43

41 

41 

46 

40 

40

40 

38 

38 

37 

37

36 

37 

37 

36 

36

35 

40 

40 

37 

36

35 

36 

35 

35 

35 

35

Nov.

37 

96 

1,290 

117 

83

266 

126 

86 

74 

72

64 

60 

57 

54 

53

54 

56 

53

117 

106

77 

88 

113 

133 

94

94 

197 

1,090 

308

176

Dec.

142 

126 

152 

133 

122

138 

122 

115 

109 

102

100 

100 

96 

94 

92

94 

90 

90

102 

92

86 

85 

84 

85

122

100 

94 

90

133 

165

122

Jan.

Ill 

102 

98 

162 

996

329 

198 

165 

150 

140

133 

128 

126 

124 

117

115 

115 

111 

117 

109

109 

109 

106 

104 

102

100 

100 

111 

100 

102 

206

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1943 

ary

h.. ............. ...... .

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

160 

128 

117 

155 

135

124 

119 

113 

140 

198

150 

131

122 

119 

117

160 

145 

131 

205 

198

152 

140 

133 

126 

126

122 

133 

126

Secondfoot-days

1,189 

5,291 

3,376

30,154

4,895 

3,925 

3,644 

4,335 

4,066 

10,514 

3,514 

2,835 

5,320

52,904

Peak discharge (base, 900 sec. -ft. . Nov.

ft.; Jan. 5 (4 p.m.) 2,500 sec. -ft.; Apr. 13 

sec. -ft.: SeDt. 6 fl D.m.l 3.T8O sec. -ft.

Mar.

117 

115 

111 

111 

109

106 

104 

111 

106 

111

104 

98 

104 

98 

98

96 

96 

1O6 

98 

96

96 

187 

220 

142 

131

145 

128 

126 

122 

117 

135

Apr.

126 

117 

113 

111 

117

113 

111 

106 

102 

100

111 

214 

429 

187 

150

138 

133 

122 

117 

115

111 

124 

113 

111 

100

100 

100

119 

181 

444

Maximum

46 

1,290 

165

1,290

996 

205 

220 

444 

247 

7,200 

230 

250 

2,440

7,200

May

241 

247 

178 

150 

142

138 

140 

135 

145 

152

150 

135 

126 

126 

126

124 

122 

117 

117 

111

106 

102 

102 

100 

100

98 

96 

92 

92 

92 

164

Minimum

35 

37 

83

35

98 

113 

96 

100 

92 

80 

77 

64 

71

35

June

113 

100 

92 

92 

92

92 

90 

88 

100 

92

a85 

a80 

a80 

a85 

a!30

a7,HOO 

425 

170 

al40 

a!30

117 

allO 

a 100 

a95 

a!20

allO 

alOO 

a95 

a95 

96

Mean

38.4 

176 

109

82.4

158 

140 

118 

144 

131 

350 

113 

91.5 

177

145

July

allO 

alOO 

alOO 

alOO 

alOO

allO 

alOO 

alOO 

a!20 

allO

a!30 

a230 

184 

109 

98

104 

160 

181 

165 

142

109 

100 

94 

88

86

83 

83 

81 

81 

79 

77

Aug.

77 

85 

117 

83 

79

77 

7f 

71 

69 

69

69 

67 

67 

64 

64

130 

250 

109 

86 

83

85 

104 

88 

83 

77

72 

74 

181 

111 

86 

83

Per square 

mile

1.22 

5.61 

3 .47

2.62

5.03 

4.46 

3.76 

4.59

11 '.15 

3.60 

2.91 

5.64

4.62

3 (4 a.m.) 4,180 sec. -ft.; Nov. 28 (l p.m.) 

(1 a.m.) 1,020 sec. -ft.; June 16 (about 10 &

Sept.

77 

72 

111 

119 

109

2,440 

373 

170 

124 

106

102 

98 

94 

90 

88

85 

83 

83 

83 

81

79 

75 

74 

74 

72

72 

72 

72 

71 

71

Runoff in 

inches

1.41 

6.26 

4.00

35. 7O

5.80 

4.64 

4.34 

5.12 

4.81 

12.44 

4.15 

3.36 

6.29

62.62

2j710 seo.- 

J. n . , VCLil. o \t: 1*.1U.^ C.,.JUV ocu. J.L/.J AfJ.-. LJ ^ -L a. fUL, j J. , V£ V BCU. J. L . , U UILC J.O ^aUUUL J.U a, .m.) ill.; 15,100 J.D,J.U

sec.-ft.; Sept. 6 (l p.m.) 3,180 see.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Chattooga River near Clayton.
218 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Keowee River near Newry, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°44', long. 82°53', 0.4 mile upstream from Six 

Mile Creek, 1 mile downstream from Little River, and 1.5 miles east of Newry, Oconee 

County. Datum of gage is 625.00 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--455 square miles.

Records available.--December 1939 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 19,000 second-feet Nov. 28, 29; maximum gage

neignt, 20.54 feet Nov. 29; minimum discharge, 274 second-feet Oct. 31, Nov. 1; minimum 

daily, 350 second-feet Oct.. 31.

. 1939-49: Maximum discharge, 25,200 second-feet Aug. 13, 1940; maximum gage height, 

24.60 feet Aug. 13, 1940; minimum discharge, 184 second-feet Oct. 27, 1941; minimum 

daily, 224 second-feet Oct. 26, 1941.

Remarks.--Records good. Low flow partly regulated by power plant above station.

Discharge, }n second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

689

647

622

639

732

630

598

774

689

606

598

581

542

526

511

480

488

550

518

480

458

473

473

473

466

444

429

437

415

526

' 350

Nov.

402

444

k6,520

k2,620

2,140

k4,080

k3,480

2,020

1,550

1,500

1,500

1,160

1,060

978

927

R25

952

808

k2 , 800

k4,800

2,360

2,060

2,180

2,700

1,970

1,680

k3,960

kll,000

klO,500

4,060

-

Dec.

3,040

2,520

3,040

2,520

2,180

2,440

2,140

1,970

1,800

1,630

1,630

1,340

1,380

1,290

1,250

1,250

1,210

1,120

1,590

1,380

1,210

1,080

1,160

1,020

1,630

1,340

1,250

1,160

1,340

4,140

2,180

Jan.

1,630

1,340

1,210

1,290

k6,300

k8,450

3,380

2,520

2,180

1,970

1,800

1,680

1,500

1,420

1,340

1,290

1,340

1,250

1,380

1,290

1,160

1,160

1,120

1,070

1,010

986

936

1,340

1,210

1,050

3,200

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

Sspt ember ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

2,860

1,970

1,680

1,800

1,720

1,500

1,500

1,380

1,550

2,270

2,020

1,680

1,500

1,420

1,340

1,760

2,270

1,720

k3,290

k5,140

2,700

2,180

1,930

1,720

1,590

1,460

1,550

1,590

_

-

Secondfoot-days

16,84

83,03

54,23

524,83

58,80

55,09

47,56

62,69(

56,36

43,81

87,70

67,16

62,34'

695,64

Mar.

1,380

1,290

1,250

1,210

1,160

1,160

1,120

1,050

1,040

1,120

1,050

961

944

952

927

868

876

1,050

1,030

902

893

k2,410

k5,050

2,180

1,890

3,200

2,360

2,020

1,930

1,680

2,610

Apr.

2,360

1,890

1,680

1,590

1,590

1,890

1,550

1,420

1,420

1,160

1,290

2,100

k5,800

3,120

2,270

2,060

1,680

1,630

1,500

1,420

1 380

1,550

1,550

1,210

1,160

1,210

1,120

1,460

1,630

kll.OOO

-

Maximum

L 774

; 11,000

) 4,140

I 13,600

I 8,450

) 5,140

5 5,050

) 11,000

3 5,890

5,880

I 10,600

3 6,080

8,650

I 11,000

May

k5,890

2,060

3,120

2,520

2,180

2,020

1,930

2,020

2,360

2,060

2,780

2,270

1,930

1,760

1,680

1,590

1,460

1,380

1,340

1,250

1,210

1,210

1,420

1,160

1,210

1,060

1,010

1,080

834

944

1,630

Minimum

350

402

1,020

350

93G

1,340

868

1,120

834

748

816

1,040

842

350

June

1,290

1,050

995

893

884

884

808

808

748

791

944

748

884

1,380

1,840

k5,880

k5,180

2,270

1,720

1,460

1,340

1,340

1,290

1,210

1,630

1,340

1,210

1,040

970

986

-

Mean

542

2,766

1,745

1,434

1,89"

1,966

1,534

2.09C

1,816

1,46C

2.82E

2,166

2,076

1,906

July

1,460

850

987

816

868

1,010

1,120

884

1,250

1,250

2,610

d.0,600

k9,870

4,060

2,950

3,290

4,140

k6,180

k6,050

4,220

3,540

2,860

2,610

2,180

2,206

1,930

1,760

1,680

1,590

1,680

1,460

Aug.

1,680

1,420

1,800

1,680

1,500

1,550

1,500

1,500

1,250

1,120

1,120

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,040

2,270

3,540

2,360

1,550

1,930

k6,080

k4,220

2,860

2,180

1,800

1,630

1,800

k5,140

k4,610

2,610

2,180

Per square 

mile

1.19

6.08

3.84

3.15

4.17

4.33

3.37

4.59

4.00

3.21

6.22

4.76

4.57

4.19

Sept.

2,020

1,720

1,890

1,840

1,550

k7,600

k6,650

4,060

3,040

2,440

2,140

1,970

1,840

1,680

1,590

1,500

1,420

1,550

1,590

1,250

1,160

1,120

1,080

986

952

952

1,760

1,120

1,030

842

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.37

6.78

4.43

42.87

4.81

4.51

3.88

5.12

4.61

3.58

7.17

5.49

5.10

56.85

Peak discharge (base, 10,000 sec. -ft. ) .--Nov. 3 (3:15 P.m. 11,000 sec. -ft.; Nov. 28 (12 p.m.)

k Computed by using rate of change of stage
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 219

Seneca River near Anderson, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°30', long. 82°50', a quarter of a mile downstream

rrom bridge on State Highway 80, lj miles downstream from Deep Creek, 4 miles upstream

from confluence with. Tugaloo River, and 10J miles west of Anderson, Anderson County. 

Drainage area. 1,026 square miles. 

Kecoras available. October 1931 to September 1949. May 1928 to September 1931 in House

Document 64, 7 4th Congress. 1st session. 

Average discharge. 18 years (1931-49), 2,071 second-feet. 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 30,700 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 15.11

reet), from rating curve extended above 18,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting;

minimum, 649 second-feet Nov. 1; minimum daily, 735 second-feet Nov. 1.

1931-49: Maximum discharge, 55,200 second-feet Oct. 1, 1936 (gage height, 20.07

feet), from rating curve extended above 18,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting;

minimum, about 90 second-feet Nov. 18, 1934; minimum daily, 326 second-feet Oct. 13,

1941.

Flood of Aug. 17, 18, 1928, reached a gage height of 25 feet, observed (discharge,

77,000 second-feet, from rating curve extended above 18,000 second-feet). 

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Some regulation at low flow by power plants above station. 

Revisions. W 757: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

3.2 699 8.5 9,310 

3.7 1,190 10.0 13,000 

4.5 2,170 12. O 19,OOO 

5.5 3.64O 14.3 27,500 

7.0 6,170

Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1.02O 

980 

902 

951 

1,010

1,000 

921 

1,030 

1,160 

960

921 

941 

911 

882 

844

835 

663 

882 

921 

863

844 

835 

892 

882 

844

854 

835 

816 

807 

885 

858

Nov.

735 

921 

4,490 

8,500 

2,950

3,120 

6,170 

3,020 

2,170 

1,910

1,980 

1,720 

1,610 

1,46O 

1,370

1,370 

1,420 

1,420 

1,540 

6,080

3,480 

2,580 

3,530 

5,290 

3,8OO

2,950 

8,660 

13,900 

27,500 

14,300

Dec.

5.460 

4,280 

5,990 

5,290 

4,040

3,72O 

3,720 

3,480 

3,1OO 

2,80O

2.65O 

2,580 

2,3OO 

2,300 

2,240

2,170 

2,17O 

2,100 

2,510 

2,800

2,300 

2,1OO 

2,170 

2,040 

2,630

3,020 

2,300 

2,240 

2,320 

6,700 

5,310

Jan.

3,400 

2,870 

2,580 

2,650 

5,410

16,700 

11,200 

4,780 

3,800 

3,320

3,020 

2,870 

2,650 

2,510 

2,440

2,370 

2,300 

2,300 

2,300 

2,510

2,240 

2,300 

2,240 

2,170 

2,170

2,040 

2,100 

2,200 

2,200 

2,000 

4,600

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Haro 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Angu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

 ber... ......................

lendar year 1948 

ary

uarv n ?:::::::::::; ::::::::::: i. ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-49 ............

Feb.

6,500 

4,200 

3, TOO 

3,400

3,200

2,8OO 

2,800 

2,600 

3,000 

3,600

3,800 

3,600 

2,800 

2,600 

2,600

3,200 

4,780 

3,400 

4,550 

11,400

6,160 

3,960 

3,400 

3,100 

2,870.

2,720 

2,870 

3,170

Seoondfoot-days

28,149 

139,946 

98,830

862,939

108,240 

106,280 

85,450 

99,390 

106,110 

68,740 

135,990 

103,370 

110,610

1,191,105

liar.

2,720 

2.510 

2,440 

2,300 

2,300

2,280 

2,170 

2,100 

2,100 

2,300

2,240 

2,040 

2,040 

1,980 

1,980

1,910 

1,910 

2,040 

2,300 

1,980

1,910 

2,170 

8,460 

5,280 

3,240

3,960 

4,440 

3,240 

3,170 

2,870 

3,070

Apr.

4,120 

3,100 

2,720 

2,580 

2,650

3,400 

2,800 

2,510 

2,510 

2,240

2,170 

3,790 

7,850 

6,970 

3,960

3,320 

2,940 

2,650 

2,580 

2,440

2,370 

2,510 

2,720 

2,370 

2,100

2,170 

2,O40 

2,510 

3,100 

10,200

Maximum

1,160 

27,500 

6,700

27,500

16,700 

11,400 

8,460 

10,200 

16,200 

8,870 

14,700 

9,540 

15,900

27,500

Peak discharge (base, 13,000 sec, -ft.) .--Nov. 29 (2:30

May

16,200 

9,520 

5,810 

4,610 

3,720

3,320 

3,170 

3,320 

3,960 

3,480

3,880 

3,720 

3,200 

3,000 

2,800

2,600 

2,400 

2,200 

2,200 

2,000

2,000 

2,000 

2,400 

1,900 

2,000

1,800 

1,700 

1,800 

1,400 

1,600 

2,400

Minimum

807 

735 

2,040

735

2,000 

2,600 

1,910 

2,040 

1,600 

1,400 

1,560 

1,780 

1,910

735

June

2,400 

1,700 

1,700 

1,500 

1,500

1,500 

1,400 

1,400 

1,400 

1,400

1,500 

1,400 

1,500 

2,100 

3,000

3,470 

8,870 

4,290 

2,720 

2,300

2,170 

2,170 

2,170 

2,100 

2,370

2,870 

2,170 

1,980 

1,780 

1,910

Mean

908 

4,665 

3,188

2,358

3,492 

3,796 

2,756 

3,313 

3,423 

2,291 

4,387 

3,335 

3,687

3,263

July

2,100 

1,910 

1,560 

1,620 

1,580

1,720 

1,980 

1,780 

1,780 

2,220

3,620 

7,510 

14,700 

10,900 

4,780

4,280 

5,290 

8,520 

13,300 

10,100

6,170 

4,440 

3,720 

3,240 

2,800

2,650 

2,510 

2,370 

2,300 

2,370 

2,170

Aug.

2,370 

2,240 

2,440 

2,580 

2,370

2,300 

2,240 

2,580 

2,100 

1,910

1.91O 

1,850 

1,850 

1,850 

1,780

2,180 

7,020 

4,980 

2,870 

2,440

4,400 

8,450 

4,610 

3,400 

2,870

2,510 

2,650 

4,050 

9,540 

5,470 

3,560

Per square 

mile

0.885 

4.55 

3.11

2.30

3.40 

3.70 

2.69 

3.23 

3.34 

2.23 

4.28 

3.25 

3.59

3.18

p.m.) 30,700 sec. -ft.; Jan. 6 (8

Sept.

3,170 

2,870 

3,030 

4,120 

2,870

7,280 

15,900 

12,200 

5,630 

4,120

3,480 

3,170 

2,940 

2,800 

2,580

2,510 

2,440 

2,510 

2,720 

2,370

2,170 

2,100 

2,170 

2,040 

1,980

1,910 

2,800 

2,580 

2,170 

1,980

Runoff in 

inches

1.02 

5.08 

3.58

31.29

3.92 

3.85 

3.10 

3.60 

3.85 

2.49 

4.93 

3.75 

4.00

43.17

:45 p.m.)

(4:15 p.m.) 13,900 sec.-ft. ; Sept.'7 (8 p.m.) 18,400 sec^-ft.

Note. Ho gage-height record Jan. 27 to Feb. 16, May 12 to June 15; discharge computed on basis of 

recorded range In stage, weather records, and records for Keowee River near Hewry.
220 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

South Beaverdam Creek at Dewy Rose, Ga.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 34°11', long. 82°57" at bridge on county road 1 mile northeast 

or Dewy Rose, Elbert County, and 3 miles upstream from confluence with North Beaverdam 

Creek.

Drainage area. 36.6 square miles.

Records available.--October 1942 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum gage height during year, 11.1 feet Nov. 29, from graph based on gage 

readings (discharge not determined); minimum discharge observed, 18 second-feet Oct. 15- 

17, 22, 31.

1942-49: Maximum gage height, 13.4 feet Jan. 18, 1943, from graph based on gage 

readings (discharge not determined); minimum discharge observed, 6.5 second-feet Sept. 

9, 1947.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for Nov. 27 to Jan. 6, Sept. 6-30, which are poor. 

Gage read twice daily.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

t>

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

23

22

ZZ

ZZ

23

22

ZZ

23

22

2Z

21

20

ZO

19

18

18

18

20

20

19

19

IB

20

20

20

20

19

19

19

19

IB

Nov.

22

25

87

66

34

66

66

40

33

Z9

28

28

28

Z6

25

25

46

33

34

43

36

51

109

354

111

94

1,150

1,150

1,360

276

-

Dec.

163

137

404

217

130

105

118

111

87

74

71

65

61

54

50

46

43

41

62

57

51

46

42

39

75

64

52

46

69

354

163

Jan.

Ill

75

67

137

261

990

291

144

118

93

81

75

72

67

63

61

60

57

65

61

61

58

56

54

53

51

50

65

61

60

105

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ....................... .

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

137

105

74

150

144

105

93

81

254

354

217

130

105

93

87

247

338

150

163

322

163

118

105

93

87

81

99

111

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

627

5,475

3,097

28,197

3,623

4,206

2,185

2,907

3,126

1,482

1,469

1,765

1,659

31,621

Mar.

93

Bl

75

75

74

72

71

67

63

105

87

67

64

62

63

60

57

61

62

60

57

66

105

73

69

73

65

66

64

63

65

Apr.

61

58

58

58

93

93

74

63

58

56

60

124

276

137

93

75

68

64

62

62

60

65

61

56

54

52

51

62

177

576

-

Maximum

23

1,360

404

1,360

990

354

105

576

796

105

124

234

176

1,360

May

796

52;

202

11]

9C

8J

7£

72

66

6<

6"

e:6'

6C

5

5'

s:

5C

4E

4

4.

4.

4-

4.

4

4

4

4(

4C

3

5

Minimum

18

22

39

IB

50

74

57

51

38

33

26

26

36

18

June

50

42

39

37

36

34

> 33

36

34

34

43

43

! 64

71

93

75

63

48

42

5 40

40

38

37

67

105

68

52

40

37

41

-

Mean

20.2

182

99.9

77.0

117

150

70.5

96.9

101

49.4

47.4

56.9

55.3

86.6

July

60

38

35

33

32

31

31

29

29

29

44

81

124

73

61

60

64

105

93

58

4a

43

37

33

30

29

29

29

28

27

26

Aug.

26

29

44

234

183

53

41

38

36

34

33

31

29

28

28

29

75

45

33

29

33

44

41

35

32

30

32

156

156

74

54

Per square 

mile

0.552

4.97

2.73

2.10

3.20

4.10

1.93

2.65

2.76

1.35

1.30

1.55

1.51

2.37

Sept.

47

40

65

124

111

130

176

87

51

44

40

40

41

37

37

38

37

40

42

41

38

36

37

36

38

39

40

41

43

43

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.64

5.54

3.15

28.65

3.69

4.27

2.22

2.96

3.18

1.51

1.50

1.79

1.68

32.13
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 

Broad River near Bell, Ga.

221

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°58', long. 82°46', at bridge on'State Highway 17, 

hair a mile downstream from Long Creek, 1 mile south of Bell's crossroads, and 12 miles 

southeast of Elberton, Elbert County. Datum of gage Is 357.16 feet above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 1,420 square miles.

Records available.--November 1926 to July 1932, August 1937 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 15 years (1928-31, 1937-49), 1,833 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 47,400 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 30.3 

FeeTT, from rating curve extended above 27,000 second-feet on basis of slope-conveyance 

studies; minimum daily, 672 second-feet Oct. 17.

1926-32, 1937-49: Maximum discharge, 79,400 second-feet Oct. 2, 1929 (gage height, 

34.8 feet), from rating curve extended above 27,000 second-feet on basis of slopeconveyance studies; minimum daily, 217 second-feet Oct. 13, 1941.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Moderate diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by small power plants above station.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 6 to Nov. 3, 

Dec. 2-29, June 20 to Sept. 6, Sept. 11-30)

3.6 672 17.0 13,200 

5.0 1,450 22. O 21,4OO 

7.0 2,800 25. O 27.8OO 

10.0 5,300 28.0 37,200 

14.0 9,300 30.0 45,800

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

83O 

830 

749 

830 

885

802 

775 

802 

912 

775

749 

775 

749 

723 

723

698 

672 

723 

775 

749

723 

723 

775 

830 

775

749 

723 

723 

698 

698 

698

Nov.

749 

83O 

1,630 

5,120 

6,600

2,380 

3,280 

3,360 

1,970 

1,480

1,330 

1.24O 

1,160 

1,160 

1,100

1.08O 

1,160 

1,330 

1,22O 

1,580

1,780 

1,64O 

3,120 

7,800 

7,300

4,250 

13,50O 

26 , 60O 

45,300 

33,700

Dec.

19,300 

5,06O 

4,760 

4,420 

2,960

2,520 

2,450 

2,450 

2,310 

2,040

1,900 

1,780 

1,710 

1,640 

1,640

1,580 

1,580 

1,640 

2,310 

2,240

1,900 

1,710 

1.64O 

1,58O 

1,640

2,450 

2,100 

1,840 

2,040 

8,100 

8,970

Jan.

4,760 

2,880 

2,450 

2.38O 

4,5OO

11,400 

14,600 

10,200 

3,600 

2,880

2,590 

. 2,380 

2,240 

2,100 

2,040

1,900 

1,900 

1,840 

1,840 

1.90O

1,780 

1,780 

1,78O 

1,780 

1,710

1,710 

1,640 

1,780 

1,97O 

1,780 

2.8OO

Month

Octo 

Move 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febi 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sepi

WE

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

1 ............................

ember ........................

iter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

5,210 

4,420 

2,8OO 

4,630 

8,420

5,750 

3,20O 

2,730 

7,550 

10,900

9.66O 

5,120 

3,360 

2,800 

2,590

2,960 

6,500 

5,570 

4,080 

7,400

5,930 

3,760 

3,O40 

2,66O 

2,520

2,310 

2,590 

3,680

Secondfoot-days

23,641 

184,749 

1OO , 260

981,596

100,890 

132,140 

72,340 

88,160 

1O9.68O 

61,410 

71,070 

49 , 240 

77,630

1,071,210

Mar.

2,880 

2,450 

2,240 

2,170 

2,100

2,100 

2,040 

1,900 

1,900 

3,280

2,960 

2,240 

2,040 

1,970 

2,040

1,900 

1,840 

1,970 

2,100 

1,90O

1,840 

1,84O 

3,120 

4,420

2.96O

2,590 

2,520 

2,310 

2,310 

2,17O 

2,240

Apr.

2,450 

2,170 

2.O4O 

2,040 

2,520

3,680 

2,80O 

2,240 

2,04O 

1,900

2,040 

3,680 

7,000 

5,750 

5,030

3,040 

2,450 

2,240 

2,100 

1,970

1,900 

2,100 

2,100 

1,900 

1,780

al,700 

al,600 

al,600 

3,800 

10,50O

Maximum

912 

45.3OO 

19,300

45 , 30O

14,600 

1O.90O 

4,42O 

10,500 

17,100 

4,940 

7,80O 

4,000 

18,100

45,300

May

16,OOO 

17,100 

12,10O 

4,940 

3,280

2,800 

2,590 

2,380 

2,310 

3,28O

4,420 

4,250 

2,590 

2,24O 

2,100

1,970 

1,90O 

1,84O 

al,800 

hi, 710

al,7OO 

al,700 

al,700 

al,700 

hi, 640

al,60O 

al,600 

al,5OO 

al,500 

al , 600 

1,840

Minimum

672 

749 

1,580

672

1,640 

2,310 

1,840 

1.6OO 

1.5OO 

1,330 

1,080 

885 

1,080

672

June

2,800 

2,310 

1,640 

al,50O 

al,50O

al,4OO 

1,390 

1,330 

1,390 

1,780

1,710 

2,240 

1,640 

1,900 

2.17O

2,590 

4,160 

4,940 

3,440 

1,900

1,710 

1,640 

1,52O 

1,780 

1,710

2,450 

2,170 

1,640 

1,640 

1,420

Mean

763 

6,158 

3,234

2,682

3,255

4,719 

2,334 

2,939 

3,538 

2,047 

2,293 

1,588 

2,588

2,935

July

1,420 

1,42O 

1,270 

1,220 

1,190

1,160 

1,160 

1,130 

1,240 

1,270

1,840 

1,9OO 

2,590 

2,660 

2,100

3,840 

4,420 

5,030 

7,8OO 

6,500

4,420 

3,040 

2,040 

1,640 

1,520

1,390 

1,300 

1,220 

1,160 

1.1OO 

1,080

Aug.

1,160 

1,16O 

1,710 

1,710 

1,450

1,270 

1,100 

1.O8O 

1,080 

1,13O

1,080 

995 

940 

885 

885

885 

1,420 

3,600 

4,000 

1,970

1,330 

1,580 

1,640 

1,710 

1,330

1,160 

1,100 

1,740 

3,840 

2,660 

1,640

Per square 

mile

0.537 

4.34

2.28

1.89

2.29 

3.32 

1.64 

2.O7 

2.49 

1.44 

1.61 

1.12

: .82

2.07

Peak discharge (base, 14.00O sec. -ft.). Nov. 29 (3 p.m.) 47,400 sec. -ft.; Jan. 7 (2 m.

Sept.

1,390 

1,24O 

1,27O 

1,970 

1,520

1,390 

5,550 

11,900 

18.1OO 

6,870

2,04O 

1,71O 

1,580 

1,480 

1,390

1,330 

1,300 

1,270 

1,520 

1,330

1,240 

1,160 

1,240 

1,190 

1,100

1,080 

1,100 

1,130 

1,160 

1.O8O

Runoff in 

inches

O.62 

4.84 

2.63

25.71

2.64 

3.46 

1.89 

2.31 

2.87 

1.61 

1.86 

1.29 

2.O3

28. 05

) 14,900

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of 

h Computed from staff-gage readings.

records for Little River near Lincolnton.
222 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Little River near Mount Cannel, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 340 04', long. 82°30'. 480 feet downstream from 

 island Ford Bridge, 2.8 miles upstream from Calhoun Creek, and 4.5 miles north of

Mount Carmel, McCormick County. Datum of gage is 353.97 feet above mean sea level,

datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 217 square miles.

Records available. December 1939 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 9,350 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 22.55 

reet); minimum, 54 second-feet Oct. 16.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 20,800 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 29.60 

feet, from high-water mark), from rating curve extended above 13,000 second-feet by 

logarithmic plotting; minimum, 19 second-feet Oct. 19, 1941.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Discharge, in seccnd-feet. water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

70 

66 

63 

64 

74

74 

68 

63 

63

61

61 

62 

62 

59 

57

56 

56 

58 

62 

61

61 

61 

66 

71 

66

64 

63 

63 

63 

63 

63

Nov.

67

78 

96 

119 

86

85 

125 

97 

81 

81

81 

78 

78 

78 

78

77 

100 

144 

110 

186

134 

171 

676 

1,300 

728

305 

2,850 

5,060 

8,340 

2,640

Dec.

490 

392 

523 

490 

382

330 

308 

350 

288 

242

212 

202 

190 

180 

174

168 

166 

186 

392 

288

206 

172 

158 

144 

214

288 

186 

162 

468 

2,540 

1,500

Jan.

424 

330 

288 

319 

467

3,610 

2,400 

501 

361 

319

288 

277 

264 

248 

234

220 

210 

206 

208 

206

188 

186 

178 

178 

176

168 

160 

204 

256 

180 

650

Month

Octo 

More 

Decs

Ca

Janu 

Fsbr 

Marc

&?

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

 her .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

&ry

h............ ................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ...........

Feb.

644 

372 

277 

941 

895

424 

361 

319 

1,910 

1,850

1,310 

534 

392 

330 

298

567 

1,130 

578 

815 

1,590

1,000 

479 

392 

330 

298

269 

392 

523

Seoondfoot-days

1,964 

24,129 

11,991

120,648

13,904 

19,220 

6,734 

11,442 

14,593 

4,407 

5,155 

7,047 

4,704

125,290

Peak discharge {base, 2,500 sec. -ft.). Nov

sec. -ft. ; Jan. 6 (8 p.m.) 4,560 sec. -ft.; Feb

Mar.

350 

288 

260 

244 

232

224 

212 

192 

196 

468

298 

220 

200 

194 

196

184 

174 

198 

196 

172

166 

170 

192 

194 

186

202 

176 

176 

198 

176 

200

Apr.

202 

166 

166 

172 

411

556 

308 

236 

204 

184

228 

659 

918 

523 

340

258 

222 

210 

194 

180

176 

200 

226 

180 

154

150 

150 

212 

877 

2,780

Maximum

74 

8,340 

2,540

8,340

3,610 

1,910 

468 

2,780 

3,490 

248 

935 

950 

650

8,340

May

2,420 

3,490 

826 

457 

350

298 

266 

240 

592 

512

771 

780 

382 

277 

238

218 

202 

186 

176 

170

162 

154 

148 

146

144

138 

126 

125 

130 

140 

329

Minimum

56 

67 

144

53

160 

269 

166 

150 

125 

103 

82 

82 

90

56

June

248 

180 

140 

128 

125

121 

117 

129 

240 

148

172 

146 

136 

190 

176

160 

160 

136 

119 

115

115 

114 

110 

136 

187

198 

134 

117 

107 

103

Msan

63.4 

804 

387

330

449 

686 

217 

381 

471 

147 

166 

227 

157

343

July

103 

100 

98 

97 

96

92 

90 

86 

84 

82

96 

114 

117 

136 

107

98 

294 

480 

935 

298

513 

166 

128 

112 

103

97 

92 

88 

86 

85 

82

Aug.

86 

103 

375 

144

361

148 

121 

130 

184 

117

98 

90 

86 

84 

84

82 

440 

622 

361 

150

146 

184 

154 

138 

121

108 

a90 

a280 

a950 

a750 

a260

Per squars 

mile

0.292 

3.71 

1.78

1.52

2.07 

3.16 

1.00 

1.76 

2.17 

.677 

.765 

1.05 

.724

1.58

Sept.

alGO 

a!40 

a!30 

a320

a!70

a220 

a650 

a360 

208 

164

140 

128 

121 

117 

110

107 

103 

98 

107 

134

128 

102 

102 

100 

91

90 

97 

105 

102 

100

Runoff in 

inches

0.34 

4.14 

2.05

20.68

2.39 

3.29 

1.15 

1.96 

2.50 

.76 

.88 

1.21 

.81

21.48

. 29 (12:30 p.m.) 9,35O sec. -ft.; Dec. 3O (1 p.m.) 2,710 

. 9 (12:30 p.m.) 2,89o sec. -ft.; May 2 (3:30 a.m.) 5,640

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage and weather records.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 

Little River near Lincolnton, Ga.

223

Location. --Wire-weight gage, lat. 33°39', long. 82°29' , at Raysville Bridge on State Highway YO, half a mile downstream from Big Creek, 2j miles south of Amity, and 10 miles 

south of Lincolnton, Lincoln County. Datum of gage is 271.7 feet above mean sea level 

(unadjusted) .

Drainage area. --574 square miles.

Records available. January 1943 to September 1949. 

Document t>4, v4th Congress, 1st session.

June 1928 to September 1931 in House

Extremes . --Maximum discharge during year, 12,400 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 23.0 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 70 second-feet Oct. 20. 

1943-49: Maximum discharge, 16,900 second-feet Mar. 23, 1944 (gage height, 26.4 

feet); minimum observed, 14 second-feet Oct. 12, 1944.

Maximum stage known, 44.3 feet Sept. 28, 1929, from information by local resident.

Remarks . --Records fair. Gage read twice daily.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

306 

344 

325 

325 

344

426 

447 

468

385 

112

94 

112 

112 

104 

89

89 

85 

77 

74 

72

72 

77 

85 

94 

107

102 

98 

96 

89 

83 

81

Nov.

89 

107 

142

147

155

169 

271 

288 

254 

136

136 

136 

131 

131

131

134 

152 

163 

180 

271

236 

468 

1,340 

2,530 

1,700

1,330 

3,090 

5,050 

11,700 

9,500

Dec.

11,00" 

6,820 

1,840 

1,160 

834

646 

692 

1,070 

739 

578

490 

426 

406 

385 

364

344 

364 

490 

929 

834

578 

468

426

335 

426

739 

692 

511 

490 

4,590 

3 . 800

Jan.

3,600 

2,450 

786 

600 

555

739 

882 

739 

600 

468

468 

406 

406 

364 

344

344 

344 

325 

325 

325

325 

306

306 

306 

306

306 

306 

344 

385 

406 

555

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her. ........ ... ............

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary . . .

1 .... .......................

ember .......................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

882 

739 

555 

2,090 

2,410

2,450 

1,970 

1,110 

3,600 

3,920

3,290 

2,130 

1,160 

739 

692

692 

1,200 

1,110 

1,480 

3,090

2,490 

1,970 

929 

646 

600

555 

692 

1,250

Secondfoot-days

5,37^ 

40,31£ 

43,516

315,00"

18, ri21 

44, 441 13,75" 

18,77] 

24,93E 

21,341 

16,102 

9,141 

6,226

262,845

Mar.

1,070 

692 

600 

511 

468

447 

447 

426 

406

468

692 

511 

385 

271 

306

447

406 

385 

364 

364

344

344 

344

364

344

344 

344 

364 

426 

426 

447

Apr.

1,

1,

3,

Maximum

468 

11,700 

11,000

11,700

3,600 

3,920 

1,U70 

3,460 

3,130 

3,460 

3,560 

1,340 

600

11,700

Peak discharge (base, 4,500 sec. -ft.). Nov. 29 (12 m.)

385 

385 

426 

406 

447

834 

786 

511 

385 

344

385 

976 

070 

976 

739

490 

385 

564 

344 

325

306 

385 

468 

426 

385

344

306 

288 

440 

460

May

2,330 

3,130 

2,290 

692 

600

511 

447 

406 

406 

1,250

1,920 

1,480 

1,200 

1,160 

511

426 

385 

344 

254 

223

208 

208 

288 

406 

364

271 

254 

254 

238 

692 

1,790

Minimum

72 

89 

344

44

306 

555 

271 

288 

208 

238 

166 

121 

104

72

June

3,460 

3,210 

2,810 

646 

344

306 

271 

238 

600 

364

1,020 

1,160 

468 

364 

692

385 

786 

555 

344 

271

271 

288 

306 

288 

271

306 

288 

344 

447 

238

Mean

173 

1,344 

1, 4

861

610 

1,587 

444 

626

804 

711 

519 

295 

208

720

July

208 

194 

194 

180 

194

180 

172 

166 

447 

288

882 

490 

271 

238 

254

288 

1,070 

1,020 

3,560 

2,570

739 

426 

325 

271 

238

238 

223 

208 

194 

180 

194

Aug.

1, 

1,

Per square 

mile

0.301 

2.34 

2.45

1.50

1.06 

2.76 

.774 

1.09 

1.40 

1.24 

.904 

.514 

.362

1.25

12,400 sec. -ft.; Dec. 30 (2 p .in

254 

306 

238 

254 

194

177 

169 

158 

139 

194

646 

325 

180 

149 

134

121 

223 

223 

208 

194

180 

158 

169 

223 

194

169 

136 

340 

250 

511 

325

Sept.

325 

271 

a260 

a 300 

254

238 

426 

600 

490 

306

223 

194 

180 

174 

144

134 

126 

a!30 

124 

119

121 

107 

142 

139 

131

116 

112 

104 

107 

131

Runoff in 

inches

0.35 

2.61 

2.82

20.40

1.22 

2.87 

.89 

1.22 

1.61 

1.38 

1.04 

.59 

.40

17.00

.) 5,560

sec. -ft.; Feb. 10 (11 p.m.) 4, 55O sec. -ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Broad River near Bell.
224 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Stevens Creek near Modoc, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°43'45", long. 82°10'55", at bridge on State Highway 23, 1.4 miles east of Modoc, McCormlck County, and 3.2 miles downstream from 

Turkey Creek.

Drainage area. 545 square miles.

Records available.--February 1940 to September 1949. October 1929 to September 1931 in 

House Document 64, 74th Congress, 1st session.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 17,700 second-feet Nov. 29; maximum gage height, 

3TT727 feet Nov. 29; minimum discharge, 12 second-feet Oct. 13, 19, 21.

1940-49: Maximum discharge, 35,100 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940; maximum gage height, 

41.08 feet Aug. 14, 1940; minimum discharge, 1.8 second-feet Oct. 19, 1944 (gage height, 

0.17 foot).

Remarks.--Records good. Slight diurnal fluctuation during low stages caused by small 

mills above station.

Revisions.--! 1032: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-49, except periods when rate of

change of stage was used as factor

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 7 to Nov. 22)

0.6 15 1.0

1.1

1.2 

1.4 136

2.0 290

5.0 1,080

9.0 2,200

14.0 3,850

17.5 5,250

20.0 7,010

25.0 11,500

29.1 16,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

72

50

43

39

59

116

70

47

32

28

27

28

26

21

23

22

26

21

21

20

16

20

26

22

24

27

27

20

18

22

26

Nov.

21

26

31

25

88

62

221

205

95

64

58

53

48

46

43

43

49

81

106

184

218

158

kl,520

k3,010

1,030

368

k2 , 200

k5.HO

kl6,100

k7,140

-

Dec.

k750

433

1,190

1,080

563

381

394

k2,190

977

537

368

300

277

259

241

225

220

238

kl,450

977

485

332

285

254

306

563

355

269

282

k6,070

k3,260

Jan.

950

550

433

355

334

kl,900

1,680

680

446

368

326

300

280

254

241

222

215

215

207

204

196

186

186

186

189

186

181

186

303

254

420

Month

October ....................... .

November .........................

December ............. ... . ...

Calendar year 1948 ............

January .......................

February ............... ....

March ..........................

April ................. . . .

May .................... ......

June ............ . . ..........

July ..................

August ................ .........

September ........... . ....

Water year 1948-49

Feb.

977

485

298

k2,730

k2,270

869

788

896

k6,O2O

k7,860

k3,500

1,030

680

563

485

459

1,380

707

kl,540

k5,970

kl,800

842

628

511

433

381

k683

kl,800

-

-

Secondfoot-days

1.03S

38.43C

25,511

268,706

12,633

46,585

8,79C

18.06C

16,01"

4,796

4,396

11,216

4,57"

192,056

Mar.

761

472

394

342

313

293

274

243

235

355

459

280

235

220

235

259

217

212

290

243

202

194

202

204

191

215

212

196

321

295

228

Apr.

220

194

171

171

282

869

433

248

194

166

164

537

1,220

511

290

222

181

166

158

141

134

k506

788

293

191

154

138

148

kl,890

k7,280

-

Maximum

116

16,100

6,070

16,100

1,900

7,860

761

7,280

3,960

446

1,220

3,060

734

16,100

May

k3,960

2,080

1,190

563

368

293

602

311

259

869

1,620

1,170

433

269

220

191

171

148

136

124

111

104

90

86

84

80

77

69

76

87

176

Minimum

16

21

220

16

181

298

191

134

69

55

34

33

48

16

June

254

168

106

80

69

63

61

55

215

162

280

420

161

191

446

306

308

161

109

84

80

122

73

71

78

128

160

116

189

80

-

Mean

33.5

1,281

823

734

408

1,664

284

602

517

160

142

362

153

526

July

59

53

50

50

52

48

177

67

47

34

37

103

70

52

65

150

178

321

368

1,220

563

133

109

75

61

50

43

34

40

40

49

Aug.

333

190

226

264

342

446

144

94

92

98

127

67

55

48

38

33

308

524

394

127

73

56

64

133

95

65

49

kl,880

k3,060

k919

k874

Per square 

mile

0.061

2.35

1.51

1.35

.749

3.05

.521

1.10

.949

.294

.261

.664

.281

.965

Sept.

251

196

160

116

111

93

453

734

277

158

116

93

80

77

71

64

61

71

258

164

90

64

63

71

59

49

48

58

269

202

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.07

2.62

1.74

18.34

.86

3.18

.60

1.23

1.09

.33

.30

.77

.31

13.10

k Computed by using rate of change of stage aa a factor.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 225

Augusta Canal near Augusta, Ga.

Location. Two water-stage recorders near upper end of Augusta Canal. Lower gage, lat. 

aa-iju'50", long. 82°00'15", 1.6 miles northwest of Augusta, Richmond County, and 4.6 

miles downstream from Stevens Creek power dam; auxiliary gage, 1,000 feet downstream 

from diversion dam and 3.4 miles upstream from lower gage. Datum of each gage is 46.58 

feet above city of Augusta datum or 148.92 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, 

supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Records available. November 1930 to September 1949. 

Average discharge. 18 years (1931-49), 2,669 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 4,310 second-feet Feb. 2; minimum daily, 

isuu second-feet Dec. 21.

1930-49: Maximum daily discharge, 4,380 second-feet Jan. 2, 28, 1948; no flow 

Apr. 8 to May 10, 1936.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of fragmentary gage-height record, which 

are fair. Discharge computed by using fall as determined by auxiliary water-stage recorder as a factor. Canal diverts water from Savannah River at dam 1 mile downstream 

from Stevens Creek Dam for power and municipal supply. Waste water from powerhouses 

returned to river by three channels above Thirteenth Street Bridge. Water is pumped 

from canal for'municipal supply of Augusta, and a small amount entering Beaverdam ditch 

is discharged into river about 13 miles below Augusta.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

I

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3,730

2,470

2,130

3,270

3,570

3,410

3,690

3,630

2,660

2,240

3,430

3,220

3,280

3,650

3,720

2,680

2,250

2,900

2,550

3,190

3,660

3,590

2,660

2,270

2,920

2,600

2,970

3,670

3,610

2,710

2,140

Nov.

2,970

2,480

3,280

4,010

3,550

2,170

1,790

3,270

3,800

3,690

3,630

3,680

2,600

1,950

3,230

3,600

3,700

3,750

3,840

2,670

2,33O

3,550

3,870

4,090

3,850

3,540

2,450

1,640

802

534

-

Dec.

520

1,330

3,300

2,290

1,880

3,120

3,410

3,600

3,600

3,980

2,900

2,390

3,610

3,900

3,900

3,820

3,710

2,270

2,340

f650

f2OO

fl,3OO

2,010

2,020

1,890

1,930

3,780

4,030

3,970

4,05O

3,540

Month

Jan.

2,670

2,710

3,390

3,740

3,840

4,030

3,680

2,620

2,050

3,390

3,900

3.9OO

3,940

3,94O

2,610

2,16O

3,450

3,890

4,01O

4,070

4,110

2,380

1,930

3,520

3,950

3,990

3,940

3,950

2,430

2,090

3,580

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .......................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June ... .........................

July ............. ............ .

August ................ ..........

September ..... ..................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

4,230

4,310

4,110

4.21O

2,540

1,840

3,370

3,970

4,150

3,150

2,920

2,49O

2,160

3,510

4,OOO

4,O30

4,270

4,230

2,740

2,200

2,750

3,640

4,140

4,170

4,110

2,610

1,960

3,540

_

-

Secondfoot-days

94.47C

90,31C

85.24C

1,116,02C

103, 86C

95.35C

106, 93C

98.66C

99.09C

101, 48C

88,79C

107, 83C

102, 10(

1,174, lit

Mar.

4,010

4,190

4,110

4,110

2,560

2,OOO

3,580

4,000

3,940

3,980

4,070

2,470

1,980

3,450

3,850

3,9OO

3,900

3,940

2,360

f 1,200

3,440

3,870

3,970

4,110

4,000

2,530

1,980

3,530

3,930

4,000

3,970

Apr.

3,970

2,630

2,O20

3,450

3,740

3,740

3,910

3,630

2.44O

1,890

3,320

3,83O

3,790

3,750

3,620

2,450

2.O2O

3.30O

3,640

3,930

3,990

3,850

2,550

2,000

3,420

3,700

3,730

3,700

3,850

2,800

-

Maximum

3,730

4,O90

4,050

4,380

4,110

4,310

4,190

3,990

4,070

) 4,050

4,170

4,110

) 4,110

> 4,310

May

2,02O

2,740

3,180

3,300

3,850

3,870

2,440

2,OOO

3,580

3,970

4,OOO

4,07O

3,900

2,610

2,110

3,510

fl,3OO

3,750

3,750

3,750

2,650

2,030

3,340

3,840

4,070

4,050

3,950

2,300

1,930

3,390

3,840

Minimum

2,130

534

2OO

200

1,930

1,840

1,200

1,890

1,300

1,980

1,640

2,130

2,07O

200

June

3,930

4,03O

3,890

2,410

2,080

3,370

3,900

4,000

4,050

4.01O

2,390

2,090

3,380

3,72O

3,910

3,930

4,030

1,980

2,130

3,560

3,930

3,800

3,890

3,620

2,300

2,120

3,600

3,850

3,710

3,870

-

Mean

3,047

3,011

2,750

3,049

3,350

3,405

3,449

3,289

3,196

3,383

2,864

3,478

3,403

3,217

July

2,900

1,930

1,890

1,860

1,81O

1,840

1,760

1,840

1,640

1,670

3,550

3,890

3,970

3,890

3,620

2,570

2,190

3,620

3,930

3,930

3,750

3,080

2,180

1,820

3,470

4,030

4,170

4,170

3,550

2,240

2,030

Aug.

3,74O

3,970

4.O7O

4,110

4,01O

2,460

2,130

3,660

3,900

4,040

4.07O

3,900

2,58O

2,240

3,600

3,850

3,950

4,050

3,790

2,510

2,140

3,600

4,090

4,030

3,950

3,790

2,510

2,210

3,210

3,830

3,840

Per square 

mile

Sept.

3,900

3,800

2,570

2,200

2,280

3,540

4,O10

4,010

3,940

2,760

2,230

3,52O

3,940

3,940

3,900

3.9OO

2,580

2,070

3,480

3,88O

3,870

3,820

3,810

2,690

2,190

3,340

3,750

4,040

4,110

4,030

-

Runoff in 

inches

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed from partly estimated gage heights
226 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 

Brier Creek at Millhaven, Ga

Location. Staff gage, lat. 32°56'00", long. 81°39'OS", at Savannah & Atlanta Railway 

 Crestie at Millhaven, Screven County, 8j miles upstream from Beaver Dam Creek. Datum of 

gage is 95.88 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--656 square miles.

Records available.--April 1937 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--12 years, 701 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,700 second-feet Dec. 3 (gage height, 11.4 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 303 second-feet July 31.

1937-49: Maximum discharge, 25,400 second-feet Aug. 16, 1940 (gage height, 17.4 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 110 second-feet June 30, 

July 2, 1945.

Maximum stage known, 25.1 feet in September or October 1929, from information by 

Georgia Stage Highway Department.

Remarks.--Records good. Gage read twice daily. Slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow 

caused by gristmills above station.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 16 to Apr. 5, 

July 23 to Sept. 2 )

2.9 317

3.5 405

4.5 591

6.0 997

7.0 1,380

8.5 2,160

10.0 3,220

11.3 4,560

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

965 

1,180 

997 

1,210 

1,760

1,820 

1,560 

1,290 

1,210 

1,210

1,290 

1,250 

1,060 

903 

817

762 

736 

710 

685 

710

685 

637 

591 

569 

548

548 

548 

548 

528 

528 

548

Nov.

528 

548 

548

569 

569

569 

685 

736 

762 

817

817 

817 

817 

762 

789

817 

762 

710 

661 

710

762 

845 

997 

965 

1,060

1,180 

1,290 

1,980 

3,060 

2,830

Dec.

2,760 

3,220 

4,560 

3,900 

2,690

2,040 

1,760 

1,870 

2,280 

2,340

2,410 

2,480 

2,830 

2,480 

2,040

1,700 

1,560 

1,460 

1,660 

1,820

1,760 

1,660 

1,700 

1,700 

1,660

1,600 

1,460 

1,340 

1,250 

1,380 

1,460

Jan.

1,600 

1,600 

1,510 

1,980 

2,160

1,820 

1,820 

1,760 

1,600 

1,460

1,380 

1,290 

1,250 

1,180 

1,140

1,060 

1,060 

1,060 

1,030 

997

997 

965 

965 

933 

933

933 

933 

933 

933 

933 

965

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

fla

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. ................. ......

1 .......................... .

st ................... .......

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,060 

1,060 

1,060 

1,060 

1,100

1,180 

1,210 

1,210 

1,140 

1,340

1,600 

1,700 

1,920 

2,620 

2,690

2,280 

2,040

1,760 

1,560 

1,700

1,820 

1,760 

1,700 

1,700 

2,160

1,980 

1,660 

1,700

Secondfoot-days

28,403 

28,962 

64,830

487,050

39,180 

45,770 

33,428 

25,089 

25,943 

26,807 

14,930 

16,346 

19,162

368,850

Peak discharge ("base, 2,OOO sec. -ft. ) .--De

see. -ft.; Jan. 5 (2 a.m.) 2,280 sec. -ft.; Pel 

sec. -ft.

Mar.

1,600 

1,510 

1,420 

1,420 

1,380

1,380 

1,290 

1,180 

1,060 

1,100

1,100 

1,060 

1,030 

997 

1,030

1,060 

1,030 

1,030 

997 

965

933 

933 

903 

903

903

903 

873 

817 

845 

873 

903

Apr.

933 

933 

933 

933

965

903 

845 

789

762 

710

736 

845 

965 

903 

845

789 

965 

1,140 

997 

845

710 

685 

685 

762 

710

661 

661 

817 

789 

873

Maximum

1,820 

3,060 

4,560

4,560

2,160 

2,690 

1,600 

1,140 

1,460 

1,420 

762 

1,180 

1,700

4,560

May

997 

997 

845 

845 

965

1,290 

1,180 

965 

873 

933

1,060 

997 

1,030 

903 

873

1,100 

1,460 

1,210 

965 

789

685 

591 

528 

491 

473

473 

473 

455 

455 

473 

569

Jnne

661 

614 

710 

1,250 

1,420

1,210 

997 

965 

965 

736

710 

736 

762 

933 

1,340

1,420 

1,340 

1,290 

1,060 

933

903 

845 

762 

736 

661

569 

548 

548 

614 

569

Minimum Mean

528 916 

528 965 

1,250 2,091

303 1,331

933 1,264 

1,060 1,635 

817 1,078 

661 836 

455 837 

548 894 

317 482 

345 527 

345 639

317 1,011

July

591 

509 

569 

591 

491

455 

455 

438 

438 

389

359 

345 

331 

345 

374

421 

528 

637 

637 

710

762 

710 

637 

548 

509

438 

389 

359 

331

317 

317

Aug.

374 

455 

509 

509 

473

473 

491 

438 

405 

421

405 

389 

374 

389 

374

405 

421 

421 

374 

345

455 

405 

421 

473 

548

614 

685 

1,030 

1,180 

1,060 

1,030

Per square 

mile

1.40 

1.47 

3.19

2.03

1.93 

2.49 

1.64 

1.27 

1.28 

1.36 

.735 

.803 

.974

1.54

Sept.

1,060 

1,290 

1,700 

1,660 

1,290

1,060 

845

736 

637 

591

548 

509 

491 

491 

455

421 

389 

389 

374 

421

421 

389 

405 

405 

389

374 

359 

359 

359 

345

Runoff in 

inches

1.61 

1.64 

3.68

27.62

2.22 

2.59 

1.89 

1.42 

1.48 

1.52 

.85 

.93 

1.09

20.92

.. 3 (8 p.m.) 4,700 see. -ft.; Dec. 13 (4 p.m.) 2,900 

). 14 (10 p.m.) 2,830 see. -ft.; Feb. 25 (2 p.m.) 2,220
OGEECHEE RIVER BASIN 

Ogeechee River near Louisville, Ga.

227

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°58i, long. 82°23', at bridge on D. S. Highway 1, 

I mile downstream from Louisville & Wadley Railroad bridge, 2 miles south of Louisville, Jefferson County, 2 miles downstream from Rocky Comfort Creek, and 2 miles upstream from Big Creek. Datum of gage is 199.24 feet above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 800 square miles.

Kecoras available. April 1937 to December 1949 (discontinued).

Average discharge. 12 years (1937-49), 868 second-feet.

Extremes.--194B-49: Maximum discharge during water year, 14,500 second-feet Dec. 1 (gage 

neight, 16.5 feet); minimum daily, 268 second-feet July 31.

1949: Maximum discharge during period October to December, 3,510 second-feet 

Oct. 12 (gage height, 12.8 feet); minimum daily, 322 second-feet Oct. 1.

1937-49: Maximum discharge, 20,600 second-feet Aug. 16, 1940 (gage height, 17.6 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 86 second-feet June 29, 1945 

Flood of October 1929 reached a stage of 21.3 feet, from information bv Central of 

Georgia Railway Co.

Remarks.--Records good. Some diurnal fluctuation during low flow caused by small hydroelectric plant on Little Ogeechee River.

Discharge, In second-feet, 1948-49 

1948-49

Dai

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,560

1,600

1,330

J.,480

1,920

1,920

1,860

1,750

1,560

1,330

1,100

975

900

860

842

824

770

680

650

620

590

575

575

560

545

560

560

560

560

560

545

Nov.

560

575

605

698

752

806

842

842

842

860

950

950

880

806

734

698

6 SO

665

665

770

900

1,050

1,12O

1,300

1,480

1,400

2,460

3,760

4,640

7,200

~

Dec.

13,500

11,100

6,350

4,030

3,060

2,650

2,550

2,650

3,170

3,390

3,630

3,280

2,850

2,370

2,050

1,860

1,800

1,800

2,120

2,200

2,280

2,460

2,460

2,200

1,980

1,800

1,650

1,600

1,650

1,980

2,120

Jan.

2,370

4,030

4,320

3,280

2,550

2,460

2,200

1,920

1,8OO

1,750

1,700

1,560

1,480

1,400

1,330

1,270

1,240

1,210

1,210

1,180

1,150

1,150

1,120

1,120

1,100

1,100

1,080

1,080

1,050

1,080

1,120

Feb.

1,240

1,300

1,270

1,330

1,360

1,360

1,330

1,330

1,560

2,280

2,850

4,480

5,20O

4,030

3,060

2.46O

2,200

1,980

1,860

2,28O

2,55O

2,750

3,170

3,060

2,460

2,050

1,980

1,920

-

-

-

Mar.

1,800

1,750

1,860

1,860

1,700

1,520

1,360

1,370

1,310

1,180

1,180

1,180

1,150

1,150

1,210

i.aio

1,180

1,180

1,180

1,150

1,100

1,050

1,050

1.O20

975

950

975

1,020

1,100

1,080

1,O80

Apr.

1,100

1,100

1,080

1,080

1,050

1,020

975

975

1,050

1,100

1,120

1,180

1,240

1,240

1,330

1,4OO

1,360

1,240

1,080

925

824

788

788

788

806

925

975

900

860

925

-

May

,100

,300

,650

,200

,280

,920

,600

,270

,O5O

,050

,330

,330

,600

,980

,200

,860

,400

,120

880

770

665

620

560

530

560

590

560

530

530

502

545

June

680

1,000

900

824

880

95O

824

716

1,000

925

1,210

1,440

1,330

1,150

1,240

1,240

1,020

880

770

716

716

650

560

516

575

575

516

488

516

446

July

418

404

376

348

390

390

376

334

322

298

310

575

446

362

348

432

545

605

545

545

575

575

635

620

502

390

322

298

274

280

268

Aug.

310

418

530

530

460

432

545

605

516

46O

418

404

432

376

322

298

274

304

348

376

446

530

516

460

418

432

474

698

950

1,020

1,080

Sept.

1,270

1,240

1,120

1,020

860

752

650

590

560

590

575

516

460

404

376

362

348

331

3L2

362

390

348

348

362

362

348

348

322

322

316

Peak discharge (base, 4,OOP sec.-ft.). Dec. 1 (5 

ec.-ft.; Feb. 13 (2 a.m.) 5,600 sec.-ft.

1949

.) 14,500 sec.-ft.; Jan. 2 (11 p.m.) 4,820

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Oct.

322

348

362

348

334

362

432

488

Nov.

474

474

488

502

502

488

474

446

Dec.

545

488

474

460

460

446

432

432

Day

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Oct.

516

545

1,100

3,170

2,120

1,560

1,050

698

Nov.

404

390

390

404

404

418

404

404

Dec.

446

446

446

460

460

488

590

665

Day

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Oct.

545

474

460

446

418

376

362

348

Nov.

404

404

404

390

390

390

390

390

Dec.

734

770

824

880

842

788

698

650

Day

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

348

376

418

460

488

502

488

Nov.

446

488

502

560

590

590

-

Dec.

620

590

575

560

560

575

590

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, 1948-49

Month

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

February ............... .........

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

July .............................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

December ..........................

Calendar year 1949 ..............

Seoondfoot-days

98,590

574,744

25 253

16,177

462,817

13,404

17,994

344,678

Maximum

13,500

13,500

1,270

13,500

3,170

590

880

5,200

Minimum

1,600

298

502

316

268

322

390

432

268

Mean

1 350

3,180

1,570

539

1,268

654

447

580

944

Per square 

mile

3.98

1.96

.674

1.58

.818

.559

.725

I. 1 8

Runoff in 

inches

4.59

26.72

2 43

.75

21.52

.94

.62

.84

1C. 01
228 OGEECHEE RIVER BASIN

Ogeechee River at Scarboro, GL

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°42'40", long. 81°52'45", at county highway 

Dridge at Scarboro, Jenkins County, 3| miles downstream from Sculls Creek, 6j miles 

upstream from Horse Creek, and 1\ miles southeast of Mlllen. Datum of gage Is 111.81 

feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 1,940 square miles.

Records available. April 1937 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 12 years, 1,869 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 15,500 second-feet Dec. 5 (gage height, 11.2 

reet); minimum, 583 second-feet Aug. 21-22.

1937-49: Maximum discharge, 24,600 second-feet Aug. 17, 1940, Mar. 27, 1944 (gage 

height, 12.8 feet); minimum observed, 146 second-feet Sept. 28, 1938.

Remarks. Records good.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

780

940

1,100

1,310

1,550

1,8 JO

2,770

2,773

3,120

3,320

3,220

2,770

2,430

2,170

2,020

1,890

1,770

1,600

1,510

1,430

1,350

1,310

1,240

1,160

1,100

1,030

1,000

970

940

940

940

Nov.

910

910

910

940

940

970

1,030

1,100

1,160

1,200

1,240

1,270

1,310

1,310

1,310

1,310

1,310

1,310

1,310

1,310

1,310

1,390

1,470

1,550

1,650

1,650

1,830

2,320

4,780

7,970

-

Dec.

8,680

9,650

11,600

14,400

15,500

13,400

10,300

7,970

7,310

7,470

7,800

8,870

9,060

8,500

7,470

6,840

5,970

5,560

5,690

6,250

6,540

6,840

6,840

6,250

5,970

5,420

5,160

4,780

4,540

4,420

4,420

Jan.

4,420

4,660

5,040

5,160

5,160

5,970

6,540

6,540

6,690

6,540

5,970

5,160

4,660

4,190

3,850

3,640

3,320

3,120

2,940

2,860

2,700

2,560

2,490

2,430

2,370

2,320

2,260

2,220

2,170

2,170

2,170

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .............. ..........

Calendar year 1 948 ............

Janusry ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July ... .........................

August ...........................

September ........................

Wster year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

2,220

2,320

2,490

2,700

2,940

2,940

3,030

3,120

3,220

7,740

4,660

5,690

6,840

7,640

7,640

7,970

7,470

6,690

5,970

5,830

5,970

5,970

6,250

6,250

5,830

5,690

5,420

5,420

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

51 ,88

48,98

239,47

1,325,95

122,29 

141,92

89,91 

55 34

57*48

48,55

28 y 38 

25,05

42,50

951,751

Mar.

5,290

5,160

5,160

4,910

4,420

3,960

3,740

3,420

3,220

3,120

2,940

2,770

2,620

2,430

2,430

2,370

2,370

2,370

2,370

2,370

2,320

2,260

2,220

2,170

2,090

2,020

1,950

1,890

1,890

1,830

1,830

Apr.

1,830

1,890

1,950

2,020

2,090

2,090

2,090

2,020

1,950

1,890

1,770

1,770

1,830

1,890

1,950

2,020

2,090

2,090

2,020

1,950

1,890

1,830

1,770

1,650

1,600

1,510

1,430

1,390

1,470

1,600

-

Maximum

3 3,320

3 7,970

D 15,500

3 15,500

D 6,690

D 7,970 0 5,290

3 2,090

3 2^320

5 1,270

5 1,430 

0 2,770

3 15,500

May

1,830

2,020

2,020

2,020

2,020

2,020

2,090

2,170

2,220

2,490

2,620

2,370

2,170

2,090

2,090

2,090

2,090

2,090

2,090

2,090

2,020

1,890

1,650

1,470

1,310

1,200

1,100

1,030

1,030

1,030

1,060

Minimum

780

910

4,420

550

2,170 

2,220

1,830

1,390 

1,030

1,100

640

583

660

583

June

1,160

1,270

1,350

1,390

1,310

1,310

1,390

1,430

1,510

1,710

1,890

1,890

1,890

2,020

2,090

2,260

2,320

2,220

2,090

2,020

1,950

1,770

1,600

1,470

1,310

1,270

1,240

1,160

1,160

1,100

Mean

1 >67

1,63,

7,7ZE

3,622

3 94.

5 06' 2*9O

1,84 

1 j85'

1,61£ 

91£

80!

1,41"

2,60£

July

1,060

1,030

1,030

1,000

970

910

860

810

810

810

785

720

660

640

680

785

885

910

910

970

1,100

1,200

1,270

1,240

1,130

1,030

970

910

860

760

680

Aug.

602

621

680

760

810

810

835

910

910

835

835

860

860

810

760

760

760

720

680

602

583

583

602

640

680

740

785

1,000

1,240

1,350

1,430

Per square 

mile

: 0. 863

.842

) 3.98

1.87

i 2.03

1 2. 61

) 1.49

> .951

: » 956

. 834

.472

 416

.730

1.34

Sept.

1,650

1,890

2,020

2,370

2,770

2,770

2,560

2,320

2,170

2,090

1,890

1,650

1,550

1,430

1,310

1,160

1,060

970

860

810

760

740

740

740

740

720

720

700

680

660

-

Runoff in 

inchss

0.99

.94

4.59

25.43

2. 34

2.72

1.72

1* 06

1.10

 '5493

 48

.81

18.22

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 sec. -ft.). Dec. 5, 15,500 see. -ft. j Jan. 9 (10 p.m.) 6,840 sec. -ft.;

Feb. 16, 7,970 sec.-ft
OGEECHEE RIVER BASIN 229

Ogeechee River near Eden., Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°10', long. 81°25', 600 feet downstream from 

bridge on U. S. Highway 25, 80, and 280, 2 miles west of Eden, Efflngham County, 

2 miles upstream from Seaboard Air Line Railroad bridge, and 3 miles upstream from 

Black Creek. Datum of gage is 19.64 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 2,650 square miles.

Records available. April 1°' i September 1949.

Average discharge. 12 yeart i25 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 17,800 second-feet Dec. 9, 10 (gage height, 

12.8 feet); minimum, 720 second-feet Aug. 27.

1937-49: Maximum discharge, 26,300 second-feet Mar. 31, 1944 (gage height, 14.7 

feet); minimum, 258 second-feet June 5, 6, 7, 1941.

Maximum stage known, 20.0 feet in October 1929, from data furnished by Central of 

Georgia Railway Co.

Remarks. Records good.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

1,020 

1,050 

1,050 

1,080 

1,400

1,760 

2,180 

2,550 

2,610 

2,430

2,380 

2,550 

2,920 

3,240 

3,510

3,600 

3,510 

3,330 

2,990 

2,790

2,610 

2,380 

2,230 

2,080 

1,880

1,760 

1,640 

1,560 

1,440 

1,360 

1,260

Nov.

1,190 

1,160 

1,120 

1,080 

1,080

1,030 

1,080 

1,080 

1,080 

1,120

1,120 

1,160 

1,190 

1,220 

1,300

1,330 

1,400 

1,440 

1,440 

1,480

1,520 

1,600

1,720 

1,930 

2,330

2,850 

3,240 

3,420 

3,920 

4,820

Dec.

5,900 

6,300 

6,700 

9,200 

10,500

11,200 

12,800 

15,100 

17,200 

17 , 200

15,600 

13,200 

11,200 

10,500 

9,800

9,800 

10,200 

10,200 

9,800 

9,200

8,900 

8,600 

8,350 

8,350 

8,600

8,350 

8,100 

7,850 

7,350 

7,350 

6,900

Jan.

6,703 

6,700 

6,500 

6,500 

6,100

6,100 

6,100 

6,100 

6,300 

6,500

6,900 

7,600 

7,600 

7,600 

7,350

6,700 

6,300 

5,720 

5,360 

5,000

4,820 

4,480 

4,320 

4,180 

4,040

3,920 

3,800

3,700 

3,600 

3,510 

3,510

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .....................

lendar year 1948 ...........

ary . .

h. ...........................

1 .........................

st ....................... ...

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 sec

Feb.

3,420 

3,420 

3,330 

3,330 

3,600

3,700 

3,920 

4,180 

4,640 

5,000

5,180 

5,360 

5,360 

5,540 

5,900

6,700 

7,600 

8,350 

8,600 

8,900

8,900 

8,600 

8,350

7,850 

7,600

7,350 

7,350 

7,350

Mar.

7,100 

7,100 

7,100 

6,900 

6,700

6,500 

6,300 

6,100 

5,720 

5,540

5,180 

4,820 

4,480 

4,320 

4,320

4,180 

4,040 

4,040 

3,920 

3,700

3,600 

3,510 

3,420 

3,330 

3,330

3,240 

3,150 

3,070 

2,990 

2,850 

2,790

Secondfoot-days

68,150 

51,500

310,500

1,844,955

173,610 

169,380 

143,340 

78,900 

84,010 

73,710 

38,922 

36,937 

79,535

1,308,294

-ft.). Dec

980338 O - 52 - 16

Apr.

2,730 

2,670 

2,610 

2,610 

2,670

2,730 

2,730 

2,850 

2,920 

2,920

2,850 

2,850 

2,850 

2,790 

2,730

2,670 

2,610 

2,550 

2,490 

2,490

2,490 

2,550 

2,610 

2,610 

2,550

2,490 

2,490 

2,380 

2,280 

2,130

Maximum

3,600 

4,820 

17,200

20,200

7,600 

8,900 

7,100 

2,920 

3,420 

3,420 

1,880 

4,040 

4,320

17,200

May

2,130 

2,130 

2,230 

2,430 

2,730

2,920 

3,070 

3,070 

2,850 

2,850

2,790 

2,790 

2,990 

3,070 

3,240

3,420 

3,330 

3,150 

3,070 

2,920

2,790 

2,730 

2,670 

2,670 

2,730

2,670 

2,550 

2,330 

2,130 

1,880 

1,680

Minimum

1,020 

1,080 

5,900

720

3,510 

3,330 

2,790 

2,130 

1,680 

1,560 

819 

720 

819

720

9-10, 17,800 sec. -ft

June

1,560 

1,600 

1,640 

1,640 

1,600

1,640 

1,720 

1,760 

1,760 

1,720

1,880 

2,330 

2,730 

2,990 

3,330

3,420 

3,240 

3,070 

2,990 

2,990

2,990 

3,150 

3,150 

3,070 

3,070

2,920 

2,790 

2,550 

2,330 

2,080

Mean

2,196

1,717 

10.01C

5,043

5.60C 

6,04£ 

4,624 

2,63C 

2.71C 2,45- 

1,25£ 

1,192 

2,65]

3,584

July

1,880 

1,680 

1,520 

1,440 

1,480

1,360 

1,330 

1,300 

1,260 

1,190

1,120 

1,020 

951 

885 

852

852 

819 

819 

984 

1,050

1,220 

1,440 

1,400 

1,400 

1,400

1,400 

1,440 

1,440 

1,440 

1,330 

1,220

Aug.

1,160 

1,120 

1,020 

885 

786

720 

753 

885 

885 

918

984 

1,020 

1,050 

1,080 

1,050

1,080 

1,020 

984 

918 

885

852 

852 

819 

819 

786

736 

720 

1,470 

2,720 

3,920 

4,040

Per square 

mile

0.829 

.648 

3.78

1.90

2.11 

2.28 

1.74 

.992 

1.02 

.927 

.474 

.450 

1.00

1.35

Sept.

3,920 

3,600 

3,420 

3,420 

3,700

3,700 

3,800 

4,040 

4,180 

4,320

4,320 

4,040 

3,800 

3,510 

3,150

2,850 

2,610 

2,330 

2,080 

1,840

1,640 

1,440 

1,260 

1,120 

1,020

951 

918 

885 

852 

819

Runoff in 

inches

0.96 

.72 

4.36

25.90

2.43 

2.37 

2.01 

1.11 

1.18 

1.03 

.55 

.52 

1.12

18.36

; Feb. 20, 21, 8,900 sec. -ft.
230 OGEECHEE RIVER BASIN

Canoochee River near Claxton, Ga.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 32°11'05", long. 81°53'25", at bridge on State Highway 73, 

2 miles northeast of Claxton, Evans County, and 10 miles upstream from Lotts Creek.

Drainage area. 555 square miles.

Records available. May 1937 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--12 years, 466 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,160 second-feet Dec. 10 (gage height, 11.8 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 39 second-feet July 15.

1937-49: Maximum discharge, 12,100 second-feet Apr. 2, 1948 (gage height, 13.9 

feet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 5,100 secondfeet by logarithmic plotting; minimum observed, 1.2 second-feet June 2, 3, 1941.

Remarks.--Records poor. Gage read twice daily. 

Revisions (water years). W 1112; 1939-41, 1944.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used June 29 to July 16, 

July 24 to Aug. 26, Sept. 16-30)

1.6 29 2.7 267 9.6 1,970 

1.7 42 3.2 399 10.6 2,590 

1.8 56 4.0 564 11.2 3,170 

2.0 90 6.5 1,040 11.7 3,950 

2.3 156 8.5 1,570

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

156 

209 

445 

711 

860

802 

677 

564 

501 

501

584 

711 

604 

543 

489

351 

252 

209 

182 

156

149 

137 

123

110 

100

90 

83 

77 

67 

64 

61

Nov.

59 

59 

59 

53 

56

58 

62 

90 

125 

137

154 

169 

169 

182 

182

156 

139 

110 

94 

112

182 

325 

467 

677 

840

960 

1,020 

1,320 

1,680 

1,890

Dec.

2,310 

3,440 

3,950 

3,760 

2,140

1,640 

1,640 

1,740 

2,310 

3,760

3,440 

2,940 

2,590 

2,750 

2,250

1,740 

1,600 

1,600 

1,680 

1,780

1,850 

1,970 

2,020 

1,970 

1,850

1,710 

1,570 

1,420 

1,320 

1,320 

1,480

Jan.

1,540 

,570 

,510 

,450 

,320

,240 

,220 

,200 

1,140 

1,070

1,040 

1,020 

960 

880 

802

711 

660 

642 

642 

604

584 

564 

564 

543 

543

543 

522 

501 

501 

489 

522

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Haro 

Apr! 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

nber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary . .

h. ................. . ....

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

584 

604

623 

660 

728

880 

1,070 

1,300 

1,570 

1,820

1,850 

1,740 

1,640 

1,600 

1,640

1,680 

1,540 

1,220 

1,000 

1,120

1,400 

1,540 

1,480 

1,320 

1,120

1,020 

1,020 

1,000

Secondfoot-daya

10,568 

11,586 

67,540

405,568.0

27,097 

34,769 

19,615 

12,352 

10,317 

9,134 

5,915 

8,974 

24,867

242,734

Peak discharge (base, 1,800 sec. -ft.). Dec

Feb. 10 (10 p.m.) 1,890 sec. -ft.; Sept. 4 12

Mar.

1,020 

1,040 

1,100 

1,070 

1,000

900 

783 

728 

660 

564

501 

467 

445 

445 

564

821 

920 

860 

783 

711

623 

564 

501 

445 

399

351 

297 

267 

252

267 

267

Apr.

282 

311 

325 

338 

375

522 

694 

694 

623 

467

351 

325 

399 

564 

660

584 

489 

445 

399

375

351 

338 

325 

338 

351

422

375 

252 

182 

196

Maximum

860 

1,890 

3,950

11,200

1,570 

1,850 

1,100 

694 

840 

501 

489 

1,340 

2,130

3,950

May

252 

375 

677 

840 

764

623 

501 

4~45 

467 

584

694 

711 

564 

422

267

156 

125 

119 

98 

86

72 

66 

85 

119 

196

223 

209 

182 

134 

117 

144

Minimum

61 

53 

1,320

8.0

489 

584 

252 

182 

66 

117 

39 

79 

114

39

June

209 

252 

267 

252 

237

209 

182 

156 

130 

121

117 

125 

130 

169 

267

422 

489 

501 

445 

375

351 

375 

422 

467 

489

489 

467 

399 

338 

282

Mean

34] 

38£ 

2,17<

l,10f

874 

1,24! 

633 

412 

333 

304 

19] 

28' 

825

66E

July

237 

209 

182 

156 

130

121 

100 

92 

81 

70

61 

52 

46 

41 

39

338 

445 

445 

489 

375

351 

445 

489 

338 

132

96 

76 

72 

69 

64 

74

Aug.

92 

90 

86 

96 

123

137 

125 

98 

79 

196

282 

297 

282 

209 

169

151 

123 

98 

90 

92

94 

94 

96 

96 

96

325 

746 

802 

1,100 

1,270 

1,340

Per square 

mile

0.614 

> .695 

) 3.93

2.00

1.57 

' 2.24 

1.14 

.742 

.600 

L .548 

.344 

.521 

1.49

1.20

. 3, 3,950 sec. -ft.; Dec. 10 (9 a.m.) 4,160 

a.m.) 2,310 sec. -ft.

Sept.

1,680 

1,890 

2,130 

2,130 

1,780

1,680 

1,680 

1,640 

1,600 

1,540

1,320 

1,100 

880 

694 

543

399 

297 

223 

182 

149

128 

123 

117 

114 

123

142 

151 

151 

149 

132

Runoff in 

inobes

0.71 

.78 

4.53

27.21

1.81 

2.33 

1.31 

.83 

.69 

.61 

.40 

.60 

1.66

16.26

sec. -ft.}
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 

South River near McDonough, Ga.

231

location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°30', long. 84°01', at Butler Bridge, a quarter of 

a mile upstream from Beech Creek, 2 miles downstream from Big Walnut Creek, 4} miles 

downstream from Cotton River, and 9 miles northeast of McDonough, Henry County.

Drainage area. 436 square miles.

Records available. October 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 623 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 24,900 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 22.5 

reet); minimum daily, 229 second-feet Sept. 26.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 34,500 second-feet Jan. 7, 1946 (gage height, 24.7 

feet), from rating curve extended above 20,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; 

minimum daily, 70 second-feet Oct. 25-27, 1941.

Remarks. Records fair. Figures of daily discharge include flow diverted from Chattahoochee River (averaging about 12 second-feet) for Atlanta municipal supply.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

312 

301 

279 

279 

290

279 

279 

279 

279 

257

264 

279 

268 

257 

248

244 

246 

261 

279 

261

257 

255 

259 

259 

257

255 

255 

253 

253 

253 

250

Nov.

279 

369 

891 

650 

418

861 

1,330 

591 

442 

418

405 

381 

369 

369 

357

346 

393 

405 

442 

1,270

665 

1,780 

3,230 

5,800 

2,620

2,480 

20,400 

19,500 

23,000 

7,420

Month

Octo 

Novs 

Dace

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

Dec.

1,880 

1,480 

1,410 

1,270 

1,100

990 

956 

1,100 

956 

830

770 

725 

695 

695 

665

635 

695 

800 

1,100 

860

725 

665 

635 

606 

990

1,340 

800 

695 

1,280 

4,490 

1,930

Jan.

1,160 

990 

860 

956 

1,380

3,760 

1,800 

1,160 

1,020 

923

860 

830 

800 

800 

770

740 

725 

710 

710 

710

695 

680 

650 

650 

635

620 

606 

725 

770 

620 

1,420

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. ...........................

1.......... ..................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,680 

956 

800 

1,760 

2,500

1,130 

956 

860 

1,340 

1,560

1,300 

990 

891 

830 

800

1,020 

1,640 

990 

891 

1,020

860 

800 

800 

740 

725

710 

860

1,160

Seoond 

foot-days

8,247 

97,881 

33,768

397,956

29,735 

30,565 

24,762 

33,442 

26,955 

16,338 

15,665 

14,233 

9,743

341,335

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 sec. -ft.). tfo-v

sec. -ft.; Dec. 30 (12 m. ) 5,140 sec. -ft.; Api

Mar.

830 

770 

725 

695 

680

665 

725 

665 

650 

2,260

1,350 

891 

800 

800 

800

725 

695 

695 

725 

665

635 

665 

956 

770 

695

665 

650 

665 

770 

680 

800

Apr.

923 

725 

725 

740 

830

1,100 

800 

740 

680 

650

695 

990 

2,630 

1,790 

1,020

830 

770 

725 

680 

650

650 

830 

695 

635 

591

562 

562 

695 

2,370 

7,160

Maximum

312 

23,000

4,490

23,000

3,760 

2,500 

2,260 

7,160 

3,710 

830 

1,100 

1,600 

1,130

23,000

. 24 (7 p.m. 

. 30 (7 p.m.

May

3,710 

2,040 

1,380 

1,100 

956

860 

990 

800 

770 

830

800 

740 

680 

665 

635

606 

591 

562 

548 

534

710 

606 

534 

740 

770

591 

534 

520 

562 

635 

956

Minimum

244 

279 

606

229

606 

710 

635 

562 

520 

430 

357 

312 

229

229

June

620 

548 

507 

481 

468

468 

455 

442 

507 

481

494 

534 

680 

830 

665

710 

606 

520 

481 

455

548 

710 

534 

481 

494

680 

534 

520 

455 

430

Mean

266 

3,263 

1,089

1,087

959 

1,092 

799 

1,115 

870 

545 

505 

459 

325

935

July

442 

430 

405 

393 

393

381 

369 

357 

369 

369

455 

591 

695 

1,100 

635

800 

891 

770 

740 

576

507 

468 

455 

430 

418

393 

381 

369 

369 

357 

357

Aug.

346 

346 

369 

405 

455

381 

346 

346 

357

346

346 

357 

334 

323 

312

357 

1,320 

1,600 

520 

405

481 

548 

665 

418 

357

323 

312 

393 

494 

346 

323

Per square 

mile

0.610 

7.48 

2.50

2.49

2.20 

2.50 

1.83 

2.56 

2.00 

1.25 

1.16 

1.05 

.745

2.14

Sept.

346 

323 

301 

301 

323

470 

1,130 

520 

381 

334

301 

290 

279 

279 

268

268 

268 

259 

253 

290

257 

290 

279

261 

236

229 

240 

257 

255 

253

Runoff in 

inches

0.70 

8.34 

2.88

33.93

2.54 

2.60

2.11 

2.86 

2.31 

1.40 

1.34 

1.21 

.83

29.12

) 6,600 sec. -ft.; Nov. 29 ( 12 m. ) 24,900 

) 8,420 sec. -ft.
232 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Oomulgee River near Jackson, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°18', long. 83°50<, 500 feet upstream from bridge 

on state Highway 16, half a mile upstream from Yellow Water Creek, 1 mile downstream 

from Lloyd Shoals Dam, and 7 miles east of Jackson, Butts County. Datum of gage is 

419.29 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--1,420 square miles.

Heeords available.--May 1906 to September 1915, August 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--10 years (1939-49), 1,849 second-feet (unadjusted).

ttxtremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 56,600 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 23,9 

reet); minimum daily, 506 second-feet Aug. 2.

1906-15, 1939-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 28, 1948; minimum daily, 18 

second-feet Nov. 20, 1910.

Maximum stage known, 26.8 feet Dec. 11, 1919, from graph based on gage reading, 

(discharge, 69,000 second-feet, by computation of flow over dam).

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

I1'low regulated by Lloyd Shoals Reservoir and power plant. Lloyd Shoals Reservoir, 

completed in 1910, has usable capacity of 77,000 acre-feet.

Cooperation.--Records of monthly reservoir contents furnished by Georgia Power Co.

KevisionsTwater years).--W 892: Drainage area. W952: 1912(M). W972: 1942.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Dec- 1 Dec. 2 to Sept. 3O

4.2 

4.5 

4.9 

5.4

570

910.

1,510

2,460

7.0

12.0

17.0

22.6

6,200

18,500

32,900

51,800

4.2 

4.4

4.7 

5.1

505

700

1,070

1,710

5.6 

9.0 

10.4

2,730

11,000

14,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

OQ*CO

29

30

31

Oct.

602

682

624

753

738

712

774

840

634

639

698

1,260

637

928

668

70S

744

1,180

1,660

1,320

1,400

1,160

581

599

1,200

1,170

1,020

1,070

642

730

786

Nov.

1,150

1,340

902

908

728

768

622

848

1,320

1,200

1,510

1,820

734

601

937

994

1,210

1,820

1,390

1,030

880

1,960

2,250

3,080

11,000

7,400

34,200

46,200

51, 8OO

44,200

-

Dec.

22,600

11,000

4,080

3,460

3,460

3,340

3,210

3,210

3,090

2,970

2,970

2,970

2,950

2,900

2,870

2,900

2,920

2,970

2,970

2,970

2,950

2,970

2,920

2,950

2,550

2,550

2,970

2,970

3,210

3,460

2,850

Month

October. . . .....

November. ...........

December. ...........

Calendar year 1948 . .

January. .... ..........

February. ..............

March ......... . ... .

April ...........

May.. .......... .

June ...... ...

July. . ... . ......

August ............... .

September. ........

Water year 1948-49

Jan.

2,970

2,

2,

2,

250

350

920

2,950

2,970

7,

6,

4,

540

440

710

3,710

3,460

3,

3,

2,

210

D90

370

2,970

2,950

2,

2,

2,

350

350

320

2,920

2,920

2,

2,

2,

300

550

350

2,920

2,970

2,

2,

2,

2,

370

370

370

L20

2,350

Secondfoot-days

27,159

224,802

122,160

1,125,957

100,390

98,630

71^718

97 757

6l|l04

42,281

38, 321

35,630

1,010,882

Feb.

2,650

2,590

2,780

2,810

3,090

2,810

2,970

2,950

3,090

3,210

5,840

6,440

5,580

3,840

3,090

2,970

3,210

3,960

4,080

4,340

3,840

3,580

3,340

3,210

3,090

3,090

3,090

3,090

_

_

-

Mar.

3,090

3,090

2,970

2,970

2,970

2,970

2,970

2,970

2,970

2,970

2,970

3,090

3,090

3,090

2,970

2,950

2,970

2,970

2,950

2,970

2,850

2,950

3,090

3,090

2,970

2,550

2,170

2,270

2,970

2,970

3,090

Apr.

1,430

2,290

1,230

1,790

2,180

2,060

2,070

2,210

598

590

2,160

2,250

2,430

2,990

2,950

2,960

2,950

2,940

2,920

2,900

2,900

2,900

2,710

2,730

2,870

2,640

2,070

2,O7O

2,970

3,960

-

Observed

Maximum

1,660

51,800

22,600

51,800

7,640

6,440

3,090

3,960

14,500

3,010

2,440

2,750

3,400

51,800

Minimum

581

601

2,550

570

2,120

2,590

2,170

590

596

580

572

506

558

506

Mean

876

7,493

3,941

3,076

3 522

2^933

2 391

3*153

2,037

1,364

1, 236

1, 188

2,770

May

14,500

7,640

6,920

5,460

3,210

3,340

2,970

2,970

2,920

2,920

2,920

2,950

2,920

2,920

2,900

2,880

2,860

2,760

1,890

924

596

757

2,180

2,330

1,970

2,E6O

2,120

900

1,460

2,240

2,170

June

2,940

2,950

2,930

2,940

2,460

1,980

1,610

980

1,910

1,950

1,420

664

2,210

2,380

2,370

2,380

2,060

1,430

1,350

2,130

1,970

3,010

2,920

2,890

1,840

580

2,120

1,850

1,440

1,440

-

Change in

contents In

Lloyd Shoals 

Reservoir 

(acre-feet)

-14,600

+46.OOO

-17,800

-2,200

-21,000

+30,800 

-30,800

+36,800

-17,000 

-2 , 800

+4OO

-400

+10,000

July

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

806

572

,250

698

970

78O

,080

884

684

585

710

300

974

950

130

140

370

030

280

440

250

310

994

370

940

580

872

939

938

796

659

Aug.

560

506

1,180

562

1,840

797

564

844

978

597

al , 000

a800

a600

a600

a700

a900

1,170

1,890

2,360

2,380

2,750

2,510

2,340

1,580

1,580

1,750

598

627

1,860

1,290

608

Sept.

922

1,940

884

583

714

2,270

3,400

3,040

2,960

2,950

650

1,180

1,410

770

970

1,140

913

588

730

600

710

616

692

632

572

596

632

738

1,270

558

Adjusted for change in

re

Mean

639

8, 266

3,652

3,073

2, 896

4,077 

2 432

3^009

2, 877

1,990

1,371 

1,243

1, 181

2,784

servoir contents

Per square

mile

0.450

5.82

2.57

2.16

2.04

2 , 87

1.71

2.12 

2.03

1.40

.965

.875 

. 832

1.96

Runoff in 

inches

0. 52

6 . 49

2.96

29.48

2.35

2.99

1.97

2 . 36

2. 34

l!56

1.11

1.01

 93

26.59

a No gage-heignt record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Macon.
3 IN 233

Ocnulgee River at Ilacon, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°5V , long. 83°34', at Fifth Street Bridge in 

Macon, Bibb County, lj miles upstream from Walnut Creek. Datum of gage is 269.80 feet 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 193G. 

Drainage area. 2,240 square miles.

Hecords available.--January 1893 to September 1913, October 1931 to September 1949. GageHeight records collected at same site since 1895 are contained in reports of U. 3. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.--36 years (1893-1911, 1931-49), 2,839 second-feet. 

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 83,500 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 28.0 

reet); minimum daily, 852 second-feet Aug. 15, Sept. 26.

1893-1913, 1931-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 29, 1948; minimum daily, 192 

second-feet Nov. 9, 16, 23, 1931; minimum gage height observed, -1.0 foot Oct. 5, 1904, 

July 27, 1914.

Floods of Feb. 28, 1929, Mar. 22, 1942, reached a stage of 26.1 feet (discharge 

70,000 second-feet). A stage 1 inch lower, as determined from floodmarks, was reached 

on Jan. 19, 1925, at Central of Georgia Railroad bridge 500 feet downstream. 

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow regulated by Lloyd Shoals Reservoir (see p. 232 for change in monthly contents) and 

power plant above station. 

Revisions.--W 822: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 9-3o)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 1 Dec. 2 to Sept. 30

3.8 830

6.0 2,020

11.0 5,020

13.0 6,740

15.2

16.5

19.0

21.0

9,660

12,300

19,700

28,000

22.5

25.5

27.7

37,000

59,000

80,200

4.9 

6.0 

7.0 

10.0

830

1,400

1,980

3,900

12.0

13.5

15.2

5,440

6,980

9,660

Note. Same as preceding table 

above 15.2 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2 ' 3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,140

935

880

935

1,200

1,170

1,040

1,140

1,250

880

880

1,060

1,630

1,060

1,140

985

935

985

1,360

1,680

1,460

1,520

1,330

855

855

1,530

1,330

1,200

1,250

880

935

Nov.

1,010

1,400

1,570

1,250

1,300

1,360

1,460

1,060

1,250

1,800

1,680

1,860

1,960

1,060

935

1,220

1,400

1,630

2,300

2,140

1,460

1,800

3,470

6,940

7,800

10,800

21,600

61,600

g80,200

63,400

-

Dec.

46,100

23,200

10,000

5,530

4,940

4,700

4,460

4,540

4,390

4,390

4,110

a4,OOO

a4,000

a4,000

a4,000

a4,000

a4,000

a4,000

a4,000

a4,100

a4,100

a4,100

a4,100

4,180

3,760

3,490

3,620

3,900

4,180

g!2,500

g8,600

Jan.

6,080

4,520

4,250

4,320

4,320

4,860

5,38u

9,480

6,180

5,350

4,780

4,540

4,250

4,110

3,900

3,620

3,560

3,700

3,760

3,760

3,760

3,700

3,420

3,360

3,620

3,700

3,700

3,760

3,700

3,040

3,490

Month

October ............... .......

November ........................

December ..................... ...

Calendar year 1948 ............

January .................... .....

February .........................

March ................. .... . .

April .......................

May

June .......................

July .............................

August ........................ .

September .......................

Water year 1948-49 ..........

Feb.

4,250

3,830

3,760

3,830

4.110

3,970

3,970

3,970

9,040

11,200

8,120

8,600

7,660

6,380

4,700

4,460

5,260

5,260

5,800

7,800

6,500

5,440

4,860

4,540

4,390

4,180

4,620

5,710

-

_

-

Secondfoot-days

35.23C

288, 71E

208, 99C

1.601.1ZE

134, 07C

156, 21C

119.54C

111,25C

75^65C

56.59C

69,37"

54,05'

1,441,65E

Mar.

4,860

4,460

4,250

4,110

4,040

4,040

3,970

3,970

3,900

4,250

4,250

4,040

3,760

3,620

4,110

3,970

3,900

3,900

3,900

3,620

3,420

3,620

3,700

3,760

3,760

3,420

2,850

2,720

3,560

3,700

4,110

Apr.

4,320

3,360

2,980

2,100

2,720

3,490

3,230

3,100

2,980

1,560

1,500

3,360

4,250

4,860

4,390

3,900

3,760

3,760

3,700

3,620

3,620

4,040

3,900

3,360

3,100

3,300

2,850

2,910

6,030

11,200

-

Maximum

l,68u

80,200

46,100

80,200

9,480

11,200

4,860

11,200

18,500

4,320

3,760

5', 480

80,200

Peak discharge (base, 14,000 sec. -ft.) .--Nov. 29 (10 a.

May

18,500

16,300

8,370

8,440

5,530

4,390

4,180

3,900

3,760

3,760

3,700

3,700

3,490

3,300

3,160

3,100

3,230

3,300

2,660

2,280

1,500

1,180

1,280

2,600

2,780

2,540

2,660

2,410

1,340

1,920

2,720

Minimum

855

935

3,490

830

3,040

3,760

2,720

1,500

1,180

1,180 9°5

fts*^

852

852

m.) 83,500

June

3,100

3,160

3,160

3,040

2,720

2,280

2,220

1,860

1,450

2,220

2,160

1,620

1,180

2,660

2,720

2,720

2,600

2,280

1,620

1,740

2,660

4,320

4,110

3,490

3,420

1,920

2,100

2,660

2,480

1,980

-

Mean

l.lSo

9,624

6,742

4,375

4.3CE

5,575

3 , 85t

4 257

2 522

1 ,825

2 , 23£

1,802

3,950

sec. -ft.;

July

1,860

1,230

925

1,400

1,020

1,340

1,980

1,500

1,180

925

1,020

2,160

1,920

1,400

2,350

2,220

2,660

2,480

2,850

3,760

3,160

2,780

2,600

1,340

1,070

2,220

1,980

1,400

1,400

1,280

1,180

Aug.

1,340

1,020

1,120

1,740

2,350

2,160

1,120

970

1,280

3,160

1,500

1,860

1,180

925

852

1,020

1,920

8,600

5,180

3,420

3 , 10'.

3,040

3,040

2,660

2,220

2,100

2,040

1,280

1,280

2,280

3,520

Per square 

mile

0.507

4.30

3.01

1.95

1*93

2 .49

1 72

1.66

1.9O

1.13

.999

.804

1.76

Sept.

1,920

1,740

2,410

1,280

1,180

1,120

5,480

5,180

4,320

3,700

2,910

1,120

1,680

1,980

1,400

1,450

1,500

1,230

970

1,070

970

1,070

1,020

1,020

875

852

970

1,070

1,120

1,450

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.58

4.80

3.47

26.58

2.22

2 59

1*98

1.85

2 .19

1.26

.94

1.15

.90

23.93

Dec. 30 (2 p.m.)

14,800 sec.-ftT; May 2 (3 a.m.)18,200 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Jackson.

g From graph based on U. S. Weather Bureau gage readings, floodmark, and recorded range in stage
234 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Ocmulgee River at Hawkinsville, Ga.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 32°17', long. 83°28', at bridge on U. S. Highway 341 at 

nawKinsville. Pulaski County, a quarter of a mile downstream from Southern Railway 

bridge and 2^ miles downstream from Jordon Creek. Datum of gage is 139.56 feet above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 3,800 square miles.

Records available.--January 1944 to September 1949 in reports of Geological Survey. January 1929 to December 1931 in House Document 68, 74th Congress, 1st session. Gageheight records collected at same site since 1908 are contained in reports of U. S. 

Weather Bureau.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 68,000 second-feet Dec. 2 (gage height, 34.4 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 1,600 second-feet Sept. 28.

1944-49: Maximum discharge, that of Dec. 2, 1948; minimum daily, 1,210 second-feet 

June 16, Sept. 4-6, 11, 12, 1945.

Maximum stage known since 1908, 36.5 feet Jan. 20, 1925 (discharge, 79,000 secondfeet ).

Remarks. Records fair. Flow regulated by Lloyd Shoals Reservoir (see p.232 for change in 

monthly contents) and power plant above station. Gage read twice daily.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.7 1,6OO 2O. O 18,2OO 

6.0 3,710 23.0 24,500 

11.0 7,250 26.0 33,OOO 

14.0 10,000 3O.O 48,OOO 

17.0 13,600 34.2 67,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,150 

1,960 

1,960 

3,380 

4,520

3,640 

2,930 

2,410 

2,150 

2,080

2,080 

2,020 

2,020 

2,220 

2,410

2,020 

1,900 

1,780 

1,720 

1,780

2,020 

2,220 

2,280 

2,220 

1,960

1,720 

1,720 

1,960 

2,020 

1,900 

1,780

Nov.

1,660 

1,660 

1,840 

2,150 

2,220

2,020 

2,080 

2,340 

2,410 

2,280

2,340 

2,670 

2,600 

2,600 

2,600

2,020 

1,900 

2,080 

2,410 

2,740

3,060 

3,450 

3,320 

3,520 

3,900

4,310 

5,010 

6,480 

10,500 

24,000

Dec.

55,200 

67,000 

65,500 

55,600 

43 , 600

33 , 000 

24,500 

18,200 

15,000 

13,000

11,400 

9,840 

8,840 

8,010 

7,330

6,860 

6,410 

6,270 

6,780 

7,660

7,920 

7,750 

7,750 

7,660 

7,500

7,170 

6,780 

6,480 

6,340 

6,780 

7,920

Jan.

9,130 

10, 600 

12,200 

13,100 

12,100

11,800 

11,100 

10,300 

9,230 

8,280

8,280 

8,940 

9,230 

8,74C 

7,920

7,170 

6,780 

6,480 

6,2OO 

5,990

5,850 

5,710 

5,710 

5,640 

5,640

5,570 

5,500 

5,360 

5,360 

5,500 

5,710

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber. .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948

h. ............... ..... .

1. ...................... .

st .......... . . . . ....

ember ............. ........ .

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

6,060 

6,060 

5,920 

5,850 

6,130

6,480 

6,560 

6,700 

7,170 

8,560

11,000 

13 , 900 

16,500 

17,500 

16,000

14,OOO 

12,400 

11,200 

10,400 

9,840

10.5OO 

11,500 

12,000 

12,300 

11,400

10,000 

8,840 

8,650

Secondfoot-days

68,93C 

112, 17C 

550, 05C

2, 487.97C

245, 12C 

283, 42C 

202, 99C 

169, 35C 

202, 38C 

112, 35C 

102, 7 3C 

113, 26C 

87,26C

2, 250, OK

Mar.

8,650 

8,280 

8,100 

8,100 

8,010

7,660 

7,500 

6,780 

6,480 

6,410

6,340 

6,340 

6,270 

6,340 

6,560

6,780 

6,560 

6,410 

6,340 

6,340

6,2OO 

6,060 

5,920 

5,780 

5,640

5,500 

5,500 

5,500 

5,640 

5,570 

5,430

Apr.

5,500 

5,850 

6,200 

6,340 

6,560

6,480 

5,920 

5,290 

5,080 

5,150

5,220 

5,290 

5,010 

4,800 

4,800

5,150 

5,640 

5,990 

6,060 

5,850

5,570 

5,500 

5,570 

5,640 

5,710

5,780 

5,780 

5,640 

5,780 

6,200

Maximum

4,520 

24,000 

67,000

67,000

13,100 

17,500 

8,650 

6,560 

15,800 

4,800 

5,080 

5,430 

5,220

67,000

Peak discharge (base, 15.0OO sec. -ft.). Dec. 2 (8 p.m.

May

6,700 

7,250 

9,130 

13,000 

15,800

15, 400 

13,500 

11,500 

9,430 

7,920

6,930 

6,340 

5,920 

5,710 

5,430

5,220 

5,010 

4,730 

4,590 

4,520

4,310 

3,970 

3,260 

2,280 

2,800

3,450 

3,900 

3,900 

3,780 

3,640 

3,060

Minimum

1,720 

1,660 

6,270

1,480

5,360 

5,850 

5,430 

4,800 

2,280 

2,930 

1,780 

2,020 

1,600

1,600

June

3,120 

3,380 

3,640 

3,780 

3,900

3,970 

4,O4O 

3,900 

3,640 

3,260

3,190 

3,320 

3,380 

3,260 

2,930

3,380 

3,780 

3,900 

3,970 

3,840

3,640 

3,580 

3,320 

3,580 

4,040

4,450 

4,730 

4,8OO 

4,590 

4,040

Mean

2,224 

3,739 

17,740

6,798

7,907 

10,120 

6,548 

5,645 

6,528 

3,745 

3,314 

3,654 

2,909

6,164

July

3,970 

3,710 

3,120 

2,410 

2,150

2,280 

2,020 

2,340 

2,540 

2,280

2,020 

1,780 

2,080 

2,860 

3,190

3,380 

4,040 

4,450 

4,520 

4,590

4,800 

4,800 

4,940 

5,080 

4,940

4,240 

3,260 

3,120 

2,930 

2,480 

2,410

Aug.

2,930 

3,710 

3,900 

3,580 

3,710

3,710 

3,900 

3,840 

3,320 

2,480

2,800 

3,320 

3,580 

3,640 

3,260

2,280 

2,020 

2,410 

3,060 

3,840

4,170 

4,590 

5,150 

5,430 

5,150

4,730 

4,310 

4,100 

3,840 

3,380 

3,120

Per square 

mile

0.585 

.984 

4.67

1.79

2.08 

2.66 

1.72 

1.49 

1.72 

.986 

.872 

.962 

.766

1.62

) 68,000 sec. -ft.; Feb. 14 ( 12 m

Sept.

3,45O 

3,780 

3,970 

3,970 

3,710

3,190 

2,410 

2,670 

3,380 

3,840

4,380 

4,870 

5,220 

4,800 

3,640

2,930 

2,480 

2,410 

2,340 

2,080

1,9OO 

1,840 

1,840 

1,840 

1,780

1,780 

1,660 

1,600 

1,660 

1,840

Runoff in 

inches

0.67 

1.10 

5.38

24.32

2.40 

2.77 

1.98 

1.66 

1.98 

1.10 

1.01 

1.11 

.85

22.01

.) 17,700
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 235

Ocraulgee River at Lumber City, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°55', long. 82°40', at bridge on U. S. Highway 341, 

at Lumber City, Telfair County, 500 feet downstream from Southern Railway bridge, 

1 mile upstream from Little Ocmulgee River, and 12 miles upstream from confluence with 

Oconee River. Datum of gage is 87.48 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 5,180 square miles.

Records available. October 1936 to September 1949. Gage-height records collected at same 

site since 19U8 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.--13 years, 5,913 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 70,000 second-feet Dec. 8; maximum gage height, 

 aa.V feet Dec. 9; minimum discharge, 2,240 second-feet Oct. I, 2.

1936-49: Maximum discharge, that of Dec. 8, 1948; maximum gage height, that of 

Dec. 9, 1948; minimum discharge, 1,310 second-feet Oct. 21, 1938 (gage height, 0.07 

foot).

Maximum stage known, 26.3 feet Jan. 21, 1925.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of backwater, which are fair. Plow regulated 

by Lloyd Shoals Reservoir (see p. 232 for monthly change in contents) and power plant 

above station.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

Z

3

4

S

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,300

2,300

2,500

2,700

3,030

3,240

3,660

4,100

4,500

4,770

4,590

4,100

3,660

3,450

3,240

3,100

3,100

3,170

3,030

2,820

2,700

2,560

2,560

2,700

2,760

2,760

2,760

2,700

2,500

2,440

2,500

Nov.

2,560

2,560

2,500

2,440

2,370

2,440

2,630

2,700

2,700

2,760

2,820

2,890

2,890

2,890

2,960

3,030

3,100

3,030

2,820

2,700

2,760

3,030

3,730

4,340

4,680

4,590

4,590

4,860

5,600

6,400

-

Dec.

6,880

7,600

8,320

9,960

15,100

37,300

64,300

c70,000

c 69, 000

c57,000

c48,000

C40.000

C34,000

28,100

22,800

19,600

16,900

15,400

15,400

15,700

15,400

14,700

14,000

13,5OO

13,300

13,100

12,700

12,300

11,900

11,900

12,100

Jan.

12,1OO

11, 700

11,400

11,200

11,200

11,700

12,500

13,500

14,400

15,200

15,700

15,400

15,200

14,400

13,300

12,500

12,100

11,700

11,600

11,200

10, 700

9,960

9,260

8.7OO

8,320

7,960

7,720

7,600

7,600

7,480

7,480

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

7,720

7,840

7,960

7,960

9,260

10,600

11,400

12,100

12,100

12,500

12,700

12,900

12,700

12,500

12,700

13,300

14,700

16,000

17,500

19,200

19,200

17,800

16,300

15,2OO

14,400

13,700

13,700

14,000

_

-

-

Secondfoot-days

96,30(

99,37(

746, 26(

3,568,32(

350, 78(

367,94

303,24

228, 88(

246, 93(

137, 79(

151, 75(

168,00

170, 89<

3,068, 13(

Mar.

14,400

14,400

14,000

13,100

12,500

11,700

11,400

11,000

10,700

10,400

10,100

9,820

9,260

8,980

8,980

9,120

9,260

9,260

9,120

9,120

9,120

8,980

8,560

8,320

7,960

7,720

7,600

7,240

7,120

7,000

7.00O

Apr.

7,120

7,240

7,480

7,480

7,840

8,200

9,120

9,260

8,980

8,560

8,200

8,080

8,440

8,980

9,120

8,700

8,200

7,600

7,120

6,760

6,520

6,640

6,880

7,OOO

6,880

6,760

6,520

6,400

6,400

6,400

-

Maximum

3 4,770

3 6,400

3 70,000

3 70,000

3 15,700

3 19,200

3 14,400

3 9,260

3 14,700

3 5,220

3 7,000

3 11,400

3 11,400

3 70,000

May

6,760

7,240

7,600

7,840

8,320

8,560

8,980

9,400

10,400

11,900

13,700

14,700

14,400

13,300

11,700

9,820

8,320

7,360

6,640

6,200

5,900

5,600

5,500

5,220

5,130

5,040

4,590

4,100

4,030

4,180

4,500

Minimum

2,300

2,370

6,880

2,110

7,480

7,720

7,000

6,400

4,030

4,100

2,820

3,590

2,760

2,300

June

5,040

5,220

4,950

4,590

4,34O

4,260

4,260

4,260

4,420

4,590

4,590

4,590

4,590

4,860

5,040

5,040

4,860

4,680

4,420

4,340

4,420

4,680

4,680

4,500

4,340

4,100

4,260

4,420

4,680

4,770

-

Msan

3,106

3,312

24,070

9,75C

11.32C

13.14C

9,78Z

7,62S

7,96E

4,593

4,895

5,419

5,696

8,406

Peak discharge (base, 15.OOO sec. -ft.). Dec. 8, 7O.OOO sec. -ft.; Jan. 11,

July

5,040

5,220

5,400

5,310

5,040

4,950

4,500

3,800

3,450

3,170

3,170

3,240

3,170

3,030

2,820

2,960

3,310

3,730

4,500

5,400

6,520

7,000

7,000

6,880

6,760

6,640

6,520

6,300

6,000

5,700

5,220

Aug.

5,220

5,220

5,130

5,220

5,400

5,500

5,500

5,400

5,220

5,400

5,400

5,130

4,590

4,100

4,000

4,100

4,180

4,180

4,000

3,660

3,590

3,800

4,360

4,770

5,040

5,220

5,310

7,360

10,100

10,600

11,400

Psr square 

mils

0.600

.639

4 .'65

1.88

2.19

2.54

1.89

1.47

1.54

.887

.945

1.05

1.10

1.62

Sept.

11,400

10,900

10,100

8,980

8,320

7,840

7,360

7,240

7,000

6,520

5,900

5,400

5,040

4,950

4,950

5,130

5,220

5,310

5,040

4,340

3,800

3,660

3,800

3,730

3,730

3,450

3,170

2,960

2,890

2,760

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.69

.71

5.36

25.59

2.52

2.64 2.18

1.64

1.78

.99

1.09

1.21

1.23

23.04

15,700 sec. -ft. j Feb. 2<

Backwater from return of overbank flow.
236 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 

Altamaha River at Doctor-town, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°39', long. 81°50', at Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge at Doctortown, Wayne County, 4j miles northeast of Jesup. Datum of gage 

is 28.48 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 13,600 square miles.

Records available. October 1931 to September 1949. Gage-height records collected at same 

site since 1925 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 18 years, 13,660 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 118,000 second-feet Dec. 12 (gage height, 10.8 

feet I; minimum, 4,030 second-feet Oct. 1.

1931-49: Maximum discharge, 178,000 second-feet Apr. 18, 1936 (gage height, 12.03 

feet); minimum, 1,760 second-feet Oct. 8, 9, 14, 15, 1931.

Maximum stage known, 14.6 feet Jan. 23, 1925 (discharge, 300,000 second-feet, from 

rating curve extended above 180,000 second-feet).

Remarks.--Records good below 10,000 second-feet and fair above. 

Revisions.--W 822: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

0.3 4,030

1.5 5,420

3.0 7,640

4.2 10,200

5.4 

6.2 

7.2

12,100

15,700

22,400

34,000

8.0

9.0

10.0

1O.8

46,OOO

66,700

92,500

118,OOO

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

4,030 

4,240 

4,350 

4,680 

5,550

6,520 

7,300 

8,000 

8,800 

9,400

9,900 

10,200 

10,200 

9,900 

9,400

8,800 

8,000 

7,470 

6,980 

6,670

6,370 

5,950 

5,680 

5,290 

5,160

5,160 

5,160 

5,040 

5,040 

4,920 

4,800

Nov.

4,680 

4,570 

4,570 

4,570 

4,570

4,570 

4,680 

4,800 

5,290 

5,950

6,670 

7,140 

7,470 

7,820 

7,640

7,300 

6,820 

6,370 

6,230 

6,230

5,950 

6,090 

6,520 

7,640 

8,600

9,400 

10,200 

11,000 

11,700 

13,100

Dec.

14,300 

16,400 

18,000 

20,500 

23,400

30,200 

49,700 

71,400 

92,500 

108,000

115,000 

118,000 

115,000 

105,000 

92,500

81,400 

69, OOO 

62,200 

53,700 

47,800

44, 300 

41,100 

39,600 

39,600 

38,100

33,100 

36,700 

36,700 

35,300 

35, 300 

34,000

Jan.

32,700 

31,400 

31,400 

30.2OO 

30,200

30,200 

30,200 

31,400 

34,000 

38,100

41,100 

42 , 700 

42,700 

41,100 

39,600

38,100 

36,700 

35,300 

34,000 

32,700

31,400 

29,000 

26, 700 

25, 600 

23,400

22,400 

21,400 

20,500 

19,600 

18,800 

18,000

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. ...........................

1 ............................

st ..........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 30,000 sec

Feb.

18, OOO 

18,000 

18,000 

18,000 

18,800

19,600 

21,400 

23,400 

26,700 

29,000

30,200 

31,400 

32 , 700 

32,700 

34,000

35,300 

38,100 

41,100 

44, 300 

47,800

49,700 

51,700 

51,700 

47,800 

46,000

42,700 

39,600 

39,600

Secondfoot-days

208,960 

208,140 

1,722,800

9,005,620

960,600 

947,300 

791,300 

557,000 

588,400 

356,300 

340,890 

357,420 

558,900

7,598,010

Mar.

38 , 100 

38 , 100 

38,100 

38,100 

36,700

35,300 

32,700 

31,400 

30,200 

29,000

26,700 

25,600 

24,500 

22,400 

22,400

21,400 

21,400 

21,400 

21,400 

22,400

21,400 

21,400 

21,400 

20,500 

20,500

19,600 

18,800 

18,000 

18,000 

17,200 

17,200

Apr.

17,200 

17,200 

16,400 

16,400 

17,200

18,000 

18,000 

18,800 

19,600 

19,600

19,600 

19,600 

19,600 

19,600 

19,600

19,600 

19,600 

19,600 

19,600 

19,600

19,600 

19,600 

19,600 

19,600 

18,800

18,800 

18,000 

17,200 

15,700 

15,700

Maximum

10,200 

13,100 

118,000

118,000

42,700 

51,700 

38 , 100 

19,600 

32,700 

13,700 

17,200 

21 , 400 

30,200

118,000

.-ft.). --Dec. 12, 118,0

Feb. ZZ-23, 51,700 sec. -ft.; May 15, 32,700 s ec.-ft.; Sep

May

15,700 

15,000 

15,000 

15, 700 

16,400

17,200 

18,000 

18,800 

19,600 

21,400

23,400 

25,600 

29,000 

31,400 

32,700

31,400 

29, OOO 

26,700 

24,500 

21,400

19,600 

17,200 

15,700 

13,700 

12,600

11,300 

10,700 

10,400 

10,200 

9,700 

9/400

Minimum

4,030 

4,570 

14,300

3,730

18, OOO 

18,000 

17,200 

15,700 

9,400 

9,700 

6,370 

7,820 

8,000

4,030

00 sec. -ft 

t. 4-5, 30

June

9,700 

9,900 

9,900 

1O,2OO 

10,700

10,700 

11,000 

11,300 

11,700 

11,700

12,600 

12,600 

12,100 

12.J.OO 

12,100

12,600 

12,600 

12,600 

12 , 600 

12,600

12,100 

12,100 

12,100 

12,600 

13,700

13,700 

13,100 

12,600 

11,700 

11,300

Mean

6,741 

6,938 

55,570

24,610

30,990 

33,830 

25,530 

18,570 

18,980 

11,880 

11,000 

11,551 

18,630

20,820

July

11,000 

11,000 

11,000 

10,700 

10,700

10,700 

10,200 

9,900 

9,400 

8,800

7,640 

6,820 

6,520 

6,670 

6,520

6,370 

6,370 

6,980 

8,000 

9,200

10,400 

11,700 

12,600 

14,300 

15,000

16,400 

17,200 

17,200 

17,200 

17,200 

17,200

Aug.

15,700 

13,700 

11,700 

11,300 

11,300

11,300 

11,700 

11,700 

11,700 

11,700

11,700 

11,300 

10,700 

10,200 

9,700

9,400 

8,800 

8,600 

8,200 

8,200

7,820 

8,200 

8,800 

9,400 

10,400

11,300 

12,100 

15,000 

16,400 

18,000 

21,400

Per square 

mile

0.496 

.510 

4.09

1.81

2.28 

2.49 

1.88 

1.37 

1.40 

.874 

.809 

.848 

1.37

1.53

Sept.

23,400 

25,600 

27,800 

30,200 

30 , 200

29,000 

29,000 

27,800 

26,700 

25, 600

24,500 

22,400 

20,500 

19,600 

18,000

17,200 

17,200 

16,400 

15,700 

14,300

12,600 

11,300 

10,200 

9,700 

9,400

9,400 

9,400 

9,200 

8,600 

8,000

Runoff in 

inches

0.57 

 57 

4.72

24.64

2.63 

2.59 

2.17 

1.53 

1.61 

.98 

.93 

.98 

1.53

20.81

.; Jan. 12-13, 42,700 sec. -ft.; 

,200 sec. -ft.
237

Yellow River near Snellville, Ga.

Snellville, Gwinnett County, 4 miles downstream from Sweetwater Creek, 65 miles

of town of Stone Mountain, and 1\ miles upstream from Stone Mountain Creek.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 33°51', long. 84°05', at county highway bridge 3^ miles west 

of Snellvi 

northeast

Drainage area. 144 square miles.

Records available. October 1942 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,580 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 19.4 

reet. from floodmark); minimum observed, 43 second-feet Oct. 16 (gage height, 1.06 

feet).

1942-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 29, 1948; minimum observed, 15 second-feet 

Oct. 7, 1947 (gage height, 0.72 foot).

Remarks. Records good. Gage read twice daily.

Revisions (water years). W 1032: 1943(M). W 1112: 1944(M), 1945(M).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 2)

1.1 43 3.0 502 

1.3 70 4.5 1,020 

1.5 104 8.0 2,140 

1.8 169 12.0 3,540 

2.2 267 15.7 4,98O

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

56 

51 

48 

51 

53

53 

51 

60 

52 

48

51 

56 

50 

48 

45

44

47 

56 

53 

51

51 

51 

62 

59 

56

55 

53 

52 

53 

53 

53

Nov.

62 

78 

440 

158 

106

502 

295 

169 

124

11Z

100 

91 

90 

86 

83

80 

1Z4 

100 

216 

351

204 

534 

690 

1,500 

502

366 

2,900 

4,070 

4,960 

1,150

Dec.

566 

440 

440 

351 

295

351 

281 

309 

267 

228

204 

192 

180 

180 

169

169 

169 

169 

216 

204

169 

169 

158 

146 

204

204 

180 

169 

254 

534 

337

Jan.

241 

216 

204 

440 

1,180

1,950 

735 

440 

323 

281

254

228 

216 

204 

192

792 

180 

180 

180 

169

169 

169 

169 

169 

169

169 

169 

228 

192 

180 

599

Month

Octo 

Move 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Haro 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber................ .........

mber. ........................

lendar year 1948 

ary ......

nary ..................... .

1...... ......................

st ...........................

8B&6F

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

502 

323 

254 

945 

805

380 

309 

267 

2,000 

1,590

875 

471 

351 

309 

281

666 

875 

440 

366 

380

309 

Z67 

254 

241 

216

216 

351 

337

Seoondfoot-days

1,622 

20,243 

7,904

95,683

10,38" 

14,58C 

8,74£ 

10,453 

9,893 

6,046 4,87' 

4,08£ 

3,462

102,303

Mar.

267 

241 

216 

216

216

204 

204 

192 

204 

666

380 

281 

241 

228 

228

204 

204 

471 

267 

204

192 

228 

502 

323 

267

440 

295 

295 

267 

254 

351

Apr.

323 

267 

254 

241 

309

309 

254 

228 

216 

204

204 

424 

1,180 

735 

380

295 

254 

241 

216 

204

204 

254 

216 

192 

180

169 

204 

254

1,020 

1,020

Maximum

62 

4,960 

566

4,960

1,950 

2,000 

666 

1,180 

1,310 

502 

440 

471 

380

4,960

May

566 

632 

410 

309 

254

228 

228 

241 

599 

502

502 

309 

241 

216 

204

192 

169 

169 

158 

146

158 

146 

146 

216 

534

241 

192 

180 

158 

337 

1,310

Minimum

44 

62 

146

36

169 

216 

192 

169 

146 

118 

78 

64 

66

44

June

502 

267 

204 

180 

169

158 

135 

135 

158 

146

169 

169 

192 

410 

267

309 

295 

180 

158 

158

180 

158 

137 

204 

228

216 

169 

142 

133 

118

Mean

52.3 

675 

255

261

335 

521 

282 

348 

319 

202 

157 

132 

115

280

July

114 

112 

126 

126 

112

104 

102 

90 

81 

86

116 

106 

146 

146 

228

410 

254 

440 

440 

267

216 

158 

135 

116 

108

104 

97 

90 

86 

83 

78

Aug.

78 

83 

100

100 

108

86 

75 

70 

90

110

76 

70 

67 

64 

64

70 

192 

146 

104 

86

169 

471 

281 

169 

118

97 

90 

169 

137 

108 

440

Per square 

mile

0.363 

4.69 

1.77

1.81

2.33 

3.62 

1.96 

2.42 

2.22 

1.40 

1.09 

.917 

.799

1.94

Sept.

192 

137 

108 

106 

116

380 

323

204 

146 

120

104 

99 

91 

88 

84

83 

90 

83 

86 

81

72 

76 

91 

73 

70

66 

73 

80 

73 

67

Runoff in 

inches

0.42 

5.23 

2.04

24.72

2.69 

3.77 

2.26 

2.70 

2.56 

1.56 

1.26 

1.06 

.89

26.44

Peak discharge (base, 2,100 sec. -ft.) . Nov. 29 (10 a.m.) 6,580 sec. -ft.; Jan. 6 (7 a.m.) 2,110

sec.-ft.; Feb. 9 (3 p.m.) 2,420 sec.-ft.
238 ALTAMAKA RIVER BASIN

Yellow River near Covington, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°37', long. 83°55', at bridge on State Highway 12, 

a quarter of a mile downstream from Georgia Railroad bridge, half a mile downstream 

from Gum Creek, and 3? miles northwest of Covington, Newton County.

Drainage area.--396 square miles.

Records available.--July 1944 to September 1949. September to December 1897 at approximateiy same site, and May 1899 to December 1901 at site 1 mile upstream, published as 

Yellow River at Almon.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 16,200 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 20.3 

feet); minimum daily, 131 second-feet Oct. 16, 31.

l?44-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 29, 1948; minimum daily, 51 second-feet 

Oct. 4, 1947.

Remarks.--Records good except those for Jan. 1 to Feb. 4, which are fair. Diurnal fluctuation caused by mill dam above station.

Revisions [water years).--W 1112: 1945(M), 1946.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 194B to September 1949

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

180

158

158

167

174

162

160

162

148

148

156

160

158

150

141

131

133

156

158

153

148

145

151

151

165

162

151

150

150

148

131

Nov.

175

196

578

667

373

554

990

578

416

352

332

302

292

273

273

264

292

322

332

680

578

816

1,680

3,240

2,870

1,98U

7,240

10,500

14,900

8,960

-

Dec.

C3 , 4OO

ol,400

1,140

1,080

960

872

872

930

844

760

706

680

654

616

590

578

566

566

654

628

554

518

494

472

616

733

578

530

746

1,990

1,580

Jan.

990

sie

706

760

1,370

3,200

3,770

1,790

1,080

9OO

816

733

680

641

616

590

578

554

554

542

530

518

506

506

506

494

472

542

603

506

844

Month

October ...................... ...

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ...................... ...

February .........................

March ........................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,370

1,110

788

1,270

2,770

1,700

1,020

816

1.O8O

2,760

2,770

1,550

990

872

788

930

1,510

1,370

990

1,050

9OO

788

733

680

641

616

706

960

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

4,76

61,01

27,30

278, 76C

27 71

33)52

21,52*

24,69

24,97

17,64

12,54

8,28

7,81

271, 81C

Mar.

760

680

641

603

590

578

603

554

566

1,370

1,370

872

706

654

628

603

578

578

628

566

542

530

816

816

680

654

733

654

680

628

667

Apr.

788

667

628

628

667

816

706

616

566

530

542

760

1,550

1,990

1,270

844

706

667

603

566

566

667

616

542

506

472

460

542

1,150

3,060

-

Maximum

5 180

5 14,900

3,400

) 14,90O

i 3,770

3 2,770

3 1,370

L 3,060

> 2,920

2,060

> 930

; 566

5 680

) 14,900

Peak discharge (base, 5,4OO sec. -ft.). Nov. 29 (9 a.m

May

2,920

2,O3O

1,580

1,110

872

760

706

667

706

1,020

930

872

654

578

530

506

483

438

427

416

494

427

416

518

760

788

494

438

438

588

1,410

Minimum

131

175

472

128

472

616

500

460

416

204

175

170

131

June

2,060

962

578

483

438

438

405

416

654

506

449

506

530

844

760

667

706

554

438

416

438

438

460

416

566

788

542

438

384

362

-

Mean

154

2,034

881

762

894

1,197

694 82"

806

58£

40E

267

26C

745

July

342

312

322

362

332

312

292

273

273

264

384

362

530

590

449

628

733

654

930

706

554

449

362

332

312

282

273

254

239

235

204

Aug.

226

217

221

248

248

239

206

210

206

219

212

196

182

175

187

175

327

384

282

248

302

416

566

405

302

250

208

292

373

282

282

Per square 

mile

0.389

5.14

2.22

1.92

S . 26

3.02

1.75

2.08

2.04

l!o2

 674

.657

1.88

Sept.

530

332

273

273

264

312

680

506

362

292

264

250

228

219

203

208

185

201

206

206

184

187

187

175

170

179

172

187

194

184

Runoff in 

inches

0.45

5.74

2.56

26.18

2.61

3.14

2 .02

2.32

2 35

lies

1 . 18

.78

.73

25.53

) 16,200 sec. -ft.

o Backwater from return of overbank flow.
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 239

Alcovy River below Covington, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°31', long. 83°49', 500 feet downstream from 

lienderson Mill Bridge, 4 miles dovmstream from Central of Georgia Railway bridge, and 

7 miles southeast of Covington, Newton County.

Drainage area.--251 square miles.

Records available. July 1944 to December 1949 in reports of Geological Survey (discontinuedl November .1928 to April 1932 in House Document 68, 74th Congress, 1st session.

Extremes. 1948-49: Maximum discharge during water year, 8,270 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage 

height, 21.3 feet, from floodmark); minimum daily, 87 second-feet Oct. 17.

1949r Maximum discharge during period October to December, 744 second-feet Oct. 9 

(gage height, 4.55 feet); minimum daily, 124 second-feet Oct. 4.

1944-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 29, 1948; minimum dally, 44 second-feet 

Oct. 5, 1947.

Maximum stage known, 27.2 feet July 30, 1887 (discharge, 12,400 second-feet), from 

floodmarks and dates in Henderson Mill.

Remarks. Records good except those computed from graph based on staff gage readings and 

rioodmark, which are fair. Diurnal fluctuation and some regulation at low flow by 

Henderson Mill.

Revisions (water year).--W 1112: 1946.

Rating table, Oct. 1, 1948, to Dec. 31, 1949 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to No^. 22, Dee. 3-Z9, 1948, 

Jan. 12 to Feb. 3, Oct. 11-17, Oct. £1 to Dec. 14, Dee. 19-31, 1949)

1.1 86

1.4 124

2.0 214

2.8 360

4.0 612

5.5 956

7.0 1,380

10.O 2,400

13.0 3,620

16.0 5,040

20.2 7,520

Discharge, in seeond-feet, 1948-49 

1948-49

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct..

144

123

111

110

112

114

108

104

1O6

106

103

102

102

98

94

90

87

93

97

101

97

94

94

98

101

103

102

99

98

98

98

Nov.

114

120

156

214

240

320

390

370

360

400

350

248

203

185

174

167

171

184

211

248

257

340

590

788

1,150

1,560

3,440

6,580

g7,520

g7,260

Dec.

g5,150

g2,190

982

744

634

568

524

491

470

470

440

410

380

370

350

340

340

350

370

370

360

350

330

311

350

410

390

390

491

880

1,090

Jan.

1,030

832

700

568

535

634

1,010

1,7OO

1,230

788

634

535

480

440

420

400

380

360

360

350

350

350

340

330

330

330

320

340

350

350

440

Feb.

513

535

557

700

788

1,170

1,060

810

700

678

904

1,380

1,030

788

634

612

700

700

744

810

722

656

590

535

480

450

491

546

_

-

Mar.

535

513

480

430

410

390

390

380

370

502

700

722

656

546

480

440

410

390

390

380

380

370

370

370

390

430

410

390

420

440

430

Apr.

420

39O

390

390

410

460

440

420

400

360

350

430

656

722

788

788

656

502

430

380

360

380

380

370

350

320

302

302

524

810

-

May

1,200

1,740

1,630

1,170

832

656

535

470

430

430

440

460

450

513

450

370

340

311

293

284

302

284

266

266

284

311

350

390

340

302

524

June

766

982

1,150

678

420

340

302

293

390

390

330

350

360

330

320

311

350

330

370

302

302

320

302

275

257

330

370

302

266

231

-

July

214

200

193

198

206

201

187

174

162

158

187

20i

195

214

248

302

340

330

340

390

513

634

480

350

266

231

201

180

167

156

149

Aug.

144

144

161

195

240

206

170

149

149

190

284

222

187

154

142

128

145

182

211

257

275

266

320

390

311

231

187

214

302

311

284

Sept.

257

240

231

2O6

198

375

440

480

590

524

330

231

203

187

178

168

162

15^

158

162

158

167

162

174

172

149

142

145

1-lS

144

~

Peak discharge (base, 2,500 sec.-ft.). Nov. 29 ( about 10 p.m.) 8,270 see 

g Computed from graph based on staff-gage readings and floodmark.
240 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Discharge, in second-feet, of Alcovy River below Covington, Oa., 1948-49 Continued

1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

137

130

127

124

125

131

266

612

568

330

240

201

200

193

179

178

222

302

360

330

248

206

187

174

167

167

190

200

201

204

222

Nov.

240

240

231

222

203

190

179

176

173

172

172

173

172

173

174

184

185

174

167

164

164

164

162

161

200

240

2Z-L

203

190

193

-

Dec.

203

187

176

170

167

167

172

193

200

190

185

196

203

231

320

380

370

350

311

275

248

231

231

231

231

231

248

257

257

240

222

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1948-49

Month

December ..........................

Calendar year 1948 .............

May. ..............................

September. ........................

Water year 1948-49 .............

December. .........................

Calendar year 1949 .............

Secondfoot-days

34,310

21,295

177,641

7,033

174,481

7,273

135,755

Maximum

7,520

5,150

7,520

590

7,520

380

1,740

Minimum

114

311

6.7

3°0

142

87

167

124

Mean

1,144

687

485

234

478

235

372

Per square 

mile

4.56

2.74

1.93

.932

1.90

.936

1.48

Runoff in 

inches

5.09

3.16

26.32

2 55

3 00

1.04

25.85

1.08

20.11
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 241

Towaliga River near Forsyth, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°07', long. 83°57i, at bridge on State Highway 

42, a quarter of a mile downstream from Rocky Creek, l£ miles downstream from Little 

Towaliga River, and 6 miles north of Forsyth, Monroe County.

Drainage area.--315 square miles.

Records available. July 1944 to December 1949 in reports of Geological Survey (.discontinued).February 1929 to April 1932 at site half a mile downstream in House Document 68, 74th Congress, 1st session.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during period October 1948 to December 1949, 13,200 secondreet Nov. 27, 1948 (gage height, 20.9 feet), from rating curve extended above 7,000 

second-feet on basis of records for former site; minimum daily, 56 second-feet Hov. 20, 

1949.

1944-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 27, 1948; minimum daily, 33 second-feet 

Sept. 12, 1945.

Maximum daily discharge known, 15,900 second-feet Mar. 15, 1929, site and datum then 

in use, from House Document 68, 74th Congress, 1st session.

Remarks.--Records fair. Flow from 130 square miles regulated by High Falls Dam.

Rating table, Oct. 1, 1948, to Dec. 31, 1949 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 22, 1948, June 25 to July 17, 

July 23 to Aug. 17, Oct. 22 to Dec. 31, 1949)

0.0

.3

.9

1.5

52

207

333

2.5 

4.5 

6.5 

8.0

576

1,140

1,790

2,400

11.0

14.0

17.0

19.8

3,890

5,800

8,500

11,700

Discharge, in second-feet, 1948-49 

1948-49

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

IS

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

211

84

59

286

411

222

275

450

87

74

251

488

368

140

202

81

76

75

65

63

63

65

84

78

65

62

59

59

58

58

58

Nov.

141

141

208

263

437

163

161

312

488

488

439

168

78

74

135

200

266

488

438

136

109

316

909

1,360

1,380

1,130

10,500

11,700

9,250

3,680

-

Dec.

1,260

850

766

682

563

550

525

525

576

615

494

219

345

475

462

462

462

450

344

397

550

602

589

462

223

223

318

438

603

2,220

2,090

Jan.

1,020

738

682

668

655

710

682

Feb.

628

576

628

628

628

615

615

65 615

6C 965 61'

tlti

602

602

£33

191

179

314

462

462

462

462

379

161

302

462

450

450

387

179

168

446

1,300

1,080

822

738

682

655

710

906

878

766

1,060

794

710

668

642

628

628

766

850

_

-

-

Mar.

738

655

642

655

628

615

615

602

615

682

668

496

215

404

628

615

602

615

478

187

322

475

475

475

378

172

166

318

500

538

655

Apr.

682

504

227

372

602

710

655 ~642

488-

191

370

615

935

1,120

738

642

628

628

615

615

615

642

488

197

314

450

450

450

984

2,510

-

Hay

2,580

1,420

935

738

682

655

628

615

602

602

589

' 537

237

164

155

282

426

390

262

199

148

139

326

379

289

414

328

128

127

282

438

June

426

414

345

119

118

259

245

201

256

244

137

139

371

513

313

380

371

139

116

300

450

777

628

563

422

104

338

576

546

300

-

July

182

91

81

78

245

364

147

185

69

60

250

348

143

276

280

116

359

642

589

525

538

512

121

112

315

475

475

414

312

78

78

Aug.

222

223

246

305

272

89

76

238

352

264

262

180

84

83

202

219

255

1,590

858

522

141

344

563

550

525

351

130

157

290

426

426

Sept.

512

490

114

111

111

331

860

1,140

668

500

111

116

422

538

450

303

97

94

89

100

106

217

94

75

66

231

359

86

208

266

-

Peak discharge (base, 5,800 see, -ft.). Nov. 27 (9 p.m.) 13,200 sec.-ft.
242 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Discharge in second-feet, of Towaliga River near 

1949

Forsyth, Ga. , 1948-49 Continued

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

IS

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

305

69

69

69

69

75

111

106

86

81

81

78

76

75

75

76

266

426

390

390

290

62

58

224

334

161

144

141

66

68

147

Nov.

193

202

259

299

68

63

222

297

133

173

136

62

60

179

148

125

174

176

65

56

201

333

154

62

68

63

60

213

304

181

-

Dec.

187

141

63

62

206

379

368

172

135

68

65

133

137

182

438

435

136

104

265

319

246

402

313

84

76

91

234

390

329

148

75

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.

Monthly discharge, in ceco...'-feet, 1948-49

Month

December. .........................

Calendar year 1948 .............

May. ..............................

September . ........................

Water year 1948-49 .............

December. .........................

Calendar year 1949 .............

Secondfoot-days

19,340

211,675

15,321

21,181

15,829

19,079

15,696

10,110

8,460

10,445

8,865

194,561

6,383

140, 7C6

Maximum

2,220

11,700

1,020

1,300

738

2,510

2,580

777

642

1,590

1,140

11,700

438

2,580

Minimum

219

55

161

576

166

191

127

104

60

76

66

58

62

56

Mean

1 519

624

578

494

756

511

636

506

337

273

337

296

533

158

206

386

Per square 

mile

1.98

1.83

1.57

2.40

1.62

2.02

1.61

1.07

.867

1.07

.940

1.69

.502

.654

1.23

Runoff in 

inches

2.28

24.97

1.81

2.50

1.87

2.25

1.86

1.19

1.00

1.23

1.05

22.97

.75

16.62
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 243

Tobesofkee Creex near Maoon, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°48', long. 83°46', at bridge on U. S. Highway 

HO, 8 miles west of Macon, Bibb County, and 14 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of 

gage is 309.98 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 

1936.

Drainage area. 182 square miles.

Records available. March 1937 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 12 years, 200 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,550 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 20.5 

); minimum, 56 second-feet Sept. 25, 26.

1937-49: Maximum discharge, 9,830 second-feet Mar. 21, 1944 (gage height, 23.2 

feet), from rating curve extended above 5,600 second-feet; minimum observed, 6.5 

second-feet Sept. 24, 1941.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 6 to Nov. 22)

2.7 54

2.8 69

3.0 108

3.2 160

4.5 546

6.0 920

9.0 1,610

11.0 2,230

14.0 3,440

17.0 5.040

18.7 6,190

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

78

80

68

93

113

85

71

71

73

66

69

83

74

66

63

62

62

60

63

63

63

60

62

66

63

63

62

62

63

62

62

Nov.

63

66

69

76

71

120

226

115

89

85

82

76

76

76

76

74

87

93

118

220

140

292

490

800

680

286

1,570

6,190

5,560

2,190

-

Dec.

615

382

346

313

265

241

235

274

250

230

210

200

200

200

200

220

250

350

460

400

300

260

240

230

250

250

250

250

400

860

1,300

Jan.

600

400

350

300

350

400

400

350

300

250

240

230

220

210

210

200

200

200

210

202

184

178

178

175

175

175

172

178

190

181

388

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

Deoeaber .........................

Calendar year 1946 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

Juns .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

367

262

229

217

232

223

223

241

1,250

2,030

1,260

574

400

337

304

316

385

307

628

872

490

361

313

283

265

250

518

654

_

-

-

Seoondfoot-days

2,15

20,15(

10,43]

116,87]

7,99(

13,79]

7,393

10,47]

6,95;

4,49

5,11

5,34'

3,44

97,74;

Mar.

382

310

280

259

247

238

238

220

214

274

265

220

211

229

304

250

226

226

232

214

208

202

205

199

193

190

190

196

220

211

340

Apr.

370

265

247

235

280

313

256

229

211

199

214

373

430

340

271

238

217

205

196

187

190

445

316

235

202

184

175

208

1,340

1,900

-

Maximum

L 113

> 6,190

1,300

6,190

> 600

2,030

382

1,900

1,100

5 313

t 6flO

L 445

) 800

' 6,190

May

1,100

654

518

346

283

250

229

214

193

187

181

172

166

157

154

149

143

138

135

127

122

118

115

110

193

172

127

118

118

132

132

Minimum

60

63

200

46

172

217

190

175

110

102

73

82

57

57

June

127

115

108

102

104

149

122

118

146

127

122

135

184

277

178

175

313

154

125

115

193

193

149

125

125

135

130

135

166

149

-

Mean

69.4

672

336

319

258

493

238

349

224

150

165

172

115

268

July

113

106

100

93

89

87

85

78

73

74

196

349

152

122

115

146

328

680

346

322

196

154

127

143

138

108

95

89

85

83

239

Aug.

367

g!84

g343

g379

g250

200

130

100

g!06

g445

g226

150

120

100

g98

glOO

g!38

g!99

220

200

150

130

115

104

93

85

82

127

132

108

163

Per square 

 ile

0.381

3.69

1.85

1.75

1.42

2.71

1.31

1.92

1.23

.824

.907

. 945

!e32

1.47

Sept.

130

118

106

93

106

193

800

202

135

110

100

85

83

80

74;

71

71

69

71

74

66

63

66

63

58

57

58

66

108

73

-

Runoff in 

inohes

0.44

4.12

2.13

23.88

1.64

2.82

1.51

2.14

1.42

.92

1.05

1.09

.71

19.99

Peak discharge (base, 1.900 see.-ft.).--Nov. 28 (5 p.m.) 7,550 sec.-ft.; Feb. 10 (8 a.m.) 2,370 

sec.-ft.; Apr. 30 (11 a.m.) 2,000 sec.-ft.

g Computed from graph based on wire-weight gage readings.

Hote. Ho gage-height record Dec. 9 to Jan. 19, Aug. 6-8, 12-14, 19-22; discharge computed on 

basis of records for Potato Creek near Thomaston.
244 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 

Oconee River at Athens, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°57i, long. 83°22i, at Cemetery Bridge in Athens, 

Clarice County, 1,600 feet downstream from Athens Manufacturing Co. dam, 2,200 feet 

downstream from bridge on U. S, Highway 78, and 3 miles downstream from Sandy Creek.

Drainage area.--283 square miles.

Records available. June 1944 to December 1949 in reports of Geological Survey (discontinued). Mvember 1928 to March 1932 in House Document 68, 74th Congress, 1st session.

Extremes --Maximum discharge during period October 1948 to December 1949, 7,820 secondreet Nov. 29, 1948 (gage height, 21.5 feet); minimum daily, 169 second-feet. Oct. 16. 

1948.

1944-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 29, 1948; minimum daily, 42 second-feet 

Sept. 6, 1947.

Maximum stage known, 23.0 feet Mar. 5, 1929, from gage readings furnished by Corps 

of Engineers (discharge, 9,000 second-feet, from rating curve extended above 6,400 

second-feet).

Revisions.--The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as shown in the following table. They supersede those published in the Water-Supply 

Papers indicated.

Water-Supply 

Paper

1032..... ...

1052........

Water 

year

1945-46

Date

Jan. 6

Gage height 

(feet)

21.0

Discharge 

(second-feet)

4 900

7,450

Remarks.--Records good except those for Dec. 3, 1948, to Jan. 31, 1949, which are fair. 

Diurnal fluctuation and some regulation caused by power plant above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, 1948-49 

1948-49

Day

1

2

3

4

5

e

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

189

181

175

179

183

179

175

195

199

189

153

191

185

177

171

169

173

187

193

185

181

179

197

201

193

189

187

185

185

185

187

Nov.

195

222

384

575

1,000

1,O8O

712

748

782

397

317

289

274

264

257

250

294

307

299

384

440

515

835

1,110

1,340

1,850

4,460

6,230

7,380

5,100

-

Dec.

3,130

1,600

940

765

730

660

660

66O

608

530

470

44O

425

410

397

384

384

397

440

425

397

384

371

358

397

485

500

440

470

9O5

1,110

Jan.

1,080

765

560

545

905

2,970

3,250

2,550

1,570

1,000

765

625

560

515

485

440

410

397

397

384

371

358

336

333

333

320

312

336

371

533

440

Feb.

678

1,000

940

940

1,080

1,280

1,000

642

1,470

1,540

1,960

1,710

1,180

800

678

730

975

1,400

1,500

1,210

1,080

1,000

748

642

575

545

575

642

_

_

-

Mar.

678

575

500

470

155

44O

440

425

425

575

575

530

455

425

425

410

397

425

440

410

384

397

485

425

940

608

545

545

500

485

485

Apr.

485

530

485

455

485

560

590

5OO

440

410

410

56O

1,040

1,180

1,500

1,300

712

530

470

44O

425

455

440

410

384

358

358

384

625

1,740

May

2,620

2,480

1,920

1,280

835

608

530

500

515

560

748

642

530

455

425

410

384

384

371

358

358

336

333

336

358

333

317

320

336

358

455

June

485

485

371

333

320

312

304

291

286

336

358

397

358

608

500

608

642

1,210

2,200

1,140

485

397

384

384

410

485

47O

397

485

315

-

July

312

3O4

291

284

271

267

262

262

255

255

262

281

410

455

455

440

835

1,670

1,960

2,200

1,820

1,210

695

440

397

371

330

310

294

281

271

Aug.

267

281

317

330

312

281

264

253

302

307

257

244

237

233

228

239

425

765

1,24O

1,080

485

371

397

440

336

299

297

384

485

470

336

Sept.

307

281

294

323

320

533

1.60O

3^570

3,570

l,7io

590

384

336

320

307

294

281

279

279

267

255

248

262

253

239

231

237

246

242

226

-

Peak discharge (base, 2,500 gee.-ft.).--Nov. 29 (E 

2c.-ft.; May 1 (9 p.m.) 2,690 sec.-ft.; Sept. 9 (3

a.m.) 7,820 see.-ft.; Jan. 6 (11:30 p.m.) 3,650 

a.m.) 4,010 see.-ft.
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

'245

Discharge, In second-feet, of Oconee River at Athens, Oa., 1948-49 Continued

1949

Day

1

2

3

4

S

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

220

224

222

220

220

242

281

304

286

246

235

235

235

233

239

253

333

358

320

276

257

250

246

237

237

271

291

323

358

384

470

NCT.

560

590

560

440

358

328

310

304

297

294

291

286

291

336

336

299

284

276

276

276

274

271

269

269

299

336

299

284

284

281

-

Dec.

276

267

267

267

262

264

269

302

291

279

310

307

304

358

425

425

371

336

336

371

336

333

336

333

317

336

410

425

384

336

330

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May ' June July Aug. Sept.

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, 1948-49

Month

December . .........................

Calendar year 1948 .............

Water year 1948-49 .............

December. .........................

Calendar year 1949 .............

Secondfoot-days

20,322

200,071

20 395

235,557

10,163

199,745

Maximum

3,180

7,380

7,380

590

425

3,570

Minimum

358

139

312

358

169

269

262

220

Mean

185

656

547

645

328

547

Per square 

mile

2.32

1.93

2 33

1 39

2 15

2.28

1.16

1.93

Runoff in 

inches

2.68

26.32

2 39

31.00

1.34

26.29

980338 0-52-17
246 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Oconee River near Greensboro, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°35', long. 83°16', 300 feet downstream from bridge 

on state Highway 12, 1 mile downstream from Town Creek, 5 miles upstream from Apalachee 

River, 5 miles west of Greensboro, Green County, and 12 miles downstream from Barnett 

Shoals Dam. Datum of gage is 409.82 feet above mean sea level, unadjusted.

Drainage area. 1,090 square miles.

Records available. July 1903 to September 1923 and May 1937 to September 1949 in reports 

or Geological Survey. October 1903 to December 1931 (including revised records for October 1918 to September 1923) In House Document 68, 74th Congress, 1st session.

Average discharge. 39 years (1903-13, 1914-31, 1937-49), 1,522 second-feet.

.Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 34,100 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 28.1 

reet), from rating curve extended above 20,000 second-feet on basis of velocity-area 

studies and discharge computed at Barnett Shoals Dam adjusted by square root of drainage 

area ratio at gage height 28.1 feet; minimum daily, 497 second-feet Oct. 16, 17.

1903-31, 1937-49: Maximum gage height observed, 35.4 feet Aug. 26, 1908 (discharge 

not determined); minimum daily discharge, 60 second-feet Sept. 28, 1925.

Remarks.--Records good. Diurnal fluctuation and some regulation at low flow by Barnett 

SRoals power plant.

Revisions (water years). W 262: 1908, 1909. W 822: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.9 

3.0 

4.0 

9.0

497

854

1,230

3,510

13.0

15.0

17.0

20.0

5,560

7,100

9,290

13,800

23.0

25.0

27.5

19,800 

24,8OO 

32,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

649 

585 

540 

585 

601

585 

570 

555 

585 

601

555 

555 

555 

540 

525

497 

497 

511 

555 

555

525 

540 

540 

585 

601

570 

555 

555 

540 

540 

540

Nov.

555 

585 

854 

1,980 

2,520

2,250 

2,430 

2,570 

2,250 

1,530

1,110 

962 

890 

854 

836

818 

836 

926 

926

1,110

1,440 

1,480 

2,290 

4,130 

4,580

4,530 

7,490 

19 , 100 

32,100 

30,000

Dec.

21,900 

14,200 

7,880 

3,800 

2,570

2,250 

2,160 

2,200 

2,060 

1,880

1,700 

1,570 

1,530 

1,480 

- 1,440

1,400 

1,360 

1,400 

1,620 

1,620

1,480 

1,360 

1,320 

1,270 

1,400

1,660 

1,620 

1,440 

1,750 

4,840 

5,110

Jan.

3,8oo 

2,570 

2,020 

1,840 

2,290

4,090 

6,170 

8,790 

7,780 

4,190

2,290 

2,020 

1,840 

1,750 

1,660

1,570 

1,530 

1,480 

1,480 

1,530

1,440 

1,440 

1,440 

1,400 

1,400

1,360 

1,360 

1,400 

1,530 

1,480 

1,930

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Decs

Ca

Janu 

Fsbr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary .

h. ...........................

1.................. ..........

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter yesr 1948-49 ............

Feb.

2,710 

3,O40 

2,800 

3,370 

5,110

4,840 

3,750 

2,570 

3,180 

4,680

5, 68O 

5,620 

4,940 

2,950 

2,290

2,340 

3,280 

3,610 

4,040 

4,130

3,510 

2,900 

2,480 

2,200 

2,020

1,930 

2,060 

2,430

Secondfoot-days

17,295 

133,935 

99.27C

764, 52C

76.87C 

94, 46C 

£7,72C 

63,17C 

76,33C 

49,62C 49,46' 

38,485 

46.44C

803, 05E

Mar.

2,340 

2,060 

1,880 

1,750 

1,700

1,660 

1,620 

1,570 

1,530 

2,480

2,430 

2,060 

1,800 

1,660 

1,660

1,570 

1,530 

1,530 

1,660 

1,570

1,480 

1,440 

1,660 

2,290 

2,520

2,110 

2,430 

2,200 

1,930 

1,800 

1,800

Apr.

1,840 

1,840 

1,750 

1,660 

1,800

2,160 

2,110 

1,880 

1,660 

1,530

1,570 

1,880 

3,370 

3,800 

4,040

3,990 

2,570 

2^020 

1,800 

1,660

1,570 

1,660 

1,700 

,570 

,440

,360 

,320 

,360 

,930 

,330

Maximum

649 

32,100 

21,900

32,100

) 8j790 

5,680 

) 27520 

4,330 

8,210 

) 3, 460 

4,730 

2,950 

5,560

35T.100

Peak discharge (base, 6,OOO sec. -ft.). Nov. 29 (5 p.m.

sec. -ft.; May 3 (4 a.m. ) 8,55O sec. -ft.

May

5,680 

7,780 

8,210 

6,250 

3,850

2,390 

2,O6O 

1,930 

1,840 

2,020

3,090 

2,570 

2,020 

1,750 

1,620

1,530 

1,440 

1,400 

1,320 

1,320

1,230 

1,230 

1,190 

1,190 

1,360

1,360 

1,190 

1,110 

1,150 

1,150 

4,100

Minimum

497 

555 

1,270

441

1,360 

1,930 

1,440 

1,320 

1,110 

1,080 

801 

699 

801

497

June

3,040 

2,060 

1,530 

1,320 

1,190

1,110 

1,080 

1,080 

1,190 

1,080

1,150 

1,320 

1,320 

1,570 

1,700

1,570 

2,570 

3,090 

3,460

2,850

1,800 

1,530 

1,320 

1,230 

1,230

1,660 

1,660 

1,530 

1,270 

1,110

Mean

558 

4,464 

3,202

2,089

2,480 

3,374 

1,862 

2,106 

2,462 

1,654 

1,596 

1,242 

1,548

2,200

July

1,040 

1,000 

962 

962 

926

890 

854 

801 

818 

818

890 

1,080 

1,150 

1,400 

1,400

1,440 

1,620 

2,340 

3,320 

3,990

4,580 

4,730 

2,660 

1,660 

1,570

1,480 

1,190 

1,080 

1,000 

926 

890

Aug.

872 

872 

1,000 

1,150 

1,040

926 

854 

801 

836 

1,150

1,000 

872 

750 

733 

699

716 

949 

2,480 

2,950 

2,620

,800 

,570 

,400 

,320 

,190

,000 

908 

,320 

,660 

,480 

1,570

Psr square 

mile

0.512 

4.10 

2.94

1.92

2.28

3.10 

1.71 

1.93 

2.26 

1.52 

1.46 

1.14 

1.42

2.02

Sept.

1,570 

1,230 

1,040 

1,080 

1,110

1,110 

3,230 

4,040 

4,680

5,560

3,490 

1,480 

1,230

1,150 

1,080

1,040

1,000

962 

926 

962

890 

854 

908 

872 

836

801 

801 

818 

872 

818

Runoff in 

inches

0.59 

3. ~39

26.07

2.63 

3.23 

1.97

2.15 

2.61 

1.70 

1.68 

1.31 

1.58

27.41

) 34,100 sec. -ft.; Jan. 8 (6 p.m.) 9,030
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 247

Oconee River at Milledgevllle, da.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°05', long. 83°13', at Milledgeville, Baldwin 

bounty, 900 feet upstream from bridge on State Highway 24, half a mile upstream from 

Fishing Creek, and 3 miles downstream from partly completed Fur-man Shoals Dam of Georgia 

Power Co. Datum of gage is 230.84 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--2,950 square miles.

Hecords available.--August 1903 to December 1905 (at Milledgeville), May 1906 to December 

isua, and October 1909 to September 1923 (at Fraleys Ferry, 1 miles upstream), and 

April 1937 to September 1949 in reports of Geological Survey. May 1906 to December 

1908 and October 1909 to December 1931 (at Fraleys Ferry),in House Document 68, 74th 

Congress, 1st session. Gage-height records collected since 1904 at site 900 feet downstream are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average dis charge.--34 years (1906-8, 1909-16, 1918-31, 1937-49), 3,571 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 80,800 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 37.3 

feet); minimum daily, 960 second-feet Oct. 17, 18.

1903-31, 1937-49: Maximum discharge, 95,000 second-feet (revised) Aug. 16, 1928 

(gage height, 38.7 feet, present site and datum, from floodmark), from rating curve 

extended above 50,000 second-feet on basis of records for former site (at Fraleys Ferry); 

minimum daily, 90 second-feet on several days in August and September 1925. 

Maximum stage known since 1904, that of Aug. 16, 1928.

Revisions.--The Maximum discharge for the water year 1928 has been revised to 95,000 

secona-reet Aug. 16, 1928 (gage height, 38.7 feet, present site and datum from floodmark) .

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height'record, 

which are fair. Diurnal fluctuation and some regulation at low flow by Barnett Shoals 

power plant.

Revisions.--W 922: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,350 

1,240 

1,140 

1,200 

1,500

1,390 

1,200 

1,170 

1,140 

1,100

1,140 

1,100 

1,100 

1,060 

1,030

1,000 

960 

960 

1,000 

1,030

1,030 

1,030 

1,030 

1,100 

1,100

1,100 

1,100 

1,060 

1,030 

1,030 

1,030

Nov.

1,100 

1,170 

1,280 

1,930 

3,050

3,800 

4,100 

4,000 

3,900 

3,140

2,330 

1,890 

1,730 

1,620 

1,580

1,540 

1,580 

1,650 

1,810 

2,250

2,510 

3,700 

5,100 

11,300 

10,900

9,940 

20,700 

39,200 

72,700 

76,100

Dec.

57,600 

38,500 

26,500 

14,400 

7,220

5,700 

5,200 

5,300 

5,000 

4,600

4,200 

3,800 

3,600 

3,410 

3,320

3,320 

3,700 

4,100 

6,300 

5,300

4,400 

3,900 

3,500 

3,320 

3,320

4,300 

4,300 

3,900 

4,000 

19 , 600 

20,500

Jan.

13,900 

8,300 

5,800 

4,700 

4,400

5,900 

8,780 

11,500 

13,000 

10, 900

6,210 

4,600 

4,200 

3,900 

3,700

3,500 

a2,900 

a2,800 

a2,800 

a2,900

3,230 

3,140 

3,140 

3,140 

3,140

3,050 

3,050 

3,050 

3,320 

3,410 

4,000

Month

Goto 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

6,000 

6,000 

5,700 

5,100 

8,540

10,600 

9,030 

6,520 

15,000 

20,100

16,800 

13,100 

10,600 

8,300 

5,700

5,100 

7,220 

7,940 

8,060 

12,400

10, 100 

7,700 

6,200 

5,400 

4,800

4,400 

4,700 

6,630

Secondfoot-days

34,450 

297,600 

286,110

1,917,555

160,360 

237,740 

127,520 

141,940 

167,400 

114,870 

99,110 

90,160 

85,950

1,843,210

Peak discharge (base, 18,000 sec. -ft.). N

sec. -ft.; Feb. 10 (5 p.m. ) Zl,300 sec. -ft.

Mar.

6,100 

5,200 

4,600 

4,200 

4,100

3,900 

3,900 

3,700 

3,600 

3,900

5,500 

5,400 

4,400 

4,000 

4,000

3,900 

3,700 

3,600 

3,700 

3,700

3,500 

3,410 

3,410 

3,700 

4,400

4,300 

3,900 

3,800 

4,200 

3,900 

3,900

Apr.

4,100 

3,900 

3,700 

3,700 

3,800

5,000 

4,900 

4,400 

3,900 

3,500

3,500 

4,800 

6,520 

8,060 

8,060

7,340 

6,200 

4,500 

4,000 

3,600

3,410 

3,700 

4,000 

3,600 

3,320

3,050 

2,870 

2,870 

3,840 

13,800

Maximum

1,500 

76,100 

57,600

76,100

13,900 

20,100 

6,100 

13,800 

17,500 

10,800 

7,580 

5,400 

7,580

76,100

ov. 30 (1 a. i

May

17,500 

16,800 

16,100 

13,900 

10,100

5,900 

4,600 

4,100 

3,800 

4,800

5,900 

6,100 

5,000 

4,000 

3,600

3,230 

3,050 

2,870 

2,690 

2,600

2,510 

2,510 

2,330 

2,420 

2,870

2,870 

2,690 

2,420 

2,330 

2,510 

5,300

Minimum

960 

1,100 

3,320

820

2,800 

4,400 

3,410 

2,870 

2,330 

2,250 

1,770 

1,320 

1,430

960

June

10, 800 

6,100 

4,500 

3,230 

2,690

2,420 

2,330 

2,250 

3,050 

4,000

3,230 

3,140 

3,600 

3,410 

3,600

3,600 

3,900 

5,100 

4,900 

4,800

4,600 

4,900 

3,900 

3,140 

3,050

2,780 

3,500 

3,050 

d2,800 

d2,500

Mean

1,111 

9,920 

9,229

5,239

5,173 

8,491 

4,114 

4,731 

5,400 

3,829 

3,197 

2,908 

2,865

5,050

July

d2,300 

d2,200 

d2,100 

d2,100 

d2,100

d2,000 

dl,900 

dl,800 

d2,000 

1,850

1,850 

2,010 

2,600 

2,600 

3,230

3,140 

5,400 

5,600 

5,400 

7,580

6,740 

6,860 

6,100 

3,800 

2,870

2,870 

2,510 

2,090 

1,890 

1,770 

1,850

Aug.

2,690 

1,970 

2,010 

2,780 

2,690

2,170 

1,850 

1,320 

1,620 

2,250

2,600 

2,090 

1,690 

1,500 

1,430

1,430 

1,850 

3,600 

5,300 

4,400

4,900 

4,700 

4,800 

4,300 

2,960

2,420 

2,090 

3,050 

4,500 

3,800 

5,400

Per square 

mile

0.377 

3.36 

3.13

1.78

1,75 

2.88 

1.39 

1.60 

1.83 

1.30 

1.08 

.986 

.971

1.71

Sept.

4,300 

3,410 

2,780 

2,330 

2,420

2,330 

4,200 

6,860 

7,580 

7,100

7,100 

3,900 

2,510 

2,170 

2,010

1,930 

1,810 

1,810 

1,690 

1,690

1,690 

1,620 

1,540 

1,620 

1,580

1,460 

1,430 

1,460 

1,930 

1,690

Runoff in 

inohes

0.43 

3.75 

3.61

24.15

2.02 

3.00 

1.60 

1.78 

2.11 

1.45 

1.24 

1.14 

1.08

23.21

n.) 80,800 sec. -ft.; Dec. 30 (8 p.m.) 24,000

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of U, S. Weather Bureau wire-weight gage 

readings and records for stations near Greensboro and at Dublin.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed as explained In footnote a.
248 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Oconee River at Dublin, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°32', long. 82°54', at bridge on U. S. Highway 80 

ac JJuDlin, Laurens County. Datum of gage is 149.08 feet above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. 

Drainage area.--4,400 square miles.

Keeoras available.--January 1894 to January 1898 (gage heights only), February 1898 to 

December" T9T37 and October 1931 to September 1949 in reports of Geological Survey. 

January 1929 to December 1931 in House Document 68, 74th Contress, 1st session. Gageheight records collected at same site since 1893 are contained in reports of U. S. 

Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.--32 years (1898-1912, 1931-49), 5,156 second-feet. 

Jjjqremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 71,200 second-feet Dec. 3 (gage height, 30.1 

reet); minimum, 1,750 second-feet Oct. 20, 24, 31, Nov. 1, 2 (computed from graph based 

on gage readings); minimum gage height, 2.90 feet Oct. 20, 31, from graph based on gage 

readings.

1898-1913, 1931-49: Maximum discharge, 96,700 second-feet Apr. 12, 13, 1936 (gage 

height, 32.97 feet); minimum, 422 second-feet Sept. 24, 1941 (gage height, 0.72 foot).

Maximum stage known, that of Apr. 12, 13, 1936. 

Remarks.--Rec ords good. 

Kevisio'n.--W 822: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 12 to Jan. 1,

Jan. 8 to Feb. 10, June 23 to July 18,

July 26 to Aug. 21, Sept. 14-30)

2.9

9.0

12.0

14.0

18.0

1,750

6,520

9,500

12,100

18,800

20.0

22.0

24.0

27.0

30.1

23,600

29,500

37,200

52,100

71,200

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,290 

2,290 

2,450 

3,140 

5,480

4,840 

3,980 

3,370 

2,750 

2,370

2,290 

2,450 

2,370 

2,210 

2,210

2,060 

1,900 

1,860 

1,790 

1,750

1,790 

1,790 

1,790 

1,750 

1,790

1,830 

1,860 

1,860 

1,790 

1,790 

1,750

Nov.

1,750 

1,750 

1,900 

2,140 

2,370

3,370 

4,290 

4,920 

5,080 

5,000

4,600 

3,750 

3,140 

2,830 

2,680

2,600 

2,520 

2,600 

2,750 

3,210

3,670 

3,980 

4,760 

6,200 

7,310

8,400 

9,500 

10,900 

13,900 

22,000

Dec.

46,800 

66,600 

71,200 

66,000 

57,400

47,800 

37,200 

28,400 

22,400 

18,200

15,900 

13,400 

10,900 

8,300 

6,860

6,280 

6,120 

6,520 

8,100 

9,280

9,860 

9,980 

9,390 

7,700 

6,520

6,040 

6,200 

6,440 

6,280 

6,950 

8,840

Jan.

10,200 

12,800 

17,200 

19,600 

18,400

16,600 

13,900 

11,100 

10,500 

10,500

10,900 

11,700 

12,600 

12,000 

8,950

6,6OO 

5,880 

5,480 

5,240 

5,160

5,080 

5,000 

4,840 

4,760 

4,680

4,600 

4,520 

4,440 

4,440 

4,600 

5,160

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber ....................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary . .

h. ...........................

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

5,720 

6,600 

7,130 

7,310 

7,400

7,600 

8,200 

9,170 

10,500 

12,800

15,200 

17,800 

23,100 

24,800 

23,100

19,800 

17,400 

15,000 

13,000 

12,600

13,400 

14,900 

16,200 

16,900 

15,900

13,900 

11,400 

10,400

Secondfoot-days

73,64( 

153,87 

637, 86C

2,895,55

277, 43( 

377,23 

211,45 

187,22 

225,37 

148,76 

136,61 

128,61 

124,97

2,683,02

Mar.

10,100

10,200 

10,200 

9,620 

8,400

7,400 

6,860 

6,520 

6,280 

6,120

6,200 

6,860 

7,400 

7,220 

6,860

6,770. 

6,600 

6,360 

6,120 

5,880

5,800 

5,640 

5,400 

5,240 

5,400

5,880 

6,120 

5,880 

5,880

6,120 

6,120

Apr.

6,360 

6,520 

6,360 

6,040 

5,880

5,960 

6,440 

6,770 

6,520

5,880

5,400 

5,800 

6,600 

7,500 

8,300

8,840 

9,060 

8,950 

8,300 

6,680

5,560 

5,000 

5,000 

5,400 

5,240

4,840 

4,360 

4,130 

4,290 

5,240

Maximum .

3 5,480 

3 22 , OOO 

3 - 71,200

3 71,200

3 19,600 

3 24,800 

3 10,200 

3 9,060 

3 16,900 

3 7,600 

3 8,200 

3 6,680 

3 8,000

3 71,200

May

7,500 

9,06O 

10,400 

12,200 

14,900

16,700 

16,900 

15,700 

13,000 

8,840

7,220 

7,700 

8,200 

8,300 

7,220

5,720 

4,920 

4,440 

4,060 

3,830

3,600 

3,440 

3,370 

3,290 

3,370

3,670 

3,900 

3,670 

3,440 

3,210 

3,600

Minimum

1,750 

1,750 

6,040

1,370

4,440 

5,720 

5,240 

4,130 

. 3,210 

3,370 

2,520 

2,210 

1,900

1,750

Peak discharge (base, 19,000 sec. -ft.). Dec. 3, 71,200 sec. -ft.

(8 a.mj 25,200 sec. -ft.

June

5,080 

6,770 

7,600 

7,400 

5,800

4,210 

3,520 

3,440 

3,370 

3,750

3,680 

4,680 

4,210 

4,680 

4,920

5,080 

5,000 

5,080 

5,640 

5,800

5,720 

5,480 

5,720 

5,400 

4,600

4,360 

4,060 

4,290 

4,360 

4,060

Mean

2,375 

5,129 

20.58C

7,911

8,949 

13.47C 

6,821 

6,241 

7.27C 

4,959 

4,407 

4,14S 

4,166

7,351

July

3,750 

3,370 

3,060 

2,980 

2,980

2,910 

2,750 

2,600 

2,520 

3,140

3,290 

2,830 

2,750 

3,210 

3,600

4,360 

4,840 

5,800 

7,040 

7,500

7,800 

8,100 

8,200 

8,100 

7,220

5,080 

4,210 

3,750 

3,210 

2,910 

2,750

Aug.

3,060 

4,290 

3,980 

3,440 

3,900

4,130 

3,670 

3,140 

2,830 

2,600

2,830 

3,520 

3,290 

2,830 

2,450

2,290 

2,210 

2,680 

4,060 

5,560

6,120 

6,680 

6,200 

6,120 

6,040

4,760 

3,670 

3,980 

5,480 

6,360 

6,440

Per square 

mile

0.540 

1.17 

4.68

1.80

2.03 

3.06 

1.55 

1.42 

1.65 

1.13 

1.00 

.943 

.947

1.67

Sept.

7,400 

8,000 

7,400 

6,200 

5,080

4,360 

3,980 

4,520 

6,200 

7,040

7,400 

7,600 

7,220 

5,000 

3,600

3,060 

2,680 

2,520 

2,370 

2,370

2,290 

2,290 

2,290 

2,140 

2,060

2,060 

1,900 

1,900 

1,900 

2,140

Runoff in 

inches

0.62 

1.30 

5.40

24.48

2.34 

3.19 

1.79 

1.58 

1.90 

1.26 

1.15 

1.09 

1.06

22.68

Jan. 4, 19,600 sec. -ft.; Feb. 14

Note. Discharge for Oct. 1 

readings.

to Nov. 10 computed from graph based on twice-daily wire-weight gage
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 249

Oconee River near Mount Vernon, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°12', long. 82°38', at bridge on U. S. Highway 280, 

a quarter of a mile downstream from Seaboard Railway bridge, half a mile upstream from 

Plat Creek; 2^miles upstream from OkeewaTkee Creek, and 2 miles west of Mount Vernon, 

Montgomery County. Datum of gage is 103.34 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, 

supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 5,110 square miles.

Records available. November 1937 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 12 years (1937-49), 5,619 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 66,300 second-feet Dec. 5 (gage height, 22.6 

reet); minimum, 1,600 second-feet Oct. 1.

1937-49: Maximum discharge, that of Dec. 5, 1948: minimum, 618 second-feet Sept. 25, 

1941.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). W 1112: 1942, 1944.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

4.2

6.6 

8.4 

10.4

1,710

3,140

4,470

6,480

11.8

13.2

14.8

16.4

8,640

11,600

16,000

22,000

17.8

20.2

22.5

29,500

45,800

65,300

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,710

2,050

2,400

2,400

2,880

4,220

4,560

4,300

4,060

3,400

2,950

2,690

2,630

2,570

2,450

2,400

2,340

2,160

2,050

1,930

1,880

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,760

1,760

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,760

1,760

Nov.

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,820

1,990

2,160

2,750

3,550

4,060

4,300

4,380

4,220

3,620

3,080

2,690

2,510

2,400

2,340

2,400

2,510

2,880

3,340

3,760

4,300 ^7100'

5,700

6,480

7,780

9,000

11,100

-

Dec.

13,60O

22,600

43,300

59,700

65,300

62,500

56,200

48,000

40,600

34,500

28,300

24,500

21,600

19,200

16,300

13,300

11,100

9,800

10,200

10,400

10,700

11,800

13,100

13,600

13,300

11,800

10,200

9,000

8,460

8,820

9,200

Jan.

9,400

10,400

12,100

14,400

:s,ooo

21,200

22,000

20,800

18,800

16,600

15,000

14,200

13,900

14,200

14,700

14,700

12,800

10,200

8,460

7,460

7,020

6,740

6,480

6,360

6,240

6,120

6,000

5,900

5,800

5,800

6,000

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

6,480

6,740

7,300

7,780

8,640

9,400

10,000

10,900

11,100

11,800

13,300

15,000

18,000

21,600

25,000

26,500

25,500

23,000

20,800

18,400

16,600

15 , 600

16,000

17,300

18,400

18,800

18,400

17,300

_

_

-

Secondfoot days

75.99C

115, 35(

730, 98C

3,358,40C

357, 78C

435 , 64C

260,72(

203, 64C

241, 19C

149, 08C

143, 68(

133, 02(

153, 98C

3,001,05C

Mar.

15,300

13,300

12,600

12,600

12,300

11,800

10,700

9,400

8,460

7,780

7,460

7,020

7,160

7,460

8,280

8,640

8,280

7,940

7,620

7,300

6,880

6,600

6,360

6,120

5,900

5,900

6,120

6,360

6,360

6,360

6,360

Apr.

6,600

6,740

6,880

6,880

7,020

7,020

6,740

6,600

6,880

6,880

6,740

6,480

6,480

6,740

7,160

7,780

8,280

9,000

9,200

9,400

8,820

7,460

6,120

5,500

5,500

5,500

5,200

4,830

4,560

4,650

Maximum

4,560

) 11,100

) 65,300

65,300

) 22,000

) 26,500

) 15,300

) 9,400

) 17,300

) 6,740

) 8,640

5 7,020

) 9,200

) 65,300

May

5,200

6,360

7,460

8,640

10,000

11,600

14,200

16,600

17,300

17,300

15,600

12,300

9,400

8,280

8,280

8,280

7,460

6,000

4,920

4,470

4,140

3,900

3,690

3,620

3,620

3,620

3,830

3,980

3,900

3,690

3,550

Minimum

1,710

1,710

8,460

1,320

5,800

6,480

5,900

4,560

3,550

3,760

2,570

2,400

2,400

1,710

June

3,830

4,560

5,500

6,240

6,740

6,600

5,300

4,300

3,980

3,760

3,980

4,740

4,920

4,740

5,010

5,200

5,300

5,200

5,100

5,200

5,500

5,500

5,400

5,300

5,300

4,830

4,470

4,140

4,140

4,300

Mean

2,451

3,845

23,580

9,176

11.54C

15.56C

8.41C

6,788

7.78C

4,969

4,635

4,291

5,133

8,222

July

3,980

3,760

3,400

3,140

3,080

3,080

2,950

2,820

2,690

2,570

2,880

3,080

2,820

2,690

2,950

3,620

4,470

5,200

6,000

6,740

7,300

7,620

8,100

8,460

8,640

8,460

7,300

5,200

4,060

3,480

3,140

Aug.

3,340

4,060

4,300

4,300

3,900

3,980

4,060

3,760

3,340

3,010

2,950

3,080

3,340

3,210

2,880

2,570

2,400

2,400

2,690

3,480

5,O10

6,000

6,480

6,480

6,120

5,900

5,400

5,200

6,120

6,240

7,020

Per square 

mile

0.480

.752

4.61

1.80

2.26

3.05

1.65

1.33

1.52

.972

.907

.840

1.00

1.61

Sept.

7,620

7,780

8,100

8,820

9,200

8,280

6,600

5,500

5,200

5,700

6,360

6,880

7,160

7,300

6,880

4,830

3,760

3,340

3,140

3,080

3,010

2,950

3,210

3,270

3,080

2,820

2,690

2,570

2,450

2,400

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.55

.84

5.32

24.44

2.61

3.18

1.90

1.48

1.75

1.08

1.05

.97

1.12

21.85

Peak discharge (base, 20,000 sec. 

sec.-ft.; Feb. 16, Z6.5OO sec.-ft.

-ft.). Dec. 5 (1 p.m.) 66,500 see.-ft.; Jan. 7 (6 a.m.) 22,500
250 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Middle Oconee River near Athens, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°58', long. 83°25', half a mile upstream from 

U.S. Highway 29, 2 miles west of Athens, Clarice County, andnS miles upstream from 

Barber Creek. Datum of gage Is 555.66 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 398 square miles.

Records available.--October 1901 to October 1902 (at site 1 mile upstream), April 1937 to 

September 194U (at site 4 miles downstream), and October 1940 to September 1949 In reports of Geological Survey. January 1929 to March 1932 at site 4 miles downstream, In 

House Document 68, 74th Congress, 1st session.

Average discharge. 12 years (1937-49), 511 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 14,200 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 19.6 

I'eet); minimum daily, 186 second-feet Oct. 16.

1901-2, 1929-32, 1937-49: Maximum discharge observed 19,600 second-feet Feb. 28, 

1902 (gage height, 25.5 feet, site and datum then in use); minimum dally, 42 secondfeet Sept. 23, 1941.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Diurnal fluctuation and slight regulation at times caused by power plants above station.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

£06

214

206

202

214

214

206

214

236

206

198

218

206

194

190

186

190

206

218

206

202

202

222

240

218

214

214

206

206

210

210

Nov.

214

240

994

1,620

1,170

803

1,460

1,560

584

452

405

367

344

332

320

310

355

379

373

728

618

709

1,500

1,930

2,640

1,820

5,160

8,770

12,200

11,700

-

Dec.

3,680

1,170

994

994

857

839

886

839

776

69O

636

60O

584

568

551

535

535

535

636

609

543

519

506

489

535

709

576

527

618

1,430

1,400

Jan.

926

747

663

794

1,980

4,220

4,810

2,170

1,080

892

794

738

681

654

618

600

584

576

576

576

551

551

551

551

543

535

519

576

654

551

926

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ...........

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 3,800 sec

Feb.

1,500

1,430

884

1,56O

1,930

2,030

994

857

2,200

2,390

2,640

1,870

1,110

926

839

1,110

1,840

2,140

1,290

1,250

1,210

934

839

776

728

700

776

986

_

-

-

Secondfoot-days

6,47

60,05

25,34

277,12

31,18

37,73

21,10

26,33

27,18

20,17

23,97

18,30

20,15

318,02

Mar.

830

718

681

645

618

609

600

576

584

866

884

690

636

609

6OO

580

58O

<5OO

6OO

580

560

560

500

800

900

800

900

800

700

700

700

Apr.

700

700

650

650

65O

8OO

8OO

750

65O

6OO

6OO

1,300

1,700

2,OOO

1.5OO

9OO

700

650

645

627

627

69O

672

600

551

527

519

584

1,170

2,820

-

Maximum

1 240

7 12,200

I 3,680

5 12,200

J 4,810

J 2 , 640

3 900

? 2,820

1 3,520

3 2 , 240

I 3,860

L 1,960

D 3,680

7 12,200

-ft.) .--Nov. 30 (2 a.ra

May

3.52O

2,960

2,14O

1,36O

952

83O

756

709

718

986

1,100

875

690

627

60O

576

543

527

5O4

482

482

467

460

475

592

489

432

497

452

460

926

Minimum

186

214

489

175

519

700

560

519

432

379

315

304

338

186

) 14,200 s«

June

l.OOO

6OO

504

460

432

412

419

379

399

419

489

592

475

56O

584

1,360

1,900

2,240

728

519

56O

512

467

445

636

857

70O

627

482

419

-

Mean

209

2,002

816

757

1,00£

1,34£

68]

87£

877

673

772

591

672

87]

July

392

379

367

355

355

338

320

332

315

392

332

35O

551

654

568

718

848

1.36O

2,860

3,860

2,030

1,320

738

70O

848

568

489

445

425

392

373

Aug.

386

399

645

482

425

379

355

332

405

438

438

344

304

310

304

326

1,560

1.96O

1,840

6OO

609

6O9

654

527

438

399

386

584

7OO

482

681

Per square 

mile

0.525

5.03

2.06

1.90

2.53

3.39

1.71

2.21

2.20

1.69

1.94

1.48

1.69

2.19

Sept.

663

467

412

467

438

1,130

2,550

3,680

1,670

7OO

568

512

475

445

432

412

412

419

392

386

367

361

373

361

344

338

338

350

350

338

-

Runoff in 

inches

O.61

5.61

2.38

25.90

2.92

3.53

1.97

2.47

2 . 54

l!89

2.24

1.71

1.89

29.76

>c.-ft.; Jan. 7 (1 p.m.) 5,230

sec.-ft.; July 20 (10 a.m.) 4,160 sec.-ft.; Sept. 8 (3 p.m.) 3,980 se 

Mote. No gage-height record Mar. 15 to Apr. 18; discharge computed 

River near Athens.

.-ft.

basis of records for Ooonee
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 251

Apalachee River near Bostwick, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°47', long. 83°28", 500 feet upstream from Price 

Mill Bridge, 4 miles downstream from High Shoals, 4 miles upstream from Jacks Creek, 

and 4 miles northeast of Bostwick, Morgan County.

Drainage area. 176 square miles.

Records available.--July 1944 to December 1949 (discontinued).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during period October 1948 to December 1949, 7,600 second-feet 

Nov. 28, 1948 (gage height, 8.26 feet); minimum daily, 70 second-feet Oct. 16, 1948.

1944-49: Maximum discharge, 8,500 second-feel? Jan. 6, 1946 (gage height, 8.9 feet); 

minimum daily, 38 second-feet Oct. 5, 1947.

Remarks.--Records good above 200 second-feet, and fair below. Diurnal fluctuation caused 

by small power plant at High Shoals.

Rating table, Oct. 1, 1948, to Dec. 31, 1949 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 22, 1948, Sept. 10 to Oct. 6, 

Oct. 9-16, Oct. 18 to Dec. 14, Dec. 17-31, 1949)

1.6 61

1.7 74

1.8 90

2.2 184

2.4 255

2.6 355

3.1 710

3.6 1,130

4.2 1,790

5.0 2,800

7.2 5,950

Discharge, in second-feet, 1948-49 

1948-49

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

101

94

84

92

101

92

88

88

92

80

84

73

84

77

77

70

74

84

88

80

82

74

84

87

88

87

84

80

84

85

79

Nov.

88

103

240

434

255

240

407

338

214

159

138

136

129

127

124

120

144

154

151

240

217

344

1,300

1,550

902

1,310

4,620

5,950

5,950

2,980

"

Dec.

790

518

462

420

368

328

328

368

328

282

26O

247

244

240

232

225

225

228

273

264

228

214

210

204

278

296

240

225

372

1,080

742

Jan.

469

344

300

355

744

2,030

1,480

670

462

374

333

306

286

273

260

255

251

247

251

247

240

240

236

236

232

228

225

255

260

232

434

Feb.

588

455

338

1,290

1,030

638

462

381

1,130

1,910

1,050

662

483

400

355

490

638

553

602

595

469

394

355

328

311

296

368

434

-

-

-

Mar.

355

300

286

278

264

264

260

255

291

806

588

394

322

300

291

278

264

286

306

278

255

264

338

374

300

273

282

311

296

278

300

Apr.

286

264

255

264

311

381

311

264

240

232

244

506

968

726

532

381

306

282

264

247

247

286

278

240

221

210

210

24O

559

1,610

May

1,790

1,100

694

490

381

322

300

278

260

338

476

407

328

264

247

228

217

210

204

197

191

191

184

217

368

420

240

204

191

217

806

June

968

560

296

236

217

204

194

207

210

207

273

316

286

228

221

576

381

240

200

204

251

217

197

187

197

217

200

176

178

162

July

154

154

156

170

156

144

141

136

131

148

146

146

175

273

200

207

244

300

344

434

333

217

181

322

217

164

151

141

134

127

131

Aug.

127

182

221

167

154

138

124

120

141

138

127

118

113

105

113

118

216

278

184

141

499

1,160

490

251

194

152

162

381

381

236

200

Sept.

322

184

191

191

194

636

1,130

750

316

217

181

167

159

148

138

134

131

136

159

144

127

124

156

131

113

109

113

122

120

105

Peak discharge (base, 5,5OO see.-ft.). Nov. 28 (4 p.m.) 7,600 sec.-ft.
252 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Discharge, in second-feet, of Apalachee River near Bostwiek, Ga., 1948-49 Continued

1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

105

101

103

105

105

124

537

338

178

148

138

136

136

131

129

151

300

240

170

151

141

136

129

127

124

141

148

164

170

181

232

Nov.

214

184

164

154

146

141

138

141

136

138

138

136

136

153

170

146

136

134

134 134-

134

131

131

134

167

162

146

141

141

164

-

Dec.

173

141

138

134

134

134

138

151

138

138

159

162

154

221

300

296

217

184

181

178

167

162

173

173

159

170

204

191

170

162

256

Jan. Feb.

I

Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1948-49

Month

December .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Seoondfoct-days

10,719

9 937

133,684

5,358

106,085

Maximum

1,080

2 030

5,950

338

300

Minimum

204

225

70

134

Mean

346

321

366

173

Per square 

mile

1.97

2 15

2.08

.920

.835

.983

1.65

Runoff in 

inches

2.27

?7 C. »1t* 42

2 52

28.26

.93

1.13
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 253

Apalachee River near Buckhead, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°36', long. 83°21', at bridge on State Highway 12, 2 miles downstream from Hard Labor Creek, 3 miles northeast of Buckhead, 

Morgan County, and 9 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 424.07 feet above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 436 square miles.

Records available.--March 1901 to December 1908, May 1937 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--12 years (1937-49), 583 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 23,800 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 26.8

I'eet); minimum daily, 161 second-feet Oct. 17.

1901-8, 1937-49: Maximum gage_ height observed, 27.5 feet, datum then in use,

Aug. 25, 1908 (discharge not determined); minimum daily discharge observed, 43

second-feet Oct. 24, 1904, caused by regulation at High Shoals Dam, 23 miles above

station. 

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Moderate diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mill dams above station.

Hating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in fe

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 1-3O,

Jan. 1-6, Jan. 8 to Feb. 4)

1.5 155 7.5 1,490 16,0 6,550 

2.0 232 9.0 1,990 19.0 10,200 

3.0 410 11.0 2,840 22.0 14.7OO 

5.0 840 13.0 4,050 26.0 22,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

216 

200 

188 

198 

216

208 

191 

190 

194 

182

179 

186 

176 

173 

167

162 

161 

173 

182 

182

173 

176 

188 

188 

188

186 

185 

182 

182 

179 

182

Nov.

186 

208 

317 

572 

594

510 

682 

682 

550 

400

326 

299 

282 

282 

274

265 

282 

317 

317 

430

470 

530 

1,010 

2,400 

3,210

1,860 

8,760 

17,800 

22,100 

12,700

Dec.

4,480 

1,710 

1,290 

1,110 

936

816 

748 

748 

770 

682

616 

572 

550 

530 

510

510 

510 

510 

638 

638

550 

490 

470 

460 

550

792 

660 

550 

681 

2,300 

3,210

Jan.

1,740 

1,060 

840 

748 

888

1,750 

3,210 

2,030 

1,160 

888

792 

726 

682 

638 

616

594 

572 

572 

572 

572

550 

550 

530 

530 

530

510 

510 

530 

616

550 

770

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber. .........................

mber ......... ...... ...... .

lendar year 1948 

ary . .

h...... ......................

1 ................... .....

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,140 

1,060 

816 

1,200 

3,040

2,230 

1,290 

984 

1,160 

2,230

2,690 

1,680 

1,160 

960 

864

912 

1,350 

1,320 

1,110 

1,520

1,490 

1,060 

912 

816

770

726 

816 

1,060

Seoondfoot-days

5,733 

78,61E 

29,587

334,816

26,826 

36,366 

22,146 

22,962 

28,782 

22.73E 

13.18E 

13,213 

14.75C

314, 90E

Mar.

936 

792 

726 

682 

638

638 

638 

&16 

594 

998

1,640 

1,060 

816

726 

726

682 

616 

616 

660 

638

572 

572 

616 

682 

660

594 

572 

594 

616 

616 

616

Apr.

638 

572 

550 

572 

660

816 

748 

616 

550 

510

530 

682 

1,320 

2,030 

1,410

936 

748 

660 

616 

550

530 

594 

616 

550 

490

470 

450 

470 

848 

2,230

Maximum

216 

22,100 

4,480

22,100

3,210 

3,040 

1,640 

2,230 

4,640 

1,990 

792 

1,300 

2,200

22,100

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 sec. -ft.) .--Nov. 29 (8 a.m.

May

4,640 

3,770 

2,430 

1,490 

984

816 

726 

P60 

616 

616

1,010 

936 

748 

616 

550

510 

480 

450 

430 

420

410 

400 

382 

382 

490

638 

550 

420 

400 

432 

1,380

Minimum

161 

186 

460

141

510 

726 

572 

450 

382 

391 

248 

216 

220

161

June

1,990 

1,460 

792 

530.

470

430 

410 

510 

1,740 

1,160

726 

1,140 

816 

638 

660

748 

1,320 

792 

550 

470

594 

748 

550 

470 

450

704 

616 

450 

410 

391

Mean

185 

2,620 

954

915

865 

1,299 

714 

765 

928 

758 

425 

426 

492

863

July

372 

353 

344 

362 

344

335 

282 

282 

274 

282

344 

616 

400 

410 

460

470 

594 

550 

792 

770

770 

550 

410 

430

616

391 

317 

290 

274 

256 

248

Aug.

248 

248 

391 

410 

344

299 

256 

232 

274 

638

372 

274 

248 

224

216

224 

274 

660 

490 

317

344 

1,000 

1,300 

700 

420

340 

290 

290 

840 

650 

400

Per square 

mile

0.424 

6.01 

2.19

2.10

1.98 

2.98 

1.64 

1.75 

2.13 

1.74 

.975 

.977 

1.13

1.98

) 23,800 sec. -ft.

Sept.

570 

380 

380 

390 

390

1,300 

2,200 

1,600 

1,300 

700

410 

340 

320 

290 

280

270 

270 

270 

300 

280

260 

260 

300 

270 

240

230 

240 

250 

240 

220

Runoff in 

inches

0.49 

6.70 

2.52

28.55

2.28 

3.10 

1.89 

1.95 

2.46 

1.94 

1.12 

1.13 

1.26

26.84

Note. No gage-height record Aug. 22-24, Aug. 26 to Sept. 30; discharge computed on basis 

ords for Apalachee River near Bostwick and Oconee River near Greensboro.
254 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Ohoopee River near Reidsville, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°04", long. 82°11', at Sheppard Bridge, half a mile 

downstream from Brazells Creek, ij miles downstream from Rocky Creek, 3j miles west of 

Reidsville, Tattnall County, 6 miles downstream from Pendleton Creek, and 14 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 1,110 square miles.

Records available.--June 1903 to December 1907, May 1937 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 16 years (1903-7, 1937-49), 1,009 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,870 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 14.2 feet); 

minimum daily, 125 second-feet July 15.

1903-7, 1937-49: Maximum discharge observed, 15,100 second-feet Mar. 3, 1939 (gage 

height, 19.8 feet); minimum daily, 28 second-feet June 4, 1941.

Maximum stage known, 28.4 feet in January 1925, from information by Georgia State 

Highway Department.

Remarks.--Records good. Occasional diurnal fluctuation during periods of low flow caused 

Ey~gristmill a quarter of a mile above station.

Revisions (water years).--W 822: Drainage area. W 892: 1939(M).

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 194

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

162

168

220

290

486

534

498

498

570

635

742

960

1,150

1,150

990

840

756

674

596

558

510

462

417

362

320

290

270

251

233

224

213

Nov.

202

195

190

188

197

202

217

233

242

251

260

260

260

260

260

251

242

224

217

219

221

340

522

700

784

756

784

1,020

1,590

1,810

-

Dec.

2,040

3,210

4,690

5,670

5,580

4,690

3,970

3,970

4,610

5,130

5,130

5,490

5,580

5,400

5,130

4,530

3,900

3,550

3,760

4,050

4,130

4,290

4,450

4,530

4,290

3,900

3,550

3,150

2,850

2,910

3,030

Jan.

3,030

3,030

3,090

3,150

3,090

3,090

3,150

3,210

3,150

3,340

3 620

3,690

3,480

3,090

2,740

2,440

2,280

2,160

2,040

1,890

1,770

1,660

1,550

1,480

1,410

1,380

1,310

1,250

1,210

1,180

1,210

Month

October ......... . . .............

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January .......... ...............

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ............................

June ............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,250

1,340

1,410

1,590

2,120

2,440

2,490

2,690

3,150

3,480

3,550

3,340

3,270

3,760

4,770

5,220

4,690

3,830

3,270

3,340

3,470

3,410

3,410

3,550

3,480

3,340

3,210

3,090

_

-

-

Secondfoot-days

16,02S

13,097

131, 16C

747, 44E

74,17C

87.97C

54.18C

29 17^

2l',711

14,271

9 99^

n'soc

63.82E

532, 88E

Mar.

3,030

2,910

2,910

2,910

2,790

2,590

2,400

2,200

2,000

1,810

1,700

1,590

1,550

1,480

1,620

1,740

1,850

1,890

1,810

1,620

1,410

1,340

1,210

1,150

1,090

1,020

960

900

900

900

900

Apr.

900

900

960

960

1,150

1,340

1,410

1,340

1,270

1,020

900

960

1,210

1,280

1,210

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,090

960

784

674-

840

1,020

960

674

570

486

428

417

-

Maximum

1,150

1,810

5,670

13,300

3,690

5,220

3,030

1,410

1,340

960

674

2,790

4,770

5,670

Peak discharge (base, 3,800 sec. -ft.). Dec. 4 (10 p.m.

May

534

784

1,090

1,150

1,090

1,090

1,150

1,150

1,090

1,150

1,340

1,210

1,020

840

674

635

635

583

522

462

395

330

280

251

270

373

474

373

270

242

260

Minimum

162

188

2,040

70

1,180

1,250

900

417

242

280

125

201

583

125

) 5,870 36

June

373

450

373

290

280

320

373

417

439

395

362

406

450

462

486

510

583

570

510

474

510

674

960

960

674

474

417

417

362

300

Mean

517

436

4,231

2,042

2,392

3,142

1,748

972

700

476

322

558

2,128

1,460

July

270

242

251

233

224

206

242

290

233

192

170

156

146

131

125

131

140

236

635

674

609

635

674

674

596

486

395

320

260

220

197

Aug.

201

270

439

609

674

596

362

260

290

290

260

251

251

242

251

290

280

233

224

224

217

251

510

674

674

583

534

900

1,550

2,120

2,790

Per square 

mile

0.466

.393

3.81

1.84

2 . 15

s'.BS

1.57

.876

.631

.429

.290

.503

1.92

1.32

Sept.

3,830

4,770

3,830

3,760

4,610

4,770

4,290

3,900

3,620

3,340

3,030

2,640

2,280

1,890

1,520

1,210

1,020

840

728

609

583

609

635

728

900

1,020

1,090

1,020

784

609

Runoff in 

inches

0.54

.44

4.39

25.06

2.48

2.95

1.81

.98

.73

.48

.33

.58

2.14

17.85

e.-ft.; Dec. 13 (3 a.m.) 5,670
SATILLA RIVER BASIN 255

Satilla River near Mayoress, Ga.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 31°14', long. 82°19', at Atlantic Coast Line Railraod Bridge

and pumping station, 3 miles northeast of Waycross, Ware County, and 16 miles upstream

from Alabama River. Datum of gage is 66.43 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929,

supplementary adjustment of 1936. 

Drainage area. 1,300 square miles. 

Kecoras available. March 1937 to September 1949. 

Average aiscnarge. 12 years, 1,041 second-feet. 

jsrtremes . maximum discharge during year, 13,800 second-feet Sept. 4 (gage height, 18.1

reet ) ; minimum observed, 42 second-feet Oct. 1.

1937-49: Maximum discharge, 39,000 second-feet Apr. 4, 1948 (gage height, 22.4 feet,

from floodmark); minimum observed, 12 second-feet Nov. 15, 16, 1942, Dec. 6-14, 1943. 

Flood in September 1928 reached a stage of 22.2 feet, from information by pumping

station operator (discharge, 37,000 second-feet). 

Remarks. Records good. Gage read twice daily. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad diverts 4 or

5 second-feet from pool at gage for use in shops. 

Revisions (water years) . W 952: 1939.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 1 to Apr. 7,

May 10 to July 22, July 26 to Aug. 22, Sept. 17-30)

3.2 42 6.1 390 13.6 3,640 

3.5 60 7.3 645 14.6 4,820 

4.1 HO 8.8 1,040 15.6 6,460 

4.6 163 11.2 1,850 16.6 8,8OO 

5.1 23O 12.2 2,440 18.0 13,400

Dischsrge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30

31

Oct.

45 

332 

338 

472 

1,010

1^220 

1,220 

1,130 

950 

720

510 

470 

450 

410 

370

306 

245

202 

176 

150

140 

130 

115 

100 

92

84 

80 

76 

68 

64 

6O

NOV.

57 

57 

54 

54 

51

51 

51 

51 

60 

84

80 

72 

72 

68 

64

60 

60 

57 

57 

72

80

489 

1,070 

1,380 

1,380

1,220 

1,040 

895 

1.O10 

1,O40

Dec.

1,190 

1,350 

1,490 

1,490 

1,380

1,280 

1,250 

1,190 

1,310 

2,760

3,000 

3,09O 

3,270 

3,360 

3,270

3,270 

3,180 

3,OOO 

3,450 

3,360

3,270 

3,270 

3,540 

3,740 

3,950

4,O60 

3,840 

3,45O 

3,090 

2,840 

2,520

Jan.

2,3OO 

2,240 

2,180 

2, ISO 

2,060

1,890 

1,740 

1,600 

1,420 

1,250

1,130 

980 

87O 

820 

745

670 

620 

570 

53O 

490

470 

430 

410 

410 

410

410 

410 

390 

390 

410 

450

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

her. .........................

 bar....... ..................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948

h.. ..........................

1. ...........................

st ...........................

enber ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

510 

550 

595 

595 

795

1,100 

1,460 

1,810 

2,180 

2,520

3,OOO 

3,360 

3,540 

3,64O 

3,540

3,270 

2,920 

2,440 

1,850 

1,6OO

1,740 

2,OOO 

2,300 

2,680 

3,090

3,450 

3,640 

3,270

Seoondfoot-days

11,735 

10,836 

85,010

688,092

30,875 

63,445 

32,71C 

61,230 

33.65C 

15,11£ 

35,283 

39,032 

121.42C

540,345

Mar.

2,840 

2,120 

1,630 

1,350 

1,220

1,130 

980 

870 

770 

72O

695 

695 

720 

695 

720

795 

920 

,100 

,220 

,420

,520 

,460 

,320 

,160 

980

845 

695 

570 

510 

490 

550

Apr.

670 

695 

7 2O 

845 

1,320

2,OOO 

2,600 

2,920 

3,180 

3,270

3,270 

3,090 

2,840 

2,600 

2,370

2,370 

2,600 

2,920 

3,090 

3,090

2,760 

1,940 

1,420 

,040 

,160

,380 

,46O 

,350 

,160 

,100

Maximum

1,220 

1,380 

4,060

37,000

2,300 

3,640 

2,840 

3,270 

3,450 

895 

2,370 

9,100 

13,400

13,400

May

1,1OO 

1,350 

1,940 

2,600 

3,180

3,450 

3,450 

3,090 

2,440 

1,810

1,350 

950 

720 

645 

620

570 

550 

570 

550 

450

322 

245 

202 

163 

163

150 

150 

163 

202 

245 

260

June

275 

322 

370 

390 

390

370 

338 

275 

230 

189

215 

530 

530 

550 

570

695 

820

950 

895 

795

695 

510 

370 

354 

370

490 

645 

670 

645

670

Minimum Mean

45 379 

51 361 

1,190 2,742

34 1,880

390 996 

510 2,266 

490 1,055 

670 2,041 

150 1,085 

189 504 

338 1,138 

338 1,259 

245 4,047

45 1,480

July

720 

870 

1.16O 

1,460 

1,660

1,630 

1.38O 

1,190 

 1,040 

950

950 

795 

530

370 

370

338 

470 

845

1,100 

1,420

1,660 

2,000 

2,240 

2,370 

2,300

1,890 

1,320 

845 

530 

410 

470

Aug.

490 

338 

390 

470 

490

550 

645 

745 

745 

720

. 695 

645 

720 

820 

870

795 

695 

620 

490 

470

745

1,040 

1,190 

1,320 

1,280

1,040 

795 

1,850 

3,450 

4,820 

9,100

Per square 

Bile

0.292 

.278 

2.11

1.45

.766 

1.74 

.812 

1.57 

.835 

.388 

.875 

.968 

3.11

1.14

Sept.

11,000

11,000

12,400 

13,400 

13,000

11,300 

9,400 

7,520 

6,460 

5,250

4,420 

3,640 

2,920 

2,000 

1,350

895 

720 

570 

490 

550

550 

410 

354 

306 

275

245 

260 

245 

245 

245

Runoff in 

inches

0.34 

.31 

2.43

19.71

.88 

1.81 

.94 

1.75 

.96 

.43 

1.01 

1.12 

3.47

15.45

Peak discharge (base, 2,700 sec. -ft.) . Dec. 26, 4,060 sec. -ft.; Feb. 14, 3,640 sec. -ft.; Feb. 27,
256 SATILLA RIVER HASIK

Satilla River at Atkinson, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31*13', long. 81*52', at bridge on D. S. Highway 84, 

4UO reet downstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge and 1 mile west of 

Atkinson, Brantley County. Datum of gage is 14.79 feet above mean sea level, datum of

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 2,880 square miles.

Records available. October 1931 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 18 years, 2,213 second-feet.

Extremes. Kaxlmum discharge during year, 33,200 second-feet Sept. 5 (gage height, 19.6 

TeeTF: minimum, 182 second-feet Oct. 1.

1931-49: MaxinLTi discharge, 68,100 second-feet Apr. 6, 1948 (gage height, 23..9 

feet): minimum observed, 4.5 second-feet Nov. 19, 20, 1931.

Maximum stage known, 27.2 feet, from information by local residents, in September 

1928 (discharge, 110,000 second-feet}.

Remarks. Records good. 

Revisions. V 822: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 19*8-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

3.9 

4.6 

5.4

6.6

7.5

176 

300 

477 

815 

1,1OO

9.0

10.5

11.5

12.5

13.0

1,720

2,650

3,500

4,620

5,330

14.0

15.0

16.0

17.5

19.5

7,250

9,700

13,000

20,000

32,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

184

310 

652 

965 

1,720

2,370 

2,800 

3,220 

3,500 

3,600

3,400 

3,130 

2,800 

2,440 

2,060

1,720 

1,430 

1,200 

995 

845

725 

623 

541 

477 

429

384 

352

320 

300 

281 

262

Nov.

244 

224

218 

209 

202

199 

199 

 195 

194 

200

197 

194 

197 

2O4 

206

209 

209 

202 

195

200

204 

212 

262 

4-5 

815

1,160 

1,570 

2,060 

2,580 

2,880

Dec.

2,960 

2,960 

2,880 

2,880 

2,800

2,800 

2.9SO 

3,040 

3,400 

3,700

3,910 

4,130 

4,620 

5,170 

6,050

6,450 

6,650 

6,650 

,050 

,250

,250 

,250 

,450 

,650 

,650

,450 

,250 

,250 

,250 

,450 

,450

Jan.

7,450 

7,050 

6,650 

6,450 

6,050

5,880 

5,490 

5,330 

5,030 

4,750

4,490 

4,130 

3,700 

3,220 

2,880

2,580 

2,300 

2,060 

1,820 

1,570

1,520 

1,430 

1,310 

1,240

1,200

1,130 

1,100 

1,100 

1,060 

1,060 

1,130

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Ma,

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

ber ...................... ...

mber .................. .....

lendar year 1943 

ary

h.. ...................

1 ....... ....................

st ...........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,160 

1,240 

1,310 

1,390 

1,520

1,770 

2,000 

2,300 

2,720 

3,130

3,600 

4,310 

4,750 

5,170 

5,670

6,050 

6,250 

6,450 

6,450 

6,450

6,O5O 

5,670 

5,170 

4,750 

4,490

4,490 

4,750 

5,030

Secondfoot-days

44,035 

16,305

169,660

1,658,215

102,230 

113,910 

82,280 

110,830 

86,022 

45,374 

87,940 

89,050 

348,770

1,296,406

Peak discharge (base, 5,800 sec. -ft.). Dec

May 9-10, 6,450 sec. -ft.; Sept. 5 (5 p.m.) 3?

Mar.

5,490 

5,850 

6,050 

5,850 

5,490

4,750 

4,130 

3,400 

2,800 

2,440

2,120 

1,880 

1,67O 

1,520 

1,430

1,350 

1,350 

1,350 

1,430 

1,470

1,570 

1,720 

1,820 

2,000 

2,120

2,180 

2,180 

2,000 

1,820 

1,620 

1,430

Apr.

1,270 

1,200 

1,240 

1,310 

1,670

2,180 

2,510 

2,880 

3,400 

4,020

4,620 

5,030 

5,330 

5,490 

5,330

5,030 

4,890 

4,620 

4,490 

4,250

4,250 

4,250 

4,490 

4,490 

4,370

4,250 

4,020 

3,600 

3,310 

3,040

Maximum

3,600 

2,880

7,650

67,200

7,450 

6,450 

6,050 

5,490 

6,450 

2,720 

4,250 

7,900 

32,500

32,500

May

2.96C 

2,96C

3,13C 

3,50v. 

4,13C

5,03C 

5,85C 

6,25C 

6,45C 

6.45C

6,25C 

5,67C 

4.75C 

3,80C 

3.13C

2.51C 

1,940 

1.57C 

1.35C 

1,16C

1,O6C 

965 

875 

755 

637

541 

477 

477 

477 

465 

453

MiniBun

184 

194

2,800

168

1,060 

1,160 

1,350 

1,200 

453 

441 

1,130 

1,820 

1,130

184

. 24-25, 7,650 sec. -ft. 

S.2OO sec. -ft.

June

441 

441

441 

453 

490

541 

595 

595 

568 

554

710 

S75 

1,Q6O 

1,200 

1,350

1,620 

1,880 

2,O60 

2,120 

2,180

2,180 

2,240 

2,370 

2,440 

2,510

2,650 

2,720 

2,720 

2,650 

2,720

Mean

1,420 

544 

5,473

4,531

3,298 

4,068 

2,654 

3,694

2,775 

1,512 

2,837 

2,873 

11,630

3,552

July

3,040 

3,600 

3,800 

3,500 

3,220

3,040 

3,O40 

3,130 

3,310 

3,500

3,500 

3,220 

2,880 

2,440 

2,060

1,720 

1,350 

1,130 

1,130 

1,310

1,520 

1,820 

2,180 

2,510 

2,880

3,310 

3,700 

4,020 

4,250 

4,130 

3,700

Aug.

3,040 

2,440 

2, ISO 

2,120 

2,000

2,000 

2,000 

1,940 

1,820 

2,060.

2,440

2,720 

2,800 

2,720 

2,510

2,240 

2,120 

2,000 

1,940 

1,820

1,880 

2,120 

2,510 

2.8SO 

3,220

3,SOO 

3,800 

4,750 

5,490 

6,050 

7,900

Per square 

 lie

0.493 

.189 

1.90

1.57

1.15 

1.41 

.922 

1.28 

.964 

.525 

.985 

.998 

4.04

1.23

Sept.

10,300

15,500 

25,400 

30,400 

32,500

31,800 

29,000 

26,60O 

23,000 

19,500

16,500 

13,800 

11,900 

10,300 

6,650

7,250 

5,850 

4,750 

3,910 

3,500

2,960 

2,440 

2,180 

2,060 

1,880

1,S20 

1,310 

1,130 

1,350 

1,430

Runoff in 

inches

0.57 

.21 

2.19

21.41

1.33 

1.47 

1.06 

1.43 

1.11 

.59 

1.14 

1.15 

4.51

16.76

j Feb. 18-20, 6,450 see. -ft. j
257

St. Marys River near Macclenny, ?la.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°21'35r , long. 8S°04'55 n , in sec. 2, T. 2 S., ?.. 22

£. , at site of forner StoKes Bridge, 1 "lie downstream fron cor.fljer.ee of North and South

Prongs and o niles northeast of Macclenr.y. Patorn of gage is 43.30 feet above near, sea

level (levels by Mees i Mees).

Drainage area. 359 sqoare miles, watershed ir. Otcefenokee Swan;: is indeterminate. 

Kecoras available. Octooer 1925 to Septeaber 1949. 

Average discharge. 23 years, 71? second-feet. 

fcxtrenes. Maxlauh discharge daring year, 3,230 second-feet Feb. 3 tgage height, 15.53

reet), nlnlnun, 37 second-feet J^r.e 9 kgage height, 1.72 feet).

1926-49: Maxinon discharge, 23,100 second-feet Sert. 25, 1947 igage height, 22.29

feet); ninL-nun observed, 12 second-feet May 22, 1932, nir.injn gage height observed, 0.04

foot June 4. 5, 1927.

RenarKS. Records good above 500 second-feet, fair below. 

Kevislo'ns. w 727: Drainage area. Revised figures of discharge, in second-feet, for tne

rughwater periods In the water years 1928 and 1945 are given herewith. They supersede

those published in Water-Supply Papers 532 and 1032.

Day 

(water year)

1927-28

19.... 

20.... 

21 ....

Dlacharge 

(second-feet)

12,600

18,500 

23,100 

18,500

Day 

(water year)

1927-28

1944-45

Oct. 21....

Discharge 

(second-feet)

15,700

Month

Water year 1927-28

Calendar year 1944 

Water year 1944-45

Secondfoot-days

429,326

372,200

401,110

Wa-rlimmt

23,100

15,700 

15,700

Mj,nijMKi

24

34 

23

Mean

5,370

1,173

3 149

1,017 

1,099

Per square 

mile

tl.37

1.19 

1.28

Runoff In 

Inches

tl8.59

16.12 

17.37

t Computed on basis of revised figure for drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1943 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

224

1,900

5,740

5,500

5,340

4,850

4,290

3,500

2,880

2,390

1,960

1,680

1,440

1,290

1,080

925

775

654

570

496

446

400

372

344

318

292

272

254

242

230

218

Nov.

205

194

182

176

171

160

154

149

144

138

128

126

121

118

115

110

107

105

106

138

166

149

149

171

171

206

212

194

194

200

-

Dec.

194

194

235

250

242

224

206

205

254

372

358

331

305

286

260

242

224

218

230

331

400

400

386

400

400

400

400

386

358

445

677

Jan.

701

511

532

479

446

446

551

590

532

479

430

400

358

331

312

285

266

254

236

224

212

205

200

194

188

182

171

166

171

235

272

Month

October ................. ........

November .........................

December ................ ........

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April .... .......................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August .................. .......

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

358

430

725

950

1,020

1,290

4,170

7,850

7,140

6,480

5,470

4,620

3,980

3,410

2,950

2,500

2,040

1,720

1,480

1,410

1,320

1,170

1,000

875

750

654

590

570

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

50,97:

4,SSC

9,82c

507, 25E

10,63: 66,92:

7,655

12,805

3 35S

2^245

10.1SC

20,152

41,716

241,126

Mar.

514

479

430

415

372

358

344

318

298

279

260

242

230

218

212

218 °12

200

194

194

182

176

171

171

166

154

149

138

128

124

123

Apr.

138

133

133

144

260

654

750

632

514

400

344

446

750

1,020

1,020

825

632

514

430

386

344

305

305

318

292

'66

254

218

200

182

Maximum

5,740

212

677

25,500

701

7,850

514

1,020

331

127

800

4,620

4,850

7,850

May

176

176

212

331

286

212

176

154

149

128

115

105

96

90

83

78

73

68

64

61

58

55

52

50

48

47

45

43

43

42

43

Minimum

218

105

194

25

166

358

123

133

42

38

128

149

279

38

June

45

46

44

41

40

39

38

38

42

46

48

79

96

88

77

74

98

98

89

109

121

92

89

84

78

83

90

99

110

127

Mean

1,644

155

317

1,386

343

2,390

247

427

108

74.9

328

650

1,391

661

July

128

194

372

324

260

218

206

188

166

171

212

200

186

182

171

166

194

230

331

479

611

701

800

750

677

551

430

344

286

236

194

Aug.

171

171

176

212

272

286

254

230

230

218

248

260

248

236

224

200

171

154

149

171

212

298

386

462

462

400

372

1,560

3,020

4,080

4,620

Per square 

mile

1.91

.130

.369

1.61

.399

2.78

.288

.497

.126

.087

.382

.757

1.62

.769

Sept.

4,620

4,850

4,290

3,680

3,250

2,950

2,500

2,040

1,680

1,380

1,170

975

800

654

551

479

430

400

386

372

358

358

324

305

279

344

479

570

590

654

-

Runoff in 

inches

2.21

.20

. 42

21.94

.46

2.90

.33

.55

.15

.10

.44

.87

1.81

10.44

Peak discharge (base, 1,600 sec. -ft.). Oct. 3 (3 t>.m.) 6,320 sec. -ft.; Feb. 3 (5 a.m.) 3,230 sec.

ft.; Sept. 2 (11 a.m.) 4,970 see.-ft.
258 ST. JOHHS RIVER BASIN 

St. Johns River near Melbourne, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°05', long. 80°45', in sec. 6, T. 28 S., R. 36 E., 

at Bridge on U. S. Highway 192, 2 miles upstream from Lake Washington and 9 miles west 

of Melbourne. Datum of gage is 11.22 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area. About 1,000 square miles.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 758 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,900 second-feet Oct. 1-5; maximum gage height, 

9.31 feet Oct. 1, 2, 3, 5; minimum discharge, 55 second-feet May 29 (gage height, 4.19 

feet).

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 8,070 second-feet Oct. 1, 1947; maximum gage height, 

9.33 feet Sept.. 30, 1938; minimum daily, 8.3 second-feet June 18, 19,1945; minimum gage 

height, 3.54 feet June 19, 1945.

Remarks. Records poor.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

6.900 

6,72O 

6,900 

6,900 

6,900

6,720 

6,720 

6,550 

6,380 

6,040

5,880 

5,57O 

5,280 

5,010 

4,750

4.50O 

4,380 

4,120 

4,000 

3,760

3,640 

3,400 

3,280 

3,160 

2,940

2,830 

2.72O 

2,580 

2,480 

2,420 

2,250

Nor.

2,180 

2,1OO 

2.O40 

1,980 

1,930

1,880 

1,880 

1,840 

1,840 

1,790

1,790 

1,790 

1.75O 

1,750 

1,680

1,640 

T7610 

1,580 

1,530 

1,530

1,530 

1,53O 

1.5OO 

1,470 

1,470

1,440 

1,410 

1,380 

1,380 

1,380

Dec.

1,340 

1,340 

1,340 

1,340 

1,300

1,250 

1,230 

1,180 

1,170 

1,150

1,1OO 

1,100 

1,150 

1,110 

1,080

1,05O 

1,030 

981 

947 

947

930 

897 

880 

863 

830

88O 

S13 

796 

762 

796 

762

Jan.

712 

678 

645 

628 

628

611 

595 

561 

544 

528

511 

494 

461 

444 

428

394 

361 

327 

311 

294

f288 

f294 

f288 

f282 

f275

f269 

*263 

T251 

251 

257 

232

Month

Octc 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Jazra 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

 her .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

1. ...........................

ist ...........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

238 

232 

229 

222 

225

238 

229 

225 

222 

215

212 

198 

198 

193 

190

185 

185 

182 

185 

198

195 

193 

190 

185 

182

177 

172 

170

Seccndfcct-days

145, 68C 

50,60C 

32,344

387, 72J

13,10£ 

5,66! 

4,14] 

3,19] 

2,29! 

2.20J 

4,37< 

15,48( 

72.41C

351,49£

Peak discharge (base, 1,400 aec.-ft.). Oct

f Computed on basis or partly estimated gaf

Mar.

166 

162 

162 

156 

152

152 

154 

146 

142 

141

139 

136 

133 

132 

136

133 

129 

12S 

128 

122

120

121 

125 

122 

121

117 

116 

114 

114 

112 

110

Apr.

109 

107 

106 

108 

109

112 

111 

111 

114 

112

no

110

112 

111 

110

114 

111 

109 

110 

109

106 

104 

104 

103 

102

97 

96 

93 

91 

90

Maxima

> 6,9OO 

> 2,180 

I 1,340

> 6,900

712 

> 238 

I 166 

L 114 

> 93 

' 106 

3 182 

> 1,380 

) 3,24O

> 6,90O

May

92 

92 

93 

93 

90

S9 

87 

84 

83 

81

79 

SO 

76 

76 

74

72 

72 

71 

69 

68

66 

64 

64 

62 

62

61 

SO 

58 

58 

59 

60

Miniaun

2.25O 

1,380

762

3S

232

17O 

110 

90 

58 

58 

1O8 

200 

1,76O

58

June

61 

64 

62 

60 

6O

59 

58 

59 

64 

64

64 

64 

64 

64 

64

68 

69

71 

72 

73

74 

78 

77 

84 

95

98

100 

1O3 

103 

1O6

Mean

4,699

1,687 

1,043

1,059

423 

202 

134 

106 

74. C 

73.4 

141 

500 

2,414

963

;. 1-5, 6.90O sec. -ft.; Sept. 12 

je -height record.

July

108 

108 

110

111 

111

111 

110 

112 

116 

113

113 

114 

US 

121 

123

130

136 

143 

161 

164

170 

172 

174 

175 

176

177 

179 

180 

179 

179 

182

Aug.

ZOO 

232 

240 

240 

262

326 

403 

467 

492 

505

595 

71O 

659 

620 

582

556 

505 

454 

403 

364

339 

326 

313 

275 

262

288 

492 

915 

991 

1,O9O 

1,380

Per square 

 lie

Sept.

1.76O 

2,120 

2,340 

2,440

2,520

2,52O

2,490 

2,440 

2,440 

2,690

2,99O 

3,O2O 

2,990 

2,890 

2,76O

2,620 

2,460 

2,340 

2.22O 

2,100

1,990 

1.95O 

2,030 

1,990 

1,930

1,930 

2.O6O 

2.32O 

2,82O

3,240

Runoff in 

inches

(9 p.m.) 3,O6O sec. -ft.
ST. JOHNS RD7ER BASIN 259

St. Johns River near Christmas, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°33', long. 80°57', in sec. 29 or 32, T. 22 S., R.

34 js., at bridge on State Highway 50, 4 miles east of Christmas. Datum of gage is 1.62

feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929. 

Drainage area. About 1,500 square miles. 

Kecords available. December 1933 to September 1949. 

Average discharge.--15 years (1934-49), 1,315 second-feet. 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 10,200 second-feet Oct. 9 (gage height, 9.86

reet); minimum observed, 69 second-feet May 26-28; minimum gage height observed, 0.80

foot May 28, June 5, 6, 8.

1933-49: Maximum discharge, 10,700 second-feet Oct. 12, 13, 1947; maximum gage

height, that of Oct. 9, 1948; no flow Mar. 22-27, Apr. 19, June 12, 13, 1939; minimum

gage height, 0.48 foot June 19, 1945.

Flood of September 1926 reached a stage of 10.8 feet (discharge, 14,000 second-feet,

from rating curve extended above 10,000 second-feet). 

Remarks. Records fair. 

Revisions (water years). Vf 892: Drainage area. W 1082: 1926{M).

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to May 2 May 3-28 May 29 to Sept. 30

1.6 82 5.5 972 0.8 69 0.8 70 4.2 505 6.5 2.00O 

1.8 103 6.1 1,380 1.5 82 1.2 88 4.8 637 7.0 2,64O 

2-3 165 6.5 1,800 1.6 86 1.7 119 5.2 774 8.6 5,73O 

2.8 244 7.0 2,550 2.0 147 5-.4 876 8.8 6.23O 

4.2 513 7.4 3,380 2.5 221 5.6 1,030 

5.0 740 9.8 9,890

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

7,650 

7,930 

8,210 

8,770 

9,330

9,890 

9,890 

9,890 

9,890

9,890

9,890 

9,890 

9,610 

9,610 

9,330

9,050 

8,770 

8,490 

8,210 

8,210

7,650 

7,380 

7,110 

7,110 

6,700

6,440 

6,180 

5,900 

5,770 

5,500 

5,360

Nov.

5,10O 

4,840 

4,700 

4,430 

4,300

4,160 

3,890 

3,76O 

3,630 

3,500

3,380 

3,260 

3,150 

3,040 

2,930

2,830 

2,730 

2,730 

2,640 

2,550

2,550 

2,460 

2,460 

2,380 

2,300

2,300 

2,220 

2,220 

2,140 

2,140

Dec.

2,070 

2,070 

2,070 

2,000 

2,000

1,930 

1,930 

1,860 

1,860 

1,860

1,800 

1,800 

1,800

1,740 

1,740

1,680 

1,620 

1,620 

1,570 

1,520

1,520 

1,470 

1,420 

1,420 

1,380

1,380 

1,340 

1,300 

1,300 

1,260 

1,230

Jan.

1,200

1,160 

1,160 

1,120 

1,120

1,090 

1,060 

1,060 

1,030 

1,000

972 

944 

917 

892

866

842 

819 

819 

798 

758

740 

724 

707 

692 

676

661 

646 

632 

617 

603 

589

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

JulS 

Augn 

Sep+

Wa

inber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. ....................

1 ............................

st ....................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

576 

562 

550 

537 

525

525 

513 

502 

491 

480

470 

460 

440 

440 

430

420

411 

420

411 

411

411 

402 

392 

382 

373

364 

354 

344

Secondfoot-days

253,500 

94,720 

51,560

696,301

26,914 

12,596 

7,037 

4,364 

2,359 

4,592 

26,634 

30,038 

98,850

613,164

Mar.

335 

326 

316 

307 

298

289 

280 

271 

262 

253

244 

236 

236 

227 

227

222 

212 

204 

200 

192

188 

188 

188 

184 

176

173 

169 

164 

164 

158 

148

Apr.

141 

141 

150 

151 

166

179 

169 

148 

133 

125

121 

122 

122 

113 

108

222 

280 

236 

194 

169

152 

143 

136 

127 

118

103 

103 

99 

95 

93

Maximum

9,890 

5,100 

2,070

9,890

1,200 

576 

335 

280 

93 

425 

1,500 

3,760 

6,100

9,890

Peak discharge (base, 1,900 sec. -ft.). Oct. 9 (3 p.m.]

May

93 

87 

86 

84 

82

80 

80 

80 

78 

78

78 

76 

76 

74 

74

74 

74 

74 

74 

73

73 

73 

73 

73 

a71

h69 

h69 

h69 

h70 

h72 

h72

Minimum

5,360 

2,140 

1,230

62

589 

344 

148 

93 

69 

70 

433 

477 

2,360

69

June

74 

74 

74 

a72 

h70

h70 

a70 

h70 

a76 

83

93 

90 

83

76 

74

72 

72 

72 

76 

88

90 

127 

221 

254 

368

425 

425 

409 

384 

360

Mean

8,177 

3,157 

1,663

1,902

868 

450 

227 

145 

76.1 

153 

859 

969 

3,295

1,680

July

433 

433 

514 

534

651

798 

774 

876 

944 

944

944 

876 

821 

774 

821

1,080 

1,340 

1,400 

1,500 

1,500

1,340 

1,180 

1,030 

876 

774

697 

637 

599 

544 

514 

486

Aug.

477 

514

565 

576 

576

554 

534 

524 

514 

505

514 

565 

576 

599 

599

587 

587 

576 

576 

565

576 

587 

599 

624 

665

774 

1,500 

2,640 

3,570 

3,760 

3,660

Per square 

mile

Sept.

3,480 

3,280 

3,100 

2,900 

2,720

2,560 

2,490 

2,360 

2,360 

2,490

2,640 

2,720 

2,810 

3,000 

3,000

3,100 

3,190 

3,190 

3,100 

3,100

3,100 

3,100 

3,190 

3,280 

3,380

3,660 

4,620 

5,100 

5,730 

6,100

Runoff in 

inches

10,200 sec. -ft.; Aug. 30 (2 p.m.) 3,860

sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge Interpolated, 

h Computed from staff-gage reading.
260 " ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN

St. Johns River near Sanford, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°50', long. 81?19', in sec. 16, T. 19 S., R. 30

 E., at bridge on U. S. Highways 17 and 92, near downstream end of Lake Monroe, 4 miles 

northwest of Sanford.

Records available.--August 1941 to September 1949 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes.--1941^39: Maximum discharge measured, 13,000 second-feet Sept. 25, 1945; maximum reverse flow measured, 915 second-feet June 7, 1944 (affected by tide).

Remarks.--Measurements are made from bridge on U. S. Highways 17 and 92, at outlet of 

Lake Monroe.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, water year October 1948 

to September 1949

Date

Nov. 9 

Dec. 29

Discharge

7,260 

2,270

Date

Feb. 9 

Mar. 23

Discharge

1,480 

1,320

 Date

July 27 

Sept . 6

Discharge

3,000 

6.OOO

St. Johns River near De Land, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 29°01', long. 81°23', T. 17 S., R. 29 E., 1,000 

feet downstream from Crows Bluff Bridge on State Highway 44 and 5 miles west of 

De Land. Datum of gage is 1.114 feet below mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers). Auxiliary water-stage recorder at St. Francis Landing, 4 miles downstream 

from Crows Bluff Bridge, at datum 0.398 foot higher.

Drainage area. About 3,000 square miles.

Hecords available. January 1934 to September 1949.

Average discnarge. 15 years, 3,096 second-feet.

extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 13,900 second-feet Oct. 15, 16; minimum 

daily, 1,060 second-feet Feb. 28.

' 1934-49r Maximum daily discharge, 14,400 second-feet Sept. 30, 1945; minimum 

daily, 10 second-feet Apr. 24, 1938.

Remarks.--Records good above 3,000 second-feet and poor below. Discharge computed by 

using fall as determined by auxiliary water-stage recorder as a factor.

Revisions. W 892: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23 

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

10,300

11,100

11,300

11,900

12,100

12,000

12,400

12,400

12.3OO

12,400

12,400

13,100

13,400

13,700

13,900

13,900

13,600

13,400

13,300

13,100

12,900

12,900

12,600 

12,400

12,000

11,900

11,600

11,300

11,000

10,800

10,600

Nov.

10,400

10,300

10,300

10,000

9,770

9,840

9,670

9,310

9,090

8,800

8,450

8.3OO

8,080

7,920

7,730

7,560

7,360

7,100

7,120

6,980

6,830

6,790

6,660 

6,470

6,110

6,030

5,920

5,850

5,690

5,260

-

Dec.

4,900

4,770

4,750

4,690

4,760

4,950

5,000

5,070

5,170

4,910

4,770

4,790

4,830

4,840

4,950

4,940

4,920

4,880

4,850

4,530

4,420

4,390

4,340 

4,210

4,080

2,770.

2,650

2,780

3,060

3,150

3,500

Jan.

1 a3,800

a3,900

a4,000

a4,000

3,910

3,840

3,680

3,620

3,530

3,420

3,340

3,230

3,150

3,020

2,960

Z.930

2,860

2,840

2,770

2,690

2,630

2,330

2,390 

2,620

2,690

3,740

2,720

2,670

2,490

2,170

2,420

Month

October ...................... ...

November .........................

December ..................... ...

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ........... ..................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,940

1,620

1,560

1,940

2,170

2,540

2,600

2,670

a2,680

2,620

2,020

2,280

2,260

2,180

2,290

2,260

1,980

1,880

1,920

1,890

1,940

1,950

1,910 

1,710

1,540

1,460

1,500

1,060

-

-

-

Secondfoot days

382,000

335,690

136,620

1,601,941

95,360

56,370

57,240

51,090

49,430

63 , 410

98,500

87,660

180,320

1,493,690

Mar.

1,260

1,610

1,810

1,960

2,040

2,260

1,800

1,800

1,930

1,660

1,710

1,970

1,890

1,890

1,370

1,350

1,770

2,070

1,610

1,840

2,030

2,210

2,200 

2,190

2,180

2,120

2,010

1,780

1,770

1,620

1,530

Apr.

1,350

1,670

1,590

1,360

1,520

1,400

1,810

2,120

2,120

2,020

1,900

1,740

1,650

1,700

1,860

1,880

1,860

1,870

1,610

1,720

1,510

1,430

1,540 

1,710

1,600

1,590

1,540

1,880

1,890

1,650

Maximum

13,900

10,400

5,170

13,900

4,000

2,680

2,260

2,120

1,960

2,570

4,060

4,480

7,170

13,900

May

1,400

1,510

1,54O

1,640

1,750

1,680

1,660

1,750

1,760

1,650

1,620

1,390

1,300

1,250

1,260

1,330

al,400

al,500

al,500

al,500

al,600

al,700

al,800 

1,960

1,900

1,650

1,670

1,620

1,590

1,800

1,750

Minimum

10,300

5,260

2,650

835

2,170

1,060

1,260

1,350

1,250

1,110

2,060

1,550

4,790

1,060

June

1,530

1,560

1,290

1,110

1,370

1,710

1,920

2,120

2,070

2,150

2,230

2,310

2,330

2,270

2,100

2,280

2,150

2,090

2,330

2,120

2,090

2,200

2,480 

2,530

2,570

2,570

2,490

2,500

2,450

2,490

Mean

12,320

7 ,856

/ » 4O7 ^v

4,377

3,076

2,013

1,846

1,703

1,595

2,114

3,177

2,828

6,011

4,092

July

2,430

2,060

2,100

2,140

2,260

2,260

2,360

2,720

2,660

2,730

2,850

3,140

3,250

3,580

3,790

4,060

4,020

3,900

3,900

3,820

3,760

3,760

3,670 

3,610

3,620

3,590

3,480

3,390

3,330

3,140

3,120

Aug.

3,110

3,180

3,190

3,190

3,140

3,100

2,950

2,820

2,720

2,670

2,670

2,700

2,700

2,720

2,720

2,660

2,550

2,570

2,510

2,380

2,450

2,270

2,150 

2,360

2,240

1,550

2,340

3,590

3,800

4,180

4,480

Per square 

mile

4.11

2 .62

1.47

1.46

1.03

.671

.615

.568

.532

.705

1.06

.943

2.00

1.36

Sept.

4,790

5,230

5,320

a5,400

a5,500

a5,700

5,810

6,120

6,200

6,240

6,040

5,610

5,570

5,790

5,940

6,140

6,210

6,220

6,280

6,300

6,300

6,040

6,240 

6,320

6,370

6,180

6,160

6,300

6,830

7,170

Runoff in 

inches

4.74

2.92

1 .69

19.86

1.18

.70

.71

.63

.61

.79

1.22

1.09

2.24

18.52

a No gage-height record at base or auxiliary gage; discharge computed on basis of 

station near Christmas and available gage heights.
ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 261

Econlockhatchee River near Chuluota, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°41', long. 81°07 I , on line between sees. 9 and 

1U, T. 21 S., R. 32 E., at highway bridge 3 miles northeast of Chuluota. Datum of 

gage is 2.135 feet above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers bench mark). Auxiliary 

water-stage recorder on St. Johns River, at bridge on State Highway 46, 1 mile downstream from Econlockhatchee River and 7 miles downstream from base gage. Datum of 

gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929 (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Drainage area. 29b square miles.

Records available. November 1935 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 13 years (1936-49), 263 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,700 second-feet at 12fll a.m. Oct. 1 (gage 

neigftt, 13.30 feet, stage falling; peak occurred Sept. 24, 1948), and at 12 p.m. Sept. 

30 (stage rising: peak, 3,700 second-feet, occurred at 2 a.m. Oct. 1, 1949, gage height, 

13.28 feet); minimum, 12 second-feet May 25-31; minimum gage height, 1.03 feet May 29-31.

1935-49: Maximum discharge, 10,000 second-feet Sept. 24, 1948 (gage height, 18.09 

feet), from rating curve extended above 4,300 second-feet; minimum, 6.7 second-feet 

June 11-13, 15, 1945; minimum gage height, 0.44 foot June 15-17, 1945.

Maximum stage known, that of Sept. 24, 1948.

Remarks. Records fair. Discharge computed by using fall as determined by auxiliary waterstage recorder; as a factor.

Revisions (water years). W 892: 1939.

Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1943 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

3,520 

3,190 

2,790 

2,460 

2,360

2,690 

3,030 

2,570 

2,030 

1,650

1,340 

1,120 

965 

869 

781

711 

622 

603 

531 

454

413 

367 

326 

291 

263

234

211 

195 

180 

165

151

Nov.

136 

134 

120 

112 

109

102 

89 

76 

80 

67

74 

71 

68 

60 

59

58 

53

54 

53

51

57 

60 

59 

57 

61

59 

55 

53 

52 

55

Dec.

57 

58 

62 

64

61

57 

53 

51 

50 

54

58 

61 

58 

54 

52

50 

49

47 

46 

45

43 

43 

42

41 

41

41 

42 

43 

42 

41 

41

Jan.

41 

42 

40 

39 

37

37 

36 

35 

35 

34

34 

33 

32

31 

31

31 

30 

31 

30 

29

28 

28 

27 

27 

27

27 

27 

26 

26 

27 

27

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

"ay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

 her.............. ...........

 her .........................

lender year 19 48 

ary ....

h...... ......................

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

27 

27 

28 

29 

29

30 

3O 

30 

30 

29

27 

26 

25 

24 

24

23 

23 

23 

23 

29

32 

29 

27 

25 

24

23 

22 

21

Secondfoot days

37,102 

2,194 

1,547

172,831

985 

739 

534 

560 

435 

5,770 

13,558 

13,258 

26,876

103,558

Bar.

20 

20 

19 

19 

18

18 

18 

18 

18 

18

17 

17 

17 

17 

18

18 

17 

17 

17 

17

16 

16 

16 

16 

16

16 

16 

16 

16 

16 

16

Apr.

16 

17 

19 

19 

24

31 

29 

32 

31 

27

24 

21 

20 

18 

17

17 

16 

16 

15 

14

14 

14 

14 

14 

15

13 

13 

13 

13 

16

Maximum

3,520 

136 

64

9,670

42 

32 

20 

32 

21 

710 

810 

3,350 

3,520

3,520

Peak discharge (base, 1,20O Bee. -ft.). Aug. 30 (8 p.m

980338 0-52-18

May

15 

15 

17 

21 

20

18 

16

15 

14 

14

13 

13 

13 

13 

13

13 

13 

13 

13

13

13 

13 

13 

13 

13

13 

13 

12 

12 

13 

12

Minimum

151 

51 

41

11

26 

21 

16 

13 

12 

13 

141 

52 

213

12

June

13 

13 

19 

56 

60

40 

28 

22 

21 

22

28 

40 

51 

126 

189

201 

166 

126 

105 

113

122 

118 

111 

172 

458

670 

690 

710 

710 

570

Mean

1,197 

73.1 

49.9

472

31.8 

26.4 

17.2 

18.7 

14.0 

192 

437 

428 

896

284

July

400 

310 

310 

340 

340

303 

512 

810 

730 

610

590 

570 

512 

424 

354

303 

354 

530 

770 

770

690 

610 

530 

424 

340

275 

226 

183 

156

141 

141

Aug.

178 

178 

172 

172 

161

141 

118 

99 

86 

81

110 

201 

189 

146 

118

99 

86 

72 

60 

52

55

118 

111 

98 

86

74 

377 

1,290 

1,830 

3,350 

3,350

Per square 

nile

4.04 

.247 

.169

1.59

.107 

.089 

.058 

.063 

.047 

.649 

1.48 

1.45 

3.03

.959

Sept.

2,710 

2,160 

1,730 

1,380 

1,150

955 

795 

682 

593 

575

575 

573 

520 

493 

450

408 

367 

326 

283 

251

221 

213 

239 

276 

335

365 

701 

1,320 

2,710 

3,520

Runoff in 

inches

4.66 

.28 

.19

21.71

.12 

.09 

.07 

.07 

.05 

.72 

1.70 

1.67 

3.38

13. OO

) 3,610 sec. -ft.
262 ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN

Wekiva River near Sanford, Fla.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 28°49', long. 81°25', on line between sees. 21 and 28, T. 19 

5., K. 29 E., at "bridge on State Highway 46, 4j miles downstream from Little Wekiva 

River, 5j miles upstream from mouth, and 9 miles west of Sanford.

Records available. October 1931 to September 1935 (discharge measurements only), October 

layb to September 1949.

Average discharge. 14 years (1935-49), 265 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 929 second-feet Aug. 29 (gage height, 

4.t>4 feet); minimum observed, 162 second-feet Mar. 20, 21, Apr. 27-29, May 26, 27; 

minimum gage height observed, 2.82 feet Aug. 6, 9.

1935-49: Maximum discharge observed, 2,060 second-feet Sept. 17, 1945 (gage height, 

5.60 feet), from rating curve extended above 900 second-feet; minimum observed, 105 

second-feet June 5-13, 1939; minimum gage height observed, 2.51 feet June 4-6, 1941.

Remarks.--Records fair. Gage read once daily.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

558

522

558

558

594

594

551

526

478

375

375

375

375

338

288

288

272

272

272

258

243

230

217

217

205

205

193

193

193

183

193

Nov.

193

183

183

193

193

183

193

193

193

183

183

183

183

193

193

193

205

205

205

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

-

Dec.

193

205

205

205

205

205

193

193

205

217

205-

205

205

205

205

205

205

193

193

205

217

217

217

217

217

2O5

205

205

193

205

205

Jan.

2O5

205

193

2O5

205

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ......................

Calendar year 1948 . . .....

January ............. .

February ............. ... ....

March .................... ... .

April .................

May ..............................

June ........................ ....

July .............................

August ...........................

September ............ ..........

Water year 1948-49 . .

Feb.

193

193

193

205

2O5

217

205

205

205

205

205

205

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

183

183

183

_

-

Second 

foot-days

10

5^756

6,355

101,989

6,031

5 494

sUoo

5, 481 

5 312

5^947

8, 276 

10,760

12,118

87,629

Mar.

183

183

183

183

183

183

183

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

162

162

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

183

Apr.

183

183

183

193

230

243

230

217

193

183

183

183

183

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

162

162

162

172

-

Maximum

594

205

217

671

205

217

183

243

172

288

394

929

741

929

May

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

162

162

172

172

172

172

Minimum

183 , -

193

183

193

183

162

162

162 

172

2 O5

230

255

162

June

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

172

183

183

183

183

193

193

193

193

193

183

217

230

217

217

288

288

?58

243

217

-

Mean

345

192

205

279

195

196

174

183

171

198

347

404

240

July

217

217

205

205

217

217

321

338

394

394

375

338

321

272

243

243

243

230

230

258

243

258

243

288

272

258

255

255

242

242

242

Aug.

242

242

242

242

242

230

242

242

230

242

255

268

280

280

292

280

268

255

255

255

292

318

330

330

318

305

410

814

929

852

778

Per square 

mile

Sept.

741

671

671

597

535

485

410

343

318

343

330

318

305

280

268

292

305

305

280

268

268

255

318 '

305

280

343

576

535

597

576

-

Runoff in 

inches
ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 263

Blue Spring near Orange City, Fla.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 28°56', long. 81°20', in sec. 8, T. 18 S., R. 30 E., about 2 

miles west of Orange City.

Records available.--March 1932 to September 1949 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes .--1SJ32-49: Maximum discharge measured, 190 second-feet Jan. 27, 1948; minimum 

measured, 62.7 second-feet Nov. 6, 1935, but nay be inaccurate owing to adverse measuring conditions and abnormal amount of backwater from St. Johns River.

Remarks.--Measurements are made in the spring run above mouth, a quarter of a mile below 

spring.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Date

Oct. 1 

Nov. 10 

Dec. 29

Discharge

99.3

124 

160

Date

Feb. 11 

Mar. 24 

May 3

Discharge

167 

159 

150

Date

June 15 

July 27 

Sept. 6

Discharge

163 

161 

169

Haines Creek at Lisbon, Fla.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 28°53', long. 81°4?', in sec. 2, T. 19 S., R. 25 E., at bridge 

on Stage Highway 44, a quarter of a mile west of Lisbon and 8-3- miles northeast of Leesburg. Datun of gage is 59.22 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Records available.--July 1942 to September 1949.

Kxtremes.--Maximum discharge observed during year, 696 second-feet Sept. 30 (gage height, 

4.18 feet); minimum observed, 212 second-feet June 23 to July 4, July 9, 13-19; minimum 

gage height observed, 2.16 feet June 10, 11.

1942-49: Maximum discharge observed, that of Sept. 30, 1949; minimum discharge observed, 74 second-feet June 23-26, 1943; minimum gage height observed, 1.16 feet June 

26, 1943.

Remarks.--Records good. Gage read once daily.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

557

557

557

557

557

557

557

557

557

557

557

557

557

557

557

557

557

557

557

518

518

518

518

518

518

518

518

518

518

518

518

Nov.

518

518

518

518

518

518

518

481

518

518

518

481

481

481

518

481

481

481

481

518

518

518

518

518

518

481

481

518

518

481

-

Dec.

481

481

481

481

481

481

481

481

518

518

518

518

518

518

518

518

518

518

518

518

518

518

518

518

518

518

482

482

482

510

482

Jan.

482

482

482

482

482

482

482

482

456

482

456

456

456

456

456

456

456

456

456

456

456

456

456

456

456

430

430

430

430

430

430

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ........................

Calendar year 1948 ...........

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May .................. ...........

June .............................

July .............................

August .......................

September ......... ...........

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

430

430

430

430

430

430

430

430

430

430

430

405

405

405

405

405

405

405

405

405

405

405

405

405

380

380

380

380

_

-

Secondfoot-days

16,79E

15,133

15.61C

153,437

14,214

11,515

10,335

9.49C

8,121

6,58C

6,895

8,90E

15,882

139,483

Mar.

380

356

356

356

356

356

356

356

356

356

335

335

335

335

335

335

335

335

315

315

315

315

315

315

315

315

315

315

315

315

295

Apr.

295

295

295

295

315

335

335

335

335

335

335

335

335

335

335

335

315

315

315

315

315

315

315

315

315

295

295

295

295

295

-

Maximum

557

518

518

557

482

430

380

335

295

243

229

480

696

696

May

295

295

295

295

295

295

295

295

295

275

275

275

275

258

258

258

258

258

258

243

243

243

243

243

243

229

229

229

22-9

229

215

Minimum

518

481

481

242

430

380

295

295

215

212

212

229

480

212

June

229

229

215

215

215

215

215

215

215

215

215

215

215

229

229

243

243

229

229

229

215

215

212

212

212

212

212

212

212

212

-

Mean

541

504

504

419

459

411

334

316

262

219

222

287

529

382

July

212

212

212

212

229

229

229

229

212

229

229

229

212

212

212

212

212

212

212

229

229

229

229

229

229

229

229

229

229

229

229

Aug.

229

229

229

229

229

229

229

229

229

229

247

267

267

267

267

267

267

267

267

267

290

290

290

290

290

290

365

450

450

480

480

Per square 

mile

Sept.

480

480

480

480

480

480

480

480

515

515

515

480

515

515

515

515

515

515

515

515

515

515

550

550

550

585

620

620

696

696

-

Runoff in 

inches
264 ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN

Oklawaha River at Moss Bluff, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 29°05', long. 81°53', in sec. 22 or 23, T. 16 S., R. 

24 K., 25 feet upstream from old channel, 50 feet upstream from highway bridge, 600 

feet downstream from power plant, and 0.4 mile southwest of Moss Bluff. Datum of gage 

is at mean sea level (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Records available.--February to September 1943 (discharge measurements only), October 1943 

to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 855 second-feet Sept. 23; maximum gage height, 

4H.4V feet Aug. 28; minimum discharge observed, 112 second-feet June 9 (gage height, 

42,25 feet); minimum daily, 120 second-feet June 9, 11.

1943-49: Maximum discharge, 988 second-feet Oct. 19, 1944 (gage height, 49.31 feet); 

minimum, 42 second-feet Nov. 26, 1943 (gage height, 40.90 feet);

second-feet Dec. 12, 1943.

minimum daily, 90

Remarks.--Records good. Records include flow of old Oklawaha River channel. Plow regula5eT~by power plant above station. Normal limits of regulation of reservoir insufficient 

to affect monthly figures of runoff.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Da;

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

735

735

699

735

792

792

754

773

754

735

735

735

717

681

681

663

663

645

645

627

627

609

609

592

575

575

558

558

558

558

558

Nov.

575

575

575

575

575

575

575

558

558

575

558

558

558

558

558

558

558

558

575

592

592

592

609

663

627

592

6O9

609

645

635

-

Dec.

558

635

649

635

609

609

609

609

635

622

609

609

609

609

609

609

596

596

596

596

596

583

583

583

583

583

570

583

583

596

570

Month

Jan.

57O

570

570

570

570

570

570

558

570

558

558

558

546

546

546

546

546

546

546

534

522

522

522

522

51O

522

510

510

510

498

510

October ..................... . .

November .........................

December .................

Calendar year 1943 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ...................... . ...

April ............................

May ..............................

June ....................... . ...

July .............................

August ...........................

September .................... ...

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

510

486

510

510

522

534

522

522

522

534

522

522

510

510

510

510

510

498

510

510

486

486

486

474

462

462

462

43S

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

20,673

17,520

18,621

188,610

16,806

14,040

11*334

9 353

e'oie

9,102

11 523

2l)572

169,844

Mar.

438

426

402

390

390

390

379

368

379

379

379

368

357

346

357

346

346

346

346

346

346

346

346

346

346

346

346

346

346

346

346

Apr.

346

357

368

357

414

462

438

414

402

390

390

390

414

414

390

390

379

368

368

357

357

357

357

357

357

346

346

346

346

357

Maximum

792

663

649

792

570

534

462

357

355

344

796

835

835

May

357

357

346

346

346

346

346

346

346

346

346

335

324

324

324

313

280

270

270

26O

260

260

260

260

260

225

260

260

260

260

260

Minimum

558

558

558

254

498

346

346

120

250

250

653

120

June

232

260

260

260

260

250

260

214

120

123

120

183

250

270

270

270

270

280

3OO

300

300

322

311

322

333

333

333

311

355

344

Mean

667

584

601

515

542

501

364

378

302

267

294

372

719

465

July

344

333

333

322

344

344

333

333

322

322

311

311

300

300

280

270

270

260

260

270

270

270

27O

290

280

270

260

260

260

250

260

Aug.

260

270

270

270

260

260

26O

260

250

260

270

322

406

393

369

345

333

322

311

311

333

333

345

369

357

345

471

796

742

706

724

Per square 

mile

Sept.

778

778

742

724

724

706

670

670

688

670

670

653

653

653

653

670

670

670

670

653

670

760

835

815

778

778

778

778

815

800

-

Runoff in 

inches

Note. Recorder not operating Feb. 21-28, June 9-27J discharge computed from graph based on readings 

f tallwater gage at Moss Bluff Dam, 600 feet upstream.
ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 265

Oklawaha River near Ocala, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 29°11', long. 82°00', in sec. 15, T. 15 S., R. 23 

K., at highway bridge known as Sharpes Ferry, 2 miles upstream from Silver River and 

9 miles east of Ocala. Datum of gage is 36.52 feet above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1937 (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Records available.--February 1930 to September 1949. 

Average discharge. 19 years, 407 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,220 second-feet Aug. 28 (gage height, 4.15 

 i'eet); minimum, 174 second-feet June 12 (gage height, -0.12 foot).

1930-49: Maximum discharge, 1,810 second-feet June 15, 1934; maximum gage height,

5.52 feet Sept. 6, 1933; minimum discharge, 41 second-feet May 7, 1939; minimum gage

height, -1.76 feet Aug. 2, 1932.

Remarks.--Records good. Some diurnal fluctuation and slight regulation at low flow caused 

by power plant at Moss Bluff, 12 miles above station. Large seepage losses above 

station during prolonged periods of low flow.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

-0.1 174 2.6 589 

1.0 302 3.2 787 

1.8 416 4.1 1,190

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

890 

890 

890 

933 

933

911 

890 

868 

848

827

807 

807 

807 

787 

768

749 

731 

731 

713 

713

696 

679 

663 

663 

647

647 

632 

617 

617 

617 

617

Nov.

603 

603 

603 

603 

603

603 

603 

603 

603 

603

589 

589 

589 

576 

576

576 

' 576 

576 

576 

589

589 

603 

603 

617 

632

632 

617 

617 

617 

617

Dec.

617 

603 

632 

632 

632

617 

617 

617 

617 

632

632 

632 

617 

617 

617

603 

603 

617

617 

617

617 

617 

617 

617 

617

617 

603 

603 

603 

617 

617

Jan.

603 

589 

589 

589 

589

589

589 

589 

576 

576

576 

563 

563 

563 

563

563 

551 

551 

551 

539

539

528 

528 

516 

516

516 

505 

505 

516 

516 

505

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber ........................

lendar year 1948 ........

h. ...........................

1. ............... ...... .

st ...........................

ter year 1948-49 . . .

Feb.

505 

516 

516 

516 

528

551 

551 

551 

539 

539

539 

528 

528 

516 

516

505 

505 

494 

494

505

505 

484 

473 

463 

453

444 

444 

434

Secondfoot days

23,588 

17,986 

19,133

214,897

17,151 

14,142 

11,152 

12,348 

9,429 

9,021 

12,571 

17,393 

27,473

191,387

Peak discharge (base, 600 sec. -ft.). Oct.

Har.

434 

425 

416 

399 

383

383 

391 

376 

376 

368

368 

361 

354 

348 

368

354 

341 

334 

341 

348

348 

341 

334 

328 

334

334 

328 

334 

328 

341 

334

Apr.

328 

341 

34S 

348 

434

576 

563 

528 

494 

473

444 

434 

453

473 

463

434 

425 

408 

391 

376

376 

376 

368 

361 

361

354 

348 

348 

354 

368

Maximum

933

632 

632

1,020

603 

551 

434 

576 

361 

505 

516 

1,190 

1,120

1,190

4 to 5, 933

Hay

361 

354 

348 

348 

341

341 

334 

328 

328 

334

328 

328 

322 

315 

315

308 

308 

289 

283 

283

277 

271 

265 

265 

277

259 

253 

259

271 

271 

265

Minimum

617 

576 

603

250

505 

434 

328 

328 

253 

180 

328 

328 

787

180

June

277 

277 

277 

265 

259

265 

271 

277 

202 

190

180 

190 

259 

277 

283

283 

283 

277 

289 

302

302 

348 

361 

361 

354

348 

361 

425 

505 

473

Mean

761 

600 

617

587

553 

505 

360 

412 

304 

301 

406 

561 

916

524

July

484 

463 

444 

425 

444

516 

505 

494 

473 

444

425 

408 

391 

368 

354

341 

341 

334 

328 

341

348

341 

368 

473 

463

434 

383 

361 

368 

361 

348

Aug.

383 

434 

444 

399

368

361 

341 

328 

334 

334

348 

399

617 

647 

617

603 

563 

528 

505 

484

484 

484 

494

516 

528

516 

644 

1,170 

1,190 

1,190 

1,140

Per square 

mile

Sept.

1,120 

1,070 

1,050 

1,020 

1,000

955 

933

890 

868 

868

848 

827 

807 

787 

890

890 

868 

848 

827 

807

787 

848 

890 

933 

911

933 

1,000 

978 

1,020 

1,000

Runoff in 

inches

sec. -ft.; Aug. 13 (12 p.m.) 663 sec. -ft.;

Aug. 28 (8 p.m.) 1,220 sec.-ft.
266 ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN

Oklawaha River at Eureka, Pla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 29°22', long. 81°54', in sec. 9, T. 13 S., R. 24 E., 

at bridge on State Highway 316 in Eureka, 3 miles downstream from Eaton Creek. Datum 

of gage is 15.44 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (Corps of Engineers bench 

mark).

Records available.--February 1930 to June 1934, September 1943 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,230 second-feet Aug. 30, 31; maximum gage 

neTgFTt, 8.03 feet Aug. 30; minimum discharge, 1,030 second-feet June 13 (gage height, 

4.89 feet).

1930-34, 1943-49: Maximum discharge observed, 6,260 second-feet Sept. 7, 1933 (gage 

height, 11.00 feet); minimum observed, 626 second-feet Feb. 2, 1933 (gage height, 2.94 

feet).

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49, except days computed using rate of change of stage as a factor 

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

4.9 1,030 7.0 2,230 

5.3 1,150 7.5 2,750 

5.7 1,310 8.0 3,230 

6.3 1,670

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,160 

k2,570 

2,640 

2,700 

2,750

2,750 

2,580 

2,430 

2,330 

2,200

2,160 

2,160 

2,160 

2,100 

2,060

2,020 

2,020 

1,980 

1,940 

1,940

1,900 

1,900 

1,860 

1,860 

1,820

1,820 

1,780 

1,780 

1,780 

1,740 

1,740

Nov.

1,740 

1,740 

1,700 

1,700 

1,700

1,700 

1,700 

1,700 

1,700 

1,700

1,700 

1,700 

1,700 

1,700 

1,670

1,670 

1,670 

1,670 

1,670 

1,700

1,700 

1,700 

1,700 

1,740 

1,700

1,700 

1,700 

1,700 

1,740 

1,740

Dec.

1,700 

1,740 

1,780 

1,780 

1,740

1,740 

1,740 

1,740 

1,780 

1,820

1,820 

1,780 

1,780 

1,740 

1,740

1,700 

1,700 

1,740 

1,780 

1,820

1,780 

1,780 

1,740 

1,700 

1,700

1,700 

1,700 

1,700 

1,700 

1,700 

1,700

Jan.

al,700 

al,680 

1,670 

1,670 

1,640

1,640 

1,640 

1,640 

1,640 

1,640

1,640 

1,600 

1,600 

1,600 

1,600

1,600 

1,600 

1,560 

1,560 

1,560

1,560 

1,560 

1,560 

1,530 

1,530

1,530 

1,530 

1,500 

1,530 

1,530 

1,530

Month

Ooto 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber ...................... .

lendar year 194E 

ary ....

h. ...........................

1 ............................

st ............... ... ....

ember ......... ... .

ter year 1948-49 . .

Feb.

1,530 

1,530 

1,560 

1,560 

1,600

1,700 

1,780 

1,780 

1,700 

1,670

1,640 

1,600 

1,560 

1,530 

1,530

1,530 

1,500 

1,500 

1,500 

1,470

1,470 

1,470 

1,470 

1,470 

1,410

1,410 

1,410 

1,410

Secondfoot-days

65,630 

51,050 

54,060

625,300

49,370 

43,290 

39,680 

42,070 

36,300 

34,050 

42,480 

51,040 

68,620

577,640

Mar.

1,360 

1,360 

1,360 

1,360 

1,360

1,310 

1,360 

1,360 

1,310 

1,310

1,310 

1,260 

1,260 

1,260

1,260

1,260 

1,260 

1,260 

1,260 

1,260

1,260 

1,260 

1,260 

1,260 

1,220

1,220 

1,220 

1,220 

1,220 

1,220 

1,220

Apr.

1,220 

1,220 

1,260 

1,220 

1,360

1,560 

1,820 

1,900 

1,780 

1,670

1,560 

1,500 

1,470 

1,470 

1,410

1,410 

1,360 

1,360 

1,360 

1,360

1,310 

1,310 

1,310 

1,310 

1,260

1,260 

1,260 

1,260 

1,260

i,2eo

Maximum

2,750 

1,740 

1,820

2,750

1,700 

1,780 

1,360 

1,900 

1,260 

1,220 

1,600 

3,230 

c,960

3,230

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 sec. -ft. ) .--Oct. 5 to 6, 2

May

1,260 

1,260 

1,260 

1,260 

1,260

1,220 

1,220 

1,220 

1,220 

1,180

1,180 

1,180 

1,180 

1,180 

1,180

1,180 

1,180 

1,180 

1,150 

1,150

1,150 

1,120 

1,120 

1,120 

1,120

1,090 

1,090 

1,090 

1,090 

1,090 

1,120

Minimum

1,740 

1,670 

1,700

1,150

,5OO 

,410 

,22O 

,220 

,090 

,030 

,260 

1,260 

2,060

1,030

June

1,150 

1,150 

1,120 

1,120 

1,090

1,090 

1,090 

1,090 

1,120 

1,120

1,090 

1,060 

1,030 

1,060 

1,090

1,120 

1,120 

1,120 

1,120 

1,150

1,150 

1,150 

1,150 

1,180 

1,220

1,220 

1,220 

1,220 

1,220 

1,220

Mean

2,117 

1,702 

1,744

1,708

1,593 

1,546 

1,280 

1,402 

1,171 

1,135 

1,370 

1,646 

2,287

1,583

July

1,260 

1,310 

1,310 

1,310 

1,310

1,360 

1,360 

1,410 

1,410 

1,410

1,410 

1,360 

1,360 

1,310 

1,310

1,310 

1,260 

1,310 

1,310 

1,310

1,310 

1,310 

1,360 

1,470 

1,500

1,600 

1,600 

1,500 

1,410 

1,360 

1,360

Aug.

1,360 

1,360 

1,410 

1,470 

1,470

1,410 

1,360 

1,310 

1,260 

1,260

1,260 

1,260 

1,310 

1,360 

1,500

1,670 

1,700 

1,670 

1,600 

1,560

1,530 

1,500 

1,530 

1,600 

1,600

1,600 

1,640 

1,940 

k3,080 

3,230 

3,230

Sept.

k2,960 

2,860 

2,640 

2,480 

2,380

2,280 

2,230 

2,200 

2,160 

2,200

2,200 

2,160 

2,100 

2,060 

2,060

2,100 

2,200 

2,230 

2,230 

2,160

2,100 

2,160 

2,230 

2,200 

2,160

2,160 

2,330 

2,480 

2,480 

2,430

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

750 sec. -ft.; Apr. 8 (6 a.m.) 1,900 sec.-

ft.; July 26 (3 p.m.) 1,640 sec.-ft.; Aug. 17 (10 a.m.) 1,700 sec.-ft.; Aug. 3O to 31, 3,230 sec. 

ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Ocala.

k Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor.
ST. JOHNS- RIVER BASIN 267

Oklawaha River near Orange Springs, Fla.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 29°30«15", long. 81°54«45", in sec. 29, T. 11 S_, R. 24 E., 

at Jordans Ferry and mouth of Orange Creek, 2 miles east of Orange Springs. Datum of 

gage is 7.12 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Records available. February 1930 to September 1949 (include flow of Orange Creek). 

Average discharge. 19 years, 1,673 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 3,940 second-feet Oct. 4 (gage height, 

B.9U feet); minimum, 1,22C recond-feet June 8, 13, 14; minimum gage height, 4.68 feet 

June 13.

1930-49: Maximum discharge, 9,760 second-feet Sept. 9, 1933 (gage height, 12.00 

feet, from floodmarks); minimum observed, 741 second-feet on several days January to 

June 1933; minimum gage height observed, 2.46 feet Feb. 2, 1933.

Remarks. Records good. Gage read twice daily.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

4.7 1,220 6.5 1,970 

5.O 1,310 7.0 2,32O 

5.5 1.48O 8.0 3,110 

6.0 1,710 8.9 3,94O

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30

31

Oct.

3,280 

3,450 

3,730 

3,94O 

3,83O

3,830 

3,730 

3,630 

3,450 

3,280

3,110 

3,11O 

3,030 

3,030 

2,94O

2,860 

2,780 

2,780 

2,700 

2,700

2,620 

2,620 

2,540 

2,540 

2,470

2,470 

2,390 

2,390 

2,390 

2,320 

2,320

Nov.

2,320 

2,240 

2,240 

2,240 

2,24O

2,240 

2,170 

2,170 

2,170 

2,170

2,170 

2,100 

2,1OO 

2,100 

2,100

2,100 

2,100 

2,100 

2,100 

2,170

2,170 

2,240 

2,240 

2,240 

2,240

2,240 

2,170 

2,170 

2,170 

2,17O

Dec.

2,170 

2,170 

2,240 

2,240 

2,240

2,240 

2,170 

2,170 

2,240 

2,320

2,320 

2,320 

2,320 

2,240 

2,240

2,170 

2,170 

2,170 

2,170 

2,240

2,240 

2,240 

2,240 

2,17O 

2,170

2,17O 

2,170 

2,170 

2,100 

2,170 

2,17O

Jan.

2,100 

2,100 

2,O3O 

2,O3O 

2,O30

2,030 

2,030 

1,970 

1,970 

1,97O

1,970 

1,970 

1,910 

1,91O 

1,91O

1,910 

1,860 

1,860 

1,86O 

1,86O

1,860 

1,860 

1,86O 

1,810 

1,810

1,810 

1,810 

1,760 

1,810 

1,810 

1,810

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Decs

Ca

Jann 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

bar ..........................

mber .........................

3 andar year 1948 

ary

h. ................. .........

1. ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948 49 . . .........

Feb.

1,810 

1,860 

1,970 

1,970 

2.O30

2,170 

2,240 

2,320 

2,320 

2,240

2,170 

2,100 

2,030 

1,970 

1,970

1,910 

1,910 

1,860 

1,860 

1,860

1,86O 

1,810 

1,810 

1,810 

1,76O

1,760 

1,760 

1,76O

Secondfoot days

92.26C 

65,39C 

68,57C

865, 71C

59,29C 

54.90C 

49.27C 

57.34C 

44.33C 

39.68C 

48,41C 

54,86C 

77,86C

712, 16C

Mar.

1,760 

1,710 

1,71O 

1,660 

1,660

1,660 

1,710 

1,76O 

1.71O 

1,710

1,66O 

1,610 

1,61O 

1,56O 

1,610

1,610 

1,560 

1,560 

1,560 

1,520

1,520 

1,520 

1,520 

1,520 

1,480

1,480 

1,480 

1,440 

1,440 

1,480 

1,480

Apr.

1,440 

1,440 

1,480 

1,480 

1,810

2,470 

2,620 

2,620 

2,620 

2,540

2,390 

2,320 

2,170 

2,100 

2,03O

1,97O 

1,910 

1.86O 

1,810 

1,810

1,760 

1,710 

1,710 

1,660 

1,610

1,610 

1,560 

1,56O 

1,61O 

1,66O

Maximum

) 3,940 

2,320 

) 2,320

) 4,42O

) 2,100 

) 2,320 

) 1,76O 

) 2,620 

) 1,760 

) 1,440 

) 1,760 

) 3,360 

) 3,450

3,940

May

1,710 

1,710 

1,76O 

1,710 

1,660

1,560 

1,520 

1,520 

1,480 

1,480

1,480 

1,44O 

1,440 

1,440 

1,40O

1,400 

1,370 

1,370 

1,370 

1,370

1,340 

1,31O 

1,310 

1,31O 

1,28O

1,28O 

1,280 

1,25O 

1,25O 

1,250 

1,280

Minimum

2,320 

2,100 

2,100

1,370

1,760 

1,760 

1,440 

1,440 

1,250 

1,220 

1,440 

1,440 

2,320

1,220

June

1,310 

1,310 

1,310 

1,280 

1,280

1,250 

1,250 

1,220 

1,250 

1,280

1,280 

1,250 

1,220 

1,250 

1,250

1,250 

1,280 

1,280 

1,280 

1,31O

1,370 

1,440 

1,440 

1.40O 

1,440

1,440 

1,440 

1,440 

1.44O 

1,440

Mean

2,976 

2,180 

2,212

2,365

1,913 

1,961 

1,589 

1,911 

1,430 

1,323 

1,562 

1,770 

2,595

1,951

July

1,440 

1,440 

1,4SO 

1,520 

1,520

1,520 

1,520 

1,560 

1,560 

1,610

1,560 

1,560 

1,560 

1,520 

1,480

1,480 

1,480 

1,520 

1,520 

1,520

1,520 

1,520 

1,520 

1,610 

1,66O

1,710 

1,760 

1,760 

1,710 

1,660 

1,610

Aug.

1,560 

1,560 

1,560 

1,610 

1,610

1,610 

1,610 

1,560 

1,520 

1,480

1,440 

1,440 

1,480 

1,520 

1,520

1,560 

1,660 

1,760 

1,76O 

1,81O

1,760 

1,760 

1,710 

1,71O 

1,710

1,710 

1,86O 

2,170 

2,540 

2,940 

3,36O

Per square 

mile

Sept.

3,450 

3,360 

3,190 

3,030 

2,860

2,7OO 

2,62O 

2,540 

2,470 

2,39O

2,47O 

2,470 

2,390 

2,39O 

2,320

2,320 

2,320 

2,320 

2,390 

2,470

2,470 

2,470 

2,390 

2,470 

2,470

2,470 

2,470 

2,620 

2,780 

2,780

Runoff in 

inches
268 ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN

Oklawaha River at Riverside Landing, near Orange Springs, Fla.

Locat ion. Water-stage recorder, lat. 29°30', long. 81°48', in sec. 33, T. 11 S., R. 25 

ii., at Riverside Landing, 8^ miles east of Orange Springs. Datum of gage is at mean 

sea level, datum of 1929 (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Records available. October 1943 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,490 second-feet Oct. 4 (gage height, 8.35 

reet); minimum, 1,420 second-feet June 8 (gage height, S.37 feet).

1943-49: Maximum discharge, 6,060 second-feet Mar. 12, 1948 (gage height, 8.83 

feet); minimum, 956 second-feet June 3, 4, 6-19, 1945; minimum gage height, 3.97 feet 

June 17, 18, 1945.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet;

5.4 1,450 6.7 2,900 

5.6 1,600 7.0 3,320 

5.8 1,770 7.5 4,070 

6.0 1,990 8.0 4,850 

6.3 2,350 8.3 5,330

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

4,070 

4,850 

5,170 

5,330 

5,330

5,170 

5,010 

4,850 

4,530 

4,370

4,220 

4,070 

3,920 

3,920 

3,770

3,700 

3,620 

3,540 

3,470 

3,400

3,400 

3,320 

3,250 

3,250 

3,180

3,110 

3,110 

3,040 

3,040 

2,970 

2,970

Nov.

2,970 

2.9OO 

2,900 

2,900 

2,830

2,830 

2,830 

2,760 

2,760 

2,760

2,760 

2,760 

2,690 

2,690 

2,690

2,690 

2,620 

2,620 

2,620 

2,690

2,830 

2,900 

2,900 

2,970 

2,900

2,830 

2,830 

2,830 

2,760 

2,760

Dec.

2,760 

2,830 

2,900 

2,900 

2,900

2,900 

2,830 

2,830 

2,830 

2,970

3,040 

3,040 

2,970 

2,970 

2,900

2,830 

2,830 

2,760 

2,760 

2,830

2,900 

2,900 

2,90O 

2,900 

2,830

2,830 

2,830 

2,760 

2,760 

2,760 

2,760

Jan.

2,690 

2,690 

2,620 

2,620 

2,620

2,550 

2,550 

2,480 

2,480 

2,480

2,420 

2,420 

2,420 

2,420 

a2,420

a2,350 

2,350 

2,350 

2,350 

2,290

2,290 

2,290 

2,290 

2,290 

2,230

2,230 

2,230 

2,170 

2,230 

2,230 

2,230

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

llaro 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary ......

h.. ..........................

1 ..................... . .

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

2,23O 

2,290 

2,420 

2,480 

2,690

2,760 

2,830 

2,970 

3,040 

3,040

2,970 

2,830 

2,900 

2,620 

2,550

2,480 

2,420 

2,350 

2,350 

2,350

2,290 

2,290 

2,230 

2,230 

2,170

2,170 

2,170 

2,170

Second 

foot-days

120,950 

83,780 

88,710

1,104,850

74,280 

70,290 

59,860 

72,750 

54,280 

47,020 

59,190 

65,580 

101,320

898, O10

Mar.

2,170 

2,170 

2,110 

2,050 

2,050

1,990 

2,050 

2,110 

2,110 

2,110

2,050 

1,990 

1,990 

1,930 

1,930

1,930 

1,930 

1,930 

1,870 

1,870

1,870 

1,820 

1,820 

1,820 

1,770

1,770 

1,770 

1,720 

1,720 

1,720 

1,720

Apr.

1,720 

1,720 

1,72O 

1,770 

2,110

3,110 

3,540 

3,540 

3,470 

3,400

3,250 

3,110 

2,970 

2,830 

2,690

2,550 

2,420 

2,350 

2,290 

2,230

2,170 

2,110 

2,050 

2,050 

1,990

1,930 

1,870 

1,870 

1,870 

2,050

Maximum

5,330 

2,970 

3,040

6,060

2,690 

3,040 

2,170 

3,540 

2,290 

1,770 

2,110 

3,770 

4,370

5,330

Peak discharge (base, 3,200 sec. -ft.). Oct. 4 (8 p.m.)

May

2,230 

2,290 

2,230 

2,230 

2,170

2,110 

1,990 

1,930 

1,930 

1,820

1,770 

1,770 

1,720 

1,720 

1,720

1,680 

1,680 

1,640 

1,640 

1,600

1,600

1,560 

1,520 

1,520 

1,480

1,480 

1,450 

1,450 

1,450 

1,450 

1,450

Minimum

2,970 

2,620 

2,760

1,570

2,170 

2,170 

1,720 

1,720 

1,450 

1,450 

1,720 

1,770 

2,970

1,450

June

1,480 

1,520 

1,520 

1,520 

1,480

1,480 

1,450 

1,480 

1,480 

1,48O

1,520 

1,480 

1,480 

1,450 

1,480

1,480 

1,480 

1,480 

1,480 

1,520

1,600 

1,720 

1,720 

1,770 

1,720

1,720 

1,770 

1,720 

1,770 

1,770

Mean

3,902 

2,793 

2,8B2

3,019

2,396 

2,510 

1,931 

2,425 

1,751 

1,567 

1,909 

2,115 

3,377

2,460

July

1,770 

1,720 

1,720 

1,770 

1,820

1,870 

1,870 

1,930 

1,990 

1,930

1,930 

1,870 

1,930 

1,870 

1,820

1,820 

1,820 

1,870 

1,930 

1,990

1,930 

1,930 

1,930 

1,930 

1,930

1,990 

2,050 

2,050 

2,110 

2,050 

2,050

Aug.

1,990 

1,930 

1,930 

1,930 

1,930

1,930 

1,870 

1,870 

1,87O 

1,820

1,770 

1,770 

1,770 

1,820 

1,820

1,820 

1,870 

1,990 

2,050 

2,110

2,170 

2,170 

2,170 

2,110 

2,050

2.05O 

2,170 

2,620 

3,040 

3,400 

3,770

Per square 

mile

5,490 sec. -ft.; Apr. 7 (11 p.m.

Sept.

4,22O 

4,370 

4,370 

4,220 

4,070

3,77O 

3,620 

3,400 

3,320 

3,250

3,180 

3, ISO 

3,180 

3,110 

3,110

3,040 

2,970 

2,970 

2,970 

2,970

3,040 

3,180 

3,110 

3,110 

3,110

3,180 

3,180 

3,180 

3,400 

3,540

Runoff in 

inches

) 3,620

sec.-ft.j Sept. 2 to 3, 4,370 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Orange Springs.
ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 269

Palatlakaha Creek near Mascotte, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°37', long. 81°51', in sec. 36, T. 21 S., R. 24 

E., at county highway bridge 0.2 mile downstream from Lake Emma and 3^ miles northeast 

of Maseotte. Datum of gage is 89.54 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Records available.--May 1945 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 342 second-feet Sept. 29; maximum gage height, 

b.3b feet Oct. 18; minimum discharge, 1.8 second-feet June 13 (gage height, 2.56 feet).

1945-49: Maximum discharge, 458 second-feet Oct. 4, 5, 1945 (gage height, 7.06 

feet); minimum observed, 0.2 second-foot June 18, 19, 1945; minimum gage height observed, 2.14 feet June 19, 1945.

Remarks. Records good.

Hating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to June 12 June 13 to Sept. 30

3.5 1.6 3.3 11 4.9 120 2.5 1.6 3.0 9.4 4.7 136

2.7 2.4 3.8 26 6.0 273 2.6 2.0 3.1 13 5.1 176

2.8 3.2 4.0 35 6.4 333 2.7 2.6 3.3 23 5.6 237

2.9 4.3 4.2 49 2.8 3.9 3.6 43 6.3 341

3.0 5.7 4.5 76 2.9 6.3 4.2 91

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

288

286

285

290

296

298

303

306

309

312

315

320

321

322

322

322

324

322

322

321

321

320

318

315

314

312

309

308

306

303

302

Nov.

300

297

296

292

291

290

284

282

280

278

272

269

266

262

259

256

253

251

251

252

249

246

244

241

237

232

231

228

224

217

-

Dec.

211

124

210

206

203

200

197

193

196

193

192

189

186

182

181

178

175

174

171

167

164

161

160

157

155

147

147

146

144

143

137

Jan.

133

130

128

125

124

123

119

116

114

110

109

107

104

101

100

98

96

95

93

90

88

88

86

85

84

82

81

79

78

75

76

Feb.

76

75

76

76

76

77

76

75

74

72

68

67

66

64

62

62

60

59

58

57

55

54

52

51

49

48

47

44

-

-

-

 _.. Second- 

"onth foot-days

October. ......................... 9,612

November .............. .......... 7,830

December ......................... 5,479

Calendar year 1948 ............ 65,342

January ............... .......... 3,117

February ......................... 1 , 776

March ........... .... ...... 859

April........ .................... 527

June ............................. 111.5

July 239 8

August ........................... 2,499

September ........................ 7,171

Water year 1948-49 ...... . ... 39,421.3

Mar.

4?

41

39

38

37

35

34

34

32

32

30

30

29

28

27

26

26

25

24

23

23

22

22

22

21

21

20

20

19

19

18

Apr.

18

18

19

19

20

23

22

21

21

20

20

20

20

20

20

19

18

18

17

16

16

16

15

14

14

14

13

12

12

12

-

May

12

12

12

12

11

10

9.8

9.4

9.2

8.8

8.5

7.9

7.4

6.9

6.4

5.9

5.4

5.0

4.7

4.3

4.1

3.9

3.4

3.2

2.9

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.2

2.1

2.1

June

2.6

2.8

2.6

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.9

2.0

1.9

1.9

2.3

2.6

3.5

3.5

4.6

4.4

3.9

3.9

3.9

4.4

4.6

4.9

4.9

5.1

7.2

9.4

9.8

-

Maximum Minimum Mean

324 285 310

300 217 261

214 137 177

324 14 179

133 75 101

77 44 63*4

42 18 27.7

23 12 17.6

12 2.1 6.45

10' 4.4 7.74

240 12 80.6

341 197 239

341 1.9 108

July

10

9.8

10

9.4

9.1

8.8

8.5

8.5

7.8

7.8

7.2

6.6

6.1

5.8

5.3

5.1

4.6

4.4

5.1

6.6

6.3

6.9

8.2

9.4

9.1

8.8

8.8

8.5

8.5

8.8

10

Aug.

12

15

16

17

18

19

20

22

27

35

43

55

68

74

77

80

84

84

85

89

96

96

99

98

96

93

120

188

197

227

240

Sept.

238

236

229

222

215

211

206

203

200

197

197

197

198

199

203

206

209

213

214

215

226

260

278

282

286

304

320

326

341

340

~

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

Peak discharge (base, 150 see.-ft.). Oct. 18 (7 a.m.) 326 sec.-ft.; Sept. 29 (5 a.m.) 342 sec.-ft.
270 ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN

Palatlakaha Creek near Okahumpka, Fla.

Location. Measuring section, lat. 28°43', long. 81°53' , in sec. 26, T. 20 S., R. 24 E., 

at bridge 2 miles southeast of Okahumpka and 4 miles above mouth.

Records available. May 1945 to September 1949 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes. ia4b^9; Maximum discharge measured, 436 second-feet Sept. 17, 1945; minimum 

measured, 0.80 second-foot May 30, 1945.

Remarks. Discharge measurements made at or near bridge.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Date

Oct. Z6 

Dec. 13

Discharge

Z80 

197

Date

Jan. 17 

Mar. 1

Discharge

104 

51.4

Date

Apr. 11 

May 23

Discharge

31.8 

3.88

Date

July 5

Aug. 23

Discharge

11.5 

164

Silver Springs near Ocala, Fla.

Location. Measuring point for discharge measurements at lat. 29°13i, long. 82°02i, in

 seft,. 6, T. 15 S., R. 23 E., 700 feet downstream from Paradise Landing, 0.7 mile downstream from head of springs, and 6.0 miles northeast of Ocala. Water-stage recorder 

on Sharpes Ferry artesian well, lat. 29°11', long. 81°59', in sec. 15, T. 15 S., R. S3 

E., about 400 feet east of Oklawaha River, 2 miles upstream from Silver River, 4.2 

miles southeast of head of springs, and 9 miles east of Ocala. Datum of gage is 42.36 

feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1937 (Corps of 

Engineers bench mark). Auxiliary water-stage recorder at head of springs in boat 

repair basin. Datum of gage is 38.96 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Records available. January 1933 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 16 years, 826 second-feet.

Extremes. HaxlMum discharge during year, 1,110 second-feet Sept. 28; maximum gage height 

at head of springs, 2.86 feet Oct. 4; minimum discharge, 782 second-feet June 18, 19, 

20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27; minimum gage height at head of springs, 0.94 foot June 12.

1933-49: Maximum discharge observed, 1,140 second-feet Oct. 7j 1933; maximum gage 

height observed at head of springs, 5.50 feet Sept. 6, 1933; minimum daily discharge, 

627 second-feet Mar. 31, Apr. 1, 1933; minimum gage height observed at head of springs, 

0.06 foot June 22, 1945.

Remarks. Records good. Surface inflow between head of springs and measuring site is 

negligible. Discharge computed using artesian pressure at Sharpes Ferry well as a 

factor.

Discharge, in second-feet,, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,080

1,O8O

l.OSO

1,090

1,090

1,09O

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,100

1,100

1,090

1,100

1,090

1,090

1,100

1,100

1,100

1.O90

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,OSO

1,070

Nov.

1,O70

1,070

1,08O

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,06O

1,060

1,070

1,070

1,050

1,050

1,O50

1,O50

l.,O50

1,O50

1,O50

1,050

1,050

1,040

1,040

1.O40

1,040

1,O40

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,040

l.OZO

-

Dec.

1,020

1.03O

1,020

1,O20

1,O2O

1,020

1,O2O

1.O20

1,020

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,010

1.O1O

1.O1O

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,010

990

990

990

990

990

974

982

982

990

990

982

Jan.

982

974

974

966

974

974

966

966

958

958

958

966

966

958

95O

95O

950

950

942

942

934

934

934

934

934

934

934

934

926

926

926

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

 aroh .................. .........

April ............................

 ay ..............................

June .............................

July ......................... ...

August ...........................

September ...................... .

Water year 1948-49 ........ .

Feb.

918

918

926

926

926

918

918

918

918

918

902

902

902

910

91O

910

9O2

902

910

902

902

902

902

902

902

902

902

894

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

33,76

31,56

31,15

364,56

29,47

25,46

26,78

25,50

25,72

23,79

25,73

27,25

31,87

338,09

Mar.

886

886

878

878

886

886

878

878

878

886

870

87O

870

870

862

854

854

862

854

846

854

862

862

854

846

846

854

846

838

846

846

Apr.

846

846

838

838

846

838

838

846

846

846

854

854

862

854

854

854

854

854

854

854

854

854

854

862

846

846

854

854

854

854

-

Maximum

} 1,100

3 1,080

3 1,030

5 1,100

i 982

i 926

3 aae

3 862

7 854

3 807

3 846

3 974

3 1,100

1 1,100

May

854

846

846

838

846

846

854

846

846

846

846

838

830

830

830

830

822

822

822

830

830

822

814

822

822

814

807

8O7

807

807

807

Minimum

1,070

1,020

974

854

926

894

838

838

807

782

800

838

982

782

June

807

8O7

800

8OO

800

8OO

800

794

788

788

794

794

794

794

794

794

788

782

788

788

788

794

794

788

782

782

788

794

794

800

-

Msan

1,O89

1,052

1,005

996

951

909

864

850

830

793

830

879

1,062

926

July

800

800

807

807

814

814

814

814

822

830

83O

83O

83O

830

838

838

a838

a838

a838

a838

a838

a838

h838

a838

a838

a8 46

a846

h846

a8 46

a846

a846

Aug.

a846

846

838

838

838

846

846

846

846

846

846

854

854

854

854

862

870

878

886

886

886

894

902

910

91O

926

942

934

942

958

974

Per square 

mile

Sept.

982

998

1,010

1,020

1,030

1,040

1,040

1,050

1,060

1,06O

1,060

1,060

1,070

1,070

1.07O

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,O80

1,090

1,O90

1,090

1,090

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,090

-

Runoff in 

inches

nterpolated.

h Computed from artesian pressure reading.

Note. No gage-height record at head of springs July 29-31, Aug. 2-5,
ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 271

Camps Canal near Rochelle, Fla.

Location. Measuring section, lat. 29°35', long. 82°15', in Levy Grant, T. 10 S., R. 20 E.

 at bridge on State Highway 234, 1.8 miles southwest of Rochelle and about 5 miles upstream from Orange Lake.

Records available . March 1948 to September 1949 (discharge measurements only). 

Extremes.--15J4tf^?9: Maximum discharge measured, 889 second-feet Mar. 16, 1948; minimum

 measured, 22.3 second-feet July 25, 1949.

Remarks. Discharge measurements made at or near bridge on State Highway 234.

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, March 1948 to September 1949

Date

1948 

Mar. 16 

19 

Apr. 20 

May 31

Discharge

889 

855 

229 

89.8

Date

1948 

July 12 

Aug. 24 

Oct. 8 

Nov. 16

Discharge

40.0 

193 

286 

93.8

Date

1949 

Jan. 5 

Feb. 18 

Mar. 24 

May 4

Discharge

48.4 

92.2 

54.2 

128

Date

1949 

June 22 

July 25 

Sept. 12

Discharge

38.5 

22.3 

289

Orange Lake Outlet near Cltra, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 29°26', long. 82°07', In sec. 21, T. 12 S., R. 22

K., at bridge on U. S. Highway 301 and State Highway 200, 0.8 mile south of Island

Grove and 1.5 miles north of Cltra. Datum of gage Is 53.41 feet above mean sea level,

datum of 1929. 

Records available. November 1941 (three miscellaneous discharge measurements), January

194Y to septemoer 1949. 

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 362 second-feet Oct. 6; maximum gage height,

6.46 feet Oct. 6, 11; minimum discharge, 31 second-feet Aug. 22; minimum gage height,

4.56 feet Aug. 27.

1947-49: 'Maximum discharge, 677 second-feet Mar. 17-24, 1948; maximum gage

height, 7.81 feet Mar. 17, 1948; minimum discharge, that of Aug. 22, 1949; minimum

gage height, that of Aug. 27, 1949.

Maximum discharge known, 976 second-feet (measured) Nov. 10, 1941; maximum stage

known, that of Mar. 17, 1948. 

Remarks. Records good.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

209

236

266

304

326

350

342

 354

354

342

342

354

342

342

342

331

331

320

320

310

300

300

290

290

281

281

272

272

262

262

253

NOT.

253

244

244

244

235

235

235

226

226

224

219

214

212

209

2O4

200

199

195

194

202

2OO

200

197

2O 2

197

192

192

189

194

189

Dec.

184

187

187

186

181

179

178

178

182

182

178

173

174

173

170

168

167

168

170

172

168

167

168

167

166

164

162

161

156

166

167

Jan.

155

152

149

148

14o

146

148

143

140

139

139

136

135

133

129

128

126

123

122

122

119

118

117

113

112

111

108

107

111

1O9

107

Month

October ...........

November ..................... ...

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ....................

February .........................

March ...................... . ...

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ..................... .....

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

107

111

117

117

124

129

133

136

138

143

140

138

138

138

138

133

135

133

135

135

132

131

131

129

128

128

127

133

_

-

Secondfoot-clays

9,480

6,366

5,354

93,682

3,991

3,662

3,213

3,393

2,765

1,307

1,333

1,203

3,072

45,139

liar.

128

122

119

117

117

115

12O

118

117

117

114

111

107

106

108

104

100

98

96

93

89

88

87

88

88

88

90

91

91

92

94

Apr.

94

94

95

94

115

128

124

123

123

119

118

114

118

116

117

120

116

116

116

113

114

113

114

114

111

112

111

111

109

111

Maximum

354

253

187

677

155

143

128

128

117

58

48

55

125

354

May

112

112

117

116

116

113

112

109

108

105

103

99

96

94

93

88

85

84

82

81

78

76

73

71

70

67

65

63

61

58

58

Minimum

209

189

156

71

107

107

87

94

58

34

38

32

57

32

June

58

54

53

51

49

47

44

43

46

44

42

42

41

41

39

39

37

34

36

4O

41

39

4O

42

43

44

44

45

45

44

Mean

306

212

173

256

129

131

104

113

89.2

43.6

43.0

38.8

102

124

July

42

42

42

42

43

46

48

47

47

46.

44

42

42

4O

39

38

42

42

44

43

43

43

44

44

45

43

43

42

42

42

41

Aug.

43

41

41

41

40

39

38

37

36

36

35

34

36

39

38

38

37

36

36

34

33

32

34

37

36

34

35

47

52

53

55

Per square 

mile

Sept.

57

6O

65

70

75

80

84

88

94

99

103

105

1O9

109

116

117

116

114

114

117

116

116

113

113

112

116

124

124

125

121

Runoff in 

inches
272 ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN

Orange Creek at Orange Springs , Fla .

Location. --Staff gage, lat. 29°31', long. 81°57', in sec. 25, T. 11 S., R. 23 E., at 

bridge on State Highway 318, a quarter of a mile northwest of Orange Springs and H 

miles upstream from Little Orange Creek.

Records available. Four miscellaneous discharge measurements in 1930, 1932, and 1938; 

November -1941 to September 1949 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes. 1941-49: Maximum discharge measured, 1,490 second-feet Nov. 16, 1941; minimum 

measured, 4.53 second-feet May 28, 1945.

Remarks .--Measurements are made about once monthly at bridge on State Highway 318. 

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, water year October 19tS to September 1949

Date

Oct. 28

Dec. Z

30

Feb. 4

Discharge

467

315

276

195

Date

Mar. 3

30

Apr. 29

June 3

Discharge

168

102

157

60.7

Date

June 29

July 27

Aug. 31

Sept. 28

Discharge

110

68.0

316

226

Lochloosa Creek near Hawthorn, F]a.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 29°33'55", long. 82°08'25", in sec. 6, T. 11 S., R. 22 E., 

at abandoned bridge on sand road, l£ miles upstream from Lochloosa Lake and 3f miles 

southwest of Hawthorn.

Records available.--February 1947 to September 1949 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes.--1947-49: Maximum discharge measured, 418 second-feet Jan. 26, 1948; minimum 

measured, 1.22 second-feet May 14, 1947.

Remarks. Discharge measurements made at abandoned bridge.

Discharge measurements. In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Date

Oct. 7 

Nov. 16 

Jan. 5

Discharge

138 

3.70 

8.88

Date

Feb. 17 

Mar. 23 

May 4

Discharge

27.6 

5.41 

14.8

Date

June 22 

July 25 

Sept. 13

Discharge

2.99 

6.12 

,0.5
ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 273

Lochloosa Lake Outlet near Lochloosa, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 29°29'10", long. 82°06'10", in sec. 3, T. 12 S., R. 

re~E7, at culvert on U. S. Highway 301 and State Highway 200, 1.3 miles south of 

Lochloosa and 2.4 miles north of Island Grove. Datum of gage is 55.41 feet above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929.

Records available.--January 1947 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 147 second-feet Oct. 12 (gage height, .4.66 feet); 

minimum, 1.4 second-feet Aug. 10, 11; minimum gage height, 2.85 feet Aug. 11.

1947-49: Maximum discharge, 341 second-feet Mar. 12, 13, 1948 (gage height, 6.04 

feet); minimum, that of Aug. 10, 11, 1949; minimum gage height, that of Aug. 11, 1949.

Remarks. Records fair.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

128

130

139

144

144

142

142

142

142

142

141

146

144

141

137

135

132

128

126

120

118

115

113

110

108

104

102

98

95

95

93

Nov.

90

88

84

82

81

78

75

72

68

67

66

60

58

58

56

52

52

51

50

57

55

55

54

56

54

49

46

46

48

46

-

Dec.

44

44

46

45

44

43

42

42

44

45

43

40

39

38

36

36

35

35

37

40

37

36

36

34

34

34

30

29

28

30

31

Jan.

29

26

24

23

23

21

22

21

21

19

18

17

16

16

15

14

14

13

12

11

10

9.3

8.9

8.5

7.7

7.3

6.9

6.9

7.7

6.9

6.1

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February ......................

March ............................

April ............................

May . . ...........................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

6.1

7.3

9.3

9.7

15

19

20

23

24

24

24

22

21

20

19

19

19

17

16

16

15

15

15

14

14

13

12

15

-

_

-

Secondfoot-days

3,896

1,854

1,177

42,052

461.2

463.4

261.4

784.1

283.7

84.5

60.4

78.4

519.4

9,923.5

Mar.

15

12

11

10

9.7

9.7

16

14

13

12

12

10

9.7

8.9

9.3

8.5

8.1

7.7

7.7

6.5

6.1

5.4

5.2

5.2

4.7

4.5

4.3

4.2

3.9

3.7

3.4

Apr.

3.2

3.2

3.4

3.3

17

36

44

44

44

42

38

36

37

36

35

35

32

30

29

27

26

24

24

24

23

19

19

18

16

16

-

Maximum

146

90

46

332

29

24

16

44

19

5.8

2.4

10

26

146

May

17

18

19

IS

16

16

15

14

14

14

14

13

10

8.5

7.7

6.5

6.3

5.6

5.2

5.0

4.7

4.5

4.5

4.2

3.9

3.9

3.4

3.2

3.1

2.8

2.7

Minimum

93

46

28

20-

6.1

6.1

3.4

3.2

2.7

1.9

1.6

1.4

7.3

1.4

June

2.8

2.7

2.5

2.3

2.2

2.0

2.0

2.1

2.7

2.7

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

1.9

1.9

2.6

4.7

5.2

5.8

4.O

3.7

3.3

3.1

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.5

-

Mean

126

61.8

38.0

115

14.9

16.6

8.43

26.1

9.15

2.82

1.95

2.53

17.3

27.2

July

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.3

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.7

1.7

Aug.

1.7

1.8

1.7

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.6

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.8

1.8

1.7

3.1

10

7.7

6.9

6.9

Per square 

mile

Sept.

7.3

8.1

14

19

20

21

21

21

21

23

20

18

16

15

15

15

15

14

14

14

14

14

15

19

18

17

19

21

25

26

-

Runoff in 

inches
274 ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN

South Fork Black Creek near Penney Farms, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. S9°59', long. 81°51', in sec. 13, T. 6 S., R. 24 E., 

at bridge on State Highway 16, half a mile downstream from Greens Creek, 2J- miles west 

of Penney Farms, and 10 miles west of Green Cove Springs. Datum of gage is 9.82 feet 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area.--16Q square miles.

Records available.--November 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--10 years (1939-49), 179 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,230 seoond-feet Oct. 3 (gage height, 18.88 

feet); minimum, 26 second-feet Aug. 8-10; minimum gage height, 1.05 feet Aug. 10.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 13,900 second-feet Oct. 19, 1944 (gage height, 26.33 

feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 8,000 second-feet; minimum, 

15 second-feet Nov. 8-10, 13, 14, 1940; minimum gage height, 0.83 foot June 10, 11, 

1945.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 3O to Sept. 25)

1.0

1.1 

1.5 

2.4 106

3.6 208

9.6 816

11.4 1,030

13.2 1,330

14.2 1,650

15.2 2,110

16.8 3,230

17.1 3,490

Discharge, in second-feet, water year Ootober 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

700

2,730

3,490

1,470

997

554

375

346

405

296

232

257

213

172

145

129

121

117

117

110

102

99

96

92

88

84

82

82

82

81

80

Nov.

77

75

75

72

71

70

69

68

68

69

66

64

66

67

65

62

63

65

67

121

117

92

84

82

82

74

72

71

79

78

-

Dec.

>

L aioo

,

I a80

1

 allO

,

L a90

1

>

I

L alOO

1

a90

Jan.

i

> a85

J

84

82

125

172

129

102

92

84

79

74

71

68

67

65

62

60

59

60

62

63

63

60

58

57

56

63

72

79

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ............... . . . ...

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February ............... ......

March ............................

April .................. ..... .

May ..............................

June ................... ....

July ................... . . . .

August ........................ .

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Peb.

72

150

425

316

242

232

375

3440

355

247

208

172

141

125

113

102

96

92

106

106

117

113

102

88

82

78

76

83

_

_

-

Second 

foot-days

13,94^

2,25]

2.94C

89,67£

2,422

4.84E

2,11'

3,642

1 ,83 

1,49]

4.99C

7,08E

50,23'

Mar.

77

72

70

66

64

64

110

92

77

69

63

58

56

56

99

83

68

63

68

66

61

60

96

82

67

60

56

51

49

47

47

Apr.

48

56

84

133

a210

336O

3510

3350

247

176

141

129

145

117

99

83

70

64

60

56

53

51

51

48

44

42

41

40

44

90

-

Maximum

3,490

121

) 110

4,810

172

440

110

51O

540

133

133

1,380

1,160

3,490

May

a!50

3290

a540

a330

181

121

92

73

63

58

52

349

345

343

a41

a40

339

a37

336

36

34

33

32

31

30

29

29

27

30

31

41

Minimum

80

62

80

36

56

72

47

40

27

30

28

26

51

26

June

35

46

37

33

32

30

40

35

51

106

51

129

96

60

46

44

46

42

42

84

96

133

81

63

60

62

56

52

85

64

Mean

450

75.0

94.8

245

78 £

173

68 . ^

121

61 .£

48 .]

161

236

138

July

84

133

78

54

45

44

40

Aug.

28

32

42

42

35

31

28

39 26

48 26

49

38

34

34

34

31

31

31

34

61

48

43

49

68

92

54

40

35

33

30

29

28

28

79

76

49

56

42

40

33

30

30

29

29

31

79

57

56

40

104

1,040

1,380

858

534

Per square 

mile

2.81

.469

.592

1.53

 489

1.08

.427

.756

.537

 382

.301

1.01

-i tO J..4O

.862

Sept.

365

306

454

316

181

133

106

88

77

76

82

80

71

64

59

58

56

51

55

106

85

154

190

158

346

415

385

425

1,160

983

Runoff in 

inches

3.24

.52

.68

20.85

.56

1.13

.49

.85

. 62

.43

.35

1.16

1.65

11.68

arge (base. 1,50O see.-ft.) . Oct. 3 (l p.m.) 5,230 sec.-ft.; Aug. 29 (4 3.m.) 1,610 

ptT 29 (5 p.m.) 1,410 sec.-ft.

Pesk dischar 

sec.-ft.; Sept

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for North Pork Black Creek near 

Middleburg.
ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 275

North Fork Black Creek near Middleburg, Fla.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 30°06'50", long. 81°54 I 35", in sec. 33, T. 4 S., R. 24 E., 

a third of a mile upstream from Big Branch, 4 miles northwest of Middleburg, and 6| 

miles upstream from confluence with South Fork. Datum of gage is 0.62 foot above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area.--170 square miles.

Hecords available.--November 1931 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--17 years (1932-49), 181 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 8,840 second-feet Oct. 3 (gage height, 21.57 

reet, from floodmark); minimum, 12 second-feet May 27-30; minimum gage height, 0.72 

foot May 29, 30.

1931-49: Maximum discharge, 10,400 second-feet Oct. 19, 1944 (gage height, 23.76 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 5,000 second-feet; minimum 

observed, 3.6 second-feet June 8, 1935 (gage height, 0.26 foot).

Maximum stage known, 25.3 feet in June 1919, from information by old resident (discharge, 15,000 second-feet, from rating curve extended above 5,000 second-feet).

Remarks.--Records good. Gage read twice daily.

Revisions (water years). W 852: 1933(M). W 952: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 21 to Dec. 8)

Oct. 1-3 Oct. 4 to Sept. 30

 6.7 540 0.7 11 0.9 19 2.0 97 13.8 1,700 

13.5 1,530 .75 12 1.0 24 2.8 173 15.0 2,280 

14.5 1,850 .8 14 1.2 35 8.2 762 16. O 3,O5O 

15.0 2,130 .85 16 1.6 64 12.2 1,340 16.9 3,980 

20.0 7,190

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

546 

5,530 

7,190 

3,050 

1,580

1,060 

681 

528 

442 

378

378 

324 

280 

216 

184

152 

124 

110 

110 

92

84 

88 

88 

80 

76

68 

64 

68 

64 

60 

60

Nov.

60 

55 

53 

46 

43

39 

47 

44 

44 

38

33 

30 

31 

30 

28

28 

26 

30 

40 

60

60 

55

64 

72 

60

84 

115 

152 

124 

110

Dec.

102 

152 

302 

237 

205

173 

133 

133 

345 

560

681 

431 

270 

194 

152

124 

106 

102 

133 

227

291 

248 

194 

162 

142

184 

194 

162 

133 

142 

194

Jan.

173 

142 

124 

106 

97

110 

205 

216 

173 

142

124 

97 

84

76 

68

64

60 

56 

54 

50

50 

53 

54 

54 

53

50 

49

47 

56 

76 

106

Feb.

97 

115 

280 

334 

345

388 

2,370 

3,980 

1,950 

1,160

681 

475 

324 

248 

194

152 

133

115 

115 

106

106 

102 

92 

84 

76

72 

68 

84

u .. Second- 

"onth foot-days

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

mber ....................... .

23,75 

1,70 

6,80

lendar year 1948 ............ 130,32

ary . .

h. ...........................

1. ...... .................. .

ember ........................

2,86 

14,24 

1,68 

5,23 

2,62 

1,27 

6,45 

9,98- 

17,04

ter year 1948-49 ............ 93,67

Peak discharge (base, 1.3OO sec. -ft .) . Oc

sec. -ft.; Aug. 29 (12 m. ) 4,090 sec. -ft.; Se 

see. -ft.

Har.

84

76 

72 

68 

60

55 

60 

54

60 

60

56 

51 

48 

44

60

64 

60 

56 

56 

54

51 

50 

50 

51 

49

45 

42 

39 

36 

36 

39

Apr.

46 

45 

50 

72 

334

518 

692 

421 

205 

133

115 

313 

485 

507 

324

205 

133 

92

72 

56

48 

43 

52

51 

45

40 

36 

32 

30 

44

Maximum

5 7,190 

L 152 

3 681

7 7,190

9 216 

3 3,980 

5 84 

3 692 

> 570 

9 115 

3 496 

I 3,050 

3 2,100

3 7,190

t. 3 (1 a.m.) 

at. 26 (11 a

Hay

64 

248 

570 

560 

280

162 

102 

56 

49 

42

40 

53 

44 

37 

34

30 

26 

24 

22 

21

20 

18 

16 

14 

14

13 

12 

12 

12 

12 

15

Minimum

60

26 

102

12

47 

68 

36 

30 

12 

16 

37 

29 

41

12

June

31 

29 

34 

28 

22

19 

16 

18 

20 

28

32 

37 

52 

42 

33

29 

29 

31 

31 

38

42

47 

54 

56 

55

53 

115 

110 

84 

64

Mean

766

56.7 

220

356

92. E 

509 

54.4 

175 

84. f 

42. 6 

208 

322 

568

257

July

53 

76 

64 

49 

50

44

45

162 

324

431

291 

173 

216 

194 

142

92 

216 

324 

464

496

496 

431 

367 

388 

302

205 

113 

97 

64 

44 

37

Aug.

32 

30 

43 

64

72

64 

49 

36 

29 

42

106 

173 

313 

227 

184

133 

88 

60 

42 

40

50 

56 

102 

152 

102

72 

173 

1,050 

3,050 

2,050 

1,300

Per square 

mile

4.51 

.334 

1.29

2.09

.544 

2.99 

.320 

1.03 

.498 

.251 

1.22 

1.89 

3.34

1.51

8.840 sec. -ft.: Feb. 7 (lO p.m. 

m.) 2,680 sec. -ft.; Sept. 30 (4

Sept.

1,090 

1,080 

738 

658 

507

345 

248

173

124 

110

184 

142 

115 

97 

80

64 

50 

41 

60 

647

966 

539 

356 

237 

367

2,100 

1,580 

952 

1,390 

2,000

Runoff in 

Inches

5.20 

.37 

1.49

28.50

.63 

3.12 

.37 

1.15 

.57 

.28 

1.41 

2.18 

3.73

20.50

) 5,020 

a.m.) 2,160
276 MOULTRIE CREEK BASIN

Moultrie Creek near St. Augustine, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder and wooden control, lat. 29°49'40", long. 81°21'00", in 

sec. 11, T. 8 S., R. 29 E., at bridge on Kings Road, two-fifths of a mile upstream 

from Fort Peyton Branch and 5 miles southwest of St. Augustine.

Drainage area.--82 square miles.

Records available.--November 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--10 years (1939-49), 26.6 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 612 second-feet Oct. 3 (gage height, 7.45 feet); 

minimum, 0.5 second-foot June 17-21.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 1,370 second feet Oct. 21, 1941 (gage height, 9.31 

feet); minimum, 0.2 second-foot May 18, 22, 26, 30, June 1, 2, 1945.

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.5 0.5 £.8 4.7 3.6 39 5.8 118 

2.55 .8 2.9 8.3 5.3 75 6.0 162 

2.6 1.2 3.2 22 5.4 79 6.4 273 

2.7 2.6 3.4 34 5.6 92 7.1 498

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

202 

252 

388 

482 

336

243 

175 

145 

126 

91

76 

69 

62 

54 

48

43

40 

43 

37 

30

26 

23 

20 

18

16

14 

12 

10 

9.6 

7.8 

6.5

Nov.

5.6 

5.0 

4.5 

3.8 

3.6

3.6 

3.3

3.1 

3.0 

2.8

2.6

2.2 

2.2 

2.2 

2.0

1.9

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

2.2

2.0 

2.0 

2.0 

3.3 

2.6

2.3 

2.3 

2.0 

1.9 

1.9

Dec.

1.7 

2.8 

3.3 

2.8 

2.4

2.3 

2.3 

2.3 

3.0 

3.6.

3.0 

2.6 

2.6 

2.6 

2.4

2.3 

2.2 

2.0 

2.4 

3.8

3.0 

2.8 

2.6 

2.6 

2.6

3.6

3.1 

3.0 

3.0 

3.8

4.2

Jan.

3 

3 

3 

3 

3

3 

3 

3 

3 

3

3

2

2 

2

2

2

2 

2 

2 

2

1 

1 

1 

1 

1

1 

1 

1 

2 

2

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

tta

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary ....

h. ...........................

st ...................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

.8 

.3

.1

.1 

.1

.3

.8 

.6 

.3 

.1

.O 

.8 

.6 

.6 

.4

.3 

.2 

.2 

.0 

.0

.9 

.9 

.9 

.9 

.9

.9 

.9 

.9 

0 

.3 

.3

Feb.

2.2

4.7 

14 

14

17

19 

21 

21 

22 

21

19 

16 

14 

13 

11

10 

8.3 

8.7 

13 

16

19 

16 

13 

11 

9.6

8.3 

7.3 

6.5

Secondfoot-days

3.104.E 80.' 

86.'

13,421."

79.4 

375. f 

75. C 

324. C 31.' 

32.1 

53. D 722.;

3,594

8,559.?

Mar.

5.6 

4.7 

4.2 

3.8 

3.6

3.3 

3.8 

3.6 

3.0 

2.6

2.4 

2.2 

2.0 

1.9 

2.2

2.2 

1.9 

1.7 

1.7 

1.7

1.6 

.6 

.9 

.9 

.9

.6 

.5 

.4

.2

.2 

.1

Apr.

1.0

1.2 

1.7 

1.7 

15

48

48 

39 

27 

21

16 

15 

15

14 

11

9.1

6.5 

5.6 

4.7 

3.8

3.3

2.8 

2.6 

2.3 

1.9

1.6 

1.4 

1.2 

1.0

1.6

Maximum

482

5.6 

4.2

678

3.8 

22 

5.6 

) 48 

3.3 

3.1 

14 

188 

498

498

May

1.6 

1.7 

3.3

2.2

1.7

1.4 

1.1 

1.0 

.9 

.8

.8 

.8 

.8

.7 

.8 

.8 

1.6

June

1.7 

1.0 

.9 

.8 

.8

.8

.8 

.7 

.7 

.6

1.5 

2.8 

3.0 

3.1 

1.9

.6 

.6 

.5 

.5 

.5

.7 

1.1 

.8 

.9 

1.1

.9 

.8 

.7 

.7 

.6

Minimum Mean

6.5 100 

1.6 2.69 

1.7 2.80

.5 36.7

1.9 2.56 

2.2 13.4 

1.1 - 2.42 

1.0 10.8 

.6 1.02 

.5 1.07 

.6 1.71 

.6 23.3 

26 120

.5 23.5

July

0.6 

.8 

2.6 

1.2 

1.0

.8 

.7 

2.3 

14 

4.5

2.3

1.5 

1.5 

1.4 

1.1

1.0 

.8 

.8 

1.0 

2.6

2.0 

1.5 

1.2 

1.0 

.8

.8 

.7 

.7 

.7 

.6 

.6

Aug.

0.7 

.8 

1.0 

1.2 

.9

.8 

.9

.7

.7

.7 

.7 

.7 

.8 

.7

.7 

.6 

.6 

.8 

.7

.7 

1.7 

2.0 

1.5 

1.0

5.2 

151 

188 

185 

170

Per square 

mile

4.55

.122 

.127

1.67

.116 

.609 

.110 

.491 

.046 

.049 

.078 

1.O6 

5.45

1.07

Sept.

165 

130 

95 

77 

68

59 

52 

45 

43

56

68 

74 

69 

64 

56

50 

45 

40 

35 

36

30 

26 

28 

3O 

73

369 

450 

375 

498 

388

Runoff in 

inches

5.25 

.14 

.15

22.69

.13 

.63 

.13 

.55 

.05 

.05 

.09 

1.22 

6.08

14.47

Peak discharge (base, 350 sec. -ft. . Oct. 3 (8 p.m.) 612 sec. -ft.; Sept. 26 (6 p.m.) 579 sec. -ft.;
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 277

Lake Okeechobee, Fla.

Location. Seven staff gages at various locations on rim of lake. Center of lake, lat. 

iiyb'/', long. 80°50', in southern Florida. Datum of gages is at mean sea level 

(levels by Corps of Engineers).

Records available. October 1931 to September 1949 in reports of Geological Survey. 1915 

to 1931 in reports or files of Everglades Drainage District.

Extremes. Maximum weighted gage height observed during year, 17.77 feet Oct. 18, 19; minimum weighted gage height observed, 12.47 feet June 7, 8.

1931-49: Maximum gage height observed, 20.1 feet, present datum, Sept. 4, 1933; 

minimum observed, 10.3 feet, present datum, May 17, 1932.

Remarks. Stage of lake regulated by gates at several lake outlets. Total usable eapaeity of lake, 1,320,000 acre-feet. Gages read once daily.

Cooperation. Records furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Gage height, in feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

16.36

16.42

16.53

16.61

16.83

17.07

17.18

17.24

17.40

17.46

17.52

17.60

17.67

17.74

17.72

17.74

17.76

17.77

17.77

17.75

17.67

17.73

17.69

17.73

17.65

17.64

17.51

17.61

17.59

17.58

17.56

Nov.

17.53

17.52

17.47

17.47

17.44

17.42

17.41

17.38

17.37

17.33

17.31

17.27

17.24

17.21

17.20

17.16

17.16

17.10

17.01

17.03

17.00

16.98

16.97

16.90

16.92

16.85

16.81

16.78

16.81

16.76

-

Dec.

16.82

16.71

16.70

16.67

16.63

16.57

16.52

16.48

16.44

16.47

16.40

16.33

16.30

16.27

16.23

16.20

16.16

16.11

16.12

16.05

15.96

15.98

15.94

15.91

15.85

15.90

15.78

15.71

15.64

15.64

15.60

Jan.

15.53

15.45

15.44

15.37

15.35

15.32

15.36

15.28

15.22

15.17

15.14

15.10

15.05

15.03

15.01

14.97

14.94

14.90

14.92

14.88

14.84

14.85

14.85

14.79

14.82

14.81

.14.78

14.76

14.77

14.78

14.68

Feb.

14.72

14.69

14.67

14.65

14.66

14.64

14.62

14.56

14.56'

14.54

14.37

14.46

14.42

14.39

14.38

14.38

14.37

14.27

14.29

14.33

14. 27

14.27

14.26

14.21

14.16

14.12

14.10

14.09

_

_

-

Mar.

14.13

14.05

14.07

14.02

13.98

13.98

13.99

13.99

13.93

13.88

13.88

13.89

13.86

13.82

13.86

13.87

13.80

13.81

13.86

13.84

13.71

13.71

13.69

13.71

13.71

13.74

13.64

13.62

13.60

13.58

13.47

Apr.

13.58

13.54

13.54

13.49

13.47

13.53

13.45

13.43

13.42

13.37

13.27

13.27

13.32

13.33

13.32

13.37

13.41

13.31

13.33

13.32

13.33

13.30

13.24

13.27

13.32

13.18

13.16

13.10

13.14

13.12

-

Hay

13.11

13.09

13.09

13.11

13.10

13.10

13.07

13.04

13.03

13.00

12.94

12.98

12.99

12.97

12.96

12.95

12.96

12.89

12.90

12.85

12.79

12.80

12.76

12.72

12.68

12.67

12.64

12.62

12.61

12.58

12.55

June

12.53

12.63

12.56

12.56

12.55

12.48

12.47

12.47

12.53

12.60

12.56

12.62

12.62

12.60

12.58

12.74

12.74

12.81

12.86

12.92

12.90

12.92

13.04

13.02

13.12

13.14

13.11

13.07

13.07

13.08

-

July

13.11

13.09

13.13

13.15

13.11

13.19

13.20

13.26

13.27

13.27

13.31

13.28

13.30

13.32

13.31

13.31

13.27

13.34

13.42

13.44

13.48

13.49

13.48

13.51

13.49

13.60

13.55

13.54

13.57

13.54

13.55

Aug.

13.55

13.60

13.66

13.71

13.72

13.78

13.80

13.81

13.80

13.82

13.82

13.79

13.79

13.78

13.90

13.87

13.91

13.88

13.88

13.84

13.83

13.91

13.88

13.88

13.87

14.00

14.33

14.34

14.45

14.54

14.61

Sept.

14.65

14.65

14.76

14.80

14.79

14.78

14.77

14.84

14.81

14.80

14.81

14.85

14.85

14.83

14.82

14.80

14.80

14.77

14.73

14.69

14.69

14.67

14.65

14.63

14.61

14.59

14.60

14.62

14.81

14.83

-

Note. Figures in above table are weighted means of readings from 7 gagea. 

980338 O - 52 - 19
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Flsheatlng Creek at Palmdale, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 26°56', long. 81°19', in sec. 3, T. 41 S., R. 30 

E., at bridge on State Highway 25, 1 mile south of Palmdale. Datum of gage Is 27.19 

feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Prior to Mar. 16, 1949, staff gage at same 

site and datum.

Drainage area. 305 square miles.

Records available. April 1931 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--18 years, 255 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,300 second-feet Aug. 29 (gage height, 7.86 

feet); no flow Mar. 6 to June 18.

1931-49: Maximum discharge observed, 16,400 second-feet Sept. 19, 1947 (gage height, 

11.06 feet); no flow during period in nearly every year.

Remarks. Records fair. Gage read once daily prior to Mar. 16.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.55

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.9

2.0

2.1

Oct. 1 to July July 9 to Sept. 3O

.1

.2

.7

1.6

3.0

4.5

2.4

2.8

3.2

3.7

4.0 65

4.2 79

4.4 102

9.9

18

30

50

4.6 

4.9 

5.3 

5.9 

6.2

134

197

299

493

627

779

995

7.0 

7.3 

7.7

1,290

1,700

2,480

3,740

4.2 

4.5 

4.7 

4.9 

5.1 

5.3 

5.5

119

150

193

252

335

5.7 452

6.0 680

6.3 980

6.5 1,240

6.6 1,420

6.8 1,950

7.9 5,460

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3,740

2,780

33,180

3,580

2,200

2,200

2,480

2,200

1,700

al,420

1,130

937

879

779

695

627

531

531

d500

d470

d450

424

424

a 408

391

375

359

344

328

313

a306

Nov.

299

286

286

272

259

259

a252

246

234

221

d210

d200

d!90

a!85

d!8O

174

164

153

164

153

a!44

134

134

126

117

102

96

a90

84

75

-

Dec.

75

71

65

65

a62

60

58

55

50

50

48

a45

42

40

40

38

36

34

a30

27

40

42

42

42

42

a39

36

34

30

28

27

Jan.

26

a24

22

d21

20

18

17

16

16

15

14

13

13

12

16

a!3

9.9

9.1

8.4

6.4

6.9

7.3

a6.8

6.2

6.2

6.0

5.9

5.5

5.2

a5.0

a4.7

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ............... ..............

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

4.5

4.2

3.9

3.6

3.3

a3.2

3.0

2.7

2.4

2.3

1.6

1.5

al.4

1.2

1.1

.9

.8

.7

.6

.5

.4

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

a. 2

.2

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

36,681

5,489

1,393

153,903.6

375. E

45.3

o'"

0

14.1

4,656.4

25,904

23,459

98,017.8

Mar.

0.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

0

0

0

o

0

0

0

o

0

0

o0

o

0

0

0

0

0

o

0

0

0

o

0

0

o

Apr.

Maximum

3,740

299

75

13,700

26

4.5

.1

0

0

2.7

459

4,980

3,190

4,980

May

Minimum

306

75

27

0

4.7

o""

0

o

0

3.6

99

260

O

June

0

0

0

o

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.4

1.1

.9

.6

.6

.9

1.6

2.7

2.3

1.4

1.0

.6

-

Mean

1,183

183

44.9

421

12.1

1.62

.02

0

0

.47

150

836

782

269

July

3.6

8.8

13

15

g!7

g22

26

68

83

gl!2

g242

179

127

103

103

290

459

439

351

290

263

239

206

186

164

g!43

g!30

gllO

g92

g86

86

Aug.

99

204

191

196

260

389

408

351

312

299

378

433

427

439

606

840

734

606

501

439

414

466

480

473

439

420

790

1,610

4,980

4,500

3,220

Per square 

mile

3.88

.600

.147

1.38

.040

.0053

.000066

0

0

.0015

.492

2.74

2.56

.882

Sept.

2,200

1,560

1,260

1,100

1,000

925

840

780

761

734

698

689

680

639

590

552

522

487

501

446

395

362

335

317

294

279

263

260

800

3,190

-

Runoff in 

inches

4.47

.67

.17

18.75

.05

.006

. 00006

0

0

.002

.57

3.16

2.86

11.96

Peak discharge (base, 1,5OO sec.-ft.).--Aug. 29 (5 p.m.) 5.3OO sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record;discharge interpolated.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of 1 discharge measurement and records

g Computed from graph based on once-daily gage readings.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 279 

Harney Pond Canal at Lake Okeechobee, Fla.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 27°00', long. 81°04', in sec. 18, T. 40 S., R. 33 E. , at 

Dridge on State Highway 78, 0.4 mile upstream from Lake Okeechobee and 12 miles north 

of Moore Haven.

Records available. October 1948 to September 1949 (discharge measurements only). 

Extremes.--Maximum discharge measured during year, 1,650 second-feet Oct. 7; no flow at

Remarks. Measurements made about once weekly.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Date

Oct. 4

7

11

14

18

25

Nov. 1

8

29

Dec. 27

Jan. 3

10

Discharge

1,600

1,650

1,370

1,210

1,090

659

263

71

55.6

0

0

0

Date

Jan. 17

24

31

Feb. 7

14

21

Mar. 1

7

21

29

Apr. 4

Discharge

0

0

o

0

o

0

0

0

0

0

0

Date

Apr. 11

18

May 3

17

31

June 14

20

27

July 5

12

18

Discharge

0

0

0

o

0

0

8.55

3.61

8.79

2.94

8.26

Date

July 25

Aug. 2

8

15

22

29

Sept. 1

6

9

12

19

Discharge

13.2

16.8

39.7

82.1

24. 2

881

1,120

419

251

165

41.2
280 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Indian Prairie Canal near Okeechobee, Pla.

Location. --Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°04', long. 80°59', in sec. 24, T. 39 S., R. 33 E., 

at bridge on State Highway 78, 2 miles upstream from shore of Lake Okeechobee corresponding to lake elevation of 12.5 feet above mean sea level, and 15 miles southwest of town 

of Okeechobee. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, unadjusted (levels by Corps of Engineers) .

Records available. --June 1939 to September 1949. April 1931 to February 1933 at site 3 miles 

upstream.

Extremes . --Maximum discharge during year, 1,880 second-feet Oct. 5, Aug. 28; maximum gage 

 height , 18.50 feet Oct. 16; no flow Dec. 27 to June 7.

1931-33, 1939-49: Maximum discharge, that of Oct. 5, 1948, Aug. 28, 1949; maximum

gage height, 21.00 feet Sept. 15, 16, 1932, site and datum then in use; no flow during

several periods in some years.

Remarks . --Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Flow includes main channel only.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September1949

Day

1 

Z

3

4 

5

6 

7 

6 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,500 

1,590 

1,630 

1,720 

1,800

1,800 

1,800 

1,780 

1,700 

1,720

1,700 

1,630 

1,5 TO 

1,460 

1,420

1,450 

1,360 

1,320 

1,270 

1,270

1,280

1,270

1,230 

1,140 

1,130

1,100 

1,090 

1,050 

1,040 

1,000 

980

Nov.

950 

920 

900 

872 

846

804 

754 

726 

709 

703

686 

663 

629 

601 

573

556 

528 

511 

517 

472

444 

422 

382 

332 

282

287 

267 

263 

221 

197

Dec.

189 

194 

179 

162

159

152 

152 

143 

137 

93

113 

105 

99 

89 

89

81 

74 

63 

52 

52

43 

41 

36 

29 

27

2

0 

0

0 

0 

0

Jan. Feb.

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Aprl

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. ......................................

ter year 1948-49 .......................

Mar. Apr.

Secondfoot -days

43,800 

17,017 

2,555

115,655

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

681 

1,658 

10,817 

13,037

89,565

May

Maximum

1,800 

950 

194

1,800

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

42 

122 

1,840 

1,170

1,840

June

aO 

aO 

aO 

aO 

aO

aO 

hO 

a42 

a 40 

a39

a37 

a35 

a34 

h32

a30

a29 

a27 

a25 

a24 

22

22 

21 

26 

31 

31

28 

27 

27 

26 

a26

July

a27 

a27 

a28 

a2S 

29

28 

29 

26 

28 

29

36 

37 

39 

39 

41

43 

39 

41 

52 

57

64 

80 

82 

61 

55

10 

108 

111 

122 

96 

106

Minimum

980 

197

0

<-

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

26 

70 

63

0

Aug.

148 

181 

136 

136 

122

145 

173 

173 

164 

173

150 

173 

237 

237 

237

223 

159 

111 

86 

88

120 

125 

114 

108 

98

/O 

1,070 

1,840 

1,490 

1,310 

1,220

Mean

1,413 

567 

82.4

316

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

22.7 

53.5 

349 

435

245

Sept.

1,150 

1,170 

1 , 100 

1,040 

a944

h847 

a749

a651 

h553 

a479

a405 

h331 

a291 

a251 

a211

h!71 

a!52 

a!34 

hl!5 

100

100 

9?. 

78 

72

82

84 

63 

96 

532

994

Runoff in 

acre-feet

86,880 

33,750 

5,070

229,400

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

1,350 

3,290 

21,460 

25,860

177,600

a No gage-nelght record; discharge interpolated or computed on ba3ls of 4 discharge measurements, 

recorded range in stage, engineer's notes, weather records, and records for Harney Pond Canal at Lake 

Okeechotee.

h Computed from staff-gage reading.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 281

Kissimmee River below Lake Kissiramee, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 270 46', long. 810 11', in sec. 24, T. 31 S., R. 31 

ii.,, '6 miles downstream from Lake Kissimmee and Vero Bridge on State Highway 60. Auxiliary staff gage at highway bridge. Datum of gage is 1.52 feet below mean sea level, 

datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area.--1,850 square miles.

Records available. October 1933 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 16 years, 1,203 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 8,820 second-feet Oct. 5 or 6 (gage height, 56.92 

feet from recorded range in stage); minimum, 355 second-feet June 8 (gage height, 48.58 

feet).

1933-49: Maximum discharge, that of Oct. 5 or 6, 1948; maximum gage height, 57.70 

feet Oct. 13, 1947; no flow Sept. 3, 4, 1935, caused by hurricane blowing upstream; 

minimum gage height observed, 46.10 feet Sept. 4, 1935.

Remarks.--Records fair.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 1 to Mar. l)

49.0 414 54.2 1,790 

51.0 751 54.6 2,150 

52.7 1,140 54.7 2,310 

53.1 1,260 54.8 2,550 

53.6 1,460 56.9 8,820

Discharge, in second-feet, vater year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

7,020 

a7,200 

a7,600 

a8,200 

a8,500

a8,800 

a8,800 

a8,700 

a8,500 

a8,300

a8,200 

a8,200 

a8 , 100 

a7,900 

a7,800

a7,600 

a7,400 

a7,100 

a6,900 

a6,700

a6 , 5OO 

a6 , 400 

a6 , 200 

a6,100 

a6,000

a5,800 

aS,600 

a5, 500 

5,220 

5,070 

1,920

Nov.

4,7?0 

4,620 

4,320 

4,170 

4,020

3,870 

4,020 

3,870 

3,570 

3,570

3,420 

3,270 

3,120 

2,980 

2,830

2,690 

2,550 

2,430 

2,230 

2,310

2,230 

2,150 

2,100 

2,100 

2,100

2,000 

2,000 

1,950 

2,000 

2,040

Dec.

2,000 

1,910 

1,910 

1,910 

1,830

1,830 

1,790 

1,760 

1,760 

1,870

1,760 

1,720 

1,720 

1,720 

1,660

1,660 

1,660 

1,660 

1,660 

1,660

1,660 

1,610 

1,610 

1,610 

1,610

1,660 

1,560 

1,560 

1,510 

1,560 

1,610

Jan.

1,560 

1,510 

1,460 

1,460 

1,460

1,460 

1,460 

1,460 

1,420 

1,420

1,420 

1,420 

1,420 

1,420 

1,380

1,380 

1,340 

1,340 

1,340 

1,340

1,300 

1,300 

1,300 

1,260 

1,260

1,230 

1,230 

1,200 

1,230 

1,230 

1,170

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

mber .........................

lendar year 1943 ............

ary . .

1 ............................

ember ........................

ter year 1948 49 ............

Feb.

1,170 

1,170 

1,170 

1,140 

1,140

1,140 

1,110 

1,110 

1,110 

1,080

1,110 

1,050 

1,030 

1,030 

1,010

1,010 

1,030 

1,010 

990 

1,010

990 

990 

990 

967 

944

944 

922 

944

Seoondfoot-days

220, 83C 

89,30C 

53, OH

821,705

42,18C 

29,311 

25,16 

20,29^ 

16,71E 13,24" 

16,722 

25,25E 

59,93C

611, 96^

Mar.

944 

922 

922 

900 

878

878 

900 

878 

856 

856

856 

834 

813 

813 

834

834 

792 

792 

792 

792

751 

751 

751 

751 

751

731 

711 

711 

711 

731 

731

Apr.

731 

711 

711 

711 

693

751 

731 

711 

711 

693

676 

676 

693 

676 

660

711 

693 

676 

676 

660

642 

660 

660 

660 

642

625 

625 

609 

609 

609

Maximum

) 8,800 

) 4,770 

) 2,000

8,800

) 1,560 

1,170 

944 

751 

> 609 

491 

625 

1,560 

) 4,320

1 8,800

May

609 

609 

609 

609 

609

609 

609 

591 

574 

574

574 

574 

574 

558 

541

541 

541 

524 

524 

508

508 

474 

491 

491 

508

491 

474 

443 

458 

458 

458

Minimum

4,920 

1,950 

1,510

730

1,170 

922 

711 

609 

443 

414 

458 

625 

1,610

414

June

474 

491 

491 

458 

443

443 

428 

414 

414 

428

414 

428 

428 

428 

428

414 

414 

414 

428 

428

443 

443 

428 

428 

443

458 

474 

474 

474 

474

Mean

7,124 

2,977 

1,710

2,245

1,361 

1,047 

812 

676 

539 

442 

533 

815 

1,998

1,677

July

458 

474 

474 

491 

491

491 

508 

524 

524 

524

524 

508 

524 

524 

524

508 

524 

524 

541 

541

558 

558 

558 

574 

574

591 

609 

625 

625 

625 

625

Aug.

625 

625 

642 

660 

660

660 

676 

660 

676 

676

693 

693

711 

711 

731

751 

771 

771 

771 

771

a790 

a800 

a820 

a830 

a830

834 

771 

1,200 

1,380 

1,510 

1,560

Per square 

mile

3.85 

1.61 

.924

1.21

.736 

.566 

.439 

.365 

.291 

.239 

.291 

.441 

1.08

.906

Peak discharge (base, 850 sec. -ft. ) .--Oct. 5 or 6, 8,820 sec. -ft.

Sept.

1,610 

1,660 

1,720 

1,760 

1,830

1,830 

1,870 

1,870 

1,910 

1,910

1,910 

1,950 

1,910 

1,870 

1,870

1,870 

1,870 

1,870 

1,870 

1,870

1,830 

1,830 

1,870 

1,830 

1,830

1,870 

2,000 

2,150 

3,570 

4,320

Runoff in 

inches

4.44 

1.80 

1.07

16.52

.85 

.59 

.51 

.41 

.34 

.27 

.34 

.51 

1.20

12.33

Kissimmee River near Okeeohobee.
282 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Kissimmee River near Cornwall, Fla.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 27°22', long. 81°03', in sec. 8, T. 36 S., R. 33 E., at bridge 

on State Highway 59, 4j miles southeast of Cornwell. Datum of gage is 24.73 feet above 

mean sea level (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Records available.--October 1948 to September 1949. Gage-height records collected at the 

same site April 1923 to January 1931 are contained in reports or files of the Everglades 

Drainage District, and since June 1931 in unpublished files of the Geological Survey.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge observed during year, 16,800 second-feet Oct. 5-7, from rating 

curve extended above 3,800 second-feet; maximum gage height observed, 10.81 feet Oct. 6; 

minimum discharge observed, 454 second-feet June 8, 9; minimum gage height observed, 

1.82 feet June 8.

Flood of August 1928, resulting from hurricane, reached a peak stage of 11.3 feet.

Remarks.--Records good. Gage read once daily prior to Dec. 10 and twice daily thereafter.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feetj 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 7 to June 6, 

June 11 to July 23, Sept. 28-30)

1.8 454 5.5 1,670 8.9 7,830 

2.8 664 6.2 2,240 9.6 10,600 

3.3 783 6.9 3,070 10.8 16,800 

4.1 1,030 7.6 4,210 

4.9 1,350 8.2 5,580

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

15,100 

14,600 

16,200 

16,200 

16,800

16,800 

16,800 

16,200 

14,600 

13,600

12,100 

11,600 

11,100 

10,600 

10,200

9,800 

9,400 

9,400 

9,000 

8,600

8,600 

8,210 

8,210 

7,830 

7,470

7,470 

7,470 

7,120 

7,120 

6,780 

C.780

Nov.

6,460 

6,460 

6,150 

6,150 

5,860

5,860 

5,860 

5,580 

5,580 

5,320

5,320 

5,080 

5,080 

5,080 

4,860

4,860 

4,860 

4,860 

4,860 

4,640

4,640 

4,640 

4,420 

4,420 

4,420

4,210 

4,210 

4,210 

4,210 

4,210

Dec.

4,210 

4,010 

4,010 

4,010 

3,830

3,830 

3,830 

3,670 

3,670 

3,670

3,670 

3,670 

3,520 

3,520 

3,b20

3,520 

3,370 

3,370 

3,370 

3,370

3,220 

3,220 

3,220 

3,220 

3,070

3,070 

3,070 

3,070 

2,930 

2,930 

2,930

Jan.

2,930 

2,930 

2,800 

2,800 

2,800

2,800 

2,680 

2,680 

2,680 

2,680

2,680 

2,560 

2,560 

2,560 

2,450

2,450 

2,450 

2,340 

2,340 

2,340

2,340 

2,240 

2,240 

2,240 

2,240

2,140 

2,140 

2,140 

2,140 

2,050 

2,050

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hav

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber. .........................

mber. ................. ... .

mber ................... . . .

lendar year

st ................. .........

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

2,050 

2,050 

1,970 

1,970 

1,970

1,890 

1,890 

1,890 

1,890 

1,890

1,810 

1,810 

1,810 

1,740 

1,740

1,740 

1,670 

1,670 

1,670 

1,670

1,670 

1,610 

1,610 

1,610 

1,610

1,550 

1,550 

1,550

Seoondfoot-days

341,76 

152,37 

107,59

-

76,47 

49,55 

39,76 

27,43 

E0.95 

18,77 

30,36 

57,83 

127,49

1,050^35

Mar.

l.SOu 

1,500 

1,500 

1,450 

1,450

1,450 

1,400 

1,400 

1,400 

1,400

1,350 

l,3bO 

1,310 

1,310 

1,310

1,310 

1,270 

1,270 

1,230

1,230

1,190 

1,150 

1,150 

1,150 

1,150

1,150 

1,150 

1,110 

1,070 

1,070 

1,030

Apr.

1,030 

1,030 

992

932 

992

992 

958 

958 

958 

926

926 

896 

896 

896 

867

896 

926 

926 

926 

926

896 

896 

896 

867 

867

838 

838 

810 

810 

810

Maximum

3 16,800 

3 6,460 

3 4,210

-

D 2,930 

D 2,050 

3 1,500 

7 1,030 

3 867 

3 867 

5 1,230 

3 5,320 

3 6,460

3 16,800

May

867 

838 

867 

838 

838

838 

810 

810 

783 

758

758 

758 

758 

758 

734

710 

687 

664 

642

621

579 

558 

537 

516 

495

495 

495 

495 

495

474 

474

Minimum

6,780 

4,210 

2,930

-

2,050 

1,550 

1,030 

810 

474 

454 

783 

1,270 

3,370

454

June

474 

474 

474 

474 

474

474 

474 

454 

454 

474

495

516 

537 

537 

537

537 

537 

600

687 

734

783 

783 

783 

810

867

867 

867 

867 

867 

867

Mean

11.02C 

5.07E 

3,47]

-

2,46- 

1.77C 

1,283 

91E 

67£ 

626 

98C 

1.86E 

4.25C

2,876

July

867 

867 

838 

810 

783

783 

783 

810 

867 

867

896 

958 

958 

958 

926

926 

896 

896 

992 

992

992 

,070 

,070 

,110 

,150

,150 

,230 

1,230 

1,230 

1,230 

1,230

Aug.

1,270 

1,310 

1,310 

1,350 

1,350

1,400 

1,400 

1,450 

1,450 

1,450

1,450 

1,500 

1,500 

1,500 

1,500

1,500 

1,500 

1,500 

1,500 

1,500

1,500 

1,500 

1,500 

1,500 

1,500

1,550 

2,050 

3,220 

4,640 

4,860 

5,320

Per square 

mile

Sept.

6,150 

6,460 

6,460 

5,860 

5,580

5,080 

4,860 

4,420 

4,210 

4,010

4,010 

4,010 

3,830 

3,830 

3,670

3,520 

3,520 

3,520 

3,520 

3,520

3,520 

3,520 

3,520 

3,370 

3,370

3,370 

3,370 

3,670 

4,420 

5,320

Runoff in 

inches

Peak discharge (base, 2,200 see.-ft.). Oct. 5 to 7, 16,800 sec.-ft.; Sept. 2 to 3, 6,460 sec.-ft.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 283

Kissitnmee River near Okeechobee, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°14 I , long. 80°59', in sec. 24, T. 37 S., R. 33 E.,

at bridge on State Highway 70, 10 miles west of Okeechobee. Datum of gage is 1.33 feet

below mean sea level, datum of 1929. Prior to Apr. 28, 1949, staff gage at same site

and datum.

Drainage are4a.--3,260 square miles. 

Kecoras available.--October 1930 to September 1949. 

Average discharge.--19 years, 1,971 second-feet. 

-Extremes. --Maximum discharge during year, 17,400 second-feet Oct. 6, 7; maximum gage

height, 29.34 feet Oct. 7; minimum discharge, 412 second-feet June 8 (gage height,

18.13 feet).

1930-49: Maximum discharge, that of Oct. 6, 7, 1948; maximum gage height, 29.34

feet Oct. 7, 1948; minimum discharge observed, 231 second-feet May 18, 1932; minimum

gage height observed, 17.78 feet June 18, 1935.

Flood of August 1928, resulting from hurricane, reached a peak stage of 30.3 feet

(discharge, 20,000 second-feet, from rating curve extended above 14,000 second-feet). 

Remarks.--Records good. Gage read twice daily prior to Apr. 28.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 27-30)

-7 Oct. 8 to Sept. 30

28.8 15,400 18. Z 425 24.3 2,530 27.0 7,620 

29.3 17,500 20.7 1,066 25.1 3,380 28.0 11,800 

22.6 1,660 25.8 4,470 29.1 1 P ,5OO 

23.9 2,250 26.4 5,740

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

15,8OO 

15,400 

15,800 

16,600 

17,000

17,4OO 

17,400 

16,500 

15,200 

14,400

13 , 500 

12,600 

12,200 

11,300 

10,900

10,500 

10.0OO 

10,000 

9,590 

9,190

8,790 

8,590 

8,390 

8,200 

7,810

7,620 

7,440 

7,260 

7,090 

7,090 

6,920

Nov.

6,760 

6,600 

6,450 

6,450 

6,3OO

6,150 

6.0OO 

5,870 

5,870 

5,740

5,620 

5,500 

5,500 

5,390 

5,280

5,170 

5,170 

5,060 

4,960 

4,960

4,860 

4,860 

4,760 

4,760 

4,660

4,560 

4,470 

4,560 

4,660 

4,560

Dec.

4,470 

4,380 

4,290 

4,200 

4,200

4,110 

4,030 

4,030 

3,950 

3,880

3, BOO 

3,650 

3,650 

3,510 

3,510

3,510 

3,380 

3,380 

3,260 

3,260

3,260 

3,260 

3,140 

3,140 

3,030

3,030 

3,030 

2,920 

2,920 

2,920 

2,920

Jan.

2,820 

2,820 

2,820 

2,720 

2,720

2,720 

2,620 

2,620 

2,620 

2,620

2.53O 

2,530 

2,530 

2,450 

2,450

2,450 

2.37O 

2,370 

2,300 

2,300

2,300 

2,250 

H,250 

2,250 

2,200

2,200 

2,2OO 

2,150 

2,150 

2,100 

2,100

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

Jnne 

July 

Augu 

Sept

We

mber .........................

lendar year 194E 

ary

1 ............................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 2,200 sec

Feb.

2,100 

2,100 

2.O5O 

2,050 

2,000

2,OOO 

1,950 

1,950 

1,900 

1,900

1,900 

1,860 

1,860 

1,820 

1,820

1,82C 

1,780 

1,7 SO 

1,740 

1,740

1,740 

1,700 

1,700 

1,660 

1 , 660

1,660 

1.E20 

1,590

Secondfoot-days

356,48 

161,51 

110,02

1,380,11

75,53 

51,45 

40,62 

28,29 

21,18 

17,88 

30,89 

58,26 

145,18

1, 097,30

Mar.

,590 

,590 

,560 

,520 

,480

,480

,450 

,450 

,420 

,420

,390 

,360

,3i=0 

,330 

,330

,300 

,300 

,270 

,240

,240

,210 

,180 

,180 

,150 

,150

,150 

,150 

,120 

,090 

,090 

,070

Apr.

,040 

,040 

,040 

,O4O 

,010

1,010 

985

985 

985 

958

958 

932 

932 

932 

932

932 

932 

932 

932 

958

958 

932 

932

906 

880

880 

854 

828 

828 

828

Maximum

3 17,400 

D 6,760 

3 4,470

T 17,400

D 2,82O 

D 2,100 

D 1,590 

1 1,040

D 880 

6 906 

7 1,270 

3 5,870 

D 6,920

4 17,400

Hay

854 

880 

880 

880 

880

854 

854 

828 

82 B 

802

776 

776 

776 

776 

750

725

700 

6^5 

650 

638

612 

562 

525 

500 

475

462 

450 

462 

462 

450 

438

Minimum

6,920 

4,470 

2,920

1,160

2,100 

1,590 

1,070 

828 

438 

425 

776 

1,270 

3,65O

425

June

425 

425 

425 

425 

425

425 

425 

4E5 

438 

425

438 

462 

488 

488

500

525

525 

g562 

§612 

g638

g725 

g750 

g77£ 

828 

854

906

9oe

880 

880 

880

Mean

11.50C 

5,38< 

3,54

3,77

2,43 

1,83 

1,31 

94

68:

59 

99 

1,87 

4,83

3,00

July

880 

880 

854 

854 

828

802

g776 

g802 

g880 

906

906 

g932 

g985 

985 

985

958 

932 

g932 

gl,040

gl,040

1,040 

gl,040 

gl,070 

gl,090 

gl,090

gl,150 

gl,240 

gl,270 

gl,270 

gl,240 

gl,240

Aug.

gl,270 

gl,270 

gl,270 

gl,270 

gl,300

gl,330 

gl,360 

gl,360 

gl,390 

gl,390

El, 420 

gl,450 

gl,450 

1,480 

1,520

1,520 

1,520 

1,520 

1,520 

1,520

1,560 

1,560 

1,520 

1,520 

1,520

1,523 

2 , 100 

3,140 

4,200 

5,620 

5,870

Per square 

mile

) 3.53 

I 1.65 

1.09

L 1.16

> .747 

) .564 

3 .402 

5 .289 

S .210 

.183 

.306 

) .576 

) 1.48

.922

.-ft.) . --Oct. 6, 7, 17,400 sec. -ft.; Sept. 3 (3 p.m.) 6

Sept.

6,150 

5.6OO 

6,920 

6,760 

6,450

6,150 

5,740 

5,390 

5,170 

4,860

4,660 

4,660 

4,960 

4,470 

4,200

4,030 

3,950 

3,880 

3,830 

3,800

3,800 

3,800 

3,800 

3,800 

3,720

3,650 

3,850 

4,250 

5,460 

6,370

Runoff in 

inches

4.07 

1.84 

1.26

15.75

.86 

.59 

.46 

.32 

.24 

.20 

.35 

.66 

1.66

12.51

92C see.-

g Computed from graph based on twice-daily gage readings.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Mary Jane-Hart Canal near Narcoossee, Pla.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 28°23', long. 81°11', in sec. 23, T. 24 S., R. 31 E., at road 

bridge, 4.4 miles by road from State Highway 15 and 8.4 miles northeast of Narcoossee.

Records available.--May 1942 to September 1949 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes.--ibi4a-49: Maximum discharge measured, 448 second-feet Oct. 30, 1947: no flow 

May 24, 1945.

Remarks.--Measurements are made about once monthly.

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Date

Oct. 28 

Dec. 15

Discharge

373 

109

Date

Jan. 19 

Mar. 3

Discharge

60.1 

22.8

Date

Apr. 13 

May 25

Discharge

12.3 

a. 3

Date

July 7 

Aug. 25

Discharge

36.5 

71.1

a Field estimate.

Hart-East Tohopekaliga Canal near Narcoossee, Pla.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 28°20', long. 81°13', in sec. 4, T. 25 S., R. 31 E., at bridge

on State Highway 15 and 3 miles north of Narcoossee.

Records available.--May 1942 to September 1949 (discharge measurements only). 

Extremes.--liJ48^?9: Maximum discharge measured, 934 second-feet Sept. 19, 1945; maximum 

 reverse flow measured, 0.25 second-foot Feb. 26, 1946 (affected by wind). 

Remarks.--Measurements are made about once monthly at bridge on State Highway 15.

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Date

Oct. 28 

Dec. 15

Discharge

532 

152

Date

Jan. 19 

Mar. 3

Discharge

42.7 

24.2

Date

Apr. 13 

May 25

Discharge

18.6 

.61

Date

Jttly 7 

Aug. 25

Discharge

70.3 

90.9

East Tohopekaliga-Tohopekaliga Canal near St. Cloud, Fla.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 28°16', long. 81°18', in sec. 34, T. 25 S., R. 30 E., at 

highway bridge 300 feet below outlet of East Tohopekaliga Lake and if miles northwest of St. Cloud.

Records available.--May 1942 to September 1949 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes.--ia4?r?9: Maximum discharge measured, 1,140 second-feet Sept. 19, 1945; no

 flow May 25, 1949.

Remarks. Measurements are made about once monthly.

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Date

Oct. 28 

Dec. 15

Discharge

917 

441

Date

Jan. 19 

Mar. 3

Discharge

247 

128

Date

Apr. 13 

May 25

Discharge

53.4 

0

Date

July 7 

Aug. 25

Discharge

91.9 

166

Tohopekaliga-Cypress Canal near St. Cloud, Fla.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 28°08', long. 81°20i, in sec. 18, T. 27 S., R. 30 E., at

outlet of Lake Tohopekaliga, 8^ miles southwest of St. Cloud. 

Records available.--May 1942 to September 1949 (discharge measurements only). 

Extremes .--1^41^39: Maximum discharge measured, 2,290 second-feet Sept. 22, 1945; minimum

measured, 5.27 second-feet June 23, 1943. 

Remarks.--Measurements are made about once monthly a quarter of a mile below Lake Tohopekaliga.

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Date

Oct. 27 

Dec. 14

Discharge

1,470 

776

Date

Jan. 18 

Mar. 2

Discharge

476 

335

Date

Apr. 12 

May 24

Discharge

157 

80.7

Date

July 6 

Aug. 24

Discharge

93.5 

475

Hatchineha-Kissimraee Canal near Lake Wales, Fla.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 27°58i, long. 81°22', in sec. 12, T. 29 S., R. 29 E., at 

Camp Mack, 2 miles downstream from Hatchineha Lake and 14 miles east of Lake Wales.

Records available. May 1942 to September 1949 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes. iSJ4Tr?9: Maximum discharge measured, 2,510 second-feet Sept. 1, 1949; mininum measured, 89.8 second-feet June 8, 1944.

Renarks. Measurements are made near Camp Mack.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, water year 

October 1948 to September 1949

Date

Oct. 28 

Nov. 29 

Jan. 18

Discharge

1,900 

1,850 

777

Date

Feb. 8 

Mar. 4 

Apr. 13

Discharge

822 

631 

428 I

Date

May 27 

July 8 

Sept. 1

Discharge

153 

757 

2,510
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 285

Reedy Creek near Loughman, Fla.

.Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 28° 16.', long. 81°32', in sec. 32, T. 25 2 ., R. 28

 E., at bridge on U. S. Highways 17 and 92, 2j miles northeast of Loughman and 5 miles 

downstream from Davenport Creek. Datum of gage is 64.49 feet above nean sea level, 

datum of 1929.

Drainage area. 190 square miles.

Records available.--November 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 88.1 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 508 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 3.97

 i'eet); minimum, 4.7 second-feet May 28 (gage height, 1.04 feet).

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 530 second-feet (revised) Oct. 22, 23, 1944, Sept. 20, 

21, 1947 (gage height, 4.02 feet); minimum discharge, 2.6 second-feet June 2, 3, 1945; 

minimum gage height, 0.78 foot June 3, 1945.

Revisions.--The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as snown in the following table. They supersede those published in the water-supply 

papers indicated.

Water-Supply 

Paper

1002 ........

1032........

1082 ........

Water 

year

1944

1945

1947

Date

Aug. 3

Oct. 22, 23,

Sept. 20, 21

Gage height 

(feet)

4.00

4.02

4.02

Discharge 

(second-feet)

521

530

530

Remarks.--Records fair.

Revisions.--Revised figures of discharge for the water years 1940, 1944, and 1945 are 

 given herewith. They supersede those published in Water-Supply Papers 892, 1002, and 

1032.

Day 

(water year)

1939-40

Oct. 1-31...

N«>v. 1-7....

22.....

23.....

24.....

25.....

26.....

27 .....

1943-44

July 14.....

15.....

16.....

17.....

18.....

19.....

20.....

Discharge 

(second-feet)

a60

a35

d24

d24

dZ4

d24

d24

d24

276

330

350

347

330

312

302

Day 

(water year)

1943-44

July 21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

Aug. 1.

2.

3.

5~. 4 B

6.

Discharge 

(second-feet)

285

272

262

256

249

259

266

249

237

266

295

336

433

517

495

453

418

Day 

(water year)

1943-44

Aug. 7..

8..

1944-4

Oct. 20..

21..

22..

23..

24..

25..

26..

27..

28..

29..

Sept. 18..

19..

20..

21..

.

.

.

Discharge 

(second- feet)

380

347

376

470

526

526

495

462

425

391

361

336

437

487

462

421

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for 

Econlockhatchee River near Chuluota. (Not previously published.)

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed as explained In footnote a.

Month

Water year 1939-4O...

Water year 1943-44. . .

Calendar year 1944...

Water year 1944-45 . . . 

Calendar year 1945 . . .

Secondfoot-days

15,992.2

28,814.2

35,816.2

41,018.5 

37,166.5

Maximum

215

517

526

526 

487

Minimum

3.0

4.1

32

4.1

2.7 

2.7

Mean

43.7

78.7

97.9

112 

102

Per square 

mile

.230

.414

.515

.589 

.537

Runoff In 

Inches

3.12

1 30

5.64

7.01

8.01 

7.26

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 28-3O)

1.0 

1.2 

1.5 

1.7 

1.9 

2.1

4.4 

6.0

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.7

2.8 

3.0 

3.4 

3.7 

4.0

116

168

292

398

521
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Discharge, in a i-cond-feet, of Reedy Creek near Loughman, Pla., water year October 1948

to September 1949

Day

1

6

11

16

21

26 

27 

28 

29 

30

Oct.

445

418

387

368

387

387

421

458

445

421

402

380

358

315

256

246

233

230

221

215

203

194

188

177

168

157 

149 

146 

138 

134

Nov.

124

121

118

111

107

104

100

98

95

93

89

87

85

83

83

81

81

79

81

83

81

81

79

79

79

79 

79 

79 

83 

83

~

Dec.

83

85

85

85

85

83

81

79

89

98

95

98

95

95

93

91

87

85

83

81

77

75

71

71

70

66 

64 

63 

61

61

Jan.

58

58

59

58

58

58

58

56

56

54

53

53

52

52

50

a46

41

40

39

39

38

38

38

38

36

36 

36 

35 

37

40

40

Month

December .........................

April ............................

May ..............................

July .............................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

40

39

39

37

37

37

37

36

35

35

34

33

32

30

30

29

28

30

30

30

30

30

29

28

27

27 

25 

25

-

Secondfoot-days

8,776

2,494

899

432.7

342.5

665.2

803.6

3,688

4,967

7,694

34,917.2

Peak discharge (base, 240 sec. -ft.). Oct.

Mar.

23

21

20

20

19

18

17

16

15

15

14

13

12

13

16

17

15

15

13

12

12

11

11

11

9.9

9 4 

8 8 

8 4 

8 2 

9 4

9 6

Apr.

9.2

9.2

11

11

12

13

15

17

17

17

17

16

16

15

13

12

11

10

9.7

8.9

8.3

7.8

7.4

7.1

6.6

6.0 

5.6 

5.4 

6.3 

22

Maximum

458

98

40

23

2%

61

93

197

495

453

495

8 (1 a.m. to

May

28

35

48

61

61

56

48

40

34

28

25

23

21

19

16

14

13

11

10

9.0

8.2

7.4

6.7

6.1

5.7

5.3 

5.0 

4.8 

5.0 

5.2

5.8

Minimum

128

59

25

8.2

5.4

4.8

5.1

64

68

165

4.8

June

7.7

8.3

7.8

6.9

6.2

5.7

5.5

5.2

5.1

7.4

9.6

9.4

a!3

17

20

23

27

31

38

33

28

27

25

24

31

52 

63 

91 

93 

83

Mean

283

80.5

126

46.8

32.1

14.0

11.4

21.5

26.8

119

160

256

95.7

July

77

71

79

91

100

134

149

163

197

165

141

121

109

111

126

146

160

163

160

149

141

131

124

114

100

91 

89 

83 

73 

64

66

Aug.

70

75

85

87

87

85

81

73-

68

70

79

87

102

95

93

89

91

93

95

109

118

128

168

215

249

243 

323 

394

429 

495

491

Per square 

mile

1.49

.475

.424

.663

.246

.169

.074

.060

.113

.141

.626

.842

1.35

.504

Sept.

453

418

383

354

333

309

292

276

262

246

230

215

200

191

180

174

165

165

174

191

212

212

218

209

203

197 

a232 

266 

340 

394

Runoff in 

inches

1.72

.49

9.05

.28

.18

.08

.07

.13

.16

.72

.97

1.51

6.84

6 p.m.) 462 sec. -ft. j Aug. 25 (6 a.m.) to

Aug. 26 (6 a.m.) 249 sec.-ft.,- Aug. 30 (4 p.m.) to Aug. 31 (3 a.m.) 508 sec.-ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 287

Cypress Creek at Vineland, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°24' ) long. 81°31', in sec. 21, T. 24 S., R. 28 

E., at bridge on State Highway 535, 1 mile west of Vineland. Datum of gage is 96.14 

feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Orlando Utilities Commission).

Records available. August 1945 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 64 second-feet Sept. 29 (gage height, 3.20 feet); 

no now for many days; minimum gage height, 0.25 foot June 9.

1945-49: Maximum discharge observed, 181 second-feet Sept. 16, 1945 (gage height, 

3.83 feet); no flow at times; minimum gage height, that of June 9, 1949.

Remarks.--Records fair.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.9

2.0

1.1 

1.7

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.5

3.0

4.5

6.9

10

14

2.9

3.0 

3.E

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

45

43

43

50

57

56

54

5u

48

44

43

43

45

45

44

42

40

39

37

36

34

33

31

30

29

28

26

25

24

24

23

Nov.

22

22

22

21

21

20

20

19

20

19

19

18

18

18

18

17

a!6

a!5

a!5

a!6

a!5

a!4

a!4

a!3

a!3

alZ

a!2

a!2

a!3

a!5

-

Dec.

a!3

a!4

a!4

a!4

a!3

a!3

a!2

alZ

a!4

a!6

a!6

a!6

a!5

15

14

13

13

12

12

12

11

11

10

10

10

9.7

9.4

9.1

8.8

9.4

9.1

Jan.

8.4

8.1

7.5

7.2

6.9

6.4

5.9

5.7

5.4

5.2

4.8

4.8

4.5

4.4

4.3

4.2

4.2

3.8

3.6

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.2

2.8

2.6

Z.4

2.3

2.3

2.G

2.4

Month

October . ........... ...... .....

November .........................

December .... .............. .....

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ......... ............

February ............... . .

March ............... ............

April ............................

May ........... ..................

June ......................... ...

July ........................ ....

August .......................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

2.4

2.4

3.0

3.0

2.8

3.0

2.8

2.6

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.6

1.8

1.5

1.4

1.2

1.1

al.l

al.O

a. 9

a. 8

a. 7

_

-

Secondfoot-days

1,211

507

380.5

5,459.4

139.2

49.6

3.1

3.7

1.3

10.7

115.1

363.1

368.9

3,153.2

Mar

aO.6

.5

.4

.3

.3

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

0

0

0

.1

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Apr.

0

0

0

.2

.5

.7

.5

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

o

0

0

.2 -

Maximum

57

22

16

58

8.4

3.0

.6

.7

.4

2.8

6.2

43

60

60

May

o.z

.1

.4

.3

.2

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Q

Minimum

23

12

B.8

0

2.3

.7

0

0

0

0

1.5

3.8

1.9

0

June

0

0

c

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.2

.2

\p,

1.2

1.0

1.5

2.8

2.8

-

Mean

39.1

16.9

12.3

14.9

4.49

1.77

.10

.12

.04

.36

3.71

11.7

12.3

8.64

July

2.8

3.3

6.2

4.4

4.0

5.2

5.5

5.7

4.8

4.0

3.6

3.0

2.8

2.3

2.3

4.2

6.2

5.2

4.5

4.3

4.4

4.0

3.6

3.6

3.2

2.6

2.3

Z.O

1.5

1.6

2.0

Aug.

4.2

9.4

10

8.1

6.7

6.Z

7.8

5.9

4.5

3.8

5.3

11

13

10

8.4

6.9

5.4

4.0

4.3

5.4

11

23

15

11

8.4

28

43

33

27

19

Per square 

mile

Sept.

13

10

8.4

6.9

5.9

5.0

4.3

3.8

3.4

3.2

2.8

2.4

2.1

1.9

5.8

17

14

12

9.4

8.4

8.4

7.8

9.4

8.4

7.2

11

25

47

60

45

-

Runoff in 

inches
288 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Catfish Creek near Lake Wales, Fla.

Location. water-stage recorder, lat. 27°58', long. 81°30', In sec. 14, T. 29 S., R. 28 

K., a quarter of a mile downstream from Lake Pierce and 7 miles northeast of Lake 

Wales.

Records available.--October 1947 to September 1949.

Extremes. 1947-48: Maximum discharge during water year, 173 second-feet Sept. 28-30 

 (gage height, 5.40 feet), but may have been greater during period of no gage-height

record in October; minimum, 12 second-feet July 2 (gage height, 2.98 feet, wind

effect).

1948-49: Maximum discharge during water year, 180 second-feet Oct. 3-4 (gage height,

5.46 feet); minimum, 11 second-feet May 29 (gage height, 2.91 feet, wind effect).

Remarks . Records fair except those for Oct. 1 to Dec. 9, 194V, which are poor.

Rating tables, Dec. 1O, 1947, to Sept. 3O, 1949 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used May 29 to June 7, 1948, 

Mar. 20 to May 5, 1949)

Dec. 10, 1947, to May 29, 1948 

Mar. 30 to Aug. 27, 1949

3.0

3.1 

3.9 

4.3

May 30, 1948, to Mar. 29, 1949, 

Aug. 27 to Sept. 30, 1949

3.0 13

3.1 19

4.6 98

5.1 137

5.5 187

Discharge, In second-feet, 1947-49

Day

I

Z

3

4

S

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

a!30

Nov.

alOO

-

Dec.

a85

79

79

79

79

79

76

79

79

79

79

76

79

79

79

79

79

76

76

74

73

73

72

Jan.

72

73

71

70

69

67

66

66

65

64

63

62

66

75

70

68

68

70

70

71

82

85

85

97

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Feb.

97

97

94

94

94

91

91

91

91

91

88

88

88

88

85

85

85

82

82

82

79

79

76

76

75

75

73

72

71

-

Mar.

7O

68

67

68

69

65

69

75

76

76

375

a72

h70

365

a60

a60

a70

a75

a72

a70

a68

a65

62

62

58

57

55

60

58

58

a55

Apr.

854

355

h56

a55

a52

a49

a48

a47

a48

h49

a52

a50

a47

45

60

64

64

62

62

60

59

58

57

55

54

53

56

64

63

60

May

60

5S

57

56

56

55

54

51

49

49

49

49

47

47

46

45

44

44

42

40

39

38

37

36

35

34

32

31

32

35

36

June

34

33

32

30

28

28

27

26

26

24

24

23

23

23

23

23

22

22

22

21

20

18

18

17

16

16

15

16

15

15

-

July

15

15

16

16

17

18

18

17

18

18

18

17

17

17

17

16

16

17

20

20

22

21

23

28

28

29

29

30

33

37

41

Aug.

44

50

52

54

54

55

56

56

54

55

60

61

64

66

66

71

78

81

81

81

81

81

81

78

78

78

78

78

76

76

76

Sept.

74

74

74

81

84

86

86

86

86

84

84

84

84

81

81

78

84

86

86

86

86

128

142

148

148

148

154

166

173

173

-

a No gage-height record, discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage and records for 

nearby stations.

h Computed from tape-gage reading.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 289

Discharge, in second-feet, of Catfish Creek near Lake Wales, Fla., 1947-49--Continued

1948-49

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

IS

18

17

18

19

20 

21

22 

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

166

166

180

180

al70

a!70

a!60

160

154

154

148

148

a!40

a!40

a!40

132

128

128

124

120

116 

116 

112

103

108

105

102

102

98

92

95

Nov.

95

92

92

89

89

86

86

86

84

84

81

81

81

78

76

76

74

74

74

71

71 

71 

71

68

a68

368

a68

a68

a70

aiO

-

Deo.

a70

a70

368

66

66

66

64

64

66

68

66

66

66

66

64

64

64

63

64

62

60 

60

59

59

58

56

55

54

58

56

Jan.

54

52

52

52

52

52

52

51

50

50

50

50

50

50

48

48

48

47

47

47

46 

46

46

'16

45

a45

a44

44

44

44

Feb.

44

43

43

42

42

44

43

42

42

42

40

38

38

37

37

37

37

37

37

37

37 

37 

37

36

35

34

34

34

_

-

Mar.

32

31

30

29

28

29

28

27

26

27

26

24

24

24

27

26

24

24

24

23

21 

23

27

28

27

28

27

27

29

43

44

Apr.

44

43

43

43

44

47

45

45

44

42

43

42

43

41

41

44

42

41

40

38

38 

38 

38

36

34

32

32

30

30

35

-

May

37

41

42

41

40

40

40

38

37

36

35

34

32

30

29

27

26

25

24

23

21 

20 

23

22

22

20

IS

17

16

18

20

June

25

24

23

22

21

20

20

19

23

a25

26

32

33

36

37

37

38

44

53

55

61 

62

62

67

74

75

75

76

-

July

85

85

a85

a85

a85

a85

a85

82

79

79

79

76

75

a74

a75

h76

a78

a80

aSO

79

79 

79 

79

76

a75

a74

a73

372

a72

71

70

Aug.

74

75

74

73

71

71

70

368

367

66

68

73

76

76

75

74

74

73

72

71

74 

76 

76

75

74

73

77

102

105

108

108

Sept.

108

108

108

108

105

105

105

105

102

102

102

102

98

98

95

95

95

92

92

92

89 

89 

92

98

98

105

116

128

154

160

-

a No gage-height record; iischarge computed on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

nearby stations.

h Computed from tape-gage reading.

Monthly dischsrge, in second-feet, .1947-49

Month

December. .........................

Calendar year .............

July. .............................

September .........................

December . .........................

March .............................

Mnv

September .........................

Water year 1 C 48 .9 .............

Secondfoot-days

2,467

-

3,115

26,022

1,949

24,978

857

1,296

2,389

3,146

23,244

Maximum

-

-

34

173

173

70

180

108

160

180

Minimum

72

-

45

74

15

54

15

34

89

16

Mean

79.6

-

55 3

104

71.1

62.9

68.2

39 9

105

63.7

Per square 

mile

Runoff in 

inches
290 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AMD THE EVERGLADES

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°27', long. 81 0 18', in sec. 11, T. 35 S., R. 30 

K., at "bridge on State Highway 66, half a mile upstream from Lake Istokpoga, 2 miles 

west of village of Lake Istokpoga, and 7 miles east of De Soto City. Datum of gage 

is 35.53 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area.--390 square miles.

Records available.--June 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--10 years, 351 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,640 second-feet Oct. 4 (gage height, 8.51 

feet), from rating curve extended above 2,300 second-feet; minimum, 34 second-feet 

June 8 (gage height, 1.28 feet).

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 4,060 second-feet Sept. 23, 1948 (gage height, 8.71 

feet), from rating curve extended above 2,300 second-feet; minimum, 6.3 second-feet 

Jane 21, 1945 (gage height, 0.84 foot).

Remarks.--Records fair.

Rating tables, year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

charge, in second-feet)

1.3 

1.6 

2.0 

2.7

3.8

Oct. 1 to May 31 June 1 to Sept. 30

4.7 569 7.5 1,830 1.3 35 2.6 193 5.5

5.2 4b5 7.9 2,410 1.6 55 3.4 356 6.3

5.6 595 8.5 3,640 1.8 73 4.1 540 6.9

6.2 910 2.1 111 4.7 750 7.4

7.0 1,420

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

1,110

1,570

2,010

2,440

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

3,120 

2,900 

3,320 

3,540 

3,540

3,120 

2,800

H , 090 

1,890

1,780 

1,680 

1 . 600 

1,490 

1,420

1,380 

1,320 

1,240 

1,180 

1,120

1,090 

1,030 

1 , 000 

940 

910

878 

350 

822 

795 

768 

740

Nov.

715

690 

690 

665 

640

1,12 

595 

575 

575 

555

538 

538 

520 

505

490

478 

478 

465 

465 

465

452 

440 

440 

430 

411

402 

402 

411 

402 

394

Dec.

385 

394 

385 

335 

377

369 

363 

362 

362 

347

340 

340 

334 

334 

327

327

321 

321 

315 

309

303 

303 

297 

231 

291

274

273 

279 

279 

274 

262

Jan.

62 

57 

57

46 

46 

40 

55

55 

30 

30 

24 

18

18 

13 

13 

13

197 

197 

197 

192

192 

187 

187 

182 

177 

182

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

lendar year 194

1 . ..........................

ter year 1948-49 . . ...

Feb.

172 

167 

167 

167 

167

162 

162 

157 

157 

152

142 

142 

138 

142

138 

128 

133 

128 

128

128 

124 

124 

120 

120

120 

120 

111

Secondfoot-days

52,763 

15,444

10,135

210,994

6,807 

3,954 

2,753

1^604

2,616 

5,304 

20,268 

40,461

164,151

Mar.

107 

103 

.103 

103 

105

99 

96 

96 

95 

95

89 

69 

89 

8£

85

85 

81 

81

81 

80 

86 

86 

85

84

81 

79

76 

73

Apr.

71 

72

69 

69 

70

68 

69 

68 

67 

67

66 

65 

62 

62 

73

d7 

79 

76 

73 

70

69 

67

66 

63 

59

59 

57 

57 

58 

54

Maximum

3,540 

715 

394

3,960

262 

174 

1U7 

97 

67 

22: 

392 

2 , 440 

2 , 300

3,540

May

55 

60 

61 

65 

67

64

62 

61 

60 

59

58 

59 

57

56 

55

54

54 

51 

49 

48

48 

46 

45 

43 

40

39 

38 

37 

39 

38 

36

Minimum

740 

394

91

177

111 

73 

54

36 

35 

94 

248 

942

35

June

36 

47 

42 

40 

39

38 

36 

35 

37 

42

46 

68 

67 

70 

89

114

88 

84 

92 

107

108 

144 

136 

126 

132

228 

165 

131 

118 

111

Mean

1,702 

515 

327

576

141 

88. 

67. 

51. 

87. 

171 

654 

1,349

450

July

107 

120 

131 

118 

104

97 

97 

111

108 

98

94

104 

111 

105 

111

219 

188 

163 

213 

202

182 

168 

158 

175 

135

213 

280

39C 

300 

248 

392

Aug.

344

300 

27U 

248 

280

300 

322 

311 

290 

280

290 

344

495

555 

510

455 

430 

418 

418 

418

418 

430 

405 

392

 405

380 

1,100 

2,220 

2,440 

2 , 400 

2,400

Per square 

mile

4.36 

1.32

.838

1.48

.564 

.362 

3 .228 

4 .173 

7 .133 

> .224 

.438 

1.68 

3.46

1.15

Sept.

2 , 300 

2,260 

,090 

,010 

,890

,780 

,680 

,600 

,500 

,440

,380 

,320 

,260 

,210 

,180

,140 

,080 

,060 

,040 

938

965 

965 

1,010 

965 

942

942 

942 

942 

1,160 

1,440

Runoff in 

inches

5.03 

1.47 

.97

20.12

.65 

.38 

.26 

.19 

.15 

.25 

.51 

1.93 

3.86

15.65

Peak discharge (base, 820 sec.-ft.). Oct. 4 

2,440 see.-ft.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 291

Istokpoga Canal 'near Cornwall, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°24', long. 81°09', in sec. 30, T. 35 S., R. 32 

K., at highway bridge a quarter of a mile downstream from Seaboard Railway bridge, 

Ij miles upstream from Kissimmee River, and 3 miles northwest of Cornwall. Datum of 

gage is 29.71 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to 

Aug. 19, 1949, staff gage at same site and datum. Staff gage for station on Kissimmee 

River near Cornwell, 9.5 miles downstream from mouth of Istokpoga Canal, is used.as 

auxiliary gage. Datum of aixiliary gage is 24.73 feet above mean sea level (Hurps of 

Engineers bench mark).

Drainage area. 660 square miles.

Records available.--March 1934 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 15 years, 429 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,480 second-feet Oct. 16; maximum gage height 

observed, 10.62 feet Oct. 5; no flow May 22 to June 15, caused by temporary coffer dam 

upstream; minimum gage height observed, 3.07 feet May 24-26.

1934-49: Maximum discharge, 2,040 second-feet Sept. 22, 1948; maximum gage height 

observed, that of Oct. 6, 1948; no flow May 22 to June 15, 1949, caused by temporary 

coffer dam upstream; minimum gage height observed, that of May 24-26, 1949.

Remarks. Records fair. Discharge for periods Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 and Aug. 28 to Sept. 30 

computed by using ratio of lower gage height to upper gage height as a factor. Base 

gage read once daily prior to Aug. 19. Auxiliary gage read twice daily.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,040

939

887

1,170

1,270

1,120

937

824

919

1,090

1,150

1,280

1,340

1,400

1,420

1,460

1,370

1,300

1,250

1,260

1,260

1,320

1,280

1,330

1,340

1,370

1,230

1,200

1,210

1,230

1,200

Nov.

1,240

1,230

1,200

1,200

1,160

1,170

1,180

1,210

1,160

1,180

1,200

1,150

1,160

1,160

1,170

1,190

1,130

1,120

1,120

1,060

1,080

1,090

1,100

1,030

1,050

1,060

1,060

1,050

991

991

-

Dec.

996

996

1,010

956

970

970

977

981

920

917

917

928

930

939

879

879

887

887

834

834

842

842

850

793

793

793

793

742

749

815

756

Jan.

752

714

752

714

714

714

714

677

677

677

677

641

641

641

641

641

605

605

605

605

569

605

569

569

569

569

533

533

533

533

533

Month

October ..........................

November .................. ......

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July... ......................"....

August ...........................

September .......... .............

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

497

497

497

497

497

462

497

462

462

462

462

429

429

398

398

398

398

369

369

369

369

369

369

342

342

342

342

342

_

-

-

Secondfoot-days

37,396

33, 892

27,375

263, 902

19 522

11)666

7,653

5,354

2 594 c

2J640.E

7,750

14,938

30,155

200, 936. C

Mar.

317

317

317

294

294

294

294

272

272

272

272

252

252

252

252

252

234

217

217

201

185

217

234

234

217

217

201

201

201

201

201

Apr.

193

201

185

178

193

178

170

170

163

163

170

170

178

170

163

234

217

217

201

193

170

156

193

170

156

163

170

163

156

150

-

Maximum

1,460

1,240

1,010

1,960

752

497

317

234

163

234

346

1,030

1,190

1,460

May

163

163

156

150

150

150

156

150

143

143

136

136

130

112

106

106

106

106

100

30

2.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Minimum

824

991

742

239

533

342

185

150

0

0

168

369

935

0

June

o

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

o

0

0

0

0

8.5

68

168

168

176

184

192

200

200

200

217

208

200

217

234

-

Mean

1,206

1,130

883

721

630

417

247

178

87.7

88 . C

250

482

1,005

551

July

234

217

217

208

208

208

200

200

208

217

217

208

208

208

208

208

234

200

168

251

286

286

286

305

305

325

346

346

346

346

346

Aug.

369

394

369

369

394

394

394

394

394

394

394

421

450

450

450

450

450

450

450

450

450

450

450

450

450

481

654

721

674

848

1,030

Per square 

mile

1.83

1.71

1.34

1.09

955

.632

374

.270

.127

.133

.379

.730

1.52

.835

Sept.

1,030

966

941

935

963

960

955

1,000

970

1,010

1,020

1,020

1,040

993

1,000

1,020

1,040

958

1,040

1,030

958

958

1,040

1,040

986

386

986

1,030

1,190

1,090

-

Runoff in 

inches

2.11

1.91

1.54

14.87

1.10

. 66

.43

.30

.15

.15

.44

.84

1.70

11.33
292 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Reedy Lake Outlet near Frostproof, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 2J 0 43 I , long. 81°29', in sec. 

1, T. 32 S., R. 28 E., at bridge on county road 3j miles southeast of Frostproof.- Datum of gage is 76.05 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Records available.--October 1946 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 166 second-feet Oct. 2-6; maximum gage height, 

4.37 feet Oct. 5; minimum discharge, 8.5 second-feet June 8 (gage height, 1.45 feet). 

1946-49: Maximum discharge, that of Oct. 2-6, 1948; maximum gage height, that of 

Oct. 5, 1948; minimum discharge, that of June 8, 1949.

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 26-28, Sept. 11-26)

Oct. 1 to Aug. 25 Aug. 26 to Sept. 3O

8.5

23

2.0 

2.3 

2.6 

3.6 

4.35

2.5

116

166 3.5 109

Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1943 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

158

158

166

166

166

162

162

162

158

155

155

155

152

152

148

144

144

141

a!38

a!36

134

130

130

127

127

124

124

a!20

118

118

118

Nov.

118

116

116

116

114

114

114

114

114

112

112

112

allO

allo

110

107

107

107

105

107

107

105

105

105

105

103

103

103

103

101

-

Dec.

99

97

97

97

97

95

95

93

95

93

93

91

91

91

91

89

89

89

89

89

87

87

87

87

85

83

81

81

81

81

79

Jan.

77

77

75

75

75

75

73

73

73

73

73

73

71

71

71

68

68

68

66

66

66

66

66

65

64

64

61

61

61

61

58

Month

October .................. .......

November .........................

December ................. .......

Calendar year 1948 ............

January .......... ...............

February .......................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

T une ... .........................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

59

59

58

56

55

55

54

53

53

53

50

47

46

45

45

44

44

43

42

41

41

41

40

39

38

38

38

38

_

-

Secondfoot-days

4,448

3,275

2,779

25,165

2,134

1,315

749

619

391.

442.'

626

1,214

2,395

2O,387."

Mar.

35

34

33

29

29

29

28

26

26

26

24

23

23

22

23

22

21

21

21

20

19

19

22

22

22

22

21

22

22

22

21

Apr.

21

20

19

21

23

26

24

23

23

22

22

21

22

22

22

23

22

21

21

21

19

20

21

20

19

17

16

16

16

16

-

Maximum

166

118

99

166

77

59

35

26

5 16

I 25

27

84

106

166

May

16

16

16

15

15

15

15

14

14

13

13

13

13

14

13

13

13

13

12

12

12

11

11

11

11

10

9.4

8.8

9.1

10

10

Minimum

118

101

79

25

58

38

19

16

8.3

8.8

17

17

72

8.8

June

11

11

11

9.7

9.7

9.4

9.1

8.8

9.7

11

11

12

12

13

13

12

13

14

15

17

17

19

18

18

19

21

23

25

25

25

-

Mean

143

109

89.6

68.8

68.8

47. C

24.2

20.6

12.6

14.7

20.2

39.2

79.8

55.9

July

27

25

24

23

22

22

23

23

22

21

20

19

19

18

18

17

18

18

19

19

21

20

19

19

19

18

19

19

18

18

19

Aug.

18

19

19

18

18

18

18

17

17

21

30

37

41

41

41

43

44

43

41

41

42

42

41

39

38

46

59

76

81

81

84

Per square 

mile

Sept.

84

87

87

84

84

84

81

81

81

78

78

77

76

74

74

73

73

72

72

73

76

74

74

74

74

77

78

87

102

106

-

Runoff in 

inches

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Arbuckle Creek near De Soto 

City.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 293

Josephine Creek near De Soto City, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°22", long. 81°24', in sec. 3, T. 36 S., R. 29

 E., at bridge on State Highway 25, 4 miles south of De Soto City. Datum of gage is 

53.88 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (Florida State Road Department bench 

mark).

Records available.--October 1946 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year. 1,020 second-feet at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (stage

 railing; peak occurred Sept. 23, 1948); minimum, 14 second-feet June 7, 8 (gage 

height, 3.51 feet).

1946-49: Maximum discharge, 1,780 second-feet Sept. 23, 1948 (gage height, 11.56 

feet); minimum, 12 second-feet Feb. 12, 1947 (gage height, 3.44 feet).

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of shifting control or no gage-height 

record, which are fair.

Rating.tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 1 to Apr. 15, 

Aug. 30 to Sept. 5)

3.5 

4.0 

4.7 

5.1

Oct. 1 to Aug.

5.7 113

6.3 167

54 6.9 243

72 7.7 384

28 Aug. 29 to Sept. 30

30

8.7 

9.5 

9.8

615

863

980

6.6 

7.3 

7.9 

8.7 

9.0

182

272

386

602

696

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

980

900

900

845

845

810

776

730

700

671

629

615

602

575

550

525

502

49O

468

446

436

414

404

384

374

355

345

336

326

317

308

Nov.

300

291

282

282

274

a268

a262

a259

a 252

a249

243

243

236

228

£28

221

221

214

214

214

208

208

201

201

195

189

195

221

221

208

Dec.

201

201

195

195

189

184

184

178

172

172

167

162

162

157

157

157

152

152

147

147

147

142

142

138

138

134

125

125

121

121

117

Jan.

113

109

109

105

105

105

105

102

98

98

98

94

94

94

91

90

89

87

85

84

83

83

82

80

79

78

77

76

75

74

73

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ....................... .

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ...................... .....

April ............................

May ............................ .

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ...................... .

Water year 1948-49 .......... .

Feb.

72

70

69

68

68

67

66

65

64

64

62

60

59

58

57

56

56

55

55

58

56

55

54

53

52

51

50

49

-

-

-

SecondToo t-days

17,55£

7,02£

4,883

81,45"

2.81J

1,66<

1,00"

9£C

861

82'

2,11]

5.76C

7.79C

53,234

Mar.

48

46

45

44

43

42

42

40

39

38

36

35

34

33

a3£

a31

a29

a28

a27

a26

24

24

24

24

24

23

23

25

a26

27

25

Apr.

24

23

23

22

22

23

22

21

20

19

18

18

18

17

38

68

48

42

41

39

38

37

37

37

36

a33

a 34

34

34

37

-

Maximum

980

300

201

1,680

113

72

48

40

44

129

776

586

980

May

38

38

38

40

a39

a37

36

35

34

33

33

32

32

30

29

27

26

23

24

24

23

22

22

21

20

19

19

18

18

17

17

Minimum

308

189

117

25

73

49

23

17

17

15

36

82

182

15

June

18

18

17

16

16

16

15

15

16

16

16

23

a32

26

28

26

27

33

32

33

34

33

39

40

41

44

41

39

38

36

Mean

556

234

157

223

90. £

32.' 5

30* £

27.9

27.5

68 . ]

186

260

146

July

38

38

38

a37

36

36

38

42

44

44

43

45

45

42

58

129

89

81

125

129

102

85

76

76

74

87

102

86

76

76

94

Aug.

86

84

82

85

91

91

94

88

83

91

94

105

142

134

129

134

142

138

129

125

129

147

138

129

134

125

404

776

680

529

422

Per square 

mile

Sept.

386

375

375

354

333

314

296

280

264

250

264

257

250

236

230

236

224

211

199

193

211

205

205

188

182

205

199

199

305

364

Runoff in 

inches

Peak discharge (base. 500 sec.-ft.).--Aug. 28 (2 p.m.) 792 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Artuckle Creek near De Soto 

City.

980338 O - 5c - 0
294 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

St. Luoie Canal at Lake Okeechobee, Pla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 26°59', long. 80°36', In sec. 14, T. 40 S., R. 37 

E. , at Florida East Coast Railway bridge at Lake Okeechobee. Auxiliary water-stage 

recorder, lat. 27°01 I , long. 80°27', in sec. 8, T. 40 S., R. 39 E., at bridge on State 

Highway 710, l| miles southeast of Indiantown and 13.1 miles (corrected) upstream from 

lock near Stuart. Distance between gages, 10.1 miles. Datum of each gage is 1.56 

feet below mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Records available.--April 1931 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--17 years (1932-49), 1,495 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge measured during year, 6,750 second-feet Sept. 2; no flow for 

several days.

1931-49: Maximum daily discharge, 7,070 second-feet Nov. 2, 3, 1947; no flow for 

several days in some years.

Remarks.--Records fair above 2,000 second-feet and poor below. Discharge for slack-water 

periods represents the net flow at lock near Stuart.

Cooperation.- Weekly average discharge at lock near Stuart furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

Z

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

4,800

4,870

5,040

5,120

5,120

5,260

5,280

5,410

5,410

5,530

5,640

5,800

5,900

5,930

5,970

5,920

6,000

6,060

6,070

6,070

6,020

6,110

6,110

6,110

6,050

6,090

6,090

6,090

6,090

6,050

6,030

Nov.

6,030

6,070

6,070

6,070

5,980

6,070

5,980

6,010

6,010

5,960

5,960

5,910

5,910

5,910

5,870

5,820

5,820

5,820

5,850

5,820

5,770

5,800

5,540

5,510

5,710

5,690

5,690

5,690

5,810

5,690

-

Dec.

5,630

5,690

5,690

5,600

5,580

5,610

5,610

5,610

5,610

5,520

5,450

5,520

5,520

5,450

5,450

5,480

5,430

5,430

5,540

5,430

5,390

5,390

5,340

5,370

5,370

5,180

4,610

4,440

5,180

5,540

5,480

Jan.

5,440

5,410

5,380

5,290

5,070

4,360

4,200

4,200

4,100

4,100

4,100

4,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

800

100

Month

October ..........................

November ................ .

December ................... . . .

Calendar year 1948 ... ....

January .................

February ......................

March ........... .............. .

April ............................

May ..............................

June ................ ............

July .................

August ...........................

September ............. .

Water year 1948-49

Feb.

 100

60

-

_

-

Secondfoot-days

178,040

175,840

168,140

1,204,500

69,750

2,280

1,240

750

372

600

310

15,900

192,100

805,322

Mar.

40

Apr.

25

-

Maximum

6,110

6,070

5,690

6,110

5,440

-

_

_

_

_

_

5,000

6,700

6,700

May

12

Minimum

4,800

5,510

4,440

0

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

6,000

-

June

20

-

Mean

5,743

5,861

5,424

3,291

2,250

81.4

40.0

25.0

12.0

20.0

10.0

513

6,403

2,206

July

10

Aug.

10

20

600

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

Per square 

mile

Sept.

6,200

6,700

6,700

6,700

6,700

6,600

6,500

6,500

6,400

6,400

6,300

6,200

6,200

6,300

6,400

6,400

6,500

6,500

6,500

6,500

6,500

6,500

6,400

6,400

6,400

6,300

6,200

6,100

6,100

6,000

-

Runoff in 

inches

Note.--Discharge for period Oct. 1 to Jan. 6 computed by using fall as a factor. Discharge for 

period of no gage-height record Jan. 7-14 and for slack-water period Jan. 15 to Aug. 25 computed on 

basis of weekly average discharge determinations at lock near Stuart and Inspections of flow conditions by engineers. Stage-fall-discharge relation Indefinite Aug. 26 to Sept. 30; discharge 

computed on basis of 5 discharge measurements and weekly average discharge determinations at lock 

near Stuart.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 

Loxahatchee slough near Jupiter, Fla.

295

Location.--Reference point, lat. 26=56', long. 80°11', in sec. 6, T. 41 S., R. 42 E., at

bridge on State Highway 710, 5.2 miles west of Jupiter.

Records available.--August 1946 to September.1949 (discharge measurements only), 

extremes .--1SJ46^9: Maximum discharge measured, 1,060 second-feet Oct. 9, 1947- minimum

measured, 2.51 second-feet May 31, 1949. 

Hemarks.--Discharge measurements" made at seven bridges on State Highway 710. The combined

flow at these bridges is total flow of Slough.

Discharge measu nts, in second-feet, water year October 1948 

to September 1949

Date

Oct. 14 

Nov. 23

Discharge

744 

57

Date

May 31 

July 6

Discharge

2.51 

6.64

Date

July 27

Discharge

48.8

West Palm Beach Canal at Canal Point, Fla.

Location.--Staff gage above lock and dam, lat. 26°52', long. 80°38', in sec. 34, T. 41 £., 

K. 3V E., in Canal Point, 350 feet downstream from State Highway 15 and 550 feet downstream from outlet from Lake Okeechobee. Auxiliary water-stage recorder below lock and 

dam. Datum of each gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Records available.--November 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--10 years, 155 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum daily discharge during year, 750 second-feet Dec. 14; maximum gage 

height observed, 17.42 feet Oct. 9, 10; maximum daily reverse flow, 1,040 second-feet 

Oct. 1; minimum gage height observed, 12.00 feet June 9.

1939-49: Maximum daily discharge, 817 second-feet Mar. 18, 1948; maximum gage 

height observed, 18.54 feet Oct. 23, 1947; maximum daily reverse- flow, 1,760 secondfeet June 15, 1942; minimum gage height observed, 10.00 feet June 17, 1948.

Remarks .'--Records fair. Staff gage read three times daily. Flow regulated at station by 

manipulation of stop logs in lock and dam. Flow occasionally reversed after periods 

of considerable rainfall owing to downstream natural drainage and to pumping from 

agricultural lands in Everglades. Discharge computed using three daily observations 

of velocity.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

-1,040 

-868 

-751 

-607 

-549

80 

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

Nov.

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

100 

336 

547

507 

571 

478 

480 

263

101 

217 

143 

128

179

233 

217 

273 

290 

363

300 

286 

384 

316 

557

Dec.

532 

546 

399 

510 

507

370 

726 

739 

746 

682

662 

659 

725 

750 

602

651

685 

688 

704 

653

595 

558

693 

700 

676

684 

642 

606 

584 

664 

647

Jan.

542 

592 

585 

627 

582

603 

632 

610 

562 

534

569 

570 

555 

501

549

626 

555 

513 

543 

579

548 

598 

573 

521 

566

571 

558

544 

596 

593 

575

Feb.

565 

675 

667 

668 

634

662 

630 

710 

690 

637

632 

635 

574 

574 

568

666 

613 

632 

606 

609

609 

634 

601 

556 

686

724 

632 

744

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr!

June

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

lendar year 1948

ter year 1948-49 .......................

Mar.

635 

589 

616 

607 

650

600 

702 

665 

607 

647

624 

671 

648 

627 

634

604 

582 

627 

622 

523

524 

524

632 

598 

606

64E 

533 

584 

588 

586 

600

Apr.

573 

595 

594 

588 

594

555 

607 

583 

598 

545

566 

571 

550

572 

575

497 

519 

518 

531 

474

608 

621 

602 

594 

549

558 

551 

577 

549 

583

Secondfoot-days

-3,735

19,585

86,059

17,672"

I"1 , 8"j

18,897 

16,997 

18,332 

7,781 

2,024

-2,528 

-12,920

107,207

May

521 

537 

603 

569 

568

615 

567 

597 

597 

571

574 

664 

536 

582 

525

536 

538 

526 

483 

639

587 

587 

571 

626 

749

742 

714 

747 

571 

571 

519

Maximum

80 

571 

750

817

632 

744 

702 

621 

749 

657 

208 

164 

0

750

June

613 

625 

573 

657 

599

615 

643 

483 

431 

425

247 

-46 

76 

-17 

-46

199 

276 

201 

93 

40

216

119 

-28 

23 

-106

132 

169 

102 

304 

163

July

0 

0

o

0

0

62 

95 

158 

174 

124

140 

123 

208 

179 

179

126 

124 

112 

73 

-109

-69 

-98 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

91 

110 

148 

74

Aug.

112 

108 

118 

56 

0

0 

-10 

-190 

-177 

-72

16 

52 

153 

58

0

10 

137 

143 

143 

118

148 

63 

153 

164 

68

80 

-466 

-716 

-902 

-935 

-960

Minimum Mean

-1,040 -120 

0 242 

370 632

-1,360 235

501 570 

556 637 

523 610 

474 567 

483 591 

-106 259 

-109 65.3 

-960 -81.5 

-1,020 -431

-1,040 294

Sept.

-993 

-1,020 

-944 

-949 

-759

-731 

-697 

-581 

-484 

-559

-598 

-531 

-538 

-503 

-532.

-501 

-358

-285 

-214

-36

-18 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0

-194 

-288 

-607

Runoff in 

acre-feet

-7,410 

14,420 

38,850

170,700

35,050 

35,370 

37,480 

33,710 

36,360 

15,430 

4,010 

-5,010 

-25,630

212,600

Note.--Negative figures indicate
<= y ° LAKE OXEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

West Palm Beach Canal at West Palm Beach, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder above lock and dan, lat. 26 39', long. 80°03', in sec. lc, 

T. 44 S., R 43 E., at bridge on U. S. Highway 1 on Poinsettia Avenue in West Palm Beach. 

Datum of gage is 0.25 foot above mean sea level (Florida State Road Department bench 

nark).

Records available.--November 1939 to September 1949. 

Average discharge. 10 years, 1,119 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum daily discharge during year, 4,760 second-feet Oct. 7; maximum gage 

height, 9.59 feet Oct. 7; minimum daily discharge, 352 second-feet Apr. 8; minimum gage 

height, 3.66 feet Nov. 19.

1939-49: Maximum dailv discharge, 5,320 second-feet Aor. 18, 1942; maximum gage 

height, 10.64 feet Oct. 13, 1947; nininura daily discharge, 124 second-feet May 1, 1945; 

mininura gage height, 2.72 feet May 7, 1941.

Maximum stage Known, 12.95 feet, present datum, Oct. 23, 24, 1924 (discharge, 8,570 

second-feet), fron records by Everglades Drainage District.

Remarks --Records fair. Flow regulated by nanij illation of stop logs in dan and gates in 

lock chamber for irrigation and dralrage jur'->oses by Everglades Drainage District. LOCK 

chamber not used for navigation.

Cooperation.--Stop-log record furnished by Everglades Drainage District.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

3,630 

3,520 

3,400 

3,270 

3,300

4,430 

4,750 

4,600 

4,430 

4,210

4,010 

3,860 

3,730 

3,550 

3,370

3,160 

2,990 

2,900 

2,790 

2,700

2,590 

2,450 

2,350 

2,250 

2,150

2,050 

1,990

1,960 

1,960 

1,960 

1,920

Nov.

,920 

,890

,730 

,730 

,660

,610 

,550 

,500 

,460 

,400

,35 

,310 

,280 

,240 

,230

,210 

,180 

,150 

3940 

a ,140

a ,140 

a ,140 

,140 

,140 

,140

,100 

,100 

1,080 

1,080

865

Dec.

928 

976 

976 

976 

952

928 

900

872 

872 

872

795 

824 

848 

872 

872

872 

801 

708 

724 

724

724 

724 

724 

724 

724

724 

708 

708 

708 

708 

592

Jan.

692 

692 

67C

576 

692

692 

692 

692 

692

676 

675

628 

612

596 

612 

628 

628 

401

520

552 

564 

564 

564

564 

564 

564 

564 

554 

564

Feb.

552 

552

580

596 

596

595 

580 

580 

564

564

552

536

520 

520

520 

520 

504 

504 

504

504 

504 

504 

504 

488

488 

488 

488

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr!

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

lendar year 194

ter year 1948-49 .......................

Mar.

488 

488 

504 

504 

504

520 

520 

520 

520 

520

520 

504 

504 

504 

504

504 

504 

504 

488 

488

488 

488 

488 

47o 

476

476 

47C 

47? 

476 

47C 

464

Apr.

464 

448 

448 

432 

420

432 

403 

352 

376

376 

376 

392 

408 

408

627 

550

61C 

596

596 

580 

596 

580 

564

564 

552 

552 

552 

57 :

Secondfoot-days

39,405 

£5,151

457,265

19,153 

14,944 

15, J72 

14,946 

17,424 

£7,184 

27, 790 

57,378 

49,960

384,957

May

488 

504 

504 

504 

504

520 

520 

520 

520 

520

504 

504 

504 

488 

520

552 

701 

891 

754 

758

724 

708 

592 

660 

572

552 

464 

438 

438 

446 

450

Maximum

4, 760

1,920 

97C

4,760

692 

59 C 

520 

66O 

891 

1,560 

1,300 

2,660 

2,380

4.76U

June

462 

508 

577 

580 

564

552 

536 

536 

552 

552

564 

596

644

67d

839 

928 

1,140 

1,100 

1,080

1,050 

1,050 

1,190 

1,510 

1,560

1,520 

1,490 

1,450 

1,410 

1,340

Juljr

,300 

,230 

,190 

,100

,030

744 

660 

546 

536 

564

580 

675 

744 

761 

708

676 

u44 

660 

927 

1,260

1,300 

1,230 

1,140 

1,080 

1,000

952 

976 

928 

900 

848 

900

Aug.

952 

928 

872 

848 

1,030

,140 

,140 

,330 

,410 

,410

,380 

,340 

,260 

1,140

976

872 

760 

744 

744 

760

692 

708 

760 

724 

676

902

2,280

2,450

2,310 

2,180

Minimum Mean

1,920 3,105 

865 1,314

69E 812

461 1,249

401 618 

488 534 

434 i 496 

352 498 

438 562 

452 906 

536 896 

676 1,206 

1,280 1,655

352 1,055

Sept.

2,090 

2,050 

1,990 

1,920 

1,820

1,780 

1,780 

1,780 

1,730 

1,820

1,920 

1,840 

1,730 

1,660 

1,620

1,580 

1,500 

1,470 

1,420 

al,420

al,350 

al,350 

al,350 

al,280 

al,280

al,350 

al,350 

1,460 

1,890 

2,380

Runoff in 

acre-feet

190,900 

78,160 

49,910

907,000

37,990 

29,G40 

30,490 

29,640 

54,560 

53,920 

55,120 

74,140 

99,090

753,600

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on Disis of 2 discharge measuremeits, recorded range in 

stage, engineer's and observer's notes, veather r-ecords, and unpublished records for station at 

Loxahatchee.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 297

Hlllsboro Canal at Belle Glade, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 26°41', long. 80°40', in sec. 31, T 43 S., R 37 E., 

at bridge on State Highway 15 in Belle Glade, 3 miles southeast of Lake Okeechobee. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Records available.--January 1940 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 429 second-feet Dec. 7; maximum daily reverse flow,224 second-feet Sept. 9.

1940-49: Maximum discharge measured, 481 second-feet Feb. 14, 1940- maximum reverse 

flow measured, 289 second-feet Sept. 9, 1940.

Remarks.--Records poor. Flow regulated by hurricane gates at Lake Okeechobee. Flow occasionally reversed after periods of considerable rainfall by pumping from agricultural 

lands in the Everglades. Discharge computed using three daily observations of velocity.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

53 

33 

5 

33 

5

78 

69 

49 

0 

0

19 

5 

0 

-5 

-19

-38 

-29 

-38 

-66 

-56

-103 

-126 

-65 

-41

-46

-64 

-32 

-36 

-13 

-71 

-57

Nov.

-4

-22 

-4 

-17 

-34

-4 

-4 

0 

0 

-4

16 

0 

8 

8 

0

-24 

-8

-34 

0 

30

15 

36 

46 

35 

22

10 

16 

30 

3 

9

Dec.

15 

6 

8 

5 

5

82 

429 

340 

308 

308

300 

296 

293 

295 

294

288 

298 

277 

279 

256

304 

259

 e260

Jan.

V e260

252 

251

249 

184 

181

266 

334

336 

312 

325 

350

327

327 

319 

342 

312 

308

302 

305 

257 

276 

258

261 

a240 

a240

I a260

Feb.

. e260

255 

340 

306

249 

266 

£51 

261 

264

283 

370 

354 

362 

360

367 

348 

370

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Aprl

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

lendar year 1948

ter year 1948-49 .......................

Mar.

351 

347 

382 

a350 

a340

a340 

a360 

a350 

a360 

366

394 

346 

343 

340 

370

385 

320 

341 

424 

319

342 

314 

348 

336 

363

311 

334 

294 

267 

261 

249

Apr.

266 

281 

276 

254 

222

295 

235 

237 

232 

223

190 

178 

262 

227 

203

211 

236 

223 

237 

209

234 

229 

202 

250 

215

191 

222 

222 

158 

204

Secondfoot-days

-556 

125 

7,285

55,052

8,674 

8,126 

10,547 

6,824 

6,935 

7,288 

4,253 

52 

-3,814

55,739

May

226 

217 

237 

233 

217

230 

224 

209 

230 

198

172 

221 

228 

224 

197

206 

194 

207 

211 

244

243 

246 

190 

241 

276

273 

249 

217 

180 

244 

251

Maximum

78 

46 

429

429

350 

370 

424 

295 

276 

315 

242 

182 

-8

429

June

267 

274 

281 

268 

217

215 

192 

219

228 

257

258 

245 

250 

254 

204

224 

232 

259 

226 

291

293 

275 

196 

232 

144

239 

200 

243 

315 

290

July

235 

156 

134 

94 

30

154 

202 

183 

221 

242

218 

216 

199 

218 

208

218 

215 

220 

220 

59

-46 

-48 

-19

89 

75

116 

100 

73 

91 

a90 

a90

Minimum

-126 

-34 

5

-188

181

249 

158 

172 

144 

-48 

-151 

-224

-224

Aug.

a30 

a80 

50 

9 

104

19 

58 

-57 

-9

-59

-71 

8 

0 

-11 

-30

-40

-27 

-10 

-12 

-10

32 

-3 

122 

182 

103

27 

-43 

-40 

-97 

-105 

-151

Mean

-17.9 

4.2 

235

150

280 

290 

340

227 

224 

243 

137 

1.7 

-127

153

Sept.

-125 

-171 

-169 

-164 

-179

-164 

-171 

-150 

-224 

-211

-188 

-147 

-205 

-157 

-134

-84 

-87 

-107 

-104 

-103

-77 

-113 

-120 

-104 

-125

-113 

-91 

-11 

-8 

-8

Runoff In 

acre-feet

-1,100 

248 

14,450

109,200

17,200 

16,120 

20,920 

13,540 

13,760 

14,460 

8,440 

103 

-7,560

110,600

a No gage-helgat record; discharge computed on basis of velocity record and unpublished records 

for Hlllsboro Canal at Shawano Plantation.

e No velocity record; discharge computed on basis of 3 discharge measurements, or Interpolated or 

estimated.

Note.--NegatIve figures Indicate reverse flov.
298 LAKE OKEECHOEEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Hillsboro Canal near Deerfield Beach, Fla. 

Location.--Water-stage recorder above lock and dam, lat. 26°20', long. 80°07 I , in sec. 35,

 T. 4V S., R. 42 E., 2 miles west of Deerfield Beach and 4.4 miles east of State Highway 

7. Auxiliary water-stage recorder 500 feet below dam. Prior to Oct. 1, 1948, auxiliary 

water-stage recorder at downstream end of lock chamber at same datum.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1949. 

Average discharge.--10 years, 471 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum daily discharge during year, 3,290 second-feet Oct. 6; maximum gage

 height, 11.12 feet Oct. 6; minimum daily discharge, 20 second-feet Mar. 30; minimum gage 

height, 3.34 feet Aug. 18.

1939-49: Maximum daily discharge, 3,490 second-feet Oct. 12, 1947; maximum gage 

height, 12.10 feet, from floodmarks, Oct. 17, 1944; no flow Dec. 16, 1939, Apr-. 11, 

June 18, 1940; minimum gage height, that of Aug. 18, 1949.

Remarks.--Records fair above 200 second-feet and poor below. Flow partly regulated at 

station by Everglades Drainage District for irrigation and drainage. Pumps above station divert water for irrigation during growing season.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,730 

1,710 

1,68O 

1,680 

2,060

3,290 

2,980 

2,740 

2,480 

2,250

2,120 

2,040 

1,900 

1,870 

1,790

1,710 

1,680 

1,650 

1,630

1,630

1,570 

1,540 

1,520 

1,540 

1,450

1,520 

1,490 

1,490 

1,440 

1,460 

1,440

Nov.

1,330 

al,280 

1,280 

1,250 

1,220

1,190 

1,160 

1,160 

1,140 

1,110

940 

1,070 

1,060 

1,120 

1,120

1,090 

1,040 

1,020 

970 

842

690 

800 

780 

760 

740

532 

435 

435 

476 

479

Dec.

430 

420 

343 

290 

265

265 

256 

248 

305

432

409 

460 

409 

382 

372

343 

299 

220 

230 

230

250 

270 

240 

235 

280

300 

270 

25U 

250 

280 

270

Jan.

210 

200 

220 

183 

140

150 

160 

140 

138 

135

131 

130 

128 

128 

130

160 

140 

148 

141 

138

139 

137 

13U 

129 

130

131 

120 

121 

120 

116 

118

Feb.

112 

115 

110 

111 

106

106 

102 

104 

101 

98

96 

92 

91 

90 

86

89 

88 

81 

80 

80

80 

80 

81 

81 

82

82 

81 

70

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

lendar year 1948

ter year 1948-49 .......................

Mar.

70 

70 

70 

7O 

115

188 

180 

155 

140 

115

98 

88 

98 

98 

65

51 

41 

47 

39 

43

43 

47 

35 

37 

35

27 

26 

29 

21 

20 

28

Apr.

37 

49 

62 

57 

62

82 

78 

71 

67 

67

47 

43 

53 

51 

96

319 

545 

188 

310 

334

328 

321

321 

328 

311

302 

291 

269 

256 

271

Secondfoot -days

57,170 

28,519 

9,503

249,150

4,441 

2,575 

2,189 

5,616 

4,149 

12,065 

13,205 

19,386 

32,144

190,962

May

£88 

225 

168 

168

166

115 

1OO 

90 

90 

90

85 

97 

99 

105 

120

154 

140 

120 

93 

120

164 

168 

160 

144 

136

128 

120 

116 

128 

128 

124

Maximum

3,290 

1,330 

460

3,290

220 

115 

188 

545 

288 

942 

570 

1,950 

1,730

3,290

June

144 

128 

144 

136 

136

128 

112 

92 

100 

108

120 

193 

260 

256 

292

455 

496 

703 

581 

510

525 

664 

942 

915 

845

775 

660 

575 

545 

525

July

555 

570 

545 

505 

470

435 

415 

405 

390 

400

440 

455

435 

395

365

345 

345 

355 

445 

520

520 

480 

415 

380 

355

365 

395 

395 

370 

36O 

380

Minimum

1,440 

435 

220

75

116 

70 

20 

37 

85 

92 

345 

184 

435

20

Aug.

415 

475 

495 

530 

579

480 

490 

495 

495 

485

460 

475 

475 

450 

395

345 

320 

184 

197 

252

236 

274 

237 

229 

308

1,050 

al,950 

al,820 

al,750 

al,580 

al,46o

Mean

1,844 

951 

307

681

143 

92.0 

70.6 

187 

134 

402 

426 

625 

1,071

523

Sept.

a ,390 

a ,400 

a ,4OO 

a ,380 

a ,340

a ,290 

a ,260 

a ,260 

a ,250 

a ,28o

a ,330 

a ,300 

a ,290 

a ,240 

,180

,160 

,110 

,080

951 

634

484 

500 

495 

465 

435

515 

585 

1,000 

1,410 

1,730

Runoff in 

acre-feet

113,400 

56,570 

18,850

494,200

8,810 

5,110 

4,340 

11,140 

8,230 

23,930 

26,190 

38,450 

63,760

378,800

a Nu gage-height record at one or both .gages; discharge computed on basis of gage-height record at 

other gage or unpublished records for station at Range Line Road, near Deerfield Beach.

Note.--Considerable leakage through spillway boards Nov. 27 to Apr. 18, May 19 to June 23, Aug. 18 

26. Leakage computed on basis of discharge measurements and log of board changes.

Pompano Canal at Pompano Beach, Fla. 

(Fornerly published as Cypress Creek Canal at Pompano)

Location.--Staff gage above control dam, lat. 26°13'50", long. 80°07'25" (revised), on 

 line between SE^ see. 35, T. 48 S., and NE£ sec. 2, T. 49 S., R. 42 E., 300 feet east

of Ponpano Beach nost office and 1.2 miles west of intersection of U. S. Highway 1 and

State Highway 814 (renumbered). 

Records available.--February 1940 to June 1943 (daily discharge), October 1947 to September l'J4y (discharge measurements only) . 

Extremes.--1940-43. 1947-49: tlaximun discharge measured, 752 second-feet Oct. 14, 1947;

no flow for several days in some years. 

Remarks.--Discharge measurements nade either above or below dam. Flow regulated by

nanipuiatior. of sto.i logs in dan for irrigation and drainage purposes. Some backwater

frori tide effect at tines whei crest of dam is low.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 299

Discharge measu ements, in second-feet, for Pompano Canal at Pompano Beach, Fla 

for period October 1947 to September 1949

Date

1947

Oct. 14

24

Nov. 11

1948

Apr. 27

Discharge

752

 369

*206

6.63

Date

1948

June 11

July 21

Aug. 3

Oct. 3

Nov. 22

Dec. 15

Discharge

22.4

18.5

45.3

301

64.7

34.3

Date

1949

Jan. 6

Feb. 1

Mar. 10

Apr. 12

May 10

June 22

July 26

Discharge

15.6

12.1

11.8

a6.7

a6.8

19.3

73.0

* Average of 2 measurements for 1 tide cycle. 

a Discharge estimated.

North New River Canal at South Bay, Fla.

Location.--Staff gage below lock and dam, lat. 26°40', long. 80°43', in sec. 14,T. 44 S., 

K. 3t> E., in South Bay, 410 feet downstream from bridge on State Highway 80 (revised) 

and 2.5 miles south of Lake Okeechobee. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 

1029.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1949. 

Average discharge. 10 years, 135 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 742 second-feet Mar. 11; maximum daily 

reverse flow, 43 second-feet Nov. 22.

1939-49: Maximum daily discharge, 1,040 second-feet Sept. 30, 1947; maximum reverse 

flow observed, 445 second-feet June 10, 17, 1942.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height or velocity record, 

which are poor. Gage read twice daily. Lock and dam at station not operated during 

year. Flow regulated by hurricane gates at Lake Okeechobee and by operation of drainage 

pumps. Discharge computed using twice-daily observations of velocity.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23

24 

25

Z6 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

324 

227 

200 

207 

210

259 

246 

228 

240 

239

220 

212 

210 

208 

156

144 

152 

157 

125 

106

96 

117 

120 

89 

66

78 

87 

50 

41 

32 

27

Nov.

31 

23 

15 

15 

11

10

10 

3 

3 

11

0 

-11 

-11 

5 

16

26 

15 

10 

-10 

-25

-29 

-43 

-38 

-18

0

-9 

-9 

-25 

24 

-8

Dec.

64 

O 

0

7 

7

26 

98 

80 

54 

53

50 

60 

58 

57 

42

43 

44 

65 

106 

91

95 

96 

96 

141 

142

160 

177 

178 

171 

168 

189

Jan.

181 

162 

148 

156 

175

202 

229 

259 

294 

369

489 

489 

507 

491 

417

429 

461 

460 

423 

417

392 

447 

458 

440

427

427 

376 

425 

458 

506 

450

Feb.

438 

443 

434 

457 

435

436 

415 

451

417 

428

476 

424 

437 

398 

360

357 

431 

395 

414 

414

447 

608 

644 

612 

562

572 

564 

694

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr!

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

lendar year 1948

st

ter year 1948-49 .......................

Mar.

635 

553 

606 

569 

556

556 

641 

591 

512 

535

742 

644 

635 

596 

601

675 

547 

569 

617 

650

569 

514 

552 

529 

464

469 

487 

48O 

570 

512 

484

Apr.

506 

439 

434 

435 

364

609 

564 

525 

471 

461

412 

385 

471 

506 

512

572 

499 

399 

435 

434

380 

349 

353 

444 

502

442 

457 

437 

425 

381

Secondfoot-days

4,873 

-8 

2,618

81,277

11,564 

13,163

17,660 

13,603 

9,777 

7,391 

4,360 

4,966 

7,330

97,297

May

343

427 

424 

427 

462

487 

435 

451 

411 

442

422 

279 

202 

178 

134

130 

122 

119 

128 

205

336 

308 

301 

316 

325

355 

344

321 

300 

334 

309

Maximum

324 

31 

189

506

507 

694 

742 

609 

487 

423 

231 

582 

487

742

June

330 

423 

415 

382 

355

282 

280 

252 

314 

307

298 

290 

e280 

e260 

238

277 

219 

190 

213 

222

138 

148 

161 

197 

143

163 

167 

128 

152 

167

July

a 160 

a!50 

139 

137 

139

83 

151 

188 

187 

208

200 

201 

188 

172 

180

178 

170 

188 

231 

186

103 

83 

57 

61 

87

92 

101 

90 

85 

76 

89

Minimum

£7 

-43

0

-43

148 

357 

464 

349 

119 

128 

57 

26 

143

-43

Aug.

112 

109 

116 

137 

150

151 

100 

99 

103 

99

79 

80 

70 

53 

50

42 

34 

31 

37 

34

28 

26 

113 

203 

170

55 

582 

582 

534 

522 

465

Mean

157 

-.3 

84.5

222

373 

470 

570 

453 

315 

246 

141 

160 

244

267

Sept.

419 

362 

382 

338 

270

253 

200 

204 

201 

209

324 

233 

233 

224 

205

187 

174 

172 

155 

145

150 

173 

185 

164 

143

154 

176 

457 

351 

487

Runoff in 

acre-feet

9,660 

-16 

5,190

161,100

22,940 

26,110 

35,030 

26,980 

19,390 

14,660 

8,650 

9,850 

14,540

193,000

a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated.

e No velocity record; discharge computed on basis of interpolated figures for mean velocity.

Note. Negative figures Indicate reverse flow.
300 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

North New River Canal at 26-mile bend, near Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 

Location. Mater-stage recorder above lock and dam, lat. 26°15', long. 80°-28', T. 48 S.,

K. 39 E., on U. S. Highway 27 (renumbereu) at 26-mile bend, 22 miles northwest of Port

Lauderdale. 

Records available.--1941-42 (two measurements in 1941 and one in 1942). December 1942 to

septemoer 1949 (discharge measurements).. 

Extremes. 1941-49: Maximum discharge measured, 1,550 second-feet Sept. 24, 1947; minimum

measured, 9.4 second-feet Dec. 15, 1944.

Remarks.--Measurements are made above or below dam. Several small diversions above station. 

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Date

Oct. 1 

2 

7 

11 

15

Discharge

1,380 

1,040 

739 

681 

684

Date

Oct. 22 

Hov. 1 

10 

18 

29

Discharge

742 

683 

592 

629 

601

Date

Dec. 13 

27 

Jan. lo 

26 

Feb. 14

Discharge

291 

317 

346 

361 

319

Date

Feb. 28 

Mar. 14 

28 

Apr. 20 

May 10

Discharge

392 

190 

242 

164 

232

Date

May 31 

July 6 

25

Discharge

209 

380 

379

North New River Canal near Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder above lock and dam, lat. 26°06', long. 80°04', in sec. 14, 

T. 50 S., R. 41 E., on State Highway 84, 6 miles southwest of Port Lauderdale. Datum 

of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929 (Corps of Engineers bench mark). Auxiliary 

water-stage recorder 500 feet below base gage at same datum. 

Records available. November 1939 to September 1949. 

Average aiscnarge'.--10 years, 588 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 2,800 second-feet Oct. 5; maximum gage 

height, 9.39 feet Oct. 9; minimum discharge measured, 74 second-feet May 31; minimum 

gage height, 2.03 feet Aug. 26.

1939-49: Maximum daily discharge, 3,280 second-feet Nov. 19, 1947; maximum gage 

height, 10.83 feet Oct. 17, 1947; minimum daily discharge, 2.4 second-feet May 21, 22, 

1947; minimum gage height, 0.78 foot Dec. 3, 1942.

Maximum discharge known, 5,400 second-feet Oct. 15, 1929 (gage height, 7.66 feet, 

present datum), from records by Everglades Drainage District.

Remarks. Records fair above 400 second-feet and poor below. Flow regulated at and above 

station by dams for irrigation, drainage, and fire control. Several small diversions 

above station for irrigation.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,560 

2,560 

2,600 

2,600 

2,800

a2,590 

"2,470 

2,150 

2,070 

1,790

1,770 

1,770 

1,750 

1,730 

1,770

1,980 

1,930 

2jl50 

2,160 

2,360

2,570 

2,620 

2,650 

2,560 

2,600

2,690 

2,650 

2,650 

2,650 

2,640 

2,640

Nov.

2,620 

2,570 

2,520 

2,510 

2,510

2,500 

2,470 

2,420 

2,300 

2,280

2,280 

2,220 

2,160 

2,150 

2,130

2.O6O 

2,030 

1,980 

2,010 

1,960

1,790 

1,870 

1,790 

1,830 

1,870

1,870 

2,030 

2,070 

2,030 

1,980

Dec.

1,910 

1,870 

1,890 

2,070 

2,OOO

1,940 

1,930 

1,980 

1,830 

1,710

1,550 

1,61O 

1,370 

1,300 

al,250

al,200 

a9OO 

a670 

a660 

656

a65o 

a64O 

a640 

a63O 

a63O

a620 

a62o 

608 

608 

608 

584

Jan.

560 

536 

520 

405 

376

368 

360 

360 

368 

376

376 

384 

392 

374 

394

402 

410 

402 

410 

410

410 

410 

410 

418 

410

410 

410 

410 

402 

394 

386

Feb.

3S6 

279 

262 

270 

262

254 

254 

254 

254 

246

246 

246 

246 

238 

230

222 

222 

2O6 

206 

214

214 

214 

202 

203 

208

203 

206 

208

Month

Goto 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr!

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

rober. ...................................

lendar year 1948 .......................

ter year 1948-49 .......................

Mar.

211 

217 

210 

217 

220

226 

201

I 190 

I 190

L 190 

L 190

175

Apr.

I 155 

I 140

L 130

283 

332 

400 

443 

408

384 

234 

85 

179 

180

174 

170 

166 

166 

174

Secondfoot-days

72,470 

64,810 

37,134

396,325

12,653 

6,655 

5,972 

5,903 

7,373 

17,169 

20,327 

23,425 

34,328

308,219

May

188 

204 

204 

204 

228

228 

228 

228 

228 

316

532 

518 

500 

476 

468

454 

454 

424 

241 

100

I 100 1- Maximum

2,800 

2,620 

2,070

2,800

560 

386 

226 

443 

532 

944 

864 

1,200 

1,610

2,800

June

83 

143 

134 

112 

107

586 

736 

488 

408 

422

432 

480 

528 

508 

492

504 

524 

731 

728 

688

680 

704 

784 

935 

944

912 

888 

848 

808 

832

July

864 

832 

8OO 

768 

752

587 

600 

624 

624 

648

656 

672 

704 

688 

664

640 

616 

608 

608 

764

800 

752 

704 

648 

616

608 

632 

576 

568 

416 

288

Minimum

1,730 

1,790 

584

216

360 

202

85

83 

288 

376 

792

-

Aug.

376 

464 

665 

916 

a770

a750 

a720 

a690 

a780 

aSOO

aSOO 

a82O 

a810 

a790 

769

749 

711 

513 

512 

520

504 

480 

480 

496 

700

,000 

,200 

,200 

,180 

,140 

,120

Mean

2,338 

2,160 

1,198

1,083

408 

238 

193 

197 

238 

572 

656 

756 

1,144

844

Sept.

,200 

,260 

,290 

,320 

,320

,310 

,300 

,290 

,250 

,240

,240 

,250 

,240 

,220 

,190

,170 

,160 

,150 

,120 

,030

920 

792 

832 

832 

824

808 

800 

1,050 

1,310 

1,610

Runoff in 

acre-feet

143,700 

128,500 

73,650

786,000

25, 100 

13,200 

11,850 

11,710 

14,620 

34,050 

40,320 

46,460 

68,090

611,250

a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated or computed on basis of unpublished records for 

South Hew River Canal at Davie.

Note. Considerable leakage through spillway boards for periods when discharge is less than 400 

second-feet. Leakage computed on basis of discharge measurements, board changes, and engineers' and 

observer's notes. Total flow Mar. 8 to Apr. 15 and May 21-31 was leakage.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 301

Miami Canal at water plant, Hialeah, Pla.

Location.- Water-stage recorder, lat. 25°50', long..SO0 !? 1 , in.sec. 18, T. 53 S., R. 41 

Ji. , at Miami water plant in Hialeah, on State Highway 25, half a mile upstream from 54th 

Street Bridge. Datum of gage is 0.13 foot above mean sea level, datum of 1929. 

Auxiliary water-stage recorder above boat lift and dam, about 150 feet below 36th Street 

Bridge and 2 miles downstream from gaging station in Hialeah. Datum of auxiliary gage is 

at mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Records available.--January 1940 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 2,530 second-feet Oct. 12; maximum gage 

height, 5.^0 feet Oct. 5; minimum discharge measured, 13 second-feet Mar. 17; minimum 

gage height, 0.44 foot Mar. 7.

1940-49: Maximum daily discharge, 4,170 second-feet Oct. 15, 1947; maximum gage 

height, 7.34 feet Oct. 15, 1947; maximum reverse flow measured, 390 second-feet June 23, 

1943; minimum gage height, -0.67 foot July 2, 1943, Mar. 22, 1945.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period when dam was closed, which are poor. Flow 

affected by tide; discharge computed by using gage heights and tide ranges at auxiliary 

gage as a factor.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day Oct.

1 

2 

3

5

7 

f 

9 

10

11 

1C 

1A 

14 

U

n;

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

1,800 

1,850 

1,840 

1,840

1,660

2,460 

2,520 

2,510 

2,500 

2,500

2,480 

2,530 

2,510 

2,510 

2,470

2,490 

2,470 

2,470 

2,450 

2,480

2,450 

2,450 

2,450 

2,420 

2,420

2,370 

2,320 

2,290 

2,340 

2,330 

2,320

Nov.

2,280 

2,300 

2,300 

2,290 

2,280

2,280 

2,230 

2,220 

2,22O 

2.2OO

2,180 

2,160 

2,160 

2,120 

2,120

2,100 

2,090 

2,080 

2,100 

2,090

2,080 

2,070 

2,060 

2,050 

2,030

2,010 

2,000 

1,980 

1,980 

1,950

Dec.

,94O 

,930 

,97O 

,98O 

,970

,960 

,920 

,930 

,910 

,910

,900 

,890 

,890 

,89O 

,870

,860 

,84O 

,800 

,780 

,760

,760 

,750 

,730 

,700 

,70O

a ,680 

a ,660

,640 

,610 

,640 

,630

Jan.

a ,610 

a ,610 

a ,600 

,610 

,61O

,6OO 

,580 

,580 

,580 

,570

,540 

,550 

,540 

,540 

,520

,500 

,490 

,460 

,460 

,440

,420 

,420 

,390 

,360 

,350

,320 

,310 

,290 

,290 

,270 

,250

Feb.

,250 

,22O 

,190 

,170 

,160

,130 

,110 

,080 

,060 

,040

1,O20 

998 

972 

947 

a934

a916 

a872 

a842 

a796 

3778

a723 

707 

686 

686 

669

658 

640

623

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

lendar year 1948

ter vear 1 94FS-49 .......................

Mar.

592

573 

560 

534

513

493 

457 

457 

450 

443

457 

428 

428 

160

1-

' 170

1-

Apr.

I''

190 

> 60 

. 300

' 130 

^ 50

Secondfoot-days

72,500 

64,060 

56,400

431,202

45,660 

25,877 

8,280 

4,770 

4,890 

16,798 

22,175 

31,405 

23,844

3K6.659

May

I 

 250 

190

150

^

Maximum

2,530 

2,300 

1,980

2,530

1,610 

1,250 

592

860 

801 

796

1,130

2.530

June

> 250

400 

600 

860 

807 

819

813 

756 

745 

728 

739

745 

745 

756 

750 

739

707 

680 

646 

617 

646

 

July

68O 

686 

646 

634 

629

617 

652 

629 

617 

680

801 

801 

784

773 

745

728 

723 

723 

739 

767

750 

723 

734 

728 

712

739 

750 

739 

728 

745 

773

Minimum

1,660 

1,950 

1,610

258

1,250 

623

617 

567 

723

Aug.

762 

762 

790 

773 

750

762 

784 

784 

778 

762

739 

739 

696 

696 

675

658 

623 

592 

586 

592

579 

567 

586 

592 

579

592 

691 

796 

728 

712 

702

Mean

2,339 

2,135 

1,819

1,178

1,473 

924 

267 

159 

158 

560 

715 

690 

795

1.005

Sept.

723 

807 

819 

813 

790

79O 

790 

784 

773 

773

762 

762 

767 

750 

762

830

756 

750 

750 

750

750 

767 

767 

778 

767

801 

801 

854 

928 

1,130

Runoff in 

acre-feet

143,800 

127,100 

111,900

855,400

90,570 

51,330 

16,420 

9,460 

9,700 

33,320 

43,980 

42,460 

47,290

727.300

a No gage-height record at auxiliary station; discharge computed on basis of unpublished record for 

station below 36th Street dam.

Note. Dam at 36th Street Bridge closed Mar. 14 to June 12; discharge computed on basis of 9 discharge measurements, record of dam operation, gage heights, and weather records.
SOS LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Tamiarni Canal outlets, Miami to Monroe, Fla. 

(Formerly published as Tamlami Canal outlets west of Miami)

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 25°46', long. 80°50' , in T. 54 S., R. 35 E., at 40-mile bend 

on U. S. Highway 94, 38 miles west of Miami. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929. Prior to Aug. 31, 1949, at datum 0.87 foot lower.

Records available.--November 1939 to September 1949. Prior to October 1948, published as 

Tamiami Canal outlets west of Miami.

Average discharge.--10 years, 590 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum daily discharge during year, IS,900 second-feet Oct. 6; maximum daily 

reverse flow, 2.0 second-feet May 1-10.

1939-49: Maximum daily discharge, 17,000 second-feet Oct. 12, 1947, from rating 

curve extended above 9,800 second-feet; maximum daily reverse flow, that of Hay 1-10, 

1949.

Remarks. Records fair. Gage read once daily. Daily discharge computed on basis of 

21 discharge measurements, gage heights, and weather records. Figures of daily discharge consist of runoff from Everglades as represented by flow through all outlets 

from Tamiami Canal from a point 55 miles west of Miami to a point 15 miles west of 

Miami, where an earth barrier aids in diverting flow through the 64 outlets to area 

immediately south of canal.

Discharge, in second-feet, wate j.-tuber 1948 tc, September 1949

Day

1 

2

3 

i 

5

F 

7

9 

10

11

12 

13 

14

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

3,210 

3.33C

3,450 

t3,570

3 , 700

12,900 

12,300 

11,70C 

11,200 

10,600

10,000 

9,450 

t9,870 

8,470 

8,230

7.99C 

7,750 

7,510 

7,270 

7 , 030

6,800 

S , 560 

6,320 

6,080 

5,840

5,600 

5,360 

t5,120 

4,960 

4 , 800 

4,640

Nov.

4.48C 

4,320 

4,160 

4,000 

3,84C

3^520 

3,360 

t3,200

3,06u 

2 , 990 

,920 

,850 

,780

,7l'J 

,640 

,570 

, 500 

,440

,370 

,300 

,230 

,160 

,09u

,020 

1,950 

1,880 

1,810

Dec.

1.70C 

1,670 

1 , 64C 

1 , 600 

1,57C

1,54C 

1 , SOU 

1,47C 

1,44C 

1 , 40C

1.37L 

1,34L 

1,300 

1.27C 

1 , 240

1,200 

1,170 

1.14C

1,100 

1.070

tl,04i

1,026 

995 

970 

945

92 U 

895 

870 

850 

325 

800

Jan.

7 75 

750 

725 

70C

63C

655 

63 C 

605 

580

555

530

tsic

495 

48C

465

45C 

44C 

425 

41C 

395

33C 

365 

355 

34T 

325

3 1C 

t295 

280 

265 

250 

235

Feb.

220 

205 

190

IPS

15C 

135 

12 C 

105

75 -Q 

45 

t35 

34

33 

31

28

25 

24

21

19 

17

15

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr!

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

lendar year 1943 

a ry ... ... ...

ter year 1948 -49 .......................

Mar.

14 

12 

11 

9.C 

7.5

t4.5 

4.3 

4.1

3:9

3.7 

3.5 

3.3 

3.1

T C

2.3 

2.0 

1.3

1.6 

1.4

1.2 

l.C 

.8

.4

0 

0

Apr.

0

0

 4

.3 

1.0 

1.2

1.4 

1.6

1.8

2.0

2.4 

^

2.4

1.8

1.^" 

1.4 

1.2

1.0

[J

Ma/

±i

-2.0

-2 .C 

- .0 

- .U 

t- .0 

- .0

- .9 

- .8 

- .8

- .5 

- .4 

- .4 

- .3

- .3 

- .2

-l.C

-.9 

-.8 

-.8

-.7

foot-Says Maxlmum

^ 2 U 6 1 n 1 " .900

35,700 4,480 

37,flr-Q 1,700

450,301.3 1

1

13*4 

19,6 

36,3

2 , 900

55 7^5 

1 220 

11.3 14 

43.li 3.0 

1 ' .f -.r 

43.4 190 

39 73C 

68 828 

10 3,506

432,759.1 1 2.9GC

June

-0.' 

-.5 

t-.5 

5.0 

10

21

27

33

43 

48 

54 

-0

S3 

SB 

94

99 

105 

till 

120 

135

145 

155

170 

180 

190

 luly

205 

215 

225 

24C 

250 

. 

2PO 

275 

285 

295 

3 1C

32L 

t334 

355 

3^5 

395

415 

435 

455 

480

5 no

520 

54C

seo

580 -'05

625

635 

71C 

730

Aug.

750 

770 

79C 

91C 

t828

806 

775 

745

695

615

585

56C

535 

505 

480 

450 

455

465 

470 

480 

t485 

530

570 

a615 

a665 

a700 

a740 

785

Sept.

830 

870 

915 

955 

1,000

,040 

t ,090 

,090 

,100 

, 100

, 100 

,110 

,110 

,120

,120

,120 

,130

,130 

,140 

,140

,140 

,150 

,150 

,1CO 

,160

,160 

t ,170 

,170 

2,340 

3,500

Minimum Mean acre-feet

3,210 7,11 43^,600 

1,740 2,857 170,000 

800 1,221 75,090

2.5 1,230 893,200

235 473 29,070 

15 75.6 4,200 

0 3.59 221 

0 1.43 85 

-2.0 -1.50 -92 

-.6 74.8 4,450 

205 435 2^,760 

450 634 39,010 

83n 1,210 72,020

-2.0 1,18'- i 858,400

t Discharge measurement maje on tills Jay. 

a No gage-height record. 

Note. --Negative figures irdic'.tc reverse flow.
IMPERIAL RIVER BASIN 303

Imperial River near Bonita Springs, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder and wooden control, lat. 26°20', long. 81 0 45', in sec. 36, 

T. 47 S., R. 25 E., lj miles east of Bonita Springs. Datum of gage is at mean sea 

level, datum of 1929.

Records available.--May 1940 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,010 second-feet Oct. 5 (gage height, 8.94 

feet); minimum, 0.5 second-foot Mar. 8.

1940-49: Maximum discharge observed, 2,890 second-feet Sept. 12, 1940 (gage height, 

12.45 feet); no flow June 28 to July 3, 1940.

Remarks.--Records poor.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

6809 

809 

e694 

e647 

e939

e809 

3718 

3646 

h584 

3529

8480 

8434 

8390 

8350 

a311

h278 

3249 

3227 

8208 

8191

al77 

3164 

h!56 

8141 

a!29

3118

h!04 

393 

382 

h75 

368

Nov.

361 

357 

352 

349 

846

e44

e39 

35 

e30 

625

e22 

e20 

e!7

615

e!4

612 12- 

ell 

e9.9 

e8.9

68.0 

e7.1 

66.3 

e5.9 

85.4

35.0 

34.5 

h3.9 

34.3

35.4

Dec.

35.1

34.3 

33.7 

h.3.2 

32.9

32.7 

32.6 

e2.6 

2.6 

2.6

2.3 

2.3 

2.3 

2.3 

2.3

e2.3 

82.3 

82.2 

32.2 

e2.1

62.1

2.1 

a2.0 

32.0 

al.9

31.8

el. 7 

1.7 

1.8 

el. 8 

al.8

Jan.

hi. 8 

al.8 

al.7 

hi. 7 

al.7

al.7 

al.7 

hi. 7 

al.7 

al.7

al.7 

al.7 

al.7 

al.7 

hi. 7

al.6 

al.6 

al.5

81.5

al.4

31.4

hi. 4

31.4 

31.4

al.4 

al.4 

al.4 

hi. 4 

al.2 

al.O

Feb.

eO.9

6.9

8.9

e.9 

e.9

e.9 

e.7

6.7

e.7

6.8 

6.7

e.7 

e.9 

e.9

6.8

e.9

6.7 

6.8

e.9 

e.8

6.8 

6.7

.9 

.9

.9 

e.8

6.8

Month

OCtO

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

lendar year 1948

ter year 1948-49 .......................

Peak discharge (base, 310 sec. -ft. ). --Oct.

Mar.

0.8 

.8 

.7

6.7

e.6

e.6 

e.6 

.7 

.8 

e.9

6.9 

6.9

e.9 

el.O 

el.O

1.0 

1.0 

.9 

.9 

.9

.9 

.9

1.0 

.9

.9 

.9 

.9

.9 

.9 

.9

Apr.

0.9 

.9 

e.9

6.9

e.9

e.9 

.8 

.8 

.7 

e.7

.7 

.8 

.9 

.9

6.7

e.6

6.7

.7 

.7

e.6

e.6 

e.6

e.7 

.7

.6 

.6 

.6 

. 7 

e.7

Secondfoot-days

11,609 

635.8 

75.6

32,259.3

48.1

22.9 

26.7 

22.2 

42.3 

3,968.7 

5,301 

7,601 

6,507

35,860.3

5 (4 a.m.)

May

eO.7 

.8 

.7 

.9 

1.0

.9 

1.0 

.9 

.9 

1.0

1.0 

1.0 

1.1 

1.5

2.0

1.8 

1.8 

1.8 

1.8 

1.8

1. 

1.

1. 

1.

1. 

1. 

1. 

1. 

1. 

1.

Maximum

939 

61 

5.1

1,110

1.8 

.9 

1.0 

.9 

2.0 

288 

261 

439 

841

939

June

1.4 

.4 

.5 

.4 

.2

.2

el! 2 

1.2

1.8 

1.8 

e29 

e!34 

el74

e!74 

182

252 

210 

e218

e!78 

el 78

e288 

e270

e288 

e279 

261 

e279 

e279

July

e252 

e243 

e202 

e!86 

e202

6186 

e!70 

e!26 

elOO 

e93

e98 

6110 

ellS

6107

6104

6104 

e!34 

6134 

e!62 

6150

150 

6146 

174 

234 

6243

6261

e252 

6234 

e218 

e210 

e!98

Aug.

e!82 

e202 

e226 

288 

6288

e234 

e218 

e226 

e226

252

308 

e270 

e261 

e243 

e243

e252 

e252 

e210 

e202 

e!94

e!90 

e!82 

e!70 

e!66 

e!74

e!54 

6261 

e439 

6386 

6374 

6328

Minimum Mean

68 374 

3.9 21.2 

1.7 2.44

.9 88.1

1.0 1 . 55

.7 .82 

.6 .86 

.6 .74 

.7 1.36 

1.2 132 

93 171 

154 245 

65 217

.6 98.2

Sept.

350 

374 

6308 

e270 

e252

e261 

3237

3211

h!86 

a!63

a!41 

a!20 

a!03 

alOl

a203

a279 

h252

3214 

3179

3147

3122 

e!04 

e93

e75 

e65

e88 

e90 

e85

e841

Runoff in 

acre-feet

23,030 

1,260 

150

63,990

95

45 

53 

44 

84 

7,870 

10,510 

15,080 

12,910

71,130

1,010 sec. -ft.; June 23 (C p.m.) 328 sec.-

Sept. 1 (7 p.m.) 439 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; dischsrge Interpolated or computed on bssis of rsinfall records and recorded range in stage.

e Tide affected for portion of dsy; dischsrge computed on bssis of effective gage heights.

h Computed from staff-gage reading.
304 CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER BASIN

Caloosahatchee Canal at Moore. Haven, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 26°50', long. 81°05', in sec. 12, T. 42 S., R. 32 E., 

at Moore Haven, 0.5 mile downstream from hurricane gate and lock 1 at Lake Okeechobee 

Outlet and 15 miles upstream from lock 2. Auxiliary water-stage recorder a quarter of 

a mile upstream from Lake Hicpochee and 3.0 miles downstream from look 1. Datum of each 

gage is 1.42 feet below mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Records available. July 1938 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 5,320 second-feet Oct. 14, Nov. 11.

T938-49: Maximum discharge measured, 5,930 second-feet Nov. 6, 1947; maximum daily, 

5,660 second-feet Dec. 8, 1945; lock closed and flow consists of leakage and lockage 

(estimated as 10 second-feet) during several periods in each year.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Records given herein represent discharge through canal from Lake Okeechobee. On days 

for which no discharge is shown, flow consists of leakage and lockage (about 10 secondfeet). Discharge computed by using stage at auxiliary gage as a factor.

Cooperation. Weekly average discharge for hurricane gate and lock 1 furnished by Corps of 

Engineers.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,180 

3,450 

4,910 

5,320 

5,270

4,960 

4,750 

4,89O 

4,690 

4,790

4,810 

4,590 

5,040 

5,O4O 

5,040

5,250

4,810 

5,070 

4,590 

4,870 

4,870

Nov.

5,120 

5,020 

5,050 

5,100 

5,100

5,290 

4,900

5,170 

5,090 

4,790

5,320 

5,180 

4,920 

5,020 

5,020

5.06O 

4,650 

5,050 

4,900 

5,090

5,180 

5,180 

4,880 

4,550 

4,780

4,070 

4,880 

4,900 

4,460

4,240

Dec.

4,760 

4,460 

4,600 

4,980 

4,720

4,84O 

4,220 

4,620 

4,940 

4,640

4,520 

4,310 

4,51O 

4,510 

4,720

4,760 

4,430 

4,320 

4,740 

4,650

4,920 

4,640 

4,620 

4,580 

4,41O

4,640 

4,870 

4,400 

4,480 

4,590 

4,820

Jan.

4,520 

4,620 

4,520 

4,780 

4,470

4,410 

4,520 

4,620 

4,470 

4,350

4,540 

4,330 

4,350 

4,140 

4,400

4,330 

4,330 

4,050 

4,320 

4,380

4,210 

4,380 

a4,060 

a3,740 

a3,43O

3,110 

3,010 

2,800 

2,930 

2,870 

2,870

Feb.

2,760 

8,840 

2,720 

2,860 

8,860

8,610 

2,910 

8,790 

8,900 

2,890

2,76O 

2,72O 

2,600 

8,610 

8,680

8,680 

2,520 

2,480 

2,560 

2,580

2,440 

2,620 

2,620 

2,810 

2,540

2,310 

2,520 

2,200

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

lendar year 194E

ter year 1948-49 .......................

Mar. Apr.

S15

560 

890 

855 

1,740 

1,660

Secondfoot -days

99,190 

147,430 

141,930

902,307

125, 86O 

74,49O

6,520 

2,800

43,31O 

116,790

7 58., 3 20

May

1,400 

a930 

a470

Maximum

5,320 

5,320 

4,980

5,320

4,780 

2,91O

1,740 

1,400

4,040 

4,420

5,320

June July

Minimum

4,070 

4,220

-

2,800 

2,200

-

Aug.

>al,500

3,O90 

3,090 

3,000 

2,940

2,810 

3,110 

3,000 

2,680 

1,620

850

1,150 

2,930 

4,040

Mean

4,914 

4,578

-

4,060 

2,660

-

Sept.

4,OOO 

3,840 

3,86O 

3,540 

4,O8O

3,930 

3,99O 

4,14O 

4,170 

4,12O

4,420 

4,200

4,180 

4,130 

4,170

4.33O 

4,290 

4,880 

4,O40 

4.O8O

4,030 

4,030 

4,110 

4,190 

4,170

3,990 

4,010 

4,110 

2,480

Runoff In 

acre-feet

196,700 

292, 4OO 

881, 5OO

1,790,000

849,600 

147,700

18,930 

5,550

85,9OO 

831,600

1,504,000

a No gage-height record at one or both gages; discharge interpolated or computed on basis of weekly average discharge records furnished by Corps of Engineers and characteristics of recorder graph 

for other gage when available.
PEACE CREEK BASIN 305

Peace Creek Marsh outlet near Alturas, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°55', long. 81°43', In sec. 34, T. 29 S., R. 26

 E. 1 . at highway bridge half a mile north of State Highway 60, 3.5 miles north of Alturas, and 87 miles east of Bartow. Datum of gage is 97.67 feet above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929 (State Road Department bench mark).

Records available. January 1947 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,740 second-feet Aug. 28, 29; maximum gage

 height, 11.67 feet Aug. 28; minimum discharge, 4.9 second-feet May 26-28 (gage height, 

2.61 feet). t

1947-49: Maximum discharge, that of Aug. 28, 29, 1949; maximum gage height, that 

of Aug. 28, 1949; minimum discharge, that of May 26-28, 1949.

Maximum stage known, 13.3 feet in 1928, from information by local resident (discharge, 2,540 second-feet, from rating curve extended above 1,600 second-feet).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

2.6 4.8 3.9 54 8.4 63O 

2.8 6.9 4.5 94. 10.5 1,200 

2.9 8.4 5.1 145 11.6 1,690 

3.0 11 6.3 290 

3.3 23 7.7 494

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,O80 

1,000 

1,000 

972 

918

891 

837 

783 

729 

677

630 

607 

564 

545 

510

478 

448 

433 

403 

373

345 

317 

296 

277 

258

232 

214 

202 

190 

178 

172

Nov.

160 

150 

145 

140 

135

130 

122 

118 

118 

110

106 

106 

99 

94 

90

86 

84 

81 

79 

80

80 

77 

78 

76 

76

73 

71 

72 

75 

75

Dec.

71 

70 

68 

66 

64

62 

6O 

60 

72 

96

9O

88 

84 

81 

78

74 

72 

70 

67 

66

64 

63 

62 

61 

59

58 

56 

54 

53 

55 

a54

Jan.

52 

49 

48 

47 

47

47 

46 

45 

44 

43

43 

43 

42

41 

42

42 

41 

46 

48 

47

47 

46 

45 

44 

44

43 

42 

42 

42 

43 

41

Feb.

40 

39 

38 

37 

36

37 

37 

36 

35 

44

47 

44 

42 

40 

39

38 

37 

36 

35 

35

34 

33 

32 

31 

30

29 

29 

28

Mar.

26 

25 

24 

23 

22

22 

21 

20 

15 

11

10 

9.8 

9.8 

9.5 

12

11 

9.8 

12 

16 

11

9.0 

10 

15

11 

11

10 

11 

9.8 

9.5 

40 

36

Apr.

28 

24 

21 

19 

26

30 

27 

23 

19 

17

15 

13 

13 

11 

11

11 

9.8 

9.3 

8.8 

8.2

7.9 

7.9 

7.9 

7.9 

7.6

7.1 

7.1 

7.0 

7.4 

8.8

»°nth ££&. "«iBU"

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

16,559 1,080 

2,986 160 

2,098 96

lendar year 1948 ............ 78,406 1,590

ary .

h.. ..........................

1... .........................

ember ........................

1,382 52 

1,018 47 

492.2 40 

420.7 30 

214.9 11 

2,404.4 433 

5,263 418 

13,363 1,690 

14,180 1,360

ter year 1948-49 ............ 60,381.2 1,690

Peak discharge (base, 600 sec. -ft.). Aug. 28 (1 p.m.)

May

8.8 

11 

11 

8.8 

8.4

7.9 

7.9 

7.6 

7.3 

7.0

7.0 

6.9 

6.9 

6.6 

6.5

6.5 

6.2 

6.1 

6.0 

6.0

5.9 

5.7 

6.0 

5.9 

5.8

5.5 

5.1 

5.1 

5.7 

6.4 

7.4

Minimum

172 

71 

53

13

41 

28 

9.0 

7.0 

5.1 

7.3 

74 

101 

155

5.1

June

11 

11 

9.0 

8.0 

7.9

7.7 

7.3 

9.0 

13 

10

9.5 

20 

35 

36 

31

24 

24 

116 

433 

310

202 

135 

114 

96 

96

140 

126 

102 

106 

155

Mean

534 

99.5 

67.7

214

44.6 

36.4

15.9 

14. C 

6.S 

80.2 

170 

431 

473

165

July

202 

118 

91 

78 

74

100 

150 

150 

184 

126

106 

100 

114 

96

126

418 

388 

345 

303 

251

244 

220 

184 

160 

140

140 

172 

150 

126 

106 

101

Aug.

122 

264 

220 

178 

140

130 

' 145 

118 

110 

101

126 

258 

463 

373 

277

290 

310 

258 

202 

190

258 

433 

373 

251 

190

155 

968 

1,690 

1,690 

1,590 

1,490

Sept.

1,360 

1,200 

1,080 

945 

783

630 

510 

433 

f388 

f338

f324 

303 

310 

277 

244

220 

202 

184 

172 

a!60

a!55 

a!60 

172 

172 

166

178 

270 

564 

1,110 

1,170

Per oquare Runoff in 

mile inobes

to Aug. 29 (4 a.m. 1,740 sec. -ft.; Sept. 3

(12:30 a.m.) 1,200 sec.-ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for drainage canal west of Dundee, 

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
306 PEACE CREEK BASIN

Peace Creek at Bartow, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°54', long. 81°49', in sec. 4, T. 30 S., R. 25 

E., at bridge on State Highway 60, 900 feet downstream from McKinney Branch and half 

a mile east of Bartow. Datum of gage is 89.63 feet above mean sea level, datum of 

1929.

Drainage area. 335 square miles.

Records_avallable. November 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 288 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,850 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 6.11 

reet); minimum, 13 second-feet May 28 (gage height, 0.75 foot).

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 4,140 second-feet Sept. 24, 1947 (gage height, 6.45 

feet), from rating curve extended above 2,900 second-feet; minimum, 1.4 second-feet 

June 2, 1945 (gage height, 0.05 foot).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Aug. 30 Aug. 31 to Sept. 30

0.8 14 2.0 58 3.0 202 5.5 1,830 4.O 541 5. 

1.2 22 2.4 88 3.5 371 5.9 2,190 4.6 848 6. 

1.4 28 2.6 111 3.8 502 6.0 2,430 5.0 1.16O 6. 

1.7 41 2.8 149 4.1 698 6.1 2,81O

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,190 

2,100 

1,960 

1,920 

1,960

1,880 

1,790 

1,700 

1,620 

1,540

1,450 

1,410 

1,330 

1,290 

1,210

1,130 

1,090 

1,010 

978 

930

883 

820 

758 

706 

648

601 

549 

508 

472 

443 

418

Nov.

398 

379 

360 

353 

342

332 

321 

310 

297 

280

273 

263 

250 

240 

230

224 

211

205 

199 

202

202 

196 

194 

211 

218

205 

196 

191 

191 

199

Dec.

199 

185

180 

174 

164

156 

147 

143 

182 

276

286 

266 

276 

263 

253

243 

233 

218 

199

191

191

180 

177 

174 

164

177 

166 

152 

145 

143 

147

Jan.

145 

138 

134 

130 

128

126 

126 

120 

116 

111

108 

108 

101 

94 

92

93 

92 

93 

102 

104

103 

102 

101 

98 

94

91 

89 

85 

84

87 

82

Month

Octc 

Here 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ax*y

h....................... .....

st ...........................

ember .................. ......

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

80 

82 

82 

78 

78

82 

80 

80 

78 

74

86 

88 

82 

78 

75

76 

74 

78 

73 

71

72 

73 

70 

67 

62

61 

60 

58

Seccndfcot-days

37,294 

7,672 

6,05C

182,01]

3,27" 

2,09 1,11" 

94 

58C 

4,58] 

8,44 21,19- 

32,044

125,30^

Mar.

56 

53 

50 

48 

45

44 

44 

44 

40 

33

30 

29 

29 

27 

30

33

30 

28 

31 

35

30 

27 

30 

32 

30

27 

26 

26 

26 

38 

66

Apr.

60 

51 

44 

40 

44

57 

57 

50 

42 

36

33

30 

30 

28

27

25 

24 

23 

22 

21

21 

21 

21 

21

20

20 

18 

18 

18 

24

Maximum

2,190 

398 

286

2,810

145

) 88 

66 

> 60 

) 26 

443 

3 477 

2,810 

I 2,470

I 2,810

Peak discharge (base, 600 sec. -ft. .--Aug. 23 (8 a.m.)

May

24 

25 

26 

26 

24

21

22 

21 

20 

20

19 

19 

21 

20 

18

17 

17 

17 

17 

16

16 

16 

16 

15

15

14 

14 

14

14 

15 

21

Minimum

418 

191 

143

18

82 

58 

25 

18 

14 

17 

164 

196 

551

14

June

30 

28 

26 

24 

21

19 

17 

19 

28 

31

32 

54

71 

86 

76

62 

50 

59 

227 

398

443 

398 

353 

321

293

328 

318 

286 

246 

227

Mean

1,203 

256 

195

497

106 

74.9 

36. C 

31.5 

18.7 

153 

273 

684 

1,068

343

July

243 

266 

240 

194 

164

185 

236 

269 

273 

276

243 

202 

182 

180 

169

243 

375 

439 

477 

443

405 

375 

353 

318 

280

250 

243 

250 

240 

224 

211

9 2,170 

0 2,430 

1 2,810

Aug.

211 

324 

398

390 

346

300 

273 

246 

218 

196

208 

286 

439 

537 

514

462 

435 

422 

398 

371

379 

526 

594 

549 

477

418 

1,010 

2,100 

2,660 

2,810 

2,700

Per square 

mile

3.59 

.764 

.582

1.48

.316 

.224 

.107 

.094 

.056 

.457 

.815 

2.04 

3.19

1.02

601 sec. -ft.; Aug. 30 (10 a.m.)

Sept.

2,470 

2,270 

2,090 

1,920 

1,770

1,610 

1,440 

1,260 

1,120 

1,010

92E 

855 

813 

795 

733

698 

658 

624 

580 

556

561 

575 

619 

615 

580

551

556 

693 

1,350 

1,740

Runoff in 

inches

4.14 

.85

.67

20.22

.36 

.23 

.12 

.11 

.06 

.51 

.94 

2.35 

3.56

13.90

2,850 sec.-

ft.; Sept. 30 (7 p.m.) 1,770 sec.-ft.
PEACE CREEK BASIN 307

Peace Creek at Zolfo Springs, Pla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°30', long. 81°48', in sec. 22, T. 34 S., R. 25

a., at bridge on U. S. Highway 17, 0.8 mile north of Zolfo Springs. Datum of gage is

35.20 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929. 

Drainage area. 830 square miles.

Kecords available. September 1933 to September 1949. 

Average discharge'.--16 years, 755 second-feet. 

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 15,900 second-feet Aug. 29 (gage height, 18.11

reet); minimum, 44 second-feet May 26-30; minimum gage height observed, -0.16 foot

May 28.

1933-49: Maximum discharge, 26,300 second-feet Sept. 6, 1933 (gage height, 20.05

feet); minimum, that of May 26-30, 1949; minimum gage height, -0.28 foot May 2, 1945. 

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Kevlsio'ns. W 892: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

2.3 

5.0

40

93

122

454

1,210

Oct. 1 to Aug. 29

6.2 1,610

7.0 1,980

9.2 3,230

10.6 4,240

12.7 6.07O

14.6 8,520

17.O 12,60O

17.9 15,100

Aug. 30 to Sept. 3O

4.5 l.OOO 

6.2 1,610

Note. Same as 

preceding table 

above 6.2 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

8,370 

7,OOO 

5,850 

4,880 

4,320

3,920 

3,840 

3,690 

3,480 

3,230

2,930 

2,570 

2,360 

2,190 

2.03O

1,870 

1,730 

1,610 

1,530 

1,420

1,360 

1,30O 

1,240 

1,180 

1,120

1,060 

l.OOO 

973 

917 

861 

833

Nov.

777 

749 

721 

693 

665

637 

609 

596 

582 

569

556 

531 

518 

518 

492

466

454 

443 

422 

422

432 

432 

411 

411 

411

401 

401 

422 

432 

422

Dec.

411 

411 

401 

391 

382

382 

352 

342 

352 

422

443 

454 

492 

466 

454

432

432 

411 

411 

411

411 

391 

382 

372 

362

333 

324 

314 

333 

333 

333

Jan.

333 

324 

304 

294 

294

294 

294 

284 

284 

284

275 

265 

275 

255 

255

255 

265 

242 

247 

249

255 

255 

255 

255 

232

230 

228 

24O 

255 

275 

255

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

1 ............................

st ................ ....

ember ............. ........

ter year 1948-49 .... .... .

Feb.

238 

240 

244 

242 

236

242 

244 

236 

240 

232

228 

223 

h223 

211 

207

209 

199 

201 

207 

211

2O3 

203 

199 

184 

184

176

a!72 

a!71

Seoondfoot-days

80,66 

15,59 

12,14

396,32

8,3O 

6,OO

4,6O 

3,90 

2,07 

15,50 

25,74 

103,69 

71,92

350,15

Peak discharge (base, 3,100 sec. -ft. .--Au

sec. -ft.; Aug. 29 (6 a.m.) 15.90O sec. -ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge compute 

Arcadia. 

h Computed from staff -gage readings.

Mar.

a!71 

a!7O 

a!69 

a!69 

hi 68

a!68 

a!68 

alfi7 

a!65 

a!59

a!37 

hi 33 

140 

151 

155

131 

126 

124 

127 

138

155 

108 

117 

153 

138

140 

131 

117 

108 

167 

234

Apr.

191 

170 

163 

168 

182

236 

232 

2O3 

174 

157

151 

122 

111 

103 

111

119 

108 

98 

88 

92

98 

91 

88 

100 

91

82 

81 

82 

89 

119

Maximum

I 8,37O 

5 777 

3 492

2 11.2OO

7 333

5 244 

t 234 

0 236 

7 136 

3 1,490 

3 1,650 

3 15,100 

3 7,390

3 15,100

May

136 

114 

92 

97 

94

88 

82 

80 

79 

72

68 

68 

68

70 

a66

a 62 

a59 

a55 

a53 

a52

a50 

a49 

a49

h49 

h45

a44

a44 

h44 

a44 

a44 

a60

Minimum

833

401 

314

116

228 

171 

108 

81 

44 

54 

479 

805 

1,000

44

June

a82 

107 

133 

88

77

7O 

63 

54 

56 

84

124

217 

251 

401 

411

304 

223 

170 

572 

1,490

1,330 

973 

889 

945 

1,030

1.15O 

1.36O 

1,180 

P17 

749

Mean

2,602

520 

392

1,083

268 

214 

149 

130 

67. C 

517 

831 

3,345 

2,397

959

July

693 

721 

679 

805 

1,24O

945 

973 

777 

945 

749

637 

609 

596 

531 

479

861 

945 

833 

861 

1,OOO

1,030 

973 

861 

833

749

637 

6O9 

693 

889 

945 

1,650

Aug.

2.03O 

1,53O 

1,730 

1,920 

1,870

1,610 

1,490 

1,390 

1,240 

945

805 

1,550 

2,990 

3,620 

3,290

2,63O 

2.36O 

2,030 

1,490 

1,330

1,490 

2,130 

2,870 

3,290 

2,750

1,82O 

4.17O 

11,000 

15,100 

11,900 

9,320

Per square 

mile

3.13

.627 

.472

1.30

.323 

.258 

.180 

.157 

) .081 

.623 

l.OO 

4.O3 

2.89

1.16

£. 14 (5 p.m ) 3,690 sec. -ft.; Aug. 24 (12 m 

3 on basis of records for stations at Bartovr

Sept.

7,390 

5,740 

4,64O 

3,760 

3,230

2,930 

2,630 

2,420 

2,190 

1,920

1,730 

1,610 

1,450 

1,350 

1,280

1,570 

1,650 

1,350 

1,210 

1,10O

1,030 

1,000 

1,070 

1,31O 

1,420

1,420 

1,610 

2,240 

3,820 

5,850

Runoff in 

inches

3.61 

.70 

.54

17.75

.37 

.27 

.21 

.17 

.09 

.69 

1.15 

4.65 

3.22

15.67

) 3,350 

and at
308 PEACE CREEK BASIN

Peace Creek at Arcadia, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 81°52', long. 270 13', in sec. 26, T. 37 S., R. 24 

E., at bridge on State Highway 70, half a mile west of Arcadia and about 5 miles upstream from Joshua Creek. Datum of gage is 8.25 feet above mean sea level, datum of 

1929.

Drainage area. 1,380 square miles.

Kecords available. April 1931 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 18 years, 1,250 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 26,600 second-feet Aug. 31 (gage height, 16.49 

feet); minimum, 37 second-feet May 28 (gage height, 0.15 foot).

1931-49: Maximum discharge, 36,200 second-feet Sept. 9, 1933 (gage height, 17.67 

feet); minimum, that of May 28, 1949; minimum gage height, -0.81 foot June 4, 5, 7, 

1945.

Maximum stage known, 18.3 feet in 1912, from information by county engineer (discharge, 43,000 second-feet, from rating curve extended above 30,000 second-feet).

Remarks. Records good.

Kevisio'ns. W 892: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 29 to May 8)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 18 Apr. 19 to Aug. 31 Sept. 1-3O

0.8 107 6.7 3,080 0.1 31 2.2 605 13.0 10,900 

2.7 613 10.5 6,980 .2 43 3.4 1,120 14.7 14,800 

3.6 967 12.6 10.10O .3 57 4.6 1,820 15.2 16,700 

4.4 1,360 14.4 13,900 .4 74 7.2 3,700 15.8 21,000 

5.5 2,070 .5 96 10.0 6,430 16.4 25,800 

1.6 389 11.4 8,220

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

13 , 900 

13,700 

13 , 10O 

12,400 

11,800

11,100 

10,100 

9,740 

8,800 

7,930

6,980 

6,110 

5,070 

4,150 

3,370

2,990 

2,630 

2,300 

2,070 

1,920

1,720 

1,600 

1,480 

1,390 

1,310

1,220 

1,150 

1,080 

1,030 

967 

924

Nov.

881 

819 

799 

760 

721

683

665 

647 

630 

613

598 

582 

568 

553 

553

540

526 

513 

500 

487

474 

487 

474 

461 

461

461 

448 

448 

487 

487

Dec.

487 

474 

474 

461 

448

434 

434 

408 

408 

408

461 

487 

487 

513 

500

500 

474 

474 

461 

448

448 

448 

434 

421 

421

395 

369 

356 

356 

369 

369

Jan.

382 

382 

369 

356 

343

343 

356 

343 

333 

330

330 

325 

320 

320 

312

3O9 

306 

309 

?90 

293

293 

298 

295 

293 

290

269 

264 

259 

269 

282 

298

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

1 ............................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

293 

274 

274 

277 

277

264 

269 

272 

267 

264

256 

248 

241 

246 

233

220 

225 

212 

215 

220

225 

222 

225 

222

207

207 

198 

198

Secondfoot-days

164,03 

17,32 

13,62

63E.12

9,76 

6,75 

5,02 

4,65 

2,E2 

23,74 

43,24 

194,72 

156,63

642,14

Mar.

209 

204 

215 

204 

196

185 

180 

185 

177 

172

164 

159 

156 

149 

141

146 

151 

143 

141 

143

149 

146 

141 

130 

180

162 

154 

143 

128 

120 

156

Apr.

243 

209 

188 

177 

185

198 

248 

267 

233

204

180 

172 

162 

138

128

133 

141 

136 

122 

104

101 

119 

122 

106 

114

122 

99 

94 

94 

117

Maximum

1 13,900 

6 881 

7 513

1 15,800

1 382 

1 293 

7 215 

6 267 

2 191 

8 2,430 

9 2,570 

0 25,800 

0 21,000

8 25,800

Peak discharge (base, 5,300 sec .-ft.) .--AUK. 15 (3 p.m

May

156 

191 

178 

140 

135

132 

130 

114 

101 

99

88 

83

71 

76 

85

83

72 

64 

56 

57

54 

53 

51

51 

50

46 

43 

39 

39 

39 

44

Minimum'

924 

448

35E

115

259 

198 

120 

94 

39 

E2 

870 

2,220 

1,310

39

June

62 

66 

96 

185 

135

106 

87

76 

69 

78

145 

206 

344 

380 

528

566 

452 

411 

421

975

1,880 

2,020 

1,630 

1,390 

1,390

1,760 

2,150 

2,430 

2,080 

1,630

Mean

5,291 

578 

440

1,738

315 

241 

162 

155 

84. 

792 

1,395 

6,281 

5,221

1,759

July

1,310 

1,180 

1,120 

1,180 

1,260

1,630 

1,570 

1,510 

1,360 

1,480

1,260 

1,040 

975 

932 

870

1,200 

2,080 

2,570 

2,220 

1,950

1,820 

1,690 

1,570 

1,340 

1,260

1,100 

998 

954 

1,020 

1,230 

1,570

4.3 1,310 

5.4 1,990 

6.8 3,170 

10.0 6,430

Note. --Sam 

as preceding 

table above 

10.0 feet.

Aug.

2,220 

3,010 

3,080 

3,010 

3,230

3,380 

3,230 

3,080 

3,080 

3,080

2, £50 

3,080 

6,430 

7,230 

7,500

7,360 

7,100 

6,650 

5,800 

4,610

3,540 

3,460 

3,870 

4,320 

4,510

4,510 

5,800 

11,100 

14,800 

24,200 

25,800

Per square 

mile

3.83

.419 

.319

1.26

.228 

.175 

.117 

.112 

3 .061 

.574 

1.01 

4.55 

3.78

1.27

.) 7,500 sec. -ft.; Aug. 31 (Z a.

Sept.

21,000 

16,200 

13.7OO 

12,200 

10,900

9,420 

8,070 

6,430 

5,070 

3,850

3,170 

2,630 

2,300 

2,070 

2,070

1,850 

1,850 

1,990 

1,720 

1,480

1,450 

1,390 

1,310

1,360 

1,480

1,600 

1,850 

2,630 

7,230 

8,360

Runoff in 

inches

4.42

.47 

.37

17.16

.26 

.13 

.14 

.13 

.07 

.64 

1.17 

5.25 

4.22

17.32

n.) 26,600
PEACE CREEK BASIN 309

Drainage canal west of Dundee, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°01i, long. 81°38', in sec. 29, T. 28 S., R. 27

 K., at bridge on State Highway 542, 1.2 miles west of Dundee and 1.4 miles below Lake 

Hamilton Outlet. Datum of gage is 114.08 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Records available. December 1946 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 222 second-feet at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (gage

 height, 7.22 feet), stage falling, peak occurred Sept. 22, 1948; minimum, 0.2 secondfoot Mar. 28 (gage height, 1.97 feet).

1947-49: Maximum discharge, 231 second-feet Sept. 22, 1948 (gage height, 7.37 

feet); minimum, that of Mar. 28, 1949.

Remarks. Records good. Flow partly regulated by Lake Hamilton.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

IS

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

a21S

a215

a212

208

212

212

217

217

212

2OS

203

193

193

18S

134

179

174

170

165

155

151

146

141

136

127

120

115

113

108

106

100

NOT.

98

96

94

92

86

34

82

82

77

75

72

70

68

65

62

60

58

57

55

56

"54 55

51

51

50

48

46

46

46

44

-

Dec.

42

4O

39

39

38

37

36

34

39

48

47

44

44

42

42

42

40

40

39

38

37

34

34

32

32

32

30

29

23

28

28

Jan.

26

24

24

23

24

24

23

22

22

22

22

21

20

21

23

21

23

34

32

30

29

28

26

26

24

23

22

20

20

20

19

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

Angus t

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

18

17

16

15

15

16

15

14

20

33

32

30

28

27

26

25

24

24

22

22

21

2O

19

18

17

16

16

15

_

_

-

Secondfoct-days

5,3O4

1,98O

1,154

24 591 "* ' "

74O

581

1O7.2

26.3

26.5

341.0

735.9

1,571.9

2,994

15,561.8

Mar.

13

12

10

9.6

9.2

8.8

8.4

5.7

l.O

.8

.8

.8

.8

.7

1.0

.8

1.8

5.5

3.1

.6

.7

.7

.6

.6

.5

.4

.4

.2

1.2

4.1

3.4

Apr.

1.4

1.0

.8

1.3

2.2

2.1

1.4

1.0

.9

.8

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.6

.6

.7

.6

.6

.7

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.7

1.2

-

Maximum

218

98

48

227

34

33

13

2.2

1.9

39

56

198

184

218

May

1.9

1.

1.

f

f 

-

i!i.i.

Minimum

10O

44

28

2.3

19

14

.2

.6

.7

3.6

7.2

7.4

7O

.2

June

4.9

3.6

4.0

5.2

5.2

4.8

4.4

4.6

6.3

5.9

8.6

13

18

26

22

17

14

25

39

23

16

12

9.8

8.6

8.1

9.1

7.4

5.7

4.8

5.0

-

Mean

171

66.0

37.2

67.2

23 9

2o!s

3.46

.88

.86

11.4

23.7

50 7

gsis

42.6

July

11

12

10

10

10

23

43

33

26

20

17

12

9.1

7.2

8.6

23

53

56

50

44

40

35

29

25

22

2O

23

21

17

14

12

Aug.

11

10

11

9.3

8.6

7.4

8.8

8.8

8.6

9.1

9.3

17

36

31

27

26

29

26

24

24

41

76

59

51

45

43

156

198

193

184

184

Per square 

mile

Sept.

165

151

136

124

113

10O

96

92

86

89

10O

96

94

86

82

. 79

75

72

72

70

75

75

77

75

72

75

84

115

184

184

-

Runoff in 

inches

a Ho gage-height record; discharge Interpolated. 

980338 O - 52 - 21
310 PEACE CREEK BASIN

Lulu Lake Outlet at Eloise, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°59', long. 81°43', in sec. 5, T 29 S R 26 

K., at highway bridge, 340 feet downstream from outlet of Lulu Lake and 0.6 mile sou 

east of Eloise. Datum of gage is 120.00 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Records available. February 1946 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum and minimum discharges for the water years 1946-49 are contained in 

the following table.

.thWater 

year

1946* 

1946-47 

1947-48 

1948-49

Maximum

Date

Sept. 26 

Sept. 19 

Sept. 24 

Oct. 1

Discharge 

(second-feet)

26 

52 

83 

*73

Gage height 

(feet)

7.82 

9.56 

til. 18 

*10.57

Minimum

Date

June 27 

Feb. 10 

May 23 

Mar. 20

Discharge 

(second-feet)

0.5 

.4 

.8 

.3

Gage height 

(feet)

6.15 

6.01 

6.15 

tt6.03

* Period February to September.

t Occurred Aug. 25, from floodmarks.

* Occurred at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (stage falling from peak of Sept. 24, 1948). 

tt Occurred Mar. 20, 21.

1946-49: Maximum discharge, 83 second-feet Sept. 24, 1948; maximum gage height, 

11.18 feet Aug. 25, 1948, from floodmarks; minimum discharge, 0.3 second-foot Mar. 20, 

1949; mirlnrn ra~e height, 6.01 feet Feb. 10, 1947.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Records include small amount of waste water diverted by Polk Packing Co., from groundwater supplies.

Discharge, in second-feet, 1946-49 

1946

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19 

20

21

22

23

24

25

26 

27

28

29 

30

31

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.

.

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

6.2

6.0

5.0

6.0

6.2 

7.8

6.8

7.0

6.4

5.8

6.2

5.8

7.0

13

-

-

Mar.

13

12

11

11

10

9.9

9.7

9.7

8.4

6.4

7.2

7.4

8.6

9.7

11

10

9.2

11

11 

10

9.9

9.4

9.0

8.4

9.2

8.0

7.6

7.6 

7.4

7.0

7.2

Apr.

8.6

8.S

8.6

8.2

8.0

.

I

I 7

f

J

,

I

S. 5.5

J

4

3.2

2.9

3.1

2.9

2.6

1.8 

2.5

2.6

-

May

2.8

2.5

3.7

4.3

3.4

3.6

3.2

3.1

2.8

2.6

1-

^

I

I 3

J

.

I

I 4

|

J

5

June

,

f 5.5

J

5.4

4.1

3.7

3.6

3.4

2.8

2.8

3.2

3.6

3.2

3.1

3.2

2.6

3.1

3.1

2.8 

2.5

2.4

2.5

2.3

2.5

2.5

1.8

1.3

2.3 

2.6

6.1

-

July

12

11

9.7

8.6

8.6

1 .

1

1 a,

> 8.5

J

6.8

6.4

6.4

6.2 

8.2

8.8

9.7

10

10

11

12

17

15 

16

18

18

Aug.

22

20

20

20

21

14

8.6

6.8

7.0

8.0

8.0

10

12

14

16

16

16

16

16

11

1.6

1.5

7.1

11

11

6.8

4.3

9.0 

8.6

7.8

5.5

Sept.

,

1

f 5.5

1

J

.

1

I 7

f

J

.

I

f 1O

[

J

8.6

12

21

24 

22

19

15

15

16

17

26

25

23 

22

21

-

31 to Sept. 15; dls-
PEACE CREEK BASIN

Discharge, in second-feet, of Lulu Lake Outlet at Eloise, Fla., 1946-49 Continued

1946-47

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

11

1.8

7.2

12

11

11

15

17

15

14

14

IE

10

9.2

8.4

IE

14

14

14

13

13

13

IE

12

IE

13

12

12

12

IE

12

Nov.

IE

IE

 IE

IE

11

11

11

11

11

10

10

10

10

9.4

9.4

10

10

10

11

11

10

10

10

9.E

9.2

11

9.E

8.6

7.0

6.4

-

Dec.

7.E

11

9.4

9.E

8.6

7.8

6.4

5.6

6.0

4.8

4.8

4.6

2.0

1.1

.9

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

.9

.6

.9

.8

.5

.5

.6

.5

.5

.6

.7

Jan.

0.8

1.0

1.3

1.0

.6

1.7

E.6

E.2

E.O

E.E

2.1

1.9

E.I

E.3

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.5

3.6

5.2

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.0

3.5

1.4

E.I

3.7

4.1

4.8

Feb.

4.4

3.4

3.7

4.4

4.1

4.8

4.1

.9

.5

.8

.9

.9

3.5

3.6

2.0

1.5

1.2

1.4

E.3

.9

1.2

1.1

.6

.8

.8

.8

.8

.9

_

-

Mar.

4.1

IE

9.4

6.8

4.1

4.6

4.4

3.9

3.2

3.9

3.9

3.7

3.6

5.6

5.2

7.8

7.E

5.8

14

17

14

12

11

9.9

8.2

8.E

7.8

7.8

7.4

7.0

7.4

Apr.

8.6

9.0

9.9

10

11

8.8

9.E

8.6

8.6

5.4

3.E

8.0

26

21

El

16

16

18

17

16

14

14

15

15

14

11

7.0

7.0

8.8

9.E

May

9.0

9.0

7.2

4.6

4.3

4.6

6.4

8.6

7.6

6.0

4.6

4.1

4.3

5.4

7.E

9.9

7.8

3.7

4.6

4.4

3.7

6.6

9.E

7.0

3.4

5.0

8.0

11

14

IE

15

June

13

10

9.0

8.0

6.8

7.2

6.4

5.4

4.4

5.0

7.4

9.9

6.8

29

39

36

3E

E9

E9

E9

34

34

3E

31

E9

30

29

30

E9

30

July

30

E9

29

E9

E7

E6

E4

E4

E3

El

El

EO

E3

E3

E3

E4

EO

EO

El

E3

E4

E4

19

20

EO

EO

El

E4

23

E6

31

Aug.

E9

E3

21

19

18

17

EO

E2

E3

24

E4

E3

E3

E4

E4

26

E6

24

E4

E5

25

E5

24

EE

IE

1.3

1.0

l.E

1.8

1.1

1.0

Sept.

4.5

E5

E7

30

30

E9

29

E9

E6

E5

El

EO

18

18

16

1.3

1.4

36

51

47

43

39

48

48

46

43

39

37

36

37

Peak discharge (base. 50 sec.-ft.1!_. Sept. 19 (12:15 a.m.) 5E sec.-ft.

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

38

37

36

35

34

34

33

33

34

34

34

34

34

33

3E

30

30

E9

E8

28

E8

28

E7

29

37

35

34

3E

31

30

E9

Nov.

E8

E7

E6

E5

E4

24

E3

E3

EE

17

E.3

5.E

7.4

E4

24

E3

E3

E3

23

E2

El

El

20

EO

El

E2

E7

E7

E7

24

-

Dec.

EE

EO

EO

19

18

19

17

16

16

16

16

16

16

15

15

18

18

16

16

15

18

18

3.5

19

18

16

16

14

14

18

19

Jan.

19

19

18

18

17

16

15

16

16

16

15

14

18

E5

E3

El

EO

EE

18

13

E8

19

11

3E

30

18

11

9.7

17

36

38

Feb.

40

41

43

44

45

44

43

43

4E

40

37

3E

E9

30

35

35

35

34

34

32

30

E9

E8

E7

26

25

E4

E3

El

-

-

Mar.

EO

EO

19

19

18

18

19

E3

E7

E5

E3

EE

El

19

19

18

17

17

16

15

14

13

13

IE

11

11

9.0

9.7

9.9

10

11

Apr.

10

10

9.4

9.4

8.4

9.E

9.4

9.E

9.2

8.8

8.4

8.4

8.4

8.0

9.9

IE

11

9.7

8.0

8.4

7.8

7.6

7.8

8.0

6.0

6.4

8.0

6.6

. 6.0

5.6

-

May

3.E

E.6

3.6

3.7

3.9

3.9

3.7

3.6

1.8

E.I

E.O

E.8

E.5

3.7

3.4

1.7

E.I

E.I

E.3

E.I

E.O

1.9

l.E

1.8

E.I

E.4

4.8

4.8

7.4

4.8

5.6

June

4.6

2.9

3.7

3.4

E.5

1.4

E.4

E.8

E.6

E.5

E.6

2.4

l.E

1.3

E.3

E.4

E.4

E.5

E.4

1.2

5.4

8.4

8.0

6.4

5.0

3.7

1.2

3.7

4.6

4.1

July

4.6

5.2

4.1

1.4

3.9

5.0

6.6

6.6

6.8

7.0

E.6

E.4

3.1

6.6

7.6

4.1

3.6

2.6

3.1

4.3

4.3

4.1

4.4

E.9

E.5

3.6

3.2

4.1

6.E

16

34

Aug.

E6

E3

E6

E5

E3

El

26

23

EO

24

43

4E

41

40

36

35

40

45

4E

39

38

45

43

43

f72

f6E

46

43

40

36

35

Sept.

33

3E

31

31

31

30

30

30

E9

E9

E9

3E

31

30

30

E9

37

38

37

35

36

65

8E

81

74

69

68

74

76

74

sec.-ft. Peak discharge (base. 50 sec.-ft.).--Aug. E5 (time unknown) 77 sec.-ft.: Sept. E4 (1 a.m.) 83 

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
312 PEACE CREEK BASIN

Discharge, In second-feet, of Lulu Lake Outlet at Eloise, Fla., 1946-49 Continued

1948-49

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

72

66 

65

64

67

64

63

61

58

54

52

49

48

47

44

43

41

40

39

38

36

34

33

32

31

30

29

28

Z7

27

26

NOT.

25

25 

25

24

24

23

22

21

21

20

20

20

19

18

9.0

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

3.1

2.0

11

15

16

15

14

14

13

13

7.6

-

Deo.

8.4

14 

13

12

10

11

11

11

14

16

15

13

14

14

14

i.9

3.1

2.2

1.5

9.4

16

16

15

14

12

12

13

13

13

13

13

Jan.

12

9.2 

11

12

12

12

12

10

9.0

12

13

8.2

4.4

4.3

4.8

6.8

8.2

7.8

8.6

8.4

8.2

7.0

5.4

6.6

7.0

6.6

6.4

}«

7.2

Feb.

6.4

7.4 

7.2

6.2

5.2

3.6

5.4

5.4

5.0

5.0

4.8

3.9

2.6

4.6

5.4

5.4

5.4

4.8

3.1

2.2

6.4

9.9

9.2

8.0

6.6

5.2

2.4

4.8

_

_

-

Mar.

5.0

3.9

2.6

2.1

1.4

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.6

1.8'

1.4

.7

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.3

.8

.4

.9

1.2

1.9

3.2

3.4

1.7

.9

1.4

5.0

6.0

6.4

Apr.

6.0

4.8

2.2

5.0

5.0

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.8

3.4

3.7

2.3

2.4

1.5

.6

1.0

1.9

1.8

2.1

3.1

2.9

2.2

2.2

.7

1.0

2.8

3.1

2.1

May

0.7

1.4

1.0 

.9

2.0

4.6

3.4

2.0

1.8

3.6

3.9

4.3

4.1

2.1

1.5

1.6

1.4

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.2

1.3

.9

1.3

1.8

2.5

1.9

.9

1.3

1.0

June

1.8

1.5

1.1 

.7

.5

.8

.9

1.0

1.0

1.2

1.2

1.5

3.4

2.6

2.9

2.4

5.2

9.9

11

9.0

8.2

8.8

9.7

13

11

10

8.4

6.8

8.0

10

July

11

8.4

7 .6 

6.8

12

12

5.4

4.1

1.2

.6

.5

.5

.4

.4

.6

6.0

8.6

7.0

6.6

2.8

3.6

7.4

4.6

3.2

3.1

4.1

5.8

6.0

4.8

4.4

4.4

Aug.

5.0

9.2

11 

9.4

7.2

6.8

7.2

6.0

6.0

6.6

8.8

14

22

17

12

9.0

2.1

a. 7

a. 6

a. 6

al.O

4.3

1.1

1.8

16

17

46

72

70

68

67

Sept.

63

57

52 

48

45

42

40

38

34

15

12

9.2

9.0

14

33

34

34

34

34

35

37

36

38

38

37

39

43

52

71

70

Peak discharge (base, 50 see.-ft.). Aug. 28 (9 a.m.) 72 sec.-ft. ; Sept. 29 (3 p.m.) 72 sec.-ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage, gage-height record 

above spillway, and records of changes in crest of dam at Lake outlet.

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1946-48

Month

May. ..............................

September. ........................

Water year .............

December. .........................

Calendar year .............

May . ........ . .

September. ........................

Water year 1946-47 .............

Secondfoot-days

286.9

154.3

311.9

399.1

-

101.9

_

900.2

4,573.9

Maximum

13.0

13.0

8.8

18.0

26.0

-

11

_

51

51

Minimum

5.0

6.4

1.8

1.3

6.2

1.5

5.5

-

.5

_

1.3

.5

Mean

6.8

9.25

5.14

3.61

3.30

10.1

11.5

13.3

-

10.1

3.29

.

2.85

7.04

18.5

30.0

12.5

Per square 

mile

Runoff in 

inches
PEACE CREEK BASIN 313

Monthly discharge, In seoond-feet, of Lulu Lake Outlet at Eloise, Fla., 1946-49 Continued

Month

December. .........................

Calendar year 1947 .............

May. ..............................

July .... . . ................

September. ........................

Water year 1947-48 .............

December. .........................

Calendar year 1948 .............

September. ........................

Water year 1948-49 .............

Secondfoot-days

645.9

517.5

5,960.4

991

518.6

255.0

95.6

176.5

1,143

1,333

7,384.8

366.5

7,448.8

K~\ *>

153 9

1,143.2

4,824.2

Maximum

38

28

22

51

38

45

27

12

7.4

8.4

34

72

82

82

25

16

82

72

71

72

Minimum

2.3

3.5

.5

9.7

21

9.0

5.6

1.2

1.2

1.4

20

29

1.2

26

1.5

1.2

9.0

.4

Mean

32.3

21.5

16.7

16.3

19.6

34.2

16.7

8.50

3.08

3.33

5.69

36.9

44.4

20.2

45.5

15.0

11.8

20.4

2 57

5 12

38.1

13.2

Per square 

mile

Runoff in 

inches

Kissengen Spring near Bartow, Fla.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 27°51', long. 81°49', in sec. 28, T. 30 S., R. 25 E., about

4f miles southeast of Bartow. 

Rec??ffi available- 1917 and 1929-31 (a single discharge measurement in each year), March

iaaa to September 1949 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes.--1932-49: Maximum discharge measured, 43.6 second-feet Oct. 11 1933- minimum 

~discharge estimated, 0.2 second-foot June 19, 1947. 

Remarks. Discharge measurements made at outlet of pool.

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Date

Feb. 17 

. Mar. 30

Dis'charge

2.90 

4.85 I

Date

May 10 

June 23

Discharge

8.14 

7.75

Date

Aug. 4 

Sept. 12

Discharge

6.15 

4.64
314 MIAKKA RIVER BASIN

Miakka River below Upper Miakka Lake, near Sarasota, Pla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°15'50", long. 82°17'15", in sec. 14 T. 37 S., R. 

20 K., in boat basin on south side of Upper Miakka Lake, 0.3 mile southeast of lake 

outlet and'15 miles southeast of Sarasota. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum 

of 1929 (R. M. Angus, civil engineer, benchmark).

Records available.--January 1946 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year. 4,830 second-feet at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (stage 

railing; peak occurred Sept. 30, 1948); no flow Feb. 12 to June 20.

1946-49: Maximum discharge, 5,880 second-feet Sept. 20, 1947 (gage height, 19.32 

feet); no flow for many days each year.

Remarks. Records fair.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 9)

Oct. 1 to June 20 June 21 to Sept. 30

13.65

13.7

13.8

13.9

4.8

17

34

14.0

14.1

14.7

15.6

313

749

15.9

16.1

17.0

18.5

935

1,130

2,430

4,680

13.7

13.8

13.9

14.0 56

14.1

14.3

14.6

14.9

80

134

230

348

15.4

15.9

16.1

17.3

620

935

1,130

2,880

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

4,680 

4,080 

3,480 

2,800 

2,360

2,060 

1,900 

1,690 

1,760 

1,900

1,760 

1,480 

1,200 

935 

805

696 

612 

545 

478 

416

358 

331 

289 

258 

229

199 

180 

166 

151 

140 

125

Nov.

114 

103 

95 

84 

76

69 

63 

53 

47 

42

38 

32 

29 

27 

26

26 

22 

22

19 

29

29 

29 

29 

34 

34

29 

29 

27 

34 

31

Dec.

29 

27 

27 

29 

27

27 

26 

26 

26 

26

22 

21 

21 

21 

21

19 

19 

17 

16 

19

17 

17 

17 

17 

16

17 

10 

10 

10 

17 

17

Jan.

13 

13 

13 

14 

14

17 

14 

a!3 

a!2 

h!2

all 

9 

10 

9 

8

10 

9

9 

8 

8

8 

6 

6 

5 

5

4 

4 

4 

6 

5 

3

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

nber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

h. ...........................

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 1,100 sec

2

2

0

2 

2 

0 

0

0 

9 

9 

8 

8

8 

8 

8 

9 

8 

8

Feb.

4.8 

6.9 

6.9 

5.8 

6.9

6.9 

5.8 

4.8 

3.8 

2.8

2.8 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0

Secondfoot-days

38,063 

1,321 

631

134,357.

291. 

58. 

0 

0 

0 

4,990. 

8,820 

57,152 

17,935

129,261.

-ft.). Auf

sec. -ft.; Aug. 23 (10 a.m.) 2,500 sec. -ft.; 1 

a No gage-height record; discharge compute 

h Computed from staff-gage reading.

Mar. Apr. May

Maximum Minimum

4,680 125 

 114 19 

29 10

1 4,830 0

L 17 3.8 

1 6.9 0 

0 0 

0 0 

0 0 

5 827 0 

662 114 

2,880 656 

2,430 180

5 4,680 0

5. 6 (3 a.m. ) 1 

iug. 30 (3 p.m. 

J on basis of re

June

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

6.0 

156 

318 

406 

476

579 

692 

827 

796 

734

Msan

1,288 

44.0 

20.4

367

9.3S 

2.06 

0 

0 

0 

166 

285 

1,844 

598

354

July

662 

596 

538 

481 

438

401 

367 

331 

309

322

339 

335 

318 

297 

266

234 

206 

203 

199 

190

193 

203 

193 

180 

158

140 

126 

114 

114 

140 

227

Aug.

656 

821 

1,080 

1,440 

1,650

1,660 

1,470 

1,170 

978 

846

771 

1,040 

1,950 

2,660 

2,880

2,800 

2,500 

2,200 

1,820 

1,730

2,060 

2,360 

2,500 

2,430 

2,130

1,760 

1,620 

2,060 

2,580 

2,800 

2,730

Psr square 

mile

690 sec. -ft. i Aug. 15 (12 m. )

Sspt.

2,430 

1,980 

1,520 

1,120 

886

765 

638 

526 

432 

358

305 

255 

210 

190 

186

180 

190 

190 

186 

196

314 

348 

339 

331 

331

372 

406 

427 

734 

1,590

Runoff In 

inohes

2,960

2,800 sec. -ft. 

cords for station near Sarasota.
MIAKKA RIVER BASIN 315

Miakka River near Sarasota, Fla.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 27°14<, long. 82°19', in sec. 21, T. 37 S-, R. 20 E., half a 

mile upstream from bridge on State Highway 72, ij miles downstream from Atlantic Coast 

Line Railroad bridge, and about 14 miles southeast of Sarasota. Datum of gage is 7.92 

feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (National Park Service bench mark).

Drainage area. 200 square miles.

Records available. August 1936 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--13 years, 274 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 4,730 second-feet Oct. 1 (gage height, 

9.92 feet); no flow Mar. 26 to June 22.

1936-49: Maximum discharge observed, 6,620 seeond-feet Sept. 21, 1947 (gage height, 

10.78 feet); no flow for several days in some years.

Remarks. Records fair above 200 second-feet and poor below. Gage read once or twice daily. 

Cooperation. Gage readings furnished by employees of Miakka River State Park.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 21 Apr. 22 to Sept. 30

2.4 O 4.6 45 7.O 760 1.4 O 2.9 12 5.8

2.5 .5 4.9 64 7.4 1,100 1.5 .1 3.2 18 6.P

2.6 1.1 5.2 91 7.9 1,570 1.7 .5 3.7 34 6.3

2.7 1.8 5.4 115 8.3 2,020 1.9 1.1 4.1 51 6.6

2.9 3.5 5.6 147 8.9 2,860 2.1 1.9 4.5 73 7.O

3.1 5.8 5.8 185 9.5 3,930 2.2 2.5 4.8 95 7.5

3.4 10 6.1 264 9.9 4,730 2.4 4.2 5.2 134 8.1

3.8 17 6.4 376 2.5 5.3 5.4 162 8.5

4.2 28 6.7 540 2.7 8.1 5.6 201

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

4,730

4,330

3,740

3,190

2,710

2,280

2,150

1,900

1,670

1,670

1,780

1,570

1,370

1,190

1,010

840

720

610

506

454

376

334

298

281

249

221

208

185

175

165

156

Nov.

138

130

122

115

108

102

96

91

86

81

76

72

64

60

54

51

45

40

38

36

38

38

36

36

38

38

40

40

42

42

-

Dec.

42

42

40

38

38

38

36

34

32

30

30

28

26

25

24

22

22

20

19

18

18

18

17

16

15

15

15

14

13

13

12

Jan.

12

12

11

11

11

11

11

12

11

10

10

9.4

8.8

8.8

7.9

7.4

7.1

6.7

6.3

5.9

5.6

5.3

5.3

5.1

4.6

4.3

3.9

3.7

3.5

3.4

3.2

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

3.2

3.4

3.9

4.4

3.9

3.5

3.5

3.3

3.0

2.6

2.8

2.6

2.8

2.4

2.1

1.7

1.4

1.0

.7

.4

.2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

41,068

1,993

770

131,755.8

238.2

52.8

0

0

0

3,897

9 582

62 , 994

21,265

141,860.0

Mar. Apr. May

Maximum Minimum

4,730 156

138 36

42 12

4,800

12 3 2

4.4 0*

0 0

0 0

0 0

810 0

720 154

3,160 314

2,840 214

4,730 0

June

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

O

0

0

0

0

0

0

O

0

42.

241

335

442

537

680

810

810

Mean

1,325

66.4

24.8

360

7.7

1.9

0

0

0

130

309

2,032 

709

389

July

720

640

570

504

442

414

386

360

314

314

335

335

314

314

293

256

241

241

241

226

226

226

214

214

214

190'

180

171

162

154

171

256

335

504

720

1,100

1,670

2,530

3,160

Aug.

314

7

1,0

1»*

20

00

30

1,670

1,800

1,6

1,5

1,3

70

50

70

1,200

1,000

1,2

2,0

2,6

00

80

80

3,160

3,160

3,0

2,5

2,2

00

30

30

1,940

2,230

2,5

2,6

2,6

30

80

80

2,380

2,080

1,8

2,2

2,6

3,0

00

30

80

CO

3,000

Per square 

mile

6.62

.332

.124

1.80

038

!0095

0

0

0

.650

1.54

lo!2

3.54

1.94

Sept.

2,840

2,380

1,940

1,550

1,260

1,000

810

680

537

442

386

335

274

256

241

226

226

214

214

214

241

314

335

335

335

360

386

414

720

1,800

-

Runoff im 

inches

7.64

.37

.14

24.50

.04

.01

0

0

0

.72

1* 78

11.71

3.95

26.36
MIAKKA RIVER BASIN

Miakka River below Lower Miakka Lake, near Sarasota, Pla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. L7°13'05", long. 82°20'00", in sec. 32, T. 37 S., R. 

2U h;. , 900 feet upstream from outlet of Lower Miakka Lake, 1.7 miles southwest of Miakka 

River State Park entrance, and 14 miles southeast of Sarasota. Datum of gage is at mean 

sea level,.datum of 1929 (R. M. Angus, civil engineer, benchmark).

Records available.--January 1946 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during water year, 4,440 second-feet Oct. 1, 2 (gage height, 

 17.12 feet); no flow Mar. 13 to June 25.

1946-49: Maximum discharge, 6.640 second-feet Sept. 21, 1947 (gage height, 18.17 

feet, from recorded range in stage); no flow for several days each year.

Remarks.--Records fair.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 7 Mar. 8 to Aug. 31 Sept. 1 to Sept. 3O

9.1

9.2

9.3

9.4

9.5

9.6 

10.4

10.9

11.5

11.8

12.1

12.3

12.7

13.3

128

158

201

242

378

648

13.6

14.7

15.7

16.3

17.1

810

1,500

2,410

3,050

4,440

13.3

13.8

14.3

14.7

15.3

15.8

648 

970 

1,400 

1,790 

2,430 

3,020 

Mote.--Same as 

preceding table 

below 13.3 feet.

12.5

12.9

13.3

287

374

526

728

1,140

1,720

2,210

2,780

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

4,440

a4,440

a4,000

a3,2OO

2,710

2,460

2,160

1,880

1,700

1,700

1,660

1,580

1,430

1,290

1,130

1,010

920

838

755

664

579

500

426

355

294

242

207

181

161

143

130

Nov.

117

108

100

92

86

79

72

68

63

60

56

52

50

47

45

42

40

38

36

38

36

34

32

34

33

31

30

30

31

30

Dec.

30

30

30

30

29

29

28

28

27

27

27

26

26

25

25

24

24

23

22

23

22

22

22

22

21

22

20

20

20

20

20

Jan.

20

19

19

19

18

18

18

17

17

17

17

17

17

16

16

16

15

14

14

14

13

12

12

12

11

11

11

10

10

10

8.8

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 .......... .

January .....................

February .........................

March ......................

April .......... ........... .....

Hay

June ... .........................

July ......................... . .

August ...........................

September .................. .

Water year 1948-49 .....

Feb.

8.8

9.4

8.8

8.3

7,8

7.4

7.0

6.7

6.3

5.5

5.9

4.4

3.8

3.5

3.1

2.6

2.6

2.4

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.5

1.3

1.1

.9

.8

.6

.6

,

-

Secondfoot-days

43,185

1,610

764

131,617.8

458.8

116.3

3.0

0

0

ll'845°

62,182

25,863

148,059.8

Mar.

0.5

.4

.4

.3

.2

.2

.3

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Apr.

Maximum

4,440

117

30

4,440

20

9.4

.5

O

O

874

867

2^780

4,440

May

Minimum

130

30

20

o

8.8

.6

O

O

0

0

156

179

280

0

June

0

0

o

o

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

o

0

0

o

3.7

52

119

304

680

874

Mean

1,393

53.7

24.6

360

14.8

4.15

.10

0

0

67.8

382

2,006

862

406

July

867

818

747

680

623

579

545

495

460

426

406

402

382

363

333

311

304

308

297

273

256

240

233

229

212

205

193

179

167

156

156

Aug.

179

348

785

1,260

1,590

al,790

al,790

al,690

1,540

1,310

1,130

1,400

1,990

2,540

2,900

2,960

2,840

2,540

2,210

a2,100

a2,260

2,480

2,540

2,540

2,430

2,160

2.1OO

2,380

2,600

2,840

2,960

Per square 

mile

Sept.

2,780

a2,440

2,060

1,760

al,520

al,300

al,120

a970

a830

a730

a640

a550

h484

a435

a360

a335

a310

3290

a280

a280

300

341

392

427

445

484

526

571

993

1,910

Runoff in 

inches

Peak discharge (base, 1,100 sec.-ft.) .--Oct. 1 to 2,4,440 sec. -ft. ; Aug. 6 or 7 (time unknown) 

about 1,840 sec.-ft.; Aug. 16 (7 a.m.) 3,020 sec.-ft. ; Aug. 31, 2,960 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations upstream, 

h Computed from staff-gage readings.
MANATEE RIVER BASIN 317

Manatee River near Bradenton, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°29', long. 82°18', in sec. 34, T. 34 S., R. 20 

Ji., at bridge on State Highway 675, l£ miles upstream from Gillet Creek, 6^ miles northwest of Verna, and 17 miles east of Bradenton.

Drainage area.--94 square miles.

Records available. April 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--1Q years, 106 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,430 second-feet Sept. 29 (gage height, 23.05 

reetj; minimum, 1.6 second-feet May 28, 29 (gage height, 3.39 feet).

195J9-49: Maximum discharge, 6,170 second-feet Sept. 18, 1947 (gage height, 24.51 

feet)-, from rating curve extended above 3,500 second-feet; minimum, 0.6 second-foot 

May 7, 1939; minimum gage height, 2.48 feet May 5, 6, 7, 1939.

Remarks. Records, good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 14 to Mar. 24)

3.4 1.7 4.6 25 15.0 1,000 

3.5 2.6 5.4 62 18.5 1,540 

3.6 3.7 6.1 97 2O.2 1,930 

4.0 9.5 7.5 185 21.0 2,28O 

4.1 11 9.2 31O 21.7 2,930 

4.2 13 11.8 593

Discharge, in aecond-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Da,

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

958 

737 

445 

350 

903

641 

401 

545 

262 

178

136 

112 

97 

88 

78

67 

58

51 

45 

41

a37 

a33 

a30 

a28 

a25

h24 

h23 

a22 

a21 

h2O 

a!9

Nov.

a!9 

al8 

a!7 

a!6 

a!5

h!4 

a!3 

a!3 

h!4 

a!4

a!4 

al4 

a!3 

h!3 

a!3

h!3 

13 

13 

a!3 

h!5

a2O 

a!8 

a!7 

h!8 

a21

h!9 

a21 

a25 

a28 

h25

Dec.

a23 

a22 

20 

19 

18

16 

14 

14 

36

57

60 

45 

34 

35 

40

37 

27 

22 

20 

24

33 

36 

31 

28 

24

22 

20 

18 

16 

18 

20

Jan.

20

al8

al6 

a!5 

13

13 

12 

12 

11 

11

11

11 

11 

11 

11

10 

10

10 

10 

10

9.8 

9.8 

9.6 

9.6 

9.5

9.4 

9.4 

8.9 

9.8 

9.8 

10

Feb.

10 

9.8 

9.6 

9.4 

9.2

9.2 

9.0 

8.9 

8.4 

8.3

8.3 

8.3 

8.0 

8.0 

7.8

7.7 

7.7 

7.7 

7.6 

7.4

7.4 

7.6 

7.2 

7.1 

6.8

6.8 

7.4 

7.6

u»-*v. Second 

*°nth foot-days

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

ber . .........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 194 

ary

3 .......

1 ............................

st ............ ..............

ter year 1948 49 ......

6,475 

499

84:9

50,675.7

351.6 

228.2 

170.2 

138.1 

75.0 

1,1O2.6 

2,116 

21,353 

8,808

..... 42,135.7

Mar.

7.2 

7.2 

6.8 

3.5 

6.4

6.4 

6.2 

5.9 

5.9 

5.9

5.8 

5.8 

5.6

5.6 

6.O

5.9 

6.0 

6.0 

5.6 

5.3

5.2 

4.9 

4.9 

4.7 

4.4

4.4

4.1 

4.1 

4.0 

3.8 

3.7

Apr.

3

3 

4 

4 

6

11 

11 

9 

7 

5

4 

4 

4 

4 

4

4 

3 

4

3 

3

3 

3 

3 

3 

2

2 

2 

2

2 

2

Maximum

958 

28 

60

2,620

20 

10 

7.2 

11 

3.7 

124 

213 

1,82O 

2,930

2,930

Peak discharge (base, 1.1OO sec. -ft.). Aug. 13 (5 p.m.

.7 

.7 

.1 

.1 

.8

.2 

.0 

.8

.7 

.6 

.7 

.4 

.2

.O 

.8 

.2 

.8 

.5

.4 

.3 

.3 

.2 

.9

.8

.7 

.7 

.7 

.8

May

3.2 

3.6 

3.7 

3.7 

3.4

3.2 

2.9 

2.8 

2.8 

2.5

2.3 

2.3 

2.2 

2.3

2.2

2.2 

2.2 

2.2 

2.2 

2.2

2.1 

2.1 

2.0 

1.9 

1.9

1.8 

1.8 

1.7

1.7 

1.8

2.1

Minimum

19 

13 

14

2.3

8.9 

6.8 

3.7 

2.7

1.7 

2.0 

14 

178 

31

1.7

June

3.2 

2.8 

3.0 

2.5 

2.2

2.1 

2.0 

3.0 

4.7 

9.4

8.3 

7.0 

9.8 

6.8

6.0

5.8 

6.O 

12 

39 

74

81 

91 

97 

124 

106

109 

10O 

84 

57 

44

Mean

209

16.6 

27.4

138

11.3 

8.15 

5.49 

4.60 

2.42 

36.8 

G8.3 

689 

294

115

July

61 

54 

50 

35 

7O

148 

133 

88 

213 

213

112 

88 

64 

44 

32

22 

2O 

24

47 

72

81 

61 

44 

36 

36

33 

32

50 

25

14 

114

Aug.

628 

434 

653 

701 

489

248 

255 

234 

192 

178

262 

813 

1,820 

1,420 

737

380 

500 

269 

185 

689

1,700 

1,720 

1,320 

725 

32O

199 

373 

1,380 

1,42O 

749 

360

Per square 

mile

2.22

.177 

.291

1.47

.120 

.087 

.058 

.049 

.026 

.391 

.727 

7.33 

3.13

1.22

Sept.

227 

164 

130 

106 

88

78 

70 

57 

40 

4i

45 

36

31 

S2 

118

124 

63 

42 

35 

62

74 

47 

67 

109 

76

94 

261 

761 

2,930

2,750

Runoff in 

inohea

2.56 

.20 

.34

20.07

.14 

.09 

.07 

.05 

.03 

.44 

.84 

8.45 

3.48

16.69

) 1.87O sec. -ft.: Aug. 21 (9 p.m.) 2,O4O

a No gage-height record; discharge c 

h Computed fr^m staff-gage reading.

basis of records for
318 LITTLE MANATEE RIVER BASIN

Little Manatee River near Wimauma, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°40', long. 82 C 21', in sec. 25, T. 32 S., R. 19 

K., at bridge on U. S. Highway 41, 1 mile upstream from Cypress Creek and 4 miles southwest of Wimauma.

Drainage area. 157 square miles.

Kecords available. March 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 191 second-feet.

extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,070 second-feet Aug. 28 (gage height, 12.52 

reetJ; minimum, 2.4 second-feet May 26-30 (gage'height, -0.18 foot;.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 9,450 second-feet June 24, 1945 (gage height, 14.44 

feet); minimum, 1.2 second-feet June 6, 7, 1945 (gage height, TO.45 foot).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

rtevlsio'ns (water years). W 1032: 1939(M).

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used June 11 to July 7,

July 11 to Aug. 2)

Oct. 1 to Aug. 28 Aug. 29 to Sept. 3O

-0.2 1.8 0.7 37 6.7 1,16O 0.9 40 2.5 235 

-.1 4.6 1.0 58 7.5 1,470 1.2 57 3.3 380 

0.0 7.7 1.3 85 9.9 2,750 1.4 75 3.5 419 

.1 U 1.7 134 11.1 3,610 1.8 126- 

 i 15 3.1 345 12.0 4,490 Jfote.-Same as preeed5 Z7 ? !? *lf IngTable above 3.5 feet. 5.7 865

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,190 

1,970 

1,070 

958 

1,970

1,430 

892 

612 

438 

312

244 

200 

165 

137 

113

94 

81 

72 

65 

60

55 

52 

51 

50 

49

46 

44 

42 

40 

39 

38

Nov.

37 

36 

36 

36 

35

34 

32 

32 

31 

32

31 

31 

30 

29 

29

28 

28 

28 

28 

30

33

32 

30 

34 

42

39 

35 

36 

44 

42

Dec.

38 

36 

34 

32 

31

30 

29 

28 

28 

37

46 

42 

39 

39 

36

34 

32 

32 

32 

30

32 

36 

34 

34 

32

29 

28 

26 

26 

30 

30

Jan.

31 

29 

28 

27 

27

26 

26 

25 

24 

24

24 

23 

23 

23 

23

23 

23 

23 

22 

21

20 

20 

20 

20 

20

20 

19 

19 

19 

20 

21

Feb.

21 

21 

21 

21 

20

20 

20 

20 

19 

18

18 

17 

17 

17 

16

16 

16 

16 

16 

15

16 

18 

20 

18 

16

16 

15 

14

u«M+K Seoond 

*onth foot-days

Octo 

Nova 

Deca

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc

ft?

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

Bber .........................

 her............... ..........

lendar year 1948 

ary

13,579 

1,000 

1,022

..... 90,097.6

h.. ..........................

1-. ....................... .

st ...........................

ember ........................

713 

498 

382. Z 

255.4 

204. S 

1,191. C 

2,919 

28,890 

13,772

ter year 1948-49 ............ 64, 426. E

Mar.

14 

14 

14 

13 

14

14 

14 

13 

13 

14

13 

13 

13 

13 

15

16 

15 

14 

13 

12

11 

11 

11 

10 

10

10 

9.7 

9.4 

9.0 

8.7 

8.4

Apr.

8.4 

8.0 

8.0 

8.4 

10

12 

18 

16 

13 

11

10 

9.4 

11 

11 

10

9.0 

8.0 

7.1 

6.8 

6.5

6.2 

6.2 

6.2 

5.8 

. 5.5

4.9 

4.6 

4.6 

4.6 

5.2

Maximum

2,190 

44 

46

2,750

31 

21 

16 

18 

24 

) 108 

244 

4,490 

3,530

> 4,490

Peak discharge (base, 1,400 sec.-ft.J. Oct. 1 (1O p.m.

May

5.8 

12 

24 

22 

16

12 

10 

9.0 

8.4 

7.1

6.8 

6.2 

6.2 

5.5 

4.9

4.6 

4.0 

3.8 

3.8 

3.5

3.2 

3.2

2.9 

2.6 

2.6

2.6 

2.4 

2.4 

2.4 

2.4 

2.6

Minimum

38 

28 

26

5.2

19 

14 

8.4 

4.6 

2.4 

3.8 

30 

92 

41

2.4

June

4.9 

6.5

5.8 

5.8 

6.2

5.5 

4.6 

3.8 

3.8 

7.1

11 

14 

50 

61 

56

44 

40 

34 

32 

41

73 

96 

75 

56 

74

108 

96 

75 

59 

42

Mean

438 

33.3 

33. 0

246

23.0 

17. 8 

12.3 

8.5 

6.6 

39.7 

94.2 

932 

459

177

Jnly

32

61 

116 

126 

77

90 

164 

244 

200 

180

152 

129 

122 

126 

113

77 

52 

40 

73 

109

80 

79 

70 

59 

51

41 

36 

73 

49 

30 

68

Aug.

116 

166 

354 

573 

496

312 

237 

177 

134 

108

92 

307 

1,160 

1,47O 

892

592 

400 

297 

237 

973

1,340 

1,820 

2,020 

1,100 

515

312 

1,410 

4,490 

3,220 

1,970 

1,600

Per square 

mile

2.79 

.212 

.210

1.57

.146 

.113 

.078 

1 .054 

1 .042 

.253 

.600 

5.94 

2.92

1.13

Sept.

728 

515 

352

252 

al92

a!40

al!2 

a91 

a76 

a65

h56 

a47 

a41 

h55 

a96

a!76 

a310 

a217 

a!56 

allS

allS 

a!28 

210 

218 

194

305 

477 

1,720 

3,080 

3,530

Runoff in 

inches

3.22 

.24 

.24

21.35

.17 

.12 

.09 

.06 

.05 

.28 

.69 

6.84 

3.26

15.26

) 2,300 sec.-ft.; Oct. 4 (2 a.m.) 2.19O

sec.-ft.; Aug. 14 (12 m. ) 1,520 sec.-ft.; Aug. 23"(5 a.m. 2,190 sec.-ft.; Aug. 28 (4 p.m.) 5,070

sec. -ft. j Sept. 3O (6 a.m.) 3,780 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for nearby st

h Computed from staff -gage readings.
ALAFIA RIVER BASIN 

Alafia River at Lithia, Pla.

319

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°52', long. 82°12', in sec. 16, T. 30 S., R. 21 

is., at Marvinia Bridge, 1 mile northwest of Lithia and l£ miles downstream from 

Little Alafia River. Datum of gage is 9.71 feet above mean sea level, unadjusted.

Drainage area. 336 square miles.

Records available.--January 1933 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 16 years, 364 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 12,600 second-feet Aug. 29 (gage height, 19.28 

reef); minimum observed, 8.3 second-feet May 25-30; minimum gage height observed, 

-0.95 foot May 26.

1933-49: Maximum discharge, 25,000 second-feet Sept. 7, 1933 (gage height, 25,6 

feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve 'extended above 12,000 second-feet; minimum, 

6.6 second-feet June 5, 6, 1945 (gage height, -0.91 foot).

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). W 782: 1933(m).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

-0.95 8.3 -0.4 45 4.2 673 13.2 3,600 

-.9 11 .6 146 7.6 1,350 14.6 5,000 

-.8 16 1.4 235 10.0 2,OOO 16.6 7,750 

-.6 30 2.4 370 12.0 2,760 18.8 11.70O

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 194S to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

16 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

5,000 

3,360 

2,570 

1,910 

1,940

2,040 

1,880 

1,550 

1,180 

940

767 

710 

637 

566 

515

449 

401 

362 

333 

305

285 

259 

241 

229

212

201 

190 

179 

174 

168 

162

Nov.

152 

152 

146 

146 

157

146 

140 

132 

131 

128

121 

117 

116 

115 

113

112 

111 

109 

109 

146

168 

152 

135 

162 

190

162 

146 

146 

146

152

Dec.

146 

135 

132 

125 

119

114 

109 

108 

133

247

247 

223 

206 

229 

235

201 

179 

168 

162 

152

146 

146 

140 

140 

135

130 

122 

118 

115 

119 

140

Jan.

130 

118 

112 

110 

109

109 

108 

103 

98 

94

93 

92 

91 

89 

87

86 

87 

85 

82 

80

79 

79 

80 

79 

77

75 

75 

74 

73 

76 

79

Feb.

79 

80 

79 

80 

79

95 

102 

92 

85 

79

75 

68

66 

65 

62

61 

59 

60 

61 

61

63

67 

64 

62 

58

54 

53 

54

u. +v, SecondMonth foot-days

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

We

mber .........................

29,715 

4,158 

4,821

lendar year 1948 ............ 186,698

ary .

1. ...........................

ember ........................

2,809 

1,963 

1,332 

829 

578. 

7,084 

5,907 

71,816 

30,364

ter year 1948-49 ............ 161,376.

Peak discharge (base, 1,700 sec. -ft.). Au

sec. -ft.; Aug. 20 (10 p.m.) 2,210 sec. -ft.; 

5,240 sec. -ft.

Mar.

54 

50 

49 

46 

45

46 

47 

46 

45 

44

42 

40 

39 

39 

50

62 

57 

50 

48 

43

41

39 

39 

39 

37

36 

34 

33 

32 

30 

30

Apr.

30 

29 

28 

28 

30

37 

46 

44 

39 

34

30 

48 

34 

35 

31

29 

26 

24 

23 

22

20 

22 

20 

18 

20

18 

16 

16 

16 

16

Maximum

5,000 

190 

247

6,000

130 

102

62 

48 

5 58 

710 

549 

11,700 

4,770

5 11,700

5. 3 (8 p.m. 

iug. 29 (2 a

May

25 

43 

58 

44 

37

30 

26 

24 

21 

19

18 

18 

20 

18 

a!4

a!2 

all 

hll 

all 

alo

a9.7 

a9.2

ha.a

aS. 8 

as. 3

h8.3 

a8.3 

a8.3 

aS. 3 

a8.3 

22

Minimum

162 

109 

108

15

73 

53 

30 

16 

8.3 

16 

93 

401 

370

8.3

June

41 

91 

56 

35

28

23 

19 

17 

16 

29

112 

326 

272 

241 

241

235

196 

162 

218 

305

285 

253 

253 

710 

601

637 

583 

481 

333

285

Hean

959 

139 

156

510

90. £ 

70. 

43. C 

27. 

18. 

236 

191 

2,317 

1,012

442

July

278 

272 

305 

235 

206

278 

235 

278 

259 

241

218 

190 

162 

132 

109

96 

93 

99 

199 

135

146 

135

135 

27? 

146

115 

118 

123 

100 

128 

549

Aug.

583 

1,370 

1,910 

1,820 

1,400

940 

673 

532 

465 

401

433 

1,160 

2,710 

3,140 

2,420

1,600 

1,020 

729 

710 

1,820

2,100 

2,280 

2,490 

2,100 

1,420

1,140 

2,040 

9,140 

11,700 

7,430 

4,140

Per square 

mile

2.85 

.414 

.464

1.52

> .270 

.209 

) .128 

> .082 

.056 

.702 

.568 

6.90 

3.01

1.32

Sept.

2,660 

1,910 

1,350 

1,080 

900

767 

673 

583 

566 

655

515 

433 

378 

370 

566

729 

601 

566 

515 

433

433 

498 

748 

1,040 

881

824 

900 

1,020 

3,000

4,770

Runoff in 

inches

3.29 

.46 

.53

20.66

.31 

.22 

.15 

.09 

.06 

.78 

.65 

7.95 

3.36

17.85

2.000 sec. -ft.; Aug. 14 (7 a.m.) 3,210 

m.) 12,600 sec. -ft.; Sept. 30 (9 p.m.)

-gage readings.
HILLSBORO RIVER BASIN

Hlllsboro River near Zephyr-hills, Fla.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 28°09', long. 82° 14', in sec. 8, T. 27 S., R. 21 E., at foot- 

 bridg'e in Hillsboro River State Park, 2 miles downstream from Blackwater Creek and

7 miles southwest of Zephyrhills. Datum of gage is 33,28 feet above mean sea level

(Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Drainage area. 205 square miles.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--10 years, 285 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,620 second-feet Aug. 28 (gage height, 12.90 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 53 second-feet Apr. 18-23, 

27-30 (gage height, 0.80 foot).

1939-49: Maximum discharge observed, 5,920 second-feet Sept. 19, 1947 (gage height, 

13.71 feet); minimum observed, 48 second-feet June 11-17, 1945; minimum gage height 

observed, 0.78 foot June 3-6, 1944, June 11-17, 1945.

Remarks. Records fair. Gage read once daily.

Cooperation. Gage readings furnished by superintendent of Hillsboro River State Park.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-c->ntrol method used May 13 to June 21)

Oct. 1 to May 29 May 30 to Sept . 30

0.8 

2.0 

2.5

200

280

5.5 

7.5 

8.4

896

1,390

1,650

0.7 

2.0 

2.7

215

330

5.0 

7.0 

8.8

788

1,260

1,790

10.5 2,490

11.5 3,150

12.7 4,360

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,650

1,530

1,360

1,200

1,110

1,110

1,010

940

874

788

724

661

661

600

519

478

417

356

317

280

262

214

200

174

150

150

144

138

125

125

113

Nov.

113

107

107

101

101

101

95

95

89

89

89

89

89

89

89

89

89

89

89

89

101

101

101

107

119

187

a!47

107

107

107

-

Dec.

101

101

101

101

101

95

95

89

89

125

174

162

150

144

138

132

125

125

119

113

113

113

107

107

101

101

101

101

101

95

95

Jan.

95

89

89

89

95

95

101

101

101

95

95

89

89

89

89

89

89

89

89

89

89

89

83

83

83

83

83

89

89

83

83

Month

October ............... ..........

November .......... ..............

December ..................... ...

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ................ .... ......

April ............. ..............

May........... ... ..............

June .............. ...... .

July .............................

August ...........................

September ....................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

83

83

83

a83

83

83

83

83

77

77

77

75

72

72

72

72

72

71

70

70

70

67

a67

67

a66

65

65

65

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

18,380

3,072

3,515

134,019

2,783

2,073

1,822

1,713

1,828

2,203

2 954

28^794

29,619

98,756

Mar.

63

63

63

60

60

60

60

a59

58

58

a58

58

58

58

60

60

60

63

65

60

60

60

58

55

55

55

55

55

55

55

55

Apr.

58

63

65

58

58

67

65

58

58

55

63

55

60

55

55

55

55

53

53

53

53

53

53

60

60

60

53

53

53

53

Maximum

1,650

187

174

3,410

101

83

65

67

83

104

1 63

4,360

4,240

4,360

May

58

70

83

75

63

58

58

55

58

58

58

58

57

57

57

61

63

58

55

55

57

57

57

57

55

55

55

55

55

55

55

Minimum

113

89

89

63

83

65

55

53

55

56

70

150

294

53

June

61

65

60

58

59

56

56

56

56

56

70

57

67

67

67

67

68

71

73

81

85

85

85

85

92

104

104

98

92

92

Mean

593

102

113

366

89. £

74. C

58.6

57.1

59. C

73.4

95 '

929

987

271

July

92

92

92

85

80

77

a80

a82

85

a80

75

75

72

72

70

75

75

80

137

150

144

118

104

98

98

98

98

98

98

111

163

Aug.

176

312

312

294

229

189

189

176

163

163

150

348

1,280

1,260

896

3728

560

482

405

424

703

1,200

a920

641

521

443

1,180

3,600

4,360

3,500

2,990

Per square 

mile

2.89

.498

.551

1.79

.438

.361

.287

.279

!2sa

.358

.465

4.53

4.81

1.32

Sept.

2,350

1,650

1,450

1,280

1,150

1,060

963

874

809

724

641

580

531

521

540

443

405

330

312

294

462

367

501

600

BOO

682

1,080

1,200

2,990

4,240

Runoff in 

inches

3.33

.56

.64

24.29

.50

.38

.33

.31

.33

.40

.54

5 . 22

5^37

17.91

Peak discharge (base, 1.500 see.-ft.).--Oct. 1 (12 m.) 1,650 sec.-ft.; Aug. 28 (ll p.m.) 4,620 

ec.-ft.; SeptT 30 (10 a.m.) 4,240 sec.-ft. 

a No gage-height record: discharge interpolated.
HILLSBORO RIVER BASIN 321

Hillsboro River near Tampa, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder above spillway of Tampa Reservoir Dam, lat. 28°01'25", 

long. 82°25'40", In sec. 29, T. 28 S., R. 19 E., at Thirtieth Street, 5j miles northeast of Tampa. Datum of gage Is at mean sea level, datum of 1929 (city of Tampa, bench 

mark).

Drainage area. 605 square miles.

Records available.--October 1945 to September 1949. October 1938 to September 1945 at 

site 1.4 miles upstream.

Average discharge. 11 years, 617 second-feet.

Extremes.--maximum dally discharge during year, 5,420 second-feet Sept. 1, 2; maximum gage 

neignt, 22.26 feet Sept. 2; minimum daily discharge, 26 second-feet May 28-31, June 

1, 8.

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 9,690 second-feet July 28-30, 1945; maximum gage height, 

22.38 feet Sept. 25, 1947; no flow Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, 1945.

Maximum stage known, 25.6 feet, at former site and 0,66 foot higher datum, Sept. 7, 

1933, from floodmarks, affected by backwater prior to failure of Tampa power dam, 1.4 

miles below former gage. A discharge of 16,500 second-feet was measured Sept. 9, 1933.

Remarks. Records fair. Flow regulated by Tampa Reservoir Dam. Capacity of reservoir insuTFlcient to affect monthly figures of runoff.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,130

1,400

1,670

2,080

2,140

1,670

2,080

1,760

1,890

1,600

1,570

1,400

1,400

1,210

1,110

1,100

1,000

1,100

1,020

528

540

540

541

528

550

147

366

338

160

831

51

NOT.

246

79

111

134

147

154

154

293

83

97

104

105

105

105

105

103

100

98

95

100

101

101

101

107

108

109

109

108

113

112

Month

Dec.

110

110

109

108

1O6

104

101

99

105

110

113

117

123

127

131

134

136

136

136

136

134

130

129

127

124

122

118

116

114

113

113

Jan.

112

112

110

109

107

105

103

101

99

97

93

90

88

84

84

82

80

77

75

72

71

71

71

71

69

67

64

61

62

63

64

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

66

64

64

63

63

67

67

66

63

61

59

57

53

51

47

45

43

42

39

40

42

40

38

36

34

32

30

29

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

33 , 44C

3',587

3,69]

247, 2 6E

2,614

1,403

1,54£

1,006

92S

92!

1 jll!

43,832

70,98.

165, 07C

Mar.

41

68

66

64

63

62

62

60

58

57

56

54

52

51

51

50

50

48

48

46

46

45

44

42

40

39

39

38

37

36

35

Apr.

34

34

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

34

34

34

35

35

35

35

34

34

33

33

33

32

32

a32

32

32

32

31

31

30

Maximum

2,140

293

136

4,130

112

67

68

35

32

35

45

5,060

5,420

5,420

May

31

31

32

32

32

32

31

31

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

31

31

30

30

30

29

29

28

28

28

28

27

26

26

26

26

Minimum

51

79

99

30

61

29

35

30

26

26

32

40

757

26

June

26

27

27

27

27

27

27

26

27

27

28

29

30

31

32

32

32

32

33

34

34

34

34

34

34

34

35

34

34

34

Mean

1,079

120

119

676

84.3

50. C

49.9

33.5

30. C

30.7

36.1

1,414

2 »366

452

July

34

34

34

34

34

34

35

34

34

34

34

33

32

32

32

32

32

32

33

34

35

38

40

44

45

45

44

42

40

40

39

Aug.

40

45

46

51

57

63

72

85

106

116

134

625

528

654

1,900

1,520

1,720

1,360

1,760

1,520

1,510

2,070

2,120

2,890

2,720

2,500

2,200

2,740

3,300

4,320

5,060

Per square 

mile

1.78

.198

.197

1.12

.139

.083

.082

.055

.050

.051

.060

2.34

3 . * 91

.747

Sept.

5,420

5,420

5,240

4,9OO

4,460

4,2OO

3,880

3,520

3,020

2,780

2,440

2,080

1,780

1,420

1,800

1,170

1,220

1,060

948

940

757

776

767

767

776

1,160

960

1,900

2,220

3,200

Runoff in 

inches

2.06

.22

.23

15.21

.16

.09

.10

.06

.06

.06

.07

2.69

4.36

10.16

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Hillsboro River near Zephyrhills.

Crystal Springs near Zephyrhllls, Fla.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 28°11' , long. 82°11' , In sec. 35, T. 26 3., R. 21 E., 1^ miles 

west of village of Crystal Springs and 3? miles south of Zephyrhills.

Records available.--1933 .(miscellaneous discharge measurements) , October 1934 to September 

1949 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes. 1934-49: Maximum discharge measured, 147 second-feet July 19, 1941; minimum 

measured, 20.3 second-feet July 1, 1946.

Remarks. Discharge measurements either of Crystal Springs or of Hillsboro River made both 

above and below Crystal Springs to obtain discharge of the springs, which is the difference between that of the river at each of the two points. Flow regulated occasionally 

by manipulation of stop logs In dam at springs outlet for recreational purposes.

Revisions (water years).--W 1052: 1935, 1937-42, 1944-45.
HILLSBORO RIVER BASIN

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, of Crystal Springs near Zephrhills, Pla.. 

water year October 1948 to September 1949

Nov. 19

Jan. 6

Feb. 16

Mar. 30

May 12

June 22

Aug. 3

Hlllsboro River

Below springs

84.7

81.3

65.9

59.3

58.7

56.6

108

Above springs

16.6

13.2

10,9

9.42

7.29

9.30

45.7

Difference

or spring flow

68.1

68.1

55.0

49.9

51.4

47.3

62.3

Hanna Lake Outlet near Lutz, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 28°08 I 10", long. 82°26'36", in 

sec. 18, T. 27 S., R. 19 E., at culverts under Hanna Road, 0.4 mile south of Sunset 

Lane and 1.5 miles southeast of Lutz. Datum of gage is 30.00 feet above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929.

Records available.--April 1946 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 28 second-feet Sept. 30; maximum gage height, 

31.ea feet Sept. 29; no flow for many days.

1946-49: Maximum discharge, 46 second-feet Sept. 24, 1947; maximum gage height, 

31.77 feet Sept. 19, 1947; no flow for many days each year.

Remarks. Records fair. Flow regulated at station and at outlets'of Lake Kell and Keene 

Lake above station by manipulation of stop logs in dams. Some diversion to Lake Stemper 

1 mile below Hanna Lake and to drainage ditch north of station.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

6;6

6.6

7.3

9.7

10

10

9.3

9.3

7.9

7.0

6.6

7.0

6.8

6.4

6.0

5.6

5.4

5.2

5.0

4.6

4.4

4.2

4.2

4.0

4.0

3.8

3.7

2.5

0

.3

.5

Nov.

0.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.8

1.0

.6

.6

.5

.8

.6

-

Dec.

0.5

.4

.4

.4

.3

.2!i.1

.3

.8

.5

.4

.4

.4

.3

.2

.2

.2

.4

.5

.5

.5

.5

.6

.6

.5

.3

.3

.2

.3

.4

Jan.

0.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

0

0

0

o

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

o

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Month

October .......................

November .........................

December .....................

Calendar year 1948 ..... . . ...

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ..................... ...

May ..............................

June ..................... . . .

July ..................... ... .

Angus t ....................... .

September ........................

Water year 1948-*9 .........

Feb.

Secondfoot-days

173.9

13.4

11.7

834.0

.6

0

0

0

o

0

0

8 3

uele

354.5

Mar. Apr.

Maximum

10

1.0

.8

12

.2

0

0

0

0

0

0

2.2

27

27

May

Minimum

0

.1

.1

0

0

0

0

o

0

0

0

0

2.2

o

June

Mean

5.61

.45

.38

2.28

.02

0

O

0

0

0

0

.27

4.89

.97

July Aug.

0

0

0

o

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

o

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

o

.1

1.6

2.2

2.2

2.2

Per square 

mile

Sept.

2.7

2.7

2.4

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.4

2.4

2.7

2.7

2.4

2.4

2.9

3.2

3.2

2.9

2.9

3.4

4.3

4.3

4.3

3.9

4.8

5.7

8.0

10

22

27

Runoff in 

inches
H1LLSBORO RIVER BASIN 323

Hutchlns Lake Outlet near Lutz, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°07'40 n , long. 82°29'15", in sec. 15, T. 27 S., R. 

IB~E7, at culvert on county road, 0.45 mile west of Simmons Road and 2.2 miles southwest of Lutz.

Drainage area. 2.9 square miles.

Records available. April 1946 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum and minimum discharges for the water years 1946 to 1949 are contained 

in the following table:

Water 

year

1946* 

1946-47 

1947-48 

1948-49

Maximum

Date

Sept . 9 

Aug. 14 

Oct. 28 

Aug. 21

Discharge 

(second -feet)

9.4 

28 

15 

13

Gage height 

(feet)

3.28 

3.17 

t2.75 

2.99

Minimum

No flow for many 

Do. 

Do. 

Do.

days

* Period April to September. 

t Occurred Aug. 22.

1946-49: Maximum discharge, 28 second-feet Aug. 14, 1947; maximum gage height, 3.28 

feet Sept. 9, 1946; no flow for many days each year.

Remarks. Records poor.

Discharge, In second-feet, 1946-49 

1946

Da*

1

2

3

4

S

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Har. Apr.

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

o.

.

o'

0

Hay

o

.1

.1

.1

o

o

0

0

0

o

o

o

o

0

o

0

o

o

.1

.1

.1.1

!i

.1

o

0

June

o

.1

.1

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

a.l

a.l

a.l

a.l

a.l

a.l

a.l

a.l

a.l

a.l

a.l

a.l

a.l

a.l

a.l

a.l

.1

.1

.2

.3

.4

.6

July

aO.6

a. 6

a. 6

a. 5

a. 5

a. 5

a. 4

a. 4

.4

.4

.5

.8

.9

.9

.9

.9

.8

.7

.6

.6

.6

.6

.7

.7

.8

.9

1.0

1.3

1.9

2.9

3.4

Aug.

4.1

4.4

5.0

5.1

5.0

4.6

4.3

3.9

3.6

3.2

3.0

2.S

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.5

Z.8

Z.8

2.8

3.4

3.6

4.O

4.6

5.4

5.6

6.0

6.2

Sept.

6.Z

6.1

5.8

6.1

7.4

7.8

8.2

9.O

9.3

9.1

8.9

8.9

8.Z

7.5

7.1

7.4

7.4

7.O

6.6

6.Z

5.8

5.5

5.1

4.7

4.3

4.1

3.8

3.4

3.Z

3.O

-'

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Brooker Creek near Odessa.
324 HILLSBORO RIVER BASIN

Discharge, In second-feet, of Hutchins Lake Outlet near Lutz, Fla., 1946-49 Continued

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2.8

2.5

2.3

2.0

1.8

1.7

2.0

3.7

4.0

4.2

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.0

3.8

3.5

3.2

5.0

2.7

2.5

2.3

2.1

1.9

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.0

.9

.8

Nov.

0.8

.7

.6

.6

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

-

Dec.

0.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

0

0

Jan.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Feb.

0.1.1

.1.1

.1

.1

.1.1

.1

.1

.1

.1.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

_

_

-

Mar.

0.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.3

.6

.6

.5

.8

1.1

1.0

.8

.7

.6

.5

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.4

Apr.

0.4

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.3

.6

.7

.7

.7

.8

.8

. 7

.6

.5

.5

.4

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

-

May

0.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

June

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.3

1.3

1.2

.8

.6

.8

.7

.6

.5

.4

.4

.4

.6

.8

1.2

.8

-

July

0.7

.7

.8

1.2

.9

'.6

.5

.6

1.5

2.2

2.6

3.1

3.8

3.1

3.6

3.4

2.9

2.0

2.2

4.1

4.6

4.3

8.2

17

IS

12

11

11

9.1

9.5

11

Aug.

9.8

8.4

7.2

6.3

5.6

5.2

4.2

4.4

6.8

7.2

7.9

8.5

12

24

23

20

19

16

15

14

13

12

11

9.8

8.8

7.9

7.0

6.6

7.2

8.2

7.3

Sept.

6.6

6.0

5.2

6.2

9.8

10

14

15

13

14

13

12

11

10

10

9.6

8.8

16

18

16

15

14

22

21

18

17

15

14

14

13

-

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

12

11

10

9.2

8.6

8.1

7.4

6.9

6.3

6.1

6.4

6.0

5.4

4.8

5.0

6.6

6.9

7.0

6.6

6.1

5.7

5.5

6.0

7.4

10

8.9

8.8

13

11

10

9.4

Nov.

8.6

9.5

8.8

8.2

7.3

6.9

6.2

6.0

5.7

5.4

5.1

6.0

6.0

5.7

5.4

5.1

5.1

5.0

4.8

4.6

4.3

4.1

3.7

3.4

3.4

3.2

3.3

3.2

2.9

2.6

-

Dec.

2.2

1.8

1.6

1.3

1.2

1.1

.9

.9

.8

.8

.7

.7

.8

1.2

1.4

1.8

1.8

1.7

al.5

1.3

al.3

al.2

al.l

a 1,0

a. 9

a. 8

.7

.7

.6

.6

.6

Jan.

0.6

.6

.6

.6

.5

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.5

.6

.6

.6

.6

1.6

1.5

2.2

4.2

4.3

4.1

11

12

11

10

8.9

8.2

7.4

7'. 4

Feb.

6.4

5.5

5.0

4.5

4.0

3.7

3.3

2.9

3.2

4.8

4.6

4.2

3.8

3.3

2.8

2.4

2.0

1.8

1.6

1.3

1.1

.9

.8

.8

.7

'.e7

.6

.6

-

Mar.

0.6

.5

.5

.6

1.9

1.8

2.5

3.2

3.5

3.5

3.2

2.9

2.6

2.0

1.5

1.2

.9

1.2

2.0

1.3

.9

.8

.7

.6

.6

.5

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

Apr.

aO.3

a. 2

.2

a. 2

a.l

a.l

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.3

.5

.5

.4

-

Hay

0.3

.2

.1

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

June July

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1

.1

.1

.2

.6

1.7

Aug.

1.4

1.2

1.0

.8

.7

.6

.6

.6

.5

.7

3.2

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.3

4.1

4.2

5.2

6.6

6.6

7.0

8.9

7.7

6.8

6.1

5.7

5.4

4.9

4.6

4.3

4.1

Sept.

3.9

3.7

3.5

3.6

3.7

3.7

3.9

4.3

4.0

3.9

3.5

3.3

3.0

2.8

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.2

1.9

1.6

1.4

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.8

1.8

2.5

3.0

3.2

3.5

-

a No gage-height recora; discharge computed on basis of records for drainage ditch at Bearss Ave. 

near Sulphur Springs.
HILLSBORO RIVER BASIN 325

Discharge, In -feet, of Hutchins Lake Outlet near Lut-. Fla., 1946-49 Continued 

1948-49

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

IS

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3.8

4.7

4.7

5.3

5.3

4.9

4.5

4.5

4.1

3.7

3.4

3.8

3.5

3.2

2.9

2.8

2.5

2.2

1.9

1.6

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.0

.9

.8

.7

.7

.6

.6

.5

Nov.

0.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.2

.2

.1

.2

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.5

.5

-

Dec.

0.5

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.2

.4

.5

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

0

0

0

.1

.1

Jan. Feb. liar. Apr. May June July Aug.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1

.2

2.4

4.5

3.9

3.3

2.8

2.4

2.0

2.2

5. "2

8.4

9.4

7.0

5.8

4.6

3.7

5.3

8.4

7.1

6.2

5.8

Sept.

5.9

5.8

5.2

4.7

4.1

3.7

3.2

3.0

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.4

2.2

2.1

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.5

la 9

2.5

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.4

2.8

3.5

6.1

9.5

8.5

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, 1946-49

Month

May. ..............................

September. ........................

May. ..............................

September. ........................

Water year 1946-47 .............

December ..........................

Calendar year 1947 .............

lla-u

September. ........................

Water year 1947-48 .............

December. .........................

Calendar year 1948 .............

May...............................

September. ........................

Water year 1948-49 .............

Secondfoot-days

193.1

9.4

3.1

12.4

12.2

1.7

12.4

153.2

387.2

997.1

242.1

159.5

35.0

1,342.7

102.6

77.9

43.3

2.8

.7

0

2.8

120.4

87.1

874.2

8.7

7.9

537.2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

100.7

102.7

303.0

Maximum

3. 4

9.3

4.3

.8

.2

.2

1.1

.8

.2

1.3

17

24

22

24

13

9.5

2.2

24

12

6.4

3.5

.5

.3

0

1.7

8.9

4.3

13

.5

.5

12

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

9.4

9.5

9.5

Minimum

3.0

.8

.2

0

0

.1

.2

.2

0

0

.5

4.2

5.2

0

4.8

2.6

.6

0

.4

.6

.3

0

0

0

0

.5

1.4

0

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.5

0

Mean

6.44

2.53

.31

.10

.003

.13

.40

.41

.06

.41

4.94

10.4

12.9

2.73

7.81

5.32

1.13

3.68

3.31

2.69

1.40

.09

.02

0

.09

3.88

2.90

2.39

2.68

.29

.25

1.47

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3.25

3.42

.83

Per square 

mile

1.29

Z.22

.872

.107

.034

.0010

.045

.138

.141

.021

.141

1.70

3.59

4.45

.941

2.69

1.83

.390

1.27

1.14

.928

.483

.031

.0069

0

.031

1.34

1.00

.824

.924

.100

.086

.507

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.12

1.18

.286

Runoff in 

inches

0.01

1.49

2.48

1.01

.12

.04

>001

.05

.16

.16

.02

.16

1.96

4.15

4.97

12.80

3.10

2.05

.45

17.23

1.32

1.00

.56

.04

.009

0

.04

1.54

1.12

11.23

1.06

.11

.10

6.90

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.29

1.32

3.88

980338 O - 52 - 22
326 HILLSBORO RIVER BASIN

Drainage ditch at Bearss Avenue, near Sulphur Springs, Pla.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 28°05'15", long. 82°27'55", in sec. 36, T. 27 S., R. 18 E., 

 at bridge on Bearss Avenue, 0.3 mile west of TJ. S. Highway 541 and 4.5 miles north of

Sulphur Springs post office. Datum of gage is 30.00 feet above mean sea level, datum

of 1929.

Records available.--July 1946 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum and minimum discharges for the water years 1946 to 1949 are contained 

*- *-~ following table.

Water 

year

1946* 

1946-47 

1947-48

1948-49

Maximum discharge observed

Date

Sept. 29 

Sept. 23, 25 

Oct. 1

Aug. 24, 25, 

27, 28-31

Discharge 

(second-feet)

15 

107 

71

84

Gage height 

(feet)

20.18 

t20.00 

17.74

*19.07

Minimum

Date

Many days 

June 30, 

July 5-12 

Many days

Discharge

Not determined 

0 

0

0

* Period July to September, 

t Occurred Oct. 9.

* Occurred Aug. 31.

1946-49: Maximum discharge observed, 107 second-feet Sept. 23, 25, 1947; maximum 

gage height observed, 20.18 feet Sept. 29, 1946; no flow at times.

Remarks. Records fair except for those for periods of no gage-height record, which are 

poor. Gage read once or twice daily.

Discharge, In second-feet, 1946-49 

1946

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

1O

July

 a5

' a?

7.8

Aug.

7.0

7.2

7.2

7.5

8.7

8.4

8.4

8.4

8.1

8.1

Sept.

9.0

9.0

9.O

9.0

9.0

9.4

10

10

11

11

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

July

a8

8.4

8.1

7.8

7.8

7.5

Aug.

7.8

7.8

7.8

7.8

7.8

7.5

7.5

7.2

7.5

7.5

Sept.

12

12

12

13

12

12

13

14

14

13

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

3O

31

July

7'. 2

7.2

7.0

6.7

6.7

6.7

6.7

6.7

6.4

7.0

6.7

Aug.

8.4

8.4

8.7

8.4

8.4

8.4

8.4

8.7

9.0

9.0

9.0

Sept.

14

14

14

13

13

13

12

12

15

14

-

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for nearby 

stations.

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

12

11

11

9.7

9.7

9.7

9.4

11

13

13

12

12

9.7

1O

1O

10

1O

11

11

10

1O

1O

9.7

9.4

9.4

9.0

8.7

8.7

8.4

8.1

7.8

Nov.

7.5

7.5

7.2

7.0

7.0

6.7

6.4

6.4

6.2

6.2

6.0

6.O

5.7

5.4

5.4

5.2

5.2

5.O

5.0

4.7

.7

.4

.2

.2

.2

4.0

4.O

3.7

3.4

3.4

-

Dec.

3.2

3.1

2.9

2.7

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.O

2.0

2.O

1.9

1.9

1.8

1.6

1.5

1.3

1.2

l.O

.8

a. 7

.6

.5

.5

.3

.3

.3

Jan.

0.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

O

O

O

O

O

0

O

O

Feb.

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

O

0

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

O

O

.1

.1.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

_

_

-

liar.

O.I

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.4

1.0

1.7

1.8

1.8

2.4

3.2

3.7

4.0

3.7

4.0

4.O

4.O

4.0

4.O

3.7

4.O

4.O

Apr.

4.O

4.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.O

4.0

3.7

3.7

4.4

5.7

6.0

6.O

6.O

6.O

6.0

6.O

6.0

5.7

5.4

5.4

5.2

5.O

4.7

4.7

4.2

4.0

3.7

-

May

3.7

3.4

3.4

3.2

3.2

3.0

2.9

2.6

2.3

2.2

1.9

1,8

1.6

1.4

1.3

1.1

1.0

.9

.7

.6

.5

.4

.5

.5

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

June

O.I.1'

.1.1

.1

.1

0

0

0

O

O

O

0

.1

.1

.2

.3

.3

.3

.3

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.2

.3

.2

.2

-

July

0.3

.3

.2

.3

.2

.2

.3

1.4

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

a2.1

a2.7

a3.5

a4.5

a5.7

a7.1

a8.7

alO

a!2

a20

38

3O

30

58

52

49

49

Aug.

40

38

36

30

a29

a28

a27

26

36

4O

43

46

61

64

78

95

104

1O6

97

84

87

90

87

81

68

55

40

43

46

52

49

Sept.

43

43

46

58

58

68

74

81

81

78

78

74

71

68

64

64

61

71

81

84

94

100

107

1OO

107

94

94

87

81

74

-

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for nearby stations.
HILLSBORO RIVER BASIN 327

Discharge, In econd-feet, of drainage ditch at Bearss Avenue, near Sulphur Springs, Pla., 

1946-49-,-Continued

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

68

61

52

46

43

40

37

36

34

32

28

25

23

21

24

26

23

21

21

21

23

33

25

28

28

26

25

25

24

24

30

Nov.

30

33

33

32

30

30

29

28

26

25

21

24

23

22

22

19

18

16

15

14

14

14

13

12

11

11

11

11

10

10

-

Dec.

9.6

9.4

9.2

8.8

8.4

7.9

7.1

6.6

6.3

5.7

5.3

5.3

6.0

5.7

5.7

6.0

6.0

5.8

5.7

5.5

5.5

5.3

5.2

5.2

5.0

5.0

4.7

4.5

4.4

4.1

3.9

Jan.

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.2

2.6

3.4

3.2

2.0

1.6

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.7

2.0

1.8

1.8

5.5

11

11

11

20

35

36

40

40

40

40

Feb.

36

36

3£

32

28

24

23

23

32

22

22

22

32

20

19

19

18

16

16

15

14

14

13

13

11

9.8

9.5

9.0

8.8

_

-

Mar.

7.4

6.4

4.1

3.4

3.0

3.3

4.6

5.3

6.4

24

22

19

16

15

14

12

11

11

9.8

8.8

8.3

7.6

6.9

6.4

5.5

4.3

3.9

4.1

3.3

2.7

2.7

Apr.

2.4

2.2

1.8

1.6

1.5

1.2

1.0

.8

.7

.8

.7

.5

.5

.5

.6

1.0

.7

.5

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.2

.2

.9

1.3

1.0

.7

.6

-

May

0.5

.4

.3

.3

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1. 1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.2

.2

.1

.1

.5

1.2

1.1

June

2.7

5.0

3.9

.3

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.2

.2

.2

.4

.5

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

0

-

July

0.4

.2

.1

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.3

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.5

.6

.7

.5

.5

.7

.8

Aug.

1.2

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.3

2.1

2.6

2.7

3.5

4.1

5.1

5.6

5.9

17

47

66

66

62

62

62

58

54

54

50

50

49

41

Sept.

35

31

28

26

23

20

19

17

16

14

12

11

10

9.2

8.3

8.6

8.0

7.S

a7.1

a6.6

a6.2

a6.3

as. 4

a6.3

a6.3

6.2

6.1

5.7

5.7

5.9

-

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for nearby stations

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

23

26

2?

28

29

30

31

Oct.

7.3

11

16

28

36

38

39

42

42

38

35

34

32

30

27

24

20

19

14

12

9.2

7.7

6.8

6.2

5.7

5.3

5.1

4.9

a4.6

84.3

4.0

Nov.

3.9

3.8

3.6

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.2

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.3

2.6

2.5

3.6

2.8

2.7

-

Dec.

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

3.3

3.1

2.7

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.7

2.5

2.4,

2.5

2.4

3.4

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

Jan.

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

3.1

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.8

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.4

Feb.

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

.9

.9

.8

.8

.8

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.6

.6

_

_

-

Mar.

0.5

.5

.5

.5

..4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

.2

.3

.3

'.2 . 2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

0

Apr.

0

0

0

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

0

0

0

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

a0

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

Hay

0

0

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

June

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

0

0'

0

-

July Aug.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.3

4.8

54

79

84

79

84

a84

84

84

84

Sept.

79

74

69

69

69

62

49

44

36

32

26

23

24

26

16

16

16

14

14

16

20

20

20

22

22

22

24

32

52

64

-

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for nearby stations.
328 HILLSBORO RIVER BASIN

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, of drainage ditch at Bearss Avenue, 

near Sulphur Springs, Fla., 1946-49

Month

September. ........................

Deoeaber. .........................

Calendar year .............

March. ............................

May. ..............................

July. .............................

September. ........................

Calendar year 1947 .............

May. ..............................

September. ........................

 ater year 1947-48 .............

December. .........................

May. ..............................

September. ........................

Rater year 1948-49 .............

Seoondfoot-days

215 4

357.4

314 4

53. Z

-

395.3

2,284

5,271.4

963

607

6,500.7

332 2

378.4

4,137.3

79.1

3,148.6^

1,066

2.650.9

Maximum

15

3.2

-

107

107

107

35

68

3 9

3.3

66

79

84

Minimum

9.0

7 6

.3

-

43

0

21

10

0

5.7

0

2.3

0

14

0

Mean

6 95

11.9

1.72

-

12.6

76.1

14.4

17.8

25 2

12.6

11.3

19 6

2.55

6.60

35.5

7.26

Per square 

mile

Runoff in 

inches
ALIEN CREEK BASIN 329

Alien Creek near Largo, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°56'30", long. 82°45'00", in sec. 24, T, 29 S., R. 

~" IFTT7, on Nursery Road, 1.3 miles south of State Highway 60 and 3 miles northeast of 

Largo. Datum of gage is 15.58 feet above mean sea level.

Records ayailable. February 1947 to September 1949.

Extremes. 1947: Maximum discharge during period February to September, 106 second-feet 

Aug. 14 (gage height, 4.25 feet), from rating curve extended above 47 second-feet; no 

flow for several days.

1947-48: Maximum discharge during water year, 51 secqnd-feet Jan. 24 (gage height, 

3.25 feet); no flow for several days.

1948-49: Maximum discharge during water year, 60 second-feet Aug. 12 (gage height, 

3,41 feet); no flow for several days.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating table, Feb. 12, 1947, to Sept. 30, 1949, except period of indefinite

stage-discharge relation (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.86 0

1.9 .1

1.95 .5

Z.O 1.0

2.Z 2.8

2.3 3.8

3.35 4.6

2.4 5.7

2.45

2.5

3.3

7.2 

9.6

Discharge, in seconl-feet, 1947-49

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

18

13

14

IB

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.

_

-

_

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

0.8

1.5

2.5

2.0

.6

( 3

. 2

.2

a .2

.2

.1

.0

.0

.9

.8

.8

1.2

_

-

-

Mar.

1.5

2.7

2.6

1.9

1.5

1.3

1.2

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.4

2.2

6.5

3.0

2,0

4.1

9.0

3.2

2.4

2.0

1.7

1.5

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.0

1,1

1.5

Apr.

2.1

2.1

2.0

1.8

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.0

.9

.8

,7

.9

.9

.8

.7

.9

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.0

.9

,8

.7

.9

1,0

. 7

. 5

.4

.4

.5

-

May

0.6

.7

.6

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

,3

.2

.1

I"

0

June

1

r

i .8

.7

.6

. 6

.8

.8

.7

.6

.7

.6

.5

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.2

, 2

.1

.1

-

July

0.1

.3

.2

.2

.1

.1

0

.7

1.1

2.1

2.7

2.0

1.6

1.4

1.2

1.0

.8

1.2

4.0

12

6.2

3.2

2.1

2.1

3.2

3.8

12

3.5

2.6

2.2

5.2

Aug.

3.2

2.8

2.5

2.4

2.2

2.0

5.9

40

48

16

4.3

3.2

4.3

51

34

15

20

4.8

3.6

6.8

9.6

3.7

2.8

2.4

2.0

1.7

1.5

1.5

4.0

3.0

2.2

Sept.

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.9

2,6

1.9

2.0

2.2

2.0

1.9

1.7

2.3

2.3

2.4

2.0

2.0

2.7

33

30

6.2

3.5

4.2

50

26

6.2

3.6

3.0

2.6

Z'.Q 2.2

-

a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated.

Note. Stage-discharge relation indefinite May 13 to June 9; discharge compute 

r.ls for Broolcer Creek near Odessa.

basis of rec-
330 ALLEN CREEK BASIN

Discharge, in ond-feet, of Alien Creek near Largo, Pla., 1947, ^49"Continued 

1947-48

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

Oft CO

29

30

31

Oct.

1.9

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2

al.2

al.2

al.2

1.2

1.2

2.5

11

5.8

2.5

2.1

2.0

1.8

1.9

2.8

5.0

3.5

2.6

2.2 

2.0

1.9

1.7

1.6

Noy.

1.7

3.0

3.5

3.0

2.4

2.0

1.8

2.0

2.0

1.7

1.7

2.8

2.6

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.5

1.4

1.3 

1.2

1.2

1.1

-

Dec.

1.0

.9

.9

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.2

1.7

1.6

1.7

1.5

1.3

1^2

1.2

1.2

I, 2

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0 1.1 

1.1

1.1 1.1

1.2

Jan.

1.2

1,2

1.1

1.0

.9

.9

.9

.9

.8

.8

.8

.8

1.3

1.9

1.6

1.2

1,5

2.8

2.1

2.5

4.1

3.0

2.1

31

7.9

3.0

2.4

2.1

2.0

1.9

3,0

Feb.

3.2

2.2

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.4

2.0

5.9

2.8

2.1

1.9

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.3

al,3

al.3

al.3

al.2

al.2

1.2

1.2

1.2 

1.0

.9

-

-

Mar.

0.9

.9

.9

1,1

2.0

2.1

1.8

2.6

3.6

3.2

2.6

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1,5

1.4

1.4

1.3

al,3

al,2

al.l

al.O

a. 9

a. 8

9.7

,7

.8

,7

.7

.7

Apr,

0.6

.8

.7

.7

.6

.5

.5

.5

.5

a. 5

a. 6

.6

.5

.5

.7

1.0

.9

.6

.4

a. 4

a. 4

a. 3

. 3

.4

.4

.4

.9

, ^

.7

, /

-

Hay

0.5

,4

.3

. 2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.2

,1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.2

.4

a. 4

a. 3

a. 2

a.l

a.l

0

0

0

0

0

Q

June July

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

.4

2.2 

1.6

1,3

2.4

5.4

Aug.

3.2

2.5

2,2

1.9

1.7

1.4

1,2

1,2

1,0

1.2

2.7

2,8

3.6

2,4

1.8

1,5

1.4

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.6

2,6

2.0

1.8

2.0

2.6

2,3 

1, 9

1.6

1.5

1.4

Sept.

1.4

1.4

2.0

4.6

2.6

2.0

1.7

1.5

1.3

1.2

1.3

1.3

1.4

1,4

1.3

1.5

2.0

2.0

1.7

1.6

1.5

1,7

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.3

2.0 

11

4.6

2.3

a No gage-height record; discharge computed an basis of recor- " foe Erooker Creek near Odessa,

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

£3

24

25

£6

i2^

29

30

31

Oet1.8

1.4

1.1

.9

1.6

1.3

.7.

.4

.2

.1

.4

1.7

1.5

1.5

J.3

1.2

1.2

1.1

Is 1

1.1

ill

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1,1

1.1

1-1

Moy.

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

.1.0 1.1

1.0 i.o

l.D

1.0

1,0

1.0

1.0

.9

.9

1-1

1.0

1.0

1,2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.0

1,3

1.3

-

Dec.

1.2

1.2 l.'i

1.2

1.2

1.2

1,1

1.1

1.0 i. 9

1.7

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1,2

1.2

1,2

1,2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.2

.9

Ja.o.

0,8

.8

IB

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.6

.4

[4

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.4

.4

.5

Feb.

0.6

.5

.5

,5

.8

.9

1.0

1.0

.9

.9

.7

.7

.6

.6

.6

.5

 '.55

.5

.5

.'5 ,5

,4

.4

.4

.4

14

.4

_

_

-

Mar0,3

.3

.3

.1

.1

,1

.1

.1

,1

,1

.1

U

6

0

0

0

u

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Apr.

Q

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

,4

.2

,4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

.1

.1

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

May June

0

0

0

0

0

Q

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.3

.4

6,9

5.2

2.1

1.3

1.2

1,0

,8

.7

,7

-

July

0,6

.5

.5

.5

.5

,7

,7

.5

,4

.3

,4

2.2

3,2

1.5

1.2

1.1

1.2

1.6

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.6

1.5

1,3

1.2

1.1

,9

,8

,8

,8

AUK1.0

2.4

5.0

2.8

2,2

1.9

1.6

1,5

1.4

1,3

1,2

34

25

6.2

3,6

3,0

2.5

2.1

2.0

18

29

20

5,0

3.4

2.7

2.3

11

21

6,8

4.1

3.2

Sept.

z.a

2.8

2.6

2.3

2.1

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.7

3.7

22

6,2

3,5

3.0

2,5

2.3

2.2

16

41

12

-
ALLEN CREEK BASIN 331

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, of Alien Creek near Largo, Pla., 1947-49

Month

December. .........................

Calendar year .............

Water year .............

December. .........................

Calendar year .............

May...............................

July

Water year 1947-48 .............

December. .........................

Calendar year 1948 .............

March ...

May...............................

July

September. ........................

Water year 194B-49 .............

Secondfoot-days

306.4

-

36.1

-

503.7

38.2

445.9

17.3

1.7

2.9

0

20.6

35.4

227.2

146.6

572.7

Maximum

2.1

51

-

1.7

-

5 9

31

1.9

31

'.8

.3

.4

0

6.9

3.2

34

41

41

Minimum

1.5

-

.9

-

0

.9

0

0

0

0

0

.3

1.0

1.1

0

Mean

-

1.16

-

1.38

1.23

1.22

.05

0

.69

1.14

7.33

4.89

1.57

Per square 

mile

Runoff in 

inches
332 BUTLER LAKE BASIN

Brooker Creek near Odessa, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°08'05", long. 82°35'40", in sec. 10 T 27 S 

K i/ a.., at bridge on State Highway 232, at outlet of Keystone Lake, 3.2 miles south 

of Odessa. Datum of gage is 30.00 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area. 10.3 square miles.

Records available.--April 1946 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum and minimum discharge for the water years 1946 to 1949 are contained 

in the following table.

year

1946*

1946-47 

1947-48

1948-49

Maximum

Date

Aug . 10

Aug. 21 

Oct. 1

Aug. 23

Discharge 

(second-feet)

t32

65 

48

*180

Gage height 

(feet)

11.86

12.62 

12.27

13.20

Minimum

Date

May 30, 31, June 1

Many days

Do.

Discharge 

(second-feet)

0.6

0

0

* Period April to September, 

t Maximum recorded.

* Maximum observed.

1946-49: Maximum discharge observed, 180 second-feet Aug. 23, 1949 (gage height 

13.20 feet); no flow at times.

Remarks Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Discharge, in second-feet, 1946-49 

1946

Da*

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.

a5.5

a5.5

5.4

5.3

5.1

4.9

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.2

4.1

3.9

3.6

3.4

3.2

3.0

3.O

3.1

3.0

2.8

2.7

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.0

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.2

-

May

1.1

a .2

a .2

a .2

a .2

a .3

a .4

a .4

a .4

a .4

a .5

a .5

a .5

a .6

a .6

a .7

a .7

a .7

a .8

a .8

.9

.0

.8

.7

.5

.3

.2

a .2

a .0

.6'.&

June

0.6

.9

1.7

2.0

2.0

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.2

1.6

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.1

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.O

2.0

2.3

3.4

3.5

3.7

3.6

3.6

4.8

6.9

7.6

8.0

-

July

8.3

12

16

18

19

19

19

18

17

16

15

16

16

15

14

13

12

12

11

10

a9.3

a8. 8

a8.8

a9.3

alO

a!2

a!2

a!2

all

all

a!2

Aug.

12

a!5

a22

a26

a3O

a32

a32

a32

a32

32

30

a 30

a29

a29

a28

a27

26

24

23

a23

a23

aZ4

a26

h28

a 30

a32

a31

a 30

a 30

29

29

Sept.

a26

a 24

a22

20

19

19

20

a21

a 20

a20

19

19

18

17

18

20

22

22

23

23

22

21

22

23

24

27

27

26

24

23

-

a No gage-height recoriij discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage, weathe 

and records for stations on nearby streams, 

h Computed from staff-gage readings.
BUTLER LAKE BASIN 333

Discharge, In second-feet, of Brooker Creek near Odessa, Pla., 1946-49 Continued 

1946-47

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

j.1

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

21

19

18

16

15

13

16

27

30

32

33

33

32

31

29

27

25

24

22

20

19

17

16

14

13

12

11

11

10

9.3

8.7

Nov.

8.4

8.0

7.6

7.3

7.1

6.7

6.5

6.4

6.2

6.0

5.8

5.6

5.4

5.1

5.0

4.9

4.8

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.3

4.1

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.4

-

Dec.

3.5

3.4

3.2

3.0

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.3

Jan.

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

.9

.8

.8

.8

. 7

.6

.6

.7

.7

.6

.6

.7

.7

.6

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

Feb.

0.4

.5

.4

.3

.2

.2

.3

.4

.3

.2

.2

.2

.4

.6

.8

.7

.7

.6

.6

.9

1.1

1.1

1.0

.9

.8

.8

.8

.9

_

_

-

Mar.

1.1

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.6

2.4

3.2

3.4

3.4

4.3

5.0

5.3

5.5

5.6

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.4

5.4

5 4

sis

Apr.

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.4

5.3

1.9

5.0

4.8

4.6

4.8

5.0

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.9

4.8

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.2

4.1

4.0

4.1

4.0

3.9

3.6

3.5

3.3

-

May

3.2

3.0

2.8

2.6

2.4

2.2

2.1

1.9

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.2

1.0

.9

a. 8

a. 7

a. 6

a. 6

a.S

a. 4

a. 3

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

,1

.1

.1

.1

June

0.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1

0

.1

.1.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1

.1

.1

.2

-

July

0.3

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

0

.1

.4

.8

1.5

2.2

2.4

2.8

3.2

3.5

3.7

4.1

5.1

6.9

8.3

9.4

11

13

15

17

20

23

25

29

30

Aug.

30

29

28

27

26

27

26

28

32'

33

34

35

36

41

44

46

50

51

51

52

59

64

62

60

56

53

49

46

45

43

41

Sept.

39

38

36

33

32

30

29

28

27

27

27

27

27

26

26

25

24

32

40

42

44

46

56

62

64

63

60

59

54

50

-

a Mo gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage, weather records, 

and records for stations on nearby streams.

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

46

44

40

38

36

33

32

29

27

26

25

23

21

19

20

29

29

29

27

26

25

25

29

34

34

34

33

32

31

29

28

Nov.

26

26

24

23

22

21

20

20

18

17

17

18

18

18

17

16

16

15

15

14

13

13

12

12

12

11

11

10

9.6

9.1

-

Dec.

8.7

8.4

8.0

7.9

7.6

7.5

7.3

7.2

7.0

6.9

6.8

6.7

6.8

6.9

6.8

6.9

6.7

C.6

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.3

6.2

6.2

6.0

5.8

5.7

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.4

Jan.

5.5

5.4

5.3

5.1

5.0

4.9

4.8

4.5

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.3

4.6

4.7

4.5

4.4

4.6

a5. 4

a6.3

a7.2

aS.l

a9.0

a9.9

hll

a!3

a!4

al6

a!7

a!9

a21

22

Feb.

22

22

21

20

19

18

17

17

16

16

15

15

14

13

12

12

11

11

10

9.9

9.3

9.0

8.6

8.2

7.9

7.6

7.4

7.3

6.8

_

-

Mar.

6.8

6.5

6.3

6.4

6.9

6.8

7.1

7.3

7.5

7.6

7.5

7.4

7.2

6.9

6.8

6.6

6.4

6.3

6.2

6.0

5.9

5.7

5.5

5.4

5.2

5.0

4.8

4.6

4.3

4.1

4.1

Apr.

4.0

3.8

3.5

3.4

3.2

3.0

2.9

2.9

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.2

2.0

2.1

2.3

2.0

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.0

.9

.9

.9

.9

.8

-

May

0.7

.6

.6

.6

.6

.5

.4

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1.1

June

0.1

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0-

July

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4,

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.5

.5

.5

.6

Aug.

0.6

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.6

.6

.6

.7

1.9

2.6

2.9

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.6

3.8

3.9

4.1

4.9

5.0

5.1

5.3

5.6

5.9

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.1

Sept.

6.1

6.1

5.9

5.7

5.7

5.7

5.4

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.1

5.0

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.8

4.0

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.8

4.5

4.6

4.7

4.9

-

a Mo gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage, 

and records for "tatlons on nearby streams, 

h Computed from staff-gage reading.

ather recorus,
334 BUTLER LAKE BASIN

Discharge, in second-feet , of Brooker Creek near Odessa, Fla., 1946-49 Continued

1948-49

Daj

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

5.0

5.9

6.3

7.9

9.6

10

11

12

12

12

12

13

12

12

12

11

11

10

9.4

8.7

8.3

7.4

6.8

6.1

5.4

5.2

5.0

4.9

4.7

4.6

4.5

Nov.

4.4

4.2

4.1

4.1

3.9

3.8

3.6

3.4

3.3

3.2

3.1

2.9

2.9

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.4

2.3

2.1

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.0

-

Dec.

1.7

1.7

al.7

al.7

al.6

al.6

al.6

al.6

al.5

al.5

al.5

al.5

al.4

al.4

al.4

al.4

al.3

al.3

al.3

al.3

al.2

al.2

al.2

al.2

al.l

al.l

al.l

al.l

al.O

al.O

al.O

Jan.

al.O

a. 9

a. 9

a. 9

a. 9

a. 8

a. 8

a. 8

a. 8

a. 7

a. 7

a. 7

a. 7

a. 6

a. 6

a. 6

a. 6

a. 5

a. 5

a. 5

a. 5

a. 4

a. 4

a. 4

a. 4

a. 3

a. 3

.3

.3

.3

.3

Feb.

0.4

.4

.3

.3

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

_

_

-

Mar.

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Apr. Hay June July Aug.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1

.2

.3

.4

2.7

h7.2

alO

a!4

alS

a21

a25

a29

h34

a60

a!20

h!80

a!77

a!75

a!73

a!71

165

166

160

147

Sept.

144

132

114

99

88

76

66

58

52

46

41

37

33

30

28

27

25

24

24

26

26

25

25

24

24

24

25

28

33

35

-

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage, 

and records for stations on nearby streams, 

h Computed from staff-gage readings.

weather records,

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1946-49

Month

December. .........................

Calendar year .............

May...............................

September. ........................

Water year .............

Novembe r . .

December. .........................

Calendar year .............

May...............................

September. ........................

Water year 1946-47 .............

Secondfoot-days

412.5

651

-

624.0

159.0

66.9

-

21.6

102.0

140.3

33.6

2.2

238.5

1,304

1,173

3,881.4

Maximum

2.0

19

27

-

33

8.4

3.5

-

1.3

1.1

5.7

5.6

3.2

.2

30

64

64

C4

Minimum

.6

8.3

17

-

8.7

3.4

1.3

-

.3

.2

1.1

3.3

.1

0

0

26

24

0

Mean

1.42

2.75

13.3

21.7

-

20.1

5.30

2.16

-

.70

.58

3.29

4.68

1.08

.07

7.69

42.1

39.1

10.6

Per square 

mile

.138

.267

1.29

2.11

-

1.95

.515

.210

-

.068

.056

.319

.454

.105

.0068

.747

4.09

3.80

1.03

Runoff in 

inches

.16

.30

1.49

3.05

2.35

-

2.25

.57

.24

-

.08

.06

.37

.51

.12

.008

.86

4.71

4.24

14.02
BtiTLSR LAKE BASIN 335

Monthly discharge, in seoond-feetj of Brooker Creek near Odessa, Pla.. 1946-49 Continued

Month

Deoembtr. .........................

Calendar year 1947 .............

March.............................

April.............................

May...............................

September. .........:..............

later year 1947-48 .............

December. .........................

Calendar y»ar 1948 .............

March. ............................

May...............................

July..............................

Stpteaber. ........................

Water year 1948-49 .............

Secondfoot-days

933

493 7

208. 2

4,666.4

142.9

2,790.9

42.2

1,550.4

1,439

3,715.4

Maximum

8.7

64

6.1

46

1.7

22

144

180

Minimum

5.4

0

3.8

0

1.0

0

24

0

Mean

30 1

16 5

6.72

12.8

4.76

7.63

1.36

4.24

48.0

10.2

Per square 

mile

2 92

.652

1.24

025

.462

.741

.132

-412

026

4.66

.990

Rundff in 

inches

'.75

16.86

23

.52

10.08

.15

5.60

5.20

13.42
336 AHCLOTE RIVER BASIN

Anclote River near Elfers, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 28° 12'50", long. 82°40'00", in sec. 23, T. 26 S., 

K. is E., at bridge on State Highway 54, 3| miles southeast of Elfers. Datum of gage 

is at mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area. 61 square miles.

Records available. May 1946 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 1,550 second-feet Aug. 22 (gage height, 

23TU2 feet), but may have been more during peribd of no gage-height record; minimum, 

3.6 second-feet Mar. 14-20; minimum gage height, 6.94 feet May 20, June 28. 29.

1946-49: Maximum discharge observed, that of Aug. 22, 1949; minimum discharge, 3.0 

second-feet June 19-27, 1948; minimum gage height, 6.87 feet June 24, 25, 1948.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are-poor.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 7 to Apr. 5, 

Apr. 16 to May 18)

Oct. 1-22

8.7 35 11.6

9.6 62 12.5

10.0 75 14.6

10.8 112

Oct. 23 to Sept. 30

160 6.9 3.7 8.6 32 13.0 261

228 7.0 4.0 9.4 55 15.0 429

417 7.1 4.7 10.2 83 20.0 914

7.4 8.1 10.8 112 23.0 1,550

7.9 16 11.5 153

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

87

188

345

363

390

417

372

300

255

212

174

167

156

140

117

96

79

68

58

49

42

35

30

26

22

19

17

15

13

12

11

Nov.

10

9.4

9.1

8.4

8.0

7.5

7.1

6.7

6.4

6.1

5.8

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.2

5.1

5.0

5.0

5.0

6.2

6.9

6.8

6.7

9.2

12

12

11

11

11

11

-

Dec.

11

11

11

10

9.4

8,8

8.4

8.0

21

44

49

48

40

37

33

30

27

24

22

20

18

16

16

14

13

12

11

11

10

11

12

Jan.

11

11

11

10

9

8

8

7

7

7

6

6

6

6

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

Month

October .................. ...

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January .......................

February ............... .

March ....................

April .........................

May

June ................. ....

July .............................

August ...........................

September .....................

Water year 1948-49 .........

.2

.8

.5

.9

.5

.1

.8

.6

.4

.1

.9

.8

.6

.5

.4

.1

.0

.9

.9

7

.6

.6

.5

4

5

.6

9

Feb.

5.5

5.9

6.9

7.3

9.6

19

17

15

13

11

9.5

8.1

7.0

6'. 4

5.9

5.2

4.9

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.6

4.4

4.3

4.2

4.2

4.1

_

-

Second 

foot-days

4,275

230.2

616.6

25,954.2

202.8

205.3

116.5

1,328.5

127.0

117.7

218.7

17,221

6,706

31,365.3

liar.

4.1

4.0

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.7

3.8

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.9

Apr.

3.9

4.1

4.1

4.4

25

73

70

64

46

34

27

26

a!70

a200

144

101

71

55

44

35

27

21

17

14

.12

9.5

7.7

6.8

6.2

5.8

Maximum

417

12

49

950

11

19

4.1

2OO

5.2

4.2

20

1,550

626

1,550

May

.2

.9

.6

.6

.5

4.4

4.4

4.3

4.1

4.1

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

4.0

4.0

June

4.2

4.0

4.0

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

4.2

Minimum Mean

11 138

5.0 7.67

8.0 19.9

3.0 70.9

4.4 6.54

4.1 7.33

3.6 3.76

3.9 44.3

3.8 4.10

3.8 3.92

3.8 7.05

10 556

70 224

3.6 85.9

July

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.8

4.7

6.1

4.9

4.2

4.0

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.9

4.6

7.0

12

18

20

16

12

15

13

9.1

10

Aue-

£

a

a"

10

16

32

64

S3

85

62

52

49

48

46

190

L40

!00

8280

a370

a!

at

af

;00

550

00

81,100

al,400

hl,E

al,E

al,;

>50

00

00

al.100

al,000

a c

£

1,-C

l.<

900

32

)90

40

832

Per square 

mile

2.26

.126

.326

1.16

.107

.120

.062

.726

.067

.064

.116

9.11

3.67

1.41

Sept.

626

521

511

483

402

360

300

253

209

178

153

131

114

98

96

90

77

70

70

71

73

83

94

96

96

120

126

188

411

606

Runoff in 

inches

2.61

.14

.38

15.84

.12

.13

.07

.81

.08

.07

.13

10.50

4.09

19.13

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for nearby streams, 

h Computed from staff-gage reading.
WEEKIWACHEE RIVER BASIN 

Weekiwachee Spring near Brooksville, Pla.

337

Location. Staff gage, lat. 28°31', long. 82°34', in sec. 2, T. 23 S., R. 17 E., at head

 of Weekiwachee River, about 12 miles southwest of Brooksville.

Records available. 1917 and 1929-30 (a single discharge measurement in each year), Feb-

 ruary 1931 to September 1949 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes . 1931-49: Maximum discharge measured, 231 second-feet May 6, 1931; minimum

 measured, 106 second-feet Feb. 14, 1933.

Remarks.--Discharge measurements made at outlet of pool.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Date

Nov. 18 

Jan. 7 

Feb. 15

Discharge

200 

181 

183

| Date

Mar. 22 

May 2 

1 June 20

Discharge

160 

162 

143

Date

Aug. 1 

Sept. 14

Discharge

172 

227

WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER BASIN 

Withlacoochee River at Trilby, Fla. 

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°29', long. 82°11', on line between sees. 14 and

 ^9, T. 23 S., R. 21 E., at bridge on State Highway 35, 1? miles northeast of Trilby 

and 10 miles upstream from Little Withlacoochee River. Datum of gage is 49.27 feet 

above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Drainage area. 630 square miles.

Hecords available. October 1938 to September 1949. August 1928 to February 1929 and 

February iyau to September 1938 at site 1^ miles downstream.

Average discharge. 19 years (1930-49), 370 second-feet).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,130 second-feet Sept. 6-8; maximum gage height,

 13.13 feet Sept. 7; minimum discharge, 14 second-feet July 7 (gage height. 1.33 feet). 

1928-29, 1930-49: Maximum discharge, 8,840 second-feet June'21, 1934 (gage height,

20.5 feet, site and datum then in use); minimum, 8.6 second-feet June 9-17, 1945

(gage height, 1.12 feet). 

Remarks. Records good. 

Kevisio'ns. W 872: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

565

715

831

947

1,090

1,25O

1,410

1,470

1,500

1,500

1,470

1,470

1,44O

1,410

1,340

1,310

1,250

1,170

1,120

1.O40

970

924

854

808

738

668

622

582

534

492

464

Nov.

425

399

374

339

318

300

282

274

257

240

231

218

210

202

193

185

181

176

172

168

168

164

160

164

168

164

160

160

156

156

-

Dec.

152

152

147

147

143

139

139

135

147

156

160

156

156

152

152

152

152

152

152

a!52

a!52

a!52

a!52

a!52

h!5 2

a!5o

a!4S

a!45

143

143

143

Month

Jan.

139

135

131

131

127

127

123

120

12O

116

112

112

109

106

106

102

102

98

98

95

92

92

92

89

87

86

84

82

83

83

83

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

83

83

86

85

88

92

92

89

87

83

81

78

77

75

74

73

71

7O

69

65

63

64

65

64

63

62

62

61

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

31,954

6,764

4,625

183,738

3,262

2,105

1 459

1 '874 233

743

899

18,555

47,795

120,268

Peak discharge (base, 800 sec. -ft.). Oct.

Mar.

60

57

55

54

53

53

52

51

50

48

48

47

46

47

52

51

48

46

45

44

44

43

42

42

41

40

40

40

40

40

40

Apr.

39

40

40

40

51

61

54

48

44

42

40

4O

46

48

46

44

42

41

40

38

37

36

36

35

34

34

33

32

34

38

Maximum

1,500

425

160

2,250

139

92

60

61

36

29

112

1,950

2,130

2,130

May

36

36

35

33

31

30

30

30

30

30

29

28

28

27

27

28

28

27

27

26

26

27

27

26

26

25

25

24

24

24

24

Minimum

464

156

135

40

82

61

40

32

24

20

15

143

849

15

9, 10, 1,500 sec. -ft.;

June

27

26

26

25

25

24

24

23

24

25

26

26

26

27

29

26

25

25

24

24

24

24

25

24

24

26

25

23

21

20

Mean

1,031

225

149

502

105

75.2

47.1

41.1

28 , 2

24.8

29.0

599

1,593

330

July

20

20

18

16

15

15

15

19

18

17

16

15

15

15

16

23

31

26

28

35

30

28

29

37

31

29

30

38

58

84

112

Aug.

150

177

194

194

181

169

154

143

147

150

162

246

583

778

756

674

618

566

519

489

504

583

694

735

714

694

801

1,250

1,670

1,910

1,950

Per square 

Bile

1.64

.357

.237

.797

.167

.119

.075

.065

.045

.039

.046

951

2J53

.524

Sept.

2,020

2,020

2,020

2,050

2,090

2,130

2,130

2,130

2,090

2,050

2,020

1,950

1,840

1,770

1,670

1,570

1,500

1,410

1,340

1,220

1,130

1,040

954

874

849

874

954

1,100

1,370

1,630

Runoff in 

inches

1 .89

.40

.27

10.84

.19

.12

09

!o7

.05

.04

.05

1.10

2.82

7.09

Aug. 14 (7 p.m.) 825 sec. -ft.;

Sept. 6-8, 2,130 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated, 

h Computed from staff-gage reading.
338 WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER BASIN

Withlacoochee River at Groom, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°36', long. 82°13', In sec. 8, T. 22 S., R. 21 E., 

at county highway bridge at Groom, 2 miles downstream from Little Withlacoochee River. 

Datum of gage is 38.94 feet above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Drainage area. 900 square miles.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1949.

Average dlscharge.--10 years, 485 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,330 second-feet Sept. 2-4; maximum gage height, 

9.97 feet Sept. 3; minimum discharge, 53 second-feet July 4 (gage height, 2.38 feet).

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 4,290 second-feet July 29, 30,1945; maximum gage height, 

10.44 feet July 29, 1945; minimum discharge, 19 second-feet June 17, 18, 1945 (gage 

height, 1.78 feet).

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

2.4 54 7.1 839 

4.3 200 7.6 1,130 

4.9 271 8.9 2,020 

5.6 393 9.5 2,730 

6.4 600 10.0 3,400

Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

677 

797 

970 

1,160 

1,360

1,490 

1,590 

1,700 

1,730 

1,760

1,760 

,730 

,730 

,660 

,620

,560 

,520 

1,460 

1,390 

1,290

1,220 

1,130 

1,060 

970 

887

839 

778 

743 

693 

677 

646

Nov.

600 

571 

543 

502 

476

450 

426 

404 

383

364

345 

336 

319 

310 

302

286 

278 

271 

264 

264

264 

257 

257 

257 

257

257 

250 

250 

250 

244

Dec.

238 

238 

232 

232 

226

226 

221 

221 

232 

244

244 

244 

238 

238 

232

232 

232 

226 

226 

226

226 

226 

226 

226 

226

226 

221 

221 

216 

216 

210

Jan.

210 

205 

205 

200 

200

196 

196 

191 

187 

187

183 

183 

179 

179 

175

175 

171 

167 

167 

163

163 

159 

159 

156 

156

152 

152 

152 

152 

148 

152

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .......................

lendar year 1948 

ary ....

1. ...........................

st ................ .

ember .....................

ter year 1948-49 .........

Feb.

152 

152 

156 

156 

159

167 

167 

167 

163 

159

156 

152 

148 

148 

144

144 

140 

140 

140 

137

137 

133 

133 

129 

129

129 

126 

126

Seoondfoot-days

38,597 

10,237 

7,088

245,206

5,420 

4,089 

3,183 

3,128 

2,292 

1,932 

2,443 

29,245 

68 , 700

176,354

Peak discharge (base, 1,100 sec. -ft.). Oc

Mar.

122

122 

118 

118 

114

114 

110 

110 

110 

107

106 

105 

103 

102 

104

105 

104 

102 

100 

98

96 

96 

96 

94 

93

91 

90 

89 

88 

89 

87

Apr.

86- 

91 

95 

95 

114

152 

144 

137 

126 

118

110 

110 

114 

114 

114

110 

107 

104 

101 

98

96 

94 

93 

90 

90

86 

84 

84 

83 

88

Maximum

1,760 

600 

244

3,100

210 

167 

122 

152 

94 

78 

144 

2,870 

3,330

3,330

t. 10 to 11,

May

94 

91 

89 

86 

84

81 

80 

79 

78 

77

77 

77 

76 

74 

73

72 

72 

71 

71 

69

68 

68 

68 

67 

66

66 

65 

64 

63 

63 

63

Minimum

646 

244 

210

89

148 

126 

87 

83 

63 

59 

54 

175 

1,420

54

June

67 

68 

66 

64 

63

62 

61 

60 

60 

61

62 

65 

76 

78 

70

67 

65 

63 

63 

64

59 

60 

65 

68

66

64 

63 

61 

61 

60

Mean

1,245 

341 

229

670

175 

146 

103 

104 

73.9 

64.4 

78.8 

943 

2,290

483

July

58 

61 

57 

54 

57

58 

61 

69 

75 

75

71 

66 

62 

59 

61

68 

76 

79 

88 

92

89 

86 

92 

92 

90

92 

91 

94 

104 

122 

144

Aug.

175 

221 

271 

310 

336

328 

302 

386 

271 

257

264 

328 

557 

999 

1,260

1,260 

1,190 

1,060 

970 

941

999

1,130 

1,220 

1,220 

1,160

1,190 

1,490 

1,800 

2,110 

2,470 

2,870

Per square 

mile

1.38 

.379 

.254

.744

.194 

.162 

.114 

.116 

.082 

.072 

.088 

1.05 

2.54

.537

Sept.

3,200 

3,330 

3,330 

3,330 

3,260

3,200 

3,130 

3,000 

2,940 

2,800

2,660 

2,540 

2,400 

2,280 

2,160

2,020 

1,900 

1,840 

1,760 

1,700

1,620 

1,560 

1,560 

1,520 

1,460

1,420 

1,460 

1,620 

1,760 

1,940

Runoff in 

inches

1.59 

.42 

.29

10.12

.22 

.17 

.13 

.13 

.09 

.08 

.10 

1.21 

2.84

7.27

1,760 see. -ft. ; Aug. 15 to 16, 1,260 sec.-
WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER BASIN 339

Withlacoochee River near Holder, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°59''l5", long. 82°20'50", in sec. 19, T. 17 S., R. 

2D~E7, at bridge'on State Highway 200, 4% miles northeast of Holder. Datum of gage is 

27.52 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 1.590 square miles.

Kecoras available. ^August 1928 to February 1929, August 1931 to September 1949.

Average discharge.,--18 years (1931-49), 1,108 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,820 second-feet at 12 p.m. Sept. 30 (stage

rising; peak, 4,930 second-feet occurred Oct. l, 2, 1949. gage height, 10.36 feet); minimum, 336 second-feet June 8, 9 (gage height, -0.15 foot).

1928-29, 1931-49: Maximum discharge, 6,740 second-feet July 8-13, 1934; maximum gage 

height, 11.63 feet July 9, 10, 1934; minimum discharge, 144 second-feet Feb. 1, 1933; 

minimum gage height, -0.41 foot June 19, 1945.

Remarks. Records good.

fee visions. W 872; Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 194s to September 1949

Das

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,750

2,750

2,820

2,880

2,950

3,020

3,020

3,020

2,950

2,950

2,950

2,950

2,950

2,880

2,880

2,380

2,820

2,820

2,820

2,750

2,750

2,630

2,680

2,620

2,560

2,500

2,440

2,440

2,380

2,320

2,270

Nov.

2,220

2,170

2,120

2,080

2,040

1,960

1,920

1,860

1,840

1,300

1,720

1,630

1,650

1,620

1,580

1,540

1,510

1,480

1,450

1,450

1,410

1,380

1,380

1,410

1,410

1,380

1,380

1,350

1,350

1,320

-

Dec.

1,320

1,290

1,290

1,260

1,260

1,230

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,130

1,180

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,090

1,090

1,070

1,040

1,040

1,020

1,020

1,020

Jan.

1,000

976

976

976

976

976

976

953

930

930

930

93CL

906

906

883

SS3

883

960

360

837

837

S14

814

814

790

790

767

767

767

744

744

Month

October ..........................

NovoBbor

December .........................

Calendar year 194s ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May. .............................

June 

Julj

.............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

744

744

744

744

744

744

767

767

767

744

721

721

698

698

675

675

652

652

652

652

652

652

629

629

607

607

607

607

_

_

-

Seccndfoct-days

85,450

49,430

35,790

532,260

27,195

19,295

15,739

17,581

13,242

14,140 

157196

48,312

121,100

466,520

Mar.

537

569

569

553

553

538

533

538

533

523

508

508

508

503

508

508

508

503

493

493

493

478

478

478

478

463

463

463

463

463

463

Apr.

448

463

473

493

698

744

675

652

629

629

629

629

652

675

675

652

652

629

6O7

607

587

569

553

538

523

508

508

493

493

493

Maxima

3,020

2,220

1,320

3,970

1,000

767

587

744

523

767 

744

3,160

4,820

4,820

May

523

523

523

508

508

493

493

478

478

463

463

463

448

433

433

433

418

418

403

388

380

380

373

366

366

358

350

350

343

343

343

Minimum

2,270

1,320

1,020

448

744

607

463

448

343

336 

553

767

3,230

336

June

343

343

343

343

343

343

343

336

336

350

350

380

463

493

478

463

448

448

433

433

433

463

523

629

652

698

767

744

698

721

Mean

2,756

l,64a

1,155

1,591

877

639

508

586

427

471 

619

1,558

4,037

1,278

July

721

629

587

569

553

587

607

652

652

652

652

652

629

607

587

587

587

587

6O7

607

607

587

537

607

629

629

607

607

629

652

744

Aug.

767

814

837

837

837

337

814

814

814

814

337

1,020

1,450

1,510

1,510

1,510

1,480

1,410

1,410

1,450

1,760

2,040

2,270

2,170

2,170

2,120

2,270

2,680

2,880

3,020

3,160

Per square

nile

1.73

1.04

.726

1.00

.552

.433

.319

.369

.269

.296 

.389

.980

2.54

.804

Sept.

3,230

3,300

3,330

3,460

3,540

3,540

3,620

3,700

3,790

3,880

3,880

3,970

3,97O

4,070

4,270

4,380

4,380

4,380

4,380

4,270

4,270

4,270

4,270

4,170

4,170

4,270

4,270

4,490

4,710

4,820

Runoff in 

inches

2.00

1.16

.84

13.63

.64

.45

.37

.41

.31

.33

.45

1.13

2.83

10.92

Peak discharge (base, 1,300 sec. -ft.). Ho peak above base.

Rainbow Springs near Dunnellon, Fla.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 29°06'05", long. 82°26'10", in sec. 12, T. 16 S., R. 18 E., 

at head of springs, 4 miles northeast of Dunnellon.

Records available. 1907, 1917, 1929-30 (a single discharge measurement in each year), 

February 1931 to September 1949 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes. 1931-49: Maximum discharge measured, 927 second-feet Nov. 9, 1935; minimum 

measured, 487 second-feet Oct. 3, 1932.

Remarks. Discharge measurements made at bridge on State Highway 484, 5 miles downstream 

from springs. Surface inflow between springs and measuring section is negligible except after heavy rains.

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Date

Oct. 6

Nov. 19 

Jan. 6

Discharge

810 

772 

759

Date

Feb. 16 

Mar. 24 

May 3

Discharge

750 

689 

734

Date

June 21 

Aug. 2 

Sept. 15

Discharge

797 

731 

810
340 WACCASASSA RIVER BASIN

Waccasassa River near Otter Creek, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 29°22', long. 82 0 44', #1 sec. 17, T. 13 S., R. 16 E., 

at Dridge on State Highway 24, 2.8 miles northeast'of village of Otter Creek and about 

11 miles upstream from mouth of Otter Creek. Datum of gage is 23.52 feet above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929.

Records available.--May 1945 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 490 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 5.48 feet); 

minimum, 22 second-feet June 8-10 (gage height, 1.90 feet June 8-10).

1945-49: Maximum discharge, 902 second-feet Mar. 12, 1948 (gage height, 6.39 feet), 

from rating curve extended above 600 second-feet; minimum, 6.5 second-feet June 11, 12, 

1945; minimum gage height, 1.52 feet June 11, 12, 14, 15, 1945.

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-r<=et)

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 21 to May 9,

July 2 to Aug. 12, Aug. 31 to Sept. 30)

Oct. 1 to Aug. 12 Aug. 13 to Sept. 30

1.9 22

2.3 34

2.8 53

3.1 69

3.4

3.5

4.0

4 5

91

101

183

271

3.3 

3.5 

3.9

93

139

4.3 200

4.8 292

5.3 430

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

61

146

188

181

197

213

216

216

204

183

166

159

144

126

110

96

88

83

78

73

69

66

64

62

60

58

57

55

54

53

52

Nov.

50

50

49

48

47

46

46

45

45

45

44

43

44

44

43

43

43

43

43

47

50

60

60

58

56

54

53

52

60

59

Dec.

57

58

60

58

57

56

55

60

61

60

59

58

58

58

58

58

58

58

61

66

67

68

69

68

68

69

68

67

67

74

73

Jan.

70

68

67

66

65

70

77

73

70

68

67

65

63

62

61

61

60

59

58

57

57

56

56

55

54

53

52

53

59

60

61

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September .......... .............

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

60

75

108

93

122

142

158

176

168

169

168

159

149

135

124

113

102

94

91

87

82

80

76

73

70

67

65

65

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

3,578

1,470

1,932

42,168

1 , 923

s!o71

1,611

3, 89E

1,031

840

2 551

7^735

4,587

34,2?7

Mar.

63

61

60

59

58

57

59

60

61

60

58

56

54

53

54

52

51

50

50

50

49

48

47

46

46

44

43

42

41

40

39

Apr.

37

40

44

46

120

20 B

211

253

262

244

218

213

236

216

196

176

154

135

116

100

90

84

78

73

67

62

59

56

53

51

Maximum

216

60

74

880

77

176

63

262

50

46

126

430

282

430

May

50

47

45

43

42

41

39

37

37

36

39

37

37

36

34

33

31

30

29

29

28

27

27

26

25

25

24

24

24

24

25

Minimum

52

43

55

15

52

60

39

37

24

22

51

118

88

22

June

28

27

26

25

24

23

23

23

22

23

29

28

27

28

27

26

25

24

26

29

29

33

35

43

28

27

27

30

29

46

Mean

115

49.

62.

115

62.

110

52.

130

33.

28.

82.

250

153

93.

July

54

58

58

61

70

81

81

80

85

78

69

62

62

56

53

51

56

57

75

126

122

107

102

110

102

106

114

103

97

94

116

Aug.

181

227

244

289

280

244

203

174

151

129

118

176

400

430

356

282

226

184

171

217

415

356

292

252

217

181

181

271

304

292

292

Per square 

mile

D

5

D

3

3

D

5

9

Sept.

282

282

271

271

262

248

217

200

181

162

149

136

125

115

106

99

94

88

88

94

93

89

90

90

89

100

104

110

160

192

Runoff in

inches

Peak discharge (base, 400 sec.-ft.1.--Aug. 13 (7 p.m.) 490 sec.-ft.: Aug. 21 (5 a.m.) 430 sec.-ft.
WACCASASSA RIVER BASIN 341

Otter Creek at Otter Creek, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 29°19', long. 82°46', in sec. 26, T. 13 S., R. 15 

K., at bridge on State Highway 24, 0.5 mile southwest of village of Otter Creek and 

about 7 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 13.35 feet above mean sea level, 

datum of .1929.

Records available. May 1945 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 788 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 5.60 feet); 

no flow May 21 to June 24; minimum gage height, 0.49 foot June 19.

1945-49: Maximum discharge, 1,350 second-feet Mar. 12, 1948; no flow for several 

periods each year; minimum gage height observed, 0.00 foot June 9, 1945.

Remarks. Records good above 15 second-feet and fair below.

Rating tables, water jear 1948-49 (gage height, in feet.

and discharge, in s^eond-f et)

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 2 to Nov. Zl, 

June 25 to Jul 19)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 14 Nov 15 to Sept. 30

2.0 6.3 3.5 59 .1 0 1.9 4.7 3.3 44 5.1 514 

2.2 9.9 3.8 80 .15 .1 2.1 7.O 3.8 87 5.3 611 

2.4 14 3 9 90 .2 .2 2.3 9.8 4.0 114 5.6 788 

2.7 23 4.1 119 .3 .4 2.5 13 4.2 155 

3.2 43 .6 1.6 2.8 20 4.4 215 

.7 2.4 3.1 33 4.7 329

Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

22 

70 

113 

119 

119

109 

102 

1OO 

99

87

78 

75 

68 

61 

55

40 

46 

42 

38 

35

32 

29

27 

25 

23

21 

19

17 

16 

15 

14

Nov.

13 

12 

12 

11 

11

10 

9.3 

8.6 

8.0 

7.8

7.1 

6.8 

6.8 

6.8 

6.8

6.5 

6.5 

6.4 

6.5 

9.4

10 

15 

18 

18 

16

15 

14 

14 

19 

21

Dec.

20 

19 

21 

21 

20

19 

18 

24

27 

25

22 

20 

20 

20 

20

20 

20 

20 

23 

29

29 

30 

3O

30 

29

30 

28 

27 

26 

33 

34

Jan.

32 

29

28 

26 

25

32 

41 

38 

34 

32

30 

28 

26 

24 

23

22

21 

20 

18 

18

17 

17 

17 

16 

16

15 

14 

14 

21 

25 

28

Feb.

27

38 

73 

69 

79

99

106 

131 

128

117

102 

89 

82 

74 

68

62 

54 

49 

46 

42

38 

36 

34 

31 

28

25 

24 

24

 .. Second - 

"Onth foot-days

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1946 

ary

h.. ............ . ...

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ............. ...... ...

1.726 

332.3 

754

32,788.7

747 

1,775 

394.5 

1,692.9 

60.9 

28.7 

1,234.0 

10,961 

3,514

ter year 1948-49 ............ 23,220.3

Peak discharge (base. 4OO

Aug. 29 (6 p.m.) 547 sec.-f 

980338 O - 52 - 23

sec.-ft. ).--.iug.

Mar.

22

20 

18

17 

16

16 

17 

18 

17 

16

15 

14 

14 

13 

15

14 

13 

12 

12 

11

11 

9.8 

9.6 

9.0 

8.8

7.9 

7.1 

6 3 

5.6 

4.9 

4.5

Apr.

3.9 

5.2 

8.8 

11 

83

155 

122 

108 

105 

99

91 

91 

110 

99 

83

72 

61 

58 

52 

46

41 

36 

32 

27 

22

18 

16 

14 

12 

11

Maximum

119 

21 

14

1.320

41 

131 

22 

155 

10 

5.9 

111 

745 

329

745

14 (2 a.m.)

Hay

10 

8.9

7.4 

6.0 

4.8

3.8 

3.0 

2.1

1.7 

1.5

1.6 

2.2 

2.4 

1.8 

1.3

1.0 

.7 

.4 

.2

.1

0 

0 

0

0 

0

0

o 

o

0

o

0

Minimum

14

6.4 

18

0

14 

24 

4.5 

5.9

0 

0 

6.0 

60 

55

0

June

0

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0

o

0

0

0

o

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

1.5

5.9 

5.5 

4.9 

5.5 

5 4

Mean

55.7 

11.1 

24.3

89.6

24.1 

63.4 

12.7 

56.4 

1.9 

.9 

39.8 

354 

117

63.6

July

6.0 

9.4 

9.6 

8.4

3.6

17 

19 

33 

34

27

21 

21 

18 

14

11 

19 

24 

40 

89

111 

94

87 

88 

78

71 

69 

60 

48 

40 

43

Aug.

60 

82 

172 

347 

378

329 

246 

189 

161 

114

92

157 

576 

745 

601

458 

347 

261 

212 

236

509 

622 

601 

509 

425

342

313 

476 

533 

486 

382

Sept.

329 

321 

273 

232 

199

175 

148 

136 

124 

105

95 

84

74 

65 

58

58 

62 

57 

55 

70

74 

78 

78 

74 

67

74 

86 

83 

93

87

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

:>

788 sec. -ft. ; Aug. 22 (7 p.m.) 638 sec. -ft.
342 SUWAWIEE RIVER BASIN

Suwannee River at Fargo, Ga.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 30°41 r , long. 82°34', at Southern Railway bridge at Fargo, 

ulinen County, 4 miles upstream from Suwanoochee Creek and 12 miles downstream from 

Mlxons Ferry dam site. Datum of gage Is- 91.90 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, 

supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 925 square miles (watershed In Okefenokee swamp Is indeterminate).

Records available. January 1921 to September 1923 (gage heights only), January 1927 to 

uecemoer 19CU, April 1937 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 16 years (1927-31, 1937-49), 1,278 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,900 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 14.3 

reef); minimum, 41 second-feet June 10.

1921-23, 1927-31, 1937-49: Maximum discharge, 12,700 second-feet Oct. 3, 1929; 

maximum gage height, 19.6 feet Oct. 3, 1929, Oct. 28, 29, 1947; no flow at times in 

1931, 1943.

Remarks. Records good. Gage read twice daily. Some water diverted by pumping from pool 

at gage for railroad use.

Revisions. W 822: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used May 15-31,

July 2 to Aug. 21)

1.6 41 5.O 408 9.8 1,440 

2.0 70 6.8 686 11.4 2,750 

2.6 122 8.4 995 13.0 4,520 

3.6 228 9.4 1,250 14.3 5,900

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

87O 

995 

1,140 

1,330 

1,670

1,990 

2,230 

2,310 

2.31O 

2,390

2,390 

2,390 

2,48O 

2,390 

2,390

2,39O 

2,310 

2,230 

2,O7O 

1,990

1,910 

1,750 

1,590 

1,440 

1,330

1,220 

1,140 

1.O7O 

995 

930 

850

Nov.

810 

774 

720 

686 

652

619 

6O3 

587 

555 

525

495 

480 

450 

436 

422

4O8 

394 

380 

366 

366

380 

394 

4O8 

436 

510

525 

555 

587 

619 

652

Dec.

686 

720 

756 

792 

81O

830 

85O 

890 

1,040 

1,29O

1,830 

2,230 

2,570 

2,950 

3,26O

3,480 

3,59O 

3,590 

3,710 

3,710

3,590 

3,370 

3,370 

3,370 

3,26O

3,26O 

3, ISO 

3,150 

3,050 

3,050 

3, ISO

Jan.

3,150 

3,150 

3,050 

2,950 

2,850

2,750 

2,750 

2,660 

2,570 

2,390

2,39O 

2,31O 

2,150 

2,070 

1,910

1,830 

1,670 

1,440 

1,17O 

995

995 

970 

97O 

950 

95O

950 

930 

930 

930 

950 

970

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her .........................

mber.......... ...............

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

1. ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,O20 

1,070 

1.12O 

1,17O 

1,330

1,670 

2,230 

2,480 

2.57O 

2,570

2,480 

2,480 

2,390 

2,310 

2,230

2,150 

2.O70 

1,990 

1,910 

1,830

1,830 

1,83O 

1,750 

1,67O 

1,670

1,59O 

1,590 

1,510

Seoondfoot-days

54,490 

15,794 

75,354

822,385

56,700 

52,510 

24,133 

28,855 

7,124 

3,993 

17,898 

41,683 

13O, 790

509,324

Mar.

1,440 

1,380 

1,330 

1,250 

1,170

1,100 

1,040 

995 

950 

91O

870 

830 

774 

738 

703

669 

669 

652 

619 

6O3

587 

571 

555 

540 

510

495 

48O 

465 

436 

4O8 

394

Apr.

422 

465 

48O 

48O 

7 2O

91O 

1,040 

1,200 

1,290 

1,250

1,220 

1,220 

1,250 

1,290 

1,290

1,290 

1,250 

1,200 

1.14O 

1,100

1,070 

1,020 

970 

910 

87O

81O 

756 

703 

652 

587

Maximum

2,480 

810 

3,71O

9,300

3,150 

2,570 

1,440 

1,29O 

555 

228 

756 

3,830 

5,900

5,90O

Peak discharge (base, 1.8OO sec. -ft.). Oct. 13, 2,480

May

555 

525 

495 

465 

436

408 

380 

353 

314 

288

276 

252 

228 

2O6 

184

173 

162 

152 

142 

132

122 

113 

104 

90 

86

80 

74 

70 

78 

86 

95

Minimum

850 

366 

686

192

930 

1,O20 

394 

422 

70 

44 

228 

686 

2,570

44

June

142 

142 

132 

122 

104

90 

78 

70 

66 

44

62 

95 

122 

122 

122

122 

113 

104 

122 

195

2O6 

162 

152 

132 

142

162 

206 

228 

228 

2O6

Mean

1,758 

526 

2,431

2,247

1,829 

1,875 

778 

962 

230 

133 

577 

1,345 

4,360

1,395

July

228 

495 

703 

703

686

720 

703 

703 

756 

720

587 

495 

436 

394 

38O

408 

394 

408 

422 

510

555 

555 

635 

652 

669

686 

703 

686 

652 

619 

635

Aug.

686 

738 

774 

890 

89O

890 

89O 

910 

870 

850

870 

870 

87O 

910 

95O

995 

1,020 

1,10O 

1,120 

1,170

1,250 

1,440 

1.59O 

1,670 

1,590

1,510 

1.51O 

2,390 

3,O5O 

3,590 

3,830

Per square 

mile

1.90 

.569 

2.63

2.43

1.98 

2.03 

.841 

1.04 

.249 

.144 

.624 

1.45 

4.71

1.51

sec. -ft.; Dec. 19-2O, 3,710 sec.

Sept.

4,070 

4,520 

4,740 

4.96O 

5,180

5,4OO 

5,600 

5,800 

5,800 

5,900

5,800 

5,800 

5,6OO 

5,500 

5,180

4,960 

4,740 

4.30O 

4,070 

3,830

3,590 

3,370 

3,150 

2.95O 

2,950

2,75O 

2,570 

2,57O 

2,570 

2,57O

Runoff in 

inohes

2.19 

.63 

3 .03

33.05

2.28 

2.11 

.97 

1.16 

.29 

.16 

.72 

1.67 

5.26

2O.47

-ft.; Feb.
SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 343

Suwannee River at White Springs, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°20i, long. 82°44i, in sec. 8, T. 2 S., R. 16 E.,

at bridge- on U. S. Highway 41, 1 mile southeast of White Springs. Datum of gage is

48.b4 feet above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Drainage area. 1,990 square miles (watershed in Okefenokee Swamp is indeterminate). 

Kecords available. May 1906 to December 1908, February 1927 to September 1949. 

Average discharge. 24 years, 1,900 second-feet. 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,880 second-feet Sept. 12, 13; maximum gage

neignt, 24.91 feet Sept. 12; minimum discharge, 99 second-feet June 10 (gage height,

2.33 feet).

1906-8, 1927-49: Maximum discharge, 28,500 second-feet Apr. 5, 6, 1948; maximum

gage height, 36.65 feet, Apr. 5, 1948; minimum discharge, 4.8 second-feet Nov. 15,

1931; minimum gage height, 1.17 feet June 27, 1935. 

Remarks. Records excellent except those computed from graph based on gage readings, which

are good, and those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions. W 727r Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 25

4.1 429

6.0 970

8.0 1,620

Dec. 26 to Sept. 30

2.3 

3.1 

3.5 

4.3

94

225

307

509

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

9 SO 

1,620 

2,320 

3,020

15.0 

1S.O 

21.0 

24.9

4,120

5,260

6,400

7,880 Kote. Same as 

following table 

above 7.4 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 194S to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

IS

18 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oot.

1,060 

2,070 

3,160 

3,090 

3.S50

3,930 

3,780 

3,660 

3,590 

3,470

3,400 

3,510 

3,550 

3,510 

3,400

3,300 

3,160 

3,020 

2,880 

2,700

2,530 

2,350 

2,180 

2,040 

1,860

1,720 

1,580 

1,440 

1,340 

1,240 

1,150

Nov.

1,090 

1,000 

941 

883 

854

796 

738 

709 

694 

680

651 

608 

578 

550 

522

494 

481 

468 

442 

468

481 

494 

508 

550 

593

694 

767 

796 

854 

941

Dec.

970 

1,000 

1,060 

1,120 

1,120

1,120 

1,120 

1,150 

1,240 

1,690

1,970 

2,250 

2,600 

2,980 

3,330

3,660 

4,010 

4,270 

4,E80 

4,840

5,030 

5,180 

5,300 

5,340 

5,340

5,340 

5,260 

5,180 

5,030 

5,030 

5,070

Jan.

5,030 

4,960 

4,880 

4,840 

4,730

4,650 

4,500 

4,350 

4,160 

3,970

3,740 

3,550 

3,330 

3,160 

g2,950

g2,740 

g2,600 

g2,420 

2,250 

2,110

2,000 

1,860 

1,760 

1,650 

1,580

1,480 

1,410 

1,340 

1,370 

1,410 

1,620

Month

Ooto 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

lendar year 1948 ............

uary

1 ............................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,860 

1,900 

2,140 

2,180 

2,210

2,600 

4,960 

6,550 

6,480 

6,250

6,100 

5,830 

5,560 

5,340 

5,070

4,770 

4,420 

4,080 

3,780 

3,510

3,330 

3,160 

2,980 

2,840 

2,740

2,630 

2,530 

2,460

Secondfoot-days

83,520 

20,325 

103,180

1,534,143

92,400 

108,260 

39,413 

56,418 

12,601 

10,068 

46,750 

77,740 

199,890

850,565

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 sec. -ft.). Oc

sec. -ft. s Feb. 8 (3 p.m.) 6,630 sec. -ft.; ApMar.

2,350 

2,250 

2,140 

a2,070 

al,980

al,8SO 

gl,790 

gl,690 

gl,580 

gl,480

gl,370 

gl,280 

gl,220 

gl,160 

gl,130

1,100 

1,070 

1,040 

1,010 

980

951 

922 

893 

864 

835

807 

779 

752 

698 

671 

6-71

Apr.

65S 

644 

671 

725 

1,350

2,490 

2,390 

2,250 

2,210 

2,180

2,140 

2,390 

3,020 

3,020 

2,810

2,630 

2,460 

2,280 

2,180 

2,040

al,960 

al,870 

al,780 

al,710 

al,630

hi, 580 

al,480 

al,380 

al,290 

al,200

Maximum

3,930 

1,090 

5,340

28,500

5,030 

6,550 

2,350 

3,020 

1,130 

1,480 

2,140 

7,010 

7,880

7,880

May

hi, 130 

al,030 

a930 

a8 60 

a790

a720 

a670 

a610 

a560 

a520

a470 

a435 

a400 

a370 

h343

a300 

g264 

g240 

218 

202

188 

176 

163 

a!53 

a!43

a!33 

a!25 

al!7 

hllO 

h!07 

124

Minimum

1,060 

442 

970

211

1,340 

1,860 

671 

644 

107 

104 

1,130 

1,250 

3,660

104

June

171 

166 

192 

192 

171

150 

134 

123 

113 

104

124 

145 

153 

193

195

195 

190 

185 

177 

380

576 

522 

444 

368 

331

380 

536 

698 

1,280 

1,480

Mean

2,694 

676 

3,326

4,19J

2,98] 

3,866 

1,27] 

1,88] 

406 

336 

1,50£ 

2,506 

6,663

2.33C

July

1,310 

1,280 

1,370 

1,480 

1,550

1,720 

1,790 

1,860 

2,110 

2,140

1,930 

1,650 

1,410 

1,250 

1,160

1,130 

1,130 

1,130 

1,370 

1,440

1,550 

1,550 

1,550 

1,580 

1,580

1,580 

1,550 

1,510 

1,440 

1,370 

1,280

Aug.

1,250 

1,280 

1,340 

1,550 

1,720

1,720 

1,790 

1,830 

1,690 

1,620

1,550 

1,510 

1,510 

1,580 

1,620

1,620 

1,620 

1,620 

1,720 

1,790

1,930 

2,210 

2,980 

3,300 

3,190

3,050 

2,980 

5,600 

7,010 

6,860 

6,700

Per square 

mile

I 1.35 

.341 

1.67

2.11

1.50 

1.94 

.639 

.945 

.204 

.169 

.758 

1.26 

3.35

1.17

Sept.

6,780 

6,890 

7,050 

7,240 

7,390

7,500 

7,620 

7,690 

7,770 

7,840

7,840 

7,880 

7,880 

7,840 

7,770

7,690 

7,540 

7,350 

7,120 

6,360

6,550 

6,250 

5,940 

5,530 

5,150

4,800 

4,460 

4,120 

3,890 

3,660

Runoff in 

inches

1.56 

.38 

1.93

28.66

1.73 

2.02 

.74 

1.05 

.24 

.19 

.87 

1.45 

3.74

15.90

t. 6 (1 a.m.) 3,970 sec. -ft.; Dec. 25 (10 p.m.) 5,370 

QCI^.-AI.., rtsu. a ^j p.m. t u,o^j\/ acu. j. t*. , A^IX'. r. 13 j.o (11 \±± p.m.) y.uL.j 3,090 jt \jau sec. ctcu. -ft.; i i/. , July UVM^T 9 s (11 \J-j. p.m.) 2,210

sec.-ft.; Sept. 12 to 13, 7,880 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for nearby stations, 

g Computed from graph based on staff-gage readings, 

h Computed from staff-gage readings.
344 SDWAMEE RIVER BASIN 

Suwannee River at Ellaville, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°23', long. 83°10', in sec. 24, T. IS., R. 11 E., 

at Kllaville, 200 feet upstream from Seaboard Air Line Railroad bridge, 200 feet downstream from Withlacoochee River, and a quarter of a mile upstream from bridge on U. S. 

Highway 90. Datum of gage is 27.82 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers ).

Drainage area. 6,580 square miles.

Records available. January 1927 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 22 years, 6,805 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 15,700 second-feet Sept. 11 (gage height, 16.10 

reet); minimum, 2,630 second.-feet June 8-13; minimum gage height, 3.43 feet June 11.

1927-49: Maximum discharge, 95,300 second-feet Apr. 7, 8, 1948 (gage height, 40.88 

feet, from floodmarks); minimum, 970 second-feet Dec. 13, 14, 24, 25, 1943; minimum 

gage height, 2.05 feet June 30, 1935, Dec. 13, 14, 24, 25, 1943.

Remarks. Records good. 

Revisions. W 727: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet; 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Hov. 8)

3.4 2,56O 

4.7 4,200 % 

7.4 6,790 

12.6 11,700 

16.1 15,700

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

4,090 

4,300 

5,420

6,160 

7,150

3,1*0 

3,410 

8,410 

S,230 

8,050

7,S70 

7,S70 

7,S70 

7,960 

7,S70

7,690

7,510 

7,330 

7,150 

6,380

6,700 

6,520 

6,340 

6,070 

5,S90

5,710 

5,520 

5,320 

5,120 

4,920 

4,820

Nov.

4,720 

4,520 

4,410 

4,300 

4, ZOO

4,090 

4,090 

3,980 

3,S60 

5,380

3,740 

3,620 

3,620 

3,620 

3,490

3,490 

3,360 

3,360 

3,360 

3,360

3,360 

3,490 

3,620 

3,740 

4,090

4,300

4,410 

4,410 

4,410 

4,620

Dec.

5,020 

5,22O 

5,320 

5,420 

5,520

5,620 

5,710 

5,800 

6,520 

8,680

10,300 

11,300 

11,500 

11,300 

11,300

11,500 

12,000 

12,500 

13,100 

13,600

14,100 

14,300 

14,400 

14,600 

14,600

14,600 

14,700 

14,800 

15,000 

15,100 

15,300

Jan.

15,300 

15,100 

15,000 

14,700 

14,400

14,200 

14,000 

13,600 

13,400 

13,200

12,700 

12,400 

12,000 

11,500 

11,100

10,800 

10,400 

10,100 

9,300 

9,400

9,130 

3,860 

8,590 

8,320 

8,140

7,870 

7,690 

7,510 

7,330 

7,240 

7,240

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febi 

Marc 

Apri

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

 her .........................

 her .........................

.lendar year 1948 ............

Ary

b.... ........................

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 194S-49 ............

Feb.

7,420 

7,510 

7,600 

7,890 

7,7SO

8,050 

8,950 

11,000 

12,200 

12,900

13,400 

13,600 

13,900 

14,100 

14,300

14,600 

14,600 

14,400 

14,200 

13,900

13,700 

13,700 

13,700 

14,000 

14,100

14,100 

14,000 

13,600

Seccndfoot-days

207,29 

117,50 

338,73

5,317,79

341,02 

343, 00( 

270,53 

308,06 

150,201 

89,38 

193,15 

194,17 

379,35

2,932,38

Mar.

13,100 

12,600 

a!2,100 

all, 500 

all, 000

10,500 

10,100 

9,700 

9,400 

9,130

8,770 

8,410 

3,140 

7,870 

7,7SO

7,690 

7,780 

7,7SO 

7,870 

7,870

7,960 

8,050 

8,050 

7,960 

7,780

7,600 

7,330 

7,060 

6,790 

6,520 

6,340

Apr.

6, 

6, 

6, 

6, 

6,

8, 

9, 

9, 

10, 

10,

10, 

10, 

11, 

11, 

12,

12, 

12, 

12, 

12, 

12,

12, 

12, 

12, 

12, 

11,

10, 

10, 

9, 

9, 

8,

Maximum

3 8,410 

3 4,720 

5 15,300

3 94,700

3 15,300 

3 14,600 

3 13,100 

3 12,800 

3 8,050 

3 3,860 

5 7,960 

3 10,200 

3 15,700

3 15,700

Peak discharge (base, 7.000 sec. -ft.). Oct. 8 (1 a.m.

250 

160 

070 

160 

610

050 

130 

900 

200 

400

600 

900 

300 

700 

100

200 

400 

500 

600 

800

800 

800 

800 

300 

400

700 

100 

500 

040 

590

May

8,050 

7,600 

7,240 

6,880 

6,520

6,250 

6,O7O 

5,890 

5,800 

5,300

5,710 

5,520 

5,220 

4,820 

4,620

4,520 

4,520 

4,410 

4,200 

4,090

3,860 

3,740 

3,620 

3,490 

3,360

3,230 

3,160 

3,100 

3,040 

2,970 

2,900

Minimum

4,090 

3,360 

5,020

3,360

7,240 

7,420 

6,340 

6,070 

2,900 

2,630 

4,200 

5,220 

8,680

2,630

June

2,900 

2,900 

2,900 

2,900 

2,830

2,760 

2,700 

2,630 

2,630 

2,630

2,630 

2,630 

2,700 

2,830 

2,900

2,900 

2,900 

2,900 

2,900 

2,900

3,040 

3,230 

3,230 

3,300 

3,300

3,300

3,300 

3,360 

3,490 

3,860

Mean

6,687 

3,917 

10,93C

14,53C

ll.OOC 

12,25C 

8,727 

10.27C 

4.84E 

2,97£ 

6,231 

6,264 

12,64C

8,034

July 

4,200 

4,520 

5,120 

5,52O 

5,800

6,250 

6,610 

7,060 

7,420 

7,780

7,960 

7,870 

7,420 

6,700 

6,160

5,710 

5,620 

5,620 

5,710 

5,890

5,980 

6,070 

5,980 

5,980 

6,250

6,520 

6,610 

6,610 

6,340 

6,070 

5,710

Aug.

5,520 

5,320 

5,220 

5,320 

5,520

5,800 

6,070 

6,250 

6,250 

6,160

6,070 

5,980 

5,890 

5,89O 

5,300

5,800 

5,800 

5,800 

5,710 

5,710

5,800 

5,890 

5,980 

6,250 

6,340

6,430 

6,520 

6,970 

8,410 

9,500 

10,200

Per square 

mile

1.02 

.595 

1.66

2.21

1.67 

1.86 

1.33 

1.56 

.736 

.453 

.947 

.952 

1.92

1.22

Sept.

10,900 

11,500 

12,300 

12,800 

13,400

14,000 

14,400 

14,900 

15,300 

15,600

15,700 

15,600 

15,300 

14,300 

14,300

14,000 

13,500 

13,100 

12,600 

12,300

12,100 

11,7X30 

11,400 

10,900 

10,500

10,000 

9,600 

9,220 

8,950 

8,680

Runoff in 

inches

1.17 

.66 

1.91

30.04

1.93 

1.94 

1.53 

1.74 

.85 

.51 

1.09 

1.10 

2.14

16.57

8.500 see. -ft. J Dec. 31, Jan- 1. 15,300

Sept. 11, 15,700 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for other stations In Suwannee 

River Basin.
SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 345

Suwannee River at Branford, Fla.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 29°57', long. 82°56', in sec. 17 or 20, T. 6 S., R. 14 

K., at bridge on State Highway 20 at Branford, 10^ miles upstream from Santa Fe River. 

Datum of gage is 4.81 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area. 7,090 square miles.

Records available. July 1931 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 18 years, 6,798 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge observed during year, 15,600 second-feet Sept. 12, 13; maximum gage height observed, 18.11 feet Sept. 13; minimum, 4,230 second-feet June 10-15, 

18-21; minimum gage height, 7.35 feet June 12.

1931-49: Maximum discharge observed, 83,900 second-feet Apr. 11, 1948 (gage height, 

34.07 feet); minimum, 1,610 second-feet Dec. 12-21, 24, 1943; minimum gage height', 2,27 

feet Dec. 17, 18, 1943.

Maximum stage known, 34.07 feet Apr. 11, 1948.

Remarks.--Records good. Gage read once daily.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 21 Nov. 22 to Sept. 30

8.7 5,050 7.

10.8 6,430 12.

12.6 7,810 16.

14.3 9,490 18.

4 4, 230

4 8,660

6 13,700

1 15, 600

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1943 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

5,790

6,000

6,210

6,650

7,170

7,720

8,460

9,160

9,380

9,490

9,380

9,380

9,270

9,160

9,060

8,960

8,760

8,560

8,360

8,170

7,990

7,810

7,640

7,480

7,320

7,170

7,020

6,870

6,720

6,570

6,430

Nov.

6,350

6,210

6,140

6,000

5,930

5,860

5,720

5,650

5,580

5,510

5,440

5,380

5,320

5,260

5,200

5,200

5,150

5,100

5,100

5,100

5,050

5,310

5,400

5,400

5,400

5,580

5,760

5,850

5,850

5,850

-

Dec.

5,940

6,200

6,290

6,380

6,470

6,560

6,650

6,740

6,920

7,270

8,170

9,310

10,200

10,600

10,800

11,000

11,200

11,600

12,000

12,300

12,700

13,000

13,300

13,500

13,700

13,700

1-3,800

14,000

14,100

14, 200

14,500

Jan.

14,500

14,600

14,600

14, 600

14,500

14,500

14,300

14, 200

14,100

14,000

13,800

13, 600

13,300

13,100

12,800

12,600

12,200

12,000

11,700

11,400

11,100

10,800

10,500

10,300

10,000

9,670

9,430

9,310

9,090

8,870

8,870

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ..... .....

Feb.

8,760

8,870

8,760

8,870

8,87O

8,980

9,310

10,200

11,400

12,300

13,000

13,700

14, 100

14,500

14, 700

14,800

15,000

15,100

15,100

15,000

14,800

14, 700

14,700

14, 700

14,800

14,80O

14,800

14, 700

_

-

Seoondfcct-days

244, 11C

166, 65C

323, 10C

5,538,35C

378,34C

359, 32C

330, 07C

331,50C

212, 47C

132, 02C

209, 07C

218, 15C

409, 40C

3,314,20C

Mar.

14,600

14,300

14,000

13,600

13,200

12,800

12,500

12, 100

11,800

11,500

11,100

10, 80O

10,500

10,200

9,910

9,670

9,550

9,550

9,550

9,430

9,430

9,550

9,550

9,430

9,310

9,200

&,980

8,870

8,560

8,360

8,170

Apr.

7,

7,

7,

7,

7,

8,

8,

9,

10,

10,

10,

U,

11,

11 j

12,

12,

12,

12,

12,

13,

13,

13,

13,

13,

13,

12,

12,

11,

11,

10,

Maximum

9,490

6,350

14,500

82,800

14, 600

15,100

14,600

13,200

10, 400

4, 71O

7,810

9,670

15, 600

15,600

990

900

810

720

900

170

760

550

200

500

900

200

500

800

100

300

500

700

800

000

100

200

200

200

000

600

100

700

200

900

May

10,400

9,910

9,430

9,090

8,660

8,360

8,080

7,900

7,72C

7,630

7,540

7,360

7,180

6,920

6,740

6,560

6,380

6,290

6,200

6,110

5,940

5,760

5,58C

5,490

5,400

5,22C

5,13C

5,04C

4,87C

4,79C

4,790

Minimum

5,790

5,050

5,940

5,050

8,870

8,760

8,170

7,720

4,790

4,230

4,870

6,470

10,400

4,230

June

4,710

4,630

4,550

4,550

4,550

4,470

4,39O

4,39O

4,310

4,230

4,230

4,230

4,230

4,230

4,230

4,310

4,310

4,23O

4,230

4,230

4,230

4,310

4,390

4,550

4,550

4,550

4,470

4,470

4,630

4,630

_

Mean

7,875

5,555

10, 420

lb,130

12,200

12,830

10, 650

11,050

6,854

4,401

6,744

7,037

13,650

9,080

July

4,870

5,130

5,400

5,670

5,940

6,290

6,560

6,830

7,090

7,360

7,630

7,810

7,810

7,630

7,360

7,010

6,830

6,650

6,560

6,560

6,650

6,740

6,830

6,740

6,830

6,920

7,090

7,180

7,090

7,09O

6,920

Aug.

6,650

6,

6,

6,

560

560

470

6,470

6,560

6,

6,

7,

650

830

010

7,010

7,010

7,

6,

6,

010

920

920

6,830

6,830

6,

6,

6,

6,

6,

6,

6,

7,

740

740

740

650

740

92O

920

010

7,090

7,

7,

7,

7,

8,

9,

Per square 

mile

1.11

.783

1.47

2.13

1.72

1.81

1.50

1.56

.967

.621

.951

.993

1.93

1.28

180

270

540

990

660

670

Sept.

10,400

11,100

11,800

12,600

13,800

13,800

14,300

14,700

15,100

15,300

15,500

15,600

15,600

15,500

15,300

15,100

15,000

14,700

14,500

14,200

14,000

13,700

13,500

13,200

12,800

12,500

12,100

11,700

11,500

11,100

Runoff in 

inches

1.28

.87

1.69

29.05

1.98

1.88

1.73

1.74

1.11

.69

1.10

1.14

2.15

17.36
346 SUWAMEE RIVER BASIN

Suwannee River near Bell, Pla.

Drainage area.--9,260 square miles.

Records available. June 1932 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 17 years, 9,426 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 18,800 second-feet Sept. 11-13; maximum gage 

height, 14.00 feet Sept. 12; minimum discharge, 6,940 second-feet June 13, 14, 19-21; 

minimum gage height, 5.60 feet June 21.

1932-49: Maximum discharge, 82,300 second-feet Apr. 13, 1948 (gage height, 27.43 

feet); minimum, 2,790 second-feet Dec. 17, 18, 1943 (gage height, 1.03 feet).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). W 822: 1928(M).

Rating tables, water year, 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 18 Feb. 19 to Sept. 30

6.9 

7.6

10.4

13.4

8,110

8,880

12,400

17,000

5.6

8.5

13.2

14.0

6,940

10,200

17,100

18,800

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

9,210

9,430

9,650

10,200

11,000

11,800

12,800

a!3,600

al4,200

al4,500

14,500

14.3OO

14,200

14,000

13,900

13,700

13,600

13,300

13,000

12,7OO

12,400

12,200

11,900

11,700

11,400

11,100

11,000

10,700

10,500

10,400

10,200

NOT.

10,000

9,860

9,760

9,650

9,540

9,320

9,210

8,990

8,860

8,880

8,770

6,66O

8,550

8,550

8,440

8,330

8,330

8,220

8,220

8,220

8,110

8,110

8,110

8,220

8,220

8,22O

8,440

8,55O

8,550

8,550

-

Dec.

8,440

8,660

8,770

8,880

8,990

8,990

9,100

9,320

9,320

9,540

10,100

11,000

11,8OO

12,400

12, 700

13,000

13,100

13,400

13,700

14,000

14,300

14, 600

14,800

15,100

15, 200

15,400

15,400

15,500

15, 700

15,800

16,000

Jan.

16,000

16,100

16,100

16,100

16,100

16,300

16,100

16,000

16,000

15,800

15,800

15, 700

15,500

15,400

15,100

14,900

14,600

14,500

14,200

13,900

13,600

13,400

13,100

12,800

12, 700

12,400

12,100

11,900

11,800

11,500

11,400

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1946 ............

January ..........................

February ......................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

11,300

11,300

11,300

11,300

11,400

11,400

11,800

12,400

13, 100

14,000

14,800

15,400

16,000

16,300

16,600

16,800

17,000

17,000

17,500

17,500

17,500

17,300

17,100

17,100

17,100

16,900

17,100

17,100

.

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

377,290

261,480

383,010

7,234,140

446,900

421,400 

420, 600

407 900

303^650

214,070

285 180

306*430

505,700

4,333,610

Mar.

16,900

16,800

16,600

16,300

16,100

15,600

15,500

115,200

114,800

114,400

114,100

13,800

13,600

13,300

13,100

112,900

112,700

112,500

112,400

112,300

12,200

12,200

12,400

12,200

12,200

12,100

12,000

11,800

11,700

11,600

11,300

Apr.

11,000

10,900

10,800

10,800

10,800

11,000

11,300

11,800

12,400

12,800

13,100

13,600

14,000

14,200

14,500

14,600

14,700

14,900

15,200

15,200

15,300

15,500

15,500

15,500

15,500

15,200

14,900

14, 600

14,300

14,000

Maximum

14, 500

10,000

16,000

82,300

16,300

17,500 

16,900

15,500

13,600 

7,570

10,400

12 700

18*800

18,800

May

13,600

13,100

12,700

12,200

12,000

11,600

11,300

11,000

10,800

10,600

10,500

10, 400

10,100

9,840

9,580

9,320

9,200

9,080

8,960

8,850

8,740

8,530

8,420

8,310

8,210

8,100

7,890

7,790

7,790

7,570

7,570

Minimum

9,210

8,110

8,440

8,110

11,400

11,300

11,300

10,800

7,570 

6,940

7,100

9,300 

13,600

6,940

June

7,570

7,470

7,360

7,260

7,260

7,260

7,260

7,150

7,150

7,050

7,050

7,050

6,940

6,940

7,050

7,050

7,050

7,050

6,940

6,940

6,940

7,050

7,050

7,260

7,360

7,260

a7,200

a7,000

a7,000

a7, 100

Mean

12,17C

8,716

12,36C

19,77C

14,42C

15,05C

13,57C

13,60C 

9 795

7 j 13(

9,199

9 j 88!

16,86C

11,87C

July .

a7,100

a7,200

a7,300

a7,500

a7,800

a8,200

a8, 500

a8,900

a9,300

a9,600

9,970

10,200

10,400

10,400

10,100

9,840

9,580

9,320

9,200

9,200

9,200

9,320

9,320

9,450

9,580

9,710

9,710

9,480

9,840

a9,800

a9,800

Aug.

a9,600

a9,500

a9,400

a9,300

a9,300

a9,400

a9,500

9,580

9,710

9,840

9,840

9,840

9,710

9,710

9,710

9,580

9,580

9,450

9,450

9,450

9,580

9,580

9,710

9,840

9,970

10,100

10,100

10, 600

11,000

11,800

12, 700

Per square 

mile

1.31

.941

1.33

2.13

1.56

1 . 63

1.47

1.47

. 771

1.07

1.82

1.28

Sept.

13,600

14,200

14,900

15,500

16,300

16,900

17,500

17,900

18,400

18,600

18,800

18,800

18,800

18,600

18,600

18,400

18,100

17,900

17,500

17,300

17,100

16,900

16,600

16,400

16,100

15,800

15,500

15,200

14,900

14,600

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.52

1.05

1.54

29.07

1.79

1 . 69

1 . 69

1.64

1.22

. 86

1.15

1 23

2io3

17.41

Peak discharge (base, 12,000 Bee.-ft.). Oct. 10, 11, 14,500 sec.-ft. j Jan. 6, 16,3OO sec. 

Feu. 19-Z1, 177500 aeo.-ft.t Apr. 22-25, 15,500 sec.-ft.j Sept. 11-13, 18,800 sec.-ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at. Branford.
SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 347

Alapaha River near Alapaha, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°23', long. 83°10', at bridge on State Highway 50, 

a miles east of Alapaha, Berrien County, and 6 miles upstream from Willacoochee River. 

Datum of gage is 209.34 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area. 644 square miles.

Records available. April 1937 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 12 years, 555 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,520 second-feet Dec. 25 (gage height, 12.0 

feet); minimum, 13 second-feet June 8.

1937-49: Maximum discharge, 12,700 second-feet Apr. 4, 1948 (gage height, 16.8 

feet); minimum observed, 0.2 second-foot Nov. 11-17, 21, 22, 1942.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). W 872: 1937. W 1002: 1939(M).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 24, 

May 18 to June 13, Sept. HI-30)

0.7 12 2.6 115 8.4 950 

.8 16 4.2 241 9.2 1,250 

.9 19 5.4 361 10.2 1,780 

1.3 35 6.4 488 11.0 2.40O 

2.0 73 7.2 630 12. O 3,520

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

22 

29 

32 

77 

115

115 

138 

134 

153 

157

126 

111 

92 

85 

89

126 

208 

224 

208 

165

134 

107 

89 

74 

65

59 

55 

53 

52 

49 

44

Nov.

40 

36 

33 

31 

31

29 

33 

27 

25 

25

35 

71 

115 

130 

122

107 

96 

84 

77 

87

79 

115 

157 

188 

241

339 

418 

504 

554 

655

Dec.

735 

92O 

1,010 

1,010 

1,010

1,210 

1,550 

1,720 

2,060 

2,300

2,700 

3,280 

3,400 

3,400 

3,280

2,920 

2,500

2,220 

2,220 

2,140

2,220 

2,800 

3,160 

3,4OO 

3,520

3,280 

2,920 

2,4OO 

2,060 

1,900 

1,780

Jan.

1,660 

1,660 

1,720 

1,720 

1,720

1,660 

1,660 

1,600 

1,500 

1,450

1,550 

1,660 

1,780 

1,780 

1,660

1,500 

1,300 

1,130 

980 

860

805 

735 

705 

705 

680

655 

630 

610 

590 

554 

554

Month

Octo 

Move 

Decs

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

WE

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49. ...........

Feb.

590 

630 

680 

780 

890

1,010 

1,170 

1,500 

1,900 

2,3OO

2,700 

2,920 

2,800 

2,600 

2,300

2,060 

1,840 

1,660 

1,500 

1,500

1,500 

1,450 

1,500 

1,550 

1,550

1,500 

1,450 

1,450

Secondfoot-days

3,187 

4,484 

71,025

405,797.2

37,773 

45,280 

25,953 

35,085 

9,211 

6,386 

11,045 

19,040 

21,359

289,828

Mar.

1,350 

1,210 

1,090 

1,050 

1,010

950 

920 

890 

830 

805

805 

780 

730 

705 

830

830 

735 

805 

950 

1,010

950 

890 

860 

805 

735

- 705 

655 

572 

520 

488 

488

Apr.

572 

680 

735 

830 

1,090

1,300 

1,250 

1,400 

1,450 

1,400

1,300 

1,450 

1,780 

1,900 

1,980

1,900 

1,840 

1,720 

1,660 

1,500

1,300 

1,210 

980 

805 

680

610 

536 

472 

394 

361

Maximum

224 

655 

3,520

12 , 4OO

1,780 

2,920 

1,350 

1,980 

805 

554 

830 

1,090 

2,220

3,520

May

372 

350 

361 

488 

680

805 

730 

630 

554

520

488 

458 

418 

394 

350

297 

233 

172 

138 

115

100 

89 

77 

69 

68

55 

43 

36 

35 

40 

46

Minimum

22 

25 

735

9.2

554 

590 

488 

361 

35 

14 

72 

277 

64

14

June

47 

40 

34 

29 

25

20 

17 

14 

18 

17

18 

29 

38 

61 

46

54 

78 

234 

339 

418

488 

536 

504 

444 

430

488 

554 

488 

472 

406

Mean

103 

149 

2,291

1,109

1,218 

1,617 

837 

1,170 

297 

213 

356 

614 

712

794

July

406 

444 

536 

384 

394

444 

406 

328 

259 

241

224 

192 

161 

134 

111

96 

118 

126 

107 

79

72 

155 

277 

406 

590

705 

735 

830 

805 

680 

590

Aug.

472 

458 

394 

418 

705

890 

860 

805 

890 

1,010

1,090 

1,090 

950 

735 

655

630 

610 

554 

472 

406

339 

287 

277 

287 

394

504 

488 

610 

488 

467 

805

Per square 

mile

0.160 

.231 

3.56

1.72

1.89 

2.51 

1.30 

1.82 

.461 

.331 

.553 

.953 

1.11

1.23

Sept.

860 

805 

950 

1,600 

1,980

2,220 

2,140 

1,840 

1,550 

1,250

1,010 

830 

68O 

572 

488

418 

361 

297 

250 

259

176 

142 

118 

96 

77

81 

89 

82 

74 

64

Runoff in 

inches

0.18 

.26 

4.10

23.41

2.18 

2.61 

1.50 

2 .03 

.53 

.37 

.64 

1.10 

1.24

16.74

Peak discharge (base, 1.5OO sec. -ft.). Dec. 13-14, 3,400 sec. -ft.; Dec. 25, 3,520 sec. -ft.; Feb.
348 SDWANNEE RIVER BASIN

Alapaha River at Statenvillej Ga.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 30°40', long. 83°01', at bridge on State Highway 94, a quarter 

or a mile west of Statenville, Echols County. Datum of gage is 76.77 feet above mean 

sea level (levels lay Georgia State Highway Department).

Drainage area. 1,400 square miles.

Records available. January to June 1921, December 1931 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 17 years (1932-49), 1,055 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,980 second-feet Dec. 10 (gage height, 19.5 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 103 second-feet Hov. 16.

1921, 1931-49: Maximum discharge, 27,300 second-feet Apr. 6, 1948 (gage height, 

29.8 feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 17 second-feet Dec. 21. 

28-31, 1931.

Flood of Apr. 30 or May 1, 1928, reached a stage of 28.5 feet (discharge, 18,400 

second-feet).

Remarks. Records good. Gage read twice daily. 

Revisions (water years).--W 822: 1936, drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 8,

May 1 to June 12, Sept. 17-3O)

1.6 103 6.0 1,030 

1.9 146 12.0 2,650 

2.7 283 18.6 4,66O 

3.5 446

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

229 

265 

340 

512 

1,030

910 

766 

646 

556 

490

49O 

556 

534 

490 

424

360 

321 

283 

265 

265

283 

283 

283 

247 

229

212 

195 

178 

162 

154 

146

Nov.

146 

146 

138 

131 

124

117 

117 

117 

117 

117

117 

117 

117 

117 

103

103 

117 

146 

162 

186

247 

265 

340 

646 

600

534

512 

512 

600 

742

Dec.

886 

910 

958 

1,030 

1,110

1,160 

1,190 

1,710 

3,610 

4,590

4,660 

3,790 

3,430 

3,310 

3,220

3,160 

3,220 

3,580 

4,030 

4,360

4,490 

4,450 

4,360 

4,210 

4,030

3,910 

3,88O 

4,000 

4,120 

4,300 

4,390

Jan.

4,360 

4,150 

3,910 

3,520 

3,220

3,190 

3,100 

2,890 

2,620 

2,510

2,400 

2,290 

2,200 

2,120 

2,010

1,980 

1,960 

1,960 

1,900 

1,900

1,870 

1,820 

1,680 

1,520 

1,390

1,260 

1,210 

1,190 

1,130 

1,190 

1,190

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

mber ............. .... ...

lendar year 1948 ............

ary . .

uary ......................

1 ................. . . .

st ...........................

ember ............. . . .

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,190 

1,130 

1,110 

1,080 

1,190

1,450 

2,060 

2,340 

2,400 

2,430

2,430 

2,450 

2,570 

2,680 

2,860

3,100 

3,340 

3,460 

3,520 

3,580

3,640 

3,760 

3,820 

3,700 

3,370

3,040 

2,830 

2,680

Secondfoot-days

12,104 

7,553 

100,054

808,481

69,640 

73,210 

48,540 

69,804 

20,256 

12,811 

39,618 

40,424 

66,274

560,288

Peak discharge (base, 2,50O sec. -ft.). De

Mar.

2,570 

2,510 

2,290 

2,120 

2,010

1,960 

1,850 

1,740 

1,630 

1,520

1,420 

1,370

1,320 

1,260 

1,260

1,320 

1,370 

1,420 

1,420 

1,470

1,500 

1,470 

1,470 

1,470 

1,470

1,420 

1,320 

1,210 

1,190 

1,110 

1,080

Apr.

1,030 

982 

982 

1,080 

1,550

2,260 

2,340 

2,340 

2,290 

2,230

2,230 

2,400 

2,740 

2,800 

2,950

2,920 

2,950 

2,980 

3,O40 

3,100

3,160 

3,160 

3,100 

2,920 

2,680

2,450 

2,230 

1,960 

1,630 

1,320

Maximum

1,030 

742 

4,660

26,500

4,360 

3,820 

2,570 

3,160 

1,130 

838 

2,060 

3,190 

4,590

4,660

I. 10 (10 p.i

Feb. 23 (7 a.m.) 3,850 sec. -ft.; Apr. 21-22, 3,160 sec.-i

May

1,130 

862 

886 

838 

813

790 

790 

838 

982 

1,030

1,030 

958 

838 

766 

742

766 

814 

814 

670 

556

446 

380 

321 

302 

283

302 

302 

265 

247 

229 

265

Minimum

146 

103 

886

103

1,130 

1,080 

1,080 

982 

229 

195 

742 

646 

380

103

June

360 

402 

360 

302 

247

229 

212 

195 

229 

212

229 

360 

556 

578 

468

468 

424 

424 

380 

340

340 

402 

490 

534 

6OO

622 

622 

646 

742 

838

Mean

390 

252 

3,228

2,209

2,246 

2,615 

1,566 

2,327 

653 

427 

1,278 

1,304 

2,209

1,535

July

1,130 

1,420 

1,420 

1,390 

1,520

1,710 

1,850 

1,980 

2,060 

1,740

1,420 

1,130 

910 

766 

742

886 

1,030 

1,110 

1,260 

1,420

1,210 

1,060 

1,130 

1,470 

1,470

1,290 

1,190 

1,030 

958 

934 

982

Aug.

1,030 

1,080 

1,190 

1,260 

1,260

1,260 

1,260 

1,210 

1,130 

1,210

1,190 

1,160 

1,190 

1,240 

1,290

1,340 

1,290 

1,240 

1,190 

1,080

1,130 

1,030 

910 

838 

742

646 

718 

1,600 

2,570 

2,950 

3,190

Per square 

mile

0.279 

.180 

2.31

1.58

1.60 

1.87 

1.12 

1.66 

.466 

.305 

.913 

.931 

1.58

1.10

Sept.

3,580 

4,060 

4,360 

4,520 

4,590

4,450 

4,120 

3,820 

3,520 

3,250

3,130 

2,860 

2,650 

2,590 

2,290

1,930 

1,470 

1,210 

1,030 

1,010

958 

814 

718 

646 

556

490 

446 

424 

402 

380

Runoff in 

inches

0.32 

.20 

2.66

21.50

1.84 

1.95 

1.29 

1.85 

.54 

i34 

1.05 

1.07 

1.76

14.87

i.) 4,980 sec. -ft.; Dec. 21, 4,49O sec. -ft.; 

*t. ; Sept. 5, (7 a.m.) 4,62O sec. -ft.
SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 349

Withlacoochee River near Pinetta, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°36i, long. SS'IS 1 , on line between sees. 6 and 

 7, T. 2 N., R. 11 E., at highway bridge a quarter of a mile west of Bellville and 5

miles east of Pinetta. Datum of gage is 47.21 feet above mean sea level (levels by

Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 2,220 square miles.

Records available. December 1931 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 18 years, 1,636 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,590 second-feet Apr. 20 (gage height, 17.47 

reet); minimum, 279 second-feet June 8 (gage height, 7.10 feet).

1931-49: Maximum discharge, 79,400 second-feet Apr. 5, 1948 (gage height, 38.64 

feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 58,000 second-feet; minimum, 

86 second-feet Oct. 29, 30, 1943 (gage height, 6.42 feet).

Maximum stage known, 38.64 feet Apr. 5, 1948.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). W 972: 1941-42.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 20 Apr. 21 to Sept. 30

7.4 378 7.1 279 

7.6 460 7.6 469 

7.9 608 8.0 681 

17.4 6,530 17.4 6,530

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

678 

941 

1,380 

1,720 

2,900

2,780 

2,340 

1,900 

1,590 

1,440

1,340 

1,410 

1,470 

1,410 

1,250

1,100 

1,000 

910 

848 

756

684 

637 

597 

554 

520

492 

469 

447 

431 

418 

402

Nov.

390 

382 

378 

378 

394

410 

431 

414 

410 

414

406 

406 

406 

394 

386

390 

398 

398 

406 

464

525 

554 

643 

879 

1,160

1,130 

1,000 

97H 

1,060 

1,440

Dec.

1,650 

1,620 

1,560 

1,530 

1,560

1,620 

1,720 

1,780 

4,030 

5,970

5,970 

5,090 

4,220 

3,840 

3,900

4,220 

4,650 

5,030 

5,340 

5,340

5,090 

4,590 

4,030 

3,720 

3,650

3,900 

4,090 

4,340 

4,470 

4,530 

4,220

Jan.

3,780 

3,400 

3,150 

3,030 

2,970

2,970 

3,030 

3,090 

3,090 

2,900

2,650 

2,470 

2,340 

2,220 

2,090

2,030 

1,900 

1,780 

1,650 

1,530

1,470 

1,410 

1,340 

1,310 

1,310

1,280 

1,280 

1,310 

1,340 

1,340 

1,440

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Pebr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber. ........................

Bber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h.... ........................

1.................... .......

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,560 

1,560 

1,560 

1,590 

1,780

2,280 

3,030 

3,720 

3,970 

4,150

4,220 

4,400 

4,650 

4,900 

5,150

5,220 

5,030 

4,530 

3,780 

3,340

3,530 

3,780 

4,150 

4,650 

5,150

5,280 

5,030 

4,530

Secondfoot-days

34.BH 

17,41f 

117, 27(

1,428,32£

66,90C 

106, 52C 

67.01C 

119, 02C 22,88' 

15,43! 

56,77: 

34,24 

51,34

709,63!

Mar.

3,970 

3,470 

2,970 

2,530 

2,280

2,090 

1,970 

1,900 

1,840 

1,720

1,590 

1,500 

1,470 

1,500 

1,680

1,900 

2,030 

2,150 

2,400 

2,650

2,780 

2,840 

2,780 

2,590 

2,400

2,150 

1,900 

1,680 

1,530 

1,410 

1,340

Apr.

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

2,

3, 

4, 

4, 

4, 

4,

4, 

5, 

5, 

5, 

5,

5, 

5, 

6, 

6, 

6,

6, 

6, 

5, 

3, 

2,

2,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

Maximum

I 2,900 

S 1,440 

) 5,970

73,600

) 3,780 

) 5,280 

) 3,970 

) 6,530 

1,340 

j 828 

' 3,650 

1 1,780 

4,220

6,530

Peak discharge (base 3,000 sec. -ft.). Oct. 5 f5 p.m.)

470 

470 

530 

720 

530

780 

090 

280 

400 

650

970 

150 

280 

220 

150

280 

780 

150 

400 

530

530 

150 

280 

720 

590

150 

900 

780 

620 

470

May

1,340 

1,220 

1,130 

1,040 

979

979 

1,010 

1,070 

1,100 

1,160

1,100 

888 

722 

640 

646

740 

799 

734 

629 

589

546 

487 

483 

411 

388

366 

347 

337 

329 

333 

340

Minimum

402 

378 

1,530

285

1,280 

1,560 

1,340 

1,470 

329 

283 

722 

734 

501

283

June

355 

355 

366 

340 

326

308 

290 

283 

373 

337

322 

326 

435 

606 

595

557 

551 

551 

601 

646

669 

705 

740 

740 

828

770 

664 

601 

589 

606

Mean

1,123 

581 

3,783

3,903

2,158 

3,804 

2,162 

3,967 

738 

514 

1,831 

1,105 

1,712

1,944

July

722 

1,250 

1,620 

1,900 

2,220

2,470 

2,780 

3,150 

3,470 

3,650

3,470

2,970 

2,220 

1,620 

1,340

1,190 

1,160 

1,100 

1,130 

1,160

1,190 

1,280 

1,280 

1,310 

1,590

1,840 

1,970 

1,900 

1,560 

1,250 

1,010

Aug.

858 

770 

799 

888 

979

1,130 

1,250 

1,250 

1,280 

1,310

1,280 

1,280 

1,250 

1,190 

1,100

1,100 

1,100 

1,040 

1,040 

1,010

888 

799 

734 

734 

799

979 

1,190 

1,440 

1,500 

1,500 

1,780

Per square 

Bile

0.506 

.262 

1.70

1.76

.972 

1.71 

.974 

1.79 

.332 

.232 

.825 

.498 

.771

.876

3,030 sec. -ft.; Dec. 10 (12 p.m.

Sept.

2,150 

2,220 

2,090 

2,090 

2,220

2,590 

3,090 

3,590 

4,030 

4,220

4,030 

3,400 

2,280 

1,530 

1,160

948 

828 

734 

675 

722

888 

828 

710 

623 

546

501 

510 

646 

770 

728

Runoff in 

inches

0.58 

.29 

_ 1.96

23.93

1.12 

1.78 

1.12 

1.99 

.38 

.26 

.95 

.57 

.86

11.86

) 6.340

seo.-Tt.j Dec. 19 (12 p.m.l 5,340 sec.-ft.; Feb.'16 (8 a.m.) 5,220 sec 

sec.-ft.j Apr. 20 (11 p.m.) 6,590 sec.-ft.; July 10 (3 p.m.) 

sec.-ft.

ft.; Feb. 26 (7 a.m.) 5,280 

3,650 sec.-ft.; Sept.10 (3 p.m.) 4,220
350 SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN

Little River near Adel, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 310 09', long. 83°33', 500 feet downstream ifrom bridge 

on state Highway 37, half a mile downstream from Georgia & Flordia Railroad bridge, 5j 

miles upstream from Bear Creek, 6 miles downstream from Warrior Creek, and 7 miles west 

of Adel, Cook County. Datum of gage is 171.08 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area. 547 square miles.

Kecoras available. June 1940 to September 1949.

Extremes. HaxiSum discharge during year, 4,520 second-feet Dec. 12 (gage height, 15.9 

reet); minimum, 9.6 second-feet June 7.

1940-49: Maximum disonarge, 38,800 second-feet Apr. 2, 1948 (gage heght, 21.0 feet, 

from rating curve extended above 13,000 second-feet on basis of contracted-opening determinition at gage height 21.0 feet); minimum, 1.5 second-feet Nov. 25, Dec. 13, 14, 1943. 

Flood in August 1928 reached a stage of 20.5 feet, from Information by Georgia Highway Department {discharge, 33,200 second-feet, from rating curve extended above 13,000 

second-feet on basis of contracted-opening determination at gage height 21.0 feet).

Remarks. Records good above 1,000 second-feet and fair below.

Revisions (water' years). W 1082: 1944.

Rating table, vater year 194S-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 25, Jan. 5 to Feb. 5, 

Apr. 24 to May 4, Hay 9 to June 15, June 22-29, Sept. 11-3O)

1.7 7.O 4.4 182 12.0 1,670 

2.0 19 5.0 244 13.4 2,140 

2.2 29 6.2 412 14.2 2,6OO 

2.4 41 7.8 684 15.O 3,320 

3.2 94 9.6 1,060 15.8 4,360

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1943 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

21 

27 

28 

36 

68

165 

262 

256 

191 

154

150 

150 

157 

169 

157

136 

112 

101 

91 

83

73 

63 

52 

44 

39

34 

29 

26 

24 

21 

19

Nor.

17 

16 

15 

15 

14

14 

14 

13 

12 

16

40 

49 

60 

65 

59

49 

44 

40

37 

35

33 

48 

74 

126 

178

324 

524 

648 

702 

740

Dec.

800 

1,010 

1.2OO 

1,060 

820

648 

540

524 

943

1,780

3,550 

4,360 

4,210 

3,320 

2,530

1,910 

1,550 

1,300 

1,250 

1,42O

1,700 

1,980 

2,4OO 

2,600 

2,240

1,820 

1,550 

1,400 

1,320 

1,300 

1,300

Jan.

1,350 

1,520 

1,760 

1,73O 

1,530

1,420 

1,220 

1,08O 

939 

943

920 

966 

943 

82O 

702

612 

558 

524 

492 

476

460 

444 

460 

476 

492

492 

460 

412 

428 

412 

396

Month

Octo 

More 

Dace

Ca

jann 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

 a

bar ..........................

 her .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

&ry

I....... ......................

ember............. ...........

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

476 

540 

648 

740 

900

1,080 

1,380 

1,790 

2,670 

2,330

2,600 

2,240 

1,980 

1,730 

1,420

1,200 

1,040 

900 

840 

1,250

1,280 

1,250 

1,280 

1,380 

1,450

1,300 

1,060 

86O

Seoondfoot-days

2,938 

4,021 

54,335

411,545.6

25,537 

38,114 

19,984 

40,232 

7,554 

4,672 

17,430 

11,386 

16,634

242,837

Peak discharge (base, 1.5OO sec. -ft.). De

aec.-rt.] Jan. 3 (8 p.m.; 1,790 sec. -ft.; Pe 

aec.-ft.; Apr. 14 (9 pjn.) 3,210 see.-ft.j 3

Mar.

720 

666 

648 

666 

684

684 

594 

492 

444 

460

540 

594 

630 

666 

860

1,010 

1,010 

943 

943 

943

943 

860 

702 

558 

476

412 

380 

345 

331 

352 

428

Apr.

594 

780 

920 

1,080 

1,450

1,850 

2,060 

1,880 

1,640 

1,400

1,250 

1,520 

2,460 

3,110 

3,110

2,750 

2,240 

1,350 

1,5OO 

1,150

340 

720 

666 

612 

524

508 

476 

444 

444 

404

Maximal

262 

740 

4,360

35,400

1,76O 

2,830 

1,010 

3,110 

820 

492 

1,42O 

840 

2,670

4,360

May

359 

352 

383 

444 

540

76O 

820 

576 

3O3 

186

165 

233 

476 

524 

324

191 

165 

132 

1O8 

90

73 

61 

51 

44 

38

32 

28 

24 

22 

20 

2O

Minima

19 

12 

524

4.2

412 

476 

331 

404 

20 

10 

126 

1O8 

55

10

June

IS 

16 

14 

14 

14

12 

10 

24 

178 

201

201 

140 

165 

136 

262

324 

359 

352 

256 

2O1

173 

150 

129 

118 

104

104 

112 

132 

211 

492

Mean

94. £ 

134 

1,753

1,124

824

1,361 

645 

1,341 

244 

156 

562 

367 

554

664

July

648 

740 

1,100 

1,380 

1,420

1,350 

1,010 

78O 

643 

558

576 

444 

256 

186 

178

173 

157 

2O6 

296 

310

296 

740 

1,040 

943 

666

460 

289 

182 

143 

129 

126

Aug.

108 

143 

3O3 

46O 

540

840 

840 

684 

594 

524

476 

396 

460 

594 

492

324 

263 

221 

178 

157

161 

211 

352 

359 

324

2O6 

169 

216 

275 

232 

279

Per square 

mile

O.173 

.245 

3.20

2.05

1.51 

2.49 

1.18 

2.45 

.446 

.285 

1.03 

.671 

1.01

1.21

Sept.

634 

1,140 

2,420 

2,67O 

1,980

1,520 

1,250 

1,010 

720 

460

303 

211 

169 

146 

129

112 

101 

88 

76 

68

61 

55 

56 

93 

221

282 

211 

161 

129 

108

Runoff in 

inches

O.20 

.27 

3.69

27.98

1.74 

2.59 

1.36 

2.73 

.51 

.32 

1.19 

.77 

1.13

16.5Q

o. 12 (9 p.m.) 4,52O sec. -ft.; Dec. 24 (6 a.m.) 2,67O 

b. 10 (10 a.m.) 2,920 sec. -ft.; Apr. 7 (11 a.m.) 2,100 

ept. 4 (2 a.m.) 2,92O sec. -ft.
SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 351

Santa Pe River at Worthington, Pla.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 29°55', long. 82°26', on line between sees. 32 and 33, 

T. b S., R. 19 E., at bridge on State Highway 23, half a mile south of Worthington and 

three-quarters of a mile downstream from New River. Datum of gage is 42.91 feet above 

mean sea level (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Records available. November 1931 to September 1949. 

Average discharge. 17 years (1932-49), 468 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,570 second-feet Sept. 3 (gage height, 21.25 

feet); minimum observed, 13 second-feet June 5 (gage height, 7.32 feet).

1931-49: Maximum discharge, 17,500 second-feet June 17, 1934; maximum gage height, 

24.94 feet Oct. 21, 1944; minimum discharge observed, 1.3 second-feet May 17, June 1, 

1932.

Remarks. Records fair. Gage read once daily.

8.2

10.9

13.0

13.8

14.8

Oct.

53

285

546

681

939

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1 to Apr. Apr

15.8

16.6

17.6

19.2

20.7

1,350

1,860

2,640

4,640

6,830

7,3 

7,9 

9.1 

9.9 

11.1

12

49

135

200

320

12.4

13.8

14.7

15.7

16.7

to Sept. 30 

487 

713 945' 

1,350 

1,940

17.9

19.1

21.1

2,950

4,360

7,410

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

392

1,460

3,620

5,980

6,830

5,670

4,260

3,120

d2,400

dl,820

1,580

1,400

1,250

dl,060

939

798

725

642

574

520

468

429

416

368

344

308

296

275

265

246

229

Nov.

229

221

d205

196

187

179

170

170

162

154

154

145

145

137

137

128

d!20

112

120

128

137

137

145

229

212

212

179

187

196

255

-

Dec.

212

238

229

295

308

285

265

275

416

574

624

606

589

589

589

533

468

404

416

416

429

455

481

442

429

429

416

392

368

429

533

Jan.

404

404

392

368

344

344

356

368

368

344

320

296

275

255

246

229

d217

204

187

170

162

154

154

145

137

145

145

137

128

137

154

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ..........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

154

179

255

308

380

533

773

1,580

2,870

3,620

3,370

2,450

1,860

1,460

1,050

939

773

749

574

507

442

416

392

344

320

285

265

275

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

48,684

5.08E

13.13E

340, 99C

7,68£

27 12'

4 ',44 6

10,02]

2 13'

2 82'

1,22'

15 89'

4sUe£

189,757

Mar.

255

238

221

d!82

154

170

d!79

187

187

204

204

187

154

137

145

137

145

137

137

128

112

108

103

99

95

90

82

74

70

66

61

Apr.

61

53

66

120

246

d360

487

624

713

641

608

624

592

576

561

531

576

418

355

309

227

227

191

159

143

143

119

105

98

88

-

Maximum

6,830

255

624

14,700

404

3,620

255

713

143

175

473

3,840

7,410

7,410

May

98

127

143

119

98

98

84

84

88

88

9U

112

98

84

74

66

60

56

52

52

52

46

39

d35

33

29

24

25

25

23

25

Minimum

229

112

212

17

128

154

61

53

23

13

74

74

13

Jnne

26

26

26

23

13

16

14

17

20

26

30

d50

70

105

159

127

143

159

127

119

112

119

119

135

175

175

175

175

175

167

Mean

1,570

170

424

932

248

969

143

334

68. S

94.1

233

513

1,516

520

July

200

227

246

266

209

191

183

127

127

112

105

74

84

91

88

84

167

246

266

298

331

459

473

459

445

459

355

298

191

175

191

Aug.

191

167

209

256

320

355

287

276

209

159

119

119

112

143

175

135

112

98

91

74

91

143

266

405

431

445

487

1,050

1,870

3,260

3,840

Per square 

mile

Sept.

3,970

5,070

7,410

5,970

4,100

2,95O

2,480

2,010

1,680

1,250

980

SOS

676

576

487

445

392

355

320

287

287

287

298

355

367

379

343

331

320

309

-

Runoff in 

inches

ft.; Sept. 3 (8:30 a.m.) 7,570 sec.-ft.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Santa Pe River near High 

Springs.
352 SUWANHEE RIVER BASIN

Santa Fe River near High Springs, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 29°51', long. 82°38', in sec. 29, T. 7 S., R. 17 E., 

at bridge on State Highway 20, 150 feet upstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 

bridge and 2 miles northwest of High Springs. Datum of gage is 25.78 feet above mean 

sea level (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Records available. January 1931 to September 1949. 

Average discharge. 18 years, 833 second-feet.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year. 5,080 second-feet Sept. 5 (gage height, 9.34 

 feet): minimum, 550 second-feet June 9, 10 (gage height, 1.83 feet).

1931-49: Maximum discharge, 12,700 second-feet Mar. 14, 1948 (gage height,"15.71

feet, from floodmarks); minimum, 71 second-feet about June 27, 1935 (gage height, 0.46

foot).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, 

In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

1.8 536 

2.3 767 

4.7 1,990 

8.5 4,360 

9.3 5,080

Discharge, in aecond-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,110 

1,410 

1,870 

2,650 

3,430

4,210 

4,900 

4,900 

4,610 

4,140

3,790 

1,490 

3,190 

3,010 

2,770

2,530 

2,410 

2,290 

2,170 

1,990

1,870 

1,810 

1,710 

1,660 

1,610

1,560 

1,510 

1,460 

1,410 

1,410 

1,360

Nov.

1,310 

1,310 

1,310 

1,260 

1,240

1,210 

1,180 

1,160 

1,160 

1,140

1,110 

1,080 

1,080 

1,060 

1,060

1,040 

1,040 

1,010 

1,010 

986

986 

986 

986 

986 

986

986 

986 

986 

961 

936

Dec.

936 

961 

961 

961 

961

986 

986 

986 

986 

1,010

1,080 

1,140 

1,160 

1,180 

1,180

1,210 

1,210 

1,180 

1,180

1,140

1,140 

1,140 

1,140 

1,140 

1,160

1,110 

1,110 

1,110 

1,110 

1,110 

1,110

Jan.

1,110 

1,110 

1,140 

1,110 

1,110

1,110 

1,080 

1,080 

1,110 

1,110

1,110 

1,080 

1,060 

1,060 

1,040

1,010 

986 

986 

961 

936

912 

912 

888 

888 

888

863 

863 

863 

839 

839 

839

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber ......................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary . . .

uary ........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

815 

815 

839 

863 

912

936 

1,060 

1,310 

1,870 

2,530

2,950 

3,130 

3,130 

2,950 

2,710

2,470 

2,290 

2,050 

1,930 

1,760

1 660 

1,610 

1,510 

1,460 

1,410

1,360 

1,310 

1,260

Secondfoot-days

78,240 

32,541 

33,774

693,079

30,893 

48,900 

29,571 

28,998 

21,797 

18,143 

23,109 

27,964 

77,200

451,130

Peak discharge(base, 1,500 sec. -ft.). Oct

Sept. 5, 5,080 sec. -ft.

Mar.

1,840 

1,210 

1,160 

1,140 

1,110

1,060 

1,060 

1,040 

1,040 

1,040

1,010 

986 

986 

961 

936

912 

912 

912 

888 

863

863 

863 

863 

839 

839

815 

815 

815 

791 

791 

791

Apr.

791 

767 

767 

767 

791

791 

839 

912 

986 

1,010

1,040 

1,080 

1,140 

1,140 

1,140

1,180 

1,180 

1,180 

1,160 

1,110

1,060 

1,040 

986 

961 

912

888 

863 

863 

839 

815

Maximum

4,900 

1,310 

1,210

12,700

1,140 

3,130 

1,240 

1,180 

815 

696 

863 

2,410 

5,080

5,080

7 (10 p.m.)

May

815 

791 

815 

815 

815

791 

791 

767 

767 

744

744 

744 

720 

720 

696

696 

696 

673 

673 

673

650 

650 

650 

627 

627

627 

604 

604 

604 

604 

604

Minimum

1,110 

936 

936

767

839 

815 

791 

767 

604 

554 

650 

696 

1,360

554

June

604 

581 

581 

576 

576

572 

568 

558 

554 

563

576 

576 

576 

581 

604

604 

604 

604 

627 

627

627 

627 

627 

627 

627

627 

650 

650 

673 

696

Mean

2,524 

1,085 

1,089

1,894

997 

1,746 

954 

967 

703 

605 

745 

902 

2,573

1,236

July

696 

720 

744 

791 

815

791 

767 

744 

720 

720

696 

696 

673 

650 

650

650 

650 

650 

696 

720

744 

767 

791 

815 

839

829 

863 

839 

815 

791 

767

Aug.

767 

744 

744 

744 

767

815 

863 

888 

863 

839

815 

791 

791 

767 

767

767 

744 

744 

720 

696

696 

720 

744 

791 

839

912 

986 

1,110 

1,310 

1,810 

2,410

Sept.

2,890 

3,190 

3,610 

4,360 

5,080

4,990 

4,520 

4,140 

3,730 

3,430

3,130 

2,890 

2,590 

2,410 

2,170

2,110 

1,930 

1,810 

1,760 

1,710

1,610 

1,560 

1,510 

1,510 

1,460

1,460 

1,460 

1,410 

1,410 

1,360

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

4,990 sec. -ft. j Feb. 13, 3,130 sec. -ft.,-
SUWAfflEE RIVER BASIN 353

Santa Fe River near Fort White, Fla.

Location.--vfater-stage recorder, lat. 29°51' , long. 82°43', In sec. 28, T. 7 S., R. 16 E., 

 2 miles upstream from county highway bridge on road between Wllllford and Fort White, 

5 miles south of Fort White, and 15 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage Is 21.28 

feet above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers bench mark). Auxiliary water-stage recorder at bridge on State Highway 49, 1.7 miles upstream from mouth, 13.1 miles downstream from base gage, at datum 17.8 feet lower. Prior to Feb. 11, 1949, auxiliary 

wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Records available.--October 1927 to January 1930, June 1932 to September 1949. 

Average discharge. 19 years (1927-29, 1932-49), 1,668 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,510 second-feet Sept. 6 (gage height, 6.76 

feet); minimum, 1,440 second-feet June 7-10; minimum gage height, 1.35 feet June 9-10.

1927-30, 1932-49: Maximum discharge, 12,300 second-feet Mar. 14, 1948; maximum gage 

height observed, 13.70 feet Apr. 12, 1948; minimum discharge, 670 second-feet June 4, 5, 

1932; minimum gage height, 0.58 foot June 26-28, July 5, 1935.

Remarks.--Records good. Discharge determined by using auxiliary gage heights as a factor. 

Auxiliary wire-weight gage read twice daily prior to Feb. 11.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

C

7

P

9

10

11

1C

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,140

2,350

2,620

3,140

3,760

4,510

5,090

5,300

5,210

5,030

4,670

a4,30O

a4,000

a3,700

a3,430

a3,260

a3,10O

a3,000

a2,880

a2,800

a2,720

a2,670

32,600

a2,550

a2,510

a2,48O

£,450

2,400

2,400

2,330

2,340

Nov.

2,270

2,270

2,280

2,210

2,210

2.150

2,150

2,150

2,150

2,080

2,080

2,010

2,010

2,010

2,010

2,010

1,970

1,970

1,970

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,920

1,880

1,880

-

Dec.

1,880

1,880

,880

,880

,880

,880

,880

,87O

,890

,860

,890

,900

,980

,OOO

,000

,050

,040

,970

,960

,940

,940

,930

,920

,910

,900

,890

,880

,880

,870

,930

,860

Jan.

,860

,910

,910

,910

,850

,910

,850

,850

,860

,860

,870

,870

,810

,820

,790

,800

,770

,740

,710

,710

,670

,680

,680

,660

,670

,670

,640

,650

,650

,660

1,660

Month

October . . .......................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Bater year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,660

1,660

1,660

1,700

1,730

1,780

1,900

2,060

2,450

2,880

3,210

3,510

3,640

3,620

3,430

3,250

3,010

2,860

2,720

2,580

2,520

2,400

2,350

2,280

2,220

2,160

2,150

2,090

-

_

-

Secondfoot-days

101,740

61,080

59,420

1,041, 94O

54,950

69,480

55,490

53,310

48,980

44,570

49,690

54,140

103,130

755,980

Mar.

2,030

2,040

,980

,930

,940

,820

,91O

,850

,860

,860

,840

,810

,820

,800

,800

,76O

,760

, 70

, 20

, 20

, 20

, 20

,680

,680

,680

,690

,650

,660

,660

,660

,670

Apr.

,620

,620

,630

,630

,680

,670

,710

,730

,810

,840

,870

,9OO

,890

,880

,940

,940

,930

,990

,920

,910

,830

May

,650

,630

,680

,65O

,660

,660

,670

,620

,630

,630

,630

,590

,590

,590

,600

,600

,560

,560

,560

,560

,560

,830 ' ,570

,780

,750

,710

,680

,690

,660

,630

,640

-

Maximum

5,300

2,280

2,050

11,800

1,910

3,640

2,040

1,990

1,680

1,580

1,700

3,030

5,420

5,420

,520

,520

,520

,520

,520

,520

,47O

,470

,.470

Minimum

2,140

1,880

1,860

1,640

1,640

1,660

1,650

1,620

1,470

1,440

1,500

1,560

2,290

1,440

June

1,470

,480

,480

,480

,480

,48O

,440

,440

,44O

,480

,480

,480

,480

,480

,480

,480

,480

,480

,480

,480

,480

,480

,480

,530

,480

,470

,530

,530

,530

,580

-

Mean

3,282

2,036

1,917

2,847

1,773

2,481

1,790

1,777

1,580

1,486

1,603

1,746

3,438

2,071

July

1,570

,610

,610

,660

,660

,650

,650

,600

,600

,590

,550

,550

,550

,500

,500

,50O

,510

,510

,560

,560

,600

,6OO

,650

,650

,7OO

,690

,690

,690

,690

,640

,600

Aug.

,600

,600

,6OO

,6OO

,650

,700

,700

,730

,730

,690

,690

,640

,640

,590

,600

,600

,600

,600

,560

,560

,560

,600

,590

,640

,690

,73O

,870

,980

,190

,580

,030

Per square 

mile

Sept.

3,460

3,770

4,160

4,730

5,290

5,420

5,290

5,100

4,730

4,460

4,200

3,940

3,680

3,440

3,200

3,060

2,920

2,790

2,730

2,870

2,560

2,500

2,450

2,460

2,420

2,370

2,380

2,320

2,340

2,290

-

Runoff in 

inches

a No gage-height record at 

near High Springs.

ne of the gages; discharge computed on basis of records for station
354 SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN

Ichatucknee Springs near Hildreth, Fla.

Location. Measuring section, lat. 29°58', long. 82°47< , in sec. 23, T. 6 S., R. 15 E., on

 Ichatucknee River, at bridge on State Highway 20, 1 mile east of Hildreth, 2 miles upstream from mouth, and 2|- miles downstream from head of springs.

Records available. 1917, 1929-30 (a single measurement in each year), January 1931 to 

September 194S) (discharge measurements only).

Extremes. 1931-49: Maximum discharge measured, 578 second-feet Apr. 29, 1948; minimum 

measured, 243 second-feet Aug. 20, 1935.

Remarks. Discharge measurements made at bridge on State Highway 20.

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, 

water year October 1948 to September 1949

Date

Nov. 22 

Jan. 3 

Mar. 28

Discharge

502 

432 

473

Date

June 27 

Sept. 19

Discharge

455 

501

PENHOLLOWAY RIVER BASIN 

Penholloway River at Poley, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°04", long. 830 32', in sec. 9, T. 5 S., R. 8 E.,

at highway bridge in Poley. Datum of gage is 29.40 feet above mean sea level, datum of

1929 (levels by R. M. Angus, civil engineer). 

Records available. September 1946 to September 1949. 

JOttremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,640 second-feet Oct. 5 (gage height, 15.10

rest); minimum, 8.5 second-feet May 26 (gage height, 6.52 feet).

1947-49: Maximum discharge, 2,640 second-feet Mar. 10, 1948 (gage height, 16.03

feet); minimum observed, 8.0 second-feet June 15, 1948; minimum gage height, that of

May 26, 1949. 

Remarks. Records good.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

234

442

862

1,040

1,600

1,350

1,050

826

680

554

414

308

278

234

208

178

158

142

125

110

97

89

81

73

67

61

53

49

46

44

41

Nov.

38

36

35

33

32

32

31

30

27

27

26

24

23

24

22

21

19

19

20

23

25

21

24

30

30

32

32

31

34

37

-

Dec.

37

36

36

36

36

36

36

38

44

44

44

41

40

38

37

35

38

40

43

46

44

43

51

55

53

55

51

49

49

75

87

Jan.

91

85

79

73

69

73

75

69

65

59

55

53

48

44

44

43

41

40

36

34

34

34

33

32

30

27

26

34

59

63

112

Month

October .......................

November .........................

December ........................

Calendar year 1948 .......... .

January ........................

February ........................

Maroh ..........................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August .....................'......

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

163

169

190

190

187

200

484

808

808

725

638

526

414

298

234

200

181

158

145

140

138

128

118

105

97

91

87

97

_

_

-

Second 

foot-days

11,494

838

1,393

72,476.8

1,660

7,719

1,819

4,663

609.9

494.9

857

5,591

1,852

38,990.8

Mar.

95

89

83

77

71

69

73

73

69

65

61

57

51

51

69

65

57

57

63

59

53

49

49

46

44

43

40

37

36

34

34

Apr.

34

36

46

48

186

414

414

308

229

187

169

224

345

358

269

212

175

148

128

108

93

85

79

71

63

57

49

46

41

41

-

Maximum

1,600

38

87

2,470

112

808

95

414

41

27

46

414

166

1,600

May

41

36

33

30

28

27

26

24

22

21

22

24

25

23

21

19

17

16

14

14

13

13

12

12

11

9.9

11

10

11

11

13

Minimum

41

19

35

8.0

26

87

34

34

9.9

9.9

16

23

20

9.9

June

13

12

12

12

12

11

10

9.9

10

12

20

19

22

27

22

19

17

16

14

15

16

16

17

22

22

19

18

19

20

21

-

Mean

371

27.9

44.9

198

53.5

276

58.7

155

19.7

16.5

27. 6

180

61.7

107

July.

24

27

33

32

30

28

24

23

22

19

16

16

17

16

17

16

17

26

34

33

33

37

44

44

46

40

35

32

28

24

24

Aug.

23

69

246

414

386

287

220

181

148

122

112

99

85

89

105

95

79

67

61

71

190

287

310

358

287

208

169

208

234

200

181

Per square 

mile

Sept.

166

148

145

135

118

115

95

83

77

75

67

65

55

48

43

37

36

31

30

30

30

28

29

28

26

25

23

22

22

20

-

Runoff in 

inches

Peak discharge (base. 400 sec.-ft.). Oct. 5 (8 a.m.) 1,640 sec.-ft.; Feb. 8 (2 p.m.) 826 sec.-ft. 

Apr. 7 (5 a.m.) 442 sec.-ft.j Axis. 4 (7 p.m.) 428 sec.-ft.
FENHOLLOWAY RIVER BASIN 355

Fenholloway River near Perry, Fla.

Location. Measuring section, lat. 30°04' , long. 83°40', in sec. 6, T. 5 S., R. 7 E., at 

county road bridge 0.6 mile south of Hampton Springs Hotel and 6 miles southwest of 

Perry.

Records available. August 1946 to September 1949 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes. 1946-49: Maximum discharge measured, 1,260 second-feet Mar. 12, 1948; minimum 

measured, 63.2 second-feet June 20, 1947.

Remarks. Discharge measurements made at county road bridge.

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Date

Nov. 11 

Dec. 23 

Jan. 28

Discharge

138 

134 

114

Date

Mar. 10 

Apr. 21 

June 22

Discharge

167 

217 

83.4

Date

July 14 

Aug. 26

Discharge

127 

372

Rocky Creek near Perry, Fla.

Location. Measuring section, lat. 30°05', long. 83°40', in sec. 6, T. 5 S., R. 7 E., at 

bridge on State Highway 30 at Hampton Springs Hotel and 5f miles southwest of Perry.

Records available.--August 1946 to September 1949 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes. 1946-49: Maximum discharge measured, 1,920 second-feet Mar. 11, 1948; minimum 

measured, 51.2 second-feet Jan. 10, 1947,.

Remarks. Discharge measurements made at bridge on State Highway 30.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Date

Nov. 11 

Dec. 23 

Jan. 28

Discharge

149 

131 

102

Date

Mar. 1O 

Apr. 21 

June Z

Discharge

145 

201 

67.0

Date

July 14 

Aug. 26

Discharge

105 

367

ST. MARKS RIVER BASIN

Wakulla Spring near Crawfordville, Fla.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 30° 14", long. 84° 18', in sec. 11, T. 3 S., R. 1 W., at head 

or spring, 6 miles northeast of Crawfordville and 14 miles south of Tallahassee.

Records available. 1917, 1929, 1930 (a single measurement in each year), February 1931 

to June 1932, July 1941 to September 1949 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes.--1931-32, 1941-49: Maximum discharge measured, 892 second-feet Aug. 18, 1948; 

minimum measured, 25.2 second-feet June 18, 1931.

Remarks.--Discharge measurements of Wakulla River made at bridge 3 miles below spring and 

or inflow through two culverts near head of spring and of McBrides slough, if miles 

below spring. The discharge of spring is difference between that of river and the 

combined inflow at head of spring and slough.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Date

Nov. 10

Dec. 22

Jan. 26

Apr. 21

June 2

July 14

Aug. 25

Wakulla River

417

623

268

474

229

432

8O6

McBrides slough and 

other surface inflow

72.4

99.6

32.0

104

9.9

51.1

134

Difference 

or spring flow

345

523

236

370

219

381

672
356 OCHLOCKONEE RIVER BASIN

Ochlockonee River near Thomasville, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°52', long. 84°03', at bridge on U. S. Highway 84, 

a miles upstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad'bridge, 4 miles upstream from Barnetts Creek, 5 miles northwest of Thomasville, Thomas County, and 6 miles downstream 

from Little Ochlockonee River. Datum of gage is 133.6 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 550 square miles.

Hecords available.--August 1937 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--12 years, 524 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,700 second-feet Apr. 14 or 15, computed on 

oasis of records for nearby stations; minimum, 31 second-feet Nov. 2.

1937-49: Maximum discharge, 72,000 second-feet Apr. 2, 1948 (gage height, 29.1 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 25,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; minimum observed, 2.6 second-feet Oct. 17, 18, 1938.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Revisions (water years).--W 1112: 1937, 1939, 1945(M).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, la feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-14, Jan. 10 to Feb. 7, 

May 15 to June 26, Sept. 12-30)

1.3 31

1.7 54

2.3 98

2.8 146

3.8 264

5.0 440

8.0 1,040

11.0 1,820

12.5 2,300

13.4 2,790

14.3 3,520-

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

46 

71 

96 

131 

284

408 

392 

311 

232 

190

157 

157 

184 

190 

162

131 

114

102 

88

77

66 

58 

53 

49 

46

43

41 

39 

36 

35 

34

Nov.

32 

31 

32 

34 

51

56 

72 

88 

91 

90

84 

85 

87

82

76

69 

69 

68 

72 

106

190 

284 

474 

615 

692

732 

712 

692 

838 

926

Dec.

948 

1,040 

1,040

926

772

634 

543

561 

1,020 

1,460

1,880 

2,490 

2,660 

2,180 

1,710

1,260 

992 

860 

860 

970

992 

1,020 

1,210 

1,310 

1,280

1,230 

1,180 

1,040 

926 

860 

926

Jan.

926 

a90O 

a900 

a98O 

a 900

a85O 

a800 

a850 

a850 

672

597 

543 

508 

457 

424

377 

347 

332 

318 

318

340 

347 

347 

340 

340

347 

347 

340 

362 

392 

474

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

ber ... .............. ... ...

mber .........................

mber .......... ..............

lendar year 1948 ........ ...

ary

nary ......................

h. ...................... . .

1 . .............

ember .......... ........ ....

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

653 

653 

634 

615 

772

1,060 

1,440 

1,880 

2,390 

2,790

2,540 

2,120 

1,740 

1,360 

1,090

926 

816 

732 

772 

1,710

1,850 

1,710 

1,510 

1,310 

1,060

904

816 

794

Mar.

772 

712 

633 

579 

543

508 

525 

525 

474 

424

440 

457 

424 

434 

948

1,210 

1,260 

1,230 

1,210 

1,040

860 

732 

712 

672 

597

525 

440 

384 

474 

634 

752

Apr.

926 

948 

948 

926 

1,510

2,120 

2,260 

2,220 

gl,940 

gl,460

al,200 

al,600 

a2,700 

a3,3oo 

a3 , 500

a3,000 

g2,300 

gl,790 

al,400 

al.100

a9OO 

a 800 

gl,140 

gl,600 

gl,280

a800 

a550 

a450 

a400 

a38O

f»ays *-

4,023 408 

7,530 926 

36,780 2,66O

411,488 57,400

16,825 950 

36,647 2,790 

21,140 1,260 

45,448 3,500 

4,490 380 

3,509 33C 

18,685 1,710 

13,638 1,000 

9,514 1,160

218,229 3,500

Peak discharge (base, 1,8OO sec. -ft. .--De

Feb. 21 (3 a.m.) 1,910 sec. -ft.; Apr. 7 (11 

3,^OC see . -rt . 

a N.:. gare -height record; discharge compute 

nearby stations. 

g Computed from graph based on gage readin 

h Compiited frora tape-gage reading.

May

a360 

a380 

a380 

a380 

a350

a300 

a250 

h!96 

a!70 

a!50

a!40 

a 130 

allO 

a 90 

93

136 

131 

102 

84 

72

64 

58 

53 

49 

46

40 

35 

34 

34 

32 

41

Minimum

34 

31 

543

12

318 

615 

384 

380 

32 

33 

90 

174 

63

31

June

126 

81 

88 

92 

67

52 

44 

41 

35 

33

96 

162 

179 

126 

131

146 

117 

88 

69 

55

47 

44 

40 

44

72

82 

332 

298 

298 

424

Mean

13C 

251 

1,186

1,124

542 

1,305 

682 

1,515 

145 

117 

602 

44C 

317

59E

July

491 

813 

1,540 

1,710 

1,600

1,620 

1,490 

1,180 

794 

653

525 

457 

347 

258

196

214 

214 

208 

384

370

340 

354 

508 

a700 

491

318 

226 

174 

126 

94 

90

Aug.

184 

424 

a600 

a700 

a900

al.OOO 

a900 

a70O 

a550 

400

291 

214 

190 

202 

298

440 

440 

318 

277 

214

174 

208 

400 

525 

794

712 

474 

311 

277 

270 

251

Per square 

mile

0.236 

.456

2.16

2.04

.987 

2.38 

1.24 

2.75 

.264 

.213 

1.10 

.800 

.576

1.09

Sept.

354 

508 

597 

860 

1,160

1,110 

772 

491 

354 

264

202 

168 

131 

1O8 

91

79 

69 

63 

77 

105

110

179 

277 

377 

362

214 

141 

109 

94 

88

Runoff in 

inches

0.27 

.51 

2.49

27.83

1.14 

2.48 

1.43 

3.07 

.30 

.24 

1.27 

.92 

.64

14.76

e. 13 (3 a.m.) 2,720 sec. -ft.; Feb. 10, 2,790 see. -ft., 

p.m.) 2,3OO sec. -ft.; Apr. 14 or 15 (time unknown) about

d on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

gs.
OCHLOCKONEE RIVER BASIN 357

Ochlockonee River near Havana, Fla.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 30°33", long. 84°23', on sec. 24, T. 2 N., R. 2 W., at

 bridge on U. S. Highway 90, three-quarters of a mile upstream from Seaboard Air Line 

Railroad bridge, 4 miles downstream from Mill Creek, and 5 miles southeast of Havana.

Drainage area.--1,020 square miles.

Records available. December 1928 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--21 years, 1,042 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge observed during year, 5,130 second-feet Apr. 17 (gage height,

 Hb'.OV feet); minimum observed, 163 second-feet May 29, June 1, 24; minimum gage height 

observed, 12.60 feet May 29.

1928-49: Maximum discharge observed, 55,900 second-feet Apr. 4, 1948 (gage height, 

35.08 feet); minimum observed, 24 second-feet Nov.14, 15, 17, 1933; minimum gage 

height observed, 11.15 feet Nov. 5-7, 1943.

Maximum stage known, that of Apr. 4, 1948.

Remarks.--Records good. Gage read once daily.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 9-14, Sept. 27-30)

oct.l to Aug. 14 Aug. 15 to Sept. 30

12.6 163 21.5 2,120

14.6 446 23.5 2,990

16.0 730 25.0 3,820

19.0 1,4CO 26.1 5,130

12 . 7 200

13.8 362

15.6 705

17.4 1,120

Disohsrge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

398

483

561

601

774

906

928

906

818

708

601

664

643

601

561

521

464

413

384

356

328

314

300

286

273

259

245

231

231

218

218

Nov.

218

204

204

218

245

286

342

384

398

370

356

328

314

300

286

273

273

273

300

370

429

502

752

951

1,110

1,180

1,210

1,180

1,210

1,230

-

Dec.

1,330

1,400

1,380

1,350

1,350

1,330

1,260

1,180

1,760

1,900

2,020

2,160

2,280

2,400

2,520

2,690

2,790

2,740

2,480

2,200

1,870

1,760

1,680

1,680

1,700

1,840

1,900

1,930

1,900

1,840

1,730

Jan.

1,650

1,600

1,570

1,520

1,470

1,450

1,420

1,470

1,500

.1,470

1,400

1,300

1,180

1,090

1,020

951

906

862

818

818

796

818

796

796

774

774

730

730

752

774

818

Month

October .........................

November .........................

December ..... ...............

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February ........................

March ............................

April ............................

May .............................

June .............................

July ............................

August ..........................

September .......................

Water year 1948-49 ....... ....

Feb.

974

1,090

1,160

1,180

1,230

1,380

1,760

2,050

2,320

2,520

2,740

2,940

3,140

3,290

3,290

3,090

2,640

2,050

1,810

2,020

2,160

2,4OO

2,560

2,600

2,560

2,4OO

2,160

1,960

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

15,194

15,696

58,350

877,789

54,023

61,474

43 , 283

88,670

s's.-iO

56 , 186

24, 716 

16,053

417,037

Mar.

,730

,570

,470

,380

,260

,160

,160

,280

,330

,260

1,090

974

928

951

1,230

1,380

1,540

1,730

1,930

1,960

1,960

1,900

1,900

1,700

1,570

1,420

1,260

1,113

1,020

1,020

1,110

Apr.

1,350

1/4

1,6

1,7

70

00

00

2,020

2,240

2,3

2,6

2,9

60

00

90

3,190

3,240

3,3

4,0

3,9

90

10

10

4,480

4,990

5,1

4,9

4,6

30

90

00

3,910

3,490

2,9

2,3

1,8

40

20

70

1,840

2,200

2,6

2.8

2,4

1,7

Maximum

928

1,230

2,790

53,100

1,650

3,290

1,960

5,130

1, 280 

730

2,240

1,230 

1,120

5,130

90

90

80

80

May

1,280

1,110

1,090

1,060

997

884

796

686

601

541

502

464

446

413

384

356

328

314

314

300

273

245

231

218

204

190

176

170

163

176

170

Minimum

204

1,180

95

730

974

923

1,350 

163

163

483

525 

200

163

"June

163

170

300

370

328

273

231

245

204

231

190

273

273

464

483

370

314

286

259

218

204

176

170

163

218

190

190

231

413

730

Mean

490

523

1,882

C,398

2*196

1,396

2,956 

487

278

1,167

797

534

1,143

July

840

840

1,040

1,210

1,380

1,600

1,810

2,080

2,240

2,160

1,960

1,570

1,160

928

818

796

730

906

,110

,140

,180

,140

,040

,090

,090

1,040

928

774

601

483

502

Aug.

730

643

774

1,040

1,140

1,160

1,210

1,230

1,120

993

950

912

762

665

665

645

665

705

685

645

585

565

525

585

685

748

839

885

770

645

545

Per square 

mile

0.480

.513

1.85

2.35

1 .03

2 . 15

1.37

2.90

.477

lll4

.781

.524

15.19

Sept.

545

525

585

705

816

931

1,020

1,120

1,090

839

625

505

431

362

316

271

256

228

214

200

271

256

316

486

665

705

605

467

362

316

Runoff in 

inches

0.55

.57

2.13

32.00

1.24

2.24

1 . 58

3 '.55 23

.30

1 32

!90

.58

15.19

980338 O - 52 - J1
358 OCHLOCKONEE RIVER BASIN

Ochlockonee River near Bloxham, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°23', long. 84°39', in sec. 20, T. 1 S., B. 4 W., 

at bridge on State Highway 20, 3,000 feet downstream from plant and dam and if miles 

southwest of Bloxham.

Drainage area.--1,660 square miles.

Records available. June 1936 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--23 years, 1,740 second-feet (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 11,100 second-feet Apr. 13 (gage height, 16.38 

FeeTf); minimum daily, 207 second-feet June 2.

1926-49: Maximum discharge observed, 50,200 second-feet Apr. 5, 1948 (gage height, 

23.50 feet), from rating curve extended above 38,800 second-feet; no flow except indeterminate and negligible amount of leakage on several days in most years.

Remarks. Records fair above 300 second-feet and poor below. Plow regulated by power 

Plant above station and storage in Lake Talquin (capacity, 3,030,000,000 cubic feet).

Cooperation. Records of month-end stages and capacity tables for Lake Talquin furnished 

Dy Florida Power Corp.

Revisions (water year). W 1002 r 1940-43.

Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,310

961

899

2,460

3,750

1,900

1,870

1,580

1,410

1,350

1,430

2,320

2,070

1,570

1,580

1,140

1,910

1,380

1,840

1,360

2,120

2,000

1,620

936

1,480

1,370

1,740

1,510

1,400

946

226

Nov.

S94

1,540

1,6SO

1,520

1,320

780

246

750

911

944

864

1,450

1,130

457

1,350

898

1,050

982

1,080

1,380

602

 1,380

1,760

1,660

2,420

2,810

2,750

2,260

3,040

2,540

-

Dec.

2,480

2,260

2,400

2,480

1,950

2,560

2,08O

2,880

4,760

4,650

4,480

4,480

4,260

4,160

4,160

4,110

3,820

3,720

3,530

4,110

3,970

3,510

3,350

3,360

2,850

2,390

2,940

2,640

2,960

3,250

3,280

Month

October. ...............

November. ..............

December. ..............

Calendar year 1948 . .

January. ...............

February ...............

March............ ......

April ............. . . .

May............... ....

June. ............. ....

July. ..................

August .................

September.. ............

Hater year 1948-49 .

Jan.

2,890

2,4

2,8

2,8

50

10

60

2,670

2,690

2,6

2,5

2,3

40

90

30

2,360

2,620

2,5

2,2

2,1

60

80

40

1,500

1,210

2,5

2,0

2,3

10

60

70

1,720

1,880

1,4

1,0

2,4

90

30

20

3,100

2,360

1,6

1,6

1.4

1,2

10

50

20

90

1,950

Feb.

2,150

2,290

2,100

2,060

2,600

2,540

3,770

4,200

4,790

4,950

4,280

4,360

3,630

4,160

4,130

4,080

4,680

4,360

2,510

3,700

4,160

3,770

4,120

3,720

3,830

3,590

3,260

3,330

-

_

-

Mar.

3,320

2,810

2,650

2,660

2,210

2,240

2,520

2,570

2,690

2,530

2,610

2,320

1,560

2,480

2,820

2,780

3,170

3,320

3,970

3,280

3,500

3,260

4,140

3,790

3,170

2,420

1,720

3,070

2,780

2,250

2,200

Apr.

2,180

2,890

2,690

3,030

4,260

4,480

4,370

4,370

4,370

4,370

4,590

7,980

9,450

9,000

5,870

4,760

7,570

5,630

4,590

4,700

5,190

4,590

4,810

4,590

4,480

3,730

3,470

3,520

3,700

3,630

-

Observed

Secondfoot-days

49,934

42,448 

103,830

1,499,570

67,460

101,120

86,810

142,860

44,044

21,491

78,540

66,277

32,000

836,814

Maximum

3,750

3,040

4,760

49,500

3,100

4,950

4,140

9 450

2,890

1,630

3,300

2,860

2,020

9,450

Minimum

226

246

1,950

226

1,030

2,060

1,560

2, 180

207

1,070

527

284

207

Mean

1 , 611

1,415 

3 349

4,097

2 ,176

3,611

2 ,800

4,762

1,421

716

2 534

2 , 138

1,067

2,293

May

2,840

2,890

2,700

2,150

2,210

2,190

1,660

1,190

2,010

2,050

1,860

1,410

1,670

908

754

1,560

1,480

1,400

1,310

854

636

472

1,170

1,390

654

620

902

838

268

918

1,080

June

369

207

240

334

444

800

952

900

620

649

389

478

582

911

383

486

505

524

806

527

722

902

744

1,030

1,280

846

921

1,260

1,050

1,630

-

Change in 

contents

(equivalent, 

seeond-feetjt

-93

+212

+19 .

-9.8

-34

+54

 34

0

-190

+231

-112

-112

+66

-1.3

July

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

2

2

2

2

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

,010

,360

,300

,620

,490

,490

,470

,800

,850

,850

,050

,300

,950

,900

,550

,560

>660

,180

,950

,950

,950

,900

,900

,630

,610

,770

,460

,200

,180

,580

,070

Aug.

1,700

2,13O

2,300

2,530

2,860

2,480

1,910

2,250

2,600

2,500

2,230

2,000

1,940

527

1,780

2,560

2,630

2,500

2,480

2,060

1,290

1,740

2,050

1,870

1,850

2,340

2,780

1,670

2,240

2,400

2,080

Sept.

1,700

2,020

1,640

770

546

1,160

1,340

1,590

1,680

1,090

876

1,010

1,600

1,490

1,460

1,560

956

1,550

897

732

644 gi,oeo

g900

536

618

g703

g520

g284

g285

543

-

Adjusted for change in 

reservoir contents

Mean

1

T ' K'?^

o,obo ^'^fift

4,087

2 142

s',G65

2,766

4,762

1 231

947

2 422

2 ,026

1,135

2,292

Per square 

mile

0.914

2! 03

2.46

1 29

2^21

1.67

2. 87

.742

.570

1.46

1.22

.683

1.38

Runoff in 

inches

1.05

1.09

2. 34

33.52

1.49

2.30

1.92

3.20

. 86

.64

1 . 68

1.41

.76

18.74

t Change in contents in Lake Talquin.

g Computed from graph based on hourly readings of tailwater gage at power plant.
OCHLOCKONEE RIVER BASIN 

Tired Creek near Cairo, Ga.

359

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°54', long. 84°16', 140 feet upstream from county 

road bridge, a quarter of a mile downstream from Wolf Creek, 1 mile downstream from 

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge, and 3 miles west of Cairo, Grady County.

Drainage area. 55 square miles.

Records available.--July 1943 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,850 second-feet Apr. 12 (gage height, 7.38 

FeeTT; minimum, 9.6 second-feet May 28.

1943-49: Maximum discharge, 28,100 second-feet Apr. 1, 1948 (gage height, 16.3 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 2,500 second-feet on basis of 

slope-area determination; minimum, 1.2 second-feet June 27, 1944.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water year). W 1052: 1944.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 21, 

Dec. 30 to Feb. 4, Aug. 6 to Sept. 30)

1.1 

1.7 

2.3 

3.4 

4.0

9.2

21

36

70

94

4.5 

4.9 

5.2 

5.4 

5.6

125 

162 

202 

244 

30Z

5.9 42 6

6.1 540

6.4 775

6.8 1,150

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

40

70

62

64

83

56

39

33

29

26

31

62

44

a35

a30

a26

a24

a22

a22

a20

20

20

20

20

20

20

19

20

20

20

19

Nov.

19

20

23

38

36

40

66

42

33

32

33

32

30

30

27

25

32

36

36

104

118

184

302

187

114

79

70

82

105

85

-

Dec.

70

60

63

63

58

56

56

74

244

280

146

96

85

81

77

74

72

72

108

129

94

99

a!50

a!20

a 100

a90

a 100

a90

a? 5

125

129

Jan.

92

74

68

66

68

94

99

79

64

60

58

58

56

54

52

52

52

51

50

72

64

57

52

50

48

45

44

50

64

57

88

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May

June .............................

July .............................

August . .

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

108

74

66

60

174

230

350

379

202

151

168

125

99

89

85

81

79

72

77

138

142

96

77

66

63

63

76

118

-

-

-

Seoondfoct-days

1,036

2,060

3,136

51,859.

1,938

3,508

3,201

6,361

857.

1,466

1,837

1,266

982

27,648.

Mar.

85

63

60

57

54

57

114

81

60

60

60

52

48

80

384

248

114

89

146

105

77

76

102

83

66

62

57

60

211

232

158

Apr.

235

151

138

108

730

432

179

118

94

63

146

1,080

874

282

174

129

105

92

85

76

70

99

263

205

106

72

63

60

58

74

Maximum

83

302

280

99

379

384

1,080

3 111

197

252

136

129

=5 1,080

May

111

92

a60

a50

a40

38

36

33

30

a28

a26

a26

a24

a24

22

20

19

17

16

15

14

13

IE

12

12

12

10

9.6

10

12

14

Minimum

19

19

56

7

44

60

48

58

9.6

12

14

19

11

9.6

June

52

76

31

17

14

12

14

23

24

81

189

197

60

33

28

25

21

16

14

13

18

23

20

19

30

24

54

114

122

102

-

Mean

33.'

68.

101

142

62.

125

103

212

27 .

48!

59.:

40.

32.

75.

July

83

118

252

146

85

99

62

48

56

46

36

28

38

45

39

52

45

52

83

74

42

36

33

63

45

36

24

20

17

14

20

Aug.

44

30

39

46

136

126

52

32

50

54

36

42

32

28

44

45

31

24

24

23

23

34

42

45

28

22

19

26

35

26

28

Per square 

mile

t 0.607

1.25

1.84

2.58

5 1.14

2.27

1.87

3.85

.504

3 .889

1.08

S .742

.595

1.38

Sept.

57

32

46

63

32

24

26

32

23

21

18

15

13

13

12

11

11

11

17

27

45

79

129

62

30

25

27

29

28

24

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.70

1.40

2.12

35.06

1.31

2.36

2.16

4.30

.58

.99

1.24

.86

.66

18.68

Peak discharge (base. 1,800 seg.-ft.).--Apr. 12 (6 p.m.) 1,850 sec.-ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range In 

nearby stations.
360 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Chattahoochee River near Leaf, Ga,

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°35', long. 83°38', 700 feet upstream from bridge 

on state Highway 115, If miles east of Leaf, White County, 2j miles downstream from 

Blue Creek, 3 miles upstream from Soque River, and 1\ miles southeast of Cleveland, 

Datum of gage is 1,219.47 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--ISO square miles.

Records available. May to December 1907 (fragmentary), February 1940 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 12,100 second-feet June 16 (gage height, 12.4 

reetJ; minimum daily, 154 second-feet Oct. 28-31,

1940-49: Maximum discharge, 14,100 second-feet Jan. 7, 1946 (gage height, 13.6 

feet); minimum daily, 72 second-feet Oct, 26, 1941.

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mill dams above staRatlng table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

an<J discharge, in second-feet)

1.8 154 2.5 465 5.O 2,4OO 

2.0 225 3.2 910 6.5 3,950 

2.2 310 4,0 1,520 8.3 6,090

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

a

9 

10

11

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

16 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

181 

178 

174 

188 

195

181 

174 

214 

178 

171

174 

174 

164

161 

157

161 

164 

178

161 

164

157 

168 

178 

158 

161

161 

157 

154 

154 

154 

154

Nov.

171 

267 

2,110 

489 

395

1,290 

658 

437 

365 

454

410 

360 

335 

301 

283

278 

301 

270 

910 

801

513 

651 

597 

609 

495

507 

903 

4,540 

2,100 

1,020

Dec.

788 

684 

896 

716 

633

794 

658 

609

561 

513

489 

477 

454 

443 

437

471 

448 

448 

543 

483

448 

437 

426 

421 

621

519 

465 

448 

657 

945 

639

Jan.

555 

507 

477 

966 

6,090

2,450 

1,230 

1,020 

882 

801

742 

710 

671 

639 

809

585 

585 

567 

603 

555

561 

567 

555 

549 

525

513 

501 

762 

615 

573 

1,390

Month

Octo 

Hove 

D«pe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Maro 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

Julj 

Augv 

Sept

Wa

aber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

1 ......................

Bt ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

945 

736 

658 

820 

710

639 

615 

579 

658 

1,160

808 

697 

639 

609 

603

882 

840 

703 

1.190

1,160

861 

762 

710 

664 

639

615 

690 

651

Secondfoqt-days

5,25 

22,82 

17,57

159,19

28,40 

21,24 

19,37 

20,83 

20,84 

20,50 

23,16 

18,66 

18,37

237,05

Mar.

609 

585 

567 

555 

543

537 

519 

507 

513 

591

513 

495 

483 

477 

471

454

454 

555- 

483 

459

454 

1,380

1,160 

723 

710

903 

742 

723 

684 

645 

882

Apr.

762 

677 

633 

597 

627

603 

567 

549 

525

513

543 

762 

1,680 

945 

762

677 

639 

809 

585 

561

567 

633 

567 

537 

513

501 

507 

537 

797 

1,860

Maximum

3 214 

3 4,540 

I 945

3 4,540

3 6,090 

5 1,190 

5 1,380 

5 1,860 

3 1,160 

I 5,400 

> 3,520 

D 3,040 

3 3,020

! 6,090

Peak discharge (base, 2, TOO sec. -ft.). NOV. 3 (6 a.m,

May

1,160 

1,120 

820

723 

671

664 

645 

671 

945 

1,020

1,090 

827 

729 

677 

645

615 

585 

561 

549 

543

525, 

513 

561 

513 

537

483 

465 

454 

443 

489 

597

Minimum

154 

171 

421

152

477 

579 

454 

501 

443 

385 

400 

370 

365

154

June

489 

454 

432 

481 

410

400 

390 

385 

410 

390

395 

395 

415 

525 

597

5,400 

1,200 

798 

639 

573

549 

513

483 

537 

742

633 

525 

483 

454

477

Mean

17C 

76] 56-

43 E

916 

75E

62£ 

B94 

67?

ea; 

747

602 

612

64E

July

454 

426 

410 

437 

454

573 

469 

415 

400 

400

519

3,520 

1,360 

834 

742

896 

854 

1,480 

1,240

945

808 

697 

633 

627 

573

543 

525 

495 

483 

465 

465

Aug.

549 

477 

483 

501

477

443

415 

426 

448 

437

415 

390 

380

370 

375

477 

3,040 

703 

519

483

794 

1,050 

814 

609 

519

477 

459 

609 

525 

477 

519

Per square

nil*

1.13 

5.07 

3.78

2.90

6.11 

5.06 

4.17 

1 4,63 

4,48 

4,55 

4.98 

4.01 

4.09

4.33

4,390 sea. -ft.; Nov. 6 (12 m.)

Sspt

465 

415 

513 

471 

443

3,020 

1,810 

910 

742 

645

585 

549 

531 

501 

483

471 

471 

465 

465 

437

421 

410 

426 

395 

385

385 

415 

400 

385 

365

Runoff in 

inohss

l.SO 

5.66 

4.36

39,46

7.04 

5.27 

4,81 

5.17 

5.16 

5.08 

5.74 

4.62 

4.56

58.77

2,780 aec.-

ft.; Nov. 28 (6 p.m.) 8,120 sec.-ft.; Jan. 5 (8 p.m.) 9,300 sec.-ft.j Mar. 22 (6 p.m.) 3,080 see. -

ft.; June 16 (12 m.) 12,100 sec.-ft. ; July 12 (2 p.m.) 8,700 sec.-ft.j Aug. 17 (5 a.m.) ^,940

ft.; Sept. 6 (11 a.m.) 6,740 sec.-ft.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 

Chattahoochee River near Buford, Ga.

361

location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°08', long. 84°06', at bridge on State Highway 

zu, tnree-quarters of a mile upstream from Dave Creek, 4 miles downstream from Bald 

Ridge Creek, and 5 miles west of Buford, Gwinnett County. Datum of gage is 905.20 

feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 1,060 square miles.

Records available. June to December 1901 (gage heights only), January 1942 to September 

1943.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 28,200 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage height, 25.6 

reetj; minimum, 870 second-feet Oct. 30.

1942-49: Maximum discharge, 55,000 second-feet Jan. 8, 1946 (gage height, 32_6 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 13,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting, on basis of peak flows passing upstream and downstream stations; minimum, 531 second-feet Sept. 29, Oct. 6, 1947.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

3.8 825 7.5 3,180 18. 0 13,400 

4.8 1,300 12. O 7,120 21.0 18,200 

6.0 2,020 15.0 10,000 24.2 24.7OO

Discharge, in aeoond-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

 Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,050 

1,OOO 

980 

980 

l.OOO

1,030 

l.OOO 

1,030 

1,080 

1,000

980 

1,000 

980 

94O 

915

890 

915 

960 

960 

940

915 

915 

960 

1,000 

96O

94O 

915 

915 

89O 

890 

890

Nov.

915 

1,120 

7,020 

8,350 

2,600

3,850 

6,400 

2,920 

2,160 

1,890

1,960 

1,820 

1,640 

1,520 

1,460

1,410 

1,520 

1,520 

1,820 

4,280

3,090 

3,090 

5,230 

5,590 

3,600

2,920 

7,480 

11,900 

22.90O 

15,200

Dec.

5,230 

4,110 

3,940 

4,2OO 

3,430

3,600 

3,770 

3.43O 

3,OOO 

2,76O

2,52O 

2,38O 

2,3OO 

2,230 

2,160

2,160 

2,300 

2,160 

2,380 

2,600

2,3OO 

2,160 

2,090 

2,02O 

2,52O

3,260 

2,52O 

2,3OO 

2,450 

5,050 

4,200

Jan.

3,O9O 

2,680 

2,450 

4,110 

10,80O

23,300 

16,9OO 

6,4OO 

4,960 

4,360

3,940 

3,68O 

3,520 

3,260 

3,090

3,000 

2,920 

2,840 

2,840 

2,84O

2,680 

2,760 

2,6OO 

2,380 

2,920

2,760 

2,520 

2,680 

2,840 

2,600 

4,62O

Month

Goto 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febt 

Marc 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

w

nber... ......................

 her .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

1 ............................

. . .

ember ........................

iter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

7,120 

4,450 

3,6OO 

5,590 

5,410

3,940 

3,430 

3, ISO 

4,880 

7.O3O

6,580 

4,360 

3,770 

3,430 

3,260

4,540 

6,130 

4,280 

4,110 

7,21O

5,140 

4,280 

3,860 

3,600 

3,340

3,260 

3,430 

3,770

Seoondfoot-days

29,82 

137,17 

91,53

932,09

142,34 

126,98 

99,37 

106,05 

1OO,9O 

101,94 

118,61 

87,60 

110,30

1,252,61

Mar.

3,26O 

3,090 

3,OOO 

2,840 

2,840

2.76O 

2,680 

2,6OO 

2,600 

3,340

3,090 

2,760 

2,600 

2,520 

2,520

2,450 

2,380 

2,520 

2,840 

2,450

2,380 

3,180 

7,840 

4,880 

3,68O

3,940 

4,020 

3,600 

3,600 

3,340 

3,77O

Apr.

4,280 

3,600 

3,26O 

3,090 

3,090

3,26O 

2,920 

2,760 

2,680 

2,6OO

2,52O 

3,43O 

7,930 

7,840 

4,54O

3,770 

3,430 

3,180 

3,000 

2,840

2,840 

3,OOO 

3,090 

2,760 

2,6OO

2,520 

2,520 

2,6OO 

3,340 

6,760

Maximum

3 1,08O 

5 22,900 

D 5,23O

5 22,900

3 23,30O 

3 7,210 

3 7,84O 

3 7,930 

3 7,390 

3 16.9OO 

3 9,68O 

3 9,87O 

3 24,700

5 24,700

Peak discharge (base, 1O.OOO sec. -ft.). Nov. 4 (5 a.m

May

7,390 

6,76O 

4,960 

3,940 

3,520

3,260 

3,260 

3,090 

4,020 

3,940

4,880 

3,860 

3,340 

3,O90 

2,920

2,840 

2,68O 

2.600 

2,520 

2,450

2,450 

2,380 

2,3OO 

2,380 

2,380

2,300 

2,16O 

2,160 

2,090 

2,300 

2,680

Minimum

890 

915 

2.02O

890

2,380 

3,180 

2,38O 

2,520 

2,090 

1,89O 

1,890 

1,700 

1,760

89O

June

3,260 

2,380 

2,160 

2,020 

1,960

1,960 

1,890 

1,890 

1,960 

1,960

1,890 

1,890 

1,960 

3,090 

2,380

4,340 

16,900 

11.2OO 

3,860 

3,26O

3,000 

2,760 

2,760 

2,760 

3,180

4,280 

3,090 

3,000 

2,52O 

2.38O

Mean

962 

4,575 

2,952

2,54'

4,592 

4,53! 

3,20! 

3,53! 

3,25 

3,39 

3,82E 

2,82 

3,67'

3,435

July

2,920 

2,3OO 

2,090 

2.02O 

2,160

2,230 

2,680 

2.23O 

1,960 

1,89O

2,O20 

2,920 

9,68O 

5.77O 

9,090

6,310 

6,670 

5,860 

8,110 

6,130

4,790 

3,860 

3,34O 

3,860 

3,OOO

2,760 

2,600 

2,450 

2.38O 

2,3OO 

2,230

Aug.

2,38O 

2,300 

2,230 

2,380 

2,380

2,230 

2,020 

1,960 

1,96O 

2,020

2,020 

1,890 

1,760 

1,760 

1,700

1,760 

5,85O 

9,870 

3,430 

2,760

2,520 

4,110 

5*050 

3,260 

2,600

2,300 

2.16O 

2,300 

3,520 

2,600 

2,520

Per square 

mile

O.9O8 

' 4.31 

5 2.79

2. 4O

4.33 

i 4.28 

i 3.02 

i 3.33

5 3.07 

3 3.21 

3.61 

5 2.67 

3.47

3.24

) 11,500 sec. -ft. 3 Nov. 29 (10 p

Sept.

2,450 

2,23O 

2,O20 

2,3OO 

2,160

9,010 

24,70O 

11,500 

4,620 

3,770

3,34O 

3,OOO 

2,840 

2,68O 

2,52O

2,45O 

2,38O 

2,300 

2,3OO 

2,23O

2,O90 

2,020 

2.O9O 

2,O2O 

1,890

1,890 

1,890 

1,960 

1,890 

1,760

Runoff lm 

inches

1.05 

4.81 

3.22

32.70

4.99 

4.46 

3.48 

3.72 

3.54 

3.58 

4.16 

3.08 

3.87

43.96

.raj 26,600

sec.-ft.; Jan. 6 (9 p.m.) 28,200 sec.-ft.j Apr. 14 (3 a.m.) 10,400 sec.-ft.j June_ 17 (10 p.m.] 

22,700 sec.-ft.; July 15 (4 p.m.) 11,60O sec.-ft.; Aug. 18 (8 a.m.) 12.9OO see.-ft.; Sept. 7 (4 

27,900 sec.-ft.
362 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Chattahoochee River near Roswell, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°00', long. 84°20', ij miles upstream from Big 

Greek and bridge on U. S. Highway 19 and 2 miles southeast of Roswell, Fulton County.

Drainage area. 1,230 square miles.

Records available. October 1941 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 28,800 second-feet Jan. 7 (gage height, 17.9 

reet, from floodmark); minimum, 980 second-feet Oct. 17 (gage height, 2.35 feet).

1941-49: Maximum discharge, 56,000 second-feet Jan. 8, 1946 (gage height, 23.4 

feet, from floodmark), by computation of flow over Morgan Palls Dam 6 miles below 

station; minimum, 384 second-feet Oct. 14, 21, 26, 27, 1941 (gage height, 1.26 feet).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of fragmentary, or doubtful or no gageHeight record, which are fair. Slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In reet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 2 to Jan. 5, Jan. 9 to Mar. 24)

2.4 1,010 9.0 7,960 

3.0 1,400 11.0 11,200 

4.0 2,140 13.0 15,100 

5.5 3,540 15.0 20,000 

7.0 5,230 17.0 25,700

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,200

1,140 

1,100 

1,070 

1,070

1,140 

1,100 

1,100 

1,170 

1,140

1,070 

1,070 

1,100 

1,040 

1,010

1,010 

1,010 

1,040 

1,040 

1,040

1,010 

1,010 

1,040 

1,100 

1,070

1,040 

1,040 

1,010 

1,010 

1,010 

1,010

Nov.

1,010 

1,170 

4,200 

10,200 

4,090

3,340 

6,940 

3,960 

2,490 

2,140

2,020 

2,020 

1,870 

1,760 

1,640

1,580 

1,680 

1,720 

1,870 

3,540

3,960 

3,340 

5,230 

7,510 

4,990

3,440 

8,410 

14,600 

19,200 

825,000

Dec.

a!5,000 

4,750 

4,180 

4,630 

3,960

3,740 

4,290 

3,850 

3,540 

3,240

3,040 

2,860 

2,760 

2,670 

2,580

2,580 

2,670 

2,670 

2,670 

3,040

2,860 

2,580 

2,490 

2,400 

2,580

3,640 

3,040 

2,760 

2,760 

4,400 

5,350

Jan.

3,850 

3,340 

3,040 

4,400 

f9,550

f!4,700 

f25,700 

13,700 

5,860 

4,990

4,510 

4,180 

3,960 

3,740 

3,540

3,440 

3,340 

3,340 

3,240 

3,340

3,240 

3,240 

3,240 

2,950 

3,240

3,240 

3,040 

3,240 

3,440 

3,140 

4,290

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May.

June 

July 

Augtt 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary . .

h. ........................ .

1. ...........................

st ................. .... .

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 .........

Feb.

8,100 

5,860 

4,400 

d6,000 

d8,000

4,870 

4,180 

3,850 

d6,000 

d8,000

dlO,000 

5,990 

4,870 

4,400 

4,070

d4,500 

d7,000 

d6,000 

4,990 

d6,000

d7,000 

5,110 

4,510 

4,180 

3,960

3,850 

3,960 

4,400

Seoondfoot-days

33,01C 

154, 92C 

113, 58C

1,037,31;

162, 06C 

154, 05C 

116, 88C 

118, 05C 

116, 77C 

106, 77C 

123, 18C 

90.90C 

118, 2 3C

1,408,40C

Mar.

3,960 

3,640 

3,540 

3,440 

3,440

3,340 

3,340 

3,240 

3,240 

3,960

3,960 

3,440 

3,340 

3,240 

3,140

3,140 

3,040 

3,140 

3,340 

3,140

2,950 

3,240 

7,300 

7,160 

4,290

4,070 

4,510 

3,960 

3,850 

3,640 

3,850

Apr.

4, 

4, 

3, 

3, 

3,

3, 

3,

3, 

3, 

2,

2, 

3, 

d6, 

dlO,

d7,

d4, 

d4, 

d3, 

d3, 

3,

3, 

3, 

3,

3, 

3,

2,

2, 

2, 

3,

s,

Maximum

1,200 

25,000 

15,000

25,000

25,700 

10,000 

7,300 

10,000 

9,200 

15,000 

8,260 

10,200 

23,900

25,700

Peak discharge (base. 12,000 sec. -ft.). Nov. 30 (time

750 

180 

640 

440 

440

540 

440 

240 

040 

950

950 

040 

000 

000 

000

500 

000 

500

500 

240

140 

240 

440 

140 

040

860 

860 

950 

740 

250

May

9,200 

7,510 

6,520 

4,630 

3,960

3,740 

3,540 

3,440 

4,510 

4,750

4,990 

4,750 

3,740 

3,440 

3,240

3,240 

3,040 

2,950 

2,860 

2,760

2,760 

2,760 

2,670 

2,670 

2,760

2,670 

2,490 

2,490 

2,490 

2,760 

3,440

Minimum

1,010 

1,010 

2,400

945

2,950 

3,850 

2,950 

2,860 

2,490 

 2,230 

2,140 

1,870 

1,940

1,010

June

3,640 

2,950 

2,580 

2,400 

2,320

2,320 

2,320 

2,230 

2,230 

2,320

2,230 

2,230 

2,320 

2,760 

3,140

2,860 

d6,000 

d!5,000 

d9,000 

d4,000

d3,500 

d3,500 

d3,000 

d3,000 

d3,000

d4,000 

g3,440 

g3,040 

g2,860 

2,580

Mean

1,065 

5,164 

3,664

2,834

5,228 

5,502 

3,770 

3.935 

3,767 

3,559 

3,974 

2,932 

3,941

3,859

July

2,860 

2,670 

2,400 

2,320 

2,320

2,400 

2,490 

2,760 

2,230

2,140

2,140 

2/490 

6,720 

8,260 

6,940

7,660 

7,660 

5,990 

8,260 

7,080

5,470 

4,180 

3,540 

3,640 

3,240

2,860 

2,670 

2,580 

2,490 

2,400 

2,320

Aug.

2, 

2, 

2, 

2, 

2,

2, 

2, 

2, 

2, 

2,

2, 

2, 

1, 

1, 

1,

1, 

2, 

10, 

5, 

2,

2, 

3, 

5, 

3, 

2,

2, 

2, 

2, 

3, 

2, 

2,

Per square 

mile

0.866 

4.20 

2.98

2.30

4.25 

4.47 

3.07 

3.20 

3.06 

2.89 

3.23 

2.38 

3.20

3.14

unknown) 27,800 sec. -ft.; Jan. 7

400 

490 

400 

400 

400

490 

140 

140 

060 

230

230 

060 

940 

900 

870

870 

960 

200 

640 

860

860 

850 

110 

960 

950

580 

400 

400 

040 

490 

580

Sept.

2,670 

2,580 

2,230 

2,230 

2,400

5,980 

14,600 

23,900 

9,170 

4,070

3,440 

3,140 

2,950 

2,760 

2,670

2,580 

2,580 

2,490 

2,400 

2,400

2,320 

2,140 

2,140 

2,230 

2,060

2,020 

2,020 

2,060 

2,060 

1,940

Runoff in 

inohes

1.00 

4.69 

3.44

31.36

4.90

4.66 

3.54 

3.57 

3.53 

3.22 

3.72 

2.74 

3.57

42.58

(2 p.m.)

28,800 sec.-ft.;

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Vlnlngs.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Vlnlngs.

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed from partly estimated gage heights.

g Computed from graph based on gage readings.
APAIACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 363

Chattahoochee River near Vinings,. Qa.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°52", long. 84°27", at Pace Perry Bridge, 1 mile 

soutneast of Vinings, Cobb County, 1 mile downstream from Rotten Wood Creek, 2f miles 

upstream from Peachtree Creek, and 8 miles northwest of Atlanta. Datum of gage is 

750.10 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 1,450 square miles.

Records available. August 1928 to December 1931, November 1936 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 15 years (1928-31, 1937-49), 2 5 623 second-feet,

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 34,400 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 21.7 

 feet); minimum daily, 1,060 second-feet Oct. 28.

1928-31, 1936-49: Maximum discharge, 59,000 second-feet Jan. 9, 1946 (gage height, 

28.0 feet); minimum daily, 422 second-feet Oct. 26, 1941.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of backwater, which are fair. Considerable 

diurnal fluctuation caused by Morgan Falls hydroelectric plant, 9f miles above station.

Revisions (water years). W 972: 1932.

Rating table, water year 1948-49, except periods of backwater 

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

2.6 1,030 10,0 12,200 

3.2 1,620 15.0 18,9OO 

4.O 2,570 17. O 22,200 

5.O 4,O2O 19.3 27,4OO

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,410 

1,270 

1,230 

1,210 

1,190

1,250 

1,280 

1,240 

1,280 

1,300

1,220 

1,220 

1,230 

1,190 

1,120

1,140 

1,100 

1,190 

1,150 

1,150

1,160 

1,140 

1,120 

1,240 

1,320

1,150 

1,170 

1,060 

1,130 

1,120 

1,100

NOT.

1,210 

1,430 

4,340 

1O,1OO 

6,960

4,180 

6,790 

5.62O 

2,980 

2,570

2,310 

2,380 

2,070 

2,010 

1,9OO

1,900 

1,9OO 

2.O7O 

2,310 

3,780

4,820 

4,340 

6,620 

9,800 

6,620

5,300 

12,000 

17,800 

C22.000 

27,400

Dec.

Cl8,000 

6,79O 

5,140 

5,140 

4,660

4,340 

4,660 

4,500 

4,O2O 

3,71O

3,340 

3,19O 

3,050 

3,050 

2,840

2,9.10 

2,910 

3,O5O 

2,980 

3,260

3,190 

2,340 

2,700 

2,640 

2,910

3,860 

3,560 

3,050 

3,340 

4,820 

6,280

Jan.

4,500 

3,730 

3,480 

4,820 

11,700

17,7OO 

24,500 

Cl8,000 

3,490 

5,940

5,300 

4,820 

4^500 

4,180 

4.O2O

3,860 

3,710 

3,640 

3,560 

3,560

3,560 

3,41O 

3,480 

3,190 

3,190

3,560 

3,340 

3,480 

3,710 

3,41O 

4,980

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

 a

 her... ......................

 ber .........................

lendar year 1948 ..........

tary .

uary

h........ ............. .... .

1. ...........................

ist ...........................

ember . .......................

tor year 1948-49 ....

Feb.

3,490 

7.13O 

4,930 

7,300 

8,830

5,940 

4,930 

4,500 

6,960 

9,960

1O,9OO 

7,130 

5,300 

4,820 

4,500

5,300 

8,320 

6,960 

5,620 

6,960

8,320 

5,730 

,930 

,660 

,340

,180 

,340 

,660

Seoondfoot-days

37.08C 

185, 56( 

130, 73C

l,211,65t

183, 37( 

176,14( 

130,39( 

136, 96( 

137, 52( 

121,72 

136,46 

100,03 

132, 16(

1,6O8,12(

Mar.

4,500 

3,940 

3,780 

3,710 

3,640

3,560 

3,560 

3,410 

3,480 

4,660

4,500 

3,860 

3,640 

3,480 

3,410

3,340 

3,260 

3.41O 

3,560 

3,480

3,190 

3,640 

6,960 

9,OOO 

5,300

4,660 

5,140 

4,820 

4,500 

4,340 

4,660

Apr.

5,300 

4,820 

3,430 

4,020 

4,O2O

4,180 

4,020 

3,710 

3,560 

3,410

3,340 

3,710 

7,3OO 

11*600 

7,980

5,140 

4,500 

4,180 

3,940 

3,710

3.71O 

3,780 

3,860 

3,710 

3,410

3,260 

3,260 

3,410 

4,820 

6,960

Maxima

) 1,410 

5 27,4OO 

) 18,OOO

) 27.4OO

5 24,500 

3 1O,9OO 

5 9,OOO 

5 11,600 

5 1O.4OO 

3 16,000 

5 10,100 

3 9,320 

5 22,OOO

3 27,400

May

10,400 

9,800 

8,320 

5,620 

4,820

4,340 

4,340 

4,020 

4,820 

5,780

5,620 

5,620 

4,500 

3,940 

3,710

3,640 

3,480 

3,340 

3,19O 

3,120

3,120 

3,120 

3,05O 

3,05O 

3,190

3,050 

2,840 

2.77O 

2,770 

3,480 

4,660

Minim,

1,060 

1,210 

2,64O

1,060

3,190 

4,180 

3.19O 

3,260 

2,770 

2,380 

2,440 

2,010 

2,190

1,060

June

4,O20 

3,480 

2,910 

2,77O 

2,640

2,640 

2,57O 

2,570 

2.3SO 

2,57O

2,570 

2,570 

2,570 

3,260 

3,640

3,410 

8,320 

16,000 

11,100 

3,940

3,860 

3,640 

3,260 

3,120 

3,340

4,500 

4,340 

3,410 

3,41O 

2,910

Mean

1,196 

6,185 

4,217

3.31C

5,915 

6,293 

4,2O6 

4,565 

4,436 

4,057 

4,40! 

3,227 

4,405

4,406

July

3,050 

3,120 

2,640 

2,500 

2,500

2,570 

2,640 

3,050 

2,440 

2,440

2,440 

2,700 

5,620 

10,100 

6,790

9,640 

9,000

7,300 

8,320 

3,490

6,280 

4,320 

3,940 

3,780 

3,780

3,120 

2,910 

2,77O 

2,640 

2,570 

2,500

Aug.

2,500 

2,700 

2,77O 

2,700 

2,640

2.70O 

2,380 

2,310 

2,190 

2,440

2,380 

2,310 

2,130 

2,070 

2,010

2,010 

2,570 

9,320 

3,320 

3,410

3,260 

4,020 

5,460 

4,820 

3,260

2,77O 

2,570 

2,640 

3/120 

3,410 

2,840

Per square 

 lie

0.825 

4.27 

2.91

2.28

4.08 

4.34 

2.90 

3.15 

3.06 

2,80 

3.04 

2.23 

3.04

3.O4

Sept.

2,980 

2,770 

2,440 

2,380 

2,640

8,660 

13,000 

22,000 

C16.0OO 

5,300

4,020 

3,530 

3,340 

3,120 

2,910

2,840 

2,840 

2,700 

2,640

2,340

2,500 

2,440 

2,380 

2,440 

2,310

2,250 

2,250 

2,310 

2,310 

2,190

Runoff la 

inches

0.95 

4.76 

3.36

31.08

4.70 

4.52 

3.34 

3.51 

3.53 

3.12 

3.50 

2.57 

3.39

41.25

Peak discharge (base, 13,000 aec.-ft.). HOT. 28 (9 p.m.) 34,400 sec. -ft.; Jan. 7 (11 p.m.)~2ff,700

sec.-ft.; June 19 (1 a.m.) 18,900 sec.-ft.; Sept. 8 (10 p.m.) 25.4OO sec.-ft.

c Backwater from Peachtree Creek or return of overflow; discharge computed on basis of discharge 

measurements and records for stations near Roswell and near Vhitesburg.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN"

Chattahoochee River near Whltesburg, Ga.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat . 33°29' , long. 84°54i, at bridge on State Highway 16, l| 

miles downstream from Cedar Creek, 2 miles downstream from Snake Creek, half a mile upstream from Central of Georgia Railroad, and l£ miles southeast of Whitesburg, Carroll 

County. Datum of gage is 684.06 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Prior to 

May 1, 1949, wire-weight gage at site 1 mile upstream at same datum.

Drainage area. 2,430 square miles.

Records available. --October 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 11 years, 3,826 second-feet.

Extremes .--Maximum discharge during year, 46,000 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 25.0 

I'eet, site then in use, from floodmark); minimum daily, 1,410 second-feet Oct. 16-18.

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 59,000 second-feet Jan. 10, 1946 (gage height, 25.1 

feet, site then in use, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended 

above 30,000 second- feet on basis of velocity-area and channel-capacity studies; minimum daily, 468 second- feet Oct. 26, 1941.

Remarks . Records good. Gage read twice daily. 

Morgan Palls hydroelectric plant.

Moderate diurnal fluctuation caused by

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in fe 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 3O May 1 to Sept. 30

2.1 1,410 12.0 14,800 1.8 2,600 7.0 9,500 

4.0 3,310 16.0 23,000 3.0 3,900 10.0 14,600 

6.0 5,580 20.0 32,200 4.5 5,800 12.6 19,600 

8.0 8,250 24.7 45,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,910 

1,810 

1,710 

1,610 

1,610

1,610 

1,610 

1,610 

1,610 

1,610

1,610 

1,610 

1,510 

1,510 

1,510

1,410 

1,410 

1,410 

1,610 

1,510

1,510 

1,510 

1,510 

1,510 

1,510

1,610 

1,610 

1,610 

1,510 

1,510 

1,510

Nov.

1,510 

1,910 

4,860 

6,990 

10,100

6,850 

7,830 

8,250 

5,220 

3,640

3,310 

3,010 

2,910 

2,710 

2,610

2,610 

2,610 

2,710 

3,640 

7,130

6,590 

9,450 

10 , 900 

16,600 

12,700

9,600 

24,500 

31,500 

45,100 

40 , 900

Dec.

36,800 

32,200 

13,400 

7,270 

6,590

6,200 

6,200 

6,720 

5,940 

5,460

4,860 

4,630 

4,410 

4,300 

4,300

4,190 

4,300 

4,630 

4,860 

4,630

4,520 

4,300 

4,080 

3,970 

4,190

4,520 

4,980 

4,980 

5,340 

8,110 

8,250

Jan.

6,460 

5,580 

4,980 

5,580 

11,900

19,400 

21,100 

25,400 

27,000 

11 , 500

7,270 

6,460 

5,940 

5,580 

5,220

5,100 

4,980 

4,860 

4,980 

4,860

4,980 

4,860 

4,630 

4,520 

4,410

4,410 

4,520 

4,630 

4,860 

5,100 

8,550

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber. .........................

mber .......................

lendar year 1948 ...........

h. .......... ... .

1 .................. . . .

si ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 .

Feb.

9,750 

10,600 

9,3OO 

12,500 

12,700

9,750 

7,270 

6,330 

9,150 

14,000

14,300 

12,900 

8,700 

6,850 

6,200

6,460 

8,400 

9,450 

7,830 

8,850

9,600 

8,400 

6,850 

6,330 

5,940

5,700 

6,200 

6,850

Secondfoot-clays

48,71C 

298, 25C 

2?9,13C

1,902,030

249,620 

247,160 

188,610 

200,570 

188,420 

159,240 

171,480 

126,480 

163,000

2,270,670

Peak discharge (base, 18,000 sec . -f t. ) . --Nc

sec. -ft.; Apr. 30 (9 a.m.) 18,600 sec. -ft.; £

Mar.

6,460 

5,700 

5,460 

5,340 

5,100

5,100 

5,100 

4,980 

4,740 

10,400

8,110 

6,460 

5,430 

5,220 

5,100

4,860 

4,630 

4,740 

4,980 

4,860

4,630

5,100 

7,550 

10,100 

8,850

7,410 

6,850 

6,460 

6,330 

5,940 

6,590

Apr.

7,27O 

6,990 

6,070 

5,700 

5,700

6,200 

5,700 

5,460 

4,980 

4,740

4,630 

5,580 

8,700 

11,500 

12 , 500

7,830 

6,590 

5,580 

5,220 

4,980

4,980 

4,560 

5,820 

5,220 

4,630

4,410 

4,190 

5,340 

11,400 

17,200

Maximum

) 1,910 

) 45,100 

) 36,800

) 45,100

} 27,000 

) 14,300 

) 10,400 

) 17,200 

) 14,400 

) 15,100 

) 11,400 

) 9,020 

) 19,600

45,100

May

11,600 

14,400 

11,700 

9,820 

7,900

6,220 

5,940 

5,800 

5,940 

7,200

7,340 

7,200 

6,500 

5,520 

4,980

4,860 

4,620 

4,380 

4,140 

4,020

4,380 

4,260 

4,140 

4,740 

5,380

4,740 

4,020 

4,020 

3,780 

3,900 

4,980

Minimum

1,410 

1,510 

3,970

1,410

4,410

5,700 

4,630 

4,190 

3,780 

3,100 

3,000 

2,600 

2,700

1,410

June

5,660 

5,100 

4,260 

3,660 

3,420

3,420 

3,420

3,300 

3,200 

3,100

3,100 

3,660 

3,660 

3,900 

4,620

11,900 

7,060 

8,380 

15,100 

12,100

4,380 

4,980 

4,380 

3,900 

4,140

5,240 

5,800 

5,520 

4,380 

4,500

Mean

1,571 

9,94Z 

7,39]

5,197

8,052 

8,827 

6,084 

6,686 

6,076 

5,306 

5,532 

4,08C 

5,433

6,22]

July

4,620 

4,020 

3,660 

3,420 

3,420

3,300 

3,200 

3.2OO 

3,100 

3,000

3,200 

3,660 

4,500 

9,660 

10,100

9,980 

11,100 

11,400 

9,980 

10,900

10,300 

7,060 

5,100 

4,380 

4,500

4,140 

3,660 

3,420 

3,200 

3,200 

3,100

Aug.

3,100 

3,000 

3,420 

4,140 

3,780

3,300 

3,000 

2,800 

2,900 

2,900

2,900 

2,900 

2,800 

2,700 

2,600

2,900 

3,900 

5,520 

9,020 

6,640

5,660 

5,940 

6,640 

6,360 

4,980

3,900 

3,660 

3,660 

3,540 

4,020 

3,900

Per square 

mile

0.647 

4.09 

3.04

2.14

3.31 

3.63 

2.50 

2.75 

2.50 

2.18 

2.28 

1.68 

2.24

2.56

v. 29 (8 a.m.) 46,000 sec. -ft.; Jan. 9 (8 a. 

ept. 10 (-7 a.m.) 21,500 sec. -ft.

Sept.

3,540 

3,540 

3,200 

2,900 

3,100

10,100 

15,300 

16,000 

19,600 

18,600

5,940 

4,500 

4,140 

3,900 

3,660

3,540 

3,420 

3,300 

3,200 

3,420

3,100

2,900 

2,800 

2,800 

2,700

2,700 

2,800 

2,800 

2,800 

2,700

Runoff in 

inches

0.75 

4.56 

3.50

29.09

3.82 

3.78 

2.88 

3.07 

2.88 

2.43 

2.63 

1.94 

2.50

34.74

m.) 28,400
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 

Chattahoochee River at West Point , Ga.

365

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°53', long. 85°11', Just downstream from Oseligee 

creeK and 1 mile upstream from West Point, Troup County. Datum of gage is 551.67 feet 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 3,550 square miles.

Records available. January 1912 to September 1949. July 1896 to December 1910 at site 

twee -quarters of a mile downstream.

Average discharge. 51 years (1896-1910, 1912-49), 5,767 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 61,900 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 22.4 

reef); minimum, 1,850 second-feet Oct. 30 (gage height, 3.06 feet).

1896-1910, 1912-49: Maximum discharge, 134,000 second-feet Dec. 10, 1919 (gage 

height, 30.0 feet, from floodmaric), by computation of flow over Goat Rock Dam; minimum, 

224 second-feet Sept. 12, 1925 (gage height, 1.64 feet).

Remarks. Records good. Slight diurnal fluctuation caused by power plants above station. 

Cooperation. Twice-daily staff gage readings furnished by Georgia Power Co. 

Revisions (water years). W 682: 1920, drainage area. W 972: 1931-32.

Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,630 

2,550 

2,310 

2,230 

2,150

2,150 

2,O70 

2,150 

2,150 

2,070

2,150 

2,230 

2,150 

2,070 

1,990

1,940 

1,900 

1,960 

2,040 

2,040

1,970 

1,970 

1,960 

1,990 

1,990

2,050 

2,070 

1,960 

1,940 

1,BW 

1,910

Nov.

1,930 

2,070 

3,960 

7,360 

9,370

12,100 

9,940 

8,990 

8,990 

5,920

5,060 

4,380 

4,120 

4,040 

3,700

3,530 

3,700 

3,870 

6,100 

15,500

10,700 

12,500 

19,000 

27,300 

24,600

19,700 

46,300 

56,500 

60^700 

56,000

Dec.

49,500 

42,700 

37,600 

15,100 

9,560

8,990 

8,260 

8", 990 

8,990 

7,720

7,180 

6,640 

6,280 

6,100 

5,920

5,920 

6,100 

6,640 

7,540 

7,360

6,640 

6,460 

6,100 

5,740 

5,920

7,900 

7,180 

7,180 

6,820 

10,900 

11,100

Jan.

10,500 

S.80O 

7,360 

7,OOO 

10,700

20,500 

23,400 

23,100 

25,500 

26,400

11,500 

8,800 

8,260 

7,720 

7,360

7,180 

6,820 

6,820 

7,000 

7,000

6,820 

6,820 

6,640 

6,280 

6,100

5,920 

6; 260 

6,460 

6,820 

6,640 

9,940

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

1 ............................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

14,100 

21,800 

11,900 

IOJ100 

15,500

14,500 

11,50O 

9,180 

9,940 

15,800

18,800 

17,200 

13,800 

10,100 

8,990

9,750 

12,500 

13,400 

12,500 

11, 700

11,500 

12,500 

10,500 

9,180 

8,620

8,080 

3,620 

10,500

Seoondfoot-days

64,62C 

457, 93C 

345, 03C

2,790,48C

316, 44C 

333, 56C 

257, 29C 

298, 99C 

259, 99C 

194, 20C 

229.49C 

163,830 

189, 40C

3,110,770

Peak discharge (base, 25.000 sec. -ft.) . Nc

sec. -ft.; Jan. 10 (1O a.m.) Z7,9OO sec. -ft. j 

Note. No gage-height record Mar. 8 to Apr. 

twice-daily staff -gage readings by Georgia PC

Mar.

9,750 

8,000 

8,080 

7,540 

7,360

7,360 

7,540 

7,180 

7,000 

9,560

12,300 

9,750 

8,620 

7,900 

7,540

7,180 

6,820 

6,820 

6,820 

7,000

6,820 

7,000 

8,800 

10, 100 

11,900

9,180 

8,080 

8,440 

8,800 

8,260 

8,990

Apr.

10,5OO 

9,750 

8,990 

8,440 

8,260

8,620 

8,440 

7,900 

7,180 

6,820

6,820 

8,440 

13,200 

15,500 

15,000

13,600 

9,370 

8,080 

7,540 

7,180

6,820 

7,180 

7,180 

7,000 

6,640

6,100 

5,920 

6,820 

17,700 

38,000

Maximum

2,630 

60, 700 

49,500

60,700

26,400 

18,800 

12,300 

38,000 

26,100 

15,500 

16,200 

11,100 

19,800

60,700

May

26,100 

19,500 

18,800 

13,800 

10,700

8,800 

8,080 

8,080 

7,360 

7,720

8,800 

8,620 

8,440 

7,540 

6,640

6,460 

6,100 

5,920 

5,570 

5,400

5,400 

5,570 

5,230 

5,400 

6,100

6,280 

5,400 

5,060 

4,890 

5,230 

7,000

Minimum

1,880 

1,930 

5,740

1,880

5,920 

8,080 

6,820 

5,920 

4,890 

4,040 

4,040 

3,530 

3,280

1,880

June

8,990 

6,820 

6,100 

5,060 

4,720

4,550 

4,380 

4,210 

4,040 

4,040

4,040 

4,890 

4,890 

4,550 

4,380

6,460 

11,900 

8,260 

12,800 

15,500

8,080 

6,280 

6,280 

5,230 

5,060

5,230 

6,640 

7,900 

6,640 

6,280

Mean

2,085 

15,260 

11,130

7,624

10,210 

11,910 

8,300 

9,966 

8,387 

6,473 

7,403 

5,285 

6,313

8,523

July

6,100 

7,000 

6,100 

4,890 

4,550

4,210 

4,040 

4,040 

4,210 

4,380

4,040 

4,550 

4,550 

7,180 

13,200

14,300 

16,200 

15,500 

14,500 

12,100

12,300 

9,940 

8,080 

7,540 

6,460

6,100 

5,230 

4,890 

4,550 

4,380 

4,380

Aug.

5, 

4, 

4, 

5,

5,

4, 

4, 

3, 

3, 

3,

3, 

3, 

3, 

3, 

3,

5, 

4,

5, 

9, 

11,

6, 

6, 

7, 

8, 

7,

5, 

4, 

4, 

4,

5, 

6,

Per square

mile

0.587 

4.30 

3.14

2.15

2.88 

3.35 

2.34 

2.81 

2.36 

1.82 

2.09 

1.49 

1.78

2.40

920 

380 

380 

060 

400

720 

120 

960 

620 

700

700 

780 

780 

530 

620

570 

210 

230 

180 

100

280 

100 

180 

080 

360

400 

550 

210 

550 

060 

100

Sept.

5,230 

4,720 

4,380 

4,040 

3,780

6,640 

14,800 

16,200 

17,000 

19,800

15,600 

6,280 

5,230 

4,890 

4,550

4,380 

4,120 

4,300 

4,120 

4,040

3,960 

3,780 

3,700 

3,620 

3,440

3,440 

3,280 

3,360 

3,360 

3,360

Runoff in 

inches

0.68 

4.80 

3.62

29.25

3.32 

3.49 

2.70 

3.14 

2.72 

2.03 

2.41 

1.72 

1.99

32.62

V. 24(10 p.m.) 29,200 sec. -ft. , Nov. 29 (11 a.m.) 61,900 

Apr. 30 (10 a.m.) 40,000 sec. -ft. 

9, Apr. 15j discharge computed from graph based on 

>wer Co.
366 APAIACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Chattahoochee River at Columbus, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°27'45", long. 84°59'45", at Central of Georgia

Railroad bridge in Columbus, Muscogee County, half a-mile downstream from Eagle and

Phenix Dam, 1^ miles downstream from City Mills Dam, and 1?| miles downstream from

Bartlett Ferry Reservoir. Datum of gage is 185.14 feet above mean sea level, datum

of J.929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. 

Drainage area.--4,670 square miles. 

Hecords available. August 1929 to September 1949. December 1912 at site 800 feet upstream.

Average discharge.--20 years, 6,814 second-feet (unadjusted). 

Extremes.-- Maximum discharge during year, 104,000 second-feet Nov. 28, by computation of

flow at North Highlands Dam; maximum gage height, 42.4 feet Nov. 28; minimum daily

discharge, 1,550 second-feet Oct. 17.

1912, 1929-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 28, 1948; maximum gage height, that

of Nov. 28, 1948; minimum discharge, 294 second-feet Oct. 23, Nov. 14, 1931; minimum

daily,,480 second-feet Oct. 31, 1931.

Maximum discharge known, 198,000 second-feet Mar. 15, 1929, by computation of flow

at North Highlands Dam; maximum stage known, 53.2 feet Mar. 16, 1929. 

Remarks.--Records good. Plow regulated by Bartlett Perry Reservoir and power plants above

station. Bartlett Ferry Reservoir, completed in 1926, has a usable capacity of 134,000

acre-feet. 

Cooperation.--Records of ninthly reservoir contents and hourly readings of forebay, tailrace ana lew output at North Highlands Dam furnished by Georgia Power Co. 

Revisions (water years). W 1082: 1943(M).

Rating table, water year 1948-49, except periods when discharge

computed on basis of records for North Highlands Dam

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used July 20 to Sept. 30)

0.0 1,490

1.0 2,180

2.O 2,980

3.0 3,970

5.0 6,280

8.0 10,3OO

12.0 16,700

16.0 24,10O

22.1 37,20O

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

4,190

3,970

3,320

2,810

2,49O

2,410

2,650

2,980

3,45O

2,410

2,330

2,490

2,73O

2,89O

2,810

2,570

1,550

2,110

2,490

2,410

2,49O

2,410

2,410

1,62O

1,900

2,040

2, ISO

2,730

2,81O

1,720

1,660

Nov.

1,970

2,250

2.73O

2,890

4,960

8,230

12,OOO

9,180

9,460

7,71O

5,67O

5,91O

5,310

3,86O

4,3OO

4,3OO

4,3OO

' 4, 3OO

' 5,910

13,100

14,10O

14,100

25,100

37 , 200

k31,40O

k25,5OO

k89,8OO

k99,100

k8O,800

k67,500

-

Dec.

k56,3OO

k47,700

k39 , 3OO

k24,900

12,500

11,200

10,900

10,9OO

11,200

10,6OO

9,460

8,490

8,230

8,230

7,970

7,710

8,230

9,740

11,400

11,400

9, ISO

8,760

8,490

8,230

7,710

8,360

9,880

8,9OO

9,600

15,OOO

16,500

Month

October. ...............

November. ..............

December. ..............

Calendar year 1948 . .

January. ...............

February ...............

March. .................

April............ ......

May....................

June. ..................

July ...................

August .................

September, .............

Water year 1948-49

Jan.

13,300

12,

10,

9,

30O

500

ISO

12,200

21,700

26,

25,

25,

LOO

500

JOO

28,000

20,000

10,

10, £

9,

too

30O

160

9,320

9,O4O

9,C

8,

8,

340

560

520

9,O40

8,49O

8,3

8,3

7,£

S60

560

70

l', 710

7,580

7,£

8,:

8, 1

8,4

40

60

20

t9O

12,300

Secondfoot days

79,030

602,940

436,970

3,646,760

382 940

437,000

385^730

332, 190 

230,710

318, 580

191,730 

204,220

3,923,320

Feb.

18,400

16,0

15,0

12,8

30

30

30

15,7OO

17,400

15, U

12, 3C

14,4

30

3O

30

22.1OO

26.9OO

22, 1C

18, 4C

14, 1C

50

50

30

11,700

12,600

17, 9C

17, 5C

17,00

50

50

)0

17.0OO

14,600

14, 7C

14, 6C

11, 8C

)O

)0

50

10,900

10,20O

11, 7C

13, 8C

_

_

-

0

)0

Mar.

13,100

11,200

10,400

9,460

1O,OOO

8,760

9,460

9,320

8.62O

1O.20O

15,700

12,500

10,800

10,200

10,400

8,900

9,040

8,620

8,490

9,O40

8.36O

8,49O

9,740

11,200

12.2OO

12,800

lu,6OO

9,180

10,900

11,800

11,8OO

Apr.

8,9OO

10,3OO

12,000

11,800

10,40O

11,OOO

10,900

9,880

9,04O

8,490

8,490

9,320

14,600

17,7OO

16.9OO

16,700

12.OOO

9,460

9,180

8,620

8,230

8,100

8,620

8,230

8,360

7,320

7,190

8,100

32,900

k63,000

-

Observed

Maximum

4,190 

99 , 100

56,300

99 , 100

26 , 900

15,700

63,000

45,000

13,600

islsoo

18,200

99,100

Minimum

1,550 

1,970

7,710

1,550

7,580

10,200

8,360

7,190

6,150

5,190

4,850

3,550 

3,450

1,550

Mean

2 549

T ' :r

14, 1OO

9,964

12 350 

is| 610

10,360

12, 860

10,720

7,690

10,280

6^807

10,750

May

t45,OOO

f23,60O

k21,60O

17,9OO

15,200

11,OOO

11,000

9,74O

9,880

9,040

9,320

1O.20O

10,40O

9,46O'

8,100

7,840

7,O60

7,19O

7,190

6,930

6,800

6,280

6,67O

6,800

6,800

7,06O

7,450

6,41O

6,150

6,540

7,580

June

9,880

9,600

6,930

6.8OO

6,540

5,190

5,670

5,19O

5,190

5,670

5,55O

5,67O

6,280

6,540

6,150

6,280

10,OOO

11,800

10,900

13,6OO

13,1OO

7.19O

7,970

7,060

6,540

6,280

7,060

9,040

9,460

7,580

-

Change in contents in Bartletts Kerry 

Reservoir 

(acre-feet)

+10,800 

+25, 80O

+2,000

-27,000

-3,000

+2,OOO

0

-3,000

+2 , 000

-3,000

+3,000

0 

0

+36,600

July

10,

7,

7,

6

6

5,

4,

4,

4,

 5,

5,

6,

6,

6,

14,

26,

27,

28,

22,

15,

15,

13,

10,

9,

9,

7,

6,

6,

5,

5,

600

060

58O

800

540

910

960

850

85O

430

070

540 1-50

670

800

3OO

6OO

800

4OO

70O

OOO

30O

90O

880

180

060

540

280

910

070

350

Aug.

6,280

7,580

6,800

6,410

6, ISO

6, ISO

5,67O

4,300

4,52O

4,190

4,080

3,970

3,860

3,550

3,650

5,310

6,280

6,280

8,360

13,3OO

9,600

6,150

6,410

8,100

7,840

6,8OO

5,910

5,550

4,410

5,910

8,360

Sept.

7,840

5,910

6,030

5,310

4,96O

4,740

11,200

17,200

17,2OO

17,500

18,2OO

7,190

6,030

5,910

5,430

4,740

4,850

4,300

4,410

4,630

4,630

4,300

4,190

4,190

4,300

4,3OO

4,O80

3,450

3,45O

3,750

Adjusted for change in 

reservoir contents

Mean

2 725

20,530

14,130

9,927

12,300

15,650

10,360

12,810

10,750

7,640

10,230

6, 185 

6,807

10,800

Per square 

mile

0.584 

4.40

3.03

2.13

2 . 63

3.35

2.22

2.74

2.30

1. 64

2.19

1.32 

1.46

2.31

Runoff in 

inches

0.67

4.91

3 . 49

28.92

3.03

3.49

2 . 56

3.06

2 . 65

1 83

2 52

l'.63

31.36

k Discharge computed on basis of records for North Highlands Dam.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 

Chattahoochee River at Columbia, Ala.

367

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°17', long. 85°07', in T. 4 N., R. 29 E., at bridge 

on State Highway 52, a quarter of a mile downstream from Central of Georgia Railway 

bridge, half a mile upstream from Omussee Creek, and half a mile east of Columbia, Datum of gage is 72.23 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment 

of 1943 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 8,040 square miles.

Records available. July 1928 to September 1949. Gage-height records collected at same 

site since 1936 are contained in reports of U. S; Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 21 years, 11,450 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 111,000 second-feet Dec. 1 (gage height, 49.3 

feet); minimum, 4,400 second-feet Nov. 2 (gage height, 6.5 feet).

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 203,000 second-feet Mar. 18, 1929 (gage height, 56.05 

feet), from rating curve extended above 115,000 second-feet; minimum, 1,220 second-feet 

Oct. 26, 1931 (gage height, 1.79 feet).

Remarks. Records good except those computed from graph based on daily gage readings, which 

are fair. Plow regulated by Bartlett Ferry Reservoir (see preceding page).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used July 21 to Sept. 30)

6.6

10.0

14.0

24.0

4,500

8,400

14,200

31,400

33.0

39.0

44.0

49.2

49,500

66,000

84,000

110,000

Discharge, in seoond-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IS

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

10,900

9,660

8,280

13,200

10,800

8,280

7,200

6,600

6,480

6,480

8,040

9,380

3,400

7,440

6,960

6,480

6,360

5,780

5,120

5,340

5,560

5,450

5,450

5,450

5,340

4,700

4,700

4,900

5,010

5,450

5,450

Nov.

4,700

4,500

4,700

5,120

5,450

7,080

11,900

15,800

14,500

12,900

12,300

9,800

8,820

6,820

7,800

6,840

7,320

7,680

8,540

15,200

19,600

25,300

32,800

41,000

48,200

49,000

49,800

69,900

91,000

105,000

-

Dec.

110,000

107,000

97,000

82,300

67,500

41,800

27,400

30,000

29,200

26,200

22,500

20,000

17,700

16,300

16,300

15,500

15,300

15,800

31,900

33,300

27,800

21,500

18,200

16,800

16,300

16,000

15,500

16,300

16,900

28,500

35,800

Jan.

32,800

26,500

22,500

20,000

20,000

32,900

40,000

38,800

36,200

34,200

34,600

33,100

22,500

16,800

16,800

16,300

15,500

15,300

15,200

16,000

15,800

15,200

14,800

14,000

13,700

13,400

12,900

12,500

12,900

15,200

19,100

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1943 49 ............

Feb.

22,500

27,300

25,600

22,500

21,800

23,000

28,000

27,800

27,800

38,200

48,500

50,500

42,800

32,800

26,000

21,300

22,000

27,400

28,300

32,900

38,000

33,500

27,300

24,200

21,100

19,300

18,200

20,600

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

214,64

711,37

1,053,60

6,496,29

667,11

799, 2C

553,10

546,10

534,1O

336,62

527,94

345,32

310,20

6,699,29

liar.

23,000

22,200

19,600

17,600

16,000

16,100

18,800

20,100

17,400

16,600

18,600

22,000

21,000

18,100

20,300

22,300

19,300

16,400

16,100

15,000

14,800

14,000

14,500

15,300

16,600

16,300

17,100

16,600

16,600

17,400

17,400

Apr.

23,200

25,800

22,500

19,400

18,600

18,100

18,400

17,700

15,500

14,400

13,600

15,300

20,100

23,000

25,100

24, 200

21,800

19,100

14,400

13,400

12,500

12,600

13,900

14,000

13,100

12,600

11,900

10,800

17,600

43,500

-

Maximum

0 13,200

0 105,000

0 110,000

0 110,000

0 40,000

0 50,500

0 23,000

0 43,500

3 75,200

t 16,800

0 45,000

0 17,700

0 21,100

0 110,000

May

66,600

75,200

70,200

51,500

35,400

24,200

19,600

17,600

16,300

15,500

14,700

13,400

13,600

14,200

12,600

12,600

12,000

10,900

10,500

10,500

10,400

10,100

9,660

10,100

11,800

11,500

11,200

11,100

9,940

10,100

11,100

Minimum

4,700

4,500

15,300

4,300

12,500

18, 200

14,000

10, 800

9,660

8,160

7 ^560

7,560

6,120

4,500

June

12,000

13,100

13,700

10,900

9,520

8,400

8,680

8,160

8,820

9,520

10,400

9,940

9,520

9,660

10, 100

9,660

9,240

10,200

15,200

12,500

14,800

16,800

13, 200

11,600

11,300

10,500

11,100

11,600

13,100

13,400

-

Mean

6,92

23,71

33,99(

17,75

21 52

28 54

17 84

18, 20

20,45

11,22

17,03(

11 14

10|34C

18,35(

July

11,900

12,200

14,200

11,600

10,900

9,940

9,240

8,280

7,800

7,560

7,920

9,100

10,600

11,500

11,600

18,800

35,200

43,000

45,000

40,600

31,700

25,100

22,700

20,300

18,900

16,600

13,400

11,600

10,800

10,100

9,800

Aug.

12,000

15,300

17,700

14,700

13,400

11,200

10,800

10,200

9,100

8,540

8,960

8,540

8,040

7,800

7,680

7,560

8,540

11,200

12,600

14,700

17,600

17,600

12,800

10,900

10,600

10,800

10,900

9,660

9,100

8,400

8,400

Per square 

mile

1 0.861

5 2 95

) 4^23

) 2.21

) 2.68

) 3.55

1 2 22

) 2^26

) 2.54

) 1.40

) 2.12

5 1 39

) 1^29

) 2.28

Sept.

11,900

13,100

12,600

11,300

10,100

9,240

8,540

11,300

18,400

20,600

20,600

21,100

16,400

9,660

8,680

8,400

7,920

7,440"

7,440

6,960

7,080

7,320

7,320

6,640

6,600

6,600

6,720

7,200

6,720

6,120

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.99

3.29

4.88

30.08

3.09

3.70

2.56

2.52

2 93

1.56

2.44

U60

1.44

31.00

Peak discharge (base. 47,000 see.-ft.). Dec. 1 (4 p.m.) 111,000 aec.-ft.; Feb. 12 (6 a.m.) 51,500 

sec.-ft.; May 2 (4 p.m.} 76,000 aec.-ft.

Note. Discharge for periods Jan. 27 to Feb. 4, Mar. 23 to Sept. 19 computed from graph baaed on 

dally gage readings by U. S. Weather Bureau.
368 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Apalachlcola River at Chattahoochee, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°43', long. 84°51 1 , In sec. 32, T. 4 N., R. 6 W.,

 at bridge on U. S Highway 90, four-fifths of a mile downstream from confluence of 

Flint and Chattahoochee Rivers and I mile west of Chattahoochee. Datum of gage is 

45.58 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (U. S. Weather Bureau bench mark).

Drainage area. 17,100 square miles.

Records available . December 1928 to September 1949. Gage-height records collected at

 former site seven-eighths of a mile downstream October 1919 to September 1925 and at 

present site since October 1925 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 21 years, 23,100 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 137,000 second-feet Dec. 5 (gage height, 25.42

 Feet); minimum, 12,400 second-feet Nov. 2, 3 (gage height, 2.42 feet).

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 293,000 second-feet Mar. 20, 1929 (gage height, 34.70 

feet, site and datum then In use), from rating curve extended above 200,000 secondfeet; minimum, 5,120 second-feet Nov. 5, 11, 1931; minimum gage height, -1.70 feet 

Nov. 5, 1931, site and datum then in use.

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 4)

2.5 12,600 

8.4 26,900 

14.4 46,100 

20.4 81,300 

25.4 137,000

Discharge, in seoond-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct. '

18,800 

18,800 

18,100 

18,300 

21,700

21,900 

22,200 

22,200 

21,700 

21,200

21,000 

22,200 

22,200 

21,200 

20,300

19,800 

19,500 

18,800 

17,900 

16,600

16,400 

15,900 

15,500 

15,200 

14 , 600

13,900 

13,700 

13,900 

13,900 

14,100 

14,100

Nov.

13,700 

12,900 

12,600 

13,300 

13,700

14,400 

16,600 

21,000 

23,400 

22,700

22,200 

21,700 

20,000 

19,000 

18,600

17,400 

16,400 

16,400 

16,600 

18,600

24,200 

29,300 

35,000 

40,700 

48,000

53,800 

57 , 300 

60,800 

67,100 

79,500

Dec.

97,900 

115,000 

127,000 

134,000 

137,000

133,000 

115,000 

99,000 

90,400 

81,300

74,400 

69,100 

63,800 

58,800 

53,300

48,500 

44,000 

40,700 

42,400 

51,800

54,800 

53,800 

50,900 

48,000 

45,600

43,600 

41,300 

39,800 

38,600 

40,400 

49,000

Jan.

54,800 

55,800 

54,300 

52,300 

50,400

52,300 

59,800 

63,800 

66,000 

66,500

65,400 

64,400 

60,800 

53,300 

47,100

42,800 

40,100 

37,700 

36 , 500 

35,600

35,300 

35,000 

34,100 

33,500 

32,600

32,000 

31,400 

30,800 

30 , 500 

30,500 

31,400

Month

Octo 

Move 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. .................. . .

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember .................. .

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

34,400 

38,000 

41,300 

41,300 

40,700

41,300 

45,600 

50,900 

52,300 

54,300

60,800 

67,100 

72,000 

71,200 

64,900

59,300 

55,300 

55,300 

57,300 

57,300

58,800 

60,300 

59,300 

56,800 

53,800

49,000 

46,100 

44,800

Secondfoot-days

565,600 

846,900 

2,182,200

13,479,600

1,416,800 

1,489,500 

1,173,900 

1,089,300 

1,215,100 

691,200 

966,200 

732,900 

591,500

12,961,100

Mar.

44,400 

44,800 

43,200 

41,300 

40,100

38,900 

38,900 

39,800 

39,800 

38,000

36,800 

37,700 

39,200 

38,900 

38,300

39,800 

40,700 

39,200 

38,000 

37,100

35,900 

35,000 

34,100 

33,500 

33,800

34,100 

34,400 

35,000 

34,400 

34,100 

34,700

Apr.

36, 

39, 

41. 

40, 

40,

39, 

39, 

38, 

37, 

35,

34, 

34, 

37, 

39,

41,

43, 

43, 

42, 

39,

36,

34, 

32, 

31, 

30, 

30,

29, 

28,

E7, 

27, 

35,

Maximum

22,200 

79,500 

137,000

137,000

66,500 

72,000 

44,800 

43,600 

84,200 

27,200 

56,300 

30,800 

29,900

137,000

200 

500 

000 

400 

100

800 

200 

900 

700 

900

700 

700 

100 

200 

600

600 

600 

400 

800 

500

400 

300 

100 

800 

200

600 

700 

800 

200 

300

May

50 , 400 

61,800 

73.60C 

84,20C 

83.20C

72,000 

62,300 

56,30C 

51,800 

47.10C

42,000 

38.30C 

35,600 

34,100 

32,900

31,400 

29,000 

27,200 

25,700 

24,700

24,200 

23,400 

22,700 

21,900 

21,900

22,400 

23,400 

23,900 

23,400 

22,400 

21,900

Minimum

13,700 

12,600 

38,600

12,400

30,500 

34,400 

33,500 

27,200 

21,900 

19,500 

18,800 

18,600 

14,100

12,600

June

23,200 

23,900 

24,700 

24,700 

22,700

21,400 

20,700 

20,300 

19,500 

20,000

20,500 

21,200 

21,200 

21,200 

21,700

22,700 

22,900 

22,400 

23,900 

26,300

24,900 

26,000 

27,200 

24,900 

23,700

22,900 

22,700 

23,400 

24,400 

26,000

Mean

18,250 

28,230 

70,390

36,830

45,700 

53,200 

37,870 

36,310 

39,200 

23,040 

31,170 

23,640 

19,720

35,510

July

26,300 

26,600 

29,000 

28,100 

25,400

24,200 

23,200 

22,200 

20,700 

19,800

18,800 

18,800 

19,800 

21,200 

21,700

22,200 

32 , 900 

42,400 

49,900 

55,300

56,300 

51,300 

46,600 

44,400 

42 , 000

39,500 

35,600 

30,200 

25,700 

23,700 

22,400

Aug.

22,400 

23,900 

28,400 

30 , 500 

30,500

30,800 

30,200 

28,700 

26,900 

24,900

22,900 

21,700 

21,000 

20,000 

19,300

19,000 

19,000 

19,800 

21,700 

23,200

24,400 

27,500 

27,500 

24,400 

22,400

21,900 

21,900 

21,000 

19,500 

19,000 

18,600

Per square 

mile

1.07 

1.65 

4.12

2.15

E.67 

3.11 

2.21 

2,12 

2.30 

1.35 

1.82 

1.38 

1.15

2.08

Sept.

19,300 

21,700 

22,700 

22,200 

21,400

20,700 

20,000 

19,500 

22,700 

27,800

29,300 

29,600 

29,900 

25,400 

20,500

19,000 

18,300 

17,400 

16,600 

15,900

15,500 

15,700 

15,900 

15,900 

15,500

15,000 

14,100 

14,400 

15,000 

14,600

Runoff in 

inches

1.23 

1.84 

4.75

29.32

3.08 

3.24 

2.55 

2.37 

2.64 

1.50 

2.10 

1.59 

1.29

28.18

Peak discharge (base, 47,000 sec. -ft. ). Dec. 5, 137,000 sec. -ft. j Dec. 21 (1 p.m.) 54,800 sec. -ft.

m, U u,o^ sec.-ft.; Feb. 13 (8 p.m.) 72,800 sec.-ft.; May 4 (11 p.m.) 86,200 sec.-ft.: July 20 

 n. ) 56,800 sec.-ft.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 369

Soque River near Demorest, Sa.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 83°35', long. 34"34', at Cannon Bridge, 2^ miles 

west of Demorest, Habersham County, 3 mllee downstream from Habersham Hill Dam, and 

3 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 1,152.16 feet above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 156 square miles.

Records available. July 1904 to June 1909, May 1929 to December 1931, March 1940 to 

septemoer 1949.

Average discharge.--15 years (1904-8, 1929-31, 1940-49), 359 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 21,000 second-feet June 16 (gage height, 28.5 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 12,000 second-feet on basis of 

slope-area determination at 28.5 feet; minimum daily, 86 second-feet Jan. 23.

1904-9, 1929-31, 1940-49: Maximum discharge, that of June 16, 1949; minimum daily, 

18 second-feet On. 18, 1931.

Flood of July 21 or 22, 1938, reached a stage of 22.8 feet, from floodmark (discharge, 14,400 second-feet).

Remarks. Records good except those for June 9 to Sept. 30, which are fair. Low flow 

regulated by Habersham Mill power plant.

Revisions (water years). W 892: 1904-9, 1929, drainage area.

Discharge, in aecond-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

51

Oct.

177

185

190

200

204

190

190

202

185

177

192

176

176

174

148

167

169

190

174

167

162

155

191

173

181

172

159

160

146

163

165

Nov.

193

283

3,220

608

364

1,070

629

365

294

298

292

248

239

222

221

207

232

213

512

668

367

450

529

636

413

387

1,080

3,620

2,970

917

-

Dec.

673

578

731

610

536

665

553

495

454

418

387

386

379

362

361

367

366

308

419

369

334

307

313

302

497

4OO

354

333

465

806

499

Jan.

418

396

371

978

3,410

3,420

1,340

916

693

621

587

557

530

516

493

482

484

462

487

455

459

231

86

772

610

435

404

112

366

454

170

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September........ ................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

860

612

551

824

633

558

538

500

696

1,190

7O6

588

557

537

516

808

717

582

980

974

686

619

581

541

540

522

604

573

.

-

Secondfoot-days

5,460

21,747

14,027

144,212

21,715

18,593

16,626

18,577

16,920

27 , 266

21,878

19,069

19,972

221,850

Mar.

520

501

476

480

471

467

465

447

454

505

462

444

432

438

424

406

396

482

433

409

413

980

1,190

626

575

750

608

602

557

519

694

Apr.

60O

539

514

505

526

524

455

450

437

429

469

846

2,090

832

643

580

535

525

487

468

459

516

482

454

444

428

429

481

650

1,780

-

Maximum

204

3,620

806

3,620

3,420

1,190

1,19O

2,090

1,060

11,000

1, 990

2,040

3,590

11,OOO

May

976

1,060

676

591

538

531

524

507

705

907

700

594

547

519

497

496

464

446

443

420

437

423

459

423

441

400

378

382

375

419

642

Minimum

146

193

302

146

86

5OO

396

428

375

334

363

361

339

86

June

472

411

372

372

366

373

345

334

3350

a350

S35O

a350

3350

3400

3500

Ill.OOO

a2,80O

al,100

aSOO

3550

35 OO

aSOO

a5oo

508

805

679

534

436

436

423

Mean

176

725

452

394

70C

664

536

61S

546

9O(

706

615

666

608

July

426

394

375

376

401

f401

f480

f363

f363

fS63

f363

1,720

1,990

f844

f700

fl,O60

1,240

1,280

1,380

1,040

922

724

653

608

581

53O

502

482

485

398

434

Aug.

474

448

566

628

568

475

434

446

417

412

400

361

411

375

394

440

2,040

1,040

528

452

889

1,04O

896

590

5O1

467

408

1,030

810

563

566

Per squsre 

mile

1.13

4.65

2.90

2.53

4.49

4.26

3.44

3 .97

3.5O

5.83

4.53

3.94

4.27

3.90

Sept.

706

48O

525

566

509

3,590

2,370

1,020

777

661

606

578

532

509

482

466

455

467

476

430

403

399

408

358

368

374

379

373

366

339

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.30

5.19

3.34

34.37

5.18

4.44

3.97

4.43

4.04

6.50

5 . 22

4!54

4.76

52.91

Peak discharge (base, 2,800 sec.-ft . ) .--Nov. 3 (2 p.m.) 4,46O sec. -ft.; Nov. 28 (7 p.m.) 6,680

21,000 sec.-ft.; July 12 (6 p.m.) 4,010 Bee.-ft.; Sept. 6 (4 p.m.) 5,820 sec.-ft.

3 Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for nearby stations.

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed from partly estimated gage heights.
370 APAIACHICOIA RIVER BASIN

Chestatee Kiver near Dahlonega, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°32', long. 83°56', at Bearden Bridge on State 

Highway 43, 2 miles downstream from Ballplay Creek, 2j miles east of Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, and 3| miles upstream from Yahoola Creek. Datum of gage is 1,128.6 feet 

above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers)'.

Drainage area. 153 square miles.

Records available.--July 1929 to December 1931, April 1940 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 11 years (1929-31, 1940-49), 346 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 9,450 second-feet Jan. 5 (gage height, 16.9 

feet); minimum daily, 147 second-feet Oct. 27-31.

1929-31, 1940-49: Maximum discharge, 15,300 second-feet Jan. 7, 1946 (ga^e height, 

22.1 feet); minimum daily, 49 second-feet Oct. 4, 1931, Oct. 26, 1941.

Flood of Aug. 12, 1907, reached a stage of about 25 feet, from information by local 

resident. Flow increased by failure of dam above station.

Remarks.--Records good. Moderate diurnal fluctuation at times caused by mill dam above 

station.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.4 142 6.0 1,780 

1.8 240 8.0 2,680 

2.6 477 10.0 3,680 

4.0 958 12.0 5,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

170 

163 

160 

167 

182

167 

165 

202 

167 

160

165 

165 

154 

154 

149

149

154 

160 

154 

151

149 

156 

177 

158 

154

149 

147 

147 

147 

147 

147

Nov.

160 

262 

1,530 

415 

312

944 

525 

348 

292 

339

327 

281 

262 

243 

230

222 

251 

224 

464 

558

384 

525 

477 

509 

415

384 

742 

3,520 

2,160 

939

Dec.

691 

574 

674 

558 

493

640 

525 

493 

446 

415

400 

384 

372 

363 

357

384 

375 

369 

446

415

378 

366 

357 

345 

558

462 

415 

400 

551 

866 

590

Jan.

493 

462 

430 

744 

4,900

2,520 

1,190 

920 

794 

742

640 

607 

574 

541 

509

499 

493 

477 

525 

477

477 

509 

509 

477 

462

462 

446 

674 

742 

525 

1,190

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare -a? June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

Bber ................... .....

lendar year 1948 

ary

h.. ..........................

1 ............................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

848 

674 

590 

794 

657

590 

558 

525

624 

1,150

760 

640 

590 

558 

541

830 

777 

640 

1,050 

1,070

794 

691 

640 

607 

574

541 

607 

574

Seoondfoot-days

4,936 

18,244 

14,662

145,454

25,010 

19,494 

16,824 

16,998 

14,211 

11,011 

16,482 

11,746 

13,060

182,687

liar.

525 

509 

509 

493 

477

477 

462 

462 

462 

558

477 

462 

446 

446 

430

415 

415 

509 

446 

430

415 

950 

939 

640 

607

725 

624 

624 

590 

558 

742

Apr.

657 

590 

558 

525 

541

509 

477 

462 

446 

446

462 

640 

1,190 

794 

640

574 

541 

525 

493 

462

462 

525 

477 

462 

446

430 

430 

462 

582 

1,190

Maximum

202 

3,520

866

4,180

4,900 

1,150 

950 

1,190 

920 

1,020 

1,420 

1,380 

2,510

4,900

Peak discharge -(base, 2,600 sec.-ft .) .--Nov. 28 (5 p.m

May

848 

920 

657 

574 

541

525 

509 

477 

477 

525

590 

477 

446 

430 

415

409 

396 

387 

378 

372

372 

366 

369 

354 

372

333 

530 

327 

321 

348 

366

Minimum

147 

160 

345

147

430 

525 

415 

430 

321 

275 

264 

248 

245

147

June

336 

318 

310 

301 

295

292 

281 

275 

278 

281

289 

310 

357 

477 

363

1,020 

581 

400 

357 

315

307 

307 

292 

295 

509

477 

400 

378 

312 

298

Mean

159 

608 

473

397

807 

696 

543 

567 

458 

367 

532 

379 

435

501

July

307 

281 

273 

281 

307

369 

330 

289 

264 

267

343 

1,420 

1,070 

657 

619

1,110 

760 

1,190 

996 

742

640 

541 

477 

462 

415

384 

369 

354 

336 

318 

312

Aug.

336 

312 

330 

307 

321

284 

273 

284 

295 

281

267 

259 

256 

248 

248

304 

1,380 

558 

369 

324

430 

634 

525 

384 

342

315 

301 

462 

400 

348 

369

Per square 

mile

1.04 

3.97 

3.09

2.59

5.27 

4.55 

3.55 

3.71 

2.99 

2.40 

3.48 

2.48 

2.84

3.27

) 7,150 sec.-ft.; Jan. 5 (9 p.m

Sept.

318 

292 

312 

304 

289

2,510 

1,310 

691 

525 

462

415 

378 

357 

542 

327

318 

312 

310 

318 

292

281 

278 

287 

267 

262

259 

273 

270 

256 

245

Runoff in 

inches

1.20 

4.43 

3.56

35.34

6.08 

4.74 

4.09 

4.14 

3.45 

2.68 

4.01 

2.86 

3.17

44.41

) 9,450
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 371

Sweetwater Creek near Austell, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°46', long. 84C 37', at Blair Bridge, 3 miles southeast of Austell, Cobb County, and 65 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 

857.01 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 

(levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 246 square miles.

Records available. March 1937 to September 1949. May 1904 to December 1905 and November 

to uecemoer 1913 at site 2j miles upstream.

Average dlschaege.--12 years (1937-49), 328 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,970 aecond-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 18.4 

reet); minimum, 68 second-feet Oct. 16.

1904-5, 1913, 1937-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 29, 1948; minimum, 21 

second-feet Oct. 11, 12, 16-19, 1938.

Flood of July 8, 1916, reached a stage of about 20.0 feet, from information by local 

resident (discharge, 8,980 second-feet, from rating curve extended above 6,500 secondfeet by logarithmic plotting).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

0.6 68 4.0 1,050 

.9 106 6.5 1,910 

1.3 178 9.0 2,880 

1.7 272 12.0 4,270 

2.3 450 17.1 7,180

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

105 

92 

86 

84 

85

85 

82 

82 

80 

75

76 

84 

80 

75 

72

69 

70 

78 

85 

82

78 

78 

82 

84 

82

80 

80 

80 

80 

80 

80

Nov.

92 

119 

501 

467 

277

650 

678 

501 

259 

227

264 

224

196 

178 

166

158 

251 

259 

419 

1,320

1,660 

1,520 

1,520 

2,330 

2,060

1,320 

2,290 

4,220

7,180 

6,640

Dec.

3,920 

1,350

714 

660 

552

570 

518 

606 

535 

450

402 

380 

371 

362 

350

350 

383 

399 

484 

434

371 

341 

326 

312 

484

570 

501 

389 

552 

1.O2O 

876

Jan.

624 

484 

418 

678 

1,620

2,760 

2,840 

1,660 

696 

570

518 

467 

434 

412 

396

380 

374 

365 

418 

412

412 

396 

374 

359 

353

341 

329 

418 

408 

350 

982

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Maro 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her... .......................

mber

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

h.. ..........................

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948 49 ............

Feb.

948 

696 

518 

1,320 

1,450

1,050 

642 

535 

1,590 

2,250

2,250 

1,350 

714 

606 

552

858 

1,050 

804 

858 

1,350

1,050 

714 

588 

518 

484

450 

624

696

Seoondfoot-days

2,511 

37,946 

19,532

177,837

21,248 

26,515 

16,169 

15,883 

12,796 

10,953 

11,972 

6,017 

8,945

190,487

Peak discharge (base, 1.80O sec. -ft.). No

sec. -ft.: Jan. 6 (ll p.m.) 3,050 sec. -ft.; P 

sec. -ft.

Mar.

588 

484 

434 

415 

399

408 

412 

386 

436 

1,220

1,050 

732 

518 

484 

450

408 

389 

450 

450 

386

362 

501 

714 

570 

450

418 

402 

484 

552 

467 

750

Apr.

804 

606 

501 

450 

484

535 

450 

392 

359 

341

341 

570 

1,120 

948 

660

467 

405 

377 

353 

329

341 

434 

396 

338 

298

282 

280 

350 

982 

1,690

Maximum

105 

7,180 

3,920

7,180

2,840 

2,250 

1,220 

1,690 

1,590 

1,350 

1,450 

450 

1,690

7,180

May

1,590 

1,250 

840 

606 

484

412 

371 

341 

341 

484

386 

326 

295 

282 

262

256 

244 

229 

222

211

306 

280 

229 

249 

323

277 

215 

224 

222 

307 

732

Minimum

69 

92 

312

49

329 

450 

362 

280

211 

174 

135 

112

111

69

June

570 

326 

246 

218 

200

220

191 

174 

178 

176

239 

450 

301 

224 

227

1,350 

858 

377 

259 

220

229 

315 

236 

204 

320

570 

588 

552 

552 

383

Mean

81.0 

1,265 

630

486

685 

947 

522 

529 

413 

365 

386 

194 

298

522

July

786 

535 

295 

246 

224

204 

189

174 

170 

164

196 

269 

408 

329 

359

552 

732 

1,450 

1,020 

948

696 

353 

272 

251 

213

189 

172 

158 

151 

142 

135

Ang.

127 

129 

264 

450 

277

182 

153 

136 

129 

122

145 

149 

122 

114 

112

193 

262 

222 

170 

140

189 

338 

434 

312 

180

149 

136 

170 

213 

158 

140

Per square 

mile

0.329

5.14 

2.56

1.98

2.78 

3.85 

2.12 

2.15 

1.68 

1.48 

1.57 

.789 

1.21

2.12

r. 24 (3 p.m.) 2,440 sec. -ft.; Nov. 29 (5 p.n 

?b. 11 (1 a.m.) 2,440 sec. -ft.; Sept. 6 (7 p

Sept.

140 

140 

129 

129

156

1,690 

1,620 

1,190 

380 

254

207 

178 

162 

153 

147

153 

315 

220 

170 

160

136 

131 

136 

122 

114

111 

120 

133 

129 

120

Runoff in 

inches

0.38 

5.74 

2.95

26.89

3.20 

4.01 

2.44 

2.40 

1.94 

1.65 

1.81 

.91 

1.35

28.78

.) 7,970

m, 1,910
372 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Mountain Creek near Hamilton, Ga.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 32°44', long. 85°04', at bridge on State Highway 103, 5 

miles upstream from mouth and 11 miles west of Hamilton, Harris County.

Drainage area.--61.7 square miles.

Records available. December 1943 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,490 second-feet Nov. 27 (gage height, 12.1 

reet, from floodmark); minimum daily, 30 second-feet Sept. 30.

1943-49: Maximum discharge, 11,800 second-feet July 11, 1948 (gage height, 16.6 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 7,000 second-feet on basis of 

slope-conveyance studies; minimum daily, 16 second-feet Sept. 12, 1945.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

tJage read twice daily.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 2 to Jan. 3O, 

Apr. 2-23, Aug. 31 to Sept. 3o)

1.7 21

l.S 31

1.9 44

2.0 60

2.1 79

2.2 102

2.3 129

2.5 195

3.0 390

3.7 720

4.0 920

10.6 6,210

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

49 

47 

44 

43 

44

44 

41 

44 

41 

39

47 

47 

44 

41 

39

39 

38 

41 

39 

39

39 

38 

40 

39 

38

38 

38 

38 

38 

38 

36

Nov.

36 

39 

41 

41 

41

195 

88 

60 

54 

57

57 

50 

49 

47 

46

46 

54 

50 

88 

154

95 

270 

412 

815 

209

1,650 

6,210 

1,860 

1,220 

310

Dec.

216 

170 

170 

141 

124

116 

107 

113 

102 

93

90 

88 

88 

88 

86

86 

86 

148 

167 

129

110 

107 

102 

100

97

93 

93 

88 

88 

170 

148

Jan.

126 

113 

107 

113 

138

181 

129 

118 

107 

102

97 

93 

90 

88 

88

86 

84 

81 

102 

88

84 

81 

79 

79 

77

75 

75 

93 

88 

154 

290

Feb.

188 

148 

118 

121 

135

118 

113 

113 

270 

250

206 

154 

138 

124 

118

250 

290 

188 

188 

181

135 

121 

102

86 

79

97 

270 

270

iinnth Second- 

"onth foot-days

Ooto 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary . ....

h. ...........................

1. ................... .... .

st ......................'.....

ter year 1948-49 ...

1.27C 

14,344 

3,604

63,958

3,306 

4,971 

3,661 

7,830 

3,778 

1,742 

4,944 

2,260 

1,319

'..... 52,629

Peak discharge (base, 1,OOO sec. -ft.). Nov

about 3,600 sec. -ft.; July 18 (10 a.m.) 1,140 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed

Mar.

160 

135 

124 

113 

113

118 

118 

107 

97 

141

107 

107 

102 

118 

132

113 

107 

118 

107 

102

97 

113 

107 

97 

93

93 

90 

102 

118 

102 

310

Apr.

209 

141 

141 

118

154

138 

113 

102 

97 

93

93 

129 

157 

118 

110

102 

97 

88 

84 

79

79 

84 

84 

a8o 

a80

a80 

alOO 

a300 

a2,000 

2,580

Maximum

49 

6,210 

216

8,860

290 

290 

310 

2,580 

480 

84 

920 

141 

107

6,210

. 27 (12 m.) 

sec. -ft. 

on basis of

May

480 

412 

a350 

a250 

a200

a!50 

a!2o 

a!05 

a95 

a85

a80 

a75 

a70 

a70 

a65

a65 

a60 

a60 

a60 

a60

a60 

93 

86 

77 

71

68 

64 

62 

105 

73 

107

Minimum

36 

36 

86

26

75 

79 

90 

79 

60 

45 

40 

49 

30

30

June

84 

71

a65 

a60 

a55

a50 

a48 

a48 

a46 

a45

aso

64 

75 

71

66

62 

57 

54 

50 

49

64 

84 

60 

54

57

54

50 

50 

50 

49

Mean

41.0 

478 

116

175

107 

163 

118 

261 

122 

58.1 

159 

72.9 

44.0

144

July

47 

44- 

44 

50 

50

44

41 

40 

44 

44

60 

50 

47 

70 

290

595 

750 

920 

310 

230

195 

118 

129 

188 

110

88 

79 

71 

68 

64 

64

Aug.

141 

86 

105 

102 

79

71 

64 

60 

60 

57

57 

55 

55 

52 

64

68 

64 

64 

118 

105

73 

64 

64 

57 

54

50 

49 

50 

102 

95 

75

Sept.

84 

54 

107 

60 

54

54 

58 

50 

44 

44

41 

39 

39

38 

38

38 

39 

36 

35 

36

34 

34 

35 

34 

31

31 

34 

36 

32 

30

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.664 0.77 

7.75 8.65 

1.88 2.17

2.84 38.54

1.73 1.99 

2.64 2.75 

1.91 2.20 

4.23 4.72 

1.98 2.28 

.942 1.05 

2.58 2.97 

1.18 1.36 

.713 .80

2.33 31.71

7,490 sec. -ft.; Apr. 29 (about 11 p.m.) 

records for nearby stations.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 373

Flint River near Griffin,' Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°14', long. 84°26', at bridge on State Highway 

ifa", l-f miles downstream from Shoal Creek, 65 miles upstream from Line Creek, and 10 

miles west of Griffin, Spalding County.

Drainage area. 272 square miles.

Records available. March 1937 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 12 years, 355 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 13,200 second-feet Nov. 27 (gage height, 18.0 

reetj; minimum daily, 88 second-feet Oct. 16.

1937-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 27, 1948; minimum, 14.3 second-feet 

Sept. 24, 1941 (gage height, 1.92 feet).

Flood of Mar. 14 or 15, 1929, reached a stage of 17.9 feet, from floodmark located 

by local resident (discharge, 15,300 second-feet).

Remarks. Records fair. Some diurnal fluctuation at low flow.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

149 

120 

106 

103 

100

100 

97 

97 

97 

94

97 

100 

100 

97 

91

88 

94 

97 

97 

97

100 

97 

103 

109 

106

100 

100 

100 

97 

97 

100

Nov.

106 

120 

149 

194 

215

307 

370 

349 

363 

370

233

189 

184 

179 

169

159 

164 

169 

204 

328

356 

545 

1,030 

1,840 

2,120

2,730 

10,900 

8,930 

9,770 

6,480

Dec.

3,410 

1,480 

890 

682 

575

516 

455 

439 

439 

423

407 

356 

328 

314 

307

300 

328 

363 

545 

605

585 

516 

407 

349 

349

399 

439 

507 

636 

1,440 

1,380

Jan.

1,220 

950 

670 

555 

555

745 

1,010 

1,310 

1,030 

695

545 

471 

423 

399

377

363 

356 

342 

342 

349

349 

356 

342 

328 

314

307 

300 

356 

407 

391 

585

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

1 ............................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

732 

745 

860 

770 

758

830 

860 

695 

670 

845

935 

785 

670 

565 

471

596 

1,010 

845 

770 

758

615 

535 

471 

415 

384

363 

511 

800

Secondfoot-days

3,13 

49,22

20,16

227,09

16,74 

19,26 

13,82 

18,92 

18,00 

7,70 

11,98 

6,57 

6,78

192,32

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 sec. -ft.). Noi

sec. -ft. 

980338 O - 52 - 25

Mar.

635 

585 

498 

399 

363

349 

342 

328 

328 

595

670 

682 

695 

535 

471

431 

384 

370 

370 

349

349

328 

349 

377 

455

471 

377 

363 

415 

415 

545

Apr.

635 

535 

516 

463 

455

565 

565 

545 

471 

363

328 

370 

745 

890 

920

860 

595 

399 

328 

293

287 

328 

342 

349 

307

251 

227 

275 

1,270 

4,450

Maximum

0 149 

2 10,900 

9 3,410

8 10,900

2 1,310 

t 1,010 

3 695 

7 4,450 

1 3,650 

1 575 

t 1,590 

1 472 

8 938

5 10,900

r. 27 (12 m.

May

3,650 

2,800 

1,760 

1,050 

815

595 

555 

489 

463 489-

370 

349 

328 

300 

275

257 

239 

221 

2O9 

199

189 

199 

209 

204 

281

328 

293 

245 

209 

204 

227

Minimum

88 

106 

300

72

300 

363 

328 

227 

189 

136 

116 

112 

106

88

June

257 

307 

227 

179 

159

144 

136 

140 

257 

189

194 

209 

221 

215 

194

314 

356 

439 

575 

318

263 

423 

30O 

251 

239

245 

245 

239 

251 

215

Mean

10 

1,64 

65

62(

54( 

68 

44 

63 

58 

25 38' 

21 

22

52

July

184 

179 

174 

159 

149

144 

136 

123 

120 

116

144 

204

371 

1,310 

1,050

1,160 

1,590 

920 

875 

615

415 

300 

233 

215 

194

169 

149 

131 

123 

123 

209

Aug.

179 

127 

472 

263 

407

281 

174 

136 

123 

239

227 

140 

123 

112

120

120 

296 

293 

227 

199

164 

149 

174 

239 

245

179 

144 

227 

275 

239 

281

Per square 

mile

L 0.371 

L 6.03 

L 2.39

) 2.28

3 1.99 

3 2.53 

3 1.64 

L 2.32 

L 2.14 

.945

r 1.42

2 .779 

3 .831

1.94

13,200 sec. -ft. 5 Apr. 30 (1 a.n

Sept.

281 

239 

184 

159 

199

233 

938 

830 

575 

498

281 

189 

154 

140 

131

123 

136 

123 

120 

116

112 

112 

127 

116 

109

109 

106 

116 

120 

112

Runoff in 

inches

0.43 

6.73 

2.76

31.06

2.29 

2.64 

1.89 

2.59 

2.47 

1.05 

1.64 

.90 

.93

26.32

.) 4,730
374 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 

Flint River near Molena, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°59', long. 84°32', at bridge on State Highway 18, 

bOU reet downstream from Southern Railway bridge, half a mile downstream from Pappys 

Creek, if-miles upstream from Elkins Creek, and 2 miles southwest of Molena, Pike 

County. Datum of gage is 646.78 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 990 square miles.

Records available. June 1897 to May 1898 (gage height only June to December 1897), November 1945 to September 1949. March 1900 to September 1923 (gage heights only October 

1920 to September 1923) at site 2^ miles downstream published as Flint River near Woodbury.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 31,100 second-feet Nov. 27 (gage height, 25.9 

reet); minimum, 293 second-feet Oct. 10.

1898, 1945-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 27, 1948; minimum, 120 second-feet 

Sept. 30, 1947.

Remarks. Records fair.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; records of discharge computed by 

Geological Survey.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

470

422

370

357

357

350

344

344

331

305

305

350

357

357

331

312

305

305

318

324

324

318

318

344

357

344

331

344

350

331

324

Nov.

357

357

409

558

632

794

1,260

1,260

1,070

896

828

735

671

625

595

580

602

640

735

1,220

1,400

1,950

3,560

6,180

7,420

8,200

24,600

30,000

30,000

26,000

-

Dec.

19,900

13 , 700

7,030

3,120

2,250

1,950

1,750

1,700

1,750

1,650

1,500

1,400

1,350

1,300

1,260

1,260

1,300

1,500

2,100

2,200

2,100

1.8OO

1,600

1,400

1,450

1,550

1,550

1,600

1,900

4,380

5,220

Jan.

4,740

3,450

2,450

1,950

1,900

2,620

3,450

4,020

3,670

2,620

1,950

1,650

1,550

1,450

1,350

1,300

1,300

1,260

1,260

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,260

1,220

1,220

1,170

1,150

1,260

1,450

1,450

2,150

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

2.9OO

3,120

2,790

2,300

2,400

2,680

2,740

2,250

3,120

4,380

5,100

3,670

2,740

2,200

1,900

2,460

5,220

4,500

3,340

3,120

2,680

2,200

1,950

1,750

1,650

1,550

2,250

3,450

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

10,59

154,13

94,52

807 , 74

60,18

80,41

55,05

59 31

67J 60

31,01

48,41

26,34

23,20

710,78

liar.

3,120

2,460

2,000

1,750

1,600

1,5OO

1,500

1,450

1,450

2,050

2,400

2,520

2,150

1,950

1,900

1,750

1,550

1,500

1,550

1,450

1,400

1,350

1,500

1,650

1,850

1,600

1,450

1,450

1,600

1,650

1,950

Apr.

2,400

2,150

1,850

1,700

1,700

2,000

1,950

1,750

1,500

1,350

1,260

1,550

2,900

3,450

3,450

2,680

1,950

1,450

1,220

1,110

1,050

1,120

1,220

1,170

1,090

956

880

956

2,780

8,720

Maximum

9 47C

4 30,000

3 19,900

S 30,000

3 4,740

0 5,220

z B',IZO

5 11,600

5 2,900

5 9,370

5 1,700

5 2,300

5 30,000

Peak discharge (base, 7,500 sec. -ft.). Nov. 27 (9 p.m

Hay

11,600

11,200

8,590

4,980

2,900

2,000

1,950

1,750

1,450

1,450

1,350

1,260

1,150

1,070

1,010

956

973

905

854

803

760

735

735

735

794

948

999

888

871

837

1,100

Minimum

305

357

1,260

240

1,150

1,550

1 'S80 350

735

572

383

491

422

305

June

1,040

914

854

719

655

703

618

572

687

711

703

896

1,030

930

846

914

1,050

1,120

1,070

1,030

1,060

2,900

2,300

1,220

1,110

1,260

1,020

973

1,120

990

-

Mean

342

5,13

3,04

2,20

1,94

2,87!

1,77

1 97

2,is:

1,034

1,56'

85C

774

1,94"

July

939

1,300

1,400

914

727

671

618

572

550

558

695

880

1,150

1,550

2,790

4,020

9,370

6.O6O

3,670

2,400

1,500

982

760

786

719

595

505

449

416

383

484

Aug.

550

491

837

1,120

837

1,130

846

655

580

862

752

655

580

558

535

625

905

1,700

1,080

982

1,080

939

871

1,170

982

778

648

803

922

922

948

Per square 

mile

! 0.345

3 5.19

) 3.08

' 2.23

L 1.96

' 2.90

> 1.79

i 2.00

L 2.20

I 1.04

' 1.58

) .859

t .782

1.97

Sept.

1,080

939

837

735

727

820

1,950

2,300

2,100

1,350

982

744

632

550

505

470

498

520

463

449

463

484

491

477

435

422

422

449

470

442

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.40

5.79

3.55

30.35

2.26

3.02

2.06

2.23

2.54

1.16

1.82

.99

.87

26.69

) 31,100 sec. -ft.; May 1, 11.6OO sec. -ft.;

July 17 (1 p.mT) 10,300 sec.-ft.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 

Flint River near Culloden, Ga.

375

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°43', long. 84°13', at bridge on U. S. Highway 19, 

i miles upstream from Auchumpkee Creek, 5 miles downstream from Swift Creek, and 13 miles 

southwest of Culloden, Monroe County. Datum of gage is 334.54 feet above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 1,890 square miles.

Records available.--July 1928 to December 1931, March 1937 to September 1949. July 1911 

to way J.yaa at site Z\ miles downstream.

Average discharge. 26 years (1911-22, 1928-31, 1937-49), 2,523 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 54,900 second-feet Hov. 28 (gage height, 34.7 

reet); minimum, 645 second-feet Sept. 26.

1911-23, 1928-31, 1937-49: Maximum discharge observed, 92,000 second-feet Mar. 15, 

1929 (gage height, 38.40 feet); minimum observed, 92 second-feet Oct. 4, 6, 7, 1931.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years).--¥ 822: Drainage area. ¥ 1002: 1943.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 22, 

Dec. 5-29, Jan. 2 to Feb. 8, Sept. 10-30)

2.3 645 9.0 5,790 21.0 22,200 

4.0 1,660 13.0 10,000 27.0 34,800 

6.5 3,51O 16.0 13,800 33.8 52,200

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,030 

880 

790 

82O 

820

790 

748 

76O 

73C 

684

706 

790 

76O 

736 

712

684 

672 

672 

672 

678

684 

672 

678 

678 

706

700 

684 

672 

672 

678 

667

Nov.

672 

689 

730 

820 

940

1,39O 

2,O8O 

1,940 

1,800 

1,540

1,330 

1,210 

1.O9O 

1,030 

970

970 

1,000 

1,060 

1,150 

2,220

2,220 

2,510 

5,760 

11,4OO 

10,300

9,160 

30,400 

52,200 

48,900 

38,200

Dec.

28,600 

19,7OO 

11,000 

5,99O 

4,120

3,60O 

3,190 

3,270 

3,190 

3,040

2,810 

2,580 

2,440 

2,360 

2,290

2,290 

2,440 

2,880 

4,740 

4,200

3,680 

3,270 

2,88O 

2,58O 

2,580

2,810 

2,660 

2,580 

4,380 

1O.80O 

9,050

Jan.

7,09O 

5,220 

4,120 

3,510 

3,940

5,220 

5,12O 

5,22O 

4,840 

3,940

3,190 

2,810 

2,660 

2,440 

2,360

2,29O 

2,220 

2, ISO 

2,220 

2,220

2, ISO 

2,150 

2.08O 

2,01O 

2,010

1,940 

1,940 

1,940 

2,290 

2,360 

3,760

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

 bar............ .............

lendar year 1943 

tary .

*uary

h. ...........................

1 ............................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

4,930 

4,560 

4,200 

3,51O 

3,510

3,600 

3,760 

3,510 

6,890 

10,900

10,000 

6,990 

5,020 

4,O20 

3,510

3,270 

6,190

6,590 

5,600 

6,490

5,4OO 

4,300 

3,600 

3', 190 

2,960

2,740 

4,480 

6,390

Secondfoot days

22,625 

235,681 

162,000

1,367,729

97,41O 

140,110 

90,900 

116,760 

103,030 

56,830 

79,700 

51,710 

33,918

1,190,674

Peak diseharKe (base, 11,000 sec. -ft.). Nc

sec. -ft.; Dec. 30 16 a.m.! 11,500 sec. -ft.; I 

sec. -ft.; July 18 (2 a.m.) 16,500 Bee. -ft.

Mar.

5,5OO 

4,38O 

3,600 

3,110 

2,810

2,660 

2,660 

2,510 

2,360 

2,960

3,68O 

3,680 

3,350 

3,110 

3,430

3,110 

2,740 

2,580 

2,660 

2,510

2,290 

2,290 

2,290 

2,360

2,510

2,510 

2,360 

2,220 

2,580 

2,580 

3,510

Apr.

4,480 

3,850 

3,270 

2,96O 

2,960

3,350 

3,190 

2,960 

2,660 

2,360

2,220 

2,580 

4,200 

5,220 

4,930

4,020 

3,190 

2,66O 

2,220 

1,940

1,870 

2,290 

2,150 

2,080 

1,870

1,660 

1,540 

2,080 

16,300 

19,700

Maximum

1,030 

52,200 

28,600

52,20O

7,090 

10,900 

5,500 

19,700 

16.20O 

4.O20 

13,100 

3,720 

2,880

52,200

May

16,200 

13,100 

10,800 

7,400 

5,020

3,680 

3,270 

3,190 

2,810 

2,510

2,510 

2,290 

2,150 

1,940 

1,870

1,730 

1,660 

1,660 

1,540 

1,480

1,390 

1,330 

1,360 

,390 

,660

,510 

,540 

,510 

,420 

,510 

,600

Minimum

667 

672 

2,290

520

1,940 

2,740 

2,220 

1,540 

1,330 

1,060 

850 

970 

650

650

June

1,94O 

1,540 

1,420 

1,270 

1,180

1,420 

1,210 

1,060 

1,090 

1,180

1,240 

1,330 

2,880 

2,810 

1,730

1,940 

2,360 

1,870 

1,600 

1,480

1,730 

3,680 

4,020 

2,440 

i ,870

2,010 

2,220 

2,010 

2,29O 

2,010

Mean

730 

7,856 

5,226

3,737

3,142 

5,004 

2,932 

3,892 

3,324 

1,894 

2,571 

1,668 

1,131

3,262

July

1,600 

1,480 

1,940 

1,660 

1,240

1,090 

1,000 

940 

880 

850

1,330 

1,360 

1,330 

1,940 

2,580

3,940 

9,670 

13,100 

7,400 

4,840

3,850 

2,740 

2,080 

1,800 

1,800

1,540 

1,330 

1,180 

1,09O 

1,000 

1,120

Aug.

3,720 

2,740 

2,360 

3,190 

2,440

1,870 

1,800 

1,360 

1,150 

1,150

1,390 

1,240 

1,090 

970 

970

1,240 

1,300 

1,940 

2,150 

1,940

1,600 

1,800 

1,54O 

1,450 

1,600

1,300 

1,090 

1,090 

1,360 

1,420 

1,450

Per square 

mile

0.386 

4.16 

2.77

1.98

1.66 

2.65 

1.55 

2.O6 

1.76 

1.00 

1.36 

.883 

.598

1.73

Sept.

1,800 

1.60O 

1,360 

1,18O 

1,150

1,150 

1,800 

2,810 

2,880 

2.22O

1,480 

1,210 

970 

880 

790

754 

718 

736 

742 

700

672 

672 

754 

748 

706

65O 

667 

689 

718 

712

Runoff in 

inches

0.44 

4.64 

3.19

26.92

1.91 

2.76 

1.79 

2.30 

2.03 

1.12 

1.57 

1.02 

.67

23.44

v. 24 (6 a.m.) 12,000 sec. -ft.; Nov. 28 (6 p.m.) 54,900 

eb. 1O (8 p.m.) 12,80O sec. -ft.; Apr. 30 (6 a.m.) 20,600
376 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Flint River at Montezuma, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°18', long. 84°03', at bridge on State Highways 

2b and 49, half a mile downstream from Buck Creek and 1 mile west of Montezuma, Macon 

County. Datum of gage is 255.83 feet above mean sea level, datum of-1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--2,900 square miles.

Kecoras available. July 1930 to June 1933, October 1934 to September 1949. January 1905 

to uecemcer iy09, January 1911 to December 1912 at site 1j miles upstream. Gage-height 

records collected at same site since 1904 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather 

Bureau.

Average discharge.--17 years (1930-32, 1934-49), 3,756 second-feet.

extremes. maximum discharge during year, 68,900 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 25.2 

reetj; minimum daily, 1,550 second-feet Oct. 23-25, 30.

1905-9, 1911-12, 1930-33, 1934-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 30, 1948; 

minimum daily, 585 second-feet Oct. 26, 1941.

Maximum stage known, 27.4 feet Mar. 17, 1929, from U. S. Weather Bureau (discharge, 

92,300 second-feet, from rating curve extended above 65,000 second-feet by logarithmic 

plotting).

Remarks.--Records good. Moderate diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by power plant 

above station.

Revisions (water years).--W 822: Drainage area. W 852: 1936(M).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 7 to Nov. 21, 

Dec. 8-31, Jan. 5 to Feb. 9, Feb. 23 to Apr. 14)

2.9 1,550

5.0 2,810

7.0 4,280

10.0 6,910

12.0 9,250

14.0 12,700

16.0 17,300

18.0 23,200

20.0 32,400

22.0 44,300

24.7 64,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,550 

2,420 

2,180 

2,240 

2,480

2,420 

2,300 

2,060 

1,820

1,770

1,770 

1,940 

2,060 

2,000 

1,880

1,770 

1,660 

1,660 

1,660 

1,660

1,600 

1,600 

1,550 

1,550 

1,550

1,600 

1,660 

1,660 

1,600 

1,550 

1,600

Nov.

1,600 

1,600 

1,600 

1,660 

1,720

1,880 

2,360 

3,080 

3,300 

3,160

2,810 

2,480 

2,360 

2,180 

2,120

2,060 

2,060 

2,180 

2,300 

2,620

3,220 

3,740 

4,280

5..270 

6,340

7,410 

9,840 

13,500 

28,300 

63,600

Dec.

64,400 

5O.6OO 

36,900 

26,000 

18,900

13,700 

10,000 

8,190 

7,620 

6,910

6,060 

5,440 

4,930 

4,6OO 

4,440

4,280 

4,120 

4,440 

5,520 

6,240

6,820 

7,010 

6,530 

5,700 

5,100

4,680 

4,600 

4,600 

4,600 

5,980 

7,410

Jan.

8,700 

11,900 

12,100 

10,500 

8.7OO

,840 

,410 

,410 

,510 

,410

,310 

,82O 

,880 

,100 

,680

,440 

,280 

,200 

,120

,040

,120 

,040 

,960 

,880 

,810

,740 

,66O 

,580 

,580 

,810 

,280

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber. ...... ..................

mber .........................

lendar year 194£ 

ary

1 ............................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

4,840

5,700 

6,240 

6,530 

6,340

5,980 

5,700 

5,880 

6,530 

8,970

11,700 

14,600 

16,700 

14,400 

11,200

8,830 

7,730 

7,510 

7,840 

9,390

10,500 

11,400 

10,800 

9,250 

7,620

6,240 

5,700 

6.O6O

Secondfoot-days

57,820 

190,630 

356,320

2,081,080

182,810 

240,180 

161,990 

154,640 

199,020 

104,990 

131,460 

100,760 

68,510

1,949,130

Mar.

6,720 

7,620 

8,070 

7,730 

6,620

5,440 

4,930 

4,760 

4,6OO

4,600

4,760 

5,180 

5,440 

5,520 

5,700

5.8OO 

5,880 

5,520 

5,020 

4,680

4,520 

4,360 

4,200 

4,120 

4,120

4,200 

4,280 

4,200 

4,280

4,360 

4,760

Apr.

5,520 

6,060 

6,440 

6,340 

5,800

5,360 

5,270 

5,270 

5,100 

4,760

4,440 

4,360 

4,600 

5,180 

5,980

6,440 

6,620 

6,160 

5,180 

4,280

3,810 

3,810 

4,520 

4,930 

4,600

4,040 

3,580 

3,360 

5,100 

7,730

Maximum

2,550 

63,600 

64,400

64,400

12,100 

16,700 

8,070 

7,730 

22,100 

5,880 

13,5OO 

5,980 

3,660

64,400

Peak discharge (base, 13,OOO sec. -ft.). Nov. 39 (11 p

17,000 sec. -ft.; May 3 (1 a.m.) 22.80O sec. -ft.; July 21

May

10,800 

20,600 

22,100 

18,900 

16,OOO

13,100 

1O,3OO 

7,840 

5,980 

5,100

4,600 

4,360 

4,200 

3,880 

3,580

3,440 

3,300 

3,160 

3,020 

2,940

2,810 

2,740 

2,620 

2,680 

2,810

2,940 

3,160 

3,080 

3,020 

2,940 

3,020

Minimum

1,550 

1,600 

4,120

1,250

3,580 

4,840 

4,120 

3,360 

2,620 

2,480 

1,940 

2,3OO 

1,660

1,550

June

3,080 

3,300 

3,080 

2,680 

2,480

2,550 

2,680 

2,620 

2,480 

2,480

2,550 

2,680 

2,810 

3,510 

4,360

3,880 

3,880 

3,880 

3,440 

3,020

2,740 

3,160 

4,440 

5,360 

5,880

4,930 

3,960 

4,440 

4,600 

4,040

llsan

1,865 

6,354

11,490

5,686

5,897 

8,578 

5,225 

5,155 

6,420 

3,500 

4,241 

3,250 

2,284

5,340

July

3,740 

3,360 

2,940 

3,020 

3,160

2,740 

2,480 

2,300 

2,180 

2,000

1,940 

2,360 

2,810 

2,880 

3,220

4,040 

5,100 

6,160 

7,110 

10,500

13.5OO 

11 , 000 

8,070 

5,270 

3,580

3,160 

3,020 

2,680 

2,480 

2,360 

2,300

Aug.

2,740 

4,120 

5,440 

5,980 

5,980

5,880 

4,760 

3,660 

2,940 

2,550

2,480 

2,680 

2,550 

2,360 

2.3OO

2,300 

2,420 

2,680 

2,940 

3,580

3,510 

3,080 

3,020 

3.O2O 

2,740

2,680 

2,550 

2,360 

2,300 

2,420 

2,740

Per square 

mile

0.643 

2.19 

3.96

1.96

2.03 

2.96 

1.80 

1.78 

2.21 

1.21 

1.46 

1.12 

.788

1.84

Sspt.

3,080 

3,440 

3,220 

2,880 

2,620

2,360 

2,300 

2,550 

3,300 

3,660

3,580 

2,940 

2,420 

2,180 

2,000

1,880 

1,820

1,720 

1,720 

1,770

1,720 

1,720 

1,660 

1,660 

1,660

1,720 

1,720 

1,770 

1,720 

1,720

Runoff in 

inchss

0.74 

2.44 

4.56

26.68

2.34 

3.08 

2.08 

1.99 

2.55 

1.35 

1.68 

1.29 

.88

24.98

m.) 68,900 sec. -ft.; Feb. 13 (9 a.m.) 

(a a.m.) 13,700 sec. -ft.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 377

Flint River at Oakfield, da.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°46', long. 83°59', at Georgia Southwestern & Gulf 

Kaiiroad bridge, 1 mile southwest of Oakfield, Worth County, and 8 miles downstream 

from Crisp County Dam. Datum of gage is 193.29 feet above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 3,860 square miles.

Records available.--January 1930 to June 1933, October 1934 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--17 years (1930-32, 1934-49), 4,757 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 60,500 second-feet Dec. 3 (gage height, 30.1 

feet); minimum daily, 512 second-feet Sept. 25.

1930-33, 1934-49: Maximum discharge, that of Dec. 3, 1948; minimum daily, 152 second-feet June 8, 1941.

Maximum stage known, 35.1 feet Jan. 20, 1925, from floodmark.

Remarks. Records good. Flow regulated by Crisp County power plant and reservoir (capacity, 35,000 acre-feet). Normal operation of power plant does not materially affect 

figures of monthly runoff.

Revisions (water years).--W 822: Drainage area. W 852: 1936(M).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.4 500 5.0 3,880

1.8 760 8.0 7,720

2.5 1,300 13.0 14,900

3.5 2,240 18.0 23,100

21.0 28,600

24.0 36,000

27.0 46,000

30.0 60,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3,100

1,090

766

5,590

6,370

6,110

3,880

3,390

3,090

1,750

2,800

3,420

3,420

3,760

4,840

3,640

3,420

3,530

2,760

2,310

2,430

2,310

2,300

636

2,980

2,760

2,370

2,410

2,410

1,390

676

Nov.

2,150

2,430

2,500

2,980

2,870

1,610

1,350

3,200

3,310

4,120

4,120

3,420

3,310

2,980

1,720

2,340

2,440

2,490

2,490

2,390

2,490

4,480

5,360

5,460

5,460

5,460

5,720

6,110

12,500

20,300

-

Dec.

35,900

54 , 000

60,000

55,500

42,200

28,600

21,700

19,800

15,500

14,000

11,100

9,400

8,980

7,720

6,890

6,370

5,980

6,500

10,200

11,900

11,600

9,960

10,200

9,120

8,560

7,300

6,240

6,240

6,370

9,680

9,960

Jan

12,500

11,600

12,800

15,200

14,900

14,600

15,800

13,400

9,680

10,200

9,820

9,680

8,700

8,280

6,500

6,240

6,110

6,110

6,110

6,110

5,980

5,980

5,980

5,980

5,850

5,590

5,590

5,590

5,590

3,760

4,840

Month

October ........ ........ ........

November .........................

December ..................... ...

Calendar year 1948 ............

January .........................

February . .......................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June ... .......... ..............

July ............. ...............

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

5,720

5,850

5,980

6,500

14,000

11,600

9,680

7,020

9,540

12,400

15,400

15,200

15,200

16,000

18,200

18,000

14,400

10,500

8,840

10,700

12,100

13,700

12,600

8,000

12,100

11,100

8,140

8.C8C

-

-

-

Secondfoot-days

91,70

127,66

527,47

2,674,69

265,07

316,75

217,03

193,82

243,81

128,69

178,57

139,40

94,98

2,524,95

Mar.

7,580

9,120

8,700

9,680

10,400

8,560

3,930

7,300

5,980

5,850

5,850

5,850

P,110

7,300

8,280

7,720

7,860

7,580

8,000

6,110

5,850

5,850

5,850

5,850

5,850

5,850

5,720

5,720

5,850

5,850

5,980

Apr.

5,980

6,

8,

8,

570

140

140

8,140

8,000

7,

6,

6,

580

500

390

6,110

6,240

6,

7,

p,

B40

160

760

6,630

7,160

7,

8,

7,

500

L40

160

5,980

5,850

5,

5,

4,

350

720

120

4,840

5,720

4,

3,

4,

7,:-

Maximum

8 6,3^0

3 20,300

3 60,000

3 60,000

3 15,800

3 18,200

3 10,400

3 8,140

3 21,700

3 6,110

3 15,500

3 8,980

1 4,120

9 60,000

340

60

500

500

May

16,000

17,700

14,600

19,600

21,700

18,000

16,200

12,200

9,680

7,300

6,630

6,110

5,850

5,720

3,760

4,720

4,840

3,760

3,530

3,530

3,530

1,750

2,F50

4 , 600

5,720

5,330

3,760

3,760

3,760

3,760

3,760

Minimum

636

1,350

5,980

360

3,7fiO

5,720

5,720

3,^60

1,740

1,940

1,890

3,200

512

512

June

3,880

3,760

3,760

3,760

3,640

3,640

2,870

2,760

2,870

2,870

3,530

1,940

3,200

4,840

5,590

5,590

5,590

5,4fO

1,980

2,760

4 , 840

5,460

3,880

4,600

5,590

5,850

5,980

5,980

6,110

e.iio

Mean

2,95

4,25.

17,02C

7,30!

8,55]

11.31C

7,00]

fi,46]

7,86.

4.29C

5.76C

4,49'

3.1CS

6,91

July

5,590

8,280

4,840

4,840

4,840

4,360

3,640

3,420

1,890

2,090

2,650

2,200

2,390

3,200

3,640

5,200

8,140

12,500

8,700

9,260

11,200

15,500

13,700

10,800

6,500

3,200

3,090

3,200

3,200

3,200

3,310

Aug.

3,420

7,

7,

8,

L50

580

380

8,980

8,280

6,

5,

3,'

60

980

120

3,420

3,420

3,'

3,'

3,'

120

120

120

3,420

3,420

3,^ 3,'

3,;

20

00

10

3,530

6,370

4,2 *,;

3,;

40

40

10

3,310

3.31C

3,Z

3,4

3,:

3,2

10

20

10

10

3,310

Per square 

mile

3 0.766

3 1.10

4.41

1.89

2.22

2.93

1.81

J .F,7

3 2.04

1.11

1.49

1.17

.820

3 1.79

Sept.

3,420

3,640

3,880

4,120

4,120

4,120

4,000

3,880

3,880

3,760

3,760

3,760

3,760

3,760

3,760

3,420

3,310

649

1,870

2,870

2,980

3,640

2,870

1,990

512

1,940

2,700

2,760

2,650

3,200

Runoff in 

inches

0.88

1.23

5.08

25.76

2.56

3.05

2.09

1.86

2.35

1.24

1.72

1.35

.91

24.32
378 APALACHICOLA RIVER

Flint River at Albany, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°36-i, long. 84°09', at Georgia Northern Railway

 bridge in Albany, Dougherty County. Datum of gage is 150.03 feet above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 5,230 square miles.

Records available.--September 1929 to September 1949. February 1897 to December 1901 (gage

 heights onlyJ, January 1902 to June 1921 at site 1 mile downstream. Gage-height records 

collected at former site since 1893 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 38 years (1902-20, 1929-49), 6,538 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 64,300 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 31.5 

reet); minimum daily, 1,320 second-feet Oct. 3.

1902-21, 1929-49: Maximum discharge, 64,800 second-feet Jan. 22, 1943 (gage height, 

31.6 feet); minimum daily, 426 second-feet Aug. 24, 1930.

Maximum stage known, 37.84 feet Jan. 21, 1925, from floodmark, present site and datum 

(discharge, 92,000 second-feet, from rating curve extended above 60,000 second-feet).

Remarks.--Records good. Flow regulated by power plants above station. Capacity of reservolrs insufficient to materially affect figure^ of monthly runoff.

Revisions (water years). W 822: Drainage area. W 1052: 1930, 1934(M).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in 3econd-feet)

2.9 

3.6 

4.4 

5.6

1,270 

1,870 

2,78O 

4,550

7.0

10.0

20.0

23.0

7,050

12,200

26,500

32,200

26.0

29.0

31.4

40,400

52,300

63,800

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3,18O

3,360

1,320

5,580

9,750

9,920

7,620

5,940

5,580

4,550

3,760

4,230

4,390

4,890

5,940

5,760

4,720

4,390

4,070

3,680

3,610

3,540

2,680

2,000

3,110

3,610

3,320

3,390

3,250

2,290

2,120

Nov.

2,380

3,180

3,460

3,460

3,680

3,460

2,980

3., 110

4,070

4,890

5,400

4,390

4,720

4,390

3,990

3,610

3,540

3,540

3,610

3,680

3,680

4,720

7,240

7,810

7,990

8,170

9,070

10,900

16,000

23,300

-

Dec.

32,000

49 , 200

60,8OO

63,300

55,900

41,100

31,100

27,000

23,600

22,100

19,400

16,700

14,500

13,100

10,300

10,100

9,240

9,410

13 , 600

18,100

19,000

17,300

16,600

14,300

13,300

11,700

8,890

9,410

9,410

13,100

14,500

Month

Jan.

17,900

17,900

18,100

19,700

19,400

18,900

20,600

21,900

19,200

16,700

15,600

13,700

13,000

12,200

9,920

8,890

9j070

9,070

8,890

8,890

8,710

8,530

8,530

8,530

8,350

7,990

7,990

7,810

7,810

6,860

6,480

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July ........................... .

August ......................... .

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 .........

Feb.

8,350

8,890

9,240

9,240

15,600

17,600

15,200

12,700

13,700

16,000

20,200

20,600

20,300

21,000

22,800

22,700

20,000

15,300

11,900

14,000

16,300

18,300

18,900

13,300

15 , 300

15,200

11,900

11,900

_

.

-

Seoondfoot-days

136, 05C

174, 92C

688,560

3,702,25C

387, 12C

436, 42C 

308, 06C

269 , 68C 

322 33C

167J72C

236, 43C

190,290

123 20(

3,440,78C

Mar.

10 , 300

12,800

12,400

12,500

13,300

12,000

11,900

10,900

9,070

9,070

9,070

9,070

8,890

9,410

12,200

10,800

11,100

10,800

11,600

9,750

8,890

8,530

8,350

8,170

8,170

8,170

7,990

7,990

8,170

8,170

8,530

Apr.

9,070

9,240

11 , 900

"11,400

11,700

10,900

10,100

9,920

9,410

8,710

8,530

8,890

10,100

10,400

10,100

10,300

10,100

9,920

9,920

8,170

7,620

7,430

7,620

7,240

6,300

7,240

6,860

6,120

6,120

8,350

-

Maximum

9,920

23,300

63,800

63,800

21,900

22, 800

13,300

27*700

17*700

5^940

63,800

May

17,300

22,400

22,700

24,000

27,700

24,000

21,200

17,400

11,600

10,600

9,070

8,350

7,990

7,810

6,670

5,940

6,120

5,940

5,400

5,060

4,890

4,390

3,460

2,670

5,060

7,050

6,120

5,580

5,230

5,400

5,230

Minimum

1,320

2,380

8,890

860

6,480

8,350

7,990

6 , 120

2, 670

3,840

3,040

4,070

1, 790

1,320

June

5,060

5,230

5,230

5,230

5,060

4,720

4,230

4,070

4,070

3,910

4,550

4,230

3,990

5,400

6,860

7,240

7,050

7,050

5,060

3,840

4,720

6,300

5,580

5,230

6,300

6,860

7,240

7,430

7,990

7,990

-

Mean

4

5, 83]

22,210

10,120

12,490

15,590 

9,937

8 r 985

10,400

5 591

7 s 621

6 j 13£

4,107

9,427

July

7,990

10,600

6,670

6,480

6,480

6,120

5.230

4,720

3,910

3,460

3,610

3,680

3,040

3,540

4,230

5,400

8,890

16,300

14,000

13,000

13 , 900

17 , 700

17,300

14,800

9,750

4,720

4,390

4,230

4,070

3,990

4,230

Aug.

4,890

8,710

10,900

13,300

12,700

11,600

10,100

9,240

5,230

4,890

4,890

4,890

4,890

4,720

4,720

4,550

4,390

4,390

4,390

4,390

6,120

6,670

5,400

4,550

4,390

4,230

4,230

4,230

4,070

4,230

4,390

Per square 

mile

0i!n

4.25

1.93

2 39

_ " 

U90

1.72

1.99

1.07

1.46

1.17

* ' "O

1.80

Sept.

4,390

4,720

5,230

5,760

5,940

5,580

5,230

4,890

4,890

4,550

4,550

4,720

4,390

4,390

4,550

4,390

4,070

3,180

2,340

3,110

3,460

3,460

3,610

3,840

1,790

2,190

3,040

3,250

3,460

4,230

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.97

1.24

4.90

26.33

2 76

3.10

2.19

1 .92

2 29

l!l9

1 . 68

1.35

 oo

24.47
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 379

Flint River at Bainbridge, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°55', long. 84°34', at Decatur County Memorial 

Bridge on U. S. Highway 84, In Bainbridge, Decatur County. Datum of gage is 58.06 

feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 7,350 square miles.

Records available. January 1908 to December 1913j December 1928 to September 1949. 

uage-helght records collected at same site since 1904 are contained In reports of 

U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 25 years (1908-13, 1929-49), 8,878 second-feet.

Extremes, Maximum discharge during year, 51,700 second-feet Dec. 7 (gage height, 30.9 

reet); minimum dally, 4,470 second-feet Sept. 27.

1908-13, 1928-49: Maximum discharge, 83,200 second-feet Mar. 21, 1929 (gage 

height, 37.73 feet); minimum dally, 2,300 second-feet Dee. 7, 1931.

Maximum stage known, 40.9 feet, present datum, Jan. 24, 1925 (discharge, 101,000 

second-feet, from rating curve developed In 1929 and extended above 70,000 secondfeet).

Remarks . Records good. Some regulation by power plants above station. Capacity of 

reservoirs Insufficient to materially affect figures of monthly runoff.

Revisions (water years). W 697: 1908-13. W 822: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1. 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

5,56O 

5,860 

6,270 

5,360 

7,370

11,200 

13,100 

12,500 

11,400 

10,6OO

9,590 

8,75O 

8,630 

8,990 

9,110

9,470 

9,350 

8,630 

8, ISO 

7,700

7,260 

7,04O 

6,82O 

6,380 

5,660

5,860 

6,380 

6,270 

6,270 

6,160 

5,660

Nov.

5,260 

5,160 

5,660 

5,860 

5,960

6,06O 

6,06O 

5,760 

5,760 

6,490

7,040 

7,480 

7,370 

7,04O 

6,930

6,600 

6,270 

6,060 

6,O60 

6,160

6,270 

6,490 

7,260 

8,870 

10,100

10,8OO 

11,400 

11,900 

13,400 

16,800

Dec.

21 , 500 

25,400 

30,500 

37,300 

44,800

50,100 

50,900 

47,4OO 

41,7OO 

37,900

35,600 

32,900 

28,7OO 

24,900 

22,200

19.7OO 

18,300 

17.2OO 

16,800 

18,800

21,200 

23,300 

23,800 

22 , 9OO 

21,400

19,9OO 

18,40O 

16,500 

16,000 

16.00O 

18,000

Jan.

19,900 

22,400 

23,500 

23,600 

24,000

24,400 

24,400 

25,300 

26,800 

26,8OO

24,900 

23.1OO 

21.4OO 

19,900 

18,9OO

17,400 

16,OOO 

15,600 

15,300 

15,100

14,800 

14,600 

14,500 

14,40O 

14,100

13,900 

13,700 

13,400 

13,200 

13,000 

12 , 500

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

We

ber ..........................

mber .........................

mber. ........................

lendar year 1948 

.ary

h. ....... ....................

st ...........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

12,300 

13,400 

14.2OO 

14,600 

14,900

17 , 400 

19.9OO 

20,200 

19,500 

19,500

20,800 

23,100 

24,7OO 

25.3OO 

25.3OO

25,600 

26.0OO 

25,600 

23,100 

20,200

20.OOO 

21,200 

22,700 

23,60O 

21 , 500

20,500 

20,300 

18,600

Secondfoot days

247,350 

228,330 

840,000

5,464,300

580,800 

574,000 

472,900 

419,600 

443,520 

251,420 

326,070 

292,720 

198,340

4,875,050

Peak discharge (base, 15,000 sec. -ft. ) .-De

sec. -ft. ; Jan. 10 (3 a.m.) 27,400 sec. -ft.; P

Mar.

17,800 

17,100 

17,700 

17,800 

17.60O

17,700 

17,100 

16,600 

16,200 

15,200

14,900 

14,6OO 

14,500 

14,500 

14, 8OO

15,900 

15,9OO 

16.2OO 

16.2OO 

16,200

15,300 

14,500 

13,900 

13,700 

13,400

13,200 

13,000 

12,800 

12,800 

12,800 

13,000

Apr.

13,400 

13,800 

14,200 

15.5OO 

15,900

16,000 

15,900 

15,3OO 

14,900 

14,400

13,900 

13,800 

14.40O 

15 , 5OO 

15 , 90O

15,8OO 

15,600 

15.3OO 

14,900 

14 , 6OO

13,7OO 

12.8OO 

12,500 

12,400 

12,200

11,500 

11,800 

11,500 

11,100 

11.10O

Maximum

13,100 

16,800 

50,900

60,600

26,8OO 

26,000 

17,800 

16,000 

27 , 400 

9,710 

18,300 

15,900 

8,270

5O,900

c. 7 (5 a.m. 

eb. 17 (5 p.

May

12,700 

17,200 

21,900 

24,500 

25.6OO

27,000 

27,400 

26,400 

23,800 

19,200

16,600 

14,800 

13,8OO 

13,000 

12,500

11,8OO 

10.7OO 

10,500 

10.2OO 

9,71O

9,230 

8,870 

8,510 

7,810 

6,930

8,030 

9,470 

9,350 

8,870 

8,630 

8,510

Minimum

5,360' 

5,160 

16,000

4,470

12,500 

12,300 

12,800 

11,100 

6,930 

7,150 

6,490 

6,930 

4,470

4,470

June

8,39O 

8,270 

8,270 

8,270 

8,270

8,030 

7,81O 

7,370 

7,260 

7,150

7,260 

7,810 

8,O30 

8,030 

8,750

9,470 

9,710 

9,590 

9,590 

8,630

7,26O 

7,480 

8,270 

8,390 

8,O3O

8,630 

8,990 

9,230 

9,470 

9,710

Mean

7,979 

7,611 

27,10O

14,930

18,740 

20,500 

15,250 

13,990 

14,310 

8,381 

10,520 

9,443 

6,611

13,360

July

9,950 

10,200 

11,200 

9,950 

9,350

9,470 

9.47O 

8,75O 

8,150 

7,480

6,820 

6,710 

6,710 

6,490 

6,600

7,150 

7,92O 

1O.10O 

14,400 

15,800

15,500 

15,800 

17,400 

18,300 

17,400

14,500 

10,800 

9,230 

8,630 

8,030 

7,810

Aug.

7,920 

8,39O 

10,70O 

13.0OO 

14,900

15,900 

15,200 

14,400 

13,000 

10,600

9,350 

8,990 

8,870 

8,630 

8,390

8,270 

8,030 

7,920 

7,810 

7,810

7,700 

8.39O 

9,110 

8,510 

7,920

7,590 

7,370 

7,150 

7,040 

6,930 

6,930

Per square 

mile

1.09 

1.04 

3.69

2.03

2.55 

2.79 

2.07 

1.90 

1.95 

1.14 

1.43 

1.28 

.899

1.82

) 51,700 sec. -ft.; Dec. 23 (5 a. 

ra. ) 26,200 sec. -ft.; May 7 (9 a.

Sept.

7,040 

7.O4O 

7,260 

7,700 

8,030

8,27O 

8.27O 

8,030 

7,59O 

7,480

7, ISO 

7,040 

7,040 

6,930 

6.8ZO

6,820 

6,710 

6,490 

6,060 

g5,160

g5,360 

g5,86O 

g5,960 

5.96O 

5,960

5,460 

4,470 

5,260 

5,460 

5,660

Runoff in 

inches

1.26 

1.16 

4.25

27.67

2.94 

2.90 

2.39 

2.12 

2.25 

1.27 

1.65 

1.48 

1.00

24.67

m. ) 24,200 

ra. ) 27,600
380 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 

Potato Creek near Thomaston, Ga,

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°54'15", long. 84°21 I 45", 300 feet downstream from 

 State Highway 74 and Basin Creek, 1,000 feet downstream from Central of Georgia Railway

bridge, 1 mile downstream from Ten Mile Creek, and 2^ miles northwest of Thomaston, Upson County.

Drainage area. 186 square miles.

Records available. July 1938 to September 19*49.

Average discharge. 11 years, 236 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 9,240 second-feet Nov. 27 (gage height, 8.80 

reetJ, from rating curve extended above 4,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; minimum daily, 45 second-feet Oct. 19.

1938-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 27, 1948; minimum daily, 5.4 second-feet 

Sept. 24, 1941.

Remarks. Records good. Some regulation at low flow caused by diversion for municipal and 

industrial supplies at Thomaston.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-6, Oct. 15 to Nov. 22, 

Jan. 8-30, June 3O to July 16, Sept. 9-30)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 27 Nov. 28 to Sept. 30

2.8 40 3.4 190 4.8 1,300 2.8 49 3.3 165 5. 

2.9 54 3.6 275 5.4 2,1OO 2.9 62 3.5 25O 6. 

3.0 72 3.8 380 6.2 3,4OO 3.O 80 3.8 42O 7. 

3.1 96 4.0 510 7.0 4,950 3.1 1O3 4.1 64O 8. 

3.2 124 4.3 760 8.O 7,200 3.2 132 4.5 1,03O

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

91 

70 

63 

79 

74

84 

65

74 

63 

61

67 

59 

65 

67 

58

56 

56 

58 

45 

58

52 

58

61 

61 

63

59 

54 

56 

58 

56 

58

Nov.

63 

63 

72 

72 

74

178 

186 

162 

107 

94

86 

84 

79 

82 

77

72 

89 

102 

143 

218

226 

234 

840 

1,260 

1,200

936 

6,490 

7,200 

4,950 

2,980

Dec.

870 

511 

448 

408 

372

324 

295 

336 

290 

280

246 

237 

232 

228 

228

241 

306 

412 

553 

546

390 

312 

285 

265 

295

306 

295 

246 

439 

1,120 

1,360

Jan.

721 

455 

378 

348 

378

469 

483 

396 

342 

290

280 

275 

260 

255 

241

241 

237 

232 

255 

270

223 

219 

201 

214 

210

210 

205 

237 

265 

275 

553

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ax*y

h. ...........................

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ...... .................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 1,700 sec

sec . -ft .

Feb.

624 

504 

348 

330 

348

348

312 

290 

667 

1,320

1,220 

840 

504 

420 

378

420 

584

766 

560 

676

694 

483 

402 

360 

330

312 

642 

757

Secondfoot-days

1,94

28,41 

12,67

132,61

9,61 

15,43 

10,24 

12,78 

8,64 

5,85 

5,59 

5,43 

2,87

119,53

.-ft.) .--No

Mar.

721 

455 

372 

342 

312

318 

312 

290 

280

427

518 

378 

312 

306 

372

360 

300 

300 

295 

285

260 

255 

260 

255 

246

241 

241 

260 

290 

295 

390

Apr.

434 

408 

312 

306 

348

378 

306 

285 

246 

232

241 

348 

560 

1,010 

539

324 

275 

246 

223 

214

210 

241 

250 

223 

193

169 

165 

363 

1,840 

1,900

Maximum

3 91 

3 7,200 

3 1,360

I 7,200

3 721 

3 1,320 

3 721 

3 1,900

> 1,700

} 511 

5 703 

! 553 

5 280

5 7,200

f. 27 (5 a.m

May

1,700 

931 

624 

434 

348

300 

280 

255 

232

241

219 

214 

201 

189 

181

165 

158 

148 

142 

138

132 

132 

123 

123 

181

145 

126 

145 

138 

135 

-162

Minimum

45

63 

228

29

201 

290 

241 

165 

123 

98 

73 

84 

57

45

June

169 

142 

118 

109 

112

115 

98 

100 

115 

148

142 

210 

372 

290 

219

408 

511 

193 

138 

118

135 

185 

300 

173 

158

148

177 

197 

260 

290

Mean

62. S 

947 

409

362

310 

551 

331 

426 

279 

195 

180 

175 

95. E

327

July

165 

132 

126 

112 

109

98 

98 

82

73 

76

93 

118 

115 

118 

148

193 

560 

703 

427 

324

275 

223 

162 

165 

152

120 

93 

86 

80 

84 

285

4 2 , 160 

2 3,400 

0 4,95O 

0 7,200

Aug.

553 

396 

270 

285 

265

169 

132 

103 

98 

118

169 

109 

95 

84

91

189 

181

162 

290 

169

148 

205 

152 

123 

109

93 

86 

120 

197 

158 

118

Per square 

mile

0.338 

5.09 

2 .20

1.95

1.67 

2.96 

1.78 

2.29 

1.50 

1.05 

.968 

.941 

.515

1.76

Sept.

138 

138 

109 

103 

106

103 

148 

280 

228 

120

100 

84 

71 

69 

69

66 

67 

69 

69 

66

57 

62 

76 

98 

69

62 

58 

61 

69 

58

Runoff in 

inches

0.39 

5.68 

2.54

26.52

1.92 

3.08 

2.05 

2.56 

1.73 

1.17 

1.12 

1.09 

.57

23.90

) 9,240 sec. -ft.; Apr. 29 (9 p.m.) 2,030
APALACHTCOLA RIVER BASIN 381

Whitewater Creek near Butler, Ga.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 32°28', 

upstream from Rambulette Creek, 

upstream from Cedar Creek.

long. 84°16', at bridge on U. S. Highway 19, 500 feet 

miles south of Butler, Taylor County, and 8 miles

Drainage area. 75 square miles.

Records available. October 1943 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 580 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 4.8 feet, 

rrom floodmark); minimum daily, 129 second-feet Oct. 27-29, 31.

1943-49: Maximum discharge, 1,340 second-feet Mar. 23, 1944 (gage height, 6.5 

feet); minimum 'daily, 98 second-feet June 13, 1945.

Remarks . - -Records fair. Variable backwater from Rambulette Creek which is regulated by 

upson Mill. Gage read twice daily.

Discharge, in aecond-feet, water year October 1943 tc September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

165 

165 

147 

194 

194

174 

156 

147 

138 

138

147 

184 

174 

138 

138

138 

138 

147 

147 

138

147 

138 

138 

138 

138

138 

129 

129 

129 

138 

129

Nov.

138 

138 

138 

138 

138

165 

214 

194 

156 

147

147 

147 

147 

138 

133

138 

156 

156 

174 

204

194 

184 

204 

328 

224

194 

299 

418 

409 

272

Dec.

224 

204 

204 

194 

184

174 

194 

214 

214 

204

184 

174 

174 

174 

174

165 

174 

174 

272 

236

194 

174 

174 

184 

184

174 

174 

165 

174 

344 

Z72

Jan.

194 

184 

174 

174 

174

194 

214 

184

174 

174

174 

165 

174 

165 

156

156 

156 

156 

156 

174

165 

174 

165 

165 

165

165 

165 

165 

165 

165 

204

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 194 

i&ry

1 ............................

enber ........................

ter year 1943-49 ............

Feb.

214

174 

165 

174 

174

174 

194 

194 

260 

398

380 

344 

214 

204 

204

236 

260 

236 

224 

380

299

272 

236 

214 

204

204 

260 

272

Secondfoot-days

4,598 

5,837 

6,124

64,150

5,335 

6,764 

6,242 

6,514 

5,890 

5,872 

6,101 

5,601 

4,695

69,573

Peak discharge (base, 350 sec. -ft.). Nov.

Feb. 10 (6 p.m.) 440 sec. -ft.; Feb. 20 (8 a.ni 

(10 a.m.) 465 see. -ft.; July 18 (8 a.m.) 380

Mar.

224 

204 

204 

194 

194

194 

194 

194 

194 

224

214 

204 

184 

204 

248

224 

194 

194 

194 

184

184 

194 

194 

194 

184

184 

184 

194 

214 

204 

248

Apr.

299 

248 

204 

204 

224

224 

224 

204 

184

165

174 

214 

248 

204 

194

174 

174 

174 

174 

174

184 

260 

248 

204 

184

184 

174 

194 

358 

440

Maximum

194 

418 

344

426

214 

398 

248 

440 

313 

398 

362 

260 

214

440

May

313 

285 

224 

204 

194

184 

184 

184 

194 

184

184 

184

165 

165 

174

174 

174 

174 

174 

J94

174 

156 

156 

184 

204

174 

174 

174 

184 

204 

194

Minimum

129 

138 

165

120

156 

165 

184 

165 

156 

156 

147 

156 

147

129

June

184 

174 

165 

165 

156

165 

165 

165 

165 

174

184 

194 

194 

194 

194

194 

184

165 

156 

156

184 

398 

285 

224 

248

214 

184 

204 

224 

214

Mean

148 

195 

198

175

172 

242 

201 

217 

190 

196 

197 

181 

156

191

July

174 

165 

165 

174 

174

165 

156 

147 

147 

147

184 

285 

236 

224 

224

260 

272 

362 

285 

214

184 

184 

184 

194

174

174 

165 

156 

156 

156 

214

Aug.

260 

214 

204 

204 

214

174 

165 

156 

156 

156

165 

156 

156 

165 

174

184 

194 

174 

184 

194

184

174 

174 

174 

156

156 

165 

174 

165 

194 

236

Per square 

mile

1.97 

2.60 

2.64

2.33

2.29 

3.23 

2. 58 

2.89 

2.53 

2.61 

2.63 

2.41 

2.08

2.55

Sept.

214 

184 

184 

174

165

165

156 

156 

156 

156

156

156 

147 

147 

147

147 

147 

147 

147 

156

156 

147 

147 

147 

147

147 

156 

147 

147 

147

Runoff in 

inches

2.27 

2.90 

3.04

31.80

2.64 

3.36 

3.09 

3.22 

2.92 

2.91 

3.03 

2.78 

2.32

34.48

29 (1 a.m.) 580 sec. -ft.; Dec. 30 (12 m.) 398 aec.-ft.; 

.) 440 aec.-ft.; Apr. 30 (3 a.m.) 520 sec. -ft.; June 22 

aec.-ft.
382 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Ichawaynochaway Creek at Mllford, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°22', long. 84°32', at bridge on county road at 

murord, Baker County, 2^ miles upstream from Alligator Creek and 5| miles upstream 

from Chickasawhatchee Creek.

Drainage area. 620 square miles.

Records available.--August 1905 to December 1907, October 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--10 years (1939-49), 940 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,680 second-feet Dec. 9 (gage height, 11.8 

reetJ; minimum, 435 second-feet Sept. 16, 17 (gage height, 1.58 feet).

1905-7. 1939-49: Maximum discharge, 10,100 second-feet Jan. 21, 1943 (gage height, 

13.9 feet); minimum observed, 166 second-feet June 15, 1941 (gage height, 1.00 foot).

Remarks.--Records good. Moderate diurnal fluctuation at low flow.

Revisions. W 922: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.5 382 8.0 4,120 

1.8 595 9.O 4,860 

2.3 1,010 10.9 6,700 

3.0 1,420

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

855 

935 

1,040 

1,420 

3,210

,250 

,110 

,200 

,670 

,310

,140 

,26O 

,230 

,620 

,470

,230 

,040 

935 

855 

812

785 

777 

750 

724 

706

706 

689 

689 

672 

672 

663

Nov.

654 

654 

646 

654 

663

680 

759 

911 

1,080 

1,180

1,080 

919 

829 

759 

724

698 

680 

680 

724 

887

1,110 

1,360 

1,620 

1,980 

2,360

2,140 

1,980 

2,040 

2,800 

3,600

Dec.

3,280 

2,900 

,530 

,930 

,720

,620 

,670 

,740 

,100 

,700

,-!60 

,280 

,640 

,260 

,980

,820 

,720 

,620 

,720 

,090

,060 

,380 

,580 

,040 

,820

,770 

,670 

,570 

,520 

,880 

,900

Jan.

4,120 

,550 

,740 

,14O 

,930

,2OO 

,900 

,060 

,880 

,900

,260 

,930 

,770 

,670 

,620

,570 

,520 

,470 

,420 

,470

,470 

,470 

,420 

,360 

,310

,280 

,260 

,260 

,230 

,260 

,360

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

ber ..........................

mber ................. .... .

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. ..................... .

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ...............

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,670 

2,090 

2,260 

1,930 

1,720

,820 

,200 

,690 

,850 

,740

,060 

,280 

,850 

,200 

,880

,720 

,620 

,570 

,620 

,820

,880 

,530 

,800 

,O90

,720

,520 

,470 

,520

Seoondfoot-days

39,425 

36,851 

78,970

549,250

61,800 

59,120 

46,150 

39,940 

35,481 

26,273 

34,144 

27,274 

17,553

502,981

Mar.

,620 

,770 

,720 

,470 

,310

,260 

,230 

,310 

,520 

,670

,570 

,520 

,570 

,520 

,620

,770 

,140 

,040 

,720 

,520

,420 

,360 

,310 

,280 

,260

,260 

,230 

,180 

,230 

,280 

1,470

Apr.

,720 

,880 

,980 

,720 

,620

,570 

,620 

,570 

,360 

,200

,140 

,260 

,520 

,720 

,820

,620 

,310 

,110 

,O1O 

972

919 

919 

972 

1,040 

1,110

1,180 

1,010 

903 

935 

1,230

Maximum

4,250 

3.60O

5,7OO

7,350

4,120 

3,280 

2,140 

1,980 

3,550 

1,770 

2,O9O 

2,310 

1,010

6,700

Peak discharge (base, 3.0OO sec. -ft.). Oct. 6 (5 a.m.)

May

1,880 

3,160 

3,550 

2,850 

2,200

1,620 

1,280 

1,110 

1,080 

1,010

972 

935 

803 

879 

829

794 

759 

724 

689 

672

663 

638 

612 

612 

629

680 

768 

863 

794 

680 

646

Minimum

663 

646 

1,520

382

1,230

1,470 

1,180 

903 

612 

556 

638 

511 

441

441

June

689 

829 

895 

794 

663

580 

556 

646 

620 

663

972 

1,470 

1,720 

1,770 

1,360

1,040 

838 

829 

820

672

629 

638 

750 

829 

919

871 

794 

785 

82O 

812

Mean

1,272 

1,228 

2,547

1,501

1,994 

2,111 

1,489 

1,331 

1,145 

876 

1,101 

880 

585

1,378

July

838 

838 

742 

750 

1,200

1,470 

1,080 

820 

759 

689

598 

777 

911 

1,010 

1,140

1,200 

1,080 

1,420 

2,090 

2,090

1,720 

1,420 

1,310 

1,310 

1,280

1,260 

1,140 972' 

812 

680 

638

Aug.

715 

1,180 

1,360 

2,140 

2,310

1,670 

1,140 

879 

742 

750

750 

733 

759 

759 

768

742 

759 

803 

785 

724

7O6 

698 

689 

724 

698

638 

572 

526 

511 

518 

526

Per square 

mile

2.05 

1.98

4.11

2.42

3.22 

3.40 

2.40 

2.15 

1.85 

1.41 

1.78 

1.42 

.944

2.22

4,460 sec. -ft.: Nov. 3O (6 a.m.

Sept.

526 

564 

672 

733 

863

1,010 

919 

706 

595 

549

518 

497 

483 

476 

448

441 

441 

448 

469 

483

564 

663 

595 

541 

549

541 

497 

483 

564 

715

Runoff in 

inches

2.36 

2.21 

4.74

32.94

3.71 

3.54 

2.77 

2.40 

2.13 

1.57 

2.05 

1.64 

1.05

30.17

) 3,720

sec.-ft.; Dec. 9 (11 p.m.) 7,680 sec.-ft.: Dec. 22 (1 a.m.) 3,66O se 

ft.; Jan. 9 (12:30 a.m.) 4,250 sec.-ft.: Feb. 12 (l p.m.) 3,330

.-ft.; Jan. 1 (12 m.)4,250 

ft.; May 13 (8 a.m.) 3,660
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 383

Alligator Creek near Milford, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 31°21', long. 84°34', 100 feet 

downstream from bridge on county road, 2 miles upstream from mouth, and 2 miles southwest of Milford, Baker County. Datum of gage is 167.16 feet above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Emory University Field Station).

Records available. January 1942 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 109 second-feet Dec. 9 (gage height, 1.91 feet); 

no now Aug. 25-31.

1942-49: Maximum gage height, 4.44 feet Mar. 7, 1944 (discharge not determined); no 

flow for periods in most years.

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by water losses.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used May 3 to June 9)

0.11 O

.12 .01

.13 .01

.14 .02

.17 .08

.18 .11

.20 

.22 

.23 

.31 

.38

0.45

.55 

.60 

.65 

.70 

.80 107

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 194S to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

5.8

4.9

4.1

32

23

19

16

14

14

12

22

25

19

16

14

14

12

12

12

11

11

10

10

10

9.6

9.6

9.2

9.2

8.8

8.8

8.4

Nov.

8.4

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

9.2

8.8

8.O

7.6

8.0

7.2

7.2

7.2

6.8

6.5

6.5

6.8

6.5

13

18

12

28

29

25

22

20

23

30

31

26

-

Dec.

23

23

23

22

20

19

38

94

101

67

44

37

34

30

29

27

26

27

36

37

30

27

26

24

26

26

23

23

26

54

42

Jan.

32

28

26

27

31

65

53

38

32

29

27

25

24

23

23

22

21

20

23

23

22

20

19

18

16

16

16

16

16

16

30

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .............. ..........

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June ... .........................

July .............................

August ...........................

September .....................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

27

23

21

20

35

42

58

53

43

37

32

27

26

25

24

23

22

20

23

33

28

24

22

20

19

18

23

23

_

-

Secondfoot days

406.4

413.7

1,084

8,168.44

797

791

587

654

315.7

199.2

113.5

27.88

93.41

5,482.79

Mar.

20

18

3ft

15

15

16

19

16

15

22

17

15

15

22

33

25

22

24

24

21

19

18

18

16

15

15

14

18

20

16

28

Apr.

34

26

24

23

35

28

24

22

19

16

23

38

42

29

25

22

19

17

16

15

14

15

17

14

12

12

11

12

20

30

Maximum

32

31

101

600

65

58

33

42

27

22

8.4

2.5

10

101

May

27

25

20

16

14

12

12

11

10

10

10

10

9.6

9.2

8.8

8.4

8.4

7.6

7.6

7.2

7.2

6.8

6.8

7.2

6.8

6.1

5.8

5.8

6.1

6.1

7.2

Minimum

4.1

6.5

19

.32

16

18

14

11

5.8

4.1

1.5

0

.71

O

June

7.2

5.5

5.2

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.1

4.6

4.1

13

22

10

8.0

8.0

7.6

8.8

6.5

5.8

5.5

5.8

6.5

5.8

5.5

6.8

6.1

4.9

4.6

5.2

4.4

4.1

Mean

13.1

13.8

35.0

22.3

25.7

28.2

18.9

21.8

10.2

6.64

3.66

.895

3.11

15.0

July

5.2

8.0

8.4

5.8

5.5

4.6

4.1

3.8

3.6

3.1

3.1

3.3

3.1

3.1

3.8

4.4

3.8

4.1

4.1

3.3

2.9

2.7

3.1

3.6

2.5

2.1

1.8

1.8

1.5

1.5

1.8

Aug.

2.0

2.3

2.5

2.0

1.7

1.4

1.1

.90

1.1

1.5

1.1

.80

.60

.80

1.1

.70

.60

1.2

2.0

.90

.60

.50

.32

.02

O

0

0

0

0

0

.14

Per square 

mile

Sept.

2.1

.71

10

4.4

3.1

2.7

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.1

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.2

1.1

.90

1.4

5.6

3.3

9.6

6.5

4.4

3.3

3.3

3.6

3.6

3.1

2.7

-

Runoff in 

inches

Peak discharge (base, 150 sec.-ft.). No peak above base.
384 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Chickasawhatchee Creek at Elmodel, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°22', long. 84°28', at bridge on State Highway 37 

at Elmodel, Baker County, and 2 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--320 square miles.

Records available.--October 1939 to December 1949 (discontinued).

Average discharge.--10 years, 379 second-feet.

Extremes.--1948-43: Maximum discharge during water year, 2,700 second-feet Dec. 11 (gage 

height, 10.6 feet, from floodmark); minimum, 38 second-feet Sept. 30 gage height, 1.39 

feet).

1949: Maximum discharge during period October to December, 134 second-feet Dec. 22 

(gage height, 2.05 feet); minimum, 32 second-feet Oct. 29 (gage height, 1.31 feet).

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 3,630 second-feet Mar. 10, Apr. 4, 1948 (gage height, 

11.9 feet); minimum, 5.2 second-feet Oct. 29, ?0, Nov. 3-6, 1943 (gage height, 0.77 

foot) .

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions.--W 922: Drainage area.

Rating table Oct. 1, 1948, to Dee. 31, 1949 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6 

1.8

2.0 

2.4

3.0 

5.0 

6.5

123

211

332

700

1,040

8.0

9.5

10.5

1,470

2,090

2,640

Discharge, in second-feet, 1948-49 

1948-49

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

72

80

84

206

264

449

,270

,670

,550

,350

,140

,020

846

740

660

620

584

530

476

395

350

314

294

274

250

235

224

211

199

187

183

Nov.

172

165

159

154

150

150

161

159

163

167

169

169

176

183

183

180

178

172

176

194

215

304

404

512

584

640

700

780

846

868

Dec.

1,020

1,290

1,320

1,290

1,170

al.OOO

al , 000

al.100

al.500

a2 , 400

a2,600

a2,500

a2,300

a2,100

al,800

al,600

al,500

al,400

al,300

al,200

al,200

al,300

1,410

al , 400

al,300

al , 200

1,140

],040

965

1,060

1,060

Jan.

,140

,290

,470

,470

,410

,440

,380

,380

,410

,440

1,440

1,350

1,200

1,090

965

890

824

760

720

700

660

640

620

602

584

566

548

530

512

494

566

Feb.

602

620

640

680

802

890

990

1,040

1,140

1,260

1,320

1,320

1,290

1,230

1,170

1,090

990

890

824

890

890

890

868

824

802

780

760

720

_

-

Mar.

660

620

602

584

566

548

512

494

476

512

530

530

530

548

700

780

780

802

824

802

740

660

602

566

530

512

476

458

494

494

548

Apr.

602

640

680

680

802

802

760

700

640

602

602

700

802

824

824

824

824

740

640

548

494

449

431

404

377

350

332

332

368

512

May

640

720

824

1,020

1,200

1,290

1,170

965

780

620

512

449

422

386

350

323

294

264

233

206

187

165

150

144

136

123

115

110

114

114

112

June

108

104

97

94

89

80

72

94

90

119

304

350

368

413

422

422

395

332

254

206

187

172

178

161

176

172

165

169

154

146

July

131

169

187

152

157

174

159

157

161

148

129

115

112

129

117

140

152

211

224

226

264

314

359

341

314

332

350

304

246

204

183

Aug.

218

284

404

584

740

868

846

740

584

449

368

314

284

274

274

239

206

193

194

185

187

185

176

172

167

157

138

117

104

96

131

Sept.

119

110

123

129

131

131

134

125

112

96

81

69

60

55

49

45

43

42

42

43

43

57

58

55

54

50

48

47

44

40

-

__________________1,000 Peak discharge (base sec.-ft.).--Oct. 8 (11 a.m.) 1,710 sec.-ft.; Dec. 3, 1,320 sec.-ft.; 

Dec. 11 (time unknown; 2,700 sec.-ft.; Jan. 3 (9 p.m.) 1,510 sec.-ft.; Feb. 11-12, 1,320 sec.-ft.; 

May 6, 1,290 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

nearby stations.
APAIACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 385

Discharge, in second-feet of Chiokasawatohee Creek at Elmodel, Ga., 1948-49--Continued.

1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

38

40

42

42

44

46

59

72

74

67

59

71

67

59

55

51

46

44

43

40

38

37

36

35

33

33

33

33

32

35

42

Nov.

44

44

44

44

46

46

44

42

40

36

37

37

37

37

37

37

36

35

36

37

37

36

35

35

36

37

39

39

40

47

-

Dec.

50

47

44

43

43

44

46

48

47

46

46

47

48

49

72

97

96

96

97

104

119

131

131

115

97

67

61

76

74

68

64

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Hay June July Aug. Sept.

Monthly discharge. In second-feet, 1948-49

Month

December . .........................

Calendar year 1946 .............

Hay...............................

September. ........................

Water year ic 48-49 .............

December. .........................

Calendar year 1949 .............

Secondfoot-days

44, 465

254,760

14,136

6,093

6,361

2,235

202,197

2,253

136,654

Maximum

2,600

3,550

1,290

422

359

134

2,600

131

1,470

Minimum

965

30

602

110

72

112

96

40

40

32

43

32

Mean

i 1,434

696

971

936

456

203

205

319

745

554

39 3

72.7

374

Per square 

mile

4.48

2.18

3.03

2.92

1.91

1.42

.634

.641

.997

.231

1.73

123

.227

1.17

Runoff in 

inches

5.16

29.61

3.49

3.04

1.64

.71

.74

1.15

.26

23.48

L - 2S

15.87
386 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Big Cypress Creek near Milford, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder and concrete control with V-notch weir, lat. 31°19,

 long. 84°39', at county road 7 miles upstream from Little Cypress Creek and 8 miles 

southwest of Milford, Baker County. Datum of gage is 210.56 feet above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Emory University 

Field Station).

Records available. January 1942 to December 1949 (discontinued).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during period October 1948 to December 1949, 28 second-feel

 Dec. 9, 1948 (gage height, 2.34 feet); no flow at times.

1942-49: Maximum discharge, 105 second-feet Apr. 1, 1948 (gage height, 2.82 feet): 

no flow at times.

Remarks. Records fair.

Discharge, in second-feet, 1948-49 

1948-49

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22 

23 

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1.1

1.0

.90

4.0

3.2

2.3

1.9

1.7

1.6

2.0

3.2

2.8

2.2

2.0

1.6

1.4

1.0

.9

.9

.8

.7

.6 

.6 

.5

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

Nov.

0.3

.3

.3

.3

.2

.2'

.2

.2

.25

.30

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.3

1.0

1.6

1.0

1.8 

3.6

2.4

1.9

1.7

2.6

4.7

4.1

3.2

~

Dec.

3.0

3.0

3.2

3.1

3.0

3.0

8.1

19

27

24

22

19

17

16

14

13

12

11

13

13

12

11 

10 

9.4

9.4

9.4

8.6

8.0

8.3

15

14

Jan.

12

12

11

11

13

20

19

17

16

14

12

12

10

9.4

8.9

8.0

7.8

6.7

7.2

7.0

6.3

5.9 

5.8 

5.4

5.0

4.7

4.5

4.4

4.2

4.1

8.0

Feb.

6.7

5.8

5.6

5.8

10

12

14

13

16

15

13

12

10

9.4

8.3

7.8

6.7

6.1

6.5

14

8.6

7.8 

6.7 

5.9

6.3

5.8

6.5

6.7

-

-

"

Mar.

5.9

5.4

5.0

4.7

4.5

4.7

5.4

4.5

4.1

5.0

4.5

4.0

3.5

5.2

8.0

6.1

5.6

6.3

6.5

5.9

5.6

5.4 

5.0 

4.8

4.5

4.2

4.1

4.4

5.2

4.8

7.8

Apr.

9.8

8.0

7.5

7.2

10

9.4

8.0

7.2

6.3

5.9

7.2

12

12

10

8.9

7.8

7.0

6.3

5.6

5.0

4.8

4.8 

5.0 

4.5

3.8

3.2

2.9

3.0

4.8

8.6

Hay

7.2

6.7

6.1

5.2

4.5

4.1

3.7

3.2

2.8

2.5

2.3

2.1

1.8

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.0

.90

.80

.70 

.65 

.80

.70

.55

.50

.50

.50

.45

.50

June

0.45

.35

.25

.20

.15

.10

.15

.25

.20

.60

.80

.45

.40

.40

.40

.40

.30

.20

.15

.20

.25

.20 

.20 

.30

.25

.15

.35

.85

.65

.55

July

0.45

.65

.70

.40

.35

.25

.15

.20

.30

.06

.05

.05

.01

0

.01

.05

.05

.15

.10

.06

.03

.06 

.25 

.35

.20

.06

.02

0

0

0

0

Aug.

0.10

.30

.30

.15

.06

.08

.08

.15

.25

.20

.10

.06

0

.01

.02

.01

,06

.15

.35

.20

.10

.15 

.10 

.03

0

0

0

0

0

0

.40

Sept.

0.35

1.2

6.1

4.1

2.8

2.2

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.3

1.1

1.1

.90

.80

.70

.60

.60

.50

.55

.90

.70

1.2 

1.4 

1.0

.80

.70

.65

.60

.50

.40

Peak discharge (base. 25 see.-ft.). Dec. 9 (1 p.m.) 28 sec.-ft. 

Note. No gage-height record Oct. 9 to Nov. 8, Nov. 11-23; dlsch 

:corded range In stage and records for Long Branch near Damascus.

1949

.

harge computed on basis of

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Oct.

0.40

.35

.35

.30

.25

.25

.60

.90

NOV.

0.15

.10

.05

0

0

0

0

0

Day

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Oct.

0.65

.50

.45

.45

.35

.30

.30

.25

Nov.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Day

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Oct.

0.20

.20

.15

.10

.10

.05

.05

.04

Nov.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Day

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

0.01

0

0

0

0

.15

.10

Nov.

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, 1948-49

Month

December ................ ...

Calendar year 1948 ............

March ............................

Hay ..............................

July... ................... . . ...

September .......... ....... . ...

Water year 1948-49 ............

October 1949 .....................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 .............

Secondfoot-days

361.5

2,494.00

29 15 3

25° 0

38.55

1,473.12

0

1,044.17

Maximum

27

84

6.1

27

0

20

Minimum

3.0

0

.35

0

0

0

Mean

11.7

6.81

9 43

Q "

s°i a

1.28

4.04

252

0

2.86

Per square 

mile

Runoff in 

inches
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 387

Spring Creek near Iron City, Ga.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 31°03', long. 84°43', at county bridge 1? miles downstream 

from Aycock Creek, lj miles upstream from Dry Creek, 5 miles north of Brinson, and 5-| 

miles northeast of Iron City, Seminole County.

Drainage area. 520 square miles.

Records available.--October 1920 to June 1921, June 1937 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 12 years, (1937-49), 602 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 8,080 second-feet Dec. 10 (gage height, 17.7 

reet, from floodmark); minimum, 136 second-feet Sept. 1.

1920-21, 1937-49: Maximum discharge, 12,600 second-feet Apr. 2, 1948 (gage height, 

19.9 feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 8,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; minimum observed, 21 second-feet Nov. 5, 1938.

Remarks. Records fair. Gage read twice daily.

Revisions (water years). W 852: Drainage area. W 1052: 1939(M), 1930(M), 1942(M),

1944(MJ.

Rating table, vater year 1943-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

3.3 144 8.5 925 15.0 4,150 

4.5 257 1O.O 1,330 16. O 5,32O 

5.8 412 12.0 2,110 17.2 7, ISO 

7.0 603 14.0 3,250

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

324 

360 

399 

454 

585

1,54O 

2,86O 

2,410 

1,740 

1,3OO

I.IOO 

900 

785 

975 

1,240

1,360 

1.21O 

975 

785 

680

641 

6O3 

567 

533 

50O

469 

440 

426 

399 

386 

373

Nov.

373 

36O 

348 

336 

336

324 

336 

336 

348 

36O

373 

336 

399 

399 

36O

336 

336 

336 

348 

36O

386 

454 

550 

720 

9 5O

1,180 

1.42O 

1.58O 

1,500 

1,36O

Dec.

1,330 

1,330 

1,330 

1,300 

1,210

1,150 

1,240 

1,82O 

3,580 

7, ISO

6.O3O 

4,47O 

3,410 

2,740 

2,41O

2y020

1.78O 

1,620 

1,540 

1,500

1,500 

1,620 

1,740 

1,7OO 

1,540

1,39O 

1,27O 

1,210 

1,240 

1.36O 

1,580

Jan.

2,020 

2,460 

2,360 

2.O2O 

1,940

2,060 

2,21O 

2,310 

2,210 

2.O6O

1,940 

1,740 

1,5OO 

1,360 

1,24O

1.18O 

1,120 

1.O5O 

1,020 

1,000

975 

975 

925 

90O 

875

855 

83O 

785 

765 

765 

81O

Month

Octo 

Novs 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h.. .................. .... .

1. ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

875 

975 

1,1OO 

1,270 

1,390

1,46O 

1,66O 

2.31O 

2,740 

2,800

2.68O 

2,460 

2,110 

1,82O 

1,780

1,580 

1,33O 

1,24O 

1,180 

1,270

1.33O 

1,390 

1,360 

1,27O 

1.21O

1,150 

1,100 

1,O80

Secondfoot-days

27,31£ 

17.19C 

65.14C

420,85:

44,26C 

43.92C 

26.89E 

3O,997 

2O.38E 

11,992 

15,664 

10,192 

11.12E

325, O7S

Peak discharge (base, 2.OOO sec. -ft.) .--Oct

sec.-rt.; Jan. z (b p.m.) z,bbu sec.-rt.j Kec

Mar.

l.OSO

1,050 

1,020

975 

925

875 

S3O 

785 

765 

765

765 

740 

7OO 

740 

81O

855 

875 

950 

l.OSO 

1,120

1,05O 

975 

925 

855 

81O

765 

785 

81O 

765 

740 

740

Apr.

785 

950 

1,120 

1,240 

1,300

1,270 

1,210 

1,180 

1,120 

950

959 

1.O5O 

1,24O 

1,460 

1,580

1,620 

1,50O 

1,210 

1,050 

925

810 

785 

765 

740 

720

720 

7OO 

66O 

622 

765

Maximum

2,860 

1,580 

7, ISO

11,OOO

) 2,460 

2,800 

> 1,120 

1,620 

1,740 

855 

74O 

484 

> 1,270

7,180

. 7 (6 p.m.) 

. 1O (8 a.m.

May

1.O20 

1,270 

1,420 

1.74O 

1,540

1,330 

1,100 

90O 

81O 

740

720 

70O 

66O 

603 

5OO

454 

426 

412 

386 

36O

348 

336 

312 

312 

301

29O 

279 

279 

279 

279 

279

Minimum

324 

324 

1,150

120

765 

875 

700 

622 

279 

237 

348 

144 

144

144

June

290 

279 

268 

257 

247

247 

237 

257 

268 

290

426 

585 

83O 

855 

785

720 

535 

44O 

399 

373

348 

324 

301 

301 

3O1

312 

348 

373 

373 

373

Mean

881 

573 

2,101

1,150

1,427 

1,569 

868 

1,O33 

658 

4OO 

505 

329 

371

891

July

386 

399 

585 

74O 

74O

641 

567 

484 

336 

36O

.348 

348 

348 

360 

386

399 

373 

399 

454 

516

585 

6O3 

585 

550 

567

641 

680 

641 

603 

550 

440

Ang.

373 

373 

399 

412 

469

434 

484 

469 

440 

386

386 

412 

412 

373 

348

324 

3O1 

3O1 

290 

29O

29O 

279 

268 

247 

247

237 

217 

197 

179 

161 

144

Per square 

mile

1.69 

1.1O 

4.04

2.21

2.75 

3.02 

1.67 

1.99 

1.27 

.769 

.971 

.633 

.713

1.71

3,250 sec. -ft.; Dec. 1O (1 p.m. 

) 2,860 sec. -ft.

Sept.

144 

179 

227 

336 

567

950 

1,270 

1,050 

310 

603

44O 

36O 

336 

29O 

268

247 

227 

217 

207 

207

197 

197 

197 217- 

2E7

237 

247 

237 

227 

2O7

Runoff in 

inohes

1.95 

1.23 

4.66

3O.1O

3.17 

3.14 

1.92 

2.22 

1.46 

.86 

1.12 

.73 

.80

23.26

) 8,080
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Long Branch near Damascus, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control with V-notch weir, lat. 31°18 I , long. 

S4°42 T , at county road bridge 1 mile east of Damascus, Early County.

Records available.--January 1945 to December 1949 (discontinued).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during period October 1948 to December 1949, 462 second-feet 

Dec." 9, 1948 (gage height, 3.90 feet); no flow for many days.

1945-49: Maximum discharge, 787 second-feet Apr. 1, 1948 (gage height, 4.58 feet); 

no flow for many days.

Remarks.--Records good.

Discharge, In second-feet. 1948-49

1948-49

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

0.85

.68

.63

9.3

20

25

22

20

16

13

19

28

29

25

22

19

15

11

9.1

6.6

5.0

4.2

3.5

3.0

2.5

2.2

lie

1.4

1.2

1.1

Nov.

1.0

.95

.92

.88

.79

1.4

1.1

.92

.85

.85

.79

.73

.73

.68

.65

.68

.82

^70

2.0

2.1

1.9

10

19

29

29

28

33

43

b8

53

Dec.

43

35

31

26

24

20

75

274

443

338

214

150

112

87

71

58

48

42

51

60

60

56

49

43

39

37

33

30

35

82

91

Jan.

90

80

64

55

56

112

117

105

87

69

56

45

37

30

25

23

21

19

20

19

19

18

17

16

15

14

13

13

12

12

24

Feb.

28

28

25

25

45

72

105

98

95

85

70

57

46

38

30

25

23

20

20

30

30

26

24

21

19

17

19

20

_

-

Mar.

18

17

15

13

12

17

14

12

10

12

13

13

11

15

31

38

37

39

37

30

24

21

18

16

14

12

10

12

14

15

30

Apr.

50

57

58

51

62

57

48

38

28

23

26

52

70

64

57

44

30

23

19

14

12

12

12

11

9.5

8.0

6.3

5.7

10

28

May

34

39

36

28

22

17

13

9.9

6.6

4.4

3.6

3.0

2.2

1.8

1.4

1.1

.92

.76

.68

.60

.54

.52

.52

.65

.50

.43

.41

.47

.50

.52

.47

June

0.39

.31

.28

.26

.24

.23

.39

.45

.35

.87

.78

.45

.47

.43

.47

.43

.26

.23

.26

.43

.31

.21

.34

.47

.29

.18

.18

.23

.16

.11

-

July

0.23

.35

.21

.10

.08

.08

.02

.16

.12

.02

0

O

0

O

0

O

o

.01

.40

.34

.10

.13

.12

.10

.08

0

0

0

o

o

0

Aug.

0

0

.02

0

0

0

0 o

0

o

0

0

o

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

o

0

0

0

o

0

0

Sept.

0

2.4

14

28

24

18

15

12

8.4

5.7

4.4

3.6

2.6

2.0

1.4

1.2

1.2

.88

.82

.95

.70

1.3

1.5

.82

.65

.65

.68

.65

.52

.45

-

eaKolscriargelDa ;.-ft.). Dec. 9 (1 p.m.) 462 sec.-ft.

Day

Oct. 1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

Discharge

0.47

.50

.45

.39

.37

.39

.68

.52

Day

Oct. 9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Discharge

0.37

.33

.35

.35

.26

.23

.20

.18

Day

Oct. 17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Discharge

0.15

.14

.10

.08

.05

.03

.01

0

Day

Oct. 25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Discharge

O

O

0

0

0

o

0

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1948-49

Month

December .........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

July .............................

Water year 1948-49 ............

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 .............

Seoondfoot-days

2,757

14,180.63

7,837.81

0

4,425.19

Maximum

443

39

443

0

117

Minimum

20

0

0

0

Mean

88.9

38.7

21.5

O

12.1

Per square 

mile

Runoff in 

inches
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 389

Chipola River near Altha, Fla.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 30°32'10", long. 85°09'55", in NW£ sec. 32, T. 2 N., R.

 9 V., at Willis Highway "bridge, 3^ miles southwest of Altha, 3f miles upstream from Ten 

Mile Creek, and 17 miles southeast of Marianna. Datum of gage is 19.95 feet above mean 

sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 844 square miles.

Records available. November 1912 to December 1913, September 1921 to September 1927.

 August 1929 to September 1931, March 1943 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 14 years (1921-27, 1929-31, 1943-49), 1,694 second-feet.

Extremes.' Maximum discharge observed during year, 6,100 second-feet Dec. 13 (gage height,

 21 .yj> feet); minimum observed, 941 second-feet Sept. 27-30; minimum gage height observed, 9.35 feet Sept. 30.

1912-13, 1921-27, 1929-31, 1943-49: Maximum discharge, 25,000 second-feet Sept. 

20, 1926 (gage height, 33.55 feet, from floodmarks), by slope-area method; minimum 

observed, 430 second-feet Oct. 20, 1925; minimum gage height observed, 8.50 feet Oct. 

20, 1925, Oct. 25, Dec. 13, 1943.

Remarks. Records good. Gage read once daily. Some fluctuation during low flow caused 

by small power plant on Dry Creek.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; occasional discharge measurements 

made aria records of discharge computed by Geological Survey.

Revisions. W 1002: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 12

9.9

10.6

16.6

20.6

1,170

1,490

3,660

5,410

Dec. 13 to Sept. 30

9.4

10.5

16.5

19.2

21.8

941

1,500

3,630

4,760

6,000

Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,460

1,690

al,860

2,030

2,090

2,130

e,39O

2,760

2,88O

a2,8OO

2,650

2,690

2,390

2,280

2,460

2,650

a2,540

2,310

2,020

1,860

1,720

1,620

1,560

al,520

1,490

1,520

1,490

1,460

1,420

1,330

al,230

Nov.

1,230

1,17O

1,280

1,230

1,170

1,170

al,230

1,230

1,170

1,230

1,330

1,380

1,330

al,280

1,230

1,170

1,230

1,170

1,280

1,420

al,760

2,430

2,730

3,140

3,140

3,140

3,330

a3,4OO

3,440

3,180

-

Dec.

2,880

2,690

2,610

2,540

32,460

2,310

2,240

2,350

2,990

3,510

4,430

a5, 410

6,000

5,850

5,130

4,290

3,700

3,140

a3,070

3,OOO

2,850

2,780

2,780

2,780

2,700

a2,630

2,560

2,480

2,450

2,670

2,670

Jan.

2,740

a2,740

2,810

2,89O

2,890

2,850

2,700

2,700

a2,920

3,140

3,180

3,000

2,740

2,590

2,370

a2,230

2,200

2,130

2,090

2,060

2,060

2,020

a2,020

1,990

1,950

1,890

1,860

1,820

1,790

al,820

1,920

Month

October ..........................

NovsBber . . . . ......'...............

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,990

2,060

2,060

2,230

2,810

a3,48O

3,810

3,810

3,660

3,700

3,780

3,810

a3,740

3,51O

3,250

3,000

2,740

2,590

2,560

"a2,740

2,850

2,810

2,700

2,700

2,700

2,590

a2,590

2,590

_

.

-

Secondfoot-days

29C

54*62C

99.95C

1,085,87C

74, 11C

82,86C

69,55C

75,10C

56.84C

36,81C

54,590

51,73C

35,524

753,974

Mar.

2,48O

2,450

2,480

2,370

2,300

a2,300

2,340

2,300

2.27O

2,200

2,16O

2,090

a2,020

2,130

2,560

2,450

2,340

2,300

2,370

a2,300

2,200

2,230

2,340

2,200

2,090

1,990

al,990

2,060

2,160

2,090

1,990

Apr.

2,200

2,200

32,200

2,200

2,670

2,700

2,480

2,370

2,370

a2,340

2,450

3,140

3,480

3,290

2,850

2,850

a2,810

2,740

2,560

2,560

2,340

2,230

2,160

a2,160

2,160

2,160

2,300

2,300

2,130

2,700

-

Maximum

2,880

) 3,440

6,000

19,100

) 3,180

) 3,810

) 2,560

3,480

3,140

1,460

2,480

) 2,270

1,530

6,000

May

a2,850

2,890

2,850

3,030

3,140

3,030

2,780

a2,520

2,230

2,090

1,920

1,820

1,760

1,660

al,600

1,560

1,530

1,500

1,410

1,360

1,310

al,310

1,260

1,260

1,210

1,210

1,150

1,150

al,150

1,150

1,150

Minimum

1,230

1,170

2,240

950

1,790

1,990

1,990

2,130

1,150

1,050

1,100

1,150

941

941

June

1,210

1,260

1,260

1,150

al,150

1,100

1,O50

1,050

1,050

IjOSO

1,260

al,410

1,46O

1,360

1,410

1,460

1,260

1,150

al,100

1,100

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,210

1,410

al,410

1,310

1,310

1,260

1,150

-

Mean

2,009

1,82]

3,224

2,967

2,391

2,959

2,244

2,503

1,834

1,227

1,761

1,669

1,184

2,066

July

1.15O

1,210

al,310

1,500

1,560

1,600

1,630

1,630

1,460

al,310

1,150

1,100

1,150

1,100

1,310

1,560

al,760

1,920

2,020

2,300

2,270

2,230

2,270

a2,410

2,480

2,450

2,370

2,270

2,130

1,920

a2,060

Aug.

2,090

2,O90

2,130

2,200

2,270

2,270

a2,200

2,130

2,060

1,860

1,730

1,660

1,560

al,600

1,630

1,600

1,500

1,360

1,310

1,310

al,460

1,530

1,530

1,500

1,410

1,460

1,460

al,310

1,210

1,150

1,150

Per square 

mile

2 . 38

2. 16

3.82

3.52

2.83

3.51

2.66

2.97

2.17

1.45

2.09

1.98

1.40

2.45

Sept.

1,500

1,360

1,410

al,460

1,500

1,530

1,530

1,530

1,500

1,460

al,360

1,260

1,150

1,050

1,050

995

995

a995

995

1,050

1,050

1,050

995

995

a995

995

941

941

941

941

-

Runoff in 

inches

2.74

2.41

4.40

47.83

3.27

3.65

3.06

3.31

2.50

1.62

2.41

2.28

1.57

33.22

a No gage-height record; 

980338 0-52-26

discharge interpolated.
390 BEAR CREEK BASIN

Econflna Creek near Bennett, Fla.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 30°27', long. 85°33', In sec. 20, T. IS., R. 13 W., at bridge 

on state Highway 388, three-quarters of a mile southwest of Bennett.

Drainage area. 150 square miles.

Records available. November 1935 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 14 years, 553 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 2,050 second-feet Aug. ^5 (gage height, 

10.3U feet); minimum observed, 517 second-feet June 19 (gage height, 5.64 feet).

1935-49: Maximum discharge observed, 4,860 second-feet Apr. 2, 1948 (gage height, 

12.46 feet), from rating curve extended above 2,200 second-feet; minimum observed, 368 

second-feet on many days during period January to April 1939; minimum gage height observed, 4.54 feet July 4, 1945.

Maximum stage known, 15.0 feet, from floodmarks, either In September 1926 or In 

April 1928 (based on a study of rainfall records).

Remarks.--Records good. Gage read once daily. Plow includes large ground-water inflow. 

Revisions (water years).--¥ 872: 1937.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 15 to Jan. 28)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 28 Jan. 29 to Sept. 3O

5.9 548 5.6 517 

6.2 599 6.6 721 

7.0 779 8.4 1,180 

8.5 1,21O 9.3 1,480 

9.3 1,480

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

704 

704 

728 

728 

681

638 

638 

618 

599 

581

638 

728 

638 

638 

599

599 

599 

599 

581 

581

581 

564 

564 

564 

564

564 

564 

548 

548 

548 

548

Nov.

548 

564 

564 

564 

581

599 

581 

581 

581 

599

581 

581 

581 

564 

564

564 

564 

564 

564 

599

728 

1,180 

1,480 

1,440 

1,210

942 

886 

779 

728 

704

Dec.

681 

704 

704 

681 

659

681 

659 

753 

779 

779

753 

704 

681 

659 

638

638 

638 

638 

659 

659

659 

659 

659 

659 

638

638 

638 

638 

638 

659 

638

Jan.

638 

638 

618 

618 

728

704 

704 

638 

618 

599

599 

581 

581 

581 

581

581 

599 

581 

581 

581

599 

581 

581 

581 

581

581 

581 

581 

590 

631 

675

Mouth

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

1 ...........................

st ...........................

ember ......... ..............

ter year 1948-49 . ....

Peak discharge (base, 1,200 sec

Feb.

631 

610 

590 

675 

745

870 

845 

820 

795 

745

631 

610 

610 

610 

610

610 

590 

590 

631 

870

946 

795 

675 

631 

631

590 

820 

770

Secondfoot-days

18,976 

21.56E 

2O,87C

271, 24E

18,91] 

19,54* 

21,48E 

22,41 

18,58f 

17,93f 

23,02 

23,50C 

19,07C

245, 88(

Mar.

745 

675 

653 

631 

610

590 

610 

653 

653 

631

610 

610 

610 

770 

845

820 

721 

653 

770 

698

675 

820 

795 

745 

721

653 

631 

698 

770 

721 

698

Apr.

870 

845 

721 

698 

870

7.95 

745 

698 

631 

631

745 

946 

1,100 

972 

795

745 

675 

653 

653 

631

631 

721 

745 

675 

653

631 

610 

610 

745 

972

Maximum

728 

1,480 

779

3,900

728 

> 946 

> 845 

1,100 

) 998 

> 920 

1,240 

) 1,480 

) 795

1,480

-ft.). Nov. 23 (11 p.

May

998 

820 

721 

675 

631

631 

610 

590 

590 

590

590 

590 

590 

590 

571

571 

571 

571 

552 

571

552 

534 

534 

534 

534

534 

534 

552 

571 

534 

552

Minimum

548 

548 

638

466

581 

590 

590 

610 

534 

517 

552 

653 

571

517

June

534 

534 

534 

534 

534

552 

552 

552 

534 

571

571 

590 

571 

552 

534

552 

552 

534 

517 

552

571 

590 

631 

770 

845

920 

820 

653 

590 

590

Mean

612 

719 

673

741

61C 

698 

693 

747 

60C 

598 

743 

756 

636

674

July

571 

675 

721 

631 

590

571 

552 

590 

590 

571

571 

571 

552 

552 

590

870 

1,130 

1,240 

1,160 

972

795 

770 

895 

946 

870

845 

795 

770 

675 

698 

698

Aug.

721 

870 

920 

721 

721

770 

721 

675 

721 

745

675 

675 

653 

698 

1,480

998 

820 

721 

721 

698

675 

770 

745 

721 

698

675 

675 

653 

721 

745 

698

Sept.

721 

745 

745 

721 

698

770 

795 

721 

675 

653

631 

610 

610 

590 

590

590 

590 

571 

590 

590

590 

610 

610 

590 

571

571 

590 

590 

571 

571

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

m.) 1,530 sec. -ft.; July 18, 1,24O sec. -ft.;

Aug. 15 (6 a.m.) 2,050 sec.-ft.
CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN 391

Choctawhatchee River near Newton, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. Sl°21>, long. 85°37', In SE^ sec. 2, T. 4 N., R. 24

 K., at bridge on U. S. Highway 231, 200 feet downstream from mill dam, 1,500 feet upstream from Hurricane Creek, 0.8 mile north of Newton, and 1 mile downstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge. Datum of gage Is 138.56 feet above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1943.

Drainage area. 693 square miles.

Kecords available. June 1906 to August 1908, October 1911 to August 1912 (gage heights 

only), November 1921 to September 1927, May 1935 to September 1949. Gage-height records since 1931 are contained In reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.--18 years, (1922-24, 1925-27, 1935-49), 1,087 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 8,840 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 18.9 

FeeTT; minimum dally, 398 second-feet Sept. 30.

1906-8, 1911-12, 1921-27, 1935-49: Maximum discharge, 25,800 second-feet Jan. 20, 

1936 (gage height, 29.5 feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 52 

second-feet June 4, 1937, from rating curve extended above 250 second-feet; minimum 

dally, 74 second-feet Sept. 11, 1925.

Maximum stage known, 45 feet Mar. 15, 1929, from information by local residents.

Remarks.--Records good. Moderate diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by gristmills 

above station.

Revisions (water years). W 782: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49, except periods of backwater 

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 29 Nov. 3u to Sept. 30

3.5 562 9.0 3,200 3.0 383 6.0 1,810 

4.0 757 15.0 6,600 3.5 584 17.2 7,860 

6.0 1,660 19.0 8,900 4.0 814

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,290 

1,180 

1,070 

3,760 

2,050

1,520 

1,180 

1,000 

840 

757

2,060 

2,050 

1,660 

1,430 

1,160

980 

840 

865 

840 

778

737 

698 

678 

658 

620

600 

600 

581 

581 

581 

532

Nov.

562 

562 

600 

600 

600

1,120 

1,200 

1,160 

1,040 

1,160

1,090 

955 

820 

757 

717

678 

737 

778 

1,110 

3,150

3,090 

5,060 

6,420 

6,940 

5,680

4,100 

5,230 

7,340 

8,670 

7,310

Dec.

5,000 

3,760 

3,280 

2,800 

2,640

2,480 

2,530 

4,340 

4,510 

4,240

3,540 

3,060 

2,900 

2,320 

2,110

1,910 

1,910 

1,910 

2,640 

3,280

3,060 

2,800 

2,740 

2,480

2,170

2,110 

1,860

1,710 

2,060 

5,940 

4,780

Jan.

3,600 

3,010 

2,430 

2,800 

c3,000

6,980 

7,860 

5,720 

3,650 

2,960

2,640 

2,430 

2,220 

2,110 

2,010

1,960 

1,910 

1,810 

2,170 

2,110

1,960 

1,860 

1,760

1,710 

1,610

1,560 

1,510 

1,610 

1,560 

1,760 

2,900

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

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Feb.

2,900 

2,590 

2,270 

2,010 

2,640

2,690 

3,120 

03,490 

4,620 

4,670

4,080 

3,170 

2,530 

2,270 

2,110

2,110 

2,220 

2,220 

C2,300 

03,900

4,620 

3,540 

2,690 

2,220 

2,010

1,860 

2,640 

2,640

Secondfoot-days

34,20

79,23 

92,87

644,84

83,18 

80,13 

55,86

55,75 

32,76 

28,13 

39,40 

35,03 

17,51

634,09

Mar.

2,320 

2,060 

1,810 

1,660 

1,560

1,510 

1,610 

1,560 

1,610 

1,860

2,010 

1,810 

1,710 

1,860 

2,640

2,800 

2,380 

2,220 

1,960 

1,760

1,560 

1,610 

1,660 

1,610 

1,560

1,410 

1,310

1,510 

1,610 

1,510 

cl,800

Apr.

4,080 

5,700 

2,850 

2,110 

2,010

1,860 

1,660 

1,510 

1,360 

1,210

cl,400 

3,010 

3,060 

2,590 

2,010

1,660 

1,410 

1,240 

1,110 

1,040

985 

1,040 

1,310 

1,310 

1,160

985 

886 

C910 

c2,000 

4,290

Maximum

5 3,760 

5 8,670 

3 5,940

> 9,830

3 7,860 

) 4,670 

3 2,800 

5 4,290 

t 4,400 

5 1,910 

3 3,330 

3 2,110 

3 1,310

L 8,670

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 sec. -ft.) . Nov. 24 (2 a.m

Hay

4,400 

3,280 

2,480 

1,910 

1,510

1,260 

1,140 

1,080 

1,060 

1,040

936 

838 

766 

719 

696

673 

628 

606 

584 

562

537 

529 

529 

584 

673

696

628 

541 

529 

584 

766

Minimum

562 

562

1,710

277

1,510 

1,860 

1,310 

886 

529 

417 

488 

541 

398

398

June

S86 

886 

719 

606 

492

448 

417 

628 

1,060 

1,460

1,510 

1,180 

1,010 

960 

960

911 

719 

606 

525 

500

562 

650 

1,790 

1,160 

862

1,480 

1,910 

1,240 

1,110 

886

Mean

1,102 

2,641 

2,996

1,76C

2,682 

2,862 

1,802 

1,85£ 1,05' 

93£ 

1,27] 

1.13C 

5B4

1,737

July

814 

766 

1,240 

1,110 

960

696 

628 

533 

488 

500

719 

838 

1,080 

1,010 

cl,500

03,000 

3,330 

2,740 

2,590 

1,860

1,510 

1,310 

1,210 

1,660 

1,460

1,210 

985 

862 

766 

673 

1,360

Aug.

1,710 

2,010 

1,910 

2,110 

2,110

1,310 

1,040 

886 

862 

911

862 

814 

742 

650 

838

1,510 

1,360 

1,260 

1,560 

1,040

1,410 

1,360 

1,160 

985

814

696 

606 

584 

541 

541 

838

Per square 

mile

1.59 

3.81 

4.32

2.54

3.87 

4.13 

2.60 

2.68 

1.53 

1.35 

1.83 

1.63 

I 0.843

2.51

) 7,170 sec. -ft. j Nov. 29 (10 a.

Sept.

83S 

719 

1,310 

1,080 

862

790 

719 

696 

606 

541

504 

468 

440 

421 

421

433 

460 

440 

472 

504

433 

500 

719 

584 

468

433 

413 

425 

421 

398

Runoff in 

inohes

1.84 

4.25 

4.98

34.60

4.46 

4.30 

3.00 

2.99 

1.76 

1.51 

2.11 

1.88 

.94

34.02

m.) 8,84O

sec.-ftVT^ec. 30 (2 p.m.) 6,370 sec.-ft.; Jan. 7 (5 a.m.) 8,610 sec.-ft.; Feb. 9 (5 p.m.) 5,000

36C.-ft.

c Backwater from tributary inflow; discharge computed from recorder graph adjusted for backwater 

effect.

Note. Discharge for Nov. 19 to Jan. 4, June 24 to July 12 computed from graph based on gage readings.
392 CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN

Choctawhatchee River at Caryviile, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°46', long. 85°50', in sec. 10, T. 4 N., R. 16 W., 

at bridge on U. S. Highway 90, 300 feet downstream from Louisville & Nashville Railroad 

bridge, three-quarters of a mile west of Caryville, and 2 miles downstream from Hurricane Creek. Datum of gage is 39.00 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area.--3,490 square miles.

Hecords available.--August 1929 to September 1949. Gage-height records collected at same 

site since 1928 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.--20 years, 5,799 second-feet.

extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 31,900 second-feet Dec. 2 (gage height, 13.20 

feet); minimum, 2,300 second-feet Sept. 30 (gage height, 3.91 feet).

1929-49: Maximum discharge, 56,600 second-feet Sept. 4, 1937 (gage height, 15.55 

feet); minimum, 865 second-feet Oct. 28, 1931; minimum gage height, -0.27 foot June 

30, 1935.

Maximum stage known, 27.1 feet Mar. 17, 1929, from U. S. Weather Bureau records and 

floodmarks (discharge, 206,000 second-feet, by slope-area method).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 8 to May 3)

4.1 2,410

5.5 3,460

6.7 4,490

8.0 6,070

8.9 7,710

9.9 10,400

10.7 13,200

11.3 16,400

12.2 23,200

13.2 31,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

4,790 

5,160 

5,300 

5,260 

5,380

6,270 

6,590 

5,700 

4,610 

3,970

3,930 

5,240 

7,340 

8,400 

7,760

6,430 

5,360 

4,620 

4,190 

4,040

3,800 

3,540 

3,330 

3,180 

3,080

2,970 

2,890 

2,800 

2,750 

2,680 

2,690

Nov.

2,600 

2,620 

2,690 

2,820 

2,990

3,200 

4,370 

5,300 

5,510 

5,200

5,360 

5,680 

5,560 

5,010 

4,490

4,150 

3,960 

4,040 

4,370 

6,190

8,930 

12,500 

18,900 

24,200 

27,400

28,500 

27,600 

25,200 

24, 100 

26,800

Dec.

30,400 

31,800 

31,000 

29,000 

25,600

21 , 600 

17,700 

15,100 

17.OOO 

21,100

22,400 

21,300 

18,400 

14,900 

12,500

11,200 

10,200 

9,540 

9,200 

9,170

9,710 

10,600 

11,300 

12,000 

12,000

11,700 

11,000 

10,300 

9,600 

9,710 

12,400

Jan.

16,500 

18,200 

16,300 

14,000 

12,700

12,600 

15,900 

21,700 

25,000 

23,600

19,300 

15,000 

12,400 

10,800 

9,600

8,830 

8,280 

7,850 

7,670 

7,820

8,300 

8,670 

8,420 

7,890 

7,470

7,120 

6,890 

6,710 

6,620 

6,800 

7,580

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

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Feb.

8,800 

10,100 

10,800 

10,500 

9,710

9,480 

10,600 

12,600 

13,900 

15,000

16,800 

18,100 

17,200 

14,900 

13,100

12,200 

11,700 

10,800 

10,300 

10,200

1O,8OO 

11,800 

13,200 

12,900 

11,500

10,300 

9,740 

10,000

Secondfoot-days

144,050 

310, 24C 

499, 43C

3,226,350

366,520 

337,030 

271,660 

308,600 

247,030 

149,700 

251,530 

188,940 

96,740

3,171,470

Mar.

10, 700 

10,900 

10,200 

9,060 

8,160

7,560 

7,470 

8,230 

8,640 

8,280

7,920 

8,O6O 

8,370 

8,300 

8,160

8,850 

10,300 

11,500 

11,400 

10,700

9,770 

8,900 

8,080 

7,820 

8,230

8,180 

7,600 

7,160 

7,080 

7,640 

8,440

Apr.

8, 

9, 

10, 

12, 

13,

13, 

11, 

10, 

9, 

8,

7, 

8, 

12, 

16, 

19,

18, 

14, 

11, 

9,

7,

6, 

6, 

6, 

8, 

9,

9,

8, 

6, 

6,

7,

Maximum

8,400 

28,500 

31,800

43,800

25,000 

18,100 

11,500 

19,600 

22,900 

7,760 

16,000 

) 11,800 

4,370

31,8OO

Peak discharge (base, 14,000 sec. -ft.). Dec. 2 (2 p.m.

22,500 sec. -ft.; Jan. 2 (8 a.m.) 18,40)0 sec. -ft.; Jan. 9 

18,200 sec. -ft.; Apr. 15 (3 p.m.) 19,900 sec. -ft.; May 4 

16,300 sec. -ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of 

River Basin, 

g Computed from graph based on staff -gage readings.

7OO 

060 

200 

000 

40O

000 

900 

900 

620 

180

490

770 

000 

500 

600

400 

200 

200 

120 

820

910 

400 

640 

230 

480

570 

250 

760 

360 

940

May

11,800 

18,200 

22,700 

22,900 

21,100

18,300 

14,800 

11,700 

8,960 

7,220

6,300 

5,710 

5,280 

4,970 

4,660

4,440 

4,280 

4,120 

3,980 

3,820

3,680 

3,540 

3,400 

3,350 

3,740

4,430 

4,300 

4,050 

3,870 

3,740 

3,690

Minimum

2,680 

2,600 

9,170

1,840

6,620 

8,800 

7,080 

6,360 

3,350 

2,890 

3,830 

3,450 

2,420

2,420

June

4,090 

4,540 

4,590 

4,210 

3,780

3,460 

3,140 

g2,930 

g2,89O 

g2,990

g4,000 

g5,320 

g6,010 

g6,010 

g5, 750

g5,590 

g5,470 

g5,550 

a ,300 

a ,60O

a ,200 

,100 

,640 

,510 

,710

,760 

,320 

,540 

,400 

,300

Mean

4,647 

10,340 

16,110

8,815

11,820 

12,040 

8,763 

10,290 

7,969 

4,990 

8,114 

6,095 

3,225

8,689

July

5,600 

5,020 

5,050 

5,380 

5,740

5,740 

5,480 

5,210 

4,670 

4,090

3.B30 

4,450 

5,640 

6,870 

7,600

7,990 

9,010 

11,900 

15,200 

16,000

14,200 

12,200 

10,700 

10,100 

11,000

12,500 

11,900 

9,870 

7,430 

5,960 

5,200

Aug.

4,930 

5,840 

7,490 

9,600 

11,500

11,800 

10,700 

9,150 

7,410 

6,320

5,960 

5,750 

5,240 

4,800 

4,410

4,230 

4,440 

4,960 

5,420 

5,680

5,880 

6,240 

6,330 

5,940 

5,440

4,900 

4,300 

3,840 

3,530 

3,460 

3,450

Per square 

mile

1.33 

2.96 

4.62

2.53

3.39 

3.45 

2.51 

2.95 

2.28 

1.43 

2.32 

1.75 

.924

2.49

Sept.

3,860 

4,340 

4,100 

3,950 

4,240

4,370 

4,260 

4,210 

4,020 

3,690

3,430 

3,130 

2,890 

2,710 

2,550

2,450 

2,420 

2,480 

2,550 

2,560

2,930 

3,040 

3,060 

3,260 

3,280

2,940 

2,620 

2,460 

2,510 

2,430

Runoff in 

inches

1.54 

3.31 

5.32

34.39

3.91 

3.59 

2.89 

3.29 

2.63 

1.60 

2.68 

2.01 

1.03

33.80

) 31,900 sec. -ft.; Dec. 11 (12:30 p.m.) 

(2 p.m.) 25,300 sec. -ft.; Feb. 12 (l p.m.) 

(2 a.m.) 23,000 sec. -ft. ; July 20 (2 a.m.)

records for other stations in Choctawhatchee
CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN 393

Choctawhatchee River near Bruce, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°27', long. 85°54', in sec. 36, T. IN., R. 17 ¥., 

at orldge on State Highway 20, about 5 miles southeast of Bruce. Datum of gage Is 3.94 

feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area. 4,580 square miles.

Records available. October 1930 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 19 years, 7,728 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 32,400 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 12.02 

reet); minimum, 3,500 second-feet Nov. 3, 4; minimum gage height, 3.63 feet Sept. 30.

1930-49: Maximum discharge, 69,600 second-feet Aug. 19, 20, 1939; maximum gage 

height, 16.68 feet Aug. 19, 1939; minimum discharge observed, 1,680 second-feet Nov. 

10-13, 1931; minimum gage height, 0.42 foot July 1, 1935.

Maximum stage known, 25.0 feet in March 1929, from floodmarks (discharge, 220,000 

second-feet, from rating curve extended above 66,000 second-feet on basis of records 

for station at Caryville).

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). W 872: 1937.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to May 5 May 6 to Sept. 30

3.9 

5.0 

6.8 

7.8

3,530

5,030

8,530

11,200

9.2

10.5

12.0

16,200

22,600

32,300

3.7 

4.7 

6.0 

7.3

3,820

5,060

7,320

10,400

8.6

9.8

10.9

14,600

19,500

25,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1943 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

4,120

4,690

5,240

5,840

6,360

6,760

6,980

7,200

7,560

7,760

7,720

7,340

7,060

7,300

8,060

9,180

9,900

9,700

8,880

7,980

7,120

6,320

5,660

5,140

4,740

4,420

4,160

3,980

3,840

3,720

3,630

Nov.

3,550

3,510

3,510

3,520

3,550

3,710

3,840

3,990

4,320

4,840

5,360

5,820

6,160

6,360

6,520

6,560

6,400

6,020

5,820

5,690

5,790

7,020

9,280

14,600

22,200

27,300

30,300

31,400

30,600

28,600

-

Dec.

27,300

28,300

30,900

32,300

31,900

30,OOO

28,600

27,900

27,000

26,300

26,7OO

28,200

28,100

26,600

23,800

20,600

18,000

16,000

14,600

13,500

12,800

12,400

12,300

12,700

13 .,400

14,000

14,200

14,200

13,800

13,500

13,000

Jan.

12,800

14,000

17,000

19,500

19,800

18,9OO

17,600

17,300

19,000

23,OOO

25,800

25,100

22,200

19,200

16,500

14,600

13,000

11,900

11,200

10, 600

10,100

9,850

9,820

10,100

10,200

10,100

9,700

9,400

9,000

8,710

9,020

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ....................... .

Calendar year 1948 ............

Janusry ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July ......................... ...

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

9,480

10,100

10,9OO

11,900

13,200

13,800

14,600

15,800

17,300

18,5OO

19,400

19,600

19,600

19,400

18,600

17,200

15,600

14,300

13,600

13,000

12,400

11,900

11,800

12,300

13,300

13,700

13,500

12,800

_

-

Secondfoot-days

198, 36C

306, 14(

652, 90(

4,434,48C

455, OOC

407, 58(

325, 22C

397,64C

328, 57

190, 08C

399, 14C

301, 27C

144, 90C

4,106,80C

liar.

12,100

11,800

11,900

12,100

11,900

11,300

10,500

9,820

9,420

9,350

9,500

9,600

9,450

9,480

9,780

10,000

10,100

10,200

10,900

11,800

12,300

12,500

12,000

11,200

10,400

9,680

9,280

9,320

9,320

9,120

9,100

Apr.

10,000

11,000

11,500

11,500

12,300

13,700

15,100

15,400

14,800

13,700

13,000

13,400

14,800

15,700

16,800

19,000

20,800

20,100

17,800

15,100

12,900

11,300

10,200

9,350

8,860

8,950

9,680

10,300

10,400

10,200

-

Maximum

3 9,900

3 31,400

3 32,300

3 57,600

3 25,800

19,600

12,500

20,800

3 25,700

3 9,780

3 23,500

15 200

5^920

3 32,300

May

9,920

11,100

14,200

19,800

24,300

25,700

24,600

22,100

19,200

16,600

14,000

11,900

10,300

9,110

8,250

7,550

7,000

6,520

6,150

5,810

5,520

5,270

5,050

4,850

4,640

4,510

4,520

4,770

5,020

5,160

5,150

Minimum

3,630

3,510

12,300

3,070

8,710

9,480

9,100

8 , 860

4,510

4,380

6,770

6,130

3,800

3,510

June

5,020

4,910

4,980

5,200

5,440

5,490

5,320

5,080

4,710

4,430

4,380

4,510

4,790

5,280

5,980

6,730

7,200

7,340

7,220

7,300

7,300

7,180

6,880

6,600

6,840

7,220

8,110

9,210

9,780

9,650

-

Mean

6,399

10,20C

21,06C

12.12C

14,68C

14.56C

10,49C

13.25C

10,60C

6, 331

12j 88(

4^830

11,25C

July

9,210

8,970

8,800

8,390

7,940

7,7OO

7,760

8,110

8,270

8,000

7,590

7,120

6,770

6,900

7,920

9,090

11,000

14,400

17,900

21,100

22,800

23,500

22,600

21,000

19,000

17,700

17,000

17,200

16,800

15,400

13,200

Aug.

11,400

10, 000

9,350

9,230

10,200

12,000

14,000

15,200

15,200

14, 000

12,600

11,200

10,000

9,210

8,780

8,990

8,850

8,160

7,590

7,400

7,640

8,050

8,410

8,590

8,820

8,920

8,730

8,230

7,570

6,820

6,130

Per square 

mile

1.40

2.23

4.60

2.65

3.21

3 . 18

2.29

2.31

1 . 38

2 . 81

2 . 12

lios

2.46

Sept.

5,630

5,280

5,220

5,330

5,500

5,550

5,710

5,860

5,920

5,870

5,780

5,550

5,240

4,860

4,510

4,220

4,000

3,870

3,960

4,000

4,060

4,300

4,550

4,600

4,540

4,500

4,430

4,260

4,000

3,800

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.61

2.49

5.30

36.02

3.69

3.31

2.64

3.23

1.54

3 24

2.45

1.18

33.35

Peak discharge (base, 14.000 see.-ft.). Dee. 4 (6 p.m.) 32,400 sec.-ft.; Jan. 11 (7 p.m. 1 26,000 

sec.-ft.; Feb. 12, 13, 19,600 sec.-ft.; Apr. 17 (5p.m.) 21.0OO sec.-ft.; May 6 (7 a.m.) 25,800 sec.-ft.j 

July 22,(1:30 p.m.) 24,000 sec.-ft.; Aug. 8 (5:30 p.m.) 15,500 sec.-ft.
394 CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN

West Fork Choctawhatchee River at Blue Springs, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°40', long. 85°30', in SE^ sec. 14, T. 8 N., R. 25 

K., at bridge on State Highway 10 at Blue Springs, 4 miles downstream from Lindsey 

Creek. Datum of gage is 289.24 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary 

adjustment of 1943.

Drainage area.--85 square miles.

Records available.--October 1943 to September 1949-.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,550 second-feet Nov. 27 (gage height, 7.33 

reetJ; minimum daily, 40 second-feet Sept. 26.

1943-49: Maximum discharge observed, 4,820 second-feet Mar. 29, 1944 (gage height, 

9.10 feet); minimum daily, 21 second-feet June 2, 11, 13, 1945.

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation with some regulation at low flow caused by 

mill dam above station.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Hov. 26, 

May 13 to Aug. 1O)

2.0 

2.3 

2.6 

2.9 

3.2 111

3.5 

3.8 

4.1 

4.4 

4.7

144

186

242

337

475

5.0 646

5.5 370

6.0 1,330

6.5 1,740

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

105 

100 

85 

98 

107

86 

77 

72 

67 

60

132 

322 

178 

96 

82

73 

70 

76 

76 

69

68 

66 

67 

66 

62

67 

66 

65 

64 

66 

68

Nov.

64 

73 

84 

84 

79

157 

362 

227 

111 

124

150 

115 

96 

94 

90

95

136 

168 

217 

486

357 

495 

1,OOO 

708 

442

290 

1,660 

1,160 

1,180 

507

Dec.

333

294 

318 

297 

242

224 

265 

540 

696 

379

268 

245 

235 

229 

220

211 

206 

376 

1,270 

486

318 

274 

263 

245 

245

265 

220 

207 

241 

683 

475

Jan.

281

255 

242 

250 

767

1,200 

455 

311 

278 

260

250 

240 

231 

222 

218

216 

213 

211 

242 

263

213 

202 

202 

194 

192

186 

184 

206 

220 

211 

429

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber ................... ...

lendar year 1948

h. ............. .............

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ...... .

Peak discharge (base, l.Ooo sec.

Feb.

360 

227 

202 

197 

242

263 

524 

436 

300 

333

265 

215

207 

202 

20O

216 

263 

220 

235 

366

247 

206 

191 

178 

174

171 

194 

231

Secondfoot days

2,756 

10,811 

10.77C

79,142

9,044 

7.06E 

7,372 

7,726 

4,785 

4,38E 

4,163 

3,084 

1,472

73,434

-ft.). Hov

sec. -ft.; Dec. 19 (3 a.m.) 1,740 sec. -ft.; Ja

Mar.

177 

160 

157 

154 

150

163 

318 

232 

176 

250

247 

497 

470 

251 

507

280 

199 

200 

207 

178

168 

184 

216 

183 

164

156 

150 

178 

233 

180 

588

Apr.

640 

252 

216 

202 

215

216 

174 

156 

145 

140

170 

542 

46O 

233 

186

167 

150 

145 

140 

129

131 

202 

227 

165 

132

115 

111 

168 

507 

1,290

Maximum

322 

1,660 

1,270

1,660

1,200 

524 

588 

1,290 

475 

372 

411 

350 

70

1,660

May

475 

294 

255 

2OO 

171

157 

176 

194 

194 

142

130 

123 

118 

110 

1O6

103 

100 

96 

92 

89

87 

82 

82 

155 

180

100 

86 

81 

83 

120 

404

Minimum

60 

64 

206

40

184 

171 

150 

111 

81 

70 

58 

50 

40

40

June

232 

112 

92 

83 

78

71 

70 

92 

239

134

282 

183 

202 

154 

125

123

100

82 

72 

71

101 

106 

120 

131 

168

145 

232 

372 

299 

114

Mean

88.9 

360 

347

216

292 

25? 

238 

258 

154 

146 

134 

99.5 

49.1

201

July

97 

115 

164 

106 

86

82 

74 

70 

69 

74

123 

170 

124 

151 

225

350 

281 

411 

218 

144

122 

119 

122 

147 

106

83 

74 

70 

67 

61 

58

Aug.

137 

182 

350

157 

123

89 

73 

64 

65 

70

65 

58 

52 

51 

94

126 

113 

92 

129 

188

127 

115 

98 

80 

65

57 

54 

55 

53 

52 

50

Per square 

mile

1.05 

4.24 

4.08

2.54

3.44 

2.96 

2.60 

3.04 

1.81 

1.72 

1.58 

1.17 

.578

2.36

Sept.

48 

45 

48 

70 

59

58 

68 

62 

51 

46

45 

41 

42 

42 

43

42 

43 

43 

41 

43

45 

65 

62 

52 

44

40 

46 

50 

46 

42

Runoff in 

inches

1.21 

4.73 

4.71

34.63

3.96 

3.09 

3.23 

3.38 

2.09 

1.92 

1.82 

1.35 

.64

32.13

. 23 (4 a.m.) 1.18O sec. -ft. ; Hov. 27 (4 p.m.) 2,550 

n. 6 (1:30 a.m.) 1,880 aec.-ft.; Apr. 30 (6:30 a.m.)
CHOCTAWHATCKEE RIVER BASIN 395

Pea River near Ariton, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°35', long. 85°47', in SW^ sec. 7, T. 7 N., R. 23 

K.~, at bridge on U. S. Highway 231, 2^ miles downstream from Bryors Mill Creek, 2f miles 

downstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge, and 3| miles west of Ariton. Datum of gage is 246.72 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment 

of 1943.

Drainage area. 500 square miles.

Records available. October 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 11 years, 763 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 13,700 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 18.8 

feet); minimum, 102 second-feet Sept. 21 (gage height, 2.26 feet).

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 19,100 second-feet Mar. 22, 1943 (gage height, 19.98 

feet); minimum, 15 second-feet June 6, 1941 (gage height, 1.70 feet); minimum daily, 24 

second-feet June 6, 7, 1941.

Maximum stage known, about 25 feet in March 1929, from information by local residents.

Remarks. Records good. Prior to Dec. 24, 1941, occasional regulation at low flow by 

gristmill above station.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.2 85 11.0 3,O60 17.0 8,29O 

2.5 175 12.0 3,530 18.0 10,60O 

3.0 34O 14.0 4,840 18.fi 12,800 

5.O 1.01O 15. O 5,67O 

8.0 1,930 16.0 6,800

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,190 

1,010 

8OO 

632

417

350 

316 

295 

268 

241

333 

564 

768 

784 

666

547 

442 

326 

268 

245

232 

222 

212 

209 

2O6

203 

203 

197 

190 

190 

190

Nov.

187 

190 

200 

206 

206

354 

547 

683 

683

768

717 

632 

564 

479 

417

375 

414 

431 

632 

980

1,250 

2,070 

3,490 

5,160 

6,300

5,320 

6,080 

8,36O 

12,800 

8,660

Dec.

5,570 

3,350 

2,500 

2,070 

1,830

1,67O 

1,600 

2,070 

2,280 

2,140

1,970 

1,770 

1,510 

1,360 

1,250

1,160 

1,100 

1,220 

2.O70 

4,100

4,680 

3,060 

2,110 

1,670 

1,480

1,360 

1,250 

1,160 

1,250 

1,730 

1,900

Jan.

2,000 

2,070 

1,770 

1,480 

2,200

2,860 

2,350 

2,620 

2,32O 

1,77O

1,480 

1,280 

1,160 

1,070 

1,010

948 

916 

883 

1,010 

980

1,010 

1,010 

1,010 

1,040 

980

916 

817 

817 

834 

883 

1,070

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber. ........................

mber ..... ...................

lendar year 1943 ............

ary

h. ...........................

1 ............................

- 

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 4,OOO sec

Feb.

f 1,100 

1,190 

1,250 

1,450 

1,390

1,300 

fl,36o 

fl,420 

1,300 

fl,420

fl,830 

f2,86O 

2,9OO 

2,070 

1,540

1,360 

1,300 

1,250 

1,360 

1,420

1,280 

1,250 

1,730 

1,670 

1,300

1,070 

1,010 

948

Secondroot-day s

12,71 

69,15 

64,24

423,68

42,56 

41,59 

32,43 

37,76 

30,96 

18,55 

27,42 

17,09 

4,90

399,41

-rt.j . NO

sec. -ft.; Dec. 21 (3 a.m.) 5,160 sec. -ft.; M

liar.

916 

883 

850 

834 

800

717 

768 

883 

,01O 

,160

,190 

,160 

,010 

,280 

,800

1,450 

1,330 

1,280 

1,220 

1,100

948 

948 

1,010 

948 

834

768 

734 

784

885 

916 

2,020

Apr.

2,580 

2,350 

2,140 

1,730 

1,450

1,25O 

1,130 

1,010 

948 

883

980 

1,6OO 

1,670 

1,510 

1,450

1,390 

1,250 

1,010 

784 

598

530 

683 

751 

700 

581

479 

414 

547 

1,730 

3,640

Maximum

3 1,190 

5 12,800 

3 5,570

7 12,800

I 2,860 

3 2 , 900 

I 2,020 

3 3,640 

3 5,400 

? 1,360 

=> 2,140 

3 1,510 

=> 254

3 12,800

I. 25 (2 p.m 

ly 1 (11 p.m

May

5,4OO 

5,160 

3,370 

2,420 

1,830

1,480 

1,220 

980 

751 

615

530 

479 

445 

406 

364

336 

3O5 

288 

271 

254

235 

212 

206 

281 

530

649 

581 

417 

305 

281 

368

Minimum

190 

187 

1,100

59

817 

948 

717 

414 

206 

197 

295 

203 

105

105

June

438 

564 

547 

396 

298

228 

197 

344 

1,070 

751

883 

1,190 

1,220 

1,30O 

1,360

1,160 

916 

581 

392 

316

295 

360 

414 

438 

414

479 

547 

513 

462 

479

Mean

41C 

2.30E 

2,072

1,15£

1,372 

1,486 

1,046 

1,25E 

99E 

61E 

88E 

551 

164

1,094

July

547 

434 

414 

496 

386

410 

442 

326 

295 

496

527 

916 

666 

632 

1,13O

1,540 

1,600 

1,8OO 

1,700 

1,510

2,140 

2,000 

1,670 

1,480 

948

717 

632 

547 

410 

312 

302

Aug.

7O5 

948

817 

666 

751

649 

445 

340 

322 

291

298 

268 

3O5 

333. 

312

428 

581 

798 

1,510 

1,190

980 

948 

768 

547 

410

333

281 

241 

216

203

Per square

mile

O.820 

4.61 

4.14

2.32

2.75 

2.97 

2.09 

2.52 

2.00 

1.24 

1.77 

1.10 

.328

2.19

) 6,540 sec. -ft.; Nov. 29 (11 a 

) 5.08O see. -ft.

Sept.

181 

2OO 

238

206 

206

228 

254 

228 

238 

225

181 

153 

141 

123 

114

111 

111 

111 

108 

108

105 

144 

219 

203 

163

135 

120 

120 

120 

111

Runoff in 

inches

0.95 

5.14 

4.78

31.52

3.17 

3.09 

2.41 

2.81 

2.3O 

1.38 

2.04 

1.27 

.36

29.70

m.) 13,7OO

f Computed from partly estimated gage-height record.
396 CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN

Pea River near Samson, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°07', long. 86°06', in sec. 25, T. 2 N., R. 19 E., 

at oridge on State Highway 12, 500 feet downstream from Boyenton Creek, if miles downstream from Louisville & Nashville Railroad bridge, 3 miles west of Samson, and 6| miles 

upstream from Flat Creek. Datum of gage is 97.95 feet above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1943 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 1,170 square miles.

Kecords available. May 1935 to September 1949. August 1904 to August 1913 and June 1922 

to uctocer 1925 at site ij miles upstream, published as Pea River at Pera.

Average discharge. 24 years (1904-12, 1923-25, 1935-49), 1,853 second-feet.

Jixtr ernes. Maximum discharge during year, 15,700 second-feet Dec. 1 (gage height, 29.9 

reet); minimum, 392 second-feet Sept. 17; minimum daily, 505 second-feet Sept. 17.

1904-13, 1922-25, 1935-49: Maximum gage height, 42.0 feet Jan. 20, 1925 from floodmarks, site and datum then in use; minimum discharge observed, 41 second-feet Oct. 26, 

1935; minimum daily, 63 second-feet Oct. 26, 1935.

Maximum stage known, 45.3 feet Mar. 15, 1929, from floodmarks.

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation and some regulation at low flow caused by 

power plant 25 miles above station.

Revisions.--W 1112: 1925(M).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(shifting-control method used July 15 to Sept. 30)

3.0 442 14.0 4,200 

4.O 655 18.0 6,210 

5.0 896 24.0 10,000 

8.O 1,800 27.0 12,500 

10.0 2,510 30.0 15, BOO

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,070 

1,730 

1,480 

1,770 

1,4,20

1,090 

923 

818 

769 

655

1,250 

1,930 

1,540 

1,540 

1,420

1,180 

1,040 

1,010 

923 

769

677 

611 

611 

611 

589

547 

589 

526 

568

526 

547

Nov.

547 

568 

655 

722 

677

885 

1,600 

1,390 

1.42O 

1,540

1,670 

1,450 

1,270 

1,180 

1,040

951 

1,O1O 

1,120 

1,940 

3,650

2,780 

4,620 

7,460 

8,360 

8,740

8,420 

9,370 

12,500 

15,OOO 

15,400

Dec.

15.60O 

14,50O 

11,500 

8,180 

5,56O

4,290 

3,880 

5,560 

6,740 

6,330

5,25O 

4,440 

3,920 

3,52O 

3,19O

2,98O 

2,820 

2,740 

3,310 

4,O60

5,010 

5,820 

5,880 

4,620 

3,610

3,480 

2,980 

2,7OO 

2,980 

4,860 

4,960

Jan.

4,340 

3,970 

3,740 

3,480 

3,570

7,640 

8,3OO 

6,56O 

5,150 

4,580

3,B3O 

3,230 

2,900 

2,670 

2,510

2,390 

2,280 

2,310 

2,700 

2,980

2,630 

2,470 

2,350 

2,280 

2,280

2,210 

2,100 

2,170 

2,240 

2,210 

2,740

Month

Ooto 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

Jnly 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber. ........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary .

1 ............................

«t ...........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

3,O20 

2,740 

2,63O 

2,51O

3,150

3,480 

3,610 

4,250 

4,390 

4,O20

3,970 

3,740 

4,340 

4,670 

4,060

3,270 

3,350 

3,O60 

2,860 

3,880

3,970 

3,020 

2,740 

2,900 

3,O20

2,590 

2,510 

2,590

Secondfoot-days

31,729 

117,935 

165,270

1,013,608

1O4,81O 

94,340 

78,410 

96,260 

BB,O71 

54,444 

85,260 

58,546 

21,588

996,663

Mar.

2,280 

2,100 

2,OOO 

1,90O 

1,870

1,870 

2,280 

2,000 

1,93O 

2,430

2,B2O 

2,390 

2,240 

2,310 

4,060

4,960 

3,920 

3,O60 

2,900 

2,550

2,280 

2,280 

3,310 

2,780 

2,310

2,070 

1,900 

1,970 

2,740 

2,430 

2,470

Apr.

4,530 

5,660 

5,010 

4,11O 

3,610

3,400 

2,82O 

2,390 

2,140 

1,930

2,240 

5,100 

6,210 

5,050 

3,700

2,980 

2,670 

2,390 

2,100 

1,830

1,600 

2,030 

3,480 

2,670 

2,070

1,670 

1,450 

1,360 

2,960 

7,100

Maximum

2,070 

15,400 

15,600

15, 6OO

B,3OO 

4,670 

4,960 

7,10O 

9,860 

3,270 

5,880 

5,560 

1,120

15,6OO

Peak discharge (base, 7,OOO sec. -ft.). Dec. 1 (ll a.m

sec. -ft.; May 3 (4 a.m.) 10,000 sec. -ft.

May

9,020 

9,720 

9,86O 

8,950 

6,920

4,580 

3,270 

2,670 

2,310 

2,OOO

1,800 

1,700 

1,60O 

1,420 

1,420

1,36O 

1,270 

1,240 

1,150 

1,090

1,010 

1,010 

951 

1,360 

1,9OO

1,540 

1,600 

1,390 

1,270 

1,180 

1,510

Minimum

526 

547 

2,700

322

2,100 

2,510 

1,870 

1,360 

951 

769 

1,01O 

793 

505

505

June

1,870 

1,630 

1,360 

1,300 

1,120

923 

869 

769 

793 

1,83O

2.51O 

2,28O 

2,980 

2,59O 

2,39O

3,270 

2,31O 

1,800 

1,360 

1,150

1,240 

1,390 

2,470 

2,590 

2,240

1,700 

2,210 

2,310 

1,770 

1,420

Mean

1,024 

3,931 

5,331

2,769

3,381 

3,369 

2,529 

3,209 

2,841 

1,815 

2,750 

1,889 

720

2,731

July

1,270 

1,330 

1,670 

1,800 

1,8OO

1,77O 

1,730 

1,300 

1,060

1,010

1,600 

3,520 

2,820 

2,310 

2,390

4,39O 

5,560 

5,610 

4,960 

4,150

3,350 

3,610 

4,720 

5,880 

4,910

2,780 

2,000 

1,730 

1,570 

1,360 

1,300

Aug.

1,57O 

4,100 

5,560 

4,440 

3,150

2,390 

1,930 

1,54C 

1,510 

1,450

1,300 

1,210 

1,210 

1,06O 

1,010

1,010

1,600 

1,540 

1,67O 

2,980

3,020 

2,140 

1,970 

1,700 

1,390

1,180 

951 

869 

793 

793 

1,510

Per square 

mile

0.875 

3.36 

4.56

2.37

2.89 

2.88 

2.16 

2.74 

2.43 

1.55 

2.35 

1.61 

.615

2.33

' Sept.

923 

769 

769 

1,060 

1,010

1,120 

979 

923 

843

843

655 

677 

633 

589 

589

547 

505 

547 

745 

722

677 

633 

677 

699 

677

589 

568 

547 

547 

526

Runoff in 

inches

1.01 

3.75 

5.25

32.23

3.33 

3.0O 

2.49 

3.06 

2. SO 

1.73 

2.71 

1.86 

.69

31.68

) 15,700 sec. -ft. ; Jan. 7 (2 a.m.) 8,67O
YELLOW RIVER BASIN 397

Yellow River at Mllllgan, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°45'10", long. 86°37'40", in sec. 15, T. 3 N., R. 

 24 W., at bridge on U. S. Highway 90, half a mile east of Mllllgan, 4 miles west of 

Crestvlew, and 6f miles upstream from Shoal River.

Drainage area. 600 square miles.

Records available.--July 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 11 years, 1,327 second-feet.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 5,700 second-feet during period Nov. 27 to Dec. 

3 (gage height, 9.26 feet, recorded range In stage); minimum, 418 second-feet Oct. 10, 

11 (gage height, 2.71 feet).

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 21,200 second-feet Sept. 13, 1944 (gage height, 13.29 

feet); minimum, 220 second-feet Oct. 25, 26, Nov. 5, 6, 1943 (gage height, 1.43 feet).

Flood In 1929 reached a stage of 26.2 feet, from information by local residents.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years) . W 892: 1938-39.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 9 Jan. 10 to Sept. 30

2.7 415 6.7 1,710 8.5 3,55O 2.8 440 6.O 1,480 8.0 

3.9 . 735 7.5 2,270 9.0 4,910 4.0 764 7.O 2.O10 8.5 

5.6 1,260 8.1 2,900 9.2 5,520 5.O 1.08O 7.5 2,390 9.1

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

472 

480 

458 

470 

468

452 

448 

455 

450 

420

656 

1,340 

1,58O 

1,410 

1,100

764 

606 

550 

521 

511

524 

508 

485 

468 

455

448 

440 

435 

432 

428 

428

Nov.

425 

440 

521 

532 

545

720 

868 

961 

994 

1,120

1,080 

961 

857 

761 

672

619 

698 

741 

904 

1,310

1,710 

2,290 

2,860 

3,640 

4,520

5,120 

a5,000 

a3,700 

a4,200 

a4,800

Dec.

a5,5OO 

a4,400 

a3,500 

2,770 

2,170

1,920 

1,760 

1,930 

2,220 

2,780

3,470 

3,690 

2,990 

2,310 

1,870

1,680 

1,630 

1,580 

1,570 

1,680

1,840 

1,870 

1,740 

1,550 

1,410

1,410 

1,500 

1,700 

1,700 

1,750 

1,940

Jan.

2,270 

2,430 

2,250 

1,820 

1,610

1,840 

2,380 

3,490 

4,850 

3,880

2,660 

2,020 

1,740 

1,600 

1,500

1,420 

1,360 

1,310 

1,330 

1,360

1,450 

1,500 

1,450 

1,320 

1,210

1,140 

1,100 

1,100 

1,140 

1,240 

1,340

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber. ................ .......

mber. ........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary .

1...... ......................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,360 

1,350 

1,290 

1,190 

1,150

1,320 

1,680 

1,850 

1,900 

2,070

2,110 

1,990 

1,79O 

1,620 

1,410

1,260 

1,190 

1,200 

1,220 

1,18O

1,260 

1,420 

1,440 

1,270 

1,090

1,000 

1,060 

1,150

Secondfoot-daya

18,66; 

53,56 

69,83C

559,82^

57, IK 

39.82C 

39,55C 

54,99^ 

47,22] 

34,07; 44,86" 

27,95£ 

18,86]

506,51-

Mar.

1,210 

1,150 

1,040 

934 

88O

857 

949 

1,090 

1,190 

1,140

1,01O 

1,070 

1,130 

1,330 

1,380

1,430 

1,550 

1,580 

1,480 

1,390

1,260 

1,250 

1,340 

1,480 

1,640

1,640 

1,400 

1,220 

1,270 

1,450 

1,810

Apr.

1,960 

1,780 

1,470 

1,260 

1,300

1,300 

1,300 

1,250 

1,090 

934

1,170 

1,880 

2,760 

3,200 

3,530

3,260 

2,400 

1,650 

1,300 

1,110

1,000 

1,170 

1,490 

1,990 

2,700

2,990 

2,610 

1,740 

1,410 

1,990

Maximum

1,580 

) 5,120 

5,500

t 11,800

) 4,850 

) 2,110 

) 1,810 

1 3,530 

5,200 

I 1,940 

2,790 

1,600 

1,350

5,500

Peak discharge (base, 3,200 sec. -ft.). Nov. 26 (8 p.m.

May

2,660 

4,100 

5,200 

4,790 

4,290

3,530 

2,610 

1,85O 

1,450 

1,230

1,090 

997 

937 

880 

831

793 

758 

729 

698 

672

650 

625 

606 

587 

571

587 

686 

723 

706 

650 

735

Minimum

420 

425 

1,410

420

1,100 

1,000 

857 

934 

571 

516 

625 

508 

435

420

June

752 

781 

732 

672 

590

542 

519 

516 

595 

598

946 

1,390 

1.74O 

1,920 

1,870

1,580 

1,390 

1,470 

1,4OO 

1,100

961 

1,070 

1,37O 

1,940 

1,910

1,680 

1,310 

994 

931 

805

Mean

602 

1,786 

2,253

1,530

1,842 

1,422 

1,276 

1,833 

1,523 

1,136 

1,447 

902 

629

1,388

July

761 

857 

1,250 

1,320 

1,230

976 

979 

889 

761 

675

625 

670 

828 

1,350 

1,720

1,800 

1,780 

1,870 

1,910 

1,910

1,930 

1,870 

2,080 

2,410 

2,790

2,510 

2,180 

1,770 

1,280 

970 

916

2,890 

3,690 

5,200

Aug.

1.O60 

916 

1,08O 

1,310 

1,430

1,560 

1,600 

1,310 

1,220 

1,320

1,370 

1,220 

916 

755 

681

650 

650 

675 

672 

670

664 

732 

735

684 

614

576 

542 

526 

508 

508 

805

Per square 

mile

1.00 

2.98 

3.76

2.55

3.07 

2.37 

2.13 

3.06 

2.54 

1.89 

2.41 

1.50 

1.05

2.31

) 5,270 sec. -ft.; during period

Sept.

1,120 

1,350 

1.O60 

866 

712

639 

630 

636 

636 

608

558 

524 

498 

485 

470

46O 

468 

490 

642 

636

650 

664 

611 

568 

537

511 

485 

462 

450 

435

Runoff in 

inches

1.16 

3.32 

4.33

34.70

3.54 

2.47 

2.45 

3.41 

2.93 

2.11 

2.78 

1.73 

1.17

31.40

Nov. 27 to

3 (time unknown) 5,700 sec.-ft.; Dec. 12 (5 a.m.) 3,780 sec.-ft.; Jan. 9 (1 p.m.) 4,970 sec.-ft. 

Apr. 15 (6 p.m.) 3,610 sec.-ft.; May 3 (10 a.m.) 5,260 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on baals of recorded range in stage and records for 

stations on nearby streams.
398 YELLOW RIVER BASIN

Lightwood Knot Creek at Babbie, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°16 I , long. 86°19 I , in SWi sec. 36, T. 4 N., R. 

T7~ET, at bridge on State Highway 12, 1 mile east of Babbie, ! £ miles downstream from 

Poley Creek, 2 miles upstream from mouth, and 3| miles west of Opp.

Drainage area. 114 square miles.

Records available.--February 1944 to September 1949 (prior to October 1947, published as 

roiey creek at Babbie).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,260 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage height, 7.48 

reet); minimum, 69 second-feet Sept. 30 (gage height, 1.64 feet).

1944-49: Maximum discharge observed, 12,100 second-feet Sept. 11, 1944 (gage height. 

11.86 feet); minimum observed, 30 second-feet June 14, 15, 1945 (gage height, 0.74 foot).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Some diurnal fluctuation at low flow.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 7 to Mar. 7)

1.7 

2.5 

3.5 

4.0

71

107

153

185

4.3

4.7 

5.0 

5.3

219

288

373

505

5.7 

6.2 

6.5

7.1

754

1,160

1,500

2,540

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

loo

103 

98 

103 

' 121

123 

105 

105 

107 

96

186 

590 

360 

184 

123

110 

103 

125 

158 

132

112 

105 

103 

103 

lOo

98 

98 

98 

98 

98 

100

Nov.

100 

110 

143 

164 

150

242

584 

446 

200 

164

200 

181 

153 

136 

130

128 

153 

181 

234 

495

522 

873 

1,750 

1,410 

985

527 

1,340 

2,340 

1,470 

1,090

Dec.

544 

403 

363 

326 

298

268 

340 

1,140 

1,280 

747

424 

315 

288 

278 

268

268 

259 

259 

326 

403

318 

250 

234 

226 

250

370 

298 

234 

250 

652 

720

Jan.

370 

259 

234 

234 

894

2,410 

906 

433 

307

278

259 

250 

250 

234 

234

226 

226 

226 

268 

356

290 

234 

219 

212 

206

206 

206

250 

250 

259

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

Jnne 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber....... ...................

mber ................'.........

lendar year 1948 ............

ary ....

1 .......................

st ......................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

268 

242 

212 

206 

278

347 

460 

433 

442 

424

470 

318 

250 

234 

226

234 

259 

259 

250 

347

360 

268 

219 

206 

195

190 

200 

250

Secondfoot-days

4,24 

16,60

12,59

112,77V

11,41 

8,04 

9,13 

10,37 

8,78t 

6,70 

9,93 

5,99 

3,10

106,93'

Mar.

242 

195 

181

177 

177

185 

259 

298 

206 

288

318 

259 

195 

234 

532

560 

302 

242

278 

234

200 

354 

706 

495 

278

226 

206 

2 5O 

407

377 

Z78

Apr.

250 

226 

206 

206 

242

310 

250 

190 

167 

158

266 

1,090 

994 

495 

278

219 

190 

177 

170 

161

158 

241 

776 

652 

307

195

167 

174 

358 

1,100

Maximum

1 590 

L 2,340 

3 1,280

1 2,740

I 2,410 

7 470 

) 706 

5 1,100 

J 1,250 

i 781 

1 920 

) 532 

J 181

: 2,410

Peak discharge (uise, 1,800 sec. -ft.' .--Nov. 23 (4 p.m.

May

1,180 

1,250 

1,060 

549 

315

250 

212 

190 

177 

190

170 

158 

156 

148 

141

136 

134 

128 

123 

116

114 

110 

107 

142 

328

305 

153 

118 

125 

185 

310

Minimum

96 

100 

226

49

206 

190 

177 

158 

107 

94 

89 

89 

74

74

June

290 

250 

143

116 

105

98 

94 

94 

114 

152

412

608 

288 

185 

180

781 

577 

218 

136 

123

alSO 

a!90 

a220 

a240

h!95

a!70 

a!60 

150 

146 

118

Mean

137 

553 

40£

30E

366 28' 

29E 

34t 

28: 

221 

32C 

193 

104

293

July

98 

98 

125 

198 

190

125 

121 

103 

89 

89

316 

 645 

908 

340 

234

579 

889 

578 

370 

226

234 

268 

58O 

920 

572

278 

181 

161 

153 

141 

125

Aug.

170 

268 

532 

334 

300

288 

343 

143 

162 

290

288 

130 

116 

105 

98

100 

123 

130 

128 

al60

a270 

a200 

153 

134 

114

100 

94 

89 

89 

173 

366

Per square 

mile

1.20 

4.85 

3.56

2.70

3.23 

2.52 

2.59 

3.04 

2.48 

1.96 

2.81 

1.69 

.912

2.57

Sept.

174 

125 

98 

100 

116

156 

181 

146 

110 

98

92

85 

80 

76 

76

74

80 

HE 

112

107 

105 

128 

116 

89

74 

80 

85 

82 

74

Runoff in 

inches

1.39 

5.42 

4.11

36.79

3,72 

2.63 

2.98 

3.38 

2.86 

2.19 

3,24 

1.95 

1.01

34.88

1,910 sec. -ft.; Nov. 28 (3 a.m. 2,990

sec. -ft.; Jan. C (6:30 a.m. 3,2:0 sec. -ft. 

a No cage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for stations 

on nearby streams.
YELLOW RIVER BASIN 399

Shoal River near Crestview, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°41'50", long. 86°34 I 15", in sec. 5, T. 2 N., R. 

23 W., at bridge on State Highway 85, 3f miles downstream from Titi Creek, 4^ miles 

south of Crestview, and 7 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 500 square miles.

Records available. July 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 11 years, 1,208 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,200 second-feet Nov. 24 (gage height, 7.95 

reet); minimum, 637 second-feet Nov. 1 (gage height, 3.37 feet).

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 33,100 second-feet July 7, 1940 (gage height, 14.26 

feet), from rating curve extended above 8,500 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; 

minimum, 294 second-feet Oct. 23-27, Nov. 3-7, 1943; minimum gage height, 0.98 foot 

Oct. 26, Nov. 4, 1943.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

3.3 622 6.1 1,530 

4.2 837 6.3 1,800 

5.8 1,350 8.0 5,300

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

757 

972 

854 

1,130 

1,230

994 

823 

760 

722 

688

914 

2,510 

3,200 

1,840 

1,210

1,020 

908 

872 

837 

793

760 

743 

738 

724 

703

690 

675 

673 

657 

655 

648

Nov.

640 

666 

780 

782 

733

1,010 

1,570 

1,380 

1,090 

1,160

1,640 

1,370 

1,130 

972 

884

829 

972 

1,100 

1,140 

2,210

3,050 

3,720 

4,610 

5,110 

4,500

3,220 

2,430 

2,350 

2,430 

2,290

Dec.

1,860 

1,500 

1,420 

1,400 

1,340

1,280 

1,260 

1,770 

3,240 

3,350

2,630 

1,780 

1,500 

1,410 

1,360

1,330 

1,320 

1,340 

1,340 

1,560

1,560 

1,400 

1,300 

1,260

1,240

1,270 

1,340 

1,260 

1,290 

2,850 

3,560

Jan.

2,910 

1,880 

1,470 

1,370 

1,360

1,950 

3,010 

2,710 

1,840 

1,450

1,340 

1,280 

1,250 

1,220 

1,190

1,160 

1,150 

1,130 

1,200 

1,360

1,290 

1,210 

1,150 

1,120 

1,100

1,070 

1,050 

1,080 

1,150 

1,180 

1,330

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Jam: 

Febi 

Marc 

Aprj 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augv 

Sep1

Hi

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

tary

st ...........................

saber ........................

iter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,550 

1,470 

1,320 

1,220 

1,200

1,290 

1,480 

2,010 

1,970 

1,670

1,620 

1,470 

1,300 

1,220 

1,180

1,160 

1,160 

1,120 

1,080 

1,150

1,250 

1,170 

1,090 

1,020 

1,010

1,090 

1,200 

1,520

Seoondfoot-days

30,70C 

55,76£ 

52.32C

550,03

44,96C 

36,99 

37,22 

57,12 

46,26 

40,73 

63,50 

41,31 

26,33

533,23]

Peak discharge (base, 3,600 sec. -ft.). NOT

sec. -ft.; Apr. 14 (9 a.m.) 4,650 sec. -ft.; m 

sec. -ft.

Mar.

1,480 

1,250 

1,120 

1,070 

1,020

991 

1,090 

1,250 

1,160 

1,070

1,060 

1,000 

966 

1,390 

1,820

1,620 

1,290 

1,150 

1,220 

1,190

1,090 

1,090 

1,330 

1,250 

1,120

1,020 

966 

1,050 

1,250 

1,330 

1,520

Apr.

2,470 

2,390 

1,550 

1,280 

1,420

2,010 

1,560 

1,280 

1,160 

1,100

1,260 

3,070 

4,330 

4,520

3,260

2,010 

1,520 

1,370 

1,300 

1,250

1,220 

1,280 

1,950 

2,530 

2,050

1,400 

1,250 

1,180 

1,300 

2,850

Maximum

) 3,200 

i 5,110 

) 3,560

r 7,770

) 3,010 

) 2,010 

5 1,820 

) 4,520 

5 4,860 

3 3,070 

) 3,430 

L 2,650

; 1,190

L 5,110

r. 24 (2 p.m. 

iy 2 (7:30 a.

May

4,310 

4,860 

4,400 

3,560 

2,430

1,720 

1,453 

1,340 

1,370 

1,220

1,170 

1,150 

1,120 

1,080 

1,050

1,020 

998 

985 

948 

917

887 

863 

846 

837 

817

782 

755 

752 

857 

951 

920

Minimum

648 

640 

1,240

538

1,050 

1,010 

966 

1,100 

752 

659 

1,170 

826 

673

640

June

881 

834 

752 

710 

686

668 

659 

679 

863 

948

1,140 

1,450 

1,400 

1,120 

1,000

1,550 

1,740 

1,190 

926 

932

1,300 

1,910 

2,170 

2,830 

3,070

3,010 

2,170 

1,460 

1,350 

1,340

Mean

990 

1,859 

1,688

1,503

1,450 

1,321 

1,201 

1,904 

1,492 

1,358 

2,048 

1,333 

878

1,461

July

1,240 

1,280 

1,660 

2,870 

2,710

1,800 

1,580 

1,470 

1,300 

1,210

1,170 

1,380 

1,950 

2,150 

2,490

2,410 

2,570 

2,770 

2,810 

2,390

2,310 

2,530 

2,570 

3,240 

3,430

2,630 

1,950 

1,550 

1,440 

1,330 

1,310

Aug.

1,440 

2,170 

2,650 

2,470 

2,370

2,210 

1,670 

1,410 

1,330 

1,310

1,310 

1,250 

1,200 

1,140 

1,090

1,110 

1,160 

1,140 

1,090 

1,140

1,130 

1,050 

1,040 

1,030 

1,050

963 

899 

878 

837 

826 

948

Per square 

mile

1.98 

3.72 

3.38

3.01

2.90 

2.64 

2.40 

3.81 

2.98 

2.72 

4.10 

2.67 

1.76

2.92

Sept.

1,190 

1,050 

911 

1,050 

1,060

988 

948 

878 

837 

878

857 

782 

743 

719

703

703 

738 

857 

899 

917

951 

1,080 

1,120 

976 

852

790 

755 

728 

703 

673

Runoff in 

inches

2.28 

4.15 

3.89

40.91

3.34 

2.75 

2.77 

4.25 

3.44 

3.03 

4.72 

3.07 

1.96

39.65

) 5,200 sec. -ft.; Dec. 31 (11 a.m.) 3,620 

m.) 5,010 sec. -ft. ; July 25 (1 a.m.) 3,700
400 BLACKWATER RIVER BASIN

Coldwater Creek near Milton, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°42'30", long. 86°58'20", In sec. 5, T. 2 N., R. 

27 w., at bridge on State Highway 191, 2f miles upstream from mouth and 65 miles northeast of Milton.

Drainage area. 275 square miles.

Records available. November 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 11 years, 603 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,350 second-feet Nov. 23 (gage height, 8.06 

reetj; minimum, 339 second-feet Nov. 1 (gage height, 2.33 feet).

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 23,100 second-feet Aug. 17, 1939 (gage height, 17.33 

feet); minimum, 229 second-feet Dec. 11, 1938 (gage height, 0.94 foot).

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). W 892? 1939.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to July 4 July 5 to Sept. 30

2.3 332 5.4 1,370 2.

3.5 629 6.5 2,590 3.

4.5 954 7.8 4,05O 3.

5.0 1,130 4.

6 369 4.5 931

0 459 5.0 1,130

5 594 5.4 1,370

0 751 5.8 1,800

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

353

356

358

358

354

349

349

351

346

344

385

1,540

2,010

698

517

454

421

426

438

404

387

378

375

370

366

361

356

354

349

346

346

Nov.

342

457

970

682

600

1,040

1,110

759

573

756

881

663

553

512

483

481

660

679

911

1,460

970

2,950

4,070

2,820

1,480

987

1,070

1,240

2,250

1,370

-

Dec.

888

766

702

673

638

606

600

1,050

1,780

1,120

815

705

698

657

623

612

779

730

789

944

759

641

606

586

592

666

597

558

695

1,660

1,270

Jan.

832

686

641

641

734

1,840

1,380

848

714

648

603

581

566

553

536

531

553

632

682

654

568

543

536

524

519

517

526

578

676

635

626

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May

June .............................

July.............................

Auguat ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

606

548

526

541

734

947

865

737

776

750

629

556

536

524

517

512

502

495

568

606

573

512

488

469

466

464

603

654

_

-

-

Secondfoot-days

14,804

33,759

24,805

256,356

21,103

16,704

19,824

24,834

20,760

2O, 65S

31,874

17,063

13,041

259,230

Mar.

526

481

469

459

447

457

553

570

493

500

493

454

476

904

994

772

592

614

638

548

505

660

1,370

865

623

556

524

721

806

734

1,020

Apr.

1, 220

895

657

595

654

629

541

502

483

471

2,

1,

967

180

760

S85

663

581

531

510

488

466

481

1,

772

140

921

654

538

a,

Maximum

2,010

4,070

1,780

5,610

1,840

947

1,370

2 ,890

2,390

1,530

2,360

827

568

4,070

507

548

705

890

-

May

2,390

1,800

2,230

1,120

802

660

589

558

543

510

490

481

469

450

440

433

459

469

442

426

421

421

418

418

490

450

423

416

452

524

566

Minimum

344

342

558

342

517

464

447

466

416

390

512

405

365

342

June

507

445

416

402

397

390

399

402

505

848

1,310

1,580

1,250

898

644

614

543

481

454

445

576

954

881

967

1,130

885

660

614

550

512

-

Mean

478

1,125

800

700

681

597

639

828

689

1,028

550

435

710

July

512

714

1,120

2,360

1,800

1,140

931

661

568

554

600

652

810

1,040

916

1,380

2,030

1,360

1,010

761

827

1,150

1,810

1,800

1,070

920

827

758

670

580

543

Aug.

606

705

827

696

674

588

518

545

627

754

738

557

502

515

540

518

537

494

518

571

597

518

462

142

426

417

410

405

119

435

502

Per square 

mile

1.74

4.09

2.91

2.55

2.48

2.17

2. 32

3^01

2.44

2 51

3. 74

2^00

1.58

2.58

Sept.

454

421

419

442

526

568

500

442

452

459

424

410

399

397

394

390

397

399

394

412

537

559

507

440

403

390

384

382

375

365

-

Runoff in 

inches

2 00

4^57

3.35

34.67

2. 85

2. 26

2. 68

3.36

2. 81

2.79

4.31

2.31

1.76

35.05

Peak dlscnarge (base, 2,700 see, -ft.). Oct. 13 (3 a.m.) 2,700 sec.-ft. j Nov. 

sec.-ft.j Apr. 30 (6 a.m.) 3,000 sec.-ft.; July 4 (11 p.m.) 2,860 sec.-ft.

23 (4 a.m.) 4,350
ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN 401

Escambia River at Flomaton, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°01«, long. 87°15', In NEi sec. 33, T. 1 N., R. 8 

K., at bridge on U. S. Highway 31 at north edge of Flomaton, ij miles upstream from Louisville & Nashville Railroad bridge, ij miles upstream from Alabama-Florida State line, 

and 4 miles upstream from Conecuh River. Datum of gage is 52.40 feet above mean sea 

level, da.tum of 1929.

Drainage area. 325 square miles.

Records available.--January 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 712 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 15,400 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 14.5 

feet); minimum, 276 second-feet Oct. 10.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 41,400 second-feet Sept. 27, 1939 (gage height, 19.26 

feet), by slope-area method; minimum observed, 144 second-feet May 18, 1939.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used May 5 to July 12,

Aug. 21 to Sept. 5)

0.8 259

1.0 308

2.0 597

3.0 951

4.0 1,350

6.0 2,360

8.0 3,750

9.0 4,670

10.0 5,890

11.0 7,470

13.0 11,200

14.0 13,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

290 

286 

281 

281 

281

286 

286 

293 

283 

278

1,010 

1,150 

663 

446 

361

331 

318 

345 

331 

311

303 

300 

300 

298 

293

290 

288 

288 

286 

286 

286

Nov.

286 

306 

313 

331 

375

1,060 

1,030 

748 

504 

680

614 

475 

417 

375 

361

375 

766 

680 

1,700 

2,420

1,930 

4,740 

4,570 

7,300 

6,070

2,970 

8,750 

13,900 

7,660 

3,510

Dec.

2,080 

1,630 

1,390 

1,230 

1,110

1,030 

1,030 

1,830 

1,630 

1,350

1,070 

912 

837 

819 

784

801 

874 

874 

1,030 

93?

801 

714 

697 

663 

766

1,030 

932

766 

1,080 

1,880

1,430

Jan.

1,110 

837 

748 

766 

1,350

1,580 

1,390 

1,070 

819 

714

663 

630 

597 

597 

581

565 

565 

565 

856 

819

714 

630 

581 

550 

534

534 

680 

837 

731 

697 

837

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

toy 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. ...........................

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 sec

Feb.

801

697 

630 

614 

970

932 

801 

766 

1,070 

990

932 

819 

680 

614 

597

597 

819 

801 

1,710 

2,540

1,880 

1,150 

837 

731

697

630 

1,420 

1,480

Secondfoot-days

11.32E 

75,21f 

34,00!

308, 45-

24,14 

27,205 

36,726 

27,25f 

32,59: 

17,685 

20,88] 

23,95: 

17.18C

348, 17E

-ft.) .--No\

sec. -ft.; Mar. 22 (7:30 p.m.) 6,330 sec. -ft..

Mar.

1,110 

766 

646 

597 

565

581 

663 

630 

614

731

697 

597 

838 

1,730 

1,630

1,190 

912 

748 

714 

630

616 

5,320 

'3,750 

2,540 

1,350

990 

893 

1,230

1,150 

1,150 

1,150

Apr.

990 

893 

837 

801 

801

766 

680 

614 

581 

565

1,510 

1,430 

1,070 

801 

630

565 

534 

504 

490 

475

504 

1,130 

2,080 

1,480 

1,070

697 

597 

731 

1,190 

2,240

Maximum

1,150 

13,900 

2,080

13,900

1,580 

2,540 

5,320 

2,240 

6,030 

1,190 

1,680 

1,930 

) 2,080

13,900

May

4,370 

6,030 

4,270 

2,420 

1,430

1,010 

801 

697 

663 

614

565 

550 

519 

490 

475

446 

446 

446 

417 

403

403 

389 

389 

403 

519

504 

432 

417 

432 

731 

912

Minimum

278 

286 

663

257

534 

597 

565 

475 

389 

356 

342 

389 

326

278

June

731 

550 

446 

403 

389

375 

361 

356 

432 

630

990 

837 

1,030 

1,190 

748

748 

534 

432 

389 

389

460 

550 

680 

1,030 

766

614 

490 

403 

375 

361

Mean

365 

2,507 

1,097

843

779 

972 

1,185 

909 

1,051 

590 

674 

773 

573

954

July

446 

446 

534 

550

460

432 

389 

361 

342 

375

534 

987 

,310 

,680 

,190

990 

,030 

,07u 

1,070 

550

565 

550 

565 

565 

534

597 

490 

534 

504 

534 

697

Aug.

1,040 

1,400 

1,430 

990 

874

630 

519 

893 

874 

1,070

801 

550 

801 

630 

614

630 

614 

534 

714 

1,930

1,270 

874 

614 

519 

475

460 

417 

403 

389 

475 

519

Per square 

mile

1.12 

7.71 

3.38

2.59

2.40 

2.99 

3.65 

2.80 

3.23 

1.82 

2.07 

2.38 

1.76

2.94

Sept.

432 

389 

375 

504 

1,560

2,080 

1,390

748 

534 

475

432 

389

375 

361 

348

339 

345 

663 

446 

614

597 

597 

614 

446 

389

361 

356 

356 

339 

326

Runoff in 

inches

1.30 

8.61 

3.89

35.30

2.76 

3.11 

4.20 

3.12 

3.73 

2.02 

2.39 

2.74 

1.97

39.84

r. 25 (5 a.m.) 7,980 sec. -ft.; Nov. 28 (1 p.m.) 15,400 

May 2 (10 a.m.) 6,810 sec. -ft.
402 ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN

Escatabia River near Century, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°58', long. 87°15', on line between sees. 9 and

 I'O, T. 5 N.. R. 30 W. , at bridge on State Highway 4, ij miles downstream from Conecuh 

River and l| miles east of Century.

Drainage area. 3,700 square miles.

Records available. October 1934 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 15 years, 7,082 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 70,200 second-feet Dec. 2 (gage height, 20.43

 f'e'et) ; minimum, 1,460 second-feet Oct. 6 (gage height, 3.23 feet).

1934-49: Maximum discharge, 73,900 second-feet Mar. 22, 1938 (gage height, 20.66 

feet, from floodmarks); minimum observed, 810 second-feet Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 1, 2, 1938; 

minimum gage height observed, 1.90 feet Nov. 2, 1938.

Maximum stage known, 37.8 feet in March 1929, from Information by local residents 

(discharge, 315,000 second-feet, from rating curve extended above 72,000 second-feet).

Remarks. Records good. Some regulation by power plants above station.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Dec. Z Dec. 3 to Sept. 30

3.3 1,490 10.0 6,420 16.0 19,000 4.2 1,870 12.0 8,400 17 

4.5 2,090 12.0 8,880 17.0 26,100 5.0 2,300 13.0 10,200 18 

6.0 3,090 14.0 11,900 18.0 37,500 7.0 3,560 14.0 12,800 20 

8.0 4,700 15.0 14,500 20.4 69,800 9.0 5,150 15.0 15,900 

11.0 7,080 16.0 20,300

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,760 

1,730 

1,800 

1,680 

1,520

1,650 

1,960 

2,100 

2,170 

2,190

3,590 

5,030 

4,270 

3,310 

2,940

2,830 

2,830 

2,740 

2,370 

2,200

2,170 

2,140 

1,960 

1,890 

1,780

1,620 

1,660 

1,820 

1,820 

1,810 

1,780

Nov.

1,710 

1,620 

1,770 

2,070 

2,280

4,510 

6,980 

7,370 

6,490 

6,820

7,900 

7,970 

7,170 

6,280 

4,980

4,120 

4,610 

5,160 

5,710 

9,290

10,700 

13,700 

20,400 

27,300 

31,300

28,300 

33,500 

53,200 

60,000 

59,100

Dec.

63,800 

69,500 

66,700 

54,100 

41,500

33,500 

27,600 

24,200 

21,700 

20,800

19,400 

17,100 

15,000 

13,500 

11,600

10,500 

10,400 

9,920 

10,100 

10,500

10,500 

10,600 

11,000 

11,100 

12,100

14,500 

15,400 

14,100 

10,800 

13,000 

15,100

Jan.

15,700 

14,500 

13,000 

11,600 

11,800

14,900 

17,000 

17,700 

16,600 

15,200

13,800 

12,600 

11,000 

9,820 

6,670

7,750 

7,160 

7,080 

T,690 

8,670

8,770 

8,350 

8,350 

8,370 

7,080

6,600 

6,510 

6,750 

7,110 

6,930 

6,800

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber. .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948

i. ........... ... .

1 .................... . . .

st ............... ... ...

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 .... . .

Feb.

7,360 

7,540 

7,470 

7,300 

8,110

9,610 

10,700 

11,300 

10,600 

10,400

10,900 

11,500 

12,100 

12,000 

12,800

14,100 

14,800 

14,600 

14,200 

16,100

17,000 

17,200 

16,600 

15,700 

15,000

14,600 

14,800 

15,300

Secondfoot-days

71.120 

442, 31C 

689, 62C

3,282,37C

323, 86C 

349,690 

346,850 

342,950 

313,370 

158^380 

273,680 

178,020 

88,150

3,578,OOC

Mar.

14,800 

12,600 

9,520 

8,290 

7,590

7,210 

7,360 

7,290 

6,900 

6,870

7,380 

7,220 

7,040 

9,040 

10,800

10,900 

11,000 

10,800 

10,600 

9,970

8,770 

13,200 

20,400 

21,100 

19,400

16,800 

14,200 

12,500 

12,200 

12,300 

12,800

Apr.

12, 

12, 

13, 

15, 

16,

18, 

IV, 

15, 

12, 

10,

10, 

13, 

14, 

14, 

13,

10, 

8, 

8, 

7, 

6,

6,

6, 

11,

is',

8, 

6, 

6,

7, 

12,

Maximum

5,030 

60,000 

69,500

69,500

17,700 

17,200 

21,100 

18,000 

27,600 

7,860 

16,800 

9,710 

4,910

69,500

Peak discharge (base, 23,000 sec. -ft.). Dec. 2 (5 p.m.

100 

100 

800 

200 

900

000 

400 

500 

900 

OOO

100 

100 

400 

700 

100

700 

980 

020 

090 

440

090 

960 

200 

100 

200

740 

590 

250 

290 

000

May

17,800 

24,700 

27,600 

26,800 

24,700

22,500 

21,200 

19,600 

17,100 

13,600

9,410 

7,040 

6,230 

5,770 

5,170

4,430 

3,900 

4,180 

4,120 

3,990

3,850 

3,640 

3,330 

3,050 

3,400

3,600 

3,610 

3,980 

4,590 

4,660 

5,820

Minimum

1,520 

1,620 

9,920

1,520

6,510 

7,300 

6,870 

6,090 

3,050 

2,870 

3,570 

2,930 

1,900

1,520

June

7,860 

7,090 

5,420 

4,620 

3,940

3,430 

2,870 

2,980 

3,250 

4,110

5,440 

7,020 

7,500 

7,080 

6,430

6,570 

6,290 

5,460 

4,760 

4,390

4,560 

5,400 

6,060 

6,400 

6,130

5,630 

4,970 

4,340 

4,230 

4,130

Mean

2,294 

14,740 

22,250

8,968

10,450 

12,490 

11,190 

11,430 

10,110 

5,279 

8,828 

5,743 

2,938

9,803

July

4,120 

4,380 

5,100 

5,700 

5,010

4,620 

4,440 

4,300 

4,010 

3,570

3,570 

4,020 

6,130 

7,350 

8,790

10,200 

12,200 

14,700 

16,100 

16,800

16,400 

15,300 

14,300 

14,000 

13,300

13,400 

11,800 

8,660 

8,040 

7,060 

6,310

0 26,600 

0 37,500 

2 67,100

Aug.

6, 

7, 

8, 

9, 

9,

8, 

7, 

6, 

7, 

8,

7, 

6, 

5, 

4, 

4,

4, 

4, 

4, 

4, 

5,

6, 

5, 

4, 

4, 

4,

4, 

3, 

3, 

3, 

2, 

3,

Per square 

mile

0.620 

3.98 

6.01

2.42

2.82 

3.38 

3.02 

3.09 

2.73 

1.43 

2.39 

1.55 

.794

2.65

) 70,200 see. -ft. i May 3 (9 a.m

670 

830 

670 

450 

710

960 

600 

840 

270 

080

290 

080 

240 

660 

180

100 

220 

060 

170 

740

430 

190 

540 

850 

410

060 

890 

650 

440 

930 

810

Sept.

3,950 

3,550 

3,110 

3,010 

3,770

4,790 

4,910 

4,880 

3,720 

3,350

3,000 

2,730 

2,360 

2,460 

2,520

2,460 

2,370 

2,590 

2,410 

2,260

2,700 

2,900 

3,070 

2,710 

2,440

2,110 

1,900 

1,950 

2,070 

2,100

Runoff in 

inches

0.71 

4.45 

6.93

33.00

3.26 

3.51 

3.49 

3.45 

3.15 

1.59 

2.75 

1.79 

.69

35.97

) 27,700
ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN 403

Conecuh River near Troy, Ala.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 31°51>, long. 86°00', in NE£ sec. 13, T. 10 N., R, 20 E., at 

oridge on U. S, Highway 231, ij miles downstream from Mannings Creek and 3 miles north 

of Troy.

Drainage area.--240 square miles.

Records available. October 1943 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 18,000 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 16.1 

reet, from floodmark); minimum observed, 11 second-feet Sept. 19.

1943-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 28, 1948; minimum observed, 3.8 secondfeet Sept. 6, 1947.

Remarks. Records good. Gage read once daily.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 2o)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 10 Feb. 11 to Sept. 30

2.3 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

6.5

92

122

196

288

349

7.0 

7.5 

8.0 

8.5 

9.0 

9.5 

10.0

430

527

669

875

1,180

1,590

2,110

10.5

11.0

12.0

13.0

13.5

14.5

15.0

2,800

3,600

5,390

7,600

9,010

12,100

13,900

1.2 

1.5 

1.7 

2.0 

2.5 

3.-0 

3.5 

4.0

11

16

22

33

52

74

97

128

4.5 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0 

6.5 

7.0 

7.5 

8.0

170

213

272

333

402

492

610

761

S.5

9.0

9.5

10.0

10.5

11.3

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1943 to September 1949

367

1,270

1,710

2,250

2,860

4,110

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

299

204

110

82

82

82

68

60

52

48

87

278

288

248

212

150

92

68

60

56

56

56

52

48

44

44

42

40

40

40

40

Nov.

40

42

50

52

82

229

418

60S

380

239

212

204

164

122

122

110

122

136

250

505

743

1,800

3,270

5,200

3,940

2,500

11,500

14,100

6,190

3,270

-

Dec.

1,790

1,330

1,040

925

875

784

743

784

828

784

705

577

505

448

413

396

396

669

2,300

2,800

1,880

1,110

828

669

577

527

485

466

448

577

980

Jan.

980

743

605

551

527

778

1,040

925

743

577

485

413

364

335

310

299

288

288

364

448

551

527

448

413

349

310

288

288

299

310

430

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

754

980

743

605

577

551

577

551

886

2,950

3,280

2,420

1,520

967

797

637

610

610

674

2,460

2,490

1,710

1,270

920

727

584

535

584

-

_

-

Secondfoe t-days

3,128

56,597

27,639

200,399.4

15,276

31,969

17,189

21,538

14,877

9,099

13,042

4,032

822

215,208

Mar. .

610

610

559

492

418

402

435

559

584

610

584

559

435

418

637

96T

761

695

637

535

453

418

472

637

559

435

373

373

472

610

880

Apr.

2,250

1,610

1,020

920

876

876

876

727

559

472

402

535

761

876

727

559

435

346

296

218

188

198

218

198

188

161

136

144

656

4,110

Maximum

299

14,100

2,800

14,100

1,040

3,280

967

4,110

3,130

876

1,930

359

61

14,100

May

3,130

2,250

1,800

920

835

637

492

320

333

333

418

308

188

161

136

121

114

102

87

87

83

78

98

470

378

228

161

136

121

108

244

Minimum

40

40

396

7.0

288

535

373

136

78

52

97

38

11

11

June

188

161

114

87

74

61

54

52

110

181

333

418

610

876

665

584

535

359

198

170

161

179

373

373

453

453

435

296

296

250

Mean

101

1,887

892

548

493

1,142

554

718

480

303

421

130

27.4

590

July

218

144

136

128

136

179

161

128

121

117

624

678

280

144

144

263

466

665

1,190

1,930

1,130

876

727

727

492

373

320

198

136

114

97

Aug.

114

299

296

296

359

333

250

121

97

87

83

92

87

78

65

61

61

85

144

108

121

179

144

102

83

65

56

48

42

38

Per square 

Bile

0.421

7.86

3.72

2.28

2.05

4.76

2.31

2.99

2.OO

1.26

1.75

.542

.114

2.46

38

Sept.

36

34

33

36

38

44

61

56

44

34

28

21

19

17

16

14

13

12

11

16

25

50

40

28

21

17

15

15

14

14

Runoff in 

inches

0.48

8.77

4.28

31.05

2.37

4.95

2.66

3.34

2.31

1.41

2.02

.62

.13

33.34

Peak discharge (base, 2,500 sec.-ft.). Nov. 24 (10 a.m.) 5,780 sec.-ft.; Nov. 28 (1 a.m^) 18.0OO 

sec.-ft.; Dec. 20 (11 a.m.; 2,950 sec.-ft.; Feb. 11 (5 a.m.) 3,440 sec.-ft.; Wb. 20~Tl p.m.) 2,860 

sec.-ft.; Apr. 30 (4 p.m.; 4,650 sec.-ft.
404 ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN

Conecuh River at Brantley, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°34>, long. 86°15', in SEij sec. 16, T. 7 N., R. 18 

K., at bridge on State Highway 52, half a mile downstream from Moody Mill Creek and 

three-quarters of a mile southeast of Brantley. Datum of gage is 226.2 feet above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

.Drainage area.--485 square miles.

Records available. October 1937 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 13 years, 817 second-feet.

Extremes. --Maximum discharge during year, 15,800 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 23.0 

reetJ; minimum, 136 second-feet Sept. 30 (gage height, 2.15 feet).

1937-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 29, 1948; minimum, 43 second-feet Oct. 25, 

26, 1941 (gage height, 1.26 feet).

Remarks. Records good. 

Revisions. W 952: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.1 130 11.0 1,600 16.0 4,600 

3.0 234 12.0 1,940 17.0 5,700 

5.0 498 13.0 2,400 19.0 8,45O 

7.0 799 14.0 2,980 21. 0 11,900 

10.0 1,370 15.0 3,700 23.0 15,8OO

Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

484 

47O 

428 

456 

498

414 

309 

258 

228

210

246 

442 

554 

526 

484

428 

374 

316 

270 

234

216 

204 

192 

186 

186

180 

174 

174 

168 

168 

163

Nov.

163 

168 

186 

216 

283

568 

735 

816 

867 

884

867

833 

688 

540 

470

428 

428 

470 

703 

1,070

1,050 

1,630 

2,500 

3,330 

4,910

7,270 

10,300 

10,900 

15,600 

12,200

Dec.

8,000 

5,020 

3,540 

2,80O 

2,250

1,860 

1,690 

1,980 

2,020 

1,820

1,600 

1,470 

1,390 

1,310 

gl,230

gl,150 

gl,070 

1,030 

1,170 

1,430

2,180 

3,780 

3,050 

2,350 

1,900

1,570

1,410 

1,270 

1,210 

1,450 

1,390

Jan.

1,310 

1,250 

1,310 

1,430 

1,540

1,940 

1,690 

1,450 

1,350 

1,390

1,410

1,310 

1,170 

1,070 

974

884 

816 

799 

902 

920

920 

902 

920 

938 

956

920 

850 

833 

799 

767 

938

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Haro 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. ................. . . . . .

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember .......... .............

ter year 1948 49 . . .........

Feb.

992 

974 

974 

1,050 

1,310

1,410 

1,350 

1,250 

1,210 

1,290

1,350 

2,200 

3,780 

3,330 

2,560

1,980 

1,720 

1,490 

1,330 

1,370

1,370 

1,660 

2,860 

2,860 

2,300

1,720 

1,470 

1,330

Secondfoot-days

9,640 

81,073 

65,390

409,100

34,658 

48,490 

32,951 

38,745 

36,461 

19,999 

33,492 

15,507 

5,755

422,161

Mar.

1,170 

1,050 

974 

938 

938

902 

867 

833 

799

902

920

938 

920 

,070 

,540

,470 

,210 

,110 

,210

,290

1,170 

1,190 

1,190 

1,070 

974

920 

920

1,010 

1,030 

956 

1,470

Apr.

2,500 

2,150 

2,450 

2,920 

2,400

1,940 

1,630 

1,450 

1,310 

1,230

1,250 

1,510 

1,510 

1,350 

1,210

1,150 

1,150 

1,090 

974 

816

688 

613 

673 

643 

583

526 

484 

484 

751 

1,310

Maximum

554 

15,600 

8,000

15,600

1,940 

3,780 

1,540 

2,920 

5,240 

1,030 

3,260

1,010

302

15,600

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 sec. -ft.). Nov. 29 (9 a.m

May

1,630 

4,800 

5,24O 

3,540 

2,860

2,350 

1,720 

1,330 

1,050 

867

688 

613 

613 

613 

526

456 

414 

387 

361 

335

322 

302 

283 

540 

554

735 

833 

719 

554 

583 

643

Minimum

163 

163 

1,030

105

767 

974 

799 

484 

283 

240 

361 

222 

140

140

June

628 

568 

484 

400 

348

302 

270 

252 

240 

428

568 

628 

751 

850 

938

974 

1,010 

1,03O 

884 

751

598 

554 

703 

783 

867

850 

938 

884 

799 

719

Mean

311 

2,702 

2,109

1,118

1,118 

1,732 

1,063 

1,292 

1,176 

667 

1,080 

500 

192

1,157

July

628 

540 

498 

598 

583

456 

387 

387 

374

361

783 

1,450 

992 

938 

1,090

1,540 

1,430 

992 

1,090 

1,090

1,290 

1,470 

2,740 

3,260 

2,350

1,750 

1,410 

1,090 

799 

628 

498

Aug.

484 

884 

1,010 

974 

974

867 

850 

833 

719 

568

470 

400 

361 

335 

322

309 

316 

335 

348 

456

442 

414 

428 

442 

387

335 

296 

264 

240 

222 

222

Per square 

mile

0.641 

5.57 

4.35

2.31

2.31 

3.57 

2.19 

2.66 

2.42 

1.38 

2.23 

1.03 

.396

2.39

.) 15,800 sec. -ft.; May 2 (9 p.m

Sept.

228 

222 

210 

216 

222

283 

296 

302 

296 

240

216 

192 

174 

168 

163

158 

153 

152 

152 

152

158 

168 

163 

168 

174

152 

146 

146

146 

140

Runoff in 

inches

0.74 

6.22 

5.01

31.36

2.66 

3.72 

2.53 

2.97 

2.80 

1.53 

2.57 

1.19 

.44

32.38

) 6,320 .-ft.

g Computed from graph baaed on gage readings.
ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN

Conecuh River near Andalusia, Ala. 

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°16i, long. 86°36', in

at Simmons Bridge on State Highway 83, 7j miles southwest of Andalusia.

sec. 1, T. 3 N., R. 14 

j f Andalusia. Datum of

gage is 106.77 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of

1943 (levels by Corps of Engineers). 

Drainage area. 1,300 square miles. 

Kecprds available. August 1904 to December 1919 (published as Conecuh River at Beck),

September 1929 to September 1949. 

Average discharge. 35 years, 2,024 second-feet. 

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 35,400 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 37.5

I'eet) ; minimum, 94 s«cond-feet Nov. 1; minimum daily, 170 second-feet Sept. 25. 

1904-19, 1929-49: Maximum discharge observed, 42,000 second-feet Mar. 19, 1913

(gage, height, 39'.2 feet); minimum, 40 second-feet Nov. 3, 1941; minimum daily, 47

second-feet Oct. 26, Nov. 9, 1941.

Maximum stage knqwn, 47.64 feet Mar. 15, 1929 (discharge, 154,000 second-feet, by

slope-area method). 

Remarks .--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Plow regulated by hydroelectric plants and by Gantt Reservoir (usable capacity, 12,100

acre-feet) on Conecuh River at Gantt, and by Point A Reservoir (usable capacity, 2,300

acre-feet) on Conecuh River, half a mile below Patsaliga Creek. 

Revisions (water years) . W 697: Drainage area. W 1112: 1913 (M).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second- feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 Dec. 1 to Sept. 30

1.7 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

6.0

165

233

359

512

1,570

10.0

15.0

25.0

28.0

31.0

3,200

5,710

11,400

13,800

17,500

34.0

36.0

37.2

23,500

29,400

34,100

1.4 

2.0 

2.5

170

300

424

815

7.0 2,000

13.0 4,660

15.0 5,710

Note. Same as preceding 

table above 15.0 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

f675

465

188

578

883

a780

a750

a850

a85Q

a480

a260

al,130

a960

al,130

al,240

al,380

al.100

793

834

1,020

752

684

544

252

490

732

720

692

670

f472

f248

Nov.

452

728

762

705

1,380

3,210

3,720

3,460

4,420

5,210

4,280

3,970

3,300

1,900

1,640

1,640

1,730

1,830

2,730

3,380

3,400

5,550

6,580

8,490

10,300

11,500

19,800

29,400

32,400

34,100

-

Dec.

29 , 400

18,400

13,400

10,800

9,460

5,840

5,710

7,230

5,700

5,000

4,760

4,880

3,740

3,510

3,760

3,610-

3,160

3,280

3,480

3,520

4,620

4,120

4,900

7,370

6,450

5,840

3,080

3,600

4,000

4,800

3,870

Month

October. ...............

November. ..............

December. ..............

Calendar year 1948 . .

January. ........ ......

February ...............

March. .................

April.. ................

May................. ..

June ...................

July. ..................

August .................

September. .............

Water year 1948-49 . .

Jan.

3,890

3,

3,

4,

940

510

140

4,610

5,730

4,

5,

4,

300

220

080

4,100

4,330

4,

3,

3,

140

630

240

2,870

2,380

2,

z,

2,

840

700

920

2,980

3,080

4,

2,

2,

880

180

430

2,730

2,520

2,

2,

2,

2,

250

460

290

020

2,600

Feb.

2,570

2,860

2,790

3,000

4,010

5,810

3,090

3,060

3,640

3,460

4,090

3,280

6,010

7,310

7,150

5,550

5,520

4,920

4,090

4,710

5,310

5,020

5,510

6,340

6,200

5,340

6,170

3,900

_

_

-

Bar.

2,400

2,900

2,460

2,670

2,640

2,700

2,120

2,470

2,420

2~,680

2,720

2,740

4,220

1,810

3,450

3,940

3,840

4,030

3,480

3,020

2,270

4,240

3,550

4,170

3,410

3,180

2,860

3,060

3,800

3,060

3,220

Apr.

5,550

5,280

7,380

6,260

6,140

5,640

4,970

4,020

3,660

3,360

3,460

4,820

4,530

4,260

3,320

3,540

3,000

2,940

2,770

2,700

2,590

2,760

4,140

2,160

2,080

2,200

2,200

2,320

2,380

3,800

-

Observed

Secondfoot-days

22,602

211 , 967

201,290

1,171,429

105,590

130,710

95,530

114,250

90, 830 

55,672

105,903

54,215 

20,759

1,209,318

Maximum

1,380

34,100

29,400

34,100

5,730

7,310

4,240

7,380

7,590

2,400

8,100

3,150 

1,060

34,100

Minimum

188

452

3,080

169

2,020

2,570

1,810 

2,080

678

732

803

170

170

Mean

729

7,066

6,493

3,201

3,406

4,668 

3 ,082

3 j&QB

2 930

1,856

3,416

1,749 

692

3,313

Bay

7,560

5,920

5,800

7,090

7,590

6,810

5,900

5,180

4,160

2,440

2,430

2,200

2,100

1,330

f678

f 1,200

1,450

1,460

1,440

1,320

f 1,040

f742

fl,040

1,430

1,420

1,560

2,020

2,080

1,610

1,680

2,150

June

2,120

2,070

1,930

i'1,190

f732

fl,020

f 1,260

f 1,200

f 1,080

fl,170

2,200

f 1,080

1,590

2,260

2,330

2,300

2,270

2,230

1,980

2,100

2,400

2,260

2,260

2,300

2,100

1,800

1,970

2,120

2,190

2,160

-

Change in

contents

(equivalent, 

second-feet) t

+20

+143

+15

+3

-38

-5

+1

-35

-3

+19

+24

-69

-41

+2

July

2

2

1

1

fl

1

1

fl

fl

,120

,030

72O

,420

,280

,340

,510

,250

,240

f803

1

2

2

3

4

6

8

5

4

3

4

4

5

8

5

2

4

4

2

2

2

Adju

re

Bean

749

7 209

6^508

3,204

3,368

4,563 

3,083

3,773

2,927

1 , 875

3,440 

1,680

651

3,315

,670

,080

,300

,850

,850

,860

,040

,940

,200

,910

,630

,920

,560

,100

,490

,660

,280

,170

,830

,810

,040

Aug.

2,060

2,4

2,4

2,8

60

40

30

3,150

2,850

2,5

2,4

3,0

20

90

70

2,590

2,390

fl,3

fl,l

f6

40

80

80

f 1,130

1,480

fl.l

fl.O

fl,2

60

80

30

f 1,240

f 1,100

1,9

2,0

fl,4

80

40

40

1,420

1,610

fl,3

f7

f7

fl,2

60

80

66

80

f 1,090

Sept.

fl,030

f934

f818

f370

f79B

1,030

902

873

834

728

372

707

966

916

814

f808

f558

f209

f637

f808

f784

f634

f698

387

170

401

596

744

620

583

-

3 ted for change In

servoir co

Per square 

mile

0.576

5.55

5.01

2.46

2 .59

3 59

2 37

2.90

2 . 25

l'.44

2 .65

1.29

.501

2.55

ntents

Runoff in 

inches

0.66

6.19

5.78

33.56

2.99

3.74

2.73

3 .24

2. 59

i!ei

3.06

1.49

.56

34.64

t Change in contents in Gantt and Point A Reservoirs.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Brooklyn. 

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record. 

980338 0-52-27
406 ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN

Conecuh River near Brooklyn, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°lQi, long. 86°48', in Wj sec. 6, T. 2 N., R. 13 

K., at bridge on U. S. Highway 29, 3 miles downstream from Sepulga River and 7 miles 

southwest of Brooklyn. Datum of gage is 76.95 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, 

supplementary adjustment of 1943.

Drainage area. 2,400 square miles.

Records available.--May 1935 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 14 years, 4,374 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 67,300 second-feet Dec. 1 (gage height, 38.6 

reet); minimum daily, 510 second-feet Nov. 1.

1935-49: Maximum discharge, that of Dec. 1, 1948; minimum daily, 255 second-feet 

Oct. 27, 1941.

Maximum stage known, about 41 feet Mar. 15, 1929.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow partly regulated by Gantt and Point A Reservoirs (see preceding page for monthly 

change in contents) and power plants.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

a900

g945

g702

a640

al,050

1,370

1,330

1,460

1,460

1,060

838

1,740

1,550

1,740

1,840

1,990

1,690

1,060

1,190

1,280

1,190

1,060

982

S820

a65O

873

l.OEO

1,020

982

945

a769

Nov.

510

838

1,100

1,060

1,550

3,860

5,700

4,990

5,630

6,420

6,640

6,060

5,130

3,510

2,700

. 2,400

2,700

2,760

4,210

6,280

6,350

8,630

12,700

16,100

18,500

21,400

25,500

33,500

47,400

61,800

-

Dec.

66,200

51,900

38,200

28,700

20,400

14,600

10, 1OO

11,100

11,600

9,850

8,940

8,240

7,220

6,500

6,210

6,210

5,630

5,560

5,920

6,350

7,360

7,650

8,020

9,760

9,850

9,510

7,07O

5,990

6,210

8,630

8,240

Jan.

8,020

7,500

7,220

7,140

8,240

10,600

10,300

9,930

8,940

8,710

7,940

7.14O

6,500

5,700

5,130

4,640

4,780

4,710

5,200

5,630

5,700

6,280

5,920

4,710

4,640

4,420

4,000

4,210

4,280

3,930

4,570

Month

October .......................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February ...... ..........

March .......................... .

April ............................

May..............................

June .......................

July ................ ... .

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948 49 ............

Feb.

4,99O

5,350

5,200

5,200

6,140

7,870

7,290

6,140

6,710

7,000

8,320

8,710

8,860

11,100

11,300

10,OOO

8,860

7,940

7,290

8,940

1O,200

10,500

10,200

10,300

10,000

8,630

8,100

8,320

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

36,146

325 92f

417^720

2,081,539

196,630

229,460

185,940

203,180

173,650

92,990

194,110

108,060

38,652

2,202,466

Mar.

6,210

5,780

5,350

5,130

4,780

4,570

4,420

4,350

4,280

4,710

4,710

4,570

5,700

4,710

6,210

7,140

7,290

7,O70

6,710

5,920

4,350

6,710

8,940

9,100

8,470

7,070

5,990

6,210

6,930

6,50O

6,060

Apr.

8,710

10,300

12,700

14,500

12,600

10,700

8,860

7,220

6,140

5,560

5,490

8,170

8,240

7,430

6,350

5,990

5,420

4,570

4,140

3,930

3,720

4,280

7,720

5,630

3,930

3,580

3,370

3,440

4,140

6,350

-

Maximum

1,99O

61,800

66,200

66,200

10,600

11,300

9,100

14,500

15,900

4,500

13,800

6,570

2,190

66,20O

May

9,93O

14,300

14,400

15,200

15,900

14,4,00

11,300

9,020

7,220

5,130

4,350

3,930

3,720

3,020

2,340

1,840

2,460

2,460

2,400

2,290

2,O90

1,740

1,460

1,990

2,140

2,290

2,950

3,510

3,160

2,640

4,070

Minimum

640

510

5,560

510

3,930

4,990

4, 280

3,370

1,460

1,330

1,790

1,370

588

510

June

3,930

3,580

3,300

2,520

2,O90

1,330

1,840

1,840

1,740

1,790

3,160

3,650

2,950

4,000

4,350

4,500

4,000

3,510

3,160

3,160

3,720

3,650

3,300

3,510

3,370

3,090

2,820

3,020

3,090

3,020

-

Mean

1,166

10,860

13,480

5,687

6,343

8,195

5,998

6 , 773

5,602

3,100

6 , 26C

3,486

1,288

6,034

July

3,090

2,950

2,820

2,820

, 2,520

2,820

3,160

2,950

2,340

1,990

1,790

2,880

3,580

5,920

7,650

10,400

12,500

13,800

12,900

12,000

10,300

9,680

9,260

9,600

10,200

6,860

6,420

6,710

5,280

4,780

4,140

Aug.

3,65O

4,350

6,060

6,570

6,500

5,630

4,920

5,200

5,560

4,920

4,280

3,370

2,580

2,290

1,890

2,400

2,400

2,090

2,090

2,640

2,640

2,950

3,790

3,090

2,950

2,820

2,580

2,400

1,370

1,990

2,090

Per square 

mile

0.486

4.52

5.62

2.37

2.64

3.41

2.50

2.82

2 33

U29

2.61

1.45

.537

2.51

Sept.

2,190

1,890

1,740

1,510

982

1,690

1,690

1,690

1,640

1,510

1,330

891

1,370

1,420

1,370

1,240

1,280

982

735

1,190

1,280

1,240

1,190

1,150

8O3

588

909

1,020

1,150

982

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.56

5.05

6.47

32.25

3.04

3.55

2.88

3 15

2.69

1 »44 3)01

1.67

.60

34.11

Peak discharge (base, 16,000 3ec.-ft.). Dec. 1 (8 a.m.) 67,300 sec.-ft.; May 5 (3 p.m.) 16,400

sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharg 

g Computed from graph based on ga

computed on basla of records for station near Andalusia. 

e readings.
ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN 407

Patsaliga Creek at Luverne, Ala.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 31°44', long. 86°17', in SW£ sec. 29, T. 9 N., R. 18 E., 

at bridge on State Highways 9 and 10, 1 mile northwest of Luverne and 3 miles downstream from Pond Creek. Datum of gage is 267.53 feet above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1943.

Drainage area. 250 square miles.

Records available. October 1943 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 16,700 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 16.8 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 69 second-feet Oct. 27, 28, 

31, Nov. 1.

1943-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 28, 1948; minimum observed, 27 secondfeet June 28, 1945 (gage height, 1.67 feet).

Remarks.--Records good. Gage read once daily.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 27 Nov. 28 to Sept. 30

2.6 66

3.0 90

4.0 151

5.0 233

6.0 345

7.0 490

8.0 680

Mote. Same as following table above 8.O 

feet.

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

8.0

152

242

356

498

680

9.0

9.5

10.0

10.5

11.0

11.5

909

1,050

1,260

1,600

2,120

2,800

12.0 3,640

12.5 4,640

14.0 8,300

16.0 14,300

Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1946 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

102 

84 

72 

138 

158

138 

114 

96 

84 

78

237 

275 

297 

309 

188

126 

102 

90 

84 

84

78 

78 

75

72 

72

72 

69 

69 

72 

72 

69

Nov.

69 

75 

102 

114 

966

2,120 

2,800 

2,650 

1,690 

1,120

767 

507 

398 

333 

264

243 

297 

309 

618 

884

935 

1,370 

2,800 

7,050 

6,300

3,830 

8,830 

13,800 

5,800 

3,640

Dec.

2,510 

1,600 

1,210 

991 

909

813 

790 

836 

813 

813

790 

723 

619 

547 

514

498 

482 

600 

1,020 

2,970

2,650 

1,520 

1,050 

836 

723

701 

659 

600 

639 

745 

790

Jan.

1,130 

1,160 

909 

813 

790

1,030 

1,690 

1,520 

1,210 

899

659 

564 

514 

482 

437

423 

409 

423 

514 

564

723 

813 

745 

547 

437

409 

395 

409 

395 

423 

514

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ............. ............

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948

h. .......... ................

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

564 

774 

1,080 

909 

745

659 

701 

767 

909 

2,090

4,020 

3,290 

1,790 

1,080 

860

723 

639 

619 

1,110

2,760

3,830 

2,650 

1,570 

1,020 

813

639 

582 

582

Secondfoot-days

3,135 

70,68 

30,96

252,80'

21,95< 

37,77 

20,41 

19,67 

17,48 

9,83 

23,05 

12,28 

3,12

270,90

Peak discharge (base, 3,OOO sec. -ft.). Noi

sec. -ft.

Mar.

659 

745 

701 

530 

452

423 

423

452 

530 

639

582 

582 

639 

701 

813

884 

1,050 

1,050 

792 

547

482 

619 

639 

680 

767

723 

530 

514 

514 

564 

1,190

Apr.

1,440 

2,120 

1,790 

1,120 

935

860 

813

767 

659 

498

514

564 

680 

813 

884

813 

564 

382 

308 

274

252 

242 

285 

285 

252

222 

203 

194 

324 

619

Maximum

t 309 

L 13,800 

L 2,970

' 13,800

D 1,690 

5 4,020 

5 1,190 

3 2,120 

5 2,300 

> 659 

7 1,790 

3 1,310 

3 176

5 13,800

May

1,310 

2,240 

2,120 

2,120 

2,300

960 

514 

332 

274 

232

212 

203 

194

176 

168

160 

152 

138 

131 

124

117 

117 

230 

423

701

463 

296 

194 

252 

263 

369

Minimum

69 

69 

482

46

395

564 

423 

194 

117 

96 

124 

138 

72

69

June

382 

242 

168 

138 

117

110 

103 

96 

180 

344

467 

482 

452 

395 

409

437 

564 

659 

409 

194

194 

296 

285 

320 

409

423 

437 

382 

382

356

Mean

HE 

2,356 

99£

69]

706 

1,34S

65£ 

65£ 

564 

326 

744 

39£ 

104

742

July

252 

185 

252 

582

564

332 

203 

138 

131 

124

273 

1,070 

1,210 

1,520 

1,120

909 

860 

1,440 

1,790 

1,690

1,050 

836 

745 

1,O2O 

1,440

1,160 

860 

498 

308 

242 

203

Aug.

308 

467 

564 

836 

1,310

1,120 

991 

680 

356 

263

232 

242 

274 

222 

168

152 

160 

176 

242 

332

409 

467 

547 

498 

320

203 

168 

145 

138 

138 

160

Per square 

mile

0.472 

9.42 

4.00

2.76

2.83 

5.40 

2.64 

2.62 

2.26 

1.31 

2.98 

1.58 

.416

2.97

Sept.

160 

131

117 

110 

110

131 

176 

168 

138 

110

103

96 

90 

84 

84

78 

78 

78 

78 

96

103 

124 

124

96 

84

78 

78 

78 

75 

72

Runoff in 

inches

0.54 

10,51

4.61

37.59

3.27 

5.62 

3.04 

2.93 

2.60 

1.46 

3.43 

1.83 

.47

40.31

i. 24 (4 p.m.) 7,800 sec. -ft.; Nov. 28 (2 a.m.) 16,700 

;b. 11 (1 p.m.) 4,220 sec. -ft.; Feb. 21 (l a.m.) 4,430
408 ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN

Sepulga River near McKenzie, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°27', long. 86°47", In SE^ sec. 30, T. 6 N., R. 13 

tf., at Watt Bridge on TJ. S. Highway 31, three-eighths of a mile upstream from Old Town 

Creek, 2j miles upstream from'Plney Woods Creek, 5? miles downstream from Persimmon 

Creek, and 7 miles southwest of McKenzle. Datum of gage Is 155.96 feet above mean sea 

level, unadjusted (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 470 square miles.

Records available.--October 1937 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 12 years, 782 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 21,200 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 23.6 

 feet); minimum, 28 second-feet Oct. 1.

1937-49: Maximum discharge, 28,100 second-feet Mar. 17, 1938 (gage height, 24.5 

feet, from floodmark); minimum, 17 second-feet Oct. 16 to Nov. 7, 1938.

Maximum stage known, about 33 feet in March 1929, from information by local residents.

Remarks. Records good except those below 100 second-feet and those for periods of backwater from tributary inflow, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1948-49, except periods of backwater 

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

2.7 

2.9 

3.1

3.3

3.4

3.5

106

128 7.0

184

290

464

796

1,500

2,390

20.0

23.0

3,880

7,850

10,600

14,300

19,800

Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

28

40

43

41

37

34

48

74

64

51

109

106

82

101

146

102

72

59

51

47

44

42

41

41

40

40

39

39

38

37

37

Nov.

36

38

40

44

149

440

469

509

408

479

C440

263

231

217

166

151

178

166

C510

1,290

1,720

c2,OOO

03,100

5,800

8,800

8,360

cll.OOO

19,000

19,800

15,600

-

Dec.

10,700

5,280

2,630

1,940

1,460

1,160

1,060

1,580

1,980

1,620

1,300

1,100

924

784

719

672

639

672

975

1,620

1,580

1,580

1,580

1,340

991

828

828

754

c890

1,850

2,300

Jan.

1,980

1,670

1,460

1,270

1,420

2,260

2,300

2,120

1,9OO

1,500

1,060

828

724

661

611

572

530

530

742

1,100

1,030

892

772

628

551

504

494

530

6O6

644

754

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January .................... . .

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,160

1,200

1,030

924

1,130

1,540

1,420

1,270

1,900

2,790

3,300

3,090

2,390

2,030

1,670

1,300

1,130

1,2OO

cl,500

2,550

3,020

2,870

2,470

2,030

1,460

1,030

1,490

1,940

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

1 7T3

101*424

53,336

363,295

32 64 ^

50*834

42 ,261

38,716

8,111

32.70S

17,72]

3,523

414, 97E

Mar.

1,670

1,420

1,160

892

724

667

730

790

684

713

924

796

730

859

1,680

2,160

1,760

1,540

1,240

924

736

cl,700

2,870

3,230

2,470

1,670

1,240

1,240

1,620

1,580

1,850

Apr.

2,950

4,480

4,330

2,950

2,300

1,940

1,500

1,200

958

766

859

1,430

1,500

1,270

1,100

924

644

479

408

372

338

0420

892

796

546

412

326

310

596

1,720

-

Maximum

146

10*,700

19,800

2,300

3,300

3,230

4,480

5,720 

572

5,080

2,550

326

19,800

May

c2,500

c3,600

5,240

5,720

3,660

2,390

1,620

895

628

494

422

376

322

286

260

231

207

191

175

160

146

136

124

119

119

166

359

445

294

c250

c380

Minimum

28

36

639

27

494

924

667

310

119

97

133

157

54

28

June

436

347

252

200

154

126

113

102

97

c!30

c380

459

519

572

514

445

330

282

210

214

238

256

220

252

252

224

200

191

231

-

Mean

57 .2

3,381

1,721

993

1,053

1,816

1 ,364

1,291

1,030

271

1,055

572

117

1,137

July

181

133

c290

479

499

616

628

445

256

187

0170

C290

919

1,160

1,300

1,940

3,160

5,080

4,330

2,630

1,940

1,540

1,030

796

713

556

399

314

263

228

234

Aug.

C360

1,540

2,550

1,800

1,060

766

530

840

759

474

494

351

470

386

252

210

207

263

252

298

450

474

530

364

302

338

234

194

157

196

C620

Per square 

mile

0.122

7.19

3.66

2.11

2 24

siee

2.90

2 . 75

2^19

.577

2.24

1.22

.249

2.42

Sept.

326

220

166

136

126

149

228

267

164

136

115

101

92

65

80

60

68

65

82

81

85

61

81

77

69

66

62

62

59

54

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.14

8.03

4.22

28.74

2 . 56

4.02

3.34

3.06

2.53

.64

2 . 59

1^40

.28

32.83

Peak discharge (base, 5,5' 

ec.-ft.; May 4 (4 a.m.) 6,

.00 see.-ft.) . Nov 26 (11 p.m.) 21,200 sec.-ft.; Apr. 2 (10 p.m.) 5,080

,120 see.-ft.; July 16 (6 p.m.) 5,560 sec.-ft.

c Backwater from tributary inflow; discharge computed from recorder graph adjusted for backwater 

effect.
ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN 409

Pigeon Creek near Thad, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°29', long. 86 0 39', in H^ sec. 21, T. 6 H., R. 14 

E7T~at bridge on State Highway 55, ij miles upstream from Louisville & Hashville. Railroad bridge, 2 miles southeast of Thad, 3 miles upstream from Reedy Creek, and 5| miles 

southeast of McKenzie. Datum of gage is 172.58 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, 

supplementary adjustment of 1943.

Drainage area. 296 square miles.

Kecoras available.--October 1937 to September 1949.

Average aiscnarge. 12 years, 535 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 17,100 second-feet Hov. 29 (gage height, 27.1 reet}; minimum daily, 73 second-feet Oct. 5.

1937-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 29, 1948; minimum, 1.6 second-feet (result 

of unusual regulation) Oct. 11, 1938 (gage height, 1.66 feet); minimum daily, 22 secondfeet Sept. 28, Oct. 18, 1938.

Maximum stage known, about 30 feet in March 1929, from Information by local residents

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation and occasional regulation caused by small mill 

200 feet above station.

Revisions.--W 952: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Hov. 21)

2.8 70 10.0 1,100 21.0 6,200 

3.0 86 12. O 1,530 22.0 7,270 

4.0 175 14.0 2,140 23.0 8,600 

5.0 282 16.0 3,020 25.0 11,9OO 

6.0 410 18.0 4,100 26.2 14,700 

7.O 563 20.0 5,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

124 

95 

78 

75 

73

96 

146

137 

104 

88

128 

118 

185 

270 

343

294 

170 

124 

105 

96

91 

88 

88 

84 

82

81 

81 

80 

80 

81 

80

Nov.

81 

82 

84 

87 

208

438 

531 

597 

699 

897

987 

665 

396 

356 

300

264 

270 

282 

499 

665

735 

1,160 

2,160 

8,920 

4,740

5,330 

8,740 

11,500 

14,700 

7,790

Dec.

4,930 

3,320 

2,220 

1,680 

1,290

1,040 

987 

1,140 

1,250 

1,220

1,040 

951 

843 

717 

648

614 

597 

614 

735 

951

1,200 

1,740 

1,770 

1,330 

951

771 

717 

699 

807 

1,020 

1,160

Jan.

1,160 

1,200 

1,310 

1,140 

1,180

1,600 

1,770 

1,920 

1,890 

1,490

1,080 

825 

699 

631 

597

563 

531 

531 

648 

753

807 

825 

771 

648 

547

499 

483 

483 

468 

483 

580

Month

Goto 

Nove 

Decs

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Kara 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

»ber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary .... .

1. ................ ....

st ...........................

enber ........................

ter year 1948-49 .......... .

Feb.

682 

682 

717 

789

807

825 

789 

807 

843 

1>040

1.3SO 

1,550 

1,990 

2,020 

1,510

1,080 

879 

789 

1,020 

1,630

1,990 

1,920 

1,770 

1,490 

1,080

807 

735

771

Secondfoot-days

3,765 

69,163 

38,952

270,538

28,112 

32,392 

24,045 

27,869 

19,842 

12,682 

32,968 

11,775 

4,624

306,189

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 see. -ft.). Nov

Mar.

825 

S25 

843 

735 

580

531 

547 

515 

515 

563

580 

547 

580 

665 

861

1,080 

1,040 

951 

933 

717

547 

825 

1,100 

1,100 

951

933 

879 

735 

753 

789 

1,OOO

Apr.

1,820 

2jl40 

2,520 

2,380 

1,800

1,290 

1,000 

861 

771 

648

682 

951 

1,060 

1,040 

1,020

951 

735 

515 

424 

369

343

580 

879 

563 

438

382 

330 

330 

382 

665

Maximum

343

14,700 

4,930

14,700

1,920 

2,020 

1,100 

2,520 

2,140 

1,120 

3,070 

699 

288

14, 700

. 29 (3 a.m.

sec. -ft.; Feb. 14 (1 a.m.) 2,180 sec. -ft. j Apr. 5 (B p.m. 

ft.; July 19 (5 a.m.) 3,270 sec. -ft.

May

933 

2,140 

2^140 

1,990 

1,990

1,330 

1,130 

631 

438 

369

330 

306 

282 

259 

242

232 

215 

205 

190 

185

175 

165 

155 

185 

318

563 

614 

453 

306 

306 

515

Minimum

73 

81 

597

53

468 

682 

515 

330 

155 

155 

205 

205 

100

73

June

563 

468 

410 

382 

300

205 

175 

155 

175 

210

306 

424 

648 

897 

1,120

861 

499 

410 

369 

382

330 

294 

382 

369 

396

396 

396 

382 

382 

396

Mean

121 

2,305 

1,257

739

907 

1,157 

776 

929 

640 

423 

1,063 

380 

154

839

July

369 

259 

294 

531 

515

735 

682 

453 

318 

242

205 

369 

771 

1,930 

2,430

2,470 

2,180 

2,560 

3,070 

2,340

1,860 

1,530 

1,310 

1,120 

1,000

825 

771 

699 

468 

356 

306

Aug.

300 

369 

468 

597 

699

648 

515 

453 

330 

276

248 

248 

242 

220 

205

220 

205 

220 

417 

468

410 

531 

597 

614 

547

453 

343 

264 

237 

226 

205

Per square 

mile

0.409 

7.79 

4.25

2.50

3.06 

3.91 

2.62 

3.14 

2.16 

1.43 

3.59 

1.28 

.520

2.83

Sept.

232 

259 

288 

215 

180

180 

195 

226 

237 

195

165 

146 

137 

128 

119

117 

118 

114 

112 

118

118 

142 

142 

117 

109

109 

106 

100

100 

100

Runoff in 

inches

0.47 

8.69 

4.89

33.98

3.53 

4.07 

3.02 

3.50 

2.49 

1.59 

4.14 

1.48 

.58

38.45

) 17,100 sec. -ft.; Jan. 8 (11 p.m.) 2,060 

) 2,700 sec. -ft.; May 2 (8 p.m.) 2,380 sec.-
410 ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN

Murder Creek near Evergreen, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°25', long. 87°00', in NW^ sec. 8, T. 5 N., R. 11 

E., at bridge on U. S. Highway 31, 1 mile upstream from Louisville & Nashville Railroad bridge and 2j miles southwest of Evergreen. Datum of gage is 178.29 feet above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1943 (levels by Corps of 

Engineers).

Drainage area.--169 square miles.

Records available. October 1937 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--12 years, 315 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 10,000 second-feet Nov. 27 (gage height, 13.5 

1'eet); minimum, 84 second-feet Oct. 10 (gage height, 3.59 feet).

1937-49: Maximum discharge, 20,000 second-feet Mar. 16, 1938 (gage height, 16.65 

feet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 10,000 

second-feet on basis of records for Sepulga River near McKenzie; minimum, 63 secondfeet Oct. 31, 1941 (gage height, 3.30 feet).

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 26 Nov. 27 to Sept. 30

3.5 

3.7 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0

92

114

159

212

6.0

7.0 

7.5 

8.0

335

500

611

760

957

4.1 

4.5 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

117

154

206

337

512

7.5 

8.0 

8.5 

9.0 

9.5

624

764

957

1,260

1,650

10.0

10.5

11.0

12.0

12.7

2,160

2,820

3,700

5,860

7,660

Note. Same as following 

table above 8.5 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

96

96

92

88

92

102

99

99

96

90

125

342

284

140

114

110

106

99

106

102

102

102

102

106

102

99

99

99

99

99

102

Nov.

99

102

122

179

206

349

481

379

196

228

246

196

159

149

140

144

223

246

328

864

934

1,230

2,430

3,550

1,300

1,410

7,560

4,400

2,600

1,440

-

Dec.

957

764

664

599

553

502

512

a700

8800

a660

a540

8450

410

410

392

376

376

401

482

492

427

360

337

330

f360

f401

f360

f315

a540

a8OO

a 680

Month

Jan.

a560

8450

a380

368

a500

a700

8570

8460

f384

352

344

330

322

308

f301

f294

f294

301

454

473

418

330

301

287

280

280

308

352

368

360

401

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year ^948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 sec

Feb.

418

376

315

315

436

502

445

401

a470

8580

a520

3450

8400

8370

8360

8360

a380

384

783

1,330

808

553

445

384

352

337

732

737

_

_

-

Secondfoot days

3,589

31.89C

15,950

135,489

11.83C

13,943

16,271

12,773

14,007

7,556

9,431

8,578

4,985

150,811

-ft.). No^

Mar.

502

384

337

322

308

330

392

352

315

368

376

344

330

492

599

599

427

352

344

322

308

1,580

1,700

994

612

473

445

553

637

575

599

Apr.

f831

f677

532

454

454

454

401

344

315

308

8560

a700

564

401

315

287

267

254

248

241

241

330

650

650

392

280

254

274

301

aSOO

-

Maximum

342

7,5SO

957

7,560

700

1,330

1,700

831

2,500

575

1,280

831

294

7,560

. 24 (2 a.m.

May

81,700

82,500

1,730

866

575

445

376

344

315

294

274

274

262

248

229

223

217

212

f200

f!95

f!84

f!79

f!79

f!74

f!79

164

159

159

164.

223

764

Minimum

88

99

315

81

280

315

308

241

159

140

140

135

122

88

) 5,620 se

June

521

235

190

169

164

154

159

164

159

190

352

575

553

473

322

280

229

195

179

229

287

287

229

195

206

235

179

159

149

140

-

Mean

116

1,063

515

373

382

498

525

42S

452

252

304

277

166

413

July

169

184

200

392

267

206

179

164

144

140

154

195

248

392

376

473

1,280

810

410

315

315

376

401

322

267

217

184

174

1S9

159

149

Aug.

241

528

831

542

473

330

223

315

445

368

384

241

195

200

200

212

212

212

217

235

212

206

190

174

164

164

149

144

135

156

280

Per square 

mile

0.686

6.29

3.05

2.21

2.26

2.95

3.11

2.52

2.67

1.49

1.80

1.64

.982

2.44

Sept.

195

154

140

154

174

254

254

294

280

169

154

140

135

130

126

126

149

179

154

164

217

184

159

144

130

122

126

130

126

122

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.79

7.02

3.51

30.04

2.60

3.07

3.58

2.81

3.08

1.66

2.08

1.89

1.10

33.19

c.-ft.; Nov. 27 (4 p.m.) 10,000

sec.-ft.; Mar. 22 (3:30 p.m.) 2,670 sec.-ft.; May 2 (time and discharge unknown).

a No gage-height record] discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for nearby 

stations.

f Computed from partly estimated gage-height record.
PERDIDO RIVER BASIN 411

Perdido River at Barrineau Park, Pla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°41', long. 87°27', in sec. 15, T. 2 N., R. 32 W., 

at bridge on State Highway 227, half a mile southwest of Barrineau Park. Datum of gage 

is 26.11 feet above mean sea level, unadjusted. Prior to Aug. 22, 1949, staff gage at 

same site and datum.

Drainage area. 370 square miles.

Records ava1lable.--June 1941 to September 1949.

Extremes.- Maximum discharge observed during year, 7,390 second-feet Mar. 24 (gage height, 

14.30 feet); minimum observed, 356 second-feet on several days; minimum gage height 

observed, 2.36 feet Oct. 9, 11.

1941-49: Maximum discharge observed, 9,390 second-feet Mar. 24, 1944 (gage height, 

16.17 feet), from rating curve extended above 5,500 second-feet; minimum observed,-242 

second-feet June 12, 1941 (gage height, 1.85 feet).

Remarks. Records fair. Gage read twice daily prior to Aug. 22.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 tc September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26-

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

356

356

356

356

356

356

356

356

356

356

356

1,120

1,3SO

1,300

1,080

87O

765

696

559

404

404

379

379

379

379

356

356

356

356

356

356

NOT.

356

624

1,380

1,270

1,120

974

835

696

626

870

974

765

696

592

661

765

626

731

1,080

1,16O

1,010

1,800

3,530

4,760

2,740

1,760

2,480

3,530

5,780

5,440

-

Dec.

2,400

1,530

1,170

999

964

S25

721

1,030

1,450

1,77O

1,410

999

929

825

755

651

755

1,290

1,490

1,450

1,290

1,100

999

894

825

790

721

859

1,070

1,250

1,170

Jan.

1,030

929

825

721

755

1,100

1,250

1,160

1,OSO

1,010

939

870

8OO

731

966

661

661

592

626

696

731

696

696

661

626

592

696

87O

904

800

765

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

731 870

1,OSO

1,010

835

731

661

661

87O

1,050

1,160

904

765

696

661

592

800

974

1,080

1,450

1,520

1,920

2,200

1,680

1,160

835

835

904

_

_

-

Secondfoct-days

16,146

49,631

34,381

336,716

25, 16£

28, 63!

48,210

28 j 531

35 92E

24^734

35,161

32 93C

26^998

386,461

Mar.

1,120

1,050

904

800

661

592

696

800

765

696

626

626

696

1,410

1,600

1,680

1,490

1,230

939

731

696

1,230

4,410

7,290

5,610

3,460

1,810

1,400

1,220

1,090

882

Apr.

579

509

475

442

442

410

410

394

394

379

1,180

2,120

1,49O

1,310

1,050

802

615

509

442

442

442

579

1,670

2,730

1,940

1,720

965

882

1,090

2,120

MaxiBum

1,380

5,780

2,400

5,780

1 250

2 , 2OO

7,29O

2 730

4^280

1,840 

2,630

1,930 

2,910

7,290

May

2,850

4,120

4,280

3,670

2,480

1,960

1,340

1,O8O

1,05O

1,010

974

904

87O

765

661

626

592

559

526

526

493

. 461

461

431

431

431

404

404

404

431

731

Minimum

356

356

651

356

592

592

592

404

431

356

617 

458

356

June

1,050

1,16O

1,050

835

661

559

461

493

526

493

461

526

8OO

1,05O

1,190

1,270

939

731

493

431

731

1,52O

1,840

1,410

1,O10

835

696

559

493

461

Mean

521

1,654

1,109

9 2O

812

1,023

1,555 

951

1,159 

824

1,134

1,063 

90O

1,059

July

431

379

379

356

356

356

356

356

356

356

592

939

1,270

1,6OO

2,040

2,380

2.OOO

1,680

1,450

1,23O

974

1,010

1,760

2,630

2,61O

1,930

1,490

1,250

1,030

825

790

Aug.

1,170

1,57O

1,850

1,690

1,530

1,250

1,070

1,170

1,250

1,030

859

6S6

547

686

894

964

894

894

825

894

1,210

1,770

1,930

1,330

825

79O

617

547

755

825

617

Per square 

 lie

1.41

4.47

3.00

2.49

2.19

2 . 76

4.20

2.57

3.13 2 23

3!o6

2. 87 

2.43

2.86

Sept.

547

513

513

929

2,220

2,910

2,670

1,890

1,290

1,330

929

755

651

582

547

513

513

513

547

513

547

755

964

612

705

581

525

498

478

458

Runoff in 

inches

1 . 62

3i46

33.84

2 53

2. 88

4. 86

2. 87

3.61 2 49 3)53

3.31 

2.71

38.86

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 Bee. -ft.). Nov. 24 (3 a.m.) 5.26O Bee. -ft.: Nov. 29 (8 D.m. ) 6,600

sec.-ft.; Mar. Z4 (5 a.m. ) 7,390 sec.-ft.; May 2 (6 p.m.) 4,60O Bee.-ft.
412 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Cartecay River near Ellijay, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, iat. 34°41', long. 84°27', adjacent to State Highway 43, 

three-quarters of a mile downstream from Owltown Creek, 2 miles southeast of Ellijay, 

Gilmer County, and 2 miles upstream from confluence with Ellijay River. Datum of gage 

is 1,255.39 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 

(Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Drainage area.--135 square miles.

Records available.--March 1937 to September 1949. July 1904 to December 1905, May to 

November lyuv, and December 1918 to June 1921 at site 8 miles upstream.

Average discharge.--12 years (1937-49), 263 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,860 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 6.77 

feet); minimum daily, 94 second-feet Oct. 15, 16.

1937-49: Maximum discharge, 20,000 second-feet Apr. 8, 1938 (gage height, 13.0 feet, 

from floodmark), by slope-area method; minimum daily, 64 second-feet Oct. 26, 1941.

Remarks.--Records good. Some diurnal fluctuation caused by gristmills above station.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 17 to Sept. 5)

l.Z 80

1.4 117

1.6 160

1.8 209

Z.O 276

2.4 450

2.8 665

3.4 1,070

4.0 1,570

5.0 2,550

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

108 

106 

104 

106 

108

104 

104 

117 

106 

98

1O2 

106 

98 

98 

94

94 

96 

117 

102 

98

98 

108 

125 

108 

106

100 

98 

98 

98 

98 

98

Nov.

115 

125 

434 

183 

147

474 

254 

181 

160 

188

188 

162 

165 

156 

145

142 

153 

142 

570 

474

265 

367 

358 

304 

254

237 

337 

2,520 

1,260 

596

Dec.

441 

372 

390 

350 

316

431 

354 

333 

296 

272

258 

254 

247 

240 

237

324 

341 

308 

380

337

300 

300 

292 

276 

563

417 

350 

324 

412 

516 

403

Jan.

358 

333 

312 

376 

1,800

1,300 

725 

580 

510 

465

431 

412 

394 

376 

358

350 

345 

337 

376 

337

324 

436 

436 

380 

358

345 

345 

422 

367 

354 

648

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dace

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

llav

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

ber ..........................

mber ................... .....

lendar year 1948 ............

h. .................

1 ............................

st ................ ...

ember ........... .......

ter year 1948-49 ... ........

Feb.

500 

436 

403 

552 

490

441 

412 

390 

445 

904

619 

 510 

465 

445 

445

933 

796 

596 

738 

725

602 

552 

521 

495 

475

460 

531 

485

Secondfoot-days

3,201 

11,056 

10,634

98,455

14,890 

15,366 

13,111 

14,423 

11,367 

8,308 

12,128 

8,289 

7,981

130,754

Peak discharge (taae, 1,400 aec.-ft.). Nov

sec. -ft. 3 Jan. b (a p.m.) J!,820 aec.-ft.; Peb 

aec.-ft.; Sept. 6 (11 a.m.) 2,230 aec.-ft.

liar.

450 

436 

417 

408 

398

394 

380 

376 

385 

460

394 

376 

372 

362 

358

341 

341 

431 

380 

354

345 

475 

505 

422 

542

480 

460 

516 

490 

450 

613

Apr.

526 

475 

450 

426 

445

441 

408 

394 

385 

372

376 

441 

1,240 

744 

574

510 

465 

445 

422 

412

417 

465 

417 

403 

380

372 

398 

403 

558 

659

Maximum

125 

2,520 

563

2,520

1,800 

933 

613 

1,240 

596 

448 

707 

507 

1,260

2,520

May

574 

596 

505 

455 

426

412 

403 

385 

403 

417

390 

372 

358 

345 

341

333 

329 

320 

316 

312

350 

308 

300 

300 

320

292 

288 

280 

272 

341 

324

Minimum

94

115 

237

94

312 

390 

341 

372 

272 

228 

254 

209 

193

94

June

296 

272 

262 

251 

247

247 

240 

234 

231 

228

234 

244 

244 

320 

269

448 

280 

244 

254 

228

228 

244 

228 

237 

376

345 

328 

445 

320 

284

Mean

103 

369 

343

269

480 

549 

423 

481 

367 

277 

391 

267 

266

358

July

292 

276 

280 

292 

333

401 

439 

292 

258 

254

309 

546 

707 

574 

648

485 

596 

563 

510 

542

417 

362 

333 

460 

333

300 

284 

272 

262 

254 

254

Aug.

247 

262 

507 

296 

262

247 

240 

237 

231 

247

234 

221 

221 

215 

209

254 

447 

384 

265 

332

354 

284 

265 

240 

237

221 

209 

247 

231 

209 

234

Per square 

mile

0.763 

2.73 

2.54

1.99

3.56 

4.07 

3.13 

3.56 

2.72 

2.05 

2.90 

1.98 

1.97

2.65

Sspt.

204 

193 

199 

196 

196

1,260 

500 

350 

304 

276

254 

240 

237 

234 

224

221 

221 

215 

224 

212

199 

199 

228 

196 

193

196 

204 

209 

204 

193

Runoff in 

inches

0.88 

3.05 

2.93

27.13

4.10 

4.24 

3.61 

3.97 

3.14 

2.29 

3.34 

2.28 

2.20

36.03

. 19 (6 p.m.) 1,570 aec.-ft.; Nov. 28 (6 p.m.) 4.86O 

. 16 (5 p.m.) 1,520 aec.-ft.; Apr. 13 (lO a.m.) 1,800
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 413

Coosawattee River near Ellijay, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°41', long. 84°31', half a mile downstream from 

State Highway 5, 2 miles southwest of Kllijay, Gilmer County, and 2£ miles downstream 

from confluence of Cartecay and Ellljay Rivers. Datum of gage is 1,216.04 feet above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 238 square miles.

Records available.--October 1938 to December 1949 (discontinued).

Average discharge.--11 years, 462 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during period October 1948 to December 1949, 11,400 secondreet Nov. 28, 1948 (gage height, 13.1 feet); minimum daily, 123 second-feet Oct. 16, 

17, 1948.

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 13,000 second-feet Feb. 10, 1946, Jan. 20, 1947 (gage 

height, 14.3 feet); minimum, 101 second-feet on several days in October 1941.

Remarks.--Records good. Some minor regulation from gristmills above station.

Discharge, In second-feet, 1948-49 

1948-49

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

Oot.

156

150

142

150

146

142

142

171

142

136

139

142

132

129

126

123

123

156

136

129

126

136

190

156

150

146

142

139

139

136

139

Nov.

160

190

695

290

226

847

430

290

246

318

318

264

264

246

221

213

234

213

1,050

878

465

584

578

490

405

385

607

6,300

2,980

1,140

Dec.

826

685

709

625

573

819

673

619

562

507

475

465

455

445

435

613

655

584

722

649

584

578

562

534

950

780

661

607

728

950

754

Jan.

667

619

584

780

4,160

2,760

1,460

1,140

985

873

800

754

715

679

643

619

619

601

667

595

578

887

845

728

679

637

631

760

673

643

1,180

Feb.

950

812

741

985

880.

800

748

703

780

1,660

1,140

950

859

806

826

1,790

1,620

1,180

1,420

1,380

1,140

1,O60

985

915

873

832

950

845

_

-

Mar.

774

741

715

697

685

673

649

637

655

780

673

643

625

613

601

590

590

780

655

613

595

806

838

728

950

845

819

915

859

806

1,180

Apr.

950

845

793

741

793

786

728

697

673

655

661

760

2,130

1,380

1,060

880

812

774

728

697

715

793

685

655

625

619

661

679

950

1,180

-

May

950

1,060

866

786

734

709

685

673

703

715

649

619

595

578

573

562

551

540

534

529

584

540

534

529

551

480

48O

475

460

595

568

June

496

46O

440

430

42O

420

405

390

395

385

390

435

425

475

420

880

496

425

425

385

395

410

375

375

697

595

524

1,100

655

518

-

July

496

465

496

455

518

649

637

460

410

405

420

819

1,220

1,060

1,020

812

1,140

1,060

880

838

679

590

540

734

551

507

485

46O

445

445

440

Aug.

425

518

1,100

584

524

475

440

435

420

440

430

395

390

380

371

573

1,050

859

573

578

661

551

507

475

460

435

420

46O

450

410

551

Sept.

430

390

400

390

390

1,930

852

601

518

475

445

425

410

400

385

380

380

371

371

361

342

332

361

323

318

318

337

332

337

314

-

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 sec.-ft. ). Nov. 19 (7 p.m.) 2,580 sec.-ft.; Nov. 28 (8 p.m.) 11,400

sec. -ft,; Jan. 5 (9 a.m.) 6,390 sec.-ft.; Feb. 10 (9 a.m.) 2,130 sec.-ft.; Feb. 16 (B p.m.) 2,850 

sec.-ft.; Apr. 13 (12 m.) 3,030 sec.-ft.; Sept. 6 (10 a.m.) 3,120 sec.-ft.
414 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Discharge, in second-feet, of Coosawattee River near Ellijay, Qa., 1948-49 Continued

1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

299

290

295

290

286

337

440

323

290

286

281

295

337

314

286

496

556

445

371

337

323

309

295

290

281

314

281

290

295

2,070

2,140

Nov.

1,060

800

637

556

502

470

450

430

420

400

395

385

380

380

366

351

347

337

332

328

323

314

309

314

400

356

337

332

361

385

Dec.

337

323

318

318

318

314

380

356

332

351

405

512

562

518

480

445

420

730

901

655

556

607

1,100

767

643

649

734

643

578

551

518

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 sec.-f t.). Oct. 30 (10 p.m.) 4,820 sec.-ft. 

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1948-49

Month

December. .........................

May. ..............................

September. ........................

Water year 1948-49 .............

December. .........................

Calendar year 1949 .............

Seoondfoot-days

19,784

171,639

13,618

235,290

16,321

232,388

Maximum

950

6,300

1,930

6,300

1,100

4,160

Minimum

123

435

123

314

123

281

309

314

281

Mean

638

469

454

645

443

526

637

Per square 

mile

2.68

1.97

1.91

2.71

2.21

2.68

Runoff in 

inches

3.09

26.82

4 52

2.13

36.77

2.55

36.31
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 415

Coosawattee River at Pine Chapel, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°35', long. 84°S2', at county bridge at Pine

Chapel, Gordon County, 4 miles downstream from Sallacoa Creek, 5 miles east of Resaca, 

and 6 miles upstream from confluence with Conasauga River. Auxiliary water-stage recorder at county bridge 2 miles upstream. Datum of each gage is 616.16 feet above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of 

Engineers).

Drainage: area. 856 square miles.

Records available.--November 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 11 years, 1,381 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 26,700 second-feet Nov. 29; maximum gage height, 

28.3 feet Nov. 29; minimum daily discharge, 323 second-feet Oct. 16, 17.

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 29,100 second-feet Feb. 11, 1946 (gage height, 29.6 

feet), from rating curve extended above 13,000 second-feet; minimum daily, 220 secondfeet Oct. 26, 1941.

Flood of Apr. 8, 1938, reached a stage of 30.0 feet, from gage reading.

Remarks. Records good. Discharge for periods of backwater from Conasauga River computed 

by using fall as determined by auxiliary water-stage recorder as a factor. Moderate 

diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mills above station.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1348 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

368 

354 

343 

346 

354

351 

346 

368 

396 

354

348 

368 

368 

340 

332

323 

323 

346 

396 

354

348 

354 

440 

440 

396

368 

368 

354 

368 

354 

354

Nov.

382 

425

1,110 

1,130 

624

1,920 

2,020 

928 

704 

874

1,190 

839 

720 

720 

624

592 

608 

624 

2,740 

7,050

3,120 

2,340 

3,040 

2,190 

1,590

1,340 

2,710 

7,390 

23,200 

16,200

Dec.

8,260 

4,000 

2,970 

2,720 

2,030

2,690 

2,460 

2,060 

1,800 

1,550

1,410 

1,340 

1,310 

1,270 

1,190

1,720 

2,190 

1,790 

2,270 

2,190

1,820 

1,650 

1,670 

1,490 

3,200

3,180 

2,190 

1,860 

2,260 

3,730 

2,850

Jan.

2,130 

1,860 

1,710 

2,460 

8,480

12,400 

13,200 

9,350 

5,770 

4,080

2,800 

2,210 

1,980 

1,900 

1,760

1,710 

1,670 

1,670 

1,770 

1,710

1,570 

2,810 

3,690 

2,600 

2,230

2,040 

1,920 

2,160 

2,020 

1,810 

4,020

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Decs

Ca

Jam) 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber ......................

mber ...............

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

h. ....... ........ ..........

1 .............. . . ... .

st ............... ...........

saber .................. .....

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

4,440 

2,910 

2,380 

3,400 

3,880

2,770 

2,370 

2,100 

2,260 

5,750

6,930 

3,820 

2,740 

2,440 

2,340

4,720 

8,180 

5,740 

4,240 

5,640

4,180 

3,180 

2,790 

2,510 

2,390

2,210 

2,390 

2,480

Secondfoot-days

11,222 

88,944 

73,120

557,623

107,490 

101,180 

61,230 

65,500 

51,460 

37,448 

49,354 

36,656 

32,520

716,124

P(=ak discharge (base, 6,000 sec. -ft. ). No

sec. -ft.; Jan. 7 (4 a.m.) 14,500 sec. -ft.; F 

sec. -ft.; Sept. 7 (3 a.m.) 6,670 sec. -ft.

Mar.

2,130 

2,000 

1,920 

1,850 

1,810

1,750 

1,720 

1,650 

1,650 

2,150

1,940 

1,720 

1,650 

1,600 

1,530

1,490 

1,490 

1,780 

1,820 

1,560

1,490 

1,730 

2,560 

2,020 

2,270

2,440 

2,160 

2,800 

2,770 

2,270 

3,510

Apr.

3,450 

2,550 

2,300 

2,070 

2,150

2,500 

2,070 

1,900 

1,760 

1,690

1,660 

1,900 

3,370 

3,900 

2,640

2,180 

1,990 

1,870 

1,760 

1,690

1,660 

1,970 

1,800 

1,650 

1,570

1,500 

1,500 

1,660 

2,330 

4,460

Maximum

440 

23,200 8','260

23,200

13,200 

8,180 

3,510 

4,460 

4,230 

2,930 

2,920 

3,780 

4,550

23,200

May

3,040 

4,230 

3,450 

2,370 

2,070

1,870 

1,870 

1,720 

1,700 

1,660

1,700 

1,540 

1,460 

1,430 

1,350

1,350 

1,270 

1,230 

1,190 

1,190

1,270 

1,270 

1,190 

1,190 

1,350

1,190 

1,110 

1,110 

1,150 

1,190 

1,750

Minimum

323 

382 

1,190

323

1,570 

2,100 

1,490 

1,500 

1,110 

892 

964 

822 

704

323

June

1,390 

1,190 

1,076 

1,000 

964

1,000 

964 

892 

1,040 

928

928 

1,000 

1,080 

1,000 

964

2,930 

1,900 

1,150 

1,110 

1,000

964

1,040 

1,080 

928 

1,230

2,020 

1,350 

2,060 

1,840 

1,430

Mean

362 

2,965 

2,359

1,524

3,467 

3,614 

1,975 

2,183 

1,660 

1,248 

1,592 

1,182 

1,084

1,962

July

1,390 

1,190 

1,230 

1,150 

1,270

1,430 

1,710 

1,390 

1,110 

1,110

1,110 

1,840 

2,500 

2,900 

2,920

2,290 

2,080 

2,400 

2,140 

2,320

1,930 

1,530 

1,380 

1,400 

1,330

1,190 

1,110 

1,040 

1,000 

964

1,000

Aug.

964 

1,000 

3,780 

2,330 

1,540

1,230 

1,110 

1,040 

1,000 

964

1,000 

928 

874 

874 

856

874 

1,310 

1,920 

1,230 

1,040

1,230 

1,080 

1,080 

964 

928

856 

822 

839 

964 

839 

1,190

Per square 

mile

0.423 

3.46 

2.76

1.78

4.05 

4.22 

2.31 

2.55 

1.94 

1.46 

1.86 

1.38 

1.27

2.29

IT. 20 (11 a.m.) 7,490 sec. -ft.; Nov. 29 (l p. 

;b. 11 (4 a.m.) 7,700 sec. -ft.; Feb. 17 (2 p.

Sept.

1,080 

839 

805 

856 

788

3,300 

4,550 

1,600 

1,270 

1,110

1,000 

928 

892 

874 

856

822 

874 

822 

822 

856

771 

737 

771 

771 

704

704 

771 

805 

805 

737

Runoff in 

inches

0.49 

3.86 

3.18

24.22

4.67 

4.39 

2.66 

2.84 

2.24 

1.63 

2.14 

1.59 

1.42

31.11

ra. ) 26,700 

m. ) 8,580
416 MOBILE RIVER BASIN 

Oostanaula River at Resaca, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°34', long. 84°57', at bridge on U. S. Highway 41 

at Resaca, Gordon County, 200 feet downstream from Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis 

Railway bridge, three-quarters of a mile upstream from Camp Creek, and 3| miles downstream from confluence of Conasauga and Coosawattee Rivers. Auxiliary wire-weight gage 

at bridge on State Highway 143, 65 miles downstream. Datum of both gages Is 604.14 

feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area.--1.610 square miles.

Records available. January 1896 to September 1949 (revised). Gage-height records 

collected at same site since 1891 are contained In reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.--48 years (1896-98, 1903-49), 2,791 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 36,300 second-feet Nov. 30; maximum gage height, 

31.2 feet Nov. 30; minimum discharge, 468 second-feet Oct. 17 (gage height, 1.74 feet).

1892-1949: Maximum discharge, 49,600 second-feet Jan. 21, 1947 (gage height, 33.5 

feet); minimum observed, 180 second-feet Sept. 7, 8, 1925 (gage height, 0.5 foot). 

Maximum stage known, 36.6 feet Apr. 1, 1886.

Remarks,. Records good. Auxiliary gage read twice daily. Discharge for period Oct. 30 

to Sept. 30 computed by using fall as determined by auxiliary gage as a factor.

Revisions (water years). W 697: 1896-1928. W352: 1921(M).

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

555 

525 

495 

495 

495

525 

540

570 

555

525

510 

510 

510 

495 

480

480 

468 

480 

510 

510

510 

525 

555

605 

555

540 

525 

510 

510 

520 

505

Nov.

520 

566 

1,140 

2,160 

1,540

2,610 

4,840 

3,600 

2,200 

1,490

2,160 

1,970 

1,490 

1,310 

1,190

1,060 

1,040 

1,040 

5,000 

12,600

11,700 

10,600 

11,300 

6,600 

3,240

2,610 

4,720 

11,900 

22,200 

35,000

Dec.

32,000 

23,900 

17,900 

10,400 

4,920

5,020 

5,690 

4,590 

3,710 

3,090

2,710 

2,440 

2,290 

2,230 

2,100

2,920 

4,890 

5,120 

4,710 

4,960

4,100 

3,450 

3,670 

3,450 

5,300

7,340 

6,280 

4,390 

4,070 

6,580 

6,540

Jan.

4,500 

3,640 

3,310 

4,290 

12,900

17,300 

23,000 

24,800 

21,200 

15,000

6,960 

3,910 

3,670 

3,310 

3,090

2,910 

2,770 

2,910 

3,380 

3,930

3,450

5,050 

8,770 

9,090 

9,390

8,700 

5,050 

4,470 

4,720 

4,110 

6,050

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 . . .........

Feb.

8,890 

7,920 

5,760 

6,100 

7,820

6,480 

4,960 

4,330 

4,040 

8,360

11,800 

10,600 

6,530 

4,480 

4,210

7,340 

12,500 

12,900 

11,300 

11,000

10,200 

7,330 

5,230 

4,470 

4,070

3,740 

3,930 

4,250

Secondfoot-days

16,093 

169,396 

200,760

1,127,363

235,630 

200,540 

102,710 

126,880 

92,820 

50,910 

78,110 

47,030 

48,954

1,369,833

Mar.

3,740 

3,310 

3,120 

2,980 

2,840

2,770 

2,710 

2,560 

2,500 

3,070

3,410 

2,840 

E,560 

2,500 

2,440

2,290 

2,230 

2,460 

3,040 

2,910

2,500 

2,560 

3,710 

3,410 

3,340

4,150 

3,670 

4,850 

6,180 

5,200 

6,860

Apr.

9,190 

9,290 

9,290 

5,410 

3,920

4,720 

4,280 

3,670 

3,230 

2,980

2,770 

2,980 

4,370 

6,670 

5,560

4,040 

3,410 

3,120 

2,840 

2,640

2,590 

3,050 

3,120 

2,640 

2,440

2,310 

2,250 

2,460 

3,560 

8,080

Maximum

605 

35,000 

32,000

35,000

24,800 

12,900 

6,860 

9,290 

9,400 

3,060 

5,390 

3,530 

7,860

35,000

Peak discharge (base, 10,000 sec. -ft.). Nov. 20

sec. -ft.; Jan. 8 (6 a.m.] 25,700 sec. -ft.; Feb. 11 

sec. -ft.

May

8,010 

9,400 

8,710 

6,420 

4,100

3,450 

3,190 

2,980 

2,840 

2,770

2,770 

2,710 

2,360 

2,160 

2,120

1,970 

1,910 

1,850 

1,780 

1,720

1,720 

1,850 

1,670 

1,670 

1,870

1,930 

1,670 

1,620 

1,620 

1,670 

2,310

Minimum

468

520 

2,100

455

2,770 

3,740 

2,230 

2,250 

1,620 

1,230 

1,300 

1,060 

905

468

June

2,120 

1,850 

1,620 

1,450 

1,400

1,400 

1,340 

1,300 

1,290 

1,340

1,340 

1,380 

1,450 

1,450 

1,450

2,680 

3,060 

1,830 

1,620 

1,450

1,340 

1,310 

1,400 

1,230 

1,450

2,520 

1,890 

2,440 

2,540 

1,970

Mean

519

5,647 

6,476

3,080

7,601 

7,162 

3,313 

4,229 

2,994 

1,697 

2,520 

1,517 

1,632

3,753

July

,850 

,670 

,690 

,620 

,780

,850 

,310 

,340 

,960 

,620

,620 

,200 

,270 

,370 

5,020

4,630 

4,290 

5,390 

3,810 

3,630

3,090 

2,500 

2,100 

1,910 

1,910

1,670 

1,550 

1,450 

1,400 

1,310 

1,300

Aug.

1,260 

1,290 

3,500 

3,530 

2,140

1,720 

1,450 

1,340 

1,290 

1,260

1,270 

1,260 

1,170 

1,130 

1,140

1,130 

1,450 

2,310 

1,780 

1,400

1,460 

1,400 

1,400 

1,400 

1,240

1,130

1,060 

1,060 

1,190 

1,130 

1,740

Per square 

mile

0.322 

3.51 

4.02

1.91

4.72 

4.45 

2.06 

2.63 

1.86 

1.05 

1.57 

.942 

1.01

2.33

Sept.

2,550 

1,670 

1,230 

1,340 

1,300

3,640 

7,860 

3,780 

2,100 

1,670

1,450 

1,300 

1,240 

1,190 

1,150

1,080 

1,110 

1,080 

1,060 

1,110

1,080 

993 

993

1,020

926

905 

967 

1,040 

1,060 

1,060

Runoff in

inches

0.37 

3.92 

4.64

26.04

5.44 

4.63 

2.38 

2.93 

2.14 

1.17 

1.81 

1.09 

1.13

31.65

6 p.m.) 12,900 sec. -ft. j Nov. 30 (6 p.m.) 36,300 

2 p.m.) 12,100 sec. -ft.; Feb. 18 (5 a.m.) 13,600
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 417

Coosa River near Rome, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°12', long. 85°16', at Mayo Bar lock and dam, l| 

miles upstream from Webb Creek, 6 miles southwest of Rome, Ployd County, and 1\ miles 

downstream from confluence of Oostanaula and Etowah Rivers. Datum of gage is 553.05 

feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 4,040 square miles.

Records available. June 1928 to December 1931, March 1937 to September 1949. January 

O.B97 to uecenmer 1903 at site at Rome. Gage-height records collected at same site 

since 1922 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 15 years (192^-31, 1937-49), 6,191 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 63,500 second-feet Hov. 30 (gage height, 36.7 

feetj; minimum daily, 1,500 second-feet Oct. 16-18.

1897-1903, 1928-31, 1937-49: Maximum discharge, 65,000 second-feet Jan. 22, 1947 

(gage height, 37.0 feet); minimum, 870 second-feet Oct. 38-22, 1931 (gage height, -0,55 

foot).

Maximum stage known, 40.3 feet Apr. 1, 1886 (site and datum at Rome).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, which 

are fair. Moderate diurnal fluctuation during periods of low flow.

Rating table, water year 1948-49, except when rate of change of stage was used 

as factor (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

0.4 

2.0 

4.0

1,500

2,840

4,750

9.0

16.0

27.0

9,900

18,500

32,400

30.0

33.0

36.4

38,500

47,000

62,000

Discharge, in second-feet. water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,940 

1,820 

1,660 

1,660 

1,620

1,620 

1,620 

1,660 

1,660 

1,700

1,660 

1,620 

1,620 

1,620 

1,580

1,500 

1,500 

1,500 

1,540 

1,540

1,580 

1,580 

1,620 

1,700 

1,780

1,700 

1,660 

1,620 

1,580 

1,580 

1,580

Nov.

1,580 

1,740 

3,290 

5,850 

6,350

6,750 

8,800 

8,800 

6,450 

4,550

3,950 

4,350 

3,950 

3,380 

3,110

2,840 

2,840 

3,110 

klO,900 

23,900

24,600 

21,900 

23,300 

21,900 

k!6,000

10,100 

13,600 

k31,200 

48,600 

62,000

Dec.

62,000 

k50,000 

k45 ,200 

k40,200 

k33,400

k24,500 

k!6,400 

k!2,300 

klO,800 

8,910

7,650 

6,950 

6,550 

6,250 

5,950

6,250 

7,950 

9,460 

9,790 

10,100

9,460 

8,150 

7,550 

7,450

8,580

12,200 

12,900 

10,900 

9,570 

13,300 

15,800

Jan.

13,600 

10,100 

8,580 

9,460 

k26,200

k36,900 

41,000 

41,300 

40,000 

37,800

k31,400 

k25,100 

k!4,100 

k9,200 

8,470

7,850 

7,450 

7,250 

7,750 

8,250

8,150 

8,580 

13,000 

14,900 

14,700

14,500 

13,100 

10,300 

9,680 

9,350 

10,700

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febi 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sepl

Us

her ..........................

niber... ......................

lendar year 1948 ............

iary ....

h. ...........................

1. ..........................

at ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

15,800 

17,500 

15,100 

15,800 

20,300

19,200 

14,600 

11,500 

11,000 

k2 1,600

26,600 

26,200 

23,000 

k!5,100 

11,600

k!6,300 

24,500 

25,400 

24,500 

26,400

2.6,600 

23,900 

17,700 

13,000 

11,100

10,000 

9,900 

10,900

Secondfoot-days

50,62 

389,69 

496,47

2,866,51

518,72 

505,10 

260,45 

291,40 

248,92 

161j58 

204,24 

120,15 

143,05

3,390,39

Peak discharge (base, 25,000 sec. -ft.). N

63,500 sec. -ft.; Jan. 7 (6 p.m.) 41,600 sec.

Mar.

10,400 

9,020 

8,250 

7,850 

7,650

7,450 

7,250 

6,950 

6,750 

8,050

10,000 

8,690 

7,450 

7,050 

6,750

6,550 

6,350 

7,450 

7,150 

7,250

6,750 

6,550 

8,050 

10.500

8,910

8,580 

8,910 

9,790 

11,900 

12,200 

14,000

Apr.

18,500 

17,800 

16,000 

14,700 

10,900

10,000 

10,100 

9,020 

8,050

7,450

7,050 

7,050 

9,680 

13,500 

14,500

11,300 

8,800 

,850 

,350 

,950

,650 

,050 

,450 

,150 

,450

,050 

,850

,850 

,750 

14,600

Maximum

3 1,940 

 > 62 ,000 

3 62,000

3 62,000

D 41,300 

3 26,600 

D 14,000 

D 18,500 

3 22,100 

D 10,600 

3 13,300 

3 7,000 

3 16,800

3 62,000

3V. 21 (12:3( 

-ft.; Feb. 1

May

18,200 

21,700 

22,100 

18,400 

13,000

9,460 

8,360 

7,950

7,450 

7,150

7,050 

6,950 

6,550 

6,050

5,750

5,550 

5,450 

5,150 

4,950 

4,850

5,250 

5,250 

5,050 

4,750 

5,150

5,350 

4,950 

4,550 

4,550 

5,050 

6,950

Minimum

1,500 

1,580 

5,950

1,500

7,250 

9,900 

6,350 

5,850 

4,550 

4,050 

4,000 

3,000 

2,800

1,500

June

6,950 

5,750 

4,950 

4,450 

4,150

4,050 

4,050 

4,050 

6,150 

5,250

4,350 

4,150 

4,450 

4,550 

4,550

8,580 

10,600 

7,950 

5,250 

4,550

4,150 

4,150 

4,350 

4,250 

4,250

5,050 

6,250 

6,250 

7,350 

6,750

Mean

1,63: 

12.99C 

16.01E

7,83;

16,73: 

18,03 

8,40'

9,71:

8,03C 

5,38f 

6,58 

3,87 

4,76

9,28<

July

5,350 

5,500 

5,000 

5,000 

5,000

5,500 

6,000 

5,650 

5,750 

4,750

4,450 

4,650 

7,050 

7,650 

10,400

13,300 

12 , 500 

11,500 

11,300 

9,460

8,580 

7,350 

6,050 

5,500 

5,000

5,000 

4,500 

4,500 

4,000 

4,000 

4,000

Aug.

3,500 

3,500 

5,000 

7,000 

5,000

4,000 

4,000 

3,500 

3,500 

3,500

3,500 

3,500 

3,500 

3,000 

3,000

3,000 

3,290 

4,250 

6,150 

4,650

3,650 

3,950 

3,950 

4,750 

3,950

3,470 

3,200 

3,110 

3,110 

3,380 

3,290

Per square 

mile

5 0.404 

3.22

3.96

1.94

5 4.14 

) 4.47 

2.08 

5 2.40 

) 1.99 

j 1.33 

3 1.63 

5 .959 

3 1.18

) 2.30

Sept.

3,750 

4,250 

3,560 

3,200 

3,290

6,250 

14,100 

16,800 

13 , 600 

7,350

4,650 

4,050 

3,800 

3,600 

3,600

3,600 

3,600 

3,600 

3,500 

3,300

3,300 

3,300 

3,000 

2,900

2,900

2,800 

2,800 

2,800 

2,900 

2,900

Runoff in 

inches

0.47 

3.59 

4.56

26.37

4.77 

4.66 

2.40 

2.68 

2.29 

1.48 

1.S8 

1.11 

1.32

31.21

> a.m.) 25,500 sec. -ft.; Nov. 30 (11 p.m.) 

L (6 p.m.) 27,100 sec. -ft.; Feb. 20 (11 p.m.)

27,200 sec.-ft.

k Discharge computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor.

Note. No gage-height record July 2-7, July 24 to Aug. 16; discharge computed on basis of records 

for Etowah River at Rome. Doubtful gage-height record Sept. 13-30; discharge computed on basis of 

records for Etowah River at Rome.
418 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Coosa River at Leesburg, Ala.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 34°11', long. 85°45', in NW£ sec. 12, T. 10 S., R. 8 E., 

at bridge on U. S. Highway 411, 1 mile east of Leesburg and 4 miles downstream from 

Yellow Creek. Datum of gage is 517.77 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels

by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 5,270 square miles.

Records available.--June 1937 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 12 years, 8,303 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 69,400 second-feet Dec. 3 (gage height, 34.5 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 1,600 second-feet Oct. 18. 

1937-49: Maximum discharge, 73,200 second-feet Feb. 14, 1946, Jan. 24, 1947 (gage 

height, 35.1 feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 1,130 secondfeet Oct. 24-27, 1941.

Remarks. Records good. Gage read twice daily.

Rating table, water year 1948-49, except period of backwater 

(gage height, In feet, and discharge. in second-feet)

1.3 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0

1,600.

2,180

3,130

4,210

6.0

10.0

15,0

20.0

6,820

12,900

21,200

29,700

25.0

30.0

32.0

35.0

38,200

48,600

55,600

72,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year Octaber 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,270

2,180

2,000

1,840

1,840

1,840

1,840

1,840

1,840

1,840

1,840

1,840

1,840

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,660

i.eoo

1,680

1,680

1,680

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,840

1,920

1,920

1,840

1,760

1,760

1,760

Nov.

1,760

2,180

5,060

6,540

7,830

9,480

11,800

11,300

9,630

7,100

5,980

5,580

5,450

4,810

4,810

3,870

3,870

3,980

13,700

31,600

32,600

3^,100

31,600

29,200

25,800

21,000

20,400

37,400

60,100

65,700

-

Dec.

67,500

68,800

68,800

065,000

059,000

053,000

047,000

040,000

031,000

018,000

12,900

9,930

9,030

8,430

7,830

8,280

10 , 200

12,100

13,200

13,400

12,600

11,600

10,400

9,930

11,800

14,700

15 , 800

15,100

13,900

16,400

18,300

Jan.

18,300

14,800

12,300

16,800

36,500

49,800

53,200

52,000

49 , 500

47,600

45,900

43,700

41,100

33,100

19,500

11,300

9,930

9,480

10,400

11,100

10,800

12,400

17,500

19,800

19,300

18,000

17,100

16,300

14,300

13,200

14,300

Month

October ......... ... ............

November ........... .............

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 .........

January ...................... ...

February .........................

March .........................

April . ..... .................. .

May .............................

June ... ........ ..............

July ................ ...........

August ..........................

September ..... .... ....... ....

Water year 1948-49 . . ........

Feb.

18,000

20,500

20,900

22,900

26,600

26,500

23,400

18,000

15,300

23,900

31,100

32,200

31,100

27,300

20,700

21,200

30,400

32,600

33,400

35,100

35,100

34,100

30,400

23,200

16,300

13,900

12,300

14,700

_

-

Secondfoot-days

56.53C

512 23C

773J93C

3,868,880

759, 31C

692 ,OOC

342, 90C

 037,610

338 , 48C

202, ?1C

247, 61C

136, 51C

160, 02C

4,609,340

Mar.

13,700

12,400

11,300

10,400

9,930

9,480

9,180

8,880

8,580

10,100

11,600

11,800

10,100

8,880

8,430

8,130

7,830

7,980

5,850

8,880

8,580

8,430

9,330

11,000

12,400

12,300

12,100

15,800

17,800

17,300

21,700

Apr.

26,300

26,600

23,600

20,400

17,100

14,300

13,400

12,400

11,100

9,930

9,180

8,880

10,700

14,500

16,400

15,300

12,100

10,200

9,180

8,580

8,130

8,580

8,880

9,030

8,280

7,530

7,100

7,530

12,400

20,000

Maximum

2,270

65,700

68,800

68,800

53,200

35,100

21,700

26,600

31,600

12,300

15,500

8,430

16,400

68,800

May

23,900

29,500

31,600

29,200

23,400

16,300

12,600

11,000

10,100

9,330

9,030

8,730

8,430

7,680

7,100

6,820

6,540

6,260

5,980

5,840

6,400

6,540

6,120

5,980

5,980

6,400

6,120

5,580

5,320

6,120

8,580

Minimum

1,600

1,760

7,830

1,600

9,480

13,200

7,830

7,100

5,320

4,810

5,210

3,330

2,930

1,600

June

9,180

7,980

6,540

5,710

5,190

4,930

4,810

4,810

5,710

6,820

4,930

4,930

4,930

5,190

5,320

6,820

11,900

12,300

8,130

5,980

5,320

4,930

4,810

4,930

6,260

6,820

6,820

7,830

10,500

11,100

Mean

1,824

17,070

24,970

10,570

24,490

24,710

11,060

12,920

10 92C

6*740

7 ,987

4,404

5,334

12,630

July

8,580

6,960

6,540

5,580

5,190

5,450

6,960

6,820

6,540

6,400

5,710

5,980

7,530

9,630

10,800

13,400

14,800

15,500

14,200

12,700

10,800

9,480

7,980

6,960

7,380

6,120

5,580

4,930

4,570

4,330

4,210

Aug.

3,980

3,870

4,330

5,580

8,430

6,680

5,710

4,210

3,980

3,760

3,650

3,650

3,650

3,650

3,540

3,330

3,650

3,980

5,190

6,540

5,060

4,210

4,450

4,570

5,060

4,090

3,650

3,430

3,330

3,540

3,760

Per square 

mile

0.346

3.24

4.74

2.01

4.65

4.69

2.10

2 .45

o ^Qy

1 . 28

1.52

.836

1.01

2.40

Sept.

3,650

4,090

4,450

3,650

3,760

8,880

12,700

15,000

16,400

12,600

6,680

4,930

4,450

4,090

3,870

3,760

3,980

3,980

3,760

3,540

3,430

3,330

3,230

3,230

3,130

3,130

2,930

3,030

3,130

3,230

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.40

3.61

5.46

27.30

5.36

4.88

2.42

2.74

2.39

1 43

U75

.96

1.13

32.53

Peak dlsoharg

35,300 sec.-ft.; May 3 (8 a.m.) 31,900 sec.-ft!

c Backwater from return of overbank flow; discharge computed on basis of backwater curve.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 419

Coosa River at Gadsden, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°01', long. 86°00', in T. 12 S., R. 6 E., at Etowah 

uounty Memorial Bridge on U. S. Highway 241, in Gadsden, 700 feet downstream from Louisville & Nashville Railroad bridge and ij miles upstream from Big Wills Creek. Datum of 

gage is 485.97 feet above mean sea level,-datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 

1936.

Gage-height records collected at same 

Weather Bureau.

Drainage area. 5,800 square miles.

Records available. October 1926 to September 1949. 

site since iaaO are contained in reports of U. S,

Average discharge. 23 years, 9,296 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 66,000 second-feet Dec. 6; maximum gage height, 

28.8 feet Dec. 4; minimum discharge, 1,840 second-feet Oct. 19 (gage height, 1.02 feet).

1926-49: Maximum discharge, 76,900 second-feet Apr. 11, 1936 (gage height, 31.13 

feet); minimum, 1,170 second-feet Oct. 27, 1941 (gage height, 0.36 foot).

Maximum stage known, 37.9 feet Apr. 6, 1886, from floodmarks established by Corps of 

Engineers. Flood of July 15, 1916, reached a stage of 32.7 feet.

Remarks. Records good. 

Revisions. W 682: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Nov. ZO to Dec. 8,

Jan. 5-11, 24, 25, Feb. 5, 11, 12, 17-Z2,

Mar. Z9 to Apr. 3, May 2-5, July 1}

1.0 1,840

3.0 4.Z50

5.0 7,100

7.0 10,300

12.0 19,600

17.0 30,400

2Z.O 44,000

Z9.O 68,OOO

Discharge, in second-feet, vater year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29

30

31

Dot.

2,570 

2,570 

2,390 

2,230 

2,120

2,120 

2,060 

2,060 

2,120 

2,120

2,120 

2,120 

2,120 

2,060 

2,000

2,000 

2,000 

1,950 

1,900 

1,900

1,950 

2,000 

2,000 

2,060 

2,060

2,120 

2,170 

2,170 

2,060 

2,060 

2,000

Nov.

2,OOO 

3,160 

8,380 

8,220 

7,740

11,000 

13,400 

12,900 

11,700 

9,820

8,060 

6,650 

6,200 

5,900 

5,200

4,640 

5,200 

4,920 

13,200 

27,800

32.000 

34,600 

35,300 

33,000 

30,700

27,600 

25,800 

42,400 

53,800 

57,000

Dec.

60,500 

62,600 

64,000 

65,200 

65,600

66,000 

62,600 

59,400 

g56,000 

g46,100

g2S,200 

g!4,200 

glO.500 

9,500 

9,020

g9,020 

glO,100 

g!2,000 

13,600 

g!4,600

14,200 

13,300 

12,200 

11,000 

g!2,000

g!4,900 

16,400 

16,900 

16,600 

17,300 

18,800

Jan.

19,800 

13,800 

15,700 

17,600 

40,400

51,800 

54,200 

56,000 

57,000 

54,900

51,800 

50,700 

48,500 

45,500 

37,900

21,600 

12,400 

10,800 

12,000 

12,500

12,400 

13,300 

16,400 

13,600 

19,800

20,400 

19,400 

19,600 

18,200 

15,900 

16,900

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

 arc 

Apri

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her. .........................

 her.. .......................

 her. ........................

lendar year 1948 

ary .......

h.... ........................

st ...........................

sober ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

19,000 

21,200 

22,400 

25,300 

27,300

30,200 

28,200 

24,300 

19,800 

23,500

28,500 

32,200 

34,300 

33,000 

28,700

26,700 

29,000 

32,000 

35,100 

37,200

37,200 

37,200 

36,600 

32,200 

25,500

17,600 

15,700 

16,700

Secondfoot days

65,180 

548,290 

902,340

4,273,140

880,8OO 

777,100 

378,460 

428,480 

368,800 

207,260 

261,970 

141,920 

169,050

5,129,650

Mar.

16,600 

14,900 

13,300 

12,000 

11,200

10,600 

10,300 

9,820 

9,500 

10,600

12,200 

12,900 

12,000 

10,500 

9,500

9,020 

8,700 

8,540 

8,860 

9,340

9,340 

9,340 

9,500 

10,300 

12,500

14,000 

14,200 

17,800 

19.OOO 

19,200 

22,900

Apr.

26,200 

27,100 

26,500 

25,500 

21,200

18,200 

15 , 700 

14,600 

13,100 

11 , 700

10,600 

10,300 

11,800 

14,400 

16,400

17 , 100 

15,500 

12,500 

10,800 

9,820

9,180 

9,180 

9,500 

9,660 

9,340

8,700 

8,060 

7,740 

10,300 

17,800

Maximum

2,570 

57,000 

66,000

66,000

57,000 

37,200 

22,900 

27,100 

31,400 

12,500 

15,900 

7,740 

16,400

66,000

Peak discharge (base, 35.OOO sec. -ft.). Nov. 2Z (5 a.n

sec. -ft.; Jan. 9 (3 a.m.) 57,400 sec. -ft. ; Feb. Zl (9 a.n 

g Computed from graph tased on gage readings.

May

23,300 

27,300 

30,900 

31,400 

29,200

24,100 

16,400 

12,900 

11,700 

10,600

9,820 

9,500 

9,180 

8,700 

8,060

7,580 

7,100 

6,950 

6,500 

6,200

6,200 

6,800 

6,650 

6,350 

6.2OO

6,500 

6,500 

6,350 

5,760 

6,200 

7,900

Minimum

1,900 

2,000 

9,020

1,900

1O,80O 

15,700 

8,540 

7,740 

5,760 

5,060 

4,510 

3,470 

3,230

1,900

June

9,500 

9,340 

7,900 

6,650 

5,900

5,760 

5,200 

5,060 

5,060 

6,950

6,500 

5,760 

5,200 

5,200 

5,620

5,900 

8,860 

12,500 

11,000 

.7,580

5,900 

5,480 

5,060 

5,200

5,620

5,480 

6,200 

7,420 

8,860 

10,600

Mean

2,103 

18,280 

29,110

11,680

28,410 

27,750 

12,210 

14,280 

11,900 

6,909 

8,451 

4,578 

5,635

14,050

July

10,600 

8,450 

7,260 

6,500 

5,620

5,480 

6,500 

7,260 

6,950 

7,100

6,500 

6,200 

6,950 

8,540 

9,820

11,500 

14,400 

15,900 

15,300 

14,000

12,200 

10,600 

9,340 

8,060 

7,580

6,950 

6,350 

5,620 

5,O6O 

4,780 

4,510

Aug.

4,380 

4,250 

4,250 

4,780 

6,950

7,740 

6,200 

5,060 

4,380 

4,120

3,860 

3,860 

3,860 

3,860 

3,730

3,730 

3,730 

3,990 

4,380 

6,050

6,2OO 

5,060 

4,510 

4,510 

4,780

4,920 

4,250 

3,730 

3,600 

3,470 

3,730

Per square 

mile

0.363 

3.15 

5.02

2.01

4.90 

4.78 

2.11 

2.46 

2.05 

1.19 

1.46 

.789 

.972

2.42

Sept.

3,860 

3,860 

4,510 

4,250 

3,990

5,620 

11,000 

14,200 

16,400 

15,500

10,800 

6,500 

5,060 

4,510 

4,250

4,120 

4,120 

4,250 

4,120 

3,860

3,730 

3,730 

3,600 

3,470 

3,350

3,350 

3,230 

3,230 

3,230 

3,350

Runoff in 

inohes

0.42 

3.52 

5.79

27.40

5.65 

4.98 

2.43 

2.75 

2.36 

1.33 

1.68 

.91 

1.08

32.90

.) 35,600 sec. -ft.; Dec. 6 (ll a.m.) 66.0OO 

.) 37,400 sec. -ft.
420 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Coosa River near Cropwell, Ala.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 33°30', long. 86°14', in SE£ sec. 33, T. 17 S., R. 4 E., 

at bridge on State Highway 48, 2 miles downstream from Poorhouse Branch and 4 miles 

southeast of Cropwell. Datum of gage is 420.68 feet above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1943 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area.--7,690 square miles.

Records available. March 1942 to September 1949. January 1892 to December 1899 (gage 

heights onlyj at site half a mile upstream, published as Coosa River at lock 5.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 117,000 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 22.8 

i'eet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 2,300 second-feet Oct; 13, 

19-22.

1942-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 30, 1948; minimum daily, 1,720 secondfeet Oct. 1-5, 9, 11, 1947.

Remarks. Records good except those below 3,000 second-feet, which are fair. Sage read 

twice daily.

Revisions (water years). W 1032: 1943-44. W 1082: 1943, 1946.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.9 2,020

2.5 4,030

3.0 5,950

4.0 10,000

6.0 18,800

10.0 39,000

14.0 61,500

22.4 114,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3,320

3,150

2,820

2,980

2,820

2,650

2,490

2,490

2,490

2,490

2,650

2,490

d2,300

2,330

2,330

2,330

2,490

2,330

d2,300

d2,300

d2,300

d2,300

2,330

2,330

2,330

2,330

2,490

2,650

2,650

2,650

2,650

Nov.

2,650

2,980

10,000

12,500

10,000

12,100

16,500

16,500

14,700

13,000

11,300

9,160

7,940

7,540

6,740

6,340

7,140

7,940

13,900

42,800

48,900

52,800

55,500

51,100

45,600

40,100

45,000

83,100

114,000

110,000

-

Dec.

89,400

78,300

74,700

73,500

72,900

72,900

72,300

69,900

66,300

59,700

47,800

26,500

16,100

13,400

11,700

11,700

14,700

15,600

17,900

19,300

19,300

18,300

16.50O

14,700

17,900

21,100

19,700

22,500

23,000

27,500

26,000

Jan.

26,000

25,500

20,200

25,500

66,900

95,900

97,200

84,300

73,500

66,900

63,300

60, 900

57,900

55,500

51 , 600

43,400

28,500

15,200

17,000

17,900

17,000

17,400

20,600

24,500

27,OOO

26,000

25,000

26,000

25,500

22.5OO

23,500

Month

October ........ .......... .... .

November .................. ......

December .................. ...

Calendar year 1948 . ........ .

January ......................

February ........................

March . . ...... ........... ......

April .... ..... ..............

May ..............................

June ... ........... .............

July ........... .............

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ...... .

Feb.

27,000

27,500

29,500

36,800

43,400

42,300

39,600

32,000

33,000

38,400

45,600

46,700

45,600

43,400

40,600

46,200

51,100

50,000

53,300

56,100

53,300

51,100

47,800

45,000

37,900

27,500

26,500

28,500

_

-

Secondfoot-daya

78,560

877,830

1,151,100

5,985,930

1,248,100

1,145,700

556,600

590,800

505,740

254,460

319,630

174,490

198,420

7,101,430

Mar.

26,000

22,500

20,200

17,400

16,100

14,700

14,300

13,400

13,000

22,500

19,700

18,800

17,900

16,100

14,300

12,500

11,700

11,700

12,100

12,100

12,100

13,000

13,400

13,000

14,300

17,900

19,700

27,500

31,500

31,000

36,200

Apr.

42,800

42,300

40,100

35,700

30,500

27,000

22,500

19,700

18,300

16,100

14,300

13,400

17,900

19,700

20,600

21,600

21,100

17,900

14,700

13,000

11,700

11,700

11,700

11,700

11,700

10,800

10,400

10,000

10,800

21 , 100

-

Maximum

3,320

114,000

89,400

114,000

97,200

56,100

36,200

42,800

45,000

16,500

20,200

7,940

18,300

114,000

May

31,500

42,800

45,000

45,000

41,800

35,700

26,500

18,800

15,600

13 , 900

13,000

12,100

11,700

10,800

10,400

9,580

8,740

8,340

8,340

7,940

7,540

8,340

8,340

7,940

7,540

7,540

7,940

7,940

7,540

7,540

10,000

Minimum

2,300

2,650

11,700

?,300

15,200

26,500

11,700

10,000

7,540

6,340

5,560

4,590

3,850

2,300

June

11,700

11,700

10,400

9,160

7,940

7,540

7,140

6,340

6,340

_6,740

8,340

7,940

7,140

6,740

6,740

7,540

7,540

11,700

16,500

13,400

7,940

7,140

6,740

6,340

6,740

6,740

6,740

7,540

9,160

10,800

-

Mean

2,534

29,260

37,130

16,360

40,260

40,920

17,950

19,690

16,310

8,482

10,310

5,629

6,614

19,460

July

12,500

12,100

9,160

8,340

7,540

6,740

6,740

7,540

8,340

8,340

8,340

7,940

7,940

9,160

10,400

13,900

16,500

19,300

20,200

17,900

15,600

13,400

11,700

10,000

8,740

8,340

7,940

7,140

6,340

5,950

5,560

Aug.

5,560

5,170

5,170

4,980

5,950

7,940

7,940

6,740

5,950

5,170

4,980

4,780

4,780

4,590

4,780

5,170

5,560

5,950

5,560

5,950

7,540

7,540

5,560

5,560

5,170

5,950

5,560

4,980

4,780

4,590

4,590

Per square 

mile

0.330

3.80

4.83

2.13

5.24

5.32

2.33

2.56

2.12

1.10

1.34

.732

.860

2.53

Sept.

4,780

4,590

4,780

5,170

5,170

5,170

8,340

13,900

17,000

18,300

17,000

10,000

6,740

5,950

5,170

4,980

5,170

4,980

5,170

4,980

4,590

4,220

4,400

4,220

4,220

4,030

3,850

3,850

3,850

3,850

Runoff in 

inches

0.38

4.25

5.57

28.96

6.04

5.54

2.69

2.86

2.45

1.23

1.55

.84

.96

34.36

______ charge (base. 50,000 sec.-ft.). Hoy. 22 (7 p.m.) 57,900 sec.-ft. ; Nov. 30 (l a.m.) 

117,000 sec.-ft.; Jan. 7 (4 a.m.) 99,200 sec.-ft.; Feb. 20 (7:45 a.m.) 56,700 sec.-ft.

d Doubtful gige-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Chlldersburg.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 

Coosa River at Childersburg, Ala.

421

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°17", long. 86°22', in NE£ see. 18, T. 20 S., R. 

3 E., at Central of Georgia Railway bridge, 700 feet upstream from bridge on State 

Highway 91, half a mile downstream from Tallaseehatehee Creek, and 1 mile northwest of 

Childersburg. Datum of gage is 382.45 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, 

supplementary adjustment of 1943 (levels by Alabama. Power Co.).

Drainage area. 8,390 square miles.

Records available. February 1914 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 32 years (1917-49), 13,970 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 136,000 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 28.3 

reet); minimum, 2,550 second-feet Oct. 19 (gage height, 1.50 feet).

1914-49: Maximum discharge, 136,000 second-feet Apr. 9, 1938, Nov. 30, 1948; maximum gage height, 30.0 feet Apr. 9, 1938; minimum discharge, 1,300 second-feet in September 1925.

Remarks. Records good.

Coot sration. Records collected by Alabama Power Co., under general supervision of 

soiogieal Survey, in connection with a Federal Power Commission project.

Rating table, water year 1948-48 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.5 2,550

2.0 3,700

3.0 6,300

5.0 12,500

7.0 19,800

10.0 31,800

14.0 50,600

20.0 83,600

28.2 135,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1943 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

3,820 

3,660 

3,490 

3,440 

3,280

3,090 

2,980 

2,860 

2,770 

2,770

2,790 

2,790 

2,770 

2,770 

2,770

2,750 

2,730 

2,590 

2,550

2,590

2,570 

2,570 

2,620 

2,680 

2,730

2,730 

2,730 

2,770 

2,790 

2,770 

2,750

Nov.

2,680 

2,980 

5,740 

13,600 

11,500

11,200 

16,400 

16,800 

15,700 

13,900

12,500 

10,500 

8,900 

8,300 

7,700

7,140 

7,560 

8,900 

16,000 

42 , 600

48,600 

57,900 

61,200 

55,800 

47 , 600

41,700 

50,600 

79,600 

124,000 

135 , 000

Dec.

121,000 

96,700 

80,200 

75,500 

74,400

74,400 

73,800 

72,700 

68,800 

62,800

52,7OO 

32,6OO 

19,000 

15,400 

13,900

13,900 

16,80CT 

17 , 900 

19,800 

20,600

20,600 

19,800 

18,300 

16.8OO 

17,900

22,900 

22,900 

23,300 

25,200 

30,100 

27,600

Jan.

26,800 

26,800 

24,400 

24,800 

61,600

L04.000 

114,000 

105,000 

85,400 

71,600

65,500 

62,200 

59,000 

56,300 

52,600

43,200 

26,300 

17 , 900 

17,900 

19,400

18,700 

18,700 

20,900 

24,000 

26,800

26,800 

25 , 600 

26,000 

26,400 

23,600 

24,800

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Bay 

June 

July 

Align 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary .

h. ...........................

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 55,000 se

136,000 sec. -ft.; Jan. 7 (11 a.m. 

980338 O - 52 - 28

Feb.

28,400 

28,000 

28,400 

36,600 

45,100

43,200 

40,800 

36,200 

35,300 

39,800

46,000 

46,600 

46,000 

43,600 

40,800

47 , 900 

59,000 

53,200 

56,800 

61,200

56,800 

52,600 

49,000 

45,600 

39,800

31,000 

26,800 

31 , 800

Secondfoot-days

88,970 

942 , 600 

1,268,300

6,515,310

1,327,000 

1,196,300 

628,400 

646,100 

561,340 

281,420 

351,220 

197,940 

210,700

7,700,290

Har.

28,400 

25,200 

22,100 

19,800 

17,900

17,900 

17,600 

16,100 

15,700 

26,800

24,400 

21,300 

20,600 

19.00O 

16,800

15,000 

14,300 

13,900 

13,900 

13,600

13,900 

15,000 

16,100 

15,400 

15,700

18,700 

20,600 

28,000 

33,100 

32,700 

38 , 900

Apr.

46,000 

43 , 600 

40,800 

36,600 

31,800

28,400 

24,400 

21,300 

19,800 

17,900

16,400 

15,700 

19,000 

12,300 

21,300

22,100 

22,100 

19,800 

16,800 

14,600

13,600 

13,200 

12,900 

12,900 

12 , 900

12,500 

11,800 

11,800 

17,200 

27,600

Maximum

3,820 

135,000 

121,000

135,000

114,000 

61,200 

38 , 900 

46,000 

50,600 

14,600 

20,600 

9,220 

17,900

135,000

.-ft.). Nov. 22 (11 p.

115,000 sec. -ft.; Feb.

May

32,700 

47 , 600 

50,600 

46,600 

43,200

37,500 

29,300 

21,700 

17,900 

16,100

14,600 

13,600 

13,200 

12,500 

11,800

11,200 

10,500 

9,860 

9,540 

9,220

8,900 

8,600 

9,220 

9,220 

8,900

8,900 

8,900 

9,220 

9,540 

9,220 

11,500

Minimum

2,550 

2,680 

13,900

2,550

17,900 

26,800 

13,600 

11,800 

8,600 

7,140 

6,580 

5,200 

4,060

2,550

June

12,500 

12,900 

12,200 

10,500 

9,220

8,600 

8,300 

7,700 

7,280 

7,140

8,600 

9,220 

8,600 

7,700 

7,560

8,600 

8,600 

10,800 

14,600 

13,200

10,200 

8,600 

8,000 

7,420 

7,420

8,000 

8,000 

8,600 

9,860 

11,500

Mean

2,870 

31,420 

40,910

17,800

42,810 

42,720 

20,270 

21,540 

18,110 

9,381 

11,330 

6,385 

7,023

21, .100

July

12,900 

13,200 

11,200 

9,540 

8,600

8,000 

7,420 

8,000 

8,900 

9,220

9,220 

9,220 

8,900 

9,220 

11,200

14,600 

16,800 

19,800 

20,600 

19,000

16,800 

15,000 

13,200 

11,800 

10,5OO

9,860 

9,220 

8,300 

7,560 

6,860 

6,580

Aug.

6,300 

6,C20 

6.300 

6,020

3,160

8,000 

9,220 

8,300 

7,000 

6,160

5,740 

5,480 

5,200 

5,200 

5,200

5,880 

6,020 

6,160 

6,160 

6,580

8,000 

8,600 

7,280 

6,300 

6,020

6,300 

6.3OO 

5,880 

5,340 

5,340 

5,480

Per square 

mile

0.342 

3.74 

4.88

2.12

5.10 

5.09 

2.42 

2.57 

2.16 

1.12 

1.35 

.761 

.837

2.51

m. 62,200 sec. -ft.; Nov. 30 (9 

20 (6 a.m.) 61,700 see. -ft.

Sept.

5,480 

5,200 

5,200 

5,480 

5,740

5,740 

7,280 

12,500 

16,100 

17,900

16,800 

12,500 

8,600 

6,860 

6,O20

5,740 

5,480 

5,740 

5,740 

5,610

5,200 

4,940 

4,820 

4,680 

4,440

4,310 

4,180 

4,180 

4,180 

4,060

Runoff in 

inches

0.39 

4.18 

5.62

28.88

5.88 

5.30 

2.79 

2.86 

2.49 

1.25 

1.56 

.88 

.93

34.13

a.m.)
422 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Coosa River at Jordan Dam, near Wetumpka, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°37', long. 86°15', in Sv sec. 22, T. 19 N,, R. 18 

E., naif a mile downstream from Jordan Dam, 4 miles upstream irom Corn Creek, 5? miles 

northwest of Wetumpka, and 12 miles upstream from confluence with Tallapoosa River. 

Datum of gage is 141.6 feet above mean sea level (levels by Alabama Power Co.).

Drainage area. 10,200 square miles.

Records available. July 1912 to September 1914, December 1925 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--25 years (1912-14, 1926-49), 16,310 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 162,000 second-feet Nov. 28; maximum gage height, 

bb.b feet Nov. 29, (backwater from Tallapoosa River); minimum daily discharge, 89 second-feet Oct. 31.

1912-14, 1925-49: Maximum discharge, 298,000 second-feet Apr. 8, 1938 (gage height, 

46.4 feet), computed on basis of power-plant records and flow over spillway; minimum 

daily, 54 second-feet Oct. 15, 1938.

Remarks. Records good. Plow regulated by hydroelectric plants and reservoirs at Lay, 

MItchell, and Jordan Dams (see p. 428).

Cooperation.--Records collected by Alabama Power Co., under general supervision of Geological Survey, in connection with a Federal Power Commission project.

Rating table, water year 1948-49, except periods of backwater from Tallapoosa River 

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

1.8 

2.0 

2.4 

2.7 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

87

98

151

230

343

579

862

4.5 

5.0 

5.5 

6.O 

6.5 

7.0 

8.0

1,180 

1,58O 

2,080 

2,70O 

3,46O 

4,400 

6,690

9.0 

1O.O 

12.0 

15.0 

20.0 

25.0 

31.0

9,540

12,700

21,800

37,600

68,100

101,000

149,OOO

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 tc September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3,63O

162

94

5,8OO

5.87O

5,450

6,13O

3,880

195

104

5,3OO

4,290

5,060

4,200

3,930

5O5

159

a5,30O

a7,7OO

a4,810

4,930

4.78O

a!50

a9O

a5 , 9OO

a5,400

6, ISO

4,810

2,450

130

89

Nov.

4,110

6,060

8,840

9,12O

10.70O

13,9OO

15.SOO

13,100

15,200

18,500

15,8OO

14,700

11,400

8,50O

9.73O

12,100

11,900

11,100

15.8OO

39.2OO

52 , 6OO

8O.30O

78,1OO

74,700

58,800

63,700

IIO.OOO

cO.24,000

C150.000

cl49,000

-

Dec.

d38,OOO

cllO, OOO

c89,OOO

c82,OOO

c77,50O

C83.OOO

079,500

c77,300

79.80O

70.6OO

59.OOO

45.7OO

29,30O

24,OOO

22,OOO

21,200

2O,OOO

18,300

22,100

27,500

23,900

26,700

24,000

22,9OO

17,OOO

29.0OO

29,500

26,200

29 , 9OO

41,1OO

37,000

Jan.

33,600

30,200

31,500

3O.OOO

87,300

116,000

127.0OO

128.OOO

c 99,OOO

C73.OOO

76, OOO

69,900

62,500

58,400

57,600

54.3OO

37,700

28,6OO

24,200

24,000

24,500

24.4OO

22,900

26,70O

29.OOO

32,700

31.OOO

30,300

33,400

3O.5OO

31,4OO

Month

October ..........................

November ....................... .

December ....................... .

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April . ..........................

May ..............................

June ... .........................

July ............................

August ..........................

Septembe r .......................

Water year 194,8-49 ............

Feb.

35,600

34 , 90O

34,900

38,500

50,8OO

53,OOO

46,7OO

43,200

44,800

5O.40O

54.OOO

52,900

52,300

51.OOO

47 , 3OO

64,100

77,50O

65,400

71,100

78,700

66,70O

57,900

56.10O

53 , 6OO

47.4OO

40,5OO

33,OOO

37,100

-

_

-

Seccndfoct-days

107, 44E

1,2O6,76C

1,483,OOC

8,010,046

1,565,6OC

1.439.40C

818, OOC

849.OOC

714, 25C

363, 24C

431, 05C

237,870

242, 66C

9,458,27£

Mar.

36,9OO

31.2OO

28,900

25,6OO

22.6OO

22 , 60O

26.70O

23.90O

21,900

27,700

35,800

28.0OO

26,5OO

25,900

23.6OO

21,400

2O,5OO

20,300

19,000

12 , 1OO

16,8OO

19,300

22,600

23,300

24 , OOO

24,400

23,50O

29,000

39 , 100

39,200

55,700

Apr.

58 , 1OO

51,000

48,200

43,100

39,900

34,400

32,400

27.1OO

24,6OO

22,7OO

21,3OO

20,800

23,900

23,200

26,300

26,300

25.3OO

23,1OO

23,20O

2O.9OO

19,200

19.8OO

15,20O

14,000

14,800

 13,30O

15,000

19.9OO

48.7OO

52 , 3OO

-

Maximum

7,700

ISO, OOO

138,000

150,000

128,000

78,7OO

55,700

58,100

75,900

15.50O

29 2OO io|eoo

'

150,000

May

47,100

c75,900

j66,5OO

=52,100

52,300

47,300

39,100

29,400

24,000

23, OOO

2O, 600

19,600

16,600

11,000

11.7OO

13,600

12,800

9,750

12.8OO

11,200

10,000

10,000

11,OOO

11,400

9,460

8,900

9,85O

10.1OO

9,990

13,300

13,900

Minimum

89

4,110

17,000

89

22 , 9OO

33,OOO

12,10O

13,300

8,900

9,060

4,750

5,220

1,87O

89

June

14 , 8OO

14,000

12.6OO

11.90O

11,400

14.6OO

11,100

9,060

11.7OO

11,100

10.6OO

10,200

13,100

12,700

9,160

12,600

14.5OO

10,500

11,000

13,1OO

13,600

15,500

14,900

11.6OO

13,800

9,840

9,58O

ll.OOO

12.OOO

11,700

-

Mean

3,466

40,230

47,840

21,890

50,500

51,410

26,390

28,300

23,O40

12,110

13,900

7,673

8,089

25,910

July

11,900

13.5OO

12,100

12,100

1O.6OO

11,100

11,200

11,80O

10,20O

10,200

9,76O

8,16O

10,700

10.7OO

12,4OO

17.9OO

18, OOO

20,600

22.70O

29.2OO

22,800

20,400

20.2OO

18.9OO

11,7OO

11,4OO

13, OOO

10,700

12,400

9,980

4,750

Aug.

7,330

7,190

8,080

6,140

7,320

10.6OO

10,600

9,540

8.54O

7,620

6,340

5,46O

5,220

5,950

7.0OO

6,650

8,93O

7,890

8,500

9.O9O

9,OOO

a8,50O

89,260

a7,780

5,880

6.66O

6.96O

6,38O

7,440

8,97O

7,O50

Per square 

mile

2.15

_

_

2.54

Sept.

5,950

5,74O

6,20O

7,62O

10,500

10,900

8,850

1O.OOO

13,3OO

15,800

14.3OO

11,6OO

9,230

9.86O

9.74O

1O.9OO

8,270

2,780

5.77O

8,170

6,790

6,72O

ll.OOO

5,700

1,870

5,67O

4.96O

5.81O

5.O1O

a3,650

-

Runoff in 

inchss

_

-

29.20

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

34.48

a No gage-height ree 

c Backwater from Tallapo 

plant.

discharge computed from records of Jordan Dam hydroelectric plant. 

>sa River; discharge computed fr^m records of Jordan Dam hydroelectric
MOBILE RIVER BASIN ^0 

Alabama River near Montgomery, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°24'42", long. 86°24'32", in NWtr sec. 31, T. 17 

N., R. 17 E., at bridge on U. S. Highway 31, 4 miles upstream from Autauga Creek and 

6 miles northwest of Montgomery. Datum of gage is 97.90 feet above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929 (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Drainage area.--15,100 square miles.

Records available.--October 1927 to September 1949. January 1899 to December 1903 (gage 

heights only) at Montgomery, 9 miles upstream. Gage-height records collected at 

Montgomery since December 1890 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.--22 years (1927-49), 24,300 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 234,000 second-feet Dec. 1 (gage height, 58.2 

 feet); minimum, 3,390 second-feet Nov. 1 (gage height, -0.7 foot); minimum daily, 3,900 

second-feet Nov. 1.

1927-49: Maximum discharge, 256,000 second-feet (revised) Mar. 17, 1929 (gage 

height, 59.6 feet); minimum, 2,180 second-feet Nov. 24, 1941 (gage height, -2.1 feet); 

minimum daily, 2,420 second-feet Nov. 24, 1941.

Revisions. The maximum discharge for the water year 1929 has been revised to 256,000 

second-reet (gage height, 59.6 feet), superseding figure published in Water-Supply Papers 

682 and 952.

Remarks.--Records good. Flow regulated by hydroelectric plants and reservoirs on Coosa and 

Tallapoosa Rivers (see p. 428).

Cooperation.--Records collected by Alabama Power Co., under general supervision of Geologicai Survey, in connection with a Federal Power Commission project.

Revisions (water years). Revised figures of discharge, in second-feet, for the high-water 

period in the water year 1929, superseding those published in Water-Supply Paper 682, 

are given herewith:

116,000

119,000

115,000

108,000

122,000

141,000

144,000

132,000

118,000 

132,000 

224.OOO 

251,000 

209,000 

144,000 

123,000 

115,000

113,000 

119,OOO 

130.OOO 

139,000 

136,000 

130,000 

122,000 

113,000

Month

Water year 1928-29.

Second-" 

foot -days

3,937,800

11,203,030

Maximum

251,000

Minimum

6,500

Mean

30,690

Per square 

mile

2.03

Runoff in 

inches

27.57

Rating table, water year 1948-49, except period of backwater from return of overbank flow 

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

-0.2

.2

1.0

3,900 

4,38O 

5,480

5.0

7.0

10.0

3.0 8,750

12,800

17,700

25,800

20.0

30.0

40.0

15.0 39,800

53,800

80, 8OO

108,000

50.0

53.0

56.0

45.0 122,000

144,000 

167,000 

202,OOO

58.0 231,000
MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Discharge, in second-feet, of Alabama River near Montgomery, Ala., 

water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

10,400

9,650

6,420

5,180

10,000

10,900

11,300

11,300

9,290

5,780

4,880

9,650

10,400

10,900

10,400

9,650

5,780

5,330

10,600

13,100

10,600

10,600

10,000

5,330

4,620

9,650

11,300

12,000

10 , 600

8,410

5,180

Nov.

3,900

8,410

12,000

14,600

14,200

15,600

19,600

17,400

16,900

20,700

20,700

17 , 200

15,100

12,200

10,600

12,200

15,800

16,100

17,500

37,900

55,700

67 , 100

79,000

90,600

94,100

93,800

115,000

148,000

199,000

550,000

-

Dec.

232,000

e 205,000,

C169.000

k:13Z,OOQ

0122,000

=116,000

clll.OOO

El06,000

c!02,000

C98.000

092,800

e85,800

71,400

51,000

45,400

33,700

31,400

31,700

34,800

43,800

44,900

41,800

40,400

35,600

30,900

31,400

37,000

38,400

37,900

45,700

54,900

Jan.

55,200

50 , 200

47 , 100

42,400

57,600

87,600

105,000

117,000

LZ1.000

118,000

Lll.OOO

104,000

95,400

86,800

78,400

72,800

64,400

51,000

41,000

37 , 600

36,500

35,900

34,200

32,000

34,800

39 ,000

39,800

39,300

39,300

40,700

41 , 200

Month

October ..........................

Novembe r ....... .... ...... .

December ........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ....................

February .........................

March ............... . . .

April ....................... .

May ..............................

June .............................

July ....................... .....

August ...........................

September ........... .....

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

45,400

49,900

48,800

47,400

52,700

60,300

62,800

61,700

60,600

65,700

74,900

83,600

84,600

81,900

74,600

67,100

78,400

86,000

87 , 300

91,400

93,300

91,400

88,100

83,000

76,000

66,000

56,000

51,000

-

-

-

Second 

foot-days

279,200

1,490,910

2,353,700

11,698,210

956 200

969 900

', 196* 600

,196,300

'eo?', 700

806 , 700

445 , 200

419,470

14,012,680

liar.

52,200

51,000

45,400

41,500

37,000

33,700

34,200

37,600

37,600

38,200

46,300

47,700

42,900

41,800

38,400

37,600

35,400

34,500

33,400

28,900

23,900

29 ,500

34,800

35,900

34,500

32,800

32 , 300

34,000

43,200

48,000

52,400

Apr.

67,900

70,600

67,400

62,800

56,300

54,400

48,800

44,300

38,400

34,800

31,200

29,800

33,100

36,500

38 , 200

38,200

36,500

32,800

32,300

31,200

30 ,000

28,900

27,500

23,100

22,600

22,000

22,600

27,800

36,800

69,500

-

Maximum

13,100

230,000

232,000

232,000

121 000

93 300

52^400

70,600

111,000

27 ,00^ 

50^500

17,700

22,000

232,000

May

86,200

101,000

110,000

111,000

102,000

93,800

81,100

65,200

48,200

37,900

33,400

30,900

29,500

24,700

23,900

22,600

24,200

21,500

20,100

22,300

20,400

17,200

19,000

19,900

20,100

18,500

17 , 200

17,400

15,600

16,100

19,900

Minimum

4,620

3,900

30,900

3,900

000

45*400

23,900 

22,000

15,600

15,100

16,900 

11,500

8,410

3,900

June

23,400

24,200

22,800

20,100

17,700

18,200

19,000

19,000

17,200

19,300

19,600

18,500

18,800

20,400

21,500

20,900

23,600

20,700

15,100

15,800

19,600

25,000

27,800

22,300

21,500

20,700

17,400

19,300

19,000

19,300

Mean

9,006

49,700

75,930

31,960

63, 100

70,350

38, 600

39 , 880

41,640

20, 260

26,020

14,360 

13,980

38,390

July

19,000

19,900

20,100

20,100

18,200

18,500

17,200

17,700

17,400

16,900

16,900

18,500

18,200

18,200

20,100

27,000

36,200

47,700

50,200

50,500

49,100

40,700

35,100

32,000

28,100

23,600

24,400

22,300

21,800

21,200

19,900

Aug.

16,100

17,700

16,400

14,900

13,700

15,100

16,600

15,800

14,200

14,400

14,400

12,200

12,600

12,400

12,200

12,200

14,400

14,600

14,600

17,400

15,800

13,500

14', 000

15,400

13,700

13,700

14,000

13,300

11,500

13,300

15,100

Per square 

mile

_

-

2.12

.

2.54

Sept.

14,200

12,800

12,400

12,000

12,800

15,800

15,800

15,600

17,700

20,400

22,000

17,700

15,800

15,800

16,400

16,100

16,600

12,800

9,650

12,800

14,900

12,400

12,600

14,400

11.50O

8,410

10 , 200

10,200

10,600

9,110

Runoff in 

inches

_

-

28.81

~

~

_

34.51

c Backwater from return of overbank flow; discharge computed on basis of backwater curve defined 

by discharge measurements.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 425

Alabama River at Selma, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°24', long. 87°01', in T. 17 H., R. 10 E., at 

fidmond Pettus Bridge on U. S. Highway 80, In Selma, 1 mile upstream from Valley Creek. 

Datum of gage is 60.80 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area. 17,100 square miles.

Records available. January 1899 to December 1913 (gage heights only prior to January 

19UO), June j.928 to September 1949. Gage-height records since December 1890 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 34 years (1900-1913, 1928-49), 27,000 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 202,000 second-feet Dec. 3 (gage height, 56.0 

reet); minimum, 4,630 second-feet Nov. 2 (gage height, 0.3 foot); minimum daily, 5,050 

second-feet Nov. 2.

1899-1913, 1928-49: Maximum discharge, 204,000 second-feet Mar. 19, 1929; maximum 

gage height, that of Dec. 3, 1948; minimum discharge observed, 2,660 second-feet Nov.l, 

1904 (gage height, -2.20 feet).

Maximum stage known, 57.0 feet Apr. 8, 1886, from floodmarks established by Corps 

of Engineers (discharge, 221,000 second-feet).

Remarks. Records good. Discharge above 17,000 second-feet computed by using rate of 

change of stage as a factor. Plow regulated by hydroelectric plants and reservoirs 

on Goose and Tallapoosa Rivers (see p. 428).

Revisions. W 662: Drainage area.

Discharge, in aecond-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

12,900

11,800

11,000

8,230

6,880

10,800

12,500

12,900

12,700

11,000

8,050

6,720

10,400

11,900

12,500

11,800

11,000

7,710

6,560

11,200

13,600

12,500

12,100

11,400

7,540

6,090

10,000

12,300

13,100

11,800

9,670

Nov.

6,880

5,050

8,410

13,600

16,000

16,900

19,700

22,500

20,400

20,200

22,700

22,000

19,300

17,100

14,400

12,700

14,400

17,700

21,500

32,900

51,400

65,600

80,500

90,600

97,300

106,000

127,000

154,000

166,000

177,000

-

Dec.

190,000

200,000

201,000

198,000

187,000

177,000

164,000

149,000

136,000

126,000

116,000

106,000

91,900

71,600

54,000

42,000

35,300

35,600

40,500

46,000

50,900

47,900

44,500

40,400

36,100

31,600

35,900

39,000

39,200

44,000

53,800

Jan.

57,700

55,200

50,900

49,200

57,500

79,600

99,000

114,000

124,000

130,000

126,000

118,000

110,000

99,700

90,100

81,800

73,700

61,000

51,300

43,400

40,100

38,900

37,500

34,400

33,900

37,000

40,500

41,200

41,200

42,700

45,100

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ................ ........

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May .........................

June ........................ ....

July .............................

August ...........................

Septembe r ........................

Hater year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

48,900

52,400

53,000

50,700

52,400

58,300

63,600

64,400

66,200

72,200

79,800

88,400

90,600

87,500

81,400

82,000

86,900

93,900

102,000

107,000

107,000

107,000

102,000

97,500

89,100

79,000

68,800

60,400

-

-

-

Secondfoot-days

328,650

1,459,740

2,830,200

12,919,220

2,104,600

2,192,400

1,304,200

1,286,300

1,445,600

657,600

876,400

513,300

470,600

15,469,590

Mar.

56,500

56,100

50,900

46,000

42,000

37,400

36,800

39,500

40,700

41,400

45,000

51,200

48,900

45,000

43,000

40,600

39,100

36,900

35,400

33,200

27,500

30,600

38,800

42,700

40,900

37,100

35,100

36,000

41,100

50,400

58,400

Apr.

68,900

78,200

79,700

76,200

68,800

62,100

55,400

50,100

44,500

38,300

34,900

31,800

33,200

37,000

38,900

39,700

38,900

36,300

33 , 000

32,700

31,500

29,500

29,300

26,400

23,300

22,900

?3,200

28,300

34,400

57,900

-

Maximum

13,600

177,000

201,000

201,000

130,000

107,000

58,400

79,700

122,000

28,900

53,400

21,800

22,700

201,000

May

83,200

107,000

116,000

122,000

120,000

111,000

101,000

82,400

65,000

49,100

40,100

33,500

31,400

29,200

25,500

24,100

23,800

24,300

21,800

21,300

22,000

20,400

18,600

20,400

21,100

20,900

19,300

18,200

18,600

16,900

17,500

Minimum

6,090

5,050

31,600

5,050

33,900

48,900

27,500

22 , 900

16,900

17,300

18,200

13,500

10,000

5,050

June

21,100

23,800

24,100

22,700

20,400

18,600

18,800

19,700

20,200

19,700

21,800

22,500

21,800

21,800

22,900

24,100

24,300

24 , 300

20,900

17,300

18,000

22,100

28,900

27,500

23,800

23,600

22,200

519,700

520,600

520,400

-

Mean

10.60C

48.66C

91.30C

35.30C

67,890

78,300

42,070

42.88C

46,630

21,920

28,270

16,560

15,690

42,380

July

20,400

20,000

20,200

21,500

,21,100

19,700

19,500

18,600

18,600

18,200

18,600

19,100

20,900

21,100

21,100

27,000

36,100

48,500

53,400

53,200

52,400

46,900

40,500

36,900

33,700

29,200

25,500

25,500

23,600

22,900

22,500

Aug.

21,800

20,400

20,400

18,800

16,900

15,600

16,900

17,700

16,900

15,800

16,000

16,000

14,400

14,600

14,400

13,800

14,000

16,200

16,600

18,000

20,200

19,100

16,600

15,800

16,900

15,600

15,000

15,400

14,600

13,500

15,400

Per square 

mile

-

-

-

2.06

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2.48

Sept.

16,400

15,600

14,200

13,800

14,400

15,800

18,000

18,000

17,700

19,300

22,000

22,700

19,300

17,300

17,100

17,500

17,500

17,700

14,800

gll,400

g!3,800

g!5,600

g!3,800

g!3,800

g!5,400

g!2,900

glO.OOO

gll,400

gll,800

gll,600

-

Runoff in 

inches

_

_

_

28.10

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

33.64

Peak discharge (base, 80,000 aec.-ft.). Dec. 3 (ll a.m.) 202,000 sec.-ft.: Jan. 10 (6 p.m.) 

131,000 sec.-ft.; Feb. 13 (10 a.m.) 92,400 sec.-ft.- Feb. 20-22, 107,000 sec.-ft. ; Apr. 3 (3 p.m.) 

80,000 sec.-ft.; May 4, 122,000 sec.-ft.

g Computed from graph based on U. S. Weather Bureau gage readings and recorded range in stage.
426 MOBIIE RIVER BASIN

Alabama River near Millers Perry, Ala.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 32°07', long. 87°24', in NWi; sec. 8, T. 13 N., R. 7 E., 

at Bridge on JTEate Highway 28, Just downstream from Prairie Creek and 2£ miles northwest of Millers Perry. Datum of gage is 26.85 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 

(levels by Corps of Engineers). Auxiliary staff gage at site 9f miles downstream at 

different datum.

Drainage area. 20,700 square miles.

Records available October 1937 to September 1949. Gage-height records collected at same 

site since 1931 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 12 years, 32,070 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 215,000 second-feet Dec. 5 (gage height, 56.2 

reet); minimum observed, 6,700 second-feet Nov. 3; minimum observed gage height, 4.4 

feet Sov. 3; minimum daily discharge,6,910 second-feet Oct. 27.

1937-49: Maximum discharge, 237,000 second-feet Apr. 14, 1938 (gage height, 56.6 

feet);; minimum observed, 4,700 second-feet Oct. 23, 1941 (gage height, 3.02 feet); 

mlnlmtm daily, 5,260 second-feet Oct. 23, 1941.

Flood in March 1929 reached a stage of 56.8 feet, from floodmarks. Flood in April 

1886 reached a stage of from 1 to 5 feet higner than that of March 1929.

Remarks. Records good. Gages read twice daily. Discharge computed by using fall as 

determined from auxiliary staff gage as a factor. Flow regulated by hydroelectric 

plants and reservoirs on Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers (see p. 428).

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; records of discharge computed by 

Geological Survey.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

12,100 

13,300 

12,100 

10,700 

9,910

8,580 

10,600 

12,400 

12,900 

12,600

11,300 

9,160 

7,930 

9,910 

11,800

12,200 

12,100 

11,500 

8.520 

7,570

10,800 

13,100 

12,300 

12,100 

11,600

8,770 

6,910 

8,630 

10,300 

12,600 

12,300

Nov.

10,800 

8,150 

6,930 

8,100 

13,100

17,200 

19,200 

22,500 

22,900

22,000

21,800 

22,900 

22,400 

20,500 

17,300

15,3OO 

14,600 

16,400 

23,800 

36,000

45,400 

65,600 

86,500 

97,900 

105,000

111,000 

128,000 

164,000 

179,000 

180,000

Dec.

135,000 

191,000 

200,000 

210,000 

215,000

210,000 

204,000 

196,000 

136,000 

175,000

162,000 

150,000 

134,000 

108,000 

33,500

62^600 

57,900 

50,500 

57,200 

60,10O

61,60O 

60,000 

56,000 

52,100 

47,100

42,700 

40,500 

44,100 

47,800 

52^00 

58,100

Jan.

64,600 

66,700 

65,300 

61,400 

70,300

82,800 

96,700 

110,000 

120,000 

134,000

133,000 

142,000 

135,000 

124,000 

115,000

104,000 

94,400 

85,000 

76,700 

65,700

54,500 

49,000 

46,100 

44,300 

41,900

41,900 

44,4QO 

47,000 

49,300 

49,900 

55,100

Month

Goto 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. .....................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Fob.

59,900 

61,200 

63,300 

63,600 

63,300

65,30O 

72,500 

76,200 

35,300 

92,900

96,900 

98,900 

J.01,000 

101,000 

102,000

100,000 

110,000 

113,000 

116,000 

125,000

127,000 

124,000 

123,000 

119,000 

113,000

103,000 

93,700 

85,700

Secondfoot-days

336, 59C 

1,524,33C 

3,460,60(

15,243,04(

2,475,50C 

2,655,70( 

1,670,10C 

1,572,20C 

1,708,60C 

763,60C 

992, 10C 

562,40( 

521, 70(

18,243,42(

Peak discharge (base, 9O.OOO sec. -ft.}. DC

20 (9 p.m.J 127,000 sec. -ft.; Apr. 3 (6 p.m.

Mar.

76,600 

71,900 

67,500 

60,100 

53,900

49,100 

46,700 

44,600 

46,700 

49,500

52.10O 

57,800 

61,800 

59,300 

56,600

52,900 

50,200 

46,700 

44,300 

41,900

39,400 

41,100 

58,300 

50,900 

57,100

51,600 

46,600 

47,000 

51,800 

56,300 

69,800

Apr.

84,900 

93,700 

97,600 

95,600 

92,000

86,100 

75,900 

67,000 

60,700 

53,200

45,300 

41,900 

39,600 

40,700 

44,000

45,800 

46,600 

44,600 

40,800 

38,000

36,700 

35,400 

34,200 

32,100 

30,70O

27,900 

26,600 

27,100 

37,900 

49,600

Maximum

) 13,300 

180,000 

) 215,000

) 215,000

) 142,000 

) 127,000 

) 76,600 

) 97 , 600 

) 132,000 

) 31,000 

) 60,100 

) 25 , 100 

) 24,400

) 215,000

May

76,70O 

104,000 

121,000 

127,000 

132,000

130,000 

126,000 

116,000 

98,600 

79,400

58,700 

48,100 

40,600 

34,400 

32,000

28,100 

27,500 

27,500 

26,400 

24,600

24,200 

24,000 

24,200 

22,400 

24,400

24,500 

23,300 

21,800 

20,900

20,900 

19,400

Minimum

6,910 

6,980 

40,500

6,910

41,900 

59,900 

39,400 

26,600 

19,400 

20,300 

19,800 

14,400 

11,200

6,910

June

20,300 

24,200 

26,700 

26,700 

24,800

22,600 

20,900 

20,500 

21,800 

24,000

26,500 

29,500 

28,400 

27,800 

26,200

26,400 

27,900 

28,100 

27,300 

24,800

22,000 

21,300 

25,400 

31,000 

30,000

28,800 

28,100 

24,400 

23,400 

23,800

Mean

10,86C 

50,81C 

111.60C

41.65C

79,85C 

94,85C 

53.87C 

52.41C 

55,12C 

25,45C 

32,OOC 

18,14C 

17.39C

49,98C

July

23,100 

22,200 

22,200 

23,300 

24,000

23,500 

22,200 

21,100 

20,500 

20,000

19,800 

21,100 

24,200 

25 , 300 

25,800

27,500 

35 , 600 

46,100 

56,500 

60,100

59,300 

57,600 

51,100 

47,000 

40,500

36,400 

31,600 

28,400 

26,600 

24,800 

24,700

Aug.

25,100 

23,30O 

22,000 

22,40O 

19,900

18,400 

16,600 

17,700 

18,6OO 

17,300

16,800 

17,300 

17,300 

15,500 

15,100

15,400 

15,200 

15,000 

17,800 

20,700

22,200 

22,600 

20,700 

19,000 

17,200

17,200 

16,000 

15,800 

15,300 

14,600 

14,400

Per square 

mile

- 

- 

-

2.01

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

-

2.41

Sept.

15,400 

16,700 

16,000 

15,000 

16,100

23,700 

24,400 

22,900 

21,100 

19,400

21,100 

22,200 

22,600 

20,500 

18,600

18,000 

18,000 

18,400 

18,200 

15,700

12,900 

14,600 

16,300 

16,000 

14,800

15,400 

13,400 

11,300 

11,200 

11,800

Runoff in 

inches

-

27.39

:

32.78

>c. 5, 215,000 sec. -ft. s Jan. 12, 142,000 sec. -Ft.; Feb. 

98,600 sec. -ft. 5 May 6 (10 a.m.) 131,000 sec. -ft.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 427

Alabama River at Claiborne, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°32', long. 87°31', in sec. 25, T. 7 N., R. 5 E., 

 at bridge on U. S. Highway 84 at Claiborne, half a mile downstream from Limestone

Creek. Datum of gage is 0.4 foot above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary

adjustment of 1943.

Drainage area. 22,000 square miles.

Records available. April 1930 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 19 years, 33,580 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 219,000 gecond-feet Dec. 9 (gage height, 52.0 

reet); minimum, 8,080 second-feet Nov. 5 (gage height, 9.6.feet); minimum daily, 8,740 

second-feet Nov. 5.

1930-49: Maximum discharge, 227,000 second-feet Apr. 16, 17, 1938; maximum gage 

height, 52.25 feet Apr. 17, 1938; minimum discharge, 5,260 second-feet Oct. 24, 1941.

Remarks. Records good. Flow regulated by hydroelectric plants and reservoirs on Coosa 

ancTTallapoosa Rivers (see following page).

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; records of discharge computed by 

Geological Survey.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 12-30)

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

8,740

18,000

29,400

42,300

59,900

35.0

40.0

45.0

50.0

52.0

81,000

108,000

142,000

193,000

219,000

Discharge. In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

9,430

11,800

12,800

12,700

11,900

10,700

9,260

10,100

11,900

12,800

13,600

13,200

11,600

9,780

10,100

11,800

12,700

12,700

11,900

10,500

9,080

10,100

12,700

13,000

12,800

12,300

10,700

9,080

9,260

11,600

12,800

Nov.

12,800

11,800

10,300

8,910

8,740

13,600

17,000

19,200

21,400

22,800

22,500

22,500

23,200

22,800

21,000

19,200

17,800

16,600

20,500

29,900

37,500

47,300

65,800

81,500

91,000

103,000

130,000

147,000

154,000

160 ,000

-

Dec.

167, OOO

174,000

181,000

186,000

196,000

203,OOO

211,000

218,000

216,000

215,000

209,000

202,000

193 ,000

178,000

164,000

149,000

129,000

108,000

89,500

79,200

72,900

68,600

65,400

61,100

56,000

51,500

47,000

44,400

46,000

50,400

54,100

Jan.

57,600

62,200

64,600

65,400

70,700

76,900

82,000

88,400

97,500

107,000

115,000

122,000

129,000

134,000

136,000

134 ,000

129,000

122,000

114,000

103,000

89,000

a72,000

362,000

a54,000

a48,000

45,000

44,100

45,600

47,600

49,000

51,100

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

56,400

59,900

61,100

62,200

63,800

64,200

65,800

69,500

75,500

85,400

94,800

99,800

102,000

103,000

102,000

106,000

111,000

115,000

121,000

124,000

128,000

130,000

131,000

132,000

132,000

130,000

126,000

12O,OOO

120,000

_

-

Secondfoot-days

354,69

1,379,65

4,085,10

16,350,86

2,617,70

2,771,40

1,909,4CM

1,710,301

1,859,70

774,40

1,041,10

640,001

556,80

19,700,24

Mar.

113,000

102,000

91,000

80,500

71,600

63,400

55,600

50,800

48,300

49 , 700

51,500

52,600

56,000

60,300

61,800

59,900

56,800

52,600

49,300

46,600

44,100

51,100

60,700

65,000

65,400

62,600

57,200

54,100

54,100

55,600

66,200

Apr.

80,100

86,400

91, OOO

94,800

97,500

97,500

94,200

87,900

79,200

70,300

61,500

54,100

48,300

44,400

43,800

45,000

45,600

45,600

44,400

42,300

40,400

39,300

39,100

37,800

36,000

32,600

29,900

28,700

31,600

41,000

-

Maxinun

0 13 , 600

D 160,000

D 218,000

0 218,000

D 136,000

D 132,000

0 113,000

3 97,500

0 128,000

D 30,600

D 57,600

D 30,400

0 24,800

D 218,000

May

53,700

74,600

92,100

104,000

113,000

120,000

124,000

128,000

128, OOO

124,000

114,000

94,800

72,000

54,500

44,700

38,300

33,900

30,600

29,200

27,700

25,800

25,100

24,600

23,000

22,800

23,700

24,100

23,400

22,300

21,900

21,900

Minima

9,080

8,740

44,400

8,400

44,100

56,400

44,100

28 , 700

21,900

20,800

21,200

16,600

12,000

8,740

Peak discharge (base, 90.OOO sec. -ft.). Dee. 9 (3 a.n.) 219,000

June

20,800

21,400

23,700

25,800

26,000

25,100

23,200

21,600

21,600

22,500

24,100

28,000

30,600

29,900

28,700

27,500

27,200

27,500

27,700

27,500

25,800

23,400

23,000

25,800

29,900

30,200

28,400

27,500

25,600

24,400

-

Mean

11,44C

45,99C

131, 8OC

44,67C

84,44C

98,98C

61,59C

57,01C

59,99C

25,81C

33,58C

20,65C

18,56C

53,97C

July

24,100

23,900

24,100

23,900

24,100

24 ,400

24,100

23,000

22,100

21,200

21,200

22,800

24,400

25,600

27,000

31,600

34,400

40,100

47,300

53,300

56,800

57,600

56,800

53.3OO

48,300

43,500

39,300

35,200

31,600

28,900

27,200

Aug.

27,000

29,600

30,400

27,500

25,100

22,800

20,300

19,000

19,700

20,100

19,400

18,600

18,600

18,400

17,400

17,000

16,800

16,600

16,800

19,400

22,300

23,700

23,700

22,500

20,300

19,200

18,600

17,800

17,200

17,000

17,200

Per square 

Bile

>

-

-

) 2.03

)

-

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

) 2.45

Sept.

16,400

16,800

17,400

17,400

17,800

20,300

24,600

24,800

23,700

22 ,300

21,200

21,200

22,500

22,500

21,200

19,400

19,000

19,000

19,000

18,600

17,400

15,400

15,600

16,400

15,800

15,800

15,800

14,500

13,000

112,000

-

Runoff in 

inches

_

-

27.64

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

33.30

see. -ft.; Jan. 15, 136, OOO see.-

ft.; Feb. 24, 132,OOO sec.-ft.; Apr. 5 (1° p.m.) 98.10O sec.-ft.; May 9, 128,OOO sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record} discharge computed on basis of records for station near Miller's Perry.
428 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Reservoirs in Mobile River Basin, Ala.

Lake Martin on Tallapoosa River, 10 miles north of Tallassee, completed in 1927 for power 

development, has usable capacity of 1,380,000 acre-feet. Capacity curve and gageheight record furnished by Alabama Power Co.

Coosa River Reservoirs on Coosa River, used for power development, are the following: Lay 

Lake, 11 miles northeast of Clanton, completed in 1914, usable capacity, 48,000 acrefeet; Mitchell Lake, 11 miles southeast of Clanton, completed in 1923, usable capacity, 

54,000 acre-feet; Lake Jordan, 5 miles northwest of Wetumpka, completed in 1929, usable 

capacity, 84,000 acre-feet. Capacity curves and gage-height record furnished by 

Alabama Power Co.

Monthly change In contents, In acre-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Month

Mav

July. .........................

Lake Martin

-5,500

-190,100

-136,600

Coosa River Reservoirs

+72,300

-17,600

+100

-8,400

-32,200

-11,700

-9,400
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 429

Conasauga River at Tilton, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°40', long. 84°56 T , 250 feet downstream from county 

bridge, a quarter of a mile downstream from Swamp Creek, half a mile northeast of 

Tilton, Whitfield County, and 12 miles upstream from confluence with Coosawattee River. 

Datum of gage is 622.28 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 682 square miles.

Records available. June 1937 to September 1949.

4verage discharge. 12 years (1937-49), 1,116 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 22,500 second-feet Nov. 30; maximum gage height, 

27.a feet Nov. 30; minimum discharge, 97 second-feet Oct. 18.

1937-49: - Maximum discharge, 26,000 second-feet Jan. 21, 1947 (gage height, 27.7 

feet); minimum, 85 second-feet Oct. 26, 1941.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of backwater or no gage-height record, 

which are fair.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 194S to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

135 

120 

110 

1O8 

124

139 

196 

126 

112 

108

116 

108 

106 

103 

99

99 

99 

97 

99 

116

128 

120 

124 

122 

126

126 

118 

116 

112 

112 

106

Nov.

108 

120 

406 

96S 

716

1,450 

2,790 

2,480 

1,O5O 

511

1,050 

1,010 

653 

512 

445

399 

368 

349 

2,950 

6,740

7,910 

c8,40O 

c5,8OO 

c2,40O 

1,410

1,140 

2,160 

7,960 

15,900 

c21,60O

Dec.

015,400 

c9,800 

C4,600 

02,600 

2,160

2,520 

3,02O 

2,250 

1,710 

1,360

1,140 

989 

926 

884 

821

1,27O 

3,O7O 

3,160 

2,430 

2,700

2,020 

1,670 

2.O7O 

1,800 

2,610

4,O10 

3,58O 

2,070 

1,940 

3.16O 

3.O7O

Jan.

2,020 

1,580 

1,410 

1,920 

7,540

11,800 

C15.6OO 

012,500 

CS,40O 

C3.6OO

2,120 

1,580 

1,410 

1,270 

1,140

1,050 

989 

1,320 

1.67O 

2,120

1,670 

2,84O 

5,33O 

6,610 

07,000

04,500 

2,430 

2,340 

2,610 

1,98O 

2,700

Hontb

Ooto 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber. ........................

mber .........................

lendar year 194E 

Ary

h.. ..........................

1 ............................

ist ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ..... .. ..

Feb.

4,350 

4,350 

2,840 

2,93O 

3,720

2,970 

2,2OO 

1.S9O 

1,670 

3,480

5,060 

5,120 

2,84O 

1,980 

1,710

3,390 

5,66O 

6,360 

5,440 

4,960

4,910 

3,070 

2,160 

1,SOO 

1,580

1,410 

1,410 

1,540

Secondfoot-days

3,620 

99,844 

90,810

538,293

121,049 

90,8OO 

37,759 

56,507 

35,907 

11,962 

29,369 

9,56O 

15,360

602,547

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 sec. -ft.). No\

sec. -ft. j Jan. 7 (8 a.m.) 16,000 sec. -ft.; Ji 

sec. -ft.; Feb. 18 (4 p.m.) 6.42O sec. -ft.; A[ 

a No gage-height record; discharge computec 

Chapel and Oostanaula River at Reaaca. 

c Computed from backwater curve.

Har.

1,410 

1,140 

1,050 

968 

926

8S4 

842 

779 

758 

968

1,050 

863 

758 

716 

695

653 

632 

695 

1,100 

1,140

800 

842 

1,080 

1,100 

1,080

1,540 

1,410 

2,340 

3,340 

2,480 

3,720

Apr.

5,720 

06,700 

05,200 

2,250 

1,710

2,200 

1,980 

1,580 

1,360 

1,190

1,050 

1,080 

1,540 

2,79O 

2,430

1,490 

1,230 

1,100 

989 

884

842 

968 

1,030 

884 

779

716 

716 

779 

1,410 

3/910

Maximum

186 

21,600 

15,400

21,600

15.6OO 

6,360 

3,720 

6,700 

4,700 

716 

2,880 

644 

2,740

21,600

Bay

4,550 

4,650 

4,700 

3,070 

1,710

1,320 

1,190 

1,140 

1,030 

1,010

1,030 

968 

737 

632 

590

550 

531 

512 

474 

456

445 

442 

427 

449 

512

59O 

456 

409 

395 

420 

512

Minimum

97 

108 

821

97

989 

1,410 

632 

716 

395 

275 

295 

211 

176

97

June

716 

550 

43S 

378 

346

346 

339 

315 

318 

333

371 

318 

371 

388 

336

373 

674 

570 

395 

342

312 

289 

281 

275 

300

352 

493 

474 

493 

474

Mean

117 

3,328 

2,929

1,471

3,905 

3,243 

1,218 

1,884 

1,158 

399 

947 

308 

512

1,651

July

434 

382 

402 

416 

470

346 

1,140 

1,850 

590 

409

632 

550 

1,100 

1,980 

2.3OO

2,200 

2,880 

2,880 

al,6OO 

al,200

a96O 

aSOO 

a700 

611 

512

a360 

a340 

a360 

a350 

a3 2O 

295

Aug.

295 

339 

399

590 

474

392 

29S 

270 

258 

256

278 

261 

237 

224 

242

237 

242 

368 

355 

286

237 

240 

420 

300 

264

234 

211 

214 

234 

261 

644

Per square 

mile

0.172 

4.88 

4.29

2.16

5.73 

4.76 

1.79 

2.76 

1.70 

.585 

1.39 

.452 

.751

2.42

Sept.

1,450 

653 

382 

590 

434

1,630 

2,740 

1,490 

737 

493

382 

321 

295 

264 

250

240 

232 

229 

227 

247

242 

214 

198 

191 

181

176 

181 

193 

237 

261

Runoff in 

inches

O.2O 

5.44 

4.95

29.34

6.61 

4.96 

2.06 

3.08 

1.96 

.65 

1.6O 

.52 

.84

32.87

. 22 (8 a.m.) 8,600 sec. -ft. j Nov. SO (4 a.m.) 22,500 

n. 25 (2 a.m.) 7,100 sec. -ft. j Feb. 12 (4 a.m.) 5,500 

r. 2 (6 p.m.) 7,000 sec. -ft. 

on basis of records for Cooaawattee River at Pine
430 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Mill Creek at Dalton, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°48', long. 84°59', In Dalton, Whltfield County, 

l.UOU feet upstream from city pumping plant and ij miles upstream from Souther Railway 

bridge.

Drainage area.--37 square miles.

Records available. August 1943 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum gage height during year, 8.07 feet Nov. 28 (discharge not determined); 

minimum dally discharge, 16 second-feet Oct. 15.

1943-49: Maximum gage height, that of Nov. 28, 1948; minimum dally discharge, 14 

second-feet on several days In September 1943.

Remarks. Records good except those above 500 second-feet, which are fair. Moderate diurnai fluctuation at medium flow caused by mill dams above station.

Cooperation. Gage-height record collected In cooperation with city of Dalton.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-29)

1.2 

1.8 

2.0

2.6 

3.6

69

128

4.4 

5.2 

6.0 

6.3 

6.5

189

265

390

475

580

6.7 

6.9

7.5

730

950

1,850

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

oe«co

29

30

31

Oct.

18

18

19

20

18

18

18

18

17

18

18

18

17

18

16

17

18

19

18

18

18

21

22

20

20

19

19

19

18

19

19

Nov.

20

27

186

30

26

256

48

34

30

57

39

32

30

28

26

26

26

24

684

545

115

153

97

74

58

79

149

1,740

1,030

298

-

Dec.

161

115

138

97

88

177

106

88

72

62

56

52

49

46

44

186

115

94

146

97

80

112

91

82

202

118

97

82

156

115

91

Jan.

80

70

71

523

1,620

712

280

177

125

100

85

77

69

64

60

56

62

61

100

64

64

426

418

216

153

118

106

128

88

80

269

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January .........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

Jnne .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September .......... .............

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

185

135

115

240

153

118

100

82

98

372

181

132

106

91

122

482

318

177

401

275

169

128

103

88

80

70

82

70

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

573

5,967

3,21E

29,926

6 , 52!

4,673

2,611

2 ,02£

1 ,02E

2 05C

l'o85

1,816

34,213

Mar.

62

58

55

54

52

51

47

46

49

52

45

44

43

42

42

40

40

52

42

40

39

54

46

44

83

63

91

161

125

106

893

Apr.

306

169

128

97

112

106

82

74

66

62

58

64

97

64

58

55

53

50

47

45

47

64

49

46

44

42

43

47

162

251

-

Maximum

22

1,740

202

1,740

1 , 620

482

893

306

390

115

360

589

1,740

May

197

390

161

109

85

70

62

58

58

52

49

45

42

45

39

38

36

35

34

34

34

34

36

38

36

34

33

33

33

37

39

Minimum

16

20

44

16

56

70

39

42

33

28

28

27

26

16

June

35

32

31

31

31

31

29

30

35

30

31

30

35

30

30

115

35

32

31

30

29

29

28

28

34

39

33

33

32

29

Mean

18.5

199

104

81.8

210

167

84.2

86.3

65.4

34.3

66 .4

35.0

60.5

93.7

July

28

32

30

29

32

66

93

34

32

93

38

60

218

360

134

122

100

74

65

61

44

38

35

34

32

32

30

29

28

28

28

Aug.

28

33

33

36

34

29

28

28

27

30

33

27

28

38

29

30

39

32

28

28

27

90

40

32

29

28

28

29

28

27

109

Per square 

mile

0.500

5.38

2.81

2.21

5.68

4.51

2.28

2 i'.n33

.927

1.79

.946

1.64

2.53

Sept.

49

32

53

132

44

589

153

72

52

43

37

35

34

32

32

31

31

30

30

29

28

28

27

26

26

26

28

31

29

27

Runoff in 

inches

0.58

6.00

3.24

30.09

6.55

4.70

2.63

2.60

2.04

1.03

2 06

1.09

1.83

34.35
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 

Etowah River near Dawsonville, Ga..

431

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°23', long. 84°04', half a mile upstream from 

Palmer Creek, 1 mile downstream from Russell Creek, 4 miles southeast of Dawsonville, 

Dawson County, and 1\ miles upstream from Shoal Creek.

Drainage area. 103 square miles.

Records available.--March 1940 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,870 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage height, 14.0 

reet); minimum daily, 100 second-feet Oct. 15, 16, 21, 27-31.

1940-49: Maximum discharge, 4,780 second-feet Jan. 7, 1946 (gage height, 15.8 

feet); minimum daily, 55 second-feet Oct. 25, 1941.

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation during periods of low flow caused by mills 

aDove station.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

112 

109 

109 

1O9 

112

109 

109 

133 

112 

107

1O9 

110 

105 

101 

100

100 

101 

105 

103 

101

1OO 

105 

122 

109 

105

101 

100 

1OO 

1OO

100 

100

Nov.

109 

156 

887 

258 

186

412 

30O 

204 

179 

202

213 

177 

168 

157 

149

149 

171 

153 

211 

347

232

373 

347 

347 

270

260 

503 

2,020 

2,360 

633

Dec.

464 

386 

425 

373 

334

425 

373 

347 

316

292

278 

272 

265 

262 

252

282 

278 

265 

334 

308

275 

265 

258 

245 

412

347 

300 

282 

382 

620 

399

Jan.

334 

313

295 

482 

2,370

2,450 

789 

646 

555 

516

477 

451 

438 

412 

399

386 

386 

373 

399 

36O

360 

399 

399 

373 

360

347 

347 

477 

412 

373 

737

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber. ........................

mtar .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

h. ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

62 O 

490 

438 

711 

542

464 

438 

412 

529 

945

594 

490 

451 

425 

412

633 

633 

49O 

867 

893

594 

529 

490 

464 

451

438 

790 

464

Secondfoot-days

3,29 

12,13 

10,31

102,79

17,41 

15,39 

12,78 

12,76 

10,77 

8,38 

11,34 

10,17 

11,22

136,00

leak discharge (base, 1.800 sec . -ft. ) . --No

sec. -ft. ; Aug. 17 (7 p.m.) 2,320 sec. -ft. ; S

Mar.

425 

412 

399 

399 

386

386 

373 

36O 

373 

464

399 

373 

360 

360 

360

347 

334 

386 

360 

334

334 

659 

633 

464 

438

438 

412 

438 

425 

399 

555

Apr.

490 

438 

412 

386 

399

399

373 

360 

347 

347

347 

477 

867 

594 

477

425 

399 

386 

373 

360

373 

438 

386 

360 

347

334 

334

360 

464

711

Maximum

8 133 

3 2,360

6 620

8 2,810

5 2,450 

7 945 

5 659 

3 867 

9 620 

0 538 

1 711 

3 1,410 

5 2,330

5 2,450

May

6O7 

620 

490 

425 

399

386 

373 

373 

373 

373

360 

360 

334 

321 

318

311 

300 

295 

290 

288

316 

290 

288 

285 

334

278 

268 

262 

258 

288 

316

Minimum

100 

109 

245

100

295 

412 

334 

334 

258 

2E5 

230 

206 

215

 100

June

275 

260 

250 

242 

238

232 

225 

225 

252 

23O

250

278 

258 

311 

272

538 

334 

268 

260 

238

240 

248

232 

255 

373

373 

282 

373 

29O 

278

Mean

10 

40* 

33.

28

56 

55 

41 

42 

34 

27 

36 

32 

37

37

July

282 

248

232 

242 

278

270 

316 

258 

230 

232

230 

512 

711 

412 

516

555 

464 

646 

555 

594

438 

373 

347 

438 

321

3O3

288 

272 

265 

255 

258

Aug.

250 

250 

298 

258 

248

232 

222 

220 

218 

213

213 

208

213 

208 

206

232 

1,410 

659 

373 

321

412 

477 

412 

334 

308

288 

278 

334 

308 

280 

290

Per square 

mile

3 1.03 

t 3.92 

5 3.23

L 2.73

> 5.46 

) 5.34 

? 4.00 

5 4.13 

3 3.38 

3 2.71 

3 3.55 

3 3.18 

t 3.63

5 3.62

Sept.

268 

252 

258 

258 

248

2,330

1,150 

516 

412 

360

334 

313 

3OO

290 

278

268 

268 

262 

265 

252

240 

238 

265 

232 

225

225 

240 

238 

225 

215

Runoff in 

inches

1.19 

4.37 

3.72

37.11

6.30 

5.56 

4.61 

4.61 

3.90 

3,02 

4.09 

3.67 

4.05

49.09

v. 29 (3 a.m.) 3,830 sec. -ft. ; Jan. 6 (2 a.m.) 3,870 

ept. 6 (8 p.m.) 3,450 sec. -ft.
432 MOBILE RIVER BASIN 

Etowah River at Canton, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°14', long. 84°30', at bridge on State Highway 

t> at canton, Cherokee County: three-quarters of a mile upstream from Canton Creek and 

l| miles downstream from Hickory Log Creek. Datum of gage is 844.55 feet above mean 

aea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 605 square miles.

Records available. March 1892 to December 1905 (prior to 1895, gage heights only) and 

Marcti 1937 to September 1949. Gage-height records collected at same site since 1891 

are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 12 years (1937-49), 1,103 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 17,200 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 22.4 

reef); minimum, 432 second-feet Oct. 16, 17.

1896-1905, 1937-49: Maximum discharge, 29,800 second-feet Jan. 7, 1946 (gage 

height, 26.7 feet), from rating curve extended above 18,000 second-feet on basis of 

slope-area determination at gage height 26.7 feet; minimum observed, 190 second-feet on 

several days in September and October 1904.

Maximum stage known prior to 1946, 26.3 feet Dec. 10, 1919, present datum.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second -feet)

1.7 416 7.0 2,700 18. O 10,000 

2.8 804 9.0 3,820 20.0 12,40O 

4.0 1,300 13.0 6,320 21.8 15,800

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

499 

482 

465 

465 

465

465 

465 

499 

516 

465

465 

482 

465 

448 

448

433 

432 

448 

465 

448

44S 

448 

499 

516 

482

465 

448 

448 

448 

448 

448

Nov.

465 

567 

2,630 

1,880 

960

1,520 

1,880 

1,080 

842 

804

880 

804 

728 

710 

674

656 

747 

747 

980 

1,920

1,250 

1,970 

2,100 

2,200 

1/660

1,250 

2,400 

6,460 

15,800

9,570

Dec.

2,550 

1,970 

1,880 

1,880 

1,610

1,790 

1,790 

1,700 

1,520 

1,380

1,300 

1,200 

1,160 

1,160 

1,120

1,160 

1,340 

1,200 

1,380 

1,480

1,300 

1,200 

1,160 

1,120 

1,560

1,880 

1,480 

1,340 

1,480 

3,100 

2,300

Jan.

1,740 

1,560 

1,430 

1,700 

5,720

12,400 

9,070 

2,950 

2,450 

2,150

2,020 

1,880 

1,790 

1,700 

1,660

1,560 

1,520 

1,520 

1,560 

1,520

1,480 

1,520 

1,700 

1,560 

1,520

1,430 

1,430 

1,610 

1,700 

1,520 

2,350

Month

Octo 

Novs 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Maro 

Apri 

"ay

June 

Jnly 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber. ........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary . . .

h.. ..........................

1. ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 6,500 sec

Feb.

2,950 

2,150 

1.88O 

2,950 

3,000

2,200 

1,970 

1,840 

2,450 

5,020

3,940 

2,550 

2,200 

2,020 

1,920

2,600 

3,580 

2,550 

3,220 

5,020

3,000 

2,500 

2,300 

2,150 

2,060

1,970 

2,060 

2,150

Secondfoot-days

14,41 

66,13' 

48,49

486,11*

75,72( 

74,20( 

58,28( 

58,55( 

50,09( 

38,15 

51,80 

34,06 

44,56

614,45

Mar.

1,920 

1,840 

1,790 

1,790 

1,740

1,700 

1,700 

1,660 

1,660 

2,350

2,020 

1,790 

1,700 

1,660 

1,610

1,560 

1,560 

1,610 

1,700 

1,560

1,520 

1,970 

3,520 

2,350 

2,020

2,020 

1,880 

1,920 

2,020 

1,840 

2,300

Apr.

2,450 

2,020 

1,880 

1,840 

1,790

1,880 

1,740 

1,660 

1,610 

1,560

1,520 

1,920 

3,340 

3,460 

2,400

2,060 

1,880 

1,840 

1,700 

1,660

1,660 

1,920 

1,790 

1,660 

1,560

1,520 

1,520 

1,610 

1,880 

3,220

Maximum

7 516

L 15,800 

3 3,100

' 15,800

) 12,400 

) 5,020 

) 3,520 

) 3,460 

) 3,160 

) 2,020 

) 3,340 

> 2,550 

L 8,670

7 15,800

-ft.). Nov. 29 (12 m.

May

2,800 

3,160 

2,500 

2,060 

1,880

1,840 

1,840 

1,700 

1,700 

1,7OO

1,740 

1,660 

1,560 

1,480 

1,430

1,380 

1,340 

1,300 

1,250 

1,250

1,340 

1,340 

1,250 

1,250 

1,660

1,300 

1,200 

1,200 

1,160 

1,300 

1,520

Minimum

432 

465 

1,120

410

1,430 

1,840 

1,520 

1,520 

1,160 

1,040 

1,000 

823 

823

432

June

1,340 

1,200 

1,120 

1,080 

1,040

1,160 

1,040 

1,040 

1,080 

1,080

1,120 

1,380 

1,300 

1,520 

1,340

1,700 

1,840 

1,300 

1,200 

1,080

1,080 

1,250 

1,200 

1,080 

1,200

2,020 

1,480 

1,340 

1,340 

1,200

Mean

46E 

2,204 

1,564

1,32£

2,442 

2,65C 

1,88C 

1,952 

1,616 

1,272 

1,67] 

1,09£ 

1.48E

1,682

July

1,560 

1,200 

1,080 

1,040 

1,250

1,200 

1,250 

1,160 

1,040 

1,000

1,120 

2,060 

3,100 

2,100 

3,340

2,700 

2,700 

2,600 

2,500 

2,450

2,100 

1,700 

1,520 

1,610 

1,520

1,300 

1,200 

1,160 

1,120 

1,080 

1,040

Aug.

1,080 

1,040 

1,120 

1,200 

1,040

1,000 

940 

920 

920 

900

880 

842 

842 

823 

823

842 

1,140 

2,550 

1,380 

1,080

1,480 

1,380 

1,740 

1,200 

1,040

960 

900 

960 

1,160 

960 

920

Per square 

mile

0.769 

3.64 

2.59

2.20

4.04 

4.38 

3.11 

3.23 

2.67 

2.10 

2.76 

1.82 

2.45

2.78

17,200 sec. -ft. j Jan. 6 (4 p.m

Sept.

920 

842 

823 

861 

842

4,280 

8,670 

3,87O 

1,840 

1,560

1,380 

1,250 

1,200 

1,120 

1,080

1,040 

1,040 

1,000 

1,000 

1,000

920 

900 

940 

960 

842

842 

880 

920 

900 

842

Runoff in 

inchss

0.89 

4.06 

2.99

29.90

4.6S 

4.56 

3.58 

3.60 

3.08 

2.34 

3.18 

2.10 

2.73

37.77

) 13,7OO

sec.-ft.; sept. 7 (7 p S,O6U se
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 

Etowah River above Cartersville, Ga.

433

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°10', long. 84°44', 1^ miles downstream from 

Aiiatoona Creek, 2 miles dovmstream from McKaskey Creek, 2 miles upstream from Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway bridge, and 3 miles east of Cartersville, Bartow 

County. Datum of gage is 686.92 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, suppementary 

adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 1,110 square miles.

Records available. September 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--11 years, 1,786 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 26,500 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 16.9 

reet); minimum, 509 second-feet Oct. 19 (gage height, 1.48 feet).

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 40,400 second-feet Jan. 8, 1946 (gage height, 20.8 

feet), from rating curve extended above 26,000 second-feet; minimum 270 second-feet 

Oct. 8, 9, 26, 27, 1941 (gage height, 1.18 feet).

Remarks. Records good. Moderate diurnal fluctuation at times caused by mills above 

station.

Revisions (water years). W 1032: 1944.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in aecond-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 2, Nov. 9-18, 28, 

Feb. 23 to Mar. 9, Apr. 16-29, May 5 to June 27)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 28 Nov. 29 to Sept. 3O

1.4 470 2.0 1,560 6.0 5.66O 1.8 1,110 4.O 4, ISO 12.0 14,3OO 

1.6 74O 2.6 2,46O 1O.O 9.88O 2.2 1,88O 8.O 8,4OO 14.5 19.8OO 

1.7 910 3.5 3,420 11.1 11,20O 2.6 2.54O 10. O 1O.9OO 16.8 26,2OO

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

726 

684 

656 

642 

628

642 

642 

642 

67O 

67O

628 

628 

642 

614 

600

587 

574 

614 

6OO 

628

6OO 

600 

656 

698 

684

642 

628 

614 

628 

628 

628

Nov.

656 

740 

2,350 

4,03O 

2,19O

2,400 

3.22O 

2,120 

1,400 

1,24O

1,310 

1,240 

1,11O 

1,060 

998

954 

1,180 

1,290 

2,550 

4,270

2,460 

4,O8O 

4,620 

4,620 

3,600

2,400 

4,530 

11, ZOO 

26,200 

24, TOO

Dec.

1O,9OO 

4,070 

2,99O 

2,99O 

2,540

2,540 

2,81O 

2.81O 

2,540 

2,230

2.O80 

1,990 

1,93O 

1,88O 

1,840

1,840 

2,060 

1,990 

2,090 

2,23O

2.O90 

1,930 

1,880 

1,810 

2,160

2,99O 

2,39O 

2,110 

2,540 

5.1OO 

4,600

Jan.

2,930 

2.46O 

2,23O 

2,870 

6.60O

1O,500 

15,100 

13.OOO 

9,240 

5,300

2,990 

2,740 

2,610 

2,460 

2,390

2.31O 

2,230 

2,230 

2,310 

2,310

2,210 

2,230 

2,390 

2,39O 

2,230

2,200 

2,140 

2,310 

2,540 

2,310 

3,520

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Pebi 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augv 

Sep1

We

lendar year 1948 ............

ary .

h. ...........................

1 ............................

ember ........................

iter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

5,000 

3,850 

2,930 

5,OOO 

6,3OO

4.4OO 

3,170 

2.81O 

4,180 

7,000

8.52O 

6.6OO 

3,74O 

3,170 

2,990

4.29O 

6.2OO 

5.1OO 

4.9OO 

7,8OO

7,200 

4,700 

3,850 

3,41O 

3,290

3,050 

3,170 

3,520

Secondfoot-days

19,723 

124,718 

85,950

824,425

121,280 

130,140 

91,340 

90,830 

81.84O 

57,080 

76,540 

49,170 

62,540

991,151

Mar.

3,170 

2,930 

2,810 

2,740 

2,740

2,680 

2,68O 

2,61O 

2,610 

3,960

3,74O 

2,870 

2,68O 

2.54O 

2,540

2.39O 

2,39O 

2,540 

2.68O 

2,46O

2,310 

2,540 

4,700 

4.40O 

3,170

2,990 

2,810 

2,930 

3,170 

2,930 

3,630

Apr.

4,180 

3,410 

2,99O 

3,810 

2,740

2,930 

2,740 

2,610 

2,460 

2,390

2.39O 

2,740 

5,100 

5.9OO 

4,290

3,170 

2,81O 

2,680 

2,540 

2,390

2,390 

2,740 

2,740 

2.46O 

2,310

2,230 

2,23O 

2,31O 

3.O5O 

5,100

Maximum

726 

26,2OO 

10,900

26.2OO

15,100 

8,520 

4,700 

5,90O 

5,600 

2,680 

6,300 

2,810 

9,120

26.2OO

Peak discharge (base, 9,500 sec. -ft. ) .--Nov. 29 (12 m.

May

5,200 

5.6OO 

5,OOO 

3,630 

2.93O

2, HO 

2,740 

2.74O 

2,540 

2,680

2,680 

2,540 

2,39O 

2,230 

2,210

2,230 

2,140 

2,060 

2.O2O 

2.O2O

2,130 

2,130 

1,970 

1.97O 

2,230

2,230 

1,920 

1.88O 

1,930 

2,2OO 

2,930

Minimum

574 

656 

1,810

574

2,140 

2,810 

2,310 

2,230 

1,88O 

1,550 

1.40O 

1,150 

1,110

574

June

2,310 

1,970 

1,830 

1,740 

1.68O

1,700 

1,660 

1,550 

1,550 

1,660

1,60O 

1,880 

1,95O 

1,95O 

1,930

2,68O 

2,680 

2,O9O 

1,770 

1,7OO

1,620 

1,790 

1,880 

1,66O 

1,660

2,310 

2,390 

2,020 

2.04O 

1,830

Mean

636 

4,157 

2,773

2,253

3,912 

4,648 

2,946 

3,028 

2,64O 

1,903 

2,469 

1,586 

2,085

2,715

July

2,210 

2,130 

1,740 

1,64O 

1,830

1,790 

1,810 

1,79O 

1,830 

1,660

1,840 

2,230 

3,410 

3.41O 

6,3OO

4.5OO 

3,960 

4,070 

4,070 

3.41O

3,O5O 

2,390 

2,040 

1,900 

2,090

1,790 

1,66O 

1.59O 

1,530 

1,47O 

1,400

Aug.

1,42O 

1,450 

2,540 

2,03O 

1,62O

1,470 

1,380 

1,330 

1,280 

1,360

1,320 

1,24O 

1,220 

1,19O 

1,150

1,220 

1,420 

2,810 

2,460 

1,590

1,740 

1,700 

2,390 

1,950 

1,53O

1,420 

1,320 

1,32O 

1,570 

1,470 

1,380

Per square 

mile

0.573 

3.75 

2.5O

2.03

3.52 

4.19 

2.65 

2.73 

2.38 

1.71 

2.22 

1.43 

1.88

2.45

Sept.

1,430 

1,330 

1,190 

1,220 

1,24O

4,4OO 

7,800 

9.12O 

5,500 

2,090

1,83O 

1.66O 

1,570 

1,510 

1,45O

1,430 

1,47O 

1,4OO 

1,360 

1,360

1,280 

1,320 

1,230 

1.28O 

1,170

1,11O 

1,170 

1,?6O 

1,300 

1,190

Runoff in 

inches

O.66 

4.18 

2.88

27.63

4.O6 

4.36 

3.06 

3.05 

2.74 

1.91 

2.56 

1.65 

2.10

33.21

26.5OO sec. -ft.; Jan. 7 (11 p.m.) 16,8OO
434 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Etowah River near Kingston, (Ja.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°12', long. 84°59', at county bridge half a mile 

upstream from Two Run Creek, if miles upstream from Connesena Creek, and 2\ miles southwest of Kingston, Bartow County. Datum of gage is 609.97 feet above mean sea level 

(Dixie Construction Co. bench mark).

Drainage area. 1,630 square miles.

Records available.--July 1928 to December 1931, November 1936 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--15 years (1928-31, 1937-49), 2,417 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 38,600 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 25.9 

reet); minimum daily, 815 second-feet Oct. 17.

1928-31, 1936-49: Maximum discharge, 42,700 second-feet Apr. 9, 1938 (gage height, 

27.7 feet); minimum, 201 second-feet Oct. 19, 1931 (gage height, 2.76 feet).

Maximum stage known, about 31 feet Dec. 11, 1919, from information by local resident 

(discharge, 52,000 second-feet).

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of doubtful gage-height record, which are 

fair. Moderate diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by power plant at Cartersville.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

S

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,010

945

912

880

880

880

880

880

912

912

880

880

912

880

848

848

815

880

880

880

848

880

880

945

945

912

880

880

848

880

848

Nov.

880

1,010

2,020

4,400

2,870

2,980

4,010

2,870

1,880

1,620

1,660

1,620

1,500

1,380

1,380

1,300

1,460

1,700

2,740

7,520

4,140

6,120

7,240

7,240

5,570

3,530

6,260

18,000

35,600

35,100

-

Dec.

20,800

6,820

4,920

4,920

4,270

4,010

4,010

4,140

3,890

3,310

2,980

2,870

2,760

2,650

2,550

2,550

2,760

2,760

2,870

3,090

2,980

2,700

2,550

2,450

2,760

3,770

3,420

2,980

3,200

6,120

6,120

Jan.

4,270

3,530

3,200

3,530

10,400

18,200

16,300

15,000

10 , 600

7,660

4,400

4,010

3,770

3,530

3,420

3,200

3,200

3,090

3,200

3,310

2,980

2,980

3,090

3,200

3,090

2,980

2,870

2,980

3,310

3,090

4,270

Month

October ..........................

November .......................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ......................

February .........................

March ................. .........

April .......................... . May ..............................

June .......................... .

July ........................... . August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

6,120

5,310

4,010

6,540

8,850

6,400

4,660

4,010

5,180

10,800

11,900

9,150

5,840

4,660

4,270

6,260

9,600

7,380

6,960

11,000

9,450

6,820

5,180

4,660

4,400

4,140

4,270

4,920

_

-

Secondfoot-days

27,540

175,600

127,980

1,127,610

162,660

182,740

120,560

118,950

108 , 400

75,040

90,210

58,170

73,300

1,321,150

Peak discharge (base, 13,000 sec. -ft.). No

Mar.

4,400

4,010

3,770

3,650

3,530

3,530

3,420

3,310

3,310

5,180

5,440

4,140

3,770

3,530

3,420

3,310

3,200

3,420

3,650

3,420

3,200

3,200

5,05O

5,570

4,140

3,890

3,650

3,770

4,270

4,010

4,400

Apr.

5,700

4,790

4,010

3,770

3,650

3,890

3,650

3,420

3,310

3,090

3,090

3,310

5,840

7,240

5,840

4,400

3,890

3,650

3,420

3,310

3,200

3,530

3,650

3,310

3,090

2,980

2,870

2,980

3,530

6,540

-

Maximum

1,010

35,600

20,800

35, 600

18,200

11,900

5,570

7,240

7,660

5,440

6,680

3,200

9,450

35,600

v. 30 (1 a.m

Hay

6,680

7,660

6,820

5,050

4,140

3,770

3,650

3,650

3,420

3,530

3,420

3,420

3,200

2,980

2,760

2,870

2,700

2,600

2,500

2,450

2,980

2,760

2,550

2,5OO

2,870

2,870

2,450

2,350

2,400

2,870

4,530

Minimum

815

880

2,450

815

2,870

4,010

3,200

2,870

2,350

1,880

1,740

1,380

1,380

815

June

3,310

2,600

2,300

2,2OO

2,060

2,060

2,C60

1,920

1,88O

1,970

1,970

2,200

2,400

2,400

2,450

4,660

5,440

3,090

2,300

2,150

2,060

2,350

2,350

2,100

1,970

2,450

3,090

2,450

2,550

2,250

-

Mean

888

5,853

4,128

3,081

5,247

6,526

3,889

3,965

3,497

2,501

2,910

1,876

2,443

3,620

July

2,600

2,760

2,100

1,920

2,020

2,150

2,100

2,060

2,060

1,920

2,150

2, '250

3,530

4,140

6,680

5,840

4,660

4,530

4,790

4,140

3,770

3,090

2,550

2,350

2,450

2,250

2,020

1,920

1,880

1,790

1,740

Aug.

1,700

1,700

2,980

d2,500

d2,100

dl,700

dl,600

dl.SOO

dl,500

dl.SOO

dl,600

dl.500

dl.SOO

dl,400

1,380

1,700

1,700

2,500

3,200

1,970

1,880

2,100

2,550

2,600

1,880

1,770

1,580

1,540

1,700

1,790

1,620

Per squsre 

mile

0.545

3.59

2.53

1.89

3.22

4.00

2.39

2.43

2.15

1.53

1.79

1.15

1.50

2.22

Sspt.

1,620

1,540

1,420

1,420

1,460

4,750

8,400

9,450

7,520

2,870

2,3OO

2,060

1,880

1,790

1,740

1,740

1,840

1,700

1,620

1,620

1,580

1,460

1,460

1,460

1,460

1,380

1,380

1,460

1,500

1,420

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.63

4.00

2.92

25.70

3.71

4.16

2.76

2.71

2.48

1.71

2.06

1.33

1.67

30.14

.) 38,600 sec. -ft.; Jan. 6 (l p.m.) 18,6OO

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station above Cartersvine.
{((BILE RIVER BASIN 

Etowah River at Rome, Ga.

435

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°15 r , long. 85°09', at Southern Railway bridge in 

Rome, Ployd County, 2 miles upstream from confluence with Oostanaula River. Auxiliary 

water-stage recorder at Second Avenue Bridge, 1 mile downstream. Datum of gage is 

561.70 feet above mean sea levol, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 1,810 square miles.

Records available. July to December 1903, May 1939 to September 1949. August 1904 to 

June 19Z1 at site at Freemans Perry, 5 miles upstream, published as Etowah River near 

Rome.

Average discharge. 10 years (1939-49), 2,669 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 35,700 second-feet Nov. 30; maximum gage height, 

37.5 feet Nov. 30; minimum daily discharge, 800 second-feet Oct. 17.

1904-21, 1939-49: Maximum discharge, 55,000 second-feet Dec. 11, 1919 {gage height, 

over 28 feet at former site at Freemans Ferry), computed from data at upstream stations; 

minimum daily, 360 'second-feet Oct. 10, 24, 1904.

Maximum stage known, that of Dec. 11, 1919. Flood of Apr. 9, 1938, reached a stage 

of 37.5 feet {discharge, 46,500 second-feet), from gage reading and discharge measurement by Corps of Engineers.

Remarks. Records good. Discharge during periods of backwater computed by using fall as 

determined by auxiliary water-stage recorder as a factor. Moderate diurnal fluctuation 

during low flow caused by power plant at Cartersville.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,040

960

900

880

880

880

880

900

900

900

900

880

880

880

850

820

800

820

850

850

850

850

880

930

990

930

900

380

880

880

380

NOT.

880

990

1,730

3,850

3,400

2,750

4,430

3,390

2,080

1,300

1,790

1,760

1,660

1,570

1,520

1,470

1,520

1,730

2,42O

7,960

4,080

5,540

8,220

7,42O

6,640

4,350

6,O20

18,600

32,200

34,300

-

Dec.

27,500

11,100

6,310

6.O1O

5,180

3,930

4,150

4,280

4,280

3.S2O

3,430

3,230

3,160

3,070

3,040

3,000

2,94O

2,96O

3,000

3,230

3.2OO

2,960

2,780

2,67O

2,800

3,680

3,690

3,100

3,170

5,950

6,310

Jan.

4,900

4.02O

3,590

3,45O

9,730

18,700

18,900

17,300

12,900

9,470

5,210

4,210

4,310

3,980

3,85O

3,560

3,47O

3,430

3,440

3,530

3,24O

3,250

3,130

3,180

3,050

2,820

2,930

3,000

3,330

3,24O

3,960

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

6,010

5,580

4,2OO

5,910

9,700

7,250

5, ISO

4,370

5,190

11,700

13,700

10,400

6,690

5,210

4,900

6,200

10,800

3,160

6,610

11,8OO

10,400

7,630

5,400

5,350

4,92O

4,670

4,73O

5,350

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

27.5OC

176, 57C

148, 43C

1,232,36C

177,08C

129,14C

1 25 , 70C

115,06C

84 i 96C

99 34C

63!o4C

79.8SC

1,424,68C

Mar.

4,89O

4,330

4,210

4,O9O

3,950

3.9OO

3,830

3,67O

3,530

5,020

6,280

4,800

4,120

3,850

3,670

3,490

3,400

3,490

3,940

3,730

3,400

3,320

4,820

6,440

4,82O

4.07O

3,930

3,770

4, ISO

4,O90

3,990

Apr.

5,490

4,990

4,070

3,92O

3,S3O

3,y90

3,960

3,650

3,440

3,350

3,290

3,520

5,970

7,810

6,78O

5,010

4,360

4,050

3,850

3,530

3,400

3,760

4,O30

3,760

3,320

3,160

3.OSO

3,O80

3,580

5,620

-

Maximum

1 1,040

1 34,800

) 27,500

34,800

18,9OO

) 13,700

6,440

7,810

1 7, 950

6,580

7,120

3,490 

) 10, 2OO

34.8OO

May

6,900

7,950

7,56O

5,900

4,760

4,230

3,990

4,110

3,310

3,850

3,76O

3,670

3,400

3,160

3.OOO

2,920

2,840

2,700

2,560

2,560

2,920

2,840

2,70O

2,490

2,920

3,000

2,560

2,360

2,42O

2,700

4,520

Minimum

800

880

2,670

800

2, 820

4,200

3,320

3,080

2,36O

2,170

1,890

1,570 

1,470

80O

June

3,350

2,92O

2,560

2,36O

2,230

2,170

2,170

2,240

3,290

2,350

2,170

2,230

2,49O

2,490

2.56O

5,32O

6,580

4,120

2,7OO

2,360

2,230

2,360

2,490

2,360

2,170

2,490

3,320

2,920

2,780

2,680

-

Mean

887

5,886

4,788

3,367

5,712

7,071

4,166

4,190

3 711

2 ;83£

3,205

2 034

2*663

3,903

July

2,630

3,OOO

2,420

2,170

2,300

2,490

2,430

2,320

2,220

2,230

2,300

2,360

3,850

4,790

5,190

7,120

5,270

4,960

5,310

4,930

4,280

3,600

3,000

2,760

2,630

2,560

2,230

2,110

2,050

1,940

1,890

Aug.

1,830

1,830

2,56O

3,450

2,530

2,110

1,940

1,780

1,730

1,730

1,730

1,730

1.62O

1,620

1,570

1.73O

1,83O

2,17O

3,490

2,300

1,940

2,170

2,30O

2,770

2,050

1,830

1,730

1,620

1,730

1,890

1,730

Per square 

mile

0.490

3.25

2.65

1.86

3.16

3. 91

2.3O

2.31

2.05

1.56

1.77

1.12

1.47

2.16

Sept.

1,780

1,780

1,620

1,520

1,620

3,930

8,870

10, 200

9,320

3,760

2,490

2,230

2,O50

1,940

1,890

1,330

2,OOO

1,330

1,780

1,730

1,730

1,620

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,470

1,470

1,520

1,620

1,570

Runoff in 

inches

0.56

3.63

3.06

25.34

3.64

4.07

2. 65

2.36

1.74

2.04

1 1 29

1.64

29.26

Peak discharge (base, 13.OOO sec. -ft.) .--Nov. 30 (8 a.m.) 35,700 sec. -ft.; Jan. 6 (2 p.m.) 20,900

sec. -ft. 3 Feb. 11 (2 a.m.; 15,
436 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Amioalola Creek near Dawsonville, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°26', long. 84°13', at bridge on State Highway 53, 

t> mixes upstream from mouth and 5j miles west of Dawsonville, Dawson County. Datum of 

gage is 1,203.87 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 

1936.

Drainage area. 84.7 square miles.

Records available.--May 1939 to September 1949. June 1907 to December 1908 (fragmentary) 

ana June J.9J.U to December 1913 (in 1913, gage heights only) at site If miles upstream.

Average discharge. 10 years(1939-49), 217 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,500 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 5.84 

 feet); minimum daily, 77 second-feet Oct. 15, 21, 29-31.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 7,450 second-feet Feb. 17, 1942 (gage height, 7.0 feet; 

minimum daily, 54 second-feet Sept. 6, Oct. 6, 1947.

Remarks. Records good. Moderate diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mills above 

station.

Revisions (water years). W 1112: 1939(M), 1940-44, 1946-47.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 8-30)

0.5 69 1.3 400 

.6 96 1.6 600 

.7 127 2.0 930 

.9 200 3.0 1,930 

1.1 290 3.9 2,980

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to Septeaber 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 7- 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

91 

85 

85 

85 

88

85 

85 

102 

88 

82

85 

85 

82 

80 

77

80 

80 

82 

80 

80

77 

88 

102 

85 

82

80 

80 

80 

77 

77 

77

Nov.

82 

159 

652 

185 

144

349 

222 

162 

141 

166

155 

134 

127 

124 

115

115 

127 

115 

272 

325

204 

330 

290 

266 

213

204 

370 

2,940 

1,210 

516

Dec.

382 

320 

340 

300

276

340 

290 

271 

252 

234

226 

222 

217 

209 

200

234 

230 

222 

285 

252

230 

222 

209 

204 

330

276 

243 

230 

346 

460 

320

Jan.

281 

262 

243 

325 

2,900

1,310 

645 

509 

436 

400

370 

352 

330 

315 

300

290 

285 

281 

300 

271

266 

320 

315 

290 

281

271 

271 

346 

300 

285 

523

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Maro 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary . . .

h. ...........................

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 sec

Feb.

430 

358 

325 

551

430

364 

340 

320 

400 

782

502 

418 

382 

358 

352

586 

544 

424 

955 

715

516 

460 

424 

400 

388

370 

424 

388

Secondfoot-days

2,592 

10,414 

8,372

86,559

13,873 

12,906 

10,559 

10,842 

9,304 

7,316 

10,635 

6,346 

8,265

111,424

-ft.).--N01

sec. -ft.; Feb. 19 (4 p.m.) 2,150 sec. -ft.; Ji 

4,630 sec. -ft.

Mar.

358 

352 

340 

330 

325

325 

310 

305 

315 

394

330 

310 

300 

300 

285

281 

281 

330 

295 

276

271 

580 

474 

370 

352

340 

330 

364 

346 

330 

460

Apr.

394 

352 

335 

315 

330

325 

310 

300 

295 

290

300 

400 

772 

516 

412

370 

346 

330 

310 

305

320 

370 

315 

300 

285

281 

281 

300 

400 

683

Maximum

102 

2,940 

460

2,940

2,900 

955 

580 

772 

516 

380 

652 

280 

2,130

2,940

May

516 

502 

412 

370 

352

340 

320 

310 

310 

320

305 

300 

281 

271 

266

257 

257 

252 

243 

243

281 

248 

243 

310 

300

243 

234 

234 

222 

281 

281

Minimum

77 

82 

200

77

243 

320 

271 

281 

222 

192 

217 

173 

162

77

June

243 

230 

217 

209 

209

213 

192 

192 

217 

200

252 

243 

266 

262

252

315 

252 

226 

226 

217

217 

230 

209 

230 

380

340 

262 

266 

234 

315

Mean

83.6 

347 

270

236

448 

461 

341 

361 

300 

244 

343 

205 

276

305

July

285 

234 

222 

243 

297

290 

320 

243

222 

222

217 

537 

652 

436 

632

467 

418 

418 

436 

586

400 

340 

310 

414 

300

281 

262 

252 

243 

230 

226

Aug.

226 

222 

262 

230 

213

200 

200 

200 

204

192

189 

189 

189 

185 

181

200 

280 

213 

189 

196

234 

234 

213 

196 

192

181 

173 

217 

192 

177 

177

Sspt.

170 

173 

181 

177 

170

2,130 

558 

352 

285 

257

239 

226 

217 

209 

200

196 

192 

192 

189 

185

177 

170 

209 

173 

170

170 

181 

185 

170 

162

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.987 1.14 

4.10 4.57 

3.19 3.68

2.79 37.98

5.29 6.10 

5.44 5.66 

4.02 4.64 

4.26 4.75 

3.54 4.08 

2.88 3.21 

4.05 4.67 

2.42 2.79 

3.26 3.64

3.60 48.93

r. 28 (6 p.m.) 5,500 sec. -ft.; Jan. 5 (8 p.m.) 5,050 

Jly 12 (11:30 p.m.) 1,710 sec. -ft.; Sept. 6 (3 p.m.)
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 437

Pumpklnvlne Creek near Dallas, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder lat. 34°00i, long. 84°49i, Smiles upstream from West

ForFTumpkinvine Creek and 5| miles north of Dallas. Paulding County 

Drainage area. --8 3. 8 square miles.

Kecords available . October 1947 to November 1948 (discontinued). 

Extremes . Maximum discharge during period October 1947 to November 1948, 2,330 secondreet Aug. 3, 1948 (gage height, 6.68 feet); minimum discharge recorded, 12 second-feet

Oct. 30, 31, 1947.

Remarks. Records good above 60 second- feet and fair below. \ 

uooperaliion. Water-stage recorder inspected and measurements made by engineers of Depart*1

ment or Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Coosa Flood Control.

Discharge, in second-feet, 1947-48 

1947-48

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

> a!5

15

14

12

12

Nov.

13

53

36

21

18

17

38

95

31

24

289

347

67

49

70.

74

51

47

70

57

47

42

46

62

77

54

46

41

39

38

Dec.

36

35

35

34

34

34

33

36

43

168

306

132

92

76

184

590

193

112

88

74

65

62

56

52

58

72

63

55

52

50

4.7

Jan.

52

72

63

52

49

46

44

44

44

43

40

41

70

83

51

51

52

44

43

49

47

49

45

55

49

54

66

80

80

97

267

Feb.

193

122

92

80

76

83

449

1,700

1.52O

830

320

570

414

67O

306

190

146

122

105

95

88

109

100

86

80

SO

77

75

70

_

-

Mar.

67

122

198

165

120

194

750

347

193

155

126

107

95

89

86

89

141

109

90

88

80

84

1,090

525

207

139

244

193

122

1O9

385

Apr.

830

414

219

150

132

677

1,210

48O

354

213

171

144

124

16O

137

112

104

95

90

88

84

82

78

76

75

72

7O

67

63

62

May

62

59

59

78

114

83

S3

60

55

47

46

45

44

42

41

37

36

35

34

33

32

31

29

29

29

28

29

120

116

92

58

June

45

41

39

37

36

34

35

39

35

29

2726'

26

25

38

176

66

47

52

74

46

50

37

32

29

26

26

24

26

41

July

30

24

22

2O

19

17

15

14

16

88

1,150

306

150

168

238

89

323

132

68

57

59

46

41

45

39

35

33

38

57

38

37

Aug.

43

376

1,120

320

120

77

64

52

47

45

57

52

44

41

4O

40

41

35

32

3O

29

29

29

27

35

28

24

24

22

30

20

Sept.

16

15

15

27

54

516

337

75

59

46

45

40

33

32

32

30

27

26

26

24

21

20

20

18

17

16

15

80

52

33

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Little Tallapoosa River at 

Carrollton and Sweetwater Creek near Austell.

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Oct.

28

26

24

24

25

24

24

25

Nov.

30

55

184

71

50

200

158

71

Day

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Oct.

22

22

23

26

20

22

20

20

Nov.

59

71

77

60

56

53

50

50

Day

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Oct.

20

24

24

23

22

23

29

26

Nov.

107

76

894

970

296

48O

730

945

Day

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

25

24

24

24

24

24

24

Nov.

368

235

875

_

_

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1947-48

Month

December. .........................

Calendar year .............

May...............................

September. ........................

Water year 1947-48 .............

November 1-27 .....................

Secondfoot-days

458

2,967

-

2 973

1,767

40.4OO

735

7,271

Maximum

590

516

1,7OO

29

970

Minimum

33

_

28

15

-

20

30

Mean

95.7

-

58.9

111

23.7

269

Per square 

mile

1.14

-

2 51

.703

1.32

3.21

Runoff in 

Inches

1.31

_

2 94

.78

17.90

3.22

980338 O - 52 - 29
438 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Cedar Creek near Cedartown, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°04', long. 85°19', 700 feet downstream from bridge 

on state Highway 161, 4j miles upstream from Lake Creek, and 4| miles northwest of 

Cedartown, Polk County.

Drainage area. 109 square miles.

Records available. October 1942 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 12,500 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 16.4 

reet), from rating curve extended above 4,500 second-feet on basis of slope-conveyance 

studies; minimum daily, 30 second-feet Oct. 30.

1942-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 28, 1948; minimum daily, 29 second-feet 

Oct. 22, 29, Nov. 26, 1944.

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation and moderate regulations at low flow caused 

by power plants above station.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

9

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

13

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

43

38

39

46

42

40

39

35

35

38

39

42

37

38

37

31

37

44

33

39

37

39

39

35

41

41

37

37

37

30

36

Nov.

48

48

161

54

48

313

99

72

65

72

72

63

59

58

56

54

89

70

594

476

222

1,040

551

434

289

366

970

7,030

4,300

760

-

Dec.

491

382

434

345

289

289

248

244

215

191

172

167

158

150

145

152

172

174

208

186

167

155

142

135

255

208

179

167

368

369

273

Jan.

237

215

196

582

2,920

2,570

745

506

382

311

271

239

213

196

203

167

174

162

198

155

140

138

135

125

121

123

116

130

109

109

334

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January .'.........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

239

196

177

814

448

322

278

241

421

1,590

700

462

369

311

276

1,030

700

434

614

536

395

334

289

255

234

213

421

322

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

1 , 18.

18,533

7,23C

73,801

12,222

1.2 j 62.

6,611

6,51?

5,504

3,096

3,102

1,907 

2,071

80,591

Mar.

248

222

201

186

177

189

179

160

179

480

260

222

203

189

177

165

155

196

165

150

140

165

160

148

145

145

165

322

278

239

601

Apr.

382

289

255

220

262

232

196

179

165

155

155

227

369

253

203

179

165

158

145

138

152

167

145

133

123

121

128

158

523

536

-

Maximum

46

7,030

491

7,030

2,920

1,590

601

536

860

284

318

116

347

7,030

May

501

860

434

311

253

218

191

172

152

140

133

123

116

109

103

101

93

91

88

91

125

91

85

99

103

81

85

80

81

224

170

Minimum

30

48

135

30

' 109

177

140

121

80

65

58

41

49

30

June

113

99

88

85

81

80

75

72

71

70

71

78

75

70

74

245

88

77

71

71

71

67

66

65

68

86

99

284

280

256

-

Mean

*O 1 OQ. J.

618

233

202

394

451

213

217

178

103

100

61.5

69.0

221

July

318

140

111

99

174

165

99

86

81

81

95

78

77

74

182

125

128

105

88

81

80

72

70

67

67

63

62

59

59

58

58

Aug.

58

60

116

72

97

67

62

60

59

58

58

56

55

63

61

60

68

61

56

56

55

58

66

61

55

54

41

54

54

53

53

Per square 

mile

0.350

5.67

2.14

1.85

3.61

4.14

1.95

1.99

1.63

945 .'917

 564

.633

2.03

Sept.

52

49

50

49

71

347

130

78

68

62

60

61

60

60

59

58

55

55

56

55

54

54

54

54

53

53

52

54

54

54

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.40

6.33

2.47

25.18

4.16

4.31

2.25

2.22

1.88

1.05

1 . 06

.65

.71

27.49

Peak discharge (baae, 2,000 aec.-ft. ) . Nov. 28 (8 p.m.) 12,500 sec. -ft.; Jan. 6 (2 a.m.) 5,130

aec.-ft.j Feb. 10 (11 a.m.) 2,560 aec.-ft.j Feb. 16 (7 p.m.) 2,200 sec.-ft.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 439

Chattooga River at Summerville, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°28', long. 85°20', 600 feet downstream from 

Driage on U. S. Highway 27, 1 mile southeast of Summerville, Chattooga County, and 

4 miles upstream from Raccoon Creek. Datum of gage is 613^47 feet above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Georgia State Highway Department ).

Drainage area. 193 square miles.

Kecords available. March 1937 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 12 years, 342 second-feet.

.Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 22,700 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 20.6 

reet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 10,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting); minimum daily, 47 second-feet Oct. 30.

1937-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 28, 1948; minimum daily, 38 second-feet 

Oct. 17, 1937, Nov. 9, 12, 1939.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

LOW and medium flow regulated by power plant at Trion, 6 miles above station.

ating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height. In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 2, 

May 6 to Sept. 6)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 28 Nov. 29 to Sept. 30

1.7 

2.2 

3.2 

4.4

37

104

264

488

5.6

8.0

10.2

12.6

764

1,400

2,100

3,090

13.8

14.6

15.8

17.4

3,840

4,780

6,900

10,800

2.1 

2.5 

3.2

50 

102 

£18

4.2 

6.0 

8.0

414

842

1,400

Note_. Same as preceding 

table above 8.0 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

96 

55 

82 

112 

94

89 

84 

80 

49

71

112 

79 

80 

82 

82

51 

75 

104 

91 

82

82 

53 

83 

82

91

89 

86 

77 

79 

47 

71

Nov.

101 

93 

541 

230 

142

556 

343 

222 

187 

204

247 

204 

171 

160 

166

136 

152 

130 

1,390 

2,280

668 

788 

597 

468 

390

467 

1,020 

f 10, 700 

f9,740 

2,000

Dec.

1,110 

816 

842 

aSOO 

a900

al,200 

790 

620 

538 

436

372 

351 

331 

291 

291

594 

740 

526 

644 

572

480 

469 

514 

425 

894

764 

596 

503 

644 

740 

560

Jan.

480 

425 

414 

974 

f 10, 200

f8,720 

2,120 

al,300 

a900 

a700

a640 

560 

503 

458 

404

382 

382 

393 

549 

447

404 

1,140 

1,790 

1,190 

894

716 

620 

920 

740 

608 

842

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h.. ..........................

1..... .......................

st ...........................

ter year 1948-49. . ...........

Feb.

998 

816 

716 

1,310 

1,190

868 

716 

596 

572 

1,750

1,220 

842 

692 

596 

572

1,840 

2,140 

1,110 

1,940 

2,790

1,310 

946 

f764 

f644 

572

492 

526 

492

Seoondfoot-days

2,490 

34,493 

19,353

161,249

40,815 

29,020 

14,985 

16,481 

13,209 

9,916 

10,245 

4,702 

4,154

199,863

Mar.

425 

393 

372 

351 

549

526 

526 

311 

282 

311

301 

272 

254 

272 

254

236 

218 

?82 

301 

232

254 

311 

404 

351 

414

549 

572 

1,170 

972 

740 

2,580

Apr.

2,200 

1,030 

764 

620 

596

668 

526 

469 

425 

382

372 

372 

692 

480 

414

362 

341 

341 

311 

282

291 

372 

341 

311 

291

263 

282 

263 

660 

1,760

Maximum

112 

10,700 

1,200

10,700

10,200 

2,790 

2,580 

2,200 

2,100 

2,590 

1,580 

468 

513

10,700

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 sec. -ft.). Nov. 20 (6 a.m.

22,700 sec. -ft.; Jan. 5 (about 8 p.m.) 19,200 sec. -ft.; F 

p.m.) 4,140 sec. -ft.; June 16 (4 p.m.) 3,930 sec. -ft.

May

1,280 

2,100 

1,140 

790 

620

514 

492 

436 

382 

351

341 

311 

282 

236 

245

254 

231 

223 

213 

223

254

220 

227 

215 

245

170 

204 

176 

182 

321 

351

Minimum

47 

93 

291

45

382 

492 

218 

263 

170 

148 

131 

102 

56

47

June

301 

225 

218 

189 

184

216 

186 

170 

179 

164

157 

155 

169 

148 

199

2,590 

892 

425 

331 

282

254 

227 

215 

225 

254

331 

245 

220 

254 

311

Mean

80.3 

1,150 

624

441

1,317 

1,036 

483 

549 

426 

331 

330 

152 

138

548

July

21S 

311 

254 

192 

232

204

216 

131 

167 

196

231 

192 

382 

272 

458

389 

1,580 

868 

514 

404

331 

291 

301 

503 

291

231 

203 

196 

182 

143 

162

Aug.

192 

193 

468 

182 

204

194 

187 

160 

164 

152

152 

133 

138 

114 

130

133 

136 

169 

123 

122

120 

122 

125 

122 

119

116 

112 

108 

105 

105 

102

Per square 

mile

0.416 

5.96 

3.23

2.28

6.82 

5.37 

2.50 

2.84 

2.21 

1.72 

1.71 

.788 

.716

2.84

Sept.

102 

108 

111 

106 

111

513 

272 

187 

155 

140

136 

138 

136 

122 

122

131 

131 

116 

125 

96

84 

117 

142 

112 

56

120 

140 

119 

105 

101

Runoff in 

inches

0.48 

S.65 

3.72

31.04

7.86 

5.59 

2.88 

3.17 

2.55 

1.92 

1.97 

.91 

.80

38.50

) 3,190 sec. -ft. 5 Nov. 28 (about 9 p.m.) 

eb. 20 (4 a.m.) 3,540 sec. -ft. j Mar. 31 (10

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for nearby stations, 

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
440 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Chattooga River at Gaylesville, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 340 16', long. 85°34', in SW£ sec. 11, T. 9 S., R. 10 

E., at bridge on county road to Cedar Bluff, 0.2 mile southwest of Gaylesville and 

9 miles upstream from Little River. Datum of gage is 549.56 feet above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior 

to Dec. 15, 1948, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area. 377 square miles.

Kecoras available. June 1937 to September 1949.

Average aiscnarge. 12 years, 658 second-feet.

.Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 32,000 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 24.6 

reet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 18,000 

second-feet; minimum daily, 108 second-feet Oct. 31.

1937-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 29, 1948; minimum daily, 74 second-feet 

Oct. 21, 1940.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of backwater or no gage-height record, 

which are fair. Some regulation at low flow by power plant 27 miles above station. 

Gage read twice daily prior to Dec. 15.

Revisions (water years). W 1052: 1938, 1943, 1944.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49, except periods of backwater

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 14 to Nov. 19}

Oct. 1 to Jan. 6 Jan. 7 to Sept. 30

3.8 

4.2 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0

108

164

290

379

489

S.5

7.0

8.0

12.0

15.0

617

754

1,070

2,480

3,720

16.0

17.0

18.0

19.0

20.0

4.29O 

5,170 

6,400 

7,950 

10,300

21.0

22.0

23.0

24.3

13,500

17,300

22,100

29,900

4.4 

5.0 

5.5

7.0

9.0

12.0

687

1,280

2,480

177

261

346

449

Note. Same as preceding 

table above 12.0 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

194

172

129

143

179

172

157

157

150

136

136

179

150

150

150

150

129

143

136

143

143

150

129

143

122

150

143

136

129

129

108

Nov.

115

176

626

562

290

411

604

360

290

273

290

307

273

257

241

241

225

225

2,220

4,290

2,720

1,950

1,670

970

840

866

2,520

9,180

29,900

18,700

-

Dec.

05,200

c2,100

02,000

cl.900

1,530

1,880

1,810

1,370

1,130

930

782

726

698

644

591

698

1,370

970

1,130

1,130

930

840

930

782

1,320

1,570

1,170

1,000

1,190

1,630

1,200

Jan.

1,000

900

870

1,760

8,500

22,100

12,200

04,300

c2,000

1,600

1,280

1,090

940

823

767

687

648

648

852

823

687

1,470

3,000

2,480

1,680

1,280

1,120

1,480

1,400

1,060

1,480

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

2,000

1,560

1,320

2,720

2,800

1,920

1,440

1,150

1,120

3,280

3,200

1,920

1,440

1,180

1,090

3,220

4,750

3,090

3,210

4,750

3,820

2,120

1,560

1,250

1,090

940

1,030

1,030

_

-

Secondfoot-days

4,537

81,592

41,151

334,384

80, 925

60,000

25,664

29 429

20^213

17,240

8 , 778

9,008

409,396

Mar.

823

740

687

636

611

587

551

528

525

661

563

516

493

471

460

438

427

493

516

449

427

551

713

611

687

1,000

1,030

2,080

2,160

1,560

3,670

Apr.

4,750

3,100

1,640

1,280

1,120

1,210

1,000

a820

3730

687

661

648

970

852

713

624

a570

a520

a490

a480

493

624

575

a520

a470

a 440

449

493

1,090

2,840

-

Maximum

194

29,900

5,200

29,900

22,100

4,750

3,670

4,750

4,430

3,080

1,560

722

1,560

29,900

May

3,120

4,430

3,320

1,880

1,280

1,150

1,150

1,000

795

713

661

599

551

493

a480

a470

449

416

416

449

587

427

438

449

539

a440

346

a420

3530

636

795

Minimum

108

115

591

108

648

940

427

440

346

290

284

224

184

108

June

624

493

416

a390

a360

a350

a 340

a330

327

a310

a300

a300

a290

a290

336

31,100

3,080

a2,200

31,400

a900

a 700

a450

365

a330

a450

a500

493

793

916

1,080

-

Mean

146

2,720

1,327

914

2,610

2,143

828

1,029

949

674

556

283

300

1,122

July

599

493

528

427

427

438

427

356

327

346

449

596

963

539

648

713

1,420

1,560

852

648

551

482

438

648

528

416

365

336

327

309

284

Aug.

292

300

722

385

336

346

309

292

276

284

268

261

309

268

231

268

254

276

268

254

246

246

246

238

238

238

231

224

224

224

224

Per square 

mile

0.387

7.21

3.52

2.42

6.92

5.68

2.20

2 .73

2J52

1.79

1.47

.751

.796

2.98

Sept.

231

217

231

231

261

1,560

727

375

309

268

261

254

254

246

231

238

254

231

224

231

203

196

254

238

210

184

231

238

210

210

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.45

8.05

4.06

32.98

7.98

5.92

2.53

3.04

2.90

1.99

1.70

.87

.89

40.38

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 sec.-ft.). Nov. 29 (3 p.m.] 

sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of 

nearby streams.

c Backwater from return of overbank flow.

32,000 sec.-ft.: Jan. 6 (11 a.m.) 25,000 

reather records and records for stations on
MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Little River near Jamestown, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34C 24'-, long. 8S°38', In NE£ sec. 30, T. 7 S., R. 10 

fi.y at highway bridge a quarter of a mile upstream from Yellow Creek and 2§ miles west 

of Jamestown. Datum of gage Is 1,177.4 feet above mean sea level (Alabama Power Co. 

bericfi nark).

Drainage area. 121 square miles.

Records available . October 1928 to April 1932, May 1935 to September 1949 (discontinued).

Average discharge. 17 years (1928-31, 1935-49), 262 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 21,800 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 12.9 

reet ) ; minimum, 2.1 second-feet Oct. 21 (gage height, 0.67 foot).

1928-32, 1935-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 28, 1948; no flow for several days 

during July and September 1930 and for period Sept. 17 to Nov. 29, 1931.

Remarks. Records good above 20 second-feet and fair below. 

Revisions (water .years). W 802: 1929(M), 1930(M), 1932(M).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet; 

(Shift Ing- control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. l)

0.6 

.7 

.8 

.9

1.0

1.1

1.2

0.9 

2.8 

7.3

13

2O

3O

44

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.0 

2.3 

2.6 

3.0

81 

128 

190 

270 

421 

6O6 

9OO

3.5 

4.0 

5.0 

6.O 

7.0 

8.0 

10.1

1.32O 

1,820 

3,080 

4,570 

6,250 

8,350 

13,800

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

22 

16 

14 

13 

12

9.4 

7.8 

6.8 

5.8 

5.3

5.3 

4.4

4.0 

4.O 

3.6

2.S 

2.8 

2.8

2.4 

2.4

4^4

6.3 

5.8 

6.3

5.3 

5.8 

5.3 

5.3 

6.3 

6.3

Nov.

7.3 

75 

685 

310

191

1,79O 

862 

485 

331 

433

444

331 

266 

213 

170

148 

170 

154 

3,340 

2,410

1,060 

1,100 

924 

675 

498

521 

1,140 

12,100 

4,050 

1,460

Dec.

948

733 

877 

747 

620

1,050 

838 

627 

479 

378

311 

266 

236 

213 

190

492 

770 

613 

704 

62 O

485 

462 

491 

421 

815

762 

574 

450 

577 

679 

554

Jan.

444

362 

362 

1,600 

13,800

3,080

1,360 

924 

682 

529

427 

352 

293 

249 

213

187 

183 

223 

502 

473

405

1,210 

1,710 

1,O60 

777

613 

541 

1,020 

807 

613 

593

Month

Ooto 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

 her. ........................

 her .........................

lender year 1948 ............

ary

vary

h.. ..........................

1......... ...................

enber ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

529 

554 

627 

1,43O 

1,180

800 

613 

479 

456 

1,420

1,O60 

747 

567 

456 

421

1,670 

1,510 

932 

1,770 

1,460

940 

704 

541 

433 

357

288 

316 

307

Secondfoot-days

205.8 

36,343.3 

17,982

136,409.2

35,599 

22,567 

11,504 

13,649 

10,600 

2,373 

4,926 

5O6.5 

936.3

157,191.9

Mar.

253 

232 

205

177 

160

145 

128 

116 

118 

167

145 

128 

123 

118 

110

101 

94 

156 

183 

157

145 

272 

383 

316 

500

711 

718 

1,320 

1,030 

733 

2,360

Apr.

1,320 

845 

634 

491 

473

554 

467 

383 

307 

253

217 

234 

462 

394 

331

27O 

228 

198 

164 

139

142 

232 

228 

198

167

145 

145 

164 

854 

3,010

Maximum

22 

12,100 

1,050

12,100

13,800 

1,770 

2,360 

3,010 

2,210 

298 

675 46- 

123

13,8OO

May

1,470 

2,210 

1,180 

777 

554

410 

352 

357 

253 

257

257 

205 

164 

137 

113

96 

83 

69 

51 

49

69 

75 

79 

106 

139

83 

63 

58 

73 

344 

467

Minimum

2.1 

7.3 

190

1.0

183 

288 

94 

139 

49 

27 

33 

4.8 

4.0

2.1

June

298

201 

142 

1O6 

81

81 

77 

54 

44 

40

37 

37 

44 

41 

101

96

128 

85 

61 

46

38 

34 

28 

27 

44

65 

49 

47 

133 

108

Mean

6.64 

1,211 

580

373

1,148 

806 

371 

455 

342 

79.1 

159 

18.3 

31.2

431

July

96 

67 

58 

51 

58

77 

85 

71 

49 

38

44 

49 

156 

139 

205

187 

473 

675 

421 

450

283 

187 

134 

251 

190

139 

99 

69 

52 

40 

33

, Aug.

26 

23 

42 

41 

46

28 

22 

23 

22

17

16 

13 

12 

10 

10

10

13 

14

14 

15

11 

11 

11 

9.4 

8.8

7.8 

7.3 

6.8 

6.3 

5.3 

4.8

Per square 

mile

0.055 

10.0 

4.79

3.08

9.49

6.66 

3.07 

3.76 

2.83 

.654 

1.31 

.135 

.258

3.56

Sept.

4.0 

4.4

4.8 

6.3 

7.8

no

12O 

65 

37 

25

22

14 

13 

14 

14

16 

123 

63 

43 

29

22 

18 

44

29 

21

16 

14 

14 

12

11

Runoff in 

inches

0.06 

11.17 

5.53

41.9:

10.94 

6.94 

3.54 

4.20 

3.26 

.73 

1.51 

.16 

.29

48.33

Peak discharge (base, 4.OOO see. -ft.) .--Nov. 19 (6 p.m.) 6,620 sec. -ft.; Nov. 28 (3 p.m.) 21.8OO

sec. -ft. j Jan. 5 (l p.m.) I8,80O sec. -ft.
442 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Terrapin Creek near Piedmont, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°57', long. 85°34', in SE£ sec. 27, T. 12 S., R. 

1U &., at bridge on State Highway 74, 500 feet upstream from Southern Railway bridge, 

naif a mile upstream from Ladiga Creek, and 3 miles northeast of Piedmont.

Drainage area. 115 square miles.

Records available. June 1944 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 21,000 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 13.3 

reet); minimum, 15 second-feet Sept. 26.

1945-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 28, 1948; minimum, 2.9 second-feet 

Sept. 28-30, Oct. 2, 6, 1947.

Remarks. Records good.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

23

20

19

18

18

17

17

19

19

18

18

19

20

17

16

16

18

19

20

20

20

20

24

24

23

22

21

21

21

20

22

Nov.

24

68

304

67

44

618

171

80

56

63

86

59

52

48

43

39

128

92

1,370

788

246

1,500

557

449

271

361

1,380

10,200

1,950

505

-

Dec.

328

252

291

255

218

215

182

185

157

139

127

124

120

112

108

127

163

160

203

191

160

139

127

110

349

317

221

180

295

510

321

Jan.

243

206

180

667

4,500

2,050

570

390

307

255

221

197

180

168

160

150

144

144

194

152

142

147

142

137

132

127

127

157

134

129

375

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .......... ..............

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ........................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

348

252

209

978

505

334

271

221

450

1,800

700

461

366

317

301

1,480

870

485

724

652

457

376

324

288

271

246

595

514

_

-

Mar.

372

321

284

262

243

246

221

209

256

846

397

311

275

252

227

197

194

268

227

194

185

218

224

194

191

188

273

821

570

380

1,060

£££.

609

21,619

6,386

77,368

12,827

14,795

10,106

8,696

6,703

2,789

2,681

1,277

1,441

89,929

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 aec .-ft . ) .--Nov

Apr.

574

387

317

262

291

288

246

224

206

194

188

237

338

265

221

194

177

168

155

147

160

194

157

147

132

124

142

227

1,430

904

-

Maximum

24

10,200

510

10,200

4,500

1,800

1,060

1,430

1,240

206

617

169

440

10,200

19 (5:30 5

May

562

1,240

481

324

259

215

191

174

155

150

142

129

120

115

115

112

108

106

103

108

137

106

106

129

139

101

92

101

103

457

323

Minimum

16

24

108

9.0

127

209

185

124

92

53

30

21

16

16

Jnne

160

115

95

84

97

117

86

77

69

66

80

101

108

80

73

115

84

66

56

53

58

84

80

63

88

67

75

134

152

206

-

Mean

19.6

721

206

211

414

528

326

290

216

93.0

86.5

41.2

48.0

246

July

150

84

61

53

59

77

49

41

38

40

61

59

69

56

617

216

174

160

92

69

61

49

46

48

44

40

38

33

36

31

30

Aug.

29

28

84

52

93

52

38

33

30

29

28

25

23

24

2i

28

169

73

46

38

36

33

43

33

28

25

22

24

27

29

34

Per square 

mile

0.170

6.27

1.79

1.83

3.60

4.59

2.83

2.52

1.88

.809

.752

.358

.417

2.14

Sept.

32

25

20

20

34

216

440

101

55

4O

32

29

27

27

27

26

24

25

24

25

22

20

20

18

17

16

18

20

21

20

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.20

6.99

2.07

25.03

4.15

4.78

3.27

2.81

2.17

.90

.87

.41

.47

29.09

.m.) 3,030 sec. -ft.; Nov. 22 (9:30 a.m.)
MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Big Wills Creek near Crudup, Ala.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 34°06>, long. 86°02', in SE£ sec. 6, T. 11 S., R. 6 E., 

at highway bridge 1 mile upstream from Fisher Creek, 2 miles west of Crudup, and 4 miles 

downstream from Little Duck Creek.

Drainage area. 189 square miles.

Records available. October 1943 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 11,800 second-feet Jan. 5 (gage height, 14.2 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 45 second-feet Oct. 7.

1943-49: Maximum discharge observed, that of Jan. 5, 1949; minimum observed, 30 

second-feet Dec. 6, 1943.

Flood in December 1942 reached a stage of 13.9 feet, from Information by local residents (discharge, 11,000 second-feet).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of doubtful gage-height record, which are 

ralr. Gage read twice daily.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 28 Nov. 29 to Sept. 30

1.5 43 3.5 312 9.0 2,390 1.8 56 4.O 4O3 10.0 3,65O 

1.7 59 4.0 427 9.5 2,840 2.2 94 6.0 1,OOO 12.0 7,430 

2.0 88 6.0 950 10. O 3,650 2.6 139 8.O 1,840 13.2 9,830 

2.5 147 6.5 1,120 11.0 5.48O 3.0 193 9.0 2,390 

3.0 219 7.0 3.5 283 9.5 2,84O

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

64 

59 

55 

59 

55

51 

48 

51 

55 

51

49 

51 

51 

50 

51

50 

59 

d58 

d56

d54

64 

73 

83 

51 

55

d52 

d50 

48 

48 

49 

49

Nov.

55 

180 

842 

292 

292

869 

737 

292 

312 

378

333 

273 

219 

188 

181

181 

188 

236 

1,190 

3,370

2,400 

896 

1,080 

737 

452

529 

923 

5,260 

9,230 

4,550

Dec.

2,390 

1,740 

1,240 

760 

375

810 

840 

640 

550 

375

349 

325 

302 

302 

283

283 

302 

349 

325 

325

d300 

d290 

325 

d350 

d370

325 

302 

349 

349 

349 

325

Jan.

325 

349 

375 

1,070 

8,510

9,830 

4,050 

1,640 

1,000 

790

640 

580 

520 

461 

403

375 

349 

375 

700 

580

432 

670 

1,080 

1,080 

960

760 

640 

670 

930 

870 

840

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Deoe

Cs

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

 her...... ...................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary . .

h. ...........................

1. ................... ..... .

sober ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

870 

870 

870 

1,120 

960

9OO 

760 

700 

840 

1,200

1,440 

960 

810 

640 

9OO

1,360 

2,090 

1,790 

1,480 

1,690

1,040 

840 

730 

640 

550

520 

550 

490

Secondfoot-days

1,69 

36,66 

16,49

146,95

42,25 

27,61 

13,02 

14,79 

12,45 

4,66 

7,30 

3,18 

2,74

182,88

Mar.

432 

375 

349 

349 

325

325 

302 

263 

263 

244

244 

244 

226 

244 

226

218 

226 

302 

263 

226

218 

283 

283 

263 

490

730 

700 

1,200 

1,000 

870 

1,320

Apr.

1,940 

1,160 

760 

640 

580

520 

403 

349 

375 

349

325 

349 

840 

670 

432

375 

349 

325 

302 

283

302 

283 

263 

244 

226

22ff 

302 

432 

550 

640

Maximum

3 83 

5 9,230 

3 2,390

3 9,230

4 9,830 

3 2,O9O 

5 1,320 

4 1,940 

3 1,690 

1 263 

2 760 

1 193 

5 209

9 9,830

Peak discharge (base, 3,6OO sec. -ft.). Hov. 29 (9 p.m

May

1,000

1,280 

1,690 

1,120 

730

550 

403 

403 

325 

325

325 

283 

244 

244 

226

218 

209 

209 

186 

178

218 

218 

201 

193 

226

193 

186 

164 

178 

226 

302

Minimum

48 

55 

283

47

325 

490 

218 

226 

164 

116 

127 

64 

60

48

June

244 

178 

158 

145 

151

145 

127 

133 

139 

139

139 

145 

151 

178 

164

283

164 

145 

139 

127

122 

122 

116 

122 

116

178 

164 

145 

218 

164

Mean

54. £ 

1,222 

532

402

1,363 

986 

420 

493 

402 

155 

236 

103 

91. E

501

July

760 

461 

201 

171 

164

145 

244 

158 

139 

178

139 

403 

178 

158 

139

164 

527 

461 

283 

263

218 

178 

164 

431 

171

151 

133 

133 

133

127 

127

Aug.

127 

116 

110 

145

122

105 

100 

100

100

105

100 

105 

105 

100 

94

100 

105 

100 

94

94

193 

122 

105

loo

94 

89

aso

d74

d?o 

aee 

ae4

Per square 

mile

0.290 

6.47 

2.81

2.13

7.21 

5.22 

2.22 

2.61 

2.13 

.820 

1.25 

.545 

.484

2.65

) 4,910 sec. -ft.; Nov. 29 (11 a

Sept.

d6o 

d62 

65 

70 

84

171 

209 

116 

100

89

89 

84 

84 

84 

84

89 

105 

122 

94 

89

84 

79 

79 

89 

87

74 

74 

79 

79 

74

Runoff in 

inches

0.33 

7.21 

3.25

28.93

8.31 

5.43 

2.56 

2.91 

2.45 

.92 

1.44 

.63 

.54

35.98

m.) 10,200

oeu . i ir. , ucui* D \o p.m. f J.J.,DW act;. AU.

d Doubtful gage-height record} discharge cc 

nearby stations.

puted on basis of weather records and records for
444 MOBILE RIVER BASIN 

Big Canoe Creek near Gadsden, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder gage, lat. 33°54', long. 86°07', in SW-j sec. 15, T. 13 S., 

K. 5 K., at bridge on U. S. Highway 11, 400 feet downstream from Rock Creek, 5 miles 

upstream from mouth, and 10 miles southwest of Gadsden. Datum of gage Is 490.56 feet 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to Dec. 14, 

1948, wire-weight gage at same site and datum. Auxiliary staff gage on Coosa River at 

Greensport Ferry, 2.4 miles downstream from mouth of Big Canoe Creek, at datum 9.81 feet 

lower.

Drainage area. 238 square miles.

Kecords available. January 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge". 10 years (1939-49), 452 second-feet.

Extremes'. --Maximum discharge during year, 18,500 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage height, 22.6 

feet); minimum daily, 10 second-feet Oct. 10, 22, Nov. 1.

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 37,900 second-feet Dec. 29, 1942 (gage height, 29.1 

feet, from high-water mark), from rating curve extended above 18,000 second-feet on 

basis of runoff for stations on nearby streams; minimum daily since Oct. 1, 1945, that 

of Oct. 10, 22, Nov. 1, 1948: minimum not determined prior to Oct. 1, 1945.

Remarks.--Records good except those prior to Dec. 14, and those for periods of doubtful 

or no gage-height record or backwater from Coosa River, which are fair. Gage read twice 

daily prior to Dec. 14.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49, except periods of backwater 

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Jar Jan. 6 to Sept. 30

3.3

3.7

4.2 

5.O 

6.0 

7.0 

8.0

160

280

470

725

96O

1,220

1,550

10.0

12.0

14.0

16.0

18.0

20.0

22.5

2,400

3,450

4,780

6,800

9,300

12,800

18,200

38

12S 

210 

321

7.0 

8.0 

9.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

16.0

490 

634 

853 

1,130 

1,460 

1,840

Note. Same as preceding table above 16.o 

feet.

2,260 

3,340 

4,760 

6.8OO

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

18 

19 

26 

24 

24

19 

20 

16 

11 

alo

30 

32 

24 

26 

27

20 

15 

15 

16 

d!4

d!2 

10 

19 

24 

24

d22 

d21 

d!9 

dl8 

17 

14

Nov.

10 

565 

1,940 

473 

535

1,67O 

725 

505 

187 

174

276 

a2OO 

134 

dllO 

dlOO

d200 

935 

725 

2,180 

4,200

3,400 

2,700 

2,800 

1,670 

985

1,670 

3,010 

11,200 

17,600 

10,100

Dec.

c3,OOO 

cl,500 

c8OO 

C5OO 

C360

cl.100 

C800 

c6OO 

cSOO 

c420

C380 

360 

280 

262 

262

567 

960 

825 

895 

725

540 

435

380 

340

1,270

1,410 

843 

575 

1,090 

1,390 

995

Jan.

665 

540 

725 

3,100 

13,000

17,600 

9,270 

C3.200 

el, 500 

c950

c750 

c60O 

c470 

C400 

c350

308 

274 

356 

1,280 

957

593 

1,340 

1,560 

1,040 

750

607 

622 

1,490 

1,100 

634 

1,890

Month

Ooto 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her. .........................

mber .................. ...

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. .................... ....

1 ...............

st ................... .... .

ember .................. .....

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,760 

1,010 

770 

2,520 

2,610

2,26O

1,070 

770 

920 

2,75O

2,310 

1,550 

902 

750 

733

3,070 

3,170 

C2.600 

C2.500 

C2.300

cl,800 

1,130 

877 

708 

550

443

1,210 

1,680

Seoondfoot-days

606 

70,979 

24,364

234,135

67,921 

44,723 

21,251 

16,572 

10,555 

3,019 

8,836 

3,468 

2,790

275,084

Peak discharge fbase, 4,000 sec. -ft. ) .--Nov

sec. -ft.; Jan. 6 (8 a.m.) 18,5OO sec. -ft. 

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed 

on nearby streams. 

c Backwater from Coosa River, 

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge co 

g Computed from graph based on gage reading

Mar.

1,080 

634 

505 

420 

364

328 

299 

269 

274

831

640 

346 

295 

295 

263

234

217

220 

252 

206

188 

557 

702 

353 

657

902 

1,180 

2,360 

2,160 

1,350 

2,870

Apr.

2,610 

2,100 

283 

750 

730

831 

550 

400 

335 

289

263 

299 

1,350 

918 

443

328

277 

252 

229 

208

199 

212 

197 

175 

157

143

138 

145 

271 

790

Maximum

32 

17,600 

3,000

17,600

17,600 

3,170 

2,870 

2,610 

2,260 

251 

1,500 

913 

410

17,600

May

661 

2,260 

1,800 

900 

564

375 

286 

247 

224

201

184 

167 

153 

141 

134

126 

118 

108 

103 

97

94

90 

86 

92 

114

90 

80 

82 

82 

433 

463

Minimum

10 

10 

262

10

274 

443 

188 

138 

80 

71 

66 

45 

45

10

June

163 

114 

95 

84 

89

97 

76 

75 

71 

83

79 

76 

77 

77 

217

251 

147 

101 

79 

72

79 

84 

80 

77 -86

106 

80 

92 

120 

92

Mean

19.5 

2,366 

786

640

2,191 

1,597 

686 

552 

340 

101 

285 

112 

93.0

754

July

143

134 

86 

75 

70

98 

76 

66 

70 

123

103 

370 

361 

161 

348

960 

789 

al.500 

al.OOO 

a600

a350 

a270 

g210 

a!70 

a!40

a!20 

alOO 

a93 

a87 

g83 

g80

Aug.

a77 

a 74 

a72 

369 

367

g65 

360 

a56 

352 

a50

47 

45 

45 

56 

53

307 

913 

225

130 

116

121 

103 

97 

86 

79

70 

64 

58 

54 

51 

106

Per square 

mile

0.082 

9.94 

3.30

2.69

9.21 

6.71 

2.88 

2.32 

1.43 

.424 

1.20 

.471 

.391

3.17

. 2O (5 a.m.) 4,38O sec. -ft.; Nov. 29 (1O a. 

on basis of weather records and records for

mputed as explained in footnote a.

Sept.

105 

80 

64 

59 

70

160 

410 

224 

151 

114

95 

83 

75 

68 

65

66 

94 

113 

84 

64

74 

75 

60 

54 

51

46 

45 

45 

48 

48

Runoff in 

Inches

0.09 

11.09 

3.81

36.58

10.61 

6.99 

3.32 

2.59 

1.65 

.47 

1.38 

.54 

.44

42.98

m.) 18,200 

stations
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 445

Choccolocco Creek near Jenifer, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°34', long. 85°56', on line between sees. 5 and 8, 

T. 17 S., R. 7 E., at Louisville & Nashville Railroad bridge, three-quarters of a mile 

upstream from Salt Creek and 1^ miles north of Jenifer. Datum of gage is 554.15 feet 

above mean sea level, adjustment of 1903.

Drainage area. 275 square miles.

Hecords available.--August 1903 to February 1908, May 1929 to March 1932, May 1935 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 20 years (1903-7, 1929-31, 1935-49), 407 second-feet.

Kxtremes. Maximum discharge during year, 18,300 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 15.1 

feet); minimum daily, 103 second-feet Oct. 26, 27.

1903-8, 1929-32, 1935-49: Maximum discharge, 25,800 second-feet Feb. 4, 1936 (gage 

height, 17.2 feet), from rating curve extended above 11,000 second-feet on basis of 

runoff at nearby stations and velocity-area studies; minimum daily, 30 second-feet 

Oct. 10, 1931.

Remarks. Records good. Some diurnal fluctuation caused by mill dams above station. An 

average of about 12 second-feet diverted from Coldwater Spring for municipal water supply for city of Anniston.

Revisions (water years). W 782: Drainage area. W 952: 1904(m).

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.8 103 3.5 638 8.0 4,27O 

2.1 162 4.0 883 9.O 5,600 

2.4 234 5.O 1,530 11. O 8,62O 

2.7 324 6.0 2,250 13. O 12,500 

3.0 431 7.0 3,150 14.2 15.6OO

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

137 

123 

121 

117 

116

117 

117 

114 

114 

114

114 

110 

112 

110 

108

105 

107 

107 

105 

107

105 

105 

105 

107 

107

103 

103 

105 

105 

105 

1O7

Nov.

105 

170 

387 

380 

234

355 

506 

305 

216 

206

2O8 

2O6 

189 

182 

173

177 

277 

3O2 

896 

1,560

1,740 

2,O9O 

2,020 

2,330 

1,56O

1,030 

2,020 

8,270 

15,500 

5,660

Dec.

2,52O 

1,250 

1,120 

1,OOO 

830

78O 

78O 

912 

780 

638

551 

51O 

482 

447 

427

458 

684 

708 

7O8 

638

572 

510 

466 

424 

862

1,150 

883 

661 

879 

1,250 

1,O90

Jan.

780 

661 

594 

81O 

3,36O

7,360 

5,360 

2,520 

1,320 

940

780 

7O8 

638 

572 

547

510 

486 

482 

594 

543

474 

458 

450 

431 

416

398 

398 

431 

431 

409 

638

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augv 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1946 

ary

1 .................... .......

st ...........................

ember ......... ... . .... ...

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

731 

638 

551 

1,240 

1,670

1.36O 

830 

684 

1,53O 

2,490

2,330 

2,09O 

1,150 

856 

756

1,630 

2,410 

2,760 

1,810 

1,740

1,500 

1,060 

883 

756 

684

633 

1,27O 

1,880

Seoondfoot-days

3,43 

49,25 

24,97

215,39

34,49 

37,92 

24,97 

20,04 

17,99 

7,83 

8,38 

6,95 

4,27'

240,53

Mar.

1,500 

94O 

780 

684 

638

616 

594 

539 

652 

1.81O

1,670 

1,OOO 

805 

708 

638

594 

551 

594 

594 

526

494 

514 

522 

486 

482

486 

594 

1,06O 

1,390 

1,090 

1,420

Apr.

1,600 

1,320 

883 

731 

684

756 

638 

572 

518 

486

470 

566 

1,250 

1,O60 

731

616 

543 

502 

466 

431

427 

447 

427 

398 

369

355 

372 

412 

654 

1,360

Maximum

> 137 

I 15,500 

D 2,520

3 15,5OO

3 7,360 

7 2,760 

L 1,810 

t 1,600 

D 2,250 

5 466 

5 988 

5 609 

I 213

3 15,500

Peak discharge (base, 2.0OO aec.-ft.). Nov. 24 (2 p.m

May

1,740 

2,250 

2.O2O 

1,400

805

661 

572 

522 

482 

454

435 

412 

390 

369 

362

344 

331 

318 

305 

295

295 

295 

289 

289 

298

295 

268 

262 

277 

420 

535

Minimum

103 

105 

424

100

398 

551 

482 

355 

262 

218 

171 

143 

117

103

June

466 

338 

298 

271 

283

338 

271 

245 

242 

237

237 

240 

295 

256 

237

259 

274 

237 

226 

229

327 

262 

242 

218 

224

242 

234 

234 

229 

234

Mean

11] 

1,642 

80E

58£

1,113 

1,35E 

806 

66E 

58C 

26] 

27C 

224 

142

65S

July

240 

206 

203 

191 

186

184 

191 

180 

173 

177

221 

234 

305 

256 

275

789 

988 

486 

372 

298

262 

234 

224 

211 

213

203 

184 

182 

173 

171 

173

Aug.

158 

156 

175 

162 

162

158 

162 

225 

154 

149

147 

143 

199 

216 

211

609 

51O 

435 

390 

254

268 

280 

224 

208 

189

182 

173 

166 

164 

162 

164

Per square

mile '

0.404 

5.97 

2.93

2.14

4.05 

4.93 

2.93 

2.43 

) 2.11 

.949 

.982 

.815 

.516

2.40

Sept.

162 

162 

154 

147 

156

177 

213 

189 

166 

152

145 

141 

141 

137 

135

135 

139 

139 

135 

131

127 

125 

125 

123 

121

117 

117 

119 

123 

121

'Runoff in 

inches

0.46 

6.66 

3.38

29.13

4.67 

5.13 

3.38 

2.71 

2.43 

1.06 

1.13 

.94 

.58

32.53

) 2,490 aec.-ft.; Nov. 29 (11:30 p.m.)

18

2,950 aec.-ft.j'May 2 (10 p~.m.)'2,250 sec i -ft.
446 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Choccolocco Creek near Lincoln, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°34', long. 86°08', in SWi;- sec. 9, T. 17 S., R. 

b K., at bridge on State Highway 102, three-eighths of a mile downstream from Schmidt's 

mill, 4 miles south of Lincoln, 6 miles upstream from mouth, and 8 miles north of Talladega.

Drainage area. 491 square miles.

Records available. October 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 11 years, 729 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 20,800 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 21.1 

reet); minimum daily, 202 second-feet Oct. 23, 31.

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 21,800 second-feet Jan. 7, 1946 (gage height, 21.9 

feet); minimum, 66 second-feet Oct. 1, 1941 (gage height, 0.28 foot); minimum dally, 

151 second-feet Oct. 10, 12, 1938.

Maximum stage known, about 27.5 feet in 1886, from floodmarks, at original site 

1,000 feet upstream.

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation with some regulation at low flow caused by 

small mills and diversion for municipal water supply for city of Anniston above station.

Rating tatiles, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used May 3 to June 15)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 28

1.0 192

1.5 303

2.0 470

3.0 940

4.0 1,440

6.0 2,660

Note. Same as following 

table above 6.0 feet.

1.1 

1.5 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

200

292

451

656

900

Nov. 29 to Sept. 30

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

15.0

1,430 

2,660 

4,150 

5,800 

J.0,400

17.0 12,600

19.0 16,400

20.2 18,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to Septenber 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

260

242

233

229

225

225

225

222

220

216

218

214

210

210

210

206

208

208

206

206

206

204

202

204

206

206

204

204

204

204

202

Nov.

204

244

600

596

427

586

741

586

382

343

343

340

325

303

293

293

486

499

2,340

2,660

2,140

4,150

3,290

3,590

2,520

1,880

4,470

15,100

18,900

10,900

-

Dec.

4,070

2,320

2,080

1,840

1,540

1,480

1,430

1,780

1,510

1,270

1,110

1,030

950

900

850

950

1,600

1,480

1,430

1,300

1,140

1,030

925

850

1,660

1,900

1,600

1,270

1,800

2,260

1,900

Jan.

1,480

1,270

1,160

1,440

6,670

10,200

7,640

3,910

2,320

1,780

1,510

1,370

1,240

1,160

1,030

1,000

950

950

1,180

1,080

95Q

925

875

850

800

776

776

850

825

776

1,270

Month

October ..........................

November ........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February ..................... ...

March .......... .................

April .........................

June ............... .........

July ...........................

August ...........................

September .................... ...

Water year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge {base, 5,000 sec

Feb.

1,340

1,210

1,060

2,550

2,450

2,200

1,540

1,320

2,900

4,310

3,430

3,010

2,080

1,600

1,430

3,870

4,070

3,670

3,430

3,080

2,520

2,020

1,660

1,480

1,340

1,240

2,220

2,660

_

_

-

Secondfoot-daye

6,63

79,53

47,25

379,24

59,06:

65,69(

48 09

40^17

33,44

15.06C

14,13(

11 23

7!s2.

427,63:

Mar.

2,320

1,660

1,430

1,270

1,180

1,160

1,180

1,060

1,230

4,310

2,730

1,900

1,540

1,400

1,270

1,140

1,080

1,160

1,140

1,030

950

1,030

1,030

950

925

925

1,300

2,380

2,380

2,020

3,010

Apr.

2,660

2,260

1,720

1,460

1,400

1,400

1,270

1,140

1,060

1,000

950

1,080

2,870

2,030

1,540

1,270

1,140

1,060

975

900

900

925

900

850

800

751

751

875

1,460

2,730

-

Maximum

) 260

L 18,900

5 4,070

T 18 , 900

5 10,200

3 4,310

) 4,310

2,870

? 4 390

) '900

) 1,400

5 703

5 317

5 18,900

May

2,590

4,390

3,220

2,450

1,600

1,320

1,160

1,060

950

900

850

825

776

727

703

680

656

611

590

568

568

568

548

548

548

548

527

527

527

727

1,180

Minimum

202

240

850

202

776

1,060

925

751

527

423

312

266

206

202

June

900

656

548

508

481

590

508

470

440

455

462

508

548

508

470

508

488

466

434

423

444

458

481

484

488

484

477

477

448

448

Mean

214

2,65]

1,524

1,036

1.90E

2,346

1,55]

1 33!

l!o7£

502

456

36!

244

1,172

July

451

413

382

382

376

372

356

353

399

353

379

420

481

473

413

776

1,400

850

634

508

448

413

385

376

360

372

341

323

317

312

312

Aug.

303

289

309

295

295

289

289

376

303

276

274

266

282

353

338

611

703

568

611

416

458

481

396

350

326

312

292

284

298

298

292

Per square 

Bile

0.436

5.40

3.10

2.11

3.88

4.78

3.16

2.73

2.20

1.02

.929

!497

2.39

Sept.

284

276

266

259

269

317

309

306

279

259

247

242

238

238

233

235

231

235

231

227

220

218

218

212

212

208

206

214

220

214

Runoff in 

inches

0.50

6.02

3.58

28.71

4.47

4. 98

3.64

3.04

2.53

1.14

1.07

. 85

.55

32.37

-ft.). Nov. 22 (2 p.m.) 5,270 sec. -ft.; Nov. 28(3:30 p.m.) 20,800

sec.-ft.; Jan. 6 (3 a.m.) 11,800 sec. __ 

sec.-ft.; May 2 (8 a.m.) 5,190 sec.-ft.

Feb. 16 (7 p.m.) 6,250 sec.-ft.; Mar. 10 (7 a.m.) 5,980
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 447

Talladega Creek at Alpine, Ala.

LocatIon. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33C 21', long. 86 C 14', in SE£ sec. 21, T. 19 S., R. 4 

&., at highway bridge half a mile downstream from Southern Railway bridge, 1 mile 

north of Alpine, 9 miles southwest of Talladega, and 11 miles upstream from mouth. 

Datum of gage is 431.24 feet above mean dea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1943.

Drainage area. 158 square miles.

Records available. January 1939 to September 1949, A"gust 1900 to December 1904 at site 

nair a mile upstream, published as Talladega Creek at Nottingham.

Average discharge. 14 years, 245 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,740 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 14.00 

reet/; minimum daily, 85 second-feet Oct. 30, 31, Sept. 26.

1900-1904, 1939-49: Maximum discharge, 14,300 second-feet Mar. 21, 1942 (gage height, 

15.21 feet); minimum daily, 20 second-feet June 18, 1904,

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

some diurnal fluctuation and occasional regulation at low flow caused by gristmill 

above station,.

Revisions (water years). W 952: 1902-3.

Rating tabTe, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

3.7 

4.0 

4.3 

4.6 

5.0

83

122

174

239

344

6.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

606

1,160

1,480

1,870

2,350

12.0 2,930

12.5 3,350

13.0 4,030

13.Z 4,410

Discharge, in seccnd-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

103

99

98

96

96

95

96

95

96

94

94

93

94

90

89

89

88

90

94

93

91

90

89

88

88

90

88

88

88

85

85

Nov.

87

126

434

234

163

447

Z98

174

145

145

Dec.

S55

582

558

520

482

468

350

482

442

386

159 355

136

127

122

US

136

Z5Z

192

1,280

1,170

428

1,160

1,040

1,100

558

655

2,050

4,260

4,320

1,070

-

339

325

309

301

558

482

442

455

400

369

341

522

306

482

428

369

344

594

680

495

Jan.

428

386

358

495

2,640

2,990

1,010

680

558

495

455

428

400

386

364

347

336

344

455

372

350

544

325

317

306

293

295

339

312

304

495

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February ....................... .

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

455

386

355

655

533

442

400

372

606

630

520

455

414

386

366

1,050

1,040

630

868

1,100

655

546

482

455

428

400

546

558

_

_

-

Seccndf cot-days

2,852

22,586

13,621

123,218

17,607

15,733

14,631

14,487

13,015

6,752

7,327

4,288

3,129

136,028

Mar.

455

414

386

366

350

386

414

358

482

1,280

606

495

455

442

400

369

352

372

366

330

317

344

352

322

312

304

455

812

732

533

1,070

Apr.

732

546

482

442

428

428

372

358

333

317

314

386

924

630

468

400

355

333

317

298

301

309

290

274

272

256

256

386

1,500

1,780

-

Maximum

103

4,320

680

4,320

2,990

1,100

1,280

1,780

2,000

520

841

391

172

4,320

May

868

2,000

1,040

630

520

455

414

386

361

344

336

317

304

290

277

269

262

249

242

237

234

225

221

225

259

223

214

228

228

372

785

Minimum

85

87

301

85

293

355

304

256

214

178

140

102

85

85

June

355

274

239

221

212

234

212

198

190

190

190

201

264

207

244

520

254

212

192

199

190

207

205

207

192

186

178

184

205

a!90

-

Mean

92.0

753

439

337

568

562

472

483

420

225

236

138

104

373

July

alSO

al70

a!60

alSO

alSO

alSO

a!40

a!40

a!40

a 140

155

243

174

155

539

841

400

400

3280

a220

a!90

a250

3450

3300

3220

al90

alSO

3170

3160

alSO

a 140

Aug.

al30

a!30

3190

alSO

a!30

al20

3120

a 120

hllS

a!20

a!20

3120

h!32

3120

115

171

135

122

135

161

140

124

119

116

109

107

102

105

144

172

391

Per square 

mile

0.582

4.77

2.78

2.13

3.59

3.56

2.99

3.06

2.66

1.42

1.49

.873

.658

2.36

Sept.

172

136

119

114

119

127

124

114

108

104

100

98

95

98

99

94

95

95

128

96

94

91

90

91

87

85

87

89

91

89

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.67

5.32

3.21

29.00

4.14

3.70

3.44

3.41

3.06

1.59

1.72

1.01

.74

32.01

Peak discharge (base. 2,500 see.-ft.). Hoy. 28 (11 p.m.) 6,740 sec. -ft. ; Jan. 6 (4 a.m.) 4,410 

sec.-ft.j Apr. 30 (1:30 a.m.) 2,670 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height recordj discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage, weather records, 

and records for nearby stations.

h Computed from tspe-gsge readings.
448 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Hatchet Creek near Rockford, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°57', long. 86°13', in NW£ sec. 31, T. 23 N., R. 

19 hi., at bridge on county highway half a mile downstream from State Highway 11, ij 

miles downstream from Socapatoy Creek, and 4 miles north of Rockford.

Drainage area.--225 square miles.

Records available. October 1944 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 13,400 second-feet Nov. 27 (gage height, 20.1 

feet); minimum, 68 second-feet Sept. 26.

1944-49: Maximum discharge, 22,800 second-feet Jan. 6, 1946 (gage height, 24.9 

feet); minimum observed, 27 second-feet Oct. 30, Nov. 3, 4, 6, 7, 1944.

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 31 Apr. 1 to Sept. 30

1.2 74 3.0 480 12.0 4,200 0.7 67 3.0 540 11.0 3,700 

1.4 105 4.0 756 14.0 5,500 1.0 107 4.0 820 13.0 4,800 

1.7 158 6.0 1,400 16.0 7,400 1.4 173 B.C 1,500 

2.0 224 9.0 2,580 2.0 296 9.0 2,750

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

110 

103 

100 

105

132

108 

105 

110 

100 

94

103 

105 

95 

91 

89

86 

86 

88 

84 

83

84 

84 

84 

84 

83

82 

80 

82 

82 

82 

82

Nov.

83 

226 

874 

265 

360

2,060 

520 

312 

249 

292

266 

212 

189 

174 

156

180 

494 

345 

2,670 

1,900

713 

3,870 

3,200 

2,130 

997

3,620 

7,040 

7,020 

3,400 

1,440

Dec.

1,030 

904 

904 

727 

643

671 

671 

785 

643

561

520 

494 

480 

454 

454

494 

574 

643 

685 

574

507 

467 

454 

428

615

534 

467 

441 

1,050 

1,060 

727

Jan.

602 

534 

507 

1,830 

4,600

2,740 

1,290 

966 

814 

727

657 

602 

574 

534 

520

494 

480 

520

713 

548

561 

534 

494 

480 

467

454 

454 

574 

494 

480 

874

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber .................... ... .

mber .........................

mber ...................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

nary ............... ...

h ....... ..................

1 ......... ..................

st ......................

ember ......... . . ...... ....

ter year 1948-49 ......

Feb.

685 

588 

534

785 

756

629 

588

574 

874 

874

713 

615 

561 

520 

520

1,970 

1,470 

904 

1,860 

1,730

997 

814 

731 

629 

588

548 

520 

785

Secondfoot-days

2,886 

45,257

19,661

197,221

26,118 

23,362 

20,967 

25,195 

18,531 

9,312 

11,855 

4,935 

3,283

211,362

Peak discharge (base, 3,500 sec. -ft.). NOT

sec. -ft.; Nov. 27 (12:30 a.m.) 13,400 sec.-f

Mar.

629 

574 

534 

507 

480

785

785 

588

615 

1,330

814 

671 

685 

671 

588

520 

494 

534 

480 

454

428 

671 

574 

494 

454

441 

494 

1,060 

874 

699 

2,040

Apr.

1,260 

880 

790 

688 

730

674 

592 

540 

501 

476

527 

910 

1,580 

910 

702

592 

540 

514 

463 

438

438

450 

426 

401 

377

365 

401 

850

4,500 

2,680

May

1,700 

2,950 

1,430

975 

760

660 

592 

566 

540 

488

463 

450 

426 

413 

389

389

365 

354 

330 

330

319 

319 

319 

330 

354

308 

296 

330 

342 

530 

514

Maximum Minimum

132 80 

7,040 83 

1,060 428

7,040 74

4,600 454 

1,970 520 

2,040 428 

4,500 365 

2,950 296 

606 223 

1,520 160 

425 99 

231 68

7,040 68

June

389 

308

285 

265 

252

248 

233 

227 

246 

244

263 

261 

408 

285 

507

606 

319 

259 

233 

223

227 

354 

415 

272 

274

282

319 

274 

231 

603

Mean

93.1 

1,509 

634

539

843 

834

676 

840

598 

310 

382 

159 

109

579

July

285 

268 

280

209 

198

194 

177 

164 

207 

211

285 

319 

233 

296 

823

1,010 

1,240 

1,520 

674 

566

389 

308 

285 

347 

246

221 

202 

192 

177 

169 

160

Aug.

Per square 

mile

0.414

6.71 

2.82

2.40

3.75 

3.71 

3.00 

3.73 

2.66 

1.38 

1.70 

.707 

.484

2.57

173 

188 

177 

169 

159

145 

141 

168 

138 

148

152 

141 

173 

166 

136

128 

155 

143 

146 

150

146 

146 

143 

128 

119

107 

103 

99 

104 

319 

425

Sept.

217 

143 

124 

119 

168

231 

157 

133 

118 

107

99 

93 

92 

93 

90

88 

88 

84 

130 

122

89 

84 

85 

79 

72

68 

75 

80 

80 

75

Runoff in 

inches

0.48 

7.48 

3.25

32.60

4.32

3.86 

3.47 

4.16 

3.06 

1.54 

1.96 

.82 

.54

34.94

/. 19 (4 p.m.) 4,620 sec. -ft.; Nov. 22 (8 a.m.) 5,290 

;.; Jan. 5 (3 p.m.) 5,950 sec. -ft.; Apr. 29 (3:30 p.m.)
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 449

Tallapoosa River near Ofelia, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°20', long. 85°35' In SW£ sec. 34, T. 19 S., R. 

iu K., at highway bridge, 1 mile northeast of Ofelia, If miles upstream from Little 

Tallapoosa River, and 9 miles east of Lineville.

Drainage area. 787 square miles.

Records available. January 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 1,194 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 24,500 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 16.2 

reet); minimum, 245 second-feet Sept. 26; minimum daily, 256 second-feet Sept. 26.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 29, 1948; minimum, 52 second-feet Sept. 30, 

Oct. 6, 7, 1947 (gage height, 0.64 foot); minimum daily, 63 second-feet Oct. 26, 1941.

Maximum stage known, about 21 feet in December 1919, from information by local residents .

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation and occasional regulation at low flow by mill 

dam 22 miles above station.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 2 

June 8 to Sept. 30)

1.0 199 2.5 1,330 8.0 7,790 

1.3 370 3.0 1,820 11. O 12,800 

1.6 577 4.0 2,890 14.0 18,900 

2.0 889 6.0 5,150 16.0 23,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

541 

450 

390 

390 

383

377 

370 

358 

358 

333

345 

351 

351 

339 

327

314 

320 

333 

327 

339

351 

333 

333

327 

345

351 

345 

351 

339 

364 

327

Nov.

364 

452 

2,780 

1,670 

965

3,770 

3,770 

1,670 

973 

889

923 

873 

791 

705 

659

674 

1,200 

1,240 

2,820 

5,490

4,110 

5,150 

6,480 

6,760 

4,340

3,520 

7,490 

17,700 

23,100 

20,900

Dec.

18,100 

12,800 

3,070 

2,340 

2,020

1,920 

1,820 

2,180 

2,230 

1,820

1,620 

1,520 

1,470 

1,420 

1,330

1,520 

2,020 

2,020 

2,020 

1,870

1,670 

1,470 

1,380 

1,280 

2,560

3,220 

2,120 

1,670 

2,340 

3,770 

3,110

Jan.

2,120 

1,770 

1,620 

3,200 

10,700

12,600 

10,700 

3,910 

3,060 

2,230

2,020 

1,870 

1,770 

1,670 

1,620

1,520 

1,470 

1,520 

1,820 

1,770

1,670 

1,570 

1,520 

1,420 

1,420

1,380 

1,330 

1,520 

1,520 

1,420 

2,400

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h.. ..........................

1. ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

2,670 

2,070 

1,720 

3,440 

4,920

3,110 

2,120 

1,820 

3,550 

5,850

5,850 

4,000 

2,340 

2,020 

1,920

3,550 

5,260 

4,000 

4,740 

6,480

5,730 

3,000 

2,450 

2,180 

1,920

1,920 

2,890 

4,460

Secondroot-days

11,06 

132,22 

89.70C

625, 94C

91,130 

95,980 

70,120 

60,71 

54,54 

30,39 

28,26' 

16,26 

13,61'

694,01

Mar.

2,890 

2,230 

2,020 

1,870 

1,820

1,820 

1,870 

1,720 

2,140 

6,480

5,150 

2,780 

2,230 

2,070 

1,920

1,770 

1,670 

1,820 

1,970 

1,720

1,620 

1,670 

1,620 

1,770 

1,620

1,570 

1,570 

2,340 

2,620 

2,120 

3,440

Apr.

4,000 

2,620 

2,070 

1,920 

1,920

2,070 

1,670 

1,670 

1,570 

1,520

1,470 

1,720 

2,670 

3,110 

2,070

1,720 

1,570 

1,470 

1,420 

1,330

1,330 

1,470 

1,470 

1,330 

1,240

1,200 

1,200 

1,380 

3,690 

6,620

Maximum

I 541 

5 23,100 

) 18,100

) 23,100

) 12,600 

) 6,480 

) 6,480 

3 6,620

L 6,090 

2,160 

1,970 

> 1,020 

I 1,330

/ 23,100

May

6,090 

5,970 

5,030 

2,720 

2,070

1,820 

1,620 

1,570 

1,520 

1,420

1,330 

1,280 

1,240 

1,200 

1,140

1,110 

1,060 

1,030 

982 

956

948 

1,150 

1,010 

956 

1,200

1,050 

914 

881 

914 

1,470 

2,890

Minimum

314 

364 

1,280

235

1,330 

1,720 

1,570 

1,200 

661 

720 

429 

364 

256

256

June

2,120 

1,280 

1,030 

923 

873

848 

848 

783 

728 

720

728 

873 

1,200 

881 

832

848 

1,150 

982 

775 

728

775 

1,200 

973 

799 

736

791 

923 

1,200 

1,670 

2,180

Mean

357 

4.40E 

2,894

1.71C

2.94C 

3,42£ 

2,262 

2,024 

1,759 

1,013 

912 

52E 

454

1,901

July

1,200 

889 

832 

736 

728

807 

720 

607 

563 

690

1,200 

1,280 

1,470 

1,060 

1,970

1,820 

1,520 

1,520 

1,240 

939

799 

736 

690 

705 

599

563 

519 

484

477 

477 

429

Aug.

416 

416 

423 

484 

f484

519 

f423 

403 

377 

370

364 

423 

450 

527 

450

477 

878 

1,020 

913 

713

703 

577 

563 

477 

416

416 

390 

396 

390 

695 

713

Per square 

mile

0.454 

5.60 

3.66

2.17

3.74 

4.36 

2.87 

2.57 

2.24 

1.29 

1.16 

.667 

.577

2.42

Peak discharge (base, 7,000 sec. -ft.} .--Nov. 23 (5:30 p.m.) 7,790 sec. -ft. j Nov. 29 (1

Sept.

477 

416 

364 

351 

413

946 

1,330

1,100 

636 

477

410 

377 

345 

339 

327

327 

548 

621 

443 

f390

f345

314 

308 

f351 

267

f256 

267 

285 

291

291

Runoff in 

inches

0.52 

6.25 

4.24

29.59

4.31 

4.54 

3.31 

2.87 

2.58 

1.44 

1.34 

.77 

.64

32.81

a.m.)

24,500 sec.-ftTj Jan. 5 (8 p.m.) 14,600 sec.-ft.j Feb. 19 (3 p.m.) 7,040 sec.-ft. 

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
450 MOBILE RIVER BASIN 

Tallapoosa River at Wadley, Ala.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 33°08', long. 85°34', in sec. 12, T. 22 B., R. 10 E., at Wad- 

 ley, a quarter of a mile upstream from bridge on State Highway 63 and three-quarters of

a mile downstream from Beaverdam Creek. Datum of gage is 601.33 feet above mean sea

level, datum of 1929 (levels by Alabama Power Co.).

Drainage area. 1,660 square miles.

Records available. September 1923 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 26 years, 2,529 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge,during year, 44,700 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 25.5 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 651 second-feet Oct. 23, 25, 

Sept. 30.

1923-49: Maximum discharge observed, 52,800 second-feet Feb. 5, 1936 (gage height, 

27.9 feet); minimum daily, 60 second-feet at times during September 1925.

Remarks. Records good. Gage read twice daily. Some diurnal fluctuation during extreme 

low flow caused by small mills above station.

Cooperation. Records collected by Alabama Power Co., under general supervision of Oeologicai survey, in connection with a Federal Power Commission project.

Rating table, vater year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

3.0 565 7.0 5,870 

3.5 1,180 10.0 10,700 

4.0 1,800 15.0 20,200 

5.0 3,080 24.0 41,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,800 

1,120 

935 

859 

922

847 

823 

871 

763 

799

799 

799 

787 

787 

676

676 

676 

676 

676 

663

676 

676 

651 

676 

651

676 

676 

676 

663 

676 

676

Nov.

676 

811 

4,270 

3,880 

2,180

8,700 

9,670 

4,360 

2,560 

2,180

2,180 

1,920 

1,800 

1,490 

1,300

1,240 

2,300 

2,420 

5,600 

11,400

9,160 

15,900 

14,500 

15,800 

9,840

9,830 

34,900 

32,200 

41,500 

34,900

Dec.

31,100 

22,000 

9,200 

5,290

4,720

4,440 

4,160 

4,860 

4,860 

4,300

3,750 

3,620 

3,340

3,340 

3,210

3,340 

4,160 

4,020 

4,580 

4,300

3,880 

3,480 

3,340 

3,080 

4,160

6,170 

4,860 

3,880 

4,160 6,620* 

6,620

Jan.

5,140 

4,020 

3,880 

5,040 

18,000

22,500 

16,200 

12,800 

8,190 

5,440

4,720 

4,440 

4,160 

4,020 

3,880

3,750 

3,620 

3,620 

4,160 

4,020

3,880 

3,750 

3,480 

3,340 

3,340

3,210 

3,080 

3,340 

3,340 

3,340 

5,000

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

Juls 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. ........ ..................

1 ................... .......

St. ..........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

5,870 

5,000 

4,160 

6,170 

8,350

6,930 

5,290 

4,440 

5,000 

8,830

9,330 

8,190 

5,870 

4,580 

4,300

6,210 

9,160 

7,870 

7,080 

12,200

9,160 

6,780 

5,580 

4,860 

4,300

4,160 

5,720

8,030

Seoondfoot-days

24,327 

289,467 

182, 84C

1,412,136

180, 70C 

183, 42C 

148, 73C 

128,000 

118,150 

62.97C 

75,170 

45.97C 

33,694

1,473,436

Peak discharge (base, 20,000 sec. -ft.), Nc

sec. -ft.

Mar.

6,470 

5,000 

4,440 

4,160 

3,880

3,880 

4,160 

3,880 

3,620 

11,300

9,910 

6,930 

6,170 

4,720 

4,300

3,880 

3,750 

3,620 

4,020 

3,620

3,480 

3,620 

4,300 

4,160 

3,750

3,620 

3,480 

4,160 

5,000 

4,440 

7,010

Apr.

7,550 

6,170 

5,290 

4,160 

4,020

4,300 

4,020 

3,620 

3,480 

3,340

3,210 

3,480 

5,240 

6,470 

5,140

4,300 

3,340 

3,210 

3,080 

2,940

2,820 

3,210 

3,210 

3,080 

2,680

2,560 

2,420 

3,080 

6,480 

12,100

Maximum

1,800 

41,500 

31,100

41,500

22,500 

12,200 

11,300 

12,100 

13,600 

4,870 

6,170 

3,620 

2,940

41,500

May

11,200 

13,600 

10,400 

6,780 

5,000

4,160 

4,160 

3,620 

3,340 

2,940

2,820 

2,820 

2,680 

2,560 

2,420

2,300 

2,300 

2,180 

2,180 

2,050

2,050 

2,050 

2,300 

2,050 

2,420

3,210 

2,300 

2.050 

2,050 

2,720 

5,440

Minimum

651 

676 

3,080

651

3,080 

4,160 

3,480 

2,420 

2,050 

1,490 

995 

935 

651

651

June

4,720 

2,940 

2,420 

2,180 

1,920

1,800 

1,680 

1,610 

1,490 

1,490

1,490 

1,800 

2,680 

2,050 

1,800

1,800 

1,800 

1,680 

1,610 

1,490

1,550 

1,800 

2,300 

1,920 

1,680

1,610 

1,920 

2,050 

2,820 

4,870

Mean

785 

9,649 

5,898

3,858

5,829 

6,551 

4,798 

4,267 

3,811 

2,099 

2,425 

1,483 

1,123

4,037

July

3,050 

1,800 

1,8OO 

1,680 

1,680

1,920 

1,490 

1,240 

1,180 

1,180

2,S90 

3,210 

2,940 

3,620 

2,960

6,170 

6,170 

5,600 

4,720 

3,340

2,560 

1,920 

1,920 

1,680 

1,550

1,490 

1,240 

1,120 

1,060 

995 

995

Aug.

1,060 

995 

995 

995 

1,060

995 

995 

995 

935 

935

1,180 

1,120 

1,180 

1,180 

1,060

1,550 

2,560 

2,180 

1,800 

3,620

3,340 

2,940 

2,050 

1,490 

1,180

1,060 

995 

995 

1,180 

1,430 

1,920

Per square 

mile

0.473 

5.81 

3.55

2.32

3.51 

3.95 

2.89 

2.57

2.30 

1.26 

1.46 

.893 

.677

2.43

v. 29 (6 a.m.) 44,700 sec. -ft. j Jan. 6 (5 a.

Sept.

1,610 

1,060 

995 

935

896

2,300 

2,940 

2,820 

2,050 

1,430

1,120 

995 

922 

909

871

847 

896 

896 

922 

883

896

823 

823 

799 

727

676 

663 

676 

663 

651

Runoff in 

inches

0.55 

6.49 

4.10

31.65

4.05

4.11 

3.33 

2.87 

2.65 

1.41 

1.68 

1.03 

.75

33.02

m.) 27,600
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 451

Tallapoosa River below Tallassee, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°31', long. 85°53', in Ej sec. 30, T. 18 N., R. 

22 E., ij miles downstream from Benjamin Fitzpatriek Highway Bridge and Thurlow Dam 

at Tallassee and 3| miles upstream from Uphapee Creek. Datum of gage is 162.03 feet 

above mean sea level (levels by Alabama Power Co.).

Drainage area. 3,320 square miles.

Records available. July 1928 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 21 years, 4,967 second-feet (unadjusted).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 94,700 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 49.5 

reet), computed on basis of power-plant records and flow over spillway; minimum daily, 

345 second-feet May 29.

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 115,000 second-feet Mar. 15, 1929 (gage height, 51.35 

feet, from floodmarks), computed on basis of power-plant records and flow over spillway; minimum daily, 10 second-feet June 3, 1930, May 17, 1931.

Remarks. Records fair. Flow regulated by Lake Martin (see p. 428) and hydroelectric 

plants above station.

Cooperation. Records collected by Alabama Power Co., under general supervision of Geological Survey, in connection with a Federal Power Commission project.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Da; Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Ang. Sept.

6,120 

t,690 

3,280 

5,760 

5,870

5,990

6,080

6,200

3,940

3,520

5,930

6,120

6,160

6,070

5,640

4,190

3,400

6,300

7,260

6,040

5,990

6,260

3,710

3,050

5,740

6,470 

6,58O 

6,450 

5,940 

3,050 

1,930

6,10O 

6,59O 

5,960 

4,000 

3,780

891

434

3.O80

2,690

2,480

1,490

2,300

2,190

514

3,640

4,510

3,560

2,160

5,100

5,100

3,150

6,850

7,730

8,240

7,890

8,890

29,700

82,700

62,400

46,900

35,900

30,900

20,400

9,540

9,380

9,2OO 

8,090 

9,470 

9,180 

9,180

8,470

5,790

6,520

7,880

7,190

7,6OO 

7,410 

8,760 

9,780 

6,310

7,730

8,170

6,830

6,690

6,370

6,620

7,900

7,380

9,450

10,900

13,700

9,430

8,010

8\,480

10,200

26,10O

32,100 

25.3OO 

18,900 

15,300 

8,660

9,860

8,910

7,860

7,220

7,710

6,020

7,590

8,360

8,710

8,810

8,500

8,810

3,640

6,570

8,270

8,170

7,750

6,890

8,180

6,010

6,310

8,350

8,060

7,950

8,450

10,000

10,406

10,700

9,120

10,500

14,900

13,800

13,700

9,300

8,510

8,960

10,900 

15.6OO 

14,500 

13,700 

13,300

14,90O 

11,900 

11,700 

9,270 

8,140

8,060

6,900

8,090

10,100

10,100

9,400

8,900

8,230

4,010 

7,200 

9,330 

9,600 

10,5OO

10,600 

10,70O 

10,600 

9,510 

10,000

9,290

8,810

8,950

8,780

5,080

7,210 

9,190 

8,720 

8,610 

8,9OO

9,100 

6,870 

9,000 

9,300 

9,520 

9,14C

9,460 

8,590 

8,59O 

8.49O 

9,320

8,960

8,590

8,150

7,210

5,750

5,810

6,970

9,090

8,650

8,590

9,210

7,380

7,930

8,080

8,490

7,370

6,340

5,020

4,200

5,900

6,010

5,540

5,410

24,100

47.0OO

26.80O 

26,900 

17,5OO 

13,400 

10,600

9,190

9,020

7,770

7,800

7,230

7,100

6,720

7,060

8,450

6,030

6,250

6,460

5,670

4,790

4,870

4,670

3,340

6,170

5,870

4,310

3,780

5,220

594

345

4,700

5,690

5,63O 

5,390 

4,160 

3,860 

1,O30

5,59O 

6,590 

4,760 

3,750 

4,080

2,230 

537 

4,510 

4,910 

5.9OO

4,590

2,940

1,160

1,320

5,280

4,950

3,340

4,240

4,700

3,240

3,190

5,030

4,700

5,150

5,050

4,180 

4,540 

5,O20 

2,950 

4,780

3,830

3,800

4,430

5,180

6,320

6,900

6.320

4,730

3,800

4,660

4,540 

4,180 

4,910 

8.90O 

9,4OO

6,410

6,660

5,850

6,960

8,640

8,880

8,380

8,590

8,120

9,180

8,920

3,720

5,160

4,010

4,240

4,160

4,360

1,530

3,870

5,200

5,250

5,550

5,650

5,810

2,710

5,270

5,400

5,430

5,420

5,780

5,660

883

4,950

5,550

6,040

5,980

6,210

5,220

1,740

5,080

5,880

5,990

5,740 

5,680 

5,4OO 

2,150 

4,260

5,2OO 

5,54O 

5,490 

5,710 

7,240

3,330

4,550

6,440

5,570

5,920

6,060

5,800

3,930

6,990

5,370

4,240 

4,690 

5,540 

4,980 

4,28O

3,870 

4,48O 

3,920 

3,780 

3,970

Secondfoot-days Maximum Minimum

Change in 

contents in 

Lake Martin 

(acre-feet)

 .._ Per square Runoff in 

ean mile inches

October.. 

November. 

December.

163,730

331,019

318,690

7,260

82,700

35,900

1,930

434

5,790

5,282

11,030

10,280

Calendar year 1948 .. 2,347,244 82,700 77 6,413 +571,200 7,2OO

January... 

February.. 

March.....

April.....

May.......

June......

July......

August....

September.

322,630

299,660

275,250

280,200

244,299

121,807

189,960

152,703

150,120

32,100

15,600

10,700

47,000

26,900

6,590

9,400

8,720

7,240

3,640

6,900

4,010

4,200

345

537

2,950

883

2,150

10,410

10,700

8,879

9,340

7,881

4,060

6,128

4,926

5,004

Water year 1948-49 2,850,068 82,700 345 7,808 -136,600 7,620 2.30 31.15

Mote. Stage-discharge relation indefinite Nov. 18 to Mar. 24, Mar. 29 to Apr. 15, Apr. 28 to May 

12, May 30, 31, July 15-26 (no gage-height record Nov. 27 to Dec. 3, Dec. 18-22, Dec. 25 to Jan. 5, 

Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, Feb. 4-11, Apr. 29 to May 3); discharge computed on basis of records for hydroelectric plants above station.
452 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Little Tallapoosa River at Carrollton, Ga.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 33°36', long. 85°05', at city water-pumping plant on U. S. 

Highway 27 at Carrollton, Carroll County, 1 mile upstream from Central of Georgia Railroad and 3^ miles upstream from Buck Creek. Datum of gage is 971.25 feet above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--89 square miles.

Records available.--March 1937 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--12 years (1937-48), 143 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 6,010 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 

19.3 feet); minimum observed, 32 second-feet Aug. 14.

1937-49: Maximum discharge observed, that of Nov. 29, 1948; minimum observed, 5.4 

second-feet Oct. 17, 18, 1938.

Flood of Feb. 1, 1936, reached a stage of 18.15 feet, from floodmark (discharge, 

5,450 second-feet).

Remarks. Records good below 200 second-feet and fair above.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

3.4 30 6.6 236 8.8 74O 

3.8 47 7.2 310 10.6 1,620 

5.0 107 7.6 380 16.4 4,530 

5.8 160 8.2 540

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

71 

54 

50 

47 

50

47 

47 

47 

45 

43

43 

47 

43 

40 

38

38 

40 

50 

52 

45

43 

43 

43 

45 

45

43 

40 

43 

43 

43 

43

Nov.

57 

91 

236 

260 

216

272 

326 

342 

177 

145

145 

138 

113 

102 

91

86 

131 

138 

465 

1,930

1,350 

660 

1,080 

1,350 

980

428 

1,210 

k4,500 

k4,150 

kl,620

Dec.

570 

360 

342 

326 

310

284 

272 

284 

284 

260

216 

206 

196 

196 

186

186 

216 

236 

248 

236

206 

177 

168 

152 

360

428 

360 

226 

260 

510 

540

Jan.

326 

236 

206 

284 

855

1,880 

1,080 

454 

326 

272

248 

226 

206 

196 

186

177 

168 

160 

196 

196

196 

177 

168 

160 

152

152 

145 

186 

186 

160 

310

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

We

mber ......................

lendar year 1948 

ary

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember .............. .........

ter year 1948-49 . . ........

Feb.

380 

326 

226 

482 

740

454 

296 

248 

380 

1,080

740 

428 

296 

260 

226

310 

454 

404 

326 

570

540 

310 

260 

216 

196

186 

296 

360

Secondfoot-days

1,41] 

22,78S

8,80]

85,21£

9,87C 

10.99C 7,00" 

7,50] 

5,843 

3.76C 

3,843 

1,86] 

2,44]

86,11"

Mar.

326 

196 

177 

160 

152

160 

160 

160 

160 

600

700 

360 

260 

216 

186

168 

160 

16O 

168 

160

145 

186 

248 

260 

186

168 

160 

177 

206 

186 

296

Apr.

342 

260 

186 

168 

168

186 

177 

145 

131 

125

125 

222 

482 

510 

296

186 

152 

138 

131 

119

131 

196 

ISO 

138 

125

113 

113 

236 

740 

1,300

Maximum

71 

4,500 

570

4,500

1,880 

1,080 

700 

1,300 

880 

326 

360 

168 

454

4,500

Peak discharge (base, l,5oo sec. -ft. ) .--Nov. 20 (10 p.m

May

880 

570 

510 

326 

226

177 

145 

138 

131 

125

125 

125 

119 

113 

107

107 

102 

96 

91 

86

113 

102 

91 

107 

248

138 

107 

102 

96

168 

272

Minimum

38 

57 

152

14

145

186 

145 

113 

86 

66 

45 

32 

38

32

June

326 

145 

107 

91

86

81 

81 

71 

71 

66

91 

131 

131 

125 

96

152 

196 

125 

86 

76

81 

125 

107 

81 

91

102 

125 

168 

310 

236

Mean

45.5 

760 

284

233

318 

392 

226 

250 

188 

125 

124 

60. C 

81.4

236

July

206 

236 

119 

91 

81

76 

66 

60 

54 

91

86 

107 

152 

200 

360

196 

168 

186 

177 

248

196 

119 

96 

81 

71

62 

60 

54

52 

47 

45

Aug.

43 

43 

52 

62 

60

50 

43 

38 

38 

36

36 

36 

34 

32 

62

138 

168 

119 

96 

71

57 

76 

81 

62 

54

47 

43 

45 

47 

45 

47

Per square 

mile

0.511 

8.54 

3.19

2.62

3.57 

4.40 

2.54 

2.81 

2.11 

1.40 

1.39 

.674 

.915

2.65

.) 2,23O sec. -ft.; Nov. 29 (3 a.

Sept.

47 

45 

38 

40 

43

269 

454 

273 

102 

71

60 

52

47 

47 

45

43 

107 

96 

66 

57

45 

43 

57 

40 

38

38 

43 

47 

45 

43

Runoff in 

inches

0.59 

9.53 

3.68

35.62

4.12 

4.58 

2.93 

3.14 

2.43 

1.56 

1.60 

.78 

1.02

35.96

m.) 6,010

k Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 453

Little Tallapoosa River near Wedowee, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33C 21', long. 85°33', In NE^ sec. 25, T. 19 S., R. 

iu E., at highway bridge 4-| miles northwest of Wedowee and 65 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 592 square miles.

Records available. August 1913 to June 1914 (gage heights only), October 1939 to Septemoer 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 902 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 20,800 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 20.8 

feet); minimum daily, 256 second-feet Sept. 26.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 28, 1948; minimum, 36 second-feet Sept. 23, 

1941 (gage height, 2.85 feet); minimum daily, 53 second-feet Oct. 23, 1941.

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation and occasional regulation at low flow by small 

mills above station.

Rating table, vater year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

3.7 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0

228

338

538

763

6.0

7.0

9.0

12.0

1,260 

1,840 

3,300 

6,O80

15.0

17.0

18.2

9,650

12,700

15,000

Discharge, in second-feet, vater year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

TAOU

31

Oct.

496

403

346

330

334

327

323

319

304

296

296

300

293

285

274

267

263

285

293

296

289

274

270

270

274

274

267

263

260

263

263

Nov.

263

300

2,060

1,110

811

4,260

1,900

1,160

860

860

811

693

625

581

534

534

910

787

3,110

4,360

3,140

7,420

6,180

5,580

3,640

4,630

9,870

14,000

14,600

15,000

-

Dec.

10,800

4,600

2,230

1,780

1,540

1,540

1,480

1,600

1,420

1,280

1,210

1,140

1,110

1,080

1,060

1,140

1,360

1,540

1,540

1,390

1,260

1,160

1,110

1,040

1,720

2,090

1,660

1,310

2,020

2,820

2,160

Jan.

1,780

1,540

1,340

3,060

7,720

6,280

4,540

3,730

2,660

1,840

1,600

1,480

1,360

1,310

1,260

1,240

1,210

1,210

1,360

1,260

1,260

1,240

1,160

1,140

1,110

1,060

1,060

1,210

1,180

1,110

2,090

Month

\

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

 arch ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,960

1,600

1,450

2,800

2,580

2,090

1,900

1,510

1,840

2,820

2,580

2,370

1,960

1,540

1,390

2,370

2,510

1,960

2,900

3,060

2,300

2,020

1,720

1,480

1,360

1,280

1,720

2,300

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

9,29

110,58

59,19C

503,33

61,40

57,37

47,19

40,48

38,89

21,29

29,32

17,55

13,56

506 , 15

Mar.

1,840

1,540

1,360

1,260

1,210

1,210

1,240

1,160

1,460

4,360

3,060

2,160

1,780

1,480

1,340

1,240

1,180

1,210

1,180

1,110

1,080

1,280

1,540

1,340

1,260

1,160

1,110

1,180

1,280

1,210

2,370

Apr.

2,020

1,540

1,390

1,240

1,210

1,260

1,180

1,110

1,040

985

 1,010

1,140

2,300

2,020

1,600

1,340

1,110

1,010

960

910

910

1,010

1,010

960

860

811

811

885

2,760

4,090

-

Maximum

1 496

3 15,000

) 10,800

> 15,000

3 7,720

3 3,060

3 4,360

I 4,090

3 4,720

3 1,280

> 2,530

2 1,530

3 1,720

3 15,000

May

3,910

4,720

3,060

2,020

1,600

1,390

1,210

1,080

1,010

960

935

910

860

836

811

787

740

716

693

670

670

716

670

670

1,280

1,210

811

693

670

1,110

1,480

Minimum

260

263

1,040

228

1,060

1,280

1,080

811

670

504

403

315

256

256

June

1,060

935

811

693

603

581

560

530

538

504

521

693

1,240

693

648

693

860

648

581

538

560

560

740

625

560

740

648

693

960

1,280

-

Mean

30C

3,686

1,90E

1,37E

1,98]

2.04E

1,522

1,34S

1.25E

71C

946

see

452

1,38"

July

935

693

670

625

787

740

500

447

415

625

1,660

860

1,140

1,420

2,530

1,720

1,720

1,780

2,390

1,110

985

836

740

740

581

513

476

443

419

423

403

Aug.

376

368

368

368

560

423

361

327

315

459

447

463

521

368

520

1,010

1,140

603

885

648

1,530

1,240

716

538

467

411

372

388

380

504

476

Per square 

mile

0.507

6.23

3.22

2.32

3.35

3.46

2.57

2.28

2.12

1.20

1.60

.956

.764

2.34

Sept.

399

357

334

330

419

1,720

1,280

985

787

538

419

376

372

342

311

327

311

415

349

361

319

296

293

289

278

256

260

278

285

274

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.58

6.95

3.72

31.63

3.86

3 .60

2.96

2.54

2.44

1.34

1.84

1.10

.85

31.78

Peak discharge (base, 9,000 see.-ft.). Nov. 22 (9:30 a.m.) 10,100 sec.-ft. ; Nov. 28 (7:30 p.m.) 

20,BOO sec.-ftT; Jan. 5 (7 p.m.; 9,370 sec.-ft. 

980338 O- 52 - 30
454 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Uphapee Creek near Tuskegee, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°28i, long. 85°42', on east line of sec. 12, T. 

17 N., R. 23 E., at bridge on State Highway 81, 1 mile upstream from Red Creek, l£ 

miles upstream from bridge of Western Railway of Alabama, and 4 miles north of Tuskegee. Datum of gage is 223.65 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary 

adjustment of 1943.

Drainage area. 331 square miles.

Records available. October 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 510 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 28,300 second-feet Nov. 27 (gage- height, 27.3 

reet); minimum daily, 25 second-feet Sept. 26, 27.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 29,600 second-feet Mar. 21, 1943 (gage height, 27.33 

feet); minimum daily, 10 second-feet Oct. 28-31, 1940, Oct. 17, 22-26, 1941.

Flood in March 1929 reached a stage about 2 feet higher than that of Mar. 21, 1943.

Remarks. Records fair, 

above station.

Occasional diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by small plants

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1943 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22n1*

£d

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

179

144

125

114

109

109

106

104

103

100

gl!2

g!56

g!60

g!20

g94

gao

g74

g67

g65

g62

g61

61

62

61

60

60

62

61

60

60

59

Nov.

57

61

81

87

94

358

479

394

Z05

191

197

179

158

147

140

139

210

ZZ7

g555

El, 150

gl,190

2,020

2,920

5,120

4,020

5,550

23,500

17,400

9,090

4,500

-

Dec.

g2,400

gl,67O

1,570

1,470

1,27.0

984

852

852

816

708

622

556

526

511

482

467

453

g966

gl,770

g2,130

gl,320

762

656

605

656

762

656

511

606

1,320

1,470

Jan.

1,130

674

588

588

762

1,270

1,180

816

656

588

541

511

496

467

453

439

426

426

588

691

511

439

412

399

386

374

374

439

482

511

1,550

Month

October ..........................

Noveniber .........................

December ..................... ...

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............. ..............

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,620

1,470

780

639

816.

871

798

744

1,480

3,530

4,220

2,290

1,180

908

816

1,070

1,770

2,030

1,320

1,470

1,770

1,230

890

780

726

674

1,180

1,370

_

-

-

Secondfoot-days

2 85'

80)41E

30.39S

296, 28E

19, 16'

38,442

40^675

23,432

5 50C

28, 55'

4.20S

1.23E

298,793

Mar.

1,100

780

691

656

605

691

1,020

834

639

1,180

1,270

834

605

622

908

965

622

572

572

526

482

674

927

816

588

526

482

622

908

726

1,470

Apr.

1,770

1,670

S16

726

871

1,180

927

656

541

482

541

852

1,540

2,400

1,350

656

511

453

412

374

361

361

361

349

337

326

302

914

7,240

11,400

-

Maximum

1.79

23,500

2,400

23,500

1 550

4)220

1,470

11,400

*412

4,520

386

104

23 , 500

May

5,960

3,560

2,500

1,670

1,140

852

656

605

622

482

399

361

326

291

267

243

223

210

189

171

167

159

159

283

511

249

175

163

165

275

399

Minimum

59

57

453

29

374

639

482

302

159

112

100

44

25

25

June

412

260

189

155

140

131

169

146

204

175

167

177

271

269

240

204

171

142

123

112

118

125

250

185

177

165

189

148

142

144

-

Mean

91.9

2,681

981

810

618

1 '771 373

1 j356

756

183

921

136

41.2

819

July

232

171

183

144

142

223

177

112

100

196

265

453

572

326

1,180

4,520

3,690

2,450

3,140

2,900

1,980

1,140

984

1,020

605

412

326

280

234

208

189

Aug.

189

322

386

251

210

167

136

146

116

107

107

111

107

84

79

100

134

156

171

217

163

123

116

105

87

72

60

51

47

45

44

Per square 

Bile

0.278

8.10

2.96

2.45

1.87

4.15

2 .33 4! 10

2 .28

.553

2 ,78

.411

.124

2.47

Sept.

45

45

40

38

40

58

104

102

74

58

47

42

36

34

33

31

31

29

27

29

28

28

39

35

31

25

25

27

28

26

Runoff in 

inches

0.32

9.04

3.42

33.31

2.15

4. 32

2^69

4.57

2. 63

.62

3.21

.47

.14

33.58

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 sec. -ft.) .--Nov. 24 (10 p.m.) 5,400 sec. -ft. ; Nov. 27 (8 p.m.) 28,300

g Computed from graph based on gage readings.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 455

Autauga Creek at Prattville, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder in concrete channel, lat. 32°27'30", long. 86°28'30", In 

Mi sec. 17, T. 17 N., R. 16 E., at Bridge Street Bridge in Prattville, 500 feet downStream from dam and 5 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage Is 164.38 feet above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1943.

Drainage area. 119 square miles.

Records available. January 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 213 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,200 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 5.1 feet); 

minimum daily, 98 second-feet Oct. 30.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 21,800 second-feet Aug. 16, 17, 1939 (gage height, 10.35 

feet, present datum, prior to major channel improvement); minimum, 3 second-feet June 1, 

1941; minimum daily, 51 second-feet Nov. 9, 1941.

Maximum stage known, 18.85 feet Dec. 9, 1919, present datum.

Remarks. Records good. Extensive diurnal fluctuation and occasional regulation caused by 

small plant 500 feet above station.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

0.7 98 1.6 400

1.0 173 2.0 600

1.3 274 2.5 895

3.0 1,250

4.0 2,110

4.3 2,4OO

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

fl!2

flOO

105

112

f!28

119

fllO

124

116

no

141

160

134

119

110

105

105

112

112

107

105

105

100

103

103

103

103

103

103

98

1O3

Nov.

105

112

116

119

165

298

339

217

165

191

188

154

136

131

131

136

197

227

472

770

486

638

753

712

511

724

1,880

2,400

1,700

735

-

Dec.

584

462

409

378

335

327

335

405

414

348

298

267

263

256

256

256

267

335

462

419

343

286

259

248

252

263

259

244

263

348

356

Jan.

314

259

237

306

532

606

511

374

314

290

27O

259

252

241

237

244

244

270

339

327

298

270

263

263

244

235

237

278

286

274

339

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

365

314

267

259

274

274

267

282

462

563

472

382

314

274

267

433

770

6OO

527

638

568

409

356

327

360

298

400

438

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

3.47C

14,908

10,197

87,097

9,412

11 ', 1O6

9 53C

9^406

9 196

6 , 91.

7 »86£

5 5OC 3,'gic

101,417

Mar.

348

298

263

252

244

278

298

274

286

382

356

302

263

259

278

263

241

234

252

230

227

424

491

382

302

256

256

343

405

327

516

Apr.

542

4

3

2

09

48

98

306

310

2

2

2

86

59

34

223

234

3

4

3

27

33

56

286

234

2

2

2

17

10

00

194

194

2

2

2

O3

13

23

274

290

2

3

6

8

Maximum

160

2 *584 4OO

2,400

6O6

77O

516

895

928

471

642

348

294

2,400

59

43

08

95

-

May

678

928

800

496

382

314

278

259

306

270

234

220

220

213

203

197

188

182

179

173

168

165

168

263

339

302

200

173

197

227

274

Minimum

98

105

244

86

235

259

227

194

165

146

151

121

no

98

June

256

210

170

154

154

157

146

146

160

200

314

339

290

234

248

314

3O6

203

170

168

179

471

360

274

237

227

230

230

191

173

-

Mean

112 49"i

329

238

304

39 1

307

314 29*1

230

254

177

130

278

July

179

165

168

203

176

227

197

162

151

185

194

256

248

237

267

391

481

642

378

343

282

278

302

378

302

230

188

176

165

160

157

Aug.

165

252

263

244

188

168

160

146

136

134

136

136

ur

151

146

131

138

160

297

348

252

237

182

160

144

134

126

121

126

157

213

Sept.

160

131

124

128

133

185

294

230

146

131

119

114

112

114

112

114

112

112

114

116

114

allO

allO

allO

allO

allO

allO

allO

allO

allO

-

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.941 1.08

4.18 4.66

2.76 3.19

2.OO 27.23

2 55 2 94

3.34 3.47

2.58 2.98

2 . 64 2 .94

2 . 5O 2 87

1.93 2ll6

2.13 2.46

1 . 49 1 72

1.09 \'.ZZ

2.34 31.69

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of water-stage recorder record collected at 

site 2,OOO feet downstream.

f Computed from partly estimated gage-height record.
456 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Big Swamp Creek near Lowndesboro, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°16'' , long. 86°42', in NE^ sec. 19, T. 15 N., R. 

I4~E7, at bridge on U, Sj_ Highway 80, 1 mile downstream from Panther Creek, 5 miles west 

of Lormdesboro, and 12 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 127.95 feet above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to June 22, 1949, 

wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area. 242 square miles.

Records available. December 1937 to April 1938, October 1940 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 37,000 second-feet Nov. 27 (gage height, 21.3 

feet, from floodmark); minimum daily, 0.2 second-foot Oct. 30, 31.

1936V 1940-49: Maximum discharge observed, that of Hov. 27, 1948; no flow at times.

Remarks. Records fair except those below 10 second-feet, which are poor. Wire-weight gage 

read once daily prior to June 22.

Rating tables, vater year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet.

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 5,

May 7 to June 11, and Sept. 26-30)

Oct. 1 to June 21 June 22 to Sept. 30

1.0 0.3 5.0 154 15.5 2,800 l.O O.4 2.4 33 12. 0 948 

1.1 1.0 6.0 230 16. 0 4,000 1.1 1.2 3.2 65 13. 0 1,13O 

1.2 1.9 7.0 321 16.5 5,770 1.2 2.3 4.0 1O4 14.0 1,360 

1.4 4.4 9.0 540 17.0 7,890 1.3 3.7 5.0 164 14.5 1,630 

1.6 7.8 12.0 926 18.0 12,50O 1.4 5.3 6.O 242 15.0 2, ISO 

2.0 18 13.0 1,100 19.0 17,700 1.6 9.3 8.0 442 15.5 3,000 

2.5 32 14.0 1,320 20.0 24,500 1.8 14 10.0 679 16.0 4,3OO 

3.5 72 14.5 1,560 21.0 34,000 

4.5 123 15.0 2,010

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2.2 

1.6 

1.1 

.5 

.3

.7 

1.1 

2.7 

2.5 

3.0

4.0 

5.6 

34 

17 

5.8

2.7 

U8 

1.2 

.6 

d.6

.7 

.7 

.4 

.3 

.4

.3 

d.4 

d.4 

.4

.2 

.2

Nov.

0.4 

.3 

.4 

1.0 

39

123 

147 

190 

214 

206

117 

64 

42 

26 

23

20 

44 

317 

594 

941

3^920 

3,220 

3,000 

5,370 

7,890

15,400 

31,100 

16,300 

10,100 

7,030

Dec.

2,510 

1,220 

621 

301 

198

135 

117 

388 

516 

393

233 

141 

107 

92 

82

87 

97 

404 

1,220 

2,800

1,910 

957 

492 

214 

206

182 

154 

117 

196 

751 

1,080

Jan.

1,320 

1,210 

417 

218 

459

699 

1,020 

1^240 

817 

265

214 

135 

129 

92 

77

72 

60 

92 

214 

292

292 

256 

123 

102 

87

72 

64 

60 

158 

448 

926

Month

Octo 

Nove

Dece

Ca

Jami 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

nry ......

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 19*8-49 ............

Feb.

1,200 

1,450 

1,200 

911 

660

576 

648 

624 

1,070 

4,450

5,370 

2,800 

1,460 

540 

331

361 

926 

1,260 

2,130 

1,650

1,160 

855 

481 

208 

129

129 

472 

712

Secondfoot days

93. 

106,259. 

17,926

231,418.

11,630 

33,763 

20,042 

13,903 

18,215. 

6,506. 

12,614 

5,575 

242.

246,769.

Mar.

883 

683

198 

112 

82

118 

616 

738 

725 

738

528 

393 

206 

230 

470

552 

699 

395 

190 

206

222 

748 

1,910 

3,460 

1,390

415 

175 

408 

673 

699 

1,180

Apr.

2,130 

2,270 

1,270 

516 

311

331

311 

182 

141 

72

60 

92 

214 

274 

109

60 

38 

28 

29 

28

28 

24 

24 

26 

28

29 

38

1,070 

1,900 

2,270

Maximum

4 34 

1 31,100 

2,800

5 31,100

1,320 

5,370 

3,460 

2,270 

1 6,180 

B 725 

3,860 

981 

2 64

S 31,100

Peak discharge (base, 6,000 sec. -ft. ) . Nov. 21 (4 p.m

May

3,720 

6,180 

3,720 

2,680 

1,310

213 

60 

42 

29 

23

18 

16 

14 

13 

12

11 

8.7 

7.8 

6.7 

5.7

5.0 

3.5 

4.3 

3.6 

17

50 

18 

10 

5.2 

4.3 

4.3

June

29 

72 

64 

36 

8.8

6.5 

4.9 

3.5 

3.4 

4.7

36

129 

301 

371 

206

361 

283 

65 

83 

725

415 

170 

558 

475 

316

217 

630 

594 

210 

129

Minimum Mean

0.2 3.0 

.3 3,542 

82 578

.2 632

60 375 

129 1,206 

82 647 

24 463 

3.5 588 

3.4 217 

12 407 

13 180 

.9 8.0

.2 676

July

96 

43 

33 

92 

76

36 

29 

25 

16 

15

12 

108 

198 

150 

201

822 

1,210 

3,860 

2,130

1,270

591 

278 

269 

296 

326

204 

64 

35 

24 

19 

86

Aug.

653 

981 

628 

154 

59

35 

25 

19 

14 

13

77 

42 

44 

67 

21

13 

52 

92 

296 

398

420 

336 

156 

64 

36

24 

19 

15 

15 

439 

368

Per square 

mile

L 0.012 

14.64 

2.39

2.61

1.55 

4.98 

2.67 

1.91 

2.43 

.897 

1.68 

.744 

.033

2.79

Sept.

64 

26 

15 

11 

9.8

9.8 

8.5

14 

13 

9.8

8.2 

6.8 

5.1 

4.5 

4.0

2.9 

2.2 

2.0 

2.4 

7.2

3.3

2.1 

1.9

2.1 

1.0

1.2 

1.4 

1.0 

1.1 

.9

Runoff In 

inches

0.01 

16.33 

2.75

35.55

1.79 

5.19 

3.08 

2.14 

2.80 

1.00 

1.94 

.86 

.04

37.93

.) 6,600 sec. -ft. ; Hov. 27 (2 p.m.) 37,OOO

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed 

stations on nearby streams.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 457

Mulberry River at Jones, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°35t, long. 86°54', in E^ sec. 31, T. 19 N., R. 12 

E., at bridge on county highway, 0.4 mile west of Jones, 6 miles upstream from Buck 

Creek, and 11 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 165.23 feet above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1943.

Drainage area. 205 square miles.

Records available. October 1938 to September 1949.-

Average discharge. 11 years, 378 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,820 second-feet Nov. 27 (gage height, 10.8 

TeeTfT; minimum, 77 second-feet Oct. 25, 26.

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 32,800 second-feet Aug. 16, 1939 (gage height, 30.4 

feet); minimum, 52 second-feet Sept. 24, 25, 1948.

Maximum stage known, 33.6 feet in April 1938, from information by local residents.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, '

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used May 3 to Sept. 3O)

1.1 72 2.1 301 4.0 1,200 

1.4 126 2.5 442 6.O 2,45O 

1.7 192 3.0 670 10.0 5,250

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

87 

82 

80 

84 

89

91 

93 

98 

96 

86

103 

113 

98 

87 

84

82 

82 

82 

86 

84

84 

82 

82 

82 

79

79 

82 

82 

82 

82 

82

Nov.

82 

103 

128 

126 

192

438 

237 

126 

130 

330

225 

145 

126 

124 

118

134 

331 

235 

1,410 

1,330

492 

1,650 

1.35O 

1,220 

646

1,530 

5,040 

4,480 

3,620 

1,290

Dec.

1,000 

860 

780 

730 

7OO

795 

720 

970 

6O2 

471

415 

39tT 

360 

340 

320

310 

300 

330 

500 

1,000

900 

650 

5OO 

400 

500

460 

450 

450 

621 

796 

446

Jan.

392 

403 

426 

1,700 

4,970

3,180 

1,290 

995 

870 

770

__670 

6O7 

555 

514 

475

442 

430 

573 

945

555

479 

475 

454 

438 

403

374 

407 

621 

430 

385 

808

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Via

mber .........................

lendar year 19*8 

ary . . .

h. ...........................

1. ............... ...........

st .................. .....

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ....

Feb.

555 

442 

411 

523 

573

458 

438 

438 

462 

87O

602 

514 

479 

442 

454

2,840 

2,170 

1,O80 

3,180 

2,520

1,230 

1,020 

895 

795 

720

670 

845 

720

Secondfoot-days

2,68E 

27,386 

18,066

163,082

26,036 

26.34E 

19,44E 

19,04e 

18,552 

11,911 

12,49£ 

5,854 

5,46£

193, 30J

Mar.

587 

527 

496 

492 

479

541 

670 

492 

527 

87O

559 

505 

487 

479 

475

422 

399 

479 

467 

385

378 

1,09O 

745

597 

527

496 

659 

1,080 

870 

695 

1,970

Apr.

1,340 

820 

770 

67O 

720

670 

545 

492 

454 

419

471 

686 

745 

505 

426

378 

357 

343 

323 

311

307 

333 

34O 

327 

426

301 

376 

1,540 

1,480 

2,170

Maximum

113 

5,04O 

1,000

5,350

4,970 

3,180 

1,970 

2,170 

4,620 

1,110 

1,270 

389 

820

5,040

May

1,670 

4,620 

1,680

945 

770

646 

55O 

492 

646 

434

396 

367 

333 

311 

289

271 

251 

235 

222 

210

202 

192 

204 

442 

f286

f212 

190 

f295 

f311 

521 

360

Minimum

79 

82 

300

56

374 

411 

378 

301 

190 

158 

158 

118 

83

79

June

260 

214 

185 

165 

158

187 

162 

283 

1,110

646

740 

645 

518 

389 

736

932 

450 

327 

277 

301

336 

612 

450 

317 

298

251 

327 

251 

207 

183

Mean

86.6 

913 

583

446

840 

941 

627 

635 

598 

397 

403 

189 

182

530

July

171 

174 

171 

212 

187

25O 

194 

158 

169 

174

357 

618 

396 

610 

569

1,110 

1.27O 

922 

597 

479

396 

364 

314 

SOS 

462

320 

257 

225 

204 

185 

176

Aug.

230 

200 

187 

192 

165

153 

145 

178 

194 

151

141 

132 

141 

136 

134

132 

279 

340 

320 

389

330 

283 

212 

178 

158

139 

13O 

122 

118 

122 

118

Per square 

mile

0.422 

4.45 

2.84

2.18

4.1O

4.59 

3.06 

3.10 

2.92 

1.94 

1.97 

.922 

.888

2.59

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 sec. -ft.) .--Nov. 27 (5 p.m.) 5,820 sec. -ft.: Jan. 5 (6 p.m.

Sept.

113 

109 

103 

105 

386

8 2O 

6OO 

400 

250 

170

130 

110 

1OO 

92 

89

87 

84 

83 

HO 

290

170 

128 

126 

116 

1O9

107 

109 

115 

120 

132

Runoff in 

inches

0.41

4.S 

3.2

29.51

4.7^ 

4.78 

3.53 

3.46 

3.37 

2.16 

2.27 

1.06 

.99

35.08

) 5,530 

) 5,040

sec.-ft.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.

Note. No gage-height record Dec. 1-5, 12-28, Sept. 7-21; discharge computed on basis of weather 

records and records for Autauga Creek at Prattiville.
458 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Cahaba River near Acton, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°22', long. 86°49', in SE£ sec. 23, T. 19 S., R.

 3 W., at bridge on U. S. Highway 31, half a mile upstream from Patton Creek, 1 mile 

northwest of Acton, and 16 miles south of Birmingham. Datum of gage is 375.00 feet 

above mean sea level, adjustment of 1912.

Drainage area. 229 square miles.

Kecoras available. October 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 11 years, 365 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 21,000 second-feet Nov. 29; maximum gage height, 

4U.U feet Nov. 29; minimum daily discharge, 1.2 second-feet Oct. 6.

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 25,500 second-feet Dec. 28, 1942; maximum gage height, 

44.23 feet Dec. 29, 1942; minimum daily discharge, 0.7 second-foot Sept. 22, 1940, Oct. 

27-29, 1944.

Remarks. Records good except those below 10 second-feet and those for period of no gageheight record, which are fair. An average of 53 second-feet is diverted above station 

by Birmingham Water Works Co. and is not included in records. Approximately 5 secondfeet from this diversion is returned to river below station. Flow partly regulated by 

Purdy Lake (capacity, 17,400 acre-feet) on Little Cahaba River.

Rating table, water year 1948-49, except periods when rate of change of 

stage was a factor (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 25-30)

1.8 1.8 2.9 114 24.0 7,25O 

1.9 4.7 3.3 188 28.0 9, TOO 

2.0 9.3 3.8 302 33.0 13,800 

2.1 15 4.5 491 37. O 17,600 

2.2 23 7.0 1,250 

2.4 44 17.0 4,45O 

2.6 69 2O. 0 5,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

12 

5.1 

2.5 

1.8 

1.4

1.2 

1.4 

1.4 

1.3 

1.6

1.8 

11 

9.8 

4.7 

2.3

1.8 

1.6 

1.6 

1.4 

1.4

1.6 

1.6 

2.0 

8.7 

7.8

5.1 

10 

9.8 

11 

7.3 

4.3

Nov.

4.7 

77 

84 

96 

30

100 

149 

76 

40 

36

110 

54 

28 

25 

26

29 

242 

317 

k3,240 

k3,210

910 

2,570 

2,060

1,220 

700

970 

2,960 

U.3,000 

C17.600 

k6,430

Dec.

1,620 

1,060 

850 

67O 

535

76O 

730 

625 

5O6 

353

340 

317 

297 

271 

254

512 

850 

880 

850 

730

580 

476 

420 

366 

880

1,280 

820 

655 

970 

1,340 

940

Jan.

7OO 

580 

506 

1,400 

kl 1,000

k!4,5OO 

k4,84O 

1,650 

1,190 

880

7OO 

595 

491 

448 

392

353 

353 

406 

685 

67O

550 

910 

1,190 

910 

700

610 

67O 

1,590 

1,190 

88O 

1,680

Feb.

1,440 

1,09O 

88O 

2,610 

2,22O

1,370 

1,000 

790 

1,460 

3,180

2,250

1,370 

1,000 

790 

70O

k3,07O 

3,570 

1,770 

2,640 

2,480

1,53O 

1,130 

880 

70O 

550

506 

1,310 

1,620

ur. n th SecondMonth foot-days

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

ber ..........................

mber .......................

lendar year 1948 

ary .

136.3 

56,393.7 

21,737

............ 190,223.6

uary ...................... .

h. ................. .........

1 .........................

st ...........................

ember .......... ...... ......

53,219 

43,906 

27,263 

16,526 

13,758 

2,491 

776.4 

782.6 

863.9

ter year 1948-49 ............ 237,852.9

Mar.

1,060 

79O 

625 

491 

462

940 

670 

506 

715 

1,840

1,130 

82O 

730 

655 

506

476 

420 

476 

434 

379

353 

850 

850 

625 

550

670 

880 

2,060 

1,710 

1,280 

3,310

Apr.

2,

1, 

1,

1, 1,

Maximum

12 

17,600 

1,620

17,600

14,500 

3,570 

3,310 

2,410 

3,760 

406 

70 

116 

79

17,600

Peak discharge (base, 4,500 sec.-ft.) . Nov. 20 (1 a.m.

410 

400 

OOO 

76O 

70O

64O 

520 

434 

392 

340

317 

566 

655 

535

406

327 

290 

259 

205 

184

162 

131 

124 

1O9 

94

80

118 

188 

340 

840

May

1,680 

3,760 

2,290 

1,220 

790

595 

434 

340 

290 

238

201

186 

162 

142 

135

119 

88

77 

76 

60

49 

41 

37 

40 

52

43 

36 

35 

113 

136 

293

Minimum

1.2 

4.7 

254

1.1

353 

506 

353 

80 

35 

31 

4.7 

3.9 

7.3

1.2

June

406 

201 

114 

84 

76

79 

68 

57 

72 

55

183 

125 

84 

65 

83

79 

89 

59 

45 

43

33 

40 

31 

31 

37

70. 

49 

48

51 

34

Mean

4.40 

1,880 

701

520

1,717 

1,568 

879 

551 

444 

83.0 

25.0 

25.2 

28.8

652

July

24 

19

16 

13 

18

17 

41 

24 

19 

13

33 

44

a32 

a21 

a22

a27 

a45 

a35 

a25 

a24

a22 

a!9 

a!6 

a70 

56

3O

18 

13 

9.3 

6.4 

4.7

Aug.

12 

18 

55 

37 

12

6.8 

4.7 

4.3 

3.9 

6.8

17 

13 

8.3 

8.8 

6.8

4.7 

6.5 

116 

73 

103

61 

48 

34 

24 

20

16 

12 

10 

11 

15 

14

Per square 

mile

Sept.

16 

9.3 

7.3 

7.3 

23

68 

69 

45 

26 

32

32 

27 

28 

26 

25

24 

22

17 

35 

79

44

31 

27 

23 

21

20

21 

26 

17 

16

Runoff in 

inches

4,920 sec. -ft.; Mov. 29 (6 a.m.) 21,000

sec.-ft.; Jan. 6 (4 a.m.) 17,600 sec.-ft.; Feb. 16 (10 p.m.) 4,71O sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for station at 

Centerville.

k Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 459

Cahaba River at Centerville, Ala.

Iioca tlon. - -Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°56>, long. 87°08', in Ej sec. 26, T. 23 N., R. 9 

K., at bridge on State Highway 6, a quarter of a mile west of Centerville, half a mile 

upstream from Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad bridge, and 2^ miles upstream from Sandy 

Creek. Datum of gage is 180.74 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary 

adjustment of 1944.

Drainage area. 1,030 square miles.

Records available. August 1901 to February 1908, May 1929 to March 1932, May 1935 to September 1949.Gage-height records collected at same site since January 1917 are contained in reports of D. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.--22 years (1901-7, 1929-31, 1935-49), 1,690 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 57,400 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 32.6 

reet); minimum, 212 second-feet Oct. 25.

1901-8, 1929-32. 1935-49: Maximum discharge, 82,800 second-feet Apr. 8, 1938 (gage 

height, 36.63 feet); minimum, 90 second-feet Oct. 24-29, 1904 (gage height, -0.35 foot, 

present datum).

Remarks. Records good. Discharge below 33,600 second-feet computed by using rate of 

change of stage as a factor. Some diversion above station (see Remarks; for station 

near Acton).

Revision (water years). W 682: 1901-8. W 872: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to Septesber 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oot.

306

282

267

250

257

242

242

240

235

233

233

235

233

225

220

225

229

218

218

218

216

220

220

218

214

216

216

216

218

227

220

Nov.

218

240

407

454

392

70Q

572

503

438

438

454

422

422

360

329

379

890

832

5,070

8,330

4,040

9.O2O

7,340

4,990

2,920

4.78O

16,000

41,300

40,700

31,600

-

Dec.

14,100

4,290

3,140

2,620

2,220

2,720

2,670

2,940

2,370

1,980

1,700

1,610

1,470

1,380

1,330

1,750

3,200

3,040

3,260

2,670

2,270

1,930

1,750

1,560

2,460

3,310

2,670

2,170

3,240

4,46O

3,2SO

Jan.

2,520

2,120

1,890

2,480

35.40O

40,700

29,000

11,500

5,23O

4,110

3,460

3,100

2,780

2,520

2,32O

2,220

2,070

2,170

3,260

2,830

2.52O

2,720

3,480

3,370

2,880

2,520

2,470

4,090

4,110

3,260

5,540

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

Jnly .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

5,400

4,340

3,7OO

5,520

7,260

5, 1OO

3,780

3,090

4,350

8,000

7,99O

5,180

3,78O

3,150

2,830

13,400

16,200

8,830

16,200

13,OOO

7,740

5,21O

4,11O

3,410

2,98O

2.62O

3,88O

5,170

_

_

-

Secondfoot days

7,19

184,541

89,56

820,32

198,69

176,221

128,50

9O,65(

75,67

26,78

23,00

14,33<

16,71

1,O31,85

Mar.

3,970

3,190

2,780

2,420

2,22O

2,570

4,310

2,770

2,880

9,670

6,100

3,970

3,260

3.2OO

2,720

2,320

2,220

2,220

2.22O

1,980

1,890

5,790

5,180

3,550

2,880

2,620

3,220

6,240

6,170

5,170

18,800

Apr.

13,000

7,800

4,710

3,730

3,42O

3,350

2,830

2.47O

2,220

2,070

1,930

2,070

3,150

2,570

2.12O

1,890

1,750

1,650

1,560

1,420

1,380

1,380

1,330

1,290

1,240

1.16O

1,160

1,930

4,56O

9,510

Maximum

3 3O6

3 41,300

3 14,100

7 41,300

3 40,700

i 16,2OO

3 18,800

3 13,000

3 18,200

) 1,150

3 1,560

3 7OO

L 2,420

3 41,300

May

7,530

18,200

11,000

6,330

3,490

2,620

2,22O

1.93O

1,840

1,560

1,380

1,290

1,160

1,110

1,030

990

950

871

832

794

775

756

718

775

756

718

737

775

794

85Z

890

Minimum

214

218

1,330

214

1,890

2.62O

1,890

1,160

718

626

454

374

365

214

June

1,030

1,030

852

737

681

662

644

626

871

1,510

93O

95O

1,070

832

950

1,420

91O

775

700

910

775

1,240

1.O3O

832

1,030

890

832

737

662

662

-

Mean

232

6,15:

2,88E

2,24:

6.40E

6,294

4,14J

3^022

2,44:

893

742

462 55"

2,82"

July

644'

590

590

572

537

537

554

520

537

537

590

1,200

852

871

890

1,030

1,380

1,560

1,110

1,010

910

775

662

70O

700

626

572

520

503

470

454

Aug.

470

454

438

486

503

454

438

438

438

422

422

407

407

422

422

4O7

422

486

59O

626

700

608

520

470

438

407

392

374

374

392

503

Per square 

mile

-

2.18

-

L

2.74

Sept.

520

438

407

392

1,130

2,420

1,200

775

608

520

454

438

422

407

407

392

392

392

392

572

5O3

454

422

407

377

371

365

365

392

377

Runoff in 

inches

_

-

29.62

-

37.26

Peak discharge (base, 20.0OO sec. -ft.) . Nov. 28 (9 p.m.) 57,400 sec. -ft. i Jan. 5 (9 p.m.) 52,800

sec.-ft.; Feb.TTT^TZ p.m.) 20,40O sec.-ft.; Mar. 31 (5 p.m.) Zl,700 sec.-ft.

Hote. Discharge for periods July 12-27, Aug. 1-14, 19-30 computed from graph based on gage readIngs.
460 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Cahaba River at Sprott, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°40', long. 87°14', in NE£ sec. 35, T. 20 N., R. 8 

K., at bridge on State Highway 43, half a mile upstream from Goose Creek, 1 mile west of 

Sprott, and 85 miles northeast of Marion. Datum of gage is 129.51 feet above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1943 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area.--1,380 square miles.

Records available. October 1938 to September 1944 (fragmentary), October 1944 to September 

1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 50,100 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 24.1 

feet); minimum, 346 second-feet Oct. 27.

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 85,200 second-feet Aug. 16, 1939 (gage height, 27.5 

feet); minimum observed since Oct. 1, 1944, 265 second-feet Sept. 29, 1945 (gage height, 

4.42 feet).

Flood of Apr. 9, 1938, reached a stage of 28.55 feet, from floodmark.

Remarks. Recoids good. For diversion above station see Remarks for station near Acton.

5.2

7.0 

9.0

310

610

2,330

4,700

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 19, 

Aug. 6 to Sept. 30)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 Dec. 1 to Sept. 30

12.0 7,500 18.0 18,200 5.2 460 7.0 2.18O 18.0

14.0 9,900 20.0 26,300 5.5 660 11.0- 6.90O 20.O

16.0 13,100 22.0 36,100 6.0 1.O9O 14.0 10,300 23.1

17.0 15,200 24.0 49,200 6.5 1,600 16.0 13,600

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

18,500

26,300

42,700

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

472 

464 

440 

405 

405

412 

405 

398 

391 

377

398 

412 

405 

384 

370

364 

358 

358 

358 

358

364 

358 

358 

358 

358

352 

352 

352 

358 

352 

364

Nov.

358 

405 

601 

680 

700

1,040 

1,170 

940 

800 

845

800 

755 

680 

660 

583

583 

1,170 

1,550 

2,550 

6,900

8,270 

6,700 

9,250 

9,250 

6,130

4,700 

10,100 

17,000 

34 , 8OO 

46,300

Dec.

34,100 

23,000 

10,000 

5,300 

3,980

4,100 

4,580 

4,820 

4,460 

3,620

2,960 

2,600 

2,420 

2,300 

2,120

2,060 

3,740 

5,300 

5,660 

5,060

4,100 

3,380 

2,900 

2,540 

2,600

4,340 

4,460 

3,620 

3,500 

5.9OO 

6,020

Jan.

4,460 

3,500 

3,020 

3,140 

8,890

28,600 

42,700 

30,500 

19,400 

9,240

5,660 

4,340 

3,620 

3,260 

2,960

2,720 

2,540 

2,540 

3,740 

4,220

3,380 

3,140 

3,860 

4,340 

3,740

3,140 

2,960 

3.86O 

5,300 

4,580 

5,180

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

mber . . .................. ...

lendar year 1948 ...........

ary .... .

h..... ................ .... .

1 ......... .............. .

St......... .................

ember ......... .............

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

7,230 

6,680 

5,300 

4,940 

7,560

8,110 

6,020 

4,460 

4,340 

6,460

8,880 

9,100 

6,350 

4,460 

3,740

6,350 

12,OOO 

17,400 

15,800 

16,100

17,400 

12,400 

7,560 

5,540 

4,580

3,860 

4,100

6,130

Secondfoot-days

11,860 

176,270 

175,540

1,092,243

232,530 

222,850 

151,810 

126,620 

109,813 

36,247 

31,196 

18,585 

25,460

1,318,781

Peak discharge (base, 15,OOO sec. -ft.). N

sec. -ft.; Feb. 21 (4 a.m.) 18,100 sec. -ft.; 1 

sec. -ft.

Mar.

6,240 

4,820 

3,860 

3,380 

3,020

2,900 

4,340 

4,340 

3,500 

6,020

9,580 

7,780 

4,820 

4,100 

3,740

3,140 

2,840 

2,780 

2,900 

2,600

2,420 

4,580 

8,000 

6,790 

4,580

3,620 

3,620 

5,900 

8,OOO 

7,780 

9,820

Apr.

15,600 

17,700 

11,500 

6,900 

5,180

4,940 

4,340 

3,620 

3,140 

2,840

2,660 

2,600 

3,620 

3,860 

3,020

2,540 

2,300 

2,120 

2,000 

1,880

1,760 

1,760 

1,710 

1,660 

1,600

1,540 

1,760 

2,780 

2,900 

6,790

Maximum

472 

46,300 

34,1OO

46,300

42,700 

17,400 

9,820 

17,700 

16,600 

2,000 

2,300 

964 

3,620

46,300

May

10,200 

12,500 

16,600 

16,600 

9,590

,940 

,620 

,020 

,840 

,480

,120 

,940 

,760 

,600 

,490

,380 

,350 

,260 

1,180 

1,110

1,070 

1.O4O 

991 

1,120 

1,180

1,060 

982 

1,050 

1,200 

1,250 

1,290

Minimum

352 

358 

2,060

322

2,540 

3,740 

2,420 

1,540 

982 

804 

548 

508 

478

352

June

1,250 

1,440 

1,270 

1,050 

928

874 

838 

812 

804 

1,660

2,000 

1,490

1,490 

1,350 

1,090

1,600 

1,490 

1,080 

982 

1,040

1,180 

1,130 

1,710 

1,200 

1,240

1,350 

1,130 

1,030 

892 

847

Mean

382 

5,876 

5,662

2,984

7,501 

7,959 

4,897 

4,221 

3,542 

1,206 

1,006 

60C 

849

3,613

July

820 

804 

756 

756 

708

668 

668 

660 

625 

639

716 

1,040 

1,600 

1,290 

1,250

1,280 

2,300 

2,300 

1,820 

1,390

1,220 

1,090 

919 

874 

973

865 

748 

668 

618 

583 

548

Aug.

Per square 

mile

0.278 

4.26 

4.10

2.16

5.44

5.77 

3.55 

3.06 

2.57 

.875 

.729 

.435 

.615

2.62

5V. 30 (3 a.m.) 5O.1OO sec. -ft.; Jan. 7 (4 a 

Ipr. 2 (3 a.m.) 19,200 sec. -ft.; May 3 (11 p

520 

514 

520 

548 

576

576 

562 

527 

534 

527

527 

527 

520 

555 

534

520 

514 

555 

780 

964

928 

910 

820 

708 

646

576 

541 

520 

514 

508 

514

Sept.

646 

632 

541 

508 

865

3,620 

3,140 

1,820 

1,120 

874

716 

639 

597 

569 

555

534 

527 

508 

508 

732

883

724 

625 

569 

514

496 

484 

478 

502 

534

Runoff in 

inches

0.32 

4.75 

4.73

29.44

6.27 

6.01 

4.09 

3.41 

2.96 

.98 

.84 

.50 

.69

35.55

m.) 45,600 

m.) 18,500
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 461

Cahaba River near Marion Junction, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°27 T , long. 87°11', on line between sees. 16 and 

2TTT. 17 N., R. 9 E., at bridge on U. S. Highway 80, half a mile upstream from 

Southern Railway bridge, 3 miles downstream from Oakmulgee Creek, 3| miles east of 

Marion Junction, and 20 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 86.72 feet above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Auxiliary wire-weight 

gage at Beloit, 12 miles downstream, at datum 15.2 feet lower.

Drainage area. 1,780 square miles.

Records available. January 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 2,894 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 42,800 second-feet Dec. 1 (gage height, 39.4 

reet); minimum, 457 second-feet Oct. 27, 28 (gage height, 1.90 feet).

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 83,400 second-feet Aug. 16, 1939 (gage height, 42.95 

feet); minimum daily, 345 second-feet Sept. 5, 1945.

A discharge of 323 second-feet was measured Oct. 7, 1935 (gage height, 1.04 feet).

Remarks.--Records good. Discharge for periods of backwater computed by using fall as determined by twice-daily readings of auxiliary gage as a factor. For diversion above 

station see Remarks for station near Acton.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

621

600

558

530

526

538

538

558

538

513

558

579

558

534

509

489

473

477

473

465

465

473

473

477

473

469

461

465

465

465

469

Nov.

485

489

642

747

812

968

1,260

1,180

1,020

1,110

1,060

996

900

877

790

747

1,060

1,690

3,630

5,760

7,920

10,100

9,950

10,70O

10,500

9,090

10,100

12,200

16,900

26,500

-

Dec.

40,400

34,OOO

25,500

18,400

11,900

7,040

6,090

6,900

6,700

5,410

4,300

3,550

3,360

3,350

3,150

2,970

3,510

5,700

6,920

6,780

5,950

4,830

4,170

3,630

3,510

4,350

5,320

4,710

4,410

5,510

6,850

Jan.

6,260

4.83O

4,170

5,450

8,480

11,600

20,300

33,500

31,900

25,400

18>800

12,300

6,520

4,510

4,O6O

3,950

3,810

3,570

4,530

5,26O

4,830

4,230

4,350

5,010

4,830

4,290

3,870

4,290

5,380

5,880

6,070

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

6,850

7,850

7,240

6,010

6,520

8,200

8,690

6,920

6,330

7,300

8,480

9,810

9,890

7,460

5,520

10,200

11,800

13,300

18,000

19,400

19,400

19,400

17,100

13,000

8,010

5,830

5,630

6,330

-

_

-

Secondfoot-days

15.79C

150,183

259, 17C

1,345,ZOC

272 23C

2£o'47C

186, 55C

162, 81C

146, 23C

51,37C

44,42<

26, 39.

35,906

1,631,524

Peak discharge (base, 14,000 sec. -ft.). De

Mar.

7,440

6,920

5,510

4,650

4,230

3,930

4,350

5,630

4,890

5,510

7,710

9,530

8,550

5,630

5,070

4,470

3,930

3,750

3,750

3,630

3,330

6,070

7,570

8,97O

7,920

5,510

4,890

6,260

7,780

8,970

10,2OO

Apr.

11,600

15,100

17,400

15,700

11,600

7,110

6,010

5,140

4,410

3,930

3,690

3,570

3,930

4,890

4,350

3,570

3.O9O

2,790

2,610

2,430

2,310

2,260

2,260

2,200

2,090

2,030

2,030

4,050

4,710

5,950

-

Maximum

621

26,500

40,400

40,400

33,500

19,400

10,200

17,400

17,000

3,270

3,150

1,310

4,650

40,400

May

9,670

13,9OO

15,100

16,400

17.OOO

14,400

8,990

4,630

4,110

3,690

3,330

2,850

2,550

2,310

2.O9O

1,970

1,800

1,690

1,580

1,470

1,410

1,360

1,310

1,800

1,580

1,520

1,360

1,630

1,520

1,580

1,630

Minimum

461

485

2,970

378

3,570

5,520

3,330

2,030

1,310

1,140

855

642

642

461

c. 1 (10 a.m.) 42,800 a

June

1,690

1,750

1,690

1,410

1,260

1,180

1,140

1,520

1,750

gl,260

g3,270

g2,670

g2,490

g2,310

g2,030

1,690

2,260

1,690

1,360

1,360

1,520

1,520

1,970

1,860

1,580

1,750

1,580

1,410

1,260

1,140

-

Mean

509

5,006

8,360

3,675

8,782

10,020

6,018

5 427

4^717

1,712

1,433

851

1,197

4,470

July

gl,140

gl,090

gl,110

gl,060

996

1.O2O

968

922

877

877

922

1,140

1,8OO

1,800

1,690

1,750

g3,090

g3,150

g3,030

g2,310

gl,920

gl,630

gl,410

gl,310

gl,310

gl.310

gl,140

gl,020

g922

g855

g855

Aug.

g877

g768

768

768

790

812

790

768

79O

747

726

812

945

833

790

747

726

790

1,020

1,310

1,310

1,260

1,160

996

.877

812

747

684

663

642

663

Per square 

mile

0,286

2.81

4.70

2.06

4.93

5.63

3.38

3.05

2.65

.962

.805

.478

.672

2.51

Sept.

726

833

747

663

2,510

3,270

4,650

3,210

1,920

1,310

1,090

945

877

833

790

747

747

726

705

768

1,090

1.O2O

877

790

726

684

663

642

642

705

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.33

3.14

5.41

28.10

5.69

5.86

3.90

3.40

3.06

1.07

.93

.55

.75

34.09

ec.-ft.j Jan. 8 (6 p.m.) 37,200

:.-ft.; Feb. 22 [4 a.m.) 19,600 sec.-ft.; 

sec.-ft.

g Computed from graph based on gage readings.
468 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Boguechitto Creek near Browns, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°26', long. 87°20', In NVf£ sec. 24, T. 17 N., R. 

YE., at bridge on U. S. Highway 80, a third of a mile upstream from Southern Railroad 

bridge, 2 miles east of Browns, and 2j miles downstream from Washington Creek. Datum 

of gage Is 129.39 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 

1943 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to Dec. 10, 1948, wire-weight gage at same 

site and datum.

Drainage area. 93 square miles.

Records available. February 1944 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,000 second-feet Feb. 16 (gage height, 14.6 

reet); minimum daily, 3.2 second-feet Sept. 4.

1944-49: Maximum discharge, 9,440 second-feet Mar. 26, 1945 (gage height, 17.16 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 0.1 second-foot July 24, 

1944.

Flood of Dec. 28, 1942, reached a stage of 20.7 feet, from floodmarks.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Bale read twice dally prior to Dec. 10.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30

31

Oct.

7.9 

6.1 

5.5 

a5.O 

4.6

4.3 

4.3 

5.5 

5.9 

6.1

5.9 

5.5 

a6.O 

a7.0 

6.1

5.3 

5.2 

4.6 

4.3 

4.6

4.6 

4.6 

4.6 

4.8 

4.8

4.5 

a4.6 

4.8 

5.0 

5.2 

5.3

Nov.

5.2 

5.7 

a5. 8 

a7.0 

a23

34 

18 

16

a20 

a45

a40 

a30 

a23 

a2o 

19

a20 

a25 

a60 

a500 

a350

a250 

11,000

a,3oo

a500 

a400

a poo

12,500 

12200 

11,300 

a700

Dec.

a350 

also 

also 

a220 

a290

a340 

a520 

557 

a2OO 

121

97 

85 

81

77 

73

73 

85 

253 

581 

377

145 

105 

89 

77 

105

172 

93 

73 

163 

365 

172

Jan.

97 

81 

77 

443 

1,200

1,650 

994 

307 

172 

145

121 

113 

97 

89 

85

81 

77 

85 

353 

298

121 

105 

113 

97 

81

77 

89 

307 

172 

123 

681

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mbar ....... ..................

lendar year 1948 ............

Ary . .

1............. ...............

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

500 

181 

129 

137

244

163 

137 

244 

642 

968

367 

137 

113 

101 

105

1,970 

1,960 

790 

1,260 

1,250

445 

226 

181 

145 

129

113 

271 

226

Seoondfoot-days

162. 

12,416. 

6,269

66,856.

8,531 

13,134 

8,033 

4,425 

5,281 

2,456 

1,881. 

477. 

1,590.

64,657.

Mar.

129 

101 

93 

85 

81

89 

121 

89 

113 

365

190 

105 

89 

85 

93

81 

70 

81 

113

77

77 

1,150 

1,150 

314 

145

113 

226 

694 

486 

298 

1,130

Apr.

1,240 

453 

190 

154 

145

163 

113 

93 

85

73

73 

105 

113 

81 

62

56 

48 

48 

45 

41

41 

44 

56 

52 

43

35 

36 

258 

289 

190

Maximum

> 7.9

r 2,500

581

7 2,500

1,650 

1,970 

1,150 

1,240 

1,700 

683 

> 509 

3 91 

L 545

3 2,500

May

508 

1,700 

1,310 

328 

129

93 

73 

62 

56 

48

44 

43 

39 

35 

31

29 

28 

27 

a25 

a23

a20 

h!8 

a20 

62 

79

36 

26 

156 

105 

66 

62

Minimum

4.3 

5.2

73

2.0

77 

101 

70 

35 

18 

15 

7.9 

4.5 

3.2

3.2

Peak discharge (base, 2,500 sec. -ft. J .--Nov. 27 (time unknown) 2

June

42 

31 

25 

24 

a!9

h!6 

a!5 

a25 

187 

150

683 

378 

298 

113 

62

45 

35 

28

24 

22

24 

24 

25 

20 

24

44 

22 

18 

16 

17

Mean

5.24 

414 

202

183

275 

469 

259 

148 

170 

81.9 

60.7 

15.4 

53.0

177

July

123 

53 

27 

32 

18

16 

13 

12

9.6 

7.9

13 

151 

59 

33 

86

121 

509 

136 

48 

80

41 

25 

30

37 

65

55 

24 

18

15 

13 

11

Ang.

9.3 

11 

12 

10 

8.5

8.2 

7.0 

5.9 

18 

11

8.2 

7.0 

5.5 

4.5 

14

12 

12 

11 

22 

24

91 

65 

24 

18 

12

9.3 

6.6 

5.3 

5.2 

11 

9.3

Per square 

mile

0.056 

4.45 

2.17

1.97

2.96 

5.04 

2.78 

1.59 

1.83 

.881 

.653 

.166 

.570

1.90

Sept.

6.3 

4.8 

3.8 

3.2 

357

545 

328 

72 

35 

24

18 

14 

12 

10 

10

10 

10 

9.0 

8.8 

31

20 

10 

8.8 

7.0 

6.1

5.3 

4.8 

5.0 

5.3 

5.9

Runoff in 

inches

0.06 

4.97 

2.51

26.76

3.41 

5.25 

3.21 

1.77 

2.11 

.98 

.75 

.19 

.64

25.85

730 sec. -ft.; Feb. 16 (10:30 p.m.)

3,000 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for station 

near Orrville.

h Computed from tape gage reading.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 463

Boguechltto Creek near Orrvllle, Ala.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 32° 18', long. 87°17', In NWij- sec. 4. T. 15 N., R. 8 E., 

at bridge on State Highway 22, 300 feet downstream from Louisville & Nashville Railroad 

bridge, three-quarters of a mile downstream from Tatum Creek, and 2 miles west of Orrvllle. Datum of gage Is 91.09 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps 

of Engineers).

Drainage area. 276 square miles.

Records available.--February 1944 to September 1949 (discontinued).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 13,600 second-feet Feb. 16 (gage height, 22.8 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 4.2 second-feet Oct. 8, 9.

1944-49: Maximum discharge observed, 32,400 second-feet Apr. 27, 1944 (gage height, 

26.6 feet); minimum observed, 0.3 second-foot Sept. 5, 1945 (gage height, 2.49 feet).

Flood of Dec. 29, 1942, reached a stage of 29.4 feet, from floodmarks.

Remarks. Records fair except those below 10 second-feet, which are poor. Gage read twice

Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1943 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

12 

8.8 

6.5 

5.9 

5.0

4.8 

4.4 

4.2

4.2 

5.0

8.0 

11 

11 

14 

10

9.6 

6.2 

d5.6 

d5.2 

4.8

4.6 

4.6 

d4.S 

5.0 

5.0

4.8 

d4.9 

d5.0 

d5.2 

d5.2 

d5.3

Nov.

d5.3 

d5.6 

d5.7 

10 

30

39 

25 

39 

34 

59

71 

45 

28 

21 

19

21 

25 

68 

880 

1,100

564 

2,180 

2,940 

1,880 

629

1,930 

10,200 

9,460 

8,450 

3,760

Dec.

640 

236 

280 

337 

458

484 

848 

2,500 

1,210 

337

170 

124 

120 

116 

103

103 

107 

590 

1,960 

1,520

666 

192 

136 

130 

150

203 

170 

140 

83S 

1,080 

560

Jan.

214 

140 

124 

1,530 

5,890

4,900 

2,820 

556 

314 

236

203 

170 

136 

128 

124

109 

97 

103 

836 

782

291 

150 

160 

160 

136

110 

105 

432 

537 

537 

2,110

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augvi 

Sept

ffa

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

h. ...........................

1 ............................

,

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,700 

408 

225 

280 

360

269 

360 

352 

3,440 

4,220

1,850 

314 

203 

181 

160

8,110 

11,100 

4,890 

5,380 

5,740

1,860 

408 

291 

225 

181

160 

510 

621

Mar.

247 

170 

116 

101 

97

138 

181 

150 

124 

1,030

522 

203 

140 

124 

138

120 

97 

120 

116 

116

101 

4,100 

4,550 

905 

247

181 

617 

2,180 

1,580 

592 

3,810

Apr.

3,740 

1,160 

314 

225 

360

225 

203 

128 

109 

92

132 

97 

132 

124 

86

71 

64 

61 

54

48

50 

48 

54 

61 

69

45 

42 

360 

458 

510

ffo^ays «-*-

200.6 14 

44,523.6 10,200 

16,508 2,500

186,316.8 10,200

24,140 5,890 

53,798 11,100 

22,913 4,550 

9,122 3,740 

16,311 6,130 

3,609 857 

4,050 689 

2,600.2 564 

7,919.7 4,520

205,695.1 11,100

Peak discharge (base, 9,000 see. -ft.). Nov. 27 (4 p.m

May

1,420 

6,130 

5,760 

1,160 

225

150 

126 

92 

80 

64

66 

 56 

50 

43

42

39 

39

36 

36 

30

28 

26 

26 

28 

56

53

36 

39 

181 

112 

82

Minimum

4.2 

5.3 

103

3.5

97 

160 

97 

42 

26 

17 

14 

9.6 

6.5

4.2

June

58 

45 

33 

29 

23

19 

17 

21 

258 

170

857 

782 

484 

192 

103

59 

50 

36 

34 

35

36 

33 

24 

22 

23

36 

48 

31 

19 

32

Mean

6.4' 

1,484 

533

509

779 

1,921 

739 

304 

526 

120 

131 

83.9 

264

564

July

225 

73 

130 

47 

30

34

26 

19 

14 

14

19 

128 

124 

66 

90

291 

689 

559 

130

360

132 

54 

136 

93 

258

160 

68 

28 

21 

18 

14

Aug.

28 

69 

34 

21 

16

14 

11 

10 

13 

21

32 

33 

80 

39

IS

12 

15 

31 

232 

537

36O 

564 

203 

95 

34

22 

16 

10 

9.6 

9.6 

11

Per square 

 lie

O.O23 

5.38 

1.93

1.84

2.82 

6.96 

2.68 

1.10 

1.91 

.435 

.475 

.304 

.957

2.04

Sept.

11 

9.6 

11 

9.6 

1,960

1,520 

864 

160 

53 

40

27 

21 

16 

15

14

14 

15 

14 

13 

12

12 

25 

16 

13 

12

10 

10 

8.0 

8.0 

6.5

Runoff in 

inches

O.03

6.00 

2.22

25.11

3.25 

7.25 

3.09 

1.23 

2.20 

.49 

.55 

.35 

1.07

27.73

1 12,700 sec. -ft.; Feb. 16 (9 p.m.) 13,600

sec. -ft. 

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for 

station near Browns .
464 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Flat Creek at Fountain, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31"37', long. 87°25' , in SE£ sec. 36, T. 8 N., R. 

6 K., at bridge on State Highway 11, three-quarters of a mile downstream from St. LouisSan Francisco Railroad bridge, 1 mile northwest of Fountain, 2 miles upstream from Bradley Mill Creek, 8 miles upstream from mouth, and 8 miles northwest of Monroeville.

Drainage area. 263 square miles.

Records available.--February 1944 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 26,000 second-feet Nov. 27 (gage height, 23.2 

reet); minimum, 4.7 second-feet Oct. 10-11.

1944-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 27, 1948, minimum, 4.6 second-feet Oct. 22, 

1945.

Remarks. Records fair except those below 50 second-feet and those for periods of backwater 

1'rom Alabama River or no gage-height record, which are poor. Discharge for period of 

backwater from Alabama River computed by using relationship between recorder and auxiliary gage as a factor.

Rating table, water year 1948-49, except period of backwater from Alabama River

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 11,

July 1 tc Aug. ; , Sept. 12-30)

0.8 

.9

1.0

1.1

1.2

6.0

32

1.3 

1.6

2.0 

2.4 

3.0

41

75

126

188

301

6.0 

1.0

.3.0 

5.0 

7.0

1,110

2,650

3,450

4,700

6,400

18.0 7,650

19.0 9,60O

20.O 12,500

21.7 19,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

8.8 

8.8 

8.3 

8.3 

7.8

7.8 

6.4 

6.0 

5.5 

5.1

45 

35 

42 

25 

16

12 

12 

13 

11 

1O

9.9 

10 

10 

9.9 

9.4

8.8 

8.8 

8.8 

8.8 

9.4 

9.4

Nov.

9.4 

13 

18 

16 

47

125 

119 

79 

53

58

43 

45 

40 

34 

28

34 

61 

61 

638 

1,050

749 

587 

1,20O 

1,640 

1,430

2,770 

18 , 900 

L4.1OO 

cS,030 

c4,23O

Dec.

c2,710 

C991 

c551 

0520 

e415

0471 

0401 

0437 

0451 

0422

0386 

c392 

c328 

c275 

c304

c370 

349 

401 

1,110 

1,490

1,49O 

682 

440 

349 

324

336 

388 

290 

454 

1,170 

1,260

Jan.

749 

479 

388 

440 

776

1,O30 

858 

56O 

414 

336

28O 

250 

230 

21O 

195

ISO 

178 

176 

349 

492

349 

250 

218 

198 

183

171 

186 

218 

236 

250 

435

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary .

h. ........................

1. ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

914 

970 

440 

401 

574

776 

628 

560 

1,080 

1,940

2,210 

2,18O 

1,520 

695 

560

693 

1,490 

1,580 

2,21O 

2,580

2,400 

1.76O 

830 

628 

506

440 

846 

1,170

Secondfoot-days

397. 

52,207. 

19,957

174,557.

11,264 

32,581 

29,736 

18,427 

16,245 

2,113 

5,473 

5,323 

1,441

197,164.

Mar.

830 

533 

427 

362 

312

301 

301 

270 

26O 

375

388 

29O 

270 

471 

1.31O

1,370 

776 

506 

414 

336

280 

2,690 

4,140 

4,630 

2,430

803 

614 

668 

886 

803 

1,690

Apr.

2,400 

2,720 

2,04O 

776 

668

614 

506 

375 

312 

26O

401 

574 

453 

336 

241

193 

165 

149 

137 

129

132 

2 O2 

362 

324 

223

16O 

136 

169 

1,360 

1,910

Maximum

: 45

18,900 

2,71O

7 18,900

1,030 

2.58O 

4,630 

2,72O 

3,350 

216 

1,OOO 

668 

120

4 18,900

Peak discharge (base, 3,OOO sec. -ft.). Nov. 27 (6 p.m

sec. -ft. ; May 3 (4 p.m.) 3,50o sec. -ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge compute 

on nearby streams, 

c Backwater from Alabama River.

May

1,700 

2,720 

3,350 

3,250 

1,670

574 

388 

301 

241

202

173 

157 

142 

127 

116

1O6 

102 

92 

37 

80

75 

70 

68 

63 

58

53 

50 

48 

50 

63 

69

Minimum

5.1

9.4 

275

5.1

171 

401 

260 

129 

48 

36 

30 

58 

2O

5.1

June

58 

52 

46 

42 

37

37 

36 

36 

46 

46

89 

122 

216 

176 

127

83 

63 

54 

48 

52

74 

118 

93 

70 

62

56 

48 

46 

39 

41

Mean

12. f

1,807 

644

477

363 

1,164 

959 

614 

524 

70.' 

177 

172 

48.

540

July

42 

51 

60 

53

74

75 

73 

53 

37 

36

3O 

a45 

a60 

a70 

alOO

a300 

al.OOO 

aSOO 

a500 

a250

a!80 

a!70 

a!80 

a22O 

a3OO

a200 

a!50 

116 

92 

80 

76

Aug.

101 

362 

668 

324 

223

174 

132 

115 

188 

362

191 

125 

120 

116 

104

106 

170 

137 

127 

169

2OO 

209 

2OO 

161 

113

91 

76 

65 

58 

59 

77

Per square 

mile

3 0.051 

7.14 

2.55

1.89

1.43 

4. SO 

3.79 

2.43 

2.O7 

I .278 

.700 

.680 

> .190

2.13

Sept.

88 

62 

53 

67 

100

120 

100 

87 

71 

56

51 

42 

39 

36 

36

32 

32 

36 

36 

35

3O 

30 

30 

3O 

28

26 

24 

23 

El 

20

Runoff in 

inohes

0.06 

7.97 

2.93

25.66

1.66 

4.79 

4.37 

2.71 

2.39 

.31 

.80 

.78 

.21

28.98

) 26,OOO sec. -ft.; Mar. 24 (6:30 a.m.) 5,340

d on basis of weather records and records for stations
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 465

East Fork Tombigbee River near Marietta, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°26', long. 88°25', in SE^ sec. 35, T. VS., R.

B K., Chickasaw meridian, at Walkers Bridge, half a mile downstream from confluence of

Browns Creek Canal and Mackys Creek, 3 miles upstream from Donovan Creek Canal, 6 miles

southeast of Marietta, and 10 miles north of Pulton. Datum of gage is 282.10 feet above

mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to Oct. 14, 1948,

staff gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area. 305 square miles (authority, Corps of Engineers). 

Kecords available. January 1938 to September 1947, October 1948 to September 1949. 

Average dlscha^e. 10 years (1938-47, 1948-49), 484 second-feet. 

Jixtremes. Maximum discharge during year, 13,300 second-feet Jan. 4 (gage height, 10.90

reet), from rating curve extended above 5,900 second-feet; minimum, 59 second-feet

Oct. 16, 17.

1938-47, 1948-49: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 4, 1949; minimum observed since

Dec. 1, 1942, 10 second-feet on many days during August and September 1943; minimum gage

height observed, 2.00 feet July 26, 1944.

Remarks. Records poor. Staff gage read twice daily prior to Oct. 14. 

cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; occasional discharge measurement

made ari3 records of discharge computed by Geological Survey.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 23-26, 

Dec. 2-5, 8-10, 16-19, Dec. 29 to Jan. 2)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 2O Nov 21 to Sept. 30

2.8 

3.1 

3.5 

4.0 

5.2

63

82 

114 

160 

2S9

7.2 

7.9 

8.2 

8.5

542

710

840

1,030

1,330

9.0 1,600

9.2 2,050

9.6 3,300

10.0 5,200

2.8 

3.3 

3.8 

6.1 

7.5

122

335

480

7.9 

8.4 

8.7 

8.9 

9.1

580

780

980

1,300

1,750

9.6

9.9

10.3

10.6

10.7

3,300 

4,600 

7,100 

9,9OO 

11,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

80

80

78

76

73

71

68

68

67

64

64

64

62

64

63

62

71

155

150

110

94

87

84

82

SO

79

80

81

82

81

100

Nov.

277

205

150

132

150

397

289

195

165

301

289

205

190

190

170

646

1,030

1,220

5,060

4,780

3,700

2,380

1,180

580

500

1,020

3,780

5,560

7,550

4,100

-

Dec.

2,470

1,240

1,080

874

758

1,580

1,360

656

548

480

435

415

395

385

385

646

735

564

511

465

425

395

365

345

480

445

395

365

942

1,200

618

Jan.

522

500

3,850

11,200

9,100

6,160

3,460

2,260

1,320

887

735

618

535

511

465

455

937

1,300

3,500

2,860

2,710

5,680

4,720

3,160

2,170

1,750

2,350

2,350

1,680

1,000

887

Month

October ..........................

Novsmber .........................

December .........................

Cslsndar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Wster yesr 1948-49 ............

Feb.

808

835

1,080

2,950

g2,950

g2,050

gl,300

g868

735

1,040

842

714

599

548

656

1,360

1,100

808

1,810

3,540

2,410

1,580

1,O5O

835

780

675

580

548

_

_

-

Secondfoe t-days

2,52

46,39

21,95

-

79 ,63

35,05

36 ,53

18 ,83

11,97

9,03

4,40

5,01

3,60

274,95

liar.

480

455

435

425

405

405

a390

a390

474

618

455

415

395

385

365

335

345

672

535

425

a380

a+OO

a580

548

2,440

2,980

6,850

6,820

3,300

1,930

al,500

Apr.

al,200

al,000

a760

a650

618

599

511

465

435

425

415

693

1,700

1,200

714

500

445

415

375

355

365

497

480

415

355

315

391

735

825

980

-

Maximum

0 155

1 7,550

7 2,470

_

2 11,200

1 3,540

? 6,850

3 1,700 

2 1,870

4 1,700

3 335

4 435

8 325

2 11,200

Hay

894

1,870

1,460

735

480

405

355

325

345

480

445

355

285

257

230

216

212

203

176

162

158

149

158

257

315

216

180

158

149

162

180

Minimum

62

132

345

_

455

335

315

149

82

78

7O

64

62

June

162

149

126

110

100

93

86

82

84

110

110

136

122

114

578

465

335

212

a300

al,700

al,300

a700

a300

a250

a350

305

221

172

140

122

Mean

81.3

1,546

708

_

2 569

1 ' 252

628

386

301

142

162

120

753

July

110

140

126

100

92

84

80

84

86

79

126

257

335

248

158

131

118

122

162

126

96

80

78

140

275

167

110

86

158

305

149

Aug.

97

82

74

70

70

77

84

94

78

76

131

97

266

230

131

140

144

106

154

435

295

154

131

176

415

212

126

102

325

266

176

Per square 

mile

0.267

5.07

2.32

-

8.42

4.10

3 86

2 . 06

1.27

. 466

.531

.393

2.47

Sept.

131

98

91

305

226

325

212

149

114

95

84

80

78

76

74

76

114

102

221

212

114

84

78

72

68

66

66

67

66

64

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.31

5.66

2.68

-

9.71

4.27

4.45

2.30

1.46

1.10

 54

!ei

.44

33.53

Peak discharge (base. 5.000 sec.-ft.) . Nov. 19 (9 p.m.) 8,270 sec.-ft.; Nov. 29 (4 a.m.} 8,720 

sec.-ft.; Jan. 4 (6 a.m.; 13,300 sec.-ft.; Jan. 22 (7 p.m.) 6,28O sec.-ft.j Mar. 27 (10 p.m.) 10,8OO 

sec.-ft.

a Doubtful OP no gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Fulton.

g Computed from graph based on gage readings.
466 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

East Pork Tombigbee River near Fulton, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°15'55", long. 88°26'42", in SE^ sec. 27, T. 9 S., 

KT~8~E, Chlckasaw meridian, at bridge on U. S. Highway 78, 1,000 feet downstream from 

Twentymile-Fulton Canal, 2 miles west of Fulton, 6-J- miles upstream from Mantachie Creek 

Canal, and 13| miles downstream from Twentymiie Creek Canal. Datum of gage is 242.70 

feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area.--605 square miles.

Records available. August 1928 to September 1949. Gage-height records collected at site 

BUO reel' upstream 1909-12 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 21 years, 887 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 24,600 second-feet Jan. 4 (gage height," 19.43 

reetj; minimum, 82 second-feet Oct. 16 (gage height, 2.46 feet).

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 47,700 second-feet Feb. 14, 1948 (gage height, 22.24 

feet); minimum, 12 second-feet Aug. 31 to Sept. 2, 1943; minimum gage height, 0.87 foot 

Aug. 12, 1930.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of doubtful gage-height record, which are

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.5 

2.7 

3.8

11.8

98

189

1,000

13.1

14.1

14.9

15.3

1,230

1,570

2,040

2,430

15.5

15.7

17.5

18.8

2,760

3,350

12,400

20.4OO

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

202

149

125

109

99

94

94

92

90

87

85

86

90

88

85

83

88

121

184

157

133

121

113

113

109

105

105

105

109

109

121

Nov.

267

307

217

ISO

222

557

477

327

277

377

437

347

307

287

257

457

1,080

1,210

1,780

15,000

13,300

7,050

4,600

2,740

2,040

1,780

2,040

6,950

11,000

11, -300

-

Month

Dec.

6,550

4,150

2,720

2,310

2,040

1,970

2,040

2,040

1,780

1,530

1,230

1,000

867

757

687

1,060

1,290

1,26O

1,230

1,170

1,050

888

757

657

797

899

767

687

847

1,210

1,490

Jan.

1,530

1,490

2,910

15,400

20,400

15,400

8,800

5,550

3,530

2,430

1,970

1,620

1,320

1,130

991

899

1,060

1,450

1,970

4,150

5,300

6,800

10,500

7,300

5,050

3,080

2,780

2,980

3,320

2,630

2,160

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,840

1,620

1,670

2,210

4,730

5,050

3,080

2,260

1,840

1,780

1,670

1,530

1,350

1,210

1,150

1,410

1,720

1,900

2,040

2,930

5,800

3,850

2,500

2,040

1,670

1,410

1,210

1,080

_

-

Secondfoot-days

3,451

87.17C

47,73C

502,567

145 90C

62^550

61,408

33,234

20.49E

20 , 82c

8^06'

6.38C

505, 29E

Hsr.

965

867

787

717

677

667

637

597

627

932

899

777

717

677

627

567

547

677

943

787

687

1,020

1,350

1,320

1,740

3,500

7,300

13,300

8,300

4,800

3,400

Apr.

2,720

2,210

1,900

1,570

1,320

1,150

1,000

899

797

717

667

727

1,130

1,530

1,900

1,670

1,230

943

747

617

567

617

727

657

577

517

617

991

1,230

1,290

Maximum

202

15,000

6,550

43,300

20,400

5,800

13,300

2,720

1,970

4,240

497

487

20,400

May

1,410

1,670

1,970

1,970

1,670

1,210

888

677

547

777

910

68?

527

447

397

357

327

317

287

267

252

242

227

297

427

387

297

267

247

257

287

Minimum

83

180

657

53

899

1,080

547

517

227

153

149

115

117

83

June

277

247

227

198

180

171

162

153

153

175

202

232

447

277

755

1,020

847

627

717

1,350

4,240

2,740

1,620

958

757

647

527

367

297

252

Mean

111

2,906

1,540

1,373

4,706

2,234

1,981

1,108

66J.

694

26]

26C

213

1,384

July

227

277

267

222

193

175

162

180

157

153

166

367

497

437

407

267

257

237

252

242

193

157

149

232

367

337

237

397

212

337

327

Aug.

193

157

137

d!25

dllS

dllS

d!35

157

157

137

157

162

237

407

307

193

193

202

267

447

637

357

242

237

437

467

252

207

357

447

427

Per square 

mile

0.183

4.80

2.55

2.27

7.78

3.69

3.27

1.83

1.09

1.15

.431

.430

.352

2.29

Sspt.

287

212

184

327

437

487

437

307

232

189

d!70

d!60

diso

d!40

d!30

d!30

d200

ISO

297

317

232

171

149

137

129

121

117

117

117

117

Runoff in 

inohss

0.21

5.36

2.93

30.88

8.97

3.85

3.77

2.04

1.26

1.28

.50

.50

.39

31.06

Peak discharge (base. 8,000 sec.-ft.) . Nov. 20 (5:30 p.m.) 20,400 sec.-ft.; Nov. 29 (11:30 p.m.) 

14,200 sec.-ftT; Jan. 4 (11 p.m.) 24,600 sec.-ft.: Jan. 8 (a.m.) ll,300 sec.-ft.; Mar. 28 (12:30 

p.m.) 15,400 sec.-ft.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Bigbee.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 467

East Fork Tombigbee River at Bigbee, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°00'40", long. 88°30'50", in SW^NE^ sec. 25, T. 

12 S., R. 7 E. Chickasaw meridian, at bridge on State Highway 6, 0.2 mile upstream 

from St. Louis-San Francisco Railway bridge, 0.5 miles southeast of Bigbee, 2 miles 

northwest of Amory, 3.7 miles upstream from confluence with West Fork, 85- miles downstream from Boguefala Creek, and 165- miles downstream from Bull Mountain Creek. Datum 

of gage is 190.00 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior of Sept. 9, 1949, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area. 1,194 square miles (authority, Corps of Engineers).

Records available. March 1945 to September 1946, October 1947 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge observed during year, 43,900 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage height, 

5f3.eo feet); minimum not determined.

1945-46, 1948-49: Maximum discharge, 52,800 second-feet Feb. 15, 1948 (gage height, 

24.92 feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 64 second-feet Sept. 4, 

1948 .

Remarks. Records fair. Gage read twice daily prior to Sept. 9.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; occasional discharge measurements made and records of discharge computed by Geological Survey.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 6 Jan. 7 to Sept. 3O

2.9 177 7.9 2,960 19.2 21,9OO 3.O 201 7.5 2,61O 17.

3.2 264 11.9 6,480 21.4 31,40O 3.4

3.7 431 13.8 8,660 23.0 ~30,100 4.2

4.7 845 15.4 11,3OO 5.5

5.9 1,520 17.3 15,900

329 10.0 4,500 19.

682 14.2 8,030 21.

1,350 16.6 10,400

8 13, 100

3 18,800

6 30, 800

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

468

377

295

234

205

191

191

191

a!90

al9o

a!80

a!80

al80

al7o

172

a!70

a!8o

alSO

a200

234

264

234

219

a2oo

191

191

191

191

191

191

191

Nov.

249

343

431

360

413

735

1,370

1,030

672

651

672

651

589

527

487

672

1,680

1,740

4,210

6,580

8,380

11,900

13,300

10,200

6,580

5,190

6,190

7,410

10,700

13,300

-

Dec.

16,700

15,300

11,700

7,300

5,460

5,370

4,650

4,210

3,870

3,360

3,040

2,730

2,430

2,140

1,920

1,710

2,510

2,880

3,040

2,810

2,510

2,280

2,210

1,850

a2,OOO

2,060

2,060

1,850

2,060

2,660

2,660

Jan.

32,500

2,360

5,280

15,600

30,4OO

40,100

3O,8OO

18,800

10,000

8,570

6,100

4,820

3,860

3,380

2,960

2,680

2,750

3,030

3,240

4,420

4,740

8,480

11,800

13,400

12,800

9,700

7,670

6,340

4,980

4,660

4,260

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

4,100

3,940

3,940

6,500

6,860

6,420

6,860

6,590

5,380

4,980

4,260

3,860

3,380

3,100

2,960

3,620

3,100

3,460

4,100

5,060

4,420

4,660

5,860

5,220

4,020

3,700

3,310

2,960

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

6,63

117,21

127,33

936,20

290,48

126,62

117,01

84,14(

48,02

34,51

21,78

16,05

13,90

1,003,71

Mar.

2,750

2,470

2,190

1,950

1,710

1,650

1,590

1,530

1,410

1,950

2,010

1,950

1,770

1,650

1,530

1,410

1,300

1,300

1,530

1,770

2,260

2,260

2,750

2,750

3,100

6,180

7,490

1O, 60O

14, 700

17,900

11,600

Apr.

9,600

6,9

5,5

4,5

50

40

00

3,860

3,460

3,1

2,7

2,4

oo

50

70

2,130

1,830

1,9

2,3

2,4

50

30

oo

2,470

2,400

2,2

2,2

2,1

6O

60

90

1,950

1,530

1,3

1,4

1,4

50

10

70

1,350

1,300

1.0

2,5

2,8

2,8

Maximum

J 468

J 13,300

) 16,700

3 48,700

) 40,100

) 6,86O

3 17,900

D 9,600

I 4, 500

3 2,260

3 1,530

3 1,300

L 1,080

1 40,100

80

40

90

20

May

2,820

4,500

3,940

a3,30O

3,100

2,820

2,610

2,400

2,070

2,130

2,070

1,950

1,530

1,240

1,030

924

825

777

729

682

589

589

498

498

589

729

729

543

543

635

635

Minimum

170

249

1,710

64

2,360

2,960

1,300

1,080

498

349

390

274

214

170

June

682

635

543

476

454

411

390

349

349

349

390

543

589

874

1,190

1,470

2,070

1,890

1,300

1,650

1,890

2,010

2,010

2,260

2,260

2,260

1,830

1,410

1,300

682

-

Mean

214

3,907

4,107

2,558

9,370

4,522

3,775

2,805

1,549

1,151

703

518

463

2,75O

July

682

589

682

589

566

476

411

520

682

390

432

777

1,080

1,190

1,530

1,350

975

777

729

635

543

454

432

411

498

924

825

539

777

682

589

Aug.

589

4

5

3

2

54

69

29

91

274

2

2

3

74

91

29

329

274

2

3

5

74

29

66

729

566

5

5

4

20

20

98

589

975

1,3

7

5

OO

29

20

520

589

6

5

3

5

20

90

66

874

Per square 

mile

0.179

3.27

3.44

2.14

7.85

3.79

3.16

2.35

1.30

.964

.589

.434

.388

2.30

Sept.

589

520

411

411

777

975

1,080

1,030

729

543

454

390

329

310

291

291

329

411

543

520

543

454

329

274

257

242

227

214

214

214

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.21

3.65

3.97

29.78

9.05

3.94

3.64

2.62

1.50

1.08

.68

.50

.43

31.27

a Doubtful or no gage-height re 

Pulton.

ord; discharge computed on basis of records for station near
468 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Tombigbee River near Amory, Miss.

Location Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°59'10", long. 88°33'05'', in NE^ sec- 3, T. 13

 S7TR\ 7 E. Chickasaw meridian, at bridge on State Highway 41, 0.3 mile downstream from 

confluence of East and West Forks of Tombigbee River and 3^ miles west of Amory. Datum 

of gage is 178.34 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to Oct. 17, 1948, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area. 1,941 square miles (authority, Corps of Engineers).

Records available. December 1937 to September 1949.

'Average discharge. 11 years (1938-49), 2,928 second-feet.

Extremes. 'Maximum discharge during year, 73,300 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage height, 31.44

 FeeTT; minimum observed, 173 second-feet Oct. 17 (gage height, 1.88 feet)

1938-49- Maximum discharge observed, 89,100 second-feet Feb. 14, 1948 (gage height, 

32 55 feet); minimum observed, 48 second-feet Sept. 1, 1943 (gage height, 0.77 foot). 

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, 

' wETch are fair. Staff gage read twice daily prior to Oct. 17. 

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; occasional discharge measurements

 made ana records of discharge computed by Geological Survey.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

ana discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 4)

2.2 171 9.2 3,630 23.0 22,200 

2.7 282 15.4 7,850 25.2 31,700 

3.2 436 17.5 9,860 28.1 47,300 

4.0 764 20.1 13,700 30.3 62,400 

6.0 1,730 21.0 15,700 31.1 70,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

3450 

a350 

a300 

a270 

3E50

236 

227 

214 

206 

202

197 

193 

189 

191 

193

al90 

177 

181 

219 

3250

a280 

a 280 

a 240 

225 

221

219 

219 

225 

232 

236 

3270

Nov.

a330 

3420 

3550 

506 

3650

31,000 

1,130 

1,180 

al,100 

3900

3750 

3630 

3560 

a510 

472

31,500 

35,500 

2,880 

9,080 

19,000

26,200 

19,600 

17,200 

13,800 

10,600

8,600 

13,000 

16,900 

25,000

27,400

Dec.

22,600 

20,200 

16,000 

12,400 

8,780

9,740 

7,770 

6,150 

5,060 

4,150

3,690 

3,370 

3,060 

2,820 

2,520

5,480 

7,200 

4,800 

4,340 

3,690

3,240 

3,000 

2,760 

2,400 

4,340

3,430 

2,760 

2,460 

4,460 

6,220 

3,820

Jan.

3,180 

3,180 

11,600 

37,700 

61,600

70,000 

53,400 

37,200 

23,800 

15,100

10, 900

8,170 

6,360 

4,930 

4,020

3,500 

5,730 

6,710 

10,400 

10,200

8,680 

21,000 

33,700 

29,200 

23,800

18,100 

14,200 

11,600 

8,880 

7,130 

6,290

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Ma,

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

ber... .......................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary .....

h.. ..........................

1.. ..........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

5,800 

5,590 

6,990 

13,000 

17,800

11,900 

9,860 

9,290 

7,930 

8,780

7,270 

5,730 

4,860 

4,280 

4,210

7,620 

6,220 

4,930 

7,480 

11,800

9,060 

7,060 

7,480 

7,130 

6,150

5,060 

4,540 

4,080

Secondfoot-days

7,332 

226,948

192, 71C

1,480,342

570, 26C 

211, 90C 

226, 25C 

138, 07C 

74,792 

50,948 

29,717 

24,115 

19,818

1,772,861

Peak discharge (base, 15,000 sec. -ft.). Mo

sec. -ft. j Jan. 6 (3:30 a.m.) 73,300 sec. -ft.; 

18,400 sec. -ft. j Mar. 28 (7 p.m.) 35,200 sec. 

a Doubtful or no gage-height record; dlscha 

Aberdeen.

Mar.

3,560 

3,180 

2,880 

2,520 

2,280

2,280 

2,220 

2,000 

2,400 

4,470

3,000 

2,580 

2,340 

2,170 

1,950

1,780 

1,630 

1,950 

2,170 

2,110

2,000 

6,080 

5,380 

3,760 

8,360

15,400 

18,400 

32,100 

31,700 

26,600 

27,000

Apr.

20,200 

12j8Qfi_ 

9,400 

7,620 

6,010

4,860 

4,O20 

3,500 

3,120 

2,760

2,460 

3,890 

6,850 

4,600 

3,430

3,060 

2,880 

2,820 

2,640 

2,400

1,950 

1,890 

2,000 

1,890 

1,680

1,480 

1,840 

6,290 

5,450 

4,280

Maximum

450 

27,400 

22,600

86,300

70,000 

17,800 

32,100 

20,200 

10,200 

5,520 

2,280 

3,030 

2,400

70,000

v. 21 (6 a.m 

Jan. 23 (1 

-ft. 

rge computed

May

5,000 

10,200 

7,640 

5,590 

4,340

3,630 

3,240 

3,000 

3,120 

4,280

3,240 

2,520 

2,060 

1,630 

1,380

1,230 

1,110 

992 

923

854

809 

742 

698 

698 

831

900 

900 

809 

742 

831 

854

Minimum

177 

330 

2,400

139

3,180 

4,080 

1,630 

1,480 

698 

454 

454 

329 

260

177

June

831 

1,010 

742 

633

570

510 

491 

454 

465 

550

550 

698 

900 

1,060 

3,100

2,940 

2,400 

2,170 

3,520 

5,520

3,430 

2,700 

2,400 

2,580 

2,640

2,580 

2,110 

1,480 

1,060 

854

Mean

237

7,565 

6,216

4,045

18,400 

7,568 

7,298 

4,602 

2,413 

1,698 

959 

778 

661

4,857

July

923 

1,010 

887 

742 

676

550 

720 

1,180 

786 

510

698 

1,380 

2,280 

1,430 

1,730

1,530 

1,330 

1,090 

887 

764

633 

510 

454 

570 

1,330

1,090 

923 

676 

900 

764 

764

Aug.

676 

491 

402 

347 

499

347 

416 

491 

395 

382

335 

329 

3,030 

1,580 

1,430

946 

923 

923 

676 

887

1,060 

1,110 

831 

676 

591

698 

786 

570 

454 

654 

1,180

Per square 

mile

0.122 

3.90 

3.20

2.08

9.48 

3.90 

3.76 

2.37 

1.24 

.875 

.494 

.401 

.341

2.50

Sept.

831 

591 

472 

1,210 

1,440

2,400 

1,430 

1,250 

854 

633

510 

436 

386 

354 

329

395 

436 

510 

1,280 

698

612 

483 

369 

312 

282

267 

264 

262 

262 

260

Runoff in 

inches

0.14 

4.35 

3.69

28.36

10.93 

4.06 

4.34 

2.65 

1.43 

.98 

.57 

.46 

.38

33.98

.) 27,400 sec. -ft.; Nov. 30 (8 a.m. 28,200 

p.m.) 34,700 sec. -ft.; Feb. 5 (9 a.m.)

on basis of records for station at
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 469

Tombigbee River at Aberdeen, Miss.

Location. --Water-stage recorder, lat. 33M9I14", long. 88°31i07", in Ni sec. 27, T. 14 S., 

K. 19 W. Huntsville meridian, at bridge on U. S. Highway 45, 1.3 miles downstream from 

St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Bridge, 1.5 miles east of Aberdeen, 2 miles downstream 

from Mattubby Creek, 6 miles downstream from Halfway Creek, and 13^ miles upstream from 

McKinley Creek. Datum of gage is 154.71 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (Corps 

of Engineers bench mark). Auxiliary water-stage recorder 20 miles upstream, at datum 

23.63 feet higher. For period Oct. 1-16, 1948, auxiliary wire-weight gage at same site 

and datum as auxiliary recording gage. Prior to Oct. 1, 1948, auxiliary gage was staff 

gage at site 4.4 miles downstream from main gage at datum 1.80 feet lower.

Drainage area. 2,210 square miles.

Records available . August 1928 to September 1949. Gage-height records collected at site 

i.a miles upstream since 1909 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 21 years, 3,012 second-feet.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 78,600 second-feet Jan. 6; maximum gage height, 

41.42 feet Jan. 6; minimum discharge, 220 second-feet Oct. 18 (gage height, 2.10 feet).

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 97,000 second- feet Feb. 15, n 948 (gage height, 42.04 

feet); minimum, 58 second-feet Sept. 1, 2, 1943 (^-ige height, 1.01 feet). 

Maximum stage known, 44.8 feet, former site, pi-esent datum, Apr. 20, 1892.

Remarks .--Records good. 

a factor.

Discharge above about 1,700 second-feet computed by using fall as

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

QO fcO

29

30

31

Oct.

555

472

374

332

286

263

256

256

248

234

227

227

227

227

227

227

227

220

241

270

308

308

286

270

263

256

256

256

256

256

256

Nov.

270

365

430

45O

420

982

1,390

1,240

1,010

842

926

786

758

660

594

702

4,540

4,240

6,960

11,800

16,000

18,000

17,500

16,100

14,100

12,200

13,800

16,000

20,200

22,600

-

Dec.

22,600

21,200

18,600

16,OOO

12,800

12,800

11,100

9,070

7,450

5,970

4,390

3,540

3,210

2,930

2,640

4,280

7,310

6,420

5,300

4,420

3,610

3,220

2,980

2,660

4,160

4,510

3,310

2,810

4,060

S.520

5,200

Month

Jan.

3,840

3,370

10,200

24.OOO

53 , 600

74,900

67,700

47,500

32,300

21,300

15,400

12,300

10,OOO

8,010

6,530

5,070

5,400

7,160

9,520

10,600

10 , 600

17,200

23,900

28,900

26 , 100

21,000

17 , 600

15,200

12,700

10,700

9,130

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February ............ ....... ....

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948 49 ............

Feb.

8,06O

7,OOO

7,610

11,300

15,200

14,400

13,300

12,100

10,7OO

10,900

10,200

8,100

6,950

5,520

4,710

7,640

7,650

6,560

7,220

10,000

10,400

9,000

8,650

8,110

7,340

6,300

5,220

4,500

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

8,56

205,86

225,07

1,645,57

621,73

244,64

214,74

166,09

84,54

54 52

32*95

25 77

23^70

1,908,00

Mar.

3,85O

3,400

3,090

2,760

2,500

2,500

2,680

2,260

2,500

5,330

3,970

3,030

2,680

2,500

2,260

2,080

1,900

1,980

2,470

2,310

2,200

5,600

6,630

5,120

6,740

11,800

15,600

21,600

27,000

27,700

28,700

Apr.

24,400

17,500

13,700

11,500

9,290

7,630

6,390

4,800

3,510

2,960

2,610

3,180

5,800

5,740

4,140

3,260

2,940

2,830

2,720

2,550

2,140

1,940

2,100

2,000

1,840

1,630

1,540

4,220

6,020

5,210

Maximum

7 555

5 22,600

0 22,600

4 93,700

0 74,900

0 15 , 200

0 28,700

0 24,400

8 9,540

4 4,920

8 2,240

0 2,350

0 3,110

2 74,900

May

4,820

9,100

9,540

7,950

6,490

4,990

3,740

3,220

3,180

3,800

3,850

2,850

2,320

1,900

1,600

1,360

1,210

1,090

1,010

954

898

814

786

730

786

898

954

870

842

926

1,070

Minimum

220

270

2,640

158

3,370

4,500

1 900

1^540

730

494

542

374

265

220

June

954

982

926

702

620

568

518

494

506

814

702

898

1,180

1,040

2,250

3,460

2,660

2,380

2,450

4,920

4,790

3,240

2,600

2,500

2,600

2,620

2,470

2,020

1,390

1,070

Mean

27

6,86

7,26

4,49

20,06

8, 73

6,92

5,53

"? C. t 7?1C.

1,81

1,06

83

79

5,22

Peak discharge (base, 13,000 sec. -ft.) .--Nov. 22 (9 a.m.) 18,100 sec. -ft.;

July

1,010

898

1,040

870

814

730

620

1,180

982

660

633

982

2,240

1,690

1,810

1,870

1,450

1,540

1,150

926

758

646

555

542

1,150

1,360

1,120

954

982

1,010

786

Aug.

786

620

472

420

430

461

374

530

450

410

401

374

1,630

2,350

1,450

1,090

870

954

926

758

1,480

1,390

1,070

1,070

758

702

814

758

568

506

898

Per square 

mile

S 0.125

2 3.10

3 3.29

S 2.O3

D 9.08

r j gg

7 3il3

6 2.50

7 1.23

 819

5 .481

 576

3 .357

7 2.37

Sept.

1,010

730

581

1,010

1,290

3,110

1,960

1,450

1,120

814

660

555

506

472

444

511

898

506

979

1,070

786

594

472

392

348

324

300

278

aZ65

a265

Runoff in 

inchss

0.14

3.46

3.79

27.69

10.46

4.12

3.61

2.79

1.42

.91

.55

.43

.40

32.08

Nov. 30 (8 p.m.) 23,100

sec.-ft.; Jan. 6 (3 p.m.) 78,600 sec.-ft.; Jan. 24 (12 m.) 29,400 sec.-ft.; Feb. 5 (8 p.m.) 15,600 

sec.-ft.; Mar. 31 (2 p.m.) 29,600 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Amory.

980338 O - 52 - 31
470 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Tombigbee River at Columbus, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°29'21", long. 88°25'57", in NW£ sec. 20, T. 18 

 S., K. 18 W. Huntsville meridian, in Columbus, 1,400 feet upstream from Gulf, Mobile 

& Ohio Railroad bridge, 1,600 feet downstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 45, 2.3 

miles upstream from Luxapalila Creek, and 6.7 miles downstream from Tibbee River. 

Datum of gage is 128.91 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1941. Auxiliary staff gage 3.7 miles upstream at different datum.

Drainage area.--4.490 square miles.

Records available.--January 1900 to December 1912, August 1928 to September 1949. Gage 

neignts during low stages for the period 1900 to 1904 are believed to be in error. 

Gage-height records collected at same site since 1890 are contained in reports of 

U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 32 years (1900-1904, 1905-12, 1928-49), 5,987 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 148,000 second-feet Jan. 7 (gage height, 39.32 

reet); minimum discharge not determined, occurred during period of no gage-height 

record.

1900-1912, 1928-49: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 7, 1949; minimum discharge 

observed, 160 second-feet Oct. 29, 1904; minimum gage height observed, -0.1 foot, 

present datum, Oct. 9-12, 1911.

Maximum stage known, 42.6 feet, present datum, Apr. 8, 1892.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Discharge computed by using fall as determined by twice-daily readings of auxiliary 

gage as a factor.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oot.

1,220 

1,020 

820

775 

655

573 

a520

aSOO 

a470 

a450

a430 

a420 

a410 

403 

a400

a400 

a400 

a400 

a460 

a520

a560 

a560 

-520 

a480 

a450

a430 

418 

418 

415 

426 

430

Nov.

438 

482

604 

726

775

800 

1,580 

1,860 

1,810 

1,440

1,280 

1,310 

1,160 

1,070 

1,000

1,160 

5,410 

8,090 

14,200 

17,200

16,700 

20,200 

22,800 

24,200 

23,800

20,900 

17,300 

25,300 

28,200 

31,200

Dec.

33,600 

33,800 

32,500 

31,200 

29,100

g26,500 

g22,900 

g!8,900 

gl5,600 

g!3,400

g9,330 

g7,160 

5,730 

5,190 

g4,620

35,400 

gll,900 

19,800 

20,100 

18,700

15,200 

11,100 

g6,650 

g5,980 

g8,620

glO,500 

g9,870 

g8,730 

g9,760 

gll,300 

gll.500

Jan.

alO.500 

glO,600 

g!7,400 

g37,800 

g78,2OO

£126,000 

146,000 

133,000 

105,000 

78,200

53,100 

40,100 

30,100 

25,900 

18,900

16,200 

16,000 

g!9,500 

g!9,700 

g20,200

g22,600 

g29,800 

a37,500 

g46,500

g52,900

53,300 

48,800 

40,300 

34,400 

28,400 

g23,200

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........

lendar year 1948 ............

1 ............

ember ........

ter year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge

sec. -ft.; Jan. 7 

sec. -ft.; Apr. 1

Feb.

g!9,000 

g!5,800 

g!7,000 

g22,800 

g25,800

g26,000 

g26,400 

g24,400 

g23,000 

g24,600

g24,200 

g22,500 

g!9,000 

g!5,600 

g!2,600

17,900 

18,000 

19,800 

21,400 

19,600

19,700 

20,000 

19,900 

18,000 

14,700

11,800 

10,800 

9,700

Seoondfoot-days

16,383 

292,995 

474,640

3,135,102

1,420,100 

540,000 

363,110 

387,410 

199,020 

107,700 

66,020 

44,830 

48,660

3,960,868

base, 24,000 sec.-ft . ) . Nc

5 p.m.) 148,000 

12 m.) 46,700 a

sec. -ft . ;

50. -ft.

Mar.

8,330 

7,210 

6,260 

5,380 

4,920

4,850 

5,870 

5,890 

5,940 

8,830

10,100 

9,020 

8,020 

6,290 

5,260

4,550 

4,190 

3,890 

3,960 

4,020

4,530 

10,800 

13,800 

14,300 

15,900

17,000 

21,000 

25,400 

33,100 

39,700 

44,800

Apr.

46,200 

44,500 

41.8OO 

37,800 

31,700

24,200 

17,400 

12,800 

8,030 

4,960

4,210 

4,800 

7,110 

9,710 

9,610

7,650 

6,080 

5,160 

4,710 

4,400

3,980 

3,660 

3,600 

3,700 

3,530

3,240 

3,610 

6,960 

11,000 

11,300

Maximum

1,220 

31,200 

33,800

127,000

146,000 

26,400 

44,800 

46,200 

21,200 

8,500 

3,500 

3,060 

4,900

146,000

>v. 24 (9 p.n 

Tan. 26 (8 a

May

13,200 

18,100 

20,500 

21,200 

20,600

19,000' 

12 , 900 

7,670 

6,050 

5,860

6,440 

5,740 

4,510 

3,640 

2,980

2,540 

2,310 

2,090 

1,900 

1,780

1,680 

,620 

,510 

,450 

,440

,460 

,590 

1,590 

1,570 

2,260 

3,840

Minimum

400 

438 

4,620

304

10,500 

9,700 

3,890 

3,240 

1,440 

1,100 

1,250 

900 

702

400

June

3,620 

2,740 

2,160 

1,960 

1,700

1,450 

1,280 

1,190 

1,100 

1,190

1,370 

2,620 

3,030 

2,840 

3,600

7,250 

6,090 

4,590 

3,480 

4,350

8,500 

7,800 

6,690 

4,930 

4,020

3,920 

4,600 

3,770 

3,220 

2,640

Mean

52E

9,76t 

15.31C

8,56?

45.81C 

19.29C 

11.71C 

12.91C 

6.42C 

3.59C 

2,13C 

l,44f 

1,622

10.85C

July

2,620 

2,530 

2,230 

1,980 

1,670

1,480 

1,340 

1,280 

1,660 

al,500

gl,850 

gl,810 

gl-,820 

g2 , 800 

g2,350

g3,160 

a3,500 

g3,370 

g2,810 

g2,200

gl,780 

gl,460 

gl,250 

al,500 

gl,790

g2,750 

g3,080 

g2,840 

g2,160 

gl,850 

al,600

Aug.

gl,460 

gl,280 

gl,070 

g950 

gl.OOO

gl,100 

al,000 

gl,000 

gl.100 

g950

900 

950 

1,160 

3,060 

2,710

,000 

,640 

,590 

,760 

,440

,480 

,390 

,140 

,720 

,560

,340 

a ,400 

al.SOO 

1,160 

1,000 

1,020

Per square 

mile

0.118 

2.18 

3.41

1.91

10.20 

4.30 

2.61 

2.88 

1.43 

.800 

.474 

.322 

.361

2.42

Sept.

,430 

,400 

,160 

,O2O 

,780

,180 

,900 

,060 

,110 

,46O

,790 

,370 

,160 

1,020 

975

925

1,190 

1,620 

1,470 

1,910

1,620 

1,370 

1,160 

1,000 

875

825 

750 

726 

702 

702

Runoff in 

inches

0.14 

2.43 

3.93

25.98

11.76 

4.47 

3.01 

3.21 

1.65 

.89 

.55 

.37 

.40

32.81

I.) 24,500 sec. -ft.: Dec. 1 (12 p.m.) 34,000 

m.) 54,400 sec. -ft.; Feb. 6 (12 m.) 27,100

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of 

g Computed from graph baaed on gage readlnga

cords for atation at Aberdeen.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 471

TomMgbee River near Cochrane, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°05', long. 88°14', in sec. 7, T. 24 N., R. 2 W., 

at bridge on State Highway 17, 200 feet upstream from Alabama, Tennessee & Northern 

Railroad bridge, l£ miles northeast of Cochrane, 2£ miles downstream from Boguechitto 

Creek, and 7 miles southwest of Aliceville. Datum of gage is 89.85 feet above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1946. Auxiliary staff gage at 

Vienna Ferry, 12 miles downstream, at datum 7.5 feet lower.

Drainage area. 5,990 square miles.

Records available. January 1939 to September 1949. Gage-height records collected at 

same site November 1909 to September 1924 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather 

Bureau.

Average discharge. 10 years, 7,984 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 163,000 second-feet Jan. 9; maximum gage height, 

4b.9 feet Jan. 9; minimum discharge, 657 second-feet Oct. 19, 20 (gage height, 3.50 

feet).

1939-49: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 9, 1949; minimum, 271 second-feet Aug: 29, 

30, 1943 (gage height, 2.64 feet).

. Maximum stage known, 50.2 feet in April 1892, present datum, from reports of U. S. 

Weather Bureau.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of doubtful fall, which are fair. Discnarge computed by using fall as determined by twice-daily readings of auxiliary staff 

gage as a factor.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; records of discharge computed by 

Geological Survey.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Da,

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,460

1,600

1,390

1.16O

1,020

902

846

792

764

737

764

710

710

699

699

710

710

699

668

668

673

710

764

792

792

764

764

737

737

737

737

Nov.

737

764

792

92O

1,040

1,160

1,220

2,250

2,410

2,410

1,930

1,770

1,770

1,630

1,490

1,600

3,500

8.O30

17,700

23,100

25,000

24,800

24,100

25,100

26,300

26,100

25 , 900

32,200

36,800

40,300

-

Dec.

41,100

41,700

42,600

42,600

42,300

42,OOO

40,800

36,000

33,OOO

29,100

d25,000

18,000

9,660

d7,200

d6,400

10,600

25,200

26,300

26,700

25,300

23,200

19,000

d!4,OOO

dlO,000

d9,000

d!3,000

d!5 , 000

d!3,000

d!4,000

die, ooo

d!7,000

Jan.

die, ooo

d!4,OOO

d!3,000

22,200

36,400

51,400

73,800

122,000

160,000

143,000

113,000

89,600

75,900

63,600

50,500

39,900

35,000

31,100

30,100

30,100

30,000

33,900

38,300

42,000

45,100

46,800

46,500

46,600

46,200

45,200

43,500

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

39,200

35 , 000

29,200

29,700

30,500

30,800

31,000

31,000

31,800

33,600

33,600

31,400

28,500

26,500

23,700

24,600

26,000

26,400

26,000

26,400

26,900

26,400

24,70O

23,200

20,300

17,000

16, OOO

16,000

_

-

-

 Secondfoot-days

25,915

362,823

734,760

4,155,722

1,674,70C

765,400

437,190

535,540

287 » 14C

142,070

88,960

64,220

70,950

5,189,668

Mar

13,700

11,300

9,580

8,540

7,840

7,300

7,810

8,640

8,240

9,980

13,600

12,900

11,600

10,200

8,670

7,520

6,860

6,170

5,880

6,110

6,350

14,200

d20,000

20,900

20,100

20,800

21,200

26,500

30,500

34,200

40,000

Apr.

43,700

44,400

44,200

43,800

43 , 800

42,600

39,900

33,500

24,900

16,300

11,400

7,190

7,280

10,300

12,000

11,400

8,720

7,220

6,530

6,050

5,760

5,430

5,110

5,320

5,110

4,780

4,570

7,470

12,200

14,600

-

Maximum

1,600

40,300

42,600

105,000

160,000

39,200

40,000

44,400

27,700

8,970

4,220

3,910

6,730

160,000

May

16,500

24,200

26,900

27,700

26,900

25,500

24,300

18,800

11,500

7,360

7,680

8,370

6,760

5,640

4,890

4,050

3,560

3,270

3,000

2,760

2,590

2,420

2,360

2,330

2,200

2,130

2,170

2,330

2,330

2,530

4,110

Minimum

668

737

6,400

569

13,000

16,000

5,880

4,570

2,130

1,690

1,850

1,280

1,000

668

June

5,320

4,660

3,730

3,150

2,680

2,360

2,030

1,890

1,770

1,690

1,850

2,330

4,220

4,550

4,550

6,240

8,970

7,660

6,000

4,570

6,000

8,970

8,350

7,160

5,810

5,160

5,210

5,760

5,100

4,330

Mean

836

12,090

23,700

11,350

54,020

27,340

14,100

17,850

9,263

4,736

2,870

2,072

2,365

14,220

July

3,500

3,610

3,510

3,120

2,760

2,330

2,090

1,890

1,890

2,170

2,010

1,890

2,010

2,850

3,710

3,500

4,220

4,220

4,110

3,510

2,940

2,410

2,090

1,850

1,850

2,760

3,610

3,710

3,410

2,760

2,670

Aug.

2,330

2,010

1,810

1,570

1,390

1,530

1,690

1,530

1,500

1,500

1,360

1,280

1,530

1,830

3,910

3,510

2,760

2,250

2,250

2,410

2,130

2,280

3,210

2,850

2,490

2,250

2,010

2,010

1,890

1,650

1,500

Per square 

mile

0.140

2.02

3.96

1.89

9.02

4.56

2.35

2.98

1.55

.791

.479

.346

.395

2.37

Sept.

1,570

1,970

1,850

1,580

3,310

4,030

6,480

6,730

5,000

4,010

3,120

2,280

1,930

1,690

1,500

1,390

1,390

1,850

2,170

2,090

2,490

2,170

1,810

1,570

1,390

1,250

1,180

1,110

1,040

1,000

Runoff in 

inches

0.16

2.25

4/56"

25.79

10.40

4.75

2.71

3.32

1.78

.88

.55

.40

.44

32.20

Peak discharge (base. 20.000 sec.-ft.) . Dec. 3, 4, 42,600 sec.-ft.; Dec. 19 (6 p.m.) 27,200 sec.- 

ft.; Jan. 9 (11:30 a.m.) 163,000 sec.-ft.; Apr. 2 (12 m.) 45,000 sec.-ft.; May 4 (5 a.m.) 27,100 

sec.-ft.

d Doubtful fall; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Columbus, Mlaa., and at 

Oalnesvllle, Ala.
472 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Tombigbee River at Gainesville, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°49', long. 88°09', in SE^- sec. 2, T. 21 N., R. 2 

W., at bridge on State Highway 39 at Gainesville, Smiles downstream from Noxubee 

River. Datum of gage is 63.29 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary 

adjustment of 1946. Auxiliary gage is water-stage recorder at Epes, 19 miles downstream at datum 10.08 feet lower.

Drainage area.--8,700 square miles.

Records available. October 1938 to September 1949. Gage-height records collected at same 

site since January 1937 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 11 years, 11,430 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 168,000 second-feet Jan. 11; maximum gage 

height, 53.9 feet Jan. 11; minimum daily, 790 second-feet Oct. 20, 21.

1938-49: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 11, 1949; minimum, 389 second-feet Aug. 

31, 1943 (gage height, 0.81 foot).

Remarks.--Records good. Discharge at times computed by using fall as determined-by auxiliary gage as a factor.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; records of discharge computed by 

Geological Survey.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,560 

2,120 

2,080 

1,830 

1,560

1,340 

1,150 

1,040 

970 

940

970 

940 

910 

880 

910

910 

880 

850 

820 

790

790 

820 

880 

910 

940

910 

910 

880 

880 

880 

880

Nov.

880 

910 

940 

970 

1,260

1,680 

1,680 

2,160 

2,970 

3,240

2,970 

2,630 

2,550 

2,460 

2,210

2,210 

3,990 

8,880 

17,300 

27,000

30,600 

31,700 

32,000 

31,700 

31,900

32,300 

37,600 

43,200 

53,800 

58,900

Dec.

60,200 

6O,80O 

60,400 

60,800 

61 , 3OO

61,300 

60,400 

56,500 

51,600 

45,400

38,200 

32,300 

22,800 

16,100 

11,200

12,400 

27,400 

33,200 

36,800 

37,800

37 , 50O 

34,100 

29,500 

24,700 

21,800

22,100 

22,800 

20,900 

21,300 

25,700 

25,600

Jan.

23,200 

21,100 

18,600 

21,200 

32,800

42 , 000 

48 , 300 

61,900 

102,000 

158,000

162,000 

147,000 

124,000 

107,000 

90,600

75,900 

67,400 

63,100 

59,700 

55,300

51,200 

52,600 

54,100 

56,800 

57,100

58 , 600 

60,800 

63,100 

65,300 

65,800 

66,400

Month

Ooto 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

ber. ........................

mber .........................

mber .......................

lendar year 1948 

ary .

uary ......................

h. ..........................

1... ........................

st ..........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

64,200 

58,600 

52 , 300 

48,800 

47,500

45,200 

44,200 

41,700 

41,800 

44,600

45,700 

45,600 

44,400 

42,000 

39,300

39,800 

43 , 000 

42,600 

42,000 

41,800

40,70O 

39,300 

37,800 

35,800 

34,200

30,900 

g27,000 

g27,000

Secondfoot-days

33,13C 

472, 59C 

1,132,90C

5,826,794

2,132,90C 

1,187,80C 

642,280 

785, 15C 

482, 20C 

213, 35C 

127,960 

83,770 

105,580

7,399,610

Peak discharge (base, 35,000 sec. -ft . ) . --De

Jan. 11 (2 a.m.) 168,000 sec. -ft.; Jan. 31 (E 

May 4 (9 p.m.) 4O,600 sec. -ft. 

g Computed from graph based on gage reading

Mar.

g25,100 

g2 1,400 

g!7,800 

g!5,400 

g!3,100

g!2,100 

g!2,600 

g!3,600 

g!4,400 

g!7,200

18 , 900 

18,900 

16,900 

15,100 

13,000

11,400 

10,100 

9,360 

8,860 

8,860

9,100 

18,900 

28,100 

29,400 

29,400

30,500 

33,200 

38,200 

40,100 

41,800 

49 , 500

Apr.

55,300 

57,100 

56,800 

58,200 

59,000

58,600 

57,500 

52,100 

46,200 

39,300

30,400 

21,500 

14,800 

13,300 

14,900

15,300 

13,300 

10,900 

9,750 

8,740

7,540 

7,540 

7,180 

6,940 

6,940

6,580 

6,340 

10,000 

15,000 

18,100

Maximum

2,120 

58,900 

61,300

114,000

162,000 

64,200 

49,500 

59,000 

40,600 

12,100 

10,100 

4,460 

9,490

162,000

May

24,400 

35,900 

39,600 

40,600 

40,500

40,100 

39,400 

37,800 

33,600 

25,600

17,100 

13,000 

11,500 

9,490 

7,780

6,580 

5,740 

5,060 

4,560 

4,160

3,870 

3,600 

3,420 

3,330 

3,240

3,150 

3,060 

3,240 

3,240 

3,960 

5,620

Minimum

790 

880 

11,200

740

18 , 600 

27,000 

8,860 

6,340 

3,060 

2,970 

2,380 

1,750 

1,410

790

June

6,7OO 

6,340 

5,390 

4,560 

4,160

3,600 

3,150 

3,060 

3,060 

2,970

8,140 

7,780 

8,500 

9,490 

8,620

10, MO 

12,100 

11,200 

9,^30 

7,180

6,460 

9,360 

10,500 

9,620 

8,140

6,940 

6,700 

6,940 

6,700 

5,860

Mean

1,065 

15.75C

36.55C

15.92C

68,800 

42,420 

20,720 

26,170 

15,550 

7,112 

4,128 

2,702 

3,519

20,270

July

5,170 

4,660 

4,560 

4,160 

3,780

3,330 

2,970 

2,630 

2,380 

2,550

2,630 

2,630 

3,060 

3,060 

4,560

9,360 

10,100 

6,700 

5,390 

4,760

4,160 

3,600 

3,150 

2,800 

2,630

2,800 

3,780 

4,660 

4,460 

4,060 

3,420

Aug.

3,330 

2,890 

2,550 

2,290 

2,000

1,910 

2,120 

2,290 

1,950 

1,950

1,830 

1,750 

1,830 

2,120 

3,330

4,460 

3,780 

3,150 

2,890 

3,150

3,060 

3,420 

3,870 

3,870 

3,240

2,970 

2,630 

2,550 

2,380 

2,210 

2,000

Per square 

mile

0.123 

1.81 

4.20

1.83

7.91 

4.88 

2.38 

3.01 

1.79 

.817 

.474 

.311 

.404

2.33

Sspt.

1,950 

2,210 

2,460 

2,210 

6,780

8,660 

8,330 

9,490 

7,900 

5,980

4,660 

3,780 

3,150 

2,890 

2,630

2,380 

2,120 

2,120 

2,630 

2,630

2,800 

2,970 

2,550 

2,290 

2,000

1,790 

1,680 

1,640 

1,490 

1,410

Runoff in 

inches

0.14 

2.02 

4.84

24.90

9.12 

5.08 

2.75 

3.36 

2.06 

.91 

.55 

.36 

.45

31.64

c. 6, 61,300 sec. -ft.; Dec. 20 (5 p.m.) 37,900 sec. -ft.; 

) a.m.) 67,000 sec. -ft.; Apr. 5 (4 p.m.) 59,500 sec. -ft.;

;s.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 473

Tombigbee River near Coatopa, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°26', long. 88°02', in sec. 19, T. 17 N., R. 1 

E., at Moscow Memorial Bridge on U. S. Highway 80, 2 miles upstream from Sucarnoochee 

River and 5 miles southeast of Coatopa. Navigation dam at lock 3, 10 miles downstream, 

is control at low stages. Datum of gage ifa 29.30 feet above mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (Corps of Engineers bench mark). Auxiliary gage is staff gage at upper lock 3 at 

different datum.

Drainage area.--15,500 square miles.

Records available. August 1928 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 21 years, 22,380 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 199,000 second-feet Jan. 14 (gage height, 51.1 

feet); minimum daily, 1,510 second-feet Oct. 18.

1928-49: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 14, 1949; minimum daily, 382 second-feet 

Oct. 1, 1931; minimum gage height, 1.64 feet (result of unusual lock manipulation) 

Sept. 10, 1943 (discharge not determined).

Remarks. Records good except those below 8,000 second-feet, which are fair. Discharge 

above about 11,000 second-feet computed by using relationship between gage heights at 

recorder and auxiliary gage as a factor. Auxiliary gage read twice daily.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; records of discharge computed by 

Geological Survey.

Revisions (water years). W 782: 1934. W 952r 1941.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

IS

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,700

2,900

3,110

2,900

2,700

2,480

2,260

2,040

1,960

1,880

1,860

1,790

1,940

1,860

1,770

1,610

1,540

1,510

1,570

1,570

1,550

1,620

1,660

1,690

1,730

1,750

1,610

1,590

1,560

1,570

1,610

Nov.

1,640

1,660

1,930

2,300

2,700

3,000

4,070

6,450

6,680

5,760

6,220

5,990

5,300

5,070

4,620

4,180

5,070

11,100

17,800

35,800

48,600

57,700

61,100

61,800

58,500

53,400

59,100

70,200

80,600

C86.200

Dec.

c89,700

C93.900

0100,000

0109,000

124,000

128,000

129,000

125,000

120,000

114,000

105,000

93,900

79,200

62,300

43,800

34,200

36,800

49,000

59,500

64,700

66,300

64,300

59,600

50,400

43,400

40,500

44,300

45,800

44,400

46,000

48,500

Jan.

49,400

48,400

43,400

39,600

56,500

71,900

81,500

89,400

96,400

110,000

135,000

165,000

187,000

196,000

193,000

181,000

164,000

147,000

133,000

124,000

117,000

112,000

110,000

106,000

104,000

103,000

103,000

102,000

102,000

98,800

96,600

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February ........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

94,400

93,200

91,800

89,300

88,500

87,700

88,900

88,500

86,600

87,000

85,700

86,200

85,400

85,000

82,500

82,700

84,100

87,000

92,000

94,400

95,000

95 , 600

94,000

92 , 600

88,900

84,200

77,300

71,000

_

_

-

Secondfoot-clays

59,890

774,540

2,314,500

11,121,170

3,465,900

2,459,500

1,251,400

1,556,100

920,000

409,610

303,030

157,640

265,300

13,937,410

Mar.

64,200

57,500

49,700

39,600

31,900

28,800

26,400

27,400

27,100

30,700

37,000

37,200

36,700

30,700

28,000

24,800

21,600

19,200

18 ,400

18,100

17,700

30,800

43,200

49,900

51,200

50,800

-55,300

63,800

70,700

76,000

87,000

Apr.

97,600

C96.900

c98,700

2101,000

108,000

108,000

106,000

103,000

96,200

87,300

7-8,200

66,500

52,500

39,200

31,600

31,800

27,700

23,000

18,700

17,000

15,100

14,300

13,700

13,000

13,700

13,000

12,500

15,600

24,000

32,300

Maximum

3,110

86,200

129,000

156,000

196,000

95 , 600

87,000

108,000

77,200

26,200

26,200

8,300

31,000

196,000

Hay

41,900

58,100

66,600

070,500

c76,900

c77,200

c76,700

75,000

65,800

53,900

38 , 300

29,200

26,200

19,100

14,700

12,800

11,100

10,100

9,300

8,300

7,600

6,910

6,450

6,450

6,680

6,680

6,220

5,990

6,450

9,040

9,830

Minimum

1,510

1,640

34,200

1,300

39,600

71,000

17,700

12 , 500

5,990

5,990

5,180

3,640

2,700

1,510

June

11,500

12,400

c 10, 300

9,300

7,830

7,140

6,450

5,990

7,370

7,830

10,400

14,200

c!4,100

c!4,800

c!4,200

C14.400

c20,600

c26,200

021,200

C14.500

clO.400

ell, 400

19,200

25,100

22,000

16,200

13,800

13,200

14,300

13,300

-

Mean

1,932

25,820

74,660

30,390

111,800

87,840

40,370

51,870

29,680

13,650

9,775

5,085

8,843

38,180

July

13,000

11,900

10,400

9,040

7,830

6,680

5,990

5,990

5,990

5,530

5,180

6-, 680

7,370

8,060

11,100

14,400

25,000

26,200

021,100

=15,500

=12,200

=10,100

07,080

c6,560

6,450

6,220

6,450

7,370

c6,640

c5,840

05,180

Aug.

5,300

5,070

4,730

4,400

4,510

4,290

3,960

4,180

4,290

3,740

3,640

3,640

3,740

3,850

4,290

5,530

6,910

c6,020

c5,710

6,450

7,370

8,300

c6,990

6,450

5,760

5,300

4,840

4,620

4,960

4,620

4,180

Per square 

mile

0.125

1.67

4.82

1.96

7.21

5.67

2.60

3.35

1.91

.881

.631

.328

.571

2.46

Sept.

4,070

3,850

4,070

4,290

14,000

31,000

29,500

29,900

27,000

c!7,400

ell, 100

c6,860

c5,960

6,080

5,180

4,840

4,510

4,400

4,400

5,420

5,990

6,220

5,530

4,620

3,960

3,530

3,220

2,900

2,800

2,700

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.14

1.86

5.55

26.68

8.32

5.90

3.00

3.73

2.21

.98

.73

.38

.64

33.44

Peak discharge (base, 80,000 sec.-ft.). Dec. 7 (l p.n 

199,000 sec.-ft.; Apr. 5 (9 p.m.) 108,000 sec.-ft. 

c Backwater from Sucarnoochee River.

130,000 sec.-ft.; Jan. 14 (10 p.m.)
474 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Tombigbee River near Leroy, Ala.

Location. Staff gage above spillway of navigation dam at lock 1, lat. 31°34', long. 

8'8'OSii , in sec. 13A T. 7 N., R. 1 W., 4 miles upstream from Jackson Creek and 5 miles 

northwest of Leroy. Datum of gage is 7.28 feet below mean sea level, datum of 1929 

(levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 19,100 square miles.

Records available. October 1928 to September 1949.

Average discnarge. 21 years, 27,410 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 173,000 second-feet Jan. 20 (gage height, 43.8 

feet] ; minimum daily, 2,010 second-feet Oct. 20.

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 192,000 second-feet Apr. 19, 1938; maximum gage height, 

46.0 feet Apr. 2, 1929; minimum daily discharge not determined.

Remarks. Records good above 10,000- second-feet and fair below. Discharge between 20,000 

ana 74,000 second -feet computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor. Discharge below 9,500 second-feet determined by using number of gates raised on crest of 

dam as a factor. Some regulation at low flow by locks and dams. Gage read twice 

daily.

Cooperation. Baee data collected by Corps of Engineers; records of discharge computed by 

Geological Survey.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

3,390 

3,640 

3,750 

3,850 

3,820

3,660 

3,370 

3,080 

2,650 

2,420

5,270 

6,060 

4,180 

2,980 

2,620

2,630 

2,630 

2,350 

2,060 

2,010

2,100 

2^100 

2,100 

3,100 

2,100

2,100 

2,100 

2,170 

2,170 

2,170 

2,170

Nov.

2,170 

2,170 

2,260 

2,260 

4,800

4,760 

4,080 

6,780 

9,510 

9,030

7,920 

7,920 

7,080 

6,560 

6,070

5,840 

7,600 

10,400 

17,600 

30,700

38,600 

48,200 

55,400 

59,100 

61,900

67,500 

81,000 

91,300 

95,100 

95,100

Dec.

95,100 

94,200 

94,200 

95,100 

97,000

1.01,000 

104,000 

110,000 

116,000 

122,000

126,000 

126,000 

126,000 

124,000 

119,000

113,000 

105,000 

93,200 

84,300 

79,500

76,700 

75,300 

75, 300 

73,900 

72,600

68,20O 

62,600 

58,5OO 

56,200 

56,400 

55,900

Jan.

55,400 

55,400 

55,400 

54,400 

57,100

64, 100 

69,600 

73,900 

76,700 

80,200

82,700 

86,800 

91,300 

98,000 

110,000

129,000 

149,000 

162,000 

172, OOO 

173,000

169,000 

163,000 

154,000 

147,000 

140,000

134,000 

128,000 

124,000 

121,000 

119,000 

117,000

Month

Octo 

Move 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber.... .....................

niber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary .....

uary

h.... ........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

116,000 

115,000 

114,000

111,000 

111,000

109,000 

109,000 

107,000 

107,000

111,000

113,000 

113,000 

111,000 

109,000 

107,000

107,000 

114,000 

120,000 

126, OOC 

128, OOC

125,000 

122,000 

119,000 

116,000 

114,000

113, OOC 

111, OOC 

110, OOC

Secondfoot-days

89,78( 

848, 71( 

2,856,20(

13,485,94<

3,412,00 

3,188,00( 

1,799,5CK 

2,074,60 

1,199,60 

546,13 

435,38 

237,39 

366,14

17,043,43

Peak discharge (base, 85,OOO sec. -ft.). D

Feb. 20, 128,000 sec. -ft.} Apr. 10-12, 110,0

Mar.

109,000 

105,000

100,000

96,100 

87,600

80,200 

61,800 

49,200 

42,900 

42,400

43,100 

44, 000 

45,500 

46,300 

44, 000

40,100 

36,000 

31,100 

27,700 

25,700

24,800 

50, 600 

54,200 

57,600 

59,40C

60,300 

6O,2OO 

62,300 

65,500 

69,500 

77,400

Apr.

85,100 

90,300 

94,200 

96,100 

98,000

102,000 

105,000 

107,000 

109, OOO

110,000

110,000 

110,000 

108,000 

105,000 

99,100

9O,3OO 

77,400 

60,100 

44, 300 

33,500

28,000 

25,400 

23,900 

21,300 

19,300

17,600 

17,100 

18,200 

29,9OO 

.39,500

Maximum

) 6,060 

3 95,100 

3 126,000

3 156,000

3 173,000 

3 128,000 

3 109,000 

3 110,000 

3 8O, 200 

3 27,800 

3 31,800 

3 11,000 

3 38,100

3 173,000

May

45,900 

55,800 

62,2OO 

67,300 

70,800

73,200 

76,000 

77,400 

80,200 

8O,200

80, 200 

78 , 800 

65,100 

47,600 

36,700

27,800 

23,100 

17,100 

13,800 

12,300

10,800 

9,900 

8,540 

8,280 

8,600

8,600 

8,600 

8,280 

8,600 

11,900 

16,000

Minimum

2,010 

2,170 

55,900

2,010

54, 400 

107,000 

24, 8OO 

17,100 

8,280 

7,580 

6,90O 

5,110 

4,330

2,010

so. 11-13, 126,000 sec 

30 sec. -ft.

June

16,000 

15,400 

15,400 

13,800 

11,800

9,400 

8,390 

7,580 

7,860 

10,100

12,400 

16,000 

27,800 

26,9OO 

25,200

22,100 

20,900 

25,100 

27,500 

27,200

23,800 

17,600 

16, OOO 

21,300 

25,700

24,100 

20,700 

17,600 

16,000 

16,500

Mean

2,89£ 

28.29C 

92,14C

36.85C

110, 10C 

113,90C 

58,05C 

69,15C 

38,70C 

18.20C 

14,04C 

7,33J 

12,20C

46,69C

July

16,000 

15,406 

14,900 

13,300 

11,800

9,90O 

8,180 

7,500 

7,440 

7,440

6,900 

7,480 

9,780 

11,000 

12,100

18,200 

25,300 

31,800 

29,900 

26,500

22,900 

19,9OO 

16,500 

13,300 

11,300

10,400 

9,140 

9,560 

10,800 

11,200 

9,560

Aug.

8,390 

8,390 

7,670 

6,810 

6,080

6,340 

6,340 

6,340 

6,610 

6,340

5,860 

5,240 

5,110 

5,300 

5,300

6,240 

8,380 

9,250 

8,910 

8,910

10,300 

10,600 

11,000 

10,200 

8,640

7,480 

6,540 

6,190 

5,970 

6,470 

6,190

Per square 

mile

0.152 

1.48 

4.82

1.93

5.76 

5.96 

3.04 

3.62 

2.03 

.953 

.735 

.384 

) .639

2.44

Sept.

5,660 

5,100 

4,860 

6,180 

10,100

31,600 

38,100 

35,300 

33,100 

29 , 500

23,900 

18,200 

12,300 

8,540 

7,120

' 6, 600 

6,250 

6,020 

5,570 

8,010

9,180 

8,810 

8,810 

7,740 

6,480

5,020 

4,540 

4,720 

4,500 

4,330

Runoff in 

inches

0.17 

1.65 

5.56

26.24

6.64 

6.21 

3.50 

4.04 

2.34 

1.06 

.85 

.44 

.71

33.17

-ft.; Jan. 20, 173,000 sec. -ft.;
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 475

Mackys Creek near Dennis, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°32', long. 88°20', in sec. 26, T. 6 S., R. 9 E., 

CnTcTcasaw meridian, at bridge on county highway at Narrows dam site, 6 miles southwest 

of Dennis and about 10 miles upstream from confluence with Browns Creek. Datum of gage 

is 333.47 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). 

Prior to Oct. 15, 1948, staff gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area.--66 square miles (authority, Corps of Engineers).

Kecoras available. Feburary 1938 to September 1949. Prior to January 1944, monthly 

discharge only.

Average discharge. 11 years (1938-49), 105 second-feet.

Extremes.--MaxlSum discharge during year, 2,790 second-feet Mar. 27 (gage height, 18.30 

reet); minimum, 24 second-feet July 6, 23 (gage height, 2.20 feet).

1938-49: Maximum discharge observed, 3,520 second-feet Feb. 13, 1948; minimum not 

determined.

Remarks.--Records good below 200 second-feet and fair above. Gage read twice daily prior 

to Oct. 15.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; occasional discharge measurements 

made ana records of discharge computed by Geological Survey.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 18, Sept. 20-30)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 27, May 3 to July 29 Mar. 28 to May 2, July 30 to Sept. 30

2.2 

2.5 

2.9

3.4 

4.2

5.8

214

297

445

2.1 

2.4 

2.9

24

64

144

5.8 

7.7 

9.9

445

651

983

Note. Same as following 

table-above 5.8 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28 -as

30

31

Oct.

57

41

36

32

34

33

32

34

33

32

34

37

32

33

34

34

55

91

65

54

51

48

47

45

45

45

45

45

45

45

72

Nov.

103

80

65

58

77

125

96

65

70

113

91

70

76

71

64

226

351

250

1,600

1,040

233

206

174

134

116

282

638

1,170

1,370

402

-

Dec.

214

169

233

227

183

279

244

199

180

168

157

153

150

144

139

183

196

180

171

153

141

134

130

125

127

130

127

122

206

206

134

Jan.

116

125

1,400

1,960

1,500

862

323

227

196

169

150

143

134

130

127

122

206

259

495

259

411

1,150

696

306

227

239

306

259

199

166

169

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

162

166

214

455

331

220

193

178

162

214

161

135

128

127

178

259

178

144

385

515

249

191

166

155

155

146

144

141

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

1,366

9,416

5,304

53,86&

13,031

5,852

7,737

3,833

1J95E

1,584

1,804

1,461

55,881

Mar.

134

128

125

122

120

116

113

110

123

174

123

110

103

98

90

7 8

"7

206

127

86

77

206

157

116

445

339

2,180

1,030

324

230

270

Apr.

217

170

165

149

148

144

129

117

108

106

106

122

217

176

124

100

87

82

76

72

74

144

195

105

84

73

100

136

158

149

-

Maximum

91

1,600

279

3,400

1,960

515

2, 180

217

315

239

259

144

148

2,180

May

210

315

159

110

91

85

77

77

72

130

118

80

68

59

54

52

62

51

50

48

45

45

48

62

77

55

51

51

51

51

51

Minimum

32

58

122

13

116

127

77

72

45

34

24

25

24

June

51

51

50

48

48

47

43

40

38

37

36

36

34

34

139

141

70

48

239

118

93

98

62

52

85

62

46

40

36

34

-

Mean

314* 44.1

171

147

420

209

250

128

82 .4

65 .3

50.5

58 2

4e!7

153

July

33

32

29

28

27

24

28

36

28

29

51

65

123

72

45

37

41

37

48

41

30

27

24

45

59

38

32

28

259

108

60

Aug.

47

44

40

38

45

44

46

47

45

45

44

38

72

67

47

60

47

38

64

121

63

47

51

117

79

49

44

53

144

67

51

Per square 

mile

0.668

4.76

2.59

2.23

6.36

3.17

3.79

l!94

1 25

.989

.765

 882

.738

2.32

Sept.

44

40

50

79

82

89

60

50

45

4O

40

40

40

40

36

40

45

45

146

67

46

41

38

33

33

32

32

30

29

25

Runoff in 

inches

0.77

5.31

2.99

30.35

7.34

3.30

4.36

2.16

1 .44

1.10

.88

1.02

.82

31.49

Peak discharge (base, 1,100 sec.-ft .) . Nov. 19 (5:30 p.m.) 2,180 sec. -ft.; Nov. 28 (12 p.m.) 1,92(

sec.-ft.; Jan. 3 "(11 p.m.) 2,740 sec.-ft.; Jan. 22 (2 p.m.) 1,310 sec.-ft.; Mar. 27 (1:30 p.m.] 

2,790 sec.-ft.
476 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Bull Mountain Creek at Tremont, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°14'20", long. 88°16'15", In NE^SWij sec. 5, T. 10 

 SY, K. 10 E. Chlckasaw meridian, at bridge on U. S. Highway 78, 0.7 mile northwest of

Tremont, 1 mile upstream from Johns Creek, Ij miles upstream from Cypress Creek, 3^

miles upstream from Chubby Creek, and 8 miles southeast of Fulton. Datum of gage Is

317.39 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior

to July 22, 1949, staff gage at same site and datum. 

Drainage area. 120 square miles (authority, Corps of Engineers). 

Ttecoras available. October 1943 to September 1949. 

extremes.--Maximum' discharge observed during year, 7,040 second-feet Jan. 5 (gage height,

a.«4 feet); minimum observed, 25 second-feet Oct. 10.

1943-49: Maximum discharge observed, 11,600 second-feet Jan. 8, 1946, Feb. 13,

1948; maximum gage height observed, 9.47 feet Jan. 8, 1946; minimum discharge observed,

9 second-feet Oct. 10-13, 1943; minimum gage height observed, 2.1 feet Oct. 12, 13,

1943.

A discharge of 5.1 second-feet (gage height, 1.95 feet), was measured by Corps of

Engineers Aug. 30, 1943. 

Remarks.--Records fair except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor.

uage read once dally prior to July 22. 

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; occasional discharge measurements made and records of discharge computed by Geological Survey.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in aeeond-feet) 

(Shifting-control methct used Oct. 1 to Nov. 5)

2.5 27 5.5 403 7.0 1.O8O 

3.2 85 6.3 569 7.4 1,930 

3.8 145 6.6 665 8.0 3,520 

4.4 223 6.8 8OO 8.5 5,200

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

43 

36 

32 

29 

29

30 

29 

30 

26 

25

26 

29 

29 

27 

26

26 

27 

33 

37 

42

42 

43 

44 

42 

42

44 

44 

46 

47 

47 

51

Nov.

56 

60 

63 

63 

74

292 

139 

99 

81 

79

81 

78 

75 

72 

80

90 

260 

188 

512 

1,120

341 

292 

238 

182 

175

169 

292 

1,260 

2,370 

1,140

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

Dec.

489 

333 

350 

308 

324

500 

403

308 

253 

216

188 

169 

163 

151 

145

333

316 

276 

292 

245

216 

202 

195 

169 

284

230 

209 

182 

253 

376 

276

Jan.

169 

182 

1,420 

3,040 

5,550

3,440 

1,380 

698 

545 

421

367 

308 

284 

253 

238

230 

358 

511 

595 

557

672 

2,450 

2,100 

984 

633

533 

479 

449 

376

316 

308

mber ....... .................

mber ..... ...

lendar year I94c 

ary

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

300 

284 

385 

968 

1,270

610 

440 

385 

376 

440

358 

300 

284 

260 

268

479 

284 

276 

522 

595

5OO 

412 

350 

308 

292

268 

245 

223

Secondfoot-days

1,103 

10,021 

8,354

93,044

31,846 

11,682 

10,480 

7,078 

4,161 

3,035 

2,159 

1,781 

1,786

93,486

liar.

202 

188 

175 

169 

163

175 

151 

139 

151 

157

163 

145 

145 

145 

134

126 

121 

195 

157 

139

133 

358 

333 

284

713

595 

1,290 

1,770 

736 

533 

595

Apr.

665 

440 

385 

308 

292

260 

245 

216 

195 

182

175 

169 

341 

308 

260

216 

182 

163 

151 

139

145 

151 

139 

132 

124

107 

117 

341 

292 

238

Maximum

51 

2,370 

5OO

8,830

5,550 

1,270 

1,770 

665 

316 

333 

150 

139 

253

5,550

May

308 

316 

268 

276 

230

188 

175 

163 

145 

216

169 

139 

121 

107 

100

96 

88 

82 

77 

72

70 

68 

67 

72 

68

65 

63 

61 

75 

77 

139

Minimum

25 

56 

145

12

169 

223 

121 

107 

61 

41 

40 

32 

32

25

June

98 

72 

64 

57 

53

49 

46 

41 

47 

49

79 

100 

98 

97 

298

333

175 

124 

109 

107

151 

157 

91 

79 

80

107 

84 

72 

61 

57

Mean

35.6 

334 

269

254

1,027 

417 

338 

236 

134 

101 

69.6 

57.5 

59.5

256

July

54 

68 

76 

70 

57

50 

45 

40 

40 

45

58 

85 

150 

145 

130

100 

85 

70 

63 

55

48 

45 

41 

64

81

52 

48 

112 

76 

58 

48

Aug.

41 

37 

34 

32 

37

41 

60 

52 

49 

45

40 

34 

42 

60

61

87 

59 

41 

65 

94

57 

49 

63 

80 

83

72 

47 

40 

139 

83 

57

Sept.

51 

43 

40 

70 

91

253 

139 

90 

73 

59

51 

48 

45 

44 

43

45 

64 

57 

59 

57

48 

41 

39 

38 

34

33 

33 

33 

33 

32

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.297 0.34 

2.78 3.11 

2.24 2.59

2.12 28.82

8.56 9.87 

3 . 48 3 . 62 

2.82 3.25 

1.97 2.19 

1.12 1.29 

.842 .94 

.580 .67 

. 479 . 55 

.496 .55

2.13 28.97

Note. No gage-height record July 3-21; discharge computed on baaia of recorda for atation 

Smithville.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 477

Bull Mountain Creek near Smithville, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°05', long. 88°24', In SE£ sec. 30, T. 11 S R 9 

ETTKickasaw meridian, at bridge on State Highway 25, 0.8 mile upstream from 

Mississippian Railway bridge, 1.1 miles north of Smithville, and 3j miles upstream from 

mouth. Datum of gage is 234.81 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by 

Corps of Engineers). Prior to Oct. 15, 1948, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area. 335 square miles (authority, Corps of Engineers). 

Records available. October 1940 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 17,900 second-feet Jan. 5 (gage height 14 36 

reet); minimum, 57 second-feet Oct. 23 (gage height, 2.33 feet)

1940-49: Maximum discharge, 24,800 second-feet Feb. 13, 1948 (gage height, 15.25 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 19 second-feet Aug. 28 to 

Sept. 3, 1943, occurred during period of doubtful gage-height record.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; occasional discharge measurements 

made aria" records of discharge computed by Geological Survey.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used May 11 to Sept. 30)

2.4 63 4.9 435 9.6 2,310 12.5 7,310 

2.8 97 5.6 6O7 1O.2 2,86O 13.2 10,000 

3.1 13O 7.0 1,050 10.8 3,670 13.8 13,5OO 

3.8 235 8.3 1,530 11.9 5,780 14.1 15.60O

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7

S 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

aloo 

a85 

76 

68 

66

65 

65 

65 

65 

64

64 

63 

63 

63 

63

63 

62 

62 

61 

61

61 

59 

58 

59 

59

59

61 

63 

67 

67 

70

Nov.

73 

77 

94 

92 

136

286 

501 

330 

195 

164

160 

172 

143 

133

131

189 

385 

607 

1,120 

1,050

1,220 

1,810 

1,620 

755 

478

501 

947 

2,200 

3,040 

5,350

Dec.

4,19O 

2,650 

1,480 

947 

881

1,120 

1,120 

1,160 

817 

593

478 

425 

405 

376 

357

478 

881 

1,080 

1,020 

755

636 

526 

489 

445 

565

680 

565 

478 

707 

881 

914

Jan.

695 

607 

2,700 

7,980 

15,600

12,200 

6,890 

4,010 

2,650 

1,870

1,220 

914 

755 

650 

593

552 

725 

1,020 

1,410 

1,410

2,460 

4,190 

6,180 

5,350 

3,510

2,390 

1,750 

1,370 

1,220 

al,010 

al,OOO

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber... . .....................

 her. ........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary .

1.. ..........................

enber ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

aSHO 

a880 

a860 

al,30o 

a2,300

a2,600 

al,900 

al,200 

al,OOO 

a950

1,080 

981 

786 

695 

755

1,160 

,220 

,300 

,300 

,370

,530 

,580 

,190 

914 

786

710 

665 

636

Seoondfoot-days

2,027 

23,959 

28,099

235,818

94,881 

32,568 

35,163 

20,264 

12,229 

7,823 

6,476 

4,131 

4,320

271,940

Mar.

565 

501 

467 

435 

425

445 

435 

395 

415 

539

539 

435 

405 

405 

385

357 

348 

357 

456 

415

376 

725 

947 

981 

1,830

2,470 

4,240 

4,190 

4,370 

3,090 

3,220

Apr.

2,390 

1,870 

1.49O 

1,050 

849

725 

665 

579 

513 

467

445 

467 

478 

665 

680

489 

415 

385 

366 

339

33O 

348 

348 

357 

321

294 

321 

812 

1,020 

786

Maximum

100 

5,350 

4,190

19 , 60O

15,600 

2,600 

4,370 

2,390 

1,410 

914 

501 

348 

526

15,600

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 sec. -ft.). Nov. 30 (2 p.m.

sec. -ft.; Jan. 23 (6 p.m.) 7,010 sec. -ft.

May

914 

1,410 

1,300 

1,19O 

755

539 

445 

395 

425 

695

565 

405 

303 

252 

227

2OO 

184 

169 

162

147

134 

130 

122 

115 

123

169 

140 

122 

123 

169 

200

Minimum

58 

73

357

40

552 

636 

348 

294 

115 

78 

98 

74 

73

58

June

211 

162 

130 

117 

105

94 

86 

82 

78 

85

92 

122 

147 

286 

286

755 

914 

472 

294 

321

376 

312 

33O 

269 

243

330 

385 

5O3 

243 

193

Mean

65.4 

799 

906

644

3,061 

1,163 

1,134 

675 

394 

261 

209 

133 

144

745

July

168 

168 

197 

197 

164

144 

123 

111 

103 

98

109 

109 

227 

5O1 

405

435 

303 

286 

235

174

14O 

118 

106 

160 

303

339

211 

17O 

277 

227 

168

Aug.

120 

100 

92 

86 

78

77 

77 

82 

94 

85

81 

74 

75 

HO 

193

149 

192 

138 

105

177

312 

160 

119 

122 

147

144 

135 

95 

129 

348 

235

Per square 

mile

0.195 

2.39 

2.70

1.92

9.14 

3.47 

3.39 

2.01 

1.18 

.779 

.624 

.397 

.430

2.22

) 5,780 sec. -ft.; Jan. 5 (6 a.m.

Sept.

140 

0-14 

105 

129 

252

339 

526 

348 

235

175

142 

122 

1O8 

98 

92

98 

97 

153 

138 

1O6

99 

92 

84 

80

77

77 

74 

74 

73 

73

Runoff in 

inobes

0.23 

2.66 

3.12

26.18

1O.53 

3.62 

3.9O 

2.25 

1.36 

.87 

.72 

.46 

.48

30.20

) 17,900

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Tremont.
478 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

West Fork Tombigbee River near Nettleton, Miss.

Location. --Water-stage recorder and wire-weight gage, lat. 34°03 T 32", long. 88°37 f 40", in 

Nwt~sec. 12, T. 12 S., R. 6 E. Chickasaw meridian, at bridge on U. S. Highway 45, 

1.9 miles downstream from Tallabinnela Creek, 2 miles downstream from Tubbalubba Creek, 

and 2.1 miles south of Nettleton. Datum of gage is 194.01 feet above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929 (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Drainage area. 617 square miles.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1949.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 39,400 second-feet Jan. 5 (gage height, 29.37 

feet ) ; minimum observed, 6.8 second-feet Oct. 14 (gage height, 6.38 feet).

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 56,300 second-feet Feb. 14, 1948; maximum gage height, 

31.18 feet Mar. 28, 1944, present datum; minimum discharge observed, 0.8 second-foot 

Sept. 14, 15, 1942; minimum gage height observed, 6.29 feet Sept. 24, 1948.

Flood of Dec. 24, 1926, reached a stage of 32.5 feet, present datum, from flooomark,

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, i 

Wire-weight gage read twice daily and used when stage was below intakes

which are poor.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

S

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

36

22

16

12

12

9.6

9.6

9.6

9.6

8.6

8.6

9.6

9.6

7.0

8.6

9.0

8.2

11

17

16

15

15

13

15

15

11

11

12

12

12

16

Nov.

98

77

28

21

37

477

99

39

96

165

61

42

101

54

36

1,530

3,340

1,500

14,300

30,500

12,000

3,220

1,480

790

553

3,930

9,020

12,400

a 13, 000

aS.OOO

-

Dec.

aS.ooo

3,700

1,230

990

1,070

3,820

1,280

739

540

428

383

352

341

321

321

4,470

3,160

1,150'

1,010

626

463

416

352

312

2,470

802

451

372

3,340

2,570

756

Jan.

488

1,070

15,800

35,300

34,100

15,700

4,420

2,080

1,430

1,070

897

790

690

626

581

553

3,8OO

3,830

7,910

3,410

6,200

19,700

13,400

3,930

1,830

1,630

2,780

2,580

1,150

756

739

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

Hay

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

808

1,450

3,520

12 , 10O

7,980

1,780

1,110

843

942

3,400

1,110

706

581

540

1,280

3,500

1,070

706

5,900

6,540

1,830

1,070

790

706

790

553

596

488

_

_

-

Seoondfoot days

396.6

116,994

43,235

520,634.2

189,240

62,689

85,660

28,703

18,163

14 942

6^447

7,983

5,830

580,282.6

Mar.

3450

a4OO

3400

3350

3350

3350

3300

3300

al,000

1,570

475

3450

9400

a 350

a 350

3300

a 300

712

a 600

a500

a6OO

4,180

1,170

553

9,130

11,000

16,6OO

18,500

4,350

2,100

7,570

Apr.

2,420

1,070

843

706

626

581

475

a400

a4OO

a 400

a450

2,560

4,120

1,400

674

475

a450

a400

a350

8300

8350

a4OO

8350

a 300

a 300

a250

aSOO

4,580

1,630

843

Maximum

36

30,500

5.OOO

43,200

35,300

12,100

18,500

4,580

4,860

3,360

87O

2,980

1,200

35,300

May

3,340

4,86O

1,280

626

428

331

276

438

773

2,280

702

302

220

184

166

150

144

124

124

115

115

106

102

119

144

110

102

144

119

129

110

Minimum

7.0

21

312

6.7

488

488

3OO

250

102

78

79

68

61

7'.0

June

94

209

102

91

84

84

91

78

91

124

115

144

139

112

2,160

826

383

144

3,360

2,960

1,170

594

322

252

277

294

190

162

148

142

-

Msan

12.8

3,900

1,395

1,422

6,105

2,239

2,763

957

586

498

208

258

194

1,590

July

222

252

148

151

142

109

492

347

142

158

228

395

870

236

240

183

268

169

119

104

96

79

79

303

310

124

96

96

109

92

88

Aug.

79

70

68

68

109

76

226

141

88

79

73

76

2,980

810

482

190

306

370

169

228

136

100

100

136

136

119

82

76

70

104

236

Per square 

mile

0.021

6.32

2.26

2.30

9.89

3.63

4.48

1.55

.950

.807

.337

.418

.314

2.58

Sept.

100

$2

220

618

1,200

917

220

124

104

85

82

79

76

73

70

134

103

100

621

150

85

76

70

61

63

63

61

61

61

61

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.02

7.05

2.61

31.35

11.41

3.78

5.16

1.73

1.09

.90

.39

.48

.35

'34.97

Peak discharge (base, 15,OOO sec .-ft .) .--Nov. 2O (7 a.m.) 34.OOO sec. -ft.; Nov. 28 (1O p.m.)

15.6OO sec. -ft.; Jan. 5 (3:30 a 

(10:30 p.m.) 27,400 sec. -ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge 

near Etta .

.) 39,400 sec. -ft.; Jan. Z2 (4:3O p.m.) 21,900 sec. -ft.; Mar. 27

mputed on basis of records for station on Tallahatchle River
MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Buttahatchee River near Hamilton, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°03', long. 88°01', in sec. 4, T. 12 S., R. 14 

W., at Stuck Springs, three-quarters of a mile downstream from county line, 7 miles 

downstream from Woods Creek, and 7 miles south of Hamilton. Datum of gage is 333.84 

feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1944 (Corps of 

Engineers bench mark).

Drainage area.--308 square miles.

Records available. October 1941 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 22,100 second-feet Jan. 5 (gage height, 28.1

 feet"); minimum, 57 second-feet Oct. 17.

1941-49: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 5, 1949; minimum, 22 second-feet Aug. 28, 

1943.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

 Discharge for periods of rapidly changing stage computed by using rate of change of 

stage as a factor.

Rating tsbles, wster yesr 1948-49, except periods when rate of chsnge of 

stage was a factor (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Jar to Sept. 30

4.1 57 7.0 638 19.0 6,420 4.1 90 7.0 705 

4.4 87 9.5 1,400 22.0 9,400 4.5 139 9.0 1,280 

4.8 144 12.0 2,290 24.0 12,500 4.9 205 12.0 2,310 

5.4 252 14.0 3,210 27.6 20,800 5.5 335 14.0 3,210 

6.0 380 17.0 4,960 Note. Same as preceding 

table above 14.0 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

76 

69 

64 

62 

64

65 

64 

64 

62 

62

62 

65 

64 

62 

60

59 

59

64 

65

66

65

66 

65 

65 

64

65 

65

66 

67 

67 

72

Nov.

84 

85 

88 

83 

k365

k425 

170 

116 

100 

113

107 

99 

99 

97 

92

204 

392 

212 

k2,220 

k677

335 

476 

368 

282 

235

355 

900 

k5,700 

k3,810 

1,340

Dec.

841 

638 

652 

568 

527

1,050 

725 

581 

501 

427

380 

357 

335 

302 

292

646 

725 

568 

595 

554

464 

439 

427 

380 

k896

667 

540 

476 

795 

783 

595

Jan.

514 

527 

k8,460 

14,100 

20,800

fk9,820 

a3,500 

a2,300 

gl,670 

al,300

al,000 

a 900 

3800 

a840

a700

a700 

al,600 

a2,500 

a3,200 

a2,500

a2,400 

f8,100 

a4,800 

a2,100 

al.500

al,500 

al,500 

al,300 

gl,070 

g950 

gl,160

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ........ ............. .

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. ...........................

1 ............................

st ..........................

ter year 1948-49 .......... .

Feb.

al.OOO 

g980 

gkl,290 

gk4,090 

g2,150

gl,500 

gl,220 

gl,010 

gl,040 

gl,220

gl.100 

g892 

g782 

g756 

gkl,090

g2,520 

gl,670 

gl,130 

gl,940 

gl,940

gl,370 

1,100 

950 

864 

782

705 

730 

680

Secondfoot-days

2,001 

19,62! 

17,72£

208, 89E

104,11] 

36,50] 

39,706 

25,23£ 

17,022 

8,374 

7,737 

4,756 

7.71S

290,52;

Peak discharge (base, 7,000 sec. -ft.). No\

sec. -ft.; Jan. 22 (6 a.m.) 8,630 sec. -ft.; Ma 

sec. -ft.

Mar.

605 

555 

530 

505 

492

530 

480 

442

645 

756

555 

505 

542 

518 

468

430 

430 

518 

455 

406

430 

1,130 

921 

730 

k5,400

k2,690 

k3,760 

2,920 

1,940 

kl , 980 

k7,440

Apr.

k2,720 

1,700 

1,340 

1,100 

1,040

980

836 

756 

680 

630

605 

kl,070 

kl.110 

836 

705

605 

555 

518 

468 

442

430 

480 

430

382

346

324 

418 

kl.010 

1,530 

1,190

Maximum

76 

5,700 

1,050

11,000

20,800 

4,090 

7,440 

2,720 

2,890 

1,000 

1,300 

382 

1,560

20,800

. 28 (5 p.m.

r. 25 (1 p.n

May

k2,160 

k2,890 

1,530 

1,040 

809

680 

592

555 

480 

568

480 

394 

346 

312 

289

276 

258 

239 

226 

214

211 

201 

205 

241 

239

192 

178

216 

222 

468 

312

Minimum

59 

83 

292

41

514 

680 

406 

324 

178 

136 

99 

89 

100

59

June

226 

198 

175 

164 

154

148 

139 

136 

138 

136

152 

489 

264 

187 

382

468 

274 

196 

180 

237

336 

f505 

a290 

3200 

a250

a240 

al.OOO 

3350 

3400 

3360

Mean

64.' 

654 

572

571

3,358 

1,304 

1,281 

841 

549 

279 

250 

153 

257

796

July

a240 

g!87 

3180 

a!70 

3160

3150 

3160 

al50 

3140 

3140

135 

204

3600 

kl,300 

770

406 

382 

289 

224 

200

178 

148 

132 

138 

138

164 

123 

148 

157 

125 

f99

Aug.

92 

f89 

f91 

108 

244

125 

109 

106 

118 

112

98

396 

3130 

177

226

f!70 

126 

136 

246 

382

173 

164 

156 

160 

194

131 

111 

101 

194 

218 

173

Per square 

mile

0.210 

2.12 

1.86

1.85

10.90 

4.23 

4.16 

2.73 

1.78 

.906 

.812 

.497 

.834

2.58

) 8,410 sec. -ft.; Jan. 5 (8 a.m. 

.) 7,700 sec. -ft.; Mar. 31 (8 a

.Sept.

139 

111 

141 

346 

k882

fkl,560 

680 

382 

271 

207

173 

154 

f!42 

139

f!36

f323 

222 

168 

f226 

f!91

f!42 

f!28 

f!26 

f!14 

f!03

flOl

103 

f!02 

f!07 

aloO

Runoff in 

inches

0.24

2.37 

2.14

25.21

12.57

4.41 

4.79 

3.05 

2.06 

1.01 

.93 

.57 

.93

35.07

) 22,100 

m. ) 1O,OOO

ec.-ft.

3 No gsge-helght record; dlschsrge computed on basis of records for ststlon near Sulllgent. 

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record, 

g Computed from graph bssed on stsff-gsge resdlngs. 

k Computed by using rate of chsnge of stsge as a factor.
480 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Buttahatchee River near Sulligent, Ala.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 33°55', long. 88°09', in NE^ sec. 19, T. 13 S., R. 15 

 W., at bridge on county road, 1 mile upstream from Bogue Creek, lj miles northwest 

of Sulligent, and 2 miles downstream from Beaver Creek. Datum of gage is 287.58 feet 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1941. Subsequent to 

Nov. 3,. auxiliary gage on side channel at datum 10.00 feet lower.

Drainage area.--460 square miles.

Records available.--March 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--10 years (1939-49), 716 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 27,000 second-feet Jan. 5 (gage height, 15.4 

i'eet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 88 second-feet Oct. 17, 

18 (gage height, 2.75 feet).

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 33,000 second-feet Jan. 8, 1946 (gage height, 15.5 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 44 second-feet Aug. 29, 

1943 (gage height, 2.42 feet).

Remarks. Records fair. Gages read twice daily. Discharge computed by summation of flow 

in main and side channels.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Da;

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

136

117

110

104

98

104

104

98

98

98

98

98

98

98

91

91

88

90

98

98

98

98

98

104

98

98

98

104

104

104

110

Nov.

136

143

150

150

174

772

422

246

187

184

199

175

172

171

166

224

483

882

2,610

2,260

l,41ff

907

922

754

433

484

1,090

2,370

6,360

6,490

-

Dec.

2,450

1,390

1,130

1,090

1,010

1,330

1,410

1,130

873

735

624

581

559

518

485

789

1,380

1,240

1,140

1,020

898

785

802

695

825

1,220

1,090

932

1,050

1,310

1,180

Month

Jan.

1,020

893

3,080

18,900

26,400

25,200

21,700

16,200

1O.3OO

4,730

1,830

1,510

1,330

1,200

1,170

1,230

1,740

3,340

4,440

4,620

5,210

7,350

9,710

6,780

4,190

2,680

2,520

2,160

2,020

1,930

1,840

Octobe r ........................ .

November .........................

Decembe r .............. ...

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February ............. . . . . ...

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June ... .........................

July .............................

August ................... .......

September ........................

Water year 1948 49 ............

Feb.

1,790

1,860

1,970

2,780

5,110

4,420

3,680

1,920

1,740

1,660

1,580

1,480

1,540

1,830

2,710

3,720

4,040

4,030

3,820

3,470

3,070

2,360

2,120

2,030

2,O40

2,160

2,240

1,780

_

_

Secondfoot-days

3,129

31,126

31,671

332,534

197,223

72,950

47,136

46,129

25,486

12,371

10,3O9

7,375

11,077

495,982

Peak discharge (base, 4.OOO sec. -ft.). No

Mar.

1,330

1,040

858

835

792

792

735

778

1,160

1,400

1,320

944

833

d820

789

704

681

789

839

860

8O7

1,400

al,620

al,360

al,890

a2,150

a3,650

a5, 120

a3,6OO

a3,220

a4,O20

Apr.

a7,220

a5,340

a2,930

a2,180

1,660

1,620

1,420

1,240

1,220

1,040

982

969

1,680

1,610

1,200

1,090

956

872

830

786

726

670

730

650

568

512

568

1,030

2,040

1,790

-

Maximum

136

6,49O

2,450

22,700

26,400

5,110

5,120

7,220

3,230

1,080

1,310

564

1,660

26,400

May

1,700

2,760

3,230

2,260

1,690

1,180

914

874

788

828

808

644

580

520

465

446

413

380

364

333

333

318

304

332

363

332

316

331

367

618

695

Minimum

88

136

485

67

893

1,480

681

512

304

181

185

136

145

88

June

476

355

309

280

252

251

202

181

255

241

262

465

514

350

404

764

484

351

293

305

420

450

442

369

556

445

1,080

758

495

362

Mean

101

1,038

1,022

909

6,362

2,605

1,521

1,538

822

412

333

238

369

1,359

July

335

330

279

251

237

223

211

212

211

186

246

228

487

769

1,310

533

496

461

362

315

273

246

221

239

238

223

211

185

224

293

274

Aug.

155

142

136

149

210

247

186

186

186

198

175

149

164

344

271

301

223

187

224

564

440

253

241

283

280

305

202

164

201

292

317

Per square 

mile

0.220

2.26

2.22

1.98

13.83

5.66

3.31

3.34

1.79

.896

.724

.517

.802

2.95

Sept.

236

186

155

303

482

1,660

1,500

884

536

352

292

250

226

213

214

336

512

317

311

328

257

217

203

190

164

152

152

145

146

158

Runoff in 

inches

0.25

2.52

2. £6

26.89

15.95

5.90

3.81

3.73

2.06

1.00

.83

.60

.90

40.11

v. 29 (10 p.m.) 9,490 sec. -ft.; Jan. 5 (4 p.m.) 27.0OO

oc*. -j. u . , iron. c.o 10 a.m.j .L.LJI.I'V aek;.-i i,. ; reo. D \3 a.ni.y *j , *± ±\j seu. -j. L . ; reu. _LO \o y,111,1 ^,-LO^

sec.-ft.; Mar. 28 (6 p.m.) 5,2OO sec.-ft.; Apr. 1 (7 a.m.) 9,200 sec.-ft.

a No auxiliary gage-height record; ^ischarge computed on basis of main channel gage heights and 

records for station near Hamilton.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of auxiliary gage height and records 

for station near Hamilton.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Buttahatchee River near Caledonia, Miss.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 33°42ilO", long. 88°20 I 50", in SW^ sec. 5, T. 16 S., R. 

17 W. Huntsville meridian, at bridge on county road 600 feet downstream from Elbethel 

Creek, 2 miles northwest of Caledonia, 2 miles upstream from Dry Creek, 16 miles north 

of Columbus, and 19 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 198.59 feet above mean 

sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 823 square miles (authority, Corps of Engineers).

Records available . August 1928 to May 1932, February 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 13 years, 1,159 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, "30,800 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage height, 

IH.65 feet); minimum observed, 168 second-feet Oct. 11-14 (gage height, 2.35 feet).

1928-32, 1939-49: Maximum discharge observed, that of Jan. 6, 1949; minimum discharge 

observed, 79 second-feet Aug. 28, 29, 1943 (gage height, 1.74 feet).

Flood in July 1916 reached a stage about 4 feet higher than that of Jan. 6, 1949, 

from information by local residents.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, 

which are poor.

Cooperation.--Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; occasional discharge measurements 

made and records of discharge computed by Geological Survey.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

2.4 176 6.0 1,360

3.0 280 7.5 2,190

3.6 416 9.0 3,120

4.2 596 10.0 3,900

5.0 900 12.0 6,040

13.0 7,510

14.0 9,700

15.0 13,300

17.0 21,700

18.5 30,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

192

208

225

225

208

200

184

184

176

176

168

168

168

168

176

176

176

176

176

176

176

176

176

184

192

225

300

321

343

366

390

Nov.

416

443

443

471

531

563

563

531

500

471

366

321

280

243

261

366

665

1,210

1,730

1,680

1,360

1,170

900

702

1,210

1,360

1,510

1,570

2,610

3,640

-

Dec.

3,990

3,720

3,120

2,490

2,610

2,990

3,120

2,730

2,430

1,9OO

1,620

1,360

1,120

1,030

900

1,360

al,4OO

531

596

630

740

780

820

860

900

1,080

1,360

1,410

1,620

1,840

2,130

Jan.

2,370

a2,300

5,140

18,900

27,000

30,100

26,400

17,700

9,210

6,580

5,550

4,47O

3,640

2,860

2,370

2,430

2,490

2,490

2,430

2,490

4,740

7,510

11,700

14,100

10,900

8,510

6,870

5,670

4,470

3,810

3,330

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .......... ..............

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April .......... .................

May ..............................

June ............... .............

July ...................... . . ...

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

2,730

2,130

2,190

3,060

3,640

4,770

6,580

5,670

4,370

3,990

3,330

3,190

2,990

2,370

2,370

2,670

3,330

4,270

5,430

4,470

3,810

3,400

3,260

3,120

3,060

2,430

2,430

2,130

-

-

-

Secondfoot-days

6,555

28,086

53,187

509,853

358, 53C

97.19C

72.73C

92,990

57,565

36,172

16,102

11,073

16,083

746,264

Mar.

,950

,840

,570

,460

,190

,130

,840

,570

,410

,680

,9OO

,070

,790

,510

,680

,840

,010

,84O

,680

,620

,570

,460

,460

,010

,670

 ,060

,480

,990

,880

5,550

7,020

Apr.

6,870

10, C

6,£

5,t

00

70

70

5,320

3,810

2,E Z,'

2,4

30

30

30

2,730

2,800

3,C

3,4 3,'

60

00

20

3,120

2,370

2,1

2,7

3,1

90

30

20

3,400

2,070

al,5

al,2

1,C

00

OO

80

900

990

1,0

1,3

1,*

2,1

-

Maximum

390

3,640

3,990

23,200

30,100

6,580

7,020

10,000

4,170

2,370

1,570

702

1,680

30,100

30

60

60

30

May

2,490

2,610

2,730

3,120

a4,000

4,170

a3,900

a3,300

2,860

2,610

2,430

2,010

1,900

1,570

1,460

1,310

1,120

990

665

990

940

990

820

900

990

1,080

1,460

1,510

1,120

780

740

Minimum

168

243

531

140

2,300

2,130

1,410

900

665

550

243

208

261

168

June

665

1,120

1,210

1,410

1,460

1,620

2,310

2,370

1,900

1,570

1,310

1,260

1,030

860

702

665

1,310

1,360

1,900

1,790

al,500

al,100

a80O

a600

a550

a60O

a750

a850

a850

a750

Mean

211

936

1,716

1,393

8,340

3,471

2,346

3,100

1,857

1,206

519

357

536

2,045

July

665

443

500

390

343

366

366

280

343

3OO

243

261

343

630

860

1,360

1,570

900

702

630

531

443

366

366

416

500

416

471

343

366

390

Aug.

366

2

2

61

80

43

208

243

4

3

16

21

00

300

343

7

2

21

00

80

261

416

4

3

3

16

66

21

343

596

7

4

4

02

16

16

443

416

4

3

3

2 .

43

66

00

80

390

Per square 

mile

0.256

1.14

2.09

1.69

10.13

4.22

2.85

3.77

2.26

1.47

.631

.434

.651

2.48

Sept.

416

366

321

280

366

665

1,170

1,680

1,680

900

596

471

416 '

390

366

366

443

630

665

471

531

443

366

343

321

3OO

300

280

280

261

Runoff in 

inches

0.30

1.27

2.40

23.04

11.68

4.39

3.29

4.20

2.60

1.63

.73

.50

.73

33.72

a Doubtful or no gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Bull Mountain Creek 

near Smlthvllle.
482 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Tibbee River near Tibbee, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°32'17", long. 88°38'00", in SW£ sec. 4, T. 19 N.,

 K. 16 E.-Choctaw meridian, at bridge on old State Highway 25, 560 feet upstream from 

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad bridge, 0.7 mile north of Tibbee, 4| miles upstream from 

Magee Creek, 5 miles south of West Point, and 9-f miles upstream from Catalpa Creek. 

Datum of'gage is 154.07 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1941 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area.--928 square miles.

Hecords available. August 1928 to August 1930. November 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge". 10 years (1928-29, 1940-49), 1,173 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 67,300 second-feet_Jan. 5 (gage height, 30.15 

reet); minimum, 1.6 second-feet Oct. 21 (gage height, 0.99 foot).

1928-30, 1939-49: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 5, 1949; no flow at times. 

Maximum stage known, 31.5 feet in December 1926, from information by local residents.

Remarks. -Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1948-49, except periods of backwater 

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used June 27-30)

1.0

1.1 

1.4 

1.8 

2.0 

2.4

3.0

4.5

6.0

8.5

11.5

14.0

153

370

630

1,150

1,970

2,820

17.5

21.0

22.5

24.0

4,480

6,700

8,380

11,500

15,000

21,000

27.1 29,000

28.5 41,600

29.5 55,100

30.0 63,700

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

100 

45 

26 

15 

11

7.7 

6.4 

4.0 

3.5 

2.8

2.6 

2.4 

2.8 

2.4 

2.2

3.1

3.1 

2.2 

2.2 

1.9

2.6 

7.7 

6.4 

4.9 

4.6

4.3 

4.3

4.0 

3.8 

3.5 

4,0

Nov.

4.6 

6.7 

15 

14 

14

100 

160 

65 

33 

24

99 

42 

26 

20 

18

119 . 

1,070 

1,760 

S3, 080 

04,280

C5,530 

c7,070 

c8,100 

07,030 

04,590

=1,930 

1,640 

04,720 

C7.960 

ao,900

Dec.

clO,300 

a7,500 

a5,000 

a3,000 

al,500

al.100 

al,600 

a2,000 

al,800 

al,100

a600 

a300 

a280 

3270 

a260

al,200 

3,540 

5,290 

5,050 

4,260

2,740 

1,100 

630 

501 

1,200

2,220 

3,250 

2,440 

1,340 

2,04O 

3,080

Jan.

c3,250 

2,060 

c4,080 

c34,300 

63,700

53,500 

30,600 

17,200 

9,870 

6,250

3,800 

2,280 

1,280 

650 

467

434 

c2,010 

c4,430 

C5.890 

c6,790

c7,070 

12,800 

26,100 

21,600 

13,100

c8,680 

C5.590 

03,520 

2,410 

1,520 

C85O

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

nber ..................... ...

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

1 ............................

st ........... ...............

ember ................... ...

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

790 

1,010 

1,870 

5,320 

9,870

11,200 

9,710 

6,620 

3,210 

3,480

6,450 

6,380 

4,380 

1,680 

1,380

3,210 

5,530 

5,650 

4,750 

4,370

4,750 

4,810 

3,430 

1,430 

790

750 

790 

1,150

Secondfoot days

296. 

70,420.. 

76,491

624,697.

356,081 

114,760 

101,669 

47,338 

43,800 

15,916 

9,563 

3,385 

5,240

844,959.

Peak discharge (base, 10,000 sec. -ft.) .--No

sec. -ft.; Jan. 23 (3 p.m.) 26.8OO sec. -ft.; P 

sec. -ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed 

Point, 

c Affected by backwater.

Mar.

1,010 

87O 

501 

434 

394

434 

930 

1,230 

1,010 

1,530

2,210 

2,910 

2,060 

790 

592

484 

418 

386 

450 

418

418 

1,730 

4,370 

5,350 

4,810

4,420 

7,070 

14,000 

18,OOO

13,100 

9,340

Apr.

7, 

6, 

6, 

4, 

1,

1, 

2, 

2,

1, 

3, 

3,

Maximum

I 100 

5 10,900 

10,300

5 44,000

63,700 

11,200 

18,000 

7,720 

8,530 

2,000 

1,480 

418 

1,390

7 63,700

720 

300 

090 

260 

820

710 

519 

450 

386 

348

325 

355

120 

090 

090

865 

434 

332 

280 

236

215 

222 

302 

310 

250

201 

388 

900 

570 

250

May

2,410 

4,090 

7,590 

8,530 

7,720

4,940 

1,340 

386 

418 

611

870 

790 

332 

229 

173

141 

119 

101 

89 

76

67 

62 

57 

60 

56

74 

58 

51 

68 

882 

1,410

Minimum

1.9

4.6 

260

.4

434 

750 

386 

201 

51 

40 

32 

18 

13

1.9

June

920 

340 

434 

362 

187

102 

65 

51 

40 

50

184 

526 

850 

630 

568

1,340 

1,500 

636 

236 

163

1,020 

2,000 

1,590 

632 

288

272 

412 

280 

150 

88

Mean

9.56 

2,347 

2,467

1,707

11,490 

4,099 

3,280 

1,578 

1,413 

531 

308 

109 

175

2,315

July

638 

573 

434 

222 

137

88 

58 

42 

48 

66

50 

362 

100 

81 

90

434

295 

215 

325 

243

107 

51 

32 

88 

520

1,200 

1,480 

1,010 

272 

180 

122

Aug.

62 

43 

32 

30 

45

30

28 

24

24

19 

18 

76 

325 

250

146 

70 

301 

229 

201

298 

418 

208 

114 

131

73 

41 

29 

24 

20 

49

Per square 

mile

o.oio

2.53 

2.66

1.84

12.38 

4.42 

3.53 

1.70 

1.52 

.572 

.332 

.117 

.189

2.49

Sept.

44 

52 

39

28 

296

1,070 

1,390 

670 

229 

107

59 

37 

28 

23 

21

18 

186 

201 

137 

265

125 

63 

37 

26 

20

16 

14 

13 

13 

13

Runoff in 

inches

0.01 

2.82 

3.07

25.04

41.27 

4.60 

4.07 

1.90 

1.76 

.64 

.38 

.14 

.21

33.87

v. 30 (2 p.m.) 11,200 sec. -ft.; Jan. 5 (5 a.m.) 67,300 

eb. 6 (5 a.m.) 11,500 sec. -ft.; Mar. 29 (l p.m.) 19,200

on basis of records for Sakatonchee River near West
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 483

Sakatonchee River near West Point, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°36', long. 88°42', on line between sees. 7 and

 18, T. 17 S., R. 6 E. Chickasaw meridian, at bridge on State Highway 10, 3 miles west 

of West Point and 3| miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 170.10 feet above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to Aug. 2, 1949, 

wire -weight gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area. 514 square miles (authority, Corps of Engineers).

Records available. October 1943 to September 1946, October 1947 to September 1949.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 32,000 second-feet Jan. 5 (gage height, 22.32 

reet); no flow part of Oct. 5.

1943-46, 1947-49: Maximum discharge observed, 38,300 second-feet Mar. 29, 1944; 

maximum gage height, 22.32 feet Jan. 5, 1949; no flow at times.

Remarks. Records poor. Wire-weight gage read twice daily Oct. 1 to May 8; once daily

 ~ to Aug. 1.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; occasional discharge measurements 

made ami records of discharge computed by Geological Survey.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 1O-16, 21-3O)

0.14 

.16 -.19

0.3

.7

1.6

2.0

12

2.0 

4.4 

6.4 

8.0 

9.6

110

282

470

662

920

10.9

11.7

12.7

14.5

15.5

1,21O 

1,550 

2,180 

3,520 

4,590

16.2

16.8

18.0

20.0

22.1

5,780

7,300

11,300

19,500

30.8OO

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

117

63

3.0

2.5

.5

2.0

2.5

2.5

2.5

1.6

2.5

1.6

2.0

2.0

.7

1.0

.7

2.5

8.5

.5

1.0

.3

1.6

.7

3.5

6.0

1.6

3.5

2.5

1.0

3.5

Nov.

1.6

13

9.0

8.0

40

117

42

6.0

7.0

57

54

26

19

10

11

117

1,180

1,360

2,320

4,000

5,780

6,460

5,040

2,670

1,040

491

1,910

4,110

5,780

6,220

-

Dec.

4,000

2,880

2,670

1,160

780

1,160

1,280

1,160

1 , 000

496

229

201

208

187

173

1,320

2,390

2,880

2,810

1,360

830

420

258

362

780

1,240

1,060

94O

1,000

1,550

1,90O

Jan.

1,360

748

2,990

12,200

30,800

24,000

10,600

4,590

a2,OOO

1,110

558

430

344

362

282

274

1,320

2,320

2,810

3,520

4,220

7,300

14,400

10,200

" 5,580

3,610

1,660

1,020

830

648

648

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

Fsbruary .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

a740

884

1,020

aZ,800

a7,ooo

7,OOO

4,460

1,830

764

1,280

a2,800

2,670

1,780

662

3,180

2,250

2,180

 1,970

2,390

2,250

2^10

2,1570

1J160

634

a5 60

8560

a640

a760

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

244.3

48,898.6

38,684

378,817.0

152,734

59 704

53^679

25,320

24,776

9,429

4,415

1 , 986

4,405.5

424,275.4

liar.

a610

a470

a400

a340

a310

a330

a500

a800

aSOO

al,100

al,70o

al,150

582

480

430

371

250

a240

236

a240

a240

a 340

al,400

a3,500

a3,500

a3,500

a4,200

a6,OOO

10,200

a6,ZOO

3,260

Apr.

33,800

34,5OO

3,260

513

400

353

a300

266

229

250

208

400

902

1,550

94O

335

236

201

194

173

145

152

180

166

194

243

410

1,060

1,720

2,040

-

Maximum

117

6,460

4,OOO

22,000

30,800

7.OOO

10,200

4,500

5,210

1,150

700

273

1,400

30,800

May

1,660

3,520

5,210

5,040

3,610

1,240

362

a300

a310

3480

535

290

159

390

75

66

57

48

37

335

a33

32

30

23

54

38

30

22

96

594

3700

Minimum

0-.3

1.6

173

.2

274

560

236

145

22

18

10

11

9.0

.3

June

290

180

229

166

69

45

23

19

18

78

30

917

676

450

764

1,130

al,150

aZOO

96

145

911

748

410

159

78

63

117

78

66

1Z4

-

Mean

7.88

1,630

1,248

1,035

4,927

2 132

1*732

844

799

314

142

64.1

147

1,162

July

440

a350

290

201

54

29

12

14

19

12

10

110

45

23

41

215

194

173

282

also

54

a 34

322

a50

3130

a320

a 700

aE50

a!05

a54

a32

Aug.

aZl

18

14

25

19

14

13

13

17

12

11

13

138

258

124

57

46

187

72

51

273

229

96

78

69

33

21

17

14

14

19

Per square 

mile

0.015

3.17

2.43

2.01

9.59

4.15

3.37

1.64

1.55

.611

.276

. 125

.286

2.26

Sept.

31

35

25

22

458

1,400

1,010

274 1"03

45

28

21

17

16

14

18

25O

103

194

159

60

29

20

14

12

10

9.5

9.0

9.5

9.5

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.02

3.54

2.80

27.41

11.05

4.32

3.88

1.83

1.79

.68

.32

.14

.32

30.69

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on lias Is of records for Tlbbee River nesr Tlbbee.
484 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Luxapalila Creek near Fayette, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°43', long. 87°52', in SW£ sec. 26, T. 15 S., R. 

13 W., at bridge on State Highway 18, 3 miles northwest of Fayette. Datum of gage is 

322.33 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1944 

(levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 127 square miles.

Records available. May 1945 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 9,910 second-feet Jan. 5 (gage height, i3.8 

reet); minimum, 52 second-feet Oct. 3-4, 7-10.

1945-49: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 5, 1949; minimum, 38 second-feet Sept. 10, 

1945.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-heleht record, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In aecond-feet) 

(Shifting-control method uaed Oct. 1 to Jan. 3)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 28 Nov. 29 to Sept. 30

2.0 47 2.6 135 4.0 561 1.8 6O 4.6 8O2 12.0 

2.1 58 2.9 198 5.0 966 2.2 126 7.0 1,880 12.5 

2.3 85 3.3 312 7.0 1,880 2.6 2O4 9.O 2,930 13.1

7 Jrfesame aa f°Uowlns table above *:i 520 ulo S

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

61 

57 

52 

52 

54

54 

52 

52 

52 

52

54 

55 

54 

55 

55

55 

55 

55 

55 

55

57 

57 

57 

55 

55

57 

58 

58 

59 

59 

62

Nov.

64 

64 

63 

64 

125

164 

77 

68 

71 

85

72 

66 

70 

68 

64

296 

218 

154 

2,600 

382

255 

850 

257 

177 

137

224 

437 

4,630 

1,660 

504

Dec.

344 

268 

318 

251 

362

463 

286 

238 

196 

177

165 

159 

150 

146 

152

1,110 

687 

504 

444 

310

244 

228 

202 

179 

654

323 

240 

204 

455 

303 

219

Jan.

191 

185 

3,580 

6,870 

7,78O

3,370 

904 

672 

552 

474

430 

402 

362 

349 

339

326 

al,100 

a900 

al,400 

al.OOO

a940 

a3 , 600 

al,400 

a800 

a600

3560 

a530 

a500 

a470 

a390 

459

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her. .....................

mber ............. ...........

mber .........................

lendar year 1943 ............

ary

h.. ...................... .

1 ............................

at ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1943-49 ............

Fsb.

375 

430 

525 

1,790 

568

416 

349 

303 

412 

890

416 

336 

296 

283 

1,080

1,310 

536 

430 

1,030 

568

430 

375 

331 

308 

276

249 

298 

256

Secondfoot-days

1,720 

13,966 

9,981

93,744

41,435 

14,866 

14,596 

7,627 

5,607 

4,346 

2,987 

3,019 

3,553

123,703

Mar.

224 

215 

198 

198 

187

254 

208 

191 

348 

331

242 

213 

238 

217 

200

187 

185 

215 

183 

175

218 

789 

349 

273 

1,910

675 

1,010 

1,370 

619 

474 

a2,500

Apr.

a950 

a550 

a440 

a350 

a470

3350 

276 

242 

219 

211

204 

233 

259 

211 

183

169 

163 

157 

150 

146

154 

163 

152 

140 

126

123 

196 

215 

217 

208

Maximum

62 

4,630 

1,110

4,630

7,780 

1,790 

2,500 

950 

642 

392 

410 

202 

714

7,780

Peak discharge (base, 2,500 sec. -ft.). Nov. 19 (6 a_.m

May

642 

564 

333 

3270 

3230

a200 

a!90 

a210 

a230 

a!70

aUO 

a!30 

3120 

3120 

allO

3110

allO 

allO 

109 

109

109 

107 

109 

109 

107

104 

106 

104 

123 

278 

144

Minimum

52 

63 

146

45

185 

249 

175 

123 

104 

99 

62 

57 

62

52

June

121 

112 

106 

107 

106

99 

99 

102 

100 

102

107 

124 

116 

107 

163

154 

114 

106 

100 

136

290 

188 

124 

289 

223

179 

392 

148 

118 

114

Mean

55. E 

466 

322

256

1,337 

531 

471 

254 

181 

145 

96.4 

37.4 

118

339

July

107 

95 

89 

89 

81

81 

84 

78 

76 

76

98 

120 

410 

126

111

97 

109 

106 

87 

81

74 

70 

73 

78

76

71 

66 

79 

74 

63 

62

5,600 

6,450 

7,880

Aug.

57 

70 

70 

71 

106

90 

81 

73 

74 

82

76 

70 

132 

126 

102

78 

84 

94 

176 

174

104 

99 

95 

97 

202

106 

82 

76 

109 

84 

79

Per square 

mile

> 0.437 

3.67 

2.54

2.02

10.53 

4.18 

3.71 

2.00 

1.43 

1.14 

.759 

.767 

.929

2.67

Sept.

73 

63 

74 

104 

714

433 

179 

126 

104 

92

84 

81 

79 

79 

79

107 

92 

104 

115 

81

73 

74 

73 

68 

66

65 

65 

66 

73 

62

Runoff in 

inches

0.50 

4.09 

2.92

27.45

12.13 

4.35 

4.27 

2.23 

1.64 

1.27 

.87 

.88 

1.04

36.19

) 4,710 sec. -ft.; Nov. 28 (2 p.m.) 5,600

sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for statior 

on nearby streams.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 485

Sipsey River at Fayette, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°40', long. 87°49', in SW£ sec. 8, T. 16 S., R. 

12 W., at bridge on county road, 1 mile southeast of Fayette and lj miles downstream 

from Southern Railroad bridge. Datum of gage is 296.72 feet above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1941 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior 

to June 9, 1949, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area.--275 square miles.

Hecords available. February 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 405 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 17,900 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage height, 21.1 

reet); minimum observed, 28 second-feet Oct. 17, 18.

1939-49: Maximum discharge observed, 20,000 second-feet Jan. 8, 1946 (gage height, 

21.75 feet), from rating curve extended above 10,000 second-feet on basis of records 

for other stations in Mobile River Basin; minimum observed, 13 second-feet Aug. 26-28, 

Oct. 11-13, 1943.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 18, Sept. 16-30)

Oct. 1 to Ma 28 to Sept. 30

6.1 23 9.0 326 15.0 1,810 18.0 6,000 6.7 61 10.0 524 15.0 1,900 

6.5 48 10.0 488 15.5 2,100 19.0 8,500 7.0 84 11.5 803 15.5 2,180 

7.0 81 11.5 760 16.0 2,520 20.0 12,400 7.5 138 13.0 1,170 16.0 2,590 

7.5 129 13.0 1,120 16.5 3,170 21.0 17,400 8.0 205 14.0 1,490 

8.0 187 14.0 1,400 17.0 4,030 9.0 355 14.5 1,660

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

61

51 

40 

36 

37

39 

35 

34 

36 

31

33 

36 

33 

31 

30

34 

29 

29 

31 

32

31 

31 

34 

31 

30

30 

31 

30 

31 

36 

31

Nov.

31

37 

39 

42 

44

94 

103

85 

67 

78

74 

61 

58

54:

51

109 

239 

213 

1,060 

1,440

1,480 

764 

965 

576 

338

296 

731 

5,140 

5,730 

6,850

Dec.

2,750 

1,420 

740 

663 

573

824 

965 

682 

539 

438

374 

326 

311 

281 

281

1,040 

1,720 

1,810 

1,810 

1,400

916 

663 

591 

505 

772

1,250

965 

682 

720 

1,060 

846

Jan.

627 

539 

1,440 

7,840 

14,900

14,800 

6,450 

2,390 

1,640 

1,020

720 

609 

539 

488 

454

422 

666 

1,370 

1,720 

1,810

1,860 

2,030 

4,910 

4,920 

2,250

1,720 

1,280 

1,090 

916 

701 

781

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

llav

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .................... ....

mber .................... ....

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. ..........................

1 .............. ... . .

st ...........................

ember ............ ...........

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

916 

824 

940 

1,400 

1,640

2,100 

1,640 

1,020 

824 

1,310

1,520 

1,480 

965 

740 

701

1,460 

1,760 

2,030 

1,760 

1,600

1,640 

1,340 

916 

701 

627

539

556 

573

Secondfoot-days

1,064 

26,869 

27,917

188,594

82 , 902 

33,522 

25,387

17,112 

10,681 

7,630 

5,617 

3,503 

5,516

247,720

Mar.

471 

422 

390 

374 

358

406 

422 

374 

390 

682

609 

488 

454 

488 

422

374 

358 

358 

374 

342

326 

594 

1,040 

824 

867

1,360 

2,920 

2,500 

2,250 

2,250 

1,900

Apr.

1,700 

2,120 

1,580 

995

782

895 

723 

596 

524

471

437 

428 

437 

454 

387

339 

316 

300 

286 

270

263 

270 

263 

256 

233

212 

323 

395 

403

454

Maximum

61 

6,850 

2,750

7,600

14,900 

2,100 

2,920 

2,120 

1,520 

871 

596 

240 

1,200

14,900

Hay

649 

1,450 

1,520 

1,040 

596

454 

387 

371 

395 

316

286 

263 

233 

219 

191

177 

164 

158 

142 

133

133 

124 

119 

116

116

108 

101 

105 

119 

188 

308

Minimum

29 

31 

281

27

422 

539 

326 

212 

101 

92 

82 

68 

62

29

Jnne

208 

148 

124 

110 

105

98 

93 

92

97 

97

102 

107 

127 

122 

183

256 

219 

147 

111 

104

692 

871 

462 

308 

316

339 

635 

754 

347 

256

Mean

34.3 

896 

901

515

2,674 

1,197 

819 

570 

345 

254 

181 

113 

184

679

July

363 

226 

161 

132 

126

122 

107 

99 

92 

86

82 

108 

596 

406 

316

508 

368 

240 

198

177

141 

119 

103 

97 

91

86 

86 

88

107 

95 

91

Aug.

80 

74 

72 

68 

82

191 

126 

95

75 

77

88 

74 

82 

73 

88

240 

148 

111 

118 

131

a!60 

al50 

al30 

al20 

allO

a!30 

a!20 

allO 

alOO 

a!60 

al20

Per square 

mile

0.125 

3.26 

3.28

1.87

9.72 

4.35 

2.98 

2.07 

1.25 

.924 

.658 

.411 

.669

2.47

Sept.

alOO 

a 90 

a 80 

88 

234

684 

1,200 

616 

308 

219

164 

134 

115 

104 

99

99 

99 

114 

93 

137

110 

88 

82 

75 

68

66 

64 

62 

62 

62

Runoff in 

inches

0.14 

3.63 

3.78

25.50

11.21 

4.53 

3.43 

2.31 

1.44 

1.03 

.76 

.47 

.75

33.48

Peak discharge (base, 2,500 sec. -ft.). Nov. 29 (10 p.m.) 8,800 eec. -ft. ; Jan. 6 (7 a.m.) 17,900

sec.-ft.; Jan."25 (6 p.m.) 6,600 sec.-ft.j 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed

near Elrod.

980338 O - 52 - 32

27 (7 p.m.) 3,500 sec.-ft. 

T basis of records for stations at Moores Bridge anJ
486 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Slpsey River at Moores Bridge, Ala.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 33°27', long. 87°46', In NWij sec. 35, T. 18 S., R. 12 

 W.,' at bridge on county road, 1 mile east of Moores Bridge and 6 miles downstream fron

Bear Creek. Datum of gage Is 240.95 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels

by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 406 Square miles.

Records available. February 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 648 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 17,500 second-feet Jan. 7 (gage height, 15.8 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 43 second-feet Oct. 25, 26. 

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 23,600 second-feet Jan. 10, 1946 (gage height, 16.78 

feet, from floodmark); minimum observed, 29 second-feet Oct. 9-13, 1943.

Remarks. Records good. Gage read twice daily.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 19)

1.1 39 9.0 960 13.1 3,650 

2.0 107 10.0 1,160 13.4 4,870 

2.5 152 11.0 1,440 14.4 9,700 

3.0 205 12.0 1,830 15.0 12,700 

5.0 434 12.5 2,180 15.5 15,700 

8.0 810 12.8 2,720

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

91 

SO 

72 

65 

58

54 

54 

54 

52 

51

58 

54 

53 

52 

45

45 

48 

47 

45 

49

49 

45

48 

46 

43

44 

45 

46 

45 

45 

50

Nov.

54 

58 

58 

58 

76

194

183 

142 

142 

162

162 

133 

115 

95 

91

103 

350 

509 

1,080 

1,480

1,880 

1,710 

1,630 

1,630 

1,480

1,320 

1,320 

3,220 

7,700 

7,210

Dec.

8,700 

6,250 

4,030 

2,610 

1,930

1,670 

1,410 

1,260 

1,260 

1,190

1,000 

823 

659 

584 

521

678 

1,410 

1,990 

2,180 

2,500

2,320 

2,070 

1,830 

1,510 

1,320

1,290 

1,410 

1,480 

1,630 

1,590 

1,440

Jan.

1,380 

1,320 

1,260 

1,510 

3,710

13,900 

15,700 

9,200 

5,550 

3,650

2,500 

1,930 

1,630 

1,290 

1,020

863 

823 

960 

1,210 

1,550

1,990 

3,840 

4,870 

4,870 

6,730

4,870 

3,480 

2,610 

1,990 

1,750 

1,710

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

nber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary .

h. ...........................

1. ............. ......

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,480 

1,320 

1,350 

1,670 

1,880

1,880 

2,180 

3,300 

2,720 

2,180

1,880 

1,790 

1,790 

1,880 

1,830

2,070 

2,070 

2,070 

2,180 

3,650

2,990 

2,320 

2,070 

1,990 

1,750

1,510 

1,380 

1,260

Seoondfoot-days

1,63, 

34,34 

60,54

309,85]

109, 66E 

56.44C 

40,396 

36,03E 

19,71C 

9.56C 

7,22E 

4,648 

7,22E

387, 43C

Mar.

1,120 

1,000 

863 

759 

6S4

659 

684 

696 

696 

784

836 

923 

980 

863 

810

759 

709 

646 

609 

584

559 

746 

849 

960 

1,160

1,410 

1,590 

2,370 

5,550 

4,440 

5,100

Apr.

5,550 

4,800 

2,320 

3,140 

2,500

1,930 

1,590 

1,380 

1,160 

980

823 

746 

709 

684 

659

609 

521 

471 

422 

398

374 

362 

362 

374 

338

315 

326 

584 

759 

849

Maximum

5 91 

> 7,700 

> 8,700

9,700

15,700 

) 3,650 

5,550 

5,550 

2,320 

734 

521 

3O4 

784

15,700

Peak discharge (base, 4,500 see. -ft. ). Dec. 1 (8 a.m.)

May

907 

1,440 

2,320 

2,070 

1,930

1,710 

1,320 

1,000 

759 

709

621 

546 

434 

374 

326

293 

260 

238 

227 

205

194 

183 

172 

162 

162

162 

152 

152 

162 

205 

315

Minimum

43 

54 

521

40

823 

1,260 

559 

315 

152 

115 

107 

91 

91

43

June

362 

326 

227 

172 

162

142 

133 

124 

124 

115

142 

152 

172 

194 

194

293 

362 

315 

227 

183

172 

423 

671 

734 

646

496 

471 

509

671

646

Mean

52.7 

1,145 

1,953

847

3,538 

2,016 

1,303 

1,201 

636 

319 

233 

150 

241

1,061

July

459 

386 

271 

216

17'

152 

152 

142 

124 

107

115 

133 

162 

410 

521

434 

459 

509 

374 

260

238 

Ii3 

162 

162 

142

142 

124 

115 

142 

133 

124

Aug.

107 

95 

91 

95 

107

107 

152 

152 

124 

103

95 

99 

222 

304 

162

162 

282 

205 

162 

183

205 

172 

152 

142 

133

124 

115 

103 

99 

145 

249

Per square 

mile

0.130 

2.82 

4.81

2.09

8.71 

4.97 

3.21 

2.96 

1.57 

.786 

.574 

.369 

.594

2.61

9.200 see. -ft.; Jan. 7 (4 a.m.)

Sept.

162 

133 

124 

115 

194

398 

671 

721 

784 

734

459 

260 

194 

172 

152

162 

172 

172 

152 

152

152 

172 

133 

115 

103

95 

95 

91 

91 

95

Runoff in 

inches

0.15 

3.15 

5.55

28.40

10.05 

5.17 

3.70 

3.30 

1.81 

.88 

.66 

.43 

.66

35.51

17,800
MOBILE RIVER" BASIN 487

Sipsey River near EIrod, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°15', long. 87°46', in NE^ sec. 3, T. 21 S., R. 

1H W. , at bridge on U. S. Highway 82, a quarter of a mile upstream from Gulf, Mobile 

& Ohio Railroad bridge, 1 mile east of Elrod, and 2 miles downstream from Box Creek. 

Datum of gage is 197.81 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1944.

Drainage area.--515 square miles.

Records available.--August 1928 to March 1932, October 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--13 years (1928-31, 1939-49), 765 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 17,100 second-feet Jan. 7 (gage height, 17.3 

reet); minimum, 66 second-feet Oct. 18, 19.

1928-32, 1939-49: Maximum discharge, 18,600 second-feet Jan. 11, 1946 (gage height, 

17.76 feet); minimum, 29 second-feet Oct. 3, 1931.

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 7 Jan. 8 to Sept. 30

3.8 62 7.0 312 12.0 1,160 14.5 4,610 4.7 121

4.0 72 8.0 419 12.5 1,41O 15. C

4.5 103 9,0 544 13.0 1,780 16. C

5.0 139 10.0 694 13.5 2,300 17.2

6.0 218 11.0 890 14.0 3,090

3 6,600 6.0 228

) 10,800 8.0 426

16,600 9.0 544

Note. --Same as

 preceding table

above 9.0 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

154

131

110

96

90

81

75

73

72

70

73

78

81

78

72

70

6866

£7

68

68

69

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

71

Nov.

74

81

90

96

106

185

332

332

254

254

282

272

222

185

161

165

320

492

772

1,040

1,2OO

1,870

2,020

2,180

2,070

2,120

2,640

4,420

5,000

6,040

-

Dec.

6,600

7,800

6,600

4,690

3,640

3,090

2,720

2,240

1,970

1,650

1,500

1,440

1,350

1,200

1,070

1,070

1,290

1,440.

1,780

2,120

2,500

2,640

2,640

2,430

2,430

2,300

1,970

1,740

1,780

2,180

2,180

Jan.

2,020

1,820

1,740

1,870

2,800

4,910

16,600

15,200

9,000

5,600

3,920

3,090

2,640

2,300

2,020

1,780

1,610

1,740

1,870

1,780

1,690

2,430

4,020

5,000

4,650

6,200

4,920

3,820

3,090

2,640

2,720

Month

October ................ .........

November .................... ....

December ........... ... .........

Calendar year 19.18 . ..........

January ........................ .

February .........................

March ......... .... ... ..... ...

April .............. .............

May ..............................

June ...... ..... .............. .

July ... .........................

August ............. ....... .....

September .......... .............

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

2,430

2,180

1,970

2,180

2,360

2,240

2,240

2,240

2,720

3-, 450

2,990

2,570

2,300

2,120

2,180

3,090

3,200

2,720

2,800

2,890

3,450

3,200

2,800

2,570

2,500

2,360

2,360

2,300

_

-

-

Secondfoot-days

2,441

35,275

80,050

371,309

125,490

72,410

15,660

44,249

29,021

10,468

8,935

5,937

9,494

4fi9, 130

Mar.

2,020

1,690

1,470

1,320

1,200

1,130

1,100

985

936

890

890

890

913

960

1,010

1,040

1,010

985

960

890

825

936

1,070

1,040

1,100

1,160

1,670

2,500

2,500

4,570

6,000

Apr.

5,

4t,

5,

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

i ,

Maximum

154

6,040

7,800

8,800

16,600

3,450

6,000

5,200

2,570

634

570

312

694

l,f ,600

200

230

320

800

990

990

570

240

920

610

440

260

160

040

936

846

785

729

660

570

507

483

471

471

448

426

404

448

584

711

-

Hay

1,070

2,500

2,500

2,180

2,570

2,240

2,120

2,070

1,780

1,380

1,130

1,010

868

711

557

448

382

342

312

282

264

246

237

246

237

219

206

197

197

228

292

Minimum

66

74

1,070

51

1,610

1,970

825

404

197

161

149

121

125

66

June

342

372

372

292

237

210

189

177

165

161

181

219

282

273

282

362

382

393

372

312

255

255

352

471

570

660

694

598

519

519

-

Mean

78.7

1,176

2,582

1,015

4,048

2,586

1,473

1,475

936

349

288

192

316

1,286

July

570

557

426

332

273

228

201

189

177

157

153

177

219

189

312

437

495

495

507

519

393

282

237

206

206

193

181

165

149

149

161

Ang.

153

137

121

121

145

153

133

157

185

161

137

121

165

255

312

228

165

210

282

312

302

282

255

237

210

193

181

161

149

137

177

Per square 

mile

0.153

2.28

5.01

1.97

7.86

5.02

2.86

2.86

1.82

.678

.559

.373

.614

2.50

Sept.

237

201

177

157

308

584

628

644

660

660

694

694

570

332

246

214

201

210

219

237

228

201

201

181

157

145

133

125

125

125

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.18

2.55

5.78

26.85

9.06

5.23

3.30

3.20

2.10

.76

.65

.43

.69

33.93
488 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Sipsey River near Pleasant Ridge, Ala.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 33°02', long. 88°07', in Sj see. 20, T. 24 M., R. 1 W., 

at bridge on State Highway 40, 450 feet downstream from Hughes Creek, 2j miles northwest of Pleasant Ridge, 6 miles upstream from mouth, and 6 miles south of Aliceville. 

Datum of gage is 105.13 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1946. Auxiliary staff gage at Vienna Ferry on Tombigbee River, 2 miles upstream from mouth of Sipsey River, at datum 23.06 feet lower.

Drainage area.--766 square miles.

Records available.--February 1939 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge observed during year, 16,900 second-feet Jan. 10 (gage 

height, 25.8 feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 74 second-feet 

Oct. 24.

1939-49: Maximum discharge observed, that of Jan. 10, 1949; minimum daily discharge 

since Oct. 1, 1943, 46 second-feet Oct. 9-13, 1943; minimum prior to Oct. 1, 1943, not 

determined.

Remarks.--Records fair. Discharge for periods of backwater from Tombigbee River computed 

by using fall as determined from twice-daily readings of auxiliary gage as a factor. 

Gages read twice daily.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; records of discharge computed by 

ueological Survey.

Discharge, in aecond-feet, water year October 1943 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

106

157

157

142

142

113

100

94

87

75

87

87

94

94

100

94

87

a?

87

87

94

94

87

74

94

94

94

94

94

94

94

Nov.

94

100

94

113

127

181

224

280

321

388

388

388

343

343

321

343

388

486

2,260

1,980

1,160

1,180

1,280

1,350

1,420

1,660

3,080

6,190

7,350

7,550

-

Dec.

6,440

5,480

5,950

6,360

6,440

6,540

6,210

4,860

4,160

3,390

2,880

2,650

1,980

1,820

1,710

1,780

2,340

2,500

2,560

2,310

2,030

2,000

2,100

2,260

2,840

2,880

2,880

2,750

3,020

2,790

2,660

Jan.

a2,600

2,500

2,750

2,500

2,850

d3,600

d5,100

d7,800

10,900

16,500

13,300

8,910

6,190

5,510

4,880

3,990

3,820

3,620

3,720

3,440

3,150

3,840

3,640

3,620

3,720

4,670

4,810

5,180

5,160

4,700

4,380

Month

October ............... ..........

November .................. ......

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January .......................

February ......................

March .............. .......

April .............. ..........

Hay

June .............................

July .............................

August ......... .................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

5,^20

4,760

3,890

3,930

3,580

3,430

3,040

2,740

3,000

3,940

4,400

4,580

4,120

3,610

3,260

4,530

4,680

5,020

4,900

4,77U

4,320

3,910

3,800

4,090

3,700

3,320

3,300

3,330

-

_

-

Secondfoot-days

3,08

41,38

106,57

517,10

161,35

110,97

70,21

75,07

47,90

15,16

12,43

8,16

14,73

667,04

Mar.

3,290

3,020

2,700

2,460

2,180

2,020

1,980

1,820

1,780

2,140

2,140

1,780

1,480

1,410

1,340

1,300

1,340

1,370

1,370

1,370

1,340

2,020

2,140

2,100

2,100

2,020

2,780

3,370

3,670

4,580

5 , 800

Apr.

6,950

7,200

5,870

5,270

4,730

4,110

3,870

3,810

3,630

3,060

2,700

2,380

2,140

1,860

1,740

1,590

1,410

1,300

1,190

1,020

1,020

948

913

808

740

706

706

1,050

1,120

1,230

Maximum

1 157

2 7,550

3 6,540

3 9 , 67C

3 16,500

3 5,020

3 5,800

1 7,200

1 4,630

5 808

3 740

3 518

7 1,430

3 16,500

May

2,340

3,660

4,630

4,000

3,120

3,080

2,590

2,580

2,460

2,380

2,300

2,060

1,780

1,520

1,300

1,193

983

774

547

518

412

412

388

355

388

365

343

321

521

365

412

Minimum

74

94

1,710

50

2,500

2,740

1,300

70S

321

280

198

173

181

74

June

388

412

437

437

437

388

321

300

280

300

280

343

463

640

808

808

673

547

518

490

490

463

518

463

490

577

640

706

774

774

Mean

99. E

1,379

3,438

1,413

5,205

3,963

2,265

2,502

1,545

506

401

263

491

1,828

July

740

608

608

640

547

437

365

300

261

261

242

261

242

242

300

343

490

547

608

577

577

577

490

437

300

280

261

242

233

224

198

Aug.

189

198

173

189

189

173

173

189

173

189

215

189

206

242

343

343

343

280

224

321

388

518

490

412

343

300

261

261

224

224

206

Per square 

mile

0.130

1.80

4.49

1 . 84

80

5.17

2.96

3.27

2.02

.661

. 523

.343

.641

2.39

Sept.

224

224

261

256

1,430

1,370

1,230

948

808

774

706

706

706

706

518

412

343

300

261

261

261

261

280

242

242

224

215

198

189

181

Runoff in 

inches

0.15

2.01

5.17

25.10

7 . 83

5 39

3 . 41

s! 64

2 . 33

.74

. 60

.40

32.39
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 489

Noxubee River near Brooksville, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°13'30", long. 88°42'10", in center of sec. 19, T. 

16 N., R. 16 E. Choc taw meridian, at bridge on county road a quarter of a mile downstream from Shotbag Creek, 3| miles upstream from Lynn Creek, 4| miles downstream from 

Octoc Creek, 5f miles upstream from Yeliow Creek, and 7 miles west of Brooksville. Prior to July 23, 1949, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area. 440 square miles (authority, Corps of Engineers).

Records available. July 1940 to June 1942, January 1944 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 46,600 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage height, 

as.ze feet, from floodmark); minimum observed, 8.3 second-feet Oct. 20 (gage height, 0.63 

foot).

1940-42, 1944-49: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 6, 1949; minimum observed, 4.3 

second-feet Oct. 30 to Nov. 1, 1944: minimum gage height observed, 0.51 foot Sept. 27, 

1948.

Remarks. Records fair. Gage read once daily prior to July 23.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; occasional discharge measurements 

made ana records of discharge computed by Geological Survey.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 17 to Nov. 16 

May 7 to July 29)

0.6 8.0 3.7 227 17.0

.8 15 5.5 425 17.4

1.2 34 9.0 905 18.1

1.6 58 13.0 1,550 IS. 6

2.3 109 16.0 2,130 19.3

2,480 19.8 9,100

2,770 20.4 13,000

3,650 21.3 20,900

4,760 22.3 32,700

6,920 22.7 38,200

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oot.

86

65

39

82

43

16

13

10

10

10

10

16

12

13

12

16

16

13

11

8.3

10

9.8

10

11

12

12

11

11

11

11

10

Nov.

12

12

11

12

15

32

32

Z6

61

58

55

52

43

37

37

70

732

816

2,810

2,650

2,430

2,530

2,430

2,280

1,920

1,360

1,310

3,170

7,700

8,100

-

Dec.

8,100

5,030

3,360

2,280

1,250

890

802

774

634

438

332

277

227

218

200

1,090

6,220

8,100

8,600

5,900

3,650

3,500

1,520

760

845

965

995

1,040

845

980

1,070

Jan.

1,070

816

676

8,060

a35,000

a38,000

a!8,000

6,560

4,030

2,670

1,920

1,020

555

451

389

365

1,340

2,870

5,030

4,760

4,760

6,920

6,220

7,300

5,030

3,500

3,500

1,750

1,070

746

620

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

542

704

1,170

1,820

2,130

2,530

3,230

2,670

2,130

2,220

2,220

2,670

3,650

2,770

2,060

2,190

2,280

2,980

3,650

3,360

2,670

2,480

1,840

1,210

704

594

950

1,200

_

_

-

Second 

foot-days

620.

40,803

70,892

324,854.

174,998

58,624

36,380

30,332

32,348

6,800

4,316

2 531

3^591

452,235.

Mar.

1,150

1,070

732

490

464

980

830

529

529

774

830

718

620

438

377

321

288

267

257

247

299

1,880

2,080

1,920

2,160

2,670

2,310

2,770

2,870

2,530

2,980

Apr.

2,870

2,

2,(

1,!

>so

)00

)00

1,220

581

i

,

138

i77

521

267

247

i

>47

>88

177

568

389

;;

;

>99

>47

>18

191

182 ]

]

]

65

73

82

200

182

]

£

1,<

l.E

Maximum

86

8,100

8,600

8,600

38,000

3,650

2,980

2,870

5,900

746

401

182

247

L 38,000

73

)90

60

jOO

-

May

2,130

5,600

5,900

5,900

4,500

2,770

1,900

660

2S8

247

218

200

182

165

149

133

133

109

101

97

89

79

75

75

72

68

79

79

75

93

182

Minimum

8.3

11

200

5

365

542

247

165

68

75

65

17

24

8.3

June

267

218

182

149

125

101

89

79

79

75

79

89

191

200

425

555

718

746

332

218

200

267

237

227

173

141

141

149

191

157

Mean

20. C

1,360

2,287

888

5,645

2,094

1,174

678

1,043

227

139

81.6

120

1,239

July

125

101

133

133

101

89

79

79

79

79

93

79

65

68

97

89

86

89

86

125

165

149

133

133

191

182

347

191

292

401

257

Aug.

182

]

]

J

57

41

33

117

109

1

97

82

89

82

86

82

79

25

97

125

1

Per square 

mile

0.045

3.09

5.20

2.02

12.83

4.76

2.67

1.54

2.37

.516

.316

.185

.273

2.82

17

58

52

72

93

72

49

43

30

24

27

22

17

28

44

Sept.

24

40

37

31

137

209

191

247

182

182

218

173

141

125

109

101

117

117

173

165

125

125

109

93

82

75

72

68

65

58

Runoff in 

inches

0.05

3.45

5.99

27.47

14.79

4.96

3.07

1.72

2.73

.57

.36

.21

.30

38.20

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of floodmark and records for station at Macon.
490 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Noxubee River at Macon, Miss.

Location.--Mater-stage recorder, lat. 33°06°OS", long. 88°33'40", in NE^ sec. 4, T. 14 

N.', K. 17 E. Choctaw meridian, at bridge on U. S. Highway 45, in Macon, a quarter of 

a mile upstream from Cedar Creek, 1 mile downstream from Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad 

bridge, Ij miles downstream from Horse Hunters Creek, and 65- miles upstream from Running Water Creek. Datum of gage is 142.38 feet abpve mean sea level, datum of 1929 

(levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area.--812 square miles.

Records available.--August 1928 to May 1932, September 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--14 years (1928-31, 1938-49), 391 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 50,000 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage height, 32.73 

feet); minimum, 53 second-feet Oct. 10, 11 (gage height, 5.97 feet).

1928-32, 1938-49: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 6, 1949; minimum, 22 second-feet 

Aug. 25, 26, 1943 (gage height, 4.89 feet).

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

6.0

6.3

6.8

7.4

7.9

55 11.3 1,210

82 19.4 3,110

138 23.0 4,170

222 25.3 5,270

512 26.1 6,190

28.0

28.5

30.0

31.5

32.3

11,200

13,600

24,200

37,200

46,000

8.5 453 26.9 7,78O

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

192

178

130

98

80

70

64

61

57

55

55

57

68

61

57

57

57

58

59

60

58

57

57

57

57

57

57

57

59

58

59

Nov.

59

68

73

71

89

95

118

124

94

105

alOO

alOO

alOO

alOO

100

301

896

1,110

3,450

4,330

4,130

4,050

3,740

3,350

2,910

2,740

3,300

6,600

13 , 900

13,OOO

~

Dec.

9,510

8,330

7,530

6,190

5,030

4,210

2,710

1,260

1,030

815

592

480

402

378

333

1,750

4,530

6,000

7,780

8,050

7,300

6,040

4,980

3,950

2,420

1,600

1,380

1,300

1,600

1,870

1,730

Jan.

1,470

1,3

1,3

3,3

00

00

80

25,400

46,000

27,4

15,2

9,2

00

00

10

6,700

5,270

4,2

2,7

1,0

90

80

60

704

620

1,9

3,6

4,4

60

00

90

4,980

5,140

9,9

12,8

9,2

70

00

10

7,530

6,890

5,6

4,6

3,7

2,2

50

80

60

80

1,230

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ................... .....

Calendar year 1948 ............

January .........................

February .........................

March .......................... .

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ................... ....

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,180

1,510

2,030

3,380

3,740

3,710

3,350

3,110

3,220

4,010

4,250

4,050

3,510

3,190

3,190

3,790

4,370

4,210

4,050

4,050

4,130

3,880

3,400

2,780

1,870

1,080

1,690

2,400

_

-

-

Secondfoot days

2,20

69,20

111,08

513,70

236,25

89 ,13

65,17

40,64

49,06

11,88

5^28

6,O8

693,03

Mar.

2,030

1,580

1,350

977

760

1,000

1,620

1,210

950

1,490

1,490

1,260

1,110

842

676

578

522

494

480

453

620

3,150

3,850

3,850

3,620

3,760

3,910

4,880

5,540

5,350

5,770

Apr.

6,

5,

4,

3,

2,

1,

350

770

580

650

880

870

950

704

606

536

480

480

536

620

704

704

536

427

378

344

322

312

312

322

312

322

1,

1,

2,

Maximum

7 192

3 13,900

C 9,510

5 13,900

4 46,000

0 4,370

Z 5,770

2 6,350

1 7,090

2 1,000

1 466

3 322

S 453

5 46,000

355

180

980

120

-

May

2,590

4,37

6,42

7,09

0

O

0

6,190

5,440

4,73

3,85

2,10

0

0

0

634

480

41

37

34

4

8

4

312

292

27

25

24

3

5

6

230

222

21

20

20

4

7

7

2-22

200

18

19

21

23

5

Z

4

B

322

Minimum

55

59

333

44

620

1,080

453

312

185

207

138

94

92

55

June

390

427

366

302

264

230

207

260

214

23O

214

246

322

453

378

815

923

1,000

896

564

378

366

414

402

344

282

246

238

238

273

-

Mean

71.

2,307

3,583

1,404

7,621

3,183

2,102

1,355

1,583

396

227

171

203

1,899

July

255

230

200

214

222

192

171

158

147

138

171

207

185

163

164

192

192

£07

178

167

192

222

214

207

214

355

292

344

333

440

466

Aug.

322

246

222

200

185

178

171

161

156

164

159

158

154

164

185

192

246

>22

192

174

158

185

168

150

151

126

105

99

98

94

101

Per square 

mile

I 0.088

2.84

4.41

1.72

9.39

3.92

2 . 59

1.67

1. 95

.488

.280

.211

.250

2.34

Sept.

107

103

92

103

289

453

390

292

333

292

255

273

246

207

192

172

167

170

178

214

222

192

178

167

151

139

132

127

126

124

Runoff in 

inches

o.io

3.17

5.09

23.53

10.82

4.08

2.98

1 86

2 . 25

!54

. 32

.24

.28

31.73
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 491

Noxubee River near Geiger, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°551, long. SS'lSi, in SE£ sec. 33, T. 23 N., R. 

3~TJ77 at bridge on State Highway 17, half a mile upstream from Woodards Creek, 1 mile 

upstream from Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Railroad bridge, and 4 miles north of 

Geiger. Datum of gage is 86.08 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary ad jus tment of 1946. Water-stage recorder for station at .Gainesville on Tombigbee 

River, lj miles downstream from mouth of Noxubee River, is used as auxiliary gage. 

Prior to June 6, 1949, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area. 1,080 square miles.

Records available.--March 1939 to September 1940, July 1944 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 27,900 second-feet Jan. 8 (gage height, 41.6 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 63 second-feet Oct. 13, 19, 

20.

1939-40, 1944-49: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 8, 1949; minimum daily, 41 secondfeet Nov. 8, 1944.

Remarks. Records fair. Gage read twice daily prior to June 6. Discharge includes flow 

or Noxubee cutoff channel at bridge on State Highway 17, 1 mile north of gage. Discharge for periods of backwater from Tombigbee River computed using fall as determined 

from auxiliary gage as a factor.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; records of discharge computed by 

Geological Survey.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

214 

391 

335 

198 

152

123 

182 

152 

116 

84

374 

68 

63 

68 

90

78 

68 

68 

63 

63

68 

73 

376 

73 

68

68 

68 

68 

68 

68 

73

Nov.

73 

73 

78 

84 

31OO

123 

299 

230 

230 

214

182 

182 

182 

190 

167

304 

0900 

cl,400 

3,090 

5,710

6,260 

5,710 

5,150 

4,600 

4,700

5,780 

7,080 

010,400 

012,200 

012,300

Dec.

013,200 

14,300 

13,200 

12,200 

311,000

10,OOO 

9,100 

7,850 

7,470 

5,180

2,690 

2,150 

1,030 

625 

513

al,700 

34,500 

36,000 

37,000 

37,800

38,300 

38,300 

a7,700 

a6,800 

a5,100

33,800 

2,830 

1,830 

2,980 

4,400 

3,830

Jan.

2,420 

1,840 

4,080 

4,980 

7,95O

10,800 

e23,000 

27,300 

23,600 

17,20O

13,1OO 

10,800 

9,430 

7,260 

3,330

1,700 

4,880 

8,270 

8,370 

7,130

8,300 

9,590 

10,200 

10,400 

11,600

12,100 

11,7OO 

10,500 

8,800 

37,000 

5,610

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

ber ...................... ...

nber .........................

nber ..... -

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. ...........................

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

3,160 

2,920 

4,300 

6,420 

8,330

7,53O 

6,520 

5,590 

5,510 

7,020

7,940 

6,860 

7,100 

5,610 

4,990

7,600 

8,970 

8,320 

7,610 

7,300

6,530 

5,690 

4,370 

3,830 

3,270

2,340 

2,62O 

3,770

Seoondfoot-days

3,42] 

87,99] 

193, 37£

796,020

303 , 240

162,020 

100,359 

69,368 

79,661 

24,074 

13,148 

7,872 

9,924

1,054,456

Mar.

3,280 

2,690 

1,760 

1,510 

1,030

1,000 

1,900 

1,630 

1,660 

2,240

2,340 

2,080 

1,460 

1,120 

764

671 

602 

557 

3540 

535

2,210 

5,710 

6,390 

5,520 

5,670

5,860 

6,350 

7,410 

8,050 

8,000 

9,820

Apr.

10,500 

9,490 

8,630 

7,710 

6,69O

5,160 

2,870 

1,200 

d930 

d740

d680 

679 

756 

764 

717

740 

717 

602 

513 

513

492 

410 

3410 

410 

410

410 

625 

1,460 

1,800 

2,340

Maximum

391 

12,300 

14,300

14,300

27,300 

8,970 

9,820 

10,500 

9,250 

2,480 

2,370 

535 

1,320

27,300

Peak discharge (base, 12.OOO sec. -ft.). Dec. 2 (12 m.

May

5,O60 

9,060 

9,250 

8,380 

7,600

7,220 

6,950 

6,560 

5,710 

4,020

1,330 

579 

492 

513 

471

391 

372 

353 

335 

317

299 

281 

264 

281 

299

281 

281 

281 

299 

812 

1,320

Minimum

63 

73 

513

62

1,700 

2,340 

535 

410 

264 

264 

210 

137 

130

63

June

648 

492 

492 

492 

410

353 

317 

353 

45O 

489

02,480 

1,700 

2,450 

1,630 

1,560

1,580 

1,270 

1,050 

1,000 

836

648 

450 

410 

471 

471

410 

335 

299

264 

264

Mean

11C 

2,933 

6,238

2,175

9,782 

5,786 

3,237 

2,312 

2,570 

S02 

424 

254 

331

2,889

July

a310 

a29O 

3270 

a260 

3280

3260 

3240 

3220 

a210 

3210

3240 

3280 

3260 

264 

1,000

2,370 

3950 

3500 

a370 

3310

a290 

281 

3320 

a300 

3330

a410 

3380 

391 

430 

430 

492

Aug.

535 

430 

353 

299 

281

264 

264 

247 

230 

214

214 

214 

214 

230 

247

247 

264 

299 

317 

317

264 

247 

230 

247 

214

206 

198 

160 

137 

137 

152

Per square 

mile

0.102 

2.72 

5.78

2.01

9.06 

5.36 

3.00 

2.14 

2.38 

.743 

.393 

.235 

.306

2.68

14,5OO sec. -ft.; Jan. 8 (7 a.m.

Sept.

137 

137 

146 

130 

861

1,320 

764 

535 

410 

410

372 

335 

335 

335 

299

264 

247 

247 

230 

230

247 

281 

264 

247 

230

206 

190 

174 

174 

167

Runoff in 

inohes

0.12 

3.03 

6.66

27.43

10.44 

5.58 

3.46 

2.39 

2.74 

.83 

.45 

.27 

.34

36.31

) 27,900

sec.-

3 No gsge-helght record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for station 

at Macon, Miss.

c Baekwster from trlbutsry Inflow; discharge computed on basis of 2 discharge measurements, weather records, and records for station at Macon, Miss.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for station at Macon, Miss.

e Indefinite stage-discharge relation; discharge computed on basis of 1 discharge measurement.
492 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Mulberry Fork near Garden City, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°00', long. 86°45' in NE-f sec. 16, T. 12 S., R. 

a W., at bridge on TJ. S. Highway 31, 1,000 feet downstream from Louisville & Nashville 

Railroad bridge, 1 mile southwest of Garden City, and 5j miles downstream from Mud 

Creek. Datum of gage is 380.54 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area. 365 square miles.

Kecoras available. June 1928 to September 1949.

Average dlscnarge. 20 years (1929-49), 639 second-feet.

JSxtremes. Maximum discharge during year, 35,200 second-feet Jan. 5 (gage height, 20.6

 feet); minimum, 4.3 second-feet Oct. 20, 21 (gage height, 1.97 feet).

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 46,600 second-feet Feb. 4, 1936 (gage height, 24.0 feet, 

from floodmarks); minimum observed, 3 second-feet Sept. 28-30, Oct. 1, 3-6, 1931 (gage 

height, 1.88 feet).

Remarks. Records good except those below 10 second-feet, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 3)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 28

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.3

3.7

6.8

11

16

24

2.5 

2.7 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

43

71

133

276

500

4.5 

5.0 

6.0

750

1,070

1,920

2.3

2.4

2.5

2.6

Note. Same as following table above 

feet.

Nov. 29 to Sept. 30

3.3 188

3.7 320

4.1 487

4.5 705

5.0 1,040

6.0 1,920

7.0 3,060

8.0

9.0

11.0

16.0

4,6OO

6,400

10,700

22,700

18.0 28,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

12 

9.2 

8.4 

a7,6 

a8.O

a7.0 

a6.1 

a5. 6 

a5.2 

a5. 2

5.2 

5.2 

5.2 

4.9 

4.9

4.9 

5.2 

5.2 

4.9 

4.6

4.6 

4.9 

5.2 

5.2 

5.2

5.2 

5.2 

5.2 

5.2 

5.2 

5.2

Nov.

6.1 

15 

695 

156

87

823 

255 

131 

93 

172

190 

138 

112 

95 

82

105 

357 

245 

6,390 

2,110

1,080 

1,100 

900 

750 

640

837 

2,120 

21,600 

7,320 

3,180

Dec.

2,120 

1,580 

1,360 

1,120 

1,150

2,560 

1,500 

1,200 

970 

793

681 

629 

564 

507 

482

1,300 

1,63O 

1,400 

1,540 

1,280

1,080 

1,040 

1,010 

839 

1,990

1,360 

1,160 

1,010 

2,210 

1,820 

1,400

Jan.

1,160 

1,010 

3,820 

6,070 

27,700

7,360 

3,490 

2,450 

1,870 

1,540

1,280 

1,080 

935 

826 

736

646 

1,200 

1,320 

3,240 

2,860

1,670 

4,740 

3,870 

2,620 

2,020

1,680 

1,500 

1,400 

1,080 

970 

1,500

Month

Octo 

Move 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her. .........................

nber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary . .

h...... ......................

1.................... ........

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,320 

1,400 

1,580 

5,280 

2,860

2,O70 

1,720 

1,400 

1,420 

4,150

2,560 

1,970 

1,540 

1,320 

1,300

3,860 

2,860 

2,180 

10,200 

4,110

2,680 

2,070 

1,630 

1,360 

1,120

935 

970

859

Secondfoot-daye

180. 

51,884. 

39,285

288,212.

93,643 

66,724 

37,738 

23,218 

16,059 

14,475 

22 , 604 

2,804 

4,228

372,842.

Peak discharge (base, 13.OOO sec. -ft.). N

sec. -ft.; Feb. 19 (1O a.m.) 15.5OO sec. -ft.; 

a No gage-height record; discharge compute 

stations .

Mar.

664 

596 

522 

473 

432

402 

362 

320 

343 

537

370 

309 

309 

313 

281

250 

240 

313 

328 

247

237 

835 

574 

441 

6,670

2,670 

4,570 

4,030 

2,680 

2,120 

5,300

Apr.

2,400 

1,770 

1,400 

1,120 

1,630

1,450 

1,120 

935 

774 

658

585 

687 

1,400 

780 

601

497 

432 

398 

347 

306

288 

309 

298 

253 

221

194 

212 

347 

1,000 

806

Maxi^

3 12 

L 21,600 

2,560

:> 21,600

27,700 

10,200 

6,670 

2,400 

3,080 

2.0OO 

2,980 

341 

1,370

3 27,700

3V. 28 (1 p. I 

Mar. 25 (12 

3 on basis of

May

1,660 

3,080 

1,720 

1,200 

900

736 

601 

542 

793

487

420 

347 

298 

264 

237

218 

188 

166 

149 

137

126 

113 

111 

135 

194

126 

103 

171 

172 

250 

415

Minimum

4.6 

6.1 

482

4.3

646 

859 

237 

194 

103 

99 

130 

33 

18

4.6

June

302 

177 

137 

113 

99

552 

169 

119 

101 

120

122 

119 

126 

101 

2,000

1,500 

537 

370 

288 

244

342 

370 

264 

206 

426

412 

1,450 

999 

1,980 

730

Mean

5.83 

1,729 

1,267

787

3,021 

2,383 

1,217 

774 

518 

482 

729 

9O.5 

141

1,021

July

624 

394 

320 

417 

267

310 

260 

177 

295 

600

495 

2,400 

2,980

a, 310

2,130

2,070 

2,040 

1,160 

826 

670

497 

402 

350 

358

277

221 

188 

161 

142 

130 

133

Aug.

135 

113 

99 

90 

82

74 

244 

113 

77 

66

61 

48 

66 

57 

42

37 

35 

66 

66 

61

142 

82 

123 

341 

209

81 

51 

41 

35 

33 

34

Per square 

mile

0.016 

4.74 

3.47

2.16

8.28 

6.53 

3.33 

2.12 

1.42 

1.32 

2.00 

.248 

.386

2.80

1.) 33,500 sec. -ft.; Jan. 5 (1O a 

m.) 13,700 sec. -ft. 

weather records and records foi

Sept.

34

31 

29 

23 

103

1,370 

1,030 

291 

180 

128

99 

82 

67 

61 

57

54 

81 

61 

55 

46

37 

33 

30 

25 

23

20 

18 

18 

70 

72

Runoff in 

inohes

O.O2 

5.29 

4.OO

29.36

9.54 

6.80 

3.85 

2.37 

1.64 

1.47 

2.30 

.29 

.43

38.00

urn.) 35,200 

nearby
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 493

Black Warrior River at Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°12'45", long. 87°34'35", in NW£ sec. 22, T. 21 

ST7TT. 10 W., in Tuscaloosa, 55 feet downstream from Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad 

bridge. Navigation dam at Tuscaloosa lock and dam, half a mile downstream, is control 

at low and medium stages. Datum of gage is 83.29 feet above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1941. Auxiliary water-stage recorder 500 feet downstream from Tuscaloosa lock and dam, at datum 1.16-feet lower.

Drainage area. 4,830 square miles.

Records available. January 1889 to December 1894 .(gage heights only), January 1895 to December 19U2, January 1903 to December 1905 (gage heights only), August 1928 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 29 years (1894-1902, 1928-49), 7,896 second-feet.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 177,000 second-feet Jan. 5 (gage height, 63.7 

TeeTT; minimum daily, 175 second-feet Oct. 15, 16.

1889-1905, 1928-49: Maximum discharge, 215,000 second-feet Apr. 18, 1900 (gage 

height, 67.7 feet); minimum daily, 57 second-feet July 26, 1944. 

Maximum stage known, that of Apr. 18, 1900.

Remarks. Records good above 1,700 second-feet and fair below. Discharge above 33,000 

second-feet computed by using relationship between gage heights at base gage-and auxiliary gage as a factor. Some regulation at low flow by lock below gage and occasional regulation by reservoir at lock 17 (usable capacity, 112,000 acre-feet). Diversion 

through lock valves included in figures of discharge.

Revisions (water years). W 662: Drainage area. W 1002: 1940-43".

Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1948- to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

719

508

557

544

561

485

525

508

355

338

717

512

288

221

175

175

344

372

236

232

253

236

276

259

279

194

224

241

233

207

253

Nov.

236

411

893

599

781

3,150

6,630

2,390

1,370

3,210

1,620

1,860

1,830

1,300

1,140

2,330

8,800

5,860

37.40O

50,4OO

25,OOO

15,700

17.2OO

11,2OO

8,230

11,800

31,8OO

138,000

142,000

119,000

-

Dec.

9O.2OO

30,800

16,10O

12,20O

11,200

18,800

18,8OO

13,900

10.9OO

9,680

6,37O

6,270

6,580

6,110

5,300

15,000

36,300

26,400

23,100

19,500

15,3OO

12.2OO

9,980

9,380

21,4OO

24,7OO

16,800

13 , 2OO

20,300

27,30O

19,100

Jan.

14,600

12,200

20,4OO

68,500

146,000

159,000

14O.OOO

11O,OOO

e66,OOO

624.0OO

14,200

12,200

9,680

9,380

8.52O

6,53O

12,900

26.8OO

40,200

30,900

21,500

41 , 200

54,80O

42,400

28,200

2O, 700

16,800

16,100

15,300

11,200

18,400

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ...... v .................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 194,8-49 ............

Feb.

2O,3OO

18,OOO

18,400

45,400

52,600

33,600

22,3OO

17,600

18,000

39,200

38,200

25,5OO

19,500

15,300

13,900

52,200

58,700

37.20O

49 , 800

58,700

43,200

25,500

19,10O

15,300

12,8OO

10,600

16.4OO

17.6OO

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

11,02

652,14

573,17

3,695,36

1,218,61

815,70

545,42

322,79

275,18

150,72

117,49

37 49

75^32

4,795,07

Mar.

13,6OO

9,680

9,380

8,230

7.O7O

8,520

9,090

6.96O

7,40O

16,800

12,200

9,090

8,520

8,520

7,010

5,750

5,550

6,420

5,650

5,260

4,320

17,700

17,600

11,800

19,100

42,200

46,20O

61,700

54, 200

37 , 200

62,700

Apr.

52,6OO

34.5OO

21,500

16,10O

14.2OO

16,100

14,2OO

1O,9OO

9,380

8,520

6,630

7,120

9,980

9,680

7,950

5,750

4,680

4,73O

4,590

3,550

3,600

3,630

3,640

3,590

3,460

2,980

2,830

5,800

12,200

18,400

Maximum

7 719

0 142, OOO

0 90,200

1 142,000

0 159,000

0 58,700

0 62,7OO

< 52 , 60O

I 71 200

0 17^200

7 12,500

: 2 , 90O

0 16, 1OO

1 159,000

May

27,8OO

71,20O

45,300

23,100

15,000

10,900

8,520

7,670

6.48O

7,120

a6,100

f4,260

a3,60O

f3,140

f2,36O

f2,540

a2,5OO

a2,3OO

al,900

fl,45O

f 1,360

f 1,390

f 1,420

f2,500

a2,100

al,70O

al,600

al,800

f2,910

1,650

3,510

Minimum

175

236

5,300

153

6,530

10,6OO

4,320

2, 83C

1,360

1,170

804

7 SO

355

175

June

3,550

2,44O

2,O40

1,710

1,250

1,170

1,280

1,69O

1.47O

1,420

1,340

2,580

2,84O

2,190

4,060

17,200

10,900

4,410

3,180

2,160

7,950

17,200

13,600

5,960

5,400

5,450

6,O60

7,950

5,260

7,O1O

Msan

35

21,74(

18.49C

10,10C

39,31C

29,13C

17,59(

10,76(

8,87

5,02

3,79

1,21(

2,51

13.14C

July

4.64O

3,720

2, SCO

1,960

1,280

1,930

2,140

2,87O

1,440

1,820

5,210

3,630

6,370

9,090

5,910

9,980

12,500

8,800

6,110

5,720

3,870

2,540

2,O1O

1,990

1,910

1,830

1,420

1,390

975

804

838

Aug.

771

750

1,010

1,910

996

1,200

1,460

893

797

8O9

814

831

1,020

1,080

1,620

1,640

1,610

1,120

1,280

2,300

2,900

1,680

876

862

797

821

1,3OO

1,250

968

1,040

1,O90

Per square 

mile

5 0.074

} 4.50

) 3.83

) 2.09

) 8.14

) 6.03

) 3.64

) 2.23

1 1.84

1 1.04

) .785

) 251

L !s20

) 2.72

Sept.

1,020

1,440

989

869

6,110

14,600

16,100

7,400

3,970

2,530

1,300

1,260

1,230

1,200

944

886

865

910

975

3,130

2,190

1,260

886

788

538

406

355

356

426 389'

Runoff in 

inches

O.O8

5.02

4.41

28.44

9.38

6.28

4.20

2.49

2.12

1.16

.90

.29

.58

36.91

Peak discharge (base. 85,OOO aec.-ft.). Hoy. 28 (2 p.m.) 169,OOO sec.-ft. } Jan. 5 (11 p.m.) 

177,000 aec.-ft.

a Mo gage-height record; discharge computed on baaia of weather reeorda and recorda for atatlon at 

Butaw.

e Stage-discharge relation indefinite; diacharge computed on baaia of weather recorda and recorda 

for atation at Eutaw.

f Computed on basia of partly eatimated gage-height record.
494 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Black Warrior River near Eutaw, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°49'05", long. 87°49'00", in SE£ sec. 6, T. 21 H., 

R. 3 E., at bridge on State Highway 41 between Eutaw and Wedgeworth, l£ miles downstream from Big Creek and 4 miles southeast of Eutaw. Navigation dam at lock 7,3 

miles downstream is control at low stages. Auxiliary gages are upper and lower staff 

gages at lock 7. Datum of all gages is 53.11 feet above mean sea level, adjustment of 

1912.

Drainage area. 5,820 square miles.

Records available. May 1932 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--17 years, 9,233 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 158,000 second-feet Jan. 9; maximum gage height, 

5b.a feet Jan. 9; minimum daily, 408 second-feet Oct. 16.

1932-49: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 9, 1949; maximum gage height, 56.8 feet 

Jan. 9, 1949; minimum discharge, 177 second-feet Oct. 9, 1935 (gage height, 18.44 feet); 

minimum daily, 203 second-feet Oct. 9, 1935.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of doubtful gage-height record, which are 

Fair. Discharge above about 8,000 second-feet computed by using relationship between 

gage heights at recorder and auxiliary gages as a factor. Auxiliary gages read at 

least once daily. Occasional regulation by reservoir at lock 17 (usable capacity, 

112,000 acre-feet).

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; records of discharge computed by 

ueological Survey.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,030

819

670

598

580

589

580

580

589

524

524

747

589

517

477

410

419

472

494

439

427

431

439

447

455

455

427

427

423

431

443

Nov.

466

499

580

832

747

1,540

3,950

5,550

2,890

2,630

2,990

2,230

2,280

2,190

1,410

1,470

4,470

7,760

9,880

25,400

33,300

33 , 100

28,400

23,200

16,200

11,900

19 , 400

36,800

44,800

56,400

-

Dec.

92,700

110,000

93,600

72,000

49 , 100

37,600

33,600

30,600

25,000

24,700

17,800

10,400

8,960

8,440

7,810

8,220

17,700

39,700

30,000

27,500

24,800

21,900

16,200

12,200

12,200

19,200

23,200

19,500

15,600

22,400

25,700

Jan.

23,700

19,100

13,700

20 , 200

35,000

50,600

74,800

139,000

152,000

125,000

89,200

56 , 600

43,900

35,300

27,500

22,000

17,700

18,400

25,400

31,900

33,600

32,600

35,500

38,500

40,400

39,600

36,700

31,900

27,000

21,500

17,300

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............ ...............

April ............................

May ..............................

June ......................... ...

July .............................

August ...........................

September ...... .................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

21,200

21,500

20,700

22,200

30,500

35,700

38,800

35,000

31,100

29,900

33,200

35,100

34,300

31,600

25,400

25,500

33,100

39,000

41,200

44,500

47,300

47,900

46,300

40 , 200

34,400

28,900

22,500

22,900

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

16,45

383,26

948,33

4,242,24

1,375,60

919, 90

512,89

528, 78

362,70

180,00

151,46

54,13

106,90

5,540,40

Mar.

21,600

16,300

12,500

11,000

9,840

9,030

10,900

10,900

9,300

12,900

16,900

15,000

12,000

10,600

10,100

8,760

7,410

7,140

7,410

6,870

6,330

10,200

19,200

20,400

15,000

18,000

29,800

35,900

39 , 800

44,600

47,200

Apr.

49 , 400

53,600

51,900

45,500

38,400

34,100

30,700

26,200

19,700

13,500

11,600

10,7OO

10,200

11,700

12,100

10,700

8,380

7,380

7,130

6,640

5,910

5,780

5,780

5,780

5,540

5,240

4,930

5,780

9,630

14,700

-

Maximum

2 1,030

4 56,400

0 110,000

9 110,000

3 152,000

3 47 , 900

3 47 , 2OO

3 53,600

3 41,300

3 14,800

3 12,300

D 3,600

3 16,500

5 152,000

May

18,700

28,400

37,000

41,300

40,200

35,500

28,800

19,900

12,800

9,440

9,130

7,880

6,640

5,540

4,800

4,320

4,320

4,200

3,840

3,490

3,040

2,940

2,940

3,380

3,840

3,260

2,830

2,730

3,260

4,200

4,080

Minimum

410

466

7,810

410

13,700

20,700

6,330

4 930

2^730

2,430

1,600

1,200

990

410

June

5,050

4,800

3,960

3,380

2,940

2,630

2,430

2,530

2,940

2,940

2,940

3,260

4,560

4,440

3,840

6,890

14,000

11,100

6,400

4,320

4,320

8,380

14,800

13,100

8,380

7,130

6,640

7,380

7,630

6,890

Mean

53

12,78

30,59(

11,59(

44,37

32 851

16^54

17,63(

11.70C

6,OOC

4,88

1,74

3,56

15,18C

July

7,130

5,660

4,680

3,840

2,940

2,530

2,940

3,380

3,380

2,530

3-, 380

4,800

4,440

7,380

7,880

7,880

11,500

12,300

10,400

7,880

6,640

5,170

3,720

3,040

2,830

2,730

2,630

2,350

d2,100

dl,800

dl,600

Aug.

dl,500

dl,500

1,440

1,730

2,080

1,720

1,780

1,890

1,400

1,310

1,310

1,270

1,440

1,640

1,730

2,010

2,040

2,130

1,810

2,280

3,150

3,600

2,340

1,510

1,350

1,200

1,200

1,510

1,510

1,270

1,480

Per square 

mile

L 0.091

D 2.20

) S.W

) 1.99

3 7.62

3 5.64

) 2.84

) 3.03

) 2.01

) 1.03

5 .840

> .300

5 .612

) 2.61

Sept.

1,240

1,390

1,450

1,270

3,990

10,900

15,900

16,500

10,400

5,910

3,600

2,530

2,300

1,910

2,010

1,680

1,620

1,620

1,640

2,080

3,490

2,830

2,150

1,670

1,440

1,240

1,100

1,000

990

1,050

Runoff in 

inches

0.11

2.45

6.06

27.11

8.79

5.88

3.28

3.38

2.32

1.15

.97

.35

.68

35.42

Peak discharge (base, 50,000 see.-ft.). Dec. 2 (1O a.m.) 113,000 sec.-ft.; Jan. 9 (3 a.m.) 

158,000 sec.-ft.j Apr. 2 (8 a.m.) 55,100 sec.-ft.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of auxiliary gage heights and records 

for station at Tuscaloosa.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 495

Sipsey Fork near Falls City, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°03', long. 87°16<, in NEi sec. 33, T. 11 S., R. 

7 w., at bridge on county highway lir miles downstream from Clifty Fork, if miles north 

of Palls City, and 2^ miles upstream from Clear Creek.

Drainage area. 375 square miles.

Records available. October 1943 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 32,200 second-feet Jan. 5 (gage height, 23.0 

feet); minimum, 22 second-feet Oct. 16-19.

1943-49: Maximum discharge, 48,400 second-feet Jan. 8, 1946 (gage height, 29.6 

feet), from rating curve extended above 16,000 second-feet; minimum, 12 second-feet 

Sept. 25-27, 1948.

A discharge of 6.4 second-feet was measured Aug. 26, 1943.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

2.0 21 3.4 212 5.5 970 10.0 5,450 

2.3 45 3.8 310 6.O 1,26O 13.0 10.10O 

2.6 75 4.3 463 7.0 1,970 16.0 16,200 

3.0 133 5.0 730 8.0 2,890 20.5 26,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948- to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

61 

45 

37 

34

38

53 

46 

38 

33 

29

27 

27 

25 

24 

23

22 

22 

22 

22 

23

24 

24 

24 

24 

24

25 

26 

26 

25 

26 

25

Nov.

27 

28 

60 

101 

98

460 

246 

133 

105 

155

130 

99 

85 

75 

67

91 

221 

199 

5,480 

1,890

709 

2,790 

1,180 

668 

460

458 

1,300 

11,800 

6,920 

2,300

Dec.

1,330 

920 

774 

648 

571

798 

798 

668 

552 

443

379 

347 

321 

294 

279

639 

970 

846 

945

821

688 

668 

688 

609 

1,090

1,110 

920 

752 

1,060 

1,300 

1,020

Jan.

821 

709 

8,820 

14 , 900 

26,400

9,680 

3,230 

2,130 

1,580 

1,170

945 

774 

688 

590 

534

498 

1,990 

3,860 

4,640 

2,530

2,130 

9,590 

7,200 

3,600 

2,300

1,860 

1,640 

1,540 

1,260 

1,050 

1,230

Honth

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Jann 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lender year 1948 ............

ary

h.. ......... ................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,110 

1,050 

1,290 

5,520 

3,470

2,130 

1,610 

1,230 

1,110 

2,050

1,720 

1,400 

1,140 

970 

1,400

5,310 

3,110 

2,050 

3,260 

3,230

2,130 

1,640 

1,300 

1,O5O 

895

752 

709 

648

Secondfoot-days

92 

38,33 

23,24

250,69

119,88 

53,28 

38,88 

24,49 

23,14 

23,32 

16,45 

3,57 

8,25

373,81

Peak discharge (base, 11,000 sec . -f t . ) . --N

sec. -ft. j Jan. 22 (6 p.m.) 12,400 see. -ft. 

Note. Ho gage-height record Mar. 2-1O, Ju 

ed range In stage and records for Clear Cree

Mar.

552 

480 

450 

420 

410

400 

370 

350 

390 

450

373 

358 

361 

364 

341

316 

305 

347 

358 

316

307 

609 

945 

752 

5,510

3,760 

3,420 

5,310 

3,350 

2,170 

5,040

Apr.

3,200 

2,010 

1,540 

X,170 

1,140

1,200 

995 

870 

752 

648

590 

571 

648 

590 

516

453 

417 

404 

373 

347

335 

347 

358 

361 

310

279 

324 

648 

1,280 

1,820

Maximum

4 61 

5 11,800 

8 1,330

7 17,OOO

9 26,400 

4 5,520 

4 5,510 

6 3,200 

3 6,320 

6 4,520 

9 5,230 

3 292 

7 2,920

8 26,400

Hay

3,000 

6,320 

3,060 

1,780 

1,230

846 

709 

590 

552 

498

453 

382 

327 

292 

264

245 

224 

203 

188 

172

162 

155 

146 

144 

153

151 

142 

142 

142 

243 

228

Minimum

22

27 

279

12

498 

648 

305 

279 

142 

92 

88 

62 

60

22

June

192 

159

133 

117 

106

106 

101 

94 

112 

101

92 

106 

140 

135 

2,310

2,420 

880 

480 

332 

269

3,700 

4,520 

1,460 

995 

970

920 

895 

590 

480 

411

Mean

29.

1,278 

750

685

3,867 

1,903 

1,254 

817 

747 

778 

531 

115 

275

1,024

July

332 

279- 

242 

228 

197

178 

212 

157 

137 

159

142

256 

437 

5,230 

2,530

1,440 

895 

752 

498

379

292 

235 

230 

201 

166

140 

120 

110 

100 

97 

88

Aug.

77 

70 

67 

100 

150

100 

78 

84 

74

67

63 

62 

220 

110 

180

140 

120 

112 

147 

292

240 

170 

125 

120 

117

98 

85 

75 

75 

73 

82

Per square 

mile

3 0.079 

3.41 

2.00

1.83

10.3 

5.07 

3.34 

2.18 

1.99 

2.07 

1.42 

.307 

.733

2.73

Sept.

123 

92 

78 

76 

370

2,920 

1,270 

590 

370 

259

199

168 

146 

131 

122

117 

108 

105 

140 

120

108 

92 

85

76 

68

64 

60 

62 

72

66

Runoff in 

inches

0.09 

3.80 

2.31

24.87

11.89 

5.28 

3.86 

2.43 

2.30 

2.31 

1.63 

.35 

.82

37.07

ov. 28 (6 p.m.) 16,900 sec. -ft.; Jan. 5 (2 p.m.) 32,200

ly 26 to Aug. 17; discharge computed on basis of reeordk at Palls City.
496 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Clear Creek at Falls City, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°02', long. 87°16', in NEij sec. 9, T. 12 S., R. 

Y W.~, at bridge on county highway a quarter of a mile upstream from Clear Creek Palls, 

half a mile south of Falls City, and 2 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 151 square miles.

Records available.--June 1904 to December 1905 (gage heights only published as Clear Creek 

near Elk), October 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 250 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 9,670 second-feet Jan. 5 (gage height, 9.1 

feet); minimum, 24 second-feet Oct. 9-11, 14-18 (gage height, 0.75 foot).

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 13,000 second-feet Jan. 8, 1946 (gage height, 10.97 

feet), from rating curve extended above 6,800 second-feet; minimum, 12 second-feet 

July 19, 1942 (gage height, 0.63 foot).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

0.7 17 1.4 233 3.5 2,190 

.6 33 1.7 395 4.0 2,75O 

.9 53 2.0 609 7.0 6,510 

1.0 79 2.5 1,070 6.3 6,380 

1.2 147 3.0 1,630

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

33 

29 

26 

33 

45

31 

29 

26 

24 

24

24 

26 

26 

24 

24

24 

24 

24 

26 

26

26 

27 

27 

27 

27

26 

26 

26 

26 

26 

27

Nov.

31

31 

37 

35 

50

163 

104 

49 

45 

76

56 

45 

41 

39 

39

62 

163 

105 

1,960 

785

304 

920 

467 

287 

206

188 

510 

3,980 

3,360 

1,090

Dec.

634 

440 

371 

336 

293

460 

395 

325 

262 

215

184 

176 

163 

147 

143

432 

650 

488 

503 

440

360 

314 

309 

267 

568

531 

408 

336 

f440 

f570 

f408

Jan.

f336 

a310 

f2,780 

5,990 

8,350

5,240 

1,510 

979 

709 

547

46O 

389 

336 

304

272

248 

756 

1,300 

1,630 

959

770 

3,270 

2,990 

1,630 

1,040

816 

753 

718 

570 

481 

562

Feb.

496 

481 

601 

2,070 

1,370

871 

667 

524 

481 

910

718 

570 

481 

421 

506

1,960 

1,200 

807 

1,310 

1,260

853 

667 

539 

454 

408

354 

342 

325

Mar.

277 

258 

243 

228

224

220 

202 

188 

202 

272

210 

197 

202 

210 

192

180 

176 

197 

192 

168

168 

336 

434 

325 

2,110

1,680 

1,390 

1,960 

1,370 

1,460 

2,190

Apr.

1,460 

881 

650 

503 

488

496 

421 

366 

325 

293

272 

272 

325 

272 

238

215

202 

197 

184 

168

168 

172 

172 

159 

147

133 

159

262 

562 

517

»°nth footways "*« 

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Da

mber. .............. ...... ..

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary .

839 45 

15,228 3,980 

11,568 650

............ 107,226 5,740

uary ............... ...... .

h. ..........................

ember ........................

47,005 8,350 

21,646 2,070 

17,661 2,190 

10,679 1,460 

8,621 1,900 

10,433 2,220 

5,458 488 

2,876 274 

5,457 1,850

ter year 1948-49 ............ 157,471 8,350

Peak .discharge (base, 3,OOO sec. -ft.). Nov. 28 (6 p.m

May

651 

1,900 

910 

562 

414

331

Z77 

258 

233 

220

210 

180 

163 

147 

140

136 

122 

118 

111

108

105 

101 

105 

140 

118

105 

101 

129 

143 

220 

163

Minimum

24 

31 

143

16

248 

325 

168 

133 

101 

85 

63 

51 

58

24

June

147 

118 

101 

92 

95

95 

89 

85 

85 

89

95 

108 

105 

92 

571

445 

210 

140 

115 

133

1,400 

2,220 

601 

447 

517

554 

718 

395 

309 

262

Mean

27.] 

508 

373

293

1,516 

773 

570 

356 

278 

348 

176 

92. £ 

182

431

July

267 

215 

188 

258 

228

180 

172 

147 

122 

101

101 

375 

248 

241 

488

272 

248 

233 

172 

151

125 

111 

129 

108 

108

101 

92 

76 

69 

69 

63

Aug.

58 

56 

56 

80 

136

76 

61 

68 

63 

56

53 

51 

203

92 

168

101 

74 

71 

98 

274

143 

101 

89 

105 

89

82 

69 

66 

69 

89 

79

Per square 

mile

0.179 

3.36

2.47

1.94

10.0 

5.12 

3.77 

2.36 

1.84 

2.30 

1.17 

i .615 

1.21

2.85

) 5,480 sec. -ft. j Jan. 5 (8 p.m

Sept.

74 

58 

61 

82 

269

1,850 

601 

309 

215 

159

129 

111 

105 

98 

92

89 

95 

89 

129 

98

79 

71 

71 

66 

61

58 

58 

66 

129 

85

Runoff in 

inches

0.21 

3.75 

2.85

26.42

11.58 

5.33 

4.35 

2.63 

2.12 

2.57 

1.34 

.71 

1.34

38.78

) 9,670

ec.-ft.j Jan. 22 (9 p.m.) 4,230 sec.-ft,; Mar. 25 (5 p.m.) 3,230 sec.-ft.; June 21 (8 p.m.) 4,230

36C.-ft.

-a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Sipaey Fork near Falls City. 

f Computed from partly estimated gage-height record.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Blackwater Creek near Manchester, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°55 1-, long. 87°15', in SE£ sec. 15, T. 13 S., R. 

7TTT7 at bridge on county highway a quarter of a mile downstream from unnamed tributary, 2 miles east of Manchester, and 5^ miles north of Jasper. Datum of gage Is 

401.04 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, unadjusted.

Drainage area. 177 square miles.

Records available. October 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 11 years, 299 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,070 second-feet Jan. 7 (gage height, 9.9 

' reet); minimum, 7.6 second-feet Oct. 20, 21.

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 8,050 second-feet Jan. 9, 1946 (gage height, 11.49 

feet); minimum daily, 1.3 second-feet Oct. 25, 1938.

Rem§EM._--Records good, 

station.

Occasional regulation at very low flow by mill dam 2 miles above

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 21-30)

1.5 7.0 2.9 131 5.5 1.34O 

1.6 10 3.2 197 6.0 1,79O 

l.f 18 3.6 308 7.0 2,75O 

2.1 29 4.0 450 9.0 4,950 

Z.I 49 4.5 691 9.7 5.81O 

2.6 82 5.0 980 

Discharge, in st -ond-f eet , water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

25

20 

16 

18 

16

20 

20 

15 

12 

11

11 

10 

9.7 

9.4 

9.4

9.7 

9.1 

8.5 

7.9 

7.6

7.6 

8.5 

8.8 

9.7 

9.7

9.7 

9.7 

10 

10 

10 

10

Nov.

10 

10 

14 

12 

24

58 

70 

53 

42 

62

64 

48 

38 

33 

30

74 

228 

16O 

1,270 

1,38O

1,080 

718 

638 

538 

364

324 

774 

3,020 

2,850 

2,850

Dec.

2,650 

1,660 

774 

548 

492

802 

649 

510 

415 

327

272 

247 

226 

207 

192

733 

1,300 

1,180 

1,110 

950

746 

562 

471 

392 

953

890 

718 

553 

774 

802 

633

Jan.

506 

950 

1,250 

2,400 

4,130

5,550 

5,810 

4,240 

2,500 

1,080

686 

533 

442 

381 

340

308 

622 

1,080 

1,34O 

1,260

1,220 

1,880 

2,1OO 

2,350 

2,200

1,560 

1,080 

920 

746 

607 

718

Month

Octo 

Move 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Maro 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

llftrV r^::::::::::::::::::::::: - : i. ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 1.8OO sec

sec. -ft.; Jan. 24 (9 p.m.) 2,350

Feb.

691 

691 

746 

1,520 

1,520

1,430 

1,180 

860 

746 

1,180

1,140 

980 

802 

638 

691

1,340 

1,430 

1,380 

1,520 

1,380

1,180 

1,010 

860 

618 

506

427 

419 

400

Secondfoot-days

369. 

16,836 

22,738

131,294.

50,789 

27,285 

18,819 

12,919 

7,843 

12,544 

5,798 

1,605 

5,148

182,693.

.-ft.). No

sec. -ft.; M

Mar.

330 

287 

261 

239 

228

231 

231 

202 

223 

400

308 

250 

247 

258 

234

205 

192 

200 

215 

192

178 

318 

419 

411 

1,330

1,700 

1,920 

2,060 

1,920 

1,790 

1,840

Apr.

1, 

1, 

1,

Maximum

D 25 

3,020 

2,65O

7 3,690

5,810 

1,520 

2,06O 

1,660 

1,220 

1,660 

746 

110 

1,140

0 5,810

v. 28 (1 p.m 

ar. 28 (6 a.

660 

560 

220 

860 

746

746 

597 

484 

407 

347

311 

308 

327 

311 

261

218 

192 

180 

171 

145

145 

147 

147 

141 

127

117 

153 

180 

311 

400

May

732 

1,220 

980 

860 

572

378 

299 

310 

275 

210

178 

155 

133 

118 

107

100 

94 

85 

85 

58

51 

60 

59 

68 

68

59 

54 

54 

70 

128 

223

Minimum

7.6 

10 

192

7.0

308 

400 

178 

117 

51 

43 

50 

40 

34

7.6

June

149 

100 

76 

64 

58

82 

58 

49 

47 

44

43 

58 

86 

64 

761

1,660 

696 

299 

195 

183

848 

1,300 

1,260 

691 

558

649 

774 

691 

538 

463

Msan

11. 

561 

733

359

1,638 

974 

607 

431 

253 

418 

187 

51. 

172

501

July

334 

250 

183 

149 

147

127 

153 

100 

86 

73

73 

218 

475 

334 

311

746 

381 

293 

202 

223

155 

120 

105 

94 

85

79 

74 

65 

57 

56 

50

Aug.

47 

46 

43 

46 

60

110 

61 

48 

61 

52

47 

47 

55 

45 

47

49 

49 

47 

42 

40

40 

43 

41 

60 

56

46 

40 

40 

61 

48 

88

Per square 

mile

3 0.067 

3.17 

4.14

2.03

9.25 

5.50 

3.43 

2.44 

1.43 

2.36 

1.06 

3 .293 

.972

2.83

.) 3,800 see. -ft.; Jan. 7 (7 a.m 

n.) 2,150 sec. -ft.; June 16 (4 a

Sept.

52 

45 

43 

54 

485

1,140 

1,010 

746 

281 

155

111

88 

76 

68 

65

58 

59 

60 

62 

82

59 

49 

45 

42 

38

36 

34 

34 

34 

37

Runoff in 

inobes

0.08 

3.54 

4.78

27.59

10.67 

5.73 

3.95 

2.71 

1.65 

2.64 

1.22 

.34 

1.08

38.39

) 6,070 

m.) 2,060
498 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Locust Fork near Cleveland, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°02', long. 86°34', in NE^ sec. 6, T. 12 S., R. 1 

K., at bridge on State Highway 38, 2 miles north of Cleveland and 2j miles downstream 

from Graves Creek. Datum of gage is 536.94 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 

(Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Drainage area.--300 square miles,

Records available. December 1936 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 12 years (1937-49}, 525 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 35,100 second-feet Jan. 5 (gage height, 15.9 

reet); minimum, 6.4 second-feet Oct. 21, 22.

1936-49: Maximum discharge observed, 47,000 second-feet Dec. 28, 1942 (gage height, 

19.2 feet, from gage then in use); minimum since Oct. 1, 1943, 3.6 second-feet Sept. 28, 

29, 1947; minimum prior to Oct. 1, 1943, not determined.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). W 1112: 1943(M).

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Jan Jan. 6 to Sept. 30

4.2

8.6

1.0

1.1

1.2 

1.5

29

44

63

127

1.8 

2.1 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

207

338

565

875

1,210

1,600

2,450

6.0

8.0

9.0

11.0

12.0

13.0

14.6

3,400

5,670

7,400

12,500

15,700

19,500

27,300

1.0

1.1

1.2 

1.5 

1.8

2.1

115

188

284

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

6.0

455

760

1,550

3,400

Note. Same as preceding table above 

6.0 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

48 

30 

23 

18 

17

14 

14 

12 

11 

9.9

11 

9.9 

9.9 

9.2 

9.2

8.6 

8.6 

8.6 

8.0 

7.4

6.8 

7.4 

7.4 

8.0 

9.9

9.9 

11 

11 

9.9

9.' 

9.2

Nov.

9.9 

21 

107 

345 

302

1,160 

489 

257 

183 

192

376 

288 

218 

192 

167

159 

313 

426 

4,290 

4,700

2,360 

1,760 

1,560 

1,280 

1,000

1,040 

2,360 

19,300 

14,900 

3,930

Dec.

2,270 

1,560 

al,400 

al,3OO 

al,400

a2,5OO 

1,560 

1,280 

1,070 

908

810 

733

696 

696 

696

810 

1,040 

908 

1,000 

940

842 

752 

727 

636 

1,220

1,140 

1,000 

868 

1,450 

1,600 

1,240

Jan.

1,040 

940 

1,760 

3,930 

27,100

20,400 

4,120 

2,450 

1,820 

1,420

1,220 

1,020 

872 

809 

760

754 

774 

788 

,68O 

,260

972 

,780 

,860 

,550 

,3OO

,140 

,010 

,420 

,140 

948 

1,340

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca.

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Bay.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

st ...........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,460 

1,500 

1,500 

3,770 

3,000

2,090 

1,550 

1,220 

1,300 

3,400

2,720 

1,910 

1,460 

1,180 

1,100

3,480 

3,600 

2,360 

3,830 

3,200

2,270 

1,680 

1,340 

1,100 

940

781 

900 

980

Secondfoot-days

387.0 

63,684.9 

35,052

262,299.7

89,377 

55,621 

25,041 

23,418 

13,807 

4,921 

4,162 

945 

2,266

318,681.9

Mar.

728 

630 

552 

499 

445

410 

374 

332 

328 

477

405 

324 

306 

309 

284

257 

244 

274 

313 

247

221 

267 

352 

309 

834

1,220 

2,260 

3,300 

2,540 

1,820 

4,180

Apr.

3,000 

1,910 

1,340 

1,100 

1,260

1,340

964 

788 

656 

564

494 

706 

1,640 

1,100 

740

576 

477 

415 

352 

313

298 

316 

288 

244 

209

180 

215 

340 

714 

879

Maximum

48 

19,300 

2,500

19,300

27,100 

3,830 

4,180 

3,000 

2,540 

750 

630 

76 

489

27,100

Peak discharge (base, 11,000 sec. -ft. ) . Nov. 28 (5 p.i

May

1,060 

2,540 

1,780 

1,140 

816

630 

510 

540 

776 

435

369 

313 

274 

237 

209

188 

164 

149 

130 

117

105 

99 

101 

166 

194

133 

101 

115 

117 

155 

144

Minimum

6.8 

9.9 

636

6.8

754 

781 

221 

180 

99 

74 

41 

14 

17

6.8

June

324 

218 

166 

139 

130

130 

105 

93 

82 

84

76 

80 

82 

74 

750

436

237 

159 

130 

109

124 

109 

115 

89 

93

99

87 

111 

247 

243

Mean

12.5 

2,123 

1,131

717

2,883 

1,986 

808 

781 

445 

164 

134 

30.5 

75.5

873

July

139 

103 

86 

82 

71

60 

58 

56 

50 

62

78 

95 

95 

91 

109

118 

396 

630 

374 

209

147 

115 

133 

225 

188

107 

80

65 

53

46 

41

Aug.

Per square 

mile

0.042 

7.08 

3.77

2.39

9.61 

6.62 

2.69 

2 .60 

1.48 

.547 

.447 

.102 

.252

2.91

n. ) 27,300 sec. -ft.; Jan. 5 (7 p

35 

35 

76 

55 

41

44 

43 

40 

28 

26

23 

21 

23 

23 

23

20 

21 

50 

44 

33

25 

22 

36 

29 

24

20 

19

17 

14 

16 

19

Sept.

34

46 

34 

25 

44

299 

489 

292

147 

95

69 

56 

46 

41 

38

34 

57 

99 

63 

41

31 

27 

25 

22 

20

18

17 

18

22 

17

Runoff in 

inches

0.05 

7.89 

4.35

32.52

11.08 

6.90 

3.10 

2.90 

1.71 

.61 

.52 

.12 

.28

39.51

m. ) 35,100

sec. -ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for nearby 

stations.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Locust Fork at Trafford, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°50', long. 86°45', in 3W^ sec. 9, T. 14 S,, R. 

2 W., at highway bridge three-quarters of a mile northwest of Trafford, ij miles east 

of Coaldale, and 2-f miles upstream from Curley CreeK. Datum of gage Is 309.12 feet 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Drainage area.--622 square miles.

Kecords available.--September 1930 to September 1949.

Average discharge'.--18 years (1930-31, 1932-49), 1,031 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 60,700 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage height, 59.1 

feet); minimum, 23 second-feet Oct. 25.

1930-49: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 6, -1949; minimum daily, 8 second-feet 

Oct. 20, 1931.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair, 

inversion above station subsequent to 1938 from Inland Reservoir on Blackburn Fork 

(usable capacity, 60,000 acre-feet) for industrial water supply for city of Birmingham. 

Discharge above 5,700 second-feet computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor ;

Revisions (water years).--W 782: 1934.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49, except periods Nov. 19, 2O, 28, 3O, Jan. 5, 7, 8, Feb. 4, 

when rate of change of stage was used as a factor (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used May 12 to June 15)

Oct. 1 to Nov

2.8

2.9

3.0

3.1 

3.5 

4.5

88

232

28

6.5 

8.0 

10.0

Nov 29 to Sept. 30

1,260

1,880

2,860

Mote. Same as following table abov 

lOTtTfeet.

2.8

2.9

3.0

3.1 

3.4

96

214

4.5

6.5

9.0

12.0

18.0

566

1,290

2,360

3,970

7,700

31.0

40.0

50,0

57.0

18,900

29,400

44,700

56,900

23.0 11,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

121

72

49

47

37

37

35

30

29

30

31

26

28

37

34

29

27

26

35

28

33

34

37

30

25

27

28

33

35

31

31

NOT.

30

37

91

267

430

1,920

890

430

285

270

339

415

321

273

238

3O6

802

715

7,810

10,400

4,430

2,750

2,550

2,010

1,570

1,570

4,320

30,300

42,80O

18,100

-

Month

October. ......

November. .....

T'ecember. .....

JalenJar

year 1948. . .

Jan iarv. ......

February. ..... 

March.. .......

April.... .....

May. ..........

Jine.. ........

July.. ........

September. . . ^.

Water year 

1948-49. ....

Dec.

5,090

3,180

2,550

2,220

1,860

3,290

2,800

2,180

1,820

1,490

1,250

1,140

1,020

951

861

1,650

2,650

2,270

2,220

2,000

1,690

1,450

1,290

1,140

2,270

2,750

2,040

1,650

2,450

3,340

2,450

foot-days

1,132

136,669

65,012

525,597

200,770

115,720 

51,536

15,879

28,457

9,470

8,377

2,318

5,213

G70,353

Jan.

1,910

1,650

2,560

8,330

43,000

56,900

25,100

fi , 430

3,730

2,860

2,360

2,040

1,730

1,570

1,410

1,250

1,210

1,450

3,560

2,860

2,220

3,400

3,850

3,230

2,650

2,220

1,950

2,310

2,270

2,310

2,450

Feb.

2,960

3,010

2,960

7,950

6,890

4,520

3,070

2,450

2,550

36,300

35,800

3,910

a3,000

a2,700

a2,800

a6,000

8,540

4,970

8,190

7,430

4,670

3,400

2,600

2,130

1,820

1,570

1,690

2,040*

_

_

-

Maximum

121

42., 800

5,090

42,800

56,900

8,540 

7,800

6,890

5,330

1,570

1,060

213

1,140

56 , 900

Mar.

1,610

1,370

1,210

1,060

987

915

826

738

686

897

879

720

651

651

600

532

499

516

583

516

467

720

79O

703

1,370

2,650

3.98C

7,16O

5,520

3,730

7,8OO

Minimum

25

50

861

19

1,210

1,570 

467

421

144

128

89

37

47

25

Apr.

6,890

3,910

2,750

2,130

2,O40

2,500

1,910

1,610

1,370

1,170

1,020

1,100

2,750

2,180

1,530

1,210

987

879

738

651

600

617

583

516

467

421

452

617

P51

1,330

Mean

36.5

4,556

2,097

1,436

6,476

4,155 

1,656

1 '918 529

316

270

74.8

174

1,857

Hay

2,010

5,330

3,670

2,360

1,690

1,330

1,060

1,020

1,370

987

738

617

516

452

4O6

391

358

334

313

303

287

274

267

274

310

225

187

144

214

334

686

Per

square

mile

_

-

2.31

-

_

-

2.95

June

668

391

287

218

195

376

236

172

144

132

168

172

132

128

421

1,570

516

334

250

218

236

239

199

199

191

176

364

281

421

436

-

Runoff

In

Inches

_

-

51.43

-

-

40.08

July

316

214

172

160

160

195

180

120

100

93

164

239

164

172

176

236

1,060

987

808

436

297.

221

. 243

325

310

210

a!70

al40

3120

alOO

89

Aug.

a79

a74

a90

a!70

a 200

a!20

82

a65

a57

a51

a47

a45

a47

51

58

60

51

53

66

82

86

79

53

53

55

58

41

37

37

58

213

Change i

reservoir

contentst

-68

+392

-2

+30

+ 5

-5 

+6

-17

-37

-52

-10

-23

-27

+13

Sept.

108

63

58

60

185

1,140

808

686

352

214

152

120

96

86

75

66

66

71

14O

108

75

66

63

55

51

49

47

47

51

55

-

ii e -aion

from

reservolrt

71

70

7O

69

72

73 

71

73

76

78

77

80

77

74

Peak discharge (base, 17,000 see.-ft.). Nov. 29 (8 a.m.) 45,600 sec.-ft.; Jan. 6 (7:3O a.m.)

fig 11 cond-feet.

rds for nearby stations
500 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Locust Fork at Sayre, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°42'35", long. 86°59'00", in NWi sec. 29, T. 15

a., H. 4 W., at bridge on county highway at Sayre, lj miles downstream from Camp Creek.

Datum of gage is 258.64 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of

Engineers). Prior to June 30, 1949, wire-weight gage at same site and datum. 

Drainage area.--885 square miles. 

Records available.--May 1942 to September 1949. July 1928 to March 1932 at site 9 miles

upstream-, published as Locust Fork near Warrior. 

Extremes.--Maximum discharge observed during year, 55,300 second-feet Jan. 7 (gage

height, 47.9 feet, from floodmark); minimum daily, 43 second-feet Oct. 25.

1928-32, 1942-49: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 7, 1949; minimum, 17 second-feet

Sept. 28, Oct. 2, 1931.

Revisions. The maximum discharge for the water year 1943 has been revised to 49,400

second-feet uec. 29, 1942 (gage height, 45.0 feet), superseding figure published in

Water-Supply Paper 1002. 

Remarks.--Records fair prior to June 30 and good thereafter except those for periods of

douDtful gage height record, which are poor. Diversion from 70 square miles above

station for industrial water sapply for city of Birmingham. Gage read twice daily

prior to June 30.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 5)

2.5 49 5.0 1,060 28.0 21.0OO 

2.7 93 7.0 2,220 35.0 3O,600 

3.0 175 9.0 3,480 42.0 43,300 

3.5 353 13.0 6,490 46.0 51,400 

4.0 557 20.0 12,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oot.

108 

148 

86 

72 

68

55 

55 

d50 

d49 

d49

51 

53 

d49

d59 

d55

d48 

72 

77 

d56 

d47

d53 

d54 

d58 

d49 

43

d46 

d47 

d53 

d55 

d50 

d50

Nov.

d49

51 

64 

86 

411

1,860 

1,620 

700 

430 

391

430 

450 

410 

372 

334

690 

1,330 

1,270 

6,630 

12,200

7,050 

3,840 

3,480 

2,890 

2,H80

1,860 

5,480 

24,200 

a43,000 

39,600

Dec.

19,500 

4,940 

3,210 

2,580 

2,460

3,620 

3,770 

3,210 

2,220 

2 , 100

1,620 

1,500 

1,380 

1,220 

1,330

2,040 

3,770 

3,840 

3,210 

2,820

2,280 

1,920 

1,740 

dl , 600 

(12,200

4,210 

3,080 

2,460 

3,840 

4, 790 

3,550

Jan.

2,760 

2,160 

3,150 

11,000 

33,900

51,200 

50,600 

123,000 

5,160 

3,480

2,950 

2,580 

2,280 

1,920 

1,740

1,620 

1,560 

2,160 

4,650 

4,350

3,080 

4,350 

5,310 

4,500 

3,340

2,820 

2,640 

2,700 

2,890 

2,520 

3,210

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ............ ...... .....

mber .... ....................

mber .... ... ...... ... . . .

lendar year 194 

ary

8

1 ............ ...... ...... .

st ........... .............

ember ........ ........... . .

ter year 1948-49 .........

Feb.

3,770 

3,840 

3,690 

8,770 

10,400

6,170 

4,350 

3,340 

3,020 

7,530

7,370 

5,160 

3,910 

3,150 

3,210

7,210 

11,400 

8,360 

13,400 

12,100

6,890 

4,570 

3,620 

2,950 

2,640

2,520 

2,580 

2,950

Secondfoot-days

1,865 

163,458

102,010

703,463

249,580 

158,870 

71,200 

58,213 

42,113 

15,536 

14,478 

i,925 

8,507

690,755

Mar.

,400 

,100 

,740 

,500 

,380

,330 

,160 

,000 

,220 

,440

,380 

,220

,110 

,600 

950

900 

800 

850 

850 

800

750 

1,560 

1,440 

1,440 

2,340

3,480 

4,570 

8,520 

7,050 

6,250 

8,610

Apr.

8,860 

5,610 

3,840 

2,950 

2,280

2,220 

2,520 

2,040 

1,860 

1,380

1,330 

1,380 

2,580 

2,820 

2,100

1,330 

1,110 

1,060 

950 

900

800 

800 

800 

750 

535

535

603 

850 

1,440

1,980

Maximum

148 

43,000 

19,500

43,000

51,200 

13,400 

8,610 

8,860 

7,530 

1,800 

1,830 

391 

1,220

51 , 200

Peak discharge (base, 15,000 sec . -ft . } . --Nov . 29 (timtMay

3,620 

7,530 

5,850 

3,550 

2,460

1,920 

1,560 

dl,400 

dl,850 

dl,400

950 

850 

700 

650 

d580

d560 

d520 

d480 

d450 

d430

d410 

d400 

d390 

d420

d400

d450 

298 

261 

353 

471 

950

Minimum

43 

49 

1,220

25

1,560 

2,520 

750 

535 

261 

195 

148 

110 

88

43

June

850 

603 

410 

353 

316

391 

372 

243

218 

212

195 

215 

229 

222 

750

1,800 

950 

580 

a700

800

700 

471 

430 

372 

372

316 

513 

700 

650 

603

Mean

60.2 

5,449 

3,291

1,922

8,051 

5,674 

2,297 

1,940 

1,358 

518 

467 

159 

284

2,440

July

580 

410 

316 

261 

240

298 

353 

261 

212 

215

208 

372 

.316 

261 

410

430 

1,830 

1,620 

1,220 

1,000

603 

430 

353 

410

410

430 

298 

232 

188 

163 

148

Aug.

134 

129 

208 

279 

391

232 

175 

148 

137 

129

123 

116 

142 

145 

121

gl!6 

gl!8 

142 

151 

279

192 

163 

163 

123 

121 '

121

gl!8 

gllO 

g!18 

g!23 

158

Per square 

mile

0.068 

6.16 

3.72

2.17

9.10 

6.41 

2.60 

2.19 

1.53 

.585 

.528 

.180 

.321

2.76

Sept.

298 

175 

g!21 

gl!3 

217

1,180 

1,220 

1,060 

700 

430

279 

215 

178 

157 

140

129 

132 

140 

137 

334

208 

140 

121 

gllO 

g!03

gioo

g98 

g93 

g91

g88

Runoff in 

inches

0.08 

6.87 

4.29

29.58

10.49 

6.68 

2.99 

2.45 

1.77 

.65 

.61 

.21 

.36

37.45

and discharge unknown); Jan. 7 (1 a.m.)

ords for Locust Fork at Trafford and

55,300 ___. _-., _--. __ ...-. ^ . , ^ ^ .

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of 

Turkey Creek at Morris.

c Doubtful i-;ar- -height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Locust Fork at Trafford 

and Turkey Creek at Morris.

g Computed from graph based on gage readings.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 501 

Turkey Creek at Morris, Ala.

Location. Staff-gage, lat. 33°44'25", long. 86°48'45", In SE-f sec. 12, T. 15 S., R. 3 W., 

at bridge on U. S. Highway 31 at Morris, three-quarters of a mile downstream from Cunningham Creek and 4 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 345.15 feet above mean 

sea level, unadjusted.

Drainage area. 81 square miles.

Records available.--January 1944 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 11,600 second-feet Not. 28 (gage height, 23.1 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 11 second-feet Oct. 16, 17, 

Oct. 20 to Nov. 1.

1944-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 28, 1948; minimum observed, 10 secondfeet Oct. 18-21, 1944, Sept. 24, 25, 1948.

Remarks.--Records fair. Occasional slight diversions by sawmills above station. Gage 

read twice daily.

Day

1 

2 

3

S

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

16 

15 

14 

13 

13

13 

13 

12 

12 

12

13 

13 

13 

12 

12

11 

11 

12 

12 

11

11 

11 

11 

11 

11

11 

11 

11 

11 

11 

all

Nov.

11 

21 

35 

16 

39

210 

58 

44 

33 

64

54 

43 

38 

33 

30

134 

142 

112 

2,040 

496

245 

502 

345 

276 

178

565 

880 

6,970 

1,340 

500

Dec.

345 

255 

245 

187 

196

298 

235 

196

160 

135

127 

112 

112 

105 

98

263 

298 

370 

321 

298

206 

178 

152 

127 

678

a400 

266 

215 

591 

395 

276

Jan.

225 

196 

846 

1,640 

8,890

1,880 

696 

447 

321 

255

215 

187 

169 

152 

135

127 

228 

288 

528 

321

327

770 

527 

395 

276

235 

215 

255 

206 

215 

225

Month

Goto 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

nber. ........................

nber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary

h.... ........................

1 ............................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

395 

370 

378 

1,360 

640

610 

321 

235 

337 

910

447 

345 

255 

215 

230

1,570 

618 

473 

1,940 

506

421 

321 

266 

215

187

160 

511 

266

Secondfoot days

37 

15,45 

7,84

68,13

21,39 

14,50 

10,54 

5,33 

4,45 

1,33 

1,40 

89 

1,04

84,57

Peak discharge (base, 2.OOO sec. -ft.). No

sec. -ft. 5 Jan. 5 (lo a.m.) H,3OO sec. -ft.; 

2,480 sec. -ft.; Mar. 31 (4 a.m.) 2,2OO sec.- 

a No gage -height record; discharge compute 

980338 O - 52 - 33

liar.

276 

225 

187 

169 

152

152 

127 

120 

127 

321

235 

196 

215 

178 

160

143 

143

160 

135 

127

139 

537 

321 

325 

572

668 

980 

980 

582 

515 

1,470

Apr.

584 

370 

298 

225 

276

235 

206 

178 

152 

135

120 

252 

196 

160 

135

127 

120 

105 

98 

105

105 

92 

84 

80 

70

70 

73 

98 

290 

298

Haxinum

I 16 

t 6,970 

3 678

5 6,970

2 8,890 

Z 1,940 

7 1,470 

7 584 

3 1,050 

J, 130 

5 304 

9 162 

5 108

5 8,890

May

801 

1,050 

447 

245 

178

143 

120 

105 

98 

85

80 

71 

65 

61 

56

55 

54 

50 

42 

41

40 

39 

63 

47 

49

44

40 

49 

72 

92 

69

Minimum

11 

11 

98

10

127 

160 

120 

70 

39 

28 

16 

15 

13

11

June

54 

44 

40 

36 

31

50 

36 

30 

33 

31

31 

29 

32 

28 

130

62 

40 

35 

37 

29

36 

43 

35 

44 

41

51 

120 

58 

38 

30

Mean

12. 

515 

253

186

690 

518 

340 

178 

144 

44. 

45. 

29. 

34.

232

July

29 

23 

23 

21 

20

112 

35 

26 

20 

29

36 

28 

26 

28

73

82 

3O4 

84 

48

75

46 

36 

30 

33 

24

23

20 

18 

18 

17 

16

Aug.

16 

18 

22 

37 

20

20 

15 

16 

18 

18

15 

15 

22 

17 

15

29 

42 

39 

162 

60

35 

27 

28 

27 

23

19 

17 

18 

23 

33 

33

Per square 

mile

L 0.149 

6.36 

3.12

2.30

8.52 

6.40 

4.20 

2.20 

1.78 

3 .549 

5 .559 

D .358 

3 .430

2.86

Sept.

20 

18 

18 

19 

108

105 

63 

47 

42 

41

36 

37 

41 

43 

38

42 

49 

42 

42

35

18 

16 

16 

15 

15

13 

13 

18 

18

15

Runoff in 

inches

0.17 

7.10 

3.50

31.28

9.82 

6.66 

4.84 

2.45 

2.04 

.61 

.64 

.41 

.48

38.82

v. 19 (11 a.m.) 3,990 sec. -ft.; Nov. 28 (12 m.) 11,600 

*eb. 16 (10 a.m.) 2,200 sec. -ft.; Feb. 19 (10 a.m.) 

Pt. 

i on basis of records for stations on nearby streams.
502 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

North River near Samantha, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°28 | 45", long. 87°35'50", in SWy sec. 16, T. 18

nile east of Crump's store, lv miles upstream

Datum of gage is 232.39 feet above

10 W., at highway bridge half a mi 

from Cripple Creek, and 4 miles north of Samantha. 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area. 220 square miles.

Records available. December 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years (1939-49), 337 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 10,400 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 20.5 

feet); minimum, 6.6 second-feet Oct. 28, 29; minimum gage height, 1.46 feet Oct. 21. 

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 13,400 second-feet Feb. 28, 1939 (gage height, 22.96 

feet); minimum, 0.6 second-foot Sept. 1, 1943 (gage height, 1.21 feet).

Maximum stage known, about 31 feet in July 1916 and February 1936, from information by local residents.

Remarks. Records good above 100 second-feet and fair below.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 16, 

July 3O to Sept. 19)

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.9

6.6

55

2.1

2.2

2.6 

3.0

124

195

280

470

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

20.0

970

2,010

2,980

3,970

5,040

10,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 tc September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

24

16

14

11

12

12

14

12

11

9.9

13

14

14

13

9.4

8.9

7.9

8.4

9.9

8.4

7.4

7.9

8.4

8.4

12

9.4

7.9

7.0

7.4

8.4

8.4

Nov.

7.9

13

12

14

57

318

69

33

32

112

72

42

35

30

26

224

770

228

5,150

2,210

560

500

407

289

228

449

1,760

7,340

9,530

2,040

-

Dec.

770

525

470

378

364

970

695

500

373

280

236

216

195

184

165

2,350

3,710

1,960

1,400

970

670

510

402

331

1,810

1,190

720

530

1,400

1,320

770

Jan.

570

465

1,610

5,380

6,460

5,920

1,610

970

720

565

470

411

359

321

289

262

565

1,130

2,060

1,100

870

' 3,510

3,660

1,760

1,030

770

655

60O

450

397

770

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ............. ..... ....

February .........................

 arch ..................... . .

April ............................

 ay ..............................

June ..................... .......

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

615

670

795

2,590

1,760

945

720

560

600

2,010

1,420

845

630

515

630

3,360

2,210

1,130

1,610

1,420

945

720

570

485

421

373

745

620

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

335.

32,557.

26,364

160,570.

47,709

29,914

24,427

10,596

15,074

5,602

1,796

1,131

1,775

195,281.

Mar.

475

411

350

308

280

550

495

373

460

920

665

505

510

460

373

321

298

308

262

224

224

920

795

570

1,030

1,660

1,860

2,980

2,110

1,380

2,350

Apr.

1,450

895

670

530

545

530

421

364

321

280

267

240

236

211

180

154

140

134

121

116

116

121

121

107

94

80

202

510

645

795

Maximum

4 24

9 9,530

3,710

7 9,530

6,460

3,360

2,980

1,450

5,380

1,170

191

128

303

3 9,530

May

1,970

5,380

1,96C

895

600

450

378

64C

431

280

24C

195

157

134

121

104

94

80

73

 69

64

60

57

54

52

49

44

42

57

213

131

Minimum

7.0

7.9

165

3.2

262

373

224

80

42

35

18

14

20

7.0

June

87

68

52

41

45

82

51

40

37

35

37

73

141

71

314

340

157

99

73

84

1,170

895

335

203

249

157

267

187

116

96

-

Mean

10.

1,085

850

439

1,474

1,068

788

353

486

187

57.

36.

59.

535

July

191

104

71

57

51

44

40

37

34

30

61

110

54

57

75

99

124

82

73

55

59

41

39

37

31

28

26

24

24

20

18

Aug.

18

15

25

33

20

16

14

30

24

22

29

42

128

44

34

24

22

64

80

47

42

31

27

28

30

24

21

21

24

118

34

Per square 

mile

8 0.049

4.93

3.86

2.00

6.70

4.85

3.58

1.60

2.21

.850

9 .263

5 .166

2 .269

2.43

Sept.

24

20

20

40

303

245

104

64

47

39

31

30

24

26

27

58

104

61

160

80

41

31

29

27

22

24

21

26

26

21

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.06

5.50

4.46

27.16

7.73

5.O6

4.13

1.79

2.55

.95

.30

.19

.30

33.02

Peak discharge (base, 4,800 sec.-ft.) . Nov. 19 (3 p.m.) 7,150 sec.-ft.; Nov. 28 (9:30 p.m.) 

10,400 seo.-ftTj Jan. 5 (9 p.m.) 7,150 sec.-ft.; May 2 (4 p.m.) 6,160 sec.-ft.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 503

Prairie Creek near Gallion, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°32' , long. 87°41' , In SE-f sec. 9, T. 18 N., R. 

4 K., at"bridge on State Highway 13, 4 miles upstream from Little Prairie Creek and 

4 miles northeast of Gallion. Auxiliary staff gages at locks 4 and 5 on Black Warrior 

River, 12 miles downstream and three-quarters of a mile upstream, respectively, from 

mouth of Prairie Creek.

Drainage area. 170 square miles.

Records available. January 1940 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 9,400 second-feet Jan. 5 (gage height, 15.5 

feetj; minimum, 4.1 second-feet Oct. 18.

1940-49: Maximum discharge, 39,000 second-feet Dec. 28, 1942 (gage height in well, 

19.30 feet; from outside gage, 20.1 feet); minimum since Oct. 1, 1944, 3.6 second-feet 

Sept. 5, 1945; minimum prior to Oct. 1, 1944, not determined.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for periods of indefinite stage-discharge relation 

or no gage-height record, which are poor. Discharge for periods of backwater from 

Black Warrior River computed by using fall as determined by once-daily readings of 

auxiliary gages as a factor.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

18

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

9.2

8.0

7.4

6.9

6.7

6.9

8.0

7.8

7.6

8.2

7.1

11

10

7.3

6.0

5.4

5.2

4.4

4.7

5.4

5.7

6.2

5.7

5.5

5.7

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.7

5.7

5.5

Nov.

5.8

6.7

9.4

13

9.6

32

62

18

14

14

23

17

13

13

13

15

85

64

396

661

170

1,060

1,820

428

106

861

6,500

5,900

3,710

833

-

Dec.

C210

a!50

a!30

a!20

a!50

a400

a630

al,100

c708

c!82

c!22

94

86

81

76

86

121

640

1,290

718

175

124

106

88

202

274

104

86

377

892

255

Jan.

109

94

86

288

4,980

5,390

1,220

C274

e!80

e!50

e!30

ellO

elOO

e90

e85

e80

e80

c!41

c821

C375

c!34

c308

c254

cl35

cl!4

C104

c!21

c466

c!82

c!56

1,900

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .................... ....

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,480

340

183

480

768

284

212

243

1,420

1,800

766

160

127

112

106

4,300

3,530

766

3,560

2,440

c542

c241

c!82

cl51

c!38

c!21

348

262

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

206.

22,872.

9,777

132,837.

18,657

25,062

13,566

8,104

8,142

3,287

1,651

2,018

9,033

122,375.

Mar.

118

96

88

81

78

86

124

81

91

602

269

101

86

84

91

76

66

108

177

71

90

2,810

1,940

337

140

112

276

1,140

973

244

2,930

Apr.

3,020

C570

c!93

c!57

c!47

c!90

C121

C105

c83

68

68

78

133

76

60

51

47

45

43

40

39

44

52

49

45

34

236

1,010

720

580

-

Maximum

5 11

5 6 , 500

1,290

5 11,900

5,390

4,300

2 930

3^020

3,600

812

320

480

3,930

3 6,500

May

418

3,600

2,570

413

112

84

68

61

56

49

44

43

39

35

33

32

30

27

26

24

23

22

21

47

49

27

22

24

41

53

49

Minimum

4.4

5.8

76

4.4

80

106

66

34

21

16

11

12

12

4.4

June

35

28

22

19

18

23

21

18

17

199

785

637

812

107

52

41

33

29

30

23

23

22

22

43

94

53

25

22

18

16

Mean

6.6E

762

315

363

602

895

438

270

263

110

53.3

65.1

301

335

July

16

24

79

78

27

19

20

17

17

16

14

47

31

63

49

a320

197

83

44

63

99

a90

58

39

35

32

19

18

14

12

11

Aug.

12

16

33

15

a!4

a!4

a!4

a36

a76

a36

a24

a!9

a!6

a!6

a!50

a50

a40

a64

a90

also

a480

a300

allO

a55

a36

a24

a!9

17

52

37

23

Per square 

mile

> 0.039

4.48

1.85

2.14

3.54

5.26

2 . 58

1.59

1.55

.647

.314

. 383

1.77

1.97

Sept.

20

19

12

17

1,520

3,930

2,650

220

76

60

42

35

31

30

27

26

24

24

26

40

25

23

24

22

19

19

18

18

18

18

Runoff in 

inches

0.05

5.00

2.14

29.06

4.08

5.48

2.97

1.77

1 . 78

.72

.36

.44

"

26.77

Peak discharge (base, 6,000 see.-ft.). Nov. 27 (11 a.m.) 8,900 sec.-ft.; Jan. 5 (9 p.m.) 9,400 

sec.-ft.; Feb. 16 (7 p.m.) 8,000 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for stations 

on nearby streams.

c Backwater from Black: Warrior River.

e Stage-discharge relation Indefinite; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records 

for stations on nearby streams.
504 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Sucarnoochee River at Livingston, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°34', long. 88°12', in SE-£ sec. 33, T. 19 N., R. 

H W., at bridge on U. S. Highway 80, 500 feet upstream from Southern Railway bridge, 

three-quarters of a mile southwest of Livingston, and 9 miles upstream from Alamuchee 

Creek. Datum of gage is 90.04 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplemental" 

adjustment of 1944.

Drainage area. 635 square miles.

Records available. October 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 11 years, 862 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 17,600 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 26.9 

reet); minimum, 175 second-feet Oct. 20.

1938-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 30, 1948; minimum, 61 second-feet Aug. 28. 

1943.

.Remarks. Records good.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; records of discharge computed by 

Geological Survey.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 6-3O)

4.5 175 12.0 1,470 22. 0 5.36O 

6.0 344 16.0 2,410 23. 0 7,280 

7.0 477 18.0 2,970 25.0 12,20O 

B.O 630 2O.O 3.7OO 26.8 17 ,3OO 

9.0 80S 21.0 4,290

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

344 

268 

230 

208 

197

186 

180 

180 

180 

186

180 

192 

246 

246 

224

202 

192 

180 

180

175

ISO

186 

186 

186 

186

186 

18O 

180 

18O 

ISO 

18O

Nov.

180 

186 

192 

208 

224

280 

582 

614 

477 

356

582 

716 

491 

369 

320

332 

506 

929 

1,690 

1,880

1,880 

2,160 

2,310 

2,460 

2,490

2,620 

3,620 

7,520 

14,300 

17,300

Dec.

12,800 

8,100 

5,O30 

3,540 

2,310

1,560 

1,420 

1,400 

1,170 

908

752 

664 

630 

614 

614

993 

1,670 

1,990 

2,260 

2,360

2.36O 

2,180 

1,560 

970 

808

77O 

'SOS 

734 

1,120 

1,710 

1,880

Jan.

1,950 

1,710 

1,060 

956 

2,330

2,940 

2.97O 

2,820 

2,850 

2,73O

2,020 

1.O8O 

827 

752 

698

664 

827 

1,690 

2,360 

2,510

2,730 

3,580 

4,370 

4,210 

4,O10

3,840 

3,380 

2,570 

1,740 

1,220 

1,740

Month

Goto 

Move 

Deoe

Ca

Jann 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

mber .........................

lender year 1943 ............

ary

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,880 

1,850 

1,74O 

1,970 

2,020

2,O20 

2,040 

2,110 

2,310 

2,570

2,700 

2,760 

2,790 

2,730 

2,41O

3,460 

 4,460 

4,460 

5,510 

5,67O

4,29O 

3,420 

2,700 

1,88O 

1,290

1,080 

1,330 

1,420

Secondfoot-days

6,18 

67,77 

65,68

463,14

69,13 

74,87 

63,70 

61,14 

51,49 

34,62 

25,33 

13,89 

22,22

556,08

Mar.

1,420 

1,290 

970 

827 

770

752 

808 

867 

867 

1,51O

1,580 

1,490 

1,O4O 

789 

734

734 

716 

664 

664 

681

725 

2,23O 

2,540 

2,790 

3,230

3,950 

3,950 

4,970 

4,860 

5,090 

10,200

Apr.

9,40O 

8,200 

6,02O 

4,650 

3,58O

2,540 

1,530 

1,060 

888

789

698 

1,490 

1.88O 

1,85O 

1,560

1,060 

770 

664 

614 

582

551 

551 

582 

716 

734

647 

1,120 

1,900 

2,160 

2,360

Maximum

6 344 

4 17,300 

5 12 , 800

9 17,300

4 4,370 

0 5,670 

8 10,200 

6 9,400 

3 7,970 

9 2,730 

0 2,210 

9 908 

8 2,410

2 17.30O

Peak discharge (base, 5.OOO sec. -ft.) . Nov. 3O (12 m.

May

2,680 

5,690 

6,210 

7.97O 

6,620

4,550 

3,300 

1,840

847 

681

614 

598 

566 

506 

477

449 

435 

408 

395 

369

356 

344 

344 

369 

395

491 

421 

369 

759 

1,200 

1,240

Minimum

175 

180 

614

144

664 

1,080 

664 

551 

344 

344 

290 

274 

258

175

June

1,200 

898 

566 

449 

4O8

369 

344 

1,420 

9O8 

970

1,60O 

1,740 

2,020 

2,1 BO 

2,410

2,620 

2,730 

2,650 

2,410 

1,78O

789 

566 

521 

491

477

491 

463 

421 

369 

369

Msan

2o( 

2,25 

2,11

1,26!

2,23( 

2,67' 

2,05 

2,03! 

1,66 

1,15'

sr

44

74

1,52'

July

395 

408 

408 

421 

369

332 

3 OS 

302 

320 

296

29O 

320 

344 

477 

698

1,110 

2,040 

2, ISO 

2,130 

2,210

2.O2O 

847 

551 

506 

536

734 

1,240 

1,330 

1,040 

647 

521

Aug.

421 

395 

369 

344 

332

308 

296 

285 

274 

296

SOS 

302 

344 

356 

681

908 

752 

477 

449 

681

888 

698 

449 

395 

477

614 

435 

344 

369 

320 

332

Per square 

mile

3 0.315 

? 3.56 

J 3.34

> 1.99

3 3.51 

t 4.21 

5 3.24 

3 3.21 

I 2.62 

I 1.82 

1.29 

3 .706 

L 1.17

t 2.40

17,600 sec. -ft.} Feb. 19 (11 p

Sspt.

4O8 

435 

344 

296 

1,850

1.78O 

1,880 

2,16O 

2,410 

2,330

1,240 

582 

449 

408 

408

421 

647 

551 

4O8 

382

332 

320 

296 

29O 

290

274 

263 

258 

258 

258

Runoff in 

inches

0.36 

3.97 

3.85

27.12

4.05 

4.38 

3.73 

3.58 

3.02 

2.03 

1.48 

.81 

1.30

32.56

m.) 6,210

sec.-ft.; Mar. 31 (5 p
PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN 505

Leaf River near Collins, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°41', long. 89°24', in NE^ sec. 33, T. 9 N., R. 14 

W. St Stephens meridian, at bridge on U. S. Highway 84, 2 miles downstream from Oakahay 

Creek, 8 miles upstream from Rahoma Creek, and 9j miles northeast of Collins. Datum of 

gage is 197.48 feet above mean sea level (Mississippi State Highway bench mark).

Drainage area.--752 square miles.

Records available.--September 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 11 years (1938-49), 1,152 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 22,800 second-feet Apr. 1 (gage height, 26.39 

feet); minimum, 128 second-feet Oct. 10 (gage height, 4.97 feet).

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 22,800 second-feet May 2, 1940, Apr. 1, 1949; maximum 

gage height, 26.39 feet Apr. 1, 1949; minimum, 74 second-feet Oct. 9, 11, 16, 1938, 

Aug. 27-29, 1943; minimum gage height, 4.59 feet Oct. 26, 1941.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 Dec. 1 to Sept. 3O

5.0 133

5.3 193

5.9 340

7.0 

7.5 

8.0

334

1,040

9.0

11.0

15.1

1,540

2,800

5,780

Note .--Same as following table above 15.1

5.4 

6.0 

7.1 

8.5

230

390

735

1,250

11.0

12.0

15.1

18.0

2,550

3,200

5,780

8,480

21.0

23.2

25.8

12,100

15,800

21,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

231

195

170

154

146

139

137

133

131

129

1,010

1,900

1,140

696

454

313

250

215

200

187

178

170

166

160

158

154

152

152

148

148

144

Nov.

148 '152

156

164

170

368

527

425

396

542

439

351

287

255

236

350

1,960

2,140

5,860

5,960

4,900

6,230

5,300

4,130

2,940

4,650

11,100

12,900

17,000

19,500

-

Dec.

18,700

9,390

3,680

2,490

1,900

1,600

1,650

1,950

1,600

1,210

1,020

910

858

805

770

858

1,650

2,000

2,490

2,200

1,900

1,450

1,070

910

1,750

1,950

1,750

1,650

2,370

2,990

2,730

Jan.

2,370

1,900

1,190

1,070

2,100

3,600

4,720

5,060

3,920

2,430

1,800

1,300

998

875

822

770

1,010

1,720

2,920

2,920

2,920

6,230

6,140

 , 500

5.87O

3,680

3,360

2,790

2,200

1,650

2,050

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 8,000 sec

Feb.

1,950

2,000

2,150

2,610

3,200

3,280

2,670

2,150

2,790

4,800

4,640

4,560

3,280

2,200

1,950

7,490

7,490

8,910

9,570

5,600

3,840

2,990

2,250

1,800

1,800

1,600

1,600

1,400

-

_

-

Secondfoot-days

9,66

109,53

78,25

555,13

86,88

100,57

103,20

88,31

62,88

30,07

38,34

28,07

25,75

761,56

.-ft.). --No

Mar.

1,190

1,070

962

892

840

805

805

788

858

1,800

1,550

1,170

1,840

2,130

2,670

2,100

1,750

1,500

1,170

998

1,350

7,400

7,490

9,570

8,500

3,520

3,360

5,870

5,690

5,870

17,700

Apr.

21,400

15,800

9,180

3,920

2,670

2,100

1,600

1,300

1,130

1,030

1,420

2,100

2,920

3,060

2,550

1,700

1,090

910

822

752

752

858

1,070

1,450

1,110

875

875

1,170

1,300

1,400

Maximum

D 1,900

5 19,500

1 18,700

1 19,500

5 6,500

D 9,570

3 17,700

4 21,400

3 12,500

9 2,520

5 4,970

1 2,310

5 3,360

I 21,400

f. 30 (8 p.m

May

4, .72.0

12,500

10,900

8,910

5,780

2,730

1,900

1,300

945

910

752

682

630

585

540

510

495

465

450

420

405

390

378

360

352

335

324

578

942

1,050

1,650

Minimum

129

148

770

110

770

1,400

788

752

324

372

259

316

240

129

) 20,900

June

1,090

2,520

1,520

1,170

1,020

892

555

480

600

665

977

1,520

2,310

2,250

2,200

1,600

910

615

510

465

510

480

615

770

1,110

805

648

495

405

372

Mean

312

3,651

2,524

1,51"

2,so;

3,592

3,32£

2,944

2,02!

1,00:

1,23-

90(

85E

2,08£

July

405

390

390

495

435

378

329

300

276

259

259

282

735

735

585

77O

1,800

1,550

1,210

892

525

420

435

770

4,940

4,970

4,240

3,680

2,490

1,950

1,450

Aug.

1,300

2,310

1,400

928

665

570

480

700

570

450

381

363

585

945

1,500

1,950

2,100

1,190

1,500

1,400

1,250

1,030

770

555

465

405

366

335

316

627

665

Per square 

mile

0.415

4.86

3.36

2.02

3.73

4.78

4.43

3.91

2.70

1.33

1.64

1.20

1.14

2.77

Sept.

540

390

310

451

3,360

2,920

2,730

2,100

1,350

1,090

1,030

892

659

1,620

892

570

450

420

450

450

405

390

372

324

297

279

266

256

252

240

Runoff in

inchem

0.48

5.42

3.87

27.45

4.30

4.97

5.10

4.37

3.11

1.49

1.90

1.39

1.27

37.67

sec. -ft.; Feb. 19 (5:30 a.m.)

10,400 sec.-ft.; Mar. 24 (11:30 p 

(12:30 p.m.) 13,400 sec.-ft.
506 PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN

Leaf River at Hattiesburg, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°2', long. 89°17', in NW^ sec. 2, T. 4 N., R. 13

 W. St. Stephens meridian, at bridge on U. S. Highway 11, 300 feet downstream from Bowie 

Creek, 3,000 feet upstream from New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad bridge, and threequarters of a mile northeast of Hattiesburg. Datum of gage is 118.23 feet above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1941 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 1,760 square miles.

Records available. September 1938 to September 1949. Gage-height records collected at 

site 3,uuu reet downstream since 1904 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 11 years, 2,948 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 35,700 second-feet Apr. 3 (gage height, 25.72

 i'eet); minimum, 712 second-feet Oct. 10 (gage height, 5.27 feet).

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 71,300 second-feet Mar. 22, 1943 (gage height, 28.91 

feet); minimum, 410 second-feet Oc>. 26, 27, 1941 (gage height, 4.96 feet).

Flood of April 1900 reached a stage of about 33.6 feet, present datum, from reports 

of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, vater year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 17)

5.2 760 9.0 3,760 17.0 13,700 

6.0 1,260 10.0 4,760 20.0 18,800 

7.0 2,010 12.0 7,010 22.0 23,400 

8.0 2,860 14.0 9,410 25.0 32,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

940 

880 

820 

790 

754

742 

742 

748

736 

718

1,060 

2,330 

2,860 

2,120 

1,650

1,330 

1,060 

1,000 

940 

910

880 

S80 

880 

850 

850

850 

820 

820 

820 

820 

820

Nov.

820 

850 

850 

880 

880

1,000 

1,260 

1,470 

1,290 

1,890

2,010 

1,650 

1,360 

1,150 

1,030

1,060 

3,220 

4,460 

5,200 

9,540

11,600 

13,500 

12,200 

10,300 

7,850

9,920 

19,200 

25,000 

29,400 

28,700

Dec.

25,000 

22,300 

19,200 

11,600 

5,530

4,260 

5,520 

9,410 

6,190 

4,660

3,670 

3,130 

2,860 

2,680 

2,410

3,360 

5,860 

6,080 

6,410 

5,860

4,870 

4,060 

3,400

2,860 

3,310

5,530 

4,980 

4,260 

5,310 

7,610 

6,770

Jan.

5,750 

4,870 

3,860 

3,310 

3.76P

5,970 

6,530 

7,130 

7,250 

5,750

4,160 

3,310 

2,770 

2,500 

2,330

2,250 

2,330 

3,220 

5,420 

6,080

5,640 

7,010 

9,410 

10,100 

9,410

9,410 

7,490 

6,300 

5,090 

4,160 

4,870

Month

Goto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

 ay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

We

her ..........................

mber ......................

lendar year 1948

h.. ..........................

1 ...........................

st ............... ...... .

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

5,750 

5,420 

5,310 

5,420 

6,300

6,300 

5,860 

5,640 

9,800 

9,670

9,410 

8,450 

8,090 

6,410 

4,870

12 Z 600 

21,800 

22,000 

18,300 

16,300

13,400 

9,930 

7,370 

5,640 

4,980

4,760 

4,870 

4,560

Seoondfoot-days

32,420 

209,540 

208,950

1,333,82C

167, 44C 

249, 2 1C 

241, 56C 

222, 85C 

141, 53C 

83,65C 

115, 54C 

86,67C 

78,33C

1,837,69C

Mar.

3,760 

3,220 

2,950 

2,770 

2,590

2,500 

2,590 

2,500 

2,410 

3,860

4,560 

3,960 

4,980 

9,540 

9,410

8,450 

6,410 

4,980 

4,260 

3,490

3,670 

14,700 

17,400 

18,800 

16,000

13,100 

11,400 

12,500 

13,500 

14,300 

17,000

Apr.

20,400 

30,800 

33,700 

22,300 

13,100

6,410 

4,870 

4,060 

3,580 

3,400

4,160 

4,760 

5,530 

5,860 

5,640

4,760 

3,490 

2,770 

2,500 

2,250

2,250 

3,040 

3,670 

3,670 

3,400

2,770 

3,130 

4,970 

5,750 

5,860

Maximum

2,860 

29,400 

25,000

32,500

10,100 

22,000 

18,800 

33,700 

21,500 

5,200 

12,200 

5,970 

7,010

33,700

Peak discharge (base, 12,000 sec. -ft.) . Nov. 22 (9:30

29,400 sec. -ft.; Pet. 17 (11:30 p.m.) 23,600 sec. -ft.; Ma

May

5,420 

10,500 

16,700 

21,500 

20,600

13,100 

6,530 

4,160 

3,220 

2,680

2,500 

2,250 

2,010 

1,930 

1,810

1,730 

1,650 

1,570 

1.540 

1,500

1,470 

1,430 

1,400 

1,360 

1,330

1,290 

1,260 

1,330 

1,770 

2,680 

3,310

Minimum

718 

820 

2,410

610

2,250 

4,560 

2,410 

2,250 

1,260 

1,360 

1,120 

1,190 

1,090

718

June

3,960 

3,220 

4,060 

3,040 

2,590

2,250 

1,970 

1,650 

1,770 

2,770

3,310 

3,400 

5,200 

5,200 

4,360

3,760 

2,860 

2,090 

1,730 

2,120

1,930 

1,610 

2,250 

2,590 

3,130

3,490 

2,590 

1,850 

1,540 

1,360

Mean

1,046 

6,985 

6,740

3,644

5,401 

8,900 

7,792 

7,428 

4,565 

2,788 

3,727 

2,796 

2,611

5,035

July

1,330 

1,360 

1,810 

2,680 

2,120

1,730 

1,430 

1,330 

1,190 

1,120

1,120 

1,120 

1,690 

2,680 

3,660

5,310 

5,090 

6,300 

5,200 

3,490

2,410 

2,010 

2,010 

2,500 

9,800

12,200 

10,900 

8,090

o.^iU 

4,160 

4,060

Aug.

. 4,060 

5,970 

5,860 

3,960 

2,950

2,120 

2,010 

2,090 

1,970 

1,770

1,570 

1,430 

2,190 

3,310 

4,260

4,360 

4,460 

5,090 

4,360 

3,760

3,220 

2,680- 

2,120 

1,730 

1,500

1,400 

1,330 

1,260 

1,190 

1,220 

1,470

Per square 

mile

0.594 

3.97 

3.83

2.07

3.07 

5.06 

4.43 

4.22 

2.59 

1.58 

2.12 

1.59 

1.48

2.86

Sept.

1,570 

1,470 

1,260 

1,840 

6,080

7,010 

5,860 

4,760 

3,760 

2,770

2,330 

2,250 

2,010 

2,090 

2,860

2,680 

1,970 

1,570 

1,810 

4,560

3,310 

3,040 

2,250 

1,770 

1,470

1,330 

1,220 

1,190 

1,150 

1,090

Runoff in 

inches

0.69 

4.43 

4.42

28.19

3.54 

5.27 

5.10 

4.71 

2.99 

1.77 

2.44 

1.83 

1.66

38.85

a.m.) 14,200 sec. -ft.; Nov. 29 (9 p.m.) 

r. 24 (9 a.m.) 19,200 sec. -ft.; Apr. 3

(3:30 a.m.) 35,700 sec.-ft.; May 4 (11 p.m.) 22,800 sec.-ft.
PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN 507

Leaf River near McLain, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°06 ! , long. 88°48', in SE^ sec. 29, T. 2 N., R. 8 

W. St. Stephens meridian, at bridge on State Highway 15, lc miles east of McLain, 2 miles 

downstream from Rogers Creek, and 6 miles upstream from Oaktibbie Creek. Datum of gage 

is 42.15 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1941.

Drainage area.--3,510 square miles.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1949..

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 55,500 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 24.68 

I'eet); minimum, 1,140 second-feet Nov. 1 (gage height, 3.51 feet).

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 88,300 second-feet Mar. 24, 1943 (gage height, 27.76 

feet); minimum, 640 second-feet Oct. 26, 27, 1941 (gage height, 2.95 feet).

Flood in April 1900 reached a Stage about 4 feet higher than that of Mar. 24, 1943, 

from information by local residents.

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

3.5 1,140 10.0 7,100 21.0 30,000 

4.0 1,450 11.5 9,100 22.5 38,OOO 

5.5 2,560 14.0 12,900 23.5 44,9OO 

6.5 3,390 17.0 18,500 24.6 54,5OO 

8.O 4,820 19. O 23,OOO 

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,480 

1,620 

1,550 

1,450 

1,350

1,290 

1,260 

1,230 

1,200 

1,200

1,660 

2.O80 

3,390 

4,220 

3,840

3,480 

3,040 

2,640 

2,160 

1,800

1,620 

1,550 

1,450 

1,380 

1,320

1,260 

1,230 

1,200 

1,200 

1,170 

1,170

Nov.

1,140 

1,170 

1,170 

1,200 

1,320

2,320 

1,870 

1,870 

2,320 

3,120

3,210 

3,210 

3,040 

2,88O 

2,640

2,560 

5,O2O 

6,620 

9,660 

11,200

12,400 

18,700 

24,500 

26,400 

24,800

28,100 

44,100 

53 , 600 

54,500 

52 , 700

Dec.

53,600 

53 , 600 

50,000 

44, 100 

38 , 000

30,500 

21,100 

19,500 

2O,1OO 

19,100

15,OOO 

11,200 

9,520 

8,270 

7,230

6,980 

10,400 

12,700 

13,600 

13.2OO

12,200 

10,600 

9,520 

8,400 

7,750

8,540 

10,400 

10,200 

9,8OO 

11,700 

13,600

Jan.

13,600 

11 , 7OO 

10,200 

9,240 

11,900

14, 500 

13,400 

13,100 

12,600 

12,600

11,700 

9,8OO 

8,140 

6,740 

5,680

5,240 

5,020 

5,130 

6,860 

9,520

10,200 

10,100 

11,100 

13,100 

14,100

14,500 

14,600 

14,500 

12,900 

11,400 

1O.8OO

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Cs

Jami 

Febi 

Marc

^ 

June 

Julj 

Augi

Sep1

WE

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary

h. ...........................

1 ............................

r .............. ... ..........

st ...........................

iter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

11,000 

11,700 

11,600 

11,400 

11,700

12,400 

12,400 

11,700 

12,900 

17,300

20 , 500 

20.9OO 

19,700 

18,100 

15,900

14,300 

17,500 

20,500 

32,500 

40,500

40,500 

37,400 

33,000 

27,600 

21 , 500

16,500 

13,200 

12,000

Secondfoot-days

56,490 

407,340 

570,410

2,951,240

333,970 

546,200 

477,580 

518,430 

338,270 

175,780 

248,570 

183,510 

179,110

4,O35,66O

Mar.

10,500 

8,960 

7,880 

6,980 

6,260

5,680 

5,570 

5,790 

5,350 

6,140

7,620 

8,010 

7,880 

12,600 

17,300

18,900 

18,900 

16,900 

14,100 

11,600

9,660 

16,700 

23,600 

27,200 

29,600

30,500 

29,200 

27,200 

25,400 

26,000 

29,6OO

Apr.

37,400 

38,600 

39,200 

44, 100 

5O,OOO

46,500 

38,OOO 

27,600 

17,900 

11,000

8,960 

9,940 

10,400 

10,500 

10,400

10, 100 

9,240 

7,490 

6,020 

5,240

5,020 

6,860 

8,140 

8,140 

7,620

7,100 

6,380 

7,880 

9,800 

12,900

Maximum

4,220 

54,500 

53,600

65,500

14,600 

40,500 

30,500 

50,000 

35,000 

12 , 600 

18 , 500 

13,800 

18,300

54, 500

Peak discharge (base, 21,000 sec. -ft. ) .--Nov. 28 (6 to

41,300 sec. -ft.; Apr. 5 (3 p.m.) 50,OOO sec. -ft. ; May 6

May

15,000 

20,800 

26,000 

29,200 

32,500

35,000 

34,000 

29 , 600 

21,700 

12,900

7,620 

5,900 

5,130 

4,620 

4,220

3,930 

3,660 

3,480 

3,300 

3,210

3,040 

2,960 

2,8OO 

2,800 

2,720

2,640 

2,560 

2,480 

2,720 

5,520 

6,260

Minimum

1,170 

1,140 

6,980

1,140

5,020 

11,000 

5,350 

5,020 

2,480 

2,960 

2,640 

2,480 

2,240

1,140

June

6,740 

6,980 

6,020 

6,020 

4,920

4,120 

3,570 

3,210 

2,960 

2,960

4,520 

5,570 

8,680 

11,600 

12,600

12,000 

10,100 

7,880 

5,900 

4,320

4,320 

3,930 

3,480 

4,820 

5,680

5,460 

5,900 

4,820 

3,660 

3,040

Mean

1,822 

13,580 

18,400

8,063

10,770 

19,510 

15,410 

17,280 

10,910 

5,859 

8,018 

5,920 

5,970

11,060

July

2,800 

2,880 

3,300 

5,790 

5,900

5,020 

4,120 

3,660 

3,120 

2,800

2,640 

4,320 

3,570 

3,930 

5,570

7,880 

12,600 

12.OOO 

11,4OO 

11,700

9,800 

9,100 

8,140 

6,980 

7,750

13,4OO 

16,700 

18,500 

17,900 

14,300 

ll.OOO

Aug.

13,800 

11,700 

10,200 

9,940 

8,270

6,860 

5,680 

5,900 

5,240 

4,620

4,420 

4,320 

3,660 

4,120 

5,130

6,380 

6,260 

6,140 

6,500 

6,980

7,880 

7,360 

5,900 

4,620 

4,020

3,750 

3,300 

2,880 

2,640 

2,480 

2,560

Per square 

mile

0.519 

3.87 

5.24

2.30

3.07 

5.56 

4.39 

4.92 

3.11 

1.67 

2.23 

1.69 

1.70

3.15

Sept.

2,720 

2,960 

3,040 

3,460 

16,900

18,300 

14, 600 

11,900 

9,940 

8,270

6,260 

4,920 

4,220 

3,840 

3,660

4,220 

4,020 

3,570 

3,210 

4,740

8,820 

7,490 

5,900 

4,920 

3,930

3,300

2,800 

2,560 

2,400 

2,240

Runoff in 

inches

0.60 

4.32 

6.04

31.27

3.54 

5.79 

5.06 

5.49 

3.58 

1.86 

2.63 

1.94 

1.90

42.75

9 p.m.) 55,500 sec. -ft.; Feb. 2O ( 11 p.m.) 

;9 p.m.) 35,000 sec. -ft.
508 PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN

Pascagoula River at Merrill, Miss.

Location. --Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°59', long. 88°44', in SWi;- sec. 18, T. 1 S., R. 

Y W/St. Stephens meridian, at bridge on old State Highway 15, half a mile downstream 

from confluence of Leaf and Chickasawhay Rivers and half a mile west of Merrill. Datum 

of gage is 26.31 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area.--6,600 square miles.

Records available. December 1930 to September 1949. Sage-height records collected at 

same site since 1904 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.--18 years (1931-49), 10,560 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 89,000 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 25.66 

reef); minimum, 2,040 second-feet Nov. 2, 3 (gage height, 4.20 feet).

1930-49: Maximum discharge, 154,000 second-feet Apr. 13, 1938 (gage height, 29.71 

feet); minimum, 696 second-feet Nov. 3, 1936 (gage height, 2.37 feet).

Maximum stage known, 32.5 feet in April 1900 (from information by U. S. Weather 

Bureau). Flood of July 9, 1916, reached a stage of 31 feet, present datum (from reports of U. S. Weather Bureau).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 19 Nov. 2O to Sept. 3O

4.2

5.0

7.0

10.0

13.2

2,04O 

2,80O 

5,060 

9,150 

14,500

6.3

8.0

11.0

13.2

3,980

6,000

10,500

14,300

15.0

18.0

20.0

21.0

17,600

24,500

30,000

34,800

22.0

23.0

24.5

25.6

41,400

50,600

70,300

87,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,800

3,000

3,000

2 r 900

2,700

2,500

2,350

2,220

2,130

2,080

2,800

4,690

6,490

8,550

8,120

6,880

5,84O

4,930

3,990

3,330

3,000

2,900

2,700

2,50O

2,400

2,310

2,260

2,220

2,170

2,130

2,080

Nov.

2,080

2,04O

2,040

2,080

2,260

3,990

4,450

3,880

4,100

5,970

6,490

6,360

5,970

5,970

5,450

5,060

7,840

11,000

14,500

18,300

2O,OOO

24,200

30,800

37,800

41,400

48,OOO

76,300

87,400

84,200

79,400

-

Dec.

76,300

74,800

71,800

67,400

61 , 800

59,200

55,3OO

51,700

5O,6OO

47,500

41,400

33,700

27,900

22,500

17,200

14,4OO

16,400.

19,100

21,000

21,800

21,800

21,200

2O,OOO

18,700

17,400

16,400

17,4OO

17,700

17,200

18,700

20, 200

Jan.

21,200

21,000

19,500

18,500

18,700

22,000

23,200

24, 200

24, 500

24, 500

24,000

22,200

20,000

18,100

15,700

12,500

10,700

10,200

11,400

14,4OO

16,600

17, BOO

18 , 100

20,000

22,000

23,200

24,000

24,500

24,000

23,200

22,500

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

22,500

22,200

21,800

20,800

2O,8OO

21,200

21,500

21,200

21,200

23,800

27,300

30,4OO

32,700

32,700

3O.80O

28,500

27,600

29 , 700

39,200

51 , 700

59,200

59 , 200

55,300

51,700

46,500

41,4OO

36,000

32,200

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

107,97

649,33

1,058,50

5,534,06

612,20

929,10

788, 4O

934,30

590,57

340 75

422^98

294,38

355,35

7,083,83

Mar.

28 , 800

25,000

2O.5OO

16,800

14,400

12,900

11,700

11,700

11,400

12,OOO

13,600

14, 600

15,000

18,500

24,000

27,000

28,500

28,200

26,000

22,000

18,300

23,000

30,000

36,600

41,400

43,800

44,700

43,000

41,400

4O,600

43,000

Apr.

50,600

55,300

57,9OO

60,500

66,OOO

68,800

63,200

57,900

49,500

39,900

33,200

29,4OO

26,200

23,000

20,500

19 , 300

18,300

16,8OO

14,4OO

11,700

10,50O

13,700

15,300

15,500

15,50O

15,900

15,500

15,000

15,900

19,100

-

Maximum

3 8,550

3 87,400

D 76,300

3 1O1,OOO

3 24,5OO

D 59 , 200

3 44, 700

- 68,8OO

0 49,500

3 21 , 800

3 24,200

D 2O 200

3 33J200

3 87,400

May

22,000

27,000

34,800

41,400

44,70O

47, 500

49,500

47,500

43,000

34,800

28,200

24,200

19,100

12,900

9,700

8,300

7,550

6,980

6,560

6,140

5,870

5,610

5,350

5,110

5,230

5,110

4,870

4,64O

4,750

1O,OOO

12,200

Minimum

2,080

2,040

14,400

1,950

10,2OO

2O,8OO

11,400

1O 500

4^640

5,230

4 990

4^200

3,980

2,04O

June

13,700

14, 600

14, 600

13,400

11,000

8,450

6,84O

5,870

5,230

5,230

6,280

8,450

11,700

16,600

20,000

21,800

20,800

17,, 900

14,600

11,000

9,060

9,540

9,54O

9,700

10,500

11,4OO

10,200

9,220

7,400

6,14O

-

Msan

3,483

21,640

34,150

15,120

19,750

33,180

25,430

31 140

19^050

11,360

13,640

9,496

11,840

19,410

July

5,350

4,990

6,560

10,3OO

10,800

9,380

8,000

6,840

6,OOO

5,230

4,990

6,84O

7,400

8,600

10,500

12,200

17,900

22,800

23,200

23,000

20,800

18,700

17,900

15,700

13,000

15,700

18 , 900

22,000

24.2OO

24,000

21,200

Aug.

20,000

20,200

17,700

16, 600

15,000

12,000

9,860

9,060

8,900

8,300

7,700

7,120

6,280

6,000

6,980

8,450

8,900

8,900

8,900

9,540

10,700

11,200

10,200

8,300

7,4OO

6^420

5,74O

4,990

4,530

4,310

4,200

Per square 

mile

0.528

3.28

5.17

2.29

2.99

5.03

3.85

4.72

2.89

1.72

2.07

1.44

1.79

2.94

Sept.

4,31u

4,750

5,110

5,740

g!9,900

g32,200

33,200

29,700

26,800

24,OOO

18,900

13,900

10,500

8,450

6,980

7,120

6,84O

6,420

6,000

6,420

11,000

13,200

11,900

9,860

7,850

6,140

5,230

4,640

4,310

3,980

-

Runoff in 

inobea

0.61

3.66

5.96

31.19

3.45

5 24

4. 44

5.26

3 . 33

1.'92

2.38

1 . 66

2.00

39.91

Peak discharge (base, 38,OOO sec.-ft.).--Nov. 28 (2 p.m.) 89,000 se 

ec.-ft.; Apr. 6 (6 a.m.; 68,80O sec.-ft.; May 7 (7 a.m.) 49,5OO sec. 

g Computed from graph based on gage readings.

:.-ft.; Feb. 21 (9 p.m.) 59,200 

-ft.
PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN 509

Oakahay Creek at Mize, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°52', long. 89°31', in NW^ sec. 6, T. 10 N., R. 

15 w. St. Stephens meridian, at bridge on State Highway 20, 0.4 mile east of Mize, 

ITT miles downstream from Hatchapaloo Creek, and 17 miles upstream from mouth. Datum 

of gage is 274.18 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment 

of 1941 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 217 square miles (authority, Corps of Engineers). 

Records available.--October 1943 to September 1949 (discontinued).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,210 second-feet Mar. 31 (gage height, 13.69 

feet); minimum, 29 second-feet Oct. 10 (gage height, 2.00 feet).

1943-49: Maximum discharge, 9,710 second-feet Jan. 20, 1947; maximum gage height, 

that of Mar. 31, 1949; minimum discharge observed, 13 second-feet at times during 

October and November 1943 (gage height, 1.8 feet).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 5-11, 15-3O,

July 29 to Sept. 30)

2.1 32 4.0 147 8.2 74O 10.9 2,290 

2.8 59 6.0 349 9.4 1,070 11.7 3,390 

3.1 74 6.6 422 9.8 1,230 12.5 4,690 

3.4 94 7.2 525 10.3 1.6OO 13.3 6,290

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

48 

42 

39 

35 

33

32 

31 

30 

30 

31

202 

371 

360 

157 

79

60 

53 

49 

46 

43

42 

41 

39 

38 

37

37 

36 

35 

35 

35 

35

Nov.

38 

42 

41 

43 

68

147 

167 

101 

71 

74

70 

64 

61 

56

54

127 

437 

584 

al,000 

1,260

1,400 

1,430 

1,230 

1,140 

893

1,210 

4,510 

5,250 

5,250 

3,850

Dec.

2,290 

1,400 

1,010 

564 

338

327 

383 

408 

317 

252

207 

187 

177 

172 

172

217 

408 

564 

605 

564

395 

277 

232 

207 

438

648 

626 

349 

488 

716 

716

Jan.

470 

297 

252 

247 

494

893 

1,820 

1,720 

1,100 

740

338 

257 

227 

212 

197

187 

232 

422 

605 

693

840 

1,430 

1,430 

1,400 

1,230

1,070 

764 

584 

408 

327 

395

Feb.

488 

564 

656 

693 

789

814 

764 

564 

745 

1,290

1,430 

1,230 

1,040 

757 

422

1,550 

2,750 

2,680 

2,040 

1,510

1,140 

893 

584 

408 

470

488 

408 

338

n~-«v. Second 

Month foot-days

Octol 

Nova 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febn 

Marc 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

nber .... ....................

Landar yea'r 1943 

iry

L. ...........................

Bt ..........................

mhar

ter year 1948-49 .......

2,181 

30,668 

15,654

136,339

21,281 

27,505 

26,983 

17,794 

16,773 

7,481 

11,007 

8,064 

5,986

 - 191,377

Peak discharge (base, 2,500 sec .-ft . ) .--Nov

sec. -ft.; Mar. 31 (12 m.) 7,210 sec. -ft.: May 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed

Mar.

297 

257 

227 

a210 

a200

192 

a!90 

187 

a250 

a500

a400 

267 

333 

606 

920

789 

540 

349 

327 

267

376 

al,000 

a2,000 

2,620 

1,580

1,070 

789 

1,070 

1,070 

1,810 

6,290

Apr.

4, 

2, 

1, 

1,

Maximum

371 

5,250 

2,290

5,250

1,820 

2,750 

6,290 

4,010 

4,170 

648 

1,740 

716 

814

6,290

010 

620 

600 

10O 

697

349 

277 

237 

202 

207

356 

716 

948 

948

522

257 

177 

152 

128 

119

119 

187 

297 

267 

207

137 

132 

137 

217 

472

May

1,790 

4,170 

2,680 

2,04O 

1,320

920 

392 

227 

187 

162

147 

137 

119 

110 

102

94 

88 

84 

79 

75

72 

70 

67 

64 

62

60 

59 

137 

267 

584 

408

Minimum

30 

38

172

24

187 

338 

187 

119 

59 

78 

53 

65 

51

30

June

277 

453 

544 

648 

482

152 

110 

162 

132 

182

302 

422 

437 

488 

525

302 

172 

128 

102 

93

83 

120 

167 

237 

207

172 

132 

93 

78 

79

Mean

70.4 

1,022 

505

373

686 

982 

870 

593 

541 

249 

355 

260 

200

524

July

76 

70 

125 

137 

110

77 

65 

59 

55 

53

62 

88 

'338 

257 

106

231 

383 

232 

182 

106

81 

86 

158 

764 

1,740

1,200 

1,160 

1,400 

917 

338 

351

Aug.

346 

453 

288 

157 

114

95 

84 

89 

75 

81

79 

98 

692 

605 

345

317 

364 

564 

693 

716

564 

293 

162 

132 

106

85 

76 

70 

65 

119 

137

Per square 

mile

0.324 

4.71 

2.33

1.72

3.16 

4.53 

4.01 

2.73 

2.49 

1.15 

1.64 

1.20 

.922

2.41

. 28 (3 p.m.) 6,290 sec. -ft.: Feb. 17 (10 a. 

2 (2 a.m.) 4,690 sec. -ft. 

on basis of weather records.

Sept.

90 

68 

60 

122 

564

605 

584 

525 

605 

814

435 

162 

119 

100 

89

82 

76 

90 

76 

102

78 

74 

72 

68 

60

56 

54 

53 

52 

51

Runoff in 

inches

0.37 

5.26 

2.68

23.35

3.65 

4.71 

4.62 

3.05 

2.87 

1.28 

1.89 

1.38 

1.03

32.79

m.) 3,030
510 PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN

Bowie Creek near Hattiesburg, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°26', long. 89°26', in sec. 5, T. 5 N., R. 14 W.

 StT~Stephens meridian, at bridge on U. S. Highway 49, 2 miles southwest of Lux, 2 miles 

upstream from Okatoma Creek, and 10 miles northwest of Hattiesburg. Datum of gage is 

160.04 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area.--304 square miles.

Records available. September 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge.--11 years, 528 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,730 second-feet Apr. 2 (gage height, 19.46 

reet;; minimum, 150 second-feet Oct. 5-7; minimum gage height, 3.46 feet Oct. 6.

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 20,100 second-feet Mar. 21, 1943 (gage height, 25.70 

feet); minimum observed, 100 second-feet Sept. 23-30, Oct. 4-13, 16, 1938; minimum gage 

height, 3.44 feet Sept. 7, 1947.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to July 26 July 27 to Sept. 30

3.5 156 6.0 748 14.0 4.O20 3.9 248 

4.0 220 7.2 1,180 16.0 5,090 4.5 369 

4.4 292 9.0 1,900 18.2 6,580 5.5 632 

5.0 443 12.0 3,130 7.2 1,180

Note. Same as 

preceding table 

above 7.2 feet. 

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

162

156

156

156

150

150

150

156

156

156

255

351

271

235

199

174

174

168

162

168

162

162

162

162

162

162

162

162

162

162

162

Nov.

168

168

174

180

180

199

220

235

244

471

281

227

206

193

193

252

1,030

651

1,180

2,340

1,980

2,260

1,740

1,260

764

1,890

5,390

6,020

6,090

4,110

-

Dec.

2,140

1,260

815

620

500

457

1,050

1,900

1,060

748

544

443

416

390

364

946

1,700

1^460

1,340

955

683

529

457

416

695

849

815

604

1,220

1,420

1,100

Jan.

699

544

471

457

667

991

798

699

604

471

390

364

339

327

315

303

315

544

991

991

748

1,500

1,780

1,260

919

1,180

955

849

620

514

1,030

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 sec

Feb.

1,180

1,100

955

919

1,030

884

715

863

2,180

2,100

1,460

1,030

884

715

574

4,270

6,51O

3,790

2,700

2,020

1,460

1,380

1,100

832

731

667

748

667

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

5,487

40,296

27,896

229,102

22,635

43,464

47,534

33,579

21,969

12,919

25,568

20,450

14,859

316,656

Mar.

529

471

429

403

390

390

403

390

403

781

866

651

1,290

2,220

2,100

1,740

1,060

815

748

589

966

4,620

5,600

3,790

1,940

1,060

1,260

2,460

2,340

3,130

3,700

Apr.

5,530

6,580

2,580

1,140

849

699

604

544

485

471

683

955

1,030

991

798

620

471

416

377

364

377

574

798

715

529

416

403

1,140

1,340

1,100

-

Maximum

351

6,090

2,140

6,370

1,780

6,510

5,600

6,580

4,470

1,220

2,830

1,700

1,340

6,580

May

955

2,620

4,170

4,470

1,780

815

529

416

364

339

315

292

281

271

261

252

252

243

243

235

235

227

227

227

?20

220

213

220

271

390

416

Minimum

150

168

364

150

303

574

390

364

213

230

199

257

248

150

-ft.). --Nov. 29 (7:30 a.m.

June

315

403

390

a380

a320

a280

3230

235

261

604

683

514

651

485

390

339

303

281

383

544

327

292

351

403

798

1,220

620

364

292

261

-

Mean

177

1,343

900

626

730

1,552

1,533

1,119

709

431

825

660

495

868

July

252

252

506

748

589

377

271

235

220

206

199

199

276

403

983

1,460

1,940

2,180

1,580

832

457

364

416

281

2,500

2,830

2,300

1,110

675

494

428

Aug.

886

1,700

1,180

780

521

404

428

380

404

380

369

369

874

,660

,460

970

,040

,580

,070

604

507

380

336

305

285

275

266

257

257

257

266

Per square 

mile

0.582

4.42

2.96

2.06

2.40

5.11

5.04

3.68

2.33

1.42

2.71

2.17

1.63

2.86

Sept.

315

315

266

324

905

873

690

534

416

347

326

305

285

369

467

661

416

369

534

1,340

970

1,000

661

454

347

305

285

266

266

248

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.67

4.93

3.41

28.02

2.77

5.32

5.82

4.11

2 .69

1.58

3.13

2.50

1.82

38.75

6,300 sec. -ft.; Feb. 17 (5 a.m.) 6,980

ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for nesrby stations.
PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN 511

Tallahala Creek at Laurel, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°41', long. 89°Q7 l , in NE-j sec. 8, T. 8 N., R. 11 

w. St. Stephens meridian, at bridge on State Highway 15, half a mile upstream from 

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad bridge,'three-quarters' of a mile southeast of Laurel, 

and 6 miles upstream from Tallahoma Creek. Datum of gage is 201.37 feet above mean sea 

level (Mississippi State Highway bench mark).

Drainage area.--233 square miles.

Records available. September 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 11 years, 394 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 10,500 second-feet Apr. 1 (gage neight, 18.98 

reet); minimum, 22 second-feet Oct. 9 (gage height, 2.58 feet).

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 13,700 second-feet Jan. 21, 1947 (gage height, 20.29 

feet); minimum observed, 2.4 second-feet Oct. 15, 16, 1938.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.6 22

3.0 34

3.5 55

4.0 83

4.8 142

6.0 345

8.0 472

9.0 603

11.0 908

12.5 1,280

14.0 1,810

15.0 2,440

15.8 3,390

16.6 4,970

17.3 6;480

18.1 8,310

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

78

57

42

34

30

26

25

24

22

22

88

206

460

511

563

537

188

100

97

73

60

54

49

46

43

42

39

37

35

35

33

Nov.

33

33

40

40

42

45

137

251

240

182

364

485

537

534

255

317

353

616

823

890

945

1,600

2,820

3,440

1,970

2,120

3,760

7,300

8,070

4,550

-

Dec.

2,940

2,360

1,970

1,630

1,250

715

563

686

745

730

658

485

364

307

285

296

364

534

700

791

807

839

856

686

563

616

630

658

775

760

775

Jan.

791

823

908

908

686

775

839

873

908

1,010

1,030

584

352

296

265

345

345

374

563

730

791

856

945

1,060

1,160

1,630

1,710

1,430

1,030

787

644

Month

October ........ .................

November .........................

December ....................... .

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............... ...........

May................. . ..........

June ... .........................

July .......... ............ . ...

August ................ ..... ....

September ................... ....

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

700

760

807

856

890

890

839

856

890

945

945

986

1,370

1,760

1,550

2,440

3,230

3,830

3,950

3,610

3,090

1,710

1,520

1,370

1,010

630

602

616

_

_

-

Mar.

537

460

376

307

375

255

255

275

365

430

630

658

760

976

1,060

945

965

986

730

448

495

1,170

1,330

1,590

2,820

3,090

2,030

2,150

1,760

2,180

4,760

Second 

foot-days

3,656

41,579

26,328

191,053

25,248

38,652

33,918

35,322

16,575

7,596

14,424

7,845

5,641

256,784

Apr.

8,310

6,920

3,150

2,130

1,710

1,370

832

524

412

353

400

563

658

658

658

576

347

255

318

195

186

251

400

550

589

436

318

602

807

945

-

Maximum

563

8,070

2,940

8,070

1,710

3,950

4,760

8,310

2,150

787

986

616

775

8,310

May

1,240

3,150

1,860

2,090

3,090

1,810

1,430

731

285

336

336

182

158

138

126

114

104

93

86

81

75

70

66

62

58

56

55

62

113

306

412

Minimum

22

32

235

15

245

602

255

186

55

64

90

63

45

22

June

376

255

158

114

86

73

64

67

74

94

245

292

787

756

537

534

485

336

365

309

178

154

158

3325

a300

a250

134

allO

alOO

a90

-

Mean

118

1,386

84S

52E

814

1,38C

1,094

1,177

535

252

46E

252

188

704

July

a!50

408

550

a540

436

364

218

150

111

97

a90

a!50

a300

a450

a350

a450

a550

aSOO

700

775

856

602

345

398

823

986

926

873

589

352

535

Aug.

616

498

534

589

388

265

232

322

204

146

114

163

227

318

345

195

186

307

271

498

400

227

174

134

107

86

76

76

63

72

333

Per square 

mile

0.506

5.95

3.64

2.24

3.49

5.92

4.70

5.05

2.30

1.09

2.00

1.09

.807

3.02

Sept.

333

126

90

125

537

775

672

448

213

170

134

107

86

74

104

162

166

107

98

254

186

154

111

90

70

58

52

48

46

45

Runoff in 

inches

0.58

6.64

4.20

30.49

4.03

6.17

5.41

5.64

2.65

1.21

2.30

1.25

.90

40.98

Peak discharge (base,'5,000 see.-ft.).--Nov. EB (ll;50 p. 

ec.-ft.; Mar. 25 (6:30-a.m.) 3,070 sec.-ft.; Ap

a No gage-height record; discharge compu 

ation near Runnelstown.

9,510 sec.-ft.; Feb. 19 (4 a.m.) 4,350 

:30 p.m.) 10,500 sec.-ft. 

of recorded range in stage and records for
512 PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN

Tsllahala Creek near Runnelstown, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°20', long. 89 0 07', in NE-j sec. 8, T. 4 N., R. 11 

w. St. Stephens meridian, at bridge on county road between Sunrise and Runnelstown, 

3 miles south of Runnelstown and 9 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--612 square miles.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 14,400 second-feet Apr. 3 (gage height, 19.64 

reet); minimum, 90 second-feet Oct. 10 (gage height, 1.57 feet).

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 19,300 second-feet Jan. 23, 1947 (gage height, 21.70 

feet); minimum, 46 second-feet Oct. 26, 27, 1941 (gage height, 1.35 feet).

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used June 3-12)

1.6 95

1.8 128

2.1 185

2.7 326

3.3 497

8.0

13.0

923

1,160

1,340

2,740

6,060

16.0 8,950

18.0 11,600

19.1 13,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

167

224

200

163

141

123

111

108

100

94

183

615

581

866

980

1,020

961

581

339

275

253

213

189

171

163

150

144

135

130

126

120

Nov.

118

118

116

125

165

187

187

288

530

547

497

775

961

961

866

668

1,120

1,310

1,930

2,320

2,320

3,940

3,360

3,620

4,200

6,580

8,620

8,730

10,9OO

13 , 000

-

Dec.

13,100

10,500

7,500

5,610

4,590

3,750

3,300

3,810

2,800

2,260

,980

,710

,390

,100

,000

,200

,710

,710

,980

,980

,930

,930

,870

,820

,820

,150

,930

,650

,040

,680

,320

Jan.

1,980

1,870

1,870

1,980

2,380

2,500

2,380

2,200

2,090

2,040

2,040

2,040

1,490

980

829

757

775

961

1,600

1,760

1,820

2,150

2,260

2,260

2,320

2,560

2,860

3,230

3,230

2,800

2,440

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .....................

March ............................

April .......................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

2,260

2,200

2,200

2,150

2,380

2,260

2,150

2,150

4,010

4,010

3,490

2,800

2,5OO

2,620

2,920

5,190

6,810

7,600

7,700

7,300

7,300

6,460

5,260

4,330

3,620

2,980

2,440

1,930

_

-

Secondfoot-days

9,626

79,059

95,120

503,621

62,452

109,020

90 250

96*276

51,006

24,787

47,320

24,870

21,424

711,210

Mar.

1,760

1,550

1,260

1,080

961

885

980

848

866

1,160

1,180

1,390

2,200

3,680

3,880

3,360

2,920

2,620

2,440

1,980

1,760

5,330

4,460

3,880

3,490

3,810

4,660

.5,900

6,300

6,460

7,200

Apr.

6,630

9,200

13,500

12,800

8,730

5,820

4,330

3,110

1,820

1,340

1,650

2,260

2,150

1,820

1,600

1,440

1,220

923

757

668

650

848

1,160

1,220

1,260

1,240

1,550

1,440

2,090

3,050

-

MaxinuB

1,020

13,000

13,100

13,300

3,230

7,700

7,200

13,500

5,750

2,150

5,050

1,930

1 , 890

13,500

May

3,420

5,190

5,470

5,750

5,260

4,720

4,270

3,680

2,560

1,160

848

811

668

564

497

466

421

393

379

352

326

318

300

290

275

265

251

256

365

481

1,000

Minimum

94

116

1,OOO

76

757

1,930

848

650

251

230

290

270

208

94

June

1,490

1,240

811

513

393

318

268

244

230

385

481

768

1,760

2,150

1,930

1,440

1,260

1,180

904

829

703

497

481

980

848

793

721

497

365

308

-

Mean

311

2,635

3,068

1,376

2,015

3,894

2,911

3,209

1,645

826

1,526

802

714

1,949

July

513

481

898

1,340

1,120

885

685

497

365

308

290

313

513

1,340

1.O8O

2,500

1,980

1,390

1,600

1,550

1,390

1,550

1,390

902

5,050

4,530

3,620

3,110

2,500

1,870

1,760

Aug.

1,440

1,760

1,550

1,340

1,390

1,260

904

685

650

564

497

407

393

564

581

564

513

466

739

1,760

1,930

1,180

775

530

466

421

352

305

288

270

326

Per square 

mile

0.508

4.31

5.01

2.25

3.29

6.36

4.76

5.24

2.69

1.35

2.49

1.31

1.17

3.18

Sept.

513

775

564

576

1,390

1,710

1,600

1,440

1,180

885

598

481

407

352

339

352

497

598

466

1,890

1,200

775

721

481

365

313

273

249

226

208

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.58

4.80

5.78

30.59

3.80

6.62

5.48

5.85

3.10

1.51

2.88

1.51

1.30

43.21

Peak discharge (base. 5.000 sec.-ft. K--Dec. 1 (12:30 a.m.) 13,700 sec.-ft.; Feb. 19 (4 a.m.) 8,OOO 

sec.-ft.; Mar. 22 (7 a.m.) 5.980 sec.-ft.; Apr. 3 (8 p.m.) 14,4OO sec.-ft.; May 4 (8 a.m.") 5,820 

sec.-ft.; July 25 (9:3O a.m.) 5,680 sec.-ft.
PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN 513

Chunky Creek near Chunky, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°20'', long. 88°54', In SW£ sec. 30, T. 6 N., R. 14 

E. unoctaw meridian, at bridge on U. S. Highway 80, 2,500 feet upstream from Alabama 

& Vicksburg Railway bridge, 1^ miles east of Chunky, 3^ miles upstream from Tallahatta 

T!reek, and 5? miles downstream from Concobona Creek.

Drainage area. 368 square miles.

Records available. August 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 11 years, 525 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 19,800 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 23.73 

feet}; minimum, 35 second-feet Oct. 10 (gage height, 2.81 feet).

1938-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 29, 1948; minimum, 6.4 second-feet Aug. 

27-29, 1943 (gage height, 2.28 feet).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, which 

are fair.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 9 to Nov. 18- 

May 6 to June 12, July 29 to Sept. 3o)

2,8

3.0

3.2 90

3.5 161

57

4.1 342

4.5 479

5.0 675

6.0 1,110

8.O 2,20O

10.0 3,370

12.0 4,660

14.0 6,010

16.0 7,620

19.5 10,800

21.3 12,600

23.0 17,000

Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

94 

69 

55 

50 

43

42 

41 

40 

38 

36

49

68 

81 

64 

52

45 

41 

41 

38 

39

38 

38 

37 

37 

36

36 

36 

36 

37 

37 

37

Nov.

37 

38 

43 

51 

63

306 

339 

218 

196 

233

195 

148 

118 

100 

90

275 

1,040 

1,020 

1,800 

2,020

2,080 

2,020 

1,910 

1,360

737

1,260 

2,780 

7,230 

16,900 

11,OOO

Dec.

4,270 

2,140 

932 

716 

635

779 

866 

737 

595 

498

428 

390 

371 

358 

352

400 

998 

1,260 

1,310 

1,230

866 

635 

517 

449 

675

844 

737 

498 

1,170 

1,740 

1,690

Jan.

1,260 

695 

556 

575 

al,500

a3,200 

a3,900 

2,890 

1,360 

758

615 

536 

479 

446 

a410

a39O 

1,090 

1,690 

2,140 

2,310

2,200 

2,720 

a3,400 

a4,OOO 

2,540

1,520 

al,400 

al,200 

1.O9O 

716 

910

Month

Octo 

Move 

Deoe

Ca

janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

»ber. ........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary .

h.. ..........................

1 ............................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,070 

1,130 

1,310 

1,630 

1,800

1,630 

1,210 

866 

1,310 

2,O8O

2,430 

2,310 

1,580 

910 

844

2,540 

4,330 

4,920 

3,250 

2,490

1,970 

1,360 

932 

779 

758

716 

716 

822

Second 

foot-days

1,43 

55,60 

29,08

251,41

48,49 

47,69 

46,27 

32,10 

21,52 

11,46 

19,03 

5,29 

4,40

322,42

liar.

716 

556 

479 

446 

428

475 

695 

615 

479 

695

675 

498 

418 

410 

556

595 

432 

410 

428 

381

463 

2,600 

6,470 

5,320 

2,660

1,690 

2,080 

2,540 

3,130 

3,880 

5,050

Apr.

6,480 

3,940 

2,370 

1,130 

822

716 

615 

517 

464 

468

1,020 

1,310 

1,310 

1,040 

655

472 

394 

352 

316 

388

382 

431 

1,070 

1,180 

779

517 

410 

635 

716 

1,210

Maximum

1 94 

7 16,900 

3 4,270

3 16,900

3 4,000 

! 4,920 

D 6,470 

3 6,480 

3 4,530 

I 1,260 

3 1,910 

3 428 

5 675

2 16,900

Peak discharge (base, 5.OOO sec. -ft .) .--Nov. 29 (2:3O j

5,800 sec. -ft.; Mar. 23 (5:30 p.m.) 8,160 see. -ft.; Apr. 

5,110 sec. -ft. 

a Doubtful or no gage -height record; discharge computec 

basin.

May

1,850 

2,600 

4,530 

4,070 

1,970

655 

464 

368 

307 

355

479 

313 

236 

206 

183

167 

151 

140 

128 

118

116 

111 

105 

105 

130

125 

128 

156 

212 

413 

635

Minimum

36 

37

352

17

390 

716 

381 

316 

105 

96 

77 

69 

63

36

June

635 

358 

204 

140 

113

107 

96 

96 

298 

418

846 

1,020 

1,160 

1,260 

1,130

675 

457 

291 

212 

172

153 

175 

189 

310 

273

195 

158 

118 

107 

98

Mean

46.2 

1,854 

938

687

1,564 

1,703 

1,493 

1,070 

694 

382 

614 

171 

147

883

July

175 

175 

151 

128 

105

92 

265 

279 

138 

90

83 

77 

490 

716 

a6OO

a700 

al.500 

1,580 

1,360 

556

224 

209 

230 

751 

1,740

1,910 

1,630 

1,260 

998 

472 

355

Aug.

310 

251

212 

172 

151

130 

116 

140 

128 

125

138 

107 

166 

248 

273

221 

164 

125 

428 

339

186 

130 

111 

113 

113

100 

85 

74 

69 

94 

279

Per square 

mile

0.126 

5.04 

2.55

1.87

4.25 

4.63 

4.06 

2.91 

1.89 

1.04 

1.67 

.465 

.399

2.40

Sept.

201 

111 

81 

74 

396

675 

418 

218 

151 

138

138 

103 

86 

156 

175

153 

116 

94 

86 

83

83 

85 

90 

85 

74

68 

64 

63

66 

72

Runoff in 

inches

0.14 

5.62 

2.94

25.41

4.90 

4.82 

4.68 

3.24 

2.18 

1.16 

1.92 

.54 

.44

32.58

j.m.) 19,800 sec. -ft.; Feb. 17 (12 p.m.) 

1 (7 a.m.) 7,200 sec-ft.; May 3 (7:30 p.m.)

1 on basis of records for other stations in
PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN

Chiekasawhay River at Enterprise, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°10', long. 88°49', in NW£ sec. 24, T. 4 N., R. 14 

K. Choctaw meridian, at county bridge in Enterprise, half a mile downstream from confluence of Chunky and Okatibbee Creeks. Datum of gage is 212.62 feet above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1941.

Drainage area. 913 square miles.

Records available.--August 1938 to September 1949. Gage-height records collected at same 

site since I9U4 are published in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.--11 years, 1,356 secoud-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 32,100 second-feet Nov. 30 (gage height, 32.46- 

reet); minimum, 113 second-feet Nov. 1 (gage height, 0.62 foot).

1938-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 30, 1948; minimum observed, 30 second-feet 

Aug. 28, 1943 (gage height, -0.53 foot).

Maximum stage known, 37.2 feet, from floodmark, in April 1900 (from reports of U. S. 

Weather Bureau).

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to May 3 May 4 to Sept. 3O

0.6 111 4.5 1,150 19.0 8,300 0.8 194 2.3 552 

1.0 165 6.5 1,900 22.0 11.6OO 1.0 229 5.3 1,510 

1.5 255 7.0 2,100 25.0 16,2OO 1.5 334 7.O 2,10O 

2.2 419 12.0 4,200 32.0 31,000 

3.2 711 15.5 5,900 Note. --Same as preceding 

table above 7.0 feet.

Discharge, in seoond-f eet , water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

321 

229 

183 

156 

139

130 

122 

122 

117 

116

690 

303 

226 

188 

170

154 

139 

143 

131

127

123 

122 

121 

119 

118

119 

119 

117 

116 

115 

115

Nov.

113 

119 

121 

130 

216

^41 

775 

557 

514 

1,120

874 

632 

472 

368 

298

553 

2,420 

2,260 

4,610 

5,100

4,700 

5,250 

5,400 

4,830 

3,800

4,160 

8,500 

11,500 

19,100 

31,000

Dec.

24,200 

11,400 

6,030 

4,650 

3,450

2,700 

2,500 

2,300 

1,820 

1,440

1,220 

1,120 

1,040 

976 

976

1,190 

2,100 

2,780 

3,230 

3,110

2,660 

2,100 

1,590 

1,290 

1,700

1,940 

1,590 

1,260

2,410 

3,980 

3,660

Jan.

3,620 

2,340 

1,630 

1,480 

3,150

5,250 

6,020 

5,550 

4,250 

3,060

2,220 

1,480 

1,260 

1,150 

1,040

976 

1,760 

3,190 

4,290 

4,560

4,470 

6,200 

7,080 

7,660 

6,440

5,060 

4,520 

3,930 

2,900 

1,980 

2,420

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri

Unv

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

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ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

2,580 

2,580 

2,780 

3,320 

3,750

3,580 

3,110 

2,580 

2,700 

4,650

4,880 

4,740 

4,200 

3,230 

2,580

6,260 

7,980 

9,400 

8,400 

7,080

6,020 

4,920 

3,840 

2,740 

2,020

1,780 

1,780

1,860

Secondfoot-days

5,21 

120,33 

102,46

683,01

110,93 

115,34 

109,25 

103 , 53 

66,29 

39,41 

46,72 

20,03 

17,61

857,15

Peak discharge (base, 10,000 sec. -ft.). N

10,600 sec. -ft.; Apr. 1 (9 a.m.) 18,900 sec.

Mar.

1,700 

1,480 

1,220 

1,080 

976

1,040 

1,480 

1,260 

1,150 

1,860

1,740 

1,400 

1,120 

1,080 

1,260

1,220 

1,040 

942 

908 

874

1,080 

5,760 

7,500 

9,400 

7,660

5,840 

6,320 

7 , 820 

8,140 

8,600 

16,300

Apr.

18,500 

14,300 

7,990 

5,600 

4,560

3,580 

2,420 

1,740 

1,440 

1,400

2,540 

3,450 

3,800 

3,280 

2,460

1,670 

1,290 

1,120 

976 

908

841 

1,280 

2,300 

2,340 

1,820

1,370 

1,290 

2,580 

2,980 

3,710

Maximum

D 690 

5 31,000 

2 24,200

1 31,000

6 7,660 

0 9,400 

0 16,300 

5 18,500 

5 10,100 

6 3,580 

9 3,800 

5 1,610 

9 2 , 500

3 31,000

May

5,200 

7,740 

9,800 

10,100 

7,220

5,010 

3,620 

1,920 

1,240 

1,110

1,180 

984 

826 

748 

672

612 

567 

507 

478 

436

409 

383 

358 

358 

409

370 

346 

450 

642 

1,020 

1,580

Minimum

115 

113 

976

82

976 

1,780 

874 

841 

346 

300 

289 

289 

199

113

June

1,340 

920 

582 

450 

383

334

300 

300 

857 

I,a40

2,180 

2,820 

3,360 

3,580 

3,020

2,420 

1,780 

1,550 

1,960 

1,610

1,020 

795 

795 

1,080 

1,480

1,020 

702 

567 

478 

493

Mean

16£ 

4,01] 

3.30E

l,86f

3,57! 

4, HE 

3,52' 

3,45] 

2,13£ 

1,3H 1,50' 

64£ 58'

2,34f

July

597 

582 

537 

507 

436

370 

383 

597 

409 

346

289 

322

676 

1,480 

1,210

1,700 

3,800 

3,800 

3,450 

2,540

1,150 

795 

733 

1,110 

3,530

3,710 

3,280 

3,110 

2,380 

1,720 

1,180

Aug.

1,110 

857 

702 

612 

567

464 

422 

478 

422 

370

370 

358 

396 

826 

888

748 

672 

1,100 

1,610 

1,610

952 

612 

507 

537 

552

537 

409 

334 

300 

289 

422

Per square 

mile

0.184 

4.39 

3.62

2.04

3.92 

4.51 

3.86 

3.78 

2.34 

1.44 

1.65 

.708 

.643

2.57

ov. 30 (2 p.m.) 32,100 sec. -ft.; Feb. 18 (12 

-ft.; May 4 (1 a.m.) 10,800 sec. -ft.

Sept.

612 

493 

322 

304 

1,480

2,500 

2,180 

1,440 

1,020 

642

582 

464 

383 

409 

493

436 

436 

358 

334 

311

278 

300 

311 

268 

237

213 

206 

202 

206 

199

Runoff in 

inches

0.21 

4.90 

4.17

27.80

4.52 

4.70 

4.45 

4.22 

2.70 

1.61 

1.90 

.82 

.72

34.92

p.m.)
PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN 515

Chickasawhay River near Waynesboro, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°41', long. 88°41', in NW£ sec. 10, T. 8 N., R. 7 

W. St. Stephens meridian, at bridge on U. S. Highway 84, 2 miles west of Waynesboro. 

Datum of gage is 119.91 feet above mean sea level (Mississippi State Highway bench mark).

Drainage area. 1,660 square miles.

Records available. September 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 11 years, 2,589 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 24,200 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 37.85 

feet); minimum, 308 second-feet Oct. 10 (gage height, 3.76 feet).

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 26,000 second-feet Jan. 24, 1947 (gage height, 39.00 

feet); minimum, 149 second-feet Aug. 28, 1943 (gage height, 2.48 feet).

A stage of about 50 feet occurred sometime in 1900. A stage of 47.1 feet, from floodmarks, occurred Apr. 11, 1938; a discharge of 53,100 second-feet was measured by Corps 

of Engineers on preceding day.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

3.8 

4.O 

4.8 

5.8

317

352

526

790

9.0 1,850

11.0 2,680

14.0 4,090

18.0 6,200

22.0 8,480

26.0 11,100

3O.O 14,400

34.0 18,800

37.5 23,800

7.0 1.15O 

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

i 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

848 

706 

587 

479

412

371 

343 

334

317 

317

1,440 

2,680 

2,590

1,740 

1,350

877 

587 

526 

502 

456

423 

391 

391 

381 

371

361 

352 

343 

343 

334 

334

Nov.

334 

343 

352 

352 

381

514 

1,060 

1,490 

1,320 

1,220

1,700 

2,000 

1,740 

1,380 

1,030

907 

2,170 

3,700 

5,070 

5,820

6,480 

8,420 

8,980 

9,290 

9,040

9,870 

12,400 

16,000 

17,000 

16,8OO

Dec.

16,600 

18,800 

23,000 

23,800 

20,900

17,400 

14, OOO 

10,800 

8,000 

5,430

3,790 

3,040 

2,640 

2,460 

2,340

2,340 

2,950 

4,290 

5,820 

6,260

5,980 

5,430 

4,650 

3,550 

3,040

3,370 

3,890 

3,370 

3,460 

4,810 

5,650

Jan.

5,760 

5,600 

5,120 

4,040 

4,860

6,310 

6,970 

7,030 

7,200 

7,430

7,09O 

5,490 

3,350 

2.68O 

2,420

2,210 

2,120 

2,860 

4,810 

5,650

6,040 

6,860 

7,370 

7,600 

7,890

8,480 

8,980 

8,910 

8,060 

6,810 

5,490

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

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1 ............................

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ember ................... ....

ter year 1948-49 ....... ....

Feb.

5,170 

5,330 

5,220 

5,120 

5,430

5,760 

5,760 

5,820 

7,430 

7,830

7,830 

7,600 

7,490 

7,370 

7,090

9,740 

13,300 

14,000 

13,400 

13,000

13,000 

12,700 

12,000 

11,000 

9,420

6,920 

5,010 

4,550

Secondfoot-days

21.48E 

147,163 

241, 86C

1,254,02C

181, 69C 

234, 29C 

178, 91C 

239, 82C 

135, 70E 

81.19C 

93,615 

43.86E 

51,497

1,651,09E

Peak discharge (base, 10,000 sec. -ft. ) .--De

14,000 sec. -ft.; Apr. 4 (12 p.m.) 21,8OO sec

Mar.

4,040

3,650 

3,270 

2,860 

2,590

2,460 

2,550 

2,820 

2,82O 

3,510

4,340

3,940 

3,700 

4,240 

5,430

4,860 

3,700 

3,090 

2,680 

2,460

2,340 

6,920 

9,360 

9,680 

9,420

9,680 

10,300 

11,400 

12,400 

li,000 

15,400

Apr.

17,600 

18,400 

19,600 

21,500 

21,100

18,600 

15,600 

11,800 

8,000 

4,190

4,390 

4,860 

5,380 

5,760 

5,760

5, £80 

3,940 

3,370 

2,460 

2,210

2,080 

2,460 

5,010 

5,540 

4,700

3,840 

3,040 

3,040 

4,600

5,710

Maximum

2,680 

17,000

£3,800

 14,700

8,980 

14,000 

15,400 

21,500 

12,000 

6,040 

6,480 

3,740 

7,370

23,800

May

6,480 

9,870 

11,700 

12,000 

11,500

11,400 

11,400 

10,900 

9.17O 

4,910

2,550 

2,250 

2,080 

1,810 

1,630

1,520 

1,420 

1,320 

1,250 

1,150

1,090 

1,060 

997 

967 

967

997 

967 

1,030 

1,900 

4,090 

5,330

Minimum

317 

334 

2,340

260

2,120 

4,550 

C , 340 

2,080 

967 

848 

848 

706 

562

317

June

4,650 

3,270 

2,170 

1,560 

1,250

1,090 

937 

848 

848 

1,030

1,960 

3,270 

5,220 

6,040 

5,820

5,280 

4,440 

3,230 

2,820 

4,650

4,240 

2,640 

2,290 

2,170 

1,810

2,170 

1,920 

1,420 

1,150 

997

Mean

693 

4,905 

7,802

3.426

5,861 

8,368 

5,771 

7,994 

4,378 

2,706 

3,020 

1,415 

1,717

4,524

July

1,220 

1,520 

1,630 

1,560 

1,420

1,150 

997 

848 

937 

1,060

997 

1.O90 

1,060 

1,060 

3,790

6,480 

5,710 

4,960 

5,170 

5,220

4,910 

3,510 

1,770 

1,420 

2,260

5,170 

5,820 

5,650 

5,760 

5,330 

4,140

Aug.

3,090 

3,740 

3, OOO

1,770 

1,380

1,320 

1,220 

1,420 

1,060 

997

937 

819 

819 

819 

1,090

1,350 

1,450 

1,350 

1,350 

2,080

2,340 

1,810 

1,220 

1,060 

967

937 

877 

819 

706 

848 

1,220

Per square 

mile

0.417 

2.95 

4.70

2.06

3.53 

5.04 

3.48 

4.82 

2.64 

1.63 

1.82

1.03

2.73

Sept.

1,150 

967 

937 

902 

6,260

7,370 

4,960 

3,700 

2,730 

1,960

1,380 

1,120 

997 

877 

819

937 

1,030 

937 

877 

2,730

2,040 

1,250 

997 

819 

734

679 

626 

575 

575 

562

Runoff in 

inches

0.48 

3.30 

5.42

28.10

4.07 

5.25 

4.01 

5.37 

3.O4 

1.82 

2.10 

.98 

1.15

3G.99

c. 4 (2:30 a.m. 24.200 sec. -ft.; Feb. 18 (3 a.m.) 

-ft.; May 4 (5 a.m.) 12,300 sec. -ft.
516 PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN

Chlckasawhay River at Leakesville, Kiss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°08', long. 88°33', In SWir sec. 12, T. 2 N., R. 6 

 V. St. Stephens meridian, at bridge on State Highway 63, a quarter of a mile downstream 

from logging railroad bridge, half a mile southeast of Leakesville, and 25 miles upstream from confluence with Leaf River. Datum of gage is 51.13 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 2,680 square miles.

Records available. September 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 11 years, 4,361 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 30,900 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 28.44 

reet); minimum, 611 second-feet Nov. 3 (gage height, 8.89 feet).

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 39,600 second-feet Apr. 29, 1944 (gage height, 30.13 

feet); minimum observed, 260 second-feet Oct. 15-17, 1938; minimum gage height, 7.41 

feet Nov. 4, 5, 1943.

Maximum stage known, 34.12 feet Apr. 12, 1938: a discharge of 65,600 second-feet was 

measured by Corps of Engineers on preceding day (gage height, 33.36 feet).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, vater year 1943-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

9.9 611 13.0 2,720 24.5 17,100 

9.3 755 15.5 4,770 26.0 21,1OO 

1O.5 1,250 18.5 7,870 28.0 28,900 

11.5 1,740 21.5 11,800 28.4 30,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,120 

1,160 

1,090 

1,010 

890

792 

718 

682 

646 

628

850 

2,150 

3,82O 

3,580 

2,720

2,040 

1,580 

1,250 

1,050 

970

910 

850 

792 

755 

718

700 

682 

664 

646 

646 

628

Nov.

611 

611 

611 

628 

682

1,030 

1,300 

1,250 

1,580 

1,800

2,040 

2,040 

2,230 

2,160 

1,920

1,680 

2,370 

3,900 

5,420

7,870

8,350 

10,400 

14,000 

15,700 

15,600

19,000 

29,400 

29,900 

30,900 

29,400

Dec.

27,900 

26,700 

25,900 

25,900 

27,500

28,900 

28,900 

27,900 

25,500 

22,200

18,100 

12,800 

8,590 

6,660 

5,820

5,420 

5,020 

6,660 

7,650 

8,830

9,590 

9,720 

9,200 

8,470 

7,430

7,430 

6,99O 

6,660 

6,55O 

7,210 

7,76O

Jan.

8,230 

3,350 

8,230 

7,990 

7,760

10,100 

12,000 

12,300 

12,OOO 

11,200

10,800 

10,700 

10,100 

8,230 

5,820

4,860 

4,410 

4,140 

4,860 

6,440

7,430 

7,870 

8,470 

9,460 

9,980

10,100 

10,300 

10,500 

11,000 

11,100 

10,80O

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Maro 

Apr! 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

ber..... .....................

mber .........................

 ber.................. .......

lendar year 1948 

ary . .

h...... ......................

1.... ........................

et ...........................

ember.............. ..........

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

9,930 

8,950 

8,470 

8,350 

8,350

8,590 

8,710 

8,590 

8,950 

10,800

13,300 

14,300 

14,300 

13,100 

11,600

11,100 

12,600 

15,600 

19,600 

22,500

23,200 

22,900 

21,800 

20,800 

19,900

18,600 

17,100 

14,700

Secondfoot-days

36,737 

244,383 

440, 86C

2,124,83S

275,53C 

396, 94C 

295, 26C 

395, 16C 

236, 80C 

143, 46C 

147, 49C 

77,93C 

123,520

2,814,07C

liar.

11,100 

8,710 

7,210 

6,330 

5,720

5,130 

4,860 

4,860 

4,860 

5,220

5,820 

6,440 

6,880 

8,950 

10,100

10,500 

10,300 

8,350 

6,550 

5,520

4,950 

9,100 

13,400 

15,200 

15,700

15,600 

15,000 

14,800 

15,000 

15,700 

17,400

Apr.

20,20O 

22,20O 

23,600 

24,700 

25,500

26,700 

27,100 

26,700 

24,700 

21,500

17,100 

11,700 

9,070 

8,590 

8,590

8,590 

8,110 

7,100 

5,620 

4,590

4,410 

4,860 

5,420 

6,770 

8,350

8,350 

7,100 

5,620 

5,220 

7,100

Maximum

3,820 

30,900 

28,900

35,800

12,300 

23,200 

17,400 

27,100 

17,800 

10,800 

11,600 

6,660 

14,300

30,900

Peak discharge (base, 15,000 sec. -ft.). Nov. 29 (4:30

May

8,950 

12,300 

15,600 

17,100 

17,800

17,800 

17,600 

17,100 

16,900 

16,300

14,700 

9,170 

5,130 

4,140 

3,660

3,340 

3,020 

2,790 

2,580 

2,440

2,300 

2,160 

2,040 

1,980 

1,980

2,040 

1,920 

1,860 

2,300 

3,980 

5,820

Minimum

628 

611 

5,420

512

4,140 

8,350 

4,860 

4,410 

1,860 

1,700 

1,630 

1,250 

1,210

611

June

7,320 

37,400 

35,800 

33,700 

32,400

32,000 

31 , 800 

81,700 

81,700 

al,700

a2,400 

34,500 

36,500 

9,850 

10,800

9,460 

8,110 

6,880 

5,320 

4,140

4,770 

5,620 

5,130 

4,770 

4,770

3,740 

3,340 

3,100 

2,580 

2,160

Mean

1,185 

8,146 

14,220

5,806

8,888 

14,180 

9,525 

13,170 

7,639 

4,782 

4,758 

2,514 

4,117

7,710

July

1,920 

1,860 

2,440 

3,260 

3,260

2,790 

2,440 

2,160 

1,800 

1,630

1,680 

1,980 

2,940 

3,740 

3,500

5,340 

9,980 

11 , 600 

9,850 

7,870

7,100 

6,990 

6,220 

4,320 

3,420

3,500 

4,950 

7,100 

7,870 

7,210 

6,770

Aug.

. 6,660 

5,520 

5,420 

5,220 

3,740

2,720 

2,370 

2,300 

2,790 

2,510

2,040 

1,920 

1,740 

1,630 

1,580

1,680 

1,800 

1,980 

2,040 

1,980

2,440 

2,860 

2,720 

2,100 

1,740

1,580 

1,480 

1,430 

1,390 

1,300 

1,250

Per square 

mile

0.442 

3.04 

5.31

2.17

3.32 

5.29 

3.55 

4.91 

2.85 

1.78 

1.78 

.938 

1.54

2.88

Sept.

1,530 

1,740 

1,580 

1,630 

5,950

13,000 

14,300 

13,800 

11,200 

8,110

5,920 

4,680 

3,420 

2,440 

2,040

1,800 

1,740 

1,860 

1,800 

2,100

3,260 

4,140 

3,420 

2,790 

2,100

1,740 

1,530 

1,390 

1,300 

1,210

Runoff in 

inches

0.51 

3.39 

6.12

29.49

3.82 

5.51 

4.10 

5.48 

3.29 

1.99 

2.05 

1.08 

1.71

39.05

a.m.) 30,900 sec. -ft.; Feb. 21 (10 3.m. )

23,ZOO sec.-ftTj Apr. 7 (Z p.m.) 27,500 sec.-ft.; May 6 (5 a.m.) 17,800 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Waynesboro.
PASCAGOOLA RIVER BASIN 517

Okatibbee Creek near Meridian, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°21il5", long. 88°45i25", In NW£ sec. 22, T. 6 N., 

K. 15 E. Choctaw meridian, at bridge on U. S. Highway 80, half a mile upstream from 

Alabama & Vicksburg Railway bridge, 2 miles downstream from Loper Creek, 3 miles west 

of Meridian, and 4 miles upstream from Sowashee Creek. Datum of gage Is 269.43 feet 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1941 (levels by Corps 

of Engineers).

Drainage area. 239 square miles.

Hecoras available. August 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 11 years, 361 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 13,800 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage Height, 24.63 

reet); minimum, 22 second-feet Oct. 27, 28 (gage height, 5.64 feet).

1938-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 29, 1948; minimum, 3.3 second-feet Aug. 28, 

1943; minimum gage height, 3.52 feet Oct. 19, 20, 1939.

Maximum stage known, about 29.5 feet sometime in April 1938.

Remarks. Records good.

Elating tables, vater year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge. In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 2O to Sept. 5, Sept. 9-30)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 29 HOT. 3O to Sept. 30

5.7 

6.0 

6.4 

7.5 

8.5 

1O.O

44

70

149

241

415

11.3

13.0

15.0

17.0

18.3

19.5

582

815

1,130

1,570

2,020

2,670

21.3

22.4

22.9

23.2

23.6

24.5

3,990

5,070

5,850

6,800

8,800

13,300

11.3

12.7

15.1

17.9

19.1

582

820

1,37O

2,17O

2,710

20.7

21.8

22.8

23.2

23.6

3,760

4,860

6,320

7,250

8,800

Note. Same as preceding 

table below 11.3 feet.

Discharge, in second feet, vater year October 194S to September 1949

Day

l

2

Z

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

83

58

47

39

36

31

31

28

27

27

36

39

39

40

38

33

28

25

24

23

24

24

24

25

25

23

22

22

24

24

23

Nov.

23

24

24

24

49

141

133

149

108

3O7

241

153

1O8

88

76

112

543

717

977

1,150

1,150

1,270

1.43O

1,370

992

910

1,950

3,910

13,300

7,47O

-

Dec.

4,140

2,480

1,770

1.O1O

556

596

626

569

427

343

285

252

236

231

221

263

569

86O

1,O8O

1,150

1,060

674

452

367

391

355

319

274

589

1,1OO

1,200

Jan.

1.O8O

626

427

391

65S

1,030

1,150

1,320

1,500

1,12O

53O

391

343

3O7

279

257

367

990

1,390

1,570

1.57O

1,910

2,070

1.91O

1,910

1,710

1,20O

88O

69O

504

596

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

674

708

744

924

1.O3O

1,O8O

1,080

84O

8 2O

1,240

1,44O

1,440

1,370

1,060

674

1,350

2.36O

2,360

2,710

2,2OO

1,710

1,37O

9O2

626

530

478

478

543

_

_

-

Second 

foot-days

992

38,899

24,445

184,189

30,676

32,741

29,917

25,163

19,050

14,166

13,747

6,922

5,795

242,513

Mar.

596

452

355

319

296

296

319

307

d32O

d40O

d450

d350

d300

285

285

296

285

268

263

263

252

1,O2O

1,880

2,710

2,6OO

1,900

1,680

2,240

2,130

2,070

4,730

Apr.

4,020

2,500

2.13O

1,740

1,120

626

491

403

343

343

726

946

1,12O

1,O1O

690

415

319

274

246

221

206

206

d250

d33O

1430

367

319

9O2

1,2OO

1,270

-

Maximum

S3

13,300

4,140

13,300

2,070

2,710

4,730

4,020

3,530

1,240

1,600

1,12O

1,010

13,300

May

1,440

3,160

3,53O

2,890

2,150

1,440

582

343

274

231

206

192

174

153

141

129

119

112

105

98

91

87

83

81

85

85

94

1O1

133

338

403

Minimum

22

23

221

16

257

478

252

206

81

66

66

72

43

22

June

221

145

112

94

81

71

66

78

226

543

762

880

1,150

1,240

1,120

968

990

1,060

1,12O

639

236

196

221

626

530

252

178

137

119

1O5

-

Mean

32.0

1,297

789

503

990

1, 169

965

839

615

472

443

223

193

664

July

122

126

119

112

94

85

76

71

94

73

66

71

202

452

343

708

1,29O

1,600

1,420

590

216

174

149

179

725

946

1,010

9O2

840

596

296

Aug.

226

192

161

137

119

1O8

98

91

88

82

83

79

103

408

307

246

216

807

1,12O

572

246

183

183

192

216

161

126

101

89

72

110

Per square 

mils

0.134

5.43

3.30

2.10

4.14

4.89

4.04

3.51

2 57

U97

1 .85

.933

.808

2.78

Sept.

221

115

85

74

556

1,O10

990

690

251

187

137

112

101

108

112

129

126

101

82

70

67

64

73

63

50

46

46

40

46

43

Runoff in 

inches

0.15

6.05

3.80

28.63

4.77

5.O9

4.66

3.92

2. 96

2. 2O

2.14

'.90

37.72

Peak discharge (base, 3,OOP see.-ft.) . Nov. 29 (4 p.m.) 13,BOO sec.-ft. j Mar. 24 (8:3O p.m.) 

3.13O sec.-ft.j Mar. 31 (4 p.m.) 5,520 sec.-ft.j May 2 (9 p.m.) 4,2OO sec.-ft.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed as basis of records for Chunky Creek near Chunky. 

Note. Computed from graph based on gage readings Sept. 10-30. 

980338 O - 52 - 34
518 PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN

Bucatunna Creek at Denham, Miss.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 31°40', long. 88°31', In SE^ sec. 18, T. 8 N., R. 5 W. 

St. Stephens meridian, at bridge on county road, 0.3 mile east of Denham and 9 miles 

southeast of Waynesboro. Datum of gage is 134.49 feet above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1941 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 468 square miles (authority, Corps of Engineers). 

Records available. January 1939 to September 1949 (discontinued). 

Average discharge.--10 years, 807 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 6,680 second-feet Dec. 1 (gage height, 

21.25 feet); minimum observed, 59 second-feet Oct. 10 (gage height, 1.21 feet).

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 16,400 second-feet Apr. 27, 1944 (gage height, 28.0 

feet, from floodmark); minimum observed, 22 second-feet Oct. 25-28, 1941; minimum gage 

height observed, 0.35 foot Oct. 11-13, 1943.

Maximum stage known, about 34 feet In April 1900, from information by local residents .

Remarks . Records good. Gage read twice daily.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.3

1.8

2.4

Z.2

4.2

67 5.4 667

113 6.8 956

183 8.4 1,310

291 10.0 1,69O

446 12.0 2,230

. 15.0 3,160

17.0 3,900

19.0 5.OOO

21.0 6,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

183

196

147

118

98

84

75

75

67

63

840

1,110

590

413

305

222

183

147

147

159

129

113

103

98

93

88

84

79

79

75

75

Nov.

75

75

75

75

88

159

135

147

222

320

263

263

305

291

235

235

788

747

1,270

1,740

1,400

2,840

3,160

2,320

1,670

2,790

6,500

6,260

5,780

5,700

-

Dec.

6,590

6,500

5,630

4,580

3,660

2,740

1,820

2,470

2,230

1,760

1,520

1,380

1,130

935

851

809

1,130

1,400

1,960

1,890

1,690

1,570

1,430

1,220

1,090

978

956

956

1,180

1,520

1,340

Jan.

1,310

1,2

1,2

1,3

90

40

30

3,160

3,580

2,7

2,2

2,]

40

60

40

2,140

2,170

1,5

1,4

1,C

90

70

20

872

809

7

7

1,2

47

07

90

1,270

1,200

1,?

2,0

1,8

40

20

20

1,690

1,570

1,6

1,6

1,4

1,2

20

20

50

00

1,360

Month

October ........ .................

November .................. . . .

December ................. .......

Calendar year 1948 . .... . .

January ..........................

February .........................

March .................... ......

April ............................

May ..............................

June .................... ... ...

July ......................... ...

August ...........................

September .....................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,500

1,620

1,620

1,520

1,670

1,590

1,470

1,400

2,500

3,660

3,40O

2,590

2,050

1,820

1,790

3,770

5,700

4,880

5,210

5,070

4,820

4,400

3,660

2,970

2,320

1,740

1,790

1,670

-

_

-

Secondfoot-days

6,25

45,92

64,91

378,14

50 , 62

78,20

57,0^

63,96

43,81

22,20

17,12

9,00

29,43

488,53

Mar.

1,360

1,220

1,090

956

851

809

830

872

872

1,130

1,240

1,270

1,310

1,820

2,500

1,740

1,340

1,130

978

851

809

3,210

3,740

3,130

2,970

2,710

2,740

3,030

3,060

2,930

4,580

Apr.

5,

5,

5,

5,

5,

4,

3,

2,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

2,

1,

1,

1,

2,

Maximum

5 1,110

3 6,500

5 6,590

3 11,300

5 3,580

D 5,700

3 4,580

i 5,490

L 4,520

5 2,050

3 1,960

~ 90C

3 4,000

1 6,590

420

07O

49O

49O

070

200

300

470

67O

220

380

620

55O

430

270

070

893

747

647

590

571

628

860

050

590

180

809

809

760

110

May

2,290

4,290

4,520

3,900

3,900

3,950

3,700

3,160

2,050

1,000

747

687

590

534

480

446

413

381

350

320

305

291

263

263

263

235

277

350

446

1,150

2,260

Minimum

63

75

809

45

707

1,400

809

571

235

249

209

141

171

63

June

2,050

1,57O

1,220

687

463

365

320

291

3O5

263

413

476

1,720

1,450

1,130

956

767

552

463

480

1,040

1,310

1,150

628

498

413

365

335

277

249

-

Mean

201

1,531

2,094

1,032

1,632

2,792

1,841

2,132

1,412

74C

552

291

981

1.33E

July

235

335

446

429

429

397

320

249

222

209

235

335

365

534

883

1,960

1,310

1,150

893

687

516

534

463

413

350

498

628

609

a550

498

446

Aug.

381

902

727

413

335

277

350

350

277

235

305

249

209

183

171

183

222

249

320

305

350

320

249

209

171

159

159

147

141

209

249

Per square 

mile

0.429

3.27

4.47

2.21

3.49

5.97

3.93

4.56

3.02

1.58

1.18

.622

2.10

2.86

Sept.

235

235

171

196

3,130

4,000

3,230

2,930

2,590

2,230

1,86O

893

480

397

335

3O5

291

305

3O5

732

893

1,000

727

463

350

305

249

222

196

183

Runoff in 

inohes

0.50

3.65

5.16

30.06

4.02

6.21

4.54

5.08

3.48

1.76

1.36

.72

2.34

38.82

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of ords for other stations In basin.
PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN 519

Eseatawpa River near Wilmer, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°52', long. 88°25', in NW-£ sec. 19, T. 2 S., R. 

4 W., at bridge on Alabama State Highway 42 at Alabama-Mississippi State line, a quarter of a mile upstream from Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad bridge, half a mile upstream 

from Rocky Creek, and 4 miles northwest of Wilmer.

Drainage area. 506 square miles.

Records available. August 1945 to September 1949.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 35,000 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 24.0 

I'eet}, from rating curve extended above 16,000 second-feet; minimum, 162 second-feet 

Oct. 10.

1945-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 28, 1948; minimum, 101 second-feet Sept. 5, 

1945.

Remarks. Records fair.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; records of discharge computed by 

ueological Survey.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 194B to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

234

209

193

187

182

179

174

174

169

165

976

897

620

421

324

280

263

347

301

245

205

189

182

179

176

174

174

169

168

168

168

Nov.

168

193

200

190

391

1,340

1,040

650

530

897

B63

698

559

4B7

421

466

1,340

1,340

2,750

3,050

2,050

4,060

5,990

7,430

7,120

9,760

22,600

33,600

21,400

12,200

-

Dec.

C7.500

c5,000

c3,300

c2,500

2,200

1,860

1,900

3,050

3,050

2,550

2,200

2,050

1,820

1,580

1.3BO

1,340

2,350

2,500

2,750

2,400

1,950

1,660

1,500

1,380

1,300

1,420

1,300

1,180

1,740

2,850

2,300

Jan.

1,900

1,600

1,400

1,500

1,900

2,100

1,800

1,500

hi, 260

1,140

1,040

931

796

730

698

6BO

660

660

1,200

1,460

1,380

1,200

hi, 040

930

860

820

1,200

1,500

1,300

1,500

1,700

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 194B ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

Ito.... ..........................

June .............................

July

August ................ ..........

September ........................

Water year 194B-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 5.0OC sec

Feb.

1,500

1,300

1,200

1,100

1,300

hi, 580

1,400

1,300

1,300

1,200

1,100

1,200

hi, 660

1,300

1,100

1,100

1,300

1,600

3,000

h6,000

4,500

3,000

2,100

1,600

1,400

1,600

hi, 740

1,600

-

_

-

Secondfoot-days

B,49

143,78

71,86

531,01

38, 3B

50, OB

72,57

40,95

42, OB

31,18

46,88

29,77

31,34

609,40

Mar.

1,500

1,400

1,260

1,180

1,000

897

829

763

763

897

1,100

965

1,100

2,600

3,580

3,420

3,000

2,400

1,860

1,460

1,220

4,720

8,000

7,220

5,280

3,800

2,400

2,100

1,860

1,700

2,300

Apr.

2,650

2,200

3,050

3,150

2,000

1,5BO

1,260

1,000

829

714

1,070

1,300

1,040

763

635

530

474

421

3B3

359

896

2,000

1,620

1,700

1,180

B63

746

7BO

1,620

4,140

-

Maximum

2 976

5 33 , 600

3 7,500

3 33,600

5 2,100

D 6,000

i 8,OOO

3 4,140

6 6,320

B 2,900

2 3,860

B 3,260

5 3,370

4 33,600

May

3,250

4,710

6,320

5,340

4,140

2,850

1,660

1,100

796

604

530

474

434

396

359

335

312

301

28O

269

261

251

245

243

371

421

515

434

335

1,650

2,900

Minimum

165

168

1,160

163

660

1,100

763

359

243

383

3B3

324

265

165

June

2.9OO

1,740

1,100

730

530

434

383

3B3

447

666

l.OOO

1,180

1,140

1,700

1,420

1,740

1,540

1,100

796

635

650

589

544

650

1,460

1,820

1,460

1,140

796

515

Mean

274

4,792

2,31E

1,451

1.23E

1,785

2,343

1.36E

1,356

1,04C

1,57"

96]

1,04E

1,67C

July

408

383

622

1,220

1,140

780

574

530

474

396

487

758

1,620

2,650

3,800

3,470

3, -370

3,660

3,750

3,050

2,100

1,820

1,860

1,580

1,420

1,220

1,040

1,040

1,180

1,140

1,140

Aug.

1,700

. 3,000

3,260

2,650

1,860

1,380

1,300

1,180

829

730

730

604

559

544

713

604

544

620

530

474

474

515

544

522

780

612

666

434

359

335

324

Per square 

mile

0.542

9.47

4.58

2.87

2.45

3.54

4.63

2.70

2.68

2.06

3.12

1.90

2.07

3.30

Sept.

324

312

544

1,470

2,900

3,050

3,000

3,370

3,000

2,000

1,220

796

530

408

371

347

324

335

421

467

460

1,000

1,260

1,040

666

460

371

324

290

265

Runoff in 

inches

0.62

10.57

5.28

39.02

2.62

3.68

5.33

3.01

3.09

2.29

3.59

2.19

2.30

44.77

-ft.). Nov. 28 (7 a.m.) 35,000 sec. -ft.; Feb. 20 (5 p.m.) 6,160

sec.-ft.j Bar. 23 (&i p.m.) 6,660 sec.-ft.; May 3 (9 a.m.) 6,48O sec.-ft.

o Backwater from return of overbank flow; discharge computed on basis of backwater curve based on 

2 discharge measurements.'

h Computed on basis of tape-gage readings.

Note.--Ho gage-height record Dec. 31 to Jan. B, Jan. 16-19, 22, Jan. 24 to Feb. 5, Feb. 7-12, 

14^197 21-26, Feb. 28 to Mar. 2; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Big 

Creek near Mobile.
S20 PASCACrOULA RIVER BASIN

Big Creek near Mobile, Ala.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 30°43 I 45 11 , long. 88°30'10", in NW£ sec». 1, T. 4 S., n. 

 4 W., at bridge on county road, 1 mile upstream from Hamilton Creek, 6 miles downstream 

from Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad bridge, and 19 miles west of Mobile.

Drainage area. 84 square miles.

Records available.--November 1944 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,500 second-feet Nov. 27 (gage height, 15.8 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 116 second-feet Oct. 27, 

June 30, July 1.

1944-49: Maximum discharge observed, 3,080 second-feet Nov. 27, 1944 (gage height, 

16.6 feet); minimum observed, 65 second-feet Oct. 18-21, 1945.

Remarks. Records fair. Gage read twice daily.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; records of discharge computed 

by Ueoiogical Survey.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet 

and discharge, In second-feet)

2.0 106 13.0 1,54O

3.0 216 14.0

6.0 582 15.0

10.0 1,110

1,760

2,130

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

170

170

160

160

16O

160

160

160

160

190

420

330

260

220

190

170

160

150

140

140

130

130

130

130

120

120

116

120

120

120

120

Nov.

130

130

130

150

200

3OO

230

200

190

200

270

228

181

159

148

148

394

336

8O4

725

444

556

1,160

1,630

725

839

2,080

1,320

894

569

-

Dec.

420

360

384

348

372

3OO

312

569

456

348

288

276

264

264

264

264

444

420

420

360

300

276

264

252

240

264

252

240

360

420

360

Jan.

300

264

252

264

300

324

276

228

216

216

204

204

204

192

192

192

192

192

240

228

216

192

192

192

181

181

216

240

228

252

276

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February ................. .......

March ............................

April ................ ...........

May ..............................

June .............. ..............

July ............................

August ..........................

September .................. .....

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

252

228

216

204

240

276

252

240

240

228

204

181

181

192

181

181

181

224

938

868

492

336

276

240

264

264

480

348

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

5,186

15.47C

10,363

110,173

7,046

8,40"

10.09E

9,846

7,417

5,99£

8,64"

7,052

7,525

103, 05C

Mar.

276

240

228

204

204

216

276

216

192

252

216

192

216

481

543

384

288

252

228

216

500

751

764

432

312

264

312

408

312

312

408

Apr.

432

3

2

2

24

64

40

252

240

2

1

1

04

92

59

126

332

3

2

2

36

88

28

192

170

1

1

1

70

70

59

159

311

1,4

8

4

60

03

80

312

240

2

2

4

5

Maximum

420

2,080

569

2,080

324

938

764

1,460

790

400

556

699

1,080

2,080

28

88

92

95

-

May

543

790

712

456

312

264

228

216

192

170

148

170

170

170

170

159

159

159

148

148

148

142

148

142

192

159

142

142

142

216

360

Minimum

116

130

240

90

181

181

192

126

142

116

116

118

121

116

June

288

204

148

137

126

126

121

126

240

228

288

276

264

192

181

204

170

142

132

132

264

264

159

4OO

384

264

159

137

126

116

-

Mean

167

516

334

301

227

300

326

328

239

200

279

227

251

282

July

116

204

264

348

324

230

170

159

170

148

264

264

276

420

444

408

480

556

372

240

204

264

240

288

408

252

252

264

240

204

170

Aug.

170

192

228

216

181

159

216

216

159

170

142

148

132

118

474

432

264

181

146

230

252

170

137

132

176

408

699

324

216

170

192

Per square 

mile

1.99

6.14

3.98

3.58

2.70

3.57

3.88

3.90

2.85

2.38

3.32

2.70

2.99

3.36

Sept.

159

137

150

1,080

989

738

336

264

240

240

204

181

159

159

159

142

142

148

142

148

192

240

216

159

142

137

137

142

126

121

-

Runoff in 

inches

2.30

6.85

4.59

48.78

3.12

3.72

4.47

4.36

3.28

2.66

3.83

3.12

3.33

45.63
PEARL RIVER BASIN 521

Pearl River at Edinburg, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°47', long. 89°20i, in SWij sec. 13, T. 11 N., R. 9 

js. unoctaw meridian, at bridge on State Highway 16 in Edinburg, 1,100 feet downstream 

from Hooper Mill Creek, 3 miles upstream from Rice Creek, and llf miles northeast of Carthage. Datum of gage is 341.67 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary 

adjustment of 1941.

Drainage area. 898 square miles.

Records available. August 1928 to September 1949. Gage-height records collected In same 

Vicinity since 1908 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 21 years, 1,073 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 21,400 second-feet Dec. 1 (gage height, 26.05 

feet); minimum, 22 second-feet Oct. 22 (gage height, 2.24 feet).

1928-49: Maximum discharge observed, 31,400 second-feet Mar. 8, 1935 (gage height, 

26.20 feet); minimum, 2.7 second-feet Aug. 29, 1943; minimum gage height, 1.63 feet 

Sept. 8, 1929.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 19, 

May 14 to June 12, June 30 to July 23, Sept. 10-30)

1.9 22 6.6 506 18.0 3,820 24.5 12,400 

2.4 49 9.0 940 20. 0 5,050 25.0 14,600 

2.9 86 11.5 1,460 21.7 6,63O 25.5 17,600 

4.0 181 13.5 2,000 23.0 8,490 25.9 20,600 

5.2 313 15.0 2,50O 24.0 10,80O

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

h!91 

h!91 

h201 

h!96 

h!86

h!49 

M.49 

h88 

h70 

h55

51 

51 

48 

42 

36

33 

30 

27 

26 

24

24 

22 

23 

25

27

28 

28 

30 

34 

38 

37

Nov.

41 

61 

71 

80 

72

96 

149 

122 

106 

92

88 

102 

118 

127 

127

251 

538 

506 

2,070 

1,740

1,660 

2,190 

2,190 

2,900 

3,670

3,920 

4,200 

7,840 

11,400 

18,300

Dec.

20,600 

16,300 

11,400 

8,320 

6,200

4,980 

4,020 

3,350 

2,620 

2,060

1,710 

1,490 

1,320 

1,210 

1,130

1,880 

2,430 

2,820 

3,120 

3,170

3,670 

4,200 

4,200 

3,870 

3,480

h3,030 

h2,580 

h2,160 

hi, 640 

h2,000 

h2,030

Jan.

hi, 880 

hi, 710 

hi, 610 

g2,960 

g6,940

g!2,400 

El9,800 

18,300 

13,200 

9,490

6,990 

5,370 

4,260 

3,390 

2,580

1,970 

2,660 

3,120 

3,570 

3,620

4,490 

6,750 

8,490

9,720 

9,720

8,490 

7,120 

5,810 

4,840 

3,970 

3,350

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary ... , .

h...... ......................

1 ...........................

st ....................... ...

ember .......................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

2,740 

2,360 

2,330 

3,260 

3,480

3,820 

3,970 

,320 

,440 

,700

,630 

,630 

,320 

,140 

,140

,380 

,380 

,560 

,630 

,700

,770 

,440 

,970 

,670 

3,300

2,900 

2,780 

2,660

Secondfoot-days

2,160 

64,827 

132,990

516,572

198,570 

108,420 

83,250 

72,489 

57,639 

38,389 

13,308 

13,993 

9,409

795,444

Mar.

2,540 

2,290 

2,OOO 

1,820 

1,710

1,790 

1,850 

1,790 

1,790 

2,030

1,970 

1,850 

1,660 

1,560 

1,540

1,460 

1,390 

1,420 

1,350 

1,230

1,280 

2,620 

2,660 

3,080 

3,440

3,970 

5,050 

5,810 

6,300 

6,750 

7,250

Apr.

7,830 

8,150 

7,68O 

6,870 

5,810

4,840 

3,970 

3,210 

2,430 

1,880

1,610 

1,740 

1,710 

1,540 

1,280

1,070 

950 

854 

759 

706

655 

706 

740 

655 

655

491 

582 

873 

873 

1,370

Maximum

201 

18,300 

20 , 600

20,600

19,800 

4,770 

7,250 

8,150 

7,390 

2,430 

911 

911 

1,070

20,600

Peak discharge (base, 7,000 sec. -ft.). Dec. 1 (5 a.m.!

May

2,420 

3,870 

4,260 

6,200 

7,390

6,870 

5,810 

4,700 

3,770 

2,860

2,000 

1,490 

1,170 

930 

689

476 

301 

221 

176 

149

131 

118 

106 

102

114

106 

114 

127 

185 

338 

446

Minimum

22

41 

1,130

14

1,610 

2,330 

1,230 

491 

102 

377 

118 

172 

63

22

June

506 

638 

638 

689 

706

672 

587 

522 

446 

377

655 

1,010 

1,850 

1,910 

1,940

1,760 

1,790 

2,060 

2,220 

2,430

2,430 

2,290 

2,030 

1,790 

1,540

1,350 

1,210 

1,030 

759 

554

Mean

69.7 

2,161 

4,290

1,411

6,405 

3,872 

2,685 

2,416 

1,859 

1,280 

429 

451 

314

2,179

July

538 

538 

476 

390 

289

221 

186 

167 

145 

131

118 

118 

!49 

211 

243

277 

325 

289 

271 

301

365 

432 

506 

911 

835

835 

892 

854 

778 

759 

759

Aug.

873 

892 

873 

797 

689

506 

325 

221 

186 

172

176 

201 

424 

452 

254

237 

301 

491 

911 

689

604 

554 

538 

506 

446

364 

289 

237 

186 

248 

351

Per square 

mile

0.078 

4.73

1.57

7.13 

4.31 

2.99 

2.69 

2.07 

1.43 

.478 

.502 

.350

2.43

21,400 sec. -ft.; Jan. 7 (6 p.m.

Sept.

325 

265 

196 

167 

1,070

970 

723 

587 

587 

554

491 

461 

446 

418 

377

313 

237 

172 

140 

118

106 

98 

90 

83 

75

69 

65 

63 

75 

68

Runoff in 

inches

0.09 

2.68 

5.51

21.40

8.22 

4.49 

3.45 

3.00 

2.39 

1.59 

.55 

.58 

.39

32.94

) 20,600

sec.-ft.; Jan. 24 (10 p.m.) 9,720 sec.-ft.; Apr. 2 (10 a.m.) 8,150 sec.-ft.j May 5 (4 p.m.) 7,390 

sec.-ft.

g Computed from graph based on once-daily gage readings.

h Computed from once-daily gage readings.
522 PEARL RIVER BASIN

Pearl River near Lena, Miss.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 32°40', long. 89°38', in SW^ sec. 36, T. 10 N., R. 6 E. 

Choctaw meridian, at bridge on county road, three-quarters of a mile downstream from 

Tuscolameta Creek, 3f miles upstream from Yockanookany River, 6 miles north of Lena, 

and 8 miles southwest of Carthage. Datum of gage is 299.50 feet above mean sea level 

(levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to Sept. 26, 1949, staff gage at same site and 

datum.

Drainage area. 1,995 square miles (authority, Corps of Engineers).

Records available. November 1936 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years (1939-49), 2,435 second-feet.

isxtrejnes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 36,000 second-feet Jan. 7 (gage height. 

2775U feet); minimum observed, 118 second-feet Oct. 31, Nov. 1 (gage height, 1.20 feet). 

1936-49: Maximum discharge observed, 43,700 second-feet Mar. 31, 1944 (gage height, 

28.28 feet); minimum, about 40 second-feet Aug. 27, 28, 1943, occurred during period of 

doubtful gage-height record.

Remarks. Records fair. Gage read twice daily.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 9 to Nov. 6)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 30, Sept. 8 to Sept. 30

1.0 112

172

252

456

4.O 

6.0 

9.5

12.4

697

1,300

2,480

3,690

Note. Same as following 

table above 12.4 feet.

3.4 

4.2 

6.5 

9.0

11.2

428

601

1,260

2,050

3,000

Dec. 1 to Sept. 7

12.4 

16.0 

18.0 

21.5 

23:6

3,690

6,220

8,02O

12,600

16,500

25.3

26.4

27.0

27.4

22,300

27,700

31,400

35,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

S

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

548

501

501

412

369

348

308

289

25 S

217

201

201

193

193

179

159

146

146

146

146

146

134

128

128

128

128

123

123

123

123

118

Nov.

118

128

217

252

217

234

289

328

328

308

289

270

252

252

252

328

980

1,490

3,680

5,740

6,540

7,220

7,520

6,620

6,060

6,300

7,120

11,600

22,700

35,000

-

Dec.

35,000

33,200

27,700

21,800

16.5OO

13,400

10,800

8,240

a6,300

a4,800

3,750

3,000

2,290

2., 250

1,930

2,700

4,400

a5,20O

a5,60Q

a8, 000

a6,800

a7,800

a7,600

a7,000

a6,400

a5,600

4,680

4,050

4,190

4,190

3,81O

Jan.

3,510

4,610

3,930

4,610

9,720

23,800

35,000

33,200

33,200

30,200

21,800

20,200

13,100

9,720

a7,200

a5,200

a7,400

a8, 800

10,200

11,800

11,800

14,100

16,800

18,300

18,600

18,300

16,000

13,800

10,800

8,960

a7,000

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ...... ..................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January .......................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May

June ........................... .

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

a5,600

a4, 600

a4, 500

a6,000

a6,500

a6,900

a7,400

a7,800

8,240

9,460

11 , 500

11,900

11,200

9,98O

8,360

8,960

10,800

11,500

12,000

11,600

11,100

9,590

8,240

a7,200

a6,500

a5, 800

a5,400

a5,000

-

-

Seoondfoot-days

6,857

132,632

276,780

1,141,643

451,660

233,630

177,380

168,860

136,903

89,890

34,864

26,670

31,516

1,767,642

Mar.

a4,600

a4,400

4,190

3,870

3,510

3,210

3,000

3,100

3,270

3,690

3,690

3,690

3,450

3,210

3,100

3,000

2,800

2,490

2,330

2,290

2,210

a6,500

a7,000

8,120

8,960

10, 500

11,100

12,600

13,800

14,100

15,600

Apr.

17,100

17,100

16,000

14,500

11,800

9,720

a8,000

a6,500

a5,500

4,540

3,810

a5,000

a5,000

4,610

4,260

4,050

3,390

2,530

2,210

1,770

1,530

1,470

2,250

2,370

2,130

1,770

1,560

2,170

2,650

3,570

-

Maximum

548

35,000

35,000

35,000

35,000

12,000

15,600

17,100

15,200

4,610

2,800

1,590

3,330

35,000

May

4,820

9,720

14, 10C

15,20C

14,50C

13,1OO

10,900

9.46C

8,24C

a6,70C

a5, 200

4,05C

2,800

2,21C

1,83C

1.47C

1.23C

992 84r

76C

652

552

552

552

52S

552 50"

a60C

81£

1,41C

2.05C

Minimum

118

118

1,930

114

3,510

4,500

2 210

1^470

507

1,470

428

466

308

118

June

2,530

3,450

a3,600

a3, 800

4,190

3,330

2,050

1,710

1,65O

1,830

1,680

2,370

3,270

a3,700

a4, OOO

a4, 30O

a4, 500

4,610

3,930

3,450

3,210

3,150

2,850

2,950

2,750

2,700

2,600

2,170

1,890

1,470

-

Mean

221

4,421

8,928

3,119

14.57C

8,344

5,722

5,629

4,416

2,996

1.12E

86C

1,05]

4,843

July

1,170

1,170

992

1,020

905

760

705

652

601

529

466

466

428

552

601

876

1,170

1,230

934

732

652

601

652

1,410

2,290

2,800

2,800

2,210

2,130

1,830

1,530

Aug.

1,440

1,530

1,590

1,41O

1,230

1,110

601

507

601

466

529

466

507

a550

a550

a?00

a850

al,000

al,300

al,400

al,200

ai.loo

a950

876

818

705

652

552

507

466

507

Per square 

mile

0.111

2. 22

4.48

1.56

7.30

4.18

2.87

2.82

2.21

1.50

.564

.431

.527

2.43

Sept.

847

705

552

466

1,470

2,800

3,330

3,230

2,220

1,810

1,550

1,420

1,230

1,10O

980

862

750

697

697

646

596

548

501

454

412

369

328

308

328

308

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.13

2.47

5.16

21.28

8.42

4.36

3.31

3.15

2.55

1.68

.65

.50

.59

32.97

a Doubtful or no gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at

Edinburg and at Heeks Bridge, near Canton.
PEARL RIVER BASIN 523

Pearl River at Meeks Bridge, near Canton, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°30'50". long. 89°56'25", in NE-jj sec. 25, T. 8 N., 

R. 3 E. Choctaw meridian, at Meeks Bridge, s| miles northeast of Goshen Springs, 5? 

miles upstream from Mill Creek, 9 miles southeast of Canton, and 10 miles downstream 

from Fannegusha Creek. Datum of gage is 270.53 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, 

supplementary adjustment of 1941 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 2,780 square miles.

Records available. July 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 3,484 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 42,200 second-feet Jan. 10 (gage height, 25.20 

feet); minimum, 168 second-feet Nov. 1 (gage height, 0.77 foot).

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 56,200 second-feet Feb. 15, 1946 (gage height, 26.20 

feet); minimum observed, 87 second-feet Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 1943 (gage height, 0.11 foot), 

but may have been less during period of no gage-height record in October and November, 

1943.

Flood in December 1932 reached a stage of 26.4 feet, from floodmarks.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used July 1-25, Sept. 12-3O)

0.8 

1.3 

2.2 

3.5

172

259

482

886

4.5

7.0

11.0

13.0

1,260

2,320

4,530

5,930

16.5

18.0

20.0

21.0

9,530

11,900

15,900

18,400

22.5 23,400

23.5 28,000

24.7 37,000

25.2 42,200

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

583 

754 

802 

738 

613

524 

468 

428

377 

340

316 

281 

259 

253

251

239

228 

212 

203 

201

195 

190 

189 

186 

182

181 

176 

175 

174 

172 

171

Nov.

174 

222 

189 

292 

297

286 

259

297 

352 

389

377 

364 

352 

328 

316

402 

628 

1,420 

3,780 

5,120

6,200 

6,980 

7,480 

7,880 

7,780

7,880 

8,380 

11,700 

15,9OO 

21,400

Dec.

25,500 

33,500 

39 , OOO 

39,000 

34,300

29 , 800 

25,000 

20,500 

16,6OO 

13,300

9,920 

7,680 

6,680 

4,600 

3,780

4,350 

5,460 6,980' 

8,080 

8,600

9,05O 

9,660 

10,200 

10,200 

9,660

8,820 

7,980 

7,O80 

6,480 

6,110 

5,930

Jan.

5,930 

5,690 

5,530 

6,480

8,710

13,500 

19,600 

27,000 

37,000 

42,200

41,100 

g36,100 

g28,6OO 

g2 2.6OO 

g!6,900

g!3,900

gll,700 

gl 1,500 

g!3,100 

14,900

16,200 

18,400 

20,200 

22,200 

23, OOO

23,400 

23,400

25 , 400 

22,200 

19,900 

17,200

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

ber ........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary . .

h.. .......................

1 .........................

st ...........................

ember .................. .....

ter year 1948-49 . . .........

Feb.

14,300 

11,500 

9,920 

9,530 

10,000

10 , 8OO 

11,500 

12,100 

12,300 

12,700

13,900 

15,100 

15,700 

15,700 

15,300

14,700 

14.7OO 

15,300 

15 700 

15,900

15,900 

16,200 

14,900 

13,500 

12,100

10,400 

9,660 

9,050

Mar.

8,6OO 

8,O8O 

7,280 

6,110 

6,110

5,460 

4,920 

4,600 

4,530 

4,660

4,860 

5,050 

5,050 

4,920 

4,660

4,600 

4,470 

4,230 

3,840 

3,680

3,560 

4,530 

6,O2O 

7,780 

9,290

11,000

13 , 700 

15,900 

17,400 

18 , 700 

2O , 8OO

Apr.

21,800 

22,600 

22,200 

21,400 

20,500

18,400 

15,900 

13, 700 

11,000 

8,930

7,280 

6,290 

6,680 

7,580 

7,880

7,580 

6,880 

5,770 

4,660 

3,780

3,070 

2,680 

2,740 

3,460 

3,560

3,290 

2,850 

2,740 

3,340 

4,000

forays * 

10,061 802 

117,424 21,400 

433,800 39,OOO

1,578,585 39,000

611,540 42,2OO 

368,360 16,200 

234,390 2o,8OO 

272,540 22,600 

204,740 19,000 

132,950 6,880 

52,358 3,56O 

49,378 2,630 

42,721 3,900

2,530,262 42,200

Peak discharge (base, 1O.OOO sec. -ft.). D

sec. -ft.; Jan. 10 IStoSP-ni.) 42,200 sec. -ft. 

22,600 sec. -ft.; May 6 (3 p.m.) 19,OOO sec . - 

g Commuted from graph based on once-daily

ec. 3 (7 p.m. 

; Feb. 21 (6 

ft. 

gage readings

Hay

5,180 

7,680 

10,800 

14,900 

17,900

19,000 

18,700 

17,600 

15,900 

13,700

11,100 

8,930 

7.O8O 

5,120 

3,840

3,020 

2,470 

,O8O 

,820 

,620

,460 

,340 

,260 

,180 

,140

,1OO 

,100 

,060 

,540 

,320 

,800

Minimum

171 

174 

3,780

153

5,530 

9,050 

3,560 

2,680 

1,060 

2,680 

886 

886 

389

171

June

3.29O 

3,680 

4,350 

5,180 

5,690

5,850 

5,320 

4,290 

3,120 

2,680

2,850 

3,070 

3,460 

4,000 

4,660

5,320 

6,200 

6,880 

6,780 

6,110

5,610 

5,120 

4,530 

4,120 

4,000

3,900 

3,680 

3,460 

3,070 

2,680

Mean

325 

3,914 

13,990

4,313

19,730 

13,160 

7,561 

9,085 

6,605 

4,432 

1,689 

1,593 

1,424

6,932

July

2,130 

1,820 

1,740 

,660 

,580

,420 

,260 

,140 

,100 

954

886 

886 

1,500 

1,220 

954

989 

1,340 

1,660 

1,660 

1,380

1,140 

989 

920 

1,180 

2,370

3,340 

3,560 

3,510 

3,070 

2,630 

2,370

Aug.

2, 

2, 

2, 

2,

2,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

1, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

2,

2, 

2, 

2,

1, 

1,

1, 

1,

1,

Per square 

mile

0.117 

1.41 

5.03

1.55

7.10 

4.73 

2.72 

3.27 

2.38 

1.59 

.608 

.573 

.512

2.49

) 40,000 sec. -ft.; Dec. 24 (3 a. 

a.m.) 16,200 sec. -ft.; Apr. 2 (3

130 

O8O 

220 

220 

040

9OO 

700 

540 

3OO 

140

989 

954 

920 

180 

140

580 

700 

540 

950 

370

630 

580 

080 

660 

460

300 

180 

100 

989 

920 

866

Sept.

1,060 

1,220 

1,140 

989

1,380

2,680 

3,620 

3,900 

3.9OO 

3,290

2,520 

2,000 

1,780 

1,580 

1,340

1,180 

1,060 

920 

819 

819

754 

722 

674 

598 

553

510 

468 

441 

415 

389

Runoff in 

inches

0.13 

1.57 

5.80

21.11

8.18 

4.93 

3.14 

3.65 

2.74 

1.78 

.70 

.66 

.57

33.85

m.) 10,400 

to 6 p.m.)
524 PEARL RIVKR BASIN

Pearl River at Jackson, Miss,

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°17'20", long. 90°10'45", in SE£ sec. 10, T. 5 N,, 

RTT~E. Choctaw meridian, at bridge on U. S. Highway 80 (old) in Jackson, 0.2 mile upstream from Alabama & Vicksburg Railway bridge, a quarter of a mile upstream from Town 

Creek, and 4j miles upstream from Richland Creek. Datum of gage is 234.90 feet above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1941 (levels by Corps of 

Engineers).

Drainage area. 3,100 square miles.

Hecords available. June 1901 to December 1913 (prior to 1903 and for 1913, gage heights 

only), August 1928 to September 1949. Gage-height records collected at same site since 

1904 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 30 years (1903-12, 1928-49), 3,781 second-feet.

extremes. maximum discharge during year, 38,300 second-feet Jan. 12 (gage height, 33.11 

reet); minimum, 164 second-feet Nov. 1 (gage height, 2.42 feet).

1901-13, 1928-49: Maximum discharge observed, 60,000 second-feet Dec. 19, 1932 (gage 

height, 35.2 feet); maximum gage height, 37.20 feet Apr. 1, 1902 (discharge not determined); minimum discharge, 80 second-feet Oct. 26 to Nov. 2, 1904; minimum gage height, 

0.20 foot Nov. 4, 5, 1911.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49, except periods when rate of change In stage

was a factor (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

[Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-4)

2.5 180

2.8 270

3.0 340

11.0 3,400

17.0 6,300

32.0 9,500

24.2 11,800

27.3 16,600

30.5 24,000

31.4 27,500

32.5 34,000

33.0 37,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

305 

525 

673 

728 

710

618 

525 

462 

421 

392

392 

322 

284 

263 

249

246 

238 

226 

205

198

190 

185 

185 

180 

178

176 

176 

172 

170 

168 

168

Nov.

195 

544 

506 

249 

270

316 

298 

266 

274 

336

358 

370 

358 

348 

333

796 

1,270 

1,010 

5,05O 

k7,060

k7,760 

k8,420 

k8,760 

8,870 

8,940

clO,700 

k!3,5OO 

C21.400 

c23,100 

c25,4OO

Dec.

24,300 

24, 600 

k28,100 

k32,000 

34,700

36,800 

34,700 

k29,000 

k23, 70O 

ge21,900

gk!7,800 

gk!3,500 

gkll,100 

gk9,450 

k8,670

8,660 

8,450 

8,170 

8,240 

8,590

8,940 

9,220 

9,500 

9,830 

10,300

10,500 

10,400 

10,000 

9,660 

9,260 

8,730

Jan.

8,170 

7,560 

7,140 

k9,140 

kll, 300

k!6, 500 

k20, 100 

k21,500 

k25,10O 

k29 , 700

k35,300 

37,500 

37,500 

k30,700 

k24,500

k20 , 100 

21,600 

k!8,700 

k!7,900 

18,400

k20, 500 

k2 1,700 

21,600 

21,800 

23,100

23,700 

23,700 

24,000 

24,000 

23,400 

k23,600

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

 ay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 

ary . .

h.. ..........................

1. ..........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

k!8,000 

k!6,900 

k!5,700 

k!5,400 

k!4,600

ki3,500 

i j... , 600 

13,200 

k!4,300 

k!6,OOO

15^800 

16,000 

16,000 

k!7,000

k!8,2OO 

17,600 

17,400 

17,400 

17,600

17,200 

17,000 

16,600 

16,000 

k!4,600

k!3,700 

k!3,200 

kll, 800

Sesond 

foot-days

9,93C 

157,057 

498,80C

1,803,41C

669, SIC 

440, OOC 

290, 42C 

322, 27C 

217, 44C 

138, 02C 

64,98C 

54,113 

52, 42C

2,914,96C

Mar.

kll, 100 

klO,300 

k9,510 

k8,790 

k7,960

k7,040 

k6,200 

5,700 

5,000 

4,800

4,750 

4,800 

4,950 

5,250 

5,650

5,700 

5,4OO 

4,950 

4,400 

3,850

3,760 

5,4OO 

k6,74O 

k7,820 

k!3,100

k!7,500 

k20,700 

k20,800 

k21,300 

k23,000 

k24, 200

Apr.

24, 

24, 

24,

k21, 

kEO,

k!9, 

k!8, 

k!7, 

k!5, 

k!3,

kll, 

kll, 

klO, 

10, 

9,

9, 

8, 

8, 

k7, 

k5,

4, 

3, 

2, 

2, 

3,

3, 

3, 

2, 

2, 

3,

Maximum

728 

25,400 

36,800

36, BOO

37,500 

18 , 200 

24,200 

24,600 

17,800 

6,780 

4,050 

4,050 

4,700

37,500

Peak discharge (base, 14,000 sec. -ft.). Dec. 6 (10 a.m

sec. -ft.; Feb. 16 (12 m.J 18,4OO sec. -ft ; Apr. 2 (5 p.m. 

sec. -ft. 

g Computed from graph based on gage readings, 

k Computed using rate of change of stage as a factor.

000 

600 

300 

900 

700

300 

700 

100 

OOO 

500

900 

000 

4OO 

000 

580

290 

940 

380 

04O 

810

550 

080 

560 

600

oao

200 

04O 

720 

64O 

350

May

4,550 

k7,670 

k8,900 

klO,200 

k!2,300

k!5,4OO 

k!7,000 

k!7,800 

17,200 

16,800

k!4,4OO 

k!2,30O 

kll, 000 

k9,950 

k8,420

k5,880 

4,650 

2,680 

2,070 

1,760

1,54O 

1,380 

1,230 

1,160 

1,080

1,010 

1,010 

1,080 

1,460 

2,520 

3,040

Minimum

168 

195 

8,170

168

7,14O 

11,800 

3,760 

2,560 

1,010 

2,800 

1,010 

84O 

506

168

June

2,920 

3,120 

3,440 

3,900 

4,650

5,250 

5,650 

5,800 

5,250 

3,680

2,800 

3,120 

3,440 

3,480 

4,100

4,600 

5,100 

5,650 

6,1:00 

6,720

6,780 

6,660 

6,420 

5,950 

4,950

4,250 

g3,900 

g3 , 680 

g3 , 560 

g3,000

Mean

320 

5,235 

16,090

4,927

21,600 

15,710 

9,368 

10,740 

7,014 

4,601 

2,096 

1,746 

1,747

7,986

July

g2,600 

g2,220 

gl,880 

gl,730 

1,650

1,540 

1,380 

1,310 

1,190 

1,120

1,010 

1,040 

2,800 

2,920 

2,110

1,84O 

1,840 

1,800 

2,070 

1,880

1,500 

1,230 

1,160 

1,270 

2,260

3,360 

4,050 

4,000 

3,900 

3,44O 

2,880

Aug.

4,050 

3,080 

2,450 

2,260 

2,180

2,030 

1,880 

1,880 

1,570 

1,350

1,160 

1,010 

932 

969 

1,350

1,270 

1,690 

2,070 

1,650 

1,880

2,300 

2,530 

2,490 

2,030 

1,610

1,35O 

1,190 

1,120 

1,010 

932 

840

Per square 

mile

0.103 

1.69 

5.19

1.59

6.97 

5.07 

3.02 

3.46 

2.26 

1.48 

.676 

.563 

.564

2.58

.) 36,800 sec. -ft.; Jan. 12 (9 p 

) 24,600 sec. -ft.; May 8 (5 p.m.

Sept.

84O 

932 

1,080 

1,080 

2,14O

2,920 

3,950 

4,700 

4,650 

4,350

3,680 

2,800 

2,220 

1,920 

1,730

1,540 

1,310 

1,190 

1,190 

1,080

969 

895 

858 

784 

710

654 

618 

580 

544 

5O6

Runoff in 

inohes

0.12 

1.88 

5.98

21.63

8.03 

5.28 

3.48 

3.87 

2.61 

1.66 

.78 

.65 

.63

34.97

.m.) 38,300 

) 18,000
PEARL RIVER BASIN

Pearl River near Rockport, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°47'25", long. 90°08i35", in SW^ sec. 31, T. 10 

N., R. 11 E. Washington meridian, at highway bridge if miles upstream from Sinkler 

Creek, 2 miles east of Rockport, and 7^ mi-les downstream from Strong River. Datum of 

gage is 180.19 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 4,600 square miles.

Kecoras available. June 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 5,822 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 40,600 second-feet Apr. 1 (gage height, 32.56 

TeeTT; minimum not determined.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, 54,600 second-feet Feb. 20, 1946 (gage height, 34.31 

feet); minimum, 262 second-feet Oct. 25-31, 1943; minimum gage height, 4.11 feet Oct. 

25-28, 1943.

Maximum stage known, 35.25 feet Apr. 9, 1938, from floodmarks; a discharge of 55,200 

second-feet was measured Dy Corps of Engineers on same day (gage height, 35.0 feet).

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 4-15)

4.9

5.6

7.0

8.6

10.2

365

650

1,350

2,320

3,540

13.7

22.6

26.5

30.5

32.5

7,340 

IS,400 

24,900 

34,000 

40,200

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

620 

660 

780 

385 

985

1,040 

985 

910 

835 

785

1,440 

1,930 

1,350 

910 

740

680 

630 

590 

550 

530

510 

490 

480 

460 

440

430 

420 

410 

390 

380 

370

Nov.

450 

500 

680 

860 

870

720 

620 

580 

560 

520

520 

540 

560 

560 

560

694 

c.,000 

5,000 

10,000 

12,000

12,000 

11,000 

10,500 

10,000 

10,000

14,000 

20,000 

28,000 

31,000 

31,000

Dec.

32,000 

33,000 

33,000 

32,000 

28,000

26,100 

27,300 

29,100 

30,300 

30,500

30,500 

30,000 

26,000 

22,000 

19,000

17,000 

14,900 

12,700 

11,500 

11,000

10,500 

10,000 

9,600 

9,600 

11,000

12,500 

13,000 

12,500 

11,500 

13,000 

13,500

Jan.

12,500 

11,500 

10,000 

9,600 

16,000

23,000 

26,000 

26.000 

27,000 

25,000

24,000 

22,000 

21,000 

22,000 

24,000

27,000 

31,000 

33,000 

34,000 

34,000

34,000 

32,000 

31,000 

30,300 

29,000

28,000 

27,000 

26,000 

25,000 

25,000 

25,000

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1948

1. ........................

st ...........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

25,000 

24,000 

24,000 

25,000 

25,500

25,000 

23,000 

22,000 

20,800 

23,700

23,700 

22,400 

20,600 

19,200 

18,200

22,900 

26,100 

26,300 

25,500 

24,500

23,300 

21,600 

20,200 

19,200 

18,900

18,700 

17,900 

17,200

Seoondfoot-daya

22, 61E 

216, 294 

622, 60C

2,399,08~

722, 90C 

624, 40C 

414, 27C 

529.58C 

282, 21C 

164, 46C 

90.31C 

72,50C 

80.58C

3, 892,735

Mar.

16,200 

15,200 

14,100 

12,900 

11,800

10,800 

10,100 

9,140 

8,180 

7,820

7,220 

6,860 

7,340 

8,420 

11,300

11,200 

9,260 

8,180 

7,340 

6,620

6,290 

13,300 

15,600 

14,400 

13,700

17,300 

18,200 

22,600 

25,700 

29,300 

37 , 900

Apr.

40,200 

39,200 

36,400 

33,700 

31,200

29,100 

27,300 

25,900 

24,300 

22,800

21,600 

21,200 

21,600 

20,200 

17,600

14,900 

12,500 

11,200 

10,300 

9,620

8,780 

7,340 

5,740 

4,640 

4,310

4,530 

4,860 

5,410 

6,290 

6,860

Maximum

) 1,930 

I 31,000 

) 33,000

33,000

) 34,000 

) 26,300 

) 37,900 

) 40,200 

) 17,900 

) 8,420 

) 5,000 

) 4,210 

) 7,460

40,200

Peak discharge (base, 18,000 sec. -ft.). Dec. 2 (time s

discharge unknown); Feb. 18 (1 a.m.) 26,500 sec. -ft.; Apr

May

9,380 

17,200 

17,900 

16,200 

14,200

12,600 

11,900 

12,600 

13,600 

14,400

15,200 

15,400 

15,400 

15,000 

14,200

12 , 700 

10,700 

7,700 

4,500 

3,280

2,880 

2,600 

2,320 

2,180 

1,990

1,930 

1,810 

1,930 

2,390 

4,010 

4,110

Minimum

370 

450 

9,600

370

9,600 

17,200 

6,290 

4,310 

1,810 

3,910 

1,800 

1,300 

835

370

ind dlschai 

. 1 (10 a

June

4,420 

4,010 

4,010 

4,110 

4,530

4,860 

5,300 

5,740 

5,960 

6,980

6,290 

6,180 

4,970 

4,970 

4,970

4,970 

5,080 

5,300 

5,740 

6,070

6,510 

6,860 

8,420 

7,460 

6,860

6,070 

5,190 

4,530 

4,210 

3,910

Mean

730 

7,210 

20,080

6,555

24,930 

22,300

17|650 

9,104 

5,483

2)33' 

2,686

10,670

July

3,630 

3,360 

3,040 

2,960 

2,530

2,320 

2,180 

2,740 

2,180 

1,810

1,800 

1,800 

1,900 

2,100 

2,700

5,000 

3,200 

2,960 

2,670 

2,600

2,460 

2,180 

1,930 

1,870 

3,280

3,720 

4,210 

4,530 

4,530 

4,210 

3,910

Aug.

3,450 

4,210 

3,720 

3,120 

2,810

2,670 

2,530 

2,390 

2,320 

2,180

1,870 

1,690 

1,460 

1,810 

1,690

1,810 

2,460 

2,740 

2,740 

2,740

2,320 

2,460 

2,670 

2,670 

2,460

2,050 

1,750 

1,570 

1,460 

1,380 

1,300

Per square 

mile

0.158 

1.57 

4.37

1.42

5.42 

4.85 

2.90 

3.64 

1.98 

1.19 

.633 

.508 

.584

2.32

Sept.

1,240 

1,180 

1,180 

1,520 

5,410

6,400 

5,630 

4,970 

7,460 

6,980

5,190 

4,210 

3,360 

2,740 

2,530

2,180 

1,990 

1,750 

1,630 

1,630

1,630 

1,400 

1,320 

1,210 

1,140

1,060 

985 

935 

885 

835

Runoff in 

inches

0.18 

1.75 

5.03

19.39

6.25 

5.05 

3.35 

4.28 

2.28 

1.33 

.73 

.59 

.65

31.47

ge unknown); Jan. 20 (time and 

m.) 40,600 sec. -ft.; May 3

(1 a.m.) 18,200 sec.-ft.

Note. No gage-height record Oct. 1-3, Oct. 16 to Nov. 8, Nov. 17 to Dec. 5, Dec. 11-16, Dec. 19 

to Jan. 23, Jan. 25 to Feb. 8, July 11-16; discharge computed on basis of records for station near 

Monticello.
526 PEARL RIVER BASIN

Pearl River near Monticello, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°33', long. 90°05', in SW£ sec. 23, T. 7 N., R. 21 

W. St. Stephens meridian, at bridge on TJ. S. Highway 84, 1.0 mile east of Monticello, 2j 

miles upstream from Halls Creek, and 3 miles upstream from Silver Creek. Datum of gage 

is 158.66 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area.--5,040 square miles.

uecords available.--October 1938 to September 1949. Gage-height records collected since 

1924 at site l-f miles upstream from station are contained in reports of U. S. Weather 

Bureau.

Average discharge. 11 years, 6,575 second-feet.

extremes.--Maximum discharge observed during year, 50,500 second-feet Apr. 1 (gage height, 

SBTOtT feet); minimum, 465 second-feet Nov. 1 (gage height, 4.41 feet).

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 51,200 second-feet Feb. 21, 1946, Jan. 21, 1947; maximum 

gage height, that of Apr. 1, 1949; minimum discharge, 330 second-feet Oct. 26-28, 1943 

(gage height, 3.79 feet).

Flood of April 1902 reached a stage of about 33 feet, from reports of U. S. Weather 

Bureau. A discharge of 69,900 second-feet was measured Apr. 8, 1938 r by Corps of Engineers (gage height, 30.15 feet, from floodmark).

Remarks. Records good prior to Jan. 10 and fair thereafter. Recorder well destroyed by 

flood of Jan. 10; twice-daily wire-weight gage readings used Jan. 10 to Sept. 30.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 7)

510 

1,2OO 

2,000 

2,850 

4,830

11.6

14.0

20.2

22.0

23.5

7,260

10,400

19,900

24,100

28,600

24.5 32,500

26.0 39,500

28.0 5O.5OO

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

735

698

675

735

878

968

984

930

848

818

1,200

2,040

1,880

1,240

908

765

690

638

622

600

578

562

555

532

518

510

495

488

488

480

472

Nov.

465

510

660

R32

878

862

712

675

652

630

600

600

630

645

645

735

2,040

3,450

8,710

13,300

13,300

12,700

12,800

12,300

10,900

12,700

25,000

28,900

32 , 500

34,100

-

Dec.

35,000

35.OOO

34,500

32,500

29,700

28,000

26,800

27,700

28,300

30,100

30,900

3O , 9OO

30,100

28,000

25,600

22,600

20,500

17,800

15,400

13,300

11,800

11,200

10 , 900

10,900

11,600

13 , 900

14,000

13,300

13,200

13,900

14,000

Jan.

13,300

12,100

11,000

10,700

17,000

25,600

29,700

30,100

29,700

28.3OO

26,200

23,800

22.3OO

22 , 900

25,300

28,000

31,300

33,300

37,500

39,500

38,500

39,OOO

37,500

35,500

33,700

32,100

30 , 900

29,700

28,600

28,300

28,OOO

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .................. ... .

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February ......................

March ....... ....................

April ............................

May ..............................

June ........... .................

July ..........................

August ...........................

September .......... .............

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

27,700

27,700

27,700

28,000

28,000

28,000

27,100

25,000

24 , 700

25.9OO

26,800

26,500

25,000

22,900

21,300

26,800

30,500

30,100

29,700

28,300

27,700

27,400

25,300

23,200

21,700

21,100

20,300

19,700

_

-

-

Seoondfoot-days

24,53

233,43

681,40

2,716,43

859,40

724,10

471,03

643,21

316,78

181,54

119,37

82,37

302,69

4,439,85

Mar.

18,800

18,100

17,400

15,600

14,400

12,700

11,800

10,900

10,600

10,300

8,820

8,040

8,820

11,800

14,600

14,400

12,600

10,300

8,820

7,910

7,520

17,400

19,000

17,800

16,600

16,000

18.0OO

20,300

23,500

27,700

40,500

Apr.

50,500

46,900

43,000

40,500

38.OOO

34,500

32,100

30,500

28,300

26,500

25,300

24,7OO

23,800

23,200

21,100

19,900

17,200

14 , 600

12,700

11,600

10 , 700

10,000

7,780

6,360

5,520

5,400

7,390

7,910

8,300

8,950

-

Maximum

D 2,O4O

I 34,100

5 35,000

3 35,000

D 39,500

3 30,500

3 40,500

D 5O , 5OO

3 20,700

D 8,690

D 8,950

3 4,720

5 8,560

3 50 , 5OO

May

10,200

16,400

20,700

19,500

16,600

12,700

1O,6OO

13,400

14,400

14,800

15,600

16,200

16,300

16,300

16,200

15,200

13,600

11,800

7,130

4,720

3,970

3,540

3,280

3,100

3.O2O

2,760

2,590

2,340

2,930

3,280

3,620

Minimum

472

465

10,900

465

10,700

19,700

7,520

5,400

2,340

3,540

2,000

1,520

915

465

June

4,420

4,240

3,880

3,540

4,830

5,160

6,000

5,880

6,120

7,260

7,520

8,300

7,130

5,760

5,640

5,400

5,520

5,640

5,880

7,000

6,740

7,130

8,170

8,690

7,910

7,130

6,120

5,280

4,830

4,420

-

Mean

79]

7,78]

21.98C

7,422

27.72C

25.86C

15,19C

21.44C

10.22C

6,051

3,85]

2,65"

3,42:

12.16C

July

4,150

3,970

3,710

3,710

3,190

2,760

2,510

2,760

2,850

2,250

2,000

2,000

2,510

4,520

6,000

7,000

8,950

5,160

3,620

3,280

3,020

2,760

2,510

2,250

2,510

5,050

4,720

4,830

5,050

4,940

4,830

Aug.

4,720

4,620

4,420

4,330

4,240

3,710

2,760

2,850

2,680

2,590

2,510

2,090

2,340

2,340

2,340

2,340

2,090

1,960

1,920

2,000

2,090

2,170

2,250

2,680

2,930

2,510

2,090

1,880

1,760

1,640

1,520

Per square 

mile

0.157

1.54

) 4.36

1.47

5.50

5.13

3.01

) 4.25

2.03

1.20

.764

.527

.679

) 2.41

Sept.

1,480

1,400

1,240

1,840

7,130

8,170

6,870

5,520

7,520

8,560

7,000

5,400

4,330

3,360

3,880

4,150

3,190

2,340

2,040

2,000

1,920

1,920

1,760

1,360

1,280

1,640

1,960

1,400

1,120

915

Runoff in 

inches

0.18

1.72

5.03

20.05

6.34

5.34

3.48

4.75

2.34

1.34

.88

.61

.76

32.77

Note. --No Rage-height record Dec. 7-16, Jan. 10-24, Mar. 26, 27, July 8-11, 28; discharge computed

on basis of readings of U. S. Weather Bureau gage, 1 mile upstr
PEARL RIVER BASIN 527

Pearl River near Columbia, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°14', long. 89°51', in Ej sec. 7, T. 3 N., R. 18 

w., st. Stephens meridian, at bridge on State Highway 24, lj miles southwest of Columbia, 

2 miles downstream from Fernwood, Columbia & Gulf Railroad bridge, 2^ miles upstream 

from Silver Creek, and 2f miles downstream from Jones Creek. Datum of gage is 115.81 

feet above'mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1941 (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 5,690 square miles.

Records available.--May 1934 to September 1949. August 1928 to May 1934 at site 1 mile 

downstream.(Tage-height records collected in vicinity since 1904 are contained in 

reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 20 years (1928-29, 1930-49), 7,547 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 50,900 second-feet Apr. 3 (gage height, 

24.0 feet); minimum, 1,130 second-feet Oct. 29, 30 (gage height, 2.02 feet).

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 72,600 second-feet Apr. 9, 1938 (gage height, 26.40 

feet); minimum, 736 second-feet Oct. 20-31, Nov. 5, 6, 1936; minimum gage height, 1.61 

feet Oct. 27, 28, 1943.

Remarks. Records good except those based on once-daily gage readings, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.2 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

1,230

1,710

2,470

3,350

4,350

7.0

9.0

11.0

12.5

14.0

5,500

8.2OO

11,400

14,200

17,200

17.0

20.0

22.0

23.0

24.0

24,100

32,300

38,900

44,000

50,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,280 

1,280 

1.25O 

1,230 

1,250

1,340 

1,460 

1,520 

1,490 

1,430

1,580 

1,990 

2,630 

2,550 

1,990

1,580 

1,460 

1,340 

1,280 

1,250

1,230 

1,230 

1,200 

1,200 

1,180

1,180 

1,180 

1,150 

1,150 

1,150 

1,150

Nov.

1,150 

1,180 

1,180 

1,280 

1,460

1,58O 

1,640 

1,520 

1,430 

1,430

1,400 

1,340 

1,310 

1,310 

1,340

1,400 

1,640 

2,880 

5,760 

11,500

15,000 

16,000 

15,400 

14,800 

14,000

13,800 

19,200 

24,900

29,000 

31,700

Dec.

33,800 

34,700 

35,300 

35,6OO 

35,3OO

34.10O 

33,200 

32,600 

31,700 

h31,100

h31,400 

h3 1,700 

32,300 

32,300 

31,700

31,400 

31,100 

29,300 

26,400 

22,400

17,900 

15 , 000 

13,600 

13 , 200 

h 13, 200

h!4,000 

h!5, 800 

h!6,6OO 

h!6,600 

h!6,600 

h!7,000

Jan.

h 16, 800 

hl6,000 

h!4,800 

h!3,600 

14,000

19,000 

23,600 

27,400 

30,200 

31,100

31,100 

30,200 

28,700 

27,400 

26,600

26,900 

28,400 

30,500 

32,900 

35 , 000

37,300 

39,300 

40,300 

40, 3OO 

38,900

38,100 

36,2OO 

35.OOO 

33,800 

32,600 

32,300

Feb.

31,700 

31,400 

31,100 

31,100 

31,100

31,100 

30,800 

30,800 

31,100 

30,500

29,600 

29,600 

29,300 

28,700 

?7,900

30,500 

33,8OO 

34,700 

35,000 

34,4OO

33,500 

32,900 

32,000 

30,500 

28,700

27,100 

25,600 

24,600

- 

- 

-

unn th Second- 

"onth foot-days

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Da

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 194E 

ary .....

?

h.. ..........................

1 .........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

44,180 

237,530 

806,900

,366,560

9O8.3OO 

859,100 

573,800 

797,320 

39O.64O 

230,580 

202,330 

142,710 

145,040

ter year 1948-49 ............ 5,338,430

Mar.

h24,100 

h 23, 100 

h21,900 

h2O,800 

h!9,200

17,500 

h!6,400 

h 14, 400 

h!3,200 

h!2,800

h!3,000 

hll,500 

hlO, 700 

hi 2, 400 

h!5, 400

h!7,500 

h!7,700 

h!6,000 

h 13,200 

hll.SOO

h 10, 200 

h20,300 

h26,600 

h26,400 

h24,400

h21,600 

h!9,700 

h21,200 

h23,600 

h 26, 100 

h31,400

Apr.

h37,30O 

h47,900 

h50,900 

h49,300 

h46,500

h43,400 

h40,800 

h38,100 

h35,900 

h34,100

h35,300 

h31,100 

h30,200 

h29,300 

h28,100

h26,900 

h25,100 

h22,600 

h!8, 800 

15,600

14,400 

14,200 

13,6OO 

11,500 

8,800

7,500 

7,220 

h9,400 

hi 2, 100 

hll,400

Maximum

2,630 

31,700 

35 , 600

38,900

40,300 

35 , 000 

31,400 

5O.9OO 

23,600 

11,200 

14,800 

8,800 

9,700

50,900

May

hll.500 

15,400 

18,800 

22,100 

h23,600

h22,600 

h20,500

his, 100

h!6,000 

hlO,300

h 16, 400 

h!7,000 

h!7,700 

h 18, 100 

h!8, 300

his, 300 

h!7,700 

h!6,400 

h!3,800 

h9,550

h6,410 

h5,380 

4,680 

4,250 

3,950

3,750 

h3,550 

h3,350 

h3,350 

h4,68O 

h5,140

Minimum

1,150 

1,150 

13,200

1,150

13,600 

24,600 

10,200 

7,220 

3,350 

5,760 

3,260 

2,630 

1,990

1,150

June

h6,02O 

h6,410 

h6,410 

h5,890 

5,760

6,020 

h6,150 

h6, 540 

h7,080 

h7,780

8,950 

9,400 

hlO,200 

h9,250 

h7,500

7,360 

7,080 

6,940 

6,940 

6,360

7,640 

h7,920 

h8,350 

h 10, 300 

hll, 200

hlO,300 

h9,100 

h7,780 

h6, 800

6,150

Mean

1,425 

7,918 

26,030

9,198

29,300 

30,680 

18,510 

26,580 

12,600 

7,686 

6,527 

4,604 

4,835

14,630

July

5,890 

5,760 

6,020 

6, ISO 

5,380

4,570 

4,050 

3,750 

3,950 

3,850

3,550 

3,260 

3,450 

4,790 

6,940

110,800 

114,800 

14,400 

9,100 

6,410

h5,360 

h4,790 

h4,900 

h4,350 

h7,920

110,000 

h8,800 

h7,640 

h7,320 

h6, 940 

h7,640

Aug.

h8 

h7 

h7 

h7 

h5

h5 

h5 

h4 

h4 

h4

h3 

3 

h4 

h3 

h4

h4 

h3 

h4 

h4 

h4

h4 

h4 

h3 

h3 

h4

h3 

h3 

h3 

h2 

h2 

h2

Per square 

mile

0.250 

1.39 

4.57

1.62

5.15 

5.39 

3.25 

4.67 

2.21 

1.35 

1.15 

.809 

.850

2.57

Peak discharge (base, 38,000 see. -ft.) . Dec. 4 (12 m. 35,600 sec. -ft.; Jan. 23 (10 a

80C 

64C

220 

220 

750

380 

380

900 

570 

150

950 

750 

68C 

750 

150

250 

750 

570 

900 

570

460 

050 

750 

950 

050

950 

650 

260 

900 

720 

630

Sept.

h2,550 

h2,550 

h2,390 

h2,470 

3,910

8,950 

9,700 

8,350 

7,780 

8,950

9,700 

8,060 

6,670 

5,760 

5,380

6,020 

5,140 

4,O5O 

3,650 

4,250

4,460 

4,250 

3,450 

2,900 

h2,630

h2,470 

h2,310 

h2,230 

h2,070 

hi, 990

Runoff in 

inches

0.29 

1.55 

5.27

21.99

5.94 

5.62 

3.75 

5.21 

-2.55 

1.51 

1.32 

.93 

.95

34.89

m.) 4O,8OO

see. -ft.; Apr. 3 (7 a.m.) 50,9'oO sec. -ft. 

h Computed from once-daily gage readings of U. S. Weather Bureau gage.
528 fEARL RIVER BASIN

Pearl River near Bogalusa, La.

Location . Wire-weight gage, lat. 30°47'35", long. 89°49'15", on line between sees. 17 and

 10, T. 3 S., R. 14 E., at bridge on State Highway 35, 2 miles east of Bogalusa and 

2 miles upstream from Bogue Lusa. Datum'of gage is 55.00 feet above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 6,630 square miles.

Keeords available. October 1938 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 11 years, 9,561 second-feet.

jatremes. MaxlSum discharge during year, 54,400 second-feet Apr. 5 (gage height, 20.13

 feet); minimum, 1,640 second-feet Nov. 5 (gage height, 6.45 feet).

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 60,000 second-feet Jan. 25, 26, 1947; maximum gage 

height, 20.30 feet Jan. 25, 1947; minimum discharge, 1,290 second-feet Oct. 27-29, 1943 

(gage height, 5.54 feet).

Flood of Apr. 11, 1938, reached a stage of 21.0 feet. 

Remarks. Records good. Gage read twice daily.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height. In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 19, 

May 22 to June 10)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 5 Apr. 6 to Sept. 30

6.6

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

1,640

1,880

2,530

3,230

4,000

4,860

12.0

13.0

14.0

15.0

16.0

17.0

5,850

7,000

8,440

10,300

12,600

15,500

17.5

18.0

18.5

19.0

19.5

20.1

17,700

20,700

24,600

31,100

40,900

54,400

9.0 3,130

10.0 3,830

11.0 4,610

12.0 5,620

13.0 6,880

14.0 8,440

Note. Same as preceding 

table above 14.0 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,940

1,940

1,940

1,880

1,830

1,880

1,880

2,000

2,070

2,140

2,530

2,810

3,020

3,160

3,230

2,880

2,460

2,260

2,070

1,940

1,880

1,880

1,820

1,820

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,700

1,700

1,700

1,700

Nov.

1,700

1,700

1,760

1,760

1,640

1,880

2,070

2,200

2,070

2,330

2,600

2,460

2,140

1,880

2,000

2,070

2,530

3,160

4,000

6,640

11,000

18,900

24,600

24,600

20,700

22,200

38,800

45,200

43,000

40,900

-

Dec.

38,800

38,800

33,800

40,900

40,900

43,000

43,000

45,200

45,200

45,200

43,000

38,800

36,800

36,800

38,800

38,800

45,200

49,800

47,500

43,000

36,800

31,100

25,600

19,400

16,700

16,300

16,300

17,200

18,800

20,700

22,900

Jan.

22,900

21,400

19,400

18,200

17,200

16,700

18,800

22,100

24,600

28,000

29,500

31,100

32,900

32,900

32,900

31,100

29,500

29,500

31,100

32,900

34,800

36,800

38,800

43,000

43,000

45,200

45,200

43,000

40,900

38,800

36,800

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April.. ...........................

Hay ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

34,800

34,800

34,800

34,800

34,800

34,800

34,800

34,800

34,800

36,800

38,800

38,800

36,800

34,800

32,900

34,800

34,800

38,800

40,900

40,900

40,900

40,900

38,800

38,800

36,800

34,800

34,800

31,100

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

65,39

338,49

1,080,10

4,314,45

969,00

1,019,20

699,00

950 70

457^07

285,78

288,78

198,93

190,41

6,542,85

Mar.

29,500

28 ,000

28,000

26,700

24,600

23,700

22,100

20,000

17,700

16,300

15,500

14,900

13 , 700

14,300

17,200

18,800

20,000

20,000

18,800

16,300

14,900

18,200

26,700

29,500

29,500

28,000

28,000

28,000

29,500

29,500

31,100

Apr.

38,800

40,900

45,200

49,800

54,400

52,100

49,800

47,500

43,000

40,900

38,800

38,800

36,800

34,800

32,900

31,100

29,500

28,000

26,700

23,700

21,400

22,900

22,900

21,400

16,700

13,100

10,700

10,300

12,600

15,200

-

Maximum

3 3,230

3 45,200

3 49,800

3 56,800

3 45,200

3 40 , 900

3 31,100

3 54,400

3 24 , 600

3 16,300

3 18,200

3 12,100

D 10,500

3 54,400

May

14,900

19,400

22,100

22,100

22,900

23,700

24,600

22,900

22,100

19,400

17,700

16,300

16,700

18,200

19,400

20,000

20,000

19,400

18,800

15,500

11,900

7,940

5,970

5,170

4,530

4,130

4,130

4,050

4,050

4,130

4,970

Minimum

1,700

1,640

16,300

1,640

16,700

31,100

13,700

10,300

4,050

5,730

4,530

3,690

3,200

1,640

June

5,730

7,460

7,780

7,020

6,340

5,970

5,970

6,210

6,600

7,780

12,400

13,100

12,900

13,400

11,900

10,500

9,130

8,270

7,940

8,100

8,440

8,610

8,780

9,890

14,300

16,300

14,900

12,100

9,690

8,270

-

Mean

2,10£

11,28C

34,84C

11.79C

31.26C

36.40C

22,55C

31.69C

14.74C

9,52

9,31E

6,41

6,34

17,93C

July

7,460

7,310

7,460

9,130

9,890

7,940

6,340

5,280

4,870

4,870

4,780

4,530

4,530

4,970

7,780

8,780

13,700

18,200

18,200

14,000

10,300

8,440

7,940

8,950

9,690

15,900

15,500

12,900

10,700

9,310

9,130

Aug.

11,000

12,100

J.0,500

9,310

8,780

7,620

7,020

7,020

6,740

6,090

5,620

5,390

6,090

6,880

6,470

7,020

6,600

5,500

5,730

5,850

5,620

5,390

4,970

4,690

4,780

4,870

4,870

4,610

4,210

3,900

3,690

Per square 

mile

0.318

1.70

) 5.25

) 1.78

) 4.71

) 5.49

) 3.40

) 4.78

) 2.22

; 1.44

> 1.40

.968

.957

) 2.70

Sept.

3,550

3,410

3,480

3,690

4,370

5,970

9,130

10,100

9,500

9,890

10,500

10,500

9,310

8,440

8,440

7,780

7,310

6,600

5,280

5,280

7,460

7,020

6,090

5,170

4,450

3,980

3,690

3,480

3,340

3,200

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.37

1.90

6.06

24.20

5.44

5.72

3.92

5.33

2.56

1.60

1.62

1.12

1.07

36.71
PEARL RIVER BASIN 529

Lobutcha Creek near Carthage, Miss.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 32°46', long. 89°28' , in NE£ sec. 34, T. 11 N., R. 8 E. 

Choctaw meridian, at bridge on State Highway 16, 3 miles upstream from mouth and 5 

miles northeast of Carthage.

Drainage area. 313 square miles.

Records available.--July 1937 to July 1938, January 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years (1939-49), 394 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge observed during year, 11,000 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage heignt, 

17.as feet); minimum observed, 26 second-feet Oct. 24, 25 (gage height, 0.82 foot).

1937-49: Maximum discharge observed, 13,500 second-feet Mar. 29, 1944 (gage height, 

18.0 feet, site and datum then in use); minimum observed, 5.3 second-feet Aug. 24, 

1943 (gage height, 14.7 feet, site and datum then in use), but may have been less 

during period of doubtful gage-height record.

Remarks. Records fair. Gage read twice daily.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.0 34 8.0 611

1.5 54 9.0 747

Z.O 78 10.0 940

2.5 107 11.0 1,190

3.0 142 12.0 1,490

5.0 308 13.0 2,000

14.0 2,760

15.0 3,860

15.5 4,630

16.0 5,640

16.5 7,140

17.0 9,300

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

OT j&O

24

25

26

27

no

GO

29

30

31

Oct.

214

150

89

63

50

44

38

34

30

30

30

32

46

30

30

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

26

26

30

28

28

34

32

32

Nov.

30

36

44

46

44

54

78

78

73

78

73

63

56

52

52

68

308

436

864

2,670

2,590

2,140

2,350

2,000

1,460

1,140

1,250

4,300

8,340

6,480

-

Dec.

4,460

3,040

2,210

1,490

1,160

1,010

835

611

446

356

281

238

222

206

198

516

,490

,760

,610

,610

,820

,430

,140

896

747

716

647

546

516

635

660

Jan.

589

526

546

1,150

5,640

9,800

5,900

4,150

2,670

2,210

1,390

1,080

855

660

456

346

852

2,350

3,250

4,000

3,250

4,150

4,460

4,000

3,140

2,350

1,660

1,330

1,080

875

716

Month

October ..........................

November . .......................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ........... ..................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

556

496

578

816

1,190

1,300

1,270

1,330

1,270

1,430

1,940

1,560

1,360

1,360

1,250

1,430

2,140

1,820

1,880

2,140

1,710

1,360

1,140

940

855

780

780

835

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

1,37C

37 252

33^502

190,43:

75,43:

35,516

29,68"

22,326

24,482

20,976

5, 38.

5,156

6,152

297,232

Mar.

763

635

578

546

516

446

556

546

567

635

701

578

476

436

456

376

317

346

386

317

290

810

1,560

1,610

1,270

1,710

2,350

2,670

2,670

2,140

2,430

Apr.

2,940

2,2

1,6

1,2

SO

10

oo

1,O6O

896

7

c

;

47

46

76

308

299

6

l.C

1,1

23

80

90

896

687

E

4

2

78

66

99

238

214

2

3

3

63

36

08

263

222

2

E

6

£

Maximum

214

8,340

4,460

8,340

9 , 800

2,140

2,670

2,940

4,300

2,350

446

578

816

9,80O

06

26

73

96

-

May

1,610

3,860

4,300

3,360

2,590

1,760

1.3OO

963

687

376

263

230

198

174

150

135

121

107

101

95

114

89

83

89

128

142

135

121

166

446

589

Minimum

26

30

198

14

346

496

290

206

83

150

68

63

52

26

June

660

1,160

2,350

1,710

1,110

506

222

190

166

150

281

536

611

731

1,110

1,520

1,660

1,390

1,080

835

589

299

272

336

346

308

254

246

190

158

Msan

44.2

1,242

1,081

520

2,433

1,268

958

744

790

699

174

166

205

814

July

206

246

182

135

114

101

95

114

166

89

95

121

121

78

83

89

128

158

166

114

89

73

68

308

446

406

308

308

346

238

190

Aug.

Per square 

mile

0.141

3.97

3.45

1.66

7.77

4.05

3 .06

2 ,38

2.52

2.23

. 556

.530

.655

2.60

406

578

254

174

142

101

78

68

63

73

63

78

89

107

142

101

198

190

356

476

222

222

142

107

101

95

101

83

73

107

166

Sept.

182

101

73

63

386

747

816

567

466

466

436

281

174

128

107

95

83

83

101

107

95

95

83

68

58

56

52

52

63

68

Runoff in 

inohes

0.16

4.43

3.98

22.64

8 . 96

4.22

3.53

2 , 65

2*91

2 . 49

 64

.61

.73

35.31
530 PEARL RIVER BASIN

Tuscolameta Creek at Walnut Grove, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°35', long. 89°28', in NEij sec. 34, T. 9 N., R. 

8 E. Choctaw meridian, at bridge on State Highway 35 over north drainage canal, 0.4 

mile southwest of Walnut Grove, 0.8 mile upstream from Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad 

bridge, 7j miles upstream from junction of north and south drainage canals, and 15j 

miles upstream from mouth. Auxiliary water-stage recorder at bridge over south drainage canal on State Highway 35, 5,000 feet southwest of north canal gage. Datum of 

gage is 332.70 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 

1941 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area,.--411 square miles (combined drainage area for all channels).

Records available. January 1939 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 10 years, 515 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 18,000 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 19.74 

reet, north canal gage); maximum gage height, south canal, 19.56 feet Nov. 29; minimum 

daily discharge (combined flow), 17 second-feet Oct. 28, but may have been less during 

period of faulty intake action; minimum gage height observed, north canal, 1.72 feet 

Sept. 30, but may have been less during period of faulty intake action; minimum gage 

height, south canal, 7.17 feet Oct. 19.

1939-49: Maximum discharge, that of Nov. 29, 1948; maximum gage height, south canal, that of Nov. 29, 1948; minimum discharge (combined flow), 5.0 second-feet Aug. 28, 

29, 1943; minimum gage height observed, north canal, that of Sept. 30, 1949; minimum 

gage height observed, south canal, 7.07 feet Aug. 29, 1943.

Maximum stage known, south canal, 20.2 feet, from floodmark, Apr. 8, 1938. Prior 

to canalization, creek reached a stage of 24.5 feet, from floodmark, sometime between 

1920 and 1925.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record or faulty intake 

action, which are fair. Discharge computed by combining the flow of individually rated 

low-water channels except when discharge in north canal exceeds about 1,700 second-feet 

or that in south canal exceeds about 600 second-feet, during which periods discharge 

determined from combined stage-discharge relation for all channels referred to gage on 

north canal.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

48 

35 

32 

29 

24

21 

21 

19 

19

22

25 

28 

29 

25 

23

21 

22 

22 

21 

20

20 

20 

20 

2] 

19

18 

18 

17 

18 

18 

18

Nov.

18 

40 

72 

50 

41

106 

103

75 

56 

41

39 

40 

39 

a38 

39

105 

492 

403 

2,110 

1,910

1,790 

1,760 

1,200 

782 

412

908 

2,720 

6,850 

15,000 

12,200

Dec.

5,560 

3,060 

857 

398 

308

479 

467 

411 

335

242

191 

173 

161 

155

150

950 

1,650 

1,410 

1,580 

1,260

852 

547 

370 

282 

291

380 

308

263 

625 

1,070 

878

Jan.

581 

376 

292 

2,470 

9,700

9,600 

6,020 

4,460 

1,940 

631

411

336 

288 

260 

235

233 

1,030 

1,620 

2,390 

2,090

2,350 

3,880 

4,230 

4,460 

3,380

1,520 

982 

799 

589 

411 

447

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

Jnne 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber. .............. ..........

mber .........................

lendar year 1948 . ..... ...

h. ........... ....

1 ..................... .. .

st ...........................

ter year 1948-49

Feb.

519 

769 

1,420 

2,680 

2,540

2,240 

1,400 

745 

1,56O 

3,150

3,450

3,270 

1,610 

700 

642

2,910 

3.O3O 

a3,OOO 

a2 , 60O 

2,190

1,220 

887 

587 

471 

475

415 

934

912

Second 

foot-days

71 

49,43 

25,66:

224,81

68,01 

46,34 

43,87 

27,77 

22,17 

18,54 

10,48 

3,27 

5,58

321,88

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 see . -ft . ) . Noi

sec. -ft.; Jan. 24 (6 a.m.) 4,460 see. -ft.; M

Mar.

742 

505 

341 

280 

251

360 

459 

343 

336 

565

406 

313 

245 

255 

483

465 

371 

329 

292 

246

466 

2,960 

3,450 

4,230 

4,230

2,840 

2,600 

3,450 

3,590 

3,880 

4,590

Apr.

4,730 

4,460 

2,680 

771 

589

486 

424 

377 

329 

339

551 

1,500 

1,680 

1,420 

944

410 

246 

198 

161 

138

130 

260 

838 

635 

531

312

385 

655 

475 

1,120

Maximum

5 48 

1 15,000 

5 5,560

3 15,000

L 9,700 

5 3,450 

5 4,590 

I 4,730 

J 4,880 

3 2,760 

7 2,000 

3 323 

D 1,320

3 15,000

May

2,070 

4,230 

4,880 

4,340 

2,190

425 

236 

178 

166 

566

328 

204 

132 

99 

81

77 

7O 

63 

57 

54

50 

50 

50 

55 

51

50 

47 

103 

132 

343 

802

Minimum

17 

18 

150

15

233 

415

245 

130 

47 

52 

40 

40 

30

17

June

1,040 

1,800 

916 

555 

232

91 

70 

302 

998 

627

606 

742 

2,720 

2,760 

2,070

934 

318 

a!50 

a!20 

alOO

a90 

80 

120 

242 

253

226 

145 

106

81 

52

Mean

23. C 

1,648 

828

614

2,194 

1,655 

1,415 

926 

715 

618 

338 

106 

186

882

July

78 

99 

84 

70 

60

52 

54 

58 

a50 

a45

a40 

a45 

a90 

164 

149

402 

535 

458 

178 

96

66 

67 

167 

1,730 

2,000

1,730 

942 

382 

266 

191 

139

Aug.

142 

93 

68 

58 

53

51

47 

45 

44 

138

79 

54 

56 

237 

220

149 

323

289 

187 

171

127 

77 

56 

49 

47

a45 

a40 

a40 

a40 

109 

144

Per square 

Bile

0.056 

4.01 

2.01

1.49

5.34 

4.03 

3.44 

2.25 

1.74 

1.50 

.822 

.258 

.453

2.15

Sept.

117 

76 

a5 5 

a40 

819

1,320 

1,120 

594 

186 

97

75 

52 

53 

98 

97

74 

58 

52 

52 

74

a75 

56 

55 

47 

a45

a45 

41

39 

38 

30

Runoff in 

inches

0.06 

4.47 

2.32

20.33

6.15 

4.19 

3.97 

2.51 

2.01 

1.68 

.95 

.30 

.50

29.11

r. 29 (6 p.m.) 18,000 sec. -ft.; Jan. 5 (8 p.m.) 12,700 

ir. 24 (7 p.m.) 4,590 sec. -ft.; Apr. 1 (9 p.r..) 4,880
PEARL RIVER BASIN 531

Yockanookany River near Kosciusko, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°02', long. 89°35', in T. 14 N., R. 7 E. Choctaw 

meridian, at bridge on State Highway 35, 2 miles south of Kosciusko. Datum of gage is 

374.34 feet above mean sea level (datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1931 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area/ 314 square miles.

Kecoras available.--August 1938 to September 1949 (prior to October 1947, published as 

yoicahocKany Klver near Kosciusko!

Average discharge. 11 years, 393 second-feet:

Extremes. maximum discharge during year, 11,600 second-feet Jan. 5 (gage height, 16.64 

feet); minimum, 14 second-feet Sept. 27; minimum gage height, 2.49 feet Oct. 10, 11, 

17, 18.

1938-49: Maximum discharge, 11,600 second-feet Feb. 11, 1946, and Jan. 5, 1949; 

maximum gage height, that of Jan. 5, 1949; minimum discharge, 2.3 second-feet Aug. 20- 

24, 1943; minimum gage height, 0.10 foot Sept. 3-6, 1939.

Flood in December 1932 reached a stage of about 17 feet (authority, Corps of Engineers ).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, vater year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 2 to Nov. 5, 

Nov. 9-15, June 17 to Sept. 5)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 31 Apr. 1 to Sept. 30

2.3 

2,5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4,5

40

65

101

150

6.0

7.5

9.0

9.8

10.5

11.5

356

603

930

1,170

1,470

2,030

12.5

13.1

13.7

14.1

15.5

16.3

2,810

3,420

4,290

5,070

8,400

10,700

4.8 

5.2 

5.5 

6.0

50

84

156

6.6 

7.6 

9.8

271

522

1,170

Note. Same as preceding 

table above 9.8 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948-to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

77

48

34

27

21

19

17

16

16

15

15

15

16

16

16

15

15

15

15

15

16

16

17

17

17

17

17

17

18

19

21

Nov.

24

38

46

46

46

76

77

64

54

53

SO

46

45

45

45

283

902

757

1,470

2,240

1,910

2,240

2,100

1,460

668

510

1,200

2,700

3,670

3,670

-

Dec.

3,810

2,720

1,100

585

481

698

698

498

386

333

303

289

281

273

273

920

2,240

3,580

5,180

3,460

1,840

603

433

378

640

827

549

417

847

1,250

1,020

Jan.

603

449

1,820

4,470

9,540

10,700

7,610

4,470

2,590

935

498

433

401

378

363

356

1,130

2,240

2,630

2,630

3,100

4,120

4,380

4,660

3,200

2,000

990

760

603

481

481

Month

October ..........................

November ........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

515

585

888

2,170

2,470

2,470

2,170

1,070

718

2,560

2,720

2,900

2,470

1,140

685

1,490

1,520

1,370

1,570

1,570

1,210

827

549

498

532

481

739

902

_

_

-

Second 

foot-days

635

26,535

36,912

199,424

79 021

38, 789

27,153

17 , 890

23 750

18, 355

6, 899

4,404

3,401

283,744

Mar.

640

465

417

386

378

515

827

603

515

782

621

465

401

386

386

363

348

417

433

371

414

1,440

1,850

1,620

1,520

1,330

1,660

2,170

1,910

1,840

1,670

Apr.

1,370

1,100

549

304

250

222

180

153

134

130

156

756

1,330

1,100

442

214

161

136

111

96

92

146

242

175

125

90

616

1,570

2,630

3,310

Maximum

77

3,670

5,180

5,180

10,700

2,900

2,170

3,310

3,960

'676

508

605

10,700

May

3,670

3,810

3,810

3;960

2,740

884

234

168

132

145

159

130

108

92

83

71

64

58

51

46

43

41

40

56

64

50

40

210

316

835

1,640

Minimum

15

24

273

10

356

481

348

90

40

84

84

70

15

15

June

888

3,290

1,720

224

125

98

84

119

352

158

173

304

893

835

1,730

1,850

1,110

328

238

284

316

316

777

704

352

248

236

246

180

177

Mean

20.5

884

1,191

545

2 549

1^385

876

596

766

612

223

142

113

777

July

304

242

189

163

140

125

114

283

166

115

101

279

304

184

138

145

258

193

145

111

92

84

96

267

676

544

273

383

316

284

184

Aug.

403

508

210

134

108

98

89

90

130

112

180

94

112

140

105

105

119

136

206

238

170

131

108

96

92

90

79

77

70

70

104

Per square 

mile

0.065

2.82

3.79

1.74

8.12

4.41

2 »79 i!go

2.44

1 95

'.710

.452

.360

2.47

Sept.

87

71

60

60

523

605

206

121

495

280

98

62

57

40

37

34

119

89

66

56

40

29

22

20

16

15

15

19

37

32

Runoff in 

inches

0.08

3.14

4.37

23.61

9.36

4.59

3.22

2.12

2.81

2.17

.82

.52

!*o

33.60

Peak discharge (base, 3.000 see.-ft.). Dec. 1 (5 a.m.) 4.120 sec.-ft.; Dec. 19 (7 a.m.) 5,500 

sec.-ft.5 Jan. 5 (ll p.to.) 11,600 sec.-ft.; Jan. 24 (3 a.m.) 5,070 sec.-ft. ; Feb. 10 (9 p.m.) 3,100 

sec.-ft.; May 4 (3 a.m.) 4,290 sec.-ft.; June 2 (1 p.m.) 3,960 sec.-ft.
532 PEARL RIVER BASIN 

Yockanookany River near Ofahoma, Miss.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 32°42 I , long. 89"40', in NE^NWi sec. 22, T. 10 N., R. 

6 E. Choctaw meridian, at bridge on State Highway 16, lj miles southeast of Ofahoma, 

3 miles upstream from mouth, and 8^ miles southwest of Carthage. Datum of gage Is 

310.78 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers). 

Drainage area. 484 square miles (authority, Corps of Engineers).

Records available. October 1943 to September 1949 (prior to October 1947, published as 

YOKanockany Klver near Ofahoma).

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 10,600 second-feet Jan. 7 (gage height, 

l».au feet); minimum observed, 19 second-feet Oct. 30 (gage height, 4.00 feet).

1943-49: Maximum discharge observed, 10,700 second-feet Feb. 28, Mar. 29, 31, 1944; 

maximum gage height observed, that of Jan. 7, 1949; minimum discharge observed, 6 

second-feet Oct. 5, 1947; minimum gage height observed, 3.00 feet Oct. 11, 12, 1943.

Remarks. Records fair. Gage read once daily.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 3 to Nov. 16, June 22 to Aug. 19)

3.7 19 5.6 181

4.0 28 6.6 338

4.3 41 8.5 694

4.6 62 12.0 1,530

5.0 103 13.0 1,880

14.6 2,800

16.2 4,030

16.7 4,660

17.2 5,80O

18.8 10,600

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

256

288

153

121

103

81

34

36

34

30

28

22

20

20

20

28

28

24

24

24

24

24,

24,

20

24

22

20

20

20

19

22

Nov.

22

28

28

30

34

41

47

44

44

44

47

66

62

58

54

58

240

390

1,260

2,360

1,980

2,540

2,360

1,930

2,180

2,130

3,080

4,840

5,260

4,660

-

Dec.

4,500

4,030

3,940

3,850

2,940

2,030

1,430

1,060

846

801

779

673

462

321

288

823

1,620

1,360

1,650

2,870

4,360

3,770

2,870

1,980

1,360

1,010

801

633

964

1,130

1,040

Jan.

1,130

1,280

1,360

1,720

4,030

7,900

10,300

9,700

7,600

5,040

3,690

2,480

1,590

1,080

715

480

1,040

1,930

2,480

3,010

3,150

4,360

5,260

5,040

4,500

4,840

4,030

2,870

1,800

1,260

1,230

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1948 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ......... ..................

May ........... ..................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........ ...............

Water year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

1,040

823

757

1,330

1,650

2,030

2,540

1,980

1,880

2,360

2,660

2,660

2,420

2,730

2,660

3,450

2,940

2,180

2,080

2,080

2,080

1,880

1,590

1,480

1,380

1,080

1,010

1,040

_

-

Secondfoot-days

1,61

35,91

56J19

302,31

106 , 89

53,79

39 17

26^47

40 98

3O *R1

7 23

8,36

6,63

414,08

Mar.

846

823

892

801

593

555

480

555

673

823

869

892

801

801

SOI

673

633

498

462

444

426

1,110

1,330

1,620

1,980

3,010

3,220

3,450

3,080

2,660

3,370

Apr.

3,080

2,E

1»£

1»E

>40

)80

50

1,400

1,110 -

e

'

15

>36

108

355

304

.

c

E

>55

16

}69

940

1,280

1»C

f

'

60

92

162

390

i

i

56

108

180 =72

256

288

;e

£ i,-"

Maximum

5 2S8

7 5,260

L 4, 500

I 6,860

5 10,300

5 3,450

L 3,450

L 3,080

7 7 , 000

5 2,730

3 498

D 801

3 673

7 10,300

55

33

01

80

May

3,770

7,000

5,800

4,030

3,770

3,940

3,450

2,420

dl,430

d890

d630

d270

167

127

167

153

146

121

103

98

92

92

86

81

92

87

109

103

256

673

823

Minimum

19

22

288

14

480

757

426

256

81

225

134

34

32

19

June

940

1,260

1,650

2,240

2,420

1,880

964

426

225

240

256

593

673

757

1,260

2,420

2,730

2,300

1,560

1,260

779

426

338

355

517

536

633

517

372

288

-

Mean

52. C

1,197

1,813

826

3,448

1,921

1,264

882

1,322

1,027

234

270

221

1,134

July

272

272

225

304

272

195

181

174

153

153

210

181 153

225

225

167

167

181

167

153

146

146

134

210

225

288

355

408

498

444

355

Aug.

498

4

4

4

44

44

44

426

321

2

1

]

10

53

46

134

127

d]

]

]

25

21

95

240

372

2

I

c

72

88

17

801

757

4

I

]

t26

40

60

134

109

Per square 

mile

0.107

2.47

3.75

1.71

7.12

3.97

2.61

1.82

2.73

2 . 12

^483

.558

.457

2.34

92

34

34

38

58

Sept.

92

54

47

66

444

673

673

673

673

426

408

408

408

272

146

109

98

92

103

134

146

98

98

32

36

44

47

50

44

44

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.12

2.76

4.32

23.22

8.21

4.13

3.01

2.03

3.15

2.37

.56

.64

.51

31.81

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of 1 discharge measurement or interpolated.
PEARL RIVER BASIN 533

Strong River at Dlo, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°58'45", long. 89°54'05", in SW£ sec. 28, T. 2 

N., K. 4 E. Choctaw meridian, at bridge on U. S. Highway 49, 460 feet upstream from 

Gulf & Ship Island Railroad bridge, a quarter of a mile south of Dlo, 1,500 feet 

downstream from Sellers Creek, 1.6 miles upstream from Dobbs Creek, and 2 miles .northwest of Mendenhall. Datum of gage is 257.99 feet above mean sea level (Corps.of Engineers benchmark).

Drainage area. 429 square miles.

Records available. August 1928 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 20 years (1928-29, 1930-49), 578 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 16,100 second-feet Nov. 29 (gage height, 30.02 

reet); minimum, 30 second-feet Oct. 9 (gage height, 2.49 feet).

1928-49: Maximum discharge, 22,900 second-feet Mar. 7, 1935 (gage height, 28.0 

feet, from floodmarks, site and datum then in use), from rating curve extended above 

13,400 second-feet; minimum, 16 second-feet Aug. 8, 9, 1933 (gage height, 2.25 feet, 

site and datum then in use).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 22 to Mar. 14, 

June 15 to July 24, Sept. 11-3O)

2.5 31 5.3 459 22. O 6,69O 

2.8 62 6.5 741 24.5 8.5OO 

3.3 123 10.5 1,940 27. O 11.2OO. 

4.2 259 16.0 3,840 29.6 15,40O

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

65 

55 

49 

43 

40

39 

38 

37 

34 

39

455 

721 

243 

134 

87

68 

60 

55 

48 

46

45 

43 

42 

42 

41

40 

40 

40 

40 

40 

42

Nov.

45 

66 

54 

64 

77

131 

98 

78 

78 

77

66 

62 

60 

59 

56

173 

906 

768 

2,630 

3,430

2,890 

2,730 

2,560 

1,380 

632

1,910 

5,640 

1O, 2OO 

15,400 

14,100

Dec.

9,210 

4,950 

2,060 

615 

480

490 

512 

480 

400 

327

284 

259 

243 

235 

227

310 

545 

741 

934 

715

556 

419 

327 

276 

606

906 

768 

480 

715 

1,350 

1,140

Jan.

795 

480 

372 

2,460 

6,800

10,700 

10,900 

6,990 

3,880 

1,220

591 

469 

409 

372 

336

327 

512 

1,200 

2,790 

2,760

2,560 

3,880 

4,160 

3,320 

2,790

2,O6O 

1,260 

1,050 

768 

579 

615

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber .................. . .

mber .........................

lendar year 194 

ary

3

uary ............... . .

h. .......................

1 .......................... ,.

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ....... ....

Peak discharge (base, 5,OOO sec.

Feb.

639 

906 

1,530 

2,290 

2,560

2,160 

1,650 

934 

2,360 

3,S40

3,690 

2,660 

1,780 

795 

709

3,980 

5,690 

4,790 

3,880 

3,430

1,970 

1,110 

822 

741 

1,110

878 

741 

715

Secondfoot-daya

2,811 

66,420 

31,560

252,647

77,405 

58,360 

56,888 

41,905 

24,892 

9,836 

6,466 

1O,370 

11,033

397,946

Mar.

639 

545 

449 

400 

372

354 

354 

390 

390 

490

615 

459 

469 

747 

1,940

1,320 

768 

523 

449 

390

685 

4,240 

4,840 

3,840 

3,000

3.1OO 

3,210 

3,720 

4,200 

4,470 

9,520

Apr.

9,670 

6,O9O 

3,960 

2,230 

741

568 

469 

400 

354 

345

501 

2,360 

3,070 

2,360 

1,740

795 

419 

336 

284 

259

251 

276 

345 

381 

293

243 

235 

1,280 

850 

800

Maximum

721 

15,400 

9,210

15,400

19,900 

5,690 

9,520 

9,670 

5,740 

1,080 

906 

1,OOO 

2,160

15,400

-ft.). --Nov. 29 (6:30 p

May

1,990 

5,190 

5,740 

4,040 

2,620

794 

400 

318 

267 

243

219 

192 

174 

158 

148

138 

129 

122 

116 

110

106 

100 

98 

87 

86

80 

78 

152 

327 

419 

251

Minimum

34 

45 

227

29

327 

639 

354 

235 

78 

96 

78 

90 

60

34

June

227 

372 

345 

409 

219

134 

107 

96 

172 

354

1,080 

741 

707 

963 

692

370 

235 

188 

166 

138

143 

336 

326 

251 

251

190 

196 

172 

137 

119

Mean

90.7 

2,214 

1,019

690

2,497 

2,084 

1,835 

1,397 

803 

328 

209 

335 

368

1,090

July

130 

145 

145 

186 

134

107 

96 

92 

91 

80

83 

78 

87 

166 

137

150 

200 

300 

200 

150

150 

100 

81 

356 

906

878 

490 

284 

196 

148 

120

Aug.

162 

144 

123 

131 

166

188 

98 

143 

140 

140

130 

125 

125 

135 

800

9OO 

8OO 

900 

1,000 

900

800 

600 

400 

3OO 

250

200 

150 

120 

110 

100 

90

Per square 

mile

0.211 

5.16 

2.38

1.61

5.82 

4.86 

4.28 

3.26 

1.87 

.765 

.487 

" .781 

.858

2.54

.m.) 16,100 sec. -ft.; Jan. 7 (4

Sept.

80 

80 

75 

100 

2,030

2,160 

898 

476 

2,160 

740

259 

196 

162 

143 

129

118 

110 

104 

104 

115

98 

93 

98 

90 

80

75 

70 

65 

65 

60

Runoff in 

inches

0.24 

5.76 

2.74

21.92

6.71 

5.06 

4.93 

3.63 

2.16 

.85 

.56 

.90 

.96

34.50

a.m.) 11,700

sc.-ft.; Feb. 17 (4 

sec.-ft.; May 3 (8 a.m.) 5,940 sec.-ft.

Note. No gage-height record Apr. 29, 3O, July 16-22, Aug. 9 to Sept. 4, Sept. 24-3O; discharge 

computed on basis of records for nearby stations. 

980338 O - 52 - 35
534 PEARL RIVER BASIN

Bogue Lusa near Franklinton, La.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°52'05", long. 90°00'10", in NEirNWi sec. 21, T. 

2 S., R. 12 E. St. Helena meridian, at "bridge on State Highway 35 at Sheridan, threequarters of a mile upstream from Witches Creek and 9 miles east of Franklinton.

Drainage area. 12.1 square miles.

Records available. October 1948 to September 1949.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,020 second-feet Nov. 26 (gage height, 11.0 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum, 4.7 second-feet Oct. 22, 25-27; 

minimum gage height, 1.54 feet Oct. 4-6.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-11 and Sept. 6-30)

1.5 4.0

1.7 6.0

2.0 10

2.5 20

3.0 32

3.5 44

4.0 60

4.5 82

5.0 120

5.4 166

5.8 222

6.4 335

7.0 488

7.5 660

8.0 90O

8.5 1,220

9.0 1,650

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

5.9 

5.7 

5.7 

5.4 

5.4

5.6 

5.8 

6.0 

5.8 

7.4

22 

19 

14 

6.8 

6.0

5.8 

5.4 

5.1 

4.9 

5.1

4.9 

4.8 

4.9 

4.9 

4.8

4.7

4.8 

4.9 

5.1 

4.9 

4.9

Nov.

5.1 

5.3 

5.1 

5.3 

5.9

10 

8.9 

7.3 

7.2 

6.9

6.6 

6.4 

6.3 

6.3 

6.1

59 

88 

42 

30 

26

119 

248 

53 

38 

34

1,360 

390 

262 

88 

56

Dec.

36 

26 

22 

19 

18

18 

53 

97 

32 

21

18 

18 

18 

18 

19

221 

194 

109 

64 

39

29 

26 

24 

22 

42

28 

21 

21 

74 

45 

27

Jan.

23 

22 

22 

23 

30

24 

18 

17 

17 

17

16 

16 

16 

15 

15

16 

22 

25 

36

18

20 

29

19 

18 

25

52 

26 

24 

18 

24 

34

Feb.

29 

30 

26 

35 

33

26 

22 

31 

60 

35

24 

23 

23 

22 

22

82 

42 

30 

46 

33

26 

24 

22 

21 

21

30 

43 

22

Month SecondMonth foot-days

Octo 

Novel 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

ber .................... ....

Bber ..................

lendar year 

ary ..... .

206.4 

2,991.7

1,419

............

h.. .....................

1 ............................

st ......................

ember ..... ..................

697 

883 

1 728 

1 377 

1 275 

1 306 

2 566 

964 

862

ter year 1948-49 ............ 16,275.1

Peak discharge (base, 35O sec. -ft.). Nov.

ft.; Dec. 16 (7 p.m.) 66O sec. -ft.; Mar. 21 

ft.; May 2 (6 a.m.) 1,800 sec. -ft.; June 10 

ft.; July 23 (tinll unknown) 2,510 sec. -ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge compute< 

ords.

Mar.

18 

19 

20

18 

17

18 

20 

17 

19 

29

17 

16 

35 

73 

43

24 

21 

24 

21

17

131 

320 

56 

35 

30

26 

78 

210 

82 

76 

198

Apr.

61 

39 

33 

29 

34

26 

23 

22 

21 

22

62 

102 

37 

26 

22

19 

18 

18 

17

17

41 

132 

94 

38 

27

23 

42 

137 

67 

128

Maximum

22 

1,360 

221

-

52 

82 

320 

137 

560 

224 

750 

117 

157

1,36O

May

65 

560 

107 

47 

35

29 

26 

24 

22 

21

20 

19 

18 

17 

17

17 

16 

16 

16 

15

15 

15 

14 

14 

15

13 

13 

14 

18 

15 

22

Minimum

4.7 

5.1 

18

-

15 

21 

16 

17 

13 

11 

13 

14 

13

4.7

June

22

85 

18 

14 

13

12 

12 

11 

32 

224

151 

46 

24 

19 

21

18 

14 

13 

a2o 

a40

a!5 

a22

106 

102 

119

61 

24 

18 

16 

14

Mean

6.66 

99.7 

45.8

-

22.5 

31.5 

55.7 

45.9 

41.1 

43.5 

82.8 

31.1 

28.7

. 44.6

July

17 

27 

107 

113 

26

19 

17 

15 

14 

13

17 

34 

18 

21 

16

24 

142 

78 

114 

28

67 

167 

a750 

a!70 

a!90

a75 

53 

39 

33 

32- 

130

Aug.

117 

108 

38 

30 

29

28 

24 

23 

23 

24

24 

19 

41 

95 

25

22

21 

24 

18 

17

16 

16 

15 

16 

50

26

18 

15 

14 

14 

14

Per square 

mile

0.550 

8.24 

3.79

-

1.86 

2.60 

4.60 

3.79 

3.40 

3.60 

6.84 

2.57 

2.37

3.69

21 (11 p.m.) 420 sec. -ft.; Nov. 26 (11 a.m. 

11:30 p.m.) 1,380 sec. -ft.; Mar. 31 (9 a.m. 

9:30 p.m.) 550 sec. -ft.; July 22 (12:30 a.m

1 on basis of recorded range In stage and we£

Sept.

14 

14 

39 

157 

99

28 

21 

19 

25 

23

17 

17 

22 

51 

22

18 

17 

17 

16 

39

24 

36 

21

17 

16

16 

15

15 

14 

13

Runoff in 

inches

0.63 

9.20 

4.36

-

2.14 

2.71 

5.31 

4.23 

3.92 

4.01 

7.89 

2.96 

2.65

50.01

4,020 sec.

433 sec.- 

) 358 sec.-

ither rec-
PEARL RIVER BASIN 535

Bogue Chitto near Tylertown, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°11', long. 90°17', in SE^ sec. 34, T. 3 N., R. 

9 Is. Washington meridian a quarter of a mile downstream from Fernwood, Columbia & 

Gulf Railroad bridge, a quarter of a mile downstream from Bars Branch, 2j miles downstream from Topisaw Creek, and 9 miles northwest of Tylertown.

Drainage area. 502 square miles.

Records available.--August 1944 to September 1949.

Extremes._ Maximum discharge during year, 19,800 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 23.58 

reet); minimum, 267 second-feet Oct. 10 (gage height, 8.03 feet).

1944-49: Maximum discharge, 21,400 second-feet Mar. 4, 1948 (gage height, 23.05 

feet); minimum, 208 second-feet Nov. 6, 1944; minimum gage height, 7.38 feet Oct. 21, 

1946.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. l-lo)

8.0 270 10.2 1,240 17.5 8,59O 

8.7 501 12.0 2,690 2O.O 13,400 

9.4 791 16.0 6j650 2O.8 15,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1943 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

282 

279 

276 

276 

273

273 

273 

273 

270 

273

388 

576 

444 

360 

328

315 

306 

297 

297 

297

297 

297 

294 

294 

291

291 

291 

291 

288 

288 

285

Nov.

294 

297 

3OO 

306 

312

396 

437 

373

341 

447

444 

344 

315 

312 

312

347 

433 

444 

709 

1,570

1,410 

1,530 

891 

721 

576

706 

3,120 

15,200 

11,100 

6,180

Dec.

3,900 

2,330 

1,06O 

791 

699

656 

761 

1,690 

1,530 

1,000

744 

699 

615 

595 

576

1,600 

4,700 

4,700 

4,600 

2,870

1,730 

1,030 

815 

721 

767

891 

791 

677 

744 

1,030 

972

Jan.

791 

656 

615 

615 

1,870

4,280 

6,650 

3,410 

3fc730 

891

840 

791 

656 

575 

557

519 

519 

694 

2,250 

2,170

2,170 

2.420 

21510 

2,170 

1,850

1,210 

944 

815 

721 

677 

744

 oath

Octo 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber ........................

 ber .........................

lendar year 1948 ............

h.... ........................

1. ...........................

st ...........................

eober ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

791 

972 

1,180 

1,310 

1,490

1,410 

1,120 

1,030 

1,890 

2,510

2,330 

1,770 

1,030 

815 

744

5,220 

1O,4OO 

7,850 

4,200 

2,330

1,890 

2,870 

2,420 

2,170 

1,930

1,610 

1,310 

972

Secondfoot-days

9,563 

50,167 

46,284

376,206

47,310 

65,564 

69,852 

52,342 

37,487 

16,197 

35,509 

17,752 

19,027

467,054

Mar.

840 

767 

699 

656 

635

615 

615 

615 

595 

1,060

1,410 

1,030 

891 

1,650 

1,690

1,690 

1,650 

1,060 

840 

744

2,160 

12,500 

7,420 

4,400 

2,690

1,240 

1,000 

1,570 

1,930 

2,690 

12,500

Apr.

8,140 

5,700 

3,410 

1,530 

1,060

917 

840 

744 

699 

677

721 

815 

891 

a860 

a740

656 

615 

595 

576 

557

787 

2,510 

2,330 

1,650 

1,060

791 

721 

2,950 

4,800 

4,000

Maximum

576 

15,200 

4,700

18,8OO

6,650 

10,400 

12,5OO 

8,140 

6,210 

972 

3,600 

1,080 

2,510

15,200

Peak discharge (base, 6,OOO sec. -ft.). Nov. 28 (2 p.m.

May

4,600 

6,210 

5,800 

3,600 

2,330

1,120 

840 

744 

677 

635

595 

576 

557 

538 

538

519 

519 

501 

501 

483

483 

465 

465 

465 

462

454 

461 

483 

656 

615 

595

Minimum

270 

294 

576

270

519 

744 

595 

557 

454 

433 

483 

403 

386

270

June

538 

501 

483 

465 

458

447 

444 

433 

465 

557

a580 

a580 

a590 

a595 

595

557 

519 

483 

483 

501

483 

483 

501 

519 

972

791 

615 

557 

519 

483

Mean

308 

1,672 

1,493

1,028

1,526 

2,342 

2,253 

1,745 

1,209 

540 

1,145 

573 

634

1,280

July

483 

483 

750 

1,930 

1,270

972 

635 

595 

656 

576

538 

519 

840 

3,600 

3,230

2,010 

2,330 

2,330

1,850 

1,180

767 

635 

a640 

a820 

al,200

al,080 

a880 

a760 

a700 

a640 

a610

Aug.

a700 

a640 

a60O 

a570 

a550

a640 

721 

557 

501 

501

483 

483 

561 

1,080 

699

1,050 

944 

699 

595 

501

465 

447 

440 

430 

427

420 

416 

413 

410 

406 

403

Per square 

mile

0.614 

3.33 

2.97

2.05

3.04 

4.67 

4.49 

3.48 

2.41 

1.08 

2.28 

1.14 

1.26

2.55

19,800 sec. -ft.; Jan. 7 (4 a.m

Sep

399 

389 

396 

692 

2,510

2,010 

1,270 

677 

576 

635

538 

483 

458 

461 

483

444 

437 

440 

483 

538

677 

635 

501 

451 

430

413 

410 

406 

399 

386

Runoff in 

inches

0.71 

3.72 

3.43

27.89

3.50 

4.86 

5.17 

3.88 

2.78 

1.20 

2.63 

1.32 

1.41

34.61"

) 7,990

sec.-ft.j Feb. 17 (11:30 p.m.) 11,10O sec.-ft.; Mar. 22 (7 p.m.) 13,2OO sec.-ft.; Mar. 31 (5:3O p.m.) 

14,000 sec.-ft.; May 2 (9 p.m.) 6,65O sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records.
536 PEARL RIVER BASIN 

Bogue Chitto at Franklinton, La.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°50'35", long. 900 09'45", in SE^SE-^ sec. 26, T. 

as., R. 10 E., at bridge on State Highway 35, three-quarters of a mile west of Franklinton and 3j miles upstream from Lawrence Creek. Datum of gage is 124.81 feet above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1941.

Drainage area. 985 square miles.

Hecoras available. October 1938 to September 1949. August 1928 to December 1931 at site 

a quarter or a mile downstream. Gage-height records collected at sites in this vicinity since 1922 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 14 years, 1,728 second-feet.

iixtremes. Maximum discharge during year, 24,600 second-feet May 2 (gage height, 15.32 

reet); minimum, 660 second-feet Oct. 5-7, 10, Oct. 24 to Nov. 1; minimum gage height, 

0.53 foot Oct. 29.

1928-31. 1938-49: Maximum discharge, 50,000 second-feet Mar. 21, 1943 (gage height, 

18.46 feet); minimum, 350 second-feet Nov. 6-8, 1938; minimum gage height, 0.23 foot 

Oct. 30, 1940.

Maximum stage known, 27.6 feet, former site and datum, or 28.5 feet, former site and 

present datum, from floodmark, sometime in April 1900.

Remarks. Records good except those computed from graph based on gage readings and those 

ror period doubtful gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used June 12 to July 4)

Oct. 1 to Sept. 5 Sept. 6 to Sept. 30

0.5 640 5.0 3,920 10.0 10,600 1.0 980 

l.O 865 6.0 5,010 11.0 12,500 2.0 1,55O 

2.0 1,440 7.0 6,180 12.0 14,500 3.0 2,290 

3.0 2,140 8.0 7,440 13.0 16,600 4.0 3,150 

4.0 2,960 9.0 8.B70 13.6 18,000 5.6 4,770

Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1948 to September 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

680 

680 

680 

680 

680

660 

680 

680 

660 

660

865 

1,050 

1,050 

865

770

725 

725 

702 

680 

680

680 

680 

680 

660 

660

660 

660 

660 

660 

660 

660

Mov.

680 

702 

680 

680 

702

815 

840 

840 

792 

815

890 

865 

770 

725 

725

815 

1,500 

1,160 

2,280 

2,530

2,800 

9,110 

5,050 

2,620 

1,840

7,650 

15,100 

11,000 

14,500 

14,900

Dec.

8,870 

5,820 

3,52O 

2,290 

1,910

1,660 

2,260 

6,060 

5,010 

3,340

2,370 

1,840 

1,630 

1,500 

1,440

3,130 

10,100 

9,190 

8,260 

6,920

5,010 

3,340 

2,450 

2,060 

1,910

1,980 

1,910 

1,740 

2,960 

2,780 

2,530

Jan.

2,210 

1,840 

1,630 

1,530 

1,770

3,240 

5,120 

6,550 

4,240 

2,500

1,840 

1,700 

1,560 

1,370 

1,280

1,220 

1,190 

1,280 

2,070 

3,240

3,140 

3,720 

3,920 

3,620 

3,340

2,780 

2,210 

1,980 

1,740 

1,630 

2,210

Month

Octo 

Neve 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

llaro 

Apr! 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber ........................

lendar year 1948 ............

ary . . .

h. ...........................

1 ......................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Peak discharge (base, 7,000 sec

Feb.

2,140 

2,290 

2,450 

2,700 

2,960

2,960 

2,620 

2,450 

5,700 

6,180

5,240 

4,240 

3,340 

2,450 

2,060

4,990 

11,000 

13,100 

12,500 

7,310

4,560 

4,140 

4,460 

4,030 

3,820

3,240 

2,780 

2,370

Seccndfoct-days

22,17 

104,37 

115,78

758,16

77,67 

128,08 

130,40 

114,67 

86,37 

39,89 

86,43 

55,40 

55,29

1,016,44

Mar.

1,980 

1,740 

1,600 

1,500 

1,440

1,370 

1,400 

1,340 

1,370 

1,700

2,140 

2,210 

2,140 

4,030 

4,030

3,340 

2,960 

2,700 

1,980

1,700

2,530 

15,500 

18,000 

14,500 

7,180

4,340 

2,880 

4,140 

4,340 

4,560 

9,760

Apr.

18,000 

14,500 

8,260 

5,240 

3,140

2,530 

2,140 

1,910 

1,740 

1,630

1,910 

2,140 

2,290 

2,140 

1,840

1,530 

1,370 

1,310 

1,250 

1,190

1,470 

5,240 

6,300 

4,460 

3,140

3,370 

1,980 

2,370 

4,860 

6,430

Maximum

> 1,050 

3 15,100 

D 10,100

i 22,200

D 6,550 

D 13,100 

3 18,000 

D ' 18,000 

7 16,700 

L 2,960 

3 5,120 

I 7,910 

5 5,700

5 18,000

-ft.). Nov. 22 (2 p.m.

May

5,120 

16,700 

16,200 

8,560 

5,470

3,620 

2,290 

1,840 

1,660 

1,470

1,370 

1,310 

1,220 

1,190 

1,130

1,100 

1,080 

1,080 

1,050 

1,020

1,020 

993 

965 

965 

940

890 

915 

1,050 

1,400 

1,160 

1,500

Minimum660 

680 

1,440

660

1,190 

2,060 

1,340 

1,190 

890 

865 

1,100 

' 915 

865

660

June

1,190 

1,280 

1,100 

992 

940

915 

890 

865 

915 

1,370

2,290 

2,960 

1,700 

1,310 

1,560

1,310 

1,130 

99Z 

1,100 

1,130

865 

915 

1,530 

1,340 

2,290

2,450 

1,470 

1,160 

992 

940

Mean

71E 

3.47S 

3,73E

2,073

2,50E 

4,574 

4,206 

3,822 

2,782 

1,33C 

2,78£ 1,78" 

1,842

2.78E

July

1,160 

2,060 

2,140 

3,920 

3,240

3,140 

1,700 

dl.500 

dl,300 

dl,200

dl,100 

dl,200 

dl,400 

2,620 

4,340

4,780 

4,560 

4,340 

4,030 

2,960

2,290 

3,340 

3,430 

3,820 

5,130

4,780 

3.34O 

2,450 

1,840 

1,630 

2,700

Aug.

"2,620 

2,620 

1,980 

1,840 

1,630

1,600 

1,740 

1,740 

1,470 

1,280

1,340 

1,190 

1,820 

7,910 

4,160

2,370 

2,140 

1,840 

1,500 

1,310

1,130 

1,080 

1,020 

992 

1,190

1,100 

1,080 

965 

915 

915 

915

Per square 

mile

0.7Z6 

3.53 

3.79

2.10

2.54 

4.64 

4.27 

3.88 

2.83 

1.35 

2.83 

1.81 

1.87

2.83

) 7,700 sec. -ft. , Nov. 27 (12 m.

Sept.

915 

865 

865 

1,840 

5,700

4,770 

3,150 

2,240 

1,680 

1,680

1,520 

1,360 

1,360 

1,550 

1,450

1,300 

1,240 

1,220 

1,300 

3,74O

3,720 

2,120 

1,680 

1,390 

1,240

1,160 

1,100 

1,080 

1,060 

l.OOO

Runoff in 

inohes

O.S4 

3.94 

4.37

28.63

2.93 

4.84 

4.92 

4.33 

3.26 

1.51 

3.26 

2.09 

2.09

38.38

) 16,200

sec.-ft.; Nov. 29 (11:3O p.m.) 17,300 sec.-ft.; Dec. 17 (ll:30 a.m.) 10.6OO sec.-ft.; Jan. 

7,000 sec.-ft.( Feb. 18 (10:30 a.m.) 13,900 sec.-ft.; Mar. 22 (8 p.m.) 19,200 sec.-ft.; Apr. 1 

(12 m.) 18,300 sec.-ft.; May 2 (9:30 p.m.) 34,600 sec.-ft.; Aug. 14 (5 p.m.) 9,700 sec.-ft.

d Doubtful gage-height record) discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for station near Bush.

Hote. Discharge for Apr. 16-20, Apr. 23 to May 1, May 5 to July 7, July 14-27 computed from graph 

based on wire-weight gage readings.
PEARL RIVER BASIN 537

Bogue Chltto near Bush, La.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 30°37'45", long. 89°53<50", In T. 5 S., R. 13 E., at 

bridge on State Highway 7, 0.2 mile downstream from Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad bridge 

and 1.4 miles north of Bush. Datum of gage Is 44.25 feet above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1941 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 1,210 square miles (authority, Corps of Engineers).

Kecords available. October 1937 to September 1949.

Average discharge. 12 years, 2,079 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 27,000 second-feet Nov. 28 (gage height, 13.50 

reet); minimum, 768 second-feet Oct. 10, 11, Oct. 29 to Nov. 5, Nov. 7; minimum gage 

height, 2.27 feet Nov 4, 5.

1937-49: Maximum discharge, 51,200 second-feet Mar. 23, 1943 (gage height, 15.9 

feet), from rating curve extended above 20,000 second-feet on basis of records for 

station at Prankllnton; minimum, 460 second-feet Oct. 1, 1937; minimum gage height, 0.7 

foot Oct. 1, 1937, Oct. 29-31, 1940, Oct. 22-27, 1941.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of backwater from Pearl River or no gageheight record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49, except periods of backwater from Pearl River

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used HOT. 24-26, June 13 to July 3, Sept. 23-30)

Oct. 1 to HOT. 26 HOT. 27 to Sept. 30

2.3 768 7.0 2,550 9.5 5,750 3.8 990 8.5 3,820 11.0 10,500 

3.0 955 8.0 3,510 10.0 7,OOO 5.O 1,350 9.0 4,520 12.0 16,500 

4.5 1,380 8.5 4,100 10.5 8,810 6.O 1,770 9.5 5,390 13.3 25,600 

6.0 1,990 9.0 4,840 10.7 9,740 7.0 2,310 10. O 6,520 

8.0 3,230 10.5 8,200

Discharge, in sscond-feet, water year October 1948 to Sspt ember 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

847 

820 

820 

820 

820

794 

794 

794 

794 

768

768 

1,090 

1,150 

1,150 

1,120

955 

901 

847 

820 

820

794 

794 

794 

794 

794

794 

794 

794 

768 

768 

768

NOT.

768 

768 

768 

768 

768

794 

768 

847 

982 

1,040

1,040 

1,010 

955 

955 

955

901 

1,200 

1,640 

1,680 

2,360

2,790 

4,400 

7,900 

9,480 

4,370

3,850 

11,800 

25,600 

18,500 

15,900

Dec.

17,200 

13,300 

8,200 

5,390 

03,000

02,400 

02,200 

02.8OO 

4,850 

6,020

5,020 

03,200 

02,300 

02,100 

02,000

01,900 

02,500 

7,870 

11,600 

10,000

8,200 

6,520 

5,020 

3,950 

2,810

2,530 

2,450 

2,380 

2,310 

3,950 

4,080

Jan.

3,460 

2,710 

2,310 

2,020 

1,920

2,130 

3,340 

4,220 

5,800 

5,390

3,460 

2,380 

2,130 

cl,900 

cl,7OO

01,600 

el, 500 

cl.500 

el, 600 

01,900

03,500 

03,900 

4,080 

4,220 

4,220

e3,900 

03,400 

02,800 

02,500 

02,300 

02,400

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Pebr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Us

her ..........................

mber .........................

mbsr .........................

lends r year 1948 ............

ary ... .

h. ...........................

1 ............................

ember ........................

ter year 1948-49 ............

Feb.

02,500 

02,700 

2,910 

3,120 

3,120

3,340 

3,580 

3,230 

3,120 

4,680

6,260 

6,260 

5,590 

4,370 

3,230

2,810 

4,220 

7,560 

12,100 

13,300

9,500 

6,260 

5,020 

4,850 

4,680

4,370 

4,220 

3,820

Seoondfoot-days

26,348 

125,557 

158,050

941,183

90,190 

140, 720 

141,560 

137,870 

113,680 

56,080 

99,670 

72,290 

62,850

1,224,865

Mar.

3,010 

2,620 

2,190 

2,070 

1,970

1,770 

1,720 

1,670 

1,670 

1,720

1,970 

2,130 

2,190 

2,530 

3,950

4,520 

4,520 

3,460 

2,810 

2,380

2,070 

3,790 

9,680 

18,500 

17,200

9,500 

6,520 

5,590 

5,800 

6,020 

6,02O

Apr.

6,800 

16,100 

18,500 

10,500 

7,800

5,390 

3,820 

02,800 

02,500 

c2,3OO

02,200 

02,500 

02,500 

02,400 

02,300

02,100 

1,970 

1,820 

1,720 

1,630

1,670 

3,160 

5,680 

7,100 

6,260

4,680 

3,230 

2,810 

2,620 

3,010

Maximum

1,150 

25,600 

17,200

32,300

5,800 

13,300 

18,500 

18,500 

21,300 

3,820 

5,800 

6,520 

5,390

25,600

Peak discharge (base, 8,000 sec. -ft.). HOT. 24 (5 a.m

May

4,520 

8,600 

18,500 

21,300 

11,000

6,020 

5,390 

4,370 

3,010 

2,620

2,130 

1,720 

1,630 

1,580 

1,500

1,420 

1,380 

1,350 

1,280 

1,280

1,250 

1,220 

1,160 

1,130 

1,130

1,130 

1,130 

1,130 

1,100 

1,280 

1,420

Minimum

768 

768 

1,900

768

1,500 

2,500 

1,670 

1,630 

1,100 

1,020 

1,250 

1,040 

1,020

768

June

1,500 

1,460 

1,350 

1,280 

1,190

1,070 

1,020 

1,040 

1,870 

3,230

3,820 

3,700 

3,460 

2,310 

1,920

1,820 

1,670 

1,500 

1,350 

1,380

1,320 

al,300 

1,320 

al,500 

2,310

2,530 

2,620 

2,190 

1,670 

1,380

Mean

850 

4,185 

5,098

2,572

2,909 

5,026 

4,566 

4,596 

3,667 

1,869 

3,215 

2,332 

2,095

3,356

July

1,320 

1,380 

1,820 

3,820 

4,220

3,700 

2,450 

1,870 

1,460 

1,320

1,280 

1,250 

1,350 

1,670 

2,450

4,080 

4,850 

4,850 

4,850 

4,520

3,120 

2,620 

4,080 

4,680 

4,850

5,590 

5,800 

5,020 

3,580 

3,010 

2,810

Aug.

3,820 

5,020 

4,520 

2,910 

2,450

2,020 

1,870 

1,870 

1,820 

1,670

1,500 

1,420 

2,130 

2,620 

5,420

6,520 

4,220 

2,910 

2,190 

1,720

1,500 

1,380 

1,250 

1,190 

1,190

1,320 

1,350 

1,250 

1,130 

1,070 

1,040

Psr square 

mils

0.7O2 

3.46 

4.21

2.13

2.40 

4.15 

3.77 

3.80 

3.03 

1.54 

2.66 

1.93 

1.73

2.77

) 10,200 sec. -ft.; NOT. 28 (8 a.

Sept.

1,040 

1,020 

1,070 

1,860 

3,120

5,390 

5,390 

3,950 

3,230 

2,020

1,770 

1,580 

1,460 

1,430 

1,630

1,500 

1,380 

1,320 

1,250 

2,020

3,230 

3,340

2,380 

1,970 

1,770

1,500 

1,380 

1,320 

1,280 

1,22O

Runoff im 

inches

0.81 

3.86 

4.86

28.92

2.77 

4.33 

4.35 

4.24 

3.49 

1.72 

3.06 

2.22 

1.93

37.64

m.) 27,000

19,200 sec.-ft.; Apr. 3 (11 a.m.) 21,300 sec.-ft.; May 3 (11 p.m.) 26,300 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Franklinton.

c Backwater from Pearl RlTer; discharge computed on basis of records for Bogue Chltto at Franklinton and Pearl RiTer near Bogalusa.
538 MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Measurements of stream flow in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico 

basins made at points other than gaging stations are given in the following table:

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1948 to September 1949

James River Basin, Va.

Date

Oct. 5

Feb. 8

May 17

June 17 

17

Stream

Muddy Run Spring . . . 

....do.... .........

....do.............

....do... ..........

....do.... .........

....do.... .........

Cowpasture River...

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Muddy Run .........

James River. ...... 

... .do. ...........

2.4 mil 

and 3

At U. S 

of He 

5 miles

Locality

es above mouth of Muddy Run 

.8 miles north of Warm Springs.

. Highway 250, 1.6 miles west 

adwaters . 

downstream from Liberty. ......

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

6.11 

6.53

7.29

7.19

8.90

6.07

5.92

7.37

4.84

7.55

5.41

a5,600 

b25,300

a Discharge at crest; computed by contracted-opening method and flow over road. 

b Discharge at crest; computed by contracted-opening method.

Pasquotank River Basin, N. C.

Aug. 12 Pasquotank River. . . Albermarle Sound.. At bridge on U. S. Highway 17, lat. 

36°25'18", long. 76*20'50", l£ miles 

below Newland drainage 'canal , 

2 miles southwest of South Mills, 

Camden County and 5 miles above confluence with Dismal Swamp Canal.

47.4

Chowan River Basin, N. C.

Aug. 11

Mar. 7 

Aug. 11

12 

Mar. 7

Potecasi Creek. ....

Ahoskie Creek. ..... 

.. ..do. ............

Bennetts Creek. .... 

Duke Swamp .........

Meherrin River. . . . 

Wiccacon Creek....

Chowan River ...... 

Bennetts Creek. . . .

At bridge on State Highway 35, lat. 

36 "22 '30", long. 77 "14 '20", £ mile 

north of Potecasi, Northampton 

County, and 2jf miles above Urahaw 

Swamp. Drainage area, 53.2 square 

miles . 

At bridge on State Highway 350, lat. 

36°16'50", long. 77°00'00", | mile 

southwest of Ahoskie, Hertford 

County. Drainage area, 64.3 square 

miles.

At highway bridge, lat. 36° 25 '55", 

long. 76°42'00", Similes northeast 

of Gatesville, Gates County, and 4-J 

miles below Duke Swamp. Drainage 

area, 79.6 square miles. 

At bridge on U. S. Highway 158. lat. 

36°26'44", long. 76°37'37", -J mile 

above mouth and f mile west of 

Sunbury, Gates County. Drainage 

area, 43.0 square miles.

20.9 

184

25.2 

42.4

Roanoke River Basin

July 15

15

15

15

June 29

Mar. 5

23

June 28

Mar. 23

5

b Disc

Falling Creek. .....

Unnamed stream. ....

.. ..do.............

.... do .............

Storys Creek. ......

Town Fork Creek....

Hopkins (Ninninger)

Creek.

Nicholas Creek. ....

Town Creek .........

South Countryline

'"reek.

large at crest; compi

Roanoke River .....

Falling Creek. ....

.... do ............

....do............

Pigg River... .....

Dan River. ........

Peddler Creek to

Little Otter

River.

Smith River. ......

.... do ............

Countryline Creek.

cea oy contracted-op

if miles west of Stewartsville, Va.

Drainage area, 5.1 square miles.

0.2 mile east of county line and

3 miles west of Stewartsville, Va.

Drainage area, 0.35 square mile.

At culvert under State Highway 24,

2.2 miles west of Stewartsville,

Va. Drainage area, 0.45 square mile.

State Highway 24, 1 mile west of

Stewartsville, Va. Drainage area,

0.80 square mile.

State Highway 607, Ij miles south

of Waidsboro, Va. Drainage area,

10 square miles .

At bridge on U. S. Highway 311, lat.

36°17'25", long. 80°08'35", at

Walnut Cove, Stokes County, N. C.,

4 miles above mouth. Drainage

area, 114 square miles.

At bridge on State Highway 43,

4 miles southeast of Bedford, Va.

Drainage area, 4 square milee.

State Highway 605, about 1 mile

south of State Highway 623, near

Ferrum, Va. Drainage area, 14.2

square miles.

Half a mile above Philpott, Va.,

along railroad.

At bridge on first road above

State Highway 86, lat. 36°21'25",

long. 79 16'05", 4-J miles above

mouth and 4f miles southeast of

Yanceyville, Caswell County, N. C.

Drainage area, 34.8 square miles, 

ening method.

c5 , 480

900

dl , 500

b530

b8,400

79.6

b2,200

bll,800

C2,850

13.7

d Discharge at crest; computed by critical -depth method.
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEAS TJREMENTS 539

ellaneous discharge measurements in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1948 to September 1949 Continued

Roanoke River Basin Continued

Date

Mar. 5

Apr. 22

Mar. 6

Apr. 22

Aug. 13

Stream

Hyco River .........

Ready Branch .......

Roqulst Creek. .....

....do.............

....do.............

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Dan River .........

Sweetwater Creek.

Cashle River ......

... .do... .........

....do............

Locality

At bridge on State Highway 57, lat.

36°28'25", long. 79°07'20", 1 mile

above South Hyco Creek, 2j miles

southeast of Semora, and 9 miles

northwest of Roxboro, Person County,

N. C. Drainage area, 78.0 square

miles.

At bridge on U. S. Highway 17, lat. 

35°47'21", long. 77*03 '36", just

below Dog Branch and 4f miles

south of Wllllamston, Martin County,

N. C. Drainage area, 15.5 square

miles.

At first bridge below U. S. Highway 

17, lat. 35°56'50", long. 76°55'55",

3-t miles above mouth and 3-J miles

southeast of Windsor, Bertie

County, N. C. Drainage area, 62.2

square miles .

.do ...............................

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

54.2

6.42

52.3

16.2

26.4

Pamllco River Basin, N. C.

Mar. 15

Mar. 15

Aug. 14

Mar. 15

Aug. 11

Apr . 20

Aug. 14

Apr. 21 

Aug. 13

Apr. 22 

Aug. 13

Shelton Creek ...... 

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

Town Creek .........

....do.............

Cherry Run. ........ 

....do.............

Herring Run ........ 

.... do .............

Tar River .........

....do............

....do........... .

....do............

.... do ............

Tranters Creek.... 

.. ..do. ...........

Pamllco River .....

At bridge on U. S. Highway 158, lat. 

 36°18'47", long. 78°43'16", if 

miles above mouth and 7-j miles west 

of Oxford, Granvllle County. Drainage area, 22.6 square miles.

Highway 1, lat. 36°10'50", long. 

78°27'20", l£ miles above mouth, 2f 

miles south of Kittrell, Vance 

County, and 4 miles below Ruin 

Creek. Drainage area, 69.8 square 

miles.

long. 77°54'43", 1 mile above mouth 

and 6; miles southeast of Nashville, 

Nash County. Drainage area, 64.8 

square miles.

long. 77°52'10", 3 miles below 

Sandy Creek and 3 miles northeast 

of Red Oak, Nash County. Drainage 

area, 180 souare miles.

Highway 59, lat. 36°23'00", long. 

78°10'55", i mile below Phoebes 

Creek and 2 miles southwest of 

Warrenton, Warren County. Drainage 

area, 44.7 square miles.

Highway 258, lat. 35°38'21", long. 

77°36'45", l£ miles above Bynum Mill 

Creek and ij miles northeast of 

Pinetops, Edgecombe County. Drainage area, 168 square miles.

35°48'20", long. 77 W35'21", * mile 

below Bynurn Mill Creek and Zf miles 

east of Pinetops, Edgecombe County. 

Drainage area, 192 square miles.

35°37'27", long. 77°13'21", at 

Pactolus, Pitt County, 2 miles below 

Hunting Run and 5f miles above 

mouth. Drainage area, 72.4 square 

miles. 

....do................................

At bridge on U. S. Highway 17. lat. 

35 0 35'12", long. 77°04'03", 1-J miles 

above mouth and 2| miles north of 

Washington, Beaufort County. Drainage area, 6.2 square miles.

At bridge on first road above U. S. 

Highway 264, lat. 35°33'20", long. 

77 "01 '20", 2-J miles above mouth and 

25 miles northeast of Washington, 

Beaufort County. Drainage area, 

8.5 square miles.

13.2

.91

4.14

Neuse River Basin, N. C,

Mar. 4 Horse Creek...... Neuse River. t bridge on U. S. Highway 264, lat. 

35°58'08", long. 78°35'29", 1 mile 

above mouth and 4; miles west of 

Wake Forest, Wake County. Drainage 

area, 21.0 square miles.
540 MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1948 to September 1949 Continued

Neuse River Basin, N. C. Continued

Date

Aug. 10 

Mar. 4

June 26 

Mar. 3

May 21 

June 26 

Mar. 3

May 21 

June 26 

Jan. 14

Mar. 3 

May 21 

Mar. 5

5 

June 21 

Mar. 31

June 25 

Oct. 7

Mar. 14,

'June 25 

Mar. 14

June 25 

Apr. 20

June 25 

24

24

Stream

Horse Creek. .......

Swift Creek. .......

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

Stony Creek. ....... 

. ...do.............

Mill Creek. ........

....do.............

Deep Run.. ......... 

....do.............

Tolsnot Swamp ...... 

Nahunta Swamp ......

Core Creek. ........ 

Swift Creek........

li-lbutary to or 

diverting from 

Neuse River .......

Thoroughfare 

Swamp.

Neuse River .......

....do............

Southwest Creek. . .

Contentnea Creek. .

Neuse River. ......

locality

At bridge on U. S. Highway 264, lat. 

35°58'08", long. ?a°35 '29" , 1 mile above 

mouth and 4y miles west of Wake 

Forest, Wake County. Drainage area, 

21.0 square miles. 

At bridge on U. S. Highway ISA. lat. 

35°50'15", long. 78°40'25", £ mile 

above Mine Creek and 4y miles northwest of Raleigh, Wake County. 

Drainage area, 97.8 square miles.

At bridge on U. S. Highway ISA, lat. 

35°41'15", long. 78°40'45", lj miles 

above Yates Pond Creek and 2 miles 

north of McCullers, Wake County. 

Drainage area, 39.9 square miles.

At highway bridge, lat. 35°40'55", 

long. 78°39'05", 2 miles northeast 

of Williams Cross Roads and 2^ miles 

northeast of McCullers, Wake County. 

Drainage area, 53.9 square miles.

At bridge on State Highway 50, lat. 

35°39'35", long. 78°36'35", 3 miles 

below Yates Pond Creek and 3 miles 

south of Garner, Wake County. 

Drainage area, 66.7 square miles.

At bridge on State Highway 210, lat. 

35°30'30", long. 78*24'00", l£ miles 

above mouth, 2 miles below Steep Hill 

Branch, and 3 miles west of Smithfield, Johnston County. Drainage 

area, 124 square miles. 

At highway bridge, lat. 35 "28 '10", 

long. 78°27'25", 2^- miles northwest 

of Pour Oaks, Johnston County and 

5 miles above mouth. Drainage area, 

79.0 square miles. 

At highway bridge, lat. 35 "15 '40", 

long. 78°05'15", lj miles above 

mouth and 2^ miles west of Dudley, 

Wayne County. Drainage area, 17.0 

square miles. 

At bridge on U. S. Highway 70, lat. 

35°22'35", long. 77°57'30", 2 miles 

east of Goldsboro, Wayne County, 

and 3^ miles above mouth. Drainage 

area, 21.0 square miles.

Lat. 35°14'10", long. 77°52'50", 1 

mile below Walnut and 2 miles northwest of Seven Springs, Wayne County. 

At bridge on U. S. Highway 70, lat. 

35°15'40", long. 77°41'30", at 

Palling Creek, Lenolr County, 4 miles 

above mouth and 6£ miles west of 

Klnston. Drainage area, 45.4 square 

miles . 

....do................................

At 'highway bridge, lat. 35°08'25", 

long. 77°41'30", % mile above mouth, 

0.7 mile east of Deep Run, Lenoir 

County, and 11^ miles southwest of 

Kinston. Drainage area, 6.1 square 

miles.

At highway bridge, lat. 35°50'51", 

long. 78°03'30", ly miles southeast 

of Stanhope, if miles above Whiteoak Swamp, and 6 miles northeast of 

Bailey, Nash County. Drainage area, 

9.7 square miles. 

At bridge on State Highway 58, lat. 

35°30'29", long. 77°44'35", £ mile 

above mouth and 5j miles northwest 

of Snow Hill, Greene County. Drainage area, 97.1 square miles. 

At bridge on State Highway 55, lat. 

35°15'10", long. 77°17'08", 3| 

miles southeast of Port Barnwell, 

Craven County, and 7 miles above 

mouth. Drainage area, 59.2 square 

miles. 

At bridge on first road above State 

Highway 118, lat. 35° 20 '42", long. 

77 "11 '44", 2^ miles below Clayroot 

Swamp and 4 miles northwest of 

Vanceboro, Craven County. Drainage area, 182 square miles.

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

13.4 

62.2

9.16 

39.3

12.3 

3.62 

56.4

20.8 

9.27 

59.0

66.0 

21.9 

186

132 

11.5 

20.9

5.56 

1.07

55.4

17.9 

6.94

4.37 

4.34

36.0 

22.7

38.0
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS 541

Miscellaneous discharge measurements In the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1948 to September 1949--Continued

Neuse River Basin, N. C. Continued

Date

Aug. 14

Stream

Swift Creek. .......

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Neuse River .......

Locality

At bridge on first road above State 

Highway 118, lat. 35°ZO'4Z", long. 

77*11 '44", z| miles below Clayroot 

Swamp and 4 miles northwest of 

Vanceboro, Craven County. Drainage 

area, 18Z, square miles.

35 "04 '53", long. 77°25'05", 3j miles 

west of Trenton, Jones County, and 

4f miles above Beaver Creek. Drainage ar.ea, 181 square miles.

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

22.9

New River Basin, N. C.

long. 77°31'07", i mile below 

Jenklns Swamp and ij miles southwest of town of Gum Branch, Onslow 

County. Drainage area, 75 square 

miles.

38.1

49.1

Cape Fear River Basin, N. C.

May Z7

June 30 

May Z7

July 1 

Jan. 27

May 19 

Z6 

July 8

8 

18 

Aug. 18 

19 

23 

Z6 

Sept.2Z 

Jan. 18

Mar. 5 

June 27 

May 19

June 30 

Mar. 4

May Z6

July 12 

Mar. 4

Aug. 1Z 

May 26

June 30

Haw River ..........

....do.............

....do.............

Troublesome Creek.. 

....do.............

....do.............

Back (Stagg) Creek.

Little Creek. ...... 

....do.............

Atlantic Ocean....

....do............

do

Haw River .........

Buttermilk Creek. .

....do...........

Alamance Creek.... 

....do............

At bridge on State Highway 87, lat. 

36°10'50", long. 79°30 I 45", at 

Altamahaw, Alamance County, and 

1 mile above Reedy Fork. Drainage 

area, 187 square miles.

At bridge on State Highway 62, lat. 

36°08 1 10", long. 79°Z5'40", 2 miles 

above Buttermilk Creek and 3 miles 

north of Burlington, Alamance County. 

Drainage area, 475 square miles.

Just below New Hope River, lat. 

35°39'ZO", long. 79°04'10", 2i miles 

north of Moncure, Chatham County. 

Drainage area, 1,700 square miles.

do

At bridge on State Highway 217, lat. 

35 "18 -45", long. 78°41'35", 1 mile 

below Juniper Creek and l£ miles 

southwest of Krwln, Harnett County. 

Drainage area, 3,730 square miles.

At bridge on U. S. Highway 29, lat. 

36°16'30", long. 79°39'05", 1^ miles 

above mouth and 5£ miles south of 

Reidsville, Rockingham County. 

Drainage area, 55.1 square miles.

At bridge on State Highway 87, lat. 

36°08'ZO", long. 79°Z9'55", f mile 

above mouth, Zt miles southeast of 

Ossipee, and 4f miles northwest of 

Burlington, Alamance County. Drainage area, 14.5 square miles.

At highway bridge, lat. 36°11'15", 

long. 79°Z4 1 05", 1 mile south of 

Union Ridge, Alamance County, Z miles 

above mouth, and 7 miles north of 

Burlington. Drainage area, Z1.6 

square miles. 

At highway bridge, lat. 36 "02 '55", 

long. 79°Z1'15", £ mile above mouth 

and 2 miles northeast of Swepsonville, Alamance County. Drainage 

area, 78.6 square miles.

At bridge on State Highway 62, lat. 

36°OZ'25", long. 79°Z9'ZO", at 

Alamance, 0.7 mile below Little 

Alamance Creek and 4 miles south of 

Burlington, Alamance County. Drainage area, 144 square miles.

At bridge on U. S. Highway 70, lat. 

36°04'50", long. 79°33 1 00B , at 

Whitsett, Z miles south of Gibsonville, Guilford County. Drainage 

area, 3.5 square miles.

133

123 

37Z

2,470 

1,370

1,660 

979 

891

884 

9,610 

19,500 

8,500 

14,400 

4,640 

3,390 

43.9

43.1 

17. Z 

7.33

Z2.0 

17.5

26. 4

14.1 

117

Z7.1 

1.9Z

3.02
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge measurements In the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1948 to September 1949 Continued

Cape Pear River Basin, N. C. Continued

Date

Mar. 4

Aug. 12 

Oct. 29

Jan. 17 

28 

Feb. 11 

Mar. 16 

May 12 

12 

Aug. 29 

Sept. 30

July 1

Aug. 12 

17 

24 

Sept. 19 

Mar. 6

Aug. 12 

Mar. 6

Aug. 11 

Apr. 19

Aug. 11 

Sept. 30

Mar. 16

Aug. 11 

Mar. 4

Feb. 15

Aug. 11 

Apr. 19

Aug. 11 

June 22

22

Stream

New Hope River .....

....do.............

. ...do..... ........

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

Bear Creek. ........

Buckhorn Creek .....

Upper Little River. 

....do.............

Crane Creek ........ 

....do.............

Turnbull Creek. ....

Little Coharie 

Creek.

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Haw River. ........

Cape Fear River . . .

Deep River ........

Rocky River. ......

Cape Pear River...

Lower Little River

Cape Fear River . . . 

Coharie Creek. ....

Locality

At bridge on State Highway 54, lat. 

35°54'59", long. 78*58'15", 1 mile 

above Third Creek, 4f miles east of 

Chapel Hill, and 5^ miles southwest 

of Durham, Durham County. Drainage 

area, 57.1 square miles.

At bridge on U. S. Highway 64, lat. 

35°44'10", long. 79°01'35". J mile 

below Whiteoak Creek and s| miles 

east of Pittsboro, Chatham County. 

Drainage area, 285 square miles.

At highway bridge, lat. 35 0 41'40", 

long. 79°02'45". £ mile below 

Beaver Creek, 5y miles southwest 

of Seaforth, and 1-y miles southeast 

of Pittsboro, Chatham County. 

Drainage area, 338 square miles. 

Just below Muddy Creek, lat . 35°50'50", 

long. 79°49'45", 2^ miles northwest of Randleman, Randolph 

County. Drainage area, 169 square 

miles.

At bridge on State Highway 49, lat. 

35°50'55", long. 79°38'00", f mile 

east of Melancton and 3j miles west 

of Liberty, Randolph County. Drainage area, 23.3 square miles.

At bridge on State Highway 13, lat. 

35°38'25", long. 79°42'50", 3i 

miles below Bachelors Creek and 

8 miles southeast of Asheboro, Randolph County. Drainage area, 33.9 

square miles.

At bridge on State Highway 27 , lat . 

35°23'05", long. 79°27'05", 3 miles 

northwest of Carthage, Moore County, 

and 3f miles below Juniper Creek. 

Drainage area, 43.1 square miles.

At bridge on a. S. Highway 15, lat. 

35°37'25", long. 79°11'20", 6| 

miles south of Pittsboro, Chatham 

County. Drainage area, 226 square 

miles. 

At highway bridge, lat. 35°37'35", 

long. 79 "17 '55", 3 miles northeast 

of Goldston, Chatham County, 4j 

miles below Atlantic & Yadkin 

Railway and 6j miles from mouth. 

Drainage area, 43.2 square miles.

At highway bridge, lat. 35°33'30", 

long. 78°58'25", l£ miles downstream from Whiteoak Creek, lj 

miles southeast of Corinth, Chatham 

County, and 2 miles above mouth. 

Drainage area, 74.2 square miles. 

At bridge on State Highway 210, lat. 

35°21'40", long. 78°50'40", Smiles 

southwest of Lillington, Harnett 

County, and 9 miles above mouth. 

Drainage area, 180 square miles.

At bridge on U. S. Highway 1, lat. 

35°17'05", long. 79°16'15", if 

miles below Herds Creek and 2 miles 

northeast of Vass, Moore County. 

Drainage area, 32.4 square miles.

At highway bridge, lat. 34°41'30", 

long. 78°34'25", If miles upstream 

from Jones Lake outlet, 4j miles 

northeast of Elizabethtown, Bladen 

County, and 6 miles above mouth. 

Drainage area, 64.9 square miles. 

At bridge on State Highway 24, lat. 

34°57'20", long. 78°29'15", l£ 

miles east of Roseboro, Sampson 

County, 1^ miles above Bearskin 

Swamp. Drainage area, 96.4 square 

miles .

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

37.1

4.92 

19.0

165 

241 

984 

108 

1,470 

1,820 

2,540 

42.2

38.0

31.8 

1,430 

438 

136 

21.5

4.97 

30.7

4.32 

39.4

1.91 

14.3

9.73

1.27 

62.5

213

106 

18.5

8.01 

5.52

51.3
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS 543

Miscellaneous discharge measurements In the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Me 

during water year October 1948 to September 1949 Continued

Cape Fear River Basin, N. C. Continued

Date

June 23

Apr. 1

1

Stream

Moore Creek ........

Northeast Cape Fear

River .

Goshen Swamp .......

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Black River. ......

Cape Fear River...

Northeast Cape

Fear River.

Locality

At highway bridge, lat. 34°33'25",

long. 78°07'15", 2-J miles below

Tuckahoe Creek and 3 miles northeast of Atklnson, Fender County.

Drainage area, 51.9 square miles.

At bridge on State Highway 11, lat.

35°03'05", long. 77°50'20", £ mile

west of Kornegay, 2^ miles upstream

from Goshen Swamp, and 9j miles

northeast of Kenansvllle, Duplln

County. Drainage area, 122 square

miles.

At bridge on State Highway 11, lat.

35°01'45", long. 77°51'10",

17 mile above mouth, 2-|- miles southwest of Kornegay, and 7j miles

northeast of Kenansvllle, Duplln

County. Drainage area, 179 square

miles.

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

28.3

155

253

Pee Dee River Basin

Nov. 3

Aug. 26

May 31 

Jan. 17

Nov. 2

15

Jan. 17 

Dec. 23

Nov. 4

4 

Dec. 17 

June 1

Aug. 16

Dec. 17

Yadkln River. ......

Middle Fork Reddles 

River.

Roaring River ......

Ararat River .......

Stewart Creek. ..... 

Muddy Creek. .......

Salem Creek. ....... 

Hunting Creek. .....

do

Atlantic Ocean....

Reddles River. .... 

Yadkln River ......

Ararat River. ..... 

Yadkin fliver ......

Muddy Creek. ...... 

South Yadkln River

At bridge on U. S. Highway 21, lat. 

36 "14 '42", long. 80 "50 '44", at 

Elkin, Surry County, N. C. Drainage area, 854 square miles.

36°13'20", long. 80°26'35", 1-J miles 

south of Donnaha, Porsyth County, 

N. C. Drainage area, 1,600 square 

miles.

36°04'18", long. 81°24'14", at 

Elkvllle, Wilkes County, N. C., 

0.4 mile above mouth. Drainage 

area, 50 square miles. 

At highway bridge, lat. 36°15'52", 

long. 81"17'54", 1 mile east of 

Wilbar, Wilkes County, N. C., 

and 2^ miles above mouth. Drainage area., 13.9 square miles. 

At highway bridge, lat. 36°15'22", 

long. 81°02'32", 3j miles northwest of Roaring River, Wilkes 

County, N. C., and 4 miles above 

mouth. Drainage area, 122 square 

miles.

36°12'04", long. 81°00'49" at 

Roaring River, Wilkes County, N.. C., 

and J mile above mouth. Drainage 

area, 136 square miles.

long. 80°31'36", 1.3 miles above 

Southern Railway near Siloam, Surry 

County, II. C. Drainage area, 309 

siuare miles. 

At bridge on U. S. Highway 601, lat. 

36°27'44", long. 80°37'28", 2 miles 

above mouth and 3 miles southwest 

of Mount Airy, Surry County, N. C. 

Drainage area, 89.2 square miles. 

At bridge on U. S. Highway 158, lat. 

36°01'35", long. 00° 21 '30", ij 

miles east of Clemmons, Forsyth

Salem Creek. Drainage area, 111 

square miles.

long. 80° 21 '50", 1.3 miles above 

mouth near Arcadia, Davidson County, 

N. C. Drainage area, 258 square 

miles .

At highway bridge, lat. 36°01'50", long. 

80°19'00", 2.6 miles above mouth 

and 6 miles southwest of WlnstonSalem, Forsyth County, U. C. Drainage area, 67.4 square miles. 

*,t bridge on U. S. Highway 64, lat. 

35 "55 '03", long. 80° 40 '30", at 

Calahaln, Davie County, M. C., and 

7 miles west of Hocksville. Drainage area, 180 souare miles.

do

Ions. 80°5J'4G", 200 feet above 

Morrison '"reek and 1 mile north cf 

Statesville, Iredell County, II. C. 

Drainage area, 26.6 snuare miles.

832

138

32.4

160

114 

87.7

44.4 

104
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1948 to September 1949 Continued

Pee Dee River Basin Continued

Dat

Dec.

Mar.

Apr.

Apr.

Apr.

Apr.

Apr.

fluff

Apr.

Aug.

e

U

14

U

?7>

6

?n

^?

20

1?

?0

19

?^

21

1?

13

^ ^>

21 

11

Stream

Uwharrie River. ....

Coddle Creek. ......

Little River.. .....

Jones Creek. ....... 

....do.............

Gum Swamp Creek. . . . 

Shoeheel Creek.....

Drowning Creek..... 

... .do.. ...........

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

....do............

....do............

Rocky River. ......

Pee Dee River. ....

....do............

Pee Dee River. ....

Little Pee Dee 

River.

. . ..do.. .......... 

... .do.. ..........

Locality

35°43'00", long. 80°35'45", i mile 

below Whiterow Creek and 2.7 miles 

east of Barber, Rowan County. Drainage area, 119 square miles.

35°40'00", long. 80°30'28", 2 miles 

west of Salisbury, Rowan County, 

N. C. Drainage area,. 38.8 square 

miles.

long. 80°18 T 30", 0.6 mile east of 

Linwood, Davidson County, N. C., 

and 2 miles above mouth. Drainage 

area, 34.9 square miles.

35°57'30" , long. 80°08'05", Smiles 

above Brushy Pork Creek and 5 miles 

northwest of Thomasvllle, Davidson 

County, N. C. Drainage area, 33.8 

square miles.

long. 80°00'00", 2 miles above 

Little Uwharrie River and 12 miles 

northwest of Asheboro, Randolph 

County, N. C. Drainage area, 31.9 

square miles.

long. 80°28'45", £ mile above Dutch 

Buffalo Creek and 9 miles southeast 

of Concord, Cabarrus County, N. C. 

Drainage area, 409 square miles.

At highway bridge, lat. 35°24'25", 

long. 80°40'15", Just below Afton 

Run, 2£ miles below State Highway 

73 and 5 miles west of Concord, 

Cabarrus County, N. C. Drainage 

area, 56.6 square miles.

35°16'44", long. 80°18'11", 2-J 

miles above Stony Run and 8 miles 

southwest of Albemarle, Stanly 

County, N. C. Drainage area, 71.6 

miles.

At highway bridge, lat. 35°23'10", 

long. 79°49'54", ^ mile below West 

Pork Little River and 3 miles west 

of Star, Montgomery County, N. C. 

Drainage area, 97.6 square miles.

long. 79°51'32", i mile above 

mouth, 1^ miles southeast of 

Blewett Palls Dam, and 5-J miles 

northwest of Rockingham, Richmond 

County, N. C. Drainage area, 31.4 

square miles.

At highway bridge, lat. 34°54'00", 

long. 79°58'40", 1-f miles below 

confluence of North and South Forks 

and 2^ miles northeast of Morven, 

Anson County, N. C. Drainage area, 

76.7 square miles.

Society Hill, S. C.

Hartsville, 3. C. 

At highway bridge, lat. 34°51'17", 

long. 79°31'32", l£ miles above 

Richmond Mill Pond, 4 miles above 

Seaboard Airline Railway, and 6^ 

miles northwest of Laurinburg, 

Scotland County, N. C. Drainage 

area, 41.1 square miles.

34°45'05", long. 79°23U5", 

i mile below Seaboard Airline 

Railway, 2^ miles downstream from 

Jordans Creek, and 4^ miles southeast of Laurinburg, Scotland County, 

N. C. Drainage area, 84.5 square 

miles. 

At bridge on State Highway 73, lat. 

35"11'36", long. 79°38'49", 2 miles 

southwest of Jackson Springs, Moore 

County, N. C. Drainage area, 30.5 

square miles.

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

85.5

34.1

23.0

26.8

39.1

25.6

89.0

16.4

50.4

14.1

36.7

43.6 

18.6
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS 545

Miscellaneous discharge measurements In the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1948 to September 1949 Continued

Pee Dee River Basin Continued

Date

Aug. 13 

14

Stream

Lumber River ...... 

Big Raft Swamp ....

Tributary to or 

diverting from--

Little Pee Dee 

River.

Lumber River. ....

Locality

At bridge on U. S. Highway 74, lat . 

34°41'35", long. 79°15'15", lj miles 

below Gum Swamp and 2-J miles west of 

Pembroke, Robeson County, N. C. 

Drainage area, 421 square miles. 

At bridge on State Highway 211, lat. 

34°42'35", long. 79°04'35", l£ 

miles above Richland Swamp and 

6 miles northwest of Lumberton, 

Robeson County, N. C. Drainage 

area, 107 square miles.

long. 78 "50 '00", \ mile south of 

Robeson-Bladen County line, Z\ miles 

above Goodman Swamp, and 2ij miles 

southwest of Tarheel, Bladen County, 

N. C. Drainage area, 225 square 

miles.

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

485 

14.6

Santee River Basin

Jan. 14

Aug. 3 

Jan. 14

Aug. 3 

Jan. 14

June 6 

Mar. 8

Aug. 3 

Jan. 14

Aug. 18 

Feb. 15 

15 

Aug. 18

18

18 

Feb. 15

Catawba River .....

Curtis Creek. .....

North Fork Catawba 

River .

Lower Little River

Santee River.. . . .

Catawba River. . . .

....do.... .......

At bridge on U. S. Highway 64, lat. 

35°37'31", long. 82°10'29", \ mile 

south of Old Fort, McDowell County, 

N. C. Drainage area, 14.0 square 

miles.

At bridge on U. S. Highway 64, lat. 

35°38'33", long. 82°09'28", J mile 

above mouth and 2 miles northeast of 

Old Fort, McDowell County, N. C. 

Drainage area, 17.3 square miles.

At highway bridge, lat. 35°49'58", 

long. e2°00'06", at Pitts, McDowell 

County, v. C., and 3j miles northeast of Wcodlawn. Drainage area, 

33.0 square miles.

At bridge on U. S. Highway 64, lat. 

35°42'51", long. 81°51'34", J mile 

below Burke-McDoaell county line, 

J mile south of Btidgewater, Burke 

County, N. C., and 1 mile below 

confluence of North and South Muddy 

Creeks. Drainage area, 97.3 square 

miles.

At highway bridge, lat. 35° 41 '56.", long. 

81°45'45", just above Sutterwhite 

Creek and 2j miles southeast of Glen 

Alpine, Burke County, N. C. trainage area, 25.9 square miles. 

At highway bridge, lat. 35° 45 '40", long. 

81°39'12", about 1^ miles above mouth 

and 2 miles northeast of Morganton, 

Burke County, N. C. Drainage area, 

23.3 square miles. 

At highway bridge, lat. 35°55'26", long. 

81°40'42", at Collettsville, Caldwell 

County, N. C. £ mile above Mulberry 

Creek. Drainage area, 69 square 

miles. 

At bridge on U. S. Highway 321, lat. 

35°54'33", long. 81°31'35", at Lenoir, 

Caldwell County, N. C., 0.2 mile 

above Cane Creek. Drainage area, 13.8 

square miles. 

At highway bridge, lat. 35°49'46", long. 

Bl°37'52", ij miles above Whites Mill 

Creek, 3 miles above mouth, and 6 

miles northeast of Morganton, Burke 

County, N. C. Drainage area, 79.8 

square miles. 

At highway bridge, lat. 35°46'26", long. 

81°35'00", £ mile above mouth, it 

miles northeast of Drexel , and 6 miles 

northeast of Morganton, Burke County, 

N. C. Drainage area, 5.0 square 

miles. 

At highway bridge, lat. 35 "46 '20", 

long. 81°33'45", l| miles above 

mouth and lj miles north-northwest 

of Valdese, Burke County, N. C. 

Drainage area, 8.6 square miles. 

At bridge on State Highway 90, lat. 

35°55'10", long. Bl°12'54", 2 miles 

west of Taylorsville, Alexander 

County. Drainage area, 61.4 square 

miles.

33.0

32.5 

48.6

68.2 

45.6

21.5 

138

150 

37.1

24.6 

130 

19.1 

230

7.20

10.9 

79.5
546 MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1948 to September 1949 Continued

Santee River Basin Continued

Date

Aug. 17 

Oct. 25

Dec. 20

Apr. 8

June 22

Mar. 9

Sept . 23

Mar. 11

Sept . 23

Aug. 17

5

17

Sept. 29

Aug. 17

Sept. 29

Aug. 10

Mar. 11 

Aug. 10

Mar. 11

£ug. 10

Mar. 11

Aug . 10

Mar. 9

flug. 10

Mar. 9 

Aug. 10

Stream

Lower Little River. 

Lyle Creek. ........

....do.............

""do"""""""

....do.............

Davidson Creek.

Dutchmans Creek....

Henry Pork .........

Jacob Pork. ........

Clark Creek. .......

....do.. ...........

Indian Creek ....... 

....do.............

Long Creek ......... 

.... do .............

Crowders Creek.....

McAlpine Creek ..... 

.... do .............

Twelvemile Creek... 

....do.......... ...

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Catawba River .....

River .

... .do............

....do............

.. ..do. ...........

....do. ...........

Catawba River .....

Sugar Creek. ......

Catawba River. .... 

... do ............

Locality

At highway bridge, lat. 35°51'58" J 

long. 81 t> 12'24", if miles northwest 

of Mlllersvllle, Alexander County, 

N. C., and 2-J miles above Glade 

Creek. Drainage area, 79.4 square 

miles.

35°42'38", long. 81°04'52", at 

Catawba, Catawba County, N. C., and 

1 mile above mouth. Drainage area, 

70.7 square miles. 

.....do....................... .........

35°29'10", long. 80°56'05", 0.7 mile 

above mouth and 4^ miles west of 

Cornelius, Mecklenburg County, N. C. 

Drainage area, 37.6 square miles.

long. 81°01'57", l£ miles below 

confluence of Kllllan and Leepers 

Creeks, 2 miles southwest of Lucia, 

and 3 miles east of Stanley, Gaston 

County, N. C. Drainage area, 112 

square miles.

long. 81°18'26", lj miles above 

Jacob Pork and 5 miles west of 

Newton, Catawba County, N. C. Drainage area, 106 square miles.

long. 81°19'26", 0.7 mile above confluence with Henry Pork and 3 miles 

west of Startown, Catawba County, 

N. C. Drainage area, 100 square 

miles.

long. 81 "15 '04", 1^ miles northeast 

of Startown and 2 miles west of 

Newton, Catawba County, N. C. Drainage area, 14.6 square miles.

long. 81 "15 '00", 2 miles below 

Maiden Creek and 2{ miles southwest 

of Maiden, Catawba County, N. C. 

Drainage area, 67.7 square miles. 

.... do ................................

At bridge on North Grove St. in town 

of Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N. C., 

lat. 35°28'30", long. 81°16'03", and 

p mile above mouth. Drainage area, 

92.2 square miles. 

... .do... ..............

At bridge on State Highway 150, lat. 

35°25'52", long. 81°17'28", 1 mile 

northeast of Grouse and 3 miles 

southwest of Lincolnton, Lincoln 

County, N. C. Drainage area, 63.3 

square miles.

At bridge on State Highway 275, lat. 

35°18'15", long. 81°13'38", 3 miles 

northwest of Gastonla, Gaston County, 

N. C., and 3j miles northeast of 

Bessemer City. Drainage area, 33.1 

square miles .

At bridge on U. S. Highway 321. lat. 

35 "10 '10", long. 81 "11 '45", \ mile 

below South Crowders Creek and 6 

miles south of Gastonla, Gaston 

County, N. C.

At bridge on U. S. Highway 521, lat. 

35°03'34", long. 80°52'34", 1 mile 

below McMullen Creek and 2 miles 

south of Plnevllle, Mecklenburg 

County, N. C. Drainage area, 91.7 

square miles.

At bridge on State Highway 16, lat. 

34°57'05", long. 80°45'22", 0.1 mile 

below West Fork Twelvemile Creek and 

2j miles north of Waxhaw, Union 

County, N. C. Drainage area, 72.4 

square miles.

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

734

72.9

154

58.8

92.3

74.1

31.4

70.8

54.4

39.2 

6.86
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of- Mexico basins 

during water year October 1948 to September 1949 Continued

Santee River Basin Continued

Date

Jan. 13

May 16

18

Feb. 15

Mar. 9

Oct. 25 

25

27 

25 

27

Nov. 2

July 8

Mar. 30

June 7

Nov. 17

June 21

Stream

Cove Creek. ........

North Pacolet River

Middle Saluda River 

North Saluda River.

Murray Creek. ...... 

Laurel Creek. ...... 

Coronaca Creek.....

Columbia Canal .....

Gills Creek.. ......

Little River.. .....

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Broad River .......

....do............

Pacolet River .....

South Saluda River 

Saluda River ......

Turkey Creek. ..... 

Reedy River ....... 

Wilson Creek. .....

Congaree River....

Santee River. .....

Locality

At bridge on U. S. Highway 64, lat. 

35°25'30", long. 82°06'37", 1 mile 

above mouth and 5 miles east of 

Lake Lure, Rutherford County, N. C. 

Drainage area, 77.0 square miles.

35°20'43", long. 82 0 00'39", 2^ 

miles above mouth and 3 miles southwest of Rutherf or dton , Rutherford 

County, N. C. Drainage area, 40.6 

square miles.

long. 81"55'20", 1 mile above Camp 

Creek and 2 miles northwest of Logan, 

Rutherford County, N. C. Drainage 

area, 35.7 square miles.

long. 81°40'25", Iy miles below 

Cleveland-Rutherford county line, 

2 miles above Duncan and Ward Creeks, 

and 3j miles southwest of Casar, 

Cleveland County, N. C. Drainage 

area, 63.2 square miles.

long. 81°28'45", at Stubbs , 2| miles 

above Whiteoak Creek and 4 miles 

northeast of Shelby, Cleveland 

County, N. C. Drainage- area, 53.0 

square miles.

Blacks burg, S. C.

Kings Creek, S. C.

Thicketty, S. C.

Sharon, S. C. 

At highway bridge, lat. 35°12'53", 

long. 82°10'49", 1 mile below 

Horse Creek, l£ miles north of 

North Carolina-South Carolina State 

line and 3 miles east of Tryon, 

Polk County, N. C. Drainage area, 

45.6 square miles. 

At bridge on State Highway 288, near 

Marietta, S. C. 

At bridge on U. S. Highway 276, at 

Marietta, S. C.

east of Piedmont, S. C. 

At county highway bridge, 2.5 miles 

north of Donalds, S. C. 

At bridge on U. S. Highway 276, near 

Mauldin, S. C. 

At bridge on U. S. Highway 221, near 

Greenwood, S. C.

Ninety Six, S. C.

Batesburg, S. C. 

175 feet above power plant, at 

Columbia, S. C.

Cayee, S. C.

Columbia, S. C. 

Just below Lake Marion Dam, near 

Pineville, S. C.

.. ..do.. ..............................

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

133 

68.3

75.0

47.0

52.4

61.6

190

59.4

43.2

75.5

118

47.7 

64.2 

7.86

1.69 

3.86 

8.84 

4.63

5.77

1,640

252

38.4

32.4 

43.4

38.3

Edisto River Evasin, S. C.

Nov.

Nov.

1

 ft,

2

2

Shaw Creek. ........

Lightwood Knot

Creek.

Hellhole Creek. ....

South tork «5disto

River.

North Fork Edisto

River.

Lightwood Knot

Creek.

At highway bridge, 3.7 miles southeast

of Eureka, S. C.

do

At bridge on State Highway 116, near

Leesville, S. C.

At highway bridge, 3 miles southeast

of Leesville, S. C.

57.8

43.1

11.0

3.63

Combahee-Broad River Basins, S. C.

Mar. 16

16

Salk

Coos

ehatchie River.

awhatchie River

Combahee

Broad Ri

River ....

ver .......

At

At

bridge

Barnwell

bridge

Hampton ,

on State Highv

on State Highv

S. C.

my

"ay

3, near

36 , near

227

350
548 MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge measurements In the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Me;cl«&" basins 

during water year October 1948 to September 1949 Continued

Dat

Oct.

Nov.

Feb.

e

26

26 

?fi

26 

?fi

27 

27 

2

1 

1

17

Stream

Twelvemile Creek...

Town Creek. ........

Coneross Creek..... 

Elghteenmlle Creek.

Rocky River ........ 

Broadway Creek. .... 

Long Cane Creek.... 

Rocky Creek. .......

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Seneca River ......

Twelvemile Creek..

Seneca River ......

Savannah River .... 

Rocky River ....... 

Little River... .. . 

Stevens Creek.....

Locality

northwest of Westminster, S. C. 

At highway bridge, { mile below Wolf 

Creek and 3.7 miles southwest of 

Pickens, S. C.

60O feet above bridge on State Highway 

183, at Plckens, S. C.

north of Liberty, S. C. 

At bridge on U. S. Highway 76, at 

Rlchland, S. C.

Pendleton, S. C. 

100 feet above waterworks Intake, 2.7 

mile northeast of Anderson, S. C. 

At bridge on State road, 4 miles east 

of Anderson, S. C. 

At bridge on State Highway 72, near 

Abbeville,*S. C. 

At highway bridge, 2,8 miles northeast of McCormick, S. C.

Pleasant Lane, S. C.

McBean, Ga., 16 miles south of 

Augusta, Ga.

miles southwest of Hawthorne, S. C.

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

5.54

57.4 

156

7.04 

3.91

36.2 

27.6

29.0 

12.5 

25.2 

1.54 

2.21

Ogeechee River Basin, Ga.

Jan. 20

Nov. 9

"15

Mar. 17

Ogeechee River .....

Rocky Comfort Creek

Atlantic Ocean....

Ogeechee River....

At crossing of State Highway 119, 

5 miles west of Guyton.

miles from Lanier, at Morgans bridge. 

At crossing of State Highway 24, 1 

mile west of Louisville.

4 miles southeast of Louisville.

6 miles south of Pembroke.

4,750

3,700 

4.22

Altamaha River Basin, Ga.

Mar.

Feb.

Mar. 

Oct.

June

7

8

15

16

15 

10 

9

18 

?1

?4

7

....do.............

River. 

Alligator Creek....

Oconee River. ...... 

Commissioners Creek

Cobb Creek.........

Little Ocmulgee 

River.

Altamaha River .... 

Oconee River ......

Altamaha River ....

4 miles northwest of Conyers, >t

2 miles east of Covington.

7 miles southwest of Jackson.

3 miles north of Juliette.

Towns. 

At crossing of road from Oeonee Naval 

Stores to Scotland, Ga., 5^ miles 

east of Scotland.

4 miles east of Towns. 

At crossing of State Highway 44, 11 

miles northeast of Eatonton. 

At bridge on Post Road, ^ mile north 

of Toomsboro.

6 miles north of Jeffersonville. 

At crossing of State Highway 56, 

2 miles west of junction with State 

Highway 4. Junction is 12 miles 

south of Lyons,

4 miles southeast of Jesup.

5,120

659

633

342

3,680 

1,420

113

.85

Satilla River Basin, la.

Oct. 19

Oct. 20

6 

Oct. 20

Oct. 20

June 6

Satilla River. .....

Seventeen Mile 

Creek.

....do.............

Hurricane Creek....

....do.............

Atlantic Ocean....

Satilla River.....

....do.... ........

At crossing of State Highway 32, 

7 miles east of Ocilla, Irwin County.

7 miles south of Douglas.

At crossing of State Highway 31, 

4 miles north of Douglas.

4 miles west of Millwood.

1 mile east of Alma. 

....do...............................

0.14

6.95

25.2
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS 549

Miscellaneous discharge me 

- ' duping

asurements In the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

water year October 1948 to September 1949 Continued

Satilla River Basin, Ga. Continued

Date

Oct. 20

Mar. 30

31

Oct. 20

Oct. 21

det. 21 

Mar. 25

Stream

....do.............

Little Hurricane 

Creek.

....do.............

....do.............

Big Satilla Creek.. 

....do.............

River.

Little Satilla 

Creek. 

....do.............

....do.............

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Alabaha River .....

Satilla River.....

....do............

Little Satilla 

River .

Locality

1 mile northeast of Blackshear.

At crossing of State Highway 32, 

4 miles west of Alma.

5 miles southeast of Alma.

9 miles south of Alma. 

At crossing of U. S. Highway i, 10 

miles southwest of Baxley.

miles south of Jesup.

8 miles north of Nahunta.

At crossing on U. S. Highway 341, at 

Odum.

1 mile west from Junction with State 

Highway 38. Junction Is 7 miles 

south of Jesup.

miles south of Nahunta.

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

83.6

75.4

.89 

.36

11.8

13.5

30.3

3.19 

28.7

30.4

.25 

12.6

1,170

11.8

Crooked River Basin, Ga.

ORt 19

miles north of Klngsland .

6.02

St. Johns River Basin, Pla.

June 1 

Nov. 1

Feb. 28

Hay 4

Oct. 28

Aug. 31

Sept. 28

Apopka-Beauc lair 

Canal.

....do.............

....do.............

Unnamed stream.....

....do.............

Little Orange Creek 

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

....do;............

St . Johns River . . .

Lochlooaa Lake. . . .

Orange Creek. ..... 

....do............

....do............

....do............

At crossing of State Highway 448, 3| 

miles northeast of Astatula.

At crossing of road 0.5 mile northeast 

of Lochloosa Creek, near Hawthorne.

2 miles northwest of Orange Springs . . .

....do................................

81.7 

4.34

e.3

80.3 

81.9

35.6

104

88.0

e Estimated.

Lake Okeechobee and The Everglades, Pla.

Nov. 11

5

8

12

20

26

Nov. 8

23

Dec. 6

13

Mar. 2

Aug. 16

30

Oct. 21 

21

Nov. 10

Indian Prairie 

Canal.

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

Istopoga Canal .....

Josephine Creek. . . .

Lake Okeechobee.. .

....do............

....do............

....do............

....do............

Klsslmmee River... 

....do............

Lake Istopoga. ....

At crossing of road 3f miles south of 

Brighton .

miles southwest of Okeechobee.

miles southwest of Okeechobee.

7 miles southwest of Okeechobee.

....do.................................

At crossing of road at Wild Island 

near Lor Ida.

At outlet from Josephine Lake, near 

De Soto City.

16.8

1,110

55.3

980338 O - 52 - 36
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge measurements In the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1948 to September 1949 Continued

Lake Okeechobee and The Everglades, Fla. Continued

Date

Jan. 12

May 18

Aug. 17

Nov. 10

Nov. 10

Nov. 11

Feb. 23

Nov. 10 

Jan. 12

Nov. 11

June 29

Oct. 14

Nov. 11

Nov. 11

Nov. 10

Feb. 23

Nov. 10

Nov. 10

23

Stream

Josephine Creek....

... .do... ..........

Sebrlng Lake south 

outlet .

Placid-June Canal..

Stearns Creek. .....

Annie Lake Outlet..

... .do. ............

Placid Lake northeast outlet.

Canal .

. ...rtn.. ...........

Clay Lake Outlet...

Yellow Bluff Creek.

Letta Lake Outlet..

do

Sebring Lake northeast outlet.

Little Red Water 

 Lake Outlet.

Canal .

do

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Lake Istopoga. . . . .

Rex Beach Lake. .. .

Catfish Creek... . .

Frances Lake. .....

Placid Lake. ......

Huntley Lake. .....

Apthorp Lake ......

Josephine Creek...

Bonnett Lake ......

Little Red Water 

Lake.

Letta Lake Outlet .

... .do.. ..........

Reeddo La'Ce "

Locality

At outlet from Josephine Lake, near 

De Soto City.

3 miles northwest of Sebrlng. .........

At outlet at Placid Lake, 3.3 miles 

south of Lake Placid.

3.4 miles northwest of Lake Placid....

_fcdo * 

0.3 mile northwest of Chllds. .........

2.2 miles southeast of Lake Placid....

2.1 miles northeast of Lake Placid....

1.1 miles southeast of De Soto City...

3.9 miles north of Sebrlng ............

3.4 miles northwest of Sebring. .......

3.6 miles north of Sebrlng. ...........

. ...do.. ..............................

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

17.0 

8.25

2.38

60.7

171 

58.1

11.6

25.5

6.48

3.53

41.4

.14

21.9

1.38

2.66

16.3

12.7

13.5 

5.21

.62

12.9

46.5

25.3

22.9
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS 551

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1948 to September 1949 Continued

Lake Okeechobee and The Everglades, Fla.--Continued

Pate

Sept. 23

Oct. 8 

Nov. 3 

Dec. 16

Oct. 8

Feb. 10

June 1

Dec . 10

Feb. 9

Dec. 8

Feb. 10

June 1

28

Oct. 1

3

Dec. 15

Oct. 1

8

15

22

Nov. 1

Oct. 1

1

1

15

Nov. 1

18

Oct. 1

Dec. 3

npr. 20

May 10

7

18

26

Feb. 14

Stream

Clinch Lake Outlet .

Taylor Creek. ...... 

St. Lucie Canal. . . .

West Palm Beach 

Canal .

do

do

Hill.it.oro Canal....

do

do

Pampano Canal 

(formerly Cypress

Creek Canal) .

North New River 

Canal.

... .do. ............

Net flow to west 

through bridges 

and culverts on 

U. S. Highway 27.

do

. . . .do .......

do

do

.. ..do. ............

do

... .do. ............

... .do. ............

Tributary to or 

diverting from--

Reedy Lake ........

Lake Okeechobee...

South Fork St . 

Lucie River.

Atlantic Ocean. . . .

Atlantic Ocean....

Cypress Creek..,..

South Fork Ite: 

River.

Horth He River 

Canal.

....do. ...........

. .do

do

Locality

At crossing of Lake Drive, Frostproof.

Frostproof. 

At crossing of State Highway 15, 

3 miles southeast of Okeechobee. 

At crossing of Arundel Road, near 

Stuart.

At crossing of State Highway 7, near 

Loxahatchee.

do

At Shawano , near Belle Glade ..........

Deerfield Beach.

... do .... ...... ........

Deerfield Beach. 

At crossing of State Highway 7, near

fit Palm Beach-Brovard county line, 

near Fort Lauderdale. 

. . do ..... . ...... .........

do . . ..... ......

Lauderdale. 

From Palm Beach-Broi:ard county line 

upstream from lateral at 26-mile 

bend, near FDrt Lauderdale.

tin . . . .

Jo

. . . .do. ...............................

:lo

. . . .du. ...............................

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

0.13

1,290 

6,350

1,900

262

06. 6

1,210

1,130

1,240

liC

CCS

G4L'

jfi"

61. C
552 MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1948 to September 1949--Continued

Lake Okeechobee and The Everglades, Fla.--Continued

Date

Feb. 28

28

31

Oct. 7

Dec. 10

22

Oct. 7

27

Oct. 14

2

2 

Apr. 13

13

13

Dec. 10

27

Feb. 14

Apr. 13

Oct. 8

14

26

Dec. 6

23

Jan. 11

28

Feb. 17

Mar. 9

23

Apr. 12

May 11

July 7

Aug. 2

31

Sept . 20

Oct. 8 

25

Nov. 17

Dec. 7

22

Jan. 11

27

Feb. 14

Oct. 8

25

Dec. 7

22

Jan. 11

27

Feb. 14

Oct. 25 

Nov. 17

Dec. 7

22

Stream

Lateral westward... 

....do.............

Bisoayne Canal .....

....do...... .......

....do.............

South Fork Miami 

River .

Lateral westward . . .

Canal.

....do.............

....do.............

... .do .............

....do.............

Country Club Canal .

Tamiami Canal ...... 

....do.............

....do.............

....do... ..........

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

....do... ..........

....do.............

.. ..do.. ...........

... .do.. ...........

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

Lateral south......

... .do.... .........

....do.............

....do.. ...........

... .do.. ...........

.....do.............

south. 

....do.............

....do.............

....do.... .........

... .do. ............

....do.......... ...

. ...do.. ...........

....do.... .........

Coral Gables Canal.

.. ..do.. ...........

.... do .............

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

North New River 

Canal.

Biscayne Bay. .....

... .do.. ..........

Miami River. ......

....do............

Miami Canal .......

....do............

....do............

....do............

....do...... ...... 

....do.......... ..

....do............

....do............

....do...... ......

Tamiami Canal .....

.. ..do............

... .do............

....do............

....do............

....do............

Biscayne Bay. ..... 

... .do............

....do. ...........

... .do.. ..........

Locality

At 26-mile bend, near Fort Lauderdale.

At crossing of Red Road, near Hialeah.

....do..... ...........................

At crossing of northwest 37th Ave., 

Miami.

1 .3 miles above Pennsuco ..............

near Miami Springs .

Hialeah.

Canal , Miami Springs.

Springs . 

At crossing of Red Road, Miami ........

At bridge 63 on U. S. Highway 94, 1.6 

miles west of Snapper Creek Canal , 

near Miami .

At Tamiami Canal, near Coral Gables...

... .do.. ..............................

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

106 

135

112

97.4

34.4

272

184

118

157

41.4

18.3

28.4

e9

55.3 

46.1

895

267

5.94

44.3

e2

f861

-398 

223

96.3

41.4

f Slightly tide affected.

g Average of 2 or more measurements for 1 tide cycle. 

h Integrated mean discharge for 1 tide cycle.

Note. A minus sign preceding the discharge indicates that flow was in the direction opposite to 

the normal.
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS 553

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Qulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1948 to September 1949 Continued

Lake Okeechobee and The Everglades, Fla.--Continued

Date Stream

River .

Tributary to or 

diverting from Locality Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

12.9

5.96

Peace Creek; Basin, Fla.

Mar. 31 

July 7

7

7 

Nov. 13

Nov. 13

Sept. 22

Peace Creek.. ...... 

Howard -May Canal . . .

Ship-Lulu Canal ....

Canal . 

Conine-Smart Canal .

Lulu Lake Outlet...

Canal ..............

....do.............

Charlotte Harbor . . 

Lake May. .........

Lake Lulu .........

Lake Smart ........

Peace Creek marsh 

outlet.

Lake Hamilton. ....

....do............

At highway crossing at Fort Meade ..... 

At crossing of Lake Howard drive, 

Winter Haven. 

At crossing of old Bartow-Wlnter Haven 

highway, Eloise.

Lake Alfred. 

At crossing of State Highway 544, near 

Winter Haven. 

At crossing of highway, 3 miles southeast of Eagle Lake.

0.6 mile southwest of Lake Hamilton 

Outlet, near Lake Hamilton.

... .do ................................

174 

12.8

20.5 

2.24

3.09 

20.2 

23.8

13.6

28.9

Hillsboro River Basin, Fla.

Sept 13

13

13 

14

14 

14

Ditch..............

Drainage ditch. ....

Cypress Creek.....

Hillsboro River...

At Sunset Lane, 0.5 mile east of Hanna 

Road, near Lutz. 

At crossing of Feinsinger Road, 0.2 

mile east of U. S. Highway 41, near 

Lutz. 

Below Lake Stamper control, near Lutz. 

At crossing of Atlantic Blvd. and 

Florida Ave . , near Sulphur Springs . 

Overflow outlet for .first sink area 

Just south of Beckwith Ave., near 

Sulphur Springs. 

Overflow outlet for second sink area 

about i mile south of Beckwith Ave., 

near Sulphur Springs, Fla.

4.42

10.5

2.75 

22.0

20.2 

27.6

Health Spring1 Basin, Fla.

Aug. 22 

23

Health Springs 

(formerly Wall 

Springs) . 

... .do. ............

Boggy Bayou ....... 

... .do... .........

At Wall Springs ....................... 

... .do.. ..............................

11.2 

16.5

Brooker Creek Basin, Fla.

Aug. 22 Brooker Creek ...... Spring Bayou...... At crossing of East Lake Road, i mile 

above Lake Butler, 5 miles southeast of Tarpon Springs.

798

Suwannee River Basin

Mar. 11 

May 24

Oct. 19

June 8

20

18

May 24 

June 7

Apr. 1

May 24

June 7

30

Oct. 18 

May 24 

24

Suwannee River ..... 

Suwannoochee Creek.

. . ..do.. ...........

Wlllacoochee Creek.

....do......... ....

... .do. ............

... .do.. ...........

Reedy Creek. ....... 

Big Creek .......... 

Withlacoochee River

Oulf of Mexico .... 

Suwannee River ....

....do............

... .do. ...........

Willaeoochee Creek 

Alapaha River. .... 

Suwannee River ....

At crossing of U. S. Highway 19, near 

Wilcox, Fla. 

At crossing of U. S. Highway 84, at 

Dupont , Qa .

2 miles west of Fargo, Qa.

2 miles west of Irwinville, Qa.

2 miles west of Wlllacoochee, Qa.

6 miles west of Jasper, Fla.

miles east of Sycamore, Qa. 

At crossing of State Highway 11, 4j 

miles south of Fitzgerald, Qa.

9 miles east of Ocilla, Qa.

3 miles west of Wlllacoochee, Qa.

At crossing of U. S. Highway 319, 3.7 

miles southwest of Ocilla, Qa. 

At crossing of U. S. Highway 129, at 

Lakeland , <ja . 

At crossing of State Highway 76, lj 

miles west of Nashville, Qa.

14,300 

1.33

99.7

.30 

1.64 

1.22
554 MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge measurements In the south Atlantic slope and eastern Qulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1948 to September 1949 Continued

Suwannee River Basin Continued

Date

June 7

May 23

Oct. 19

Oct. 19

Oct. 18 

May 23

June 6

29

Stream

Withlacoochee River

.... do' .. ..........

....do...... .......

....do. ............

....do.. ...........

... .do.............

Warrior Creek ......

Okapilco Creek..... 

....do.. ...........

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Suwannee River. . . .

River.

do

Little River. .....

Withlacoochee 

River.

....do..... .......

Locality

At crossing of State Highway 76, l| 

miles west of Nashville, Ga ,

5 miles west of Nashville, Ga.

3 miles west of Tlfton, Ga.

.... do ................................

5 miles west of Valdosta, Ga.

At crossing of State Highway 50, l|- 

miles east of Sylvester, Qa.

At crossing of State Highway 35, Z\ 

miles north of Moultrie, Ga.

. . ..do. ...............................

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

0.48

10.8

2.52

184

29.1

32.0

.21

1.51

.01

1.41

Ochlockonee Riv

Oct. 18

Oct. 18

June 6

Oct. 19

May 23

Oct. 19 

May 23 

June 6

May 23 

June 6

Ochlockonee River..

.... do .. .........

Bridge Creek. ......

....do.............

Barnettes Creek ....

.... do . ....

Tired Creek. ....... 

Wolf Creek. ........

Little Tired Creek. 

... .do.. ...........

Gulf of Mexico. . . .

Ochlockonee River.

Ochlockonee River. 

Tired Creek.. .....

.... do ............ 

....do. ...........

At crossing of State Highway 37, at 

Moultrie.

At crossing of State Highway 37 , 

9 miles west of Moultrie.

miles west of Thomasville.

At crossing of U. S. Highway 84, 4 

miles west of Cairo. 

At crossing of U. S. Highway 84, 2 

miles east of Whigham.

At crossing of U. S. Highway 84, at 

Cairo . 

... .do.. ..............................

3.94

2.55

25.6

9.82 

6.54

1.27 

2.10

Apalachleola Riv

Feb.

May

Apr.

May

Apr. 

May

May

Jan.

Apr.

Jan.

2

22 

17

18

?fi

26

18 

19 

26 

19 

18

18 

10

7

18 

10

19

19

19

Chattahoochee River

Peachtree Creek.... 

Wehadkee Creek..... 

... .do. ............

Branch. ............

Alien Creek. ....... 

Branch. ............

Osonippo Creek. ....

Halawakee Creek.... 

Uchee Creek. .......

Little Uchee Creek. 

Hatchechubbee Creek

. ...do.......... ...

Hurtsboro Creek.... 

.... do .............

Abbie Creek.. ...... 

.... do .............

Owens Branch. ......

Apalachicola 

River.

Chattahoochee 

River.

... .do.... ........

Osligee Creek..... 

Kellem Creek. .....

Chattahoochee 

River.

.... do ............ 

... .do..... .......

Uchee Creek. ......

River.

North Fork Cowikee 

Creek. 

.. ..do.. ..........

Chattahoochee 

River. 

. . .do . .

Abbie Creek. ......

At crossing of State Highway 52. 

3 miles northwest of Lula, Ga.

miles from Atlanta, Ga. 

At crossing of State Highway 3E, north 

of Atlanta, Ga. 

Sec. 4, T. 21 S., R. 13 E., 6 miles 

northeast of Roanoke, rtla.

southeast of Rock Mills, Ala.

Roanoke, Ala. 

Sec. 3, T. 22 N. , R. 27 E. , 2 miles 

east of Lafayette, Ala. 

Sec. 24, T. 22 N., R. 26 E., 1 mile 

southeast of Lafayette, Ala. 

Sec. 25, T. 21 N., R. 28 E. , 1 mile 

southeast of Fairfax, Ala. 

Sec. 31, T. 21 H., R. 29 E., 2 miles 

south of Fairfax, Ala. 

Sec. 29, T. 20 N., R. 28 E., 7 miles 

northeast of Opelika, Ala. 

Sec. 26, T. 16 N., R. 29 E., 6 miles

Sec. 13, T. 16 N., R. 29 E., 8 miles 

northeast of Seale, Ala.

Sec. 2. T. 14 N. , R. 26 E., at 

Hurtsboro, Ala.

southeast of Hurtsboro, Ala. 

Sec. 54, T. 7 N., R. 28 E., 3 miles 

southeast of Abbeville, Ala.

east of Haleburg, Ala. 

Sec. 21, T. 7 U., R. 28 E., 1 mile 

east of Abbeville, Ala.

1,720

47.6 

17.3

6.33

.85 

84.4 

118 

27.5 

127

88.2

.83

128

41.7
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1948 to September 1949 Continued

Apalachlcola River Basin Continued

Date

Jan. 19

19 

20

20 

Jan. 20

Mar. 29 

Apr. 7

7 

IS 

6

6

Mar. 17 

May 18

14

stream

Skippers Creek .....

....do............. 

....do.............

....do.............

Flint River........ 

Muckalee Creek .....

Muckaloochee Creek. 

Klnchafoonee Creek.

Creek. 

Pachltla Creek .....

Cowarts Creek......

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Abble Creek....... 

Chattahoochee River

..-..do............ 

.. ..do...... ......

....do............

....do............

Apalachlcola River 

Flint River .......

Muckalee Creek. . . . 

Flint River.. ..... 

....do............

....do............

Ichawaynochaway 

Creek .

Big Creek.........

Locality

Sec. 30, T. 7 N., R. 28 E., 1 mile 

southwest of Abbevllle, Ala. 

Sec. 15, T. 4 N., R. 27 E., 2 miles

south of Headland, Ala. 

Sec. 32, T. 4 N., R. 27 E., 2 miles 

north of Dothan, Ala. 

Sec. 25, T. 4 N. , R. 27 E., 2 miles 

northwest of Webb, Ala.

Dothan, Ala. 

Sec. 18, T. 3 N., R. 27 B . , at 

Dothan, Ala. 

Sec. 10, T. 3 N., R. 27 E., 3 miles 

northeast of Dothan, Ala.

At crossing of State Highway 27, 12 

miles west of Viem.a, C-i. 

At crossing of State Highway 118, 

4 miles east of Smithville, Ga.

miles east of Leesburg, Ga. 

At crossing of State Highway 118, 

\ mile east of Smithville, Ga. 

At crossing of State Highway 27 , 

1 mile west of Preston, Ga.

miles north of Dawson, Ga.

miles east of Dawson, Ga.

5 miles north of Morgan, Ga., at 

Cordray's Mill. 

At crossing of State Highway 37, 

3 miles east of Edison, Ga.

Brinson, Ga.

3 miles east of Madrid, Ala. 

Sec. 10, T. 7 N., R. 10 W. , 

5 miles southeast of Cottonwood, 

Ala.

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

16.3 

14.5

71.6 

185 

1.24

3.85 

25.3

5,230 

522

78.6 

364 

879

1,100

324

272

239

284

Choctawhatchee River Basin, Ala.

Apr. 19 

29

Jan. 29

19

18

31

31

18

18

18

18

18

31

31

Apr. 19

19

Jan. 20

31

Pel)'. 1

1

1

Jan. 20

20

20

Choctawhatchee 

River . 

....do.............

....do.............

Blackwood Creek ....

West Fork, Choctawhatchee River.

Lindsey Creek ......

....do.............

Hurricane Creek....

Little Choctawhatchee River.

Claybank Creek .....

Bear Creek. ........

Branch .............

....do.............

....do... ..........

....do.............

....do.............

Branch .............

Whltewater Creek...

Walnut Creek .......

Mima Creek.. .......

Branch .............

....do.............

Sandy Creek ........

Choctawhatchee Bay 

....do............

....do............

Choctawhatchee

River .

....do............

West Pork, Choctawhatchee River.

....do............

Choetawhatchee

River .

....do............

. . . .do. ...........

Claybank Creek. . . .

Bear Creek ........

Double Bridges

Creek.

... .do.. ..........

Choctawhatchee

River . ....do............

. . . .do. ...........

Big Creek .........

Pea River .........

Whltewater Creek..

. . . .do. ...........

Pea River .........

Corner Creek ......

Pea River .........

Sec. 18, T. 6 N., R. 27 E. , 

9 miles southwest of Abbeville.

Sec. 21, T. 1 N., R. 22 E.,

east of Geneva.

Sec. 29, T. 5 N., R. 27 E.,

north of Headland.

Sec. 15, T. 5 N., R. 25 E.,

southeast of Ozark.

Sec. 28, T. 10 N., R. 26 E

south of Clayton.

Sec. 3-4, T. 9 N., R. 26 E.

south of Clayton.

Sec. 10, T. 5 N., H. 24 E.,

south of Ozark.

Sec. 35, T. 4 N., R. 24 E.,

south of Newton.

Sec. 15, T. 3 N., R. 23 E.,

hatchee.

Sec. 36, T. 6 N., R. 23 E.,

west of Ozark.

Sec. 32, T. 6 N., R. 24 E. ,

west of Ozark.

Sec. 15, T. 4 N., R. 22 E.,

Enterprise.

Sec. 25, T. 4 N., R. 21 E.,

southwest of Enterprise.

Sec. 35, T. 9 N., R. 23 E.,

east of Brundidge.

Sec. 35, T. 4 N., R. 19 E.,

Alberton.

Sec. 30, T. 1 N., R. 22 E.,

southwest of Geneva.

Sec. 27, T. 9 N. , R. 24 E.,

northwest of Clio.

Sec. 20, T. 9 N., R. 22 E.,

northwest of Brundidge.

Sec. 11, T. 9 N., R. 21 E.,

southeast of Troy.

Sec. 8, T. 8 N. , R. 22 E.,

southwest of Brundidge.

Sec. 29, T. 2 N., R. 20 E. ,

Samson.

Sec. 36, T. 1 N., R. 18 E.,

northeast of Florala.

Sec. 3, T. 1 N., R. 20 E.,

south of Samson.

1 mile

lj mile7-J miles

. , 3 miles

, 6 miles

3 miles

5 miles

at Clay4 miles

1 mile

at

2 miles

7 miles

at

1 mile

2 miles

3 miles

3 miles

3 miles

at

5 miles

2 miles

170 

353

3,560

36.8

820

27.5

82.4

14.3

319

481

51.3

12.8

2.39

24.1

349

1,600

3,540

9.47

37.1

69.2

16.3

6.66

27.1

6.39
556 MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1948 to September 1949 Continued

* Yellow River Basin, Ala.

Date

Jan. 20

20

21

20

20

20

21

21

20

Stream

Yellow River .......

. . . .do. ............

....do.............

Lightwood Knot

Creek.

Indian Creek .......

....do.............

Branch. ............

Pond Creek .........

Holly Creek. .......

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Gulf of Mexico ....

. . . .do. ...........

....do............

Yel low River ......

.. ..do..... .......

....do............

Five Runs Creek. . .

Shoal River .......

Pond Creek ........

Locality

Sec. 10, T. 3 N., R. 17 E.

south of Babble.

Sec. 34, T. 2 N., R. 16 E.

northwest of Florala.

Sec. 34, T.. 1 N., R. 15 E.

west of Florala.

Sec. 19, T. 4 N., R. 18 E.

northwest of Opp.

Sec. 6, 1. 3 N., R. 18 E. , southwest of Opp.

Sec. 14, T. 3 N., R. 17 E.

southwest of Opp.

Sec. 31, T. 4 N., R. 16 E.

south of Andalusia.

Sec. 28, T. 6 N., R. 21 W.

south of Florala.

Sec. 25, T. 1 N., R. 17 E.

northeast of Florala.

, 2? miles

, 10 miles

, 13 miles

, 2 miles

3 miles

, 5 miles

, 2 miles

, 1 mile

, 1 mile

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

450

769

1,210

105

10.1

23.4

7.58

8.16

3.45

Eseambla River Basin, Ala.

Feb. 1 

Apr. 20

Feb. 1

Jan. 21 

July 13 

13

May 24 

24 

Mar. 22 

Hay 24 

25

24 

Nov. 19 

27

May 25 

25

Branch .............

Little Patsallga 

Creek .

Branch .............

Persimmon Creek.... 

....do.............

Rocky Creek. ....... 

Branch. ............

Persimmon Creek. . . . 

Murder Creek. ......

Branch. ............

Panther Creek. .....

Burnt Corn Creek... 

....do.. ...........

Conecuh River .....

Patsallga Creek...

Conecuh River ..... 

Sepulga River ..... 

.. ..do.... ........

. ...do..... ....... 

Rocky Creek.. ..... 

Sepulga River ..... 

Conecuh River .....

Murder Creek. ..... 

....do............

....do... ......... 

.. ..do.. ..........

Sec. 35, T. 10 N., R. 20 E., 3 miles 

west of Troy.

Sec. 26, T. 9 N., R. 17 E., at Rutledge.

Sec. 2, 1. 4 N., R. 15 E., 1 mile 

southeast of River Falls. 

Sec. 13, T. 10 N., R. 14 E., 1 mile 

east of Greenville. 

Sec. 36, T. 9 N., R. 14 E., 6 miles 

east of Chapman.

north of McKenzie.

south of Greenville. 

Sec. 24, T. 8 N., R. 13 E., 2 miles 

east of Georgiana. 

Sec. 25, T. 8 N., R. 13 E., 2 miles 

southeast of Georgiana. 

Sec. 14, T. 7 N., R. 13 E., 3 miles 

north of McKenzie. 

Sec. 24, T. 4 N., R. 10 E., at 

Castleberry.

Brewton . 

Sec. 9, T. 5 N., R. 11 E. , 2 miles 

south of Evergreen. 

Sec. 23, T. 4 N., R. 10 E., at 

Castleberry.

Sec. 3, T. 5 N., R. 9 E., 3 miles 

east of Belleville. 

Sec. 29, T. 2 N., R. 10 E., at Brewton.

16.8 

10.5

566

22.6 

27.7 

320 

96.7

6.82 

.44 

540 

250

.50 

293

15.0 

130

Perdldo River Basin, Ala.

Nov. 20 

May 13

13 

13

13

Perdido River ...... 

....do.............

Branch .............

Perdldo Bay. ......

Brushy Creek ......

Sec. 31, T. 1 N., R. 5 E 

west of Atmore.

Sec. 30, T. 1 N., R. 6 E

sou_thwest of Atmore.

southwest of Atmore.

, 6 miles

, at Atmore. .

490

1.8

Mobile River Basin

Jan. 14

Sept . 6

Jan. 13

Sept. 6

May 18

17

18

18

Oct. 15

Hay 18

Oct. 14

Feb. 18

Etowah River. ......

....do.... .........

. ...do.. ...........

West Fork Little

River .

Nances Creek. ......

Big Wills Creek.. ..

....do.............

....do.............

Little Wills Creek.

Black Creek ........

....do.... .........

Coosa River. ......

....do............

....do............

Little River. .....

Terrapin Creek....

Coosa River .......

....do............

... .do. ...........

Big Wills Creek...

do

... .do. ...........

At crossing of State Highway 9, 11

miles north of Dawsonvllle, Ga. 

... .do ................................

At crossing of State Highway 9, 11

miles north of Cummlng, Ga.

....do................................

Sec. 20, T. 6 S., R. 10 E., £ mile

above dam in De Soto State Park.

Sec. 4, T. 13 S., R. 10 E., l| miles

northeast of Piedmont, Ala.

Sec. 29, T. 6 S., R. 9 E., 3 miles

north of Ft. Payne, Ala.

Sec. 34, T. 8 S., R. 7 E., 2 miles

northwest of Collinsville, Ala.

Sec. 15, T. 12 S., R. 6 E., l| miles

south of Gadsden, Ala.

Sec. 17, T. 11 S., R. 6 E., 2j miles

southwest of Crudup, Ala.

Sec. 29, T. 11 S., R. 6 E., above

Noccolula Falls, near Gadsden, Ala.

....do.... ............................

30O

1,970

514

3,950

29.3

22.8

33.3

128

171

14.3

1.08

567
-MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS 557

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1948 to September 1949 Continued

Mobile River Basin Continued

Date

Oct. 14

18

May 19 

17 

19 

19 

19

20

17 

Oct. 19

19

19

19

May 20 

18 

19

19 

19

17 

July 12

May 19 

19 

July 12

July 12

May 17 

July 12

Jan. 12 

May 17 

Jan. 29 

May 18 

Apr. 26 

Oct. 6 

13

27

May 17

Oct. 6

13

20

27

May 17

18

Apr. 26

Oct. 6

Stream

....do... ..........

Ohatchee Creek. ....

Little Tallahatchee 

Creek. 

Tallahatchee Creek.

Cone Creek. ........ 

.. ..do.. ...........

Choccolocco Creek.. 

Snow Creek. ........

....do.............

....do...... .......

Wolf Creek. ........ 

Talladega Creek.... 

... .do.. ...........

Tallaseehatchee 

Creek.

Yellowleaf Creek... 

....do.............

Weogufka Creek..... 

Hatchet Creek. ..... 

Walnut Creek... ....

Chestnut Creek 

. ...do.. ...........

Tallapoosa River... 

....do.............

Little Tallapoosa 

River. 

Wedowee Creek. .....

High Pine Creek. . . . 

....do..... ........

....do.. ...........

.. . .do. ............

.. ..do.............

.... do .............

Jonas Creek. .......

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

... .do. ...........

Coosa River. ...... 

Tallahatchee Creek 

Beauhatchee Creek. 

Coosa River ....... 

....do............

. .. .do. ........... 

Choccolocco River.

....do............

....do.......... ..

Key Creek ......... 

Coosa River. ...... 

....do............

.. . .do. ...........

Creek.

Coosa River ....... 

....do.. ..........

... .do. ........... 

... .do. ........... 

....do............

... .do. ...........

Alabama River. .... 

... .do. ...........

Tallapoosa River..

Little Tallapoosa 

River. 

Tallapoosa River..

.. ..do...... ......

....do.. ..........

....do........ ....

. . do .

Hi£h Pine Creek. . .

Locality

Noccolula Falls, near Gadsden, Ala. 

Sec. 9, T. 12 S., R. 6 E. , at Gadsden, 

Ala.

Sec. 33, T. 13 S., R. 7 E., 1 mile 

west of Buke, Ala. 

Sec. 17, T. 14 S., R. 8 E., 3-J miles 

southwest of Jacksonville, Ala. 

Sec. 16, T. 14 S., R. 7 E., 1 mile 

west of Wellington, Ala. 

Sec. 17, T. 15 S., R. 8 E., 5 miles 

north of Anniston, Ala. 

Sec. 10, T. 15 S., R. 7 E., 6j miles 

northwest of Anniston, Ala.

land, Ala. 

Sec. 1, T. 16 S., R. 3 E. , 1 mile

south of Wattsville, Ala. 

Sec. 31, T. 16 S., R. 8 E., 2 miles 

south of Oxford, Ala. 

Sec. 6, T. 16 S., R. 8 E., at Anniston, Ala.

Sec. 7, T. 16 S., R. 8 E., at Anniston, Ala.

ton, Ala. 

Sec. 29, T. 16 S., R. 8 E., at Oxford,

Ala. 

Sec. 9, T. 17 S., R. 3 E., at Eden, 

Ala. 

Sec. 17, T. 19 S., R. 6 E., at Waldo, 

Ala. 

Sec. 5, T. 19 S., R. 5 E., 3 miles

southwest of Talladega, Ala. 

Sec. 9, T. 21 S., R. 4 E. , 4 miles 

northeast of Sylacauga, Ala.

south of Sycamore, Ala.

southwest of Columblana, Ala. 

Sec. 16, T. 22 N., R. 14 E., 2j miles 

southeast of Thorsby, Ala. . 

Sec. 24, T. 23 N. , R. 15 E., 10 miles 

northeast of Clanton, Ala.

Sec. 18, T. 23 N. , R. 18 E., 2 miles 

south of Weogufka, Ala. 

Sec. 8, T. 24 N., R. 20 E., 2 miles 

northwest of Goodwater, Ala. 

Sec. 31, T. 22 N. , R. 15 E., lj miles 

northeast of Clanton, Ala.

northeast of Clanton, Ala.

Sec. 36, T. 21 N., R. 15 E., at 

Verbena, Ala.

At crossing of State Highway 100, 

2 miles north of Tallapoosa, Ga . 

Sec. 23, T. 16 S., R. 10 E., 3 miles 

southeast of Heflin, Ala. 

At crossing of State Highway 5, 

2 miles south of Bowdon, Ga. 

Sec. 34, T. 19 S., R. 11 E. , li miles 

north of Wedowee, Ala. 

Sec. 26, T. 21 S., R. 12 E., J mile 

north of Roanoke, Ala. 

Sec. 27, T. 21 S., R. 12 E., 1 mile 

north of Roanoke, i"»la.

do

Sec. 28, T. 21 S., R. 12 E., ij miles 

west of Roanoke, Ala.

west of Roanoke, Ala. 

Sec. 22, T. 21 S., R. 12 E., li miles 

north of Roanoke, lla.

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

12.9

97.7

362

421

714

711

32.4 

63.0 

123 

4.93 

16.0

9.89

266 

.37

1.36

1.57

1.70

3.61 

110 

136

60.0 

14.8

11.9 

307

77.9

124 

54.7

27.4

494 

716 

494 

56.1 

7.04 

8.03

8.16

49 1

4.06
558 MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Qulf of Me: 

during water year October 1948 to September 1949 Continued

Mobile River Basin Continued

ico basins

Bate

May 19

Oct. 20 

Apr. 27

18

May 18

Apr. 27 

27

22 

May 20

Apr. 22

May 20 

Apr. 22 

May 20 

17 

Apr. 21

Apr. 21 

May 18

11 

11 

July is

May 17

22 

May 17

Apr. 21 

22

22 

21 

22 

22 

May 11

Apr. 29 

30

22 

22 

22

May 17 

July 14

Nov. 27 

May 17

17 

17 

July 14

May 10

Stream

Chatahaspee Creek . .

Hillabee Creek..... 

....do.............

Enitachopco Creek..

Elkahatchee Creek..

South Fork Sandy 

Creek.

Little Sandy Creek. 

....do.............

North Fork Sandy 

Creek. 

Channahatchee Creek

Sougahatchee Creek.

....do............. 

....do.............

....do............. 

.. ..do.............

.. ..do......... ....

....do............ .

Sawacklahatchee 

Creek.

Parkinsons Mill 

Creek. 

....do.............

Branch ............. 

....do.............

....do. ............ 

....do.............

....do............. 

....do........ ..... 

Calebee Creek. .....

....do............. 

....do............. 

....do.............

Cabahatchee Creek..

Tumkehatchee Creek. 

Line Creek ......... 

....do.............

....do.............

Old Town Creek .....

Tributary to or 

diverted from 

Tallapoosa River..

Tallapoosa River..

Hillabee Creek....

....do............

Sandy Creek .......

South Fork Sandy 

Creek. 

.. ..do..... .......

Sandy Creek.. ..... 

Tallapoosa River.. 

....do... .........

....do.. ..........

....do............ 

....do............

....do.......... .

....do..... .......

Uphapee Creek.....

Creek . 

....do............

....do............

Uphapee Creek. .... 

... .do... .........

.. ..do.. ..........

....do............ 

....do... .........

Tallapoosa River..

....do............ 

....do. ...........

... .do. ...........

....do............

Line Creek ........

Locality

Sec. 27, T. 23 N., R. 25 E., 9 miles 

northwest of Lafayette, Ala.

Lafayette, Ala.

west of Lafayette, Ala. 

Sec. 16, T. 23 N., R. 22 E., 6 miles 

northeast of Alexander City, Ala. 

....do................. ...............

Sec. 31, T. 20 S., R. 8 E., 3 miles 

southwest of Ashland, Ala.

northeast of Alexander City, Ala.

east of Alexander City, Ala. 

Sec. 17, T. 22 N., R. 21 E., 4 miles 

southwest of Alexander City, Ala.

Alexander City, Ala. 

Sec. 18, T. 21 N., R. 24 E., 2 miles 

northwest of Camp Hill, Ala.

south of Dadeville, Ala. 

Sec. 28, T. 21 N. , R. 24 E., 1-g miles 

south of Camp Hill, Ala. 

Sec. 29, T. 21 N., R. 24 E., 2 miles 

southwest of Camp Hill, Ala. 

Sec. Z, T. 21 N., R. 23 E., 2 miles 

east of Dadeville, Ala. 

Sec. 5, T. 19 N., R. 21 E., 3 miles 

northeast of Eclectic, Ala. 

Sec. 8, T. 19 N., R. 26 E., 5 miles 

west of Opelika, Ala.

Sees. 12-13, T. 19 N., R. 25 E., 

3 miles north of Auburn, Ala.

Sec. 19, T. 19 N., R. 25 E., 2 miles 

north of Loachapoka, Ala. 

Sec. 22, T. 19 N., R. 24 E., 2-J miles 

northwest of Loachapoka, Ala.

Sec. 26, T. 19 N., R. 23 E. , 3 miles 

northwest of Notasulga, Ala.

southwest of Opelika, Ala. 

Sec. 17, T. 19 N., R. 26 E., 2 miles 

northeast of Auburn, Ala.

east of Tuskegee, Ala. 

Sec. 24, T. 18 N. , R. 25 E., 4 miles 

south of Auburn, Ala.

southeast of Auburn, Ala.

south of Auburn, Ala. 

Sec. 36, T. 19 N., R. 25 E., 2 miles 

southwest of Auburn, Ala. 

Sec. 14, T. 18 N., R. 25 E., 4 miles 

south of Auburn, Ala. 

Sec. 29, T. 17 N., R. 24 E., at 

Tuskegee, Ala. 

Sec. 20, T. 17 N. . R. 24 E., 2 miles 

northeast of Tuskegee, Ala.

south of Tuskegee, Ala. 

Sec. 36, T. 17 N., R. 23 E. , at 

Tuskegee, Ala.

Sec. 24, T. 17 N., R. 24 E., 2 miles 

north of Tuskegee, Ala. 

Sec. 18, T. 17 N., R. 24 E., 3-| miles 

north of Tuskegee, Ala. 

Sec. 5, T. 15 N., R. 24 E., 7 miles 

south of Tuskegee, Ala.

Sec. 11, T. 16 N., R. 22 E., 8 miles 

west of Tuskegee, Ala. 

Sec. 26, T. 17 N., R. 21 E., 2j miles 

north of Shorter, Ala.

Sec. 5, T. 16 N., R. 21 E., ij miles 

west of Shorter, Ala.

Sec. 9, T. 17 N., R. 21 E., 7 miles 

southeast of Tallassee, Ala. 

Sec. 13, T. 16 N., R. 20 E., 6 miles 

east of Mount Meigs, Ala.

Sec. 26, T. 14 N., R. 23 E., at Union 

Springs, Ala.

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

78.6 

1.23

9.58

134 

393

44.6

3.59

32.2 

2.65

18.0 

13.2

199

57.3 

84.5 

41.2 

6.57 

53.2 

35.1

73.2

111 

237

190

3.01 

158

57.6

2.25

6.15 

.67 

1.46

85.0

2.61 

4.48 

15.0

25.9 

401

5,900

23.9 

33.6

8.85
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS 559

laneous discharge measurements in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexi 

during water year October 1948 to September 1949 Continued

Mobile River Basin Continued

Date

May 10

July 14

July 14

Feb. 4 

May 19

20

July 7 

7

Nov. 27

July 7

July 8

July 8

May 18 

July 16

July 29

July 29

21

May 18

May 17

Oct. 11

Oct. 11

Nov. 4 

Oct. 11

Nov. 15

Oct. 11 

Nov. 15

Nov. 15

May 17 

Dec. 13 

13

Oct. 11 

Nov. 15

15

Stream

Old Town Creek. ....

....do.............

... .do.. ...........

.... do ............. 

....do.......... ...

Branch. ............ 

....do.............

Autauga Creek. ..... 

Catoma Creek. ...... 

....do....... ......

....do....... ......

....do....... ......

....do.............

....do.............

Plntlala Creek... ..

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

Little Mulberry 

Creek. 

....do.............

Mulberry River .....

... .do.. ...........

....do.............

Valley Creek. ......

....do.............

Cahaba River .......

....do...... .. ....

....do.... .........

....do...... .......

Little Cahaba River

do

....do.............

... .do..... ........

....do....... ......

... .do. ............

Buck Creek. ........

.... do ............. 

.. ..do.............

Shades Creek. ....... 

.... do .............

.. ..do. ............

Tributary to or 

diverted from 

Line Creek. .......

... .do. ...........

.. ..do. ...........

.. ..do.. .......... 

.. ..do. ...........

....do............

....do............ 

....do............

....do............

.. ..do.... ........

....do........ ....

... .do ............ 

....do........ ....

....do. ...........

....do............

... .do.. ..........

Mulberry River.

.. ..do.. ..........

....do... .........

.. ..do.. .......... 

Cahaba River. .....

.. ..do... .........

....do....... .....

... .do. ........... 

... .do. ....... ...

... .do... .........

.... do ............

Locality

Sec. 15, T. 14 N., R. 23 E., 4j miles 

northwest of Union Springs, Ala.

south of Marbury, Ala. 

Sec. 2, T. 18 N., R. 17 E., at Speigner, Ala;

Sec. 12, T. 18 N., R. 17 E., 1 mile 

northwest of Elmore, Ala.

Sec. 13% T. 18 N., R. 11 E., at 

Elmore , Ala . 

Sec. 13, T. 18 N., R. 17 E., at 

Elmore, Ala.

Sec. 30, T. 17 N., R. 38 E., at 

Montgomery, Ala .

Sec. 29, T. 18 N., R. 15 E., 7 miles 

northwest of Prattville, Ala. 

Sec. 6, T. 15 N., R. 18 E., 4^ miles 

south of Montgomery, Ala.

Sec. 36, T. 16 N., R. 17 E., 5 miles 

southwest of Montgomery, Ala.

Sec. 20, T. 16 N., R. 21. E., 5 miles 

west of Montgomery, Ala.

Sec. 15, T. 14 N., R. 17 E., 10 miles 

south of Montgomery, Ala.

Sec. 8, T. 15 N., R. 16 E., 12 miles

west of Montgomery, Ala.

miles northeast of Independence.

Ala.

Sec. 22, T. 17 N. , R. 14 E., at 

Autaugaville, Ala. 

Sec. 24, T. 19 N., R. 13 E., 2j miles 

south of Billingsley, Ala.

Sec. 33, T. 21 N. , R. 12 E., 2 miles 

south of Maplesville, Ala.

Plantersville, Ala. 

Sec. 9, T. 17 N., R. 12 E., 1 mile 

east of Burnsville, Ala.

southwest of Thorsby, Ala.

southeast of Selma, Ala. 

Sec. 23, T. 17 N., R. 10 E., 1 mile 

northwest of Selma, Ala.

west of Selma, Ala.

Ala. 

Sec. 25, T. 17 S., R. 1 W., 3-J miles 

west of Leeds, Ala.

southeast of Birmingham, Ala. 

Sec. 27, T. 22 S., R. 5 W. , 4 miles 

southeast of Blocton, Ala, 

Sec. 20, T. 17 N., R. 1 E., 1 mile

....do...................... .......

Sec. 30, T. 17 S., R. 1 E., 2| miles 

southwest of Leeds, Ala.

southwest of Leeds, Ala. 

Sec. 11, T. 21 S., R. 3 W., 1 mile 

south of Siluria, Ala. 

Sec. ?, T. 21 S., R. 3 W., 1 mile 

west of Alabaster, Ala. 

Sec. 15, T. 20 S., R. 3 W., at 

Helena, Ala.

Sec. 24, T. 17 S., R. 2 W., at Irondale, Ala.

Sec. 3, T. 18 S., R. 2 W., 3 miles 

ncftheast of Hollywood, Ala.

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

13.5

51.3

44.2

99.2 

71.5

25.7 

3.97

71.7 

57.5

30,900

17.8

127

19.8

98.8

161 

77.6

115

189

273

56.6

73.3

10.7

11.2

140 

3.71

8.37

5.71 

15.5 

133

.19

4.43
560

Miscellaneous discharge meai 

during w;

MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

surements in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

iter year October 1948 to September eptember 1949 Continued 1949 Continued 

Mobile River Basin Continued

Date

Oct. 15

11 

12

May 18

Dec. 15 

May 18

Dec. 15

May 19

Aug. 31 

May 18

Aug. 30

July 28

July 28

July 28

July 28 

Aug. 31

July 28 

28

May 12 

25

25

12 

12

13 

July 8 

8 

8

8 

8

7

8

7 

June 14

14

7 

Oct. 5 

13

Dec. 14

Oct. 13 

Nov. 16

Oct. 13

Stream

. ...do... .......... 

....do. ............

Little Cahaba River 

....do.............

Six Mile Creek.... .

....do.............

Oakmulgee Creek. . . .

Boguechitto Creek..

....do.............

....do.............

Chilatchee Creek... 

....do.............

Pine Barren Creek. . 

Bursley Creek. .....

Limestone Creek.... 

....do...... .......

Branch ............. 

Bear Creek. ........ 

....do.............

Little River.. ..... 

Buttahatchee River. 

Ragsdale Creek.....

....do.............

Luxapalila Creek...

.. ..do. ............

Yellow Creek. ...... 

Lubbub Creek. ...... 

Branch .............

Little Bear Creek.. 

Mulberry Fork ...... 

Brindle Creek ...... 

... .do. ............

Eight Mile Creek. . . 

....do.............

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

....do............ 

....do............

....do............

....do............ 

....do............

River.

....do............

... .do.. .......... 

....do............

Alabama River. ....

....do............

... .do ............

....do............

... .do ............ 

....do............

....do............

Limestone Creek... 

Randons Creek. .... 

....do............

Alabama River. .... 

Tomblgbee River . . . 

Buttahatchee River

.. . .do. ...........

Tomblgbee River...

Tomblgbee River . . . 

Lubbub Creek. .....

Bear Creek. ....... 

Tombigbee River. . . 

Mulberry Pork. ....

Brindle Creek.. . . .

Locality

wood , Ala .

Sec. 29, T. 19 S., R. 3 W., at Parkwood , Ala . 

Sec. 17, T. 20 S.. R. 4 W., 8 miles 

south of Bessemer, Ala.

Blocton, Ala. 

Sec. 15, T. 24 N., R. 11 E., 4j miles 

northeast of Six Mile, Ala. 

Sec. 19, T. 24 N..-R. 11 E., 3 miles 

north of Six Mile, Ala.

north of Wilton, Ala.

northeast of Six Mile, Ala. 

Sec. 5, T. 23 N., R. 11 E., 1 mile 

southeast of Six Mile, Ala.

southeast of Marion, Ala. 

Sec. 3, T. 18 N., R. 8 E., 1 mile 

northeast of Bilula, Ala. 

Sec. 1, T. 17 N., R. 9 E., 8 miles 

northwest of Selma, Ala.

Sec. 10, T. 19 N., R. 7 E., 2 miles 

west of Marion, Ala.

Sec. 28, T. 19 N., R. 7 E., 3 miles 

southwest of Marion, Ala.

Sees. 1-12, T. 18 N., R. 7 E., 

5 miles south of Marion, Ala.

Sec. 30, T. 15 N., R. 7 E., at 

Alberta, Ala.

Sec. 28, T. 13 S., R. 5 E., 8 miles 

northeast of Camden, Ala. 

Sec. 29, T. 12 N., R. 8 E., 1 mile 

south of Camden, Ala.

southwest of Camden, Ala. 

Sec. 22, T. 7 N., R. 7 E., 3 miles 

northwest of Munroeville, Ala.

Sec. 32, T. 7 N., R. 8 E., 3 miles 

east of Munroeville, Ala. 

Sec. 36, T. 6 N., R. 6 E., at Frisco 

City, Ala.

west of Frisco City, Ala. 

Sec. 5, T. 3 N., R. 6 E., 3j miles 

south of Uriah, Ala. 

Sec. 2, T. 11 S., R. 14 W., 1 mile 

southeast of Hamilton, Ala. 

Sec. 35, T. 10 S., R. 14 W. , at 

Hamilton, Ala.

miles west of Guin, Ala. 

Sec. 2, T. 13 S., R. 14 W., 2j 

miles west of Guin, Ala. 

Sec. 12, T. 13 S., R. 15 W. , 

2 miles northwest of Winfield, 

Ala.

north of Millbrook, Ala. 

Sec 17 T 13 S R 12 W at

Winfield, Ala. 

Sec. 15, T. 15 S., R.- 15 W., at 

Vernon, Ala. 

Sec. 31, T. 22 S., R. 1 W., 1 mile 

south of Alicevllle, Ala. 

Sec. 3, T. 21 S., R. 15 W., at 

Carrol 1 ton, Ala.

Sec. 20, T. 20 S., R. 13 W. , 2 miles 

southwest of Gordo, Ala. 

Sec. 35, T. 13 S., R. 4 W., 9 miles 

southeast of Blount Springs, Ala. 

Sec. 15, T. 11 S., R. 2 W., 2 miles 

northeast of Hanceville, Ala.

Sec. 11, T. 10 S., R. 3 W., 2 miles 

northeast of Cullman, Ala.

Sec. 11, T. 10 S., R. 3 W., 1 mile 

east of Cullman, Ala.

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

1.76

8.44 

7.46 

26.8

14.5

216 

205

87.4

89.9

44.6

7.50 

186

3.72

6.71

11.5

3.16 

.85

168 

19.1

217 

96.4

1.92 

.30 

33.0

55.2 

122 

2.31

17.1 

8.97

125

37.9 

642 

.9

8.53 

12.3 

.22

.05

.05
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS 561

Miscellaneous discharge measurements In the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1948 to September 1949 Continued

Mobile River Basin Continued

Date

Nov. 16

S

5

5 

5 

7 

7 

7 

7 

7

9 

9 

9 

9

Oct. 10 

Dec. 14

Oct. 8 

Nov. 13

Oct. 19

Oct. 12

Oct. 13 

Hov. 14

Oct. 10 

Nov. Z 

3 

3 

3 

3 

June 14

June 13 

July 5

5 

June 13

June 16 

16 

15 

July 6

15 

June 15

July 5

6 

6 

June 15

Stream

Eight Mile Creek. . .

....do............. 

....do.............

Blackwater Creek. . . 

Cane Creek... ...... 

Lost Creek... ...... 

....do............. 

....do............. 

....do............. 

....do.............

Calvert Prong ...... 

... .do ............. 

....do.............

Five Mile Creek....

....do............. 

....do.............

....do............. 

....do.............

Village Creek......

Valley Creek. ......

....do............. 

....do.............

....do.............

Hurricane Creek. . . . 

North River ........ 

Elliots Creek...... 

....do............. 

Cottonwood Creek... 

Sucarnopchee River.

Alamuchee Creek .... 

....do.............

....do.............

Toomsuba Creek. ....

Sycamore Creek..... 

Springfield Creek.. 

Wahalak Creek. ..... 

....do.............

Okatuppa Creek ..... 

....do.............

....do.............

....do.............

Puss Cuss Creek.... 

....do.............

Tributary to or 

diverting from .

Brlndle Creek..... 

Eight Mile Creek. .

....do............ 

....do............

Mulberry Pork. .... 

....do............ 

....do............ 

....do............ 

....do............ 

....do............ 

....do............

River . 

Locust Fork. ......

....do............ 

....do............ 

....do............

.. ..do........... . 

....do............

....do...'. ........

....do............

....do............

....do............

....do............

Black Warrior 

River . 

....do............

....do............ 

....do.. .......... 

....do............

Tomblgbee River . . .

Sucarnoochee River

....do............

Alamuchee Creek...

Chlckasaw Bogue. . . 

Sycamore Creek.... 

Tombigbee River . . . 

....do............

....do............ 

....do............

....do............

....do..... .......

Okatuppa Creek. . . . 

....do............

Locality

Sec. 11, T. 10 S., R. 3 ¥., 1 mile 

east of Cullman, Ala. 

Sec. 23, T. 1O S., R. 3 W., 2 miles

southeast of Cullman, Ala.

north of Double Springs, Ala. 

Sec. 30, 0?. 10 S., R. 7 W., 5 miles 

east of Double Springs, Ala. 

Sec. 17, 0?. 13 S., R. S W., 12 miles 

northeast of Jasper, Ala.

north of Poplar Springs, Ala. 

Sec. 27, T. 13 S., R. 6 W., 8 miles 

northeast of Jasper, Ala. 

Sec. 5, T. 15 S., H. 6 W., 4 mile 

north of Cordova, Ala. 

Sec. 29, 0?. 13 S., R. 9 W., 1 mile 

southeast of Carbon Hill, Ala. 

Sec. 1, T. 19 S., R. 9 W., 2% miles 

northwest of Townley, Fa. 

Sec. 21, 0?. 14 S., R. 8 W.-, 6 miles 

west of Jasper, Ala. 

Sec. 15, 0?. 15 S., R. 8 W., Z% miles 

northeast of Oakman, Ala. 

Sec. 19, T. 15 S., R. 7 W., 1 mile 

south of Parrish, Ala.

southwest of Nectar, Ala. 

Sec. 21, T. 12 S., R. 2 E., 2i miles 

northeast of Oneonta, Ala. 

Sec. 8, T. 12 S., R. 2 E., 5 miles 

northeast of Oneonta, Ala. 

Sec. 14, 0?. 12 S., R. 1 E., 3y miles 

northwest of Oneonta, Ala. 

Sec. 1, T. 17 S., R. 3 W., at 

Lewisburg, Ala.

Sec. 25, 0?. 16 S., R. 4 W., 1 mile 

south of Brookeide, Ala. 

....do................................

Sec. 8, T. 16 S., R. 4 W., 4 miles 

south of Sayre, Ala. 

....do................................

Sec. 36, T. 16 S. , R. 5 W., 3 miles 

southeast of Wllliamsburg, Ala.

Sec. 4, T. 19 S., R. 4 W., 1 mile 

southwest of Brighton, Ala.

Sec. 13, T. 19 S., R. 5 W., 1 mile 

east of Tuxedo, Ala.

Sec. 25, T. 18 S., R. 6 W., 2 miles 

east of Oak Grove, Ala. 

Sec. 14, T. 21 S., R. 9 W., 3 miles 

southeast of Holt, Ala. 

Sec. 19, T. 20 S., R. 9 W., 7 miles 

northeast of Tuscaloosa, Ala. 

Sec. 1, T. 23 N., R. 4 E., at Moundvllle, Ala. 

Sec. 15, T. 23 N., R. 4 E. , 3 miles 

southwest of Moundville, Ala. 

Sec. 26, T. 18 N., R. 4 E., 3 miles 

east of Pralrieville, Ala. 

Sec. 6, T. 17 N., R. 1 W., 2 miles 

northeast of Bellamy, Ala.

Sec. 4, T. 17 N., R. 3 W., 1 mile 

south of York, Ala.

Sec. 21, T. 18 N., R. 2 W., 4^ miles 

south of Livingston, Ala. 

Sec. 5, T. 17 N., R. 3 W., 1 mile 

west of York, Ala.

Sec. 6, T. 15 N., R. 3 E., at Linden, 

Ala. 

Sec. 8, T. 15 N., R. 3 E., 1 mile 

south of Linden, Ala. 

Sec. 30, T. 13 N., R. 2 W., 1| miles 

southeast of Butler, Ala.

Sec. 8, T. 11 N., R. 4 W., 7 miles 

northwest of Gilbertown, Ala.

north of Gilbertown, Ala.

Sec. 12, T. 10 N., R. 3 W., 6 miles 

southeast of Gilbertown, Ala. 

Sec. 8, T. 10 N., R. 4 W., 5 miles 

southwest of Gilbertown, Ala. 

Sec. 28, T. 11 N., R. 4 W., 4 miles 

west of Gilbertown, Ala.

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

20.4 

.57

22.1

5.06

16.1 

149 

21.8

16.8 

2.43 

.38 

.73 

.63 

1.62 

2.94

8.70 

8.00 

8.90 

17.4 

53.5

18.8 

80.6

18.0

3.17

2.64

111

103 

11.3 

83.6 

20.5 

19.0 

.30 

2,950

293

58.1 

440

.56 

.26 

25.8

87.2

142 

12.2 

80.6
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

laneous discharge measurements in the south 

during water year October 1948

Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexi 

to September 1949 Continued

Mobile River Basin Continued

Date

July 6

15

6 

June 15

May 24

June 9 

May 24 

?4

May 24 

24

Apr. 12

Apr. 14

Apr. 12 

May 11

Apr. 12

13

May 11

Apr. 13 

May 11

Stream

Puss Cuss Creek.....

Mill Creek.. ........

....do..............

Jackson Creek. ...... 

Branch ..............

East Bassett Creek..

Bassett Creek. ...... 

West Bassett Creek..

Bayou Sara ..........

Chickasaw Creek.....

Eight Mile Creek. . .. 

....do..............

Three Mile Creek. . . .

Boltons Branch. ..... 

. ...do. .............

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Okatuppa Creek. . . .

Okatuppa Creek. . . .

... .do... ......... 

....do............

....do............ 

Jackson Creek. .... 

Tombigbee River. . .

....do............ 

Bassett Creek. ....

Mobile River. .....

....do............

Chickasaw Creek...

Mobile Bay. .......

Locality

Sec. 28, T. 11 N., R. 4 W., 4 miles 

west of Gilbertown, Ala.

southwest of Gilbertovm, Ala. 

Sec. 6, T. 10 N., R. 3 W., at 

Qilbertown, Ala.

Sec. 4, T. 10 N., R. 3 W., 3 miles 

southeast of ailbertovm, Ala. 

Sec. 36, T. 11 N., R. 3 W., 6 miles

east of Qilbertown, Ala.

east of Coffeevllle, Ala. 

Sec. 14, T. 8 N., R. 2 E., 5 miles 

southwest of Qrove Hill, Ala. 

Sec. 5, T. 8 N., R. 3 E., 1 mile 

west of Grove Hill, Ala. 

Sec. 2, T. 10 N., R. 3 E., 3 miles 

south of Thomasville, Ala.

Sec. 30, T. 8 N., R. 4 E. , at Whatley, 

Ala. 

Sec. 11, T. 10 N., R. 3 E., 5 miles 

south of Thomasville, Ala.

Sec. 33, T. 2 S., R. 1 W., 7 miles 

north of Priehard, Ala.

Sec. 18, T. 3 S., R. 1 W., 2 miles 

northwest of Whistler, Ala.

At U. S. Highway 45, 1 mile northwest 

of Whistler, Ala.

Sec. 12, T. 4 S., R. 2 W., at U. S. 

Highway 45, at city limit of Mobile, 

Ala.

Sec. 12, T. 5 S., R. 2 W., 6 miles 

southwest of Mobile, Ala.

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

19.0

2.62 

.68

3.47 

30.4

102

14.3 

2.0 

5.6 

1.57

88.9 

9.3 

1.32

132

764

144 

61.0

36.3

31.4

85.2

12.5

7.24 

6.43

Bayou Labatre( Basin, Ala.

Apr. 14 Bayou Labsitre ....... Gulf of Mexico .... Sec. 24, T.

northeast

7 S., R. 

of Bayou

3 W., 2 

Labatre

miles 40.4

Fascagoula River Basin, Ala.

Apr. 13 

13 

13

Poppy Creek. ........ 

. ...do. .............

Hamilton Creek. .....

Esc

Big

atawpa River.. . Sec. 1,

elle.

south 

Sec. 7,

T. 1 N., R. 3 W., 

. R. 3 W.

of Citronelle. 

T. 4 S.. R. 3 W..

east of Tanner Williams

at Cltron- 

, 2 miles 

Z miles

0 

9

47

85 

2 

0
INDEX

Abbotts Creek at Lexington, N. C.......

Aberdeen, Miss., Tombigbee River at....

Accuracy of field data and computed

results..........................

Acre-foot, definition of...............

Acton, Ala., Cahaba River near.........

Adel, Ga., Little River near...........

Agencies other than Geological Survey, 

records collected by.............

Alabama River at Claiborne, Ala........

at Selma, Ala........................

near Millers Ferry, Ala..............

near Montgomery, Ala................423

Alafla River at Lithia, Fla............

Alapaha River at Statenville, Ga.......

near Alapaha, Ga.....................

Albany, Ga., Flint River at............

Alcovy River below Covington, Ga......239

Alien Creek near Largo, Fla............329

Alligator Creek near Milford, Ga.......

Alpine, Ala., Talladega Creek at.......

Altamaha River at Doctortown, Ga.......

Altamaha River Basin, Ga., discharge

measurements in..................

gaging-station records in...........231

Altavista, Va., Roanoke River at.......

Altha, Fla., Chipola River near,.......

Alturas, Fla., Peace Creek Marsh outlet 

near.............................

Araicalola Creek near Dawsonville, Va... 

Amory, Miss., Tombigbee River near.....

Anclote River near Elfers, Fla.........

Andalusia, Ala., Conecuh River near....

Anderson, S. C., Seneca River near.....

Anderson Branch at Sussex, Va..........

Apalachee River near Bostwick, Ga.....251

near Buckhead, Ga....................

Apalachicola River at Chattahoochee,

Fla..............................

Apalachicola River Basin, Fla.-Ga.,

discharge measurements in.......554

gaging-station records in. ..........360

Appomattox River at Farraville, Va......

at Mattoax, Va.......................

near Petersburg, Va..................

Arbuckle Creek near De Soto City, Fla.. 

Arcadia, Fla., Peace Creek at..........

Ariton, Ala., Pea River near...........

Arvonia, Va., Slate River near.........

Athens, Ga., Middle Oconee River near..

Oconee River at..................... 244

Atkinson, Ga., Satilla River at........

Augusta, Ga., Augusta Canal near.......

Savannah River at....................

Augusta Canal near Augusta, Ga.........

Austell, Ga., Sweetwater Creek near....

Autauga Creek at Prattville, Ala.......

Babbie, Ala., Lightwood Knot Creek at.. 

Bahama, N. C., Dial Creek near.........

Flat River at........................

Flat River near......................

Bainbridge, Ga., Flint River at........

Banister River at Halifax, Va..........

Barrineau Park, Fla. Perdido River at. 

Bartow, Fla., Kissengen Spring near....

Peace Creek at.......................

Bassett, Va., Smith River at...........

Battle Ground, N. C., Horsepen Creek at 

Bayou Labatre Basin, Ala., discharge

measurement in...................

Bear Creek at Robbins, N. C ............

Beauclair Canal. See Apopka-Beauclair

Canal. 

Bedford, Va., Otter River near.........

Bell, Fla., Suwannee River near........

Bell, Ga., Broad River near............

Belle Glade, Fla., Hillsboro Canal at.. 

Benaja, N. C., Haw River near..........

Bennett, Fla., Econfina Creek near.....

4?7

425

426

-424 

319 

348 

347 

378

-240

-331 

383 

447 

236

548

-254 

75 

389

305

436

468

336

405

219

62

- 252 

253

368

-555 

389

49

50

51

290

308

395

42

250

-245 

256 

225 

214 

214

Bent Creek, Va., James River at........

Big Canoe Creek near Gadsden, Ala......

Big Creek near Mobile, Ala.............

Big Cypress Creek near Milford, Ga.....

Big Swamp Creek near Lowndesboro, Ala.. 

Big Wills Creek near Crudup, Ala.......

Bigbee, Miss., East Fork Tombigbee River

Bishopville, S. C., Lynches River near. 

Black Creek, North Fork, near Middleburg , Fla........................

South Fork, near Penney Farms, Fla... 

Black River at Kingstree, S. C .........

Black Warrior River at Tuscaloosa, Ala.

near Eutaw, Ala......................

Blackwater Creek near Manchester, Ala.. 

Blackwater River (Chowan River Basin)

at Zuni, Va......................

near Dendron, Va.....................

near Franklin, Va....................

Blackwater River (Roanoke River Basin)

Bloxham, Fla., Ochlockonee River near.. 

Blue Spring near Orange City, Fla......

Blue Springs, Ala., West Fork ChoctawBoardman, N. C., Lumber River at.......

Bogalusa, La., Pearl River near........

Bogue Chitto at Franklinton, La........ 536

near Bush, La........................ 537

near Tylertown, Miss ................. 535

Bogue Lusa near Franklinton, La.

Boguechitto Creek: near Browns, Ala./...

near Orrville , Ala ...................

Boiling Springs, N. C., Broad River 

near .

-455

398

115

113

114

379

102

411

313

306

98

126

562

at.

near Union Hall, Va.

hatchee River at.

Page 

18 

444 

520 

386 

456 

443

467

158

275

274

164

493

494

497

63

65

82

358

263

394

163

528

Bonita Springs, Fla., Imperial River

537

462

463

177

303

Bostwick, Ga., Apalachee River near...251-252 

Bowie Creek near Hattiesburg, Miss.....

Bradenton, Fla., Manatee River near....

Branch, N. C., Linville River at.......

Branchville, S. C., Edisto River near.. 

Branford, Fla., Suwannee River at......

Brantley, Ala., Conecuh River at.......

Brier Creek at Millhaven, Ga...........

Broad River (Santee River Basin) at

Richtex, S. C....................

near Boiling Springs, N. C ...........

near Carlisle, S. C ..................

near Chimney Rock, N. C..............

near Gaffney, S. C.

Broad River (Savannah River Basin) near

Bell, Ga.

510

317

171

208

345

404

226

180

177

179

176

178

221 

Brooker Creek near Odessa, Fla........332-335

Brooker Creek Basin, Fla., discharge

measurement in................... 553

gaging-station record in............332-335 ' ~ " 406 

76

337

489

156

462

393

518

16

253

34

127

52

37

361

79

476

477

57

Brooklyn, Ala., Coneeuh River near.....

Brookneal, Va., Roanoke River at.......

Brooksville, Fla., Weekiwachee Spring

near.

Brooksville, Miss., Noxubee River near. 

Brown Creek near Polkton, N. C.........

Browns, Ala., Boguechitto Creek near... 

Bruce, Fla., Choctawhatchee River near. 

Bucatunna CreeK: at Denham, Miss........

Buchanan, Va., James River at.

Buckhead, Ga., Apalachee River near..., 

Buena Vista, Va., Maury River near..... 

Buffalo Creek (Cape Fear River Basin)

near Greensboro, N. C.

Buffalo Creek (James River Basin) near 

Hampton Sidney, Va.

85 

346 

221 Buggs Island, Va., Roanoke River at...,

Buffalo River near Norwood, Va. 

Buford, Ga., Chattahoochee River near.,

297 Bull Mountain Creek at Tremont, Miss... 

120 near Smithville, Miss................

390 Burkeville, Va., Nottoway River near...

563
566 INDEX

Haines Creek at Lisbon, Fla............

Halifax, Va ., Banister River at........

Hamilton, Ala., Buttahatchie River near 

Hamilton, Ga., Mountain Creek near.....

Hampton Sidney, Va., Buffalo Creek near 

Hanna Lake Outlet near Lutz, Fla.......

Hardware River below Briery Run, near 

Scottsville, Va..................

Harney Pond Canal at Lake Okeechobee,

Fla..............................

Hart-East Tohopekaliga Canal near Narcoossee, Fla.....................

See also Mary Jane-Hart Canal. 

HaFEwell, Ga., Tugaloo River near......

Hatchet Creek near Rockford, Ala.......

Hatchineha-Kissimraee Canal near Lake

Wales, Fla.......................

Hattiesburg, Miss., Bowie Creek near...

Leaf River at........................

Havana, Fla., Ochlockonee River near... 

Haw River at Haw River, N. C...........

near Bena Ja, N. C ....................

near Pittsboro, N. C. ................

Hawkinsville, Ga., Ocmulgee River at... 

Hawthorn, Fla., Lochloosa Creek near... 

Health Spring Basin, Fla., discharge

measurements in..................

Henry Fork near Henry River, N. C......

Hialeah, Fla., Miami Canal at..........

High Point, N. C. East Fork Deep River 

near...........................\.

West Fork Deep River near............

High Rock, N. C., Yadkin River at......

High Springs, Fla., Santa Fe River near 

Hildreth, Fla., Ichatucknee Springs

near.............................

Hillsboro, N. C., Eno River at.........

Hillsboro Canal at Belle Glade, Fla....

near Deerfield Beach, Fla............

Hillsboro River near Tampa, Fla........

near Zephyrhills, Fla................

Hillsboro River Basin, Fla., discharge 

measurements in..................

Hoffman, N. C., Drowning Creek near.... 

Holcorabs Rock, Va., Janes River at..... 

Holder, Fla., Withlacoochee River near. 

Hookerton, N. C., Contentnea Creek at.. 

Hope Mills, N. C., Rockfish Creek near. 

Horsepen Creek at Battle Ground, N. C . . 

Huddleston, Va., Goose Creek near .

162 

17 

339 

119 

137 

126 

84

Hutchins Lake Outlet near Lutz, Fla. . .323-325 

Hyco River near Omega , Va .............. 103

Ichatucknee Springs near Hildreth, Fla. 354

Ichawaynochaway Creek at Milford, Ga . . . 382

Imperial River near Bonita Springs, Fla. 303 

Indian Prairie Canal near Okeechobee,

Fla. ............................. 260

Iron City, Ga., Spring Creek near...... 387

Istokpoga Canal near Cornwell, Fla..... 291

Ivy , Va . , Mechura River near ............ 43

Jackson, Ga., Ocrnulgee River near......

Jackson, Miss., Pearl River at .........

Jackson River at Falling Spring, Va....

James River at Bent Creek, Va. .........

at Buchanan, Va ......................

at Cartersville , Va ..................

at Holcombs Rock , Va .................

at Lick Run, Va. .....................

at Scottsville , Va ...................

near Richmond , Va ....................

James River & Kanawha Canal near Richmond , Va .........................

James River Basin, Va., discharge

measurements in. .................

gaging-station records in. ...........

Jamestown, Ala., Little River near.....

Jenifer, Ala., Choccolocco Creek near.. 

Johns Creek at Newcastle , Va ...........

Jones, Ala., Mulberry River at.........

Josephine Creek near De Soto City, Fla. 

Juniper Creek near Cheraw, 2 . C ........

Jupiter, Fla., Loxahatchee Slough near.

Kanawha Canal. See James River 8-

Kanawha C a rial. 

Keowee River near Hewry , ?. C ........ .

Kerrs Creek near Lexington, Va .........

232

524

14

18

16

20

17

15

19

21

47

538

14-55

441

445

29

457

293

157

295

218

35

Keysville, Va., North Meherrin River near 68 

Kingston, &a . , Etowah RTver near. ...... 434

Kingstree, S. C., Black River at....... 164

Kinston, N. C., Neuse River at ......... 112

Kissengen Spring near Bartow, Fla...... 313

Kissinmee Canal. See HatchinehaKissimmee Canal. 

Klssimmee River below Lake Kissimmee,

Fla.............................. 281

near Cornwell , Fla. .................. 282

near Okeechobee , Fla ................. 283

Kosciusko, Miss., Yokahockany River

near ............................. 531

Lafayette, Va., Roanoke River at....... 71

Lake Drummond in Dismal Swamp, Va...... 56

Lake Greenwood near Chappells, S. C.... 197

Lake Jordan, Ala., change in contents

of ............................... 428

Lake Kissimmee, Fla., Kissimmee Hiver

below ............................ 281

Lake Marion near Pineville, S. C....... 169

Lake Martin, Ala., contents of......... 426

Lake Moultrie near Pinopolls, S. C..... 205

Lake Murray near Columbia, S. C........ 200

Lake Okeechobee, Fla., gage heights of. 277 

Harney Pond Canal at. ................ 279

St. Lucie Canal at. .................. 294

Lake Okeechobee Basin and The Everglades, Fla., discharge measurements in ........................ 549-553

gaging- station records. In. ........ .,278-302

Lake Wales, Fla., Catfish Creek near. .288-289 

Hatchineha-Kissimmee Canal near...... 284

Lakes Marion-Moultrie diversion canal

near Pineville, S. C. ............ 204

Largo, Fla., Alien Creek near. ....... .329-331

Laurel, Miss., Tallahala Creek at...... 511

Lawndale, N. C., First Broad River near 182 

Lawrenceville, Va., Meherrin River near 67 

Lay Lake, Ala., change in contents of.. 428 

Leaf, Ga., Chattahoochee River near.... 360

Leaf River at Hattiesburg, Miss........ 506

Leaf River near Collins, Miss, ......... 505

near McLain, Miss .................... 507

Leakesville, Miss., Chickasawhay River

at.. ............................. 516

Leaksville, N. C. , Dan River at. ....... 92

Leesburg , Ala . , Coosa River at ......... 418

Lena, Miss., Pearl River near. ......... 522

Leroy, Ala. , Tombigbee River near. ..... 574

Lexington, N. C., Abbotts Creek at..... 153

Lexington, Va. , Kerrs Creek j-iear ....... 35

Maury River near. .................... 33

Lick Run, Va. , James River at. ......... 15

Lightwood Knot Creek at Babbie, Ala.... 398

Lillington, N. C., Cape Fear River at.. 123 

Lincoln, Ala., Choccolocco Creek near.. 446 

Lincolnton, Ga., Little Hiver near..... 223

Linden, N. C., Lower Little River at... 136 

Linville River at Branch, N. C......... 171

Lisbon, Fla., Haines Creek at.......... 263

Lithia, Fla., Alafia River at.......... 319

Little Manatee River near Wimauma, Fla. 3, 318 

Little Pee Dee River at Gallivants

Ferry, S. C......................

near Dillon, S. C....................

Little River (Mobile River Basin) near

Jamestown, Ala...................

Little River (Neuse River Basin) near

Princeton, N. C ..................

Little River (Savannah River Basin)

near Lincolnton, Ga..............

near Mount Carrael, S. C..............

Little River (Suwannee River Basin)

near Ade1, Ga....................

Little Sugar Creek near Charlotte,

N. C .........................

Little Tallapoosa River at Carrollton,

Ga...............................

near Wedowee, Ala....................

Livingston, Ala., Sucarnoochee River

at...............................

Lobutcha Creek near Carthage, Miss....,

Lochloosa Creek near Hawthorn, Fla....,

Lochloosa Lake Outlet near Lochloosa,

Fla..............................

Locust Fork at Sayre, Ala..............

at Trafford, Ala................:....

near Cleveland, Ala..................

161

160

441

223

222

350

.174-175

452

453

504

529

272

273

500

499

498
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Long Branch near Damascus, Ga.......... 388

Loughman, Fla., Reedy Creek near......285-286

Louisville, Ga., Ogeechee River near... 227 

Lovingston, Va., Tye River near........ 38

Lowell, N. C., South Fork Catawba River

at............................... 173

Lower Little -River at Linden, K. C..... 136

at Manchester, N. C.................. 135

Lowndesboro, Ala., Big Swamp Creek near 456 

Loxahatchee Slough near Jupiter, Fla... 295 

Lulu Lake Outlet at Eloise, Fla.......310-313

Lumber City, Ga., Ocmulgee River at.... 235

Lumber River at Boardman, N. C......... 163

Lunenburg, Va., North Meherrin River

near............................. 69

Lutz, Fla., Hanna Lake Outlet near..... 322

Hutchins Lake Outlet near...........323-325

Luverne, Ala., Patsaliga Creek at...... 407

Luxapalila Creek near Fayette, Ala..... 484

Lyman, S. C., Middle Tyger River at.... 189

Lynches River at Effingham, S. C....... 159

near Bishopville, S. C............... 158

McDonough, Ga., South River near....... 231

McKenney, Va., Nottoway River near..... 58

McKenzie, Ala., Sepulga River near..... 408

McLain, Miss., Leaf River near......... 507

Macclenny, Fla., St. Marys River near.. 257 

Mackys Creek near Dennis, Miss......... 475

Macon, Ga., Ocmulgee River at.-......... 233

Tobesofkee Creek near................ 243

Macon, Miss., Noxubee River at......... 490

Manatee River near Bradenton, Fla...... 317

Manchester, Ala., Blackwater Creek near 497 

Manchester, N. C., Lower Little River

at............./................. 135

Mannboro, Va., Deep Creek near......... 53

Marietta, Miss., East Fork Tombigbee

River near....................... 465

Marion, N. C., Catawba River near...... 165

Marion Junction, Ala., Cahaba River

near............................. 461

Martinsville, Va., Smith River at...... 99

Mary Jane-Hart Canal near Narcoossee,

Fla.............................. 284

Mascotte, Fla., Palatlakaha Creek

near............................. 269

Mattoax, Va., Appomattox River at...... 50

Maury River at Rockbridge Baths, Va.... 32

near Buena Vista, Va................. 34

near Lexington, Va................... 33

Mayo River near Price, N. C............ 95

Meadow Creek at Newcastle, Va.......... 28

Mechum River near Ivy, Va.............. 43

Meherrin River near Lawrenceville, Va.. 67 

Melbourne, Fla., St. Johns River near.. 258 

Meridian, Miss., Okatibbee Creek near.. 517 

Merrill, Miss., Pascagoula River at.... 508

Miakka River below Lower Miakka Lake,

near Sarasota, Fla............... 316

below Upper Miakka Lake, near

Sarasota, Fla.................... 314

near Sarasota, Fla................... 315

Miakka River Basin, Fla., gagingstation records in..............314-316

Miami Canal at water plant, Hialeah,

Fla.............................. 301

Middle Creek near Clayton, N. C........ 116

Middle Oconee River near Athens, Ga.... 250

Middle Tyger River at Lyman, S. C...... 189

Middleburg, Fla., North Fork Black

Creek near....................... 275

Milford, Ga., Alligator Creek near..... 383

Big Cypress Creek near............... 386

Ichawaynochaway Creek at............. 382

Mill Creek at Dalton, Ga............... 430

Milledgeville, Ga., Oconee River at.... 247

Millers Ferry, Ala., Alabama River

near............................. 426

Millhaven, Ga., Brier Creek at......... 226

Savannah River near.................. 215

Milligan, Fla., Yellow River at........ 397

Milton, Fla., Coldwater Creek near..... 400

Miscellaneous discharge measurements:

Altamaha River Basin................. 548

Apalachicola River Basin............554-555

Bayou Labatre Basin.................. 562

Brooker Creek Basin.................. 553

Cape Fear River Basin...............541-543

Miscellaneous discharge measurements--

Continued: 

Choctawhatchee River Basin........... 555

Chowan River Basin................... 538

Combahee-Broad River Basins.......... 547

Crooked River Basin.................. 549

Edisto River Basin................... 547

Escambia River Basin................. 556

Health Spring Basin.................. 553

Hillsboro River Basin................ 553

James River Basin.................... 538

Lake Okeechobee and The Everglades..549-553 

Mobile River Basin..................556-562

Neuse River Basin...................539-541

New River Basin...................... 541

Ochlockonee River Basin.............. 554

Ogeechee River Basin................. 548

Pamlico River Basin.................. 539

Pascagoula River Basin............... 562

Pasquotank River Basin............... 538

Peace Creek Basin ................... 553

Pee Dee River Basin.................543-545

Perdido River Basin.................. 556

Roanoke River Basin.................538-539

St. Johns River Basin................ 549

Santee River Basin..................545-547

Satilla River Basin.................548-549

Savannah River Basin................. 548

Suwannee River Basin................553-554

Yellow River Basin................... 556

Note. Streams for which only miscellaneous measurements are available 

are not entered by name in this index. 

General entries covering such discharge measurements are made as usual 

under the names of the respective 

river basins. 

Mitchell Lake, Ala., change in contents

of............................... 428

Mize, Miss., Oakahay Creek at.......... 509

Mobile, Ala., Big Creek near........... 520

Mobile River Basin, Ala.-Ga.-Miss.,

discharge measurements in.......556-562

gaging-station records in...........412-504

reservoirs in........................ 426

Mocksville, N. C., South Yadkin River

near............................. 149

Modoc, S. C., Stevens Creek near....... 224

Molena, Ga., Flint River near.......... 374

Moncure, N. C., Deep River at.......... 132

Monroe, Fla., Tamiami Canal outlets,

Miami to......................... 302

Montezuma, Ga., Flint River at......... 376

Montgomery, Ala., Alabama River near..423-424 

Monticello, Miss., Pearl River near.... 526

Montmorenci, S. C., South Fork Edisto

River near....................... 206

Moore, S. C., North Tyger River near... 187 

Moore Haven, Fla., Caloosahatehee Canal

at............................... 304

Moores Bridge, Ala., Sipsey River at... 486 

Morris, Ala., Turkey Creek at.......... 501

Moss Bluff, Fla., Oklawaha River at.... 264

Moultrie Creek near St. Augustine, Fla. 276 

Mount Carmel, S. C., Little River near. 222 

Mount Vernon, Ga., Oconee River near... 249 

Mountain Creek near Hamilton, Ga....... 372

Mulberry Fork near Garden City, Ala.... 492

Mulberry River at Jones, Ala........... 457

Murder Creek near Evergreen, Ala....... 410

Narcoossee, Fla., Hart-East Tohopekaliga

Canal near....................... 284

Mary Jane-Hart Canal near............ 284

Naruna, Va., Falling River near........ 87

Nashville, N. C., Tar River near....... 105

Nettleton, Miss., West Fork Tombigbee

River near....................... 478

Neuse River at Kinston, N. C.,......... 112

near Clayton, N. C ................... 110

near Goldsboro, N. C ................. Ill

near Northside, N. C ................. 109

Neuse River Basin, N. C., discharge

measurements in.................539-541

gaging-station records in........... 108-119

New River Basin, N. C., discharge

measurements in.................. 541

Newcastle, Va., Johns Creek at......... 29

Meadow Creek at...................... 28
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Page 

Newry, S. C., Keowee River near........ 218

Newton, Ala., Choctawhatchee River near 391 

Niagara, Va., Roanoke River at......... 73

North Buffalo Creek near Greensboro,

N. C. ............................. 128

North Mayo River near Spencer, Va...... 96

North Meherrin River near Keysville, Va. 68 

near Lunenburg, Va................... 69

North New River Canal at South Bay, Fla. 299 

at 26-mile bend, near Fort Lauderdale,

Fla.............................. 300

near Fort Lauderdale, Fla............ 300

North Pacolet Rive"r at Fingerville,

S. C............................. 183

North River near Samantha, Ala......... 502

North Tyger River near Moore, S. C..... 187

North Wilkesboro, N. C., Reddles River

at............................... 146

Northeast Cape Fear River near Chinquapin, N. C........................ 138

Northside, N. C., Neuse River near..... 109

Norwood, N, C., Rocky River near....... 155

Norwood, Va., Buffalo River near....... 37

Nottoway River near Burkeville, Va .... . 57

near McKenney, Va.................... 58

near Sebrell, Va..................... 60

near Stony Creek, Va................. 59

Noxubee River at Macon, Miss........... 490

near Brooksville, Miss............... 489

near Geiger, Ala..................... 491

Oakahay Creek at Mize, Miss ............ 509

Oakfield, Ga., Flint River at.......... 377

Ocala, Fla., Oklawaha River near....... 265

Silver Springs near.................. 270

Ochlockonee River near Bloxham, Fla.... 358

near Havana, Fla..................... 357

near Thomasville, Ga................. 356

Ochlockonee River Basin, Ga., discharge

measurements in.................. 554

gaging-station records in...........356-359

Ocmulgee River at Hawkinsville, Ga..... 234

at Lumber City, Ga................... 235

at Macon, Ga......................... 233

near Jackson, Ga..................... 232

Oconee River at Athens, Ga............244-245

at Dublin, Ga........................ 248

at Milledgeville, Ga................. 247

near Greensboro, Ga.................. 246

near Mount Vernon, Ga................ 249

Odessa, Fla., Brooker Creek near......332-335

Ofahoma, Miss., Yokahockany River near. 532 

Ofelia, Ala., Tallapoosa River near.... 449

Ogeechee River at Scarboro, Ga......... 228

near Eden, Ga,....................... 229

near Louisville, Ga.................. 227

Ogeechee River Basin, Ga., discharge

measurements in.................. 548

gaging-station records in...........227-230

Ohoopee River near Reidsville, Ga...... 254

Okahumpka, Fla., Palatlakaha Creek near 270 

Okatibbee Creek near Meridian, Miss.... 517

Okeechobee, Fla., Indian Prairie Canal

near............................. 280

Kissimmee River near................. 283

Oklawaha River at Eureka, Fla.......... 266

at Moss Bluff, Fla.................... 264

at Riverside Landing, near Orange

Springs, Fla ..................... 268

near Ocala, Fla...................... 265

near Orange Springs, Fla............. 267

Omega, Va., Hyco River near............ 103

Oostanaula River at Resaca, Ga......... 416

Orange City, Fla., Blue Spring near.... 263

Orange Creek at Orange Springs, Fla.... 272

Orange Lake Outlet near Citra, Fla..... 271

Orange Springs, Fla., Oklawaha River

near............................ 267,268

Orange Creek at...................... 272

Orangeburg, S. C., North Fork Edisto

River at......................... 210

Orrville, Ala., Boguechitto Creek near. 463 

Otter Creek, Fla., Otter Creek at...... 341

Waccasassa River near................ 340

Otter River near Bedford, Va........... 85

near Evington, Va. ................... 86

acolet River near Clifton, S. 

near Fingerville, S. C.......

185

184

Page

Palatlakaha Creek near Mascotte, Fla... 269 

near Okahumpka, Fla.................. 270

Palmdale, Fla., Fisheating Creek at.... 278

Palmyra, Va., Rivanna River at......... 44

Pamlico River Basin, N. C., discharge

measurements in.................. 539

gaging-station records in...........104-107

Panther Creek near Toccoa, Ga.......... 217

Parr, Va., Craig Creek at.............. 27

Pascagoula River at Merrill, Miss...... 508

Pascagoula River Basin, Ala.-Miss., 

discharge measurements in............ 562

gaging-station records in...........505-520

Pasquotank River Basin, N. C., discharge measurement in............ 538

Patsaliga Creek at Luverne, Ala........ 407

Patterson, N. C., Yadkin River at...... 140

Pea River near Ariton, Ala............. 395

near Samson, Ala..................... 396

Peace Creek at Arcadia, Fla............ 308

at Bartow, Fla....................... 306

at Zolfo Springs, Fla................ 307

Peace Creek Basin, Fla., discharge

measurements in.................. 553

gaging-station records in............ 305

Peace Creek Marsh outlet near Alturas,

Fla.............................. 305

Pearl River at Edinburg, Miss... ...... 521

at Jackson, Miss..................... 524

at Meeks Bridge, near Canton, Miss... 523 

near Bogalusa, La.................... 528

near Columbia, Miss...................3, 527

near Lena, Miss...................... 522

near Monticello, Miss................ 526

near Rockport, Miss.................. 525

Pearl River Basin, Miss., gagingstation records in..............521-537

Pedlar River near Pedlar Mills, Va..... 36

Pee Dee River at Peedee, S. C.......... 145

near Rockingham, N. C ................ 144

Pee Dee River Basin, N. C.-S. C., discharge measurements in..........543-545

gaging-station records in........... 140-164

Peedee, S. C., Pee Dee River at........ 145

Pelzer, S. C., Saluda River near....... 195

Penney Farms, Fla., South Fork Black

Creek near....................... 274

Perdido River at Barrineau Park, Fla... 411 

Perdido River Basin, Ala., discharge

measurements in.................. 556

Perry, Fla., Fenholloway River near.... 355

Rocky Creek near..................... 355

Petersburg, Va., Appomattox River near. 51 

Phenix, Va., Cub Creek at.............. 88

Philpott, Va., Smith River near........ 97

Piedmont, Ala., Terrapin Creek near.... 442

Pigeon Creek near Thad, Ala............ 409

Pigg River near Toshes, Va............. 83

Pine Chapel, Ga., Coosawattee River at. 415 

Pinetta, Fla., Withlacoochee River near 349 

Pineville, S. C., Lake Marion near..... 169

Lakes Marian-Moultrie diversion Canal

near............................. 204

Santee River near.................... 170

Piney River at Piney River, Va......... 39

Pinopolis, S. C., Lake Moultrie near... 205 

Pittsboro, N. C., Haw River near....... 122

Pleasant Ridge, Ala., Sipsey River near 488 

Polkton, N. C,, Brown Creek near....... 156

Pompano Canal at Pompano Beach, Fla...298-299 

Potato Creek near Thomaston, Ga........ 380

Potts Creek near Covington, Va......... 24

Prairie Creek near Gallion, Ala........ 503

Prattville, Ala., Autauga Creek at..... 455

Price, N. C., Mayo River near.......... 95

Princeton, N. C., Little River near.... 117

Providence Forge, Va., Chickahominy

R iver near....................... 55

Publications on stream flow by Geological Survey......................6-9, 11

by State agencies....................10, 11

Pumpkinvine Creek near Dallas, Ga...... 437

Rainbow Springs near Dunnellon, Fla.... 339

Ramseur, N. C., Deep River at.......... 131

Randleraan, N. C., Deep River near...... 130

Reddles River at North Wilkesboro, N. C. 146 

Reedy Creek near Loughman, Fla........285-286

Reedy Fork near Gibsonville, N. C...... 125
INDEX 569

Reedy Lake Outlet near Frostproof,

Fla.............................. 292

Reedy River near Greenville, S. C...... 202

near Ware Shoals, S. C............... 203

Reldsville, Ga., Ohoopee River near.... 254

Reidvllle, S. C., South Tyger River

near........., K.................. 190

Resaca, Ga., Oostanaula River at....... 416

Richmond, Va., James River & Kanawha

Canal near....................... 47

James River near..................... 21

Rlchtex, S. C'. , Broad River at......... 180

Rivanna River at Palmyra, Va........... 44

Roanoke Creek at Saxe, Va.............. 89

Roanoke Rapids, N. C., Roanoke River at 80 

Roanoke River at Altavista, Va......... 75

at Brookneal, Va..................... 76

at Buggs Island, Va.................. 79

at Clarksville, Va................... 78

at Lafayette, Va..................... 71

at Niagara, Va....................... 73

at Roanoke, Va....................... 72

at Roanoke Rapids , N. C .............. 80

near Clover, Va. ..................... 77

near Scotland Neck, N. C............. 81

near Toshes, Va...................... 74

Roanoke River Basin, N. C.-Va., discharge measurements in...........538-539

gaging-station records in............ 71-103

Robbins, N. C., Bear Creek at.......... 134

Rochelle, Fla., Camps Canal near....... 271

Hock Hill, S. C., Catawba River near... 167 

Rockbridge Baths, Va., Maury River at.. 32 

Rockfish Creek near Hope Mills, N. C... 137 

Rockfish River near Greenfleld, Va..... 40

Rockford, Ala., Hatchet Creek near..... 448

Rockingham, N. C., Pee Dee River near.. 144 

Rockport, Miss., Pearl River near...... 525

Rocky Creek near Perry, Fla. ........... 355

Rocky River (tributary to Pee Dee

River) near Norwood, N. C........ 155

Rocky River (tributary to South Yadkin

River) at Turnersburg, N. C...... 151

Rome, Ga., Coosa River near............ 417

Etowah River at...................... 435

Rosalie Canal. See Weohyakapka-Rosalie

Canal. 

Roswell, Ga., Chattahoochee River near. 362 

Runnelstown, Miss., Tallahala Creek

near. ........................... 512

Runoff in inches, definition of........ 1

St. Augustine, Fla., Moultrie Creek

near............................. 276

St. Cloud, Fla., East TohopekaligaTohopekaliga Canal near.......... 284

Tohopekaliga-Cypress Canal near...... 284

St. Johns River near Christmas, Fla.... 259

near De Land, Fla.................... 260

near Melbourne, Fla.................. 258

near Sanford, Fla.................... 260

St. Johns River Basin, Fla., discharge

measurements in.................. 549

gaglng-station records in...........258-275

St. Lucie Canal at Lake Okeechobee,

Fla.............................. 294

St. Marys River near Macclenny, Fla.... 257

Sakatonchee River near West Point, Miss. 483 

Saluda River at Chappells, S. C ........ 198

near Columbia, £. C .................. 201

near Greenville, S. C................ 194

near Pelzer, S . C .................... 1.95

near'Sllverstreet, S. C .............. 199

near Ware Shoals, S. C ............... 196

Samantha, Ala., North River near....... 502

Samson, Ala. , Pea River near........... 396

Sandy River near Danville, Va.......... 101

Sanford, Fla., St. Johns River near.... 260

Wekiva River near.................... 262

Santa Fe River at Worthlngton, Fla..... 351

near Fort White, Fla................. 353

near High Springs, Fla............... 352

Santee River near Pineville, S. C...... 170

Santee River Basin, N. C.-S. C., discharge measurements in..........545-547

gaging-station records in........... 165-204

Sarasota, Fla., Mlakka River near.314,315,316 

Satilla River at Atkinson, Ga.......... 256

near Waycross , Ga.................... 255

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Satilla River Basin, Ga., discharge

measurements of.................548-549

gaging-station records in..........,255-256

Savannah River at Augusta, Ga.......... 214

at Burtons Ferry Bridge, near Millhaven, Ga........................ 215

near Calhoun Falls, S. C ............. 213

near Clyo, Ga........................ 216

Savannah River Basin, Ga.-S. C., discharge measurements in........... 548

gaging-station records in...........211-226

Saxe, Va., Roanoke Creek at............ ' 89

Sayre, Ala., Locust Fork at............ 500

Scarboro, Ga., Ogeechee River at....... 228

Scotland Neck, N. C., Roanoke River

near............................. 81

Scottsville, Va., Hardware River near.. 41 

James River at....................... 19

Seacock Creek at Unity, Va............. 66

Sebrall, Va., Nottoway River near...... 60

Second Broad River at Cliffside, N. C.. 181 

Second-feet per square mile, definition

of............................... 1

Second-foot, definition of............. 1

Second-foot-day, definition of......... 1

Selma, Ala., Alabama River at.......... 425

Seneca River near Anderson, S. C....... 219

Sepulga River near McKenzie, Ala....... 408

Shoal River near Crestview, Fla........ 399

Silver Springs near Ocala, Fla......... 270

Silverstreet, S. C., Saluda River near. 199 

Sipsey Fork near Falls City, Ala....... 495

Sipsey River at Fayette, Ala........... 485

at Moores Bridge', Ala................ 486

near Elrod, Ala...................... 487

near Pleasant Ridge, Ala.............. 488

Slate River near Arvonia, Va........... 42

Smith Creek above old dam, near Clifton

Forge, Va........................ 25

Smith River at Bassett, Va............. 98

at Martinsvllle, Va. ................. 99

at Spray, N. C ....................... 100

near Philpott, Va.................... 97

Smlthville, Miss., Bull Mountain Creek

near............................. 477

Snellvllle, Ga., Yellow River near..... 237

Soque River near Demorest, Ga.......... 369

South Bay, Fla., North New River Canal

at............................... 299

South Beaverdam Creek at Dewy Rose, Ga. 220 

South Boston, Va., Dan River at........ 94

South Pacolet River Reservoir near

Fingerville, S. C ................ 186

South River near McDonough, Ga......... 231

South Tyger River near Reidville, S. C. 190 

near Woodruff, S. C .................. 191

South Yadkin River at Cooleemee, N. C.. 150 

near Mocksville, N. C ................ 146

Spencer, Va., North Mayo River near,... 96 

Spray, N. C., Smith River at........... 100

Spring Creek near Iron City, Ga........ 387

Sprott, Ala., Cahaba River at.......... 460

Stage-discharge relation, definition of 1 

Statenvllle, Ga., Alapaha River at..... 348

Stever.s Creek near Modoc , S . C ......... 224

Stony Creek at Dinwlddle, Va........... 61

Nottoway River near.................. 59

Strong River at Dlo, Miss.............. 533

Sucarnooohee River at Livingston, Ala.. 504 

Sulligent, Ala., Buttahatchie River

near."............................ 480

Sulphur Springs, Fla., drainage ditch

at..............................326-328

Sumnerville, Ga., Chattooga River at... 439 

Sussex, Va., Anderson Branch at........ 62

Suwannee River at Branford, Fla........ 345

at Ellavllle, Fla. ................... 344

at Fargo, Ga......................... 342

at White Springs, Fla................ 343

near Bell, Fla....................... 346

Suwannee River Basin, Fla., discharge

measurements in. ......'......... .553-554

gaging-station records in...........342-354

Sweetwater CreeK near Austell, Ga...... 371

Swift Creek near Chester, Va........... 54

Talladega Creek at Alpine, Ala......... 447

Tallahala CreeK at Laurel, Miss........ 511

near Runnelstown, Miss ............... 512
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Tallapoosa River at Wadley, Ala........ 450

below Tallassee, Ala.................. 451

near Ofella, Ala..................... 449

Tallassee, Ala., Tallapoosa River below 451 

Tamiami Canal outlets, Miami to Monroe,

Fla.............................. 302

Tampa, Fla., Hillsboro River near...... 321

Tar River at Tarboro, N. C............. 106

near Nashville, N. C................. 105

near Tar River, N. C................. 104

Tarboro, N. C ., Tar River at........... 106

Tarheel, N. C., Cape Fear River near... 124 

Terms, definition of................... 1-2

Terrapin Creek near Piedmont, Ala...... 442

Thad, Ala., Pigeon Creek near.......... 409

Third Creek at Cleveland, N. C......... 152

Thoraaston, Ga., Potato Creek near...... 380

Thoraasville, Ga., Ochlockonee River

near............................. 356

Tibbee River near Tibbee, Miss......... 482

Tilton, Ga., Conasauga River at........ 429

Tired Creek near Cairo, Ga............. 359

Tobesofkee Creek near Macon, Ga........ 243

Toccoa, Ga., Panther Creek near........ 217

Tohopekallga-Cypress Canal near St.

Cloud, Fla....................... 284

See also East Tohopekaliga-Tohopekallga Canal. 

Tombigbee River at Aberdeen, Miss...... 469

at Columbus, Miss.................... 470

at Gainesville, Ala .................. 472

East Fork, at Bigbee, Miss........... 467

near Fulton, Miss .................. 466

near Marietta, Miss ................ 465

near Amory, Miss..................... 468

near Coatopa, Ala .................... 473

near Cochrane, Ala................... 471

near Leroy, Ala ...................... 474

West Fork, near Nettleton, Miss...... 478

Toshes, Va., Pigg River near........... 83

Roanoke R iver near................... 74

Towaliga River near Forsyth, Ga.......241-242

Trafford, Ala., Locust Fork at......... 499

Tremont, Miss., Bull Mountain Creek at. 476 

Trilby, Fla., Withlacoochee River at... 337 

Troy, Ala., Conecuh River near...... .. 403

Tugaloo River near Hartwell, Ga........ 212

Turkey Creek at Morris, Ala.... ....... 501

Turnersburg, N. C., Rocky River at..... 151

Tuscaloosa, Ala., Black Warrior River

at............................... 493

Tuscolameta Creek at Walnut Grove, Miss. 530 

Tuskegee, Ala., 'Uphapee Creek near..... 454

Tye River near Lovingston, Va.......... 38

Tyger River near Woodruff, S. C ........ 188

Tylertown, Miss., Bogue Chitto Creek

near............................. 535

Union, S. C., Fairforest Creek near.... 192

Union Hall, Va., Blackwater River near. 82

Unity, Va., Seacock Creek at........... 66

Uphapee Creek near Tuskegee, Ala....... 454

Uwha'rrie River near Eldorado, N. C..... 154

Vineland, Fla., Cypress Creek at....... 287

Vinings, Ga., Chattahoochee River near. 363

Waccamaw River at Freeland, N. C....... 139

Waccasassa River near Otter Creek, Fla. 340 

Waccasassa River Basin, Fla., gagingstation records in..............340-341

Wadley, Ala., Tallapoosa River at...... 450

Wakulla Spring near Crawfordville, Fla. 355 

Walnut Grove, Miss., Tuscolameta Creek

at............................... 530

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Ware Shoals, S. C., Reedy River near.. 203 

Saluda River near................... 196

Warm Spring at Warm Springs, Va....... 22

Wateree River near Camden, S. C....... 168

Waycross, Ga., Satilla River near..... 255

Waynesboro, Miss., Chickasawhay River

near.............................. 515

Wedowee, Ala., Little Tallapoosa River

near............................ 453

Weekiwachee Spring near Brooksvllle,

Fla............................. 337

Wekiva River near Sanford, Fla........ 262

tfentworth, N. C., Dan River near...... 91

West Palm Beach Canal at Canal Point,

Fla............................. 295

at West Palm Beach, Fla............. 296

West Point, Ga., Chattahoochee River

at.............................. 365

West Point, Miss., Sakatonchee River

near............................ 483

Wetumpka, Ala., Coosa River near...... 422

White Springs, Fla., Suwannee River at 343 

Whitesburg, Ga., Chattahoochee River

near............................ 364

Whitewater Creek near Butler, Ga...... 381

Wilkesboro, N. C., Yadkin River at.... 141

Willis River at Flanagan Mills, Va.... 45

tfilmer, Ala., Escatawpa River near.... 519

tfilson, N. C., Contentnea Creek near.. 118 

Wimauma, Fla., Little Manatee River

near............................3, 318

Withlacoochee River (tributary to 

Suwannee River) near Pinette, 

Fla............................. 349

Withlacoochee River (tributary to Withlacoochee Bay of Gulf of Mexico) 

at Groom, Fla................... 338

at Trilby, Fla...................... 337

near Holder, Fla.................... 339

Withlacoochee River Basin (Withlacoochee Bay Basin), Fla., gagingstation records in.............337-339

Woodruff, S. C., South Tyger River near 191 

Tyger River near.................... 188

Work, division of..................... 13

scope of............................ 1

Worthington, Fla., Santa Fe River

at. ............................. 351

Yadkin College, N. C., Yadkin River at 142 

Yadkin River at High Rock, N. C ....... 143

at Patterson, N. C .................. 140

at Wilkesboro, N. C ................. 141

at Yadkin College, N. C ............. 142

Yadkinville, N. C., Forbush Creek near 148 

Yellow River (tributary to Ocmulgee

River) near Covington, Ga....... 238

near Snellville, Ga ................. 237

Yellow River (tributary to East Bay of 

Pensacola Bay), at Milligan, 

Fla...............>............. 397

Yellow River Basin (Pensacola Bay

Basin), Fla., discharge measurements in........................ 556

gaging-station records in..........397-399

Yokahockany River near Kosciusko,

Miss..... ....................... 531

near Ofahoraa, Miss .................. 532

Zephyrhills, Fla., Crystal Springs

near............................ 321

Hillsboro River near................ 320

Zolfo Springs, Fla., Peace Creek at... 307

Zuni, Va., Blackwater River

at. ............................. 64

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