Surface Water Supply 

of the United States 

1950

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 1172

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 : 1952
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. G. - 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:

O. G. Paulsen_________________ Chief Hydraulic Engineer 

J. V. B. Wells________________ Chief, Surface Water Branch 

B. J. 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. O. Patterson__________________________ Ocala, Fla. 

E. B. Rice____________________________ Raleigh, N. C. 

M. T. Thomson__________________________ Atlanta, Ga. 

D. S. Wallace______________________ Charlottesville, Va. 

M. R. Williams______________________ Montgomery, Ala.

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CONTENTS

Page

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

Definition of terms......:............................................................ I

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 Palling Spring, Va.............................................. 14

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

James River at Buchanan, Va...................................................... 16

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

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

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

James River at Cartersvllle, Va.................................................. 20

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

Bolar Spring at Bolar, Va........................................................ 22

Muddy Run Spring near Warm Springs, Va........................................... 22

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

Palling Springs Creek near Palling Springs, Va................................... 23

Dunlap Creek near Covington, Va.................................................. 24

Potts Creek near Covington, Va................................................... 25

Smith Creek above old dam, near Clifton Forge, Va................................ 26

Cowpasture River near Clifton Forge , Va.......................................... 27

Stuart Spring near McDowell, Va.................................................. 28

Craig Creek at Parr, Va.......................................................... 28

Meadow Creek at Newcastle , Va.................................................... 29

Johns Creek at Newcastle, Va..................................................... 30

Catawba Creek near Catawba, Va................................................... 31

Karnes Spring near Buchanan, Va.................................................. 32

Calfpasture River above Mill Creek, at Goshen, Va................................ 33

Maury River at Rockbridge Baths, Va.............................................. 34

Maury River near Lexington, Va .................................................... 35

Maury River near Buena Vista, Va................................................. 36

Kerrs Creek near Lexington, Va................................................... 37

Big Spring at Kerrs Creek, Va.................................................... 38

South River at Riverside, Va..................................................... 39

Pedlar River near Pedlar Mills, Va............................................... 40

Buffalo River near Norwood, Va................................................... 41

Tye River near Lovingston , Va.................................................... 42

Piney River at Piney River, Va................................................... 43

Rockfish River near Greenfield, Va............................................... 44

Hardware River below Briery Run, near Scottsville ,. Va............................ 45

Slate River near Arvonia, Va..................................................... 46

Mechum River near Ivy, Va........................................................ 47

Rivanna River at Palmyra, Va..................................................... 48

Willis River at Planagan Mills, Va............................................... 49

Pine Creek at Pine Creek Mills, Va............................................... 50

James River & Kanawha Canal near Richmond, Va.................................... 51

Pall ing Creek near Drewrys Bluff, Va............................................. 52

Appomattox River at Parmville, Va................................................ 53

Appomattox River at Mattoax, Va.................................................. 54

Appomattox River near Petersburg, Va............................................. 55

Buffalo Creek near Hampden Sidney, Va............................................ 56

Deep Creek near Mannboro, Va..................................................... 57

Chickahominy River near Providence Forge, Va..................................... 58

Dismal Swamp Basin.................................................................. 59

Lake Drummond in Dismal Swamp, Va................................................ 59

Chowan River Basin......................'........................................... 60

Nottoway River near Burkeville, Va............................................... 60

Nottoway River near McKenney, Va................................................. 61

Nottoway River near Stony Creek, Va.............................................. 62

Nottoway River near Sebrell, Va.................................................. 63

Stony Creek at Dinwiddle, Va..................................................... 64

Anderson Branch at Sussex, Va................................................;... 65

Blackwater River near Dendron, Va................................................ 66

Blackwater River at Zuni, Va..................................................... 67

Blackwater River near Pranklin, Va............................................... 68

Meherrin River near Lawrenceville, Va............................................ 69

North Meherrin River near Keysville, Va.......................................... 70

North Meherrin River near Lunenburg, Va.......................................... 71

Pontaine Creek near Emporia, Va.................................................. 72

Roanoke River Basin................................................................ 73

Roanoke River at Lafayette, Va................................................... 73

V
 VI CONTENTS

,Gaging-sfcation records Continued.

Roanoke River Basin Continued. Page

Roanoke River at Roanoke, Va..................................................... 74

Roanoke River at Niagara, Va..............................................j...... 75

Roanoke River near Toshes , Va.................................................... 76

Roanoke River at Altavista , Va................................................... 77

Roanoke River at Brookneal, Va................................................... 78

Roanoke River near Clover, Va.................................................... 79

Roanoke River at Clarksville, Va................................................. 80

Roanoke River at Buggs Island, Va................................................ 81

Roanoke River at Roanoke Rapids, N. C............................................ 82

Roanoke River near Scotland Neck, N. C........................................... 83

Big Spring at Elliston, Va....................................................... 84

Blackwater River near Union Hall, Va............................................. 84

Pigg River near Toshes, Va....................................................... 85

Goose Creek near Huddleston, Va.................................................. 86

Otter River near Bedford, Va..................................................... 87

Otter River near Evington, Va.................................................... 88

Falling River near Naruna, Va.................................................... 89

Cub Creek at Phenix, Va.......................................................... 90

Roanoks Creek at Saxe, Va........................................................ 91

Dan River near Francisco, N. C................................................... 92

Dan River near Wentworth, N. C................................................... 93

Dan River at Danville, Va........................................................ 94

Dan River at South Boston, Va.................................................... 95

Mayo River near Price , N. C...................................................... 96

North Mayo River near Spencer, Va................................................ 97

Smith River near Philpott, Va.................................................... 98

Smith River at Bassett, Va....................................................... 99

Smith River at Martinsvllle, Va.................................................. 100

Smith River at Spray, N. C....................................................... 101

Sandy River near Danville ," Va ..............'...................................... 102

Banister River at Halifax, Va...-................................................. 103

Georges Creek near Gretna, Va.................................................... 104

Hyco River near Omega, Va........................................................ 105

Pamlico River Basin................................................................ 106

Tar River near Tar River, N. C................................................... 106

Tar River near Nashville, N. C................................................... 107

Tar River at Tarboro, N. C....................................................... 108

Pishing Creek near Enfleld, N. C................................................. 109

Neuse River Basin.................................................................. 110

Eno River at Hillsboro, N. C..................................................... 110

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

Neuse River near Clayton, N. C................................................... 112

Neuse River near Goldsboro, N. C ................................................. 113

Neuse River at Kinston, N. C..................................................... 114

Flat River at Bahama, N. C....................................................... 115

Flat River at dam, near Bahama, N. C............................................. 116

Dial Creek near Bahama, N. C..................................................... 117

Middle Creek near Clayton, N. C.................................................. 118

Little River near Princeton, N. C ...............................t ................. 119

Contentnea Creek near Wilson, N. C............................................... 120

Contentnea Creek at Hookerton, N. C.............................................. 121

Swift Creek near Vanceboro, N. C................................................. 122

New River Basin.................................................................... 123

New River near Gum Branch, N. C.................................................. 123

Cape Fear River Basin.............................................................. 124

Haw River near Benaja, N. C..........r........................................... 124

Haw River at Haw River, N. C..................................................... 125

Haw River near Pittsboro, N. C................................................... 126

Cape Fear River at Lillington, N. C.............................................. 127

Cape Fear River at lock 3, near Tarheel, N. C...................................'. 128

Reedy Fork near Gibsonville , N. C................................................ 129

Horsepen Creek at Battle Ground, N. C............................................ 130

Buffalo Creek near Greensboro, N. C.............................................. 131

North Buffalo Creek near Greensboro, N. C........................................ 132

New Hope River near Pittsboro, N. C. ............................................. 133

West Fork Deep River near High Point, N. C....................................... 135

Deep River near Randleman, N. C.................................................. 136

Deep River at Ramseur, N. C...................................................... 137

Deep River at Moncure, N. C ...................................................... 138

East Fork Deep River near High Point, N. C....................................... 139

Bear Creek at Robbins, N. C...................................../................ 140

Lower Little River at Manchester, N. C....."...................................... 141

Lower Little River at Linden, N. C............................................... 142

Rockfish Creek near Hope Mills, N. C............................................. 143

Colly Creek near Kelly, N. C..................................................... 144

Northeast '.Cape Fear River near Chinquapin, N. C.................................. 14E

Waccamaw River Basin............................................................... 146

Waccamaw River at Freeland, N. C................................................. 146

Pee Dee River Basin................................................................ 147

Yadkln River at Patterson, N. C.................................................. 147

Yadkin River at Wilkesboro, N. C................................................. 148

Yadkln River at Yadkin College, N. C............................................. 149

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

Pee Dee Rivsr near Rockingham, N. C.............................................. 151

Pee Dee River at Peedee, S. C .............. .v..................................... 152
QOWTENTS VII

Gaglng-station records--Continued.

Pee Dee River Basin Continued. Page

Reddles River at North Wilkesboro, N. C.......................................... 153

Fisher River near Copeland, N. C................................................. 154

Porbush Creek near Yadkinville, N. C............................................. 155

South Yadkin River near Mocksville, N. C......................................... 156

South Yadkin River at Cooleemee, N. C............................................ 157

Rocky River at Turnersburg, N. C................................................. 158

Third Creek at Cleveland, N. C................................................... 159

Abbotts Creek at Lexington, N. C................................................. 160

Uwharrie River near Eldorado, N. C............... '. ............................... 161

Rocky River near Norwood, N. C ................................................... 162

Brown Creek near Polkton, N. C ................................................... 163

Juniper Creek near Cheraw, S. C.................................................. 164

Lynches River near Bishopville, S. C............................................. 165

Lynches River at Effingham, S. C................................................. 166

Little Pee Dee River near Dillon, S. C........................................... 167

Little Pee Dee River at Galivants Perry, S. C.................................... 168

Drowning Creek near Hoffman, N. C ................................................ 169

Lumber River at Boardman, N. C................................................... 170

Black River at Kingstree, S. C................................................... 171

Santee River Basin................................................................. 172

Catawba River near Marion, N. C................................................... 172

Catawba River at Catawba, N. C................................................... 173

Catawba River near Rock Hill, S. C ............................................... 174

Wateree River near Camden, S. C.................................................. 175

'Lake Marion near Pineville, S. C ................................................. 176

Santee River near Pineville, S. C ................................................ 177

Linville River at Branch, N. C................................................... 178

Henry Fork near Henry River, N. C ................................................ 179

South Fork Catawba River at Lowell, N. C......................................... 180

Little Sugar Creek near Charlotte, N. C.......................................... 181

Broad River near Chimney Rock, N. C .............................................. 182

Broad River near Boiling Springs, N. C ........................................... 183

Broad River near Gaffney, S. C................................................... 184

Broad River near'Carlisle, S. C.................................................. 185

Broad River at Richtex, S. C..................................................... 186

Second Broad River at Cliffside, N. C............................................ 187

First Broad River near Lawndale, N. C............................................ 188

North Pacolet River at Fingerville, S. C.......................................... 189

Pacolet River near Fingerville, S. C............................................. 190

Pacolet River near Clifton, S. C................................................. 191

South Pacolet River Reservoir near Fingerville, S. C............................. 192

North Tyger River near Moore, S. C......................................:........ 193

Tyger River near Woodruff, S. C.................................................. 194

Middle Tyger River at Lyman, S. C................................................ 195

South Tyger River near Reidville, S. C........................................... 196

South Tyger River near Woodruff, S. C............................................ 197

Pairforest Creek near Union, S. C................................................ 198

Enoree River near Enoree, S. C................................................... 199

Saluda River near Greenville, S. C............................................... 200

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

Saluda River near Ware Shoals, S. C.............................................. 202

Lake Greenwood near Chappells; S. C.............................................. 203

Saluda River at Chappells, S. C.................................................. 204

Saluda River near Silverstreet, S. C ............................................. 205

Lake Murray near Columbia, S. C.................................................. 206

Saluda River near Columbia , S. C................................................. 207

Reedy River near Greenville, S. C................................................ 208

Reedy River near Ware Shoals,. S. C............................................... 209

Lakes Marion-Moultrie diversion canal near Pineville, S. C....................... 210

Cooper River Basin ............................ t ..................'.................. 211

Lake Moultrie near Pinopolis, S. C............................................... 211

Edisto River Basin................................................................. 212

South Fork Edisto River near Montmorenci, S. C................................... 212

South Fork Edisto River near Denmark, S. C....................................... 213

Edisto River near Branchville, S. C .............................................. 214

Edisto River near Givhans , S. C ..................7 ............................... 215

North Fork Edisto River at Orangeburg, S. C..............................'........ 216

Savannah River Basin................................................................ 217

Chattooga River near Clayton, Ga................................................. 217

Tugaloo River near Hartwell, Ga.................................................. 218

Savannah River near Iva, S. C.................................................... 219

Savannah River near Calhoun Falls, S. C .......................................... 220

Savannah River at Augusta, Ga.................................................... 221

Savannah River at Burtons Ferry Bridge, near Millhaven, Ga....................... 222

Savannah River near Clyo , Qa.................. : .................................... 223

Panther Creek near Toccoa, Ga.......... ~.......................................... 224

Keowee River near Newry, S. C .................................................... 225

Seneca River near Anderson, S. C................................................. 226

South Beaverdam Creek at Dewy Rose , Ga........................................... 227

Broad River near Bell, Ga........................................................ 228

Little River near Mount Carmel, S. C............................................. 229

Little River near Lincolnton, Ga................................................. 230

Stevens Creek near Modoc, S. C................................................... 231

Augusta Canal near Augusta, Ga................................................... 232

Brier Creek at Millhaven, Ga..................................................... 233
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Gaging-station records Continued. Page

Ogeechee River Basin............................................................... 234

Ogeechee River at Scarboro, Oa................................................... 234

Ogeechee River near Eden, Ga..................................................... 235

Canoochee River near Claxton, Ga ................................................. 236

Altamaha River Basin............................................................... 237

South River near McDonough, Ga................................................... 237

Ocmulgee River near Jackson, Ga.................................................. 238

Ocmulgee River at Macon, Ga...................................................... 239

Ocmulgee River at Hawkinsville, Ga............................................... 240

Ocmulgee River at Lumber City, Ga................................................ 241

Altamaha River near Baxley, Ga................................................... 242

Altahaha River at Doctor-town, Ga................................................. 244

Yellow River near Snellville, Ga................................................. 245

Yellow River near Covington, Ga.................................................. 246

Tobesofkee Creek near Macon, Ga.................................................. 247

Ocones River near Greensboro, Ga................................................. 248

Oconee River at Milledgeville, Ga................................................ 249

Oconee River at Dublin, Ga....................................................... 250

Oconee River near Mount Vernon, Ga............................................... 251

Middle Oconee River near Athens, Ga.............................................. 252

Apalachee River near Buckhead, Ga................................................ 253

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

Satilla 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, Pla.............................................. 257

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

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

St. Johns River near Christmas , Pla ....................................."......... 259

St. Johns River near Sanford, Pla................................................ 260

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

Econlockhatchee River near Chuluota, Pla......................................... 261

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

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

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

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

Oklawaha River near Ocala, Pla................................................... 265

Oklawaha River at Eureka, Pla.................................................... 266

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

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

Palatlakaha Creek near Mascotte, Pla............................................. 269

Palatlakaha Creek near Okahumpka, Fla............................................ 269

Silver Springs near Ocala, Pla................................................... 270

Camps Canal near Rochelle, Fla................................................... 271

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

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

Lochloosa Creek near Hawthorne, Fla.............................................. 272

Lochloosa Lake Outlet near Lochloosa, Fla............... ...*. ...................... 273

Etonia Creek near Florahome, Fla................................................. 274

South Fork Black Creek near Penney Farms, Fla.................................... 275

North Pork Black Creek near Middleburg, Fla...................................... 276

Moultrie Creek Basin............................................................... 277

Moultrie Creek near St. Augustine, Fla........................................... 277

Lake Okeechobee and The Everglades................................................. 278

Lake Okeechobee, Fla............................................................. 278

Lake Okeechobee inlets between Caloosajiatchee Canal and Fisheating Creek, Fla.... 278

Fisheating Creek at Palmdale, Fla................................................ 279

Fisheating Creek at La'-e Okeechobes, Fla......................................... 280

Lake Okeechobee inlets between Fisheating Creek and Barney Pond Canal, Fla....... 280

Barney Pond Canal at Lake Okeechobee, Fla........................................ 281

Lake Okeechobee inlets between Barney Pond Canal and Indian Prairie Canal, Pla... 281

Indian Prairie Canal near Okeechobee, Fla........................................ 282

Lake Okeechobee inlets between Indian Prairie Canal and Kissimmee River, Fla..... 283

Kissimnee River below Lake Kissimmee , Fla........................................ 284

Kissimmee River near Cornwell, Pla............................................... 285

Kissimmee River near Okeechobee, Fla............................................. 286

Brick-Alligator Canal near Ashton, Fla........................................... 286

Lizzie-Lost Canal near Ashton, Fla............................................... 287

Myrtle-Mary Canal near Narcoossee, Fla........................................... 287

Mary Jane-Bart Canal near Narcoosee, Fla......................................... 288

Hart-East Tohopekaliga Canal near Narcoosee, Fla................................. 288

East Tohopekaliga-Tohopekaliga Canal near St. Cloud, Fla......................... 289

Tohopekaliga-Cypress Canal near St. Cloud, Fla.................................... 290

Batchineha-Kissijnmee Canal near Lake Wales, ffla.................................. 291

Gentry Lake Outlet near St. Cloud , Fla........................................... 292

Canoe Creek near St. Cloud, Fla.................................................. 292

Reedy Creek near Loughman, Pla.................................................... 293

Cypress Creek at Vineland, Fla................................................... 294

Catfish Creek near Lake Wales, Fla............ .................................. 295

Arbuckle Creek near De Soto City, Fla............................................ 296

Istokpoga Canal near Cornwell, Pla............................................... 297

Reedy Lake Outlet near Frostproof, Fla........................................... 298

Josephine Creek near De Soto City, Fla........................................... 299

Lake Okeechobee inlets into Eagle Bay, near Okeechobee, Fla.................'...... 300

Taylor Creek near Okeechobee, Fla................................................. 301
CONTENTS IX

Gaging-station records Continued.

Lake Okeechobee and The Everglades Continued. Page

Lake Okeechobee inlets between Taylor Creek and St. Lucie Canal, Fla............. 301

St. Lucie Canal at Lake Okeechobee, Fla.......................................... 302

Loxahatchee Slough near Jupiter, Fla.............................................. 302

West Palm Beach Canal at Canal Point, Pla ........................................ 303

West Palm Beach Canal at West Palm Beach, Fla.................................... 304

Boynton Canal at Boynton Beach, Pla.............................................. 304

Hillsboro Canal at Belle Glade, Pla.............................................. 305

Hillsboro Canal near Deerfield Beach, Pla........................................ 306

Pompano Canal at Pompano Beach, Pla................................................ 306

Middle River Canal near Port Lauderdale, Fla..................................... 307

Plantation Road Canal near Port Lauderdale, Fla.................................. 307

North New River Canal at South Bay, Fla.......................................... 308

North New River Canal at 26-mile bend, near Fort Lauderdale, Fla................. 309

North New River Canal near Port Lauderdale, Fla................................... 309

Miami Canal at water plant, Hialeah, Fla......................................... 310

Tamiami Canal outlets, Miami to Monroe, Fla...................................... 311

Imperial River near Bonita Springs, Fla.......................................... 312

Caloosahatchee Canal at Moore Haven, Pla......................................... 313

Peace Creek Basin.................................................................. 314

Lulu Lake Outlet at Eloise, Fla.................................................. 314

Peace Creek Marsh outlet near Alturas, Fla....................................... 315

Peace Creek at Bartow, Fla....................................................... 316

Peace Creek at Zolfo Springs, Fla................................................ 317

Peace Creek at Arcadia, Fla...................................................... 318

Drainage canal west of Dundee, Fla............................................... 319

Kissengen Spring near Bartow, Fla................................................ 320

Charlie Apopka Creek near Gardener, Pla.......................................... 320

Joshua Creek at Nocatee, Pla..................................................... 321

Horse Creek near Arcadia, Fla.................................................... 322

Miakka River Basin................................................................. 323

Miakka River below Upper Miakka Lake, near Sarasota, Fla............:............ 323

Miakka River near Sarasota, Pla.................................................. 324

Miakka River below Lower Miakka Lake, near Sarasota, Fla......................... 325

Manatee River Basin................................................................ 326

Manatee River near Bradenton, Fla................................................ 326

Little Manatee River Basin.......................................................... 327

Little Manatee River near Wimauma, Fla........................................... 327

Alafia River Basin................................................................. 328

North Prong Alafia River at Keysville, Fla........................................ 328

Alafia River at Lithia, Fla(...................................................... 329

Hillsboro River Basin.............................................................. 330

Hillsboro River near Zephyrhills, Fla............................................ 330

Hillsboro River near Tampa, Fla.................................................. 331

Crystal Springs near Zephyrhills, Pla............................................ 333

Hanna Lake Outlet near Lutz, Pla................................................. 334

Hutchins Lake Outlet near Lutz, Fla.............................................. 335

Drainage ditch at Bearss Avenue, near Sulphur Springs, Fla....................... 336

Alien Creek Basin. .................................................................. 337

Alien Creek near Largo, Fla..........................................'............ 337

Butler Lake Basin.................................................................. 338

Brooker Creek near Odessa, Fla................................................... 338

Anclote River Basin.....:.......................................................... 339

Anclote River near Elfers, Fla................................................... 339

Weekiwachee River Basin............................................................. 339

Weekiwachee Spring near Brooksville, Fla......................................... 339

Withlacoochee River Basin.......................................................... 340

Withlacoochee River at Trilby, Fla............................................... 340

Withlacoochee River at Groom, Fla................................................ 341

Withlacoochee River near Holder, Fla............................................. 342

Rainbow Springs near Dunnellon, Pla.............................................. 342

Waccasassa River Basin............................................................. 343

Waccasassa River near Otter Creek, Fla........................................... 343

Otter Creek at Otter Creek, Fla.................................................. 344

Suwannee River Basin............................................................... 345

Suwannee River at Pargo, Ga...................................................... 345

Suwannee River at White Springs, Pla............................................. 346

Suwannee River at Ellaville, Fla................................................. > 347

Suwannee River at Branford, Fla.................................................. 348

Suwannee River near Bell, Fla.................................................... 349

Alapaha River near Alapaha, Ga..............................:.................... 350-

Alapaha River at Statenville, Ga................................................. 35i,

Withlacoochee River near Pinetta, Pla............................................ 352'

Little River near Adel, Ga....................................................... 353

Santa Pe River at Worthington, Pla............................................... 354

Santa Fe River near High Springs, Pla............................................ 355

Santa Fe River near Fort White, Pla.............................................. 356

New River near Lake Butler, Fla.................................................. 357

Ichatucknee Springs near Hildreth, Pla........................................... 358

Steinhatchee River Basin........................................................... 358

Steinhatchee River near Cross City, Fla.......................................... 358

Fenholloway River Basin............................................................ 359

Fenholloway River at Foley, Fla..'................................................ 359

Fenholloway River near Perry, Fla................................................ 360

Rocky Creek near Perry, Pla...................................,...............:.. 360
X CONTENTS

Gaglng-station records Continued. Page

Econfina River Basin............................................................... 361

Econfina River near Perry, Pla................................................... 361

Aucilla River Basin................................................................ 362

Auoilla River at Lament, Pla..................................................... 362

St. Marks River Basin.............................................................. 363

Wakulla Spring near Crawfordville, Pla........................................... 363

Ochlockonee River Basin............................................................ 364

Ochlockonee River near Thomasville, Ga........................................... 364

Ochlockonee River near Havana, Pla............................................... 365

Ochlockonee River near Bloxham, Pla.............................................. 366

Tired Creek near Cairo, Ga ........................................................ 367

Apalaehicola River Basin........................................................... 368

Chattahoochee River near Leaf, Ga................................................ 368

Chattahoochee River near Buford, Ga.............................................. 369

Chattahoochee River near Roswell, Ga............................................. 370

Chattahoochee River near Vinings, Ga............................................. 371

Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg, Ga.......................................... 372

Chattahoochee River at West Point, Ga............................................ 373

Chattahoochee River at Columbus, Ga............................................... 374

Chattahoochee River at Columbia, Ala............................................. 375

Apalaehicola River at Chattahoochee, Pla......................................... 376

Soque River near Demorest, Ga.................................................... 377

Chestatee River near Dahlonega, Ga............................................... 378

Sweetwater Creek near Austell, Ga................................................ 379

Mountain Creek near Hamilton, Ga................................................. 380

Flint River near Griffin, 3a..................................................... 381

Flint River near Molena, Ga....................................:..,.............. 382

Flint River near Culloden, Ga.................................................... 383

Flint River at Montezuma, Ga..................................................... 384

Flint River at Oakfield, Ga...................................................... 385

Flint River at Albany, Ga........................................................ 386

Flint River at Bainbridge, Ga.................................................... 387

Potato Creek near Thomaston, Ga.................................................. -388"

Whitewater Creek near Butler, Ga..;.............................................. 389

Ichawaynochaway Creek at Milf ord, Ga..................'........................... 390

Alligator -Creek near Milford, Ga................................................. 391

Spring Creek near Iron City, Ga.................................................. 392

Chipola River near Altha, Pla.....'............................................... 393

Bear Creek Basin.................................................................... 394

Econfina Creek near Bennett, Pla................................................. 394

Choctawhatchee River Basin......................................................... 395

Choctawhatchee River near Newton, Ala............................................. 395

Choctawhatchee River at Caryville, Pla ............................................ 396

Choctawhatchee River near Bruce, Pla............................................. 397

West Pork Choctawhatchee River at Blue Springs, Ala.............................. 398

Pea River near Ariton, Ala....................................................... 399

Pea River near Samson, Ala....................................................... 400

Holmes Creek at Vernon, Pla...................................................... 401

Yellow River Basin................................................................. 402

Yellow River at Milligan, Fla.................................................... 402

Lightwood Knot Creek at Babbie, Ala.............................................. 403

Shoal River near Crestview, Fla.................................................. 404

Blackwater River Basin............................................................. 405

Blackwater River near Baker, Pla................................................. 405

Coldwater Creek near Milton, Fla................................................. 406

Escambia River Basin............................................................... 407

Conecuh River near Troy, Ala..................................................... 407

Conecuh River at Brantley, Ala ..................... .^............................. 408

Conecuh River near Andalusia, Ala................................................. 409

Conecuh River near Brooklyn, Ala................................................. 410

Escambia River near Century, Fla................................................. 411

Patsaliga Creek at Luverne, Ala.................................................. 412

Sepulga River near McKenzie, Ala........................... '. ..................... 413

Pigeon Creek near Thad, Ala...................................................... 414

Murder Creek near Evergreen, Ala................................................. 415

Escambia Creek at Flomaton, Ala.................................................. 416

Perdido River Basin................................................................ 417

Perdido River at Barrineau Park, Fla............................................. 417

Mobile River Basin................................................................. 418

Cartecay River near Ellijay, Ga.................................................. 418

Coosawattee River at Pine Chapel, Ga............................................. 419

Oostanaula River at Resaca, Ga................................................... 420

Coosa River near Rome, Ga........................................................ 421

Coosa River at Leesburg, Ala. .................................................... 432

Coosa River at Gadsden, Ala...................................................... 423

Coosa River near Cropwell, Ala.....................;..............................' 424

Coosa River at Childersburg, Ala................................................. 425

Coosa River at Jordan Dam, near Wetumpka, Ala.................................... 426

Alabama River near Montgomery, Ala............................................... 427

Alabama River at Selma, Ala...................................................... 428

Alabama River near Millers Ferry, Ala............................................. 429

Alabama River at Claiborne, Ala.................................................. 430

Reservoirs in Mobile River Basin, Ala............................................ 431

Conasauga River at Tilton, Ga.................................................... 432

Mill Creek at Dalton, Ga......................................................... 433
CONTENTS XI

Gaging-station records Continued.

Mobile River Basin Continued. Page

Etowah River near Dawsonville, Ga................................................ 434

Etowah River at Canton, Ga........................................................ 435

Etowah River at Allatoona Dam, above Cartersville, Ga............................ 436

Etowah River near Kingston, Ga................................................... 437

Etowah River at Rome, Ga......................................................... 438

Amicalola Creek near Dawsonville, Ga............................................. 439

Cedar Creek near Cedartown, Ga................................................... 440

Chattooga River at Sumraerville, Ga............................................... 441

Chattooga River at Gaylesville, Ala.........................'..................... 442

Terrapin Creek near Piedmont, Ala ................................................. 443

Big Wills Creek near Crudup, Ala................................................. 444

Big Canoe Creek near Gadsden, Ala...................................:............ 445

Choccolocco Creek near Jenifer, Ala................... .-r-......................... 446

Choccolocco Creek near Lincoln, Ala.............................................. 447

Talladega Creek at Alpine, Ala................................................... 448

Hatchet Creek near Rockford, Ala................................................. 449

Tallapoosa River near Ofelia, Ala................................................ 450

Tallapoosa River at Wadley, Ala.................................................. 451

Tallapoosa River below Tallassee, Ala............................................ 452

Little Tallapoosa River at Carrollton, Ga........................................ 453

Little Tallapoosa River near Wedowee, Ala........................................ 454

Uphapee Creek near Tuskegee, Ala...!.......................................,..... 455

Autauga Creek at Prattville , Ala................................................. 456

Big Swamp Creek near Lowndesboro, Ala............................................ 457

Mulberry River at Jones, Ala..................................................... 458

Cahaba River near Acton, Ala..................................................... 459

Cahaba River at Centerville, Ala................................................. 460

Cahaba River at Sprott, Ala...................................................... 461

Cahaba River near Marion Junction, Ala........................................... 462

Boguechitto Creek near Browns, Ala............................................... 463

Plat Creek at Fountain, Ala...................................................... 464

East Pork Tombigbee River near Marietta, Miss.................................... 465

East Pork.Tombigbee River near Pulton, Miss...................................... 466

Tombigbee River near Amory.Miss................................................. 467

Tombigbee River at Aberdeen, Miss................................................ 468

Tombigbee River at Columbus, Miss................................................ 469

Tombigbee River near Cochrane, Ala............................................... 470

Tombigbee River at Gainesville, Ala.............................................. 471

Tombigbee River near Coatopa, Ala................................................ 472

Tombigbee River near Leroy, Pla.................................................. 473

Mackys Creek near Dennis, Miss................................................... 474

Bull Mountain Creek at Tremont, Miss............................................. 475

Bull Mountain Creek near Smithville, Miss........................................ 476

West Pork Tombigbee River near Nettleton, Miss................................... 477

Buttahatchee River near Hamilton, Ala............................................ 478

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 Payette, Ala............................................... 484

Luxapalila Creek at Steens, Miss................................................. 485

Sipsey River at Payette, Ala..................................................... 486

Sipsey River at Moores Bridge, Ala............................................... 487

Sipsey River near Elrod, Ala..................................................... 488

Sipsey River near Pleasant Ridge, Ala............................................ 489

Noxubee River near Brooksville, Miss............................................. 490

Noxubee River at Macon, Miss..................................................... 491

Noxubee River near Geiger, Ala................................................... 492

Mulberry Pork near Garden City, Ala.............................................. 493

Black Warrior River at Tuscaloosa, Ala........................................... 494

Black Warrior River near Eutaw, Ala.............................................. 495

Sipsey Pork near Palls City, Ala................................................. 496

Clear Creek at Palls City, Ala................................................... 497

Blackwater Creek near Manchester, Ala............................................ 498

Locust Pork near Cleveland, Ala.................................................. 499

Locust Pork at Trafford, Ala..................................................... 500

Locust Pork at Sayre, Ala........................................................ 501

Turkey Creek at Morris, Ala...................................................... 502

North River near Samantha, Ala................................................... 503

Prairie Creek near Gallion, Ala.................................................. 504

Sucarnoochee River at Livingston, Ala............................................ 505

Pascagoula River Basin............................................................. 506

Leaf River near Collins, Miss.................................................... 506

Leaf River at Hattiesburg, Miss.................................................. 507

Leaf River near McLain, Miss..................................................... 508

Pascagoula River at Merrill, 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

Okatibbee Creek near Meridian, Miss.............................................. 517
XII CONTENTS

Gaging-statlon records Continued.

Pascagoulai River Basin Continued. Page

Escatawpa River near Wllraer, Ala................................................. 518

Big Creek near Mobile, Ala....................................................... 519

Pearl River Basin.................................................................. 520

Pearl River at Edlnburg, Miss.................................................... 520

Pearl River near Lena, Miss...................................................... 521

Pearl River at Meeks Bridge, near Canton, Miss................................... 522

Pearl River at Jackson, Miss..................................................... 523

Pearl River near Rockport, Miss.................................................. 524

Pearl River near MontIcello, Miss................................................ 525

Pearl River near Columbia, Miss.................................................. 526

Pearl River near Bogalusa, La.................................................... 527

Lobutcha Creek near Carthage, Miss............................................... 528

Tuscolameta Creek at Walnut Grove, Miss.......................................... 529

Yockanookany River near Kosclusko, Miss.......................................... 530

Yockanookany River near Ofahoma, Miss............................................ 531

Strong River at Dlo, Miss........................................................ 532

Bogue Lusa near Prankllnton, La.................................................. 533

Bogue Chitto near Tylertown, Miss................................................ 534

Bogue Chitto at Prankllnton, La.................................................. 535

Bogue Chitto near Bush, La....................................................... 536

Miscellaneous discharge measurements................................................. 537

Index................................................................................ 557

ILLUSTRATION

Page 

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

Manstee River near WlmaumaT Pla.; C_, Congaree River at C9lumbla, S. C... 3
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY OP SOUTH ATLANTIC SLOPE AND EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO BASINS, 1950

SCOPE OF WORK

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

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

water year ending September 30, 1950. 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 12,060 gaging stations 

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

30, 1950, 6,540 gaging stations, including those in Hawaii and Alaska were being main-, 

tained 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.

11 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.

"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.

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2 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1950, PART 2

".Drainage area" of a stream at a specified location is that area, measured in a horizontal plane, which is enclosed by a topographic divide such that direct surface runoff from 

precipitation normally would drain by gravity into the river basin above the specified 

point. Figures of drainage area given herein include all closed basins or non-contributing 

areas within the area unless otherwise noted.

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 \a 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
B. LITTLE MANATEE RIVER NEAR WIMAUMA, FLA.

A. PEARL RIVER NEAR COLUMBIA. MISS. C. CONGAREE RIVER AT COLUMBIA, S. C.

\ FIGURE 1. GAGING-STATION STRUCTURES.
4 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1950, 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 minimum discharge if useful); and, the minimum gage height (unless It is 

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

crest stage, obtained by use*of a water-stage recorder, a crest-stage Indicator, 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 we're 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 dally 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 ares 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 indicated by monthly 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.

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6 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1950, 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 Missis- 

	sippi River). 

a. 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, Term., 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, Term., 337 Post Office Building.

Lansing, Mich., 611 Capitol Saving & Loan 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 Building.

Trenton, N. J., 228 Federal Building.

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

West of the Mississippi River:

Austin, Tex., 302 West Fifteenth Street.

Bismarck, N. Dak., 7 Eltinge Building.

Boise, Idaho, 429 Federal Building.

Denver, Colo., Federal Center.

Fort Smith, Ark., 6 post Office Building.

Helena, Mcnt., 408 Federal Building.

Honolulu, Hawaii, 225 Federal Building.

Idaho Falls, Idaho, 204 Federal Building.

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

Juneau, Alaska, Sub Port.

Lincoln, Nebr., 510 Rudge-Guenzel Building.

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

Oklahoma City, Okla., 405 Post Office Building.

Plerre, S. Dak., 207 Federal Building.

Portland, Oreg., 606 Post Office Building.

Rolla, Mo., 211 Ramsey Building.

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

Salt Lake City, Utah, 303 Federal Building.

San Francisco, Calif., 541 Federal Office Building.

Santa Fe, N. Hex., 228 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 1884-1901, In reports of the Geological Survey 

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

Report

10th A, pt. 2

16th A, pt. 2 

B 140. .......

W 11.... .....

18th A, pt. 4 

W 15....... ..

W 16.........

19th A, pt. 4 

W 37.........

W 28. ........

W 35 to 39. . . 

21st A, pt. 4

W 47 to 52. . . 

22d A, pt. 4.

W 65, 66.... . 

W 75.........

Character of data

Descriptive Information only.

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

Descriptive information only. 

Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, ratings, and 

monthly discharge.

Descriptions, measurements, ratings, and monthly discharge.. 

Descriptions, measurements, and gage heights of streams east 

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

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. 

Measurements, ratings, and gage heights of streams west of 

the Mississippi River, except Missouri River and tributaries.

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

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

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

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

Year

1884-93.

1888-93.

1895. 

1896.

1895-96. 

1897.

1897.

1897.

1898. 

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901. 

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

1904. ...................

i one

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

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

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

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

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

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

}9|5.... ................

1926. ...................

1 QOQ

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

1351....................

1 OTO

1934

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

1936...............:....

1 QV7

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

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

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

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

1950.. ..................

1

35

47, h48 

65, 75 

82 

97

0165, p!66, q!67 

0201, p202, q203 

241 

261

281 

301 

321 

351 

381

4O1 

431 

451 

471 

501

521 

541 

561 

581 

601

641 

661 

681 

696 TTT

726 

741 

756 

781

801 

821 

851 

871 

891

951 

971 

1001 

1031

1051 

1081 

111! 

1141 

1171

b35, 36 

48 

65, 75 

t>82, 83 

b97, 98

q!67, 168 

q203, 204 

242 

262

282 

302 

322 

352 

382

40Z 

432 

452 

472

502

522 

542 

562 

582 

602

642 

662 

682 

697

712 

727 

742 

757 

782

80S 

822 

852 

872 

892

952 

972 

1002 

1032

1O5Z 

1082 

1112 

1142 

1172

-"s

 SB48, 149 

65, 75 

83 

98

169 

205 

243 

263

283 

303 

323 

353 

383

403 

433 

453 

473

503

523 

543 

563 

583 

603

643 

663 

683 

698

713 

728 

743 

758 

783 80S

823 

853 

873 

893

953 

973 

1003 

1033

1O53 

1083 

1113 

11*43 

1173

4

36

49 

65, 75 

m82, 83 

97

170 

206 

244 

264

284 

304 

324 

354 

384

404 

434 

454 

474

504

524 

544 

564 

584 

604

644 

664 

684 

699 714" 

729 

744 

759 

784

scr

824 

854 

874 

894

954 

974 

1004 

1034

1O54 

1084 

1114 

1144 

1174

5 ... .. jg

49 

k65, 66, 75 

k83, 85 

k98, 99, nlOO

171 

207 

245 

265

Z85 

305 

325 

355 

385

4O5 

435 

455 

475 

505

f

s 

5 

965 

585 

605

6Z5 

645 

665 

685 

700 715"

730 

745 

760 

785

80S 

825 

855 

875 

895

9Z5 

955 

975 

1005 

1035

1055 

1085 

1115 

1145 

1175

c36, 37 

49, J50 

66, 75 

84 

99

172 

208 

246 

266

286 

306 

326 

356 

386

4O6 

436 

456 

476 

506

526 

546 

566 

586 

606

626 

646 

666 

686 

701

716 

731 

746 

761 

786

60S 

826 

856 

876 

896

956 

976 

1006 

1036

1056 

1086 

1116 

1146

1176

37

50 

k65, 66, 75 

k83, 84 

k98, 99

k!69, 173 

k205, 209 

247 

267

287 

307 

327 

357 

387

407 

437 

457 

477 

507

5Z7 

547 

567 

587 

607

627 

647 

667 

687 

702

717 

732 

747 

762 

787

807

827 

857 

877 

897

927 

957 

977 

1007 

1037

1057 

1087 

1117 

1147

1177

a Rating tables and index to WSP 35-39 e Mojave River only. 3 Loup, Platte, and El

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

for 1899 in 21st Annual Report 

b James River only, 

c Gallatin River. 

d Green and Gunnlson Rivers and Colorado

River above Gunnison River.

part 4. g Rating tables and index to WSP 47-52

contained in WSP 52. Monthly discharge 

for 1900 in 22d Annual Report, part 4. 

h Schuylkill River to James River. 

1 Scioto River.

k Tributaries of Missi

m Lake Ontario and tri

Lawrence River prop

n Hudson Bay only, 

o New England rivers o
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 the 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 basins

Report

Water-Supply 

Paper

STATE

Alabama, Water powers of, with an appendix on stream measurements in 1895-1903

Mississippi. 

California, Water resources of, part 1, Stream measurements in Sacra- 1887-1912

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 1891-1912

Basin and Pacific Coast river basins. 

California, southern, Surface water supply of Pacific slope of.........! 1890-1918

California, Surface water supply of Sacramento River Basin............. i. 1895-1927

California, Surface water supply of San Joaquin River Basin............. 1895-1927

California, southern, Surface water supply of Pacific slope basins in... 1894-1927 

California, Surface water supply of minor San Francisco Bay, northern 1895-1927

Pacific, and Great basins In. 

Colorado, Water resources of............................................ 1884-1900

Georgia, Water resources of............................................. 1895-1905

Massachusetts, Surface waters of........................................ 1848-1915

Massachusetts, Hydrology of, Part 1, Summary of stream-flow and preclpi- 1863-1945

tatlon records. 

Nebraska, Surface water supply of....................................... 1894-1906

Oregon, Surface water supply of......................................... 1878-1910

Texas, Summary of records of surface waters of. .......................'.. 1898-1937

Vermont, Surface waters of.............................................. 1875-1916

Washington, Summary of hydrometric 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 (Ari2., Calif., Colo., Utah, Wyo.), Surface waters 1891-1938

at base stations in. 

Colorado River Basin (Ariz., Calif., Nev., N. Hex., Utah), Surface wat- 1888-1938

ers at stations on tributaries in lower. 

Columbia River Basin, upper (Mont., Idaho), Surface waters of........... 1898-1938

Great Salt Lake Basin, Water powers of.................................. 1889-1920

Green River (Colo., Utah, Wyo.) and its utilization..................... 1894-1926

Kennebec River Basin (Maine), Water resources of........................ 1890-1906

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

Missouri and St. Mary River Basins (Mont.), Surface waters of.,^....... 1881-1938

New-Kanawha River Basin (N. C., Va., W. Va.), Surface water sspply of... 1895-1920 

Fenobscot River Basin (Maine), Water resources of....................... 1904-9

Potomac River Basin (D. C., Md., W. Va.)................................ 1895-1906

Rio Grande Basin (Colo., N. Hex., Tex.). Water resources of............. 1888-1913

St. Mary and Milk Rivers (Mont., Canada), Water supply of............... 1898-1917

St. Mary River. See St. Mary and Milk Rivers; Missouri and St. Mary

River Basin.

Sevier Lake Basin (Utah), Utlllratlon of surface water resources of..... 1889-1937 

Susquehanna River Basin (Pa., Md.) Hydrography of....................... 1890-1904

107

298

300

447

5S7-E

636-D

636-E

637-A

74

197

415

1105

230

370

850

424

492

870

156

469

395

617

918

916

517

618

198

192 358' 

491

920

109

Records of discharge have oeen published also in State reports. Some of these are 

not contained in the publications of the Geological Survey or are revisions of records 

previously published in its water-supply papers. The following table contains a list of 

these reports.
10 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1950, PART 2

State reports containing compilations of records of discharge

State

Do...... ...

Colorado. .....

Connecticut. . .

Do.........

Do.........

Kansas. .......

Do.........

Kentucky. ....'. 

Louisiana. ....

Do..... ....

Minnesota. ....

Mississippi. . . 

Missouri. .....

Do.........

Nebraska. .....

New Hampshire. 

New Jersey. . . .

Do.........

New Mexico .... 

North Carolina

North Dakota. .

Do. ........

Do...... ...

Do.........

Do. ........

1 Contains re 

2 Contains re 

discharge.

Period

1895-1915 

1904-47

1857-1928 

1903-48

1881-1935 

1881-1938

1900-1927

1912-33 

1898-1946 

1895-1906 

1907-19 

1908-11 

1900-1934 

1923-27 

1927-30 

1873-1932 

1873-1940

1941-42 

1895-1919

1924-28 

1928-35

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

jords of ye 

sords of ma

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 

Colorado. 1 

Water resources of Colorado, Appendix 3, 

vols. 1 and 2, Stream-flow data of 

Colorado. 

Bull. 44, Water resources of Connecticut...

Bull. 16, Water powers of Georgia. .........

Pub. 72, Surface water supply of Indiana... 

Pub. 112, Surface water supply of Indiana..

Water-supply Bull. 1, Summaries of yearly 

and flood flow relating to Iowa streams.. 

Water-supply Bull. 2, Surface water 

resources of Iowa.

Report of Division of Water Resources......

Geol. Bull. 16, Surface water supply of 

Louisiana.

Plow 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

sota. 

Bull. 68, Surface Waters of Mississippi.... 

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. 

1st hydrographic report. ...................

Annual and statistical report, vol. 12..... 

Bull. 33, Surface water supply of New 

Jersey. 

Special Rept. 5, Surface water supply of 

New Jersey. 

Special Rept. 9, Surface water supply of 

New Jersey. 

Surface water supply of New Mexico. ........ 

Bull. 34, Discharge records of North 

Carolina streams. 

Bull. 39, Discharge records of North 

Carolina streams. 2 

Hydro logic Data on the Neuse River Basin. 

Hydrologic Data on the Cape Pear River 

Basin. 

Hydrologic Data on the Yadkin-Pee Dee 

River Basin. 

Hydrologic Data on the Catawba and Broad 

River Basins. 

Hydraulic Data on The French Broad River 

Basin. 

Report to Governor of North Dakota on 

flood control.

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.

Oregon. 

Bull. 8, Water resources of the State of 

Oregon, 

jrly discharge only, 

ximum and minimum daily, weekly, and monthly c

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 Natural 

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, Irrigation, 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. 

Engineering Experiment Station,

Ohio State University.

Do. 

Department of Agriculture, 

Division of Conservation 

and Natural Resources. 

Engineerinp Experiment Station, 

Ohio State University. 

Office of the State Engineer.

Do. 

Do.

lischarge and yearly mean
PUBLICATIONS 11

State reports containing compilations of records of discharge Continued

State

Pennsylvania. . .

Rhode Island. . . 

South Carolina.

Virginia....... 

Do..........

Do. .........

Washington. .... 

Wisconsin. .....

Period

1930-36 

1936-41 

1890-1911 

1928-32

1929-41 

1884-1946

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. 

Stream-flow records of Pennsylvania......

Bull. 17, Summary of records of surface 

water supply of South Carolina.

Bull. 34, Water resources of Tennessee^.. 

Bull. 40, Surface waters of Tennessee....

Bull. 31, Water resources of Virginia.... 

Bull. 4, Surface water supply of Virginia 

(Potomac, Rappahannock, and York River 

Basins).

(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 River 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, South Dakota, 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 hydrologic 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 

Paper

88

92

96 

147 

162 

334 

426

487

488

520-Q

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 

1134-A 

1134-B 

1137-A

New England rivers.

Hudson River to Susquehanna River region.

Potomac, James, and upper Ohio Rivers.

The Passaic flood of 1902.

The Passaic 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 Rocky 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,

The floods of March 1936, part 3,

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 River Basins' of New Mexico, May and June 1937.

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 1938.

Floods in Colorado.

Texas floods of 1940.

Floods of August 1940 in the southeastern States.

Floods of May- June 1948 in Columbia River Basin.

Floods of August 4-5, 1943 in Central West Virginia-.

Floods of July 18, 1942 in North Central Pennsylvania.

Missouri River Basin Floods of April-May 1950 in North and South Dakota.
12 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1950, PART 2

RECORDS OF 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 Tungsten Mines, Townsville, N. 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 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 with the organizations listed below:

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

Department, W. W. McFarland, director.

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

engineer; State Road Department, A. A. McKethan, chairman; 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, R. D. Sutton, chairman" of city commission, 

succeeded by J. D. Kennedy; the cities of Miami and Miami and Miami Beach, W. A. 

Glass, director, Miami Department of Water and Sewers; the city of Perry, W. T. 

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

and the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District and Everglades Drainage District, W. T. Wallis, 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, G. R. Ross, 

director.

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, R. E. Stall ings, chairman of commissioner's of public works.

Virginia: State Department of Conservation and Development, W. A. Wright, 

director, succeeded by S. S. Kellam; State Department of Highways, J. A. Anderson, 

director; the city of Norfolk, C. A. Harrell, city manager; the Newport News 

Waterworks Commissioh, 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 278 gaging stations, of which 37 were in 

Alabama, 57 in Florida, 40 in Georgia, 1 in Louisiana, 23 in Mississippi, 47 in North 

Carolina, 24 in South Carolina, and 49 in Virginia.
DIVISION OF 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 Geological 

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. 

Patterson; 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.
14 GAGING-STATION RECORDS

JAMES RIVER BASIN

Jackson River at Palling Spring, Va.

long. 79°58'39", at Smith Bridge, 1 mile 

lj miles downstream from Falling

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°52'36".

soircn of town of Palling Spring, Alleghany County, and

Springs Creek. Datum of gage is 1,333.49 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of

Engineers).

Drainage area. 409 square miles, 

ttecor'dg available. April 1925 to September 1950. 

Average aiscnarge. 25 years, 481 second-feet. 

EX.trernes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,210 second-feet Feb. 2 (gage height, 10.58

reet); minimum, 108 second-feet Aug. 15, 26, 27, 28 (gage height, 3.13 feet).

1925-50: 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. 

Revisions (water years). W 952: 1926-30 (maximum only 1926, 1928), 1932-40.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 15-30)

Oct. 1 to.Jan. 30 Jan. 31 to Sept. 30

3.2 

3.5 

3.9 

4.5 

5.1

124

196

311

518

790

5.7 

6.5 

7.3 

8.1 

9.0

1,130

1,710

2,430

3,360

5,000

3.1 

3.4 

3.8 

4.2

102

165

273

412

740

1,310

2,000

2,870

8.7

9.4

10.2

3,730

4,790

6,310

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

191 

169 

157 

149 

147

145 

142 

142 

142 

140

138 

136 

136 

136 

136

136 

136 

133 

131 

129

124 

124 

124 

124 

131

171 

215 

201 

499 

499 

1,980

Nov.

2,600 

4,810 

1,830 

1,160 

865

667 

558 

480 

430 

385

353 

327 

311 

356 

359

333 

314 

302 

290 

278

266 

251 

240 

234 

254

260 

248 

240 

251 

330

Dec.

385 

356 

330 

299 

290

308 

269 

260 

245 

237

308 

815 

1,870 

1,670 

1,160

840 

667 

622 

1,270 

1,160

950 

SIS 

840 

890 

790

715 

3,010 

2,380 

1,520 

1,130 

890

Jan.

740 

644 

600 

579 

538

499

480 

473 

448 

448

455 

444 

690 

920 

950

865 

715 

667 

644 

579

518 

499 

480 

455 

420

389 

372 

353 

343 

1,050 

5,660

Month

Ooto 

Nova 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Haro 

Apr!

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

Bber .........................

lendar year 1949 ............

ary . . . .

st ...........................

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

4,790 

6,310 

3,450 

2,000

1,440

1,190 

1..040 

865 

865 

1,160

1,440 

1,220 

1,040 

890 

815

740 

690 

630 

590 

550

498 

482 

494 

458 

420

404 

360 

352

Seoondfoot-days

7,063 

19,582 

27,291

274,717

22,917 

35,183 

24,693 

10,735 

27,081 

.9,341 

5,216 

4,289 

25,310

218,701

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 sec. -ft.). Nov

sec. -ft.; Feb. 2 (10:30 a.m.) 7,210 Sec. -ft., 

6,970 sec. -ft.

Har.

389 

412 

342 

374 

370

360 

345 

338 

349 

318

311 

360 

1,010 

1,310 

1,010

815 

710 

710 

765 

710

865 

1,160 

1,720 

1,400 

1,540

1,310 

1,130 

1,190 

1,220 

1,010 

840

Apr.

740 

690 

610 

550 

522

482 

442 

416 

393

370

360 

349 

331 

318 

314

288 

276 

267 

261 

261

258 

250 

238 

250 

258

258 

247 

236 

244 

256

Maximum

1,980 

4,810 

3,010

11,300

5,660 

6,310 

1,720 

740 

2,410 

740 

250 

233 

5,510

6,310

Hay

276 

642 

1,440 

1,340 

1,340

920 

740 

610 

530 

498

482 

530 

710 

670 

2,280

2,410 

1,480 

1,720 

1,400 

690

590 

510 

470 

439 

389

374 

461 

1,070 

790 

650 

630

Minimum

124 

234 

237

124

343 

352 

311 

236 

276 

158 

140 

108 

115

108

June

740 

590 

510 

490 

458

393 

345 

307 

282 

342

490 

401 

324 

292 

267

244 

261 

261 

233 

230

224 

216 

208 

200 

188

182 

175 

160 

158 

170

Mean

228 

653 

880

753

739 

1,257 

797 

358 

874 

311 

168 

138 

844

599

July

160 

151 

144 

140 

142

163 

185 

156 

142 

140

140 

154 

149 

144 

147

154 

144 

142 

140 

140

175 

216 

188 

170 

170

190 

250 

233 

.222 

227 

198

Aug.

190 

233 

230 

180 

156

142 

136 

129 

121 

121

121 

117 

113 

110 

112

170 

170 

138 

134 

156

132 

129 

123 

117 

113

110 

108 

115 

123 

125 

115

Per square 

mile

0.557 

1.60 

2.15

1.84

1.81 

3.07 

1.95 

.875 

2.14 

.760 

.411 

.337 

2.06

1.46

. 2 (2 a.m.) 7,080 sec. -ft.; Dec. 27 (2 p.m. 

Sept. 10 (4 p.m.) 4,79O sec. -ft.; Sept. 13

Sept.

117 

134 

238 

195 

158

136 

123 

117 

115 

2,380

1,840 

1,930 

5,510 

2,160 

1,100

710 

530 

435 

360 

314

301 

1,090 

1,830 

950 

650

518 

423 

356 

311 

279

Runoff in 

inobes

0.64 

1.78 

2.48

24.97

2.09 

3.20 

2.25 

.98 

2.47 

.85 

.47 

.39 

2.30

19.90

) 4,480 

(11 a.m.)
JAMES RIVER BASIN IS

James River at Lick Rtih, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°47', long. 79°47', at old highway bridge at Lick 

nun, Botetourt County, 1,000 feet downstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 220 and 

three-quarters of a mile downstream from confluence of Cowpasture and Jackson Rivers. 

Datum 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 1950.

Average discharge. 25 years, 1,559 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 24,600 second-feet Feb. 2 (gage height, 15.56 

reet); minimum, 323 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 1.80 feet).

1925-50: Maximum discharge, 66,600 second-feet Mar. 1Q, 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.

Revisions (water years). W 852; 1936-37. W 972: 1927, 1930(M), 1932(M), 1935-36.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in secand-feet)

1.8 323 3.5 1,550 810 7,900 

2.0 435 4.0 1,980 1O.O 11,600 

2.2 560 4.5 2,520 12. 0 15,900 

2.5 760 5.0 3,180 14.6 22,000 

3:0 1,140 6.0 4,650

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949' to September 1950

Day

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.

644 

540 

483 

453 

441

435 

495 

502 

495 

459

447 

435 

424 

418 

418

418 

412 

406 

401 

395

334 

378 

378 

372 

395

554 

677 

788 

2,130 

2,290 

5,910

Nov.

7,900 

15,500 

' 7,050 

4,200 

2,840

2,180 

1,850 

1,590 

1,420 

1,260

1,180 

1,060 

1,020 

1,060 

1,100

1,020 

950 

905 

868 

823

774 

732 

697 

677 

732

739 

725 

684 

746 

823

Dec.

972 

942 

882 

816 

774

753 

732 

718 

677 

684

965 

3,900 

5,100 

4,950 

3,680

2,700 

2,030 

1,850 

3,180 

3,530

2,840 

2,400 

2,340 

2,770 

2,340

2,180 

6,200 

6,370 

4,350 

3,250 

2,580

Jan.

2,180 

1,940 

1,800 

1,760 

1,640

1,510 

1,420 

1,340 

1,260 

1,220

1,260 

1,300 

1,760 

2,460 

2,770

3,900 

2,290 

2,030 

1,980 

1,900

1,680 

1,590 

1,550 

1,510 

1,380

1,300 

1,220 

1,140 

1,100 

1,380 

13,200

Honth

Octo 

Move 

Deoe

Ca.

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 ............

ary

h ............................

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

16,100 

22,000 

13,500 

7,220 

4,950

3,750 

3,390 

2,840 

2,640 

3,600

5,100 

4,200 

3,390 

2,970 

2,770

2,640 

2,460 

2,180 

1,940 

1,850

1,680 

1,590 

1,590 

1,510 

1,380

1,340 

1,220 

1,140

Secondfoot-days

23,377 

63,105 

77,455

825,444

64,770 

120,940 

74,240 

34,598 

87,590 

33,175 

18,038 

13,950 

85,169

696,407

Peak discharge (base, 12,000 sec. -ft.). N

aer.-ft.; Sept. 11 (8 a.m.) 15,900 sec. -ft.;

liar.

1,220 

1,300 

1,220 

1,140 

1,180

1,180 

1,180 

1,100 

1,140 

1,100

1,020 

1,060 

1,420 

2,700 

2,580

2,180 

2,030 

2,080 

2,580 

2,400

2,970 

3,900 

6,200 

5,250 

4,350

3,900 

3,250 

3,320 

3,600 

3,110 

2,580

Apr.

2, 

2,

1, 

1, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1,

1, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

Maximum

5,910 

15,500 

6,370

34,400

13,200 

22,000 

6,200 

2,240 

8,240 

3,320 

1,340 

802 

16,600

22,000

DV. 2 (7 a.m 

Sept. 13 (9

240 

080 

940 

760 

680

550 

420 

300 

260 

220

180 

140 

100 

060 

020

958 

920 

832 

868 

868

852 

823 

733 

78S 

816

852 

809 

760 

774 

890

Hay

980 

2,850 

6,040 

5,560 

4,350

3,130 

2,460 

2,030 

1,760 

1,640

1,550 

1,510 

2,180 

2,180 

6,710

8,240 

5,100 

3,600 

2,700 

2,240

1,900 

1,680 

1,510 

1,460 

1,340

1,300 

1,380 

2,400 

2,900 

2,460 

2,400

Minimum

372 

677 

677

372

1,100 

1,140 

1,020 

760 

980 

495 

424 

345 

362

345

June

3,320 

2,520 

1,980 

1,800 

1,680

1,460 

1,260 

1,100 

1,020 

1,020

1,680 

1,380 

1,100 

958 

360

774 

802 

809 

732 

711

690 

690 

697 

746 

670

606 

592 

521 

495 

502

Mean

754 

2,104 

2,499

2,261

2,089 

4,319 

2,395 

1,153 

2,325 

1,106 

582 

450 

2,839

1,908

July

495 

459 

435 

424 

447

606 

618 

554 

453 

435

453 

459 

471 

465 

465

560 

514 

453 

453 

441

502 

566 

566 

495 

483

651 

1,340 

1,060 

965 

905 

845

Aug.

718 

697 

802 

612 

514

459 

429 

406 

389 

378

395 

384 

372 

367 

545

384 

554 

471 

424 

441

453 

459 

483 

406 

378

362- 

350 

367 

372 

378 

401

Per squsre 

mile

0.551 

1.54 

1.83

1.65

1.53 

3.15 . 

1.75 

.842 

2.06 

.808 

.425 

.329 

2.07

1.39

Sept.

406 

406 

935 

832 

547

447 

389 

362 

395 

6,950

10,200 

5,100 

16,600 

10,000 

4,200

2,520 

1,850 

1,460 

1,220 

1,140

1,060 

2,140 

4,950 

3,040 

2,030

1,590 

1,340 

1,140 

980 

390

Runoff in 

inches

0.64 

1.72 

2.11

22.44

1.76 

3.28 

2.02 

.94 

2.38 

.90 

.49 

.38 

2.31

18.93

) 19,500 see. -ft.; Feb. 2 (3 p.m.) 24,600 

30 p.m.) 22,500 sec. -ft.
16 JAMES RIVER BASIN

James River at Buohanan, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°31'50", long. 79°40 I 45", at Chesapeake & Ohio

 Hallway station at Buchanan, Botetourt County, 300 feet upstream from bridge on U. S.

Highway 11, 1,000 feet upstream from Purgatory Creek, and 1? 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 1950. February 1898 to September 1916 (revised) in Virginia Geological Survey Bulletin 31.

Average discharge. 51 years (1898-1912, 1913-50), 2,507 second-feet. 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 33,300 second-feet Feb. 2 (gage height, 14.73

 feet); minimum, 521 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 2.13 feet).

1895-1950: 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.

Revisions (water years). W 582: Drainage area. W 602: 1917-24. W 952: 1913(M). 

w ava: i93t>-3t>.See also Records available.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

2.1 2.5

3.1 

3.8 

4.6

500

790

1,340

2,150

3,260

5.2

6.0

7.0

10.0

14.0

4,320

6,140

8,750

17,900

30,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

6

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

16

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,010 

886 

774 

710 

689

675 

710 

766 

758 

710

668 

640 

626 

612 

605

605 

605 

598 

584 

570

563 

549 

535 

535 

535

654 

782 

986 

2,670 

3,420 

5,680

Nov.

12,300 

21,700 

14,500 

6,880 

4,420

3,260 

2,680 

2,280 

2,020 

1,780

1,660 

1,550 

1,440 

1,440 

1,440

1,390 

1,290 

1,240 

1,190 

1,140

1,090 

1,040 

995 

968

1,000

1,020 

1,020 

977 

977 

1,040

Dec.

1,130 

1,210 

1,140 

1,080 

1,020

995 

986 

950 

934 

926

1,060 

4,550 

7,660 

7,400 

5,420

4,030 

3,040 

2,610 

3,110 

4,520

3,680 

3,180 

2,960 

3,340 

3,180

2,820 

4,790 

9,890 

6,020 

4,320 

3,420

Jan.

2,960 

2,610 

2,410 

2,280 

2,150

1,960 

1,840 

1,720 

1,660 

1,550

1,600 

1,600 

1,780 

2,750 

3,180

3,110 

2,890 

2,610 

2,540 

2,480

2,220 

2,150 

2,080 

2,020 

1,900

1,720 

1,660 

1,550 

1,490 

1,490 

11,000

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

22,000 

28,500 

24,900 

12,600 

8,200

6,020 

5,080 

4,220 

3,760 

4,420

6,880 

6,140 

4,960 

4,220 

3,940

3,760 

3,500 

3,260 

2,890 

2,610

2,410 

2,280 

2,220 

2,150 

1,960

1,900 

1,720 

1,600

Secondfoot-days

30,710 

95,727 

101,371

1,287,178

74,960 

178,100 

96,19C 

48,700 

140, 90C 

58,159 

28,974 

22,350 

124, 67C

1,000,811

Peak discharge (base, 21,000 sec. -ft.). N

33,300 sec. -ft.; Sept. 10 (ll a.m.) 26,100 se

Mar.

1,600 

1,660 

1,660 

1,490 

1,550

1,550 

1,490 

1,490 

1,440 

1,440

1,340 

1,340 

1,440 

2,540 

3,040

2,750 

2,540 

2,480 

3,040 

3,110

3,680 

4,960 

7,660 

8,200 

5,900

5,300 

4,320 

4,520 

4,850 

4,220 

3,590

Apr.

3,110 

2,890 

2,680 

2,410 

2,280

2,150 

1,960 

1,840 

1,720 

1,660

1,600 

1,550 

1,490 

1,440 

1,390

1,340 

1,290 

1,240 

1,220 

1,220

1,210 

1,180 

1,150 

1,130 

1,140

1,290 

1,240 

1,220 

1,170 

1,490

Maximum

5,680 

21,700 

9,890

49,800

11,000 

28,500 

8,200 

3,110 

14,800 

9,030 

1,900 

1,180 

18,500

28,500

May

1,780 

2,150 

7,820 

14,800 

8,750

6,630 

4,520 

3,500 

2,890 

2,540

2,280 

2,150 

2,480 

3,040 

7,570

14,500 

9,030 

5,780 

4,220 

3,340

2,820 

2,480 

2,220 

2,080 

1,960

1,840 

1,960 

2,540 

3,340 

3,850 

6,040

Minimum

535 

968 

926

535

1,490 

1,600 

1,340 

1,130 

1,780 

838 

696 

535 

556

535

June

9,030 

5,420 

3,680 

3,110 

2,820

2,480 

2,150 

1,840 

1,600 

1,600

1,840 

2,020 

1,600 

1,390 

1,290

1,170 

1,150 

1,140 

1,120 

1,040

1,150 

1,100 

1,240 

1,290 

1,240

1,0.60 

995 

910 

846 

838

Mean

991 

3,191 

3,270

3,527

2,418 

6,361 

3,103 

1,623 

4,545 

1,939 

935 

721 

4,156

2,742

July

790 

750 

703 

696 

766

942 

1,030 

977 

830 

742

696 

750 

790 

790 

750

782 

846 

774 

718 

742

718 

822 

854 

822 

758

806 

1,840 

1,900 

1,600 

1,600 

1,390

Aug.

1,180 

1,080 

1,110 

1,020 

830

734 

668 

626 

598 

591

605 

598 

570 

563 

542

591 

696 

766 

742 

742

718 

750 

1,120 

766 

668

598 

556 

535 

577 

598 

612

Per square 

mile

0.476 

1.53 

1.57

1.69

1.16 

3.05 

1.49 

.779 

2.18 

.930 

.449 

.346 

1.99

1.32

Sept.

703 

640 

816 

1,130 

926

710 

619 

556 

570 

14,600

16,900 

8,470 

17,200 

18,500 

6,630

^3,850 

2,820 

2,220 

1,840 

1,660

1,550 

1,780 

4,950 

4,220 

2,750

2,150 

1,780 

1,550 

1,340 

1,240

Runoff in 

inches

0.55 

1.71 

1.81

22.97

1.34 

3.18 

1.72 

.87 

2.51 

1.04 

.52 

.40 

2.22

17.87

3V. 2 (3:30 p.m. 27,200 sec. -ft.; Feb. 2 (11 p.m.) 

c.-ft.; Sept. 14 (4:30 a.m.) 26,100 sec. -ft.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 17

James River at Holcombs Rock, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°30', long. 79°15', at Holcombs Rock, Bedford

uounty, 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. 

Heeoras available. January 1900 to September 1915 (gage heights only), August 1931 to

septemoer 195U. December 1926 to June 1931 at Salt Creek, 2 miles downstream. 

Average discharge. 22 years (1927-30, 1931-50), 3,722 second-feet, 

extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 69,900 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 24.0

FeeTT; minimum, 270 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 3.56 feet); minimum daily, 800

second-feet Aug. 29, 30.

1926-50: 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 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

4.2 735

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

17.3 36,200

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

IS

16

17

16

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

al,400

al,300

al,200

1,170

1,020

1,070

1,150

1,150

1,090

 1,140

1,080

1,010

1,020

1,020

1,040

960

1,000

890

933

933

930

945

890

861

851

950

1,340

1,280

2,660

4,680

5,030

Nov.

12,500

19,500

18,500

9,900

6,830

5,200

4,060

3,540

3,000

2,870

2,580

2,280

2,210

2,250

2,100

2,020

2,100

1,930

1,800

1,780

1,670

1,640

1,590

1,490

1,530

1,630

1,510

1,610

1,470

1,570

-

Dec.

1,610

1,700

1,680

1,580

1,560

1,550

1,460

1,410

1,420

1,400

1,590

3,050

37,500

38 , 500

a8,000

a5,000

34,000

33,500

35,500

36,200

35,500

a4,500

a4,500

35,000

34,500

34,500

alO,000

all, ooo

39,000

37,000

a5,000

Jan.

a4,500

a4,000

a3,500

a3,500

a3 , 500

a3,000

32,800

a2,600

32,600

a2,500

2,290

2,310

2,540

3,100

3,800

4,060

3,710

3,450

3,350

3,350

2,960

2,860

2,820

2,800

2,600

2,480

2,410

2,300

2,140

2,390

8,610

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

25,000

32,900

32,500

17,000

11,800

9,010

7,690

6,410

5,600

6,000

7,910

8,570

7,250

6,830

6,620

6,200

5,600

5,200

4,700

4,320

3,920

3,460

3,640

5,410

3,100

3,060

2,920

2,680

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

41,99

122 ) 66

138,71

1,891,63

98,83

243,30

147,88

78,21

201,94

97,03

46,76

35,40

195,15

1,447,87

Mar.

2,530

2,540

2,420

2,500

2,380

2,380

2,380

2,330

2,430

32,200

32,000

a2,000

a2,200

34,000

a4,500

a4,000

a4,000

33,700

3,830

4,510

5,600

9,450

10,100

11,500

9,230

7,910

6,830

7,250

8,130

7,250

5,800

Apr.

5,200

4,550

4,290

3,860

3,760

3,300

3,070

3,050

2,800

2,710

2,650

2,530

2,460

2,430

2,160

2,230

2,070

2,040

2,050

1,970

1,980

1,850

al.800

al,800

31,900

al,900

31,900

al,900

a2,000

a2,000

-

Maximum

5 5,030

3 19,500

3 11,000

5 52,500

3 8,610

3 32,900

3 11,500

3 5,200

3 16,500

3 13,000

3 2,750

I 1,840

T 35,900

2 35,900

May

a2,500

35,000

alO,000

a!6,500

12,700

9,230

7,040

5,400

4,640

3,800

3,360

a3,300

a4,000

a4,500

a8,000

316,000

12,000

8,570

36,600

35,500

34,500

34,000

33,500

33,500

33,300

a3,000

33,000

a3,500

37,000

39,000

39,000

Minimum

840

1,470

1,400

840

2,140

2,680

2,000

1,800

2,500

1,320

1,020

800

848

800

June

ai3,ooo

311,000

a6,500

35,500

35,000

34,000

a3,500

33,200

2,690

2,980

3,280

3,200

2,760

2,500

2,120

2,080

1,910

1,880

1,760

1,780

1,700

1,860

1,760

1,900

1,880

1,640

1,530

1,400

1,400

1,320

-

Mean

1 35

4 ios'

4,47E

5,182

3,186

8,685

4.77C

2,60'

6,514

3,234

1.50E

1,142

6.50E

3,96"

July

1,300

1,200

1,190

1,020

1,370

1,610

1,660

1,520

1,490

1,340

1,320

1,280

1,300

1,320

1,300

1,250

1,220

1,290

1,200

1,200

1,430

1,400

1,370

1,460

1,470

1,470

2,620

2,750

2,290

2,150

1,970

Aug.

1,800

1,720

1,840

1,670

1,440

1,240

1,140

1,020

955

945

880

1,020

830

860

905

900

875

1,100

1,210

1,180

1,090

1,080

1,330

1,350

1,430

1,200

1,050

852

800

800

840

Per square 

mile

) 0.417

> 1.26

> 1.38

1.59

.981

) 2.67

) 1.47

.802

I 2.00

.995

.464

.351

2.00

1.22

Sept.

982

1,030

985

1,100

1,490

1,200

1,020

848

892

35,900

26,800

14,000

17,000

24,200

10,600

6,620

4,710

3,790

3,150

2,880

2,720

2,640

5,600

7,040

4,590

3,600

2,960

2,470

2,290

2,050

Runoff in 

inches

0.48

1.41

1.59

21.66

1.13

2.78

1.70

.89

2.31

1.11

.53

.40

2.23

16.56

Peak discharge (bsse, 25.500 see.-ft.).--Nov. 2 (10 p.m.) 27,500 sec.-ft.; Feb. 3 (1:30 s.m.) 

39,500 sec.-ftTj Sept. 10 (1:30 p.m.) 69,900 see.-ft.; Sept. 14 (3 p.m.) 28,600 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

station at Bent Creek and sum of records for upstream statibns.
18 JAMES RIVER BASIN

James River at Bent Creek, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°32', long. 78°50', 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.

Records available. March 1925 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 25 years, 4,130 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 69,200 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 17.8

 feet); minimum, 522 second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 2.57 feet); minimum daily, 868 

second-feet Oct. 19.

1925-50: 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 no gage-height record, which are fair, 

mow regulated by power plants above station.

Revisions (water years).--W 742: 1931(M). W 972: 1935-36. W 1066: 1940.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

2.8 

3.0 

3.2 

3.5

800

1,080

1,400

1,960

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.5

3,020

5,420

8,330

13,100

9.0

11.0

13.0

18,800

27,600

38,000

Discharge, in second-faet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,780 

1,690 

1,530 

1,580 

1,080

1,360 

1,270 

1,400 

1,330 

1,450

1,320 

1,200 

1,180 

1,330 

1,300

1,370 

1,260 

1,270 

868 

1,180

1,270 

1,020 

1,240 

1,010 

1,100

1,190 

1,340 

1,810 

2,040 

4,480 

6,260

Nov.

9,570 

14,200 

21,700 

12,100 

8,030

6,600 

4,820 

3,960 

3,850 

3,030

3,060 

2,770 

2,620 

2,420 

2,430

2,220 

2,300 

2,280 

1,710 

1,950

2,150 

1,780 

1,770 

1,750 

1,940

1,620 

1,690 

1,640 

1,840 

1,880

Dec.

1,860 

1,610 

1,800 

2,010 

1,490

1,980 

1,690 

1,390 

al,500 

al,700

al,900 

a3,000 

a4,500 

a6,8OO 

a8,OOO

a7,400 

a6,000 

a5,000 

a4,300 

a4,800

a5,400 

a5,600 

' a4,800 

4,520 

4,820

4,750 

4,760 

9,820 

10 , 200 

7,580 

6,730

Jan.

5,060 

4,650 

4,220 

3,640 

3,780

3,320 

3,440 

2,720 

2,860 

2,660

2,680 

2,670 

2,520 

3,170 

3,740

4,520 

4,410 

4,130 

3,810 

4,040

3,510 

3,410 

3,110 

3,230 

2,970

2,790 

2,860 

2,740 

3,120 

2,260 

4,780

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

h. ...........................

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

20,800 

28,600 

36 , 900 

21,200 

13,500

10,500 

8,640 

7,650 

6,990 

6,700

7,120 

9,570 

8,330 

7,730 

7,730

7,430 

6,880 

6,100 

5,730 

5,010

4,350 

3,990 

4,430 

3,930 

3,840

3,400 

3,320 

3,210

Second 

foot-days

49,508 

129,680 

137,710

2,112,568

106,820 

263,580 

156,130 

91,940 

200,080 

112,840 

61,580 

47,010 

212,953

1,569,831

Peak discharge (base, 26,500 sec. -ft. ) . --Fe

69, zoo sec. -ft.; Sept. 14 (5 p.m.) ZB.lOO sec 

a No gage-height record; discharge computec 

at Scottsville.

liar.

2,940 

2,760 

2,920 

2,680 

2,730

2,610 

2,720 

2,690 

2,600 

2,440

2,470 

2,200 

2,790 

2,760 

3,820

4,710 

4,280 

4,340 

4,180 

4,770

6,450 

6,930 

9,570 

10,500 

10,200

9,260 

8,640 

7,430 

8,640 

8,030 

7,070

Apr.

6, 

5, 

5, 

4, 

4,

4, 

3, 

3, 

3, 

3,

3, 

2, 

2, 

2, 

2,

2, 

2, 

2, 

2, 

2,

2, 

2, 

2, 

1, 

2,

2, 

2, 

2, 

2, 

2,

Maximum

6,260 

21,700 

10,200

58,000

5,060 

36,900 

10,500 

6,130 

15,000 

12,100 

3,840 

2,620 

36,400

36,900

130 

340 

120 

400 

510

210 

800 

410 

430 

010

160 

760 

800 

700 

770

360 

540 

240 

320 

290

290 

220 

160 

920 

380

400 

060 

300 

120 

790

May

2,480 

3,680 

a5,800 

alS.OOO 

alS.OOO

a9,000 

a7,500 

a6,300 

5,550 

4,460

4,050 

3,890 

3,630 

3,940 

6,500

12,500 

13,500 

10,800 

7,730 

6,280

5,760 

4,620 

3,910 

3,760 

4,110

3,900 

3,470 

3,680 

4,920 

8,030 

8,330

Minimum

868 

1,620

1,390

868

2,260 

3,210 

2,200 

1,920 

2,480 

1,330 

1,270 

1,030 

925

868

June

12,100 

11,500 

8,640 

7,220 

5,780

5,080 

4,440 

3,730 

3,590 

2,960

4,140 

3,440 

3,420 

2,810 

2,730

2,660 

2,140 

2,240 

2,190 

2,240

1,920 

2,090 

2,350 

2,400

1,970

2,380 

1,760 

1,760 

1,830 

1,330

Mean

1,597 

4,323 

4,442

5,788

3,446 

9,414 

5,036 

3,065 

6,454 

3,761 

1,986 

1,516 

7,098

4,301

July

1,780 

1,270 

1,610 

1,310 

1,530

2,000 

2,140 

 1,880 

1,850 

1,550

1,690 

1,520 

2,200 

1,720 

1,990

1,540 

1,820 

1,370 

1,810 

1,670

1,600 

2,120 

1,990 

1,630 

3,160

2,040 

3,840 

3,350 

2,420 

2,640 

2,540

Aug.

1,960 

2,200 

2,570 

1,990 

1,880

1,380 

1,530 

1,270 

1,260 

1,180

1,100 

1,310 

1,160 

1,030 

1,110

1,240 

1,170 

1,060 

1,390 

1,580

1,360 

2,620 

2,170 

1,940 

1,580

1,630 

1,320 

1,430 

1,160 

1,170 

1,260

Per square 

mile

0.435 

1.18 

1.21

1.58

.939 

2.56 

1.37 

.835 

1.76 

1.02 

.541 

.413 

1.93

1.17

Sept.

1,320 

1,470 

1,050 

925 

1,560

1,740 

1,360 

1,490 

938 

20,800

36,400 

19,600 

14,500 

26,200

14 , 900

a,&40

f ,130 

; 980 

4,030 

3,210

4,060 

3,190 

4,230 

7,680 

6,330

4,420 

3,390 

3,190 

2,560 

2,660

Runoff in 

inohes

0.50 

1.32 

1.40

21.41

1.08 

2.67 

1.58 

.93 

2.03 

1.14 

.62 

.48 

2.15

15.90

b. 3 (9:30 a.m.) 39,100 sec. -ft.; Sent. 10 (11 o.m. ) 

.-ft. 

I on basis of records for station at Holcombs Rock and
JAMES RIVER BASIN 19

James River at Scottsville, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°48', long. 78 0 30', at highway bridge at Scottsvine, 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.

Kecoras available. February 1925 to September 1950.

Average aiscnarge. 25 years, 5,154 second-feet.

Kxtremes.--MaxMiin discharge during year, 73,300 second-feet Sept. 11 (gage height, 20.43

 feet); minimum, 984 second-feet Aug. 31; minimum gage height, 2.52 feet Oct. 19, 20; 

minimum daily discharge, 1,260 second-feet Sept. 4.

1925-50: Maximum discharge, 133,000 second-feet Sept. 19, 1944 (gage height, 26.0 

feet); minimum, 302 second-feet Oct. 1, 1930 (gage height, 1.46 feet); minimum daily, 

307 second-feet Oct. 15, 1930.

Data for some outstanding floods prior to the establishment of this station are 

given in the following table.

Date

October 1870 

November 1877 

March 1913

Gage height 

(feet)

30.7 

27.9 

25.16

Discharge 

(second-feet)

About 160,000 

121,000

Remarks

.Gage height from information 

by Io6al resident. 

Gage height from information 

by local resident. 

From floodmarks.

Remarks.--Records excellent except those for period July 7 to Sept. 9, which are fair.

FIoW regulated by power plants above station. 

Revisions (water years). W 727: 193l(m). W 972: 1913(M), 1936(M), 1940(M). W 1066:

lb)4U.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 tc September 195O

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

Z1 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,280 

2,070 

2,220 

2,220 

1,710

1,890 

2,020 

2,640 

2,150 

1,960

2,080 

1,890 

1,770 

1,710 

1,890

1,830 

1,890 

1,770 

1,600 

1,42O

1,770 

1,650 

1,710 

1,540 

1,600

1,540 

1,830 

1,890 

2,940 

3,660 

7,500

Nov.

7,940 

15,300 

25,100 

16.4OO 

9,850

7,940 

6,430 

5,060 

4,340 

4,000

3,580 

3,580 

3,250 

3,250 

3,090

2,710 

2,780 

3,010 

2,780 

2,490

2,710 

2,560 

2,350 

2,280 

2,350

2,640 

2,350 

2,220 

2,490 

2,560

Dec.

2,150 

2,490 

2,280 

2,420 

2,350

2,280 

2,420 

2,150 

2,080 

2,280

2,490 

2,420 

4,450 

8,630 

9,350

7,94O 

6,850 

5,630 

5,060 

5,250

6,640 

6,850 

5,630 

5,440 

5,250

5,440 

6,030 

7,430 

12,700 

9,110 

7,720

Jan.

6,850 

5,440 

5,060 

4,70O 

4,520

4,170 

3,920 

3,740 

3,330 

3,330

3,170 

3.33O 

3,490 

3,330 

4,080

4,700 

4,880 

4,700 

4,520 

4,340

4,43O 

4,080 

3,740 

3,920 

3,560

3,490 

3,410 

3,330 

3,250 

3,330 

5,800

Month

Octo 

Neve 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

nhor

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

uarv "?!::::::::::::::::::::::::: i ............................

mt ...........................

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

17,600 

31,400 

39.6OO 

30.OOO 

17,400

12,700 

10,600 

9,110 

8,400 

7,940

8,400 

9,850 

9,850 

9,110 

9,600

9,110 

8,400 

7,940 

6,850 

6,230

5,830 

5,440 

5,060 

4,880 

4,700

4,520 

4,340 

4,170

Seoondfoot-days

66 , 64G 

157,390 

159,210

2,657,050

127,960 

309,030 

189,850 

117,710 

258 , 220 

150,840 

77,370 

58,230 

251,460

1,923,910

Mar.

4,080 

3,920 

3,580 

3,490 

3,740

3,580 

3,410 

3,490 

3,580 

3,330

3,330 

3,250 

3,330 

3,830 

4,000

5,060 

5,440 

5,250 

5,250 

5,060

7,500 

8,400 

12,100 

13,600 

13,000

10,400 

9,350 

8,400 

9,350 

9,350 

8.4OO

Apr.

7,720 

6,850 

5,830 

5,630 

5,630

5,440 

4,700 

4,520 

4,260 

4,080

4,000 

3,660 

3,490 

3,580 

3,490

3,330 

3,170 

3,010 

3,010 

3,09O

3,090 

3,010 

2,780 

2,860 

2,710

2,940 

3,170 

2,710 

2,860 

3,090

Maximum

7,5OO 

25,100 

12,700

60,900

6,850 

39,600 

13,600 

7,720 

18 , 900 

16,400 

3,920 

3,250 

55,100

55,100

May

3,660 

3,830 

6,230 

17,100 

16,700

11,500 

9,350 

7,720 

6,230 

5,250

4.7OO 

4,340 

4,880 

4,080 

9,450

16,700 

18 , 900 

14,300 

10,400 

8,170

7,280 

5,830 

5,060 

6,030 

4,880

5,630 

5,060 

4,430 

8,630 

10,400 

11,500

Minimum

1,420 

2,220 

2,080

1,420

3,170 

4,170 

3,250 

2,710 

3,660 

2,020 

1,830 

1,310 

1,260

1,260

June

16,000 

16,400 

11,500 

8,870 

8,170

6,430 

6,030 

4,880 

4,700 

4,170

5,060 

4,700 

4,340 

4,17O 

3,830

3,090 

3,330 

2,710 

2,780 

2,860

2,640 

2,710 

2,860 

3,090 

3,010

2,940 

2,780 

2,020 

2,420 

2,350

Mean

2,150 

5,246 

5,136

7,280

4,128 

11,040 

6,124 

3,924 

8,330 

5,028 

2,496 

1,878 

8,382

5,271

July

1,890 

2,220 

1,830 

2,080 

2,220

2,860 

2,860 

2,490 

2,150 

2,020

2,220 

2,080 

2,45O 

2,860 

2,640

2,420 

1,960 

2,020 

1,960 

2,020

2,350 

2,640 

2,560 

2,020 

2,710

2,860 

3,740 

3,920 

3,740 

3,090 

2,490

Aug.

2,710 

2,350 

2,860 

3,250 

 2,280

2,280 

1,650 

1,960 

1,480 

1,710

1,480 

1,540 

1,60O 

1,480 

1,310

1,430 

1,540 

1,600 

1,400 

1,650

1,770 

1,960 

2,560 

2,420 

2,220

1,830 

1,890 

1,540 

1,650 

1,400 

1,430

Per square 

mile

0.470 

1.15 

1.12

1.59

.903 

2.42 

1.34 

.858 

1.82 

1.10 

.546 

.411 

1.83

1.15

Sept.

1,480 

1,540 

1,650 

1,260 

1,270

1,770 

1,890 

1,600 

1,650 

5,250

55,100 

27,600 

18,100 

28,000 

21,900

10,600 

7,940 

6,O30 

5,060 

4,340

4,080 

4,520 

4,430 

6,230 

7,500

5,830 

4,430 

3,830 

3,090 

3,490

Runoff in 

inches

0.54 

1.28 

1.29

21.61

1.04 

2.52 

1.54 

.96 

2.10 

1.23 

.63 

.47 

2.04

15.64

Peak discharge (base. 27,000 sec. -ft. ).-- Nov. 3 (2 p.m.) 28,000 sec. -ft.; Feb. 3 (6 p.m.) 41,700

sec. -ft.; Sept. 11 (9:30 a.m.) 73,300 sec. -ft.
20 JAMES RIVER BASIN 

James River at Cartersville, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°40", long. 78°05', at highway bridge between 

FemEerton 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 1950.

Average discharge.--50 years (1899-1904, 1905-50), 7,178 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 68,600 second-feet Sept, 11 (gage height, 19.73 

T5eT7, minimum, 1,560 second-feet Aug. 16 (gage height, 0.97 foot); minimum dally, 

1,810 second-feet Aug. 10, 16.

1899-1-950: Maximum discharge, 180,000 second-feet Sept. 20, 1944 (gage height, 29.6 

feet, from floodraark 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 except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow regulated by power plants above station.

Revisions (water years). W 582: Drainage area. W 972: 1936(M).

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept.-16-30)

1.1 1,750 4.0 7,180 10.0 24,100 ' 

1.5 2,390 6.0 11,800 13.0 35,900 

2.5 4,190 8.0 17,400 16.0 49,200

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

3,620 

3,350 

3,080 

2,990 

3,080

2,390 

2,990 

5,960 

4,860 

3,620

3,170 

2,990 

2,820 

2,730 

2,900

2,730 

2,560 

2,730 

2,730 

2,140

2,390 

2,560 

2,300 

2,560 

2,140

2,480 

2,560 

2,820 

3,900 

5,360 

11,100

Nov.

13,100 

13,100 

24,500 

24 , 500 

14,70O

10,600 

8,940 

7,180 

6,160 

5,960

5,160 

4,960 

4,760 

4,860 

a5,GOO

a4,600 

4,000 

4,000 

4,100 

3,810

3,530 

3,810 

3,900 

3,440 

2,900

a3,400 

a3,500 

a3,400 

a3,400 

a3,200

Dec.

33,500 

33,300 

33,200 

3,350 

3,440

3,080 

3,170 

3,170 

2,990 

2,990

3,350 

3,900 

4,000 

8,710 

8,940

10.100 

8,480 

7,180 

6,760 

6,760

7,600 

8,480 

7,820 

7,180 

6,560

6,760 

7,820 

8,940 

13,400 

12,400 

9,880

Jan.

8,710 

7,180 

6,760 

6,360 

5,760

5,760 

5,160 

5,160 

4,660 

4,570

4,280 

4,380 

4,960 

5,160 

4,960

5,760 

6,160 

6,160 

5,960 

5,960

5.960 

5,360 

5,160 

4,960 

4,960

4,760 

4,660 

4,660 

4,660 

4,960 

7,820

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr!

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary . ...

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

st ........................

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

16,300 

35,900 

42,300 

41,000 

23,800

16,800 

13,600 

11,800 

10,600 

10,400

10,800 

11,100 

12,400 

11,600 

12,400

12,400 

11,400 

10,400 

9,170 

8,710

T,820 

7,180 

6,760 

6,760 

6,360

6,560 

5,960 

5,760

Seoondfoot-days

103,610 

213, 47C 

197,210

3,619,140

171,740 

386,040 

270,820 

163,450 

338,110 

197,260 

110,480 

82,120 

316,250

2,550,560

Mar.

5,960 

5,960 

5,560 

4,960 

4,860

5,160 

4,860 

4,860 

5,160 

4,960

4,570 

4,660 

4,760 

5,560 

5,560

6,160 

7,180 

7,600 

7,600 

6,970

10,400 

13,400 

21,300 

20,300 

18,700

15,300 

12,600 

11,600 

11,100 

12,100 

11,100

Apr.

9,880 

8,940 

8,040 

7,820 

7,180

7,390 

6,760 

6,160 

5,760 

5,760

5,360 

5,360 

4,860 

4,760 

4,760

4,760 

4,380 

4,280 

4,100 

4,380

4,960 

4,660 

4,380 

4,190 

4,100

4,000 

4,190 

4,280 

4,000 

4,000

Maximum

11,100 

24 , 500 

13,400

61,400

8,710 

42,300 

21,300 

9,880 

24,100 

21,700 

5,960 

4,660 

48,300

48,300

May

4,960 

5,160 

6,560 

15 , 100 

20,300

14,400 

12,100 

9,640 

8,260 

7,180

6,160 

6,160 

5,960 

5,760 

8,710

21,300 

22,400 

24,100 

17,400 

12,400

9,880 

8,710 

7,390 

8,260 

7,820

7,600 

7,180 

6,360 

11,100 

15,600 

14,200

Minimum

2,140 

2,900 

2,990

2,140

4,280 

5,760 

4,570 

4,000 

4,960 

2,560 

2,300 

1,810 

1,870

1,810

June

19,OOO 

21,700 

15,900 

12,100 

10,800

8,710 

7,320 

6,970 

5,960 

5,960

5,960 

6,970 

5,560 

5,360 

4,960

4,660 

4,190 

4,000 

3,620 

3,530

3,620 

3,260 

3,620 

3,90O 

3,440

3,620 

3,530 

3,080 

2,560 

2,900

Mean

3,342 

7,116 

6,362

9,915

5,540 

13,790 

8,736 

5,448 

10,910 

6,575 

3,564 

2,649 

10,540

6,988

July

2,730 

2,480 

2,560 

2,300 

2,640

2,900 

4,280 

4,000 

3,350 

3,440

3,170 

3,720 

3,720 

3,620 

3,350

3,530 

2,900 

3,350 

2,560 

3,080

3,350 

4,480 

4,100 

3,350 

3,080

4,570 

4,570 

5,960 

4,960 

4,380 

4,000

Aug.

3, 

3, 

3,

3, 

3,

2, 

2, 

2, 

2, 

1,

2, 

2, 

2, 

2, 

1,

1, 

1, 

2, 

1, 

2,

2, 

3, 

4, 

4,

3,

3, 

2, 

2, 

2, 

2, 

1,

Per square 

mile

0.535 

1.14 

1.02

1.59

.888 

2.21 

1.40 

.873 

1.75 

1.05 

.571 

.424 

1.69

1.12

170 

170 

170 

900 

720

820 

640 

140 

390 

810

140 

000 

220 

020 

950

810 

980 

010 

960 

900

480 

440 

660 

000 

170

170 

560 

390 

220 

140 

930

Sept.

1,960 

2,030 

2,060 

2,480 

1,900

1,870 

2,300 

2,300 

2,800 

6,360

48,300 

42,800 

29,000 

33,800 

31,800

16,100 

10,400 

7,820 

6,560 

5,560

4,760 

5,760 

6,560 

6,360 

9,170

7,390 

5,760 

4,660 

4,190 

3,440

Runoff in 

inches

0.62 

1.27 

1.18

21.56

1.02 

2.30 

1.61 

.97 

2.02 

1.17 

.66 

.49 

1.89

15.20

Peak discharge (base, 40,000 sec. -ft. ). --Feb. 4 (1:30 a.m.) 46,800 sec. -ft.; Sept. 11 (9 p.m.)

l,6OO sec.-ft.

a No gage-height reoordj discharge computed on basis of James Riv,er at Scottsville and sum of rec-

 ds for James River near Richmond and James River & Kanawha Canal near Richmond.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 21

James River near Richmond, Va. 

Location. --Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°33'47", long. 77'32'SO1*, at We stham Bridge 1*

Coin?v Ttufof ^8^h« 2tVnd \mllers West of c "y llmits of Richmond; Henrtco 

DraSetyarea!-^.7J7g^uareS Hill *'* abOVe ~an Sea leve1 ' totu- of 1929 ' 

hecoros avaTTable. October 1934 to September 1950

' "15 yeai<S (1935 -5?)' 7 ' 723 secondrfeet (includes flow in James River &

second-feet Sept - 12 14 - 6

^-. second-feet Mar. 19, 1936 (gage height, 23.42 

second-feet .Sept. 18-20, 25-27, Oct. 1-4, 7, 1941, Sept! 8, 9, 12 1944

good. Plow regulated by jpower plants above station. Extremes and 

daJly^?ChargS do not ^dude fl^ in James River & Kanawha Canal which 

and water ffi^t^>0?Vanai records ' Q see page 51. Records of chemical analyses

Rating table, water year 1949 50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second- feet)

3.5 

3.9 

4.5 

5.0 

6.0

S80 

1,750 

3,290 

4,720 

8,040

7.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

11,300

16,100

26,600

39,800

54,700

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,840

3,180

2,450

2,250

2,150

2,180

1,680

3,700

6,180

3,290

2,550

2,320

2,100

1,950

1,900

2,050

1,920

1,820

1,850

1,950

1,390

1,660

1,780

1,520

1,700

1,430

1,680

1,950

3,420

4,420

11,600

Nov.

17,500

17,000

22,600

27,800

17,500

11,800

9,120

7,690

6,340

5,360

5,040

4,420

4,270

4,420

4,570

3,980

3,560

3,420

3,420

3,290

2,970

2,970

2,990

2,660

2,760

2,710

2,810

 2,710

2,760

2,530

-

Dec.

2,890

2,730

2,500

2,630

2,500

2,600

2,400

2,550

2,380

2,200

2,500

2,860

3,240

4,880

9,860

 10,200

8,580

7,860

6,500

6,180

6,340

7,520

7,690

6,840

6,340

5,840

6,340

8,220

9,490

13,000

10,200

Month

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

November. ............'..

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

Calendar year 1949 . .

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

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

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

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

May «ojr . ...................

Jiuie ...................

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 . .

Jan.

8,

7,

6,

5,

5,

580

520

340

840

520

5,040

4,

4,

4,

3,

3,

3,

4,

4,

4,

720

420

270

7OO

700

560

120

570

270

4,570

5,

5,

5,

360

520

360

5,680

6,010

5,

4,

4,

340

570

120

4,270

4,120

3,

3,

3,

3,

380

380

380

380

6,180

Secondfoot-days

82,860

210,970

175,860

3,444,940

' 153,190

375,290

256,420

144,710

318,290

178,820

87 j 790

59 913

303^800

2,347,913

Feb.

11,400

29,100

39,800

43,400

29,100

18,400

14,300

12,200

10,600

9,86O

10,200

10,200

11,400

11,400

11,000

12,200

11,400

10,200

9,490

8,400

7,690

7,000

6,670

6,340

6,340

5,840

5,840

5,520

_

-,

Mar.

5,360

5,680

5,200

4,570

4,570

4,420

4,570

4,420

4,570

4,720

4,570

4,270

4,420

4,720

5,520

5,200

6,180

7,OOO'

7,17-0

6,670

8,22O

13,000

19,900

22,600

18,400

13,900

12,600

11,400

1O,600

11,000

11,000

Apr.

9,860

9,120

8,220

7,170

6,840

6,670

6,340

5,520

5,360

5,040

4,880

4,570

4,270

3,840

3,980

3,840

3,700

3,560

3,420

3,420

3,840

4,120

3,700

3, -420

3,420

3,210

- 3,290

3., 560

3,240

3,290

.Observed

Maximum

11,600

27,800

13,000

67 -, 700

8,580

43,400

22,600

9,86O

23,100

21,000

5,360

4', 270

54,000

54,OOO

Minimum

1,390

2,530

2,200

1,390

3,56O

5,520

4,270

3,210

3,42O

1.75&

1,540

943

1,03Q

943

Mean

2,673

7..032

5,673

9,438

4,942

13,400

8

O-TO , C f C

4,824

10,270

5,961

2, 832

1 933

10J130

6,433

May

3,420

4,270

4,570

8,380

18,400

16,100

121; 200

9,860

8,220

6,670

5,840

5,200

5,360

5,360

5,040

16,100

20,400

22,600

23,100

14,800

 10,600

8,760

7,170

6,500

8,040

7,000

7,690

7,340

10,200

14,300

14,800

June

15,200

21,000

18,000

13,500

10,600

9,860

7,520

6,840

5,360

4,880

5,200

5,360

5,520

4,570

4,420

3,700

3,420

3,290

2,890

 2,760

2,710

2,660

2,480

2,680

2,940

2,710

2,450

2,500

2,050

1,750

Diversion

(secondfeet)t

849

971

374

981

99<7

1,060

1,055

1,030

987

997

929

884

924

971

July

2

1

1

1

1

2

2

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

2

2

2

1

2

3

3

2

2

2

4

4,

5,

3,

3,

,000

,680

,680

,540

,820

,120

,580

,560

,860

,810

,760

,600

,990

500

260

160

920

200

500

640

450

840

560

940

480

530

120

420

360

840

070

Aug.

2,860

2,350

2,280

2,380

3,560

2,500

1,950

1,610

1,240

1,370

943

1,240

1,150

1,280

1,150

1,050

1,010

1,200

1,730

1,390

2,320

2,350

3,420

4,270

3,020

2,300'

2,100

1,730

1,570

1,370

1,220

Sept.

1,070

1,170

1,240

1,340

1,500

1,030-

1,050

1,410

1,520

4,540

21,800

54,OOQ,

34,300

29,700

33,600

21,000

12,200

8,760

6,670

5,520

4,720

5,040

8,400

7,340

7,340

8,220

6,340

4,880

3,980

4,120

Adjusted for diversion

Mean

3,522

8,003

6,647

10,420

5 939

14)460

9 327

5 854

11 f 260

6,958

3,761

2 f 817

11,050

7,404

Per square 

mile

0.521

1.18

.984

1.54

.879

2.14

1.38

.866

1.67

1.03

.557

.417

1.64

1.10

Runoff in 

inches

0.60

1.32

1.13

20.93

i;01

2.23

1. 59

!97

1.92

1.15

. 64

.48

1.83

14.87

Peak discharge (base. 50,000 se 

T Diversion by James River & Ka

.-ft. K Sept. 12 

Kanawha Canal.

(10 a.m.) 59,500 sec.-ft.

231536 O - 53 - 3
22 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Bolar Spring at Bolar, Va.

Location. Lat. 38°13'05", long. 79°40'40", in Highland County, 1,000 feet north of Bolar 

wnTcfi is on county line between Bath and Highland Counties.

Records available. August 1947, October 1949 to September 1950 (discharge measurements 

only).

Extremes. 1947, 1949-50: Maximum discharge measured, 17.6 second-feet Feb 3 1950- minimum measured, 3.59 second-feet Aug. 28, 1947.

Remarks. Discharge measurements made monthly 75 feet downstream from source.

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, 1947, 1949-50

Date

Aug. 28, 1947 

Oct. 12, 1949 

Nov. 8 

Dec. 6 

Jan. 17

Discharge

3.59 

5.06 

7.19 

5.06 

8.09

Date

Feb. 3, 1950 

Mar. 14 

Apr. 7 

May 18 

June 14

Discharge

17-. 6 

5.78 

7.38 

5.38 

5.96

Date

July 11, 1950 

Aug. 8 

Sept. 12

Discharge

4.07 

4.64 

5.95

Muddy Run Spring near Warm Springs, Va.

Location.--Lat. 38°06'25", long. 79 0 45'05", in Bath County, 2.7 miles upstream from Jackson 

Kiver and 3.9 miles (airline) northeast of intersection of U. S. Highway 220 and State 

Highway 39 at Warm Springs.

Records available. June 1946, August 1946 to September 1950 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes, 1^46, 1947-50: Maximum discharge measured, 12.3 second-feet Feb. 3, 1950; minimum measured, 2.30 second-feet Oct. 8, 1946.

Remarks. Discharge measurements made monthly. 50 feet downstream from s'pring.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, 1946, 1946-50

Date

June 26, 1946

Aug. 27

Sept. 17

Got 8

Nov 19

Dec 17

Jan 15, 1947

Feb 12

Mar 18

Apr 8

May 5

June 10

July J

Discharge

4.82

2.9S

2.55

2.30

2.61

2.95

6.95

4.89

8.38

6.44

5.71

4.63

c.99

Date

Aug. 12, 1947

Sept. 9

Oct 7

Nov 4

Dec 9

Jan 6, 1948

Feb 3

Apr 8

May 18

June 15

July 20

Aug. 18

Sept. 7

Discharge

2.74

2.89

3.16

8.77

4.48

4.27

3.32

9.40

6.84

5.33

4.03

4.55

5.03

Date

Oct. 5, 1948

Nov. 9

Dec. 14

Jan. 20, 1949

Feb. 8

Mar. 15

Apr. 12

May 17

June 7

July 13

Aug. 10

Sept. 13

Oct. 12 

Discharge

6.11

6.53

7.29

7.19

8.90

6.07

5.92

7.37

4.84

7.55

5.41

5.64

4.22

Date

Nov 8, 1949

Dec 6

Jan 17, 1950

Feb 3

Mar 14

Apr 7

May 17

June 14

July 11

Aug. 8

Sept. 12

Discharge

6.70

4.67

6.67

12.3

4.99

6.43

7.30

4.58

5.97

4.96

9.45

Warm Spring at Warm Springs, Va.

Location.-Staff gage, lat. 38°03'11", long. 79°46<52", just above V-shaped weir, about

 SWTeet downstream from Warm Spring in town of Warm Springs, Bath County. Datum of

gaee is 2,316.22 feet above mean sea level, unadjusted. 

Records.available. June 1988 to September 1944, October 1344 to September 1950 (monthly

readings only).

Average discharge. 14 years (1930-44), 2.24 second-feet. 

Extremes" 1928-bO: Maximum daily discharge recorded, 5.45 second-feet Nov. 18, 1929

 TTTow probably increased somewhat by local surface runoff); minimum daily recorded, 1.35

second-feet Feb. 25, 26, 1931. 

Remarks.--Records good. Gage read about once monthly.

Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet, water year 

October 1949 to September 1950

Date

Oct. 12

Mar. 14

Gage height 

(feet)

1.35

1.38

1.35

1.37

1.41

1.39

Discharge 

(second-feet)

2.68

2.87

2.68

2.80

3.08

2.94

Date

Apr. 7

May 18

June 14

July 11

Aug. 8

Sept. 12

Sage height 

(feet) 

1.37

1.29

Discharge 

(second-feet)
JAMES RIVER BASIN 23

Falling Springs Greek near Falling Spring, Va. 

Location --Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 37°52 | 05", long. 79°56'45", at

 bridge on U S. Highway 220, 0.7 miles downstream from Falling Spring (the main source), 

2.1 miles southeast of town of Falling Spring, and 5 miles northeast of Covington,

Recordsga^ailable.-^November 1947 to September 1950 (fragmentary November 1947, to FebruExtreiaes.--Maximum discharge during year, 222 second-feet Sept. 13 (gage height, 1.91

 FeeTT; minimum, 3.5 second-feet Aug. 7 (gage height, 0.30 foot); minimum daily, 6.0 

second-feet Aug. 29.

1947-50- Maximum gage height, 3.0 feet Feb. 14, 1948, from recorded range in stage 

(discharge not determined); minimum discharge, that of Aug. 7, 1950; minimum daily, 6.0

Remarks? Records good! Regulation at low flow by cress beds 2,000 to 3,000 feet above 

station.

Discharge, in second-feet., water year October 1949- to September 1950

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

9R ICO

29

*f| ou

31

Oct.

14 ' 13

12

12

11

10

10

10

10

9.2

8.8

9.6

10

10

10

10

9.6

9.2

9.2

8.8

8.5

8.5

8.1

8.5

9.2

8.8

9.2

12

28

24

65

NOT.

72

114

69

48

35

28

25

23

21

18

18

18

17

16 '14

14

14

13

13

13

13

13

12

12

12

12

11

11

11

11

-

Dec.

11

1L

12

12

11

11

11

11

11

11

15

22

29

34

31

,26

23

22

32

32

31

28

31

33

29

28

47

44

38

34

31

Jan.

26

23

22

20

18

17

. 17

15

15

15

15

I*

16

17

17

17

17

18

18

17

17

17

16

16

16

15

14

14

14

17

64

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

76

125

92

64

52

44

38

31

31

34

40

38

35

33

31

28

24

22

21

20

19

19

18

17

15

15

15

15

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

396.2

721

752

8,075.6

574

1,012

653

491

983.

530.2

273 7

230 9

95si4

7,571.4

Mar.

15

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

13

13

13

14

14

14

15

15

17

18

17

21

26

38

36

35

34

32

36

38

35

32

Apr.

29

28

23

22

21

20

19

18

18

17

17

16

16

15

15

15

14

14

14

14

14

13

13

13

13

12

12

12

12

12

Maximum

65

114

47

216

64

125

38

29

86

38

9.6

9 2

191 '

191

May

12

16

' 25

28

49

38

32

25

23

22

20

23

22

22

75

86

64

52

44

38

33

27

22

20

18

18

22

' 29

25

24

27

Minimum

8.1

11

11

8.1

14

15

13

12

12

9.2

7 8

elo

6.7

6.0

June

38

34

32

31

25

.22

19

18

17

19

24

19

17

16

15

15

15

14

14

14

13

13

12

12

11

11

. 11

10

10

9.2

Mean

12.8

24.0

24.3

22.1

-I ft C 

J.O .O

36.1

21.1

16.4

31.6

17.7

8.8

7 4

Sllg

20.7

July

9.6

9.2

9.2

9.6

9.6

9.6

9.2

9.2

8.8

8.5

8.5

8.1

8.5

9.2

8.5

8.8

8.5

8.5

8.8

8.8

8.1

7.8

8.1

8.5

8.5

9.2

9.6

8.8

8.8

8.8

8.8

Aug.

8.8

9.2

9.2

8.8

8.8

8.5

7.4

7.4

7.4

7.8

7.8

8.1

8.1

8.1

7.0

7.4

7.4

7.0

7.4

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.4

6.7

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.3

6.0

6.3

6.7

Per square 

mile

5

Sept.

6.7

7.4

7.8

7.4

7.4

6.7

7.4

7.8

8.8

76.0

84 '

42

191 '

79

47

34

26

22

20

.18

18

38

42

33

25

22

21

19

17

15

Runoff in 

inches
24 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Dunlap Creek near Covington, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37"48', long. 80°03', 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 Engineers).' Prior to 

Dec. 8, 1949, chain gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area. 166 square miles.

Kecoras available --December 1928 to September 1950.

Average discharge'. 21 years (1929-50), 157 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,030 second-feet Feb. 2 (gage height, 7 28 

reeTT; minimum, 12 second-feet Aug. 25 (gage height, 0.95 foot).

1928-50: 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 no gage-height record, which are fair. 

occasional diurnal fluctuation caused by dam above station

Revisions (water years). W 972: 1929-30, 1932-34, 1942.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 7 Dec. 8 to Sept. 30

1.1 20 1.8 124 3.5 745 1.1 22 1.8 134 4.0 

1.2 29 2.2 215 4.0 1,030 1.2 32 2.2 229 5.0 

1.3 40 2.5 303 4.6 1,420 1.3 43 2.5 321 6.0 

1.5 68 2.8 416 1.4 57 2.8 450 6.5 

1.6 93 3.2 655

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 ' 4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

50 

43 

34 

33 

30

30

28 

27 

27 

25

26 

27 

29

28 

26

27 

27 

28 

27 

27

27 

26 

25 

26 

29

37 

39 

45 

167 

145 

745

Nov.

1,090 

1,420 

416 

242 

167

134 

114 

100 

85 

75

68 

64 

58 

65 

59

54 

53 

53 

49 

48

45 

45 

43 

41 

48

48

48 

48 

59 

91

Dec.

91 

89 

76 

70

68

62 

59 

51 

49 

51

342 

1,320 

890 

500 

321

235 

181 

172 

235 

249

a220 

a!90 

184 

172 

158

163 

387 

352 

266 

216 

177

Jan.

154 

138 

132 

121 

107

99 

99 

91 

85 

87

97 

143 

400 

545 

465

344 

275 

257 

232 

203

189 

184 

172 

154 

138

124 

113 

103 

99 

286 

1,930

Month

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

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

mber .........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary ........

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

st ................ .......

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

4, 

SE

Feb.

1,880 

3,220 

1,160 

622 

414

337 

314 

278 

294

646

830 

530 

378 

304 

260

244 

201 

179 

168 

154

141 

138 

141 

124 

115

111 

99 

99

Secondfoot-clays

1,91( 

4,931 

7,59

69,92

7,56 

13,38 

8,70 

2,96 

9,83 

3,41 

1,49 

1,03 

2,51

65,35

Mar.

119 

168 

161 

156 

145

138 

132 

126 

130 

109

111 

119 

165 

251 

246

229 

203 

272 

348 

314

428 

570 

860 

590 

465

392 

382 

382 

369 

337 

287

Apr.

269 

a250 

a210 

a!70 

a!40

128 

117 

107 

103 

97

93 

89 

87 

84 

80

74 

71 

69 

66 

67

66 

62 

60 

60 

57

62 

59 

56 

54 

56

Maximum

3 745 

3 1,420 

3 1,320

t 3,260

3 1,930 

1 3,220 

1 860 

5 269 

1 1,390 

3 423 

3 179 

3 66 

5 385

t 3,220

May

69 

186 

768 

570 

530

311 

229 

189 

158 

147

134 

161 

374 

314 

1,390

890 

475 

311 

235 

189

156 

134 

121 

107 

97

152 

234 

374 

278 

196 

355

Minimum

25 

41 

49

24

85 

99 

109 

54 

69 

38 

27 

22 

22

22

June

423

251 

189 

170 

141

115 

95 

80 

74 

225

378 

172 

117 

89 

76

67 

74 

62 

60 

64

62 

62 

60 

57 

50

47 

43 

39 

38

38

Mean

61.6 

164 

245

192

244 

478 

281 

98.8 

317 

114 

48.4 

33.5 

83.8

179

July

34 

32 

29 

27 

32

43 

47 

38 

33 

31

30 

29 

29 

30 

34

57 

42 

35 

32 

31

33 

33 

32 

32 

30

46 

179 

103 

115 

117 

84

1,130 

1,840 

2,740 

3,220

Aug.

66 

59 

60 

54 

47

41 

38 

33 

32 

32

31 

29 

27 

26 

24

39 

38 

32 

32 

32

29 

28 

27 

25 

24

23 

22 

22 

22 

22 

22

Per square 

mile

0.371 

.988 

1.48

1.16

1.47 

2.88 

1.69 

.595 

1.91 

.687 

.292 

.202 

.505

1.08

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 sec. -ft. ) . Nov. 2 (about 1 a.m.) 3,760 sec. -ft.; Feb. 2

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis 

ring and Potts Creek near Covington.

of records for Jackson River at

Sept.

22 

24 

39 

35 

29

26 

24 

23 

22 

128

193 

119 

385 

147 

89

64 

51 

43 

39 

49

47 

218 

216 

132 

91

71 

57 

49 

43 

40

Runoff in 

inches

0.43 

1.10 

1.71

15.66

1.70 

3.00 

1.95 

.66 

2.20 

.77 

.34 

.23 

.56

14.65

(6:30 a.m.) 

Palling
JAMES RIVER BASIN 25

Potts Creek near Covington, Va.

Location. Chain and crest-stage gages, 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.

Kecords available.--December 1928 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 21 years (1929-50), 171 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 2,590 second-feet Feb. 2 (gage height, 

t>.32 feet); minimum observed, 43 second-feet Oct. 22; minimum gage height observed, 

1.62 feet Oct. 22, Sept. 9.

1928-50: Maximum discharge observed, 9,710 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 no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Uage read twice daily.

Revisions (water years). W 727: 1931.

Rating tables, vater year 1949-50, (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-28, Nov. 16 to Dec. 10, Mar. 24 to May 2)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 2, July 26 to Sept. 30 Feb. 3 to July 25

1.6 43 2.4 285

1.7 60 2.6 396

1.8 80 3.0 674

2.0 129 4.0 1,470

2.2 196 5.2 2,500

1.7 44

1.8 61

2.0 120

2.2 196

Note. Same as

preceding table

above 2.2 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

66

55

55

53

53

53

55

53

50

52

50

52

50

53

50

50

50

53

52

48

46

45

46

50

a65

76

70

80

637

266

790

Nov.

910

1,630

637

396

311

285

238

160

154

148

124

116

108

119

111

96

89

87

82

76

76

76

76

72

72

72

72

70

78

78

-

Dec.

74

76

64

60

64

64

64

64

58

66

154

870

564

a450

327

276

a230

209

396

221

221

204

213

a200

174

189

266

266

247

a220

185

Jan.

167

138

160

141

132

126

124

111

108

108

135

135

295

295

280

276

243

238

238

a220

204

192

185

174

164

151

a!40

132

126

141

830

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,230

2,500

1,310

790

529

494

409

372

384

529

460

384

361

337

316

301

266

243

225

200

188

180

176

155

144

127

130

120

_

-

Secondfoe t-days

3,224

6,619

6,736

92,243

6,109

12 j 860

7 f 367

3,059

9 >573

4,130 

3 f 383

2,110

4,483

69,653

Mar.

141

134

120

124

120

127

120

120

alio

107

101

107

a!70

al60

171

188

180

225

243

238

434

447

674

447

384

332

295

447

349

295

257

Apr.

230 >04

ISO

L63

163

141

a

L20

L10

L07

107

101

Maximum

7Q("I ty\j

1,630

870

4,460

830

2,500

674

230

1,070

494 

460

116

950

2,500

L01

94

94

88

83

77

77

177

77

72

69

66

61

66

77

66

61

61

66

-

May

83

192

1,070

712

460

349

295

a210

alSO

a!60

alSO

a!40

a!80

a230

aSOO

a640

a450

a350

a260

a21o

a!70

a!50

a!40

134

127

180

188

234

221

196

712

Minima

45

70

58

45

108

120

101

61

83

66

47

50

48

45

June

494

361

a240

a200

alSO

alSO

a!30

a!20

allO

a!30

al70

a!30

alOO

aSO

a70

72

94

80

74

80

83

117

138

148

117

130

107

85

74

66

-

Mean

104

221

217

253

197

459

238

102

309

138

109

68* 1

149

191

July

59

52

51

51

230

127

117

69

59

54

58

56

74

64

101

101

83

64

56

54

51

58

52

a50

47

460

316

230

230

178

129

Aug.

116

]

]

i

I

Per square 

mile

0.658

1.40

1.37

1.60

1.25

2 91 i!si

.646

1 (96

 873

 690

.431

.943

1.21

06

03

82

76

72

68

66

60

62

60

155

155

155

53

89

70

64

62

76

74

60

64

57

57

52

50

50

62

68

66

Sept.

62

62

78

66

53

a50

50

50

48

192

950

301

422

311

182

151

al20

106

94

 113

103

154

144

116

103

94

80

80

76

72

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.76

1.56

1.58

21.71

1.44

3.03

1.74

.72

2.26

.97

.80

.50

1.05

16.41

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Jackson River at Falling 

Spring and Dunlap Creek near Ccvlngton.
26 JAMES RIVER BASIN 

Smith Creek above old dam, near Clifton Forge, Va

Location.--Staff and crest-stage indicator, lat. 37°51', long. 79°51', at bridge on city 

 ol' 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 214 second-feet May 15 (gage height, 

3.by feet); minimum observed, 2.9 second-feet on many days In August; minimum gage 

height observed, 1.21 feet Aug. 21, 30, 31.

1947-50: Maximum discharge observed, 752 second-feet Apr. 13, 1949 (gage height, 

6.00 feet); 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 no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Sage read twice daily. No diversion above station.

Rating tabLe, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used July 27 to Sept. 9, Sept. 26-30)

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

2.3 1.6 8.8 2.5 59

3.1 1.7 11 2.7 80

4.1 1.9 17 2.9 104

5.4 2.1 26 3.5 183

7.0 2.3 41 3.7 214

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

6.0

5.6

5.4

5.4

5.1

5.4

7.7

6.7

6.5

6.7

6.7

6.5

6.4

6.4

6.2

6.0

6.0

5.7

5.6

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.3

6.5

13

12

19

54

59

143

Nov.

150

156

80

48

37

30

24

21 "18

16

15

13

12

13

12

11

11

10

9.7

9.7

9.2

8.8

8.4

8.3

10

9.2

8.8

8.6

11

10

-

Dec.

9.9

9.9

9.7

9.7

9.7

9.5

9.2

8.6

8.1

8.3

12

35

57

50

39

33

27

25

37

37

34

28

33

32

29

32

60

55

42

32

27

Jan.

25

a 22

21

L8

16

15

L4

L2

L2

12

11

LI

L3

L8

a!9

a20

a

a

a

20

20

20

a20

al8

a

a

a

16

16

L4

a!4

a!4

a

a

a

a

L2

L2

L2

25

alSO

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

Fsbruary .........................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

a!90

a200

a!20

a80

a50

a35

a30

a25

a25

a35

a50

a40

a35

a30

a30

a30

a25

a25

a20

a20

a!6

a!6

a!6

a!4

a!4

a!2

alO

alO

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

448. E

788.7

848.6

9,156.1

OAO o*t

1,203

675

355. E

1,407

399.1

137 2

104! 3

670.0

7,679.2

Mar.

alO

alO

a9

a9

a9

a9

a8

a8

a8

a8

a8

a9

a!2

a!6

17

18

17

18

19

21

29

45

59

60

48

41

33

35

30

27

25

Apr.

22

20

19

17

17

16

15

15

14

13

13

13

12

11

11

10

9.7

9.2

8.8

8.8

8.8

8.3

7.7

8.4

7.7

8.4

7.7

7.7

7.4

9.2

-

May

10

47

98

74

86

61

45

30

25

23

20

24

33

32

190

143

92

61

43

32

25

21

19

16

16

16

15

30

27

22

31

Maximum Minimum

143 5.1

156 8.3

60 8.1

470 3.9

150 11

200 10

60 8

22 7.4

190 10

43 4.9

6.0 3.7

49 29

130* s!l

200 2.9

June

43

36

30

29

22

18

16

13

12

13

17

15

13

11

9.7

8.8

10

8.1

7.5

7.2

7.0

6.8

8.1

6.4

5.9

5.4

5.1

4.9

5.1

5.1

-

Mean

14.5

26.3

27.4

25.1

20.7

43.0

21.8

11.9

45.4

13.3

4.43

3.36

22.3

21.0

July

4.6

4.4

4.2

4.1

4.4

4.9

4.9

4.1

4.0

4.1

4.2

4.4

4.1

4.0

4.1

4.4

3.9

3.8

4.0

4.4

5.4

5.4

4.6

4.6

4.2

e.o'

6.0

4.4

4.1

3.8

3.7

Aug.

4.0

4

4

4

1.9

.9

1.4

3.9

3.7

2

2

.5

.3

.1

3.3

3.3

2

I

.1

.0

.9

2.9

3.4

2

2

2

5.2

'.9

.9

3.0

2.9 1

2

2

.1

.5

.3

3.7

3.7

2

2

2

2

'.9

.9

.9

'.9

2.9

Per square 

mile

1.07

1.95

2.03

1.86

1.53

3.19

1.61

 8S1

3.36

.985

.328

.249

1.65

1.56

Sept.

3.7

3.3

6.0

4.4

3.4

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.9

92

66

28

130

63

27

19

14

11

9.2

8.1

11

30

39

26

19

12

9.9

8.1

7.2

6.5

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.23

2.18

2.34

25.23

1.76

3.32

1.86

 QO 9O

3.87

1.10

.38

.29

1.84

21.15

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Jackson River at Falling 

Spring.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 27

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.

Hecoras available. May 1907 to August 1908, March 1925 to September 1950.

Average discharge'. 2 5 years (1925-50), 517 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 13,900 second-feet Sept. 13 (gage height 12 17 

reet); minimum, 104 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 1.99 feet).

1907-8, 1925-50: 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 (gaee 

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 no gage-height record, which are fair.

Revisions (water years). W 952: 1925-41 (maximum only 1925, .1941). W 972; 1913(M).

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.0 

2.2 

2.4 

2.8

117

175

242

407

Oct. 1 to Nov. 2

3.2 607

3.6 846

4.0 1,140

5.0 2,000

Nov. 3 to Sept. 30

6.0 3,090

7.0 4,350

8.0 5,800

2.0 106

2.1 129

Z.3 187

2.6 301

2.9 445

3.4 

3.9 

4.9 

5.8 

7.0

741

1,100

1,920

2,850

4,350

8.0

9.0

10.2

5,800

7,440

9,620

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

191

172

154

151

145

145

166

204

197

169

160

160

157

154

151

151

148

145

142

139

139

137

137

134

142

214

280

272

681

816

2,310

Nov.

3,030

5,350

2,100

1,260

861

646

523

445

383

34R

314

285

276

289

319

285

264

252

8250

a250

8220

8220

8210

a200

a200

3200

3200

8200

3200

3220

-

Dec.

3220

3210

a200

a!90

a!90

al90

194

187

181

8180

8250

8450

al,000

3900

3700

8600

3520

3490

81,000

al,400

al , 200

ai.lOO

al,000

al.OOO

81,000

al.OOO

82,500

83,000

81,500

1,100

841

Jan.

390

604

551

523

484

424

393

369

332

314

323

323

379

511

557

563

540

484

478

445

388

369

364

355

332

310

297

285

272

460

5,640

Month

Ootober..... .....................

Novsmber .........................

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

llaroh ............................

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

Hay

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

5,500

7,270

4,090

2,150

1,460

1,140

982

821

761

1,060

1,580

1,260

1,020

910

875

910

841

741

653

598

523

489

489

462

403

379

336

310

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

8,462

19,797

24,493

281,539

18,359

38,012

22,176

9,631

26,276

9,016

4,64E

4,206

37,307

222,386

Mar.

327

341

293

260

276

280

280

272

280

276

245

256

352

671

665

592

581

628

861

754

982

1,380

2,060

1,700

1,340

1,180

982

1,100

1,180

982

8800

Apr.

a680

8600

a540

aSOO

a450

a420

393

364

345

327

314

305

293

280

272

260

252

241

237

237

233

230

222

218

230

241

222

208

237

280

-

Maximum

2,310

5 350

3^000

10,400

5,640

7,270

2,060

680

2,250

1,020

233

230

9,490

9,490

May

310

1,600

2,250

1,780

1,180

910

709

586

489

445

419

414

534

523

1,790

2,010

1,340

945

754

616

517

440

409

429

369

332

341

622

1,260

1,020

935

Minimum

134

200

180

134

272

310

245

208

310

129

118

108

118

108

June

1,020

910

659

557

500

409

336

293

264

256

319

323

256

230

215

198

198

198

187

178

175

172

172

162

153

145

140

132

129

132

-

Msan

273

660

790

771

592

1,358

715

321

848

301

150

136

1,244

609

July

132

127

12Q

118

122

132

159

148

127

122

127

134

134

134

132

140

127

122

129

132

156

175

165

145

148

198

233

218

187

'215 187

Aug.

222

208

230

165

142

129

120

X18

113

111

115

113

108

113

108

124

168

151

132

127

142

148

162

137

120

111

115

122

113

108

111

Psr square 

mile

0.599

1.45

1.73

1.69

1.30

2.98

1.57

.704

1.86

.660

.329

.298

2.73

1.34

Sept.

127

120

429

336

187

145

127

118

122

4,010

3,960

1,880

9,490

4,600

1,700

1,020

709

540

429

369

341

913

1,920

1,100

703

534

424

355

314

285

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.69

1.62

1.99

22.95

1.50

3.10

1.81

.79

2.14

.74

.38

.34

3.05

18.15

Peak discharge ('base. 5.000 sec.-ft.). Nov. 2 (6 s.m.) 7,440 sec.-ft.; Jan. 31 (7 p.m.) 6,930 

sec.-ft.; Feb. 2 (l2:3O p.m.) 8,140 sec.-ft.; Sept. 10 (3:30 p.m.) 7,270 sec.-ft.; Sept. 13 (8:30 

p.m.) 13,900 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; .dischargegomputed on basis of recorded range in stage, observer's notes, 

and records for James River at Lioic Run and Jackson River at Falling Spring.
gg JAMES RIVER BASIN

Stuart Spring near McDowell, Va.

Location. Lat. 38°20'15", long. 79°26'05", on State Highway 614, 5 miles east of McDowell, 

RecSrd^^ailable!--August 1947, October 1949 to September 1950 (discharge measurements

Extremes! 1947, 1949-50: Maximum discharge measured, 7.04 second-feet Mar. 24, 1950;

 minimum measured, 1.18 second-feet Aug. 28, 1947. Remarks. Discharge measurements made monthly 300 to 400 feet below source of spring.

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, 1947, 1949-50

Date

1947 

Aug. 28

1949 

Oct. 12 

Nov. 14

Dec. 13

Discharge

1.18

3.21 

3.77 

5.21

Date

1950 

Jan. 23 

Feb. 21 

Mar. 24 

Apr . 20 

May 16 

June 23

Discharge

4.13 

4.74 

7.04 

3.22 

5.15 

3.01

Date

1950 

July 1O 

Aug. 7 

Sept. 19

Discharge

2.45 

2.63 

4.45

Craig Creek at Parr, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°39'55", long. 79°54'40", at Chesapeake & Ohio 

Hallway bridge, 700 feet downstream 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.

Kecords available. April 1925 to September 1950.

Average aiacnarge. 25 years, 382 second-feet.

Extremes. - -Maximum discharge during year, 6,710 second-feet May 3 (gage heigh.t, 9.92 

reet); minimum, 78 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 3.74 feet).

1925-50: 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 fair.

Kevlaloris (water years). W 852: 1937. W 892: 1935-36.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

126 

104 

93 

90 

88

90 

99 

96

93 

91

86 

85 

83 

85 

86

88 

88 

88 

88 

88

85 

83 

82 

80 

83

108 

126 

150 

762 

560 

1,230

Nov.

1,780 

4,190 

l',730 

910 

660

525 

438 

379 

335 

297

268 

244 

229 

225 

217

196 

182 

169 

164 

155

150 

142 

137 

133 

140

144 

142 

133 

133 

137

Dec.

137 

133 

131 

126 

124

122 

122 

122 

120 

122

1S5 

1,380 

1,520 

945 

676

530 

428 

384 

406 

388

366 

352 

352 

402 

388

379 

495 

540 

480 

428 

379

Jan.

339 

309 

297 

288 

264

236 

217 

206 

189 

186

192 

199 

240 

322 

330

326 

322 

309 

326

330

330 

330 

326 

305 

280

252 

233 

221 

206 

229 

1,100

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dace

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Aprl 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

fflber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary .

h. ...........................

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

ter year 1949-5O ............

Feb.

1,730 

4,360 

3,190 

1,470 

952

750 

660 

535 

485 

535

632 

590 

540 

510 

505

500 

470 

424 

388 

366

330 

309 

305 

284 

260

236 

214 

199

Secondfoot-days

5,184 

14,684 

12,662

195,433

9,239 

21,729 

11,418 

6,661 

31,207 

11,810 

5,257 

3,485 

6,549

' 139,885

Peak discharge (base. 4,200 sec. -ft.) . No

ft.; May 3 (10:3O p.m.) 6,710 sec. -ft.

Mar.

206 

210 

186 

169 

172

172 

175 

169 

166 

164

152 

155 

169 

203 

236

248 

264 

288 

379 

392

570 

726 

973 

973 

738

605 

535 

525 

555 

505 

.438

Apr.

402 

374 

344 

318 

305

301 

264 

244 

236 

225

214 

206 

199 

192 

1S2

175 

166 

161 

155 

152

150 

147 

142 

137 

140

169 

244 

206 

206 

305

Maximum

1,230 

4,190 

1,520

8,660

1,100 

4,360 

973 

402 

4,330 

2,670 

480 

221 

714

4,36O

v. 2 (l p.m.

May

616 

720 

4,330 

3,400 

1,950

1,140 

840 

687 

575 

520

475 

446 

515 

505 

2,000

2,300 

1,230 

882 

709 

590

510 

442 

397 

357 

330

344 

379 

442 

692 

654 

2,230

Minimum

80

133 

120

80

186 

199 

152 

137 

330 

140 

101 

80 

85

80

June

2,670 

1,180 

774 

665 

585

480 

406 

344 

301 

272

256 

233 

199 

182 

172

15S 

158 

169 

150 

155

203 

225 

292 

384 

288

236 

217 

172 

144 

140

Mean

167 

489 

408

535

298 

776 

368 

222 

1,007 

394 

170 

112 

218

383

July

133 

117 

108 

101 

108

142 

203 

166 

129 

117

108 

118 

137

133 

131

150 

150 

140 

120 

111

109 

122 

155 

124 

115

140 

352 

357 

480 

397 

284

Aug.

221 

186 

172 

144 

124

111 

102 

96 

90 

86

90 

93 

88 

82 

80

96 

104 

93 

86 

101

189 

115 

106 

113 

98

91 

86 

82 

93 

106 

161

Per square 

mile

0.505 

1.48 

1.23

1.62

.900 

2.34 

1.11 

.671 

3.04 

1.19 

.514 

.338 

.659

1.16

) 5,43O sec. -ft.; Feb. 2 (8 p.m.

Sept.

126 

113 

115 

161 

124

104 

91 

85 

90 

313

714 

638 

632 

505 

357

260 

203 

166 

147 

152

144 

147 

192 

206 

158

140 

126 

118 

113 

109

Runoff in 

inches

0.58 

1.65 

1.42

21.97

1.04 

2.44 

1.28 

.75 

3.50 

1.33 

.59 

.39 

.74

15.71

5,59O sec.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 29

Meadow Creek at Newcastle, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder and sharp-crested weir, lat. 37°29'35", 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. Datura of gage is 1,337.32 

feet above mean sea level, datura of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 13.8 square miles.

Kecoras available. September 1929 to September 1950.

Average aiscnarge. 19 years (1929-36, 1938-50), 16.0 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 187 second-feet Nov. 2 (gage height, 3.84 feet); 

minimum, 1.3 second-feet Ded. 4 (gage height, 1.72 feet); minimum daily, 4.3 secondfeet Oct. 24.

1929-50: Maximum discharge, 700 second-feet 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. 4, 1930.

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.

Revisions (water years). W 1002: 1938-43.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to July 28 July 29 to Sept. 30

2.0 4.1 2.4 14 3.2 73 2.0 6.1 2.8 33 

2.1 5.6 2.6 22 3.4 103 2.2 10 3.0 49 

2.2 S.O 2.8 33 3.8 17S 2.6 22 3.2 73 

2.3 11 3.0 49

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

a6 

a6 

a6 

a6

a6

a6 

a6 

a6 

a6 

a6

a6 

5.4 

5.3 

5.3 

5.2

5.0 

5.2 

5.0 

4.7 

4.7

4.4 

4.4 

4.4 

4.3 

4.6

7.3 

5.2 

21 

29 

22 

73

Nov.

93 

153 

65

47 

34

27 

23 

20 

18 

16

14 

13 

13 

13 

12

11 

11 

9.4 

9.0 

8.6

8.0 

7.5 

7.6 

7.6 

8.6

7.4 

7.1 

6.8 

7.3 

6.8

Dec.

6.6 

6.2 

6.0 

5.7 

5.7

5.5 

5.4 

5.6 

5.3, 

6.1

20 

40 

33 

23 

24

21 

18 

IS 

17 

15

15 

15 

19 

19 

18

19 

22 

21 

20 

19 

18

Jan.

16 

16 

15 

14 

13

12 

12 

11 

11 

11

11 

11

13 

14 

14

15 

14 

15

15 

13

13 

13 

13 

13 

12

12 

11 

11 

10 

17 

49

Feb.

70 

163 

127 

68 

51

44 

36 

30 

29 

30

31 

29 

28 

28 

26

24 

23 

21 

21 

19

18 

18 

17 

15 

14

13 

12 

12

tin »h Seoond- 

*onln foot-daya

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May 

June 

Julji 

Augu 

Sept

We

mber .........................

mber .........................

291.4 

684.7 

497.1

lendar year 1949 ............ 9,243.0

&ry

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

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

440 

1,017 

500.3 

310.4 

1,230 

600.9 

433.7 

331.2 

451.3

ter year 1949-50 ............ 6,788.0

Mar.

13 

12 

10 

10 

10

10 

10 

10 . 

9.5 

8.6

8.9 

9.5 

11 

10 

9.8

10 

10 

13 

14 

15

24 

29 

36 

33 

29

26 

24 

25 

22 

20 

18

Apr.

17 

16 

16

14 

14

13 

12 

12

11 

11

10 

9.5 

9.2 

8.9 

8.6

8.3 

8.3 

8.0 

7.8 

8.0

.8 

.5 

.3 

.5 

.5

11 

8.6 

8.3 

8.3

14

Maximum

73 

153 

40

224

49 

163 

36 

YJ 

133 

89 

59 

20 

63

163

May

17 

29 

133 

103 

73

52 

38 

31 

26 

24

21 

22 

21 

21 

92

69 

52

40 

33 

28

24 

22 

20 

18

17

20 

20 

29 

28 

31 

76

Minimum

4.3 

6.8 

5.3

4

10 

12 

8.6 

7.3 

17 

9.2 

7.3 

7.6 

6.5

4.3

June

89 

54 

42 

39 

28

24 

21 

20 

17 

17

16 

14 

13 

13 

12

12 

13 

11 

11 

10

12 

14 

21 

14 

14

12 

10 

9.2 

9.5 

9.2

Mean

9.40 

22.8 

16.0

25.3

14.2 

36.3 

16.1 

10.3 

39.7 

20.0 

14.0 

10.7 

15.0

18.6

July

8.6 

7.5 

7.3 

7.3

14

15 

12 

9.2 

8.0 

7.8

10 

16 

16

12 

12

10 

9.5 

8.6 

7.5 

8.0

9.5 

18 

12 

10 

8.9

16 

22 

22 

59 

28 

22

Aug.

20 

20 

18

15

14

13 

12 

11 

10 

11

11 

9.8 

9.4 

9.2 

9.4

11 

9.6 

8.8 

9.2 

9.6

8.6 

8.8 

8.8 

8.4 

8.0

7.8 

7.6 

7.6 

8.6 

8.4 7'.6

Per square 

mile

0.681 

1.65 

1.16

1.83

1.03 

2.63 

1.17 

.746 

2.88 

1.45 

1.01 

.775 

1.09

1.35 _,

Sept.

7.8 

7.3 

7.2 

6.9 

6.9

6.7 

6.5 

6.5 

8.0 

35

24 

29 

63 

32 

22

18 

16

14 

14 

12

12 

15 

13 

11 

10

9.8 

9.6 

9.4 

9.2 

9.0

Runoff in 

inobes

0.79 

1.84 

1.34

24.91

1.19 

2.74 

1.35 

.83 

3.32 

1.62 

1.16 

.89 

1.22

18.29

Peak discharge (base, 100 sec. -ft.). Nov. 2 (2 a.m.) 187 sec. -ft.: Feb. 2 (10 a.m.) 176 sec. -ft.;

May 4 17:30 p.m.; 185 sec.-ft.; May Is (10 a.m.) 101 sec.-ft.; May 31 (12 p.m.) 106 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Johns Creek at Newcastle and 

Craig Creek at Parr.
30 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Johns Creek at Newcastle, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°30', long. 80°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 1950.

Average discharge. 24 years, 126 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,050 second-feet May 3 (gage height, 8.75 feet);

 minimum, 21 second-feet Aug. 19 (gage height, 2.91 feet).

1926-50: 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), result of 

low temperature; minimum daily, 7 second-feet Aug. 11, Sept. 3, 6, 7, 1930.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). W 972: 1935(M), 1936(M), 1940(M).

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 2 to Feb. 1)

2.9 21 4.0 120 6.0 680 

3.0 25 4.4 174 6.5 930 

3.2 36 4.8 246 7.2 1,380 

3.4 52 5.2 350 8.0 2,070 

3.6 71 5.6 496

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

30 

26 

25 

25 

25

25 

25 

25 

25 

24

23 

23 

24 

25 

25

25 

26 

28 

27 

25

24 

24 

23 

23 

25

37 

37 

128 

347 

166 

736

Nov.

916 

1,560 

504 

306 

217

167 

142 

126 

111 

98

89 

82 

78 

79 

70

65 

61 

58 

55 

53

52 

50 

48 

48 

54

55 

49 

48 

51 

54

Dec.

50 

48 

47 

46 

46

45 

44 

43 

42 

46

181 

630 

496 

323 

238

188 

153 

149 

176 

163

153 

145 

154 

171 

153

150 

208 

204 

182 

161 

142

Jan.

129 

120 

117 

112 

100

92 

88 

80 

76 

79

86 

86 

145 

163 

156

157 

145 

146 

156 

156

153 

147 

140 

132 

119

108 

97 

95 

92 

197 

607

Honth

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Haro 

Aprl 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber. ........................

lendar year 194 

ary . . ...

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

849 

1,920 

925 

517 

366

298 

246 

195 

185 

210

224 

194 

179 

182 

210

203 

180 

160 

147 

130

119 

116 

114 

99 

90

86 

74 

76

Seoondfoot-days

2,076 

5,346 

4,977

66,314

4,276 

8,294 

4,569 

2,331 

9,681 

3,524 

1,458 

1,035 

1,230

48,797

liar.

83 

78 

73 

73 

71

69 

65 

64 

63 

58

56 

59 

74 

108 

117

117 

117 

153 

171 

160

259 

292 

468 

326 

255

212 

190 

208 

199 

174 

157

Apr.

143 

136 

121 

112 

119

106 

95 

90 

87 

82

81 

76 

73 

70 

66

63 

60 

59 

57 

56

56 

54 

51 

52 

54

69 

62 

57 

56 

68

Maximum

736 

1,560 

630

2,010

607 

1,920 

468 

143 

1,960 

561 

115 

122 

114

1,960

Peak discharge (base, 2,100 sec. -ft.). Nov. 2 (4 a.m.)

May

104 

185 

1,960 

780 

480

306 

230 

184 

154 

140

125 

123 

168 

143 

755

538 

344 

246 

192 

156

133 

115 

103 

90 

82

117 

102 

146 

180 

190 

1,110

Minimum

23 

48 

42

23

76 

74 

56 

51 

82 

45 

29 

23 

23

23

June

561 

306 

221 

219 

184

154 

126 

104 

90 

83

79 

66 

58 

54 

49

47 

57 

48 

45 

57

71 

100 

157 

133 

103

103 

80 

60 

55 

54

Mean

67.0 

178 

161

182

138 

296 

147 

77.7 

312 

117 

47.0 

33.4 

41.0

134

July

43 

37 

35 

33 

42

74 

66 

48 

40 

37

36 

38 

45 

42 

43

40

37 

33 

30 

29.

32 

47 

31 

30 

30

47 

76 

80 

115 

81 

61

Aug.

50 

46 

40 

35 

31

28 

26 

25 

24 

25

27 

26 

24 

23 

23

29 

26 

24 

25 

122

44 

35 

36 

31 

28

26 

26 

27 

a28 

a35 

a40

Sept.

a35 

a35 

a40 

31 

28

25 

24 

23 

27 

88

114 

69 

100 

59 

44

36 

32 

30 

29 

28

29 

40 

54

37

33

30 

28 

28 

27 

27

Per square Runoff in 

mile Inchem

0.632 0.73 

1.68 1.87 

1.52 1.75

1.72 23.29

1.30 1.50 

2.79 2.90 

1.39 1.60 

.733 .82 

2.94 3.39 

1.10 1.23 

.443 .51 

.315 .36 

.387 .43

1.26 17.09

2,890 see. -ft.; Feb. 2 (10 a.m. 2,350

sec.-ft.; May 3 (2 p.m.; 3,050 sec.-ft,

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Meadow Creek at Newcastle-and 

Cralg Creek at Parr.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 31

Catawba Creek near Catawba, Va.

Location.--Staff gage and crest-stage indicator, lat. 37°28'05", long. 80°00'20", at highway fcridge, 1 mile downstream from Little Catawba Creek, l| 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 1950.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,090 second-feet May 31 (gage height, 3.73 

reet;, minimum observed, 7.2 second-feet Aug. 29 (gage height, 0.80 foot).

1943-50: Maximum discharge observed, 3,000 second-feet June 29, 1949'(gage height, 

5.60 feet), from rating curve extended above 700 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; 

minimum observed, 2.2 second-feet Sept. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 1944 (gage height, 0.54 foot).

Flood of August 1940 reached a stage of 13.26 feet, from information by observer.

Remarks. Records fair. Gage read twice daily.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge. In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Sept. 10 Sept. 11-3O

0.8 7.2 1.2 40 1.9 192

.9 11 1.3 56 2.3 323

1.0 18 1.5 95 2.7 490

1.1 29 1.7 138 3.0 650

0.8 8.6 1.2 42

.9 13 1.3 57

1.0 24 1.5 95

1.1 31 1.6 120

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

21

15

11

11

11

12

16

18

16

16

14

14

11

11

11

10

11

9.8

9.4

9.4

9.4,

9.4,

9.4

9.0

9.0

11

10

25

34

20

148

Nov.

161

136

66

50

39

31

28

24

20

18

16

15

14

18

16

14

14

13

13

12

12

11

11

11

13

12

11

11

18

18

-

Dec.

13

10

10

9.8

10

10

9.4

9.4

9.4

10

18

56

51

39

32

28

27

27

27

22

18

20

22

22

18

20

33

30

29

27

27

Jan.

27

25

29

29

25

17

16

14

14

14

14

15

16

17

15

18

18

18

23

27

25

25

23

25

24

22

21

18

17

25

105

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

Maroh ............................

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

 ay..............................

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

184

468

184

109

85

75

58

62

53

66

60

53

50

54

54

48

42

40

39

36

33

31

29

29

27

27

27

27

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-daya

551.8

846

694.0

23,125.8

721

2,050

1,087

775

3 532

1^371

599

352.5

894.3

13,473.6

Mar.

25

23

25

22

18

17

16

17

16

15

14

15

20

18

16

17

20

18

16

23

67

64

105

73

58

50

42

89

66

54

48

Apr.

42

39

37

36

37

30

28

26

25

24

22

21

18

18

17

16

16

18

18

18

16

15

14

16

16

Maximum

148

161

56

1,540

105

468

105

95

622

286

48

17

252

622

28

25

23

21

94

May

69

236

622

186

141

103

81

67

56

50

42

48

42

39

342

151

103

79

66

58

54

43

39

37

33

42

34

38

56

107

468

Minimum

9.0

11

9.4

9.0

14

27

14

14

33

14

11

7.9

7.9

7.9

June

286

109

83

73

56

53

46

39

37

34

30

29

27

27

25

25

29

27

27

60

29

30

39

37

30

23

17

16

14

14

Mean

1 J. 7 1 »OA 

28.2

22.4

63.4

23 3

73 2

3s!l

25,8

114

45.7

1 O "*. J.a»O

11.4

29.8

36.9

July

12

11

11

14

18

28

18

16

15

14

16

20

18

16

18

16

16

16

14

16

18

21

18

16

16

48

46

29

28

18

18

Aug.

17

17

15

14

13

13

12

11

11

11

11

12

14

14.

13

11

11

10

10

10

10

10

9.4

9.4

9.0

7.9

7.»

7.9

9.0

11

11

Sept.

11

11

18

11

10

10

9.4

7.9

13

252

100

44

64

48

33

25

22

16

13

15

13

28

25

20

14

13

12

12

12

12

-

Per square Runoff in 

 lie inches

0.524 0.60

 OOQ o£9 »acQO

.659 .76

1.86 25.31

.685 .79

2.15 2.24

1.03 1.19

.759 .85

3.35 3.86

1.34 1.50

.568 .65

.335 .39

.876 .98

1.09 14.73
32 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Karnes Spring near Buchanan, Va.

Location. Lat. 37°35'55", long. 79°40 I 50", 4.7 miles north of Buchanan, Botetourt County

Records available.--July 1928, August 1947, October 1949 to September 1950 (discharge 

measurements only).

Extremes.--1928, 1947, 1949-50: Maximum discharge measured, 16.0 second-feet May 19, 1950; 

minimum measured, 2.09 second-feet Aug. 25, 1947.

Remarks. Discharge measurements made monthly near mouth of spring.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, 1928, 1947, 1949-50

Date

July 3, 1928 

Aug. 25, 1947 

Oct. 11, 1949 

Nov. 11 

Dec. 9

Discharge

3.6 

2.09 

3.10 

6.90 

5.53

Date

Jan. 20, 1950 

Feb. 8 

Mar. 17 

Apr. 27 

May 19

Discharge

6.83 

14.6 

7.48 

5.87 

16.0

Date

June 16, 1950 

July 12 

Aug. 10 

Sept. 19

Discharge

7.55 

4.13 

4.10 

9.11
JAMES RIVER BASIN 33

Calfpasture River above Mill Creek, at Goshen, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 37°59'15", long. 79°29'40", at 

nignway 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.

Kecoras available.--January 1939 to September 1950.

Average aischarge.--11 years, 162 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,240 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 8.97 

Fieri; minimum, 7.4 second-feet Aug. 30, 31; minimum gage height, 1.82 feet Oct. 24, 25.

1939-50: Maximum discharge, 14,800 second-feet June 18, 1949 (gage height, 12.14 

feet), from rating curve extended above 9,200 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; 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 no gageh"eTght record, which are fair. Discharge given herein includes diversion 50 feet 

above control by Stillwater Worsted Mill.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used June 21, 22, June 26 to Sept. 9, 

Sept. 16-22, 24-30)

1.6 6.5 2.2 25 3.0 150 5.0 1,270 

1.7 8.3 2.4 40 3.2 220 5.5 1,720 

1.8 10 2.6 65 3.4 310 6.0 2,280 

2.0 17 2.8 102 4.0 640 7.0 3,770

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

19 

17 

16 

16 

15

15 

15 

16 

15 

13

13 

13 

12 

13 

13

13 

13 

12 

12 

12

12 

12 

12 

11 

12

21 

20 

18 

83 

116 

506

Nov.

618 

1,240 

558 

321 

216

164 

135 

118 

104 

92

82 

74 

70 

80 

74

67 

65 

64 

59

57

52 

50 

47 

46

47

47 

44 

41 

41 

40

Deo.

39 

37 

36 

36 

35

32 

31 

33 

33 

36

36 

42 

74 

8120 

a200

a!90 

also 

a!30 

a!40 

8340

a310 

3250 

8210 

8200 

a!90

also 

a!70 

8700 

a550 

a350 

8270

Jan.

8200 

8170 

also 

8140 

al30

allo 

aloo 

ago 

a85

880

370 

875 

a75 

ago 

aloo

allO 

allo 

114 

114 

107

96

go

90 

84 

80

75 

74 

70 

65 

134 

2,100

Month

Goto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

We

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

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

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,670 

2,410 

1,130 

618 

431

326 

260 

206 ige

244

398 

365 

295 

275 

275

2gs

275 

224 ige

174

150 

140 

132 

120 

109

102 

92 

34

Seoondfoot-days

1,107 

4,713 

5,151

83,532

5,178 

11,192 

6,952 

2,5ig

g,g47

3,842 

574 

356.3 

12,80g.£

64,341.2

Mar.

84 

80 

64 

68 

65

65 

65 

65

68 

65

62

70 

104 

192 

202

188 

174 

182 

220 

232

321 

508 

585 

536 

497

426 

338 

365 

442 

354 

265

Apr.

216 ige

168 

145 

138

120

log

100 

96

go

82 

79 

75 

72 

68

65 

61 

58 

55 

54

52 

50 

48 

48 

47

47 

43 

40 

40 

57

Maximum

506 

1,240 

700

8,560

2,100 

2,410 

585 

216 

1,350 gio

22

17 

3,480

3,480

Peak discharge (base, 2,500 sec .-ft. ) . Feb. 2 (11 a.m.

Hay

62 

560 

880 

670 

448

300 

228 

182 

148 

135

125 

118 

123 

114 

240

524

409 

290 

216 

174

145 

125 

111 

118 

100

go 

g2 

62g

1,350 

700 

541

Minimum

11 

40 

31

11

65 

84 

62 

40 

62 

20 

15 

7.9 

8.7

7.g

June

910 

607 

392 

305 

224

171 

138 

116 

102 

92

90 

75 

65 

59

51

46 

47 

41 

36 

33

30

2g

28 

26 

24

22 

22 

20

20 

21

Mean

35.7 

157 

166

22g

167 

400 

224 

84.0 

321 

128 

18.5 

11.5 

427

176

July

20ig ig

18 

18

ig ig

20 

20 

22

21 

20 

19 

18 

17

17 

16 

15 

15 

15

20 

20 

18

17 

17

18

21 

21 

20 

18 

17

Aug.

16 

17 

17 

15 

13

12 

11 

11 

10 

11

11 

12 

10 

8.7 

9.8

15 

12 

10 

16 

15

11 

10 

11 

11 

10

9.6 

9.0 

8.5

7.g 

7.g 

7.g

Per square 

mile

0.243

1.07 

1.13

1.56

1.14 

2.72 

1.52 

.571 

2.18 

.871 

.126 

.078 

2.90

1.20

Sept.

10 

9.8

12 

12 

10

8.7 

8.7 

8.7 

45 

3,480

1,480 

724 

2,g20 

1,100 

502

202 

132 

100 

82 

70

67 

284 

688 

270 

164

118 

94 

79 

68 

61

Runoff in 

inches

0.28 

1.19 

1.30

21.14

1.31 

2.83 

1.75 

.64 

2.51 

.97 

.15 

.09 

3.24

16.26

) 2,760 sec. -ft.; Sept. 10 (7 p.m.) 7,24O

,930 sec.-ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Maury River near Rockbridge

Baths.
34 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Maury River at Rockbridge Baths, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°54'26", long. 79°25'20", at Rockbridge Baths, 

HocKDridge 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 1950 (prior to 1945, published as North River 

at HocKDriage baths).

Average discharge. 21 years (1929-50), 355 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 11,600 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 9.1 

reet); minimum, 32 second-feet Sept. 8, 9 (gage height, 1.17 feet).

1928-50: 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.

Revisions (water years).--W 972; 1929-40, 1941(M). W 1002: 1930(m).

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in seoond-feet)

1.1 24 1.8 170 4.0 1,400 

1.2 35 2.0 240 5.0 2,370 

1.3 50 2.5 450 6.0 3,650 

1.4 68 3.0 720 7.0 5,500 

1.6 112 3.5 1,030 8.0 8,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

66 

57 

52 

52 

50

50 

55 

55 

54 

47

44 

42 

42 

42 

44

44 

42 

42 

41

40

41 

40 

40 

40 

42

106 

83 

74 

328 

260 

1,090

Nov.

1,260 

3,190 

1,170 

732 

525

396 

328 

288 

244 

215

194 

177 

164 

218 

194

170 

164 

158 

149 

140

132 

120 

112 

112 

132

126 

112 

107 

112 

115

Dec.

107 

100 

98 

96 

98

96 

94 

91

87 

83

105 

155 

308 

520 

490

388

316 

332 

840 

762

600 

500 

480 

475 

435

430 

1,760 

1,280 

840 

636 

500

Jan.

420 

372 

340 

312

276

244 

226

201 

184 

180

190 

180 

240 

256 

264

280 

264 

256 

260 

240

215 

208 

204 

197 

184

170 

177 

173 

164 

416 

3,880

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Mav

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

mber .........................

lender year 1949 

ary

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

3,370 

5,000 

2,490 

1,320 

930

774 

642 

515 

525 

678

900 

774 

654 

624 

624

618 

570 

490 

445 

392

344 

332 

324 

280 

252

240 

208 

204

Secondfoe t-days

3,10£ 

11,256 

13,102

178, 59C

11,172 

24.51E 

16,116 

6,56C 

22,104 

8,27C 

1,74E 

1,362 

28,60-

147,922

Mar.

215 

197 

161 

164 

164

167 

161 

167 

177 

152

152 

177 

240 

380 

384

368 

356 

410 

540 

520

840 

1,100 

1,400 

1,170 

1,030

870 

726 

1,170 

1,060 

840 

660

Apr.

560 

505 

420 

372 

364

312 

230 

256 

240 

226

215 

204 

194 

184

173

164 

155 

149 

146 

149

143 

132 

126 

132 

126

143 

123 

115 

112 

140

Maximum

1,090 

3,190 

1,760

10,300

3,880 

5,000 

1,400 

560 

2,940 

1,760 

100 

72 

7,540

7,540

Peak discharge (base, 4.500 sec. -ft. ) . Nov. 2 (4:30 a.

May

194 

1,210 

1,900 

1,320 

870

642 

500 

405 

348 

316

292 

296 

364 

312 

988

1,200 

900 

672 

510 

410

352 

296 

288 

340 

268

240 

236 

995 

2,940 

1,360 

1,140

Minimum

40 

107 

83

40

164 

204

152 

112 

194 

52 

42 

33 

33

33

June

1,760 

1,100 

750 

630 

485

376 

300 

244 

233 

312

248 

184

158 

146 

126

112 

120

107 

96 

94

87 

87 

85 

78 

68

64 

57 

52 

52 

59

Mean

100 

375 

423

489

360 

876 

520 

219 

713 

276 

56.3 

44.0 

954

405

July

54 

47 

47 

42 

44

47 

59 

48 

48

57

57 

50 

50 

47 

47

48 

47 

42 

42 

48

72 

87 

63 

57 

59

57 

100 

87 

78 

61 

54

Aug.

Per square 

mile

0.304 

1.14 

1.29

1.49

1.09 

2.66 

1.58 

.666 

2.17 

.839 

.171 

.134 

2.90

1.23

m. ) 5,000 sec. -ft.; Feb. 2 (11 a

48 

57 

72 

52 

44

41

40 

35 

35 

35

40 

35 

35 

35 

35

61 

50 

41 

48 

61

46 

42 

63 

48 

42

38 

35 

35 

46 

35 

33

Sept.

40 

40

47 

63 

50

40 

35 

33 

208 

7,540

3,580 

1,240 

5,320 

2,550 

1,060

654 

440 

332 

268 

226

208 

740 

1,360 

750 

495

372 

292 

236 

204 

184

Runoff in 

inches

0.35 

1.27 

1.49

20.19

1.26 

2.77 

1.82 

.74 

2.50 

.94 

.20 

.15 

3.24

16.73

.m.) 5,830
JAMES RIVER BASIN 35

Maury River near Lexington, Va.

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 %z 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.

Records available. August 1925 to September 1950 (prior to October 1945 published as 

Nort;n Kiver near Lexington).

Average discharge. 22 years (1928-50), 504 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 23,700 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 18.0

 feet), 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, 82 second-feet 

Sept. 9 (gage height, 2.09 feet).

1925-50: 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.

Revisions (water years). W 952; 1936(M). W 972; 1936.

Rating table, water year 1949-5O igage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

2.1

2.2

2.3 

2.5 

2.8

84

100

122

175

273

3.2

4.0 

4.5

5.0 

6.0

433

835

1,130

1,470

2,300

7.0 '3,360

9.0 5,980

11.0 8,950

12.6 11,700

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

147 

130 

120 

115 

115

113 

118 

122 

118 

111

107 

104 

104 

107 

107

109 

104 

104 

100 

100

100 

100 

98 

98 

100

178 

175 

147 

429 

378 

1,220

Nov.

1,440 

3,840 

1,660 

1,070 

752

575 

469 

407 

357 

322

295 

273 

256 

303 

288

259 

248 

242 

228 

218

212 

202 

190 

190 

205

205 

193 

187 

190 

193

Dec.

187 

175 

169 

167 

167

169 

161 

161 

15S 

155

178 

252 

403 

685 

695

575 

451 

442 

950 

1,070

835 

705 

650 

660 

600

575 

1,840 

1,620 

1,100 

835 

685

Jan.

585 

511 

469 

433 

386

353

330 

299 

280 

273

284 

270 

337 

361 

365

378 

370 

349 

357 

349

310 

303 

299 

292 

280

266 

266 

270 

256 

340 

3,970

Month

Octo 

More 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr!

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lenda r year 1949 ............

ary

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

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

4,100 

5,700 

3,430 

1,940 

1,360

1,130 

980 

780 

780 

950

1,200 

1,100 

950 

890 

890

890 

835 

720 

665 

645

530 

511 

497 

433 

403

386 

337 

333

Secondfoct-days

5,27 

15,46 

17,475

253,864

14,19 

33,41! 

22,03 

10,42 

37,15 

12,76 

3,99 

3,19 

39,63

205,05

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 sec. -ft.) . Hoi

sec. -ft. i Sept. 10 (7 a.m.) (9:30 a.m.) 23, 7(

Mar.

345 

326 

273 

288 

288

284 

273 

277 

284 

266

252 

280 

322 

469 

506

492 

483 

530 

695 

680

1,040 

1,360 

1,820 

1,510 

1,300

1,130 

980 

1,700 

1,470 

1,160 

950

Apr.

SOS 

725 

63C 

575 

555

478 

424 

394 

374 

353

337 

322 

306 

295 

284

273 

259 

256 

248 

252

248 

231 

228 

228 

225

248 

231 

- 215 

205 

222

Maximum

3 1,220 

) 3,840 

> 1,840

L 9,600

I 3,970 

5 5,700 

5 1,820 

) 80S 

3 3,020 

3 2,210 

J 187 

3 153 

1 11,700

2 11,700

Hay

292 

1,O40 

2,160 

1,620 

1,130

835 

67O 

550 

469 

424

399 

382 

483 

412 

1,170

1,540 

1,160 

890 

695 

570

487 

412 

412 

483 

390

353 

341 

1,040 

3,020 

1,820 

1,510

Minimum

98 

187 

155

98

356 

333 

252 

205 

292 

127 

104 

87 

86

86

June

2,210 

1,470 

1,010 

862 

705

555 

451 

382 

341 

535

478 

333 

288 

266 

248

225 

238 

212 

196 

196

199 

187 

184 

169 

158

147 

140 

127 

130 

137

Mean

170 

516 

564

696

458 

1,193 

711 

348 

876 

426 

129 

103 

1,321

562

July

132 122" 

115 

113 

115

130 

137 

122 

118 

127

130 

122 

122 

120 

115

115 

113 

111 

104

111

140 

175 

140 

122

134

140 

187 

161 

15S 

130 

118

Aug.

Ill 

118 

153 

118 

102

97 

94 

90 

87 

S7

95 

92 

89 

87 

89

122 

118 

100 

104 

124

107 

98 

113 

118 

124

98 

92 

90 

95 

97 

89

Per square 

mile

0.349 

1.O6 

1.16

1.43

.940 

2.45 

1.46 

.715 

1.80 

.875 

.265 

.211 

2.71

1.15

Sept.

90 

94 

98 

122 

109

95 

89 

86 

163 

11,700

5,160 

1,860 

5,510 

3,480

1,510

920 

650 

492 

407 

353

326

820 

1,820 

1,040 

700

535 

429

365 

322 

292

Runoff in 

inches

0.40 

1.18 

1.34

19.39

1.08 

2.55 

1.68 

.80 

2.08 

.98 

.31 

.24 

3.02

15.66

?. 2 (8 a.m.) 5,280 sec. -ft.; Feb. 2 (1:30 p.m.) 6,540 

JO sec. -ft. j Sept. 13 (8:30 a.m.) 9,770 sec. -ft.
36 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Maury River near Buena Vista, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37 0 45'45", long. 79 0 23'30", half a mile downstream 

rrom 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 1950 (prior to October 1945, published as North 

Kiver near auena Vista).

Average discharge. 11 years, 665 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 22,400 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 16.2 

reetj; minimum, 109 second-feet Sept. 9 (gage height, 1.87 feet).

1939-50: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 10, 1950; minimum, 20 second-feet Oct. 10, 

1941 (gage height, 1.23 feet), occurred during filling of a small1 reservoir 2 miles upstream.

Flood of Mar. 18, 1936, reached a stage of about 22 feet, from information by local 

residents.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years).--W 952: 1940-41.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.9 115 3.6 754 8.0 4,880 

2.1 164 4.2 1,140 10.0 7,950 

2.5 289 5.4 2,080 12.0 11,700 

3.0 472 6.6 3,200

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30

31

Oct.

224 

190 

176 

170 

164

164

167 

173 

167 

159

156 

151 

151 

151 

151

151 

151 

146 

143 

138

138 

138 

138 

136 

138

215 

240 

218 

485 

480 

1,370

Nov.

1,740 

4,120 

1,900 

1,320 

935

728 

604 

536 

480 

436

402 

376 

354 

376 

383

351 

330 

326 

309 

299

286 

272 

263 

256 

279

279 

263 

253 

256 

266

Dec.

253 

240 

234 

230 

224

224 

224 

221

212 

215

256 

348 

501 

754 

754

652 

532 

527 

1,020 

1,180

968 

782 

728 

728 

677

652 

1,880 

1,950 

1,320 

1,040 

810

Jan.

702 

628 

581 

549 

501

456 

432 

398 

376 

365

372 

362 

428 

452 

452

460 

460 

432 

444 

440

402 

383 

383

376 

362

348 

348 

351 

340 

498 

4,490

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Fabr 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

fla

mber

mber .........................

lands r year 1949 

ary

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

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

4,620 

6,630 

4,240 

2,460 

1,780

1,470 

1,280 

1,040 

968 

1,180

1,440 

1,360 

1,180 

1,100 

1,100

1,070 

1,040 

902 

840 

754

677 

652 

652 

581 

540

527 

476 

468

Seoondfoot-days

6,93! 

18,97t 

20,336

329,96]

17,57] 41,02' 

28,374 

14,72] 

32,43' 18,20' 

6,18 

4,54! 

43,36]

252,68

Mar.

46S 

456 

394 

405 

405

394 

390 

390 

398 

376

358 

376 

424 

558 

628

604 

628 

652 

810 

840

1,280 

1,700 

2,290 

1,990 

1,660

1,470 

1,250 

2,080 

1,900 

1,550 

1,250

Apr.

1,070 

968 

840 

754 

754

677 

604 

558 

540

514

493 

476 

452 

436 

421

398 

387 

372 

365 

365

362 

340 

330 

330 

326

358 

330 

309 

296 

296

Maximum

1,370 

J 4, 120 

> 1,950

I 10,400

I 4, 490 

6,630 

I 2,290 

I 1,070 

t 3,270 

7 2,890 

7 313 

) 215 

I 11,500

I 11,500

Peak discharge (base, 6.200 sec. -ft.). Feb. 2 (1 p.m.!

22,400 sec. -ft. j Sept. 13 (ll a.m.) "5,0'zo sec -ft.

May

372 

948 

2,420 

1,860 

1,320

968 

782 

652 

558 

523

497 

472 

558 

506 

1,320

1,740 

1,360 

1,040 

810 

677

604 

523 

506 

604 

514

480 

640 

1,510 

3,270 

2,200 

2,200

Minimum

136 

253 

212

136

340 

468 

358 

296 

372 

193 

159 

120 

113

113

June

2,890 

1,990 

1,400 

1,180 

935

754 

628 

540 

485 

718

810 

545 

460 

417 

383

354 

351 

330 

306 

292

313 

289 

282 

266 

240

237 

215 

199 

193 

205

Mean

224 

633 

656

904

567 

1,465 

915 

491 

1,046 

607 

200 

147 

1,445

- --.692

July

196 

181 

173 

178

215

224 

224

190 

176 

196

193 

184 

181 

181 

176

173 

164 

159 

159 

159

221 

250 

199 

187 

193

269 

313 

250 

243 

202 

178

Aug.

164

178 

215 

181 

154

143 

136 

129 

124 

124

129 

131 

124 

124 

122

156 

176 

148 

156 

170

159 

141 

159

161 

176

141 

129 

124 

122

133 

120

Per square 

mile

0.345 

.975 

1.01

1.39

.874 

2.26 

1.41 

.757 

1.61 

.935 

.308 

.227 

2.23

1.07

7,270 sec. -ft. 5 Sept. 10 (10:30

Sept.

124

126 

133 

151 

146

129 

117 

113 

219 

11,500

5,990 

2,290 

5,190 

3,860 

1,780

1,100 

782 

628 

518 

383

424 

859 

2,120 

1,260 

870

677 

554 

476 

428 

394

Runoff in 

inohem

0.40 

1.09 

1.16

18.91

1.01 

2.35 

1.63 

.84 

1.86 

1.04 

.36 

.26 

2.49

14.49

a.m.)
JAKES RIVER BASIN 37

Kerrs Creek near Lexington, Va.

Location. Wire-weight and crest-stage gages, lat. 37°49'33", long. 79°26'28", at highway 

oriage IT; miles upstream from mouth and 2*r 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.

Records available.--January 1927 to September 1950 (fragmentary prior to August 1930).

Average discharge. 20 years (1930-50), 37.6 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 23,000 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 13.8 

reet, from crest-stage gage), from rating curve extended above 800 second-feet on basis 

of one contracted-opening and one slope-area determination at gage height 13.8 feet; 

minimum observed, 9.6 second-feet Aug. 28; minimum gage height observed, 3.62 feet 

Sept. 30.

1927-50: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 10, 1950; minimum, 4 second-feet on many 

days in August and September 1932, Sept. 12, 1934, July 17, Nov. 21, 1938.

Remarks. Records fair. Gage read twice daily.

Revisions (water years). W 972: 1927-29, 1930-33(M), 1936-39. W 1052: 1940.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 17 to Dec. 25, June 26 to Sept. 9)

Oct. 1 to Sept. 1O Sept. 11-30

4.1 6.0 5.0 117 7.0 940

4.2 12 5.3 186 7.5 1,28O

4.4 31 5.6 276 8.O 1,78O

4.6 55- 6.0 425 8.5 2,46O

4.8 83 6.5 655 9.2 3,720

3.6 24 4.7 188

3.8 42 5.0 288

4.0 65 5.5 520

4.4 123

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

14

13

13

13

13

14

16

19

14

14

15

16

16

17

17

16

17

16

17

16

16

16

16

16

17

28

17

22

38

23

102

Nov.

48

78

47

33

31

24

23

24

22

21

20

19

19

21

17

17

16

14

13

14

14

13

13

12

13

13

13

13

15

13

-

Dec.

11

12

11

12

12

12

12

12

11

12

17

40

52

38

29

23

19

33

46

36

29

27

28

24

21

58

65

45

38

31

30

Jan.

27

26

27

25

23

21

21

19

19

19

20

17

31

29

26

27

25

25

23

23

21

21

19

15

17

17

19

17

17

25

200

Feb.

200

276

117

80

63

59

46

40

51

60

59

52

48

50

56

50

45

38

35

35

33

33

31

29

27

29

17

23

_

_

-

! _+». Second- 

"onth foot-days

October .......................... 617

November ......................... 653

December ......................... 846

Calendar year 1949 ............ 18,137

January .......................... 861

February ......................... r, 682

March ............................ 1,465

April ............................ 785

May... ........................... 1,278

June ............................. 752

July ............................. 483

August ........................... 376. £ September ........................ 5,629

Hater year 1949-50 ............ 15,427.6

Mar.

25

23

24

22

22

22

23

22

19

20

20

21

23

20

21

23

23

38

33

33

90

71

117

72

58

50

47

260

97

70

56

Apr.

Maximum

1O2

78

65

94O

200

276

260

52

153

92

36

> 20

3,600

3, £00

52

45

42

38

38

29

29

31

27

27

27

25

25

25

23

23

23

21

21

23

19

19

19

19

18

23

19

17

17

21

May

21

55

68

51

4O

34

31

28

27

25

23

24

25

23

146

77

55

42

35

31

26

26

29

28

24

22

23

38

23

25

153

Minimum

13

12

11

11

15

17

19

17

21

13

11

9.6

10

9.6

June

92

58

45

47

35

30

27

24

23

25

27

21

19

19

17

17

19

16

16

19

19

16

18

16

14

15

14

13

16

15

Mean

19.9

21.8

27.3

49.7

27.8

60.1

47.3

26.2

41.2

25.1

15.6

12.1

188

42.3

July

13

12

11

11

12

18

16

15

13

18

15

16

15

17

15

15

13

12

13

14

22

16

14

14

13

36

24

16

16

15

13

Aug.

13

20

16

13

12

11

11

11

10

11

13

11

11

11

11

16

12-

11

16

12

11

11

16

12

11

10

109.6'

12

11

11

Per square 

mile

0.585

.641

.803

1.46

.818

1.77

1.39

.771

1.21

.738

.459

.356

5.53

1.24

Sept.

14

11

13

16

11

10

11

11

78

3,600

520

269

188

107

75

59

46

41

38

34

33

107

78

57

45

38

33

30

29

27

Runoff in 

 inches

0.67

.72

.93

 19.82

.94

1.84

1.60

.86

1.40

.82

.53

.41

6.17

16.89

231536 O - 53 - 4
38 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Big Spring at Kerrs Creek, Va.

Location. Lat. 37°50'50", long. 79°28'30", half a mile east of Kerrs Creek post office, 

*HocKDridge County.

Records available. August 1947, October 1949 to September 1950 (discharge measurements 

only) .

Extremes.--1947, 1949-50: Maximum discharge measured, 7.84 second-feet Feb. 8, 1950; minimum measured, 4.86 second-feet Dec. 5, 1949.

Remarks. Discharge measurements made monthly at bridge on State Highway 623. 

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, 1947, 1949-50

Date

Aug. 29, 1947 

Oct. 11, 1949 

Nov. 7 

Dec. 5 

Jan. 16, 1950

Discharge

4.87 

5.40 

6.16 

4.86 

6.29

Date

Feb. 8, 1950 

Mar. 13 

Apr. 26 

May 19 

June 12

Discharge

7.84 

5.31 

5.27 

6.34 

7.18

Date

July 10, 1950 

Aug. 7 

Sept. 20

Discharge

6.63 

5.10 

7.47
JAMES RIVER BASIN 39

South River near Riverside, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°47'00", long. 79°21'35", at highway bridge 1.1 

miles southwest of Riverside, Rockbridge County, 1.9 miles upstream from mouth, and 

4 miles east of Lexington.

Drainage area. 111 square miles.

Records available. October 1949 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,360 second-feet June 10 (gage height, 6.14 

TeetT; minimum, 24 second-feet Sept. 6, 7, 8, 9 (gage height, 2.20 feet).

Flood in March 1936 reached a stage of about 13.7 feet, from information by local 

residents.

Remarks . Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height-, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 29 to Jan. 30, 

June 4 to Aug. 5)

2.2 24 2.8 82 4.1 329 

2.3 31 3.0 110 4.5 470 

2.4 39 3.4 171 5.0 685 

2.6 59 3.8 246 5.5 945

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 tc September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24. 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

a50 

a 50 

a45 

a45

a45

a45 

a 45 

a45 

a45 

a41

a45 

a45 

a45 

a45 

a45

a45 

a45 

a45 

a40 

a40

a40 

a40 

a40 

a 40 

a40

a40 

a40 

a50 

a45 

a60 

a70

Nov..

alOO 

also 

a!60 

a!50 

a!40

a!20 

al!7 

a90 

a85 

aSO

a75 

a70 

a70 

a65 

a65

a60 

58 

57 

54 

53

54 

52 

52 

51 

60

55 

53 

52 

56 

55

Dec.

52 

51 

49 

49 

50

47 

48 

47 

45 

47

59 

77 

100 

120 

112

97 

83 

93

112 

109

104 

100 

106 

109 

103

107 

180 

199 

192 

166 

146

Jan.

134 

124 

'118 

112 

102

96 

92 

85 

82 

80

78 

77 

86 

82 

78

78 

76 

75 

77 

76

72 

72 

72 

72

69

67 

71 

71 

69 

95 

369

Feb.

538 

862 

618 

426 

314

265 

225 

192 

206 

210

202 

192 

180 

181 

178

169 

161 

150 

144 

134

125 

124 

124 

112 

107

106 

95 

95

 _ .. SeccndMonth foot-days

Ootc 

Hove 

D»ce

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc

X?June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 

ary .

1,40] 

2,35< 

2,95

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

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

st ...........................

embeF ........................

2,907 

6.43J 

4,894 

3,15( 

4,43£ 

4,896 

1,73] 1,01' 

3,07P

ter year 1949-50 ............ 39,25

Mar.

100 

92 

84 

88 

85

85 

81 

85

81 

75

75

75 

88 

99 

99

103 

107 

116 

113 

119

227 

278 

372 

326

281

246 

223 

310 

298 

258 

225

Apr.

204 

185 

165 

160 

165

144 

136 

131 

124 

118

113 

106 

103 

96 

92

89 

83 

81 

78 

Bl

76 

72 

70 

70

68

81 

69 

64 

63 

63

Maximum

70 

160 

3 199

-

369 

> 862 

I 372 

) 204 

580 

685 

77 

' 46 

J 332

3 862

Peak discharge (base, 800 sec. -ft.). Feb. 2 (9:30 a.m

Hay

64 

78 

122 

120 

109

96 

88 

80 

75 

72

70 

71 

72 

69 

143

137 

124 

110 

99 

89

82 

76 

99 

116 

97

106 

289 

559 

310 

236 

580

Minimum

40 

51 

45

-

67 

95 

75 

63 

64 

59 

42 

25 

24

24

) 972 sec

June

685 

444 

298 

287 

219

183 

157 

138 

125 

208

291 

197 

165 

144 

126

116 

114 

99 

93 

88

92 

85 

81 

75 

68

75 

64 

59 

60 

60

Mean

45.2 

78.6 

95.5

-

93.8 

230 

158 

105 

143 

163 

55.8 

32.6 

103

108

July

56 

53 

52 

62 

76

72 

70 

57 

54 

60

56 

53 

53 

55 

51

48 

46 

44 

42 

44

70 

55 

45 

46 

47

71 

77 

58 

61 

50 

47

Aug.

Per square 

mile

0.407 

.708 

.860

-

.845 

2.07 

1.42 

.946 

1.29 

1.47 

.503 

.294 

.928

.973

-ft.; May 27 (10 p.m.)

43 

46 

46 

40 

37

35 

33 

31 

31 

30

30 

29 

28 

29 

28

38 

33 

30 

37 

33

30 

31 

39 

32

31

30 

28 

28 

26 

25 

25

Sept.

28 

28 

30 

30 

26

25 

24 

25 

37 

272

332 

265 

202 

171 

151

104 

85 

74 

67 

61

62 

181 

190 

140 

112

92 

80 

72 

67

64

Runoff in 

inches

0.47 

.79 

,99

-

.97 

2.16 

1.64 

1.06 

1.49 

1.64 

.56 

.34 

1.04

13.17

945 860.-

it.; nay 01 10 p.m.; aoe sec.-it.; June lu v»:au p.m. ) i.oou aec.-ii.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of 2 discharge measurements and records for 

Haury River near Buena Vlata and South River at Wayneaboro.
40 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 

soutn of Pedlar Mills, Amherst 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 1950.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,740 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 7.77 

 feet); minimum, 11 second-feet Sept. 8, 9 (gage height, 2.09 feet).

1942-50: 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. Records good. Diversion above station for municipal supply of Lynchburg.

Cooperation. Records of monthly diversions and change in contents of Lynchburg Reservoir 

rurmsned by city of Lynchburg.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 1 to Feb. 2, 

May 3-15, Aug. 2 to Sept. 30)

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

8

13

19

27

37

2.5

2.6

2.7 

2.9 

3.3

50

66

85

127

227

3.6 

4.5 

5.5

326

738

1,220

Discharge, lo second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Bay

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

IS

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

46

40

37

37

37

37

45

45

40

36

34

33

34

40

36

34

34

33

31

29

31

30

29

29

31

42

40

49

109

70

184

Nov..

116

160

116

107

89

77

72

66

61

58

55

53

52

55

49

47

47

47

44

41

40

40

36

36

45

42

36

36

42

46

-

Dec.

40

36

35

33

37

35

33

36

32

35

63

95

89

87

76

64

53

63

87

76

70

68

68

66

60

72

192

152

125

109

95

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 . .

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

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

March. ............... 5 .

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mater year 1949-50 . .

Jan.

87

81

79

77

70

66

63

58

55

56

60

53

68

63

56

56

55

53

58

60

53

53

53

53

52

50

55

55

52

88

227

Feb.

359

6(

34

2]

8

12

9

170

152

12

1]

rc

4

14

3

141

150

13

12

2C

4

5

)2

289

208

16

14

12

8

1

5

109

99

1

;e

7

9

7

79

83

6

7

-

-

8

0

Mar.

77

7

E

E

0

6

8

64

64

6

6

6

0

4

6

53

53

1

6

8

5

4

3

74

76

8

10

9

5

1

7

99

247

21

29

21

4

3

9

175

148

13

13

12

1C

4

8

0

9

101

Apr.

97

95

91

89

105

87

77

76

74

70

70

66

63

61

60

58

58

56

56

58

55

50

49

50

50

70

53

50

49

56

-

Observed

Secondfoot-days

1,382

1,811

2,182

53,497

2,065

4,755

3,317

1,999

4,607

2,995

1,447

759

2,857

30,176

Maximum

184

160

192

2,070

227

668

293

105

1,070

522

123

89

751

1,070

Minimum

29

36

32

29

50

68

53

49

56

31

27

15

12

12

Mean

44.6

60.4

70.4

147

66.6

170

107

66.6

149

99.8

46.7

24 5

95! 2

82.7

May

56

91

263

185

141

125

105

89

81

77

74

74

79

70

454

208

143

127

112

95

87

77

77

105

77

76

74

105

85

125

1,070

June

522

272

195

188

150

123

105

93

83

116

148

89

77

72

63

60

64

55

50

49

47

55

56

49

42

38

35

31

32

36

-

diversion and 

change In

contents 

(equivalent, 

second- feetit

+13 2

+13.' 1

+13.2

+13.3

+13.3

+13 2

+13 !l

+13.5

+14.1

+13 9

+13 9

+13 9

+14 !l

+13.5

July

32

28

27

27

63

89

60

40

33

42

41

41

42

36

40

35

30

29

27

32

80

53

35

35

55

100

123

58

46

37

31

Aug.

28

{

i

'

)9

>5

2

25

22

i

]

]

>1

9

8

21

23

i

I

]

1

9

7

16

20

2

2

2

5

1

5

31

20

1

J

2

8

3

1

22

25

1

1

1

1

8

7

6

5

16

Adjusted

 ..,,_ Per square Mean mile

57.8 0.635

73.5 .808

83.6 .919

160 1.76

79. 9 . 878

183 2*01

120 1.32

80.1 .880

163 1.79

114 1.25

60.6 .666

38.4 .422

109 1.20

96.2 1.06

Sept.

21

21

17

14

13

12

12

12

33

751

494

224

195

143

99

81

70

60

56

53

53

68

83

53

42

40

37

34

33

33

-

Runoff In 

Inches

0.73

.90

- 1.06

23.84

1.01

2.09

1. 52

. 98

2 . 

nc UO

1.40

.77

.49

1.34

14.35

Peak discharge (base, 1,300 see.-ft.).--May 31 (1:30 a.m.) 1,960 sec.-ft.; Sept. 10 (3:30 p.m.) 

2,740 sec.-ft.

t Diversion for municipal water supply of City of I^rnchburg and change In contents of Lynchburg 

Reservoir.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 41

Buffalo River near Norwood, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°38', long. 78°53', 1 mile downstream from Tye 

ttiver, 3 miles upstream from Rucker Run, and 4-f miles upstream from nouth 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 1950.

Average discharge. 10 years, 495 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 11,900 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 9.56 

reer); minimum, 115 second-feet Sept. 7 (gage height, 2.14 feet).

1940-50: 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 second-feet 

by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 30 second-feet Oct. 10, 1941 (gage height, 1.64 feet).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1-31, Sept. 11-30 Nov. 1 to Sept. 10

2.3 188 3.0 666 2.1 103 2.7 390 

2.4 231 3.5 1,210 2.2 133 3.O 630 

2.5 281 4.0 1,850 2.3 168 3.4 1,020 

2.7 4O8 5.1 3,42O 2.4 210 4.0 1,760 

2.5 260 4.5 2,480

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

S

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

IS

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28

29 

30 

31

Oct.

266 

251 

246 

246 

241

241 

455 

367 

310 

293

276

271 

266 

261 

261

256 

251 

241 

236 

231

231 

227 

222 

218 

218

251 

246 

236 

546 

374 

881

Nov.

596 

747 

604 

570

505

458 

420 

398 

369 

355

341 

327 

320 

334 

302

290 

278 

272 

260 

260

250 

245 

235 

235 

250

245 

235 

230 

245 

250

Dec.

230 

225 

220 

210 

215

210 

210 

210 

206

210

272 

348 

355 

376 

334

302 

278 

308 

465 

405

383 

376 

376 

355 

327

327 

702 

648 

588 

529 

489

Jan.

450 

428 

405 

398 

362

348 

334 

308 

302 

296

296 

290 

362 

320 

296

290 

278 

260 

278 

284

266 

260 

260 

255 

250

245 

260 

278 

260 

379 

1,110

Month

Ooto 

Neve 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendaT year 1949 

ary .....

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,260 

1,900 

1,320 

998 

830

756 

693 

604 

622 

693

675 

613 

579 

720 

976

830 

747 

684 

630

570

529 

513 

513 

450 

435

442 

398 

405

Seoondfoot-days

9,116 

10,426 

10,689

268,932

10,406 

20,385 

15,528 

10,882 

20,642 

15,015 

8.02C 

5,533 

19,005

155,657

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 sec. -ft. ). --Mas

11.9OO sec. -ft.

Mar.

420 

376 

327 

348 

355

348 

334 

355 

362 

314

314 

320 

398 

442 

383

398 

435 

489 

442 

435

801 

747 

1,090 

830 

747

684 

648 

648 

622 

579 

537

Apr.

513 

497 

465 

465 

537

450 

420 

412 

398 

390

383 

369 

362 

348 

334

327 

320 

314 

308 

320

308 

290 

284 

290 

284

334 

290 

278 

272 

320

Maximum

881 

747 

702

11,300

1,110 

1,900 

1,090 

537 

2,230 

1,630 

505 

398 

3,330

3,330

15 (10 a.m.

May

308 

390 

880 

562 

45O

435 

428 

369 

348 

341

334 

334 

341 

334 

2,230

1,350 

910 

870 

783 

630

570 

505 

562 

792 

780

792 

537 

570 

579 

648 

1,680

Minimum

218 

230 

206

206

245 

398 

314 

272 

308 

215 

185 

133 

118

118

June

1,630 

1,190 

965 

932 

792

657 

588 

529 

489 

497

729 

481 

428 

405 

369

35b 

348 

320 

302 

290

284 

290 

320 

290 

284

320 

245 

215 

230 

245

Mean

294 

348 

345

737

336 

728 

501 

363 

666 

501 

259 

178 

634

426

July

215 

202 

189

189 

260

376 

355 

235 

210 

240

240 

235 

250 

230 

250

225 

202 

193 

185 

193

368 

302 

210 

225 

250

286 

505 

302 

369 

284 

245

Aug.

230 

220 

398 

250 

210

197 

185 

172 

168 

161

172 

161 

158 

150 

140

161 

168 

150 

158 

181

147 

176 

185 

164 

154

197 

164 

150 

140 

133 

133

Per square 

mile

0.817 

.967 

.958

2.05

.933 

2.02 

1.39 

1.01 

1.85 

1.39 

.719 

.494 

1.76

1.18

Sept.

181 

161 

140 

147 

133

118 

118 

118 

390 

2,850

3,330 

1,720 

1,620 

1,140 

828

666 

563 

486 

439 

401

381 

431 

478 

360 

334

316 

305 

293 

281 

281

Runoff in 

inches

0.94 

1.08 

1.10

27.78

1.08 

2.10 

1.60 

1.13 

2.13 

1.55 

.83 

.57 

1.96

16.07

4,210 see. -ft.; Sept. 10 (11:30 p.m.)
42 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Tye River near Lovingston, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°43', long. 78°58' , at highway bridge, 2 miles

 dbwnstream from Hat Creek, 4 miles upstream from Piney River, 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.

Records available. August 1938 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 12 years, 149 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,870 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 8.02

 feet); minimum, 26 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 1.27 feet).

1938-50: 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.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

71

64

63

63

62

62

124

100

88

82

77

75

74

72

71

66

67

64

62

61

61

59

58

57

57

75

63

74

157

113

228

Nov.

194

286

343

340

210

189

171

160

147

134

136

118

116

118

105

99

98

94

91

86

84

80

79

79

90

80

78

76

86

82

-

Dec.

75

75

73

73

74

70

71

70

69

71

86

108

113

103

9B

94

90

113

147

130

126

126

124

118

110

126

399

350

221

198

180

Jan.

166

155

151

140

130

134

116

108

105

103

98

99

116

103

96

94

91

91

94

91

86

86

86

85

84

83

86

86

85

133

345

Month

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

Noveober .........................

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

January

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

318

461

364

294

355

335

212

186

213

214

303

189

189

333

276

362

345

228

214

198

182

180

180

160

151

155

134

140

_

_

-

Seccndfcct-days

2,472

3,83S

3,677

75,987

3.41E

6.37C

5,363

3,677

4,632

3,753

1,935

1,192

6,383

46,498

Mar.

143

138

108

130

118

118

110

126

130

107

110

112

140

147

134

138

147

151

145

147

269

374

303

369

355

240

336

340

319

305

196

Apr.

186

180

166

166

189

157

147

142

138

134

132

126

120

116

112

108

105

101

101

108

101

96

94

94

92

108

92

90

86

90

Maximum

228

286

299

3,000

245

461

302

189

431

355

94

61

1,240

1,240

May

94

112

157

118

110

105

103

98

94

94

92

94

96

98

431

248

203

177

157

143

130

119

132

150

132

119

114

168

175

173

386

Minimum

57

76

69

51

82

134

107

86

92

60 44

28

29

28

June

355

264

222

216

182

161

145

132

124

134

182

134

119

113

100

97

94

85

84

a80

a80

a80

a85

 80

a80

a80

a65

a60

860

a 60

Mean

79.7

128

119

208

110

224

170

123

149

125

62.4

38.5

213

127

July

855

850

a47

850

a75

a 90

a80

57

51

71

62

68

67

68

66

58

52

47

44

46

68

67

49

50

51

64

92

74

94

66

56

Aug.

49

56

61

45

40

37

34

33

32

33

33

32

32

30

28

48

39

32

56

44

32

33

43

40

39

42

39

33

32

28

37

Sept.

52

40

39

50

34

31

30

29

77

1,240

1,040

504

496

376

276

232

188

162

146

131

128

192

172

131

118

108

99

93

91

88

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.866 1.00

1.39 1.55

1.29 1.49

2.26 30.73

1.20 1.38

2.43 2.53

1.85 2.13

1.34 1.50

1.62 1.87

1.36 1.52

. 678 . 78

. 418 . 48

2.32 2.59

1.28 18-82

Peak discharge (base, 1,200 sec. -ft.). Sept. 10 (9 p.m.) 3,870 seo.-ft.

Buffa

ige and records for
JAMES RIVER BASIN 43

Piney River at Piney River, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°42'10", long. 79°01'40", at bridge on State Highway ibi, 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 1949 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,710 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 5.00 

ieet); minimum, 13 second-feet Sept. 7, 8 (gage height, 1.06 feet).

1949-50: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 10, 1950; mjjiimum, that of Sept. 7, 8, 

1950.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 <gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.0 10 1.5 55 2.6 285 

1.1 15 1.7 86 3.0 415 

1.2 22 1.9 123 3.4 585 

1.3 31 2.3 207

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

41 

39 

38 

38 

36

36 

80 

60 

54 

51

48 

47 

46 

45 

43

42 

40 

39 

38 

35

34 

833 

833 

832 

835

840 

843 

845 

86 

70 

147

Nov.

141 

151 

147 

141 

133

121 

110 

100 

91 

84

76 

70 

67 

64 

58

55 

52 

51 

50 

48

46 

43

41 

41 

45

39 

39 

38 

43 

40

Dec.

35 

35 

35 

36 

35

38 

38 

36 

33 

32

46 

52 

58 

58 

61

64 

67 

78 

91 

88

90 

88 

86 

80 

75

87 

161 

163 

157 

147 

137

Jan.

123 

112 

106 

95 

88

81 

76 

73 

67 

67

66 

67 

68 

60 

56

55 

52 

52 

55 

54

54 

54 

52 

51 

48

48 

52 

47 

48 

84 

119

Feb.

180 

279 

257 

219 

186

169 

149 

131 

135 

135

127 

121 

123 

155 

180

182 

171 

159 

147 

133

121 

119 

108 

99 

95

91 

81 

80

U.. K Second- 

*onth foot-days

Ooto 

Nove 

Decs

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendaT year 

ary

1,494 

2,2E! 

2,28'

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

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

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

2.13C 

4,132 

3,022 

2,142 

3,522 2,82' 

1,141 

851 

3,454

ter year 1949-50 ............ 29,24C

Mar.

78 

a75 

73 

68 

66

64 

61 

64 

61 

56

58 

58 

73 

73 

72

78 

86 

91 

88 

93

139 

145 

171 

165 

157

149 

141 

147 

131 

123 

119

Apr.

115 

110 

102 

102 

106

93 

86 

83 

81 

78

75 

72 

67 

67 

67

64 

61 

58 

56 

56

54 

852 

852 

855 

855

860 

855 

850 

850 

860

Maximum

147

j 151 

163

-

123 

279 

171 

115 

301 

265 

67 

54 

500

500

Peak discharge (base, 500 sec. -ft.).. Sept. 10 (8 p.m.]

Hay

860 

a80 

104 

93 

880

a75 

a75 

a70 

865 

a 60

860 

62 

61 

64 

301

241 

196 

169 

147 

133

117 

104 

128 

115 

123

97 

95 

99 

95 

104 

249

Minimum

32 

38 

32

-

47 

80 

56 

50 

60 

35 

24 

18 

14

14

June

265 

229 

200 

193 

159

141 

127 

112 

100 

110

102 

892 

890 

880 

a72

67 

66 

60 

55 

52

51 

50 

61 

50 

47

47 

40 

35 

38 

36

Mean

48.2 

74.2 

73.8

-

68.7 

148 

97.5 

71.4 

114 

94.2 

37.0 

27.6 

115

80.1

July

32 

30 

28 

28 

46

48 

42 

34 

31 

39

34 

35 

39 

33 

33

30 

26 

24 

24 

24

33 

28 

26 

32 

30

56 

.51 

60 

67 

56 

48

Aug.

43 

46 

54 

40 

36

34 

30 

28 

27 

27

26 

24 

24 

21 

21

24 

21 

21 

22 

21

18 

19 

20 

18 

36

41 

29 

25 

21 

19 

21

Per square 

mile

1.00 

1.55 

1.54

-

1.43 

3.08 

2.03 

1.49 

2.38 

1.96 

.771 

.575 

2.40

1.67

1,710 sec. -ft.

Sept.

26 

22 

21 

18 

17

15 

14 

15 

50 

469

500 

3S7 

285

236 

191

159 

135 

115 

99 

86

81 

95 

78 

67 

62

58 

54 

51 

50 

48

Runoff in 

inches

1.15 

1.73 

1.78

-

1.65 

3.21 

2.34 

1.66 

2.74 

2.19 

.89 

.66 

2.68

22.68
44 JAMES RIVER BASIN 

Rockfish River near Greenfield, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°52', long. 78°49', at bridge on State Highway 

t>34, 2f miles downstream from confluence of North and South Forks and 4-f 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.

Records available. April 1943 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,440 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 8.25 

reet); minimum, 19 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 1.43 feet).

1943-50: 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.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.4 17 2.2 122 4.5 685 

1.6 31 2.6 183 5.O 875 

1.8 51 3.0 249 5.5 1,08O 

1.9 64 3.4 334 

2.0 81 4.0 522

Discharge, in 'second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

61 

58 

56 

55 

55

56 

142 

98 

78 

69

64

61 

61 

61 

6O

6O 

58 

56 

55 

52

52 

52 

54 

51 

50

67 

55 

64 

142 

102 

232

Nov.

177 

249 

190 

178 

155

142 

130 

118 

110 

104

98 

94 

89 

87 

79

76 

74 

71 

69 

67

66 

63 

63 

63 

64

60 

6O 

59 

63 

60

Dec.

63 

63 

61 

61 

60

59 

60 

59 

56 

59

67 

71 

72 

67 

64

60 

56 

69 

85 

74

72 

71 

72 

69 

66

87 

192 

154 

140 

127 

116

Jan.

1O8 

102 

98 

94 

87

83 

78 

74 

72 

72

69 

74 

94 

79 

72

72 

67 

69 

71 

69

66 

66 

64 

64 

64

63 

66 

64 

64 

94 

203

Feb.

3O9 

410 

298 

249 

205

189 

165 

142 

150 

150

142 

132 

136 

198 

258

232 

206

184 

168 

154

144 

136 

127 

116 

112

114 

104 

100

Month Secondfoot-days

Ooto 

Move 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Bare 

Apri 

Bay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

her..... .....................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949

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

St.. ......................

ter year 1949-So .......

2,23' 

2,97£ 

2,45<

71,84r

2,482 

5,03C 

3,96S 

2,912 

5,814 

4,322 

1,543 

922 

5,6O'

..... 40,269

Peak discharge (base, 1,200 sec. -ft. 1. Maj

sec. -ft.; May 31 (A a.m.} 1,40O see. -ft. j Sef

Bar.

loo

92 

81 

81 

81

79 

76 

87 

85 

76

74 

76 

94 

85 

79

83

98 

116 

104 

108

240 

215 

277 

232 

21O

190 

177 

194 

174 

157 

148

Apr.

142 

136 

129 

127 

139

120 

110 

108 

1O2 

1O2

102 

98 

94 

89 

85

85 

81 

81 

81 

96

85 

78 

79 

79 

78

98 

79 

78 

74 

78

Maximum

232 

249 

192

'2,330

203 

41 0 

277 

142 

915 

634 

79 

61 

942

942

28 (5 p.m. 

t. 10 (10 p

Bay

81 

94 

112 

1OO 

92

87 

79 

71 

67 

67

66

64 

64 

61 

317

249 

201 

212 

168 

150

132 

116 

140 

148 

124

114 

108 

452 

657 

506 

915

Minimum

50 

59 

56

5O

63 

100 

74 

74 

61 

43 

33 

22 

21

21

1 

m.

June

634 

426 

334 

287 

24O

206 

ISO 

158 

144 

151

160 

122 

112 

1O6 

92

89 

85 

74 

71 

67

66 

66 

81 

67 

58

54 

49 

43

50 

51

Bean

72.2 

99.3 

79.1

197

8O.1 

ISO 

128 

97.1 

188 

144 

49.7 

29.8 

187

no

July

44 

41 

38 

42 

55

79 

61 

47 

44 

64

61 

64 

60 

56 

58

50 

48 

48 

41 

40

66 

54 

44 

42 

40

49 

54 

42 

40 

36 

33

Aug.

30 

61 

48 

35 

31

29 

27 

26 

25 

24

27 

35 

27 

23 

22

29 

27 

24 

26 

27

22 

24 

25 

25 

47

37 

29 

28 

34 

25 

24

Per square 

mile

0.752 

1.03 

.824

2.05

.834 

1.88 

1.33 

1.01 

1.96 

1.50 

.518 

.310 

1.95

1.15

Sept.

37 

30 

30 

34 

24

22 

22 

21 

75 

942

682 

334 

713 

490 

287

212 

165 

139 

120 

106

100 

201 

158 

124 

110

100 

89 

83 

79 

78

Runoff in 

inches

0.87 

1.15 

.95

27.83

.96 

1.96 

1.53 

1.13 

2.26 

1.67 

.60 

.36 

2.18

15.62

700 sec. -ft. 5 May 29 (7-.3O p.m.) 1,55O 

2,440 sec. -ft.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 45

Hardware River below Briery Run, near Scottsville, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°49', long. 78°28', at highway bridge half a mile 

downstream from Briery Run, 2 miles northeast of Scottsville, Albermarle 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.

Kecords available. December 1938 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--11 years, 124 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,660 second-feet Sept. 11 (gage height, 10.25 

TeeTT; minimum, 28 second-feet Sept. 7, 8 (gage height, 1.72 feet).

1938-50: 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 except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

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. W1Q32: 1940, 1944.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 15-29)

1.7

1.9

2.1

2.4

27 2.7 164

42 3.0 205

64 3.5 266

112 4.0 352

5.0 532

6.0 712

7.7 1,030

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 tc September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27 28

29

30

31

Oct.

107

99

98

94

94

94

189

158

118

107

101

98

96

98

98

94

91

91

88

86

84

84

83

83

81

98

89

89

167

127

273

Nov.

186

273

162

141

125

114

110

107

101

98

98

94

96

101

92

91

89

88

86

86

84

81

81

81

84

83

81

80

84

84

-

Dec.

78

78

75

75

77

75

75

74

72

75

96

96

103

131

99

86

78

91

a90

aSO

aSO

a85

a85

a85

aSO

allO

a!60

al30

a!20

allO

a95

Jan.

94

s

s

e

2

1

9

86

84

e

7

7

3

7

7

78

77

e

12

9

1

9

9

88

84

8

e

8

1

0

3

80

77

7

7

7

8

8

7

75

75

7

8

8

11

8

1

0

4

280

Month

Ootober ..........................

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

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

Calendar year 1949 .............

January

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

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

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

May..../.........................

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

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

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

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

Hater year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

343

532

266

192

162

161

154

133

141

166

158

141

134

186

252

198

168

150

141

131

122

122

122

108

107

118

110

112

_

-

Secondfoot-days

3 351

3^161

2,844

68,906

2 * 826

4 83C

4*639

2 832

5 852

2

QQA f 3O4

2 09C

5)402

42,176

Mar.

141

122

101

103

103

101

96

107

107

92

91

94

108

125

101

101

114

150

120

116

334

262

550

239

192

164

153

146

146

138

122

Apr.

118

1

1

1

16

10

08

114

105

98

94

92

92

94

91

89

88

86

86

84

83

81

116

120

Maximum

273

273

160

4,610

280 

532

550

1£0

816 

280

140

114 

1,030

1,030

92

88

89

83

94

84

81

78

78

May

94

110

198

140

112

101

108

86

80

78

77

77

83

75

439

277

214

816

239

176

151

129

122

141

116

108

101

290

343

532

239

Minimum

81

80

72

57

75

107

91

78

75

51

44

32 

30

30

June

280

192

164

156

143

123

110

101

96

105

145

96

86

86

81

77

77

70

70

70

67

76

100

68

62

57

54

51

56

65

Mean

108

105

91.7

189

91.2

172 

150

94.4

189

99 5

67!e

43.7 

180

116

July

54

51

49

48

58

80

107

60

57

77

67

74

64

58

84

70

94

140

65

63

92

78

59

62

59

58

71

54

50

48

44

Aug.

42

51

60

74

45

42

39

38

36

36

40

114

51

43

40

42

41

39

39

38

36

40

40

38

37

41

37

34

33

32

36

Sept.

37

34

43

45

33

30

30

30

118

512

1,030

186

719

698

222

159

123

105

94

92

99

155

180

131

96

88

81

80

77

a75

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.931 1.07

.905 1.01

.791 .91

1.63 ' 22.06

.786 .91

1.48 1.54

1.29 1.49

* 814 . 91

1.63 1.88

 858 . 96

.583 .67

.377 .43 

1.55 1.73

1.00 13.51

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 sec.-ft.). Sept. 11 (8:30 a.m.) 1,660 sec.-ft.; Sept. 14 (2 a.m.) 

1,590 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height recordj discharge computed on bftls of records for Rivanna River at Palmyra and 

Mechum River near Ivy.
46 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.

Records available. April 1926 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--23 years (1926-35, 1936-50), 231 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,800 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 9.25 

 feet); minimum, 61 second-feet Sept. 7 (gage height, 2.56 feet).

1926-50: 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 except those for periods 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.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 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

30

31

Oct.

122

105

101

99

98

97

440

1,520

282

190

158

140

133

143

140

132

124

120

116

111

109

108

105

104

102

118

145

115

583

404

1,490

Nov.

992

1,030

462

318

260

222

208

196

186

178

173

269

171

236

204

176

169

167

160

158

157

152

146

148

155

160

150

148

153

176

-

Dec.

153

145

140

137

140

138

138

138

133

137

196

228

224

342

296

a250

a!80

a!70

a 200

a230

a 200

a!80

al80

alSO

a!60

a!60

a210

a250

a 200

alSO

a!70

Jan.

165

164

162

165

157

152

148

138

135

137

141

143

224

198

165

155

152

146

167

250

192

174

171

162

155

150

158

186

167

216

944

Month

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

November- .........................

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,130

1,000

602

365

308

286

310

272

264

350

388

320

286

310

404

345

292

262

246

232

220

220

248

234

214

224

240

242

.

-

-

Seoondfoot-days

7,754

7,38C

5,785

111,984

5,93S

9,814

11,323

5,507

12,03S

4,224

'5,146

3,891

7,145

85.94S

Mar.

318

288

240

224

220

220

210

224

252

228

212

212

268

371

292

264

278

394

316

282

747

730

1,900

637

388

304

278

266

266

268

226

Apr.

216

212

204

202

226

212

190

182

178

173

174

171

165

160

158

157

157

157

155

198

284

210

180

174

165

164

164

155

150

214

~

Maximum

1,520

1,030

342

3,710

944

1,130

1,900

284

1,440

355

637

532

1,290

1,900

May

248

214

296

320

238

202

178

148

148

146

152

178

222

188

861

768

310

1,190

497

292

240

204

206

937

327

242

212

289

745

1,440

401

Minimum

97

146

133

70

135

214

210

150

146

76

73

71

61

61

June

355

272

210

226

232

186

158

143

137

133

178

152

127

122

118

112

115

106

101

101

98

99

106

111

98

88

83

76

77

104

-

Mean

250

246

187

307

192

350

365

184

388

141

166

126

238

235

July

92

79

73

94

115

239

306

130

105

167

173

137

132

132

120

127

108

112

96

88

234

304

137

118

250

228

637

232

'124 150

109

Aug.

99

97

109

104

93

87

80

76

74

71

75

126

105

80

73

76

86

84

76

178

116

532

-444

281

138

112

98

88

82

76

75

Per aquare 

mile

1.06

1.05

.796

1.31

.817

1.49

1.55

.783

1.65

.600

.706

.536

1.01

i.oo

Sept.

79

83

92

77

72

63

61

62

175

1,040

787

322

1,290

602

242

167

135

120

112

114

122

230

274

160

124

112

109

108

106

105

Runoff in 

inches

1.22

1.17

.92

17.73

.94

1.55

1.79

.87

1.90

.67

.81

.62

1.13

13.59

Peak discharge (base, 2.10O seo.-ft .) .--Mar. 23 (9 a.m.) 2,260 sec. -ft.; May 29 (12 p.m.) 2,440

seo.-ft.; Sept. 10 (7:30 p.m.) 2,800 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Appomattox 

River at Farmville and Willis River at Flanagan Mills.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 47

Mechum River near Ivy, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 38°06'15", long. 78°35'35", 2.6 miles downstream 

rrom Spring Creek, 3.3 miles north of town of Ivy, Albermarle County, and 4.7 miles 

upstream from confluence with Moormans River.

Drainage area. 97 square miles.

Records available.--October 1942 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,330 second-feet Sept. 13 (gage height, 16.8 

TeeTT; minimum, 16 second-feet Aug. 30, 31, Sept. 1, 8, 9 (gage height, 1.18 feet). 

1942-50: 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.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.1 11 2.0 93 2.7 260 5.0 1,250 

1.2 17 2.2 122 3.0 410 6.5 1,680 

1.4 31 2.4 160 3.5 680 S.O 2,180 

1.6 48 2.5 180 4.0 920 9.0 2,560

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949- to September 1950

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

Oot.

74 

71 

70 

69 

69

73 

540 

140 

104 

89

81 

78 

74 

74 

73

71 

70 

69 

66 

65

64 

62 

60 

60 

62

79 

66 

67 

116 

90 

252

Nov.

144 

236 

144 

127 

110

100 

94 

89 

84 

81

80 

78 

78 

78 

74

72 

71 

70 

68 

68

67 

65 

65 

65 

68

65 

64 

62 

70 

66

Dec.

61 

61 

59 

59 

60

57 

59 

57 

55 

58

67 

69 

70 

69 

65

61 

62 

68 

78 

70

67 

67 

70 

68 

65

71 

129 

101 

89 

83 

78

Jan76 

74 

73 

72 

69

63 

66 

61 

61 

61

59 

62 

80 

70 

64

64 

61 

62 

65 

61

59 

60 

61 

60 

58

58 

62 

60 

61 

80 

212

Feb.

405 

572 

265 

162 

144

133 

119 

106 

112 

110

104 

97 

97 

131 

180

154 

136 

119 

112 

101

94 

94 

92 

84 

81

85 

79 

79

un»*vi SeoondMontn foot-days

Ooto 

Hove 

Daoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Haro

& 

June

July 

Augu 

Sept

W«

mber .........................

2,798 

2,603 

2,153

lendar year 1949 ............ 52,391

Ary

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

2,160 

4,047 

3,140 

2,122 

3,802 

2,468 

1,397 

798 

6,576

ter year 1949-50 ............ 54,064

Mar.

81 

76 

69 

73 

73

73 

71 

78 

76 

70

70 

75 

78 

74 

70

73 

81 

100 

86 

89

235 

160 

256 

156 

144

127 

118 

119 

106 

96 

89

Apr.

36 

35 

84 

83 

84

78 

74 

73 

72 

71

72 

69 

68 

67 

65

65 

64 

65 

66 

74

69 

64 

66 

69 

66

71 

65 

64 

61 

62

Maxioun

540 

236 

129

2,170

212 

572 

256 

86 

395 

320 

119 

52 

2,540

2,540

Hay

67 

69 

78 

73 

69

68 

67 

59 

57 

58

56 

55 

59 

56 

154

119 

152 

329 

136 

112

96 

84 

86 

89 

79

72 

69 

319 

395 

244 

376

Minloua

60 

62 

55

51

58 

79 

69 

61 

55 

54 

28 

17 

16

16

June

320 

174 

150 

144 

119

103 

39 

81 

77 

94

110 

76 

68 

68 

62

60 

60 

52 

52 

52

51 

52 

57 

54 

46

43

39 

54 

37 

44

Mean

90.3 

86.8 

69.5

144

69.7 

145 

101 

70.7 

123 

82.3 

45.1 

25.7 

219

93.3

July

37 

33 

31 

30 

33

62 

54 

37 

56 

52

119 

93 

58 

48 

51

44 

43 

44

37 

41

54

45 

37 

37 

37

54 

39 

53

39 

31 

28

AUK.

Per square 

»ile

0.931 

.895 

.716

1.48

.719 

1.49 

1.04 

.729 

1.27 

.848 

.465 

.265 

2.26

.962

28 

39 

52 

33 

28

25 

23 

22 

23 

23

24 

49 

29 

23 

22

28 

25 

22 

20 

21

17 

20 

22 

20 

25

56 

26 

20 

19 

17 

17

Sept.

19. 

21 

69 

33 

22

18 

17 

16 

59 

898

390 

154 

2,540 

608 

240

150 

127 

104 

90 

83

90 

254 

185 

119 

99

86 

78 

72 

69 

66

Runoff in 

inches

1.07 

1.00 

.83

20.08

.83

1.55 

1.20 

.81 

1.46 

.95 

.54 

.31 

2.52

13.07

Peak discharge (base, 1.20O sec . -f t . ) . Sept . 10 (9 p.m.) 1.900 sec. -ft.: Sect. 13 (9 a.m.) 6 r S30
48 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Rivanna River at Palmyra, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°51', long. 78°16', at highway bridge at Palmyra, 

Fluvanna 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 1950.

Average discharge. 16 years, 754 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 8,060 second-feet Sept. 14 (gage height, 15.02 

reet); minimum, 125 second-feet Sept. 9 (gage height, 3.11 feet).

1934-50: 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 good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). W 802: 1936(M). W852: 1937. W 892; 1934-35.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 15-30)

3.1 122

3.3 176

3.5 239

3.8 357

4.1 506

4.4 705

4.8 1,090

5.4 1,680

6.0 2,170

7.0 2,970

8.0 3,750

9.3 4,580

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

6

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.

506

428

403

380

380

357

570

1,540

748

598

536

a480

a460

a440

a420

8420

403

403

380

380

380

357

357

357

357

360

479

428

585

668

1,240

Nov.

1,300

1,770

1,500

1,090

935

838

705

630

598

565

536

506

479

506

479

452

428

428

428

403

403

403

380

380

403

403

380

380

380

403

-

Dec.

380

357

357

357

357

357

357

357

336

336

380

428

452

565

479

428

380

403

506

536

479

452

479

536

479

452

1,200

1,090

790

705

598

Jan.

536

536

506

506

479

452

452

428

403

403

403

403

598

565

506

479

452

428

428

428

403

403

403

403

403

380

403

428

403

442

1,430

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

Hay .......................... 7TTT

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

July . .

August .

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

2,010

3,750

2,650

1,600

1,300

1,090

985

838

790

935

885

790

748

838

1,400

1,300

1,090

935

838

790

705

668

668

630

565

598

598

565

_

_

-

Secondfoe t-daya

15.80C

18;49 

15,36(

378,77!

14 89'

3o)55S

23,16:

14 94! 

33J19

19; 63-

9 S4i 5*25'

26,434

227, 58«

liar.

630

630

536

506

506

506

479

506

536

506

479

479

506

a540

asio

asoo

a550

a660

a62o

aeoo

a?oo

al,600

al,loo

1,930

1,400

1,200

985

985

935

838

70S

Apr.

668

668

630

598

598

565

536

506

479

479

479

479

452

452

452

428

428

428

428

479

565

479

428

452

452

452

452

452

506

479

-

Maximum

) 1,540

L 1,770 

5 1,200

5 9, 740

1 430 ) 3) 750

5 1,930

i 668

L 4,170

2,810

956

314 

I 4,580

4,580

May

506

506

705

748

668

630

630

536

479

452

428

428

428

452

1,780

1,930

1,090

4,170

2,730

1,770

1,400

1,090

935

885

790

1,030

790

705

1,500

1,600

1,400

Minimum

357

380

336

294

380

565

479

428

428

232

203

130 

. 130

130

June

2,810

2,170

1,500

1,200

1,090

885

748

630

565

536

705

668

506

452

428

403

380

380

336

336

336

314

314

314

294

294

294

257

232

257

Msan

51C

611

496

1,03£

48C

1,09] 74"

491

1,07]

65-4

31£

17C 

88]

624

July

257

229

213

206

209

239

565

336

257

275

314

956

452

336

314

294

314

560

294

257

428

357

275

257

257

257

257

239

222

219 203

Aug.

191

185

266

314

a250

 200

al80

a!60

a!50

143

162

170

170

156

140

143

156

156

145

a!40

al40

also

a!40

also

a!40

a!70

a200

al90

a!50

a!40

a!30

Per square 

 lie

0.756

913

!735

1.54

.711

L

I C5> 1 »O£ 

1.11

.738

L i*oy I ^Q

 969

.471

.252 

1.31

.924

Sept.

8130

al40

a!60

a450

a250

a!60

alSO

130

273

1,020

3,780

1,090

4,580

4,550

1,680

985

748

598

506

452

428

479

790

565

479

428

403

357

357

336

-

Runoff in 

inches

0 87

l!<>2

.85

20.86

, .82

, 1* 69 

1*28

oo oc

1.83

1.08 

.54 '.29

1.46

12.55

Peak discharge (base. 6.000 sec.-ft.) . May 18 (12:30 p.m.) 6,200 sec.-ft.; Sept. 14 (2:30 a.m.) 

8,060 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

Medium River near Ivy.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 49

Willis River at Flanagan Mills, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°40', long. 78°11', at highway bridge a quarter of 

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.

Records available. April 1926 to January 1935, September 1936 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--22 years {1926-34, 1936-50), 249 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,690 second-feet Nov. 3 (gage height, 12.91 

reetj; minimum, 55 second-feet July 4; minimum gage height, 3.70 feet Aug. 16.

1926-35, 1936-50: Maximum discharge, 9,580 second-feet Apr. 27, 1937 (gage height, 

23.86 feet, from floodmarks), 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 doubtful or no gage-height record, which 

are fair. Complete regulation of flow from Trices Lake, tributary to Willis River, 

slightly affects flow at gage.

Revisions (water years).--W 872:

193Y. J.940.

1936-37. W892: 1928-29, 1932-34(M), 1935. W972:

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

104

95

87

86

82

85

94

228

353

221

130

111

107

104

104

104

105

106

99

98

95

97

92

92

92

95

106

106

237

344

920

Nov.

1,180

1,380

1,640

1,430

900

370

287

257

235

214

208

194

194

235

272

235

201

188

182

176

176

170

164

158

164

170

164

a!65

a!70

182

-

Dec.

176

164

152

146

146

146

146

146

141

141

176

a2lO

a240

a220

a240

a250

al90

a!70

a2iO

a240

a200

al90

also

also

al60

aieo

a250

a260

aZOO

a!90

a!70

Jan.

al70

al70

al70

164

164

158

152

136

136

130

136

136

221

221

188

164

164

152

170

287

295

221

201

182

170

164

164

188

188

188

311

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

900

1,040

1,020

632

353

295

303

303

257

311

433

397

303

287

319

328

272

228

214

194

182

176

214

250

221

208

221

228

_

_

-

Secondfcot-days

4,77e nleei

5,80C

112,046

5,66]

10,08<

12, 62C

5.01C

11,79£

4,466

4 r QQA yo* 

3 55'

s'78E

89.21C

Mar.

257

250

208

182

170

176

170

176

228

214

182

170

221

353

344

250

250

319

336

257

613

803

dl,400

dl,490

dl,450

765

319

287

280

272

228

Apr.

201

188

188

176

182

176

170

164

152

152

152

152

146

141

141

141

141

141

141

158

242

235

188

170

164

158

158

158

170

164

Maximum

) 920

L 1,640

260

1,880

311

1,040

1,490

242

920

841

480

415

1,160

1,640

May

250

280

319

537

480

287

214

188

170

152

152

164

182

176

338

689

613

822

920

822

406

242

194

311

415

287

228

188

280

689

803

Minimum

82

158

141

69

130

176

170

141 1 ^9 J.OC

59

58

57

66

57

June

841

556

311

221

208

188

152

130

115

106

110

115

99

90

87

86

85

80

76

74

73

78

90

87

80

76

66

61

59

66

Mean

154 38*

18'

307

181

3<JC

407

167 ZQ1

OOJ

149

161

115 

293

244

July

67

65

58

58

76

L88

194

152

99

188

201

136

124

221

152

113

96

90

85

74

149

344

235

124

118

230

480

415

228

123

101

Aug.

92

83

80

88

146

88

75

68

63

64

66

70

75

68

63

57

64

68

68

126

228

235

415

353

208

119

94

86

80

81

82

Per square 

mile

0 . 623

1.57

.757

1.24

.741

1.46

1. 65

 676

1.54 

.603

 652

.466

1.19

.988

Sept.

76

78

78

75

68

66

82

87

130

575

920

1,160

1,140

765

805

311

158

122

108

100

113

318

518

250

152

121

106

104

103

102

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.72

1.75

 87

16.84

.85

I

CO

 OC

1.90

.75

1

70

 rO

.67

.75

.54

1.33

13.43

Peak discharge (base, 1,700 see . -f t . ) . No peak above base.

a No gage-height recordj discharge computed on basis of records for Appomattcx River at Parmville 

and Slate River near Arvonia.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed as explained in footnote a.
50 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Fine Creek at Pine Creek Mills, Va.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 37°36', long. 77°49', at highway bridge at Fine Creek Mills, 

tnree-quarters 'of a mile upstream from mouth and 7 miles northeast of Powhatan, Powhatan County.

Drainage area.--23 square miles.

Records available. July 1944 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 718 second-feet Sept. 13 (gage height, 

4.t>u feet); minimum observed, 4.0 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 1.63 feet).

1944-50: 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.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

6

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

e.e

9.2

9.2

s.a

a.s

e.e 1111

10

10

9.2

e.e

9.2

9.2

10

10

10

9.8

9.2

8.4

8.4

e.o

e.o

e.o

8.4

11

10

9.2

60

19

270

Nov.

192

304

102

46

31

24

23

22

21

19

18

17

17

49

26

21

20

17

17

17

17

16

15

15

17

16

15

13

17

16

-

Dec.

15

15

14

15

14

14

15

14

13

19

27

20

28

32

22

21

16

19

30

20

19

17

20ie

17

19

47

27

22

20

20

Jan.

19

19

20

19

19

19

19

24

16

16

17

17

33

23

19

23

19

19

25

27

21

21

20

19

19

19

20

22

20

25

96

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

ber ..........................

mber . . .

mber .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

May

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

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

Augu 

Sept

st ...........................

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

66

47

33

26

23

26

24

20

26

34

29

23

22

25

26

22

20

19

18

16

16

17

27ie

17

20

16

17

_

_

-

Secondfoe t-days

609.4 

1,160 

629

9,545.9

714

1,124

507

1,105.6

454 *i

405 ! 6

474.6 

1,050.0

6,926.9

Mar.

29

20

15

15

17

17

16

23

20

16

17

19

56

24

21

20

24

29

20

19

116

41

236

94

39

31

29

29

27

23

22

Apr.

20

20

20

19

19

17

16

16

16

16

16

15

15

15

16

16

16

16

15

27

22

16

16

16

14

14

13

13

13

24

-

Maximum

270 

304 

47

389

96

66

236

27

179

66

34

125 

406

406

May

17

19

29

20

14

11

13

13

10

9.8

e.e

22

19

15

27

20

14

91

179

69

29

22

23

33

45

35

23

23

167

45

40

Minimum

e.o

13 

13

4.6

16

16

15

13

6.8

6.9

6.2

4.0 

5.2

4.0

June

66

29

23

27

24

19

16

13

13

15

20

12

11

10

10

8.8

9.6

8.8

9.6

8.6

11

9.2

16

11

11

12

7.6

6.9

8.0

8.0

Mean

19.7 

38.7 

20.3

26.2

23.0

24 1 6

36.3 

16 .9

35.7

15.2

isii

15.3 

35.0

24.5

July

7.6

6.9

6.2

11

15

13

13

10

15

19

15

10

11

12

10

20

10

e.o

8.4

7.2

34

27

13

10

11

26

22

10

9.6

7.6

6.9

Aug.

6.2

6.5

7.2

7.6

6.2

6.2

5.9

5.2

4.9

5.2

4.9

4.6

4.0

4.6

4.6

5.6

6.2

6.2

5.9

69

24

125

56

16

10

9.6

8.4

8.0

7.6

6.9

6.2

Per square 

mile

0.657 

1.66 

.663

1.14

1.00

1.08

1.58

.735

1.55 

.661

.570 

.665 

' 1.52

1.07

Sept.

6.2

6.2

S.5

6.2

5.6

5.2

5.9

6.2

16

66

26

16

406

43

29

19

19

13

14

13

13

49

116

29

24

20

20

17

15

19

Runoff in 

inch**

0.99 

1.87 

1.02

15.43

1.15

1.12

00 . 62 

1.79

.74

.66 

.77 

1.70

14.45
JAMES RIVER BASIN 51

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, 1^ 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, j

Records available.--September 1936 to September 1950. 

Average discharge.--14 years, 866 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,230 second-feet Oct. 31 (gage height, 8.53 

reet); no flow at times when head gates were closed.

1936-50: Maximum gage height, 19.7 fe'et Sept. 20, 1944 (discharge not determined); 

no flow at times when head gates were closed.

Remarks. Records good except those below 300 second-feet, 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 

record of flow of James River near Richmond see page 21.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

0.88 0 4.0

1.0 10 5.0

2.0 111 7.0

3.0 227 8.0

361

520

915

1,120

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 tc September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

915

419

957

936

936

936

915

80

260

999

957

957

936

936

936

936

936

936

915

936

894

915

915

915

915

915

915

780

360

999

1,060

Nov.

1,060

1,040

1,020

1,020

936

978

1,080

1,060

1,040

999

999

978

978

978

999

978

957

957

957

936

915

936

915

915

915

915

915

915

915

915

-

Dec.

915

915

915

915

915

915

915

915

894

894

915

915

915

999

1,060

1,020

847

584

1,060

1,060

1,060

1,080

1,040

1,040

1,060

1,040

1,060

1,080

1,080

1,120

1,060

Jan.

1,040

1,060

1,060

1,040

1,040

1,020

1,020

999

978

957

957

957

978

999

978

999

1,020

1,040

1,040

923

453

1,060

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,080

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,080

1,060

1,040

1,060

1,040

1,040

1,060

1,060

1,O40

1,020

1,040

1,040

1,060

1,060

1,060

1,080

1,060

1,040

1,060

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,060

1,060

.

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

26,317

29 12]

30^203

356,097

30,918

29,680

32,720

30,881

30,582

29,900 

28 j 78E

27,405 

27 72E

354,243

Mar.

1,060

1,060

1,06O

1,040

1,020

1,040

1,020

1,020

1,040

1,040

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,040

1,060

1,060

1,060

1,040

1,040

1,060

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,060

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,100

1,100

1,080

Apr.

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

Maximum

1,060

1,080

1,120

1,300

1,080

1,080

 1,100

1,100

1,120

1,100

1,040

1,020

1,120

1,120

060

060

100

100

100

100

080

060

040

040

040

020

020

020

020

999

999

999

999

999

020

020

999

999

999

999

999

999

999

999

May

999

1,040

1,040

1,080

1,080

1,060

1,040

1,060

1,080

1,060

999

1,060

708

1,060

1,060

1,120

1,080

1,060

1,080

957

1,040

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,100

1,040

0

239

1,080

1,060

1,060

Minimum

80

915

894

- 0

453

1,020

1,020 

999

0

482

255

298

0

0

June

1,080

1,100

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,060

1,060

482

1,080

1,060

1,040

1.O40

999

999

999

978

957

957

957

957

957

957

957

957

957

915

915

-

Mean

849

971

974

981

997

1,060

1,055

1,030 

987

997

929

884

924

. 971

July

936

915

9L5

915

915

936

957

999

957

978

957

' 957

957

957

547

999

999

957

957

915

957

1,020

999

978

957

957

1,020

1,040

255

. 999

978

Aug.

957

957

936

918

416

957

936

915

894

894

873

894

873

894

873

873

873

837

298

915

957

957

1,020

1,020

978

936

936

915

915

894

894

Sept.

873

894

894

915

915

873

873

915

915

1,040

1,060

999

1,040

1,120

1,080

1,060

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,060

1,040

0

266

1,100

1,120

1,080

1,040

1,020

213

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches
52 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 

roues 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,420 second-feet Nov. 2 (gage height, 5.91 

reet); minimum, 4.9 second-feet Sept. 8, 9 (gage height, 1.25 feet).

1942-50: 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).

Rating table, water year 1949-5O (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

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

1.2 3.8 2.1 54

1.3 6.0 2.3 77

1.4 9.1 2.5 104

1.5 13 2.7 136

1.7 23 3.1 214

1.9 36 3.3 256

3.6 334

4.0 465

4.5 655

5.0 890

5.6 1,220

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949- to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

25

20

18

17

16

16

16

15

14

14

14

14

14

13

13

13

13

13

14

13

12

12

12

12

12

13

15

18

1O9

86

1,160

Nov.

745

1,190

437

2O8

143

110

94

82

73

67

64

56

52

72

81

61

53

49

44

43

42

4O

38

38

41

44

39

37

39

41

Dec.

38

35

31

30

31

30

31

30

29

28

53

62

55

77

70

54

44

42

75

76

62

56

56

6O

49

47

53

55

47

42

38

Jan.

38

38

39

42

4O

38

37

32

31

32

32

35

90

70

51

45

43

46

53

70

54

49

48

46

42

40

42

50

44

46

106

Feb.

140

134

104

75

69

70

75

63

60

71

70

61

57

63

75

70

58

50

48

44

42

43

63

63

50

52

52

51

_

-

unn+t. Seoond- 

"onth foot-days

October. ......................... 1,766

November ......................... 4,123

December. ........................ 1,486

Calendar year 1949 ............ 27,218.1

January .......................... 1,469

February l 873

Mar oh ............................ 2 , 588

April ............................ 1,176

May. ............................. 2,175

June ............................. 799

July ............................. 1 , 9O4 . 2

August ........................... 434 . 7

September. ....................... 707.5

Water year 1949-50 ............ 2o,50l.4

Mar.

60

53

42

38

39

40

38

44

50

39

36

38

60

90

61

55

65

104

77

64

190

178

309

190

128

98

87

87

87

76

65

Apr.

Maximum

1,160

1,190

77

1,190

106

140

309

58

196

97

261

32

107

1,190

58

56

54

52

53

54

47

42

41

38

39

38

36

35

32

32

32

32

32

35

50

40

34

32

32

32

31

30

28

29

May

35

38

100

94

60

46

81

71

48

40

36

38

45

41

57

58

44

61

154

119

73

55

44

65

55

52

50

45

196

176

98

Minimum

12

37

28

8.2

31

42

36

28

35

11

8.5

6.6

4.9

4.9

June

97

72

50

42

42

35

30

26

24

22

44

32

23

20

20

18

18

15

14

14

14

14

14

14

13

20

16

11

11

14

-

Mean

57.0

137

47.9

74.6

47.4

66.9

83.5

39.2

70.2

26.6

61.4

14.0

23.6

56.2

July

13

9.9

8.5

8.8

24

64

76

42

30

158

116

63

71

56

43

128

84

42

31

26

95

198

261

45

36

32

48

34

25

20

16

Aug.

16

13

14

19

17

13

12

12

11

8.8

8.5

7.9

7.6

6.9

6.6

6.9

8.2

8.5

6.6

30

20

26

32

31

25

16

12

11

10

9.1

9.1

Sept.

8.5

7.2

7.2

7.2

6.0

5.1

5.1

4.9

6.3

107

45

23

18

18

36

25

16

13

12

11

11

48

98

46

27

22

20

19

18

17

-

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

1.06 1.22

2.54 2.83

.887 1 . 02

1.38 18.73

.878 1.O1

1.24 1.29

1.55 1.79

.726 .81

1.3O 1.5O

.493 .55

1.14 1.31

.259 .30

.437 .49

1.04 14.12

Peak discharge (base. 5OO see.-ft.). Nov. 2 (7 a.m.) 1.42O sec.-ft.
JAMES RIVER BASIN 53

Appomattox River at Farmvllle, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37 C 18', long. 78 C 23', at highway bridge 1,000 

reet north of town limits of Farmville, Prince Edward County, and l£ miles downstream from Buffalo Creek. Datum of gage is 281.93 feet above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929.

Drainage area. 306 square miles.

Hecoras available. March 1926 to September 1950.

Average aiscnarge. 24 years, 302 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,350 second-feet Nov. 1 (gage height, 15.59 

reet); minimum, 61 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 3.53 feet); minimum daily, 100 

second-feet Aug. 15.

1926-50: 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 periods 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 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 14-30}

3.9 96 10.0 1,

4.5 168 12.5 1,

5.5 300 14.0 2,

7.0 510 15.0 2,

8.5 735

110

730

200

SOO

Discharge, in aecond-feet, water year October 1949- to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

a!30

a!20

alio

allo

alio

alio

254

705

272

188

159

146

140

137

138

137

134

131

129

125

122

122

122

122

120

130

165

145

428

742

1,190

Nov. .

2,660

2,070

1,760

765

440

335

286

259

246

233

220

214

207

246

a260

a260

a230

a210

200

194

194

188

181

181

188

188

181

174

181

194

-

Dec.

181

174

168

165

168

165

168

167

162

165

233

279

252

279

300

246

207

220

286

307

252

233

233

233

207

207

300

328

259

233

214

Jan.

214

206

207

220

214

200

200

188

181

181

188

188

246

240

214

200

200

200

226

335

266

240

233

220

214

207

214

233

220

278

1,000

Honth

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

Maroh ............................

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

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

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

July .....:.......................

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,180

.912

542

a350

a340

a340

a340

a320

a310

aSOO

a490

a470

a370

a340

356

335

286

259

252

240

226

233

321

293

246

252

a260

a260

_

-

-

Seoondfoot-days

6,89

13,14

6,99

114,85

7,57

10,62

12 37

6, 35

13 37

5,62

 10,35

5,73

11,48

110,52

Mar.

a260

a230

3.200

a210

a200

a200

a200

a21o

a210

a220

a21o

a21o

a200

a300

a450

a370

a300

a350

a450

a350

a400

aSlo

2,030

1,530

574

398

349

335

328

307

272

Apr.

259

259

252

240

252

252

226

214

214

207

207

207

L94

L8S

188

188

]

]

LSI

LSI

LSI

207

252

;

]

]

'07

LSS

LSS

181

188

]

]

]'

Maximum

5 1,190

5 2,660

1 328

3 2,660

1 1,000

5 1,180

3 2,030

3 " 307

3 1,420

426

3 869

1 496

5 1,360

I 2,660

SS

LSI

LSI

i07

-

May

335

342

725

640

364

266

279

259

220

200

194

181

200

194

424

725

398

990

1,420

620

342

266

240

440

342

266

233

318

869

685

356

Minimum

110

174

162

90

181

226

200

181

181

112

110

100

132

100

June

426

321

226

214

220

194

168

155

148

155

Z20

168

141

136

132

126

124

120

112

132

164

200

220

356

252

226

140

122

122

181

-

Mean

222

43£

22f

31E

24-

37£ 39*

212

431 18"

334

18£

382

30,

July

138

123

115

110

370

349

426

356

226

370

356

370

765

574

412

370

226

181

159

200

252

454

454

220

300

869

645

370

240

194

162

Aug.

147

L47

240

584

214

151

L34

L23

L18

114

115

111

L10

LOS

100

108

]

]

]

L25

L18

LOS

174

194

'

4

584

196

L82

233

168

]

]

]

2

48

L35

L52

46

150

Per square 

Bile

0.7Z5

> 1.43

> .739

1.03

L .797

1.24

) 1.30

.693

1.41

r .611

I 1.09

> .605

5 1.25

S .990

Sept.

135

136

132

141

214

286

266

151

556

1,380

1,210

510

1,300

1,210

412

266

226

188

167

158

181

321

482

426

226

181

168

160

156

158

Runoff in 

inches

0.84

1.60

.85

13.93

.92

1.29

1.50

.77

1.63

.68

1.26

.70

1.40

13.44

Peak discharge (base. 5.500 sec.-ft.),_no peak above_baa&. 

a Nc gage-height record] discharge computed on basis of 1 discharge 

stage, and records for stations at Mattoax and near Petersburg.

easurement, recorded range in

231536 O - 53 - 5
54 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 1950.

Average discharge. 29 years, 741 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 6,230 second-feet Nov. 4 (gage height, 22.09

 Feet); minimum, 189 second-feet Aug. 16, 17; minimum gage height, 6.05 feet-Oct. 7.

1900-5, 1926-50: 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 second-feet on basis of records for stations at Farmvllle and near Petersburg; minimum, 

11 second-feet Oct. 2, 1930 (gage height, 3.52 feet).

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). W 782: Drainage area. W 872: 1938. W 972: 1928, 1932, 1934-

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

258

250

226

211

211

211

211

 297

895

506

352

291

274

258

250

250

258

258

250

242

234

226

226

218

218

234

242

282

633

1,150

4,070

NOV.

4,350

5,150

5,360

6,120

5,800

4,060

1,060

788

684

609

550

506

485

597

736

633

506

465

445

425

415

406

388

379

379

379

379

370

370

370

"

Dec.

370

370

343

334

334

334

334

325

316

316

361

455

528

561

585

609

485

425

495

597

633

528

506

506

475

445

539

658

684

550

495

Jan.

465

455

455

455

465

465

455

435

415

406

415

425

539

597

573

517

495

475

506

633

710

633

561

528

506

495

495

517

539

561

1,530

Month

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

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

December .'........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

2,490

2,690

2,320

1,290

922

788

786

762

710

814

1,150

1,120

895

aSOO

a850

aSOO

a700

a620

a6OO

a560

a 540

a560

a750

684

658

a6OO

a580

561

-

-

-

Seoondf cot-days

13,69!

43,16'

14,49

299, 67<

16, 711

26, 60!

32, 67^

13,80

34, 74^

16, 48^

23 j 69

10,39!

24,46]

270,922

Mar.

561

539

495

455

445

445

445

455

485

506

465

445

506

762

1,030

762

684

868

1,060

814

1,320

1,840

3,190

3,150

3,260

3,190

1,210

922

841

788

736

Apr.

658

609

597

573

550

539

526

485

465

455

445

445

435

425

415

397

397

397

388

406

475

506

564

415

406

397

379

379

379

397

-

Maximum

I 4,070

1 6,120

3 684

} 6,120

L 1,530

> 2,690

L 3,260

7 CCQ DOO

L 2,870

L 1,810

3 1,780

> 870

L 2,290

5 6,120

May

517

684

1,030

1,650

1,440

S68

710

736

658

528

475

445

435

445

495

978

1,380

1,530

2,420

2,390

1,710

788

633

609

1,120

1,090

658

762

2,030

2,660

2,870

Minimum

211

370

316

211

Af\fi 4UO

540

445

379

435

291

266

189

211

189

June

1,810

1,320

1,020

736

65S

609

550

485

445

435

528

633

506

415

379

370

352

334

325

308

308

343

415

485

868

561

379

325

291

291

-

Msan

442

1,43E

466

821

53S

95C

1,054

46C

1,121

54!

764

331

815

742

July

316

325

282

266

308

591

788

710

597

922

1,060

736

1,180

1,780

1,180

1,440

950

550

406

343

469

841

1,060

762

485

762

1,590

1,320

814

475

388

Aug.

334

300

361

870

710

435

316

274

250

226

218

211

211

2O4

189

189

189

2O4

211

211

234

379

517

684

658

415

291

258

226

211

406

Per square 

 lie

0.606

1.97

.642

1.13

.739

1.30

1.45

.631

1.54

.753

1.05

.460

1.12

1.02

Sept.

300

258

250

234

211

211

334

343

445

1,560

2,290

2,260

2,260

2,260

2,260

1,150

633

517

455

406

388

435

Ml

1,210

984

506

406

379

352

343

Runoff in 

inches

0.70

2.20

.74

15.29

.85

1.35

1*67

.70

1 «78

.84

1.21 Z9

 OO

1 

OC CO

13.82

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 sec. -ft.). Nov. 4 (2 D.m. to 6 D.m.) 6.23d seo.-ft.

a No gage-height reccrd; discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage and records for 

stations at Farmville and near Petersburg.
JANES RIVER BASIN 55

Appomattox River near Petersburg, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°14', long. 77°33', 1? miles upstream from Wallace 

CreeK, 1\ 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 1950. May 1927 to September 1931 at site 

i mile downstream.

Average discharge. 22 years (1927-30, 1931-50), 1,247 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 11,400 second-feet Nov. 4 (gage height, 11.70 

reet); minimum, 305 second-feet Aug. 16, Sept. 7 (gage height, 2.82 feet).

1927-50: 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.

Revisions (water years). W 757: 1932-33. ¥802: 1936(M). W 972: 1932,1934-35.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

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

2.8 296 5.0 2,100 

2.9 339 7.0 4,300 

3.2 490 8.0 5,500 

3.5 685 10.0 8,250 

4.0 1,100 12.0 12,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September- 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

446 

420 

400 

371 

357

362 

367 

371 

604 

976

615 

484 

430 

410 

405

400 

400 

405 

405 

400

380 

376 

367 

357 

367

367 

390 

420 

892 

1,330 

4,540

Nov.

6,940 

9,400

n,doo

11,200 

9,400

7,950 

6,280 

1,680 

1,170 

1,060

984 

916 

874 

925 

1,140

1,140 

959 

874 

816 

784

760 

745 

715 

700 

700

722 

708 

692 

692 

715

Dec.

708 

685 

664 

629 

615

622 

622 

615 

602 

596

671 

874 

984 

1,130 

1,190

1,130 

976 

848 

925 

1,140

1,140 

1,050 

942 

959 

882

824 

840 

1,070 

1,140 

1,020 

874

Jan.

808 

776 

768 

784 

792

784 

760 

722 

678 

671

657 

671 

959 

1,130 

1,030

908 

857 

832 

866 

1,100

1,160 

1,110 

993 

916 

866

824 

816 

908 

925 

934 

1,780

Month

Ooto 

Hove 

Decs

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

IJPy1

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 194! 

ary

st ...........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

3,420 

3,970 

3,750 

2,600 

1,680

1,380 

1,380 

1,330 

1,240 

1,280

1,630 

1,780 

1,580 

1,380 

1,480

1,530 

1,430 

Ij240 

1,090 

1,030

959 

925 

1,060 

1,280 

1,240

1,120 

1,070 

1,060

Secondfoot-days

18,81 

82,64 

26,96

498,97

27,78 

44,91 

58,86 

25,43 

64,45 

27,19 

39,25 

16,51 

35,98(

468,81

Mar.

1,070 

1,050 

950 

866 

832

832 

832 

866 

959 

925

882 

832 

968 

1,480 

1,630

1,530 

1,330 

1,680 

1,780 

1,680

2,210 

3,090 

5,020 

5,890 

5,630

4,660 

3,420 

1,730 

1,530 

1,430 

1,280

Apr.

1,190 

1,120 

1,070 

1,050 

1,010

993 

959 

916 

866 

832

824 

808 

792 

768 

738

722 

715 

715 

708 

730

874 

959 

900 

808 

752

730 

715 

700 

692 

776

Maximum

I 4,540 

L 11,200 

7 1,190

5 11,200

5 1,780 

i 3,970 

i 5,890 

> 1,190 

7 4,780 

5 3,860 

L i-2,480 

J 1,330 

) 4,660

7 11,200

Peak discharge (base. 5,000 sec. -ft.). Nov. 4 (4 a.m.

p.m.; e,ozo sec. -ft.; nay 31 (1 a.m.) 5,OZO jec.-ft.j Set

Hay

1,020 

1,330 

2,600 

3,530 

3,200

1,940 

1,530 

1,580 

1,430 

1,120

950 

857 

840 

840 

1,030

1,330 

1,880 

2,210 

4,080 

4,540

3,860 

2,100 

1,240 

1,080 

1,240

1,990 

1,480 

1,100 

3,090 

4,660 

4,780

Minimum

357 

692 

596

330

657 

. 925 

832 

692 

840 

468 

410 

313 

313

313

June

3,860 

2,040 

1,680 

1,190 

1,000

916 

832 

738 

671 

643

1,050 

1,170 

968 

715 

608

576 

556 

532 

508 

496

514 

550 

657 

715 

840

1,020 

692 

520 

' 468 

468

Mean

607 

2,75E 

87C

1,367

896 

1,604 

1,899 

846 

2,079 

906 

1,266 

533 

1,199

1,284

July

490 

490 

462 

410 

474

700 

1,430 

1,240 

1,030 

1,380

2,480 

1,990 

1,280 

2,380 

2,100

2,320 

1,880 

1,140 

768 

615

715 

1,880 

1,94O 

1,480 

993

784 

1,430 

1,940 

1,480 

900 

650

Aug.

1,

1, 

1,

Per square 

mile

0.455 

2.06 

.652

1.02

.671 

1.20 

1.42 

.635 

1.56 

.679 

.948 

.399 

.898

.962

to 8 a.m.) 11.400 sec. -ft.; Mar. 

t. 10 (1 p.m.) 5,140 sec. -ft.

532 

508 

738 

840 

330

857 

582 

468 

410 

376

357 

348 

339 

330 

322

313 

322 

339 

348 

348

339 

415 

685 

080 

060

832 

563 

425 

385 

357 

371

Sept.

550 

468 

462 

376 

339

318 

313 

435 

659 

4/660

3,750 

3,310 

2,540 

2,600 

2,430

2,100 

934 

664 

582 

532

484 

544 

874 

1,380 

1,430

968 

657 

563 

538 

520

Runoff in 

inches

0.52 

2.30 

.75

13.91

.77 

 1.25 

1.64 

.71 

1.80 

.76 

1.09 

.46 

1.00

13.05

24 (11:30
56 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 Farmville.

Drainage area. 70 square miles.

Records available. August 1946 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 820 second-feet Mar. 23 (gage height, 

b.oa feet); minimum observed, 24 second-feet Oct. 3, 4j minimum gage height observed, 

1.94 feet Oct; 3.

1946-50: 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. Gage read once daily.

Discharge, in ssoond-feet, water year October 1949-to Septembsr 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

26

25

24

24

25

26

26

45

40

35

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

31

31

30

30

29

28

27

26

30

35

30

142

65

398

Nov.

472

368

200

160

118

103

85

58

55

52

50

48

45

88

58

52

48

48

45

45

42

45

45

42

42

42

42

40

42

42

-

Dec.

42

42

42

42

40

40

40

40

40

42

60

70

55

62

65

52

50

50

70

62

58

52

52

52

52

58

68

62

55

50

45

Jan.

45

42

42

45

42

42

45

40

38

38

38

38

55

58

42

42

42

42

68

58

50

48

45

45

42

42

42

48

50

50

290

Month

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

Novenber .........................

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Septenber ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

70

173

110

85

72

65

70

70

68

70

110

85

70

70

75

68

65

62

62

58

52

55

110

65

60

60

60

60

_

_

-

Seccndfcct-days

1,455

2,625

1,61(

24,48!

1,65.1

2,10(

3,20<

1,54!

2,87"

1,88'

3 97

1

OOC f OO»

2,49!

27,29

Mar.

58

52

50

48

48

50

42

55

62

50

50

50

60

127

70

62

58

118

62

65

166

100

820

281

122

91

80

eo

78

80

65

Apr.

65

65

62

60

60

60

55

52

58

55

52

50

50

48

48

45

42

42

42

42

62

50

48

48

45

45

45

40

38

75

Maximum

> 398

> 472

) 70

> 472

I 290

) 173

) 820

J 75

r 398

L 166

: 383

> 272

3 300

3 820

May

65

55

106

106

72

65

68

65

52

48

45

45

50

52

55

180

72

290

398

114

82

58

58

114

65

62

58

58

127

122

70

Minisnin

24

40

40

24

38

52

42

38

45

35

38

31

34

24

June

166

142

58

100

52

48

48

48

42

42

58

45

42

42

40

40

40

38

35

40

48

82

160

122

88

55

40

40

40

40

Mean

46. £

67.4

51. S

67.1

53.4

75. C

103

51.6

92. E

62.7

128

60 *f

83.2

74.6

July

40

38

38

38

88

82

215

103

100

215

91

100

263

193

246

103

75

70

50

65

173

355

78

72

320

383

180

42

48

58

52

Aug.

48

50

132

72

55

48

38

38

38

35

35

35

34

32

31

33

38

34

33

34

68

103

272

127

70

58

55

52

45

97

Per square 

 ile

0.669

1.25

.741

.'959

.763

1.07

1.47

.737

1.33

.896

1

OZ 

#OO

I

QCQ 

 OD9

1.19

1.07

45

Sept.

40

35

40

45

40

34

34

35

45

91

160

80

230

208

97

55

55

55

48

45

52

52

300

281

68

60

55

50

50

55

Runoff In 

inches

0.77

1.40

.85

13.01

.88

1.11

1.70

.82

1.53

1.00

2.11

1.00

1.33

14.50
JAMES RIVER BASIN 57

Deep Creek near Mannboro, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°17>, long. 77°52i, at bridge on State Highway 

as, 0.7 mile upstream from Sweathouse Creek, 3.5 miles northwest of Mannboro, and 7 5 

miles southeast of Amelia, Amelia County.

Drainage area. 156 square miles.

Records available. September 1946 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,480 second-feet Nov. 2 (gage height 10 49 

I'eetJ; minimum, 25 second-feet Sept. 6, 7 (gage height, 1.33 feet).

1946-50: 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 (sage ' 

height, 1.08 feet).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1-31, Jan. 31 to Sept. 23 Nov. 1 to Jan. 30, Sept. 24-30

1.3 24 2.3 83 4.0 243 1.8 44 4.0 235 6.5 

1.5 33 3.0 139 4.5 312 2.0 56 4.5 305 7.0 

1.9 57 3.5 186 5.0 393 2.5 90 5.O 393 8.0 

5 _Not|.--Same as following table above f|° «| f;* «* | : g

Discharge, in seoond-feet, water year October 1949- to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

44 

41 

40 

39 

39

38 

38 

42 

45 

44

41 

40 

40 

38 

40

41 

42 

43 

43 

40

38 

38 

38 

37 

37

39 

49 

49 

141 

199 

842

Nov.

2,280 

2,300 

1,640 

578 

338

217 

153 

134 

116 

108

104 

100 

94 

100 

100

94 

88 

88 

84 

84

84 

S2 

78 

78 

81

82 

80 

77 

80 

87

Dec.

82 

76 

72 

70 

72

72 

72 

72 

68 

68

100 

129 

116 

124 

143

112 

85 

94 

120 

134

108 

97 

97 

94 

85

82 

97 

112

97 

86 

81

Jan.

79 

80 

81 

84 

82

SO 

79 

73 

69 

70

71 

72 

129 

129 

97

89 

86 

86 

97 

124

108 

97 

94 

89 

85

82 

84 

100 

94 

97 

266

Month

Ooto 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary . .

h............. ...............

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

384 

327 

237 

166 

134

12S 

134 

122 

114 

139

162 

139 

122 

126 

152

152 

126 

110 

106 

102

96 

96 

118 

139 

114

110 

110 

106

Seoondfoot-days

2,32E 

9, 60S 

2,917

55,374

2^952 

4,06£ 

6,402 

2,661 

8,76£ 

2,45£ 

4,59S 

1,742 

2,22C

50,72E

Mar.

106 

100 

S8 

84 

89

90 

86 

96 

104 

89

83 

85 

117 

219 

157

118 

139 

207 

176 

130

315 

505 

836 

992 

427

213 

171 

162 

157 

139 

122

Apr.

114 

114 

110 

106 

104

104 

96 

90 

89 

85

86 

86 

82 

79 

78

77 

76 

75 

75 

83

118 

96 

84 

82 

77

75 

72 

70 

68 

110

Maximum

842 

2,300 

143

2,300

266 

384 

992 

118 

868 

202 

665 

144 

36S

2,300

Peak discharge (base. 1.200 sec .-ft.). Nov. 2 (9 c.m. 

sec. -ft.) May 20 (8t30 a.m.) 1,350 sec. -ft.

May

166 

176 

467 

718 

473

191 

166 

231 

166 

118

102 

92 

96 

93 

110

157 

126 

191 

628 

868

420 

157 

122 

166 

181

256 

139 

134 

578 

745 

536

Minimum

37 

77 

68

22

69 

96 

83 

68 

92 

43 

40 

33 

26

26

June

202 

144 

114 

101 

100

89 

77 

70 

65 

63

158 

148 

77 

68 

64

58 

57 

52 

50 

51

63 

99 

89 

86 

64

54 

48 

43 

43 

62

Mean

75.0 

320 

94.1

152

95.3 

145 

207 

88.7 

283 

82. C 

148 

56.2 

74. C

139

July

53 

45 

40 

44 

103

114 

166 

134 

89 

502

665 

166 

130 

130 

139

126 

102 

77 

64 

59

90 

344 

330 

106 

85

78 

190 

170 

130 

69 

59

745 

900 

1,300 

1,910 

2,300

Aug.

53 

144 

134 

106 

72

5S 

52 

47 

44 

41

38 

38 

37 

35 

33

34 

44 

43 

38 

35

47 

53 

72 

105 

91

57 

45 

40 

37 

35 

34

Per gqumre 

Ulle

0.481 

2.05 

.603

.974

.611 

.929 

1.33 

.569 

1.81 

.526 

.949 

.360 

.474

.891

3,430 sec. -ft.) Mar. 24 (1 a.m.

Sept.

32 

34

34 

31 

29

26 

26 

26 

44

148

320 

368 

84 

67 

62

53 

46 

42 

40 

40

40 

58 

166 

116 

62

48 

45 

44 

44 

45

Runoff in 

inches

0.55 

2.29 

.70

13.20

.70 

.97 

1.53 

.63 

2.09 

.59 

1.09 

.42 

.53

12.09
58 JAMES RIVER BASIN

Chickahominy River near Providence Forge, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°26'10", long. 77 "03 "40", 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,820 second-feet Nov. 5 (gage height, 9.13 

reet); minimum, 26 second-feet July 5 (gage height, 2.10 feet).

1942-50: 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.

Rating tables, water year 1949-So (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-14)

Oct. 1 to June 4 June 5 to Sept. 30

2.2 

2.4 

2.8 

3.2

4.0

104

180

5.0 

6.0 

.6.8 

7.1 

7.5

285

408

527

592

725

8.0 

8.5 

9.1

955

1,250

1,820

2.1 

2.3 

2.6 

3.2

26

39

60

110

4.0 182

5.0 285

6.0 408

7.0 567

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

91 

91 

70 

56 

50

50 

49 

49 

48 

46

42 

39 

38 

38 

38

40 

40 

40 

40 

38

36 

35 

35 

34 

34

33 

34 

36

108 

136 

190

Nov.

274 

465 

704 

1,490 

1,820

1,590 

1,320 

1,060 

811 

567

450 

343 

268

225 

200

185 

180 

185 

205 

225

236 

220 

195 

175 

160

155 

150 

145 

160 

170

Dec.

170 

165 

155 

145 

140

131 

122 

118 

113

113

136 

155 

170 

200 

215

225 

225 

220 

230 

241

230 

225 

230 

246 

246

236

220 

210 

200 

190 

185

Jan.

190 

185 

175 

165 

155

150 

150 

145 

140 

136

126 

126 

165 

185 

210

225 

236 

263 

280 

280

246 

236 

230 

236 

236

220 

205 

190 

185 

180 

210

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

'Augu 

Sept

Da

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 ...........

ary

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

st ..........................

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

241 

285 

331 

355 

450

567 

592 

527 

436 

368

307 

280 

263 

263 

285

307 

307 

274 

263 

263

246 

225 

220 

23O

225

230 

230 

236

Secondfoot-days

1,704 

14,333 

5,807

101,111

6,061 

8,806 

11,458 

5,463 

6,630 

4,624 

5,488 

2,891 

2,740

76,005

Mar.

230 

225 

215 

210 

205

205 

195 

185 

215 

195

195 

190 

210 

241 

241

252 

280 

319 

343 

331

343 

355 

450 

527 

592

767 

905 

857 

767 

686 

527

Apr.

408 

343 

307 

274 

246

236

220 

210 

200 

190

180 

165 

155 

145 

140

136 

131

122 

122 

122

131 

145 

145 

155 

160

155 

140 

136 

126

118

Maximum

190 

1,820 

246

1,820

280 

592 

905 

408 

343 

592 

381 

355 

164

1,820

May

118 

122 

175 

268 

274

246 

268 

274 

225 

185

155 

126 

104 

100 

118

175 

190 

200 

246 

296

331 

343 

319 

331 

331

285 

185 

145 

155 

160 

180

Minimum

33

145 

113

28

126 

220 

185 

118 

100 

28 

28 

30 

31

28

June

236 

307 

480 

592 

545

450 

343 

225 

164 

119

137 

105 

86 

74 

71

82 

74 

60 

50 

46

45 

44 

45 

44 

41

38 

34 

30 

28 

29

Mean

55. C 

478 

187

277

196 

314 

370 

182 

214 

154 

177 

93.3 

91.2

208

July

33 

36 

31 

28 

28

79 

128 

128 

150 

168

150 

110 

108 

142 

205

296 

263 

220 

263 

307

381 

381 

285 

280 

246

215 

225 

186 

142 

132 

142

Aug.

132 

84 

73 

74 

68

56 

55 

a60 

62 

47

40 

36 

34 

32 

30

30 

33 

36 

36 

34

41 

70 

150 

258 

355

319 

196 

173 

146 

77 

54

Per square 

mile

0.221 

1.92 

.751

1.11

.787 

1.26 

1.49 

.731 

.859 

.618 

.711 

.375 

.367

.835

Sept.

50 

46 

50 

45 

45

37 

33 

31 

32 

56

89 

110 

110 

114 

110

97 

105 

110 

119 

124

85

79 

142 

150 

164

155 

150 

137 

89 

76

Runoff in 

inches

0.25 

2.14 

.87

15.10

.91 

1.31 

1.72 

.82 

.99 

.69 

.82 

.43 

.41

11.36

Peak discharge [base, 1,000 sec. -ft. ). Nov. 5 (7:30 a.m.) 1,820 sec. -ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge Interpolated.
DISMAL SWAMP BASIN 59

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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum gage height during year, 5,21 feet Nov. 11; minimum, 4.Op feet July 6. 

 T926-50: 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.

Page height, In feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

4.96

4.91

4.91

4.83

4.80

4.77

4.76

4.77

4.74

4.73

4.70

4.69

4.71

4.61

4.61

4.57

4.53

4.52

4.51

4.47

4.46

4.35

4.37

4.36

4.33

4.33

4.32

4.29

4.26

4.24

4.26

Nov.

4.31

4.46

4.65

4.76

4.81

4.79

4.86

4.94

5.04

5.08

5.16

5.12

5.07

5.03

4.97

4.95

4.95

4.95

4.90

4.91

4.90

4.90

4.91

4.93

4.91

4.95

4.93

4.92

4.97

5.01

-

Dec.

5.02

5.03

5.03

5.03

5.03

5.01

5.05

5.03

5.01

5.04

5.03

5.03

5.04

5.08

5.12

5.09

5.08

5.06

5.03

5.00

5.00

4.96

4.96

4.94

4.94

4.92

4.97

4.98

5.03

5.00

5.01

Jan.

5.01

5.02

5.02

5.02

5.01

5.02

5.04

4.97

4.95

4.95

4.99

4.98

4.99

5.04

5.04

5.C6

5.04

5.06

5.14

5.10

4.99

4.94

4.90

4,94

4.94

4.96

4.96

5.05

5.03

5.06

5.09

Feb.

5.08

5.06

5.05

4.98

4.95

4.93

4.93

4.93

4.94

4.94

4.96

4.99

5.06

5.12

5.15

5.14

" 5.13

5.11

5.09

5.13

5.06

5.05

5.06

5.05

5.05

5.07

5.06

5.01

_

_

-

Mar.

5.04

5.07

4.95

4.94

4.97

4.97

4.98

4.96

5.03

4.97

4.96

4.94

5.00

5.08

.4.98

5.01

5.03

5.04

5.03

5.00

5.06

5.05

5.14

- 5.06

5.05

5.03

5.04

" 5.05

5.04

5.06

5.05

Apr.

5.04

5.06

5.04

5.04

5.04

5.06

5.04

5.04

5.04

5.04

5.05

4.96

4.96

4.95

4.96

4.93

4.93

4.94

4.92

4.86

4.84

4.82

4.95

4.94

4.92

4.76

4.74

4.82

4.76

4.76

Hay

4.91

4.86

4.72

4.81

4.84

4.84

4.80

4.80

4.80

4.71

4.68

4.66

4.66

4.74

4.74

4.72

4.69

4.65

 4.63

4.64

4.68

4.68

4.68

4.61

4.57

4.51

4.50

4.50

4.50

4.60

4.57

June

4.62

4.62

4.63

4.68

4.80

4.77

4.73

 4.75

' 4.67

4.82

4.87

4.81

4.72

4.73

4.70

4.65

4.60

4.50

4.48

4.58

4.40

4.39

4.38

4.38

4.34

4.27

4.22

4.15

4.13

4.17

July

4.23

4.17

4.19

4.16

4.09

4.00

4.23

4.42

4.57

4.78

4.92

4.90

4.95

5.05

5.16

5.11

5.19

5.18

5.18

5.09

5.00

4.97

5.07

5.04

5.01

4.98

5.00

5.00

5.00

4.99

5.00

Aug.

5.00

5.00

5.07

5.12

5.15

5.19

5,04

5.01

5.17

5.15

5.12

5.14

5.14

5.01

4.91

4.79

4.94

4.89

4.85

' 5.00

4.92

4.89

4.87

4.87

4.93

4.91

4.98

4.98

4.96

4.88

4.84

Sept.

4.76

4.74

4.70

4.70

4.68

4.52

4.50

4.54

4.50

4.50

4.48

4.48

4.60

4.60

4.60

4.55

4.47

4.46

4.43

4.40

4.38

4.36

4.41

4.62

4,58

4.47

4.33

4.30

4.30

4.29
60 CHOWAN RIVER BASIN

Nottoway River near Burkeville, Va.

Location. Wire^weight gage, lat. 37°05', Long, 78°12t, at bridge on State Highway 49, 

2£ miles upstream from Modest Creek, 6 miles north of Victoria, and ?| 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 2,190 second-feet Nov. 2 (gage height, 

15.85 feet); minimum observed, 3.9 second-feet Sept. 7; minimum gage height observed, 

1.37 feet Sept. 6, 7.

1946-50: 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, 27.4 feet (corrected) August 1940, from Corps of Engineers 

floodmark.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor, 

(rage read once daily.

Day

i 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

f 

8 

9 

10

11 

12

13 

14 

16

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

8.0 

7.6 

6.8 

7.4 

7.0

7.0 

7.0 

14 

10 

8.4

8.0 

7.6 

7.6 

7.4 

8.0

8.4 

8.2 

9.0 

8.8 

8.0

7.2 

7.0 

7.0 

7.0 

6.8

8.0 

14 

23

109 

117

985

Nov.

376 

1,180 

109 

109 

58

36 

32 

28 

24 

22

21 

20 

20 

22 

21

20 

18 

17 

16 

17

17 

16 

16 

16 

18

18 

16 

16 

18 

21

Dec.

18 

IB 

17 

16 

16

15 

16 

15 

16 

16

40 

46 

36 

42 

38

30 

24 

24 

36 

40

30 

27 

24 

24 

23

22 

70 

38 

27 

22 

21

Jan.

20 

20 

20 

22 

20

18 

18 

16 

15 

16

17 

16 

62 

30 

24

24 

22

24 

24 

48

28 

26 

26 

24 

22

22

21 

32 

27 

43 

133

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc

toy"1 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

h............... .............

st ...........................

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

80 

70 

52 

40 

32

32 

40 

28 

27 

44

58 

38 

34 

44

48

38

30 

28 

26 

26

26 

26 

36 

36 

28

27 

28 

26

Seoondfoot-daya

1,455.2 

2,338

847

15, 046. £

880 

1,048 

1,969 

708 

2,062 

1,091. { 

2,181.2 

418. C 

648.5

15,646.4

Mar.

26 

22 

21 

20 

20

21 

20 

27 

24

21

20 

21 

26 

80 

40

34 

a50 

85 

40 

52

189 

145 

628 

85 

54

40 

36 

34 

32 

30 

26

Apr.

26 

26 

24 

22 

22

21 

20 

18 

17 

17

17 

16 

16 

15 

15

15 

14 

14 

14 

14

38 

24 

22 

19 

18

16 

16 

14 

33 

145

Maxinun

985 

1,180 

70

1,180

133 

80 

628 

145 

403 

) 289 

506 

) 34 

106

1,180

May

52 

52

121 

85 

52

34 

38 

52 

28 

24

20 

17 

22 

17 

28

58 

30 

338 

109 

54

38 

28 

22 

101 

32

34 

24 

19 

403 

86 

44

Minimum

6.8 

16 

15

2.4

15 

26 

20 

14 

17 

9.2 

9.2 

6.8 

3.9

3.9

June

289 

54 

36 

28 

32

22

17 

14 

14 

13

97 

21 

16 

14 

12

11 

11 

9.4 

9.2 

9.2

13 

66 

109 

58 

27

24

17 

12 

11 

26

Mean

46. 9 

77.9 

27.3

41.2

2S.4 

37.4 

63.5 

23.6 

66.5 

36.4 

70.4 

13.5 

21.6

42. 9

July

14 

11 

alO 

9.2 

18

21 

38 

16 

38 

209

44

32 

54 

58 

91

70 

32 

22 

22 

22

21 

75 

28 

22 

506

a400 

a!50 

a60 

a40 

26 

22

Aug.

20 

26 

34 

24 

16

14 

12 

12 

11 

10

9.6 

9.4 

a9.0 

8.8 

8.0

7.6 

11 

9.8 

8.8 

7.0

24

13 

32 

16 

12

10 

9.2 

8.4 

7.4 

7.0 

6.8

Per square 

mile

1.23 

2.05 

.718

1.08

.747 

.984 

1.67 

.621 

1.75 

.958 

1.85 

.355 

.568

1.13

S»pt.

6.7 

7.2 

6.5 

6.0

5.1

4.0 

5.9 

4.6 

4.8 

62

17 

14 

97 

30 

20

13 

10 

10 

9.2 8.21

11 

106 

80 

27 

16

16 

14 

13 

13 

13

Runoff in 

inohss

1.42 

2.29 

.83

14.72

.86 

l.OZ 

1.92 

.69

2.02 

1.07 

2.13 

.41 

.63

15.29

a Ho gage-height record) discharge computed on basis of records for Nottoway Hlver near McKenney 

and Stony Creek near Dinwiddie.
CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 61

Nottoway River near McKenney, Va.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°56'45", long. 77°43'55", at bridge on U. S. Highway 

I, 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,640 second-feet Nov. 3 (gage height, 15.7 

reet), from graph based on gage readings; minimum observed, 79 second-feet Sept. 4 

(gage height, 1.68 feet).

1946-50: 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. 

upsTream.

Gage read once daily. Diurnal fluctuation caused by mill 4 miles

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in aecond-feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 2 Nov. 3 to sept. 30

1.9 93 6.0 770 12.0 2,340

2.3 137 8.0 1,170 14.0 3,540

3.0 230 10.0 1,620 16. 0 4,840

4.0 393 11.0 1,920

1.6 69 3.0 245

2.0 117 3.6 344

2.5 177 4.2 458

Note. Same aa preceding table above 4.2 feet.

Discharge, in 'second-feet, water year October 1949 to September ly 30

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.

137

131

125

125

131

120

125

175

156

131

125

120

120

120

120

120

120

125

120

114

108

98

108

93

108

108

131

131

175

323

730

Nov.

1,700

3,990

4,440

2,560

820

496

382

344

309

292

276

292

309

260

245

245

230

216

216

230

230

230

202

202

189

189

202

202

202

202

-

Dec.

202

202

189

1S9

177

177

189

189

189

230

245

292

276

309

326

292

245

230

230

260

260

230

216

202

202

202

230

260

216

216

189

Jan.

189

189

189

2O2

2O2

189

189

177

177

165

165

202

276

309

245

230

202

230

245

309

309

260

245

216

216

202

216

216

230

344

629

Feb.

762

572

477

363

309

276

276

260

245

292

344

309

276

276

344

344

292

245

230

216

216

216

401

382

3O9

276

260

245

_

_

-

unn*h SeccndMonth . foot-days

October .......................... 4,673

November ......................... 19,902

December ......................... 7,O61

Calendar year 1949 .......... IM.IQQ

January . . 7.3R4

February ......................... 9 ,013

March ............................ 13,216

April ............................ 6,812

May. .....'........................ -21,005

June ............................. 7,592

July ............................. 14, 907

August ........................... 3,981

September ........................ 5, 29o

Water year 1949-50 ............ 120,816

Mar.

245

230

202

202

202

202

2O2

216

245

216

202

202

260

534

401

309

382

458

401

401

458

724

1,180

1,680

960

496

420

496

+01

363

326

Apr.

292

276

260

26O

245

245

230

216

216

216

202

202

202

1S9

189

177

177

189

177

189

189

216

216

202

189

Maximum

730

4,440

326

4 ' 440

629

762

1,680

748

2,160

667

1,420

260

477

4,440

177

177

165

189

743

-

Bay

1,040

920

1,180

1,280

781

458

382

439

363

292

276

230

245

260

326

572

553

920

1,960

2,160

781

439

344

534

458

534

382

382

591

1,180

743

Minimum

93

189

177

83

165

216

203

165

23O

123

i it-O y,

81

79

79

June

515

667

496

309

292

245

216

1S9

177

177

382

326

, 189

165

165

153

141

135

123

129

141

477

382

326

292

189

165

135

129

165

-

Mean

151

663

228

381

238

322

426

227

676

253

J_Q1 *ol

128

176

331

July

165

177

135

123

245

686

648

363

276

860

a, 420

534

309

900

800

572

42O

276

216

177

216

496

420

276

326

9OO

880

1,06O

553

276

202

Aug.

177

L89

L89

L77

165

153

L47

141

L23

111

111

99

99

93

81

87

93

87

87

87

81

105

177

260

202

153

Per square 

mile

0.417

1.83

.630

1.05

.657

.890

1 . 1 iOA 

. O£ C9*7 f

1 * A7 O I

m 699

1.33

.354

.486

.914

111

L05

99

93

99

Sept.

93

93

81

79

81

87

87

81

141

401

401

202

189

420

202

147

117

105

99

93

93

147

477

477

216

153

141

129

129

129

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.46

2.04

.73

14.30

.76

Q* 

. ttO

1.36 '.70

2 . 16

78

l'.S3

.41

.54

12.42
62 CHOWAN RIVER BASIN

Nottoway River near Stony Creek, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°54 I 00", long. 77°24 I 00", at bridge on PetersburgJimporia highway, 2 miles upstream from Island Swamp Creek and 3j miles south of town of 

Stony Creek, Sussex County.

Drainage area. 586 square miles.

Records available. March 1930 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 20 years, 558 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,930 second-feet Nov. 4 (gage height, 13.92 

reet); minimum, 103 second-feet Sept. 8 (gage height, 2.48 feet).

1930-50: 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 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 4, July 12 to Sept. 3O Nov. 5 to July 11

2.4 

2.6 

3.0 

3.5

93

120

185

285

4.0 

5.0 

7.0 

9.0

4OO

640

1,240

1,880

11.0

12.0

14.0

2,530

2,900

4,000

2.8 

3.2 

3.6 

4.0

148

207

277

363

4.5 484

5.0 620

7.0 1,240

Note. Same as preceding 

table above 7.0 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

238 

201 

181 

174 

172

171 

174 

183 

192 

192

185 

172 

162 

159 

159

165 

167 

167 

172 

167

162 

154 

154 

153 

146

151 

161 

172 

259 

504 

586

Nov.

1,660 

3,060 

3,790 

3,930 

a2,500

a80O 

a6OO 

aSOO 

a450 

a400

a380 

a36O 

a370 

a390 

a320

308 

297 

287 

277 

268

268 

258 

249 

249 

268

287 

268 

258 

258 

268

Dec.

268 

258 

249 

232 

232

232 

232 

232 

232 

232

268 

375 

399 

459 

536

472 

375 

318 

308 

340

352 

329 

308 

308 

297

277 

277 

297 

329 

308 

277

Jan.

258 

258 

258 

268 

268

268 

258 

249 

232 

232

a230 

a240 

a300 

a350 

a420

a330 

a300 

a290 

a400 

aSOO

a600 

a450 

a350 

a320 

a300

a3OO 

a300 

a302 

a350 

a400 

a680

Month

Octc 

Neve 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

otbdr

mber ..".......................

lender year 1949 

sry

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

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

a950 

al,2OO 

a780 

6O6 

497

435 

423 

411 

375 

387

459 

497 

447 

423 

563

591 

497 

411 

375 

' 352

329 

318 

387 

725 

577

472 

435 

411

Seocndfoct-days

6,15 

23,57 

9,60

217,77

10,57 

14,33 

20,04 

9,38 

31,47 

10,58 

26,51 

6,21 

13,72

182,20

Peak discharge (base, 3,500 sec. -ft.). Ncv

a No gage-height record; discharge computed 

Sebrell.

Mar.

387 

387 

340 

308 

297

308 

308 

318 

375 

363

308 

297 

318 

411 

695

510 

710 

740 

800

755

510 

860 

1,720 

2,100 

2,010

890 

650 

591 

695 

591 

497

Apr.

423 

411 

399 

337 

387

411 

363 

329 

308 

297

297 

297 

287 

277 

258

258 

258 

258 

249 

249

277 

340 

329 

297 

277

258 

249 

240 

240 

472

Maximum

5 586 

3 3,930 

3 536

3 4,460

3 800 

3 1,200 

3 2,100 

Z 472 

Z 2,940 

9 800 

3 2,300 

7 388 

I 2,020

5 3,930

May

1,300 

1,270 

1,500 

1,880 

1,620

890 

606 

591 

563 

459

375 

329 

352 

423 

510

1,210 

984 

1,810 

2,530 

2,940

1,910 

800 

563 

695 

860

770 

650 

472. 

51O 

1,270 

1,430

Minimum

146 

249 

232

110

230 

318 

297 

240 

329 

186 

159 

135 

105

105

June

800 

680 

710 

497 

665

447 

340 

287 

249 

240

277 

340 

352 

249 

232

215 

215 

207 

192 

186

232 

375 

423 

459 

563

329 

232 

200 

189 

207

Mean

19S 

786 

31C

591

341 

512 

64 1 

313 

1.01E 

352 

95E 

201 

45V

49S

July

268 

215 

178 

159 

171

684 

1,340 

920 

550 

1,560

2,300 

1,460

760 

910

1,820

1,660 

1,000 

574 

423 

331

320 

1,000 

730 

504 

434

934 

1,880 

1,430 

1,090 

526 

388

Aug.

Per square 

mile

0.340 

1.34 

.529

1.02

.582 

.874 

1.10 

.534 

1.73 

.602 

1.46 

.343 

.780

.852

320 

274 

320 

388 

274

236 

216 

199 

178 

167

157 

154 

148 

148 

145

145 

157 

169 

157 

148

140 

138 

161 

285 

388

252 

183 

154 

141 

140 

135

Sept.

134 

122 

119 

117 

138

132 

112 

105 

113 

2,020

1,400 

970 

1,370 

940 

626

377 

263 

216 

194 

176

174 

216 

850 

1,000 

538

331 

263 

240 

232 

236

Runoff in 

inches

0.39 

1.50 

.61

13.83

.67 

.91 

1.27 

.60 

1.99 

.67 

1.68 

.40 

.87

11.56

. 4 (4 to 6 p.m.) 3,930 sec. 'ft. 

en basis of records for station near McKenney and near
CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 63

Nottoway River near Sebrell, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36 046'10", long. VV'IO'OO", 1.1 miles downstream 

rrom Three Creek, 2.5 miles southwest of Sebrell, Southampton County, and 5.3 miles 

upstream from Assamooslck Swamp. Datum of gage is 5.96 .feet above mean sea level. 

Prior to Aug. 23, 1950, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area. 1,451 square miles.

Records available. September 1941 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,690 second-feet Sept. 14 (gage height, 16.13 

reec); minimum, 200 second-feet Sept. 9 (gage height, 4.26 feet).

1941-50: 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 except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, prater year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(shifting-control method used Feb. 3 to Mar. 26)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 7, Dec. 17 to Sept. 14 Nov. S to Dec. 16, Sept. 15-30

4.4 226 7.0 87S 13.0 3,150

5.0 356 9.0 1,530 14.0 3,790

6.0 604 11.0 2,290 16.0 5,580

5.7 494 12.0 2,560

7.0 840 13.0 3,C

8.0 1,140 16.0 5,E

10.0 1,800

)20

>SO

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

552

578

500

452

380

380

356

334

356

356

380

356

312

279

279

268

290

312

312

312

290

290

268

257

268

226

236

226

290

334

736

NOV.

1,150

2,170

2,830

3,380

4,090

4,770

4,960

3,890

2,400

1,460

1,080

930

840

784

728

702

676

650

624

572

572

572

546

546

624

702

756

702

676

650

-

Dec.

676

624

598

572

572

520

494

494

494

494

520

598

812

1,050

1,270

1,400

1,320

1,190

1,120

996

936

906

848

820

792

736

708

682

708

708

682

Jan.

656

630

578

578

604

604

578

578

552

552

526

500

630

708

966

966

848

792

848

1,220

1,670

1,600

1,390

1,420

1,090

966

876

907

936

996

1,360

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

February .................:.......

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

Apr! 1 ............................

May..........................:...

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

2,130

2,330

2,410

2,010

1,600

1,290

1,120

1,030|

996

966

996

1,060

1,120

1,120

1,220

1,460

1,560

1,420

1,200

1,120

996

906

876

1,030

1,460

1,530

1,360

1,250

_

_

-

Second 

foot-days

10,76i

45,03!

24, 3«

536, 62C

27,124

37,56f

44,7S(

24,794

58.07C

28,70^

60,32

17,194

45,254

423,94!

Mar.

1,150

1,060

996

906

S48

348

S20

792

820

936

936

848

820

848

792

1,250

1,190

1,120

1,060

1,250

1,290

1,360

1,970

2,530

2,920

3,200

3,380

3,010

2,250

1,840

1,740

Apr.

1,460

1,

1,

220

390

996

966

1,090

1,

1,

L20

L20

764

792

656

765

708

736

792

966

(

(

J48

J20

792

764

736

736

708

530

604

578

i'

I'

Maximum

5 736

! 4,960

> 1,400

3 7,620

I 1,670

> 2,410

) 3,380

I 1 1,460

) 4,010

t 2,920

4,000

t 1,320

t 5,580

5 5,580

552

552

552

582

May

630

526

820

1,740

2,330

2,490

2,870

2,370

1,670

1,360

1,060

820

764

764

936

1,250

1,930

2,250

2,290

2,610

3,010

3,510

4,010

3,720

2,650

2,090

1,630

1,320

1,120

1,320

2,210

Minimum

226

546

494

191

CfVA OUU

876

792

552

526

512

290

226

226

226

June

2,610

2,920

2,700

2,210

1,530

2,330

1,460

996

764

656

736

604

604

656

526

526

476

428

404

404

380

380

526

656

708

764

630,

452

356

312

Mean

347

1,501

785

1,470

875

1,342

1,445

826

1

Q7T fO IS

957

1,94C

555

1,508

1,161

July

334

356

404

312

290

476

1,150

1,560

2,090

a2,500

14,000

a3,500

3,580

3,580

at, 000

as, 200

a2,500

ai,40o

ai,ioo

a9oo

asoo

ai,eoo

a2,500

al,400

ai,ooO

1,190

a2,500

a3,ODO

a3,800

83,100

a2,000

Aug.

al,

al,

I

al,

al,

200

000

800

000

200

a700

t

t

s

600

500

1450

a400

a400

Ia

t

350

320

320

8300

a310

(

t

(

320

350

320

a29o

a27o

s

1,

1,

Per square 

mile

0.239

1.03

.541

1.01

.603

.925

 996

.569

1.29

.660

; 1 ± ti O*

I van 

 DO£

1.04

.800

240

226

573

320

250

792

452

334

312

290

Sept.

268

268

257

226

226

257

290

226

312

500

1,780

2,830

4,330

5,580

5,360

4,260

2,700

1,700

1,170

1,140

598

598

1,050

1,800

2,160

1,730

1,140

930

812

756

Runoff in 

inches

0.28

1.15

.62

13.76

.70

.96

1.15

.63

1.49

.74

1.54 '.44

1.16

10.86

a No gage-height record) discharge computed on basis of records for station near Stony Creek.
64 CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 

Stony Creek at Dinwiddie, Va.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 37°04'00", long. 77°36'10", at bridge on U. S. Highway 

J., 1.2 miles southwest of Dinwiddie, Dinwiddie County, and 1.7 miles downstream from 

Chamberlains Bed Creek.

Drainage area. 111 square miles.

Records available. September 1946 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 1,100 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 

8.00 feet); minimum observed, 11 second-feet Sept. 8 (gage height, 1.35 feet).

1946-50: 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.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 1 2

3

4

5

6

7

8

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

35

31

36

33

31

30

32

31

29

26

22

21

21

22

24

24

24

23

21

21

20

20

19

19

20

21

39

149

99

190

Nov.

441

749

567

2S9

165

110

93

84

77

73

69

66

63

60

62

60

60

57

53

53

52

49

48

48

52

55

53

52

51

53

-

Dec.

52

49

45

45

45

45

45

45

44

43

58

79

77

77

99

76

59

55

58

66

62

60

62

58

51

46

48

57

54

51

48

Jan.

47

47

48

51

51

49

48

45

44

44

43

43

90

96

77

65

59

63

79

110

93

77

72

69

65

59

58

69

70

70

133

Month

Octcber ..........................

Novsmber .........................

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

214

165

117

102

86

79

81

72

77

86

96

88

86

83

94

117

98

77

a70

a66

62

63

88

198

117

98

96

88

_

-

-

Seccndfoot-days

1,171

3,764

1,759

41,019.

2,034

2,764

4,289

2,142

7,596

1,516

4,335

745

2,747

34,862

Mar.

87

80

70

63

63

67

65

72

87

80

69

66

72

190

117

93

102

149

110

90

125

214

606

427

245

149

125

117

230

157

102

Apr.

93

92

90

81

77

83

72

63

60

58

58

58

57

53

51

49

49

49

48

51

63

63

57

48

51

48

48

44

43

385

-

Maximum

190

749

99

5 1,270

133

214

606

385

1,020

173

441

47

940

1,020

May

315

214

427

511

275

157

110

157

110

83

73

66

34

79

96

214

275

289

1,020

794

385

181

125

141

133

133

165

98

343

329

214

Minimum

19

48

43

9.6

43

62

63

43

66

21

19

.15

11

11

June

173

117

86

74

83

69

57

48

37

35

43

45

43

36

33

31

32

27

26

25

26

49

62

65

54

40

30

25

21

24

Mean

37.8

125

56.7

112

65.6

98.7

138

71.4

245

50.5

140

24. 0

91.6

95.5

July

25

26

21

19

76

302

157

88

66

357

230

133

88

441

289

441

214

100

73

57

52

315

125

81

65

54

149

117

76

55

43

Aug.

37

47

39

44

33

30

30

26

24

22

19

18

18

16

15

18

19

18

18

18

16

18

26

45

28

21

19

16

16

16

15

Per square 

mile

0.341

1.13

.511

1.01

.591

.889

1.24

.643

2.21

.455

1.26

.216

.825

.860

Sept.

15

14

15

14

15

11

11

11

125

940

511

133

87

60

48

38

33

30

28

27

26

37

173

94

80

45

38

36

35

37

Runoff in 

inches

0.39

1.26

.59

13.76

.68

.93

1.43

.72

2.55

.51

1.45

.25

.92

11.68

a No gage-height record) discharge computed on basis of records for Nottoway River near McKenney.
CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 65

Anderson Branch at Sussex, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°55'10", long. 77°15'45n , at bridge on State Highway 40, 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 126 second-feet Sept. 12 (gage height, 6.12 

reet); no flow at times.

1948-50: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 12, 1950; no flow at times.

Remarks. Records poor.

Rating table,-water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In seoond-feet)

2.6 0 3.2 1.9 3.8 15 

2.7 .1 3.3 2.9 4.2 31 

2.9 .5 3.4 4.2 5.0 70 

3.0 .7 3.5 6.0 6.2 130 

3.1 1.2 3.7 12

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

S

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

IS

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

0.8 

.5 

.4 

.3 

.2

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2

.2 

.2 

.2

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.1 

.4 

.6 

1.0

Nov.

13 

31 

21 

11 

6.0

3.9 

3.0 

2.6 

2.1 

1.9

1.9 

1.7 

1.6 

1.5

1.3

1.2 

1.1 

1.0 

.9 

.9

.9 

.8 

.8 

.7 

2.6

2.7 

1.8 

1.5 

1.5 

1.4

Dec.

1.2 

1.0 

1.0 

.8 

.8

.8

.8 

.8

.7 

.7

1.8 

2.1 

2.0 

6.3 

5.5

3.6 

2.5 

2.2 

2.1 

1.9

l.S 

1.6 

1.7 

1.6 

1.4

1.3 

1.3 

1.3 

1.2 

1.0 

.9

Jan.

0.9 

.9 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

1.0 

.9 

.8

.7 

.7

.7 

1.1 

3.7 

2.7 

1.9

1.6 

1.3 

1.7 

6.3 

9.9

6.0 

3.9 

3.2

a2.8 

a2.6

a2.3

K2.2 

a2.0 

a2.0 

a3 

as

Month

Ooto 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wm

ber ..........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary ....

st ......................... .

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

a 10 

a6 

4.4 

3.2 

2.6

2.3 

2.4

2.1 

1.9 

2.2

2.9 

2.6 

2.2 

2.9 

9.9

9.9 

5.5 

3.6 

2.8 

2.4

1.9 

2.0 

3.7 

4.2 

3.2

2.9 

3.0 

2.5

Secondfoot-days

7.f 

123.: 

53.

1,642.!

77.!

IDS.:

131. 

70. 

220.' 

62.! 

73. 

14. 

334..

1,276.(

Mar.

2.4

2.1 

1.6 

1.5

1.5

1.6 

1.5 

1.8 

2.0 

1.6

1.4 

1.5 

1.8 

2.5 

1.9

1.8 

2.7 

3.9 

2.7 

2.0

3.9 

6.0 

20 

16 

8.7

4.7 

3.7 

6.0 

11 

7.2 

4.1

Apr.

3.2

2.9 

2.8 

2.5 

3.7

7.8 

4.9 

3.3 

2.5 

2.1

2.1 

1.9 

1.8 

1.6 

1.5

1.5 

1.4 

1.4 

1.4 

1.5

1.8 

1.7 

1.6 

1.6 

1.4

1.3 

1.2 

1.2 

1.1 

6.2

Maximum

5 1.0 

5 31

r 6.3

1 52

) 9.9 

> 10 

L 20 

} 7.8 

L 22 

> 17 

) 21 

) 8.0 

5 96

) 96

Peak discharge (base, 50 sec. -ft.}. Sept. 12 (6 a.m.)

May

6.0 

6.3 

13 

9.9 

5.6

3.6 

2.7

2.3 

1.6

1.0 

.9 

2.1 

1.8 

10

22 

14 

12 

20 

14

6.9 

3.4 

2.2 

5.3 

5.5

3.3 

1.8 

1.2 

4.6 

22 

12

June

5.6 

3.8 

l.S

17*

8.1 

2.3

.6

6.4 

3.9 

1.2 

.6 

.6

.5 

.5 

.3 

.2 

.2

.1 

.1 

.2 

.2 

.1

.1 

0 

0 

0 

0

Minimum Mean

0.1 0.25 

.7 4.11 

.7 1.72

0 4.50

.7 2.51 

1.9 3.76 

1.4 4.23 

1.1 2.36 

.9 7.11 

0 2.08 

0 2.38 

0 .48 

.1 11.2

0 3.5C

July

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

1.0 

1.0

2.6 

9.0

2.9 

1.3 

1.2 

.9

1.1

1.7 

2.7 

1.2 

.5 

.3

.3 

5,8 

1.6 

.5 

.3

7.0 

20 

6.0 

1.9 

.8 

.4

Aug.

0.2 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1

.1 

.2

.1 

0

0 

1.4 

.5 

.2 

.1

.2

.3 

.2 

.1 

.1

.1 

.1 

.3 

8.0 

.8

.4 

.3

.2 

.1 

.2 

.2

Sept.

0.3 

.2 

.1 

.2 

.3

.2 

.2

.6

1.4

48 

96 

60 

32

19

9.3 

4.7 

3.2

2.2 i.a

1.8 

10 

19 

10 

3.8

2.4 

1.9 

1.8 

1.8 

2.2

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.046 0.05 

.761 .85 

.320 .37

.833 11.32

.465 .54 

.696 .72 

.783 .90 

.437 .49 

1.32 1.52 

.385 .43 

.441 .51 

.089 .10 

2.07 2.31

.648 8.79

126 sec. -ft.

scharge corap
66 CHOWAN RIVER BASIN

Blackwater River near Dendron, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. syOl'SO", long. 76°52'30", at Walls Bridge, l£ miles 

downstream from Cypress Swamp and 3f 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,040 second-feet Sept. 12 (gage height, 6.12 

 feet}'; minimum, 8.1 second-feet July 4 (gage height, 1.47 feet).

1942-50: Maximum discharge, 4,710 second-feet July 21, 1945 (gage height, 8.90 

feet); no flow at times.

Remarks.--Records fair.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 15 to Feb. 1, Sept. 16-30)

1.5 9.0 2.8 67 3.6 303 

2.0 24 2.9 81 3.8 394 

2.4 39 3.0 103 4.2 620 

2.6 50 3.2 159 5.0 1,150 

2.7 57 3.4 224 6.0 1,960

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to Ssptember 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

99 

85 

70 

67 

70

81 

95 

92 

78 

66

58 

51 

45 

40 

38

37 

37 

37 

37 

36

35 

33

31 

29

27

30 

35 

33 

59 

81 

116

Nov.

303 

572 

712 

758 

674

764 

790 

771 

700 

596

500 

420 

356 

299 

243

207 

184 

168 

165 

159

165 

171 

153 

125 

139

153 

159 

174 

204 

210

Dec.

193 

178 

156 

147 

142

136 

130 

127 

122 

116

130 

142 

153 

204 

217

210 

214 

214 

207 

190

187 

184 

181 

187 

174

153 

136 

130 

122 

122 

116

Jan.

114 

108 

106 

101 

99

99 

101 

108 

119 

122

111 

108 

142 

168 

193

190 

174 

178 

197 

224

239 

251 

243 

254 

235

228 

210 

217 

214 

243 

291

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Psbr 

Hare 

Apri

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

fflber .........................

lendar year 1949 ............

ary . . ...

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

smber ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

329 

380 

435 

370 

366

366 

352 

325 

316 

291

270 

239 

210 

217 

243

262 

334 

278 

262 

254

239 

204 

210 

210 

214

243 

243 

243

Seoondfoot-days

1,727 

10,994 

5,020

124,818

5,376 

7,905 

9,429 

5,470 

12,318 

4,139 

6,775.£ 

3,646 

13,822

86, 621. £

Mar.

266 

266 

254 

221 

204

187 

178 

174 

174 

159

153 

165 

174 

187 

190

131 

187 

197 

204 

210

239 

266 

385 

472 

584

548 

560 

632 

668 

632 

512

Apr.

435 

370 

325 

287 

262

254 

243 

243 

243 

228

221 

217 

200 

171 

153

130 

116 

103 

96 

96

106 

103 

103 

99 

94

90 

85 

81 

94 

222

Maximum

116 

790 

217

2,000

291 

435 

668 

435 

656 

536 

602 

626 

1,880

1,880

Peak discharge (base, 1,000 sec. -ft.) . Sept. 12 (7:30

Hay

462 

472 

489 

518 

554

548 

560 

506 

445 

404

334

262 

224 

197 

207

239 

291 

254 

316 

445

656 

614 

560 

518 

472

425 

361 

278 

235 

258 

214

Minimum

27 

125 

116

13

99 

204 

153 

81 

197 

17 

9.6 

16 

35

9.6

June

329 

251 

325 

472 

536

484

356 

262 

178 

122

125 

77 

64 

52 

48

48 

46 

41 

37 

31

28 

33 

35 

34 

27

24 

21 

19 

17 

17

Mean

55.7 

366 

162

342

173 

282 

304 

182 

397 

138 

219 

118 

461

237

July

15 

14 

12 

9.6 

15

38 

66 

62 

94 

266

602 

584 

394 

343

254

274 

254 

214 

221 

232

239 

270 

307 

270 

228

174 

197 

251 

299 

303 

274

Aug.

270 

243 

131 

114 

92

85 

56 

38 

30 

25

22 

24 

20 

18 

16

24 

59 

99 

106 

67

39 

27 

26 

139 

260

626 

456 

210 

101 

96 

77

Per square 

mile

0.195 

1.28 

.568

1.20

.607 

.939 

1.07 

.639 

1.39 

.484 

.768 

.414 

1.62

.832

p.m.) 2,040 sec. -ft.

Sspt.

54 

35 

37 

57 

92

106 

92 

90

125 

250

1,150 

1,800 

1,890 

1,190 

940

875 

804 

584 

356

287

223 

221 

278 

404 

361

370 

338 

287 

262 

239

Runoff in 

inches

0.22 

1.43 

.65

16.24

.70 

1.03 

1.23 

.71 

1.60 

.54 

.89 

.48 

1.81

11.29
CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 67

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 Antloch 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 1950.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge observed during year, 1,720 second-feet Sept. 14 (gage height, 

9.BU feet); minimum observed, 15 second-feet July 6 (gage height, 2.04 feet).

1948-50: Maximum discharge, 5,200 second-feet July 25, 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. Qage read once

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 9 to Dec. 12,

Mar. 23 to June 25, Sept. 27-30)

2.1 16 4.5 117

2.4 24 5.0 149

2.8 36 5.6 197

3.4 60 6.2 280

4.0 89 6.6 380

7.0 515

8.0 900

9.0 1,340

10.0 1,820

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oot.

171

171

163

149

179

123

117

117

117

123

123

117

105

99

89

89

84

84

84

79

74

69

64

60

56

56

56

56

60

84

111

Nov.

231

660

1,030

1,300

1,260

1,160

985

900

820

820

740

660

585

515

445

380

350

280

244

231

208

197

197

197

219

280

280

280

280

260

Dec.

244

244

244

244

231

219

197

197

188

188

197

208

231

280

410

445

445

445

410

410

410

410

350

325

325

325

300

300

280

260

231

Jan.

219

208

208

208

208

197

197

197

188

188

188

197

231

260

300

300

300

300

325

380

445

445

445

445

410

380

350

380

410

410

410

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

 arch ............................

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

410

480

515

550

550

550

515

480

445

445

445

445

445

445

445

445

445

445

445

410

410

410

380

380

380

380

380

350

_

-

Second^ 

foot-days

3,129

15,994

9,193

206,363

9,329

12,425

13,617

10,166

16,045

5j36£

13,955

6,548

14,892

130,662

Mar.

350

350

350

350

325

325

300

280

260

260

244

231

231

244

244

244

244

325

325

350

350

445

550

660

740

820

820

820

820

860

900

Apr.

860

780

660

585

515

515

480

445

410

380

350

325

325

300

280

260

Maximum

179

1,300

445

3,880

445

550

900

860

900

550

1,260

585

1,720

1,720

244

219

197

188

188

197

208

197

188

179

171

163

149

208

May

260

380

700

900

900

860

820

780

700

660

585

480

480

380

350

350

325

300

300

325

350

620

585

620

585

515

445

410

380

350

350

Minimum

56

197

188

30

188

350 O*-!

£01.

1 L«ty AQ 

260

21

16

28

48

16

June

280

231

231

244

300

445

550

515

380

300

244

231

231

149

117

94

135

99

69

111

69

56

48

44

44

40

34

30

27

21

Mean

101

533

297

565

301

444

439

339

518

1 L *7Q IV

AC.f\ *Ov

211

496

358

July

21

21

21

18

16

18

74

197

244

350

410

515

620

740

940

1,260

1,260

1,160

860

515

410

350

410

480

445

380

660

515

445

300

300

Aug.

300

500

280

500

244

280

L79

L35

LOS

74

48

40

40

40

33

30

28

42

64

105

142

L29

94

89

197

550

550

585

585

180

480

Per square 

mile

0.225

1.19

.663

1.26

.672

.991

.980

.757

1.16

.400

1.00

.471

1.11

.799

Sept.

149

117

94

64

48

52

74

84

99

117

142

292

1,080

1,720

1,620

1,440

1,160

940

820

700

660

380

445

480

410

350

380

350

325

300

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.26

1.33

.76

17.13

.77

1.03

1.13

.84

1.34

.45

1.15

.54

1.24

10.84
68 CHOWAN RIVER BASIN

Blackwater River near Franklin, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°45'50 H , long. 74°53'50", half a mile south of

town of Burdette, half a mile upstream from Black Creek, 3| miles downstream from

Corrowaugh Swamp, and 6 miles north of Franklin, Southampton County.

Drainage area. 613 square miles.

Records available. August 1944 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,480 second-feet July 17 (gage height, 9.94 

FeeTT; minimum, 6.2 second-feet June 30 (gage height, 0.94 foot).

1944-50: 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 1949-50 (gage height, In feet 

and discharge, In second-feet}"^

2.1 66

2.5 95

2.9 130

3.5 190

Oct. 1 to NOV. 25

4.0 240

4.5 300

5.0 375

5.5 455

Nov. 26 to Sept. 30

6.0 565

7.0 875

8.0 1,300

9.0 1,900

1.0

1.1 

1.3 

1.7 

2.1

7.5

10

18

39

2.7 

3.3 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0

108

159

247

332

430

6.0 

6.5 

7.0 

8.0 

10.0

638

748

880

1,300

2,550

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

258

235

210

190

175

165

170

160

155

150

150

140

121

112

99

93

93

108

121

103

92

91

90

79

74

71

70

67

86

135

190

Nov.

520

1,300

1,640

1,770

1,840

1,770

1,520

1,300

1,160

1,080

1,040

975

895

822

725

650

565

504

447

407

375

343

321

300

336

510

583

583

572

540

Dec.

500

460

440

410

390

370

332

314

288

272

288

332

370

530

726

772

772

737

704

671

638

616

583

561

540

510

510

520

510

480

430

Jan.

390

360

350

341

332

323

 314

297

280

263

263

263

380

500

520

520

510

. 510

561

682

748

760

748

715

671

638

616

660

671

682

682

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

May

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

6S2

704

715

737

737

737

726

693

671

660

660

660

649

660

682

704

713

704

693

671

638

594

583

616

627

627

616

594

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

4,053

OK "^QT COj O3O

15,576

314,676

15,550

18,753

20,397

14,324

20,968

7,914.7

25,270

9,077

21,132

198,407.7

Mar.

583

572

561

540

530

520

500

480

460

440

420

400

390

410

410

420

460

550

594

605

660

737

850

965

1,010

1,030

1,030

1,030'

1,080

1,080

1,080

Apr.

1,050

985

895

809

748

737

726

704

660

594

550

510

480

440

410

390

350

314

272

247

255

272

272

263

231

8210

a200

a200

a250

a300

-

Maximum

258

1,840

772

3,600

760

737

1.080

1,050

1,010

671

2,360

704

2,360

2,360

Hay

a400

aSOO

a700

850

985

1,010

945

880

809

772

726

671

649

638

616

616

605

561

530

530

540

561

627

704

715

704

660

605

572

638

649

Minimum

67

300

272

67

263

583

390

200

400

S.2

20

38

47

8.2

June

"56 f

460

370

360

460

561

638

671

638

540

450

380

390

323 179' '

128 120 ;

124

87

112

120 ,

68 ,

42

33 ,

29

23is;

IS

a.zT

8.5

Mean

131

846

502

862

502

670

658

477

676

264

815

293

704

544

July

20

23

21

21

21

22

44

195

450

660

1,100

1,400

1,210

1,080

1,210

1,520

2,360

2,360

1,960

1,460

965

748

693

662

671

616

715

895

850

715

583

Aug.

490

460

460

704

704

605

400

209

120

77

46

45

52

46

41

38

41

41

58

81

124

136

116

154

208

460

638

682

682

649

S10

Per square 

mile

0.214

1

»o .00

.319

1.41

.819

1.09

1.07

.778

1.10

.431

1.33

.478

1.15

.887

Sept.

500

154

108

81

61

47

56

74

112

146

190

360

784

1,900

2,380

2,160

1,840

1,400

1,160

965

822

726

715

748

760

704

627

572

52ft480

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.25

1.54

!94

19.11

.94

1.14

1.23

.87

1.27

.48

1.53

.55

1.28

12.02

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 see.-ft.J. Nov. 5 (12 m.) 1,840 sec.-ft.; July 17 (10 p.m.) 2,480 

sec.-ft.; SeptT 15 (1 p.m. ) 2,360 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Zunl and near 

Dendron.
CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 69

Meherrin 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, Brunswich County. 

Datum of gage is 136.56 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 553 square miles.

Records available. December 1928 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 21 years (1929-50), 509 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,110 second-feet Nov. 2 (gage height, 15.95 

reet, from floodmark); minimum, 91 second-feet Sept. 9 (gage height, 2.01 feet).

1928-50: 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 periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). W 972: 1932(M), 1935.

Rating table, vater year 1949-5O (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.1 102

2.4 141

3.0 231

3.5 322

4.0 432

5.0 669

7.0 1,200

10.0 2,110

15.0 3,770

Discharge, in seccnd-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Da,

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7

e

9 

10

11

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

16 

19

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28. 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

163 

159 

151 

154 

162

142 

158 

169 

156 

156

159 

145 

155 

134 

145

152 

138 

149 

162 

141

128 

137 

144 

124

133

144 

138 

156 

265 

a550 

al,200

Nov.

82,500 

a3,000 

a2,000 

aSOO 

572

455 

386 

354 

332 

a310

a300 

a2BO 

a260 

a260 

256

256 

248 

231 

231 

223

223 

223 

213 

210 

223

231 

223 

215 

215 

223

Dec.

223 

213 

202 

196 

196

196 

196 

196 

192 

190

212 

240 

274 

375 

375

354 

265 

248 

248 

265

283 

256 

248 

248 

240

240 

240 

312 

322 

256 

a240

Jan.

a230 

a220 

a220 

a210 

a210

a200 

a200 

a200 

a200 

207

215 

231 

256 

409 

322

265 

248 

265 

343 

873

669 

432 

364 

332 

302

283 

283 

312 

354 

343 

1,340

Month

Goto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary .

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

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

ter y»ar 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,170 

719 

608 

501 

409

364 

354 

343 

322 

322

409 

432 

375 

354 

409

478 

386 

332 

302 

29Z

274 

265 

354 

744 

501

386 

354 

343

Seoondfoot-days

6,169 

15,453 

7,741

185,014

10,538 

12,102 

17,236 

9,212 

2-7,363 

15,641 

23,483 

5,428 

8,854

159,220

Peak discharge (base, 4,500 sec. -ft.). No

a No gage-height record; discharge oomputec 

Lunenburg and Nottoway River near Stony Creel

Mar.

322 

312 

263 

265 

256

265 

256 

265 

274 

283

265 

248 

265 

812 

694

409 

375 

286 

478 

354

465 

1,060 

2,490 

2,400 

847

608 

501 

466 

490 

444 

398

Apr.

1,

Maximum

1,200 

3,000 

375

4,080

1,340 

1,170 

2,490 

1,610, 

3,700 

1,980 

2,620 

312 

1,010

3,700

354 

343 

332 

332 

312

302 

283 

265 

256 

256

248 

248 

240 

231 

231

223 

223 

215 

215 

223

248 

375 

302 

256 

240

223 

215 

209 

202 

610

May

3,700 

1,280 

3,090 

2,430 

1,060

694 

512 

478 

466 

364

332 

312 

364 

432 

455

a700 

aSOO 

al,500 

a2,000 

al,500

a700 

a400 

322 

312 

354

420 

364 

274 

409 

719 

620

Minimum

124 

210 190-

115

200 

265 

248 

202 

274 

161 

169 

110 

106

106

June

1,980 

1,980 

512 

398 

512

364 

283 

248 

215 

212

274 

596 

274 

209 

190

181 

175 

165 

161 

240

1,190 

1,790 

620 

536 

398

354 

223 

184 

252 

925

Mean

199 

515 

250

507

340 

432 

556 

307 

883 

521 

758 

175 

295

436

July

364

231 

187 

169

331

1,790 

1,890 

694 

432 

2,620

1,610 

620 

455 

584 

1,310

1,060 

669 

398 

312 

283

736 

1,370 

620 

364 

885

1,280 

669 

644 

375 

283 

248

Aug.

215 

199 

231 

312 

8270

a230 

a200 

8190 

a!70 

a!60

alSO 

alSO 

a!40 

a!40 

8140

a!40 

alSO 

8160 

alSO 

al40

a!30 

alSO 

a!60 

S220 

8300

a210 

alSO 

a!20 

allO 

120 

141

Per square 

mile

0.360 

.931 

.452

.917

.615 

.781 

1.01 

.555 

1.60 

.942 

1.37 

.316 

.533

.788

Sept.

131 

125 

123 

107 

110

133 

123 

115 

106 

547

596 

312 

1,010 

821 

364

240 

181 

a!70 

al60 

alSO

alSO 

a350 

a700 

a520 

a350

283 

240 

223 

209 

207

Runoff in 

inches

0.42 

1.04 

.52

12.44

.71 

.81 

1.16 

.63 

1.84 

1.05 

1.58 

.36 

.59

10.70

peaks above base, 

1 on basis of records for North Meherrin River near

231536 O - 53 - 6
70 CHOWAN RIVER BASIN

North Meherrin River near Keysville, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°03', long. 78°25', 3 miles northeast of Keysvllle, Charlotte County, and 4 miles upstream from Owl Creek.

Drainage area. 9.2 square miles.

Records available. October 1948 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 640 second-feet July 24 (gage height, 6.04 

 i'eet); minimum, 1.3 second-feet Oct. 3-6 (gage height, 0.80 foot).

1948-50: Maximum discharge, that of July 24, 1950; minimum, 0.8 second-foot Aug. 

10, 12, 13, 1949 (gage height, 0.74 foot).

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

al.6

al.5

al.5

1.3

1.3

1.3

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.8

al.8

al.8

al.9

al.9

al.8

al.7

al.6

al.6

al.6

al.6

3.2.1

a3

as

a20

a30

alSO

Nov.

aloo

a70

a25

a!5

a7

a6

a5

a*. 3

a3.9

a3.5

a3.3

3.2

3.2

5.0

3.6

3.6

3.5

3.5

3.3

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.6

3.6

4.2

3.8

3.8

3.5

3.8

3.5

Dec.

3.2

3.2

2.9

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.6

6.7

6.4

6.1

11

6.4

5.0

4.2

5.0

9.7

6.1

5.3

5.0

5.3

5.0

4.5

5.0

8.8

3.8

3.3

3.1

2.8

Jan.

2.6

2.6

2.9

3.1

2.9

2.8

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.5

3.6

4.7

3.3

2.9

2.9

2-8

3.2

4.2

4.5

3.3

3.1

3.1

2.9

2.8

2.6

3.3

3.3

3.1

20

26

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

May

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

July

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

14

10

8.0

6.4

5.9

6.1

6.1

5.6

6.7

9.7

9.2

6.7

6.4

8.0

7.6

6.4

5.9

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.0

5.3

10

6.4

5.9

5.9

5.6

5.3

-

Seccndfoot-days

252.0

312.2

150.2

2,766.1

134.9

194.1

351. C

160. 6

429.1

149.2

450 1 6

187.0

506.1

3,277.2

Peak discharge (base. 300 seo.-ft.

Mar.

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.9

5.6

5.0

4.7

5.0

30

10

6.7

6.7

14

10

6.7

9.4

26

66

41

12

8.8

8.0

a7.6

a7.2

a6.6

a6.2

a6.o

Apr.

a6.0

a5.8

a5. 4

aS.O

aS.O

a4.8

a4.7

a4.6

a4.4

a4.2

a4.5

a4.5

a4.1

a4.0

a4.0

a4.0

a4.0

a4.4

a3.7

a3.6

alO

a6.4

a5.6

aS.O

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.2

4.2

21

-

Maximum

150

100

11

15O

26

14

66

21

94

20

94

28

116

150

May

8.0

18

43

11

7.1

5.9

6.9

6.1

5.3

5.0

4.7

4.7

5.0

4.5

39

8.8

5.6

94

16

11

8.8

7.6

7.1

6.7

16

6.7

5.6

10

24

11

16

Minimum

1.3

3.2

2.8

.9

2.4

5.0

4.7

3.6

4.5

2 bc 

2 Q o

3 2

2^8

1.3

June

20

5.9

4.7

4.7

4.7

3.9

3.6

3.5

3.5

9.4

6.7

3.9

3.5

3.5

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.3

3.6

19

3.9

3.5

3.2

2.8

2.6

3.3

3.3

-

Mean

8.13

10.4

4.85

7.85

4.35

6.93

11.3

5.35

13.8

4.97

14.5

6.03

16.9

8.98

July

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.8

3.2

3.3

3.2

2.8

6.2

5.9

3.3

5.0

5.5

11

6.1

3.9

3.2

3.1

2.9

3.1

10

4.5

3.2

87

82

94

48

15

9.7

8.0

6.4

Aug.

9.6

28

21

9.7

6.7

5.3

4.7

4.5

3^9

4.fc

4.2

4.7

4.5

3.9

3.8

4.7

4.5

3.9

3.8

4.5

5.6

3.9

6.2

3.8

3.6

3.5

3.2

3.2

6.5

4.2

3.2

Per square 

mile

0.884

1.13

.527

.824

.473

.753

1.23

.582

1.50

.540

l!58

.655

1.84

.976

Sept.

7.2

3.9

3.2

3.1

2.8

2.6

2.9

2.9

47

21

5.6

116

51

14

9.3

6.7

5.9

5.6

5.3

8.9

16

115

24

6.1

3.9

3.5

3.1

3.1

a3.0

a3.3

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.02

1.26

.61

11.17

.55

.78

1.42

.65

1.73

.60

1.82

.76

2.05

13.25

. Oct. 31 (time unknovn) 620 seo.-ft.; May 18 (6 a.m.) 408

sec.-ft.j July 24 (IT p. ... . . . . . -

seo.-ft.; Sept. 22 (6 p.m.) 510 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed en basis of records fcr North Meherrin River near 

Lunenburg and Nottcnray River near Burkeville.
CHOWAN RIVER BASIN 71

North Meherrin River near Lunenburg, Va.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 36°59', long. 78 0 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 3,340 second-feet Oct. 31 (gage height, 

itT.zb feet), from rating curve extended above 1,600 second--feet by logarithmic plotting; 

minimum observed, 4.3 second-feet Sept. 5, 6 (gage height, 1.25 feet).

1946-50: Tfeximum discharge observed, that of Oct. 31, 1949; minimum observed, 2.4 

second-feet Aug. 31, 1947; minimum gage height observed, 1.13 feet Aug. 31, 1947, Sept. 

5, 1948.

Flood of August 1940 reached a stage of 48 feet, from information by local resident.

Remarks. Records poor. Gage read once daily.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

11

9.9

9.9

9.6

9.9

11

15

15

11

11

10

11

11

9.9

11

11

11

11

11

9.9

9.6

9.9

9.9

9.6

dll

14

13

11

28

24

2,210

Nov.

1,560

279

231 '77

48

33

33

30

26

27

24

23

22

33

24

22

20

20

19

19

19

18

18

18

21

19

18

IS

23

22

-

Dec.

18

18

17

18

18

16

17

17

16

14

33

35

29

35

39

27

31

24

28

35

29

26

26

23

21

22

77

42

30

25

d24

Jan.

22-

23

23

25

23

22

22

18

18

20

20

19

55

33

26

26

24

31

34

51

34

27

29

27

25

22

28

31

29

32

216

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

June ..... r. ......................

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

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

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

Water year 1949 -50 ............

Feb.

108

82

59

43

32

33

39

32

30

64

64

43

38

48

51

39

33

29

31

27

26

28

68

38

35

33

33

29

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

2,570.1

2^764

830

18,256.8

1,035

1,215

2^164

1,537

2 *780 300

1

»0(? t OcD

TO* Q

OOd *9

1,142.1

18,046.1

Mar.

32

20

23

024

24

26

24

34

31

, 25

22

27

444

77

48

37

40

72

55

37

263

72

311

95

68

48

44

42

37

32

30

Apr.

d30

30

29

28

29

25

22

22

20

22

23

21

20

19

20

19

19

19

19

25

86

30

26

24

22

22

20

20

126

700

-

Maximum

2,210

1,560

77

2,210

216

108

444

700

464

72

288

ouTrt 

444

2,210

Hay

100

163

37

122

122

95

100

48

36

34

30

28

35

27

36

82

40

464

142

64

48

40

35

72

34

33

29

27

64

72

41

Minimum

9 a «O

18

14

3.5

1 D i.O

ye CO

9ft GV

19

27

12

H

5.6

4.3

4.3

June

68

59

43

40

40

29

25

21

20

20

72

24

19

16

18

15

16

13

13

15

18

24

25

32

2O

16

15

12

. 13

19

-

Mean

82.9

92.1

26,8

50.0

33.4

43.4

CQ 0

D3*D

51.2

74^2

26«0

42.7

12.4

38.1

49.4

July

14

16

11

16

22

23

18

15

20

86

36

25

44

122

68

68

30

20

18

18

20

39

23

268

25

48|

86

55

30

22

19

Aug.

17

20

30

25

18

17

13

12

12

11

11

9.9

9.9

8.8

8.8

11

11

8.8

5.6

12

16

11

12

11

9.0

9.0

d8.8

d8.8

d9.2

11

6.3

Per square 

mile

1.38

1

CJ O4

.447

.833

.557

.723

l!l6

.853

1.24

.433

.712

.207

.635

.823

Sept.

-7.4

9.9

6.0

6.0

4.3

4.3

5.0

5.6

32

4.6

19

24

113

40

18

16

12

13

13

12

51

444

113

38

25

24

22

21

19

20

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.59

1.72

.52

11.35

.64

.75

1.34

.95

1.43

.48

.82

.24

.71

11.19

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for North Meherrin River 

near Keysvllle and Nottoway River near Burkevllle.
72 CHOWAN RIVER BASIN

Fontaine Creek near Emporla, Va.

Location. Chain gage, lat. 36"38"10", long. 77"35' 10" , at highway bridge 3.7 miles southwest of Emporla, Greenville County, and 8 miles upstream from Beaverpond Creek.

Drainage area. 96 square miles.

Records available. July 1944 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 1,220 second-feet Sept. 13 (gage height, 

b.2b feet); minimum observed, 8 second-feet Aug. 20.

1944-50: 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 

aoove station.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used June 6 to Sept. 30)

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.5

2.6

9 2.7 37

12 2.8 47

16 2.9 60

21 3.0 75

28 3.2 112

3.4

3.6

4.0

4.8

6.2 1

154

204

320

592

,170

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

24

25

a23

a21

22

24

25

24

22

22

25

27

25

24

21

18

16

17

18

20

20

16

16

15

19

16

23

20

20

23

23

Nov.

74

556

368

218

132

89

66

d60

d52

d48

d44

d40

d37

d35

d33

d32

d31

d31

d30

d30

d29

d29

d29

d29

29

38

43

40

43

34

-

Dec.

32

27

23

20

23

24

25

27

27

27

52

77

93

106

122

99

74

60

52

47

44

39

37

35

a35

a34

34

30

33

36

34

Jan.

33

33

32

30

27

30

30

27

27

29

27

38

47

64

57

46

38

55

74

d!22

d204

dl

dl

dl

91

22

06

d!32

d!54

dl

d2

d2

d2

91

45

74

31

d259

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

February . 7". v .....................

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

April ............ ^.............

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

a90

a 60

a74

a66

a64

a60

a58

a54

a52

a54

63

64

60

59

75

122

178

154

112

82

72

62

59

102

108

88

66

59

_

-

Secondfoot-days

654

2 34*

1*426

39,336

2 1 971

2 23* 2)06: 1 23(

2*107

2 112

4 » 272

506

6,844

28,785

Mar.

62

55

50

45

43

41

37

32

37

39

41

41

47

55

51

48

44

48

59

69

89

122

143

132

106

89

86

97

97

86

70

Apr.

Maximum

27

556

r!22

950

274

178

143

65

204

259

536

32

1,170

1,170

63

57

55

52

62

62

51

44

40

36

34

32

31

32

31

27

26

31

34

38

40

42

40

39

39

34

32

35

42

55

-

Hay

70

c

13

17

3

2

8

204

178

14

11

e

3

2

9

59

44

3

Z

3

2

4

3

47

66

6

e

4

2

0

6

42

37

3

3

3

3

2

8

41

39

3

3

3

2

3

3

2

8

27

Minimum

15

29

20

7

27

52

32

26

24

24

32

9

9

9

June

32

42

57

75

178

259

191

143

99

69

56

52

42

35

29

24

26

30

27

24

29

45

70

84

dlOO

d!20

d70

32

32

39

-

Mean

21.1

78.3

46.1

108

96. C

79 c

eels

41.2

68. C

70.4

136

16.4

228

78.9

July

41

43

50

a54

60

75

122

166

106

259

336

320

289

274

259

218

191

166

143

132

143

143

132

132

101

72

69

59

47

39

32

Aug.

27

25

28

32

32

27

20

17

15

13

12

11

10

10

10

12

13

10

10

9

11

14

20

27

20

17

14

13

11

9

9

Sept.

9

9

9

9

10

10

10

12

18

592

750

910

1,170

1,080

450

231

166

112

95

79

79

84

143

218

245

132

d64

d56

d48

d44

~

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.220 0.25

.816 .91

.480 .55

1.12 15.23

1.00 1.15

.832 .87

.695 .80

.429 .48

.708 .82

.733 .82

1.44 1.66

.171 .20

2.37 2.64

.822 11.15

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Heherrln River near Lawrenceville.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed from doubtful gage heights or on basis of records 

for Meherrln River near Lawrenceville.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 73

Roanoke River at Lafayette, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°14', long. 80°13', at Lafayette, Montgomery

CounTy, a third of a mile downstream from confluence of North and South Forks of Roanoke 

River and If miles upstream from Mill Branch.

Drainage area. 257 square miles.

Records available. September 1943 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,600 second-feet July 12 (gage height, 8.23 

 feet); minimum, 80 second-feet Oct. 24, 25 (gage height, 1.19 feet).

1943-50: 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 good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, which 

are~f air.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 4-28, Sept. 11-30)

1.1 67 1.6 260 5.0 2,340 

1.2 94 2.0 460 6.0 3,250 

1.3 127 3.0 980 6.2 3,500 

1.4 167 4.0 1,620

Discharge, in seoond-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

d!30 

d!20 

d!20 

114 

114

114 

147 

131 

120 

110

104 

101 

101 

101 

101

97 

101 

97 

91 

89

86 

83 

83 

83 

80

110 

91 

131 

380 

236 

660

Nov.

1,370 

1,380 

660 

485 

375

310 

265 

236 

222 

203

190 

180 

176 

176 

163

155 

147 

147 

147 

139

135 

127 

124 

127 

147

131 

124 

120 

167 

163

Dec.

139 

131 

124 

120 

124

120 

124 

120 

117 

120

243

735 

a600 

a450 

a350

a300 

a280 

a260 

a240 

a230

a210 

a2oo 

a200 

a2oo 

a!90

250 

226 

208 

203 

217 

208

Jan.

198 

a200 

a200 

a200 

a!90

also 

also 

al70 

al70 

163

172 

159 

185 

185 

180

190 

194 

203 

295 

470

405 

360 

320 

290 

260

236 

226 

212 

203 

300 

890

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Da

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendtfr year 1949 

&ry

nary

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,190 

3,400 

1,440 

890 

685

570 

490 

420 

405 

410

440 

415 

400 

395 

380

355 

330 

305 

295 

270

255 

260 

275 

241 

226

217 

185 

194

Seoondfoot-days

4,22f 

8,49] 

7.23S

146, lOf

7,78f 

15,33f 

7,796 

5,48( 

19,912 

9,75( 

9,33( 

4,27< 

8,162

107, 97<

Mar.

212 

180 

151 

167 

172

167 

163 

159 

151 

139

147 

147 

180 

194 

172

180 

198 

250 

241 

246

375 

395 

560 

480 

415

365 

335 

410 

375 

340 

310

Apr.

290 

280 

255 

241 

270

226 

212 

208 

198 

190

185 

172 

167 

167 

159

155 

147 

143 

139 

143

135 

127 

124 

124 

131

217 

163 

147 

143 

222

Maximum

> 660 

1,380 

) 735

i 4,120

> 890 

3 3,400 

> 560 

) 290 

2,940 

5 1,310 

3 2,030 

) 200 

' 1,990

L 3,400

Peak discharge (base, 4,500 sec.-ft. ). Feb. 2 (7 a.m.]

Hay

330 

635 

2,620 

1,040 

660

500 

415 

360 

305 

275

255 

265 

300 

265 

1,100

760 

545 

435 

365 

310

280 

246 

226 

212 

198

360 

300 

470 

1,040 

1,900 

2,940

Minimum

80 

120 

117

80

159 

185 

139 

124 

198 

155 

120 

110 

90

80

June

1,310 

810 

600 

540 

450

375 

320 

280 

265 

250

250 

212 

198 

194 

180

167 

176 

159 

172 

250

430 

385 

380 

275 

236

226 

185 

163 

155 

163

Mean

136 

283 

234

400

251 

548 

257 

183 

642 

325 

301 

138 

272

296

July

143 

127 

124 

120 

176

250 

222 

155 

131 

124

336 

2,030 

d500 

d350 

d280

d230 

d200 

dlSO 

d!70 

dlSO

dlSO 

dlSO 

d!60 

dlSO 

d!40

d280 

710 

570 

d440 

d320 

d240

Aug.

d200 

dlSO 

d!70 

d!60 

dlSO

d!40 

d!30 

d!20 

d!20 

d!20

d!20 

d!40 

dlSO 

dllO 

dllO

d!30 

d!60 

d!20 

d!40 

dlSO

d!30 

dllO 

d!40 

dlSO 

d!40

d!30 

d!30 

d!20 

d!20 

d!30 

d!30

Per square 

mile

0.529 

1.10 

.911

1.56

.977 

2.13 

1.00 

.712 

2.50 

1.26 

1.17 

.537 

1.06

1.15

Sept.

d!20 

d!30 

dllO 

dlOO 

d95

d90 

d90 

d90 

110 

1,990

735 

505 

550 

340 

270

246 

194 

167 

151 

143

139 

385. 

305 

212 

180

163 

147 

139 

139 

127

Runoff in 

inches

0.61 

1.23 

1.05

21.15

1.13 

2.22 

1.15 

.79 

2.88 

1.41 

1.35 

.62 

1.18

15.62

4,650 sec. -ft.; May 30 (7:30 p.m.) 5,920

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of- records for station at Roanoke and at 

Niagara. d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Roanoke and 

at Niagara.
74 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Roanoke River at Rorjioke, 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.

Records available . July 1896 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 52 years (1896-1905, 1907-50), 399 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,960 second-feet May 30 or 31 (gage height, 

0.04 feet, from floodmarks); minimum, 130 second-feet Sept. 7 (gage height, 0.88 foot); 

minimum daily, 135 second-feet Oct. 22-25.

1896-1950: Maximum discharge, 28,000 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 18.25 

feet), from rating curve extended above 15,000 sec-ond-feet by logarithmic plotting on 

basis of slope-area determination by Geological Survey, unit hydrograph and floodrouting studies by Corps of Engineers, and records for other stations in Roanoke 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. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow by power plant above station. 

Revisions (water years). W 972: 1928, 1930, 1933, 1935, 1936-39(M).

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

Z

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.

200

186

179

179

186

186

203

203

183

169

160

154

154

154

157

154

154

154

147

141

138

135

135

135

135

150

163

184

360

284

656

Ncv.

912

2,420

1,000

710

573

486

403

351

323

302

280

264

252

252

244

233

225

218

210

207

203

196

189

186

200

200

189

186

200

244

-

Dec.

207

196

186

176

179

179

176

172

169

169

203

708

794

609

508

434

379

355

341-

310

289

276

268

272

260

260

289

293

289

280

280

Jan.

276

276

268

268

256

248

240

236

222

210

214

214

222

233

233

233

240

240

280

486

465

418

384

355

323

297

284

276

264

310

1,000

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,420

4,470

2,200

1,260

895

724

652

561

520

543

567

537

514

520

514

486

460

428

408

384

360

355

360

332

314

306

280

272

-

_

-

Seccndfoot-days

5,87f

11,85(

9.50C

208,661

9,47]

20,64!

11 57

8

-ZO

»Oc,

27,12!

14,31"

13,02! 

6 942

13)07J

151, 73f

Mar.

280

268

240

240

252

252

240

240

236

225

225

233

252

264

236

244

'310 276

341

360

520

585

780

717

621

543

498

573

567

503

454

Apr.

423

408

379

355

374

337

310

297

293

284

272

268

256

252

248

244

236

229

225

225

222

214

207

207

214

289

272

248

236

297

Maximum

» 656

3 2,420

> 794

3 4,970

1,000

4,470

> 780

423

5,400

2,510

1,970

323

J 2,370

5,400

May

408

747

3,575

1,620

962

697

561

486

408

374

341

332

384

351

1,620

1,260

794

645

531

h439

h389

h364

h319

h293

h276

h314

h374

h465

hi , 660

h738

h5,400

Minimum

135

186

169

135

210

272

225

207

97R c to

yxe £do 

203

176

141

135

June

h2,510

hi, 190

h880

h731

h671

h573

465

408

379

360

346

310

293

280

264

256

252

236

260

323

413

492

439

369

323

306

268

240

236

244

Mean

19C

395

307

572

306

737

sy27:

875

477

42C

224

436

416

July

225

207

203

214

248

280

355

248

218

210

374

1,970

787

537

439

374

328

289

264

244

243

306

248

236

229

419

1,000

745

710

481

389

Aug.

328

310

289

256

236

225

214

203

196

193

207

222

196

189

176

207

260

200

225

252

200

183

225

302

229

203

207

189

200

218

203

Per square 

mile

0.490

1.02

.791

1.47

.789

1.90

 961

.714

2 . 26

1.23

1.08

.577

1.12

1.07

Sept.

196

203

179

172

157

144

141

141

208

2,370

1,300

815

1,190

671

503

408

360

310

268

264

248

463

508

355

297

268

248

236

233

225

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.56

1.14

.91

19.99

.91

1.98

1.11

.80

2.61

1.37

1.24

.67

1.25

14.55

Peak discharge (base. 4,000 sec. -ft.). --Feb. 2 (11 a.m.) 5,510 sec. -ft.; May 3 (12 m. ) 4,970 sec.-

ft.; May 3O or 31 (tine unknown) 6,960 sec.-ft.; July 12 

4,670 sec.-ft.

h Discharge computed from staff-gage readings.

7 a.m.) 4,770 sec.-ft.; Sept. 10 (2 p.m.)
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 75

Roanoke River at Niagara, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37"15'18", long. 79"52'18", 200 feet downstream from

 power 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 (levels 

by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 511 square miles.

Records available. July 1926 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 24 years, 539 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 10,500 second-feet May 31 (gage height, 12.2

 feet); minimum, 33 second-feet Oct. 3 (gage height, 0.70 foot); minimum daily, 164 

second-feet Oct. 23.

1926-50: Maximum discharge, 35,000 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 17.5 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 12,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting on basis of velocity-area study by Geological Survey, unit hydrograph 

and flood-routing studies by Corps of Engineers, and records for other stations in 

Roanoke River Basin; minimum, 13 second-feet June 4, 1937 (gage height, 0.42 foot); minimum daily, 22 second-feet Oct. 18, 1941.

Remarks. Records good. Plow 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:

 lyyV-iiU (maximum only 1929), 1933-38, 1940.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.6 148 4.0 930 8.O 4,120 

2.0 230 4.5 1,170 9.0 5,220 

2.4 338 5.0 1,470 11. 0 7,800 

3.0 540 6.0 2,230 

3.5 730 7.0 3,120

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

308 

238 

327 

268 

262

273 

304 

280 

213

300

258 

250 

252 

256 

252

190 

278 

264 

242 

244

212 

Z26 

164 

288 

237

284 

250 

312 

540 

414 

924

Nov.

1,190 

2,820 

1,150 

850 

670

514 

535 

433 

444 

370

375 

324 

339 

424 

342

328 

322 

294 

275 

253

351 

280 

269 

222 

331

264 

234 

335 

288 

337

Dec.

286 

292 

237 

224 

334

248 

254 

252 

258 

256

294 

836 

950 

772 

623

542 

420 

440 

539 

428

389 

356 

388 

332 

349

413 

464 

433 

384 

392 

342

Jan.

368 

352 

406 

400 

331

347 

302 

295 

348 

310

316 

336 

316 

294 

285

402 

336 

341 

384 

588

505 

536 

564 

465 

415

403 

402 

340 

325 

495 

1,180

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary .

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

st ...........................

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

ter year -1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,830 

5,700 

2,940 

1,680 

1,180

976 

860 

744 

684 

750

752 

708 

702 

736 

742

690 

639 

600 

548 

597

519 

488 

508 

475 

414

421 

442 

392

Secondfoot-days

9, lie 

15,162 

12,72"

308, 99E

12,68" 

27,71" 

15,35; 

11,232 

37,20] 

19,334 

16.35C 

9,412 

18,38;

f04,66!

Mar.

401 

408 

347 

295 

364

400 

352 

338 

360 

317

279 

295 

421 

366 

354

344 

379 

414 

408 

449

691 

750 

990 

958 

769

670 

654 

692 

730 

618 

540

Apr.

Maximum

> 924 

2,820 

950

6,780

1,180 

5,700 

990 

536 

7,380 

3,220 

) 2,460 

478 

4,220

7,380

Peak discharge (base, 7,000 sec. -ft. ) . May 31 (1 p.m.]

534 

532 

536 

476 

502

457 

424 

377 

360 

445

363 

372 

338 

350 

291

305 

364 

3O8 

312 

303

302 

272 

268 

338 

291

421 

388 

338 

272 

393

Hay

570 

811 

4,450 

2,400 

1,320

950 

804 

663 

534 

536

478 

454 

514 

462 

2,670

1,720 

1,090 

870 

718 

558

549 

524 

454 

438 

385

534 

490 

610 

, 1,200 

2,060 

7,380

Minimum

164 

222 

224

164

285 

392 

279 

268 

385 

310 

270 

220 

200

164

June

3,220 

1,68O 

1,160 

984 

843

719 

625 

522 

534 

527

454 

472 

436 

397 

388

366 

364 

314 

. 454 

464

552 

648 

581 

458 

410

448 

364 

a320 

a310 

a320

Mean

294 

505 

411

847

409 

990 

495 

374 

1,200 

644 

527 

304 

613

561

July

a300 

a280 

a270 

a290 

a320

a380 

a470 

a340 

asoo 

a280

453 

2,460 

964 

650 

496

455 

510 

352 

338 

322

332 

348 

284 

390 

270

565 

1,140 

884 

836 

568 

503

Aug.

434 

392 

478 

344 

246

298 

333 

270 

272 

253

294 

254 

250 

310 

232

325 

362 

264 

336 

280

315 

256 

281 

390 

304

220 

274 

304 

274 

300 

267

Per square 

mile

0.575 

.988 

.804

1.66

.800 

1.94 

.969 

.732 

2.35 

1.26 

1.03 

.595 

1.20

1.10

10,500 sec.-ft.j Sept. 10 (2 p.

Sept.

268 

295 

200 

228 

284

212 

201 

218 

295 

4,220

1,640 

960 

1,890 

875 

638

470 

458 

422 

370 

349

342 

557 

651 

434 

406

350 

316 

309 

301 

224

Runoff in 

inches

0.66 

1.10 

.93

22.48

.92 

2.02 

1.12 

.82 

2.71 

1.41 

1.19 

.69 

1.34

14.91

m. ) 8,100

sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Roanoke.
76 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Roanoke River near Toshes, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°02'03", long. 79°31'18", ij miles downstream from 

witcners 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. 1,080 square miles.

Records available. September 1925 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 25 years, 1,035 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 26,200 second-feet May 31 (gage height, 18.88 

Tee^T; minimum, 331 second-feet Sept. 7, 8 (gage height, 1.49'feet).

1925-50: 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), 1938-39(M), 1940, 1944(M).

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 2 Feb. 3 to Sept. 30

1.8 500 5.0 3,210 1.6 399 4.0 2,330 10.0 9 

2.2 795 6.0 4,360 2.0 685 6.0 4,360 14.0 16 

3.0 1,420 7.3 6,010 3.0 1,450 8.0 6,980 17.0 22 

4.0 2,260

Discharge, in 'seocnd-feet, water year October 1949 tc September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oot.

811 

70S 

628 

710 

664

664 

678 

770 

698 

622

682 

624 

620 

612 

627

619 

574 

654 

630 

596

598 

564 

582 

521 

607

606 

644 

610 

994 

1,040 

1,960

Nov.

2,080 

4,000 

2,410 

1,710 

1,360

1,160 

1,120 

950 

878 

878

813 

780 

744 

762 

782

721 

714 

692 

674 

641

626 

686 

625 

' 618 

576

684 

604 

564 

700 

674

Dec.

672 

627 

608 

557 

552

643 

561 

575 

548 

557

623 

990 

1,450 

1,350 

1,100

961 

852 

800 

854 

837

764 

729 

714 

728 

659

660 

934 

972 

854 

784 

761

Jan.

720 

710 

706 

731 

732

657 

668 

620 

590 

643

626 

628 

676 

652 

614

584 

682 

643 

689 

854

994 

911 

870 

841 

790

728 

740 

732 

667 

770 

2,070

Month

Octo 

Neve 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

h. ...........................

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

at ...........................

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

3,100 

5,880 

5,230 

2,900 

2,120

1,740 

1,500 

1,350 

1,210 

1,360

1,510 

1,360 

1,240 

1,400 

1,730

1,500 

1,300 

1,200 

1,120 

1,060

" 993 

979 

970 

954 

898

870 

823 

800

Second 

foot-days

21,917 

30,226 

24,276

588,030

23,538 

47,097 

30,957 

22.40C 

69,127 

42,930 

35,162 

21,210 

44,575

413,415

Mar.

806 

784 

770 

712 

693

734 

759 

728 

734 

712

665 

649 

, 708 

806 

736

728 

892 

935 

826 

1,140

1,870 

1,520 

1,810 

1,790 

1,500

1,280 

1,130 

1,140 

1,240 

1,130 

1,030

Apr.

980 

932 

907 

889 

948

920 

835 

799 

779 

740

792 

722 

738 

690 

702

651 

668 

699 

649 

658

664 

630 

600 

594 

658

631 

750 

692 

653 

830

Maximum

1,960 

4,000 

1,450

14,900

2,070 

5,880 

1,870 

980 

21,600 

9,800 

4,360 

1,480 

8,950

21,600

Peak discharge (base, 7,500 sec. -ft. ). --Feb. 2 (8p.m.)

Hay

986 

1,090 

3,910 

4,130 

2,240

1,660 

1,340 

1,180 

1,000 

920

884 

846 

904 

976 

4,480

3,400 

2,070 

1,580 

1,520 

1,140

1,040 

936 

893 

842 

836

988 

964 

892 

1,850 

2,030 

21,600

Minimum

521 

564 

548

521

584 

800 

649 

594 

836 

630 

544 

522 

426

426

June

9,800 

3,600 

2,500 

2,040 

1,740

1,480 

1,260 

1,120 

1,050 

1,120

1,070 

979 

898 

835 

816

774 

772 

756 

709 

808

1,240 

1,200 

1,040 

960 

812

828 

739 

664 

630 

690

Mean

707 

1,008 

783

1,611

759 

1,682 

999 

747 

2,230 

1,431 

1,134 

684 

1,486

1,133

July

672 

556 

544 

602 

758

826 

1,120 

818 

573 

662

951 

4,360 

3,100 

1,550 

1,220

1,020 

875 

796 

712 

717

744 

762 

715 

622 

698

695 

2,640 

1,840 

1,750 

1,290 

974

,900 

,400 

,200

Aug.

879 

816 

1,480 

824 

695

588 

597 

614 

557 

538

556 

604 

558 

522 

572

588 

769 

670 

591 

806

646 

681 

' 751 

886 

740

698 

556 

546 

570 

694 

618

Per square 

mile

0.693 

.988 

.768

1.58

.744 

1.65 

.979 

.732 

2.19 

1.40 

1.11 

.671 

1.46

1.11

7,960 Bee. -ft.; May 31 (5 a.m.)

Sept.

580 

601 

865 

536 

499

524 

442 

426 

492 

8,950

6,140 

3,500 

3,500 

2,090 

1,390

1,120 

965 

864 

838 

860

798 

1,420 

1,770 

1,020 

851

785

738 

688 

664 

659

Runoff in 

inches

0.80 

1.10 

.89

21.44

.86 

1.72 

1.13 

.82 

2.52 

1.56 

1.28 

.77 

1.63

15.08

26,200

sec.-ft.j Sept.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 77

Roanoke River at Altavista, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°06'2l", long. 79°17 I 38", at highway bridge a 

quarter of a mile south of Altavista, Campbell County, half a mile downstream from 

Sycamore Creek and 3f 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 1950.

Average discharge. 20 years, 1,970 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 35,800 second-feet June 1 (gage height, 25.8 

reet); minimum, 808 second-feet Sept. 8 (gage height, 3.36 feet).

1930-50: 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 second-feet Jan. 31, 

1934 (gage height, 1.66 feet).

Remarks. Records good. 

mij.es above station.

Diurnal fluctuation at low flow by power plant at Niagara, 69

Revisions (water years). W 892: 1938(M). W972; 1931-33.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

3.4 840

4.0 1,230

4.5 1,580

5.0 1,960

7.0 3,600

10.0 6,400

14.0 10,800

16.0 13,800

19.0 19,300

23.0 28 ,200

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,800

1,580

1,400

1,510

1,440

1,440

1,580

1,650

1,580

1,400

1,480

1,370

1,370

1,370

1,400

1,370

1,300

1,400

1,370

1,300

1,260

1,260

1,230

1,200

1,300

1,340

1,440

1,400

3,000

2,360

4,230

Nov.

4,320

6,800

5,310

3,330

2,680

2,360

2,040

2,000

1,880

1,760

1,720

1,680

1,620

1,580

1,680

1,580

1,540

1,510

1,510

1,400

1,370

1,480

1,340

1,370

1,300

1,480

1,370

1,230

1,480

1,510

-

Dec.

1,480

1,400

1,340

1,300

1,230

1,370

1,300

1,300

1,260

1,230

1,400

1,760

2,440

2,600

2,280

1,920

1,720

1,650

1,760

1,840

1,650

1,580

1,580

1,620

1,510

1,440

1,760

2,120

1,840

1,720

1,620

Jan.

1,540

1,480

1,540

1,620

1,510

1,480

1,440

1,400

1,300

1,400

1,340

1,370

1,480

1,510

1,440

1,340

1,480

1,400

1,510

1,800

1,920

1,840

1,720

1,760

1,620

1,540

1,620

1,650

1,540

1,650

4,500

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

Maroh ............................

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

5,600

7,620

8,610

5,040

3,870

3,160

2,840

2,600

2,440

2,760

3,000

2,760

2,520

2,600

3,420

3,160

2,680

2,440

2,360

2,120

2,040

1,960

2,000

1,920

1,840

1,760

1,680

1,680

_

_

-

Seoondf oat-days

49,13C

62,23C

51,02C

1,104,53C

50,74C

86.48C

62,74C

44,96C

115,510

91 f 69C

59,69(

40,84C

92,885

807,915

Mar.

1,620

1,620

1,540

1,480

1,480

1,440

1,540

1,510

1,540

1,440

1,400

1,400

1,480

1,760

1,620

1,540

1,620

2,120

2,000

1,840

3,600

3,600

3,690

3,420

2,920

2,520

2,280

Z,200

2,280

2,280

1,960

Apr.

1,840

1,800

1,720

1,760

1,880

1,920

1,720

1,620

1,580

1,480

1,540

1,480

1,440

1,400

1,370

1,370

1,340

1,400

1,300

1,370

1,370

1,300

1,300

1,230

1,300

1,300

1,400

1,370

1,300

1,760

-

Maximum

4,230

6,800

2,600

25,800

4,500"

8,610

3 ,690

1,920

26 ,300

27,700

5,800

2,120

23,500

27,300

May

2,120

2,280

3,690

7,100

4,050

3,000

2,520

2,280

2,000

1,800

1,720

1,840

2,120

2,120

7,830

7,950

4,230

3,080

3,240

2,360

2,120

1,960

1,760

1,720

1,680

1,840

2,040

1,800

3,000

3,960

26,300

Minimum

1,200

1,230

1,230

1,200

1,300

1,680

1,400

1 230

l)680

1,230

1,160

1

/wi

, uuu 

872

872

June

27,700

6,700

4,410

3,600

3,160

2,680

2,440

2,200

2,000

2,000

2,040

1,920

1,760

1,650

1,580

1,540

1,510

1,440

1,400

1,650

2,000

3,080

2,360

2,120

1,650

1,540

1,510

1,340

1,230

1,480

-

Mean

1,585

2,074

1,646

3,026

1,637

3,089

2,024

1,499

3,726

3,056

1 92 C

1^317

3,096

2,213

July

1,540

1,200

1,160

1,200

1,510

1,650

2,040

1,840

1,300

1,300

1,400

3,650

5,800

2,760

2,360

2,000

1,680

1,540

1,370

1,300

1,480

1,480

1,370

1,230

1,300

1,230

3,160

3,240

2,600

2,280

1,720

Aug.

J.,540

1,440

2,120

1,760

1,300

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,130

1,070

1,040

1,040

1,070

1,260

1,400

1,130

1,340

1,370

1,440

2,040

1,760

2,040

1,400

1,230

1,130

1,130

1,160

1,200

Per square 

mile

0.880

1.15

.913

1.68

.908

1.71

1.12

 832

2.07

1.70

1.07

.731

1.72

1.23

Sept.

1,160

1,230

1,400

1,230

1,040

970

905

872

938

8,020

23,500

6,300

7,840

4,590

3,080

2,440

3,040

1,840

1,720

2,280

1,760

2,600

3,780

2,280

1,760

1,620

1,510

1,440

1,370

1,370

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.01

1.28

1.05

22.78

1.05

1.78

1.29

93

2i39

I

Qrt 3W

1.23

.84

1.92

16.67

Peak discharge (base. 18,000 sec.-f t.). June 1 (4 to 6 a.m.) 35,800 sec.-ft.; Sept. 11 (6 a.m.) 

32,400 sec.-ft.
78 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 Falling 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.

Records available. April 1923 to September 1950.

Average discharge. --27 years, 2,512 second-feet.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 37,000 second-feet June 1 (gage height, 28.5 

i eet } ; minimum not determined; minimum daily, 1,000 second-feet' Sept. 8 (estimated). 

1923-50: 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 

1932.

second-feet Sept. 2,

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of doubtful gage-height record, which are

Revisions (water years). W 622: Drainage area. W892: 1928(M). W 972: 1928-34.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

7.0 

8.0

970

1,330

2,340

12.0

14.0

16.0

6,750

9,200

11,900

20.0

24.0

28.0

18,100

25,800

35,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,290 

1,920 

1,770 

1,670 

1,820

1,770 

1,970 

2,080 

2,020 

1,820

1,670 

1,720 

1,670 

1,620 

1,670

1,620 

1,570 

1,520 

1,620 

1,570

1,520 

1,520 

1,470 

1,470 

1,420

1,620 

1,670 

1,720 

3,600 

3,500 

6,520

Nov.

6,060 

8,320 

7,350 

4,700 

3,710

3,180 

2,600 

2,340 

2,240 

2,130

d2,080 

d2,020 

d2,020 

d2,020 

d2,020

dl,970 

dl , 920 

dl,920 

dl,870 

dl,820

dl,770 

dl,770 

dl,770 

dl,720 

dl,770

dl,720 

dl,820 

dl,720 

dl,720 

dl,920

Dec.

dl,920 

dl,820 

dl,770 

dl,720 

dl,720

dl,670 

dl,770 

dl,670 

dl,670 

dl,670

dl,770 

d2,130 

d2,760 

d3,180 

d3,080

d2,6OO 

d2,340 

d2,180 

d2,340 

d2,500

d2,340 

d2 , 180 

d2,130 

d2,130 

d2,080

dl,970 

d2,290 

d2,660 

d2,600 

d2,340 

d2,180

Jan.

d2,130 

d2,020 

d2,080 

d2,130 

d2,130

d2,020 

dl,920 

dl,920 

dl,720 

1,620

1,670 

1,670 

1,720 

1,820 

1,770

1,670 

1,620 

1,720 

1,720 

2,080

2,240 

2,240 

2,080 

2,020 

1,920

1,870 

1,870 

2,130 

1,970 

2,020 

. 5,830

Month

Ootc 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Va

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

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

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

6,990 

8,200 

11,200 

6,990 

4,920

3,930 

3,390 

3,080 

2,970 

3,180

3,820 

3,600 

3,180 

3,080 

3,820

4,150 

3,500 

3,080 

2,760 

2,600

2,500 

2,390 

2,500 

2,390 

2,290

2,240 

2,130 

2,080

Secondfoot-days

61.41C 

79.99C 

67.18C

1,396,67C

6%,34C 

106, 96C 

79.25C 

56..39C 

123, 64C 

111,66C 

71,82C 

51.15C 

112, 07C

984, 86C

Mar.

2,020 

2,020 

1,920 

1,870 

1,820

1,820 

1,670 

1,870 

1,920 

1,870

1,770 

1,770 

1,970 

2,290 

2,130

1,970 

2,020 

2,440 

2,660 

2,390

3,710 

5,030 

5,030 

4,590 

3,820

3,180 

2,860 

2,760 

2,660 

2,760 

2,440

Apr.

2,340 

2,240 

2,180 

2,180 

2,340

2,500 

2,240 

2,080 

1,970 

1,920

1 , 92'0 

1,870 

1,820 

1,770 

1,720

1,720 

1,670 

1,670 

1,670 

1,670

1,720 

1,670 

1,620 

1,570 

1,570

1,670 

1,720 

1,720 

1,670 

1,970

Maximum

6,520 

8,320 

3,180

40,000

5,830 

11,200 

5,030 

2,500 

16,800 

34,200 

6,990 

3,500 

26,000

34,200

Hay

2,600 

2,600 

3,280 

8,200 

5,370

3,820 

3,080 

2,760 

2,390 

2,180

2,020 

1,970 

2,340 

2,550 

6,610

10,900 

5,940 

4,370 

4,150 

3,390

2,860 

2,660 

2,440 

2,340 

2,240

2,240 

2,500 

2,340 

2,550 

4,15O 

16,800

Mininum

1,420 

1,720 

1,670

1,420

1,620 

2,080 

1,770 

1,570 

1,970 

1,420 

1,280 

1,200 

1,000

1,000

June

34,200 

10,800 

5,470 

4,480 

3,930

3,390 

3,080 

2,600 

2,240 

2,130

2,340 

2,240 

1,970 

1,870 

1,820

1,720 

1,670 

1,670 

1,620 

1,670

2,020 

3,180 

3,180 

2,500 

1,970

1,770 

1,720 

1,52O 

1,420 

1,470

Mean

1,981 

2,666 

2,167

3,826

2,043 

3,820 

2,556 

1,880 

3,988 

3,722 

2,317 

1,650 

3,736

2,698

July

1,820 

1,520 

1,280 

1,330 

1,970

2,080 

2,180 

2,340 

1,720 

1,470

1,620 

2,440 

6,990 

3,820 

2,860

2,550 

2,020 

1,770 

1,620 

1,520

1,820 

1,970 

1,720 

1,570 

2,340

1,920 

3,280 

4,370 

2,970 

2,760 

2,180

Aug.

1,820 

1,770 

1,870 

2,860 

1,670

1,420 

1,280 

1,280 

1,280 

1,200

1,200 

1,240 

1,330 

1,240 

1,2OO

1,280 

1,380 

1,620 

1,420 

1,380

1,620 

2,240 

3,500 

2,550 

2,500

1,870 

1,620 

1,380 

1,330 

1,330 

1,470

Per square 

mile

0.819

1.10 

.895

1.58

.844 

1.58 

1.06 

.777 

1.65 

1.54 

.957 

.682 

1.54

1.11

Sept.

1,470 

1,470 

1,520 

1,620 

1,330

dl,200 

dl,100 

dl,000 

dl.100 

3,740

26,000 

10,400 

9,330 

6,520 

4,150

3,080 

2,550 

2,290 

2,130 

2,390

2,760 

3,180 

6,400 

3,390 

2,390

2,130 

1,970 

1,870 

1,820 

1,770

Runoff in 

inches

0.94 

1.23 

1.03

21.47

.97 

1.64 

1.22 

.87 

1.90 

1.72 

1.10 

.79 

1.72

15.13

Peak discharge (base, 21,000 sec. -f t. ). --June 1 (1:30 p.m. 37,000 sec. -ft.; Sept. 11 (2 p.m.)

30,500 sec. -ft. 

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed from 

stations at Altavista and near Clover.

doubtful gage-height record and records for
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 79

Roanoke River near Clover, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°50'17", long. 78°40'02", at highway bridge 3| 

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.

Records available.--August 1929 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 21 years, 3,346 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 30,600 second-feet June 2 (gage height, 18.97 

reet); minimum, 1,250 second-feet Sept. 9 (gage height, 2.27 feet).

1929-50: 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 excellent.

Revisions (water years). W 727: 1930(M). W 972: 1930, 1931(M).

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

, 2.3 1,290 10.0

' 3.0 1,920 12.0

4.0 2,980 14.0

6.0 5,230 17.0

8.0 7,630 19.0

10,200

13,000

16,500

23,700

30,600

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Bay

1

2

3

4

8

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,540

2,320

2,020

1,920

1,920

1,920

2,220

3,420

2,540

2,220

1,970

1,920

1,870

1,820

1,820

1,870

1,820

1,780

1,820

1,820

1,780

1,730

1,730

1,680

1,640

1,730

1,970

1,970

3,860

5,230

13,800

Nov.

15,000

14,800

12,700

7,750

4,870

3,860

3,310

2,980

2,870

2,650

2,480

2,430

2,380

2,540

2,480

2,430

2,270

2,220

2,170

2,120

2,070

1,970

2,020

1,970

1,970

1,970

2,020

1,970

1,920

2,070

-

Dec.

2,120

2,070

1,970

1,870

1,870

1,820

1,870

1,870

1,820

1,820

1,870

2,220

2,760

3,530

3,750

3,200

2,700

2,480

2,600

2,870

2,870

2,540

2,480

2,480

2,430

2,270

2,600

3,090

3,200

2,760

2,540

Jan.

2,380

2,320

2,270

2,380

2,480

2,320

2,220

2,170

2,070

1,970

2,020

2,020

2,220

2,320

2,270

2,120

2,020

2,120

2,270

2,600

2,760

2,760

2,600

2,480

2,430

2,320

2,270

2,480

2,540

2,540

5,710

Month

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

NoveBber .........................

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Septenber ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

9,030

9,680

11,400

10,100

6,310

4,870

4,190

3,860

3,530

3,860

4,520

4,520

3,970

3,640

3,970

4,870

4,300

3,750

3,420

3,200

2,980

2,870

3,090

3,200

2,870

2,760

2,650

2,540

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

78,67C

114,260

76,34C

1,674,22C

75.45C

129, 95C

106, 46C

71,41C

134, 75C

142,720

98,510

64,220

142, 13C

1,234,87C

Mar.

2,480

2,430

2,320

2,270

2,170

2,170

2,170

2,320

2,380

2,320

2,170

2,120

2,540

3,420

3,310

2,760

2,700

3,090

3,420

3,200

3,750

6,430

9,290

7,990

5,950

4,300

3,750

3,420

5,310

3,310

3,200

Apr.

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

870

760

700

600

700

980

870

600

430

380

270

320

220

170

120

2,070

2,

2,

2,

020

020

020

2,020

2,170

2,

2,

1,

120

020

970

1,920

1,970

2,

2,

2,

4,

Maximum

13,800

15,000

3,750

34,400

5,710

11,400

9,290

4,990

12,200

28,000

7,630

4,990

20,800

28,000

320

370

D20

390

May

3,970

4,080

5,110

7,510

8,640

5,230

3,970

3,530

3,090

2,760

2,540

2,480

2,600

2,870

3,750

12,200

8,770

5,590

5,350

4,990

3,640

2,980

2,700

2,540

2,430

2,380

2,480

2,980

3,090

4,190

6,310

MiniBUB

1,640

1,920

1,820

1,640

1,970

2,540

2,120

1,920

2,380

1,870

1,640

1,420

' 1,330

1,330

June

18,900

28,000

17,200

5,590

4,520

3,970

3,420

3,090

2,760

2,650

2,980

2,870

2,540

2,320

2,170

2,070

2,020

1,920

1,870

1,920

2,600

3,530

5,950

- 4,520

3,090

2,320

2,120

2,020

1,870

1,920

Mean

2,538

3,809

2,463

4,587

2,434

4,641

3,434

2,380

4,347

4,757

3,178

2,072

4,738

3,383

July

2,020

2,120

1,730

1,640

1,920

2,870

3,090

2,980

2,760

2,220

2,220

2,650

5,470

7,630

4,520

3,200

3,090

2,380

2,070

2,120

2,430

3,420

2,870

2,320

3,420

4,300

4,300

5,830

4,520

3,420

2,980

Aug.

2,320

2,

2,

3,

170

580

200

2,870

1,970

1,

1,

1,

380

550

550

1,460

1,420

1,

1,

1,

120

500

500

1,420

1,420

1,

1,

I/

550

540

rso

1,600

1,680

2,5

4,2

4,S

540

soo

90

2,980

2,700

1,£

1,1

1,6

1,6

70

80

40

40

1,600

Per square 

Bile

0.786

1.18

.763

1.42

.754

1.44

1.06

.737

1.35

1.47

.984

.641

1.47

1.05

Sept.

1,780

1,820

1,970

1,820

 1,820

1,460

1,370

1,330

1,330

2,760

11,200

20,800

14,700

12,700

7,270

4,190

3,200

2,650

2,380

2,270

4,750

4,990

10,200

7,630

4,190

2,760

2,380

2,220

2,120

2,070

Runoff in 

inches

0.91

. 1.32

.88

19.27

.87

1.50

1.22

.82

1.56

1.64

1.13

.74

1.64

14.23

Peak discharge (base. 25,000 sec.-ft.).--June 2 (6 p.m.) 30,600 sec.-ft.
80 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Roanoke River at Clarksville, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°37 1 40", long. 78°33'04", at highway bridge in 

CTarTcsville, 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 1950 (include flow of Dan River).

Average discharge. 15 years (1935-50), 8,442 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 51,800 second-feet Nov. 2 (gage height, 11.17 

FeeTT; minimum, 2,930 second-feet Aug. 11 (gage height, 2.10 feet). .

1934-50: 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 except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Dmrnal -fluctuation at low flow by cotton mills at Danville and 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, .water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

arid discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 5 to. Apr. 29)

"2.1 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

5^0

2,930

3,880

5,280

8,530

12,600

6.0

7.0

8.0

10.0

11.3

17,200 

22,200 

28,000 

42,000 

52,700'

 Discharge, in seoond-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

5,580 

5,740 

4,840 

4,550 

4,410

4,550 

5,130 

9,070 

7,170 

5,580

5,130 

4,690 

4,550 

4,410 

4,280

4,410 

4,550 

4,550 

4,280 

4,410

4,280 

4,280 

4,140 

4,010 

4,140

4,140 

4,840 

5,280 

6,520 

11,200 

34,500

Nov.

49,200 

50,900 

43,600 

24,400 

13,500

9,250 

7,840 

7,340 

6,680 

6,360

6,200 

6,040 

5,890 

5,890 

6,200

5,890 

5,580 

5,430 

5,430 

5,580

5,130 

4,980 

4,840 

4,550 

4,690

4,980 

4,980 

4,840 

4,840 

5,130

Dec.

5,430 

5,280 

4,980 

4,690 

4,550

4,690 

4,550 

4,550 

4,550 

4,550

4,550 

5,130 

6,040 

7,170 

8,710

8,360 

6,680 

6,040 

5,890 

6,520

6,520 

6,040 

5,740 

6,040 

5,890

5,740 

6,040 

7,340 

7,670 

6,840 

6,360

Jan.

5,740 

5,740 

5,580 

5,890 

5,740

5,580 

5,430 

5,280 

5,130 

4,980

4,980 

5,130 

5,580 

5,740 

5,740

5,280 

5,280 

5,430 

6,200 

8,360

8,530 

7,670 

6,840 

6,520 

6,200

5,890 

5,740 

6,520 

7,340 

7,500 

11,700

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary ........

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

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

ter year 1949 50 ............

Feb.

. 17,200 

17,700 

17,700 

' 17,700 

11,700

8,890 

8,010 

7,500 

7,170 

7,670

8,710 

9,250 

8,180 

7,670 

7,840

9,070 

i 9,250 

 7,840 

7,170 

' 6,520

1 6,360 

1 6,040 

6,680 

7,840 

7,340

6,520 

6,040 

' 5,890

Seoondfoot-days

189, 21C 

326, 16C 

183, 13C

3,809,46C

193, 26C 

255, 45< 

254, OK 

161, 72C 

! 364, 09£ 

S8TT68C 

247, 70C 

131, 76C 

242, 71C

2,833,88C

Peak discharge (base, 50,000 sec. -ft.). No

a No gage-height record; discharge computed

Mar.

5,580 

5,430 

a5,400 

85,200 

a5, 000

a5, 000 

aS, 000 

a5,4OO 

a5, 600 

aS, 400

aS, 200 

a5, 000. 

a6,200 

a9,400 

alO,000

a8,010 

6,840 

7,340 

7,670 

7,000

8,180 

13,000 

24,400 

20,200 

14,800

10,400 

8,180 

7,670 

7,340 

7,170 

7,000

Apr.

6,360" 

6,200 

5,890 

5,890 

5,890

a6,600 

a6,900 

a6,800 

a5,800 

5,430

5,280 

5,280

4,980 

4,980 

4,840

4,690 

4,550 

4,690 

4,690 

4,690

,980 

,980 

,840 

,550 

,550

4,550 

4,550 

4,410 

4,410'

9,470:

Maximum

34,500 

50,900 

8,710

50,900

11,700 j ' ir,7oo

1 24,400 

Jl 9,470 

) 30,400( 

35,900 

14,000 

7,670 

30,400

50,900

May

10,000 

10,000 

20,700 

25,000 

19,700

11,700 

8,890 

7,840 

7,670 

7,000

6,040 

6,360 

10,400 

16,700 

20,200

30,400 

27,400 

13,500 

11,700 

10,800

9 ',070 

7,170 

6,680 

5,890 

5,740

6,360 

6,200 

6,360 

9,620 

14,400 

14,000

Minimum

4,010 

4,550 

4,550

4,010

4j980 5,890' 

. 5,000' 

4,410,

'!',I^ 

4,410 

3,040 

3,160

3,040

June

30,400 

35,900 

 29,200 

12,200 

10,800

10,000 

8,010 

6,680 

6,200 

5,740

7,670 

6,520 

6,200 

5,430 

4,840

4,690 

4,690 

4,550 

4,410 

4,840

7,340 

8,360 

10,800 

13,500 

8,360

6,200 

5,430 

5,130 

4,550 

6,040

Mean

6,104 

10,870 

5,907

10,440

6,234 

9,123 

8,194 

5,391 

11,740 

"9,4S9 

7,990 

4,250 

8,090

7,764

July

7,840 

8,530 

6,200 

'4,410 

5,460

10,800 

9,620 

7,170 

7,840 

10,400

6,040 

7,000 

9,070 

14,000 

13,500

13,500 

7,670 

5,890 

4,980 

4,690

10,400 

12,200 

6.52P 

5,280 

4,980

7,170 

6,840 

8,010 

8,010 

6,840 

6,840

Aug.

5,430 

4,550 

4,550 

5,430 

6,040

4,550 

3,760 

3,510 

3,280 

3,160

3,040 

3,160 

3,040 

3,160 

3,390

3,280 

3,160 

3,280 

3,390 

3,760

3,510 

3,880 

5,430 

7,500 

6,360

7,670 

5,430 

4,280 

3,760 

3,630 

3,390

Per square 

mile

0.834 

1.48 

.807

1.43

..852 i:^ .

1.12 

, .736 

1.60 1.3Q1.019 

.581 

1.11

1.06

Sept.

3,760 

3,880 

3,880 

4,280 

4,980

4,280 

3,760 

3,280 

3,160 

3,760

12,500 

30,400 

22,700 

19,200 

14,000

8,010 

6,200 

4,980 

4,690 

4,410

5,890 

8,890 

14,000 

15,300 

8,530

6,040 

4,840 

4,550 

4,280 

4,280

Runoff In

inohas

0.96 

1.65 

.93

19.34

it*9!-

1.29 

.82

1.84 ^1.45- 

1.26 

.67 

1.24

14.39

v. 2 (2:30 a.m.) 51,800 sec. -ft. 

on basis of records for Roanoke River at Buggs Island

and sum of Roanoke River near Clover and Dan River at South Boston.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 81

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 Septemoer j.at>u.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 52,600 second-feet Nov. 2 (gage height, 11.64 

reet); minimum not determined; minimum daily, 3,110 second-feet Aug. 13.

1947-50: Maximum discharge, 76,000 second-feet Dec. 7, 1948 (gage height, 14.97 

feet); 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 or no gage-height record, 

wnicn are fair. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow by cotton mills at Danville and power 

plant on Banister River.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.6 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0

Oct. 1 to Nov. 1

3,850

5,210

9,050

13,400

6.0

9.0

12.0

23,000

38,000

55,000

1.3 2,980

1.5 3,510

2.0 4,980

Nov. 2 to Sept. 30

2.5

3.0 

4.0

6,720

8,700

13,200

6.0

9.0

12.0

23,000,

38,000

55,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

5,040

5,750

5,040

4,430

4,290

4,460

4,460

8,250

7,650

6,110

5,210

,700

,700

,430

,500

,260

,460

,460

,330

,360

,290

,190

,120

,050

,020

,090

,500

5,210

5,750

10,000

26,000

Nov.

44,800

51,400

45,400

29,500

15,000

10,300

8,100

7,500

6,720

6,530

6,530

6,340

6,160

5,980

6,340

6,160

5,980

5,640

5,640

5,640

5,640

4,980

4,980

4,820

4,820

5,140

5,140

5,140

4,980

5,140

-

Dec.

5,470

5,470

5,140

4,820

4,820

4,660

4,660

4,820

4,660

4,820

4,660

4,980

5,810

7,100

9,150

8,920

7,300

6,160

5,980

6,160

6,530

6,160

5,810

5,980

5,980

5,640

5,640

7,100

7,500

7,100

6,340

Jan.

5,980

5,640

5,640

5,640

5,640

5,640

5,470

5,300

5,140

4,980

d5,200

d5,200

d5,600

d5,800

d5,900

d5,600

d5,400

d5,600

6,720

d8,000

d8 , 600

d8,000

d7,200

d7,000

d6,700

d6,400

6,160

6,720

7,700

7,700

10,700

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

16,500

18,000

18,000

19,000

14,100

10,500

9,150

8,300

7,900

7,900

9,150

10,000

9,150

8,500

8,300

9,150

10,300

8,700

7,700

7,100

6,910

6,530

6,720

6,530

7,900

7,100

6,530

6,340

_

_

-

Second 

foot-days

177, 11C

336,440

185, 34C

3,911,03C

196, 97C

271,960

276,960

178,460

364,820

286,020

252,700

134,900

245,200

2,906,880

Mar.

5,980

5,810

5,640

5,470

5,300

5,300

5,300

5,300

5,640

5,810

5,470

5,300

5,300

8,100

11,000

9,820

7,900

7,900

8,500

8,100

8,700

12,600

26,500

23,500

17,500

12,800

9,600

8,920

8,100

7,900

7,900

Apr.

7,300

6,910

6,530

6,530

6,530

6,910

7,300

7,100

6,340

5,980

5,810

5,810

5,640

5,640

5,470

5,470

5,300

5,300

5,300

5,300

5,470

5,810

5,640

5,300

5,300

5,140

5,300

5,140

5,140

7,750

-

Maximum

26,000

51,400

9,150

51,400

10,700

19,000

26,500

7,750

30,500

34,000

15,500

7,200

28,000

51,400

May

11,800

10,000

16,500

19,000

21,500

13,600

9,150

7,900

7,500

6,910

6,340

6,720

8,920

15,500

19,000

26,500

30,500

15,500

11,800

10,700

9,600

7,100

6,720

6,160

5,980

6,160

6,530

6,530

7,900

13,200

13,600

Minimum

4,020

4,820

4,660

4,020

4,980

6,340

5,300

5,140

5,980

4,360

4,510

3,110

3,200

3,110

June

25,500

34,000

33,000

15,500

12,300

10,300

8,500

6,910

6,160

5,640

6,720

6,910

6,160

5,300

4,980

4,660

4,660

4,510

4,360

4,820

5,810

8,700

9,150

14,100

9,600

6,530

5,640

5,140

4,820

5,640

Mean

5,713

11,210

5,979

10,720

6,354

9,713

8,934

5,949

11,770

9,534

8,152

4,352

8,173

7,964

July {

7,100

8,700

6,720

4,660

4,510

11,000

10,500

7,500

7,300

13,600

6,910

6,340

9,150

14,100

13,600

15,500

8,500

6,160

5,300

4,980

6,160

10,700

7,900

5,640

5,140

6,530

7,100

8,300

8,700

7,100

7,300

Aug.

as, 980

a5,000

a4,500

35,200

36,000

35,000

34,200

33,500

3,190

3,140

3,140

3,270

3,110

3, 270

3,640

3,400

d3,200

d3,300

d3,500

d3,700

d3,600

4,060

d5,600

d7,000

d6,800

a7,200

86,000

a4,500

33,900

33,600

33,400

Per square 

mile

0.734

1.44

.769

1.38

.817

1.25

1.15

.765

1.51

1.23

1.05

.559

1.05

1.02

Sept.

as, 700

33,800

33,900

a4,200

a4,800

a4,500

a4,000

a3,500

a3,200

33,700

310,000

328,000

a26,000

320,000

315,000

39,000

a6,500

35,500

34,800

a4,500

36,000

a8, 800

314,000

315,000

38,500

36,200

35,000

34,600

34,300

34,200

Runoff in 

inches

0.85

1.61

.89

18.71

.94

1.30

1.33

.85

1.74

1.37

1.21

.64

1.17

13.90

records ior noanoite niver near uj.over ana jjari H-LVCJ- ai. ouuun DUDI/UJJ. 

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed as explained in footnote a.

,600 sec.-ft. 

Roanoke River at Clarksville and sum 

Boston.
82 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Roanoke River at Roanoke Rapids, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°28'15", long. 77°38'05", ij miles upstream from 

Chocyott Creek, lj miles dovmstream from bridge on 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.

riecorgs available. February 1930 to September 1950. December 1911 to December 1932 at 

site 9 mutes upstream, published as Roanoke River at Old Gaston.

Average discharge. 38 years (1912-50), 8,454 second-feet.

jgtremes. Maximum discharge during year, 54,900 second-feet Nov. 2; maximum gage height, 

ib.U4 feet Nov. 3; minimum discharge, 2.560 second-feet probably Aug. 14 (gage height, 

3.15 feet, from recorded range in stage).

1911-50: 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 using fall as determined by auxiliary gage as a factor.

Revisions (water years). W 712: 1929. W 822: W 1032: 1912, 1923(M), 1928(M), 1930(M),

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Pall used as a factor in computing discharge Nov. 1-5, Sept. 13-14)

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

2,320

4,100

6,500

6.0 

8.0 

11.0

9,500 

17,OOO 

33,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

4,500

5,250

5,500

4,880

4,300

4,200

4,300

4,750

8,900

7,100

5,620

4,880

4,400

4,300

4,200

4,200

4,100

4,200

4,300

4,100

4,100

4,100

4,000

3,900

3,800

3,800

3,900

4,300

5,120

6,700

14,200

Nov.

40,000

52,300

50,200

38,200

18,900

12,400

9,200

8,000

7,400

6,800

6,500

6,250

6,120

5,880

5,880

6,250

5,880

5,620

5,380

5,500

5,500

5,250

4,880

4,880

4,880

4,880

5,000

5,000

5,000

5,000

-

Dec.

5,120

5,380

5,380

5,000

4,620

4,500

4,500

4,500

4,500

4,500

4,620

4,620

5,120

6,500

8,600

9,500

8,600

7,100

6,250

6,120

6,500

6,650

6,120

5,880

6,000

6,000

5,750

6,120

7,400

7,700

7,100

Jan.

6,250

5,880

5,620

5,620

5,750

5,750

5,620

5,380

5,250

5,120

5,000

5,000

5,250

5,620

5,880

5,750

5,380

5,500

5,880

7,550

9,500

8,900

8,000

7,100

6,650

6,250

6,000

5,880

6,650

7,550

8,300

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

12,700

16,600

17,000

17,000

15,800

12,000

9,500

8,900

8,300

8,000

8,300

9,500

9,850

8,900

8,900

8,900

9,850

9,850

8,600

7,700

7,100

6,950

6,800

8,000

8,600

8,000

7,100

6,650

_

-

Secondf cot-days

155,90

352,93

186,25

3,913,001

193,83

275,35

273 09

167)36

352,39

285,41

260,78

135,08

252, 38<

2,890,75

Mar.

6,500

6,000

5,880

5,750

5,500

5,380

5,250

5,500

5,500

5,620

5,880

5,500

5,380

5,750

9,200

10,200

8,600

7,400

7,700

8,000

7,700

9,500

19,800

25,500

19,500

14,500

12,600

9,200

8,600

8,000

7,700

Apr.

7,700

6,950

6,650

6,380

6,380

6,380

6,800

7,250

6,500

6,000

5,750

5,500

5,500

5,250

5,120

5,000

4,880

4,880

4,880

4,880

5,000

5,120

5,380

5,120

4,750

4,750

4,620

4,620

4,620

4,750

-

Maximum

3 14,200

3 52,300

0 9,500

3 52,300

3 9,500

3 17,000

3 25,500

3 7,700

3 29,400

3 33,600

3 15,400

3 7,700

3 40,000

3 52 , 300

May

10,900

10,900

12,400

17,000

20,000

17,000

11,200

8,600

7,700

7,400

7,100

5,750

6,500

11,000

16,600

21,000

29,400

22,000

12,700

10,900

10,200

8,600

6,950

6,380

5,880

5,750

6,120

6,380

6,500

9,780

13,800

Minimum

3,800

4,880

4,500

3,800

5,000

6,650

5 250

4^620

5,750

4,200

4,500

2,800

3,320

2,800

June

15,700

31,200

33,600

24,200

13,000

11,200

9,850

8,000

7,550

5,880

5,750

7,250

6,380

5,880

5,120

4,620

4,400

4,300

4,200

4,200

4,880

7,250

8,600

11,300

12,200

8,300

6,000

5,250

5,000

5,250

-

Mean

5,02S

11.76C

6,00£

10, 72C

6,253

9,834

8, 80S

5,57£

11,37C

9,514

8,412

4,357

8,412

7,92C

July

6,380

7,700

8,300

6,120

4,500

6,250

12,000

9,850

7,550

13,400

11,800

6,650

T.700

10,300

15,000

15,400

12,400

7,700

5,880

5,000

35,000

a8,800

alO,500

a7,400

a5,600

a5,100

a7,100

a7,400

as, 500

a8,300

a7,200

Aug.

a7,000

a5,600

a4, 600

a4,400

a5,200

a6,100

a4, 700

a3,800

a3,400

a3,100

a3,000

a3,000

a3,100

a2,800

a3,000

a3,400

a3,200

a3,000

a3,100

a3,200

a3,800

a3,400

a4,000

a6,200

a7,700

6,500

7,700

5,380

4,200

3,900

3,600

Per square 

mile

0.598

1.40

.714

1.27

.744

I 1.17

1.05

.663

1.35

1.13

1.00

.513

1.00

.942

Sept.

3,320

3,410

3,700

3,700

4,100

5,250

3,800

3,600

3,410

3,600

3,600

10,900

40,000

23,900

19,000

12,300

7,700

6,120

5,000

4,620

4,880

7,150

10,900

16,200

13,400

8,780

6,120

5,000

4,620

4,300

-

Runcff in 

inches

0.69

1.56

.82

17.28

.86

1.22

1.21

.74

1.56

1.26

1.15

.60

1.12

12.79

Peak discharge (base, 50,000 sec.-ft.). Nov. 2 (6 p.m.) 54,900 sec.-ft.; Sept. 13 (1 p.m.) 50,800 

sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed from records at auxiliary gage at Weldcn.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 83

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 a58, 1 mile downstream from tributary on right, 3 miles downstream from Bridgers 

Creek, and 5^ miles north of Scotland Neck, Halifax County. Auxiliary water-stage recorder at Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge 8^ 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 1950. July 1896 to May 1903 at site of 

auxiliary gage, at different datum, published as Roanoke River at Neal.

Average discharge.-- 10 years, 8,781 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 40,500 second-feet Nov.'4; maximum gage height, 

31.48 feet Nov. 5; minimum discharge, 2,870 second-feet Aug. 15.

1940-50: 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 1 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. Discharge computed by using fall as-determined by auxiliary gage 

as a factor.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

90 fJO

29

30

31

Oct.

4,750

4,980

5,550

5,470

4,890

4,610

4,470

4,470

6,820

8,090

6,650

5,510

4,970

4,680

4,470

4,470

4,330

4,390

4,470

4,330

4,260

4,260

4,190

4,050

4,050

3,910

4,040

4,110

4,680

5,550

9,460

Nov^

21,300

27,900

32,200

38,300

38,200

29,400

21,700

16,200

12,500

9,820

8,330

7,350

6,620

6,200

5,860

6,020

6,070

5,850

5,550

5,520

5,520

5,630

5,200

4,990

5,150

5,150

5,150

5,230

5,310

5,390

-

Dec.

5,310

5,470

5,630

5,390

5,060

4,830

4,680

4,680

4,750

4,750

4,750

4,750

5,060

6,050

8,050

9,460

9,490

8,380

7,110

6,660

6,490

6,990

6,580

6,220

6,190

6,190

6,110

6,030

7,010

7,720

7,700

Jan.

6,930

6,310

5,910

5,870

5,870

5,870

5,870

5,880

5,550

5,390

5,230

5,230

5,390

5,550

5,880

6,040

5,870

5,950

6,350

7,430

9,460

9,840

8,980

8,040

7,280

6,910

6,660

6,310

6,720

7,450

7,880

Honth

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

Hay »» ..............................

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

10,700

15,200

17,000

17,200

17,600

15,000

11,800

9,870

8,890

8,240

8,300

9,310

10, 300

9,780

9,430

9,170

9,570

10,500

9,400

8,470

7,620

7,340

7,190

7,370

8,820

8,690

7,950

7,260

_

-

-

Secondfoe t-days

154, 93C

363,610

193, 55C

4,086»62C

203, 90C

287, 97C

281, 64C

172, 39C

356, 2 2C

295, 17C

275, 61C

143, 83C

260, 30C

2,989,12C

liar.

6,930

6,580

6,140

5,990

5,830

5,670

5,520

5,550

5,630

5,710

5,870

5,870

5,710

5,630

7,400

10, 300

9,750

8,130

7,600

8,150

8,160

8,910

13,800

21,600

21,900

19,400

15, 100

11,700

9,810

8,820

8,480

Apr.

7,990

7,420

6,990

6,820

6,580

6,490

6,710

7,180

7,250

6,400

5,990

5,600

5,550

5,470

5,310

5,150

4,990

4,980

4,900

4,830

5,060

5,060

5,310

5,310

5,150

4,830

4,820

4,750

4,750

4,750

-

Maximum

9,460

38,300

9,490

38,300

9,840

17,600

21,900

7,990

24,000

26,200

15,300

) 7,760

) 26,300

38,300

Hay

6,850

11,800

10,900

15,100

17,600

18,900

15,200

11,100

8,660

7,780

7,330

6,660

6,390

8,330

14,300

18,100

21,800

24,000

20,400

15,500

12,800

10,600

8,200

7,110

6,280

5,760

5,770

6,220

6,620

7,860

12,300

Minimum

3,910

4,990

4,680

3,910

5,230

7,190

5,520

4,750

5,760

4,170

4,740

2,960

3,420

2,960

June

13,500

20,600

24j 600

26,200

23,400

18,200

14,300

11,000

8,350

6,970

6,050

6,190

6,990

6,240

5,530

4,940

4,570

4,380

4,240

4,170

4,540

5,550

8,660

9,270

13,000

10,300

7,460

5,830

5,090

5,050

-

Mean

4,998

12,120

6,244

11,200

6,577

10,280

9,085

5,746

11,490

9,839

8,891

4,640

8,677

8,189

July

5,790

7,100

8,39.0

7,340

5,530

4,740

10,600

11,400

9,180

10,300

15,000

10,400

7,990

9,590

14,000

14,900

15,300

10,700

7,450

5,900

5,110

6,730

11,300

9,020

6,600

5,460

6,570

7,760

8,500

9,050

7,910

Aug.

7,550

6,660

5,400

4,760

5,010

5,880

5,790

4,490

3,380

3,420

3,200

3,140

3,050

3,110

2,960

3,230

3,560

3,230

3,110

3,170

3,490

3,850

3,560

5,200

7,370

7,760

7,670

6,950

5,200

4,290

3,940

Per square 

mile

0.574

1.39

.718

1.29

.756

1.18

1.04

.660

1.32

1.13

1.02

.533

.997

.941

Sept.

3,660

3,420

3,630

3,740

4,100

4,500

5,010

3,830

3,630

3,670

3,740

5,660

20,700

26,300

24,600

21,200

14,600

10,100

7,260

5,430

4,880

5,250

9,000

12,700

15,600

11,300

7,750

5,630

4,960

4,450

Runoff in 

inches

0.66

1.55

.83

17.46

.87

1.23

1.20

.74

1.52

1.26

1.18

.61

1.11

12.76
84 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 

Big Spring at Elliston, Va.

Location. Lat. 37°13' , long. 80°14' , a quarter of a mile upstream from Roanoke River and 

u.a mils south of Elliston, Montgomery County.

Records available. June 1928, August 1947, December 1949 to August 1950 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes. 1928, 1947, 1949-50: Maximum discharge measured, 6.51 second-feet May 3 1950- 

minimum measured, 3.35 second-feet Aug. 11, 1950.

Remarks. Discharge measurements made at bridge where spring crosses U. S. Highway 11.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, 1928, 1947, 1949-50

Date

June 26, 1928 

Aug. 29, 1947 

Dec. 6, 1949

Discharge

4.40 

3.69 

4.90

Date

Jan. 10, 1950 

Mar. 14 

May 3

Discharge

4.54

4.67 

6.51

Date

June 13, 1950 

July 11 

Aug. 11

Discharge

4.45 

5.10 

3. 35'

Elackwater River near Union Hall, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37 0 02'35", long. 79°41'07", at highway bridge at 

Kemps Ford, 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.

necoras available. March 1925 to September 1950.

average aiscnarge. 25 years, 234 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,850 second-feet May 31 (gage height, 10.32 

feet); minimum, 125 second-feet Sept. 8 (gage height, 1.95 feet)-.

1925-50: 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 

for other stations in Roanoke River Basin; minimum, 13 second-feet Sept. 20, 1932 (gage 

height, 1.42 feet) .

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years).--W 892: 1930(M), 1933(M) , 1938-39(M).

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

251

230

230

226

222

222

264

264

238

230

230

222

222

222

222

222

222

219

211

211

207

203

203

200

200

215

215

222

294

272

590

NOV.

461

685

436

355

308

281

268

255

247

238

230

230

230

222

215

211

211

207

207

207

203

200

196

196

200

200

192

192

211

230

-

Dec.

203

192

192

185

192

185

189

189

185

189

222

308

264

247

226

211

200

207

222

211

207

200

207

203

192

203

312

272

230

222

211

Jan.

211

203

203

203

200

196

192

182

182

185

185

185

200

192

185

182

182

185

200

230

207

203

196

192

189

185

189

192

185

238

555

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

Hay "* . .... .. 

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

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

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

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

Water 'year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

788

625

540

417

350

317

299

276

276

331

378

322

304

359

466

374

326

299

286

268

255

259

259

243

230

226

215 "207

_

.

-

Secondfoot-days

7,401

7,724

6,678

144,664

6,414

9,495

7,660

5,902

12 t 991

8,722

8,101

5,048

9,814

95,950

Mar.

211

' 207

192

192

200

200

196

203

200

189

189

189

207

215

196

200

222

264

_ 234

243

560

388

<02

340

299

276

259

259

264

238

226

Apr.

222

219

219

219

234

222

203

203

203

200

196

192

189 "185

185

185

185

185

182

189

185

178

178

178

175

178

178

175

172

288

-

Maximum

590

685

312

4,630

555

788

560

288

3,530

1,120

1,050

255

2,420

3,530

Hay

294

312

471

417

317

268

247

230

215

207

203

207

234

222

1,010

510

340

290

272

243

226

215

207

207

207

286

230

222

530

622

3,530

Minimum

200

192

185

185

182

207

189

172

203

175

155

131

128

128

June

1,120

555

417

374

331

290

264

247

238

238

304

238

222

222

215

207

207

203

200

226

422

312

272

226

200

200

185

175

182

230

-

Mean

23£ 25"

21E

396

20"

33S 24"

19"

41S

293

26]

163 32"

262

July

189

175

168

165

222

222

281

196

a!70

a!90

a!90

1,050

398

281

' 276

219

200

182

165

165

172

192

168

158

155

208

735

355

 388

255

211

Aug.

200

182

172

158

149

143

140

137

137

134

146

143

. 137

131

134

165

255

161

146

234

161

158

178

251

172

185

155

143

143

152

146

Per square 

mile

1.15

1.24

1.05

1.90

.995

1.63

1.19

.947

2.01

1.40

1.25

.784

1.57

1.26

Sept.

158

168

322

165

146

131

128

128

185

2,420

922

699

530

331

272

234

219

203

203

219

178

435

299

182

165

158

155

155

152

152

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.33

1.38

1.19

25.85

1.15

1.70

1.37

1.06

2.32

1.56

1.44

.90

1.75

17.15

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 sec. -ft.) . May 31 (9 p.m.) 5,850 sec. -ft. s July 12 (9 a.m.) 2,390 sec.

ft.; Sept. 1O (Z p.m.) .5,690 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Goose Creek near Huddleston.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 85

Pigg River near Toshes, Va.

location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°59'01", long. 79°30'52", half a mile downstream 

rrom Fryingpan 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 1950.

Average discharge. 20 years, 412 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 9,770 second-feet Sept. 11 (gage height, 17.73 

reet); minimum, 164 second-feet Aug. 10 (gage height, 3.47 feet).

1930-50: 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-feet Aug. 31, 

1932 (gage height, 2.32 feet).

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow by mill above station. 

Revisions (water years).--W 972: 1931-40 (maximum only, 1931-32, 1934-35, 1937).

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-5)

Oct. 1-5, Aug. 25 to Sept. 22 Oct. 6-to Aug. 24, Sept. 23-30

3.6 216 5.0 665 9.0 2,51O 3.5 17O 5.0 582 7.0 1,450 

4.0 324 6.0 1,050 11. 0 3,760 4.0 290 5.5 759 9.0 2,520 

4.5 484 7.0 1,480 13. 0 5,200 4.5 427 6.0 970 11.0 3,760

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

378 

351 

333 

330 

318

314 

358 

358 

344 

317

317 

314 

312 

317 

314

314 

312 

312 

3O9 

309

293 

306 

280 

280 

285

344 

344 

371 

1,020 

471 

1,400

Nov.

948 

1,200 

616 

486 

442

399 

385 

371 

358 

358

344 

344 

344 

35S 

344

344 

344 

330 

330 

330

330 

317 

330 

330 

330

a330 

a320 

a320 

a340 

a37O

Dec.

a33O 

a320 

312 

312 

317

317 

314 

314 

309 

317

385 

486 

442 

442 

385

371 

344 

344 

385 

358

344 

344 

371 

371 

358

358 

442 

456 

413 

385 

371

Jan.

344 

344 

344 

358 

344

330 

330 

317 

317 

317

330 

330 

358 

344 

330

317 

317 

330 

358 

427

385 

371 

358 

344 

330

330 

344 

358 

344 

427 

1,040

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

h... .........................

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,130 

948 

668 

517 

456

427 

399 

385 

399 

486

486 

456 

427 

471 

668

549 

471 

427 

413 

399

371 

371 

385 

385 

358

358 

358 

344

Secondf cot-days

11,92! 12,29' 

11,31

198,92

11,41 13,51' 

13,64! 

1O.27C 

22,185 

13,64C 

9,49! 

8,36! 

19,81E

157,88'

Mar.

358 

344 

344 

330 

344

344 

344 

344 

358 

344

317 

330 

358 

399 

358

358 

399 

502 

442 

413

1,150 

759 

837 

599 

502

442 

413 

413 

427 

413 

358

Apr.

371 

358 

358 

344 

427

413 

371 

358 

344 

330

330 

330 

330 

317 

317

314 

314 

312 

317 

317

330 

309 

304 

304 

304

304 

304 

304 

301 

634

Maximum

5 1,400 

> 1,200 

J 486

5 3,930

7 1,040 

2 1,130 

S 1,150 

) 634 

) 3,250 

) 2,340 

) 579 

J 801 

) 4,640

4,640

Peak discharge (base, 4.OOO sec. -ft.). May 31 (6 p.m.

May

634 

599 

801 

686 

502

427 

442 

442 

371 

344

371 

634 

797 

599 

2,810

1,150 

616 

517 

456 

399

371 

358 

344 

344 

330

571 

399 

558 

1,350 

817 

3,250

Minimum

280 

317 

309

273

317 

344 

317 

301 

330 

256 

225 

188 

237

188

June

-2,340 

722 

517 

471 

442

399 

371 

344 

330 

317

358 

344 

301 

301 

298

285 

280 

269 

309 

471

647 

549 

582 

399 

314

298 

277 

256 

267 

582

Mean

385 

410 

365

545

368 

483 

440 

342 

716 

455 

306 

270 

660

433

July

358 

277 

267 

272 

295

314 

399 

330 

269 

312

309 

304 

285 

290 

517

344 

293 

269 

246 

244

264 

262 

249 

225 

256

225 

579 

371 

358 

274 

242

Aug.

229 

220 

237 

225 

208

199 

194 

190 

188 

188

227 

256 

220 

210 

210

222 

309 

285 

244 

252

269 

246 

249 

801 

502

384

327 

268 

260 

286 

263-

Per square 

mile

0.977 

1.04 

.926

1.38

.934 

1.23 

1.12 

.868 

1.82 

1.15 

.777 

.685 

1.68

1.10

5,O40 sec.-ft.j sept. 11 (6 a.m

Sept.

303 

384 

312 

281 

271

237 

242

242 

276 

4,020

4,640 

835 

1,300 

554 

449

378 

342 

327 

478

591

381 

591 

442 

317 

280

280 

272 

269 

262 

259

Runoff in 

inches

1.13 

1.16 

1.07

18.79

1.O8 

1.28 

1.29 

.97 

2.10 

1.28 

.90 

.79 

1.87

14.92

.) 9,770

ei; . -i b .

a No gage-height recordj discharge computed on baal* of records for Blackwater River near Union 

Hall and Goose Creek near Huddleston.

231536 O - 53 - 7
86 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Goose Creek near Huddleston, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°10', long. 79°32', a quarter of a mile upstream 

rrom riaden 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.

Records available. September 1930 to September 1950. March 1925 to September 1927 (gage 

. Relgnts only) at site a quarter of a mile downstream.

Average discharge. 20 years, (1930-50), 185 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 19,200 second-feet May 31 (gage height, 25.1 

i'eet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 6,400 second-feet on basis of 

slope-area determination at gage height 24.1 feet; minimum, 64 second-feet June 18; 

minimum gage height, 1.51 feet Sept. 6, 7.

1930-50: Maximum discharge 20,300 second-feet Oct. 19, 1937 (gage height, 25.75 

feet, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 6,400 second-feet on basis 

of slope-area determination at gage height 24.1 feet; minimum, 3 second-feet Aug. 31, 

1932, Jan. 30, 1934.

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, i941(M). V 1082: 1940(P). W 1142: 1938-40(M).

Discharge, in seccnd-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

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

98

98

103

98

96

98

96

96

94

94

91

91

94

94

34

94

96

34

89

89

83

83

84

84

98

91

98

159

120

315

Nov.

315

368

194

167

146

138

133

130

130

128

125

122

120

120

118

118

118

118

112

112

112

110

110

108

112

112

110

110

118

120

-

Dec.

no

108

105

105

105

105

105

105

103

108

133

183

167

170

153

140

125

138

151

140

133

130

133

125

12O

125

183

167

151

143

133

Jan.

130

130

130

130

125

122

118

112

112

115

118

115

130

125

120

118

118

118

138

151

133

130

128

122

120

118

125

118

115

270

455

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

500

1,010

530

324

258

227

213

191

194

238

241

210

199

255

312

258

230

207

196

' 186

180

178

183

170

164

170

153

156

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

3 23*

4!l5£

4,102

98 j 18*

4 30'

7^333

5,544

4 525

13*. 746

6^116

4 03! 

13^122

76,496

Mar.

156

151

140

143

143

146

140

143

143

138

138

143

161

161

143

146

172

207

172

178

344

266

324

255

218

191

ISO

183

183

170

164

Apr.

159

156

153

153

188

167

164

161

161

156

156

153

151 ,

148

146

146

143

143

143

143

140

138

135

135

135

161

140

133

130

188

Maximum

315

368

183

5,560

455

1,010

344 

188

6,OOO

1,500

641

423 

4,450

6,000

Hay

175

199

736

370

232

188

159

148

135

130

125

125

135

143

1,29O

470

280

442

263

199

183

164

156

148

156

191

148

148

azoo

a3OO

a6,OOO

Minimum

84

108

103

84

112

153

138 

130

125

84

82

89 

87

82

June

al,500

a450

a350

a300

a260

a230

a2OO

186

175

194

202

148

133

122

115

110

110

98

105

118

146

ISO

148

122

105

1OO

91

84

94

98

Mean

104

139

132

269

13S

262

179 

151

443

203

197

130 

437

210

July

91

82

84

223

260

241

315

153

133

153

153

641

602

255

213

172

153

138

130

122

133

148

128

133

125

202

362

183

148 128-

112

Aug.

118

128

423

140

118

110

103

98

91

89

91

96

94

91

91

96

130

98

140

130

115

165

357

143

122

115

110

105

103

120

105

Per square 

mile

0.556

.743

.706

-I A A

J. t * »

.743

1.40

957

!eo7

2 37

l'.12

1.05

CQc bUD 

2.34

1.12

Sept.

112

112

105

98

94

87

87

91

108

4,450

1,59O

882

1,100

575

373

283

232

188

159

135

138

682

347

218

172

156

143

140

135

130

Runoff in 

inches

0.64

. 83

.81

1 9 4*1 * ** ***

 86

1.46

1.10 

.90

2 73

I

oe . to

1.21

.80 

2.61

15.20

Peak discharge (base, 3.0OO sec. -ft. ) .--May 31 (time unknown) 19.2OO sec'.-ft.; Sept. 10 (4:3O p.m.)

9,3OU sec.-rt.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of high-water mark In well and records for 

Blackwater River near Union Hall, Plgg River near Toshes, and Otter River near Evlngton.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 87

Otter River near Bedford, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°22', long. 79°25' t at bridge on U. S. Highway 460, 

i 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,240 second-feet May 31 (gage height, 7.59 feet); 

minimum, 43 second-feet Sept. 7 (gage height, 1.58 feet).

1944-50: Maximum discharge, 12,100 second-feet Mar. 23, 1949 (gage height, 17.3 

feet), 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, 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 of 12.1 feet, from floodmarks (discharge, 8,080 

second-feet, from rating curve extended above 4,000 second-feet on basis of slope-area 

determinations at gage heights 12.1 and 17.3 feet.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

R_evisions (water years). W 1142: 1940(M), 1944(M), 1948(MK

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

60

54

54

54

53

52

63

61

57

52

51

51

50

51

52

50

49

49

47

45

45

45

44

44

44

58

52

52

135

78

238

Nov.

134

181

114

98

88

SO

78

73

70

69

66

66

66

66

64

61

61

61

60

60

58

54

54

56

60

57

56

54

60

60

-

Dec.

54

53

51

52

53

51

52

51

50

54

108

170

132

130

110

95

88

91

105

91

86

85

85

79

74

82

148

119

110

103

98

JWi

95

93

95

95

S6

85

82

76

76

78

79

76

88

84

78

76

73

74

90

95

65

84

82

79

76

74

82

80

76

202

375

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

April. ................'...........

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

391

1,060

411

291

232

220

192

165

173

190

192

170

168

229

284

236

207

184

176

158

148

145

145

130

123

134

114

114

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

1,890

2,185

2,710

71,436

2,969

6,382

4, 184

3,324

8,306

4,469

3 943

2 1 692

4,290

47,344

Mar.

114

109

96

102

102

103

96

102

100

90

88

93

114

105

96

96

114

136

118

118

239

198

280

232

198

181

170

170

152

138

134

Apr.

130

127

123

127

178

136

125

123

121

118

118

114

110

105

103

103

102

100

96

100

95

91

90

91

88

125

96

90

85

114

Maximum

238

181

170

3,340

375

1,060

280

178

1,680

595

370

250

600

1,680

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 seo.-ft. ) . --Feb. 2 (3 a.m.

May

116

190

558

294

229

192

168

145

134

125

119

118

119

134

1,150

379

284

253

207

184

168

150

143

132

123

127

119

130

121

315

1,680

Minimum

44

54

50

44

73

114

88

85

116

64

59

56

44

44

June

595

331

166

256

207

178

158

143

143

190

190

138

127

121

112

109

alOS

96

95

95

allO

a!40

119

alOO

82

78

72

64

69

80

-

Mean

61. C

72.6

87.4

196

95. E

228

135

111

268

149

127

86. £

143

130

July

66

60

59

a92

a!60

143

118

84

74

84

84

a!60

a370

130

112

102

88

82

a72

85

138

125

93

allO

170

a240

288

190

143

118

103

Aug.

95

128

a250

112

93

82

74

70

66

64

72

66

65

59

56

91

86

66

86

76

61

61

237

110

64

74

68

63

58

60

57

Per square 

mile

0.526

.628

.753

1.69

.826

1.97

1.16

.957

2.31

1.28

1.09

.748

1.23

1.12

Sept.-

70

63

54

52

46

44

44

44

a60

a600

a450

aSOO

367

239

190

158

136

127

121

118

134

148

116

98

93

88

64

84

80

82

-

Runoff in 

inohes

0.61

.70

.87

22.93

.95

2.05

1.34

1.07

2.66

1.43

1.26

.86

1.37

15.17

2,020 sec. -ft.; May 15 (4 a.m.) 1,840 seo.

it/., nay ou ^o.i.:ou p.m.; £,o*u sec.-it.; nay 01 ID p.m.; 4,cwJ sec.-it.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Otter River near Evlngton and 

Qoose Creek near Huddleston.
88 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 Plat 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 1950. .

Average discharge. 13 years (1937-50), 364 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,600 second-feet May 31 (gage height, 14.66 

reec); minimum, 130 second-feet Sept. 7 (gage height, 1.85 feet).

1936-50: 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, 

1943 (gage height, 1.07 feet), result of low temperature.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). W 852; 1937. W 892: 1938-39(M). W 972: 1937-39. W 1032:

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

i

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.

189

173

170

170

170

170

178

185

178

172

165

165

162

164

165

165

164

162

159

154

150

150

140

140

140

160

140

140

360

220

640

Nov.

360

500

330

300

260

240

230

220

210

200

190

200

200

200

190

180

180

180

180

180

170

160

160

170

ISO

170

170

160

180

190

-

Dec.

170

160

160

160

160

160

160

160

160

173

236

464

357

369

322

269

227

259

311

279

259

250

250

238

222

229

334

311

279

259

250

Jan.

240

240

250

259

240

233

229

211

208

215

222

218

250

240

227

224

218

217

259

322

259

250

240

236

231

222

269

290

259

450

1,520

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,290

1,980

1,110

723

563

492

464

395

395

563

563

464

408

520

738

606

520

450

422

382

357

357

382

334

322

345

300

300

_

-

Secondfcot-days

5,76C

6,44C

7,59"

191,494

8,946

15 74C 11)590

7 12*

17^402

llj 69'

11,303

7,22]

13,521

124,347

Mar.

300

290

259

269

279

279

269

279

290

259

259

269

357

382

311

300

345

520

395

382

828

578

858

563

450

382

357

357

334

311

279

Apr.

269

269

259

269

382

300

269

259

250

240

240

233

226

218

215

213

213

213

209

217

215

202

201

202

199

250

222

204

196

269

-

Maximum

640

500

464

10,7OO

1,520

1,980

858

382

3,920

2 290

l|o40

883

2,110

3,920

May

259

30C

1,110

679

464

369

322

290

259

25C

238

233

250

2,50

2,520

948

592

606

534

369

334

290

279

259

240

259

233

250

269

227

3,920

Minimum

140

160

160

140

208

300

OCQ £O9

196

227

184

172

152

130

130

June

2,290

826

606

563

464

382

334

311

290

322

506

311

279

269

250

279

250

231

227

226

279

382

334

259

226

211

199

.134

192

213

-

Mean

186

215

245

525

239

562

374

237

561

39O

365

233

451

341

July

189

172

172

279

506

422

422

259

218

235

240

464

1,040

357

334

259

226

202

184

204

250

322

322

311

798

578

1,010

464

345

279

240

Aug.

218

226

621

290

227

202

185

177

170

170

173

165

160

157

152

168

208

165

168

192

165

322

888

334

238

208

185

175

177

163

167

Per square 

mile

0.572

.662

.754

1.62

.889

1.73

1.15

.729

1.73

1.20

1.12

.717

1.39

1.05

Sept.

202

196

173

156

146

132

130

132

177

2,110

1,440

888

1,360

592

436

357

300

290

269

259

422

976

636

334

269

250

231

224

217

215

Runoff in 

inches

0.66

.74

.87

21.96

1.02

1

Q(\ ou

1.33

.61

1.99

1.34

1.29

.83

1.55

14.23

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 sec. -ft. ) .--May 31 (9s30 a.m.) 5,600 sec. -ft.

JJUVQ * -ilW £CLgC-IlC.l.gIllr X'CUUX'U WU Ift £,*. bU UCU 9 j L

River near Bedford and Goose Creek near Huddleston.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 89

Palling River near Naruna, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37 o g7', long. 78°58', at highway bridge 2 miles upstream from Little Palling River and 2| miles northeast of Naruna, Campbell County. 

Datum of gage is 412.32 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adiustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 172 square miles.

Records available. July 1929 to January 1935, September 1941 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 14 years (1929-34, 1941-50), 151 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,470 second-feet Sept. 22 (gage height, 11.68 

feetT; minimum, 57 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 2.75 feet).

1929-35, 1941-50: 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 secondfeet 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 feet).

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 fair.

Rating tables, water year 1949-5O (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1-31 Nov. 1 to Sept. 3O

2.8 60 4.O 350 2.8 64 4.0 362 

3.0 93 5.0 686 3.0 100 5.0 690 

3.2 134 6.0 1,040 3.2 142 6.O 1,040 

3-6 235 6.5 1,230 3.5 216 7.2 1,510

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Dot.

84 

75 

75 

75 

75

75 

126 

113 

86 

80

75 

75 

75

77 

77

75 

75 

75 

72 

72

70 

70 

70 

70 

69

97 

82 

100 

612 

190 

1,190

Mov.

391 

673 

230 

alSO 

alSO

a!30 

a!30 

120 

114 

110

108 

104 

106 

133 

110

104 

100 

100 

96 

96

94 

90 

90 

90

94

90 

89 

89 

96 

98

Dec.

89 

87 

85 

85 

85

85 

85 

87 

83 

87

124 

158 

133 

160 

138

116 

108 

114 

172 

138

127 

120 

127 

118 

a 130

a200 

a!60 

a!40 

a!30 

a!20 

a!20

Jan.

a!20 

allO 

a!20 

a!20 

allO

allO 

allO 

alOO 

102 

104

108 

108 

a 140 

al30 

a!20

allO 

a 110 

a!20 

a!60 

alSO

alSO 

a 140 

a!30 

a 120 

a!15

allO 

alls 

a!20 

a!20 

a 130 

a350

Month

Octc 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Jami 

Febi 

Marc 

Aprd 

Hay 

June 

Julj 

Augv 

Sepl

Hi

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary .

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

st ...........................

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

iter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

a300 

a300 

alSO 

alSO 

a!70

a!70 

175 

149 

208 

293

288 

227 

198 

190 

236

211 

178 

160 

151 

142

135 

131 

178 

147 

133

140 

138 

131

Secondfoot-days

4,231 

4,20:

3,71'

67, 4S]

3,99! 

5,26< 

5,82f 

3,60< 

5,09< 

3,36' 

5,13' 

3,25 

8,09C

55,78f

Peak discharge (base. 1.6OO sec. -ft.) . Oc

sec.-ft.j July 25 (1:30 a.m.) 2,700 sec. -ft. 

5,470 sec. -ft. 

a Mo gage-height record; discharge computet 

River near Arvonla.

Mar.

135 

124 

116 

116 

120

120 

116 

124 

124

114

110 

120 

a200 

a250 

172

151 

158 

222 

178 

163

359 

387 

636 

317 

227

185 

170 

163 

160 

151 

138

Apr.

133 

133 

127 

129 

170

138

127 

122 

120 

118

120 

116 

114 

110 

108

108 

108 

1O8 

108

110

114 

104 

104 

108 

104

110 

106 

104 

106 

222

Maximum

L 1,190 

> 673 

L 200

L 3,100

> 350 

9 330 

> 636 

} 222 

9 560 

2 780 

5 804

r 442

) 1,490

3 1,490

May

147 

156 

285 

195 

151

-129 

127 

118 

108 

106

100 

102 

116 

135 

338

211 

a560 

a420 

alSO 

a!70

a!40 

a!20 

110 

106 

106

127 

108 

102 

104 

104 

118

Minimum

69 

89 

83

69

100

131 

110 

104 

100 

64 

71 

64 

67

64

June

120 

94 

92 

96 

98

89

83 

81 

79 

78

90 

76 

72 

74 

71

69 

71 

64 

69 

72

178 

118 

780 

133 

98

96 

81 

72 

81 

87

Mean

136

140 

12C

185

129 

186 

186 

12C 

164 

112 

166 

105 

27C

153

July

76 

71 

71 

112 

254

165 

110 

89 

81 

94

114 

272 

142 

102 

112

96 

85 

78 

81 

116

230 

142 

96 

292 

804

267 

458 

180 

135 

112 

98

Aug.

94 

102 

114 

102 

85

79 

78 

74 

72 

71

79 

76 

69 

67 

64

78 

78 

71 

67 

69

69 

442 

422 

131 

100

89 

81 

83 

81 

74 

96

Per square 

mile

0.791 

.814 

.698

1.08

.750 

1.09 

1.09 

.698 

.953 

.651 

.965 

.610 

1.57

.890

Sept.

116 

87 

78 

114 

78

69 

71 

67 

466 

522

359 

458 

724 

227 

182

129 

110 

104 

102 

137

731 

1,490 

586 

233 

175

156 

140 

131 

124 

124

Runoff in 

inohes

0.91 

.91 

.80

14.60

.86 

1.14 

1.26 

.78 

1.10 

.73 

1.11 

.70 

1.75

12.05

,. 31 (7 a.m.) 2,180 sec.-ft.j June 23 (6:30 a.m.) 1.800 

Sept. 9 (10 p.m.) 1,800 sec. -ft.; Sept. 22 (8 p.m.)

on basis of records for Cub Creek at Phenix and Slate
90 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Cub Creek at Phenlx, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 37°05', long. 78 0 46', at bridge on State Highway 

4U, 0.9 mile west of Phenlx, Charlotte County, and 2 miles downstream from Rough Creek. 

Prior to July 14, 1950, staff gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area. 102 square miles.

Records available. August 1946 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,600 second-feet Sept. 13 (gage height, 9.62 

reet); minimum observed, 38 second-feet June 20 (gage height, 1.30 feet).

1946-50: 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 fair Oct. 1 to July 14, good thereafter.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

47

43

43

43

43

44

47

268

2 OS

67

58

58

56

56

56

56

56

54

54

53

51

49

49

49

49

67

67

62

203

244

419

Nov.

938

463

433

210

118

106

97

97

95

90

88

88

88

118

97

94

88

86

85

83

81

77

76

74

72

70

68

68

72

68

-

Dec.

68

67

63

65

65

63

63

63

61

63

108

112

110

110

101

85

81

81

90

101

94

88

86

81

79

1O8

139

112

97

85

81

Jan.

83

81

79

83

79

76

72

70

68

68

68

72

97

83

79

72

70

74

99

124

97

95

88

77

74

72

74

77

79

81

258

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

April .....:......................

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

363

270

156

118

114

108

116

116

99

162

174

150

110

108

114

106

99

88

85

81

79

70

134

99

95

92

88

81

_

-

Secondfoot-days

2,72

4,28

2,67

39 *

2,66

3,47

3,83

2,34

3,39

2,00

4,94

2,51

6,O9

40,94

Mar.

79

77

74

72

72

70

76

88

95

77

74

72

116

198

108

99

108

162

128

99

 174

139

349

391

162

139

114

110

108

104

99

Apr.

95

94

90

88

99

90

95

83

81

79

77

77

76

72

70

70

68

68

68

67

67

72

74

72

70

68

68

67

67

108

Maximum

I 419

3 938

3 139

938

9 258

5 363

5 391

D 108

I 322

3 222

L 732

L 548

4 1,040

7 1,040

May

99

88

19&

174

108

88

86

90

72

72

70

70

72

74

90

186

90

322

322

126

114

90

83

79

70

81

76

74

77

76

77

Minimum

43

68

61

40

68

70

70

67

70

38

40

40

48

38

June

128

77

68

67

72

65

58

54

52

58

56

58

49

48

46

44

43

41

40

38

70

88

222

118

72

59

49

44

54

70

Mean

87. £

143

86.1

107

86.1

124

124

78. C

109

66.9

159

81. C

203

112

July

48

44

41

40

99

139

222

72

210

1O8

128

116

198

174

180

107

87

77

88

128

204

342

126

118

732

514

210

144

97

80

68

Aug.

70

88

76

82

61

56

52

49

48

46

47

45

44

 42

40

48

50

46

43

53

48

214

548

180

83

70

64

58

56

52

52

Per square 

mile

0.862

1.4O

.844

1.05

.844

1.22

1.22

.765

1.07

.656

1-56

.794

1.99

1.10

Sept.

56

56

54

85

63

49

48

48

101

210

234

328

1,040

659

178

109

87

BO

77

87

279

377

842

321

135

113

100

95

90

93

Runoff in 

inches

0.99

1.56

.97

14 50

.97

1.27

1.41

.85

1.23

.73

1.80

.92

2.22

14.92
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 91

Roanoke Creek at Saxe, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36"56', long. 78°41', at highway bridge, 500 feet 

nortnwest of Saxe, Charlotte County, and 4 miles upstream from Roanoke River. Prior 

to July 21, 1950, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area. 162 square miles.

Records available. August 1946 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 3,190 second-feet Nov. 1 (gage height, 

11.90 feet); minimum observed, 31 second-feet July 4 (gage height,-2.03 feet).

1946-50: Maximum discharge observed, 3,190 second-feet Dec. 6, 1948, Nov. 1, 1949; 

maximum gage height observed, 11.94 feet Dec. 6, 1948; minimum discharge 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 Oct. 1 to July 21, good thereafter.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 tc September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

37

36

34

34

32

32

44

63

70

63

49

44

39

38

36

38

39

37

39

36

37

36

36

36

35

44

41

39

134

225

1,670

Nov.

2,790

1,600

1,230

500

26O

169

127

102

69

63

77

73

72

83

134

116

89

78

70

67

63

60

56

55

55

62

62

57

60

63

-

Dec.

61

56

53

52

52

52

51

52

50

SO

56

a80

92

113

120

106

76

76

86

113

102

66

83

80

76

75

69

106

96

78

69

Jan.

69

67

70

76

76

72

69

64

60

60

62

62

79

96

86

75

69

70

86

102

102

83

79

76

70

67

71

80

79

106

267

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

May

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

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

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

Septembe r ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

362

348

253

169

130

102

102

96

92

127

99

148

124

113

120

120

102

89

80

76

72

70

102

134

110

92

66

79

_

.

-

Secondfoot-days

3,177

8,402

2,38S

45,35C

2,55C

3,59'

5 'tO. poy

2,19S

5,534

2,576

5,334

2,42C

7,391

50,964

Mar.

76

73

65

62

61

64

64

70

83

83

72

73

113

246

260

155

141

169

155

134

211

253

715

630

362

211

141

120

120

113

99

Apr.

89

89

86

80

83

60

76

72

67

63

63

61

60

58

56

55

57

56

56

61

74

76

S9

62

58

55 1 54

52

50

281

Maximum

1,670

2,790

120

2,790

267

362

830

281

555

450

615

) 274

1,230

t 2,790

Hay

325

274

379

400

400

190

144

134

127

96

83

79

83

80

96

144

183

155

297

555

204

106

83

72

65

(50

70

73

120

232

225

Minimum

32

55

50

31

60

70

61

50

60

37

31

35

36

31

June

253

450

197

79

73

63

54

53

48

46

a75

92

63

49

46

3.42

a40

a38

37

37

48

72

116

144

120

73

48

40

38

42

Mean

102

280

77.1

124

82.3

128

174

73.3

179

85.9

172

78.1

246

140

July

43

39

34

31

39

59

69

76

74

72

106

92

106

289

297

306

204

92

63

77

130

211

315

g218

g232

g615

E555

400

2.93

120

77

Aug.

63

73

169

253

274

113

67

54

48

44

42

40

38

37

35

36

39

40

38

37

39

42

62

176

190

74

53

46

54

73

71

Per square 

mile

0.630

1.73

.476

.765

.508

.790

1.07

.452

1.10

.530

1.06

.462

1.52

.864

Sept.

60

76

86

59

46

38

36

36

50

96

183

306

559

1,230

480

176

96

74

66

66

155

632

1,060

870

367

152

99

83

78

77

Runoff in 

inches

0.73

1.93

.55

10.40

.59

.82

1.23

.50

1.27

.59

1.22

.56

1.70

11.69

a No gage-height record] discharge computed on basis of records for Cub Creek at Phenix and Slate 

River near Arvonla.

g Discharge computed from graph baseij on staff-gage readings.
92 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Dan River near Francisco, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°30'15", long. 80°20'55", at bridge on State Highway~~7"04 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 1950.

Average discharge. 26 years, 189 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,960 second-feet May 27 (gage height, 4.50 

reet); minimum, 85 second-feet Dec. 8 (gage height, 1.32 feet); minimum daily, 113 

second-feet Nov. 28.

1924-50: 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 good. 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.

Rating tables, water-year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.4 100 3.0

1.7 173 3.5

2.0 263 4.0

2.5 470

750

1,090

1,490

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

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

^197

192

206

230

228

230

222

188

192

22S

230

222

224

220

176

196

220

210

216

206

194

162

171

198

216

203

224

283

246

436

Nov.

576

381

280

259

229

192

200

229

228

228

214

202

178

186

201

202

202

200

207

205

204

201

174

150

132

136

124

113

158

148

-

Dec.

140

134

128

122

116

144

136

136

134

131

151

158

179

168

162

150

140

140

160

155

148

148

166

148

131

138

212

196

181

177

170

Jan.

155

135

172

186

193

182

172

148

149

172

168

171

178

169

146

148

174

175

198

192

172

159

150

172

172

166

186

184

160

198

334

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

AuEUSt

Septemeei ...

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

268

271

246

216

190

184

218

206

233

233

223

203

204

246

260

241

224

214

202

194

202

214

224

206

200

186

180

198

_

.

-

Secondfoot-days

6,78!

6,33

4,69

96,26

5,43

6,08

5,68

5,14

9,13

7,72^

5,59

5,5&<

5,10

73,37

liar.

202

194

190

185

179

174

190

201

190

186

192

183

222

228

208

Z13

204

194

181

176

ZOO

170

172

158

145

159

132

186

167

156

150

Apr.

144

1

1

1

39

32

50

202

164

1

1

1

55

51

38

141

178

1

1

1

91

84

84

201

208

2

2

2

07

20

18

226

220

2

2

1

13

03

88

131

137

1

1

1

1

Maximum

J 436

) 576

) 212

5 1,450

i 334

i 271

r 228

J 226

) 857

i 470

5 258

t 430

5 230

J 857

30

26

28

33

-

May

196

200

227

190

196

194

232

180

174

174

236

302

286

258

574

317

271

272

233

218

196

188

223

242

210

359

512

452

457

504

857

Minimum

162

113

116

101

135

180

132

126

174

196

141

120

128

113

June

470

32S

276

358

336

282

268

257

260

276

250

217

236

241

232

250

222

196

212

210

222

268

272

222

199

196

211

202

328

227

Mean

219

211

152

264

175

217

183

171

29S

257

180

179

170

201

July

202

176

169

200

214

258

180

152

149

150

141

155

158

159

176

191

186

210

208

205

220

163

154

179

160

161

179

208

218

157

157

Aug.

Per square 

mile

1.77

1.70

1.23

2.13

1.41

1.75

1.48

1.38

2.38

2.07

1.45

1.44

1.37

1.62

176

180

180

162

156

136

134

156

149

153

159

168

132

130

150

168

166

159

285

182

120

223

243

430

200

191

160

140

178

176

212

Sept.

230

222.

154

204

180

162

158

162

198

156

166

224

194

174

168

160

130

128

159

160

174

218

167

137

130

156

160

162

158

152

-

Runoff in 

inches

2.03

1.90

.1.41

28.88

1.63

1.83

1.71

1.54

2.74

2.32

1.68

1.67

1.53

21.99

Peak discharge (base. 2.OOP sec.-ft.) . No peak above base.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 93

Dan River near Wentworth, N. C.

Lbcation. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°24'4b", long. 79°49'45", 150 feet downstream 

rrom Settles Bridge, 3j miles northwest of Wentworth, Rockingham County, and 1\ miles 

downstream from Mayo River.

Drainage area. 1,050 square miles.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 1,227 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 10,600 second-feet Oct. 1 (gage height, 15.00 

reet); minimum, 526 second-feet Aug. 11, 12, Sept. 26; minimum daily, 547 second-feet 

Aug. 8, 10, 11.

1939-50: 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 runoff 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 of 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, 

idents.

Remarks4 Records good. Slight diurnal fluctation and regulation at low flow caused by 

power plants above station.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 25 to Sept. 10, Sept. 14-30)

2.6 547 5.0 1,700 11.0 6,500 

3.0 720 6.0 2,300 13.0 8,500 

3.5 945 7.0 3,000 15.0 10,600 

4.0 1,190 9.0 4,600

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26*

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

968

900 

878 

855 

855

878 

922 

968

945 

878

832 

878 

878 

855 

900

878 

855 

832 

878 

832

832 

832 

832 

832 

810

1,020 

1,090 

900 

2,060 

1,930 

' 9,100

Nov.

4,030 

6,190 

2,240 

1,640 

1,390

1,260 

1,160 

1,140 

1,120 

1,090

1,060 

1,040 

1,020 

1,040 

990

968 

945 

945 

900 

922

945 

900 

900 

855 

900

878 

832 

832 

878 

1,090

Dec.

932 

855 

832 

810 

832

788 

810 

810 

788 

765

832 

990 

968 

1,260 

1,290

1,040 

900 

900 

968 

968

945 

922 

945 

990 

900

878 

1,040 

1,190 

1,060 

990 

945

Jan.

922 

922 

922 

945 

968

968 

945 

900 

878 

832

900 

900 

900 

900 

900

900 

855 

945 

1,040 

1,260

1,120 

1,020 

1,020 

945 

968

945 

968 

1,240 

1,220 

1,140 

1,860

Month

Qoto 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Fsbi 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augv 

Sept

He

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendaT year 1949 

ary .

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

2,000 

1,640 

1,590 

1,340 

1,240

1,160 

1,140 

1,190 

1,160 

1,490

1,390 

1,290 

1,220 

1,240 

1,590

1,540 

1,340 

1,220 

1,190 

1,140

1,040 

1,040 

1,340 

1,340 

1,140

1,120 

1,060 

990

Secondfoot-days

37,90! 

40,09C 

29,13!

601, 91E

31,14£ 

36.18C 

42,18E 

30,262 

66,29C 34,48' 

26,93! 25,41" 

25,96]

425,989

Mar.

1,020 

1,040 

945 

945 

922

945 

945 

1,040 

1,090 

990

968 

945 

2,440 

2,790 

1,590

1,440 

1,590 

1,390 

1,240 

1,220

2,300 

1,940 

2,180 

1,700 

1,390

1,260 

1,220 

1,160 

1,260 

1,190 

1,090

Apr.

1

1,

1 

1

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

1, 

1,

1,

Maximum

9,100 

6,190 

1,290

13,100

1,860 

2,000 

2,790 

1,540 

7,090 

2,580 

1,820 

2,900 

2,350

9,100

Peak discharge (base, 12,000 see. -ft.). No peak above

040 

040 

060 

020 

540

490 

220 

120 

060 

020

020 

020 

990 

945 

945

945 

990 

945 

945 

968

020 

945 

945 

945 

900

832 

832 

832 

810 

878

May

1,09C 

1,54C 

4,98C 

2,32C 

1,44C

1,22C 

1,26C 

1,39C 

1.14C 

1,04C

99C 

1,75C 

7,09C 

2,85C 

5,99C

3,64C 

2,000 

1,64C 

2,21C 

1,44C

1,29C 

1,22C 

1,140 

1,39C 

1,39C

1,540 

1,600 

1,840 

2,850 

2,240 

2,770

Minimum

810 

832

765

698

832 

990 

922 

810 

990 

765 

676 

547 

568

547

June

2,580 

1,640 

1,390 

1,490 

1,820

1,340 

1,160 

1,090 

1,040 

1,040

1,140 

1,040 

900 

900 

922

900 

900 

832 

855 

855

900 

968 

1,660 

1,190 

900

855 

765 

765 

810 

1,840

Mean

1,223 

1,336 

940

1,649

1,005 

1,292 

1,361 

1,009 

2,138 

1,150 

869 

820 

865

1,167

July

1,040 

855 

765 

720 

878

1,020 

1,290 

900 

765 

742

765 

1,120 

810 

810 

610

900 

832 

765 

832

765

720 

810 

720 

676 

676

676 

676 

1,020 

1,820 

990 

765

Aug.

676 

720 

1,020 

855 

676

632 

589

547 

568 

547

547 

698 

720 

610 

568

589 

632 

698 

676 

990

788 

1,040 

1,090 

2,900 

1,440

1,020 

765 

742. 

589 

765 

720

Per square 

mile

1.16 

1.27 

.895

1.57

.957 

1.23 

1.30 

.961 

2.04 

1.10 

.828 

.781 

.824

1.11

base.

Sept.

990 

1,120 

922 

720 

878

696 

610 

589 

676 

1,430

1,820

1,120 

2,350 

1,060 

878

720 

854 

632 

589 

632

698 

788 

1,090 

720 

632

568 

589 

589 

610 

589

Runoff in 

inches

1.34 

1.42 

1.03

21.31

1.10 

1.28 

1.49 

1.07 

2.35 

1.22 

.95 

.89 

.92

15.06
94 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Dan River at Danville, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°35'15", long. 79°22'55", at Southern Railway

Driage in Danville, Pittsylvania County, 1,000 feet upstream from Pall 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 1950.

Average discharge.--16 years, 2,446 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 19,300 second-feet Sept. 11 (gage height, 9.74 

rest)-; minimum, 145 second-feet July 29 (gage height, 1.88 feet); minimum daily, 853 

second-feet Aug. 11.

1934-50: 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 good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow regulated by cotton mills above station.

Revisions (water years). W 972: 1936.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

31,800

Al,600

al.SOO

al,500

al.SOO

al,500

a2,000

al,800

al,700

al,600

al,500

al,400

al,400

 al,400

al,300

al,400

al,400

al,400

al,300

"1,480

1,480

1,480

1,250

1,540

1,400

1,630

2,060

1,760

3,180

4,210

15,800

Nov.

13,300

12,400

6,620

3,780

3,220

2,580

2,730

2,390

2,320

2,200

2,170

2,160

1,780

2,120

2,140

1,970

1,920

1,910

1,960

1,580

1,870

1,880

1,630

1,730

1,740

1,760

1,550

1,660

1,760

1,920

-

Dec.

1,960

1,670

1,520

1,390

1,590

1,520

1,440

1,530

1,410

1,440

1,400

1,850

1,940

2,200

2,600

2,080

1,760

1,560

1,860

1,890

1,730

1,680

1,710

1,680

1,820

1,630

1,880

2,560

2,360

2,050

1,820

Jan.

1,810

1,800

1,800

1,780

1,820

1,820

1,800

1,730

1,710

1,720

1,750

1,800

1,740

1,840

1,630

1,800

1,700

1,820

2,060

2,550

2,650

2,060

2,200

1,960

1,920

1,850

1,930

2,520

2,350

2,550

3,450

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

4,340

3,620

3,300

2,950

2,210

2,300

2,040

2,100

2,040

2,300

2,620

2,130

2,330

2,140

2,730

3,400

2,620

2,420

2,020

2,240

1,930

1,880

2,240

2,460

2,100

1,780

1,980

1,740

.

-

-

Secondfcot-days

66,270

88,750

55,530

1,161,120

61,920

67,960

79,340

49,430

132,420

77,170

59 300 42)333 69,325

849,748

Mar.

1,750

1,760

1,700

1,580

1,520

1,680

1,610

1,700

1,900

1,760

1,610

1,480

2,490

4,980

3,700

2,620

2,840

2,920

2,210

2,440

3,990

5,140

5,350

4,100

3,040

2,320

2,410

2,160

2,190

2,310

2,080

Apr.

1,970

1,640

2,000

1,860

2,030

2,820

2,190

1,920

1,580

1,730

1,760

1,640

1,620.

1,540

1,520

1,420

1,580

1,560

1,520

1,530

1,580

1,530

1,400

1,540

1,490

1,390

1,310

1,300

1,260

1,200

-

Maximum

15,800

13,300

2,600

18,400

3,450

4,340

5 350

2*820

11,000

8 j 800

4,440

4,780

13,100

15,800

May

2,100

2,700

6,230

7,140

3,350

2,320

1,960

2,560

2,240

1,840

1,730

2,820

9,360

9,080

11,000

11,000

4,900

3,560

3,490

3,320

2,440

2,440

2,240

2,180

2,780

2,990

2,860

3,210

5,860

5,380

7,340

Minimum

1,250

1 550 1)390

970

1,630

1,740

1,480

1,200

1,730

1,460

1,260

853

883

853

June

8,800

4,370

3,180

2,700

3,620

3,030

2,420

2,180

2,040

1,900

1,960

2,280

1,880

1,680

1,720

1,680

1,660

1,460

1,680

1,640

2,080

2,180

4,660

3,550

2,140

2,060

2,040

1,520

1,760

3,300

Mean

2 t 1 -LOO ^A

2 958 1)791

3,181

1,997

2,427

2)559

1 1 648

4,272

2,572

1 913

1 366 2)311

2,328

July

3,590

1,780

1,600

1,700

2,260

2,610

2,360

2,380

1,710

1,670

1,770

1,980

1,940

2,310

4,440

1,650

1,680

1,470

1,340

1,360

1,400

1,400

1,430

1,280

1,260

1,280

1,340

1,530

2,700

2,400

1,680

Aug.

1,180

1,140

1,420

1,780

1,180

985

1,000

960

944

930

853

886

1,230

1,120

895

900

920

1,240

1,070

1,160

1,910

1,310

2,000

2,440

4,780

2,170

1,260

1,280

950

1,160

1,280

Per square 

mile

1.04

1.44

.874

1.55

.974

1 18

1 25

.*804

2.08

1 25 [933 666

1.13

1.14

Sept.

1,130

1,630

2,120

1,980

1,250

1,230

942

883

1,040

4,820

13,100

3,660

3,820

3,680

2,170

1,750

1,560

1,480

1,410

1,540

1,840

2,600

3,230

2,040

1,660

1,370

1,260

1,340

1,320

1,470

Runcff in 

inches

1.20

1.61

1.01

21.06

1.12

1. 23

l!44

90

2J40

1.40

1. 08

.77 

 1.26

15.42

ischarge (base. 22.000 sec.-ft.).--Me peak above base, 

age-heignt record; discharge computed on basis of reocrda for Dan River at South Boston and
ROAHOKE RIVKR BASIN 95

Dan River at South Boston, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°41'37", long. 78 0 54'09", at Norfolk & Western 

Railway 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.

Hecords available. August 1900 to May 1907, April 1923 to September 1950.

Average discharge. --32 years (1900-1902, 1903-6, 1923-50), 2,968 second-feet.

Extremes . --Maxiinum discharge during year, 23,400 second-feet Nov. 2 (gage height, 23.0

 feet); minimum, 1,050 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 5.71 feet); minimum daily, 

1,180 second-feet Aug. 10, 12, 17, 18.

1900-1907, 1923-50: 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 except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

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 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1- to July 16 July 17 to Sept.. 30

6.8 1,720 14.0 8,OOO 5.9 1,150 10.0 3.8OO 

7.5 2,110 17.0 11,800 8.0 2,290 13.0 6,900 

9.0 3,070 20.0 16,800 9.0 2,950 16. O 10,400 

11.0 4,850 23.0 23,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

16 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

£5

26

27 

28 

29 

30

31

Oct.

2,590 

2,410 

2,050 

2.O5O 

2,000

2,000 

3,020 

3,070 

2,470 

2,290

2,170 

2,050 

1,940 

2,000 

1,830

2,050 

2,050 

2,000 

1,940 

1,940

1,880 

1,880 

1,880 

1,780 

1,830

1,940 

2,230 

2,350 

2,470 

4,170 

15,700

Nov.

22,200 

22,400 

18,000 

7,010 

4,170

3,390 

3,070 

2,790 

2,650 

2,530

2,470 

2,410 

2,410 

2,410 

2,410

2,290 

2,230 

2,170 

2,110 

2,230

1,880 

2,050 

2,000 

1,940 

2,050

2,050 

2,050 

1,940 

2,050 

2,110

Dec.

2,290 

2,230 

1,940 

1,880 

1,830

al,SOO 

al,800 

1,830 

1,880 

1,830

1,940 

2,000 

2,290 

2,530 

3,150

3,000 

a2,500 

2,230 

2,170 

2,350

2,350 

2,230 

2,170 

2,290 

2,170

2,230 

2,290 

2,590 

2,930 

2,590 

2,350

Jan.

2,170 

a2,100 

a2,100 

a2,100 

a2,100

a2,100 

a2,100 

a2,100 

a2,000 

a2,000

2,000 

2,050 

2,110 

2,110 

2,110

2,000 

2,000 

2,050 

2,350 

3,150

3,070 

2,720 

2,530 

2,410 

2,290

2,230 

2,230 

2,590 

2,860 

3,000 

3,720

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Haro 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 ............

Diry

nary

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

4,850 

4,950 

4,170 

3,720 

3,070

2,790 

2,650 

2,530 

2,590 

2,650

3,070 

3,000 

2,860 

2,720 

2,790

3,550 

3,470 

2,860 

2,650 

2,530

2,470 

2,290 

2,590 

3,070 

2,930

2,590 

2,410 

2,350

Secondfoot-days

82,03( 

131, 47C 

69,66(

1,456,59(

72,45( 

84,17( 

99,291 

64,511 

156,611 

88,40 

85,19( 

49,67 

76,64

1,060,09

- Peak discharge (base, 22,000 sec. -ft.). N

a No gage-height record; discharge compute

Mar.

2,230 

2,230 

2,170 

2,050 

2,050

2,000 

2,050 

2,110 

2,230 

2,290

2,170 

2,050 

2,350 

4,350 

5,150

3,470 

3,070 

3,230 

2,930 

2,720

3,390 

5,850 

8,120 

6,680 

4,650

3,470 

3,070 

2,860 

2,790 

2,790 

2,720

Apr.

2,470 

2,470 

2,290 

2,410 

2,470

2,720 

3,000 

2,530 

2,350 

2,110

2,230 

2,170 

2,050 

2,050 

2,000

2,000 

1,940 

1,940 

2,000 

2,000

2,000 

2,050 

1,940 

1,880 

1,940

1,940 

1,830 

1,780 

1,780 

2,170

Maximum

) 15,700 

) 22,400 

) 3,150

) 22,400

) 3,720 

3 4,950 

D 8,120 

D 3,000 

D 15,900 

D 9,920 

D 5,800 

D 3,620 

3 9,520

D 22,400

Hay

2,470 

3,390 

5,650 

9,920 

5,650

3,390 

2,720 

2,790 

2,790 

2,470

2,290 

2,720 

6,900 

12,400 

13,900

15,900 

10,500 

4,750 

3,720 

3,990

3,070 

2,790 

2,530 

2,410 

2,470

2,790 

3,070 

2,790 

4,450 

6,680 

5,250

Minimum

1,780 

1,880 

1,800

1,660

2,000 

2,290 

2,000 

1,780 

2,290 

1,780 

1,560 

1,180 

1,300

1,180

June

9,920 

6,790 

3,720 

3,070 

3,630

3,810 

2,790 

2,410 

2,230 

2,230

2,410 

2,230 

2,230 

1,940 

1,830

1,880 

1,830 

1,830 

1,780 

2,000

2,290 

2,410 

3,390 

5,050 

2,930

2,290 

2,230 

2,050 

1,780 

3,420

Mean

2,646 

4,382 

2,247

3,991

2,337 

3,006 

3,202 

2,15C 

5,052 

2,947 

2,746 

1,602 

2,55E

2,904

July

4,950 

3,230 

2,000 

1,940 

4,080

4,170 

3,470 

2,790 

2,470 

2,350

2,110 

5,150 

a3,500 

a3,100 

a5,800

a4,000 

a2,500 

2,050 

1,830 

1,780

2,050 

2,000 

1,780 

1,720 

1,560

1,610 

2,000 

1,720 

1,880 

3,190 

2,410

Aug.

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

'1, 

1, 

1, 

I, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1, 

2, 

3»

3»

2, 

1, 

1, 

1,

1,

Per square 

nile

0.969 

1.61 

.823

1.46

.856 

1.10 

1.17 

.788 

1.85 

1.08 

1.01 

-587 

.936

1.06

780 

500 

660 

780 

830

450 

300 

300 

220 

180

200 

180 

200 

500 

350

200 

180 

180 

450 

350

400 

400 

560 

000 

500

620 

230 

660 

610 

400 

500

Sept.

1,610 

1,560 

1,880 

2,460 

2,230

1,720 

1,560 

1,350 

1,300 

1,780

9,520 

9,370 

3,350 

4,100 

2,810

2,000 

1,720 

1,610 

1,560 

1,560

1,830 

2,170 

5,200 

2,880 

2,050

1,660 

1,500 

1,400 

1,450 

1,450

Runoff in 

inches

1.12 

1.80 

.95

19.86

.99 

1.14 

1.35 

.88 

2.13 

l.ZO 

1.16 

.68 

1.04

14.44

3V. 2 (4 a.m.) 23,400 sec. -ft. 

1 on basis of records for station at Danville.
96 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Mayo River near Price, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°32'00", long. 79°59'30", 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.

Recordg available.--July 1929 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 21 years, 331 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2 ; 460 second-feet May 15 (gage'height, 4.50

 feet); minimum, 150 second-feet Aug. 10 (gage height, 1.25 feet).

1929-50: 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. Some diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mills above sta-. 

tion. Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water year 1950 are 

given in Water-Supply Paper 1186.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.3 162 3.0

1.6 265 3.5

2.0 462 4.0

2.5 748

1,060

1,430

1,900

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September- 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.-

314

296

296

296

291

296

338

305

305

287

278

278

274

274

274

278

274

274

269

261

257

257

253

253

249

323

274

328

646

451

1,100

Nov.

810

933

517

430

372

347

338

333

319

305

305

296

287

305

291

287

283

278

274

274

269

265

261

265

278

269

265

265

283

291

-

Dec.

269

257

249

249

249

245

245

237

241

245

287

347

309

352

314

274

265

269

296

278

274

269

283

283

265

274

408

357

323

291

287

Jan.

283

283

283

274

287

274

265

249

253

245

265

253

261

261

249

249

245

261

287

343

291

287

278

274

261

253

274

323

287

310

712

Feb.

523

517

478

393

357

343

309

309

319

343

347

323

309

347

462

398

357

328

319

305

287

296

357

319

274

283

265

265

-

_

-

u._ t v SeoondMonth foot-days

October .......................... 10,149

November ......................... 10,295

December ......................... 8,791

Calendar year 1949 ............ 169,318

January .......................... 8, 920

February. ......................... 9,732

March ............................ 9,702

April ............................ 8,098

May .............................. 15,733

June ............................. 10, 668

July ............................. 8,062

August ........................... 8,060

September ........................ 9,475

Water year 1949-50 ............ 117,683

liar.

261

257

249

245

245

253

249

283

253

249

245

249

296

357

291

296

309

309

287

304

616

446

500

393

347

328

309

333

333

319

291

Apr.

287

287

283

296

446

352

314

305

296

283

274

265

261

257

249

249

249

249

245

261

249

241

241

237

229

229

Maximum

1,100

933

408

3,070

712

523

616

446

1,660

706

619

1,130

1,020

1,660

229

225

225

283

-

May

393

393

500

393

319

300

347

347

283

269

332

535

$83

552

1,660

710

506

640

547

403

372

352

338

372

333

388

328

552

659

457

1,270

Minimum

249

261

237

237

245

265

245

225

269

211

187

153

179

153

June

706

495

430

446

424

377

357

347

343

343

 352

314

291

291

291

291

265

241

253

249

257

432

688

314

265

229

218

211

287

661

-

Mean

327

343

284

464

238

348

313

270

508

356

260

260

316

322

July

300

241

214

257

377

338

372

265

229

225

245

229

225

229

274

245

225

214

194

187

214

257

208

204

218.

197

222

370

619

274

194

Aug.

211

184

328

229

190

179

168

165

157

153

155

287

187

LS2

170

176

214

L82

L94

283

187

!»--.

576

296

L30

577

333

;

;

:

'45

504

;n

574

233

Per square 

mile

1.26

1.32

1.09

1.78

1.11

1.34

l.*20

1.04

1.95

1.37

1.00

1.00

1.22

1.24

Sept.

372

403

343

233

222

200

182

179

347

1,020

671

670

506

333

287

245

233

, 218

222

214

269

343

523

241

208

197

200

197

200

197

Runoff in 

Inches

1.45

1.47

1.26

24.22

I pa CO

1.59

1.59

1.16

2 25

l!53

1.15 .

1.15

1.36

16.83

Peak discharge (base. 5.500 gee.-ft.). Ho peaks above base.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 97

North Mayo River near Spencer, \Ta.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°34'05", long. 79°59'15", 800 feet downstream 

rrom Highway bridge at Moores Mill, 2 miles 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 1950.

Average discharge.--20 years (1929-35, 1936-50), 124 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,390 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 4.68 

rest); minimum, 62 second-feet Aug. 10, 11 (gage height, 1.60 feet).

1928-50: Maximum discharge, 17,200 second-feet Oct. 9, 1947 (gage height, 15.80 

feetj_, 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.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control netnod used Nov. 18 to Dec. 30, Feb. 17 to Mar. 20)

Oct. 1 to July 28 July 29 to Sept. 30

1.7 72 2.5 288 1.6 62 3.6 325 

1.8 90 3.0 478 1.7 77 3.0 478 

1.9 114 3.6 760 1.9 120 3.6 760 

2.1 169 2.2 201

Discharge, in second-feet, rater year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3T 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

125 

117 

114 

114 

112

112 

125 

119 

125 

114

112 

109 

107 

107 

107

107 

107 

107 

104 

102

100 

100 

100 

97 

97

119 

107 

112 

269 

155 

454

Nov.

282 

408 

197 

161 

147

a!40 

a!30 

a!20 

117 

117

114 

114 

112 

114 

109

107 

104 

107 

107 

107

107 

104 

104 

104 

107

104 

104 

104 

112 

109

Dec.

107 

104 

102 

102 

102

102 

97 

97 

97 

97

114 

138 

122 

133 

119

109 

102 

104 

112 

107

104 

104 

107 

109 

102

104 

155 

133 

119 

114 

302

Jan.

100 

100 

100 

100 

97

97 

92 

90 

88 

88

97 

90 

92 

92 

90

90 

90 

95 

107 

133

109 

102 

102 

97 

95

92 

100 

117 

102 

112 

295

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Jam] 

Pebi 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

Julj 

Align 

Sept

Us

her ..........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

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

St.............. .............

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Peak discharge (base, 1,400 sec

Feb.

200 

209 

183 

149 

133

125 

117 

109 

114 

128

119 

112 

109 

133 

197

149 

136 

125 

117 

112

109 

112 

133 

114 

107

104 

100 

100

Secondfoot-days

3,956 

3,973 

3,420

63,328

3,251 

3,655 

3,698 

2,931 

5,988 

3,872 

3,103 

3,308 

4,225

45,380

Mar.

100 

97 

97 

95 

95

95 

97 

97 

100 

95

95 

92 

109 

125 

104

109 

119 

128 

112 

122

269 

172 

200 

149 

130

119 

114 

122 

119 

114 

107

Apr.

102 

102 

102 

104 

172

128 

112 

107 

102 

102

100 

97 

95 

90 

90

90 

90 

88 

88 

92

90 

86 

85 

85 

83

83 

81 

81 

81 

122

Maximum

454 

408 

155

1,100

295 

209 

269 

172 

710 

279 

187 

501 

722

722

Hay

172 

158 

203

155 

119

107 

119 

136 

102 

97

109 

189 

358 

194 

710

256 

180 

163 

189 

138

125 

117 

119 

133 

112

163 

117 

161 

288 

172 

627

Minimum

97 

104 

97

97

88 

100 

92 

81 

97 

83 

72 

64 

74

64

June

289 

177 

152 

149 

136

119 

114 

107 

104 

104

112 

97 

95 

95 

95

95 

95 

88 

88 

88

108 

213 

279 

125 

102

97 

88 

83 

122 

276

Mean

128 

132 

110

174

105 

131 

119 

97.7 

193 

129 

100 

107 

141

124

July

109 

95 

90 

104 

147

130 

152 

104 

92 

90

97 

88 

88 

88 

130

95 

86 

83 

77 

72

85 

109 

81 

77 

81

76 

86 

128 

187 

93 

83

Aug.

77 

77 

139 

87 

76

71 

70 

66 

65 

64

66 

135 

81 

76 

70

70 

93 

72 

76 

85

74 

151 

108 

501 

254

136 

97 

87 

85 

106 

93

Per square 

mile

1.19 

1.22 

1.02

1.61

.972 

1.21 

1.10 

.905 

1.79 

1.19 

.926 

.991 

1.31

1.15

-ft.). No peak above base.

Sept.

128 

136 

168 

97 

83

76 

74 

74 

194 

722

374 

239 

207 

141 

120

106 

97 

93 

87 

91

95

128 

108 

89 

85

83 

83 

83 

83 

81

Runoff in 

inches

1.37 

1.36 

1.18

21.81

1.12 

1.26 

1.27 

1.01 

2.06 

1.33 

1.07 

1.14 

1.46

15.63

a No gage-height recordj discharge computed on basis of records for Smith River near Phllpott and 

Sandy River near Danville.
98 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Smith River near Philpott, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°48', long. 80°01', 1 mile upstream from bridge 

 on State Highway 674, l£ 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. 

Kecoras available. August 1946 to September 1950. 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 9,980 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 15.4

reet, from floodmark); minimum, 21 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 2.40 feet). 

1946-50: Maximum discharge, 17,000 second-feet June 29, 1949 (gage height, 20.3

feet), from rating curve extended above 9,700 second-feet on basis of slope-area

determinations at gage heights 18.2 and 20.3 feet; minimum, that of Aug. 15, 1950. 

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

occasional diurnal fluctuation at low flow from work above station at Philpott dam

site.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 20 Mar. 21 to Sept. 30

3.6 202 3.1 100 4.8 665 

4.0 320 3.3 139 5.6 1,080 

4.4 470 3.6 214 6.8 1,880 

5.0 760 3.9 305 8.0 2,940 

5.5 1,020 4.2 410 10.0 4,600

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 ' 4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18

19 

20

.21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

a370~ 

a350 

a350 

a350 

a350

358 

402 

358 

344 

330

324 

317 

317 

320

317

314 

314 

311 

305 

293

290 

290 

290 

284 

284

324 

290 

308 

506 

383 

990

Nov.

933 

910 

546 

438 

390

362 

348 

341 

334 

327

317 

311 

305 

305 

299

290 

287 

281 

278 

275

272 

266 

263 

266 

284

269 

266 

266 

290 

281

Dec.

266 

260 

257 

254 

257

251 

254 

251 

242 

263

334

386 

314 

299 

281

269 

254 

269 

284 

266

260 

260 

281 

269 

254

318 

660 

410 

344 

311 

293

Jan.

287 

281 

281 

281 

275

266 

260 

245 

248 

248

257 

248 

266 

257 

245

245 

239 

257 

281 

327

281 

272 

260 

257 

248

245 

248 

248 

242 

281 

470

Feb.

570 

484 

410 

348 

317

302 

290 

278 

290 

330

330 

302 

299 

470 

660

446 

376 

338 

320 

299

290 

290 

299 

275 

269

263 

239 

254

.... SecondMonth foot-days

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

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

st ...........................

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

10,933 

10,60C 

9,171

187, 63C

8,346 

9,638 

9,382 

7,322 

18,639 

10.62C 

6,927 

6,755 

13,646

ter year 1949-50 ............ 121,981

Mar.

257 

245 

230 

239 

239

239 

236 

251 

242 

227

224 

230 

251 

272 

236

242 

266 

272 

245 

257

710 

442 

450 

384 

362

335 

325 

388 

388 

356 

342

Apr.

335 

331 

305 

249 

295

267 

243 

240 

237 

231

231 

226 

223 

220 

217

214 

214 

214 

214 

217

214 

209 

214 

226 

220

226 

220 

223 

217 

430

Haxiuum

990 

993 

660

4,380

470 

660 

710 

430 

4,500 

1,100 

367 

512 

4,400

4,500

llsy

530 

552 

598 

510 

388

328 

315 

318 

a280 

a250

a280 

a380 

a450 

a400 

al.500

a580 

a460 

a430 

a390 

a330

a310 

a290 

a280 

a280 

a30Q

a360 

a350 

a800 

al.OOO 

a900 

a4,500

Minimum

284 

263 

242

240

239 

239 

224 

209 

250 

211 

170 

310 

180

110

June

al.100 

a640 

aSOO 

a480 

a420

a370 

a340 

a320 

a310 

a310

a330 

a280 

a270 

a270 

264

258 

258 

240 

267 

267

255 

378 

530 

283 

264

273 

228 

211 

305 

399

Mean

353 

353 

296

514

269 

344 

303 

244 

601 

354 

223 

218 

455

334

July

252 

226 

220 

217 

267

283 

305 

231 

214 

211

209 

211 

206 

228 

223

214 

200 

182 

174 

170

203 

200 

182 

192 

206

206 

302 

243 

367 

203 

180

Aug.

170 

177 

182 

164 

153

150

141 

141 

139 

137

150 

200 

153 

150 

110

148 

261 

170 

304 

422

200 

255 

512 

450 

286

a240 

a200 

a2lO 

a330 

a250 

a200

Per square 

mile

1.76 

1.76 

1.47

2.56

1.34

1.71 

1.51 

1.21 

2.99 

1.76 

1.11 

1.08 

2.26

1.66

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 sec. -ft.). May 31 (time unknown) 9,740 sec. -ft. j Sept. 10

Sept.

a300 

a800 

a620 

a.280 

a210

a!90 

alSO 

a250 

a680 

a4,400

a900 

a580 

aSOO 

a350 

a250

a270 

a200 

a!90 

a210 

a200

214 

286 

246 

203 

190

192 

190 

190 

190 

187

Runoff in

inches

2.03

1.96 

1.70

34.73

1.54

1.78 

1.74 

1.35 

3.45 

1.96 

1.28 

1.24 

2.52

22.55

(time unknown) 9,980 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations at Bassett and at 

Martlnsville.
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 99

Smith River at Bassett, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°46'15", long. 80°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.

Records available. April 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 371 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 16,000 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 13.04 

feet); minimum, 70 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 1.23 feet).

1939-50: Maximum discharge, 26,600 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 18.28 

feet); minimum, 58 second-feet Jan. 3, 194D; minimum gage height, 1.23 feet Aug. 15, 

1950.

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 period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Occasional diurnal fluctuation at low flow from work above station at Philpott dam site.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 27 Dec. 28 to Sept. 30

1.9 265 1.5 125 2.6 680 5.0 3,130 

2.3 465 1.7 189 2.9 900 6.0 4,600 

2.7 700 1.9 275 3.5 1,430 7.0 6,100 

3.1 1,000 2.3 495 4.2 2,130 

3.3 1,180

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

432 

410 

410 

410 

400

416 

476 

416 

4OO 

385

380 

375 

375 

380 

375

370 

370 

365 

355 

345

340 

340 

335 

330 

330

385 

345 

355 

592 

432 

1,160

Nov.

1,020 

1,100 

622 

509 

465

426 

410 

400 

390 

380

375 

370 

365 

370 

355

350 

345 

335 

335 

335

330 

320 

320 

325 

345

325 

320 

315 

345 

340

Dec.

315 

310 

301 

301 

301

296 

296 

292 

283 

301

385 

476 

380 

360 

335

320 

301 

315 

340 

320

310 

310 

335 

325 

301

355 

742 

525 

430 

396 

369

Jan.

352 

347 

347 

347 

336

325 

320 

300 

300 

300

310 

300 

325 

315 

300

300 

295 

315 

352 

435

364 

342 

325 

315 

310

300 

310 

310 

300 

358 

641

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr

Marc 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

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

st ..........................

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

736 

628 

537 

447 

408

380 

369 

352 

369 

424

430 

386 

380 

573 

813

567 

477 

424 

408 

374

358 

358 

374 

342 

330

325 

295 

315

Secondfoot-days

12,789 

12,542 

10,926

219,585

10,396 

12,179 

11,589 

8,385 

22,942 

13,504 

8,765 

8,468 

16,900

149,385

Mar.

315 

300 

290 

295 

300

300 

295 

315 

305 

280

280 

290 

320 

342 

295

295 

325 

347 

305 

330

918 

555 

555 

459 

435

402 

391 

465 

465 

418 

402

Apr.

Maximum

1,160 

1,100 

742

5,310

641 

813 

918 

391 

5,500 

1,340 

453 

615 

5,340

5,500

391 

386 

352 

295 

380

315 

290 

280 

275 

270

266 

261 

252 

252 

252

247 

247 

247 

247 

257

247 

243 

252 

261 

252

261 

252 

257 

266 

332

May

764 

660 

778 

603 

465

396 

391 

380 

330 

305

325 

459 

585 

465 

1,860

785 

561 

543 

477 

408

386 

358 

347 

347 

347

459 

396 

952 

1,200 

1,120 

5,500

Minimum

330 

315 

283

261

295 

295 

280 

243 

305 

261 

217 

153 

221

153

June

1,340 

799 

622 

615 

525

465 

424 

402 

386 

380

408 

347 

336 

336 

315

310 

310 

290 

325 

330

310 

554 

800 

364 

347

364 

290 

261 

394 

555

Mean

413 

418 

352

602

335 

435 

374 

280 

740 

450 

283 

273 

563

409

July

325 

290 

275 

275 

336

358 

391 

290 

270 

266

266 

266 

261 

285 

285

266 

257 

234 

225 

217

247 

266 

234 

238 

257

243 

418 

285 

453 

261 

225

Aug.

217 

221 

238 

213

197

189 

186 

182 

186 

179

193 

257 

201 

193 

153

182 

320 

209 

307 

546

243 

295 

598 

615 

369

315 

247 

243 

402 

320 

252

Per square 

mile

1.63 

1.65 

1.39

2.38

1.32 

1.72 

1.48 

1.11 

2.92 

1.78 

1.12 

1.08 

2.23

1.62

Peak discharge (base, 4,500 sec. -ft. ) . May 31 (1:30 a.m.) 14,200 sec. -ft.; Sept. 10 (3

Sept.

380 

995 

774 

347 

275

238 

225 

221 

837 

5,340

1,100 

a760 

a620 

a470 

a310

a340 

a270 

a240 

a260 

275

275 

364 

325 

261 

243

234 

234 

229 

229 

229

Runoff in 

inches

1.88 

1.84 

1.60

32.26

1.52 

1.79 

1.71 

1.24 

3.37 

1.99 

1.29 

1.24 

2.49

21.96

p.m.)

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Martinsville.
100 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Smith River at Martlnsvllle, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°39'45", long. 79°52'55", 2 miles south of Martinsvine, 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.

hecords available.--August 1929 to September 1950.

Average discnarge. 21 years, 471 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 19,700 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 14.5 

reet}, from rating curve extended above 14,000 second-feet on basis of compuatations of 

flow over dam at gage heights 16.76 and 21.50 feet; minimum, 20 second-feet Apr. 13, 14 

(gage height, 1.50 feet); minimum daily, 194 second-feet Aug..16.

1929-50: 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. 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 1949-50 (gage height. In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 11-30)

2.0 152 3.0 790 5.0 2,860 

2,1 194 3.5 1,240 6.0 4,280 

2.3 292 4.0 1,720 9.0 9,000 

2.6 468 4.5 2,240

Discharge, in 'second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

DV

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30

31

Oct.

600 

485 

503 

498 

512

510 

566 

568 

530 

491

477 

488 

302 

564 

539

466 

462 

462 

442 

450

432

401 

421 

442 

400

488 

463 

434 

935 

646 

1,560

Nov.

1,220 

1,570 

847 

708 

633

570 

554 

" 530 

485 

486

496 

434 

424 

538 

466

454 

438 

428 

391 

393

452 

390 

419 

380 

454

427 

366 

405 

434 

452

Dec.

382 

393 

357 

367 

386

352 

383 

342 

348 

360

492 

570 

553 

492 

442

383 

382 

400 

436 

413

378 

401 

427 

450 

286

479 

808 

690 

548 

452 

459

Jan.

424 

408 

421 

408 

418

386 

. 377 

360 

360 

370

378 

380 

370 

383 

348

365 

362 

372 

424 

513

478 

425 

384 

368 

374

355 

375 

400 

364 

406 

832

Month

Ooto 

Move 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Va

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

dry

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

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

905 

888 

716 

608 

528

480 

457 

438 

422 

514

530 

490 

441 

490 

991

716 

610 

548 

500 

454

420 

439 

457 

396 

382

404 

354 

370

Seoondfoot-days

16,537 

16,244 

13,611

269,065

12,588 

14,948 

13,637 

10,083 

28,031 

16,667 

10,451 

10,068 

23,752

186,617

Peak discharge (base, 6,500 sec. -ft.). Was

19,700 sec. -ft.

Mar.

384 

346 

332 

328 

345

' 350 

346 

354 

364 

336

306 

341 

388 

432 

362

328 

412 

288 

401 

455

1,010 

718 

733 

608 

531

490 

422 

466 

539 

492 

430

Apr.

431 

420 

406 

386 

446

432 

345 

332 

316 

311

314 

320 

294 

308 

296

261 

312 

302 

282 

302

308 

276 

270 

318 

290

292 

288 

291 

296 

638

Maximum

1,560 

1,570 

808

5,880

832 

991 

1,010 

638 

6,100 

1,380 

478 

896 

8,560

8,560

31 (6:30 a.

May

900 

836 

942 

766 

613

512 

486 

479 

402 

370

434 

748 

1,040 

690 

2,620

1,040 

778 

628 

626 

554

425 

460 

411 

409 

402

570 

498 

682 

1,520 

1,090 

6,100

Minimum

302 

366 

286

286

348 

354 

288 

261 

370 

324 

233 

194 

248

194

June

1,380 

926 

729 

666 

665

534 

479 

440 

444 

448

444

430 

349 

408 

346

368 

350 

350 

324 

494

360 

553 

1,210 

578 

387

654 

350 

336 

655 

1,010

Mean

533 

541 

439

737

406 

534 

440 

336 

904 

556 

337 

325 

792

511

July

478 

345 

303 

342 

442

342 

362 

352 

326 

333

328 

316 

304 

318 

433

334 

328 

286 

233 

290

298 

365 

289 

257 

300

291 

432 

350 

456 

366 

252

Aug.

248 

292 

300 

268 

225

232 

211 

214 

202 

214

231 

318 

240 

218 

225

194 

376 

256 

266 

574

372 

323 

548 

896 

559

378 

282 

248 

434 

376 

348

Per square 

mile

1.43 

1.45 

1.17

1.97

1.09 

1.43 

1.18 

.898 

2.42 

1.49 

.901 

.869 

2.12

1.37

Sept.

402 

769 

1,02O 

490 

332

280 

248 

266 

888 

8,560

1,550 

1,100 

934 

665 

465

504 

380 

362 

388

372

456 

482 

532 

354 

328

338 

354 

290 

317 

328

Runoff in 

inches

1.65 

1.62 

1.35

26.77

1.26 

1.49 

1.36 

1.00 

2.79 

1.66 

1.04 

1.00 

2.36

18.58

m.) 11,800 sec. -ft.; Sept. 10 (5:30 p.m.)
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 

Smith River at Spray, N. C.

101

Location.--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 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 655 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 21,400 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 13.80 

reet J, from rating curve extended above 12,000 second-feet on basis of computation of 

flow over dam lj miles downstream at gage height 19.28 feet; minimum, 113 second-feet 

Aug. 9, 10 (gage height, 1.63 feet); minimum daily, 258 second-feet Aug. 9.

1939-50: Maximum discharge, 45,600 second-feet Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 19.28 

feet), by computation of flow over dam ij- miles downstream; 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 period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Diurnal fluctuation and some regulation caused by power plant at Martinsville, Va. 

Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water year 1950 are given 

in Water-Supply Paper 1186.

Discharge, in second-feet, water yesr October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

708

608

624

614

608

610

671

724

650

616

591

594

452

637

697

580

595

591

536

608

550

513

544

562

528

660'

632

594

1,520

1,120

2,580

Nov.

1,60O

2,400

1,110

895

781

706

670

661

594

619

588

583

548

610

566

556

545

528

500

500

564

495

508

492

548

539

488

520

514

570

-

Dec.

5OO

528

472

480

518

464

502

463

473

474

590

728

708

690

626

546

520

535

604

572

528

538

552

582

514

476

912

873

718

624

582

Jan.

558

554

538

550

548

544

514

482

462

513

507

504

508

530

484

498

482

496

590

721

654

574

546

508

508

504

516

612

549

544

1,280

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ssptember ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,190

1,210

1,040

808

705

646

594

571

576

683

680

636

602

648

1,160

954

790

686

650

590

540

558

610

550

510

530

473

459

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

22,117

20,798

17,892

346,346

17,378

19,649

18,705

14,164

36,811

21,874

15 f 12 

13 j 262

31,782

249,558

Mar.

481

463

428

432

434

442

446

465

472

454

414

422

520

556

490

472

551

468

538

646

1,370

1,080

1,130

889

744

681

6OO

640

712

674

591

Apr.

582

590

563

540

618

624

508

482

470

464

447

436

444

424

428

414

405

427

412

422

438

410

394

416

436

411

412

405

411

731

-

Maximum

2,580

2,400

912

6,130

.1,280

1,210

1,370

731

6,080

2,080

754

1,620

9,230

9,230

May

1,000

1,150

1,670

1,240

830

684

670

654

554

498

512

1,050

1,550

1,010

3,640

1,690

1,100

855

838

742

644

608

580

578

610

846

736

672

2,120

1,400

6,080

MiniBum

452

488

463

452

462

459

414

394

498

454

343

258

316

258

June

2,080

1,220

923

844

823

694

630

595

580

574

602

584

512

525

508

518

502

484

483

660

540

786

1,750

832

551

862

538

454

523

697

-

Mean

713

693

577

949

561

702

603

472

1 j 187

729

486

428

1,059

684

July

754

465

464

477

612

528

713

548

446

468

504

477

440

446

624

470

464

432

380

343

435

499

398

397

374

400

524

555

600

522

367

Aug.

356

342

430

362

326

299

306

288

258

268

286

320

374

285

286

284

328

403

306

568

457

517

502

1,620

847

538

424

353

441

514

374

Per square 

mile

1.33

1.29

1.07

1.76

1.04

1.30

1.12

 077 0 ( (

2.21

1.36

.907

. 7Qft t yo

1.97

1.27

Sept.

486

526

1,420

639

394

364

316

319

956

9,230

5,100

1,440

1,410

903

646

588

512

487

458

473

582

740

794

476

446

414

426

417

a420

a400

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.53

1.44

1.24

23.96

1.20

1.36

1.29

.98

2.54

1.51

1.05

.92

2.20

17.26

Peak discharge (base, 8.0OO sec. -ft.) . May 31 (11 a.m.) 11,100 sec. -ft. j Sept. 10 (12 p.m.) 21,400

sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basJs of records for other stations in basin.

231536 O - S3 - 8
102 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Sandy River near Danville, Va.

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 1950.

Average discharge'. 20 years (1930-50), 105 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,400 second-feet July 14 (gage height, 6.07 

I'eet); minimum, 20 second-feet Sept. 5, 8 (gage height, 1.08 feet); minimum dally, 36 

second-feet Sept. 6.

1929-50: 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. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by small mill above 

station.

Revisions (water years).--W 972: 1930-41.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge. In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-28, Mar. 24 to May 2)

Oct. 1-30 Oct. 31 to Sept. 30

1.3 49 1.1 22 2.2 265 

1.5 89 1.2 36 2.6 415 

1.7 133 1.3 54 3.0 605 

2.0 204. 1.5 95 3.5 880 

2.2 262 2.0 209 4.0 1,190 

2.4 335

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

64 

62 

62 

60

60

60 

76 

70 

64 

60

60 

57 

57 

57 

58

58 

58 

57 

55 

55

53 

53 

53 

53 

53

91 

64 

93 

308 

282 

1,140

Nov.

560 

479

174 

135 

121

108 

104 

99 

93 

91

89 

87 

89 

91 

87

85 

82 

80 

78 

78

78 

76 

74 

78

78 

76 

76 

84 

82

Dec.

76 

74 

74 

74 

74

74 

74 

74 

72 

78

91 

99 

91

110 

104

91 

89 

87 

93 

89

84 

84 

89 

87 

80

82 

89 

82 

80 

78 

74

Jan.

76 

76 

80 

82 

80

78 

76 

74 

74 

74

84 

80 

87 

84

80

80 

78 

84 

108

126

104 

97 

93 

89 

87

84 

106

137 

110 

124 

317

Feb.

195 

183 

167 

128 

115

110 

104 

95 

108 

121

108 

99 

97 

110 

121

110 

99 

95 

93 

. 91

87 

91 

113 

99 

91

91 

84 

84

M th Seccnd- 

. foot-days

Octo 

Neve 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

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

st ...........................

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

3,453 

3,593 

2,597

43,663

3,009 

3,089 

3,296 

2,289 

4,635 

2,631 

3,548 

1,631 

2,028

ter year 1949-50 ............ 35,799

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 sec. -ft,). Oc

sec, -ft.

Mar.

84 

80 

78 

78 

78

78 

80 

89 

84

76

76 

80 

110 

115 

95

99

106 

115 

99 

106

209 

183 

247 

146 

119

106 

104 

99 

97 

93 

87

Apr.

84 

84 

84 

84 

99

87 

82 

78 

78 

78

80 

76 

74 

72. 

72

72 

72 

72 

72 

74

74 

70 

70 

72

70

70 

68 

66 

68 

87

Maximum

1,140 

560 

110

1,140

317 

195 

247 

99 

597 

218 

614 

128 

224

1.140

;. 31 (5 s.n

May

108 

110 

338 

162

119

104 

113 

106 

93 

89

106 

240 

227 

200 

597

204 

144 

128 

115 

106

102 

95 

93 

91 

89

97 

91 

110 

178 

141 

139

Minimum

53 

74 

72

53

74 

84 

76 

66 

89 

62 

56 

40 

36

36

June

124 

93 

87 

93 

89

82 

78 

74 

74 

78

89 

72 

70 

70 

66

66 

64 

62 

74 

99

87 

113 

139 

91 

74

80 

68 

62 

95 

218

Mean

ill 

120 

83.8

120

97.1 

110 

106 

76.3 

150 

87.7 

114 

52.6 

67.6

98.1

July

87 

74 

68 

148 

157

135 

106 

80 

74 

87

78 

148 

82 

331 

614

150 

121 

97 

80 

70

76 

72 

68 

66 

64

66 

91 

70 

70 

62 

56

Aug.

54 

54 

58 

52 

49

47 

43 

43 

40 

43

64 

45 

45 

43 

43

47 

47 

45 

52 

56

45 

60 

54 

128 

66

54 

50 

47 

50 

58 

49

Sept.

60 

52 

49 

43 

40

36 

38 

40 

60 

113

84

97 

74 

66 

60

50 

49 

47 

50 

84

99 

224

113 

70 

58

56 

54

54 

54 

54

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.982 1.13 

1.06 1.18 

.742 .86

1.06 14.35

.859 .99 

.973 1.01 

.938 1.08 

.675 .75 

1.33 1.53 

.776 .87 

1.01 1.16 

.465 .54 

.598 .67

.868 11.77

) 2,700 sec. -ft.; July 14 (11 p.m.) 3,400
ROANOKE RIVER BASIN 103

Banister River at Halifax, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°45'30", long. 78°54'05 11 , 1,000 feet downstream 

rrom Terrible Creek, 1 mile north of Halifax, Halifax County, and 10 miles upstream 

from mouth. Datum of gage is 318.54 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of 

Engineers).

Drainage area. 552 square miles.

Records available. December 1928 to September 1950. September 1904 to December 1905 (gage 

Heights only) published as Banister River near Houston.

Average discharge. 21 years (1929-50), 558 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,260 second-feet Oct. 31 (gage height, 20.4 

feet); minimum, 41 second-feet July 4; minimum gage height, 0.35 foot Sept. 8, 16; minimum daily discharge, 84 second-feet Nov. 23.

1928-50: 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, 

station.

Low and medium flow regulated by power plant half a mile above

Revisions (water years). W 892:

1943(M).

1929-30, 1932-35. W 972; 1938(M), 1940. W 1112:

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

268

193

276

188

242

228

705

1,470

855

234

301

302

242

362

201

266

260

291

304

252

221

255

212

206

220

276

345

390

848

1,470

5,660

Nov.

6,100

4; 700

3,320

1,360

960

593

556

499

466

44S

432

413

434

438

505

422

339

600

622

580

384

215

84

178

264

371

416

330

406

412

-

Dec.

325

351

313

321

347

369

342

368

399

258

387

512

535

528

564

566

288

436

464

590

353

427

464

520

408

422

690

654

556

337

452

Jan.

390

386

476

422

409

378

435

382

312

390

3S9

428

354

492

420

389

395

386

517

673

568

442

452

470

452

310

456

617

621

622

972

llcnth

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

January .

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

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

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

May

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,780

1,290

1,100

967

S64

516

555

548

510

860

776

598

570

578

702

632

527

429

467

433

507

464

624

606

446

498

441

414

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

17,543

26,847

13,566

231,101

14,407

18,702

18,613

11,909

22,940

15,557

11 9 298

6,588

10, 708

188,678

Mar.

416

386

370

388

352

424

382

436

462

347

396

363

603

710

592

505

516

626

566

552

660

1,120

1,750

1,360

988

612

690

536

538

549

416

Apr.

484

470

464

457

471

494

470

410

369

402

358

350

444

316

342

324

409

322

336

312

450

273

326

332

311

321

323

292

326

951

Maximum

5,660

6,100

690

6,100

972

1,780

1,750

951

1,690

2,200

744

395

1,050

6,100

May

947

641

1,100

1,190

1,050

619

653

588

538

395

408

590

774

976

1,120

1,690

1,050

794

773

583

418

582

396

432

462

634

171

390

1,010

990

976

Minimum

188

84

258

84

310

' 414

347

273

171

168

100

99

116

84

June

6S3

317

322

527

343

349

338

235

296

483

1,020

540

350

296

256

322

288

168

364

289

1,240

687

2,200

832

496

481

464

332

266

223

-

Mean

566

895

438

633

465

668

600

397

740

519

364

213

357

517

July

303

252

252

157

564

647

499

454

478

463

173

479

487

380

744

701

372

100

276

334

344

562

136

372

214

226

281

406

118

173

291

Aug.

224

196

383

284

160

196

268

99

154

136

395

132

139

236

151

207

187

246

246

210

195

223

280

195

208

271

136

194

233

160

194

Per square 

mile

1.03

 1.62

.793

1.15

.842

1.21

1.09

.719

1.34

.940

.659

.386

.647

.937

Sept. .

246

166

212

210

116

152

156

258

222

303

631

551

570

1,050

416

424

116

229

226

390

874

716

708

256

372

124

318

193

324

199

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.19

1.61

.91

15.56

.97

1.26

1*26

*ouan 

1*54 ilos

76

.44

.72

12.71

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 sec. -ft.). Oct. 31 (3:30 p.m.) 7,260 sec. -ft.
104 ROANOKE RIVER BASIN

Georges Creek near Gretna, Va.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°56'10", long. 79°18'50", at bridge on State Highway 40, 3 miles southeast of Gretna, Plttsylvania County.

Drainage area.--9.2 square miles.

Records available. September 1949 to September 1950.

Extremes. 1949; Maximum discharge during period Sept. 15-30, 24 second-feet Sept. 16 

(gage height, 2.04 feet); minimum, 7.1 second-feet Sept. 15, 20, 22 (gage height, 1.48 

feet).

1949-50: Maximum discharge during water year, 670 second-feet Sept. 13 (gage height, 

6.48 feet), from rating curve extended above 25 second-feet; minimum, 3.3 second-feet 

Aug. 21, Sept. 5; minimum gage height, 1.49 feet Oct. 1,2.

Remarks. Records poor.

Discharge, in second-feet, 1949-50 

1949

Day

Sept. 15

16 

17 

18

Discharge

7.3 

7.7 

9.3 

7.9

Day

Sept. 19 

20 

21 

22

Discharge Day

7.9 Sept. 23 

7.5 24 

7.3 25 

7.5 26

Discharge

8.8 

7.5 

7.5 

7.5

Day

Sept. 27 

28 

29 

30

Discharge

7.5 

7.5 

8.6 

8.2

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.

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.7

12

8.4

7.9

7.7

7.5

7.5

7.7

7.9

7.9

7.9

7.7

7.7

7.7

7.7

7.7

7.7

7.7

7.9

7.9

11

7.9

18

16

16

31

Nov.

36

22

13

11

10

9.9

9.7

9.7

9.3

9.3

9.3

9.0

9.3

9.7

9.3

9.0

9.3

9.0

8.8

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.8

8.6

8.6

8.6

7.9

6.4

-

Dec.

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.4

6.9

7.2

7.2

7.2

8.0

8.8

8.8

8.8

9.6 '8.8

8.5

8.2

8.8

9.6

8.8

8.8

8.5

9.6

9.2

8.8

9.2

9.9

9.2

8.8

8.5

8.5

Jan.

8.5

8.5

9.2

8.8

8.5

8.5

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.2

8.2

8.8

9.6

8.8

8.5

8.2

8.0

8.2

8.5

8.2

7.7

7.7

7.7

7.2

6.9

6.2

8.8

10

9.9

18

27

Feb.

24

17

13

12

11

11

11

11

12

12

11

11

10

11

11

. 10

10

9.9

9.6

9.2

9.2

9.9

10

9.6

8.5

8.5

8.2

8.2

_

_

-

Mar.

8.2

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.5

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.2

10

9.6

8.5

9.2

9.9

9.9

9.2

9.9

14

14

15

11

10

9.9

9.9

9.9

9.9

9.2

9.2

Apr.

8.8

9.2

9.6

9.9

9.9

9.2

8.8

8.5

8.0

7.5

7.7

7.5

7.2

6.9

6.9

6.9

6.4

5.9

5.9

5.9

5.9

5.9

5.9

5.9

5.9

6.4

6.2

6.2

6.2

11

May

7.7

7.5

9.9

8.8

8.0

7.5

8.2

7.5

6.9

6.9

8.0

8.5

8.2

10

30

14

11

11

9.9

8.8

8.5

8.2

8.2

7.7

7.7

8.0

7.2

8.2

9.9

9.6

14

June

11

9.2

8.5

9.2

8.2

7.7

7.2

6.9

6; 7

6.9

6.9

6.2

5.9

5.9

5.7

5.3

4.5

4.1

5.7

5.3

15

18

21

11

11

9.9

8.5

7.7

9.2

8.8

-

July

7.7

7.2

11

9.4

11

13

,9.9

7.7

7.7

9.6

7.7

6.9

6.4

6.9

20

11

9.6

8.8

7.7

7.5

9.6

8.5

7.7

6.4

5.7

6.4

9.2

6.7

5.9

5.5

5.3

Aug.

5.1

7.2

6.4

5.1

4.9

4.7

4.5

4.5

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.3

3.9

3.9

5.1

4.3

3.7

3.9

4.3

3.7

5.5

9.4

5.9

5.5

4.7

4.7

4.5

4.3

4.1

8.1

Sept.

7.2

5.5

4.7

4.3

3.7

3.7

3.9

4.1

15

31

15

20

123

15

11

8.8

8.0

7.7

13

11

8.5

12

8.8

7.5

6.9

6.7

6.4

6.4

' 6.2

6.7

-

Peak discharge (baae, 150 see.-ft.). Nov. 1 (8 p.m.) 158 sec.-ft.; Sept. 13 (4 a.m.) 670 sec.-ft. 

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1949-50

Month

September 15-30, 1949 .............

later year .............

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

Calendar year .............

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 .............

Seccndfoot-days

125.5

-

297.2

314.5

256.2

_

286.3

295.1

153.4

391.7

3,341.5

Maximum

9.3

-

31

36

9.9

.

27

21

123

123

Minimum

7.3

-

7.5

6.4

6.4

_

6.2

8.0

5.9

6.9

4.1

3.7

3.7

3.7

Mean

7.84

-

9.59

10.5

8.26

-

9.24

11.0

9.52

7.40

9.53

8.57

8.50

' 4.95

13.1

9.15

Per square 

mile

0.852

-

1.04

1.14

.898

-

1.00.

1.20

1.03

.804

1.04

.932

.924

.538

1.42

.995

Runoff in 

inches

0.51

-

1.20

1.27

1.04

-

1.15

1.25

1.19

.90

1.20

1.04

1.07

.62

1.58

13.51
ROANOKE RIVEK BASIN 105

Hyco River near Omega, Va.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 36 0 38', long. 78°48', at highway bridge lj 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 1950.

Average discharge. 16 years, 403 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,780 second-feet Nov. 3 (gage height, 14.60 

reet); minimum, 19 second-feet Sept. 4 (gage height, 1.80 feet).

1934-50: 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 except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). W 972: 1934-38, 1940.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 21 to Mar. 22, July 6-21)

1.8 19 2.7 116 8.0 1,010 

1.9 26 3.5 228 10.0 1,470 

2.1 43 4.5 377 12.0 1,990 

2.3 65 6.0 620 15.0 2,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

60 

58 

52 

46 

42

47 

93 

250 

228 

131

87 

72 

65 

61 

60

60 

58 

57 

57 

55

54 

52 

47 

46 

45

50 

73 

80 

113 

252 

1,620

Nov.

1,960 

2,470 

2,740 

2,530 

1,34O

340 

264 

228 

200

186

173 

159 

150 

150 

144

136 

127 

119 

113 

110

110 

106 

100 

98 

100

107 

106 

100 

100 

116

Dec.

144 

117 

103 

95 

94

93 

91 

90 

89 

S7

96 

117 

126 

294 

548

407 

250 

200 

200 

207

193 

179 

176 

186 

173

155 

264 

370 

294 

228 

193

Jan.

178 

172 

166 

165 

158

148 

143 

136 

124 

120

123 

129 

180 

207 

179

158 

150 

228 

420 

870

750 

437 

347 

302 

264

242

242 

340 

377 

422 

656

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febi 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Va

her ..........................

mber .........................

lender year 1949 

ary . .

st ...........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

548 

407 

347 

294 

257

242 

235 

250 

250 

280

422 

437 

347 

317 

317

294 

257 

235 

221 

207

193 

186 

302 

392 

302

250 

221 

207

Seoondf cot-day a

4,071 

14,682 

5,859

139,937

8,533 

8,217 

12,224 

4,209 

14,237 

10,869 

12,464 

2,166 

5,259

102,790

Bar.

200 

193 

175 

165 

165

165 

165 

185 

207 

186

164 

161 

221 332- 

280

228 

221 

221 

200 

186

407 

936 

2,050 

1,670 

1,250

484 

340 

302 

287 

257 

221

Apr.

200 

193 

185 

178 

180

186 

171 

152 

144 

136

133 

133 

124 

116 

111

108 

106 

106 

104 

111

165 

178 

138 

123 

115

111 

107 

102 

100 

193

Haximum

1,620 

2,740 

548

2,740

870 

548 

2,050 

200 

1,370 

1,860 

1,250 

392 

790

2,740

Hay

340 

675 

1,230 

770 

377

242 

185 

158 

129 

112

117 

235 

63S 

584 

1,230

1,370 

990 

340 

235 

200

168 

144 

127 

113 

102

119 

116 

197 

950 

1,050 

994

Minimum

42 

98

87

30

120 

186 

116 

100 

102 

60 

104 

24 

20

20

June

1,860 

1,470 

1,370 

S10 

S90

692 

324 

207 

161 

137

138 

137 

110 

91 

82

76 

71 

65 

69 

65

60 

115 

264 

287 

182

242 

162 

107 

141 

484

Mean

131 

489 

189

383

275 

293 

394 

140 

459 

362 

402 

69.9 

175

282

July

750 

1,250 

a250 

8170 

8300

437 

500 

235 

485 

882

354 

287 

566 

710 

750

392 

242 

172 

129 

152

464 

890 

347 

186 

144

171 

548 

280 

186 

131 

104

Aug.

S5 

77 

287 

392 

183

110 

87 

72 

62 

55

51 

47 

46 

41 

46

40 

42 

40 

41 

39

36 

37 

34 

31 

32

27 

28 

25 

25 

24 

24

.Sept.

22 

20 

21 

22

148

437 

228 

72 

98 

407

422 

193 

124 

103 

76

73 

54 

44 

40 

40

100 

468 

790 

674 

179

106 

86 

75 

70 

67

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.388 0.45 

1.45 1.62 

.559 .64

1.13 15.41

.814 .94 

.867 .90 

1.17 1.35 

.414 .46 

1.36 1.57 

1.07 1.19 

1.19 1.37 

.207 .24 

.518 .58

.834 11.31

Peak discharge (base, 3,100 sec.-ft.J. No peak above base.

gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Dan River at South Boaton.
106 PAMLICO RIVER BASIN

Tar River near Tar River, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 36°12', long. 78°34', at bridge 

on state Highway 96, l£ miles upstream from Pishing Creek, 2\ 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 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 154 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,500 second-feet July 10 (gage height, 9.49 

reetj; minimum, 4.9 second-feet Sept. 8, 9 (gage height, 0.97 foot).

1939-50: Maximum discharge, 10,600 second-feet Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, 16.51 

feet); minimum, 0.2 second-foot Nov. 9-22, 1941, Oct. 18, 1943.

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 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

13

12

12

11

11

11

11

12

13

12

15

14

13

11

10

9.8

9.4

9.4

9.1

8.6

8.2

7.9

7.6

7.6

7.6

7.9

8.2

8.5

17

273

1,270

Nov.

1,520

2,060

348

170

112

84

68

59

54

50

49

44

41

38

36

35

32

30

29

2S

28

27

26

25

39

47

37

32

33

55

-

Dec.

51

42

35

31

30

28

28

27

26

26

29

31

33

528

428

174

107

86

79

77

70

65

62

57

52

50

62

124

89

67

56

Jan.

50

47

47

47

45

44

44

42

38

37

37

39

71

96

79

64

61

330

406

621

230

157

124

107

94

84

78

94

114

117

213

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

ISO

124

107

89

75

69

77

110

100

216

336

203

144

124

144

140

105

86

75

66

62

60

119

274

147

105

85

72

-

-

Second 

foot-days

1,850.8

5,236

2,650

52,509.4

3,657

3,494

4 299

1 492

5' 049

3,260

9 948

823

1,930.5

43,689.3

Mar.

69

67

59

54

52

52

52

60

63

60

53

50

53

60

57

59

68

64

58

53

223

328

1,360

375

203

140

108

103

112

100

84

Apr.

71

66

62

60

59

56

50

46

44

42

41

41

39

36

35

33

33

32

32

32

43

62

54

44

38

33

31

30

96

151

-

Maximum

1,270

2,060

528

2,060

621

336

1,360

151

578

1,020

2,420

101

471

2,420

May

170

322

511

243

131

82

57

45

36

30

28

154

230

180

578

271

131

86

96

81

60

49

41

36

31

37

42

46

483

362

400

Minimum

7.6

25

26

5.7

37

60

50

30

28

21

42

12

4.9

4.9

June

213

95

67

361

1,020

216

108

72

56

49

53

47

40

35

31

32

57

30

21

28

26

34

30

26

24

31

26

29

61

342

-

Mean

59.7

175

85.5

144

118

125

139

49.7

163

109

321

26.5

64.3

120

July

589

137

66

42

53

695

233

72

582

2,420

339

180

267

571

527

324

260

107

71

57

403

131

71

55

48

358

879

206

94

63

48

Aug.

38

30

26

101

63

44

34

26

22

18

16

15

14

13

12

14

35

24

16

16

35

20

32

46

26

19

14

12

12

16

14

Per square 

mile

0.371

1.09

.531

.894

.733

.776

.863

.309

1.01

.677

1.99

.165

.399

.745

Sept.

13

9.4

8.2

7.2

6.6

6.0

5.2

4.9

31

180

107

93

471

103

86

47

34

24

17

13

12

26

382

90

47

29

24.

20

18

16

"

Runoff in 

inches

0.43

1.21

.61

12.12

.84

.81

.99

.34

1.17

.75

2.30

.19

.45

10.09

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 aeo.-ft. ) . Nov. 2 (7 a.m.) 2,640 aec.-ft.; July 10 (8 a.m.) 3,500 Bee.
PAMLICO RIVER BASIN 107

Tar River near Nashville, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 350 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 110.96 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 701 square miles.

Records available. October 1928 to September 1950.

Average qiscnarge. 22 years, 765 second-feet.

jactremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,030 second-feet Nov. 4 (gage height, 9.91 feet); 

minimum, 92 second-feet Sept. 8 (gage height, 2.81 feet); minimum daily, 113 second-feet 

Sept. 8.

1928-50: 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 except those computed from doubtful gage-height record, which are 

fair. Considerable diurnal fluctuation and some regulation at low flow caused by small 

mills above station. Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water 

year 1950 are given in Water-Supply Paper 1186.

Revisions. W 822: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 27 to Apr. 30, Sept. 16-30)

2.3 113 3.5 25 7.0 2,200 

2.5 164 4.0 745 8.0 2,750 

2.7 222 5.0 1,200 10.0 4,1OO 

3.0 325 6.0 1,670

Discharge, In second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

306 

257 

248 

238 

235

232 

281 

357 

325 

295

271 

254 

244 

. 23S 

232

222 

225 

232 

232 

222

207 

207 

189 

198 

195

201 

201 

216 

210 

213 

407

Nov.

1,950 

2,930 

3,330 

3,890 

2,510

725 

565 

505 

465

441

421 

393 

377 

365 

365

353 

337 

321 

318 

303

306 

299 

299 

278 

357

513 

489 

397 

353 

413

Dec.

465 

425 

365 

325 

318

314 

306 

306 

295 

285

278 

314 

337 

525 

1,210

1,740 

950 

655 

565 

529

501 

477 

457 

433 

405

385 

389 

397 

421 

433 

385

Jan.

353 

349 

345 

349 

349

341 

337 

329 

321 

310

310 

321 

393 

453 

449

425 

433 

725 

1,250 

1,470

1,770 

1,170 

S15 

680 

615

549 

525 

545 

553 

561 

549

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendatr year 1949 

&ry

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

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

590 

635 

557 

505 

457

441 

441 

489 

513 

533

635 

905 

770 

635 

839

1,040 

795 

635 

545 

513

477 

457 

525 

635 

835

680 

553 

493

Secondfoot daya

7,590 

24,568 

15,190

268,730

17,944 

17.12B 

18,969 

9,931 

23,124 

12,315 

28,522 

8,588 

11,713

195,582

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 sec. -ft.). Ncn

a Doubtful gage-neignt record; discharge cc

Mar.

481 

485 

445 

421 

405

413 

405 

413 

437 

429

397 

385 

393

461 

485

441 

465 

485 

449 

409

485 

680 

1,210 

1,920 

1,980

925 

680 

635 

635 

590 

525

Apr.

457 

429 

421 

401 

405

421 

381 

357 

337 

329

325 

325 

325 

310 

303

285 

288 

285 

285 

292

303 

306 

295 

306 

299

274 

261 

264 

337 

325

Maximum

407 

3,890 

1,740

4,980

1,770 

1,040 

1,980 

457 

2,200 

1,670 

2,390 

1,240 

1,850

3,890

Hay

1,130 

1,110 

1,160 

1,620 

1,230

680 

489 

393 

333 

299

288 

505 

795 

1,040 

1,060

2,200 

2,140 

925 

615 

529

469 

413 

365 

333 

314

292 

278 

268 

278 

648 

925

Minimum

189 

 278 

278

134

310 

441 

385 

261 

268 

198 

235 

138 

113

113

June

815 

950 

4S9 

361 

512

1,6'70 

1,110 

485 

365 

314

303 

310 

278 

251 

228

216 

201 

198 

219 

257

285 

274 

310 

254 

235

225 

357 

271 

298 

274

Mean

245 

819 

490

736

579 

612 

612 

331 

746 

410 

920 

277 

390

536

July

596 

725 

745 

325 

235

271 

1,330 

1,360 

590 

56S

2,120 

2,390 

887 

904 

1,470

2,200 

1,470 

998 

d615 

d409

d445 

d725 

d615 

d365 

d299

d264 

d557 

dl,980 

d2,020 

d635 

d409

Aug.

d325 

d333 

d288 

3295 

d232

d271 

d261 

d216 

d!92 

d!84

d!64- 

d!64 

d!51 

d!38 

d!48

143 

417 

381 

288 

189

161 

161 

172 

1,240 

725

318 

201 

175 

164 

154 

337

Per square 

mile

0.350 

1.17 

.699

1.05

.826 

.873 

.873 

.472 

1.06 

.585 

1.31 

.395 

.556

- .765

Sept.

288 

186 

161 

148 

154

143 

136 

113 

126 

151

481 

501 

788 

1,850 

1,560

545 

361 

278 

244 

219

201 

198 

453 

655 

565

306 

248 

225 

216 

213

Runoff In 

Inches

0.40 

1.30 

.81

14.24

.95

.91 

1.01 

.53 

1.23 

.65 

1.51 

.46 

.62

10.38

r. 4 (11:30 p.m.) 4,030 sec. -ft. 

imputed on basis of doubtful gage heights.
108 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. High-

 way b4 in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, and 6-f 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,--2,140 square miles (revised).

Hecords available,--July 1896 to December 1900, October 1931 to September 1950. Gage-

 neignt records at different datum collected at same site since 1905 are contained in

reports of U. S. Weather Bureau. 

Average discharge. 23 years, 2,298 second-feet. 

.Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,990 second-feet Nov. 6; maximum gage height,

 14.39 feet Nov. 6; minimum discharge, 348 second-feet Aug. 13-(gage height, 2.06 feet).

1896-1900, 1931-50: 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, 34.0 feet (revised), present datum, July 27, 1919, from floodmarks (discharge, 52,800 second-feet, from rating curve extended above 38,000 secondfeet ). 

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.

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 1, Mar. 28 to May 3)

2.0 330 4.0 1,060 10.0 4,080 

2.5 490 5.0 1,460 12.0 5,320 

3.0 670 6.0 1,900 14.0 6,650 

3.5 862 8.0 2,920

Discharge, in .second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

1,140 

1,100 

940 

862 

804

765 

727 

746 

842 

862

823 

746 

708 

670 

633

633 

596 

596 

596 

596

596 

560 

560 

525 

525

508 

525 

508 

525 

542 

578

' Nov.

1,160 

3,760 

5,060 

5,910 

6,520

g6,790 

g4,670 

g3,120 

g2,380 

gl,940

gl,630 

gl,460 

gl,380 

gl,260 

gl,180

gl,140 

gl,100 

gl,060 

gl,020 

g980

g940 

g920 

g901 

g940 

g940

gl,100 

gl,260 

gl,460 

gl,140 

gl,260

Dec.

1,380 

1,540 

1,500 

1,380 

1,260

1,260 

1,180 

1,100 

1,060 

1,020

1,020 

960 

1,020 

1,220 

2,000

3,210 

3,840 

3,300 

2,640 

2,280

2,080 

1,900 

1,720 

1,580 

1,500

1,380 

1,300 

1,300 

1,300 

1,300 

1,260

Jan.

1,180 

1,100 

1,100 

1,060 

1,060

1,060 

1,060 

1,020 

1,060 

940

980 

960 

1,060 

1,220 

1,340

1,340 

1,300 

1,680 

2,600 

3,930

4,380 

4,740 

4,440 

3,420 

2,860

2,430

2,130 

1,990 

1,900 

1,900 

1,860

Feb.

1,760 

1,720 

1,720 

1,630 

1,460

1,380 

1,340 

1,380 

1,460 

1,580

1,680 

1,810 

2,040 

1,900 

1,760

2,040 

2,480 

2,380 

1,900 

1,630

1,540 

' 1,380 

1,500 

1,720 

1,900

1,900 

1,680 

1,500

...... SecondMonth foot-days

Ooto 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Pebr 

 arc 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendaT year 1949 

ary

21,337 

64,381 

50,790

............ 848,413

uary

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

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

59,100 

48,170 

52,420 

31,299 

54,223 

29,816 

63,662 

27,681 

33,572

ter year 1949-50 ............ 536,451

Mar.

1,420 

1,380 

1,300 

1,260 

1,140

1,140 

'1,140 

1,140 

1,140 

1,180

1,140 

1,140 

1,020 

1,060 

1,140

1,260 

1,260 

1,220 

1,300 

1,260

1,300 

1,460 

2,310 

3,140 

3,980

4,140 

2,980 

2,480 

2,280 

2,230 

2,080

Apr.

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

' 1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

1,

1, 

1,

1,

Maximum

1,140 

6,790 

3,840

10,200

4,740 

2,480 

4,140 

1,810 

3,920 

2,070 

3,900 

3,420 

3,660

6,790

810 

580 

460 

380 

340

300 

300 

260 

140 

100

060 

000 

000 

940 

901

862 

842 

804 

784 

804

804 

842 

804 

823 

784

784 

765 

746 

940 

340

May

1,580 

2,180 

2,590 

2,920 

3,200

2,560 

1,900 

1,460 

1,180 

1,020

862 

980 

1,460 

2,340 

2,760

2,700 

3,920 

3,670 

2,430 

1,860

1,580 

1,380 

1,180 

960 

862

823 

746 

670 

670 

670 

1,110

Minimum

508 

901 

960

394

940 

1,340 

1,020 

746 

670 

440 

670 

366 

372

366

June

1,460 

1,500 

1,460 

1,140 

920

940 

2,070 

1,800 

1,220 

940

842 

784 

670 

633 

560

525 

456 

440 

463 

1,400

1,760 

1,180 

1,060 

980 

784

708 

596 

578 

727 

1,220

Mean

688 

2,146 

1,638

2,324

1,906 

1,720 

1,691 

1,043 

1,749 

994 

2,054 

893 

1,119

1,470

July

1,060 

1,000 

1,140 

1,220 

862

670 

670 

1,570 

2,230 

2,040

1,860 

3,330 

3,600 

2,540 

2,380

3,200 

3,900 

3,720 

2,560 

1,900

1,420 

1,460 

2,040 

1,990 

1,460

1,100 

1,550 

2,340 

3,590 

3,360 

1,900

Aug.

1,380 

1,140 

1,060 

862 

689

633 

596 

596 

525 

490

473

440 

379 

385

369

366 

508 

578 

708 

633

473 

456 

410 

912 

2,600

3,420 

2,510 

1,630 

1,100 

746 

614

Per square 

mile

0.321 

1.00 

.765

1.09

.891 

.804 

.790 

.487 

.817 

.464 

.960 

.417 

.523

.687

Sept.

542 

746 

578 

440 

440

440 

473

391 

372 

379

456 

670 

1,060 

1,550 

3,240

3,660 

2,920 

2,380 

1,680 

1,300

1,020 

823 

1,020 

1,140 

1,420

1,420 

980 

784 

652 

596

Runoff in 

inches

0.37 

1.12 

.88

t!4.74

1.03 

.84 

.91 

.54 

.94 

.52 

1.11 

.48 

.58

9.32

Peak discharge (base, 8,000 sec. -ft.). No peak above base.

t Computed on basis of revised figure for drainage area, 

g Computed from graph based on once-daily readings.
PAMLICO RIVER BASIN 

Fishing Creek near Enfield, N. C.

109

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36 0 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 south- 

, west of Enfield, Halifax County, and 4f miles downstream from Rocky Creek. Datum of 

gage is 76.26 (revised) feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adlustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 521 square miles (revised).

itecoras available. October 1923 to September 1950 in reports of Geological Survey. Octooer 1918 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. 32 years (1918-50), 518 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,150 second-feet Nov. 3 (gage height, 11.2 feet, 

rrom~graph based on once-daily gage readings); minimum, 68 second-feet Aug. 16, Sept. 

10 (gage height, 0.75 foot).

1923-50: 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 good except those for period computed from graph based on once-daily 

gage readings, which are fair. Discharge for days of considerable change of stage 

computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor. Slight diurnal fluctuation and 

some regulation at low flow caused by mills above station.

Revisions (water years). W 872; 1935(M).

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 1-30} rate of change of stage 

used as a factor Nov. 1, Z, 5, 6, Dec. 14, 17, Jan. 18, ZZ, Feb. 15-17, 

Mar. 22, 23, 25, May 12-15, 18, June 5, July 21, 27, Sept, 13, 15-17)

0.7 64

1.0 91

1.5 141

2.0 191

3.0 311

4.0 463

5.0 641

6.0 821

8.0 1,220

10.0 1,720

12.0 2,530

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

IS 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

292 

240 

/218 

201 

196

196 

201 

228 

246 

223

206 

196 

186 

181 

176

181 

181 

181 

181 

176

171 

166 

161 

156

g!61

g!61 

g!61 

g!61 

glS6 

g206 

g240

Nov.

g646 

gl,990 

g2,150 

g2,110 

gl,700

g649 

g430 

g360 

g332 

g311

g311 

g292 

g285 

g285 

g285

g278 

g272 

g259 

g259 

g259

g259 

g252 

g252 

g252 

g252

g259 

g259 

g266 

g325 

g515

Dec.

g569 

g414 

332 

29S 

2S5

272 

272 

266 

259 

252

266 

339 

383 

749 

1,450

1,380 

850 

587 

497 

463

430 

406 

398 

376 

353

325 

325 

339 

339 

31S 

298

Jan.

285 

285 

285 

292 

292

285 

285 

285 

278 

259

259 

266 

339 

430 

390

339 

311 

781 

1,140 

1,360

1,310 

920 

641 

533 

480

430 

414 

463 

515 

463 

430

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Decs

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc

toy1 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

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

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

406 

383 

368 

353 

325

311 

332 

414 

414 

383

463 

497 

430 

390 

486

1,220 

1,090 

623 

446 

390

360 

339 

383

515 

515

414 

368 

332

Secondfoot-clays

6,016 

16,354 

14,090

211,428

15,045 

12,950 

13,668 

7,189 

14,159 

5,963 

7,448 

3,324 

9,261

125,467

Peak discharge (base, 2,400 sec. -ft. ) .--No

T computed on basis or revised figure for c 

g Computed from graph based on once dally g

Mar.

325 

332 

311 

298

285

298 

298 

298 

311 

318

292 

278 

285 

353 

390

332 

332 

376 

360 

311

406 

649 

1,180 

1,290 

818

569 

463 

430 

551

515 

414

Apr.

346 

325 

318 

304 

304

325 

311 

27S 

252 

246

234 

234 

234 

223 

212

206 

206 

201 

206 

206

21S 

223 

212 

206 

206

201 

191 

181 

181 

199

Maximum

292 

2,150 

1,450

4,450

1,360 

. 1,220 

1,290 

346 

1.T40 

612 

654 

166 

1,740

2,150

Hay

396 

605 

695 

935 

686

446 

325 

252 

218 

196

186 

372 

1,050 

758 

719

1,120 

1,140 

694 

446 

376

318 

266 

234 

212 

196

186 

181 

191 

196 

218 

346

Minimum

156 

252 

252

116

259 

311 

278 

181 

181 

108 

106 

73 

69

69

June

390 

311 

228 

201 

334

612 

446 

278 

201 

176

181 

181 

171 

151 

136

131 

126 

121 

120 

120

121 

141 

161 

176 

151

136 

126 

116 

112 

108

Mean

194 

545 

455

579

485 

462 

441 

240 

457 

199 

240 

107 

309

344

July

106 

146 

151 

161 

126

121 

171 

266 

259 

228

201 

285 

212 

191 

186

266 

272 

259 

206 

156

214 

533 

387 

212 

161

146 

325 

654 

425 

246 

176

Aug.

146 

131 

126 

126 

141

181 

116 

112 

105 

101

93 

84 

79 

78 

74

73 

SI 

87 

92 

87

86 

83 

86 

136 

166

151 

141 

111 

95 

90 

126

Per square 

mile

0.372 

1.05 

.873

1.11

.931 

.887 

.846 

.461 

.877 

.382 

.461 

.205 

. .593

.660

Sept.

141 

105 

91 

87 

82

79 

76 

78 

7S 

69

89 

176 

1,010 

1,740 

1,720

1,060 

443

216 

166 

151

136 

136 

176 

266 

201

156 

141 

131 

131 

131

Runoff In 

inches

0.43

1.17 

1.01

tl5.09

1.07 

.92 

.98 

.51 

1.01 

.43 

.53 

.24 

.66

8.95

peak above base, 

ralnage area, 

age readings.
110 NEUSE RIVER BASIN

Eno River at Hillsboro, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder with sharp-crested rectangular weir and masonry control 

lat. 36°04'SO", 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 1950.

Average discharge. 20 years (1930-50), 66.6 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,500 second-feet Oct. 30 (gage height, 10.32 

feetT; minimum, 6.1 second-feet Sept. 4, 5 (gage height, 1.25 feet).

1927-50: Maximum discharge, 11,000 second-feet Sept. 18, 1945 (gage height, SO.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 poor. Diversion of about 0.25 second-feet for Hillsboro water supply is partly 

returned above station as sewage.

Revisions (water year). W 1032: 1931(M), 1939(M), 1944(M).

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.2 4.7 2.0 38 4.0 312 

1.3 7.5 2.3 61 5.0 482 

1.4 11 2.6 92 6.0 655 

1.6 18 3.0 145 

1.8 28 3.5 227

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

15 

14 

13 

13 

13

13 

23 

66 

27 

19

16 

15 

14 

14 

14

14 

14 

14 

14 

13

13 

12 

12 

12 

12

17 

20 

21 

139 

554 

554

Nov.

651 

425 

121 

81 

62

51 

46 

42 

39 

37

36 

34 

32 

32

31

30 

29 

27 

27 

26

26 

25 

24 

24 

32

32 

28 

26 

28 

31

Dec.

28 

25 

24 

23 

23

23 

23 

23 

23 

22

23 

25 

26 

252 

110

62 

47 

42 

44 

45

40 

37 

36 

35 

32

36 

122 

75 

51 

44 

39

Jan.

37 

36 

35 

35 

33

32 

34 

32 

29 

29

29 

30 

39 

36 

32

31 

48 

165 

154 

125

74 

61 

54 

48 

44

42 

48 

68 

57 

56 

67

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Align 

Sspt

Ha

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

st ...........................

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

56 

49 

46 

42 

38

37 

42 

48 

42 

68

109 

70 

59 

65 

73

58 

49 

44 

42 

40

37 

37 

85 

78 

52

46 

42 

38

Secondfoot-days

1,724 

2,135 

1,460

24,122.8

1,640 

1,492 

2,147 

950 

2,633 

2,030 

1,923 

487.5 

533.3

19,154.8

Mar.

40 

38 

34 

32 

34

34 

34 

48 

44 

35

33 

34 

36

51 

41

42 

69 

48 

40 

40

130 

277 

402

121 

85

67 

58 

56 

55 

47 

42

Apr.

40 

40 

39 

38 

42

42 

36 

34 

34 

32

32 

31 

30 

29 

29

29 

30 

28 

26 

28

37 

32 

30 

28 

25

25 

28 

27 

24 

25

Maximum

554 

651 

252

651

165 

109 

402 

42 

404 

303 

442 

38 

115

651

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 sec. -ft.). Oct. 30 (7 p.m

May

45 

100 

96 

63 

41

32 

28 

25 

23 

22

23 

94 

138 

176 

400

107 

63 

49 

43 

36

33 

31 

29 

28 

30

29 

28 

33 

162 

404 

222

Minimum

12 

24 

22

8.1

29 

37 

32 

24 

22 

19 

23 

7.2 

6.4

6.4

June

97 

56 

43 

303

267

82 

56 

46 

40 

37

37 

33 

29 

28 

26

25 

24 

22 

23 

25

27 

37 

76 

43 

28

26 

23 

19 

f246 

206

Mean

55.6 

71.2 

47.1

66.1

52.3 

53.3 

69.3 

31.7 

84.9 

67.7 

62.0 

15.7 

17.8

52.5

July

f442 

89 

52 

38 

38

39 

57 

38 

48 

62

52 

42 

61 

49 

47

101 

50 

35 

28 

36

157 

56 

35 

28 

26

24 

5E 

57 

34 

27 

23

Aug.

21 

23 

21 

23 

19

18 

16 

15 

14 

14

14 

38 

18 

15 

14

20 

18 

15 

14 

13

13

12 

13 

14 

15

13 

11 

10 

8.8 

7.5 

7.2

Per square 

mile

0.836 

1.07 

.708

.994

.795 

.802 

1.04 

.477 

1.28 

1.02 

.932 

.236 

.268

.789

Sept.

7.8 

7.5 

7.2 

6.4 

42

27 

13 

10 

11 

20

36 

40 

115 

23 

16

13 

11

11 

10 

10

10

11

12 

11 

9.4

8.8 

8.1 

8.5 

8.8 

8.8

Runoff in 

Inches

0.96 

1.19 

.82

13.49

.92 

.83 

1.20 

.53 

1.47 

1.14 

1.08 

.27 

.30

10.71

) 1,500 sec. -ft.

r Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed from partly estimated gage heights
NEUSE RIVER BASIN 111

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, lj 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.--526 square miles.

Kecoras available. July 1927 to September 1950.

average aiscnarge.--23 years, 548 second-feet.

extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 6,030 second-feet Nov. 3 (gage height, 18.70 

feet); minimum, 52 second-feet Sept. 1 (gage height, 1.45 feet).

1927-50: 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 backwater from return of overbank flow, 

wnicn 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: Drainage area. W 1032: 1933(M), 1935-36, 1937(M),

iaiiH-ii9 , 1944(n) .

fiating tables, water year 1949-50, except periods of backwater from return of overbank flow

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 9-29; rate of change in

stage used as a factor Oct. 30-31, Jan. 21, Mar. 21-25, 

May 12-17, 30, June 1, 5-6, 23-24, 29-30, July 3-4, 6-10, 27-29)

Oct." 1 to Nov. 2 Nov. 3 to Sept. 30

1.5 63 1.5 59 8.0 1,290 

2.0 159 2.0 131 10.0 1,800 

3.0 280 3.0 275 12.0 2,400 

4.0 435 4.0 435 16.0 4,100 

Note. --Same as following 6.0 835 18.0 5,400 

table abo^e 4.0 feet.

Discharge, in seoond-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

87 

76 

68 

72 

74

72 

77 

159 

242 

135

93

81 

83 

143 

87

68 

68 

70 

70 

74

89 

181 

91 

61 

81

150 

100 

176 

236 

818 

3,060

Nov.

4,100 

5,330 

c4,200 

cl.900 

0840

625 

492 

454

416 

406

329 

275 

254 

240 

275

294 

301 

294 

250 

212

231 

250 

219 

219 

260

288 

182 

146 

158 

247

Dec.

170 

142 

125 

113 

108

112 

108 

108 

107 

102

119 

138 

126 

792 

1,480

654 

352 

275 

275 

282

549 

530 

454 

205 

172

162 

303 

549 

315 

240 

205

Jan.

205 

173 

178 

219

212

176 

154 

148 

138 

176

198 

205 

261 

275 

230

226 

242 

1,080 

1,110 

1,590

990 

606 

530 

492 

464

435 

426 

473 

473 

492 

530

Month

Ooto 

Move 

Ueoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendaT year 1949 ............

ary

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

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

530

416 

288 

268 

233

247 

275 

308 

294 

401

814 

709 

511 

473 

530

530 

435 

369 

344

315

233 

198 

334 

587 

360

336 

360

344

Secondfoot-days

6,942 23,68" 

9,372

195, 29£

13,107 

11,042 

15,746 

5, 80S 

16,886 

14,417 

37,454 

3.81E 

3,725

162,002

Mar.

344 

360 

261 

226 

198

198 

226 

247 

247 

226

198 

186 

205 

294 

261

233 

378 

360 

288 

275

673 

883 

2,780 

2,320 

983

625 

511 

473 

464 

435 

388

Apr.

352 

336 

322 

247 

240

240 

226 

205 

176 

184

185 

191 

190 

179 

174

154 

161 

178 

168 

167

191 

226 

191 

172 

131

113 

108 

107 

104 

191

Maximum

3,060 

5,330 

1,480

5,330

1,590 

814 

2,780 

352 

2,590 

2,700 

4,680 

240 

678

5,330

Peak discharge (base, 4,500 sec. -ft.). --Nov. 3 (1 a.m.

May

344 

751 

920 

751 

492

329 

212 

182 

167 

143

136 

413 

1,200 

669 

2,590

1,960 

746 

473 

369 

275

205 

205 

198 

191 

191

205. 

184 

156 

334 

835 

1,060

Minimum

61 

146 

102

50

138 

198 

186 

104 

136 

76 

233 

59 

59

59

June

1,180 

660 

369 

292 

1,560

855 

473 

329 

219 

180

173 

178 

173 

173 

170

134 

100 

84 

76 

122

134 

329 

1,430 

676 

254

511 

344 

198 

341 

2,700

Mean

224 

790 

302

535

423 

394 

508 

194 

545 

481 

1,208 

123 

124

444

July

3,220 

3,830 

1,980 

497 

360

936 

1,160 

540 

1,800 

4,680

C3.000 

el, 500 

1,270 

1,130 

1,240

1,440 

1,270 

772 

511 

322

709 

667 

352 

268 

282

268 

1,300 

1,120 

522 

275 

233

Aug.

240 

226 

212 

219 '179

160 

134 

149 

128

126

122 

125 

98 

84 

79

87 

149 

125 

83 

77

73 

72 

146 

219 

102

83 

66 

66 

59 

62 

65

Per square 

mile

0.426 

1.50 

.574

1.02

.804 

.749 

.966 

.369 

1.04 

.914 

2.30 

.234 

.236

.844

6,030 sec. -ft.; July 10 (7 p.m.

Sept.

59 

73 

73

66 

67

76 

84 

67 

59 

205

212 

126 

678 

384 

212

106 

77 

70 

67

65

66 

87 

80 

73 

67

88 

76 

107 

168 

87

Runoff in 

inches

0.49 

1.67 

.66

13.79

.93 

.78 

1.11 

.41 

1.19 

1.02 

2.65 

.27 

.26

11.44

i 4,910 sec.

c Backwater from return of overbank flow.
112 NEUSE RIVER BASIN

Neuse River near Clayton, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°38'55", long. 78°24'30", at bridge on State 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 1950.

Average discharge. 23 years, 1,255 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,790 second-feet May 16 (gage height, 10.10 

 I'eet); minimum, 169 second-feet Aug. 31 (gage height, 1.32 feet).

1927-50: Maximum discharge, 22,900 second-feet Sept. 19, 1945 (gage height, 22.12

feet); minimum, 44 second-feet Sept. 15, 1932 (gage height, 0.28 foot, site then in

use).

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years).--W 822: Drainage area. W1032: 1930, 1935(M).

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.3 

1.5 

1.7 

2.0 

2.3

163

226

310

468

648

2.6 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

830

1,080

1,420

1,750

2,430

6.0 3,160

7.0 4,000

8.0 4,850

10.0 6,700

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 tc September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct.

367

338

329

324

310

315

602

685

576

570

480

404

378

352

357

388

348

334

310

297

306

310

319

352

319

301

352

357

357

427

1,120

Nov.

3,070

5,400

5,590

5,490

5,590

4,120

1,350

960

860

794

764

740

630

594

576

570

594

588

576

564

510

492

540

498

654

800

727

600

534

546

-

Dec.

582

582

498

438

427

415

415

409

399

393

404

138

462

810

2,080

2,430

1,540

960

776

721

691

860

890

830

606

510

504

570

824

697

576

Jan.

522

510

498

480

510

516

498

450

433

433

456

504

612

636

642

600

630

1,200

2,080

2,720

2,650

2,060

1,350

1,080

990

925

890

925

990

960

925

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

925

925

860

697

636

600

624

691

703

746

925

1,350

1,280

1,020

1,180

1,180

1,080

925

818

752

715

636

727

860

1,120

890

752

758

_

_

-

Secondfcot-days

12,58'

45,323

22 73'

451,562

28,675

24,37E

32,073

16,157

39.91E

26,364

68,93£

9,061

10,28E

336,484

Mar.

764

764

727

654

582

570

546

612

624

606

564

534

534

678

746

697

727

812

794

697

764

1,280

2,490

3,240

3,650

2,340

1,250

1,050

990

925

860

Apr.

794

752

733

709

666

648

600

570

546

522

504

522

504

504

492

480

474

468

504

504

504

486

510

504

468

438

409

388

450

504

Maximum

t 1,120

5,590

2,430

7,750

2,720

1,350

3,650

794

6,330

2,150

4,940

462

995

6,330

May

896

1,520

1,460

1,520

1,350

960

733

540

456

427

409

648

1,160

2,020

3,530

6', 330

4,780

2,360

1,120

890

715

600

534

516

480

480

474

456

468

703

1,380

Minimum

297

492

393

219

433

600

534

388

409

254

462

175

180

175

June

2,150

2,080

1,350

824

727

1,680

1,570

860

612

492

498

474

409

383

421

378

362

288

254

329

348

462

1,030

1,820

1,270

960

890

770

593

2,080

-

Mean

406

1,511 'J'X.'X. ' °°

1,237

925

871

1,035

539

1,28S

879

2,224

292

343

922

July

2,630

3,160

3,490

3,490

1,340

1,500

3,220

3,240

1,820

3,170

4,000

4,590

4,940

3,820

2,940

3,570

3,160

2,400

1,490

960

697

1,120

1,050

666

510

462

546

1,090

2,080

1,170

618

Aug.

450

404

462

409

357

338

292

292

270

266

250

409

348

275

258

242

306

288

297

254

223

223

226

275

388

306

230

192

178

178

175

Per square 

mile

0.356

1.33

.643

1.09

.811

.764

.908

.473

1.13

.771

1.95

.256

.301

.809

Sept.

212

192

180

183

33S

216

185

192

195

36S

8S5

504

936

995

860

468

389

246

230

206

192

195

329

288

226

219

212

226

219

270

Runoff in 

inches

0.41

1.48

.74

14.74

.94

.80

1.05

.53

1.30

.86

2.25

.30

.34

11.00

Peak discharge (base, 7,100 see.-ft.). No peaks above base.
NEUSE RIVER BASIN 

Neuse River near Goldsboro, N. C.

113

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°20'15", long. 77 0 59'45", at highway 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 milea 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 1950. February 1930 to July 1931 at railroad oridge 1.5 miles upstream. August 1931 to August 1948 at site 2.3 miles uptstream.

Average discharge. 20 years, 2,521 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,660 second-feet July 19 (gage height, 15.16 

feet); minimum, 352 second-feet Sept. 4 (gage height, 2.33 feet).

1930-50: 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 secondfeet 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.

Revisions. W 822: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,220

1,140

1,060

985

930

890

870

890

1,140

1,340

1,420

1,300

1,100

985

910

850

830

830

830

795

778

726

726

709

675

709

726

693

726

743

778

Nov.

1,250

2,620

3,990

4,470

4,720

5,050

5,440

5,720

5,890

3,950

2,200

1,800

1,600

1,480

1,360

1,320

1,240

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,160

1,120

1,120

1,080

1,120

1,200

1,440

1,650

1,600

1,480

-

Dec.

1,480

1,480

1,440

1,400

1,240

1,160

1,120

1,080

1,080

1,040

1,040

1,000

1,000

1,120

1,280

2,290

3,080

3,440

2,670

2,100

1,750

1,650

1,560

1,650

1,650

1,520

1,360

1,280

1,240

1,320

1,440

Jan.

1,320

1,200

1,160

1,120

1,120

1,080

1,120

1,120

1,080

1,040

1,000

1,000

1,040

1,200

1,360

1,400

1,400

1,560

2,200

1,300

3,920

4,360

4,490

4,230

3,060

2,460

2,150

1,950

1,950

2,100

2,200

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

May

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

2,100

2,000

1,900

1,850

1,650

1,480

1,400

1,360

1,360

1,440

1,480

1,560

1,800

2,100

2,000

1,850

1,950

1,950

1,750

1,600

1,480

1,400

1,360

1,440

1,800

2,050

1,950

1,650

_

-

Secondfoot-days

28,303

70,670

47,960

1,070,811

59,690

47,710

60,050

32,359

69,833

40,082

127,920

23,861

17,217

625,655

Mar.

1,520

1,520

1,600

1,600

1,520

1,400

1,320

1,280

1,280

1,360

1,360

1,280

1,200

1,J.60

1,200

1,320

1,440

1,520

1,600

1,600

1,520

1,520

1,950

3,140

3,800

4,100

4,230

4,100

2,900

2,460

2,250

Apr.

2,000

1,750

1,600

1,480

1,440

1,400

1,360

1,360

1,280

1,200

1,120

1,040

1,000

1,000

960

940

902

868

850

850

868

868

850

832

815

798

780

728

710

710

Maximum

1,420

5,890

3,440

12,800

4,490

2,100

4,230

2,000

5,200

3,020

7,580

3,080

1,290

7,580

May

1,080

1,840

3,230

3,740

3,560

3,140

2,460

1,850

1,400

1,080

885

832

960

1,630

2,870

4,050

4,620

4,880

5,010

5,200

4,400

2,200

1,460

1,130

1,020

891

815

777

739

834

1,250

Minimum

675

1,080

1,000

605

1,000

1,360

1,160

710

739

490

1,460

400

364

364

June

1,550

2,690

3,020

2,660

2,230

2,030

1,980

2,280

1,830

1,330

1,100

1,020

1,020

950

815

720

686

652

567

520

490

567

652

703

1,280

1,730

1,420

1,210

1,210

1,170

-

Mean

913

2,356

1,547

2,934

1,925

1,704

1,937

1,079

2,253

1,336

4,126

770

574

1,714

July

1,550

2,280

2,780

3,020

3,140

3,200

2,070

2,440

3,380

3,870

4,330

4,920

5,440

5,650

6,070

6,630

7,180

7,500

7,580

7,260

5,710

3,430

2,380

2,180

1,780

1,460

2,270

5,050

4,390

4,460

4,520

Aug.

3,080

1,960

1,460

1,210

1,060

990

950

834

720

669

618

584

535

584

618

550

520

490

550

618

601

550

490

460

445

460

520

490

445

400

400

Per square 

mile

0.382

.986

.647

1.23

.805

.713

.810

.451

.943

.559

1.73

.322

.240

.717

Sept.

372

364

372

372

490

475

520

520

475

490

475

550

930

930

1,100

1,290

1,170

891

669

520

460

430

400

372

430

475

430

430

400

415

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.44

1.10

' .75

16.66

.93

.74

.91

.50

1.09

.62

1.99

.37

.27

9.73

Peak discharge (base, 7,700 see. -ft.). No peak above base.
114 NEtJSE RIVER BASIN

Neuse River at Kinston, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°15'30", long. 77°35'10", at Kinston, Lenoir 

G'ounty, 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 milos.

Records available.--February 1930 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 20 years, 2,922 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,620 second-feet July 21 (gage height, 14.19 

TeetT; minimum, 532 second-feet Sept. 3, 4; minimum gage height, 2.98 feet Sept. 4.

1930-50: 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 furnished by North Carolina State Highway and 

Public Works Commission.

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 by using 

rate of change of stage as a factor. Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water year 1950 are given in Water-Supply Paper 1186.

Revisions.--W 822: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,300

1,200

1,130

1,110

1,090

1,070

1,220

1,450

1,550

1,500

1,350

1,180

1,110

1,050

1,050

1,030

1,010

970

950

910

890

870

850

870

890

910

930

1,070

Nov.

1,900

2,710

3,180

3,670

4,130

4,550

4,760

5,040

5,340

5,560

5,560

4,170

2,590

2,020

1,820

1,680

1,580

1,500

1,450

1,450

1,400

1,360

1,360

1,320

1,320

1,400

1,400

1,580

1,820

1,870

-

Dec.

1,770

1,720

1,680

1,680

1,630

1,500

1,400

1,360

1,320

1,270

1,270

1,220

1,220'

1,220

1,400

1,630

2,250

2,820

3,240

3,240

2,510

2,120

gl,920

gl,820

gl,820

gl,770

gl,770

gl,730

1,540

1,500

1,500

Jan.

1,580

1,540

1,450

1,360

1,360

1,320

1,320

1,320

1,320

1,270

1,220

1,220

1,220

1,270

1,320

1,500

1,580

1,770

1,870

2,340

2,940

3,480

3,930

4,270

4,410

4,130

3,100

2,580

2,280

2,180

2,280

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

July

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

2,340

2,280

2,180

2,070

2,020

1,870

1,720

1,630

1,540

1,540

1,580

1,630

1,720

1,920

2,120

2,120

2,020

2,020

2,070

1,920

1,820

1,680

1,630

1,630

1,630

1,870

2,070

2,070

_

_

-

Seocndfoot-days

34,71(

79,49(

54.83C

1,214,30C

64,73C

52,71C

64, OCX

38,87f

74,09!

47,88f

153, 48(

41,50!

24,24'

730,55!

Mar.

1,920

1,770

1,720

1,770

1,820

1,720

1,630

1,540

1,5OO

1,450

1,500

1,540

1,450

1,400

1,360

1,360

J, 500

1,630

1,680

1,720

1,770

1,720

1,770

2,070

2,840

3,300

3,670

3,930

4,130

3,860

2,960

Apr.

2,580

2,230

2,020

1,820

1,720

1,630

1,580

1,540

1,540

1,450

1,360

1,270

1,220

1,180

gl,140

gl,090

gl,090

gl,040

gl,020

gl,000

gl.OOO

g978

g978

g978

g957

g957

g936

g872

g872

g830

-

Maximum

) 1,550

3 5,560

) 3,240

) 13,100

) 4,410

) 2,340

) 4, 130

3 2,580

> 4,830

3,060

) 7,620

5,720

I 1,400

I 7,620

May

g872

gl, 180

g2,110

g3, 180

g3,540

g3,670

3,480

2,790

2,070

1,680

1,360

1,140

1,070

1,180

1,880

2,740

3,300

3,800

4,200

4,550

4,690

4,830

3,760

2,140

1,720

1,500

1,320

1,140

1,070

1,020

1,110

Minimum

850

1,320

1,220

850

1,220

1,540

1,360

830

872

734

1,770

604

532

532

June

1,630

1,920

2,650

3,000

3,060

2,820

2,460

2,230

2,400

2,230

1,820

1,450

1,320

1,270

1,180

1,090

957

914

872

914

851

734

752

830

872

1,220

1,680

1,630

1,450

1,680

-

Mean

1,120

2,65C

1,769

3,327

2,086

1,882

2,065

1,296

2,390

1,596

4,951

1,339

808

2,002

July

1,770

1,770

2,230

2,700

2,940

3,120

3,600

4,000

4,480

4,760

5,260

5,560

5,960

6,280

6,620

7,100

7,300

7,400

7,510

7,620

7,620

7,510

6,460

4,860

3,660

2,820

2,340

3,230

5,160

5,880

5,960

Aug.

5,720

4,860

3,580

2,320

1,820

1,580

1,450

1,360

1,220

1,110

1,000

914

872

810

830

872

810

771

734

790

914

893

830

752

715

678

660

696

696

641

604

Per square 

mile

0.416

.985

.658

1.24

.776

.700

.768

.482

.888

.593

1.84

.498

.300

.744

Sept.

568

568

532

596

752

734

678

678

790

914

1,040

893

790

1,070

1,220

1,270

1,400

1,400

1,180

978

790

678

641

586

550

550

622

604

586

586

Runoff in 

inchea

0.48

1.10

.76

16.79

.89

.73

.88

.54

1.02

.66

2.12

.57

.34

10.09

Peak discharge (base, 7,600 sec. -ft .} . July 21 (6 p.m.) 7,620 see. -ft.

g Computed fron graph baaed on cnce-daily gage readings.
NEUSE RIVER BASIN 115

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 highway bridge l| 

miles upstream from Dial Creek, and If miles north of Bahama, Durham County. Datum 

of gage is 255.05 feet above mean sea level.

Drainage area. ISO square miles.

Records available. July 1925 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 25 years, 145 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,200 second-feet June 30 (gage height, 6.41 feet); 

minimum, 8.4 second-feet Sept. 6.

1925-50: 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 except those for July and August and those for period of no gagehelght record, which are poor. Some diurnal fluctuation and occasional regulation at 

low flow caused by small mill 5 miles above station.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29

30

31

Oct.

18 

16 

17 

16 

16

15 

18 

146 

58 

45

35 

26 

23 

22 

20

18 

19 

20 

18 

18

17 

17

16 

14

14

14 

15 

24 

375 

676 

1,230

Nov.

1,440 

1,010 

267 

165 

122

95 

84 

76 

70 

66

63 

59 

56 

54 

53

50 

48 

45 

43 

42

43 

41 

38 

38 

45

45 

42 

40

41 

74

Dec.

56 

45 

39 

37 

38

36 

35 

35 

34 

32

35 

42 

46 

382 

242

114 

80 

70 

70 

76

67 

63 

60 

61 

56

51 

143 

133 

86 

70 

61

Jan.

57 

56 

55 

56 

54

50 

51 

50 

46 

43

44 

46 

77 

80 

65

57 

57 

225 

329 

406

170 

124 

106 

92 

84

76 

76 

122 

112 

126 

229

Feb.

160 

114 

100 

85 

74

70 

78 

108 

84 

187

267

153 

117 

119 

132

111 

102 

78 

72 

71

67 

66 

178 

176 

102

86 

75 

67

unrttt, SecondMonth foot-days

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ba

mber .........................

2,996 

4,355 

2,395

lendar year 1949 ............ 48,523

ary

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

st ...........................

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

3,221 

3,099 

4,012 

1,609 

3,479 

4,707 

4,840 

1,317 

1,118.7

ter year 1949-50 ............ 37,148.7

Peak discharge (base, 4,500 sec. -ft. ) .--No

a No gage-height record; discharge computec 

e Stage-discharge relation indefinite; dis<

Mar.

67 

66 

61 

5S 

57

57 

57 

63 

71 

64

57 

56 

58 

64 

67

62 

65 

66 

62 

61

261 

428 

1,040 

271 

173

128 

109 

103 

98 

86 

76

Apr.

70 

70 

68 

66 

66

66 

59 

56 

54 

51

50 

50 

48 

46 

45

44 

43 

42 

42 

44

67 

71 

56 

51 

47

43 

40 

38 

43 

73

Maximum

1,230 

1,440 

382

1,620

406 

267 

1,040 

73 

670 

1,700 

660 

339 

276

1,700

May

81 

106 

236 

139 

81

67 

56 

46 

38

31

31 

104 

98 

99 

299

152 

81 

81 

80 

64

53 

46 

38 

34 

33

34 

35 

34 

73 

670 

459

Minimum

14 

38 

32

14

43 

66 

56 

38

31 

23

57 

11 

8.7

8.7

June

249 

98 

66

260 

411

119 

75 

66 

58 

53

46 

41 

36 

32

31

30 

28 

23 

a30 

a24

a24 

a30 

251 

77 

63

216 

66 

49 

455 

1,700

Mean

96.6 

145 

77.3

133

104 

111 

129 

53. f 

112 

157 

156 

42. E 

37.3

102

July

545 

148 

82 

66. 

e 0

e74 

81 

74 

660 

292

175 

204 

168 

263 

163

461 

127 

98 

87

78

158 

112 

86 

74 

65

73 

92 

81 

71 

65 

.57

Aug.

54 

53 

339 

118 

81

67 

57 

51 

52 

46

29 

30 

48 

36

16

11 

12 

12 

16 

18

17 

12 

14 

19 

19

15 

15 

14 

13

Per square 

mile

0.644

!515

.887

.693 

.740 

.860 

.357 

.747 

1.05 

1.04 

.283 

.249

.680

Sept.

12 

11 

10 

9.5 

9.5

8.7 

15 

17 

18 

90

73 

38 

79 

38 

30

26 

19 

IB 

17 

16

17 

60 

276 

62 

39

28 

24 

21 

19 

18

Runoff in 

inches

0.74 

1.08 

.59

12.03

.80 

.77 

.99 

.40 

.86 

1.17 

1.20 

.33 

.28

9.21

peak above base. 

i on basis of records for Tar River near Tar River. 

,harge computed on basis of records for nearby stations.
116 NEUSE RIVER BASIN

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

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°09'05", long. 78°50'55", Just downstream from 

Jjurnam municipal dam at old Tilley mill site, 3 miles southeast of Bahama, Durham 

County, and 4 miles upstream from confluence with Eno River.

Drainage area. 171 square miles.

Records available. August 1927 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 23 years, 159 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,030 second-feet Nov. 2 (gage height, 8.83 

reet); minimum, 9 second-feet on many days in October, November and December.

1927-50: 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 period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Considerable regulation since 1926 by Lake Michie (usable capacity, 12,610 acre-feet) 

just above station where an average of 17 second-feet daily was diverted during year for 

Durham municipal water supply. About 6 second-feet was returned as sewage to Neuse 

River 3 miles above Northside gage. Large diurnal fluctuation caused by power plant 

at Durham municipal dam.

Revisions (water years). W 802: 1935.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

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

14

13

12

12

12

12

11

11

11

11

18

52

41

9

9

9

9

17

9

82

47

9

9

83

9

84

32

43

148

1,120

Nov.

1,450

1,750

395

155

251

202

19O

173

168

165

71

7O

57

69

127

128

135

130

72

61

128

76

83

81

70

19

10

9

66

25

-

Dec.

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

10

10

40

11

11

76

114

45

11

25

11

180

290

285

84

11

11

10

83

43

11

11

30

Jan.

16

11

40

47

36

11

11

12

36

56

64

64

64

61

45

69

69

69

202

441

254

147

169

174

180

180

174

160

146

194

192

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

193

54

47

46

48

70

69

67

67

151

256

162

162

154

150

148

146

137

133

77

28

16

16

17

37

134

147

16O

_

_

-

Secondroot-days

1,972

6,386

1,485

51,938

3 , 396

2,892

4,382

1,490

3,370

4,992

7,245

1,024

954

39,588

Mar.

163

139

71

71

34

71

68

49

49

48

50

4O

83

72

54

72

74

76

84

94

94

155

1,04O

421

248

194

148

148

154

158

16O

Apr.

151

146

79

54

53

52

52

44

35

52

42

53

5£

53

53

40

52

52

50

53

54

54

54

24

13

13

14

15

15

15

-

Maximum

1,120

1,750

29O

1,750

441

256

1,O4O

151

335

1,94O

948

8O

126

1,940

May -

103

158

158

158

174

56

53

62

52

45

62

63

55

36

262

285

201

16O

104

57

44

67

5675-

66

57

56

56

7O

184

335

Minimum

9

9

9

9

11

16

34

13

36

14

42

13

14

9

June

438

247

152

149

337

283

158

113

57

57

49

67

80

81

87

19

32

14

37

55

55

67

55

27

15

69

66

62

124

1,94O

-

Mean

63.6

213

47.9

142

110

103

141

49.7

1O9

166

234

33.0

31.8

108

July

9'48

337

197

SO

83

91

52

50

841

616

346

255

354

250

362

317

365

251

133

107

81

81

54

78

94

131

273

220

89

42

67

Aug.

80

52

68

54

54

52

61

54

54

57

55

25

14

14

13

28

24

14

14

14

14

22

24

21

37

14

13

13

18

27

20

Per square 

mile

Sept.

36

38

38

24

33

14

14

14

a26

15

43

4O

51

126

56

22

-

Runoff in 

inches

a No gage-height reccrdj discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

tailrace of dam 1,OOO feet upstream..
NEUSE RIVER BASIN 117

Dial Creek near Bahama, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder and combination 90° V-notch and masonry weir, lat.

3fc>"l0'50", long. 78°51'55", three-eighths of a mile upstream from mouth and LakeMichie 

and I-g miles northeast of Bahama, Durham County.

Drainage area.--4.9 square miles.

Records available. October 1925 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 25 years, 4.26 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 294 second-feet July 9 (gage height, 4.01 feet); 

minimum, 0.41 second-foot Sept. 4 (gage height, 0.46 foot).

1925-50: 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 flow 

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 no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

0.4 

.5 

.6

0.30

.48

.73

1.02

1.38

0.9 

1.0 

1.2 

1.4 

1.7

1.85

2.42

3.87

5.7

9.4

2.0 

2.3 

2.6 

2.9 

3.1

14

26

52

89

118

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195C

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

0.78 

.73 

.73 

.70 

.70

.73 

2.01 

1.78 

1.02 

.90

.81 

.78 

.75 

.73 

.78

.75 

.75 

.75 

.73

.70

.68 

.68 

.66 

.63 

.63

1.10 

.90 

1.26 

5.6 

33 

19

Nov.

52 

15 

6.5 

4.30 

3.39

2.80 

2.60 

2.42 

2.30 

2.24

2.12 

2.00 

1.95 

1.95 

1.85

1.75 

1.70 

1.60 

1.60 

1.65

1.65 

1.55 

1.50 

1.60 

2.89

2.0O 

1.75 

1.70 

2.25 

2.18

Dec.

1.80 

1.70 

1.55 

1.55 

1.60

1.50 

1.60 

1.50 

1.42 

1.46

1.85 

1.95 

1.-90 

19 

7.5

4.39

3.31 

3.08 

3.15 

2.80

2.54 

2.54 

2.48 

2.12 

2.OO

2.64 

12 

5.1 

3.71 

3.15 

2.80

Jan.

2.66 

2.60 

2.60 

2.48 

2.36

2.24 

2.42 

2.06 

2.00 

2.06

2.06 

2.60 

3.63 

2.80 

2.42

2.48 

3.25 

9.9 

11 

8.3

5.3 

4.48 

3.87 

3.47 

3.15

3.01 

3.31 

3.47 

3.23 

4.08 

3.95

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dace

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 ............

ary . . .

st ...........................

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

3.47 

3.23 

3.08 

2.80 

2.60

2.66 

3.60 

2.94 

3.54 

6.6

6.0 

4.57 

4.12 

4.O3 

4.57

3.55 

3. OS 

2.80 

2.80 

2..6O

2.54 

2.73 

6.8 

3.95 

3.31

3.08 

2.73 

2.60

Secondfoot-days

81.75 

130.79 

105.69

1,513.25

113.24 

1OO. 38 

116.66 

71.31 

128.08 

108.15 

400.12 

37.27 

30.79

1,424.23

Peak discharge (base, 160 sec. -ft.). July

Mar.

2.80 

2.48 

2.30 

2.24 

2.36

2.36 

2.48 

2.94 

2.42 

2.24

2.24 

2.30 

2.60 

2.54 

2.18

2.58 

2. SO 

2.48 

2.12 

2.89

6.8 

13 

15 

6.6 

4.75

3.95 

3.71 

4.21 

3.55 

2.94 

2. SO

Apr.

2 

2 

2 

2 

2

2 

2 

2 

2 

2

2 

2 

2 

2

1

1

1 

1 

1 

2

4 

2 

2 

2

1

1 

1 

1 

4 

4

Maximum

33 

52

19

52

11 

6.8 

15 

4.50 

14 

24 

112 

2.0 

5.8

112

73 

.73 

.60 

.54 

.73

42 

24 

24 

18

12

24 

12 

06 

.00 

95

95 

95 

90 

90 

22

08 

36 

18 

OO 

80

80 

75 

65 

37 

50

May

6.6 

8.4 

14 

6.0 

3.87

2.87 

2.30 

2.00 

1.85 

1.75

2.66 

7.3 

7.3 

6.9 

14

5.2 

3.39 

2.37 

2.48 

2.12

1.95 

1.75 

1.65 

1.70 

1.55

1.55 

1.42 

2.49 

3.92 

3.58 

2.66

Minimum

0.63 

1.50 

1.42

.63

2.0O 

2.54 

2.12 

1.65 

1.42 

.75 

2.0 

.56 

.43

.43

June

2.00 

1.46 

1.38 

19 

7.0

2.94 

2.12 

1.70 

1.50 

1.46

1.34 

1.18 

1.O8 

1.05 

.96

.93 

.90 

.75 

.78 

.99

1.17 

1.90 

2.09 

1.05 

3.38

2.15 

1.05 

.84 

24 

20

Mean

2.64 

4.36 

3.41

4.15

3.65 

3.58 

3.76 

2.38 

4.13 

3.60 

12.9 

1.2O 

1.03

3.90

July

46 

5.8 

3.01 

2.30 

2.34

4.74 

3.34 

2.18 

112 

20

8.7 

35 

28 

42 

15

11 

6.5 

4.57 

3.63 

3.15

5.1 

3.08 

2.6O 

2.48 

a2.4

a8

37

a3.4 

a2.6 

32.2 

a2.O

Aug.

32.0 

32.0 

1.90 

1.80 

1.65

1.46 

1.34 

1.26 

1.22 

1.15

1.11 

1.15 

1.11 

1.08 

.96

1.60 

1.45 

1.49 

1.20 

%.96

.93

.87 

1.62 

1.08 

.90

.81 

.75 

.68 

.60 

.58 

.56

Per square 

mile

0.539 

.890 

.696

.847

.745 

.731 

.767 

.486 

.843 

.735 

2.63 

.245 

.210

.796

Sept.

0.66 

.58 

.46 

.43 

.58

.46 

.53 

.48 

1.24 

3.64

1.50 

1.43 

5.8 

1.22 

1.05

.81 

.73 

.73 

.73 

.70

.81 

.90 

.90 

.66 

.58

.66 

.63 

.63 

.63 

.63

Runoff in 

Inches

0.62 

.99 

.80

11.48

.86 

.76 

.89 

.54 

.97 

.82 

3.04 

.28 

.23

1O.8O

1 (4:30 a.m.) 171 sec. -ft.; July 9 (2 p.m.) 294 sec.-

ft.; July 12 (9:30 p.m.) 169 sec. -ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on baajs of recorded range in stage, rainfall record, 

and records for other nearby stations.

231536 O - 53 - 9
118 NEUSE RIVER BASIN

Middle Creek near Clayton, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°34'10", long. 78°35'30", 300 feet downstream from 

bridge on State Highway 50, a quarter of a mile upstream from Buffalo Branch, 85- 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 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 91.7 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 426 second-feet May 17 (gage height, 5.46 feet); 

minimum, 4.8 second-feet Aug. 31 (gage height, 0.62 foot).

1939-50: 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.

Rating tables, water year 1949-5O (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 25 to Apr. 30)

Oct. 1 to May 16 May 17 to Sept. 30

1.2 14 3.0 130 0.6 4.4 1.4 27 3.5 180

1.4 21 3.5 180 .7 6.

1.6 30 4.0 235 .8 8.

2.0 52 4.5 295 l.O 14

2.5 86 1.2 2O

5 1.7 38 4.O 235

7 2.0 54 5.O 36O

2.5 87

3.0 130

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

34

28

27

26

24

24

38

104

138

69

50

41

36

33

32

32

32

32

32

42

32

26

26

21

19

21

26

28

28

35

53

Nov.

153

247

277

115

77

65

62

56

54

51

53

54

49

48

47

44

42

40

38

38

39

38

36

36

74

135

85

60

56

73

-

Dec.

69

56

49

44

44

43

41

41

4O

38

40

44

47

108

191

133

88

73

68

66

63

61

60

56

49

47

53

60

55

48

44

Jan.

42

42

42

44

45

43

43

40

36

36

36

46

79

76

61

51

67

224

253

259

230

145

116

100

89

80

84

116

121

108

92

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-5O ............

Feb.

82

74

71

63

59

57

62

71

68

75

130

107

82

78

135

121

86

71

64

60-

56

56

118

146

92

72

62.

56

_

-

Secondfoot days

1,189

2,242

1,919

46,355

2,846

2,274

2,592

1,313

2,004

707.2

3,454

412.9

497.7

21,450.8

Mar.

67

89

69

58

55

54

57

72

77

60

53

51

54

70

67

63

105

88

65

57

82

125

224

202

121

93

83

84

90

85

 72

Apr.

62

61

59

57

65

88

70

56

51

48

47

47

41

38

36

36

36

36

35

36

38

40

36

33

30

28

Maximum

138

277

191

1,860

259

146

224

88

272

66

321

26

54

321

26

24

25

28

May

127

180

107

87

63

40

28

21

16

15

15

41

52

49

102

255

272

68

48

38

37

29

27

24

22

23

25

22

20

70

81

Minimum

19

36

38

12

36

56

51

24

15

8.9

22

5.4

6.5

5.4

June

66

45

30

39

56

36

27

22

19

18

26

23

20

21

26

16

14

12

11

9.8

9.6

8.9

10

8.9

11

19

21

14

16

52

Mean

38.4

74.7

61.9

127

91.8

81.2

83.6

43.8

64.6

23.6

111

13.3

16.6

58.8

July

121

57

39

28

22

35

223

321

159

196

191

235

247

295

310

145

135

87

60

46

42

38

32

29

78

59

54

58

43

38

31

Aug.

26

23

20

18

17

16

14

12

11

1O

9.8

9.4

8.9

8.3

7.6

14

23

22

16

14

12

12

13

18

12

12

8.5

7.4

5~4

6.1

Sept.

9.2

8.3

6.5

7.8

26

30

15

10

8.9

9.2

54

46

33

43

26

18

14

11

10

9.8

9.6

9.8

17

12

10

9.2

8.0

8.3

8.7

9.4

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

O.476 0.55

.926 1.03

.767 .88

1.57 21.35

1.14 1.31

1.01 1.05

1.04 1.19

.543 .61

.800 .92

.292 .33

1.38 1.59

.165 .19

.206 .23

.729 9.88

Peak discharge (base, 600 see.-ft.).--No peak above base.
NEOSE RIVER BASIN 119

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 highway 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 1950.

Average discharge. 20 years, 251 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge daring year, 808 second-feet July 16 (gage height, 5.77 feet); 

minimum, 24 second-feet Sept. 6, 7.

1930-50: 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. W 822: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

147

116

96

89

82

80

116

193

190

168

138

116

107

93

79

84

86

91

89

77

77

74

53

61

74

72

77

74

72

68

50

Nov.

194

460

517

479

441

301

221

178

152

134

126

123

111

110

111

97

90

90

88

78

84

88

84

79

76

146

162

141

141

178

-

Dec.

157

124

105

88

87

100

97

89

86

80

77

93

108

140

281

326

290

254

200

169

166

150

155

153

138

128

128

138

125

106

104

Jan.

106

103

111

99

104

114

99

93

93

93

101

101

159

191

160

147

164

392

525

620

620

468

373

297

250

218

201

223

288

288

250

Month

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

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

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

Calenda'r year 1949 ............

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

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

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

April ...............:............

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

210

187

174

160

135

135

137

152

160

162

189

194

180

171

169

169

176

189

180

154

135

135

174

316

288

210

174

147

_

-

Secondfoot-clays

2,98!

5,28C

4,44'

99,53'

7,05]

4,962

5,97E

3,035

7,125

2,645

7,06£

1.34C

1,854

53,775

Mar.

149

194

176

147

132

130

128

145

152

135

126

118

118

128

145

135

192

192

157

138

149

219

420

487

344

250

210

196

288

278

198

Apr.

164

149

142

142

128

145

149

125

104

104

103

98

96

93

93

76

70

83

78

77

84

83

67

70

77

76

62

76

66

159

-

Maximum

) 193

) 517

'. 326

r 2,270

L 620

' 316

> 487

164

' 626

225

i

CCQ DOO

) 148

I 218

658

Hay

508

626

512

379

243

154

117

93

80

66

64

187

474

484

579

503

313

275

232

174

135

118

103

90

86

86

77

57

74

114

119

Minimum

50

76

77

50

93

135

118

62

57

41

51

25

24

24

June

225

139

106

100

213

180

108

82

61

65

91

77

77

76

78

51

43

43

43

41

41

42

42

55

58

57

71

115

115

154

-

Mean

96.4

176

143

273

227

177

193

101

230

88.3

228

43.2

61.8

147

July

210

175

110

74

51

54

59

105

246

355

462

424

570

510

482

658

590

434

266

144

99

132

112

63

55

55

108

207

111

81

66

Aug.

62

. 51

50

48

89

148

67

55

47

39

39

38

38

36

35

36

37

37

37

36

34

30

30

29

31

30

29

26

25

25

26

Per square 

mile

0.421

.769

.624

1.19

.991

.773

.843

.441

1.00

.386

.996

T flQ « J.O3

.270

.642

Sept.

28

27

27

30

29

24

25

39

49

36

34

49

133

109

191

218

140

74

61

58

45

41

38

42

37

57

67

46

53

47

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.49

.86

.72

16.16

1.15

.81

.97

.49

1.16

.43

1.15

 '.50 22

8.75

Peak discharge (base. 1.200 sec.-ft.). Ho peak above base.
120 KEOSE RIVEH BASIN

Contentnea Creek near Wilson, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°41'15", lat. 77°56'50", at bridge on U. S. Highway 301, 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 1950.

Average discharge. 20 years, 247 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 892 second-feet May 1 (gage height, 4.32 feet); 

minimum, 7 second-feet Sept. 12; minimum daily, 21 second-feet Aug. 15.

1930-50: 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 known, about 24.3 feet in September 1924.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Extreme diurnal fluctuation and considerable regulation during low flow caused by reservoir and municipal power plant above station. City of Wilson diverted an average 

of 2.5 second-feet above station for municipal supply.

Revisions (water years). W 782: 1934. W 822: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

31

Oct.

144

85

98

84

76

68

82

117

116

114

91

78

78

68

63

61

65

66

66

66

66

64

53

31

37

43

43

44

57

47

62

Nov.

252

620

731

640

446

175

154

137

119

107

106

106

82

105

87

89

92

73

72

68

95

73

73

68

104

170

178

145

113

111

-

Dec.

122

117

109

69

101

77

78

83

79

83

80

alOO

alOO

a!50

3.4:20

a400

a260

a260

alSO

a!70

a260

alSO

a 140

alSO

allO

alOO

a!20

106

116

alOO

a95

Jan.

a95

a 100

a90

a95

alOO

alOO

aloo

a85

alOO

a95

a80

a80

a!30

alSO

a!40

a!40

alSO

aSOO

543

714

748

640

416

296

220

189

190

204

255

263

a220

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

a200

a200

al60

a!70

a 130

a!30

a!40

a!70

a!90

a!90

a200

a260

a220

alSO

also

a!70

a!60

a 140

alio

also

alio

allO

a!70

aSOO

a340

a!70

al80

a!20

_

_

-

Secondfoot days

2,23;

5,39]

4,48E

85,212

7,28{

5.15C

6,32£

3.50C

6,432

1,88]

9,17]

4 23E

1J45C

57,544

Mar.

alSO

a200

a!90

alSO

allO

67

135

134

146

137

119

118

134

126

141

155

175

201

170

148

141

274

386

543

543

342

174

193

299

306

221

Apr.

151

131

125

110

110

126

153

124

90

90

83

85

72

68

67

62

71

73

70

69

79

79

65

73

66

68

43

35

500

562

-

Maximum

5 144

I 731

420

1,650

748

) 500

543

562

838

156

748

616

197

838

May

838

810

659

472

239

116

177

49

51

54

42

74

432

446

, 487

393

254

163

104

67

69

60

57

57

51

31

32

30

30

35

53

Minimum

31

68

69

23

80

110

67

35

30

33

49

21

22

21

June

77

38

36

72

81

45

49

40

36

37

37

37

52

54

50

47

45

33

35

34

36

98

156

144

66

69

51

84

95

147

-

Mean

72.0

180

145

233

235

184

204

117

207

62.7

9QC iJJO

137

48.3

158

July

425

562

200

85

72

50

49

91

318

254

262

390

524

506

337

425

748

731

480

137

155

457

439

259

156

165

232

315

159

104

84

Aug.

115

266

121

103

255

601

616

140

75

58

41

75

36

25

21

39

29

32

42

36

46

28

24

45

260

476

414

72

55

41

48

Per square 

mile

0.305

.763

.614

.987

.996

.780

.864

AQC 

 4SD

 877

occ £OO

1.25

.581

.205

.669

Sept.

30

40

22

24

49

25

62

39

42

75

43

59

69

75

197

142

68

48

39

26

28

27

27

22

23

39

29

27

27

27

Runoff in 

inches

0.35

.85

.71

13.13

1.15

 81

I t\j\j nn 

.55

1.01

.30

1.45

.67

.23

9.08

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of power-plant records and records for nearby 

stations.
NEUSE RIVER BASIN 121

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 bridge on State Highway 123 and 2j miles upstream 

from Wheat Swamp Creek.

Drainage area.--789 square miles.

Records available. November 1928 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 22 years (1928-50), 791 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year not determined; maximum daily, 1,500 second-feet "" 'TiiTv TQ ?~ "" ~~ .-. -- -. ....____._

Sept. 4.

minimum, 96 second-feet June 22; minimum gage height, 2.83 feet June 22,

1928-50: 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 except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Discharge for periods of rapidly changing stage computed using rate of change of stage 

as a factor. Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water year 

1950 are given in Water-Supply Paper 1186.

Revisions. W 822: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

403 

420 

394 

353 

313

29O 

26O 

260 

26O 

268

275 

290 

275 

24O 

220

214 

214 

220 

214 

202

190 

185 

179 

168 

162

156 

150 

162 

168 

185 

220

Nov.

640 

1,200 

1,220 

1,250 

1,300

1,360 

1,360 

1.O2O 

664 

524

437 

394 

369 

345 

337

321 

313 

298 

290 

29O

275 

246 

246 

246 

275

329

394 

454 

471 

488

Dec.

471 

437 

420 

394 

361

337 

298 

290 

282 

275

268 

26O 

290 

313 

403

524 

614 

670- 

689 

614

524

454 

428 

412 

386

369 

361 

361 

353 

337 

313

Jan.

305 

298 

275 

268 

268

275 

275 

268 

26O 

246

240 

240 

268 

298 

337

369 

394

471 

651 

856

1,010 

1,150 

1,290 

1,370 

1,340

1.O8O 

819 

711 

655 

655 

692

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

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

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

ter year 1949-5O ............

Feb.

711 

673 

602 

551 

5OO

468 

452 

420 

436 

452

468 

484 

500 

517 

5OO

484 

452 

436 

420 

388

356 

356 

356 

404 

517

585 

619 

568

Secondfoot-days

7,51C 

17,35 

12,50£

293, 35E

17,63' 

13,67: 15,37" 

8,59! 

18,48£ 

7,552 

30,99] 

10,500 

8,096

168,280

Peak discharge (base, 1,900 sec.-ft.J. No

a Mo gage-height record; discharge computec

Mar.

484 

452 

452 

484 

484

436 

404 

388 

388 

396

388 

372 

348 

332 

340

348 

380 

420 

436 

436

420 

436 

517 

673 

790

850 

87O 

81O 

673 

585 

585

Apr.

602

551 

468 

404 

380

388 

388 

372 

372 

356

316 

276 

276 

276 

252

238 

222 

208 

200 

200

200 

2OO 

200 

200

193

179 

169 

158 

155 

193

Maximum

) 420 

> 1,360 

689

2,840

I 1,370 

> 711 

870 

602 

1,290 

637 

1,500 

655 

730

1,500

Hay

584 

867 

1,070 

1,170 

1,290

1,290 

943 

526 

404 

308

230

215 

415 

701 

986

1,080 

1,150 

1,150 

864 

551

452 

340 

276 

238 

208

200

186 

166 

145 

157 

327

Minimum

150 

246 

260

128

240

356 

332 

155 

145 

97 

284 

127 

110

97

June

468 

585 

534 

468 

585

637 

486 

372 

276 

215

185 

169 

176 

165 

145

139 

127 

118 

110 

1O4

101 

97 

134 

169 

215

2OO 

168 

135 

124 

145

Mean

242 

579 

403

804

569 

488 

496 

286 

596 

252 

1,000 

339 

270

461

July

383 

551 

585 

637 

455

300 

284 

458 

761 

750

770 

1.O6O 

1,200 

1.26O 

1,310

1,400 

al , 450 

al , 45O 

al,500 

al , 50O

al , 5OO 

al,45O 

1,4OO 

1,200 

1.O6O

782 

655 

1,21O 

1,340 

1', 340 

990

Aug.

633 

6O2 

484 

5OO 

436

356 

430 

568 

655 

517

327 

238

193 

183 

183

154 

130 

132 

343 

4O4

380

276 

215 

172 

144

127 

227 

48O 

484 

312 

215

Per square 

mile

0.307 

.734 

.511

1.O2

.721 

.619 

.629 

.362 

.755 

.319 

1.27 

.430 

.342

.584

'Sept.

153 

128 

121 

110 

172

380 

324 

230 

175 

306

500 

568 

730 

507 

396

324 

316 

348 

436

356

276 

200 

161 

140 

127

119 

115 

131 

124 

123

Runoff in 

inches

0.35 

.82

.59

13.83

.83 

.64 

.72 

.40 

.87 

.36 

1.46 

.49 

.38

7.91

peak above base. ___ 

on basis of recorderchart and known regimen of stream.
122 NEUSE RIVER BASIN

Swift Creek near Vanceboro, N. C.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 35°20'42", long. 77°11'44", at bridge 2| miles upstream 

rrom bridge crossing of State Highway 118, 2| miles downstream from Clayroot Swamp, 

and 3| miles northwest of Vanceboro, Craven County.

Drainage area. 182 square miles.

Records available. January to September 1950.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge observed during period, 2,330 second-feet July 10 (gage

height, 9.54 feet); minimum observed, 6 second-feet Aug. 31, Sept. 1 (gage height, 2.84 

feet).

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, 

which are poor. Gage read at least once daily.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height. In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 18-31, June 8 to July 6)

2.8

2.9 

3.2 

3.6 

3.8

5

8

20

39

56

4.2 

4.4 

4.8 

5.6 

6.5

112

156

284

562

905

7.5 

8.5 

9.5

1,310

1,810

2,330

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.

131 

300 

268

368 

334 

251 

206 

168

159 

122 

114 

109 

112 

104

Feb.

96 

88 

84 

81 

70

62 

d55 

d50 

d55 

57

57 

56 

57 

67 

136

131 

112 

81

74 

67

70 

56 

56 

67 

75

70 

67 

62

u__ t . SecondMcnth foot-days

Ooto 

Neve 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lender y

ary 18-: 

118. ry

ear 

1

i ............................

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

2,74 

2,05 

2,15 

1,14 

5,05 

1,33. 

26,11 

3,04 

2,00

ter year ............

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 sec. -ft.) . Ju

a No gage-height record; discharge Interpo 

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge c

Mar.

56 

58 

70 

81 

70

74 

74 

74 

74 

56

62 

62 

62 

56 

56

60 

65 

67 

70

74

67 

73 

67 

74 

78

74 

75 

78 

74 

93 

81

Apr.

74 

60 

56 

59 

56

57 

60

56 

54

53 

51 

51 

47 

45

a36 

28 

27 

26 

24

23 

22 

20 

19 

18

15 

14 

14 

12 

10

Maximum

5 368 

3 136 

5 93 

3 74 

L 710 

i 206 

3 2,330 

3 788 

5 300

.

May

11 

16 

23 

300 

206

81 

75 

56 

38 

29

22 

30 

81 

562 

673

710 

490 

368 

251 

181

127 

81 

65 

52

45

235 

90 

54 

39 

32 

28

Minimum

104 

50 

56 

10 

11 

7 

12 

6 

6

.

June

39 

90 

54 

42 

200

206 

127 

68 

44 

36

36 

30 

22 

18 

15

24 

21 

16 

11 

10

43 

22 

20 

14 

11

8 

7 

7 

18 

75

Mean

196 

73.! 

69.! 

38.: 

163 

44. E 

843 

98.1 

66. £

.

July

187 

90 

36 

24 

16

12 

534 

1,260 

2,070 

2,330

2,280 

2,120 

1,860 

1,710 

1,560

1,460 

1,220 

866 

636 

599

490

317 

420 

300 

187

122 

219 

284 

455 

1,510 

944

Aug.

788 

562 

350 

235 

175

120 

123 

112 

81 

56

46 

34 

30 

24 

22

18 

17 

20 

18 

17

14 

13 

9 

24 

52

27 

18 

12 

10 

7 

6

Sept.

6 

10 

12 

16 

112

109

37 

27 

93 

213

300 

200 

123 

187 

136

90 

65 

45

35

29

24 

22 

19 

18 

15

13 

12 

13 

14 

13

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

1.08 0.56 

> .404 .42 

> .382 .44 

5 .210 .23 

.896 1.03 

.244 .27 

4.63 5.34 

.539 .62 

.368 .41

.

ly 10 (10:30 a.m.) 2,330 sec. -ft. 

lated. 

imputed on basis of records for nearby stations.
NEW RIVER BASIN 123

New River near Sum Branch, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°51i05", long. 77°31'05", at highway bridge half 

a mile downstream from Jenkins Swamp, if miles southwest of Sum Branch, Onslow County, 

and 3f miles southeast of Richlands. Prior to Mar. 22, 1950, staff gage at same datum.

Drainage area. 74.5 square miles.

Kecoras available. August 1949 to September 1950.

jqreremes. ia4JT" Maximum discharge observed during period August to September, 665 secondreet Aug. 22 (gage height, 9.64 feet); minimum observed, 43 second-feet Sept. 19, 26, 

27.

1949-50: Maximum discharge during water year, 3,120 second-feet July 9 (gage height, 

16.16 feet); minimum, 12 second-feet June 29 (gage height, 1.26 feet).

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

TSage read once dally prior to Mar. 22, 1950.

Discharge, In second-feet, 1949-50 

1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Aug.

_

_

-

_

-

-

_

-

-

-

Sept.

127

368

620

536

328

199

137

115

105

85

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Aug.

_

_ _

_

_

_

_

_

-

318

390

Sept.

60

57

60

60

53

50

46

50

43

121

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Aug.

523

650

472

308

206

171

133

100

105

110

95

Sept.

234

171

100

68

50

43

43

46

46

46

-

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

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

37

34

32

30

29

30

30

32

30

28

33

46

36

33

32

29

33

33

29

27

26

24

23

23

23

23

23

23

24

28

Nov.

100

260

269

178

110

a90

68

57

50

46

53

50

43

43

40

40

37

37

36

36

36

36

34

34

80

64

60

50

46

57

-

Dec.

53

46

43

40

40

40

37

37

37

36

36

36

36

40

68

121

110

80

68

64

60

60

60

60

355

50

85

133

127

90

72

Jan.

64

60

57

57

57

53

50

46

43

43

43

46

80

68

60

53

72

127

139

100

80

68

64

57

57

53

50

60

68

64

57

Feb.

53

50

48

43

41

39

39

39

38

42

62

65

60

99

111

105

81

62

58

50

46

46

48

46

42

40

38

34

-

-

-

Mar.

38

93

75

55

65

75

70

93

87

870

58

52

48

87

70

62

81

70

60

58

93

87

105

96

75

60

54

66

146

138

88

Apr.

66

60

52

46

45

66

64

51

44

39

37

34

30

28

26

25

24

23

23

22

21

20

19

18

16

16

19

22

18

18

-

May

48

103

192

432

438

249

132

88

68

52

43

36

32

56

165

189

138

88

62

48

43

37

33.

28

40

84

173

103

50

41

71

June

230

371

254

113

138

189

120

- 65

48

40

50

100

64

39

31

26

22

19

18

19

37

40

41

32

28

21

18

14

23

86

-

July

158

181

158

124

79

54

341

1,200

2,820

2,410

1,510

1,010

828

550

297

232

290

318

290

206

133

136

166

126

155

133

167

380

495

390

207

Aug.

112

88

76

98

185

119

63

49

40

36

32

29

27

26

24

22

22

21

20

31

116

130

66

41

32

26

23

21

19

17

16

Sept.

16

17

16

340

8120

alOO

a70

alOO

8150

8200

8170

8150

8120

3100

870

a50

840

334

834

830

332

834

a38

344

844

342

40

41

41

41

-

Peak discharge (base. 800 sec.-ft.).--July 9 (5 p.m.) 3,120 see.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge Interpolated or computed on basis of weather records and records for nearby stations.

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1949-50

Month

August 19-31, 1949. ..............

'September. .......................

May . ... ...

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

Water yeat;- 1949-50 ............

Secondfoot-days

4,057

926

2,140

1,920

1,996.

1,525

2,375

992

3,362

2,296

15,544

1,627

2,024

36,727

Maximum

620

46

269

133

139

111

146

66

438

371

2,820

185

200

2,820

Minimum

43

23

34

36

36

34

38

16

28

14

54

16

16

14

Mean

135

29.9

71.3

61.9

64.4

54.5

76.6

33.1

108

76.5

501

52.5

67.5

101

Per square 

mile

1.80

.401

.957

.831

.864

.732

1.03

.444

1.45

1.03

6.72

.705

.906

1.36

Runoff in 

inches

2.01

.46

1.07

.96

1.00

.76

1.19

.50

1.68

1.15

7.76

.81

1.01

18.35
124 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 

ROCK Mill, 500 feet upstream from highway bridge, 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 1950.

Average discharge.--22 years, 169 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,190 second-feet Nov. 1 (gage height, 11.27 

reet); minimum, 40 second-feet Sept. 7, 8 (gage height, 1.35 feet).

1928-50: 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 floodtnarks on tree 500 

feet below gage.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 1 Nov. 2 to Sept. 30

1.7 81 4.0 576 8.0 1,700 1.3 35 

2.0 125 5.0 816 10.0 2,430 1.4 44 

2.5 216 6.0 1,080 11.0 2,980 1.7 80 

3.0 323 7.0 1,380 2.0 125

Note. Same aB preceding table above 

2.0 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16

 17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29

30

31

Oct.

108 

94 

89 

86 

86

86 

125

162 

111 

100

90 

86 

88 

86 

88

88 

89 

89 

88 

85

84 

81 

80 

79 

79

108 

135 

137 

142 

427 

1,600

Nov.

2,750 

2,140 

1,290 

775 

490

336 

212 

171 

155 

146

139

134 

130 

142 

149

139 

128

120 

115 

114

114 

111 

108 

108 

100

120 

117 

112 

119

132

Dec.

132 

120 

112 

108 

106

104 

106 

104 

103 

102

104 

114 

117 

178 

206

199 

149 

132 

135 

139

134 

128 

127 

135 

127

120 

137 

135 

122 

117 

112

Jan.

109 

109 

111 

112 

114

112 

111 

108 

103 

103

104 

109 

114 

114 

111

108 

109 

142 

174 

203

201 

169 

146 

135 

128

123 

135 

169 

184 

189 

201

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Maro 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

st ...........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

212 

201 

173 

151

137

130 

134 

164 

147 

174

191 

178 

160 

160

174

174 

160 

144 

135 

130

123 

125 

188 

250 

273

232 

165 

140

Secondfoot-days

4,876 

10,916 

3,964

77,352

4,16C 

4,72E 

6,104 

3,426 

5,752 

3,196 

5,904 

1,889 

1,926

56,84C

Mar.

134 

128 

119 

114 

114

115 

117 

142 

155 

140

125 

122 

150 

228 

288

288 

250 

250 

222 

184

242 

311 

399 

386 

336

236 

184 

169 

164 

153 

139

Apr.

128 

128 

127 

128 

162

169 

153 

130

122

117

115 

115 

112 

111 

108

103 

102 

100 

102 

103

108 

103 

98 

97 

94

94 

94 

91 

88

124

Maximum

1,600 

2,750 

206

2,750

203 

273 

399 

169 

490 

232 

837 

112 

139

2,750

Peak discharge (base, 1,400 sec. -ft.). --Nov. 1 (5:30 D.

Hay

173 

201 

236 

262 

269

182 

128 

112 

98 

91

90 

117 

193 

287 

490

399 

336 

206 

153 

139

115 

106 

98 

109 

128

155 

193 

201 

142 

167 

176

Minimum

79 

100 

102

42

103 

123 

114 

88 

90 

55 

55 

43 

40

40

June

128 

98 

91 

175 

232

218 

125 

97 

87 

86

144 

132 

97 

83

77

74 

70 

63 

60 

59

59 

70 

208 

197 

102

75 

63 

55 

59 

114

Mean

157 

364 

128

212

134 

169 

197 

114 

186 

107 

190 

60.9 

64.2

156

July

102 

74 

61 

55 

139

247 

288 

311 

200 

120

248 

460 

837 

714 '273

158 

155 

117 

100 

93

93 

96 

80 

72 

67

63 

86 

112 

191 

186 

106

Ang.

76 

67 

61 

60 

57

57 

53 

48 

46 

43

44 

112 

93 

65 

55

53 

53 

51 

48 

60

54 

51 

84 

74 

67

61 

62 

50 

52 

72 

60

Sept.

67 

81 

62 

50 

47

44 

40 

40 

55 

100

139 

132 

88 

72 

65

57 

52 

48 

48 

50

52 

59 

84 

71 

55

53 

55 

54 

54 

52

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.935 1.08 

2.17 2.42 

.762 .88

1.26 17.14

.798 .92 

1.01 1.05 

1.17 1.35 

.679 .76 

1.11 1.27 

.637 .71 

1.13 1.31 

.362 .42 

.382 .43

.929 12.60

m.) 3,190 sec. -ft.
CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN 

Haw River at Haw River, N. C.

125

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°05'35", long. 79°21'40", at town of Haw River, 

Aiamance County, 650 feet downstream from Southern Railway bridge and 3 miles downstream from Stony Creek.

Drainage area. 599 square miles.

Records available. October 1928 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 22 years, 597 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 10,500 second-feet Nov. 1 (gage height, 19.08 

reet); minimum, 16 second-feet Aug. 17 (gage height, 1.15 feet); minimum daily, 39 

second-feet Aug. 17, 19.

1928-50: 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 

ror 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 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 5 to Dec. 13)

1.4 

1.6 

1.8 

2.0

38

67

103

148

2.3

2.6

3.0 

3.5

222

299

405

549

4.0 

5.0 

7.0 

9.0

707

1,070

1,900

2,800

11.0

14.0

17.0

19.0

3,920

5,970

8,400

10,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

260

240

220

197

207

204

1,100

872

405

302

265

242

234

224

222

222

217

212

217

217

204

217

197

204

184

270

364

419

753

2,240

9,080

Nov.

8,260

7,160

2,950

1,760

1,070

792

610

476

392

364

364

351

378

378

392

364

338

325

312

338

312

296

286

291

320

325

338

309

299

351

-

Dec.

351

325

286

307

276

260

268

278

273

309

364

192

344

792

898

674

534

461

280

419

405

392

392

419

392

364

433

461

392

364

338

Jan.

364

338

351

378

338

302

296

317

278

286

317

351

351

364

378

338

281

534

707

898

642

564

476

433

405

433

433

610

642

610

690

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hater year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

626

564

534

490

461

308

382

490

387

564

690

626

579

454

553

489

519

476

433

287

328

378

577

775

707

658

579

318

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

20,411

30,501

12,243

270,870

13,705

14,232

20,527

10.158

21,341

14,180

17,934

5,381

5,114

185,727

Mar.

387

405

378

364

338

299

309

405

461

447

405

405

433

724

724

724

898

758

642

564

1,150

1,340

2,300

1,390

954

707

594

564

549

476

433

Apr.

392

419

392

405

504

534

476

405

405

378

304

312

307

289

325

338

325

312

263

273

299

338

338

325

312

237

234

222

217

278

-

Maximum

9,080

8,260

898

9,080

898

775

2,300

534

3,600

1,770

2,570

291

299

9,080

May

670

674

916

792

642

519

405

338

247

227

230

527

1,210

1,140

3,600

1,820

1,070

642

504

447

392

291

263

304

385

476

519

490

405

519

677

Minimum

184

286

192

116

278

287

299

217

227

165

182

39

114

39

June

898

419

304

1,160

1,770

844

579

405

304

364

490

392

338

232

232

204

167

184

165

247

260

a400

a900

a600

351

263

202

174

339

993

Mean

65

1,01

39

74

44

50

66

33

68

47

57

17

17

50

July

911

392

304

252

236

610

690

549

476

351

703

2,570

1,640

1,410

741

490

405

338

270

364

405

364

320

273

182

212

200

378

853

626

419

Aug.

255

214

204

190

170

136

141

146

134

132

195

276

217

251

252

139

39

202

39

70

107

147

140

143

187

291

177

163

170

279

175

Per square 

mile

8 1.10

7 1.70

5 .659

2 1.24

2 .738

8 .848

2 1.11

9 .566

8 1.15

3 .790

9 .967

4 .290

0 .284

9 .850

Sept.

160

204

180

139

230

121

148

114

150

281

299

267

286

230

204

180

130

139

134

132

148

154

167

172

132

132

125

121

132

125

Runoff in 

inches

1.27

1.89

.76

16.81

.85

.88

1.27

.63

1.32

.88

1.11

.33

.32

11.51

Peak discharge (base. 6.000 sec.-ft.).--Nov. 1 (8 p.m.) 10,500 sec.-ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis gf recorded range In stage and records for 

other stations In basin.
126 CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

Haw River near Plttsboro, N.. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35 0 41'00", long. 79°05'40", about 10ft feet upstream 

rrom 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 1950.

Average discharge. 22 years (1928-1950), 1,292 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 23,700 second-feet Oct. 8 -(gage height, 16.28 

reet); minimum, 13 second-feet Sept. 1 (gage height, 1.41 feet); minimum daily, 29 

second-feet Sept. 30.

1928-50: 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 secondfeet Sept. 26, 1948.

Flood of August 1908 reached a stage of about 32,1 feet (discharge, about 98,000 

second-feet).

Remarks. Records good. Considerable diurnal fluctuation and some regulation for short 

periods of low flow caused by power plants above station.

Revisions. W 822: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.6 28 2.6 318 5.0 2,360 9.0 7,650 

1.8 52 3.0 580 6.0 3,500 10.0 9,320 

2.0 . 86 3.5 960 7.0 4,750 12.0 13,100 

2.3 169 4.0 1,370 8.0 6,130 15.0 19,700

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

658 

340 

234 

268 

347

288 

2,780 

10,900 

1,440 

888

792 

503 

509 

539 

451

234 

368 

601 

457 

321

285 

245 

290 

374 

504

389 

338 

792 

1,950 

5,130 

18,100

Nov.

15,500 

15,100 

5,570 

3,560 

2,170

1,550 

1,370 

1,080 

960 

904

780 

755 

622 

824 

840

733 

726 

675 

622 

491

647 

646 

593 

534 

719

767 

478 

665 

824 

402

Dec.

723 

661 

533 

464 

537

681 

507 

542 

529 

566

274 

584 

653 

2,140 

3,240

1,650 

1,160 

920 

936 

864

710 

848 

722 

601 

702

665 

1,420 

1,280 

1,080 

880 

896

Jan.

479 

664 

852 

537 

686

660 

617 

431 

622 

832

423 

586 

655 

543 

539

712 

836 

1,960 

2,100 

3,020

1,750 

1,280 

1,200 

1,040 

952

920 

866 i.oao

1,280 

1,240 

1,240

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 194 

ary

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,200 

1,080 

1,000 

920 

778

880 

904 

744 

857 

1,000

1,370 

1,420 

1,200 

1,120 

1,0*0

1,160 

1,000 

864 

755 

864

904 

460 

994 

1,510 

1,280

1,080 

1,080 

1,000

Seoondfoot-days

51,315 

61,107 

27,968

557,403

30,602 

28,464 

44,554 

18,450 

41,245 

24,942 

45,771 

9,808 

11,023

395,249

Mar.

666 

830 

731 

594 

478

694 

733 

716 

655 

861

624 

580 

762 

1,080 

1,240

1,160 

2,050 

1,550 

1,200 

1,120

2,400 

3,510 

7,850 

3,250 

2,200

1,500 

1,280 

1,120 

1,160 

1,040 

920

Apr.

1,

Maximum

18,100 

15,500 

3,240

18,100

3,020 

1,510 

7,850 

1,040 

8,810 

3,620 

5,590 

792 

1,150

18,100

Peak discharge (base, 17,000 sec. -ft.). Oct. a (2 a.B.

762 

695 

840 

864 

763

040 

920 

770 

629 

650

751 

843 

504 

557 

438

373 

600 

783 

438 

556

392 

539 

431 

559 

656

437 

447 

449 

391 

373

May

908 

1,520 

1,240 

1,500 

1,080

912 

629 

615 

702 

340

320 

530 

1,840 

1,800 

8,810

4,230 

2,180 

1,280 

1,000 

840

615 

702 

762 

386 

504

680 

732 

672 

856 

1,250 

1,810

Minimum

234 

402 

274

70

423 

460 

478 

373 

320 

182 

398 

62 

29

29

June

1,600 

1,240 

650 

484 

3,620

l',680 

1,080 

840 

740 

511

552 

824 

672 

552 

532

336 

279 

182 

199 

482

330 

525 

995 

1,160 

680

824 

642 

372 

429 

1,930

Mean

1,655 

2,037 

902

1,527

987 

1,017 

1,437 

615 

1,330 

831 

1,476 

316 

367

1,083

July

5,590 

2,330 

778 

566 

518

585 

1,920 

1,040 

944 

1,000

1,200 

3,000 

3,020 

2,420 

1,750

2,160 

1,550 

1,120 

1,300 

601

1,830 

1,280 

695 

695 

778

398 

639 

504 

3,360 

1,120 

1,080

Aug.

792 

647 

392 

442 

308

237 

248 

483 

349 

255

256 

182 

245 

312 

440

500 

348 

232 

182 

199

195 

174 

207 

225 

191

128 

295 

286 

737 

259 

62

Per square 

mile

1.26 

1.55 

.689

1.17

.753 

.776 

1.10 

.469 

1.02 

.634 

1.13 

.241 

.280

.827

) 23,700 sec. -ft.; Nov. 2 (3 a.m

Sept.

122 

290

212 

230 

1,140

711 

585 

244 

127 

361

356 

770 

1,150 

516 

380

413 

428 

336 

625 

212

71 

S3

101 

467 

351

457 

174 

65 

47 

29

Runoff in 

inches

1.46 

1.73 

.79

15.82

.87 

.81 

1.26 

.52 

1.17 

.71 

1.30 

.28 

.31

11.21

.) 20,000
CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN 127

Cape Fear River at Lillington, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°24'25", long. 78°48'45", at bridge on U. S. Highway 16-A, about 1,800 feet downstream from Norfolk Southern Railway bridge at Lillington, Harnett 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.

Records available. December 1923 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 26 years (1924-50), 3,369 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 36,500 second-feet May 15 (gage height, 15.55 

reet); minimum, 96 second-feet Sept. 30; minimum daily, 161 second-feet Sept. 30.

1923-50: 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 area-velocity computation; minimum, 29 second-feet 

Oct. 8, 1926 (gage height, 0.01 foot); minimum daily, 29 second-feet Oct. 8, 1926.

Remarks.--Records good except those below 500 second-feet, which are fair. Large diurnal 

nuctuation 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 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

0.8 161 2.0 870 4.O 3,220 8.O 10,900 

1.0 24O 2.5 1,320 5.0 4,850 1O.O 16,300 

1.3 384 3.0 1,860 6.O 6,600 12. 0 22,600 

1.6 563 3.5 2,490 7.O 8,580 15. 0 34,000

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

924 

1,14O 

476 

430

461

870 

674 

24, 1OO 

16.40O 

8.26O

2,770 

1.8OO 

1,18O 

1,42O 

1,280

879 

1,010 

779 

933 

1,020

1.O80 

551 

924 

634 

522

87O 

830 

1.O40 

1,960 

4,940 

22,200

Nov.

29,200 

33>200 

19,500 

9,460 

6,420

4,260 

2,920 

2,420 

2,160 

2.04O

1,980 

1,860 

1,640 

1,370 

1,530

1.64O 

1,580 

1,480 

1,180 

1,320

1,030 

1,280 

1,180 

1,320 

1,460

2,230 

1,980 

1,570 

1.64O

1,580

Dec.

1,320 

1,700 

1,420 

1,180 

752

1,420 

1,230 

1,080 

1,180 

1,100

969 

960 

1,420 

2,020 

9,120

6,450 

4,170 

3.00O 

2.36O 

2,300

1,860 

1,980 

1,920 

1,700 

1,480

1,530 

2,310 

4,090 

3,220 

2,490 

2,230

Jan,.

1,860 

1,060 

1,640 

1,580 

1,370

1,580 

1,480 

1,420 

987 

1,320

1,320 

1,180 

1,750 

1,580 

1,530

1,480 

1,860 

7,540 

9,010 

11,400

7,760 

5,020 

3,770 

3,070 

2,630

2,420 

2,360 

2,420 

3,370 

3,930 

3,300

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

1 .................:..........

St ...........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

3.0OO 

2,630 

2,420 

2,300 

1,980

1,7OO 

1.8OO 

1,860 

1.86O 

2,230

3,370 

4.09O 

3.3OO 

2,770 

2,840

3,140 

2,840 

2,420 

2,040 

1,640

1,920 

1.58O 

1,750 

3,220 

3,770

3.OOO 

2,420 

2,230

Secondfoot-days

102,357 

142, 43C 

69,961

1,465,739

92,997 

70,120 

126, 86C 

45,197 

149,984 

45,735 

140,266 

28,351 

23,296

1,037,556

Har.

2,040 

1,580 

1,980 

1.70O 

1,530

1,120 

1,640 

1,700 

2,160 

2,160

1,860 

1,480 

1,530 

2,230 

3.53O

3,140 

5,480 

6,420 

4,010 

2,920

4,190 

7,96O 

20.7OO 

15,100 

7,760

5,360 

3,930 

3,140 

2,840 

2,920 

2,700

Apr.

2, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

2, 

2, 

2, 

1,

1,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1,

1, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1,

Haximum

24,100 

33,200 

9,120

37,400

11,400 

4,090 

20,700 

2,770 

28.6OO 

4.O10 

12,400 

2,100 

2,490

33,200

Peak discharge (base, 30,000 sec. -ft.). Oct. 8 (3 p.m.

sec. -ft.; May 15 (8 p.m.) 36,500 sec. -ft.

230 

800

750 

980 

980

230 

770 

230 

800 

700

530 

640 

70O 

140 

48O

320 

040 

280 

370 

060

420 

100 

180 

050

370

O2O 

100 

070 

915 

942

Hay

2,72C 

10.60C 

7,17C 

5.53C 

3,690

2,560 

2,04C 

1,530 

1.32C 

1,080

924 

1,180 

1,75C 

4,610 

28,600

26,500 

16.70C 

6,10C 

3,370 

2,420

1,980 

1.53C 

1,640 

1,480 

1,000

1,800 

2,160 

2,160 

1,580 

1,700 

2,560

Minimum

430 

1,030 

752

124

987 

1,580 

1,120 

915 

924 

503 

996 

335 

161

161

June

2,42O 

2,700 

1,80O 

1,180 

2,800

4,010 

2,360 

1.75O 

1,370 

1,230

1,530 

1,420 

1.58O 

1,280 

1.28O

1,370 

897 

697 

704 

5O3

854 

728 

987 

2,040 

1,420

1,480 

1,280 

 1.1OO 

665 

2,300

Mean

3,302 

4,748 

2,257

4,016

3.OOO 

2,504 

4.O92 

1,507 

4,838 

1,524 

4,525 

915 

777

2,843

July

6,O8O 

6,690 

2.70O 

1,750 

996

3,700 

6,420 

3,620 

3,000 

3,930

4.85O 

5.0OO 

12,400 

9,100 

6,240

7,760 

6,670 

8,920 

5.O2O 

2,920

2,240 

3,850 

2,920 

2,O40 

1,530

1,530 

1,140 

2,360 

5,810 

6,080 

3,OOO

Aug.

2,100 

1,420 

1,420 

1,140 

1,370

953 

806 

735 

969 

609

335 

658 

424 

660 

1,170

814 

897 

1,680 

830 

682

637 

342 

406 

1,530 

2,100

822 

370 

667 

634 

797 

374

Per square 

mile

0.960 

1.38 

.656

1.17

.872 

.728 

1.19 

.438 

1.41 

.443 

1.32 

.266 

.226

.826

) 34,800 sec. -ft.; Nov. 2 (1 p.m

Sept.

396 

524 

454 

415 

933

1,700 

1,130 

964 

703 

579

862 

897 

1,720 

2,490 

1,410

879 

1,030 

870 

767 

1,030

292 

256 

187 

654 

433

660 

368 

362 

172 

161

Runoff In 

inches

1.11 

1.54 

.76

15.87

1.01 

.76 

1.37 

..49 

1.62 

.49 

1.52 

.31 

.25

11.23

.) 35,700
128 CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN

Cape Pear River at lock 3, near Tarheel, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder about 100 feet upstream from concrete lock and dam, lat. 

34"t>u'00", long. 78°48'30", 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 1950.

Average discharge. 13 years, 4,970 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 31,800 second-feet Nov. 3 (gage height, 20.00 

reet); minimum, 577 second-feet Sept. 24 (gage height, 0.88 foot); minimum daily, 642 

second-feet Sept. 24.

1937-50: Maximum gage height, 43.44 fe"et Sept. 22, 1945 (discharge not determined); 

minimum discharge, 200 second-feet Oct. 20, 1940 (gage height, 0.42 foot); minimum daily, 

260 second-feet Oct. 19, 1940.

Remarks. Records good except those below 1,000 second-feet, those computed from graph 

based on twice-daily staff-gage readings, and those for periods of no gage-height 

record at auxiliary gage, 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 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

gl,530

gl,580

gl,900

gl,560

gl,430

gl,340

gl,690

6,710

£1,200

17,500

10,900

4,960

3,180

2,580

2,660

g2,040

gl,900

g2,120

g2,040

gl,630

gl,830

gl,970

gl,320

gl,570

gl,570

gl,510

1,690

1,670

2,200

3,810

10,600

Nov.

24,200

30,000

30,000

20,500

13,200

8,520

5,200

3,960

3,460

2,990

2,820

3,180

2,820

2,660

2,500

2,340

2,340

2,200

2,120

1,540

1,700

1,620

1,970

1,760

1,970

2,660

3,360

3,360

3,080

3,180

-

Dec.

2,990

2,900

2,900

2,340

2,200

1,970

2,500

2,200

2,040

2,040

1,900

1,830

2,040

2,740

6,060

10,400

7,810

5,690

4,500

3,960

3,750

3,270

3,360

3,080

2,660

2,580

2,580

4,590

5,200

4,280

3,650

Jan.

3,080

2,660

2,340

2,820

2,580

2,500

2,580

2,270

2,120

1,970

2,420

2,270

2,500

2,900

2,740

2,740

2,900

4,630

11,000

12,200

13,000

9> 250

6,460

5,200

4,500

3,960

3,650

3,650

3,960

5,080

5,320

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

4,720

4,170

3,750

3,560

3,270

2,900

2,900

2,820

2,900

2,990

3,560

4,840

5,080

4,390

3,960

4,280

4,280

3,750

3,270

2,820

2,740

2,740

2,580

3,360

4,960

4,720

3,650

3,360

-

-

-

Secondfoot-days

120,390

191,210

110,010

2,194,270

135,250

102,320

167,100

70,100

136, 590

68,070

£56 j 990

60,376

43,650

1,491,856

Mar.

3,080

3,080

2,990

3,080

2,420

2,270

2,270

2,740

3,080

3,270

3,270

2,420

2,200

2,580

3,460

4,500

4,720

7,810

6,730

4,840

4,280

7,000

14,000

20,600

15,000

9,790

6,460

5,320

4,840

4,610

4,390

Apr.

3,850

2,990

2,740

2,900

3,080

2,990

3,650

3,650

2,820

2,580

2,580

2,420

2,580

2,270

2,120

2,120

1,760

1,760

2,120

2,040

1,830

1,970

1,580

1,700

1,830

1,970

1,580

1,690

1,560

1,370

-

Maximum

21,200

30,000

10,400

37,000

13,000

5,080

20,600 

3,850

26,000

4,810

16, 700 5 200

siiao

30,000

Hay

2,580

8,440

13,100

10,800

8,090

5,560

3,850

2,900

2,340

2,040

1,700

1,620

1,900

2,840

al2,000

a26,000

a24,000

a!6,000

9,540

4,500

3,180

2,500

2,340

2,270

1,970

1,830

2,340

2,740

2,500

2,500

2,420

Minimum

1,320

1,540

1,830

805

1,970

2,580

1^370

1,620

1,220

2,270

642

642

June

3,270

3,080

3,080

2,040

2,200

4,810

4,060

2,900

2,120

1,830

1,970

2,500

2,660

2,500

2,120

2,120

2,120

1,520

1,300

1,360

1,220

1,430

1,540

2,040

2,420

1,900

2,040

1,690

1,610

2,620

-

Mean

3,884

6, 37^

3,549

6,012

4,363

3,654

5,390 

2 33"i

6 '012

2 26S

7^645

1,948

1,455

4,087

July

4,920

8,920

7,270

4,280

2,820

2,270

6,270

7,810

6,460

6,860

7,540

8,090

12,100

16,700

13,900

13,300

12,900

13,800

12,000

8,090

5,080

4,960

5,200

4,280

3,270

2,900'

3,180

4,840

7,810

10,800

8,370

Aug.

5,200

3,650

2,740

3,080

3,180

3,080

2,340

1,900

1,670

1,700

1,470

1,270

1,230

1,160

1,690

1,970

1,700

1,900

2,270

1,410

1,230

1,340

1,220

1,260

2,430

2,460

1,320

906

1,170

1,200

1,230

Per square 

mile

0.807

1.33

.738

1.25

.907

.760

1.12

AAfi « *OD

1.25

.472

1.59

.405

.302

.850

Sept.

969

980

885

825

1,160

1,330

2,200

1,970

1,830

1,830

1,900

1,900

1,830

2,580

3,180

2,340

1,460

1,440

1,470

1,400

1,400

990

989

642

1,070

1,120

1,230

8980

g885

g885

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.93

1.48

.85

16.94

1.05

.79

I

na

. Ca

C4

 9v

1.44

!53

1.83

.47

.34

11.54

a No gage-height record at auxiliary gage) discharge computed on basis of unpublished records for 

stations at Payettevllle.

g Discharge computed from graph based on twice-daily gage readings.
CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN 129

Reedy Pork near Gibsonvllle, N. C.

Location. --Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°10'30", long. 79°37'00", a quarter of a mile downstream from Huf fines Mill, 1-f miles upstream from Buffalo Creek, and 6 miles northwest 

of Gibsonville, Gullford County.

Efainage area. 133 square miles .

Records available. September 1928 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 22 years, 117 second-feet.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 2,800 second-feet Hov. 1 (gage height, 10.50 

 i'eet ) ; minimum, 8.7 second-feet Sept. 26 (gage height, 0.87 foot); minimum daily, 20

second-feet Sept. 24.

1928-50: 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 13 second-feet during year.

Hating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 25 toAug. 29)

1.0 16 2.0 156 5.0 980 

1.2 31 2.5 284 6.0 1,280 

1.4 51 3.0 414 8.0 1,900 

1.7 93 4.0 680 10.0 2,600

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

56 

51 

49

44 

44

46 

71 

57 

51 

52

51 

49 

46 

46 

40

40

43 

43 

46 

42

40 

39 

36 

40 

37

51 

64 

70 

80 

383 

1,730

Nov.

2,460 

al,400 

a600 

a300 

194

171 

156 

82 

57 

59

70 

76 

77 

91 

97

87 

82 

76 

71 

69

71 

62 

69 

63 

73

76 

74 

76 

73 

80

Dec.

79 

73 

66 

63 

62

62 

62 

62 

58 

58

58 

63 

66 

156 

151

144 

107 

87 

83 

83

80 

74 

74 

73 

69

69 

79 

77 

71 

69 

64

Jan.

62 

62 

64 

67 

66

61 

62 

59 

56 

51

57 

56 

57 

59 

58

57 

63 

88 

119 

134

126 

111 

100 

90 

83

76 

90 

106 

111 

119 

115

Feb.

106 

97 

90 

79 

74

71 

76 

74 

82 

104

139 

122 

102 

95 

98

98 

88 

74 

71 

70

64 

70 

111 

137 

161

142 

104 

85

UO,,+K SecondMonth foot-days

Octo 

Move 

Oeoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

.......--

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

St. ..........................

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

3,53 

6,99 

2,44

55,67

2,48 

2,68 

3,76 

1,94 

3,86 

2,09 

2,64 

1,18 

94

ter year 1949-50 ............ 34,58

Peak discharge (base, 1,600 sec. -ft.). Noi

a No gage-height record; discharge based o 

nearby streams.

liar.

80 

71 

64 

59 

58

61 

66 

77 

80 

77

67 

67 

86 

107 

124

142 

144 

146 

128 

126

194 

244 

292 

362

166

134 

124 

122 

113 

95 

87

Apr.

77 

77 

76 

82 

98

106 

93 

77 

73 

70

70 

73 

62 

55 

55

52 

55 

58 

57 

55

57 

53 

49 

53 

51

51 

46 

47 

41 

74

Maximum

7 1,730 

2 2,460 

2 156

D 2,460

5 134 

i 161 

5 362 

5 106 

3 449 

5 248 

7 431 

I 90 

3 48

t 2,460

I. 1 (8 a.m. 

i recorded rs

May

104 

126 

161 

154 

134

93 

73 

64 

58 

47

49 

102 

198 

271 

449

362 

188 

132 

119 

98

77 

66 

62 

61 

59

90 

126 

107 

93 

77 

69

Minimum

36 

57 

58

26

51 

64 

58 

41 

47 

28 

36 

21 

20

20

June

59 

51 

52 

185 

248

240 

19£ 

98 

67 

66

61 

61 

51 

43 

47

30 

30 

28 

31 

37

34 

75 

65 

43 

36

35 

29 

28 

35 

34

Mean

114 

233 

78. £

153

80.2 

95. £ 

121 

64. £ 

125 

69. £ 

85.4 

38.] 

31. E

94. £

July

37 

44 

47 

36 

80

107 

87 

49 

39 

42

200 

431 

255

214 

107

74 

71 

64 

50 

43

46 

43 

37 

40 

38

37 

37 

42 

74 

85 

91

Aug.

59 

47 

40 

32 

31

30 

29 

29 

30 

29

48 

45 

26 

26 

24

29 

31 

27 

25 

22

21 

24 

26 

40 

90

66 

49 

43 

82 

46 

35

Sept.

44 

39 

27 

27 

29

41 

38 

29 

32 

29

29 

39 

48 

40 

37

40 

29 

29 

40 

28

25 

28 

28 

20 

22

27 

28 

25 

25 

24

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

>

2,800 sec. -ft. 

inge in stage and records for stations on
130 CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN

Horsepen Creek at Battle Ground, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder and modified Parshall flume, lat. 36"08'30", long.

Y9"ta'20", at bridge on county road, a quarter of a mile downstream from bridge on 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 1950.

Average discharge. 17 years (1929-30, 1934-50), 15.2 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 830 second-feet Oct. 31 (gage height, 6.85 feet); 

minimum, 2.7 second-feet Sept. 6 (gage height, 0.56 foot).

1925-31. 1934-50: 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, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

6.6 

6.2 

6.2 

7.8 

9.5

7.8 

8.3 

9.3 

11 

7.9

6.0 

5.3 

6.6 

6.4 

6.8

6.6 

7.2 

7.2 

6.6 

6.2

5.8 

5.7 

5.7 

5.7 

5.7

16 

8.1 

12 

15 

126 

500

Nov.

167 

106 

37 

26 

14

12 

11 

10 

9.9 

9.9

9.3 

8.8 

9.7 

11 

9.5

9.1 

8.6 

8.6 

8.4 

9.1

12 

11 

11 

9.7

13

12 

11 

10 

12 

9.7

Dec.

9.0 

8.6 

8.2 

8.4 

8.4

8.1 

8.1 

7.7 

7.5 

7.5

7.9 

7.7 

7.9 

39 

17

12 

11 

11 

11 

10

10 

10 

11 

9.6 

9.2

9.6 

10 

9.4 

8.6 

8.6 

8.6

Jan.

8.8 

8.8 

9.0 

9.0 

8.8

8.8 

8.6 

8.5 

8.8 

8.6

8.6 

8.6 

a8 

a8 

a8

a8 

a9 

a!5 

a20 

a!4

all 

a9 

a9 

a9 

a9

a9 

a!6 

a!5 

a!2 

a!2 

a!2

Month

Ooto 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

lendaT year 1949 ............

ary

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

11 

11 

11 

9.6 

9.0

9.0 

11 

9.6 

15 

15

14 

11 

11 

13 

12

10 

9.6 

9.0 

9.2 

8.6

8.5 

12 

33

14 

11

10 

9.4 

9.4

Secondfoot-days

851.2 

606.3 

320.6

7,322.4

317.9 

325.9 

525.6 

292.3 

573.1 

308.0 

505.8 

149.9 

120.5

4,897.1

Peak discharge (base, 300 sec. -ft.). Oct.

a No gage-height record; discharge compute 

nearby stations.

Har.

10 

9.2 

9.0 

8.8 

9.0

8.8 

11 

14 

10 

9.2

9.0 

9.6 

26 

23 

13

28 

22 

15 

12 

24

38 

44 

41 

22 

17

16 

15 

15 

14 

12 

11

Apr.

11 

11 

11 

14 

20

14 

11 

12 

11 

9.7

9.7 

9.2 

8.8 

8.1 

8.1

7.9 

7.7 

7.7 

7.9 

8.3

7.9 

7.7 

7.4 

7.4 

7.0

7.0 

6.8 

6.4 

6.6 

20

Hay

27 

20a9.9

7.7 

7.0 

6.4 

6.0 

66.0

7.0 

62 

31 

42 

111

24 

15 

13 

11 

8.5

7.9 

7.4 

7.2 

11 

11

25 

11 

8.5 

8.8 

7.2 

6.6

Maximum Minimum

500 5.3 

167 8.4 

39 7.5

500 3.9

20 8 

33 8.5 

44 8.8 

20 6.4 

111 6.0 

73 3.8 

118 4.2 

7.2 3.8 

7.2 2.8

500 2.8

June

5.2 

5.8 

10 

73 

32

12 

8.1 

6.8 

6.4 

11

13 

6.6 

6.0 

5.6 

5.2

5.0 

4.7 

4.5 

5.6 

5.6

12 

9.2 

7.0 

6.0 

5.8

6.4 

4.8 

3.8 

8.9 

12

Mean

27.5 

20.2 

10.3

20.1

10.3 

11.6 

17.0 

9.74 

18.5 

10.3 

16.3 

4.84 

4.02

13.4

July

8.1 

4.8 

4.5 

4.2 

7.0

5.4 

4.8 

4.2 

4.2 

4.3

51 

118 

15 

13 

12

13 

9.2 

12 

14 

8.9

17 

11 

7.3 

7.0 

8.3

6.2 

29 

30 

53 

12 

7.4

Aug.

6.2 

5.4 

5.0 

5.6 

4.7

4.5

4.5 

4.0 

4.0 

3.8

4.3 

4.8 

4.3 

4.2 

4.0

4.2 

3.8 

7.2 

5.4 

4.5

3.8 

5.4 

5.8 

7.0 

5.6

5.0 

4:2 

4.2 

4.8 

5.4 

4.3

Per square 

mile

1.73 

1.27 

.648

1.26

.648 

.730 

1.07 

.613 

1.16 

.648 

1.03 

.304 

.253

.843

Sept.

4.5 

4.0 

3.5 

3.3 

3.2

2.8

3.0 

3.2 

4.7 

7.2

4.7 

4.0 

5.7 

5.8 

4.3

3.8 

3.5 

3.5 

3.6 

3.5

3.3 

5.2 

5.0 

3.8 

3.5

3.5 

3.5 

3.5 

3.6 

3.8

Runoff in 

inches

1.99 

1.42 

.75

17.13

.74 

.76 

1.23 

.68 

1.34 

.72 

1.18 

.35 

.28

11.44

31 (6 a.m.) 830 sec. -ft.; July 12 (3 a.m.) 402 see. -ft. 

i on basis of recorded range In stage and records for
CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN 131

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 1950.

Average discharge. 22 years, 37.3 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,100 second-feet Oct. 31 (gage height, 7.63 

reet); minimum, 5.7 second-feet Sept. 24 (gage height 2.56 feet).

1928-50: Maximum discharge, 10,000 second-feet July 15, 1949 (gage height, 11.54 

feet), 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, 0.2 secondfoot Oct. 2, 1930.

Remarks. Records fair. Sewage from Greensboro enters above station affecting low-water 

Revisions (water years. W 972: 1928-33, 1934(M), 1935-37, 1939, 1940(M).

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

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

8.6

9.0

9.6

9.8

10

12

13

9.6

9.1

10

9.8

9.6

9.6

9.8

9.0

9.6

11

10

9.9

9.6

9.1

7.9

8.7

9.8

22

15

13

30

71

756

Nov.

446

265

102

32

24

18

18

18

17

16

16

15

15

20

18

16

15

15

14

13

14

14

14

14

17

17

14

14

16

17

Dec.

15

14

14

13

13

14

14

14

14

13

13

14

15

87

81

30

24

23

24

24

21

20

21

20

17

18

25

23

20

18

18

Jan.

17

17

18

18

18

18

18

16

16

17

18

18

19

18

17

17

20

63

48

53

29

25

24

23

21

20

54

76

40

39

40

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

34

30

30

25

22

23

29

29

28

43

47

32

29

35

40

30

26

24

22

22

22

24

101

68

33

27

24

24

_

_

-

Secondfoe t-days

1,151.1

1,264

694

23,709.3

855

923

1,508

559

1,707

744

1,365

295.4

273 !l

11,338.6

Mar.

25

24

21

20

19

20

24

39

28

23

21

22

46

85

39

55

128

46

29

35

144

91

224

90

42

31

27

33

30

25

22

Apr.

20

2O

20

23

63

33

23

19

17

17

17

19

17

16

15

14

15

15

16

16

17

15

14

13

14

14

14

13

13

17

-

Maximum

756

446

87

5,46O

76

101

224

63

496

146

385

14

24

756

May

50

62

74

35

21

16

13

13

13

12

12

134

150

47

496

269

33

23

20

16

15

16

15

18

16

41

18

15

15

15

14

Minimum

7.9

13

 13

6.1

16

22

19

13

12

12

13

7.5

6.4

6.4

June

30

15

13

47

146

27

18

17

17

17

26

17

15

15

15

14

14

12

12

17

20

76

24

18

15

18

15

13

16

25

-

Mean

37.1

42.1

22.4

65. 0

27.6

33.0

48.6

18.6

55.1

24.8

44.0

9.53

9.10

31.1

July

28

17

14

13

21

19

15

14

13

14

15

32

46

24

18

30

19

18

46

20

74

29

16

15

35

17

128

385

174

39

17

Aug.

14

13

13

12

10

9.8

9.1

9.6

9.3

9.O

9.0

9.0

7.5

8.1

9.0

9.1

9.1

8.7

9.0

8.1

7.8

8.8

9.9

11

9.8

10

8.3

8.0

8.6

9.0

8.8

Per square 

mile

Sept.

12

11

7.6

7.6

7.9

7.6

7.6

7.9

9.8

12

10

9.8

17

24

9.9

8.0

6.5

6.9

7.8

7.8

7.5

8.6

9.1

6.7

6.4

7.0

7.3

7.3

7.5

7.0

~

Runoff in 

inches

feak dlsohargeTbase. 650 sec.-ft.). Oct. 31 (6 p.m.) 1,10O see.-ft.; Hay TS (6 p.m.) 683 sec.-rt.
132 CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN

North Buffalo Creek near Greensb.oro, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°07'10", long. 79°42'35", at county highway bridge,

 3 miles upstream from mouth and 6 miles northeast of Greensboro, Guilford County.

Drainage area. 36.4 square miles.

Records available. August 1928 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 22 years, 45.4 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,600 second-feet Oct.'31 (gage height, 10.18

 feet ); minimum, 11 second-feet Oct. 23, Sept. 17 (gage height, 1.86 feet).

1928-50: Maximum discharge, 6,000 second-feet Sept. 25, 1947 (gage height, 15.96 

feet), from rating curve extended above 2,000 second-feet on basis of contracted-opening 

determinations at gage height 14.15 and 15.96 feet; minimum, 1.6 second-feet Aug. 28, 

1932.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of doubtful gage-height record, which are 

Fair. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mills above station. Sewage from 

Greensboro and Proximity Mills enters above station.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in aeoond-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 14-16)

1.9 13 3.5 221 

2.1 26 4.0 321 

2.3 43 5.0 521 

2.6 74 6.0 700 

3.0 129 8.0 1,030

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

23 

17 

21 

23 

28

28 

38 

28 

21 

24

25 

23 

22 

22

21

16 

18 

22 

22 

21

23 

20 

15 

17 

20

53 

25 

40 

41 

335 

1,030

Nov.

278 

141 

60 

52 

46

34

34 

36 

33 

32

31 

28 

29 

35

31

29 

29 

28 

27

23

25 

27 

28 

25

33

26 

22 

24 

32 

30

Dec.

28 

28 

25 

22 

25

28 

28 

28 

26 

25

25 

25 

29 

161 

53

38 

38 

30 

34 

34

33 

32 

36 

29 

26

30

38 

33 

32 

31 

28

Jan.

23 

24 

28 

30

31

30 

29 

22 

24 

30

32 

31 

32 

32 

24

27 

40 

80 

91 

58

45

37 

36 

d37 

d39

d32 

d60 

d64 

d44 

d42 

d48

Feb.

40 

38 

38 

32 

26

> 27 

42 

34 

47 

48

46 

32 

34 

48 

45

38 

36 

32 

28 

28

30 

45

108 

51 

43

33 

30 

32

u._. h Second- 

"lonth foot-days

Octo 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber.... 

mber

lendar year 1949 

ary . .

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

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

2,08Z 

1,30£ 

1,07£

22,120

1,202 

1,11] 

1,81J 

98£ 

2,242 

1,22: 

1,544 

75S 

72]

ter year 1949-50 ......... .. 16,074

Mar.

36 

30 

29 

29 

25

27 

38 

46

36 

32

30 

28 

94 

66 

42

124 

86 

52 

40 

87

136 

182 

152 

66 

52

40 

40 

51 

43 

40 

36

Apr.

34 

28 

30 

47 

64

40 

37 

36 

26 

24

29 

32 

30 

34 

29

22 

28 

33 

30 

34

32 

28 

27 

28 

30

28 

28 

28 

26 

66

Maximum

1,030 

278

161

1,820

91 

108 

182 

66 

513 

146 

t 170 

66 

48

t 1,030

May

86 

86 

92 

48 

38

32 

22 

25 

26 

26

29 

261

113 

136 

513

77 

50 

52 

44 

32

25 

28 

30 

44 

34

120 

35 

28 

51 

32 

28

Minimum

15 

22 

22

14

22 

26 

25 

22 

22 

17 

16 

16 

15

15

June

33 

27 

29 

146 

94

38 

32

31 

27 

39

52 

27 

27 

28 

26

25 

24 

17 

32 

32

113 

67 

48 

34 

23

29 

25 

22 

38 

38

Mean

67.2 

43.6 

34.8

60.6

38.8 

39.7 

58.5 

32.9 

72.4 

40.8 

49.8 

24.5 

24.0

44.0

July

34 

19 

16 

16 

88

39 

31 

28 

22 

22

101 

170 

75 

60 

44

42 

29 

30 

42 

38

86 

38 

21 

22 

25

21 

109 

66 

152 

30 

28

Aug.

28 

28 

29 

28 

23

18 

20 

22 

22 

22

23 

28 

16 

18 

21

23 

23 

22

21 

16

17 

22 

24 

27 

66

30 

18 

20 

25 

31 

28

Sept.

39 

23 

15 

15

17

20 

20 

21 

37 

32

22 

23 

36 

48 

24

22 

15 

26 

23 

23

22 

36 

24 

17 

18

19 

22 

21 

21 

20

Per square Runoff In 

mile inohes

Peak discharge (baae, 920 sec. -ft. \.~ Oct. 31 (8:30 a.m.) 1,600 aeo.-ft.; May 15 (6 a.m.) 996 aeo.-

ft.

d Doubtful gage-height record; diaoharge computed on baals of doubtful gage heights.
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 133

New Hope River near Pittsboro, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°44'10", long. 79°01'35", at bridge on U. S. Hlghway 64, a quarter of a mile downstream from Whiteoak Creek, and 8f miles east of Pittsboro, Chatham County. Prior to Mar. 17, 1950, staff gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area.--285 square miles.

Records available.--January.1949 to September 1950.

Extremes.--1949: Maximum discharge observed during period January to September, 3,530 

second-feet Aug. 30 (gage height, 16.70 feet); minimum, 17 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage 

height, 1.96 feet).

1949-50: Maximum discharge during water year, 1,670 second-feet May 15 (gage height, 

12.30 feet); minimum, 13 second-feet Aug. 30, 31 (gage height, 1.85 feet).

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor, 

staff gage read once or twice daily prior to Mar. 17, 1950.

Rating table, Feb. 11, 1949, to Sept. 30, 1950 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 14 to Dec. 14, 1949, 

Feb. 27 to Mar. 14, 1950)

1.9 

2.2 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

15

27

41

65

95

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

6.0 

7,0

130

168

216

330

459

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

16.0

616

1,000

1,580

2,190

3,100

Discharge, In second-feet, 1949-50 

1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

ii

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

t!9

Nov. Dec. Jan.

500

Feb.

. a400

920

940

860

416

282

248

552

668

668

960

980

920

650

378'

306

248

206

282

-

-

-

Mar.

403

354

226

186

168

160

160

160

144

130

168

248

168

137

123

116

102

102

152

226

152

130

144

237

248

216.

a!40

a!20

allO

allO

allO

Apr.

allO

alOO

alOO

alOO

alOO

a!20

a!50

a!40

al20

a95

a90

a90

alOO

a!30

allO

a90

a65

aSO

a60

aSO

aSO

a60

alOO

a!70

aSO

a70

a70

aSO

a300

170

-

May

a!40

a!30

alSO

a240

a400

a!60

a75

a70

a70

a!20

a300

1,580

2,190

1,640

616

196

137

123

102

89

73

a65

60

58

60

60

76

160

123

aSO

55

June

53

55

50

50

a45

41

45

42

36

31

27

31

29

27

27

27

28

32

aSO

89

73

48

30

25

23

a22

21

24

160

52

-

July

221

237

a!60

alOO

68

52

41

43

237

248

102

52

41

36

58

226

a300

152

130

567

282

116

70

a50

38

34

29

27

25

a22

22

Aug.

60

102

&200

alSO

a90

a60

a40

32

27

23

21

21

20

a!8

17

19

196

378

248

130

a!60

226

490

403

206

95

a70

a300

2,560

3,460

2,510

Sept.

1,700

459

a200

a!30

a90

76

68

82

144

95

a70

50

43

82

160

109

123

a200

742

al,000

860

177

95

76

a65

55

48

43

43

43

-

Peak discharge (base. 2.500 see.-ft.).--Aug. 30 (5:45 p.m.) 3,530 sec.-ft.

t Result of discharge measurement.

a No gage-height recordj discharge based on records at nearby stations.

231536 O - 53 - 10
134 CAPE PEAR HIVER BASIN

Discharge, In second-feet, of New Hope River near Plttsboro, N. C,, 1949-50 Continued

1949-50

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

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

a42

38

34

34

32

259

a440

a900

144

89

62

52

50

45

a42

41

38

38

36

36

36

a34

32

30

31

34

38

50

alSO

430

Nov.

840

761

390

354

330

a260

206

160

137

130

137

137

a!20

102

95

89

82

73

68

a68

68

65

60

52

82

160

a200

130

102

109

-

Dec.

95

82

79

a70

62

60

60

60

58

58

a56

55

62

196

780

780

723

a500

206

186

168

152

137

130

a!20

116

248

196

177

168

152

Jan.

a!20

alOO

a 100

alOO

95

89

89

79

76

70

70

79

109

137

137

116

116

474

742

920

920

761

430

282

206

168

160

177

259

237

216

Feb.

177

160

144

130

95

alio

130

160

144

160

282

354

248

a220

270

294

248

168

144

123

116

109

130

282

330

216

160

130

_

-

-

Mar.

130

130

123

109

102

102

102

130

a!60

144

102

102

102

186

270

186

237

321

242

168

319

620

1,090

1,160

1,280

986

366

226

201

182

152

Apr.

130

120

112

109

109

112

106

95

86

79

76

75

74

66

63

60

58

58

58

58

60

64

66

60

54

51

48

45

43

45

May

216

459

490

346

186

120

86

66

53

44

41

45

196

280

1,160

1,580

1,520

1,140

310

134

102

82

68

60

64

78

66

66

98

72

168

June

351

240

103

68

69

86

68

50

43

56

72

140

78

50

38

32

27

25

22

20

26

34

142

150

81

126

148

92

207

958

-

July

682

552

459

354

111

460

761

614

514

860

880

1,050

1,130

820

723

880

860

761

412

172

122

315

417

182

92

72

73

134

106

77

61

Aug.

50

43

42

36

32

28

27

24

22

21

19

19

36

33

20

19

27

36

30

22

18

16

15

60

82

38'

24

19

15

14

14

Sept.

14

17

17

15

21

63

50

31

25

35

62

55

55

113

92

52

35

24

19

17

18

18

18

44

37

25

18

16

15

IS

Pealc discharge (base. 2.500 sec.-ft.). Ho peak above base.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records at nearby stations,

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, 1P4?-50

Month

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

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

Water year .............

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

Calendar year 1949 .............

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

Water year 1949-50 .............

Seeondfoot-days

15, 500

14, 484

5,350

3,150

9,398

1,293

3,786

12,332

7,128

-

3 372

5 567

5,992

r 87,352

901

1,036

69,410

Maximum

_

403

300

2,190

160

567

3,460

1,700

-

900

780

3,460

QCQ

113

1,580

Minimum

206

102

60

55

21

22

17

43

-

52

55

17

95

14

14

Mean

5^;

517

173

105

303

43.1

122

398

238

-

193

239

34.5

190

Per square

mile

1.75

1.81

.607

.368

1.06

.151

.428

1.40

.835

-

.677

.839

pe?

.121

.667

Runoff In

in.-hes

-i

^.89

.70

.41

1.23

.17

.49

1.61

.93

-

44

.78

r 11.40

29

1 23

.47

.14

9.07
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 135

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

Location. Water-atage recorder and modified Parshall flume, lat. 36°00'15", long. 79°58'40", 

a quarter of a mile upatream from highway bridge at head of High Point Reaervoir, 

Zj milea west (revised) of Jameatown, and 3% milea northeaat of High Point, Quilford 

County.

Drainage area. 32.1 aquare milea.

Records available.--June 1923 to September 1926, July 1928 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 25 yeara, 31.8 second-feet.

Extremea. Maximum diacharge during year, 2,650 aecond-feet Oct. 31 (gage height, 13.18 

reecj, from rating curve extended above 2,000 second-feet on basis of contracted-opening 

determination at 19.92 feet; minimum, 5.4 second-feet, Aug. 18.

1923-26, 1928-50: Maximum diacharge, 8,450 aecond-feet Sept. 24, 1947 (gage height, 

19.92 feet, from high-water mark), from rating curve extended as explained above; minimum, 0.3 second-foot Sept. 1, 1932.

Remarka. Recorda good. Occasional marked diurnal fluctuation cauaed by gristmill 4 miles 

above atation.

Revisiona (water years). W 852; Drainage area. W 922: 1928-29(M), 1933(M), 1936(M).

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1-31 Nov. 1 to Sept. 30

2.8 9.S 4.0 67 7.O 40S 2.6 4.8 3.2 23 4 

2.9 13 4.3 100 8.0 51S 2.7 7.1 3.4 31 5 

3.0 16 4.6 142 9.0 692 2.8 9.8 3.7 45 5 

3.2 24 5.0 198 10.0 950 2.9 13 4.0 61 6 

3.4 33 5.5 264 11.0 1,310 3.0 16 4.3 88 7 

3.7 47 6.0 318 , Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

S

6 

7 

B 

9 

10

11 

12

13 

14 

IS

16 

17 

IS 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

11 

11 

11 

11 

11

11 

14 

14 

12 

12

11 

11 

11 

11 

11

11 

11 

12 

11 

11

10 

10 

10 

10 

10

29 

14 

26 

29 

285 

1,300

Nov.

292 

176 

49 

35 

29

25 

23 

22 

21 

22

20 

19 

21 

24 

20

19 

18 

17 

17 

17

17 

16 

16 

16 

21

17 

17 

16 

17 

17

Dec.

16 

16 

15 

15 

15

14 

15 

14 

14 

14

15 

16 

16 

78 

29

22 

19 

19 

22 

20

19 

19 

22 

18 

17

17 

18 

18 

16 

16 

16

Jan.

16 

16 

16 

16 

16

16 

16 

15 

15 

15

16 

15 

15 

16 

15

15 

20 

38 

45 

32

23 

21 

20 

19 

18

18 

41 

35 

26 

32 

29

Fsb.

25 

23 

23 

20 

19

18 

27 

21 

31 

34

35 

25 

23 

28 

29

23 

20 

19 

19 

18

17 

26 

77 

33 

26

23 

20 

19

..... Seoond- 

*onth foot-days

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

1,962 

1,056 

600

lendaT year 1949 ............ 15,602.5

ary

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

st ...........................

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

666 

721 

1,127 

543 

1,380 

558.3 

533.4 

320.8 

320.4

ter year 1949-50 ............ 9,787.9

Mar.

22 

18 

17 

17 

17

17 

26 

29 

22 

19

18 

19 

68 

56 

31

80 

53 

33 

25 

61

84 

86 

94 

42 

32

27 

25 

26 

23 

21 

19

Apr.

19 

19 

19 

24 

40

23 

20 

19 

18 

18

18 

19 

17 

16 

16

15 

15 

15 

15 

16

15 

14 

14 

14 

14

14 

14 

13 

12 

38

Hay

48 

54 

92 

31 

22

18 

15 

14 

14 

13

37 

398 

52 

59 

179

41 

26 

28 

22 

18

17 

16 

15 

19 

19

32 

17 

15 

20 

15 

14

Maximum Minimum

1,300 10 

292 16 

78 14

1,300 6.6

45 15 

77 17 

94 17 

40 12 

398 13 

63 8.7 

66 9.3 

34 5.9 

26 6.8

1,300 5.9

June

13 

12 

13 

63 

34

18 

15 

14 

13 

14

19 

12 

12 

11 

11

10 

9.S 

9.3 

14 

15

60 

60 

18 

14 

12

11 

9.5 

8.7 

13 

20

Mean

63.3 

35.2 

19.4

42.7

21.5 

25.8 

36.4 

18,1 

44.5 

18.6 

17.2 

10.3 

10.7

26.8

July

14 

11 

11 

9.5 

12

10 

12 

9.3 

9.3 

9.3

11 

15 

11 

10 

10

29 

11 

14 

17 

13

32 

15 

10 

12 

15

10 

66 

58 

41 

15 

11

6 132 

0 193 

5 262 

0 318 

0 408

Aug.

11 

9.5 

12 

10 

8.7

7.9 

7.4 

6.8 

6.8 

6.3

6.3 

6.1 

6.3 

6.6 

6.3

7.1 

6.8 

5.9 

22 

16

7.6 

34

17 

11 

16

12 

8.7 

8.2 

7.6 

7.9 

15

Per square 

mile

1.97 

1.10 

.604

1.33

.670 

.804 

1.13 

.564 

1.39 

.579 

.536 

.321 

.333

.835

Peak diacharge (base, 700 sec. -ft.). Oct. 31 (7 a.m.) 2,650 sec. -ft.; Hay 12 (4 a.m.)

Sept.

21 

12 

9.0 

8.2 

8.2

6.8 

7.1 

7.4 

9.3 

26

13 

17 

24 

13 

9.8

8.7 

8.2 

7.6 

9.0 

7.9

7.9 

12 

12 

8.2 

7.6

7.9 

7.9 

7.9 

7.9 

7.9

Runoff in 

inches

2.27 

1.22 

.70

18.07

.77 

.84 

1.31 

.63 

1.60 

.65 

.62 

.37 

.37

11.35

1,110 aee.-
136 CAPE PEAR 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 highway bridge on Coltrane's mill, half a mile south of Guilford County line, 

4£ 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 1950.

Average discharge. 22 years, 121 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,500 second-feet Oct. 31 (gage height, 18.18 

TeeTT; minimum, 4.0 second-feet Oct. 22; minimum daily, 10 second-feet Aug. 14, Sept. 

26.

1928-50: 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. 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 1949-5O (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.8

2.0

2.2

2.4

2.6

10 2.8 105

21 3.0 139

37 3.5 235

56 4.0 337

78 5.0 555

6.0 785

8.0 1,280

10. 0 1.8OO

12.0 2,360

15.0 3,260

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

31

Oct.

40

26

36

23

17

19

40

44

25

26

21

42

30

19

19

27

21

22

43

28

17

20

26

20

17

75

38

49

101

688

3,540

Nov.

1,210

749

231

158

100

86

101

79

48

83

48

74

39

91

57

49

74

32

65

30

58

51

28

28

73

50

29

61

47

30

-

Dec.

72

28

52

26

49

32

27

55

39

24

25

60

46

276

174

117

47

50

94

77

40

85

44

50

54

54

86

55

65

39

36

Jan.

35

1Z

51

53

72

34

,

.

58

59

71

43

32

'

'

54

15

L8

61

78

1

r

T3

L3

9

159

100

ei

2

9

'7

50

79

1'

1C

1]

9

19

>5

4

137

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

Bay ..............................

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

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

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

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

Hater year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

78

89

80

85

45

81

76

113

74

130

139

108

112

100

101

96

74

61

44

81

57

70

220

165

95

84

97

64

_

-

Secondfoot-days

5,159

3,859

1,978

57,978

2,361

2,619

4,673

1,977

5,13]

1,708

1 j87.

716

72£

32,77£

Mar.

74

63

67

66

38

66

66

97

93

68

61

51

179

276

141

259

308

152

115

131

414

370

476

221

161

121

128

150

74

99

86

Apr.

71

54

97

71

188

135

Maximum

3,540

1,210

276

3,540

179

220

476

188

913

226

218

49

71

3,540

65

92

53

52

66

91

57

83

57

38

45

70

38

69

49

78

29

65

49

73

28

29

50

35

-

May

213

272

295

164

114

48

56

77

55

32

61

856

285

211

913

245

150

123

130

84

66

86

58

52

82

106

81

54

60

56

46

Minimum

17

28

24

12

'32

44

38

28

32

ao

16

10

10

10

June

100

36

32

99

193

85

56

38

57

36

37

70

49

29

25

28

35

37

20

28

55

226

94

35

30

44

32

21

43

38

-

Mean

166

129

63.8

159

76.2

93.5

151

65.9

166

56.9

60.4

23.1

24.3

89.8

July

44

35

50

48

29

68

33

32

18

16

26

17

46

52

35

51

44

44

68

64

90

68

32

62

7O

31

149

201

218

71

39

Aug.

30

31

49

25

28

12

21

14

24

20

15

36

26

10

23

17

17

18

19

18

16

35

30

22

20

36

36

18

22

12

16

Sept.

40

28

22

25

14

16

28

12

24

20

29

23

71

50

23

26

16

22

Zl

19

18

19

25

32

20

10

15

24

15

22

Per square Runoff In 

mile inches

1.34 1.55

1.04 1.16

.515 .59

1.28 17.40

. 615 . 71

. 754 . 79

1.22 1.40

.531 .59

1.34 1.54

.459 .51

.487 .56

.186 .21

.196 .22

.724 9.83

Peak discharge (base. 2.60O sec.-ft.K Oct. 31 (11:30 a.m.) 4,500 sec.-ft.
CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN 137

Deep River at Ramseur, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°44'10", long. 79°38'40", 1,600 feet downstream 

rrom railroad station at Ramseur, Randolph County, and ij miles dowstream from Sandy Creek. 

Datum of gage Is 419.50 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 346 square miles.

Records available.--November 1922 to September 1950.

Average dlscharge.--28 years (1922-50), 352 second-feet.

Extremes'. Maximum discharge during year, 6,820 second-feet Oct. 31 (gage height, 11.83 

reet); minimum, 7.3 second-feet June 15 (gage height, 0.36 foot); minimum dally, 11 

second-feet June 29.

1922-50: 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. Large diurnal fluctuation caused by power plants above station. 

Flow regulated by High Point Reservoir and small power-plant reservoirs.

Revisions (water years). W 822: Drainage area. W 1032: 1923-26, 1927-28(M), 1929, 

 19ay-3S, 1934(M), 1935, 1936-37(M), 1944(M).

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 23 Mar. 24 to Sept. 30

0.5 16 1.4 187 4.0 1,540 0.4 9.8 1.0 98 2. 

.6 26 1.7 277 5.0 2,190 .5 18 1.2 146 2. 

.8 52 2.0 390 7.0 3,500 .6 29 1.4 204 3. 

1.0 90 2.5 645 9.0 4,790 .8 59 1.7 306 

1.2 136 3.0 930 11.0 6,220 Note. -Same a8 preceding table 

3.3~7eet. 

Diaoharge^ijr«eoond-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

60 

44 

153 

19 

190

21 

632 

382

136 

196

188 

62 

54

153 

56

26 

106 

16 

179 

72

20 

21 

21 

97 

154

59 

76 

243 

658 

2,160 

6,320

Nov.

2,940 

2,420 

780 

444 

298

252 

259 

233 

227 

181

140 

99 

131 

215 

199

204 

178 

94 

45 

88

211 

212 

176 

19 

117

138 

70 

212 

239 

81

Dec.

101 

93 

111 

50 

170

125 

91 

119 

139 

68

32 

191 

112 

1,270 

784

347 

236 

146 

241 

246

238 

214 

46 

144

156

161 

254 

230 

228 

217 

22

Jan.

63 

205 

203 

227 

118

23 

177 

66 

171 

210

216 

95 

115 

85 

34

190 

245 

720 

707 

776

388 

261 

244 

268

265

205 

197 

189 

274 

260 

266

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

st ...........................

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

269 

240 

204 

187 

97

157 

219 

237

221 

253

450 

302 

297 

273 

258

257 

205 

188 

102 

155

208 

212 

231 

435 

268

170 

245 

202

Seoondfoot-days

12,57' 

10, 90! 

6,58<

152, 51£

7,46: 

6,542 

13,18: 

5,82 

14,26: 

3,70' 

7,88£ 

2,434 

1.67C

93,029

Mar.

213 

185 

99 

99 

115

158 

220 

225 

198 

192

169 

49 

217 

685 

352

606 

1,020 

456 

312 

336

1,180 

1,070 

1,840 

728 

454

372 

357 

372 

377 

281 

246

Apr.

229 

174 

263 

224 

463

409 

321 

244 

149 

254

215 

218 

226 

217 

88

72 

243 

209 

224 

53

127 

203 

91 

156 

222

199 

57 

35 

192 

50

Maximum

I 6,320 

> 2,940 

> 1,270

6,320

5 776 

450 

5 1,840 

463 

3,550 

I 292 

» 1,410 

t 229 

) 243

6,320

Peak discharge (base, 6,000 sec. -ft. ) .--Oct. 31 (8 a.m.

Hay

1,110 

696 

664 

473 

319

243 

108 

173 

215 

212

100 

621 

630 

1,050 

3,550

788 

381 

320 

241 

221

220 

220 

124 

176 

120

273 

250 

135 

234 

209 

187

Minimum

16 

19 

22

10

23 

97 

49 

35 

100 

11 

25 

17 

17

11

June

49 

189 

152 

46 

281

292 

191 

192 

19 

21

86 

235 

188 

77 

13

158 

53

27 

72 

174

92 

38 

291 

203 

43

154 

137 

102 

11 

118

Mean

406 

363 

212

418

241 

234 

425 

194 

460 

123 

254 

78.5 

55.7

255

July

123 

152 

152 

43 

128

91 

129 

36 

29 

192

39 

51 

208 

209 

25

287 

569 

262 

383 

184

1,410 

353 

117 

166 

283

248 

316 

366 

857 

268 

209

0 426 

5 850 

0 930

above

Aug.

206 

167 

104 

229 

177

37 

78 

18 

145 

43

39 

17 

21 

120 

140

50 

52 

35 

20

21

114 

183 

80 

18 

18

18 

18 

19 

201 

28 

18

Per square 

mile

1.17 

1.05 

.613

1.21

.697 

.676 

1.23 

.561 

1.33 

.355 

.734 

.227 

.161

.737

) 6,820 sec. -ft. 5 May 15 (3 a.m.

Sept.

37 

17 

70 

59 

117

89

20 

20 

20 

20

19 

20 

39 

243 

212

22 

20 

20 

20 

150

40 

44 

19 

20 

21

18 

76 

162 

18 

18

Runoff in 

Inches

1.35 

1.17 

.71

16.40

.80 

.70 

1.42

.e:;

1.53 

.40 

.85 

.26 

.18

10.00

) 6,300
138 CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN

Deep River at Moncure, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°36'25", long. 79°05'10", ij miles northwest of 

Moncure, Chatham County, 2^ miles downstream from Rocky River, and ^ miles upstream 

from confluence with few 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 1950.

Average discharge.--20 years (1930-50), 1,426 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 20,100 second-feet Oct. 8 (gage height, 8.63 

 reet); minimum, 68 second-feet Sept. 4, 27 (gage height, 0.95 foot); minimum daily, 68

second-feet Sept. 27.

1898-99. 1930-50: 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 except those for period of no 

gage-height record, which are poor. 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 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.0 79 2.0 621

1.2 139 2.3 900

1.4 224 2.6 1,230

1.6 334 3.0 1,800

1.8 467 3.5 2,700

4.0 3,740

5.0 6,240

6.0 9,340

7.0 13,200

8.0 17,300

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

372

224

98

119

282

276

1,600

14,800

12,400

3,780

1,010

781

681

613

519

426

385

299

379

511

353

372

317

119

170

299

372

334

1,520

3,100

7,500

Nov.

11,200

11,600

6,220

2,310

1,440

1,110

870

820

735

763

772

690

589

482

573

597

605

519

504

474

360

405

519

519

621

840

920

707

557

613

-

Dec.

707

605

565

299

511

497

446

474

419

398

405

460

446

1,130

4,540

2,800

1,540

1,060

900

820

850

820

781

735

541

549

2,090

2,030

1,390

1,020

890

Jan.

716

630

565

613

638

681

630

534

439

453

541

673

690

707

647

638

780

5,970

4,900

6,420

3,630

2,010

1,490

1,260

1,100

1,040

980

1,260

1,770

1,830

1,430

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,210

1,080

1,000

890

800

754

681

763

900

1,070

1,850

1,850

1,350

1,160

1,320

1,430

1,150

940

820

763

681

690

900

1,930

1,560

1,100

900

781

_

-

Seoond 

foot-days

54,011

48,934

30,718

626,130

45,665

30,323

63,648

21,248

84^ 722

16,514

61,981

16,506

9,393

483,663

Mar.

800

840

900

763

630

526

647

772

1,230

980

800

735

655

1,340

2,010

1,430

4,140

3,330

1,800

1,300

2,880

4,990

11,200

7,360

3,100

1,910

1,500

1,320

1,320

1,330

1,110

Apr.

950

8

e

e

60

50

20

870

1,320

1,3

1,C

e

90

10

70

772

726

7

6

7

63

81

07

690

605

5

5

6

04

19

21

605

565

E

5

5

81

34

73

467

432

E

E

4

4

Maximum

14,800

11,600

4,540

14,800

6,420

1,930

11,200

1,390

17,200

1,030

5,550

1,930

1,250

17,200

73

04

19

67

-

May

3,860

8,340

4,180

3,000

1,760

1,170

950

707

526

549

613

541

655

3,730

17,200

15,200

9,000

1,740

1,150

960

830

754

647

597

781

1,030

1,560

930

638

519

605

Minimum

98

360

299

84

439

681

526

419 c-i q oj.y

192

c-i q OJ.57

98

68

68

June

581

647

489

526

1,020

1,030

830

597

504

489

482

605

605

597

920

565

489

385

360

379

192

340

405

446

467

489

482

295

398

900

-

Mean

1,742

1,631

991

1,715

1,473

1,083

2,053

708

2,733

550

1,999

532

313

1,325

July

1,500

1,360

754

519

568

2,800

2,040

890

970

1,080

1,110

1,280

5,030

3,240

3,280

3,120

5,550

4,690

32,600

32,000

31,000

a2,400

32,000

31,400

3900

3800

3700

31,000

31,600

a4,000

31,800

Aug.

31,300

31,000

3800

735

781

519

432

446

311

129

260

250

299

600

504

379

780

969

467

398

232

98

288

1,930

948

438

299

266

192

206

250

Per square 

mile

1.24

1.16

.703

1.22

1.04

.768

1.46

.502

1.94

.390

1.42

.377

.222

.940

Sept.

334

317

158

82

361

581

453

372

304

136

183

219

898

1,250

605

467

426

288

334

292

116

119

212

299

142

79

68

70

72

156

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.42

1.29

.81

16.51

1.20

.80

1.68

.56

2.23

.44

1.63

.44

.25

12.75

Peak discharge (base, 15,000 see.-ft.). Oct. 8 (5 a.m.) 20,100 sec.-ft.; May 15 (9 a.m.) 19,600

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage and other records 

in basin.
CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN 139

East Pork Deep River near High Point, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°02'15", long. 79°56'45", Just above highway

Criage 3 miles upstream from High Point Dam and 6 miles northeast of High Point, Gullford County.

Drainage area. 14.2 square miles.

Records available. July 1928 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 22 years, 14.8 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,440 second-feet Oct. 31 (gage height, 3.67 

feet); minimum, 3.9 second-feet Sept. 24-30.

1928-50: 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 

height 14.11 feet on upstream side of bridge and 10.87 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 and those for period of indefinite stage-discharge relation, which 

are poor.

Revisions.~W 852: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1949-50, except period of indefinite atage-dlaoharge relation

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In aeoond-feet)

(Shifting-control method uaed Sept. 1-30)

0 3 3.2 0.8 21 1.6 154 

4 5.0 -9 28 1.8 215 

5 7.6 1.0 38 2.0 280 

6 11 1.2 65 2.3 386 

. 7 16 1.4 102

Discharge, in second-feet, water year Octcber 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30

31

Oct.

5.5 

5.5 

5.5 

5.5 

5.5

5.5 

6.0 

6.0 

5.8 

5.5

5.3 

 5.0 

5.0 

5.0 

5.3

5.3 

5.3 

5.3 

5.0 

5.0

5.0 

5.0 

5.0 

5.0 

5.0

10 

5.8 

10 

9.0 

275 

374

Nov. .

173 

43 

21 

16 

13

11 

10 

10 

9.3 

9.3

9.0 

8.6 

9.0 

9.6 

8.6

7.9 

7.6 

7.3 

a7 

a7

a7 

a7 

a7 

a7 

a9

a7.5 

a7.5 

a7.5 

a7.5 

a7.5

Dec.

a7 

a7 

a7 

a7 

a7

a6.5 

a6.5 

a6.5 

a6.5 

a6.5

a6.5 

a6.5 

6.8 

35

11

9.0 

7.9 

7.9 

8.6 

7.9

7.6 

7.6 

8.6 

7.3

7.1

6.8 

7.1 

6.8 

6.8 

6.6 

6.3

Jan.

6.3 

6.3 

6.3 

6.3 

6.3

6.3 

6.3 

6.0 

6.0 

6.0

6.0 

6.0 

6.0 

6.0 

6.0

6.0 

8.0

15 

19 

12

9.0 

7.9 

7.6 

7.3 

6.8

6.8 

16 

14 

9.6 

13 

12

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Va

ber ..........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary ...

uary

h...... ......................

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

st ...........................

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

10 

9.6 

9.3 

8.3 

7.9

7.6 

10 

8.3 

14 

14

14 

11 

9.6

12 

11

9.3 

8.3 

7.6 

7.6 

7.3

7.1 

11 

33 

13 

10

9.0 

7.9 

7.6

Second 

foot-days

816. ( 

471. 

253.;

7.110.C

262.1 

295.: 

464. £ 

229. ( 

569.^ 

271. < 

349.: 

216.! 

149. S

4,350.

Har.

8.3 

7.3 

6.8 

6.8 

6.8

6.8 

9.5 

11 

8.3 

7.6

7.3 

7.6 

35 

21 

13

33 

19 

13 

10 

32

30 

46 

32

16 

13

11 

11 

10 

9.3 

8.6 

7.9

Apr.

7.9 

7.6 

7.6 

10

15

9.3 

7.9 

7.6 

7.6 

7.3

8.3 

7.9 

7.3 

7.1 

6.8

6.6 

6.6 

6.6 

6.6 

6.8

6.6 

6.3 

6.3 

6.3 

6.3

6.3 

6.3 

6.0 

a6 

a!5

May

a 20 

a22 

a40 

a!3 

a9

a8 

a7 

a6 

a6 

a6

a!5 

a!60 

a20 

a24 

a 70

a!6 

all 

all 

a9 

a8

a7 

a7 

a7 

a8 

a9

a 13 

as 

a7 

a9 

6.8 

6.6

Maximum Minimum

> 374 5.0 

173 7 

' 35 6.3

) 454 4.1

19 6.0 

5 33 7.1 

46 6.8 

5 15 6.0 

I 160 6 

I 52 4.6 

5 94 4.8 

> 23 4.4 

5 12 3.9

L 374 3.9

June

6.3 

5.8 

6.8 

20 

10

6.8 

6.0 

5.8 

5.8

7.9

9.5 

6.0 

5.5 

5.5 

5.3

5.3

5.0 

4.8 

7.8 

7.4

52 

13 

8.3 

' . 6.6 

5.8

5.8 

5.0 

4.6 

11 

16

Mean

26.3 

15.7 

8.17

19.5

8.45 

10.5 

15.0 

7.66 

18.4 

9. OS 

11.3 

6.96 

5.0C

11.9

July

8.7 

5.8 

5.5 

5.3 

5.8

5.6 

5.5 

4.8 

5.0 

5.0

22 

9.7 

7.1 

6.6 

6.5

6.9 

5.8

7.7 

7.5 

7.1

11 

6.8 

5.5 

10 

6.6

6.3 

94 

30 

18 

8.6 

8.6

Aug.

7.3 

6.8 

7.7 

6.8 

6.3

e5.5 

e5.0 

e4.8 

e4.8 

e4.6

e4.6 

e4.4 

e4.4 

4.5 

4.5

4.6 

4.5 

6.1 

8.8

5.5

4.8 

23 

11 

6.8

17

7.6 

5.8 

5.0 

7.0 

6.0 

11

Per square 

mile

1.85 

1.11 

.575

1.37

.595 

.739 

1.06 

.539 

1.30 

.637 

.796 

.492 

.352

.838

Sept.

7.3 

5.5 

5.0 

4.8 

4.6

4.3 

4.5 

4.5 

5.3

12

5.3

6.5 

6.3 

5.0 

4.6

4.5 

4.3 

4.3 

4.6 

4.6

4.6 

5.5 

4.5 

4.1 

3.9

3.9 

3.9 

3.9 

3.9 

3.9

Runoff in 

inches

2.14 

1.24 

.66

18.63

.69 

.77 

1.22 

.60 

1.49 

.71 

.91 

.57 

.39

11.39

Peak discharge (base, 800 sec. -ft.) . Oct. 31 (4 a.m.) 1,440 sec. -ft.; May 12 (about 4 a.m.) 836

aec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on b&.*is of vecor-ded range In atpge and records for West 

~ Fork Deep River.

* e Stage-dla<tfiarge relation indefinite: diacharge computed on basis of re^ordd for West Fork Deep 

'*» River. ' ,.- 
140 CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN

Bear Creek at Robbing, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°25'40", long. 79°3S'40", just downstream from 

uaoin 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.

Ke cords avallable.--November 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--11 years (1939-50), 145 second-feet.

Jixtremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 8,400 second-feet Oct. 8 (gage height, 18.25 

re'et, from high-water mark); minimum, 18 second-feet Sept. 26, 27.

1939-50: 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, 19.41 (storage of flow in pool after construction of new station control).

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record and those for 

period of fragmentary gage-height record, which are poor. Some diurnal fluctuation 

caused by mills above station. Diversion of about 300,000 gallons daily from gage pool 

for municipal water supply of town of Robbins, is included in these records.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 2 to Dec. 14)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 17 Jan. 18 to Sept. 30

2-0 31 3.5 330 7.0 1,920 1.8 18 3.0 190 

2-3 58 4.0 513 8.0 2,420 2.0 33 3.5 342 

2.6 97 5.0 953 9.0 2,940 2.3 62 4.0 513 

3.0 171 6.0 1,430 10.0 3,480 2.6 102

Note. Same as preceding 

table above 4.0 feet. 

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

a38 

a30 

a30 

a30 

a28

a30 

f 1,370 

f3,480 

f!93 

fl!7

alOO 

a75 

62 

57 

59

57 

55 

55 

52 

46

45 

42 

44 

41 

42

46 

52 

395 

348 

307 

348

Nov.

874 

469 

171 

123 

102

85 

85 

77 

73 

94

98 

76 

68 

73 

73

67 

65 

61 

59 

57

59 

56 

54 

52 

232

124 

72 

62 

65 

85

Dec.

66 

58 

57 

52 

53

52 

51 

55 

50 

48

54 

60 

59 

552 

240

158 

106 

94 

91 

85

79 

79 

76 

70 

62

66 

1Z5 

97 

74 

67 

62

Jan.

60 

61 

62 

64 

60

59 

62 

55 

55 

55

68 

79 

108 

79 

69

68 

693 

680 

591 

393

204 

154 

132 

116 

104

98 

102 

157 

262 

150 

122

Feb.

109 

96 

94 

84 

78

77 

87 

92 

91 

193

213 

115 

98 

98 

194

116 

93 

83 

78 

78

73 

74 

281 

157 

102

88 

79

77

u._ +fc SecondMonth foot-days

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare

ft1

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Da

her..... .....................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary . . ' .

7,674 

3,711 

2,898

............ 61,989

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

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

5,OZ2 

3,098 

6,488 

2,605 

10,065 

2,370 

6,173 

4,169 

1,193

ter year 1949-50 ............ 55,466

Mar.

94

118 

83 

78 

77

79 

106 

210 

120 

87

83 

83 

185 

292 

122

476 

368 

180 

128 

ISO

430 

815 

778 

278 

198

154 

138 

159 

159

126 

104

Apr.

100 

100 

98 

98 

308

152 

106 

98 

90 

86

86 

84 

79 

77 

75

68 

68 

67 

67 

70

88 

73 

64 

61 

60

56 

60 

53 

53 

60

Maximum

3,480 

874 

552

3,480

693 

281 

815 

308 

2,760 

358 

1,280 

1,670 

224

3,480

Peak discharge (base, 3,500 sec. -ft.-) . Oct. 8 (2 a.m.)

May

2,470 

401 

580 

255 

164

120 

98 

86 

75 

69

67 

66 

66 

477 

2,760

270 

154 

118 

109 

93

86 

75 

69 

284 

237

363

115 

83 

77 

70 

108

Minimum

28 

52 

48

6

55 

73 

77 

53 

66 

24 

29 

27 

18

18

June

138 

73 

62 

358 

287

93

67 

55 

52 

61

88 

63 

45 

40 

38

58 

125 

48 

38 

34

31 

68 

124 

50 

37

36 

31 

24 

43

103

Mean

248 

124 

93.5

170

162 

111 

209 

86.8 

325 

79.0 

199 

134 

39.8

152

July

111 

60 

34 

29 

98

284 

80 

53 

79 

80

48 

128 

617 

201 

476

740 

1,280 

154 

92 

67

59 

80 

59

116 

75

53 

53 

233 

538

124 

72

Aug.

1,

Per square 

mile

1.85 

.925 

.698

1.27

1.21 

.828 

1.56 

.648 

2.43 

.590 

1.49 

1.00 

.297

1.13

55

130 

177 

169 

63

47 

39 

35 

29 

27

27 

104 

97 

42

31

215 

270 

62 

44 

36

30 

31 

670 

319 

99

75 

58 

49 

47 

40 

52

Sept.

56 

43 

35 

29 

25

24 

24 

28 

42

76

64 

40 

224 

62

40

32

30 

27 

27 

24

21 

22 

49 

31 

22

19 

18 

19 

19 

21

Runoff in 

inches

2.13 

1.03 

.80

17.19

1.39 

.86 

1.80 

.72 

2.79 

.66 

1.71 

1.16 

.33

15.38

8,400 sec. -ft. J Hay 1 (2 p.m.) 4,200 sec.-

it.; nay j.o ^4 a.m.; a, fou sec.-ru.j Aug. Z3 lb p.m.; 4,1*0 sec.-tT.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

nearby stations.

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of partly estimated gage heights.
CA?E PEAR RIVER BASIN 141

Lower Little River at Manchester, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°11'40", long. 78°59'15", at bridge on State Highway BY at Manchester, Cumberland County, \\ miles downstream from Atlantic Coast Line 

Railroad bridge 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.

Records available. November 1938 to September 1950 (discontinued).

Average discharge.--12 years (1938-50), 432 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,340 second-feet Oct. 10 (gage height, 11.20 

reet); minimum, 96 second-feet June 29; minimum daily, 100 second-feet Sept. 22.

1938-50: Maximum discharge not determined, occurred Sept. 18 or 19, 1945, during 

period of backwater from Cape Pear River(gage height, 29.00 feet, from floodmarks on 

gage well); minimum, 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.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 16 Dec. 17 to Sept. 30

Z.O 207 4.0 558 8.0 1,370 1.2 106 3.0 390 6.0 975 

2.5 285 5.0 752 9.0 1,610 1.6 157 3.5 480 7.0 1,180 

3.0 372 6.0 952 10.0 1,910 2.0 217 4.0 575 8.0 1,410 

3.5 463 7.0 1,160 2.5 300 5.0 775 9.0 1,640

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

9

6 

7 

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.

285 

253 

237 

207 

200

200 

222 

424 

1,350 

2,080

1,190 

708 

520 

454 

426

390 

381 

372 

372 

336

310 

285 

277 

253 

253

253 

328 

363 

372 

354 

390

Nov.

682 

892 

952 

852 

615

482 

426 

372 

363 

408

539 

558 

463 

390 

372

336 

310 

302 

294 

294

285 

277 

261 

261 

328

472 

577 

482 

417 

426

Dec.

417 

363 

319 

294 

285

285 

277 

277 

269 

261

261 

277 

294 

399 

634

712 

675 

535 

462 

426

417 

399 

390 

372 

345

327 

390 

498 

498 

480 

417

Jan.

363 

345 

336 

354 

345

327 

318 

300 

282 

274

274 

300 

399 

453 

417

363 

381 

516 

655 

675

615 

498 

453 

417 

399

372 

363 

399 

453 

444 

417

Month

Ooto 

Hove 

Depe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

1 ....... % . ...................

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

381 

345 

336 

345 

318

300 

300 

309 

300 

300

345 

381 

345 

327 

363

390 

372 

318 

282 

a260

a260 

a260 

a300 

a460 

aSOO

a400 

300 

274

Secondfoot-days

14,045 

13,688 

12,255

192,404

12,507 

9,371 

13,646 

7,.963 

11,943 

5,344 

23,718 

7,368 

4,624

136,472

Mar.

282 

363 

390 

345 

300

282 

282 

354 

426 

381

309 

274 

274 

300 

327

345 

555 

635 

535 

417

426

555 

735 

802

775

595 

480 

462 

498 

498 

444

Apr.

372 

354 

345 

345 

372

444 

426 

363 

318 

282

274 

282 

256 

240 

224

224 

224 

224 

217 

217

224 

224 

210 

190 

181

170 

168 

169 

168 

256

Maximum

2,080 

952 

712

3,780

675 

500 

802 

444 

1,270 

309 

1,590 

480 

300

2,080

Peak discharge (base, 1,600 sec. -ft.). Oct. 10 (7 a.m.

May

709 

1,020 

1,270 

955 

675

480 

354 

282 

256 

224

202 

181 

175 

303 

498

672 

768 

417 

282 

232

210 

193 

184 

169 

172

198 

190 

188 

170 

157 

157

Minimum

200 

261 

261

101

274 

260 

274 

168 

157 

102 

181 

113 

100

100

June

164 

154 

134 

187 

210

176 

143 

120 

114 

140

192 

240 

210 

153 

199

232 

309 

224 

172 

136

118 

138 

300 

300 

188

138 

108 

102 

110 

233

Mean

453 

456 

395

527

403 

335 

440 

265 

385 

178 

765 

238 

154

374

July

516 

602 

742 

363 

224

181 

686 

1,320 

1,160 

975

935 

753 

1,080 

1,310 

1,590

1,100 

1,270 

935 

655 

575

444 

426 

399 

327 

309

390 

443 

933 

1,320 

1,080 

675

Aug.

399 

354 

417 

480 

480

417 

300 

232 

198

174

154 

144 

217 

274

azso

a220 

a200 

a200

also

8160

a!40 

150 

366 

217 

210

182 

149 

129 

118 

114 

113

Per square 

mile

1.30 

1.31 

1.14

1.51

1.16 

.963 

1.26 

.761 

1.11 

.511 

2.20 

.684 

.443

1.07

) 2,340 sec. -ft. j July 15 (3 a.m

Sept.

'133 

147 

140 

118 

139

168 

190 

168 

216 

300

274 

224 

181 

202 

224

175 

142 

122 

113 

110

105 

100 

125 

140 

128

113 

106 

105 

106 

110

Runoff in 

inches

1.50 

1.46 

1.31

20.57

1.34 

1.00 

1.46 

.85 

1.28 

.57 

2.53 

.79 

.49

14.58

.) 1,990

sec.-ft.

a No gage-height recordi discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

station at Linden.
142 CAPE PEAR 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, if 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 of Engineers).

Drainage area. 460 square miles.

Records available. November 1928 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 22 years (1928-50), 567 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,580 second-feet July 15 (gage height, 9.53 

reet); minimum, 111 second-feet June 29, Sept. 22, 23.

1928-50: Maximum discharge not determined, occurred Sept. 18, 1945, during period 

of backwater from Cape Pear 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. 

Revisions.--W 822: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 3 Nov. 4 to Sept. 30

3 - 4 31? 4-5 675 6.0 1,240 2.7 129 4.0 460 7.0 1,580 

3.7 406 5.0 860 7.0 1,620 3.0 187 4.5 625 8.0 1,980 

4 -° 500 5.5 1,050 8.0 2,010 3.3 254 5.0 800 9.0 2,380 

3.6 337 6.0 1,180. 

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6

7

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

406 

367 

343 

314 

291

291 

311 

428 

1,060 

2,120

1,550 

897 

638 

533 

500

468 

452 

437 

452 

422

391 

367 

355 

334 

329

329 

391 

437 

452 

452 

468

Nov.

804 

1,160 

1,200 

1,070 

748

574 

492 

444 

412 

428

540 

608 

524 

460 

428

397 

367 

352 

349 

343

334 

328 

314 

308 

358

492 

608 

574 

492 

476

Dec.

476 

444 

397 

361 

349

340 

337 

331 

328 

320

314 

328 

343 

428 

695

838 

800 

642 

540 

492

476 

460 

444 

428 

397

382 

397 

492 

540 

508 

460

Jan.

412 

382 

367 

382 

397

367 

355 

 337 

322 

314

314 

331 

412 

492 

476

428 

428

574 

695 

730

695 

608 

508 

476 

444

428 

412 

444 

492 

508 

476

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendaT year 1949 

ary ......

h. ...........................

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

St. ..........................

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

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

444 

412 

382 

397 

382

352 

343 

352 

352 

340

382 

428 

412 

382 

412

444 

428 

382 

337 

314

305 

300 

349 

492 

540

460 

367 

334

Secondfoot-days

16,58E 

15,984 

14,08

242,48!

14,006 

10,824 

15,38! 

9,266 

13,862 

6,63! 

30.13C 

8.34J 

5,166

160,28]

Mar.

325 

397 

444 

412 

355

331 

328 

382 

460 

444

367 

325 

314 

334 

364

382 

590 

695 

608 

476

460 

590 

838 

895 

876

660 

557 

508 

574 

574 

524

Apr.

444 

412 

397 

382 

412

476 

492 

428 

367 

340

320 

317 

305 

280 

270

267 

262 

259 

262

257

272 

270 

262 

235 

221

210 

206 

204 

200 

237

Maximum

> 2,120 

1,200

r 838

4,850

730 

I 540 

895 

492 

1,500 

460 

) 2,460 

540 

320

2,460

Peak discharge (base, 2,100 sec. -ft .) .--Oct. 10 (1 p.ra

sec. -ft.

May

660 

1,120 

1,500 

1,230 

800

574 

428 

346 

305 

272

244 

223 

215 

304 

574

712 

838 

524 

352 

294

259 

232 

221 

204 

198

219 

219 

215 

204 

187 

189

Miniaum

291 

308 

314

143

314 

300 

314 

200 

187 

124 

219 

129 

115

115

June

195 

187 

171 

252 

352

254 

195 

163 

144 

165

206 

272 

254 

195 

208

206 

331 

254 

206 

169

142 

150 

283 

352 

242

177 

140 

124 

184 

460

Mean

535 

533 

454

664

452 

387 

496 

309 

447 

221 

972 

269 

172

439

July

642 

660 

952 

476 

294

219 

560 

1,370 

1,500 

1,260

1,180 

971 

1,360 

1,620 

2,460

1,860 

1,700 

1,340 

895 

712

557 

476 

460 

412 

355

428 

625 

1,080 

1,490 

1,340 

876

Aug.

492 

382 

428 

508 

540

492 

367 

280 

240 

210

189 

175 

222 

308 

322

254 

226 

223 

212

191

171 

156 

358 

252 

223

206 

173 

152 

137 

131 

129

Per square 

mile

1.16 

1.16 

.987

1.44

.983 

.841 

1.08 

.672 

.972 

.480 

2.11 

.585 

.374

.954

) 2,200 sec. -ft.; July 15 (12 m.

Sept.

138 

156 

158 

138 

144

177 

198 

189 

206 

320

317 

286 

215 

200 

254

204

171 

146 

135 

129

122 

115 

124 

14S 

148

135 

124 

120 

124 

125

Runoff in 

inches

1.34 

1.29 

1.14

19.61

1.13 

.68 

1.24 

.75 

1.12 

.54 

2.44 

.67 

.42

12.96

) 2,580
CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN 143

Rockflsh Creek near Hope Mills, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°58', long. 78°55 I , at bridge-on U. S. Highway 301, 

at; mouth of Little Rockflsh Creek, if miles east of town of Hope Mills, Cumberland 

County, and 5v 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 Rockflsh Creek.

Records available. February 1939 to September 1950. October 1902 to May 1903 (gage heights 

onlyj and November 1928 to December 1931 at site 4 miles downstream, published as Rockfish Creek near Fayettevllle. Records Include flow of Little Rockflsh Creek.

Average discharge. 13 years (1929-31, 1939-50), 399 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,950 second-feet July 3 (gage height, 17.39 

feet); minimum, 11 second-feet Apr. 14, 16, May 14; minimum dally, 12 second-feet 

Apr. 16.

1928-31. 1939-50: 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 

Rockfish 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 no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Large diurnal fluctuation and considerable regulation caused by mills and reservoirs 

above station.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Hov. 1 Nov. 2 to Sept. 30

4.7 200 6.5 622 3.5 11

5.0 270 7.0 729 3.6 16

5.5 392 7.5 834 3.8 30

6.0 508 4.0 54

4.3 100 6.0 506

4.6 157 7.0 729

5.0 248 8.0 930

5.5 374 10.0 1,230

.Discharge, in second-fee t, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

233

288

436

521

433

350

406

363

308

592

557

468

486

434

307

301

383

519

436

337

355

197

227

380

501

390

343

362

292

406

612

Nov.

864

698

855

795

585

4OO

551

512

504

464

343

288

370

485

482

490

443

482

298

152

386

514

467

325

415

120

329

532

510

535

Dec.

559

600

350

318

452

513

494

460

307

199

242

352

497

506

497

a460

a4OO

a550

aSOO

8400

a280

a400

8440

8260

Jan.

3360

a420

a220

8360

a460

8460

494

395

378

276

326

403

512

577

477

466

446

403

481

427

450

403

377

324

327

390

466

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 .:..........

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

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

Harch ............................

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

432

340

336

266

267

386

419

328

370

353

200

324

397

423

360

412

343

176

272

371

410

320

354

343

244

217

279

362

_

-

Seccndfcct-days

12,22:

14,194

13,46f

177,18'

12,75J

9,304

11, 27^

7,99'

11,59;

7,72C

17,15]

9,52]

7,84]

135,02!

liar.

346

366

404

233

156

316

449

442

408

332

260

103

302

449

420

345

422

316

51

436

478

473

464

485

276

201

404

485

479

465

508

Apr.

325

]1

'

80

563

144

354

322 1

]

576

58

55

424

443

;

]

540

70

94

295

;

;-

12

48

(02

S35

313

286

]

2

45

12

84

386

317

;

:

]

Maximum

5 612

L 864

600

3,050

577

I 432

L 508

444

5 1,150

) 478

1,2OO

647

438

> 1,200

>24

'36

67

87

May

826

1,150

1,100

954

698

434

259

312

274

246

242

275

235

25

321

396

337

356

426

356

49

286

315

231

231

236

207

14

362

255

185

Minimum

197

120

199

27

220

176

51

12

14

14

160

28

27

12

June

134

247

156

14

259

324

274

191

196

116

225

417

478

387

459

359

268

308

313

332

276

245

288

174

27

228

306

175

217

327

-

Mean

394

473

434

485

412

332

364

267

374

257

553

307

261

370

July

178

160

1,080

204

351

363

492

417

494

616

590

596

761

761

723

894

754

586

536

424

312

382

310

515

384

303

406

532

1,200

1,030

797

Aug.

647

4

3

3

65

91

90

326

520

4

3

2

60

25

81

345

362

2

2

47

28

42

360

278

3

4

2

41

12

02

67

307

3

2

2

58

79

61

332

232

2

2

2

31

96

54

49

233

Per square 

mile

1.39

1.67

1.53

1.71

1.45

1.17

1.28

.940

1.32

.905

1.95

1.08

.919

1.30

Sept.

227

176

27

196

166

254

394

391

244

277

438

336

326

276

335

223

28

230

316

218

251

340

189

113

362

313

370

216

323

284

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.60

1.86

1.78

23.20

1.67

1.22

1.48

l.OS

1.52

1.01

2.25

1.25

1.03

17.70

a He gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage and records for 

stations on nearby streams.
144 CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN

Colly Creek near Kelly, N. C.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 34°28', long. 78°15' at bridge on State Highway 53, 4 miles east 

6TTelly, Bladen County, and 6f miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 85.2 square miles.

Records available. January 1950 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed, 647 second-feet July 16 (gage height, 6.30 feet); 

minimum observed, 3.3 second-feet July 6 (gage height, 1.18 feet).

Remarks. Records fair. Gage read once daily.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.

a95

103

103

108

113

108

103

103

103

103

103

98

113

113

118

118

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year ............

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Water year ............

Feb.

118

113

108

98

94

90

85

77

74

74

77

74

74

74

77

70

67

64

61

56

53

50

50

50

50

50

48

43

-

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

3,130

2,019

2j 361

1 425

737

2 > 9R7 CO / . C ;

10,330.4

5 TTQ jOGO

4,648

_

Mar.

46

56

56

53

56

56

61

67

67

67

64

64

70

77

74

81

81

81

81

81

85

94

98

94

94

85

77

81

103

103

108

Apr.

103

103

98

90

90

94

90

81

74

67

56

53

48

43

36

33

32

29

27

25

23

21

19

17

15

14

13

12

10

90

-

Maximum

118

118

108

103

! 67

9 1 1OCP.9 

k 647

447

316

_

May

20

28

39

64

67

64

58

43

41

34

29

22

20

18

20

18

17

14

12

11

9.0

7.8

6.6

5.5

5.4

7.6

9.6

11

9.6

8.6

16

Minimum

43

46

9 O

5)4 6.2

3.3

27

56

_

June

30

22

17

15

118

130

118

118

113

148

182

182

160

154

136

113

103

85

64

53

39

36

33

25

22

16

13

9.3

6.2

7.4

-

Mean

101

72.1

76 *t

47.5

23.7

75.6

333

172

155

_

July

7.0

9.3

7.1

5.4

4.3

3.3

20

254

447

479

479

511

613

579

545

647

579

545

447

344

330

316

316

316

290

290

290

316

511

415

415

Aug.

415

447

357

330

266

231

190

174

167

142

113

98

85

67

58

46

39

34

3O

27

50

160

242

220

330

316

231

174

124

94

81

Per square 

mile

1.19

.846

.894

.558

. 278

.887

3.91

2.02

1.82

_

Sept.

77

70

90

67

70

70

81

90

118

136

254

266

278

316

316

316

303

254

231

209

174

154

a!40

118

98

85

77

70

64

56

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.37

 OODO 

1.03

. 62

.32

.99

4.51

2 33

2 '.03

_

Peak discharge (base, 900 sec. -ft.). No peak above base.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for nearby stations.
CAPE PEAR RIVER BASIN 145

Northeast Cape Pear River near Chinquapin, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°49', long. 77°50', 540 feet (revised) downstream 

rrom new bridge 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 1950.

Average discharge. 10 years, 690 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,800 second-feet July 11 (gage height, 15.29 

reetj; minimum, 39 second-feet June 29-30.

1940-50: 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 State Highway and Public Works Commission.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which ar,e poor.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used June 21 to July 1, July 11-20)

Oct. 1 to July 10 July 11 to Sept. 30

1.3 37 3.0 257 10.0 2,140 1.4 41 4.0 410 12.0 3,550

1.5 55 4.0 420 12.0 3,400 2.

2.0 111 6.0 780 14.0 5,300 2.

3 93 6.0 860 14

5 151 8.0 1,420 IE

2.5 182 8.0 1,3OO 3.0 220 10.0 2,260

t.O 5,900

.0 7,800

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

260

240

220

200

190

180

170

160

150

150

140

140

130

130

130

120

120

120

120

120

120

120

120

110

110

110

100

95

95

95

100

Nov.

300

600

1,100

1,300

1,360

1,330

1,150

916

704

558

454

387

346

321

289

265

257

242

234

227

220

212

204

197

227

330

387

420

420

471

-

Dec.

471

454

420

379

346

321

297

289

281

273

265

257

250

257

371

558

648

685

666

612

576

522

488

437

404

379

428

522

540

522

488

Jan.

437

387

362

338

321

330

330

321

305

289

273

273

330

362

371

362

396

612

761

844

844

844

800

761

666

594

522

488

505

488

454

Month

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

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

Ma...............................

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

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

August

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

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

420

387

362

338

313

297

281

265

265

257

265

281

305

379

428

428

404

354

313

281

257

234

234

265

289

289

281

265

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

4,365

15, 428

13,406

332,232

14,970

8^ 737

12 329 eiiei

16,506

83^168

12,087

16,183

210,342

Mar.

273

396

437

420

404

387

387

412

420

387

346

313

289

273

265

Z57

297

338

346

338

379

412

540

594

576

505

454

420

471

505

488

Apr.

437

396

354

313

297

371

596

562

505

265

234

204

185

172

158

115

144

137

130

127

123

121

116

111

102

Maximum

260

1,360

685

4,400

844

428

594

437

1,570

800

7,800

2,020 

1,800

7,800

97

94

89

84

86

-

Hay

146

329

886

1,420

1,570

1,450

1,210

822

488

321

234

166

124

200

450

600

550

500

400

300

200

150

130

120

130

260

5OO

600

700

750

800

Minimum

ne 

S73

197

250

95

07* £. 1 0

234

257

84

120

41

258

65

44

41

June

800

800

750

650

550

460

360

300

240

200

200

180

170

160

140

120

110

85

70

60

54

51

67

79

68

68

65

48

41

56

-

Mean

14]

514 43'

9 1C

48^

315

39l

20!

532

232

2 68'

39C

53S

576

July

258

420

488

471

437

420

864

2,160

4,730

6,920

7,800

7,600

6,620

6,080

5,150

4,320

3,640

3,080

2,700

2,260

1,820

1,500

1,350

1,110

935

935

1,140

1,620

2,020

2,160

2,160

Aug.

2,

1

1,

1,

1,

Per square 

mile

0.235

r .857

'. .720

1.52

> .805

. 520

. 663

.342

 867

. 388

4.47

.650

.898

.960

020

780

540

350

140

860

516

320

220

170

147

140

130

120

110

100

100

90

90

110

120

120

120

115

103

91

85

75

70

70

65

Sept.

60

55

55

50

50

48

46

44

180

500

1,600

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,700

1,500

1,200

1,000

850

700

400

160

120

80

65

60

63

65

66

66

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.27

 96

.83

20.60

Q*

 yo 

.54

.76

 36

1.02

.43

5.16

.75

1.00

13.03

Kote. Ko gage-height record Oct. 1 to Nov. 3, May 14 to June 20, Aug. 12-23, Aug. 27 to Sept. 26j 

discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage, weather records, and records for nearby stations.
146 WACCAMAW RIVER BASIN

Waocamaw River at Freeland, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°05'45", long. 78°32'50", 150 feet downstream from 

 bridge on State Highway 130, 1 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, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 626 square miles (revised). 

Records available. July 1939 to September 1950. 

Average discharge. 11 years, 708 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,800 second-feet July 13 (gage height, 14.25 

reec); minimum, 23 second-feet July 6 (gage height, 1.28 feet).

1939-50: 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, 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 Ootober 1949 to September 195O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

§588

g522

g45O

g391

g346

g301

g275

g267

g259

g251

244

223

209

196

178

166

160

151

143

138

130

123

116

108

101

96

90

83

81

78

78

Nov.

98

138

150

160

172

184

202

216

216

209

190

172

154

140

128

118

108

99

92

88

81

76

72

68

68

70

72

72

72

76

-

Dec.

83

88

88

85

85

85

83

83

81

78

76

76

74

74

78

103

113

123

130

133

136

136

138

138

136

146

255

367

444

512

566

Jan.

588

603

603

574

547

473

439

430

400

382

355

346

346

355

364

364

422

490

553

560

603

618

633

633

619

605

578

591

619

663

708

Month

Ootober ..........................

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

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

Calendar year 1949 ............

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

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

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

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

toy ..............................

Juns .............................

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

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

Ssptember ........................

Water year 1949-5O ............

Feb.

740

757

757

757

723

693

663

633

605

565

541

519

508

508

497

486

475

453

431

4 O2

385

361

345

329

307

292

278

257

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

6,542

3,761

4 79^ *

301,484

16,O64

14,267

15, 696

8 714

1^105

3,755

51,180

17,098

8,873

151,850

Mar.

250

250

257

250

264

307

371

469

517

530

541

553

553

553

565

565

565

553

541

541

553

578

619

633

648

633

619

605

605

6O5

6O5

Apr.

578

553

530

508

497

464

453

442

421

402

393

369

345

306

281

257

237

229

208

194

170

150

135

120

105

90

80

73

64

60

Maximum

588

216

566

3,530

708

757

648

578-

56

267

2,800

1,590

555

2,800

May

56

54

54

54

52

48

43

38

35

32

31

29

27

26

30

31

30

28

27

26

31

38

38

34

33

32

31

28

26

28

35

Minimum

78

68

74

68

346

257

250

60

26

op £O

24

160

123

24

June

78

110

117

114

184

267

264

243

229

215

201

208

208

178

156

131

1O6

84

73

64

60

60

64

7O

66

58

48

39

32

28

Mean

211

125

155

826

518

510

506

290

35.6

125

1,651

552

296

416

July

27

30

30

28

26

24

35

510

1,320

1,91O

2,43O

2,600

2,800

2,730

2,540

2,370

2,370

2,480

2,480

2,370

2,270

2,180

2,090

1,970

1,970

2,050

2,010

2,010

1,930

1,850

1,740

Aug.

1,590

1,350

1,220

1,100

978

893

839

829

793

757

723

644

588

525

462

398

350

307

286

257

250

229

208

194

208

2O8

201

194

187

170

16O

Per square 

mile

0.337

.200

.248

1.32

.827

.815

.808

.463

.057

. 2OO

2.64

.882

.473

.665

Sept.

150

147

144

132

123

135

153

174

215

265

299

345

424

486

555

553

553

504

452

397

354

325

299

272

251

250

236

229

229

222

Runoff in 

inches

0.39

.22

.28

17.89

.95

.85

.93

.52

.07

.22

3.04

1.02

.55

9.02

g Computed from graph based on once-daily auxiliary gage readings, trend of doubtful gage-height 

record, and a weekly gage reading.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 147

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 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years (1939-50), 48.8 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,020 second-feet Oct. 6 (gage height, 3.69 

 1'eet); minimum, 24 second-feet Aug. 13-15, 21 (gage height, 0.37 foot); minimum daily,

24 second-feet Aug. 13-15, 21.

1939-50: 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.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to M-xy 14 May 15 to Sept. 30

0.5 36 1.0 115

.6 49 1.3 175

.8 80 1.6 240

0.4 27 1.0 115

.5 38 1.3 175

.6 51 1.6 240

.8 80

Dischargs, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

44

42

42

42

41

195

174

95

78

66

60

 58

60

67

64

74

78

70

66

61

58

56

54

52

50

55

49

74

72

93

192

Nov.

226

186

128

101

85

77

72

67

62

61

58

56

56

56

52

50

49

49

48

48

46

45

44

44

50

44

44

42

48

45

-

Deo.

42

42

41

41

41

40

40

39

39

39

52

50

46

45

42

40

39

48

49

45

42

46

62

56

52

83

106

83

72

64

58

Jan.

55

54

54

50

48

48

45

44

42

42

42

41

41

41

39

39

39

42

52

46

42

42

41

40

40

39

49

50

46

54

52

Feb.

49

48

46

44

41

41

48

42

58

56

52

49

49

163

164

104

80

69

62

56

54

54

52

49

46

45

42

42

-

_

-

u~ tt. SeccndMonth foot-days

October .......................... 2,282

November ......................... 2, 039

December ......................... l , 584

Calenda'r year 1949 ....... PT.HIW

January

'

i -^QP

February ......................... 1^ 705

March. ........................... 1,796

April ....... .................... 1,292

June ............................. 1,30C

July ............................. 1,524

August ........................... 1,126

September ........................ 2 , 023

Water year 1949-50 ............ 20,053

Mar.

46

42

40

40

40

39

42

46

42

40

40

42

101

87

64

60

56

52

49

61

75

75

75

67

60

58

58

95

75

67

62

Apr.

Maximum

195

226

106

562

55

164

101

64

230

77

122

80

205

230

60

58

55

54

64

52

49

48

48

46

45

44

42

42

41

41

40

39

39

37

36

36

36

36

35

35

34

33

33

34

Hay

39

36

79

61

92

54

54

45

41

39

45

58

72

77

230

110

78

66

58

54

51

48

46

43

43

41

42

79

61

51

90

Minimum

41

42

39

33

39

41

39

33

36

28

27

24

32

24

June

77

61

61

65

59

52

48

46

46

50

54

44

42

41

39

39

38

36

34

34

38

42

41

35

31

30

29

28

31

29

Mean

73.6

68.0

51.1

76.4

45.1

60.9

57 c

43^1

64.0

43.3

49 2

se'.z

67.4

54.9

July

32

27

28

49

54

57

47

37

32

30

56

41

46

44

46

39

48

54

41

36

34

32

34

122

71

52

83

77

62

62

.51

Aug.

Per square 

mile

2.56

2.36

1.77

2.65

1.57

2.11

2.01

1.50

2.22

1.50

1.71

1.26

2.34

1.91

51

44

39

36

34

31

29

28

26

26

26

25

24

24

24

26

26

27

34

28

24

37

30

26

66

57

66

54

41

37

80

Sept.

150

150

82

70

64

51

48

55

205

119

83

102

101

77

64

55

50

47

47

41

42

47

39

36

35

35

32

32

32

32

Runoff in 

inches

2.95

2.63

2.04

36.00

1.81

2.20

2 .32 i!e7

2.56

1.68

1.97

1.45

2.61

25.89

Peak discharge (base. 1.000 sec.-ft.). Oct. 6 (8:30 p.m.) 1,020 sec.-ft.
148 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Yadkin River at Wilkesboro, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°09' , long. 81°09 I , at bridge on U. S. Highway 421

 between North Wilkesboro and Wllkesboro, Wilkes 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.

Records available. October 1928 to September 1950. April 1903 to June 1909 and October 

19^0 t6 septemoer 1928 at site 1 mile downstream, published as Yadkin River at North 

Wllkesboro. Revised records for April 1903 to May 1907 are published in Bulletin 34 of 

North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development.

Average discharge. 33 years (1903-6, 1920-50), 798 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5.770 second-feet May 15 (gage height, 9.85

 1'eet); minimum, 332 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 2.02 feet); minimum daily, 405 

second-feet Aug. 13.

1903-9, 1920-50: 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 dally, 162 secondfeet July 21, 24, 1926.

Flood 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 except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by power plant on Reddles River 1 mile 

above station.

Revisions (water years). W 822: Drainage area, W 892: 1930(M). See also Records 

avaiiapTe~I

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 27 to Feb. 14)

2.1 373 3.5 1,240 6.0 

2.3 484 4.0 1,570 7.0 

2.6 667 4.5 1,900 8.O 

3.0 920 5.0 2,240

Discharge, in Second-feet, water year October 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

824 

780 

780 

787 

774

793 

1,510 

1,120 

952 

856

824 

793 

793 

888 

824

824 

856 

856 

793 

774

762 

743 

730 

717 

711

793 

724 

932 

1,340 

1,280 

2,630

Nov.

2,780 

2,480 

1,600 

1,280 

1,120

1,020 

952 

920 

888 

856

856 

824 

824 

856 

824

793 

780 

774 

768 

768

762 

736 

730 

730 

793

736 

711 

711 

749 

749

Dec.

686 

673 

655 

655 

655

648 

648 

636 

624 

630

717 

824 

730 

717 

680

648 

630 

680 

768 

698

686 

692 

793 

780 

730

902 

1,470 

1,180 

985 

888 

824

Jan.

824 

793 

824 

787 

762

755 

.736 

711 

705 

717

730 

705 

705 

698 

686

686 

680 

736 

824 

824

730 

711 

698 

686 

673

667 

730 

856 

749 

824 

920

Month

Octo 

Neve 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ff£

her ..........................

lenda'r year 1949 

sry

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

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

824 

793 

774 

730 

711

698 

762 

724 

856 

952

856 

793 

787 

2,330 

2,800

al.500 

al,200 

al.OOO

a9oc 

a850

~a800 

a850 

a850 

a800 

a750

a750 

a700 

a700

Secondfoot-days

28,763 

29.37C 

23,532

415,281

23,132 

27.04C 

27,745 

19.90C 

32,464 

23,433 

23.74E 

23,845 

31,106

314,077

Mar.

749 

698 

673 

667 

667

673 

680 

749 

743 

673

667 

692 

1,260 

1,380 

985

888 

888 

824 

768 

893

1,340 

1,150 

1,240 

1,020 

920

856 

824 

1,290 

1,080 

952 

856

Apr.

824 

793 

768 

755 

888

768 

724 

711 

698 

686

680 

661 

655 

642 

636

630 

630 

624 

624 

630

605 

593 

611 

593 

587

593 

568 

562 

568 

593

Maximum

2,630 

2,780 

1,470

8,690

920 

2,800 

1,380 

888 

3,960 

1,180 

2,020 

2,320 

2,720

3,960

2,940 

3,670 

4,, 420

to September 1950

May

793 

698 

1,160 

793 

793

680 

743 

686 

605 

593

680 

1,570 

1,640 

1,540 

3,960

1,700 

1,180 

952 

856 

780

749 

717 

705 

724 

736

7S7 

824 

1,080 

985 

985 

1,770

Minimum

711 

711 

624

624

667 

698 

667 

562 

593 

538 

508 

405 

605

405

June

1,150 

888 

856 

1,180 

1,050

856 

780 

743 

787 

952

1,020 

793 

736 

705 

673

743 

661 

624 

617 

655

1,150 

787 

793 

667 

611

593 

574 

538 

568 

683

Mean

928 

979 

759

1,138

746 

966 

895 

663 

1,047 

781 

766 

769 

1,040

860

July

692 

544 

544 

605 

1,050

856 

824 

617 

556 

532

768 

648 

611 

736 

743

617 

667 

698 

587 

532

508 

556 

532 

920 

824

624 

1,810 

2,020 

1,020 

824 

680

Aug.

673 

617 

574 

556 

514

496 

467 

461 

444 

438

444 

456 

405 

438 

467

496 

508 

444 

617 

568

508 

1,940 

1,350 

793 

824

1,610 

2,320 

1,210 

952 

985 

1,270

Per square 

mile

1.88 

1.99 

1.54

2.31

1.51 

1.96 

1.82 

1.34 

2.12 

1.58 

1.55 

1.56 

2.11

1.74

Sept.

2,720 

2,240 

1,410 

1,120 

' 985

856 

793 

824

1,710 

1,500

1,480 

1,460 

1,470 

1,080 

952

856 

793 

824 

755 

717

686 

793 

743 

655 

624

630 

611 

611 

605 

605

Runoff in 

inches

2.17 

2.22 

1.78

31.35

1.74 

2.04 

2.09 

1.50 

2.45 

1.77 

1.79 

1.80 

2.35

23.70

Peak discharge (base, 8,000 see. -ft. ). Ho peak above base.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, 

and records for nearby stations.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 149

Yadkln River at Yadkin College, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°51'25", long. 80°23'25", at bridge on U. S. High- 

 way B4, if miles south of Yadkin College, Davidson County, and 6f miles downstream from

Reedy Creek. 

Engineers).

Datum of gage is 638.65 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of

Drainage area. 2,280 square miles.

Records available. July 1928 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 22 years, 2,953 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 23,000 second-feet May 16 (gage height, 17.02

 feet); minimum, 1,430 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 1.60 feet).

1928-50: 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 of no gage-height record, which are poor.

 SITgTit diurnal 'fluctuation during low flow'caused by small power plant with little 

storage capacity 10 miles above station.

Revisions (water years). W 828: Drainage area. W 852: 1935-37(M).

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.7 1,52O 4.0 3,750 10.0 11,100 

2.O 1,790 6.0 5,900 12.0 14,OOO 

3.O 2,750 8.0 8,440 14.0 17,300

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,950 

2,650 

2,550 

2,500 

2,500

2,500 

2,550 

3,050 

3,150 

2,850

2,650 

2,550 

2,500 

2,500 

2,500

2,500 

2,450 

2,450 

2,500 

2,400

2,350 

2,300 

2,300 

2,250 

2,200

2,550 

2,550 

2,400 

3,120 

5,680 

12,600

Nov.

12,600 

15,800 

8,020 

5,080 

4,150

3,650 

3,350 

3,150 

2,950 

2,850

2,750 

2,750 

2,650 

2,750 

2,650

2,550 

2,550 

2,450 

2,400 

2,400

2,400 

2,350 

2,300 

2,300 

2,4OO

2,450 

2,400 

2,300 

2,300 

2,550

Dec.

2,550 

2,350 

2,250 

2,200 

2,200

2,150 

2,150 

2,150 

2,100 

2,100

2,100 

2,300 

2,650 

2,750 

2,750

2,400 

2,250 

2,2OO 

2,250 

2,450

2,350 

2,300 

2,350 

2,450 

2,450

2,300 

2,750 

3,950 

3,350 

2,950 

2,650

Jan.

2,5OO 

2,450 

2,400 

2,450 

2,450

2,400 

2,350 

2,250 

2,150 

2,150

2,150 

2,200 

2, ISO 

2,150 

2,100

2,060 

2,100 

2,300 

2,400 

2,750

2,650 

2,350 

2,250 

2,200 

2,200

2,150 

2,300 

2,650 

2,650 

2,550 

2,950

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Jam: 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

1 ............................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

3,550 

3,150 

2,950 

2,750 

2,550

2,400 

2,500 

2,550 

2,550 

3,150

3,350 

3,050 

2,750 

2,750 

5,260

7,170 

4,350 

3,550 

3,150 

2,950

2,750 

2,550 

3,150 

3,050 

2,650

2,500 

2,350 

2,250

Secondfoot-days

92.55C 

111.25C 

76,15C

1,412,28C

72,81C 

87,68C 

95,93C 

68.22C 

152, 31C 

95.86C 

81,35C 

83.39C 

91.87C

1,109,37C

Mar.

2,300 

2,300 

2,250 

2,150 

2,100

2,100 

2,150 

2,300 

2,40O 

2,350

2,2OO 

2,150 

4,590 

6,340 

4,550

3,450 

3,250 

3,050 

2,750 

2,65O

3,950 

4,350 

4,350 

3,950 

3.35O

3,050 

2,850 

2,850 

3,550 

3,350 

2,950

Apr.

2,75O 

2,650 

2,550 

2,650 

3,350

3,050 

2,750 

2,500 

2,450 

2,350

2,350 

2,300 

2,250 

2,150 

2,100

2,060 

2,060 

2,100 

2,060 

2,100

2,150 

2,020 

1,970 

1,970 

1,970

1,920 

1,920 

1,920 

1,880 

1,920

Maximum

12,600 

15,800 

3,950

22,700

2,950 

7,'170 

6,340 

3,350 

18,000 

9,530 

7,170 

) 6,090 

) 5,760

) 18,000

Peak discharge (base, 18,000 sec. -ft. ) . May 16 (7 a.m.

May

2,650 

3,350 

5,040 

4,050 

3,250

2,650 

2,550 

3,350 

2,750 

2,300

2,250 

4,140 

8,770 

6,930 

10,900

a!8,000 

a6,500 

a4,400 

a5 , 000 

a4,000

a3,200 

a2,800 

a2,600 

a2,600 

a3,000

a3,ooo 

a3,000 

4,990 

9,020 

7,460 

7,810

Minimum

2,200 

2,300 

2,100

2,060

2,060 

2,250 

2,100 

1,880 

2,250 

2,000 

1,920 

1,520 

1,880

1,520

June

9,530 

5,080 

3,850 

3,950 

6,140

4,250 

3,450 

3,050 

2,950 

2,750

3,150 

3,150 

2,750 

2,500 

2,450

2,400 

2,650 

2,400 

2,200 

2,400

2,400 

3,450 

2,950 

- 2,950 

2,450

2,200 

2,150 

2,060 

a2,000 

a2,200

Mean

2,985 

3,708 

2,456

3,869

2,349 

3,131 

3,095 

2,274 

4,913 

3,195 

2,624 

2,690 

3,062

 3,039

July

a2,400 

2,450 

2,060 

1,920 

2,020

2,450 

2,950 

2,750 

2,200 

1,970

1,920 

2,150 

3,000 

2,300 

2,500

2,950 

2,250 

2,200 

2,450 

2,100

2,100 

2,150 

1,970 

1,970 

2,380

2,650 

2,250 

4,000 

7,170 

4,870 

2,850

Aug.

2,500 

2,250 

2,300 

2,150 

1,920

1,790 

, 1,700 

1,660 

1,560 

1,520

1,520 

1,520 

1,740 

1,520 

1,520

1,560 

1,920 

1,880 

1,700 

2,3SO

2,200 

5,610 

6,090 

4,870 

4,160

2,900 

5,220 

5,660 

3,650 

3,350 

3,150

Psr square 

mile

1.31 

1.63 

1.08

1.70

1.03 

1.37 

1.36 

.997 

2.15 

1.40 

1.15 

1.18 

1.34

1.33

) 23,000 sec. -ft.

Sept.

3,750 

5,760 

5,300 

3,750 

4,300

3,250 

2,550 

2,350 

2,500 

3,350

3,750 

4,400 

5,08O 

4,450 

3,250

2,750 

2,500 

2,350 

2,400 

2,250

2,350 

2,250 

3,050 

2,550 

2,100

1,970 

1,920 

1,880 

1,880 

1,880

Runoff in 

inches

1.51 

1.81 

1.24

23.03

1.19 

1.43 

1.56 

1.11 

2.48 

1.56 

1.33 

1.36 

1.50

18.08

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of occasional gage readings, recorded range 

in stage, weather records, and records for other stations In basin.

231536 O - 53 - 11
150 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 

Yadkln River at High Rock, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°35'46", long. 80°13'59", a quarter of a mile 

downstream from High Rock Dam at High Rock, Davidson County, and l| 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.

Kecords available.--January 1919 to November 1927, November 1941 to September 1950.

Average "discharge. 15 years (1919-25, 1926-27, 1942-50), 4,956 second-feet (adjusted).

extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 36,500 second-feet Nov. 1 (gage height, 11.01 

feet); minimum, 24 second-feet July 23, 24, 30, 31, Sept. 24, 25; minimum daily, 26 

second-feet July 23.

1919-27, 1941-50: 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 good except those below 2,000 second-feet, which are fair. Large diurnal fluctuation caused by High Rock power plant above station. Flow 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.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

2.1

2.2 

2.4 

2.6 

2.8 

3.0

28

42

83

146

243

390

3.3 

3.7 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

5.5

690

1,230

1,710

2,740

4,200

6,010

6.0 

6.5 

7.0 

8.0 

10.0

8,050

10,200

12,600

17,800

29,700

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

IS

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3,600

2,570

4,950

5,410

5,250

5,910

4,690

3,280

2,970

4,660

4,960

4,950

4,800

4,780

' 3,310

2,690

2,470

2,700

3,770

4,190

4,040

1,550

590

4,170

4,450

4,220

3,880

3,680

910

742

24,300

Nov.

31,000

27,100

17,900

6,700

6,910

5,240

5,480

4,680

4,500

4,320

4,240

2,880

4,160

5.16O

4,340

4,060

3,680

3,970

2,020

1,820

4,980

4,000

3,590

3,660

3,610

2,410

2,150

3,320

3,990

3,630

-

Dec.

3,620

4,000

2,430

1,250

4,070

4,000

4,140

3,900

4,150

3,530

685

4,680

5,470

4,350

4,930

4,770

5,790

3,050

4,430

5,300

3,930

5,000

6,410

6,010

5,780

5,500

4,880

5,620

6,010

6,010

6,010

Month

October. ................

November ...............

Calendar year 1949 . .

January ................

February. ..............

March.. ..............:.

April ..................

May. ...................

June ...................

July.. .................

August. ................

September. .............

Water year 1949-50 ..

Jan.

3,350

3,1

3, c. 4,s

40

10

>40

3,270

3,150

4,J

4

5,]

)70

198

120

5,840

4,330

4,5 4,;

4,5

 80

40

80

60

3,600

4,3

4,E

3,£

10

60

40

3,240

3,640

] 3,"

5,4

98

80

120

5,560

5,920

4,2

3,C

3,4

90

80

42

10

5,830

Secondfoot-days

134,442

185,500

139,705

2,170,986

116,098

129,274

152,560

123,992

231,050

167,080

106,679

103,545

135,770

1,725,695

Feb.

4,880

5,170

4,530

4,890

424

3', 680

4,370

4,820

5,890

3,090

4,330

4,700

5,820

5,240

4.SSO

4,790

3,930

4,120

6,010

5; 620

4,880

4,880

4,530

4,530

4,260

4,530

5,240

5,240

_

_

-

Mar.

4,170

5,240

5,430

6,010

4,530

5,460

3,350

a5,600

a6,200

a6,500

al,600

a5,200

5,200

3,670

3,500

5,770

6,240

5,080

4,200

 2,960

3,510

6,160

6,680

5,490

4,120

4, -700

4,460

4,560

5,130

6,610

5,230

Apr.

3,000

1,670

6,420

7,220

6,810

6,010

4,100

4,180

317

4,210

4,330

4,210

4,730

4,820

4,320

1,250

4,660

4,890

4,860

4,450

4,090

3,920

776

4,350

4,890

5,190

4,510

4,830

4,400

579

-

Observed

Maximum

24,300

31,000

6,410

31,000

5,920

6,010

6,680

7,220

25,900

11,400

5,130

5,010

5,960

31,000

Minimum

590

1,820

685

89

42

424

1,600

317

3,530

4, 130

26

28

27

26

Mean

4,337

6,183

4,507

5,948

3,745

4,617

4,921

4,133

7,453

5,569

3,441

3,340

4,526

4,728

May

3,530

4,360

7,270

9,180

7,220

7,020

5,360

4,880

4,700

4,530

4,530

4,880

5,440

' 15,300

15,800

25,900

12,700

7,290

8,160

6,210

4,530

4,700

4,530

4,530

4,360

4,360

4,700

5,240

8,140

11,200

10,500

June

11,400

10,000

7,420

7,220

6,550

5,240

4,880

4,880

5,060

5,060

4,880

5,240

5,240

4,880

4,880

5,060

4,880

4,880

4,880

4,880

5,620

5,060

4,880

4,700

4, '700

5,430

5,030

4,130

4,880

5,240

-

Change In

contents

(equivalent, 

second-feet )t

+217

0

-866

-76

+86

+167

+581

-484

+517

-938

+245

+212

-600

-69

July

4

4

4

4

4

5

1

4

4

4

3

3

2

4,

4

5

5

5

2j

4

4

3

3

3

1,

3,

Adjus

880

392

920

830

940

840

110

940

51

925

620

020

790

970

720

78

090

210

040

080

130

880

26

720

610

790

200

100

740

27

010

Aug.

3,620

3,280

3,730

3,820

1,700

34

4,670

4,800

4,810

5,010

4,680

1,750

28

4,660

3,97O

4,150

4,080

3,810

1,170

29

4,120

4,040

3,960

3,930

3,860

1,600

34

4,230

4,350

4,780

4,840

Sept.

4,790

2,310

2,040

5,290

5,420

5,900

5,900

5,900

3,930

53

4,760

5,960

5,910

5,860

5,760

4,350

3,570

5,800

5,750

5,690

5,770

5,760

2,990

27

4,360

4,640

4,760

4,590

4,810

3,120

-

ted for change In

reservoir contents

Mean

4,554

6,183

3,641

5,872

* 3,831

4,784

5,502

3,649

7,970

4,631

3,686

3,552

3,926

4-, 659

Per square Runoff In 

mile Inches

1.14 1.31

1.55 1.73

.915 1.05

1.48 20.01

.963 1.11

1.20 1.25

1.38 1.59

.917 1.02

2.00 2.31

1.16 1.29

.926 1.07

.892 1.03

.986 1.10

1.17 15.86

t Change In contents In High Rock Reservoir, 

a No gage-height recordj discharge based on records of discharge at High Rock Dam furnished by 

Carolina Aluminum Co.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 151

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. Qatum of gage is 

120.68 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area.--6,870 square miles.

Records available.--September 1927 to September 1950. August 1906 to January 1912 at site 

on .fee Dee Kiver about 4 miles upstream, published as Yadkin River near Pee Dee.

Average discharge.--23 years (1927-50), 8,015 second-feet (unadjusted).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 56,500 second-feet Nov. 2 (gage height, 10.97 

feet); minimum, 220 second-feet Sept. 25 (gage height, 0.83 foot); minimum daily, 695 

second-feet Nov. 20.

1927-50: 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 except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Large diurnal fluctuation caused by power plants above station. Flow largely regulated 

since 1928 by four reservoirs above station which have a combined 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 (water years).--W 822: Drainage area.

Disciharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

e

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3,640

1,410

4,540

6,060

5,000

5,230

6,310

12,200

10,400

6,070

6,230

6,260

5,560

5,370

6,210

1,980

3,130

3,550

2,900

3,780

4,110

4,400

1,310

2,890

3,050

4,570

4,610

4,740

7,730

7,000

14,100

Nov.

41 , 600

53,100

36,200

19,200

10, 600

8,610

7,040

4,540

4,970

4,940

6,080

5,830

4,270

4,350

5,180

5,480

5,030

4,160

4,400

695

3,540

5,220

4,980

3,660

5,700

5,880

3,160

4,260

4,880

a6 , 500

-

Dec.

a6,000

5,860

4,410

2,180

4,800

3,980

5,070

4,960

4,760

5,030

3,530

5,320

5,080

7,300

15, 600

13,000

10,800

9,660

8,520

5,770

6,770

6,830

6,450

7,180

7,500

5,640

7,640

6,380

6,940

6,700

7,640

Month

October. ...............

November. ..............

December. ..............

Calendar year 1949 . .

January. ...............

February. ..............

March................:,

April..................

Mav

June ...................

July. ..................

Water year 1949-50 . .

Jan.

4,990

s,;

5,£

6,C

70

CO

90

4,800

4,690 5,:

3,S

*,'

S60

00

120

4,660

4,670

5,

5,£

5,]

L80

60

50

4,540

5,140

5,

10, C

12, '

160

)00

too

13,900

12,200

9,^

6,E

6,

130

>00

>30

6,430

6,230

6,<

5,5

5,f

5,'

60

10

>70

190

7,640

Secondfoot-days

164,330

284,055

207,300

3,490,204

201,070

181,720

267,850

124,190

296,670

197,710

174,330

139,030

153,980

2,442,235

Feb.

7,030

7,090

6,150

5,750

4,240

5,480

5,350

5,410

5,670

6,060

7,380

6,370

6,670

7,860

6,400

7,860

7,070

7,400

5,940

6,250

6,290

5,790

6,690

7,410

7,840

7,490

6,400

6,400

_

-

Mar.

6,230

6,730

6,360

6,080

5,670

 5,290

6,750

7,690

ft, 430

TV, 380

7,640

5,520

6,540

§,860

9,200

9,200

9,200

8,590

8,100

7,720

10,400

14,800

17,400

14,500

10,800

9,430

9,200

8,980

8,750

7,980

7,430

Apr.

6,730

4,300

5,130

6,390

9,200

11,100

9,900

7,580

6,680

5,440

6,860

6,420

5,180

6,090

5,660

3,880

4,190

4,170

4,900

5,010

6,040

5,240

4,230

4,230

4,900

4,990

5,400

5,780

4,600

3,970

-

Observed

Maximum

14,100

53,100

15,600

61,600

13,900

7,860

17,400

11,100

33,200

11,600

9,920

10,600

7,860

53,100

Minimum

1,310

695

2,180

576

3,900

4,240

5,290

3,860

3,660

4,180

1,750

700

1,550

695

Mean

5,301

9,466

6,667

9,562

6,466

6,490

8,640

5,806

9,570

6,590

5,624

4,485

5,133

6,691

May

7,180

9,430

9,200

9,200

9,200

9,200

6,56O

7,570

6,090

5,330

5,780

6,200

6,090

8,050

30,400

33,200

25,100

14,500

10,400

9,500

3,680

5,490

7,470

5,300

5,780

5,620

6,260

5,490

5,750

7,990

9,660

June

11,100

11,600

10, 100

9,430

9,430

7,860

6,040

5,810

7,010

6,160

4,570

5,510

6,320

6,020

6,370

5,940

5,280

5,880

6,040

6,250

5,340

5,430

5,790

5,250

5,490

6,400

5,750

5,940

4,180

5,420

-

Change In

contents

(equivalent, 

second-feet)t

+577

-180

-972

-100

+56

+195

+476

-448

+796

-1,118

+113

+207

-434

-58

July

8,190

9,920

5,590

4,930-

5,220

6,130

8,510

4,280

3,140

3,050

4,230

5,210

7,060

8,080

7,370

4,450

5,530

6,340

6,460

5,460

6,410

5,370

1,750

4,530

5', 160

5,390

5,220

6,510

5,520

3,860

5,460

Aug.

4,210

5,040

5,460

5,680

6,110

1,510

3,010

2,990

4,400

4,450

4,760

3,720

700

4,130

4,140

4,290

4,910

6,470

4,650

1,670

4,200

4,570

5,710

10,600

8,300

4,390

900

3,930

4,320

4,760

5,050

Sept. ,

5,330.

4,100

1,550

4,210

5,570

7,390

5,810

5,200

5,13O

1,870

7,860

7,010

6,190

7,220

6,610

6,62O

3,730

5,720

6,160

5,250

6,590

6,760

6,460

1,780

4,160

3,890

3,600

4,520

4,300

3,390

-

Adjusted for change In

rese

Mean

_

-

-

9,462

.

_

-

_

_

.

.

_

-

6,833

rvolr contents

Per square 

mile

_

-

-

1.38

_

-

-

-

_

_

_

_

-

.966

Runoff in 

inches

_

-

-

' 18. "73

_

 -

-

-

_

.

_

.

-

13.11

t Change In contents In High Rock, Narrows, Tillery, and Blewett Reservoirs, 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of power-plant records.
152 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Pee Dee River at Peedee, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°12'15", long. 79°32'55", at bridge on U. S. High-

 way '/6, 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.

Records available. October 1947 to September 1950. January 1939 to September 1947 at

 site l.B miles downstream, published as Pee Dee River near Mars Bluff. Gage-height 

records collected at practically same sites since 1923 are contained-in reports of 

U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 11 years, 9,181 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 25,600 second-feet Nov. 7 (gage height, 21.22

 Feet); minimum, 2,020 second-feet Aug. 15 (gage height, 3.65 feet).

1939-50: 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, 900 secondfeet July 30, 1940 (gage height, 1.66 feet, site and datum then in use).

Remarks.--Records good. Flow partly regulated by power plants above station.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used May 16 to June 10)

4.2 2,380 14.0 10,100 19.5 18,200 

7.0 4,320 16.0 12,300 20.5 22,000 

11.0 7,410 18.5 16,000 21.2 25,600

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Dot.

e, "no

5,i)70 

4,620 

3,650 

5,660

5,970 

5,970 

6,690 

9,460 

11,200

10,400 

9,010 

7,970 

7,090 

6,610

6,850 

5,820 

4,020 

4,240 

4,460

4,240 

4,760 

4,920 

4,760 

3,020

3,580 

4,460 

5,290 

5,520 

6,930 

7,730

Nov.

9,690 

14,500 

17,000 

18,600 

21,100

24,000 

25,600 

23,400 

18,600 

15,400

13,500 

12,300 

11,200 

9,760 

8,290

7,730 

7,650 

7,250 

6,690 

6,130

5,360 

3,720 

5,140 

6,050 

5,890

6,050 

7,170 

6,850 

5,520 

6,130

Dec.

7,250 

7,410 

7,410 

6,850 

5,820

5,060 

5,590 

5,590 

6,050 

5,970

6,050 

5,660 

5,440 

6,050 

7,330

10,900 

13,100 

13,500 

13,100 

12,300

10,600 

9,460 

8,920 

8,470 

8,380

8,470 

7,970 

8,210 

8,130 

8,050 

8,050

Jan.

8,290 

7,810 

6,610 

6,770 

7,090

6,850 

6,050 

6,130 

6,050 

5,440

5,590 

5,820 

6,130 

6,850 

6,770

6,530 

6,290 

6,850 

8,740 

11,200

12,400 

13,100 

12,700 

11,100 

9,660

8,650 

8,050 

7,890 

7,810 

7,730 

7,330

Month

Ooto 

Move 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary .

1..... .......................

st... ........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

8,130 

8,290 

8,290 

7,810 

7,330

6,610 

6,050 

6,370 

6,450 

6,610

6,850 

7,490 

7,570 

7,490 

8,050

7,970 

8,050 

8,130 

8,050 

7,570

7,170 

7,090 

7,010 

7,330 

7,970

8,470 

8,380 

7,730

Secondfoot-days

187, 08C 

336, 27C 

251, 14C

4,213,28C

244, 28C 

210, 31C 

302.00C 

214.82C 

307, 48C 

223, 38C 

200, 13C 

146, 12C 

161, 33C

2,784,34C

Mar.

7,410 

7,250 

7,490 

7,490 

7,250

7,170 

6,770 

7,650 

8,560 

9,660

9,760 

9,280 

8,210 

7,730 

8,650

9,460 

9,760 

9,860 

9,760 

9,560

9,010 9,660' 

11,800 

13,500 

14,500

14,400 

13,500 

12 , 500 

11,900 

11,500 

11,000

Apr.

10,100 

9,100 

7,970 

6,530 

7,010

8,650 

10,300 

11,000 

10,400 

9,100

7,890 

7,650 

7,650 

6,930 

6,850

6,930 

6,210 

5,060 

5,140 

5,290

5,520 

6,050 

5,970 

5,590 

5,140

5,060 

5,740 

6,370 

6,930 

6,690

Maximum

11,200 

25,600 

13,500

41,500

13,100 

8,470 

14,500 

11,000 

19,600 

11,600 

8,920 

8,210 

6,930

25,600

May

6,210 

6,930 

8,650 

9,460 

9,860

9,860 

9,660 

8,740 

7,890 

7,170

6,290 

6,130 

6,290 

6,290 

7,010

11,800 

16,000 

18,200 

19,600 

19,200

17,400 

14,600 

11,000 

9,960 

8,740

,730 

,250 

,250 

,170 

,090 

8,050

Minimum

3,020

3,720 

5,060

2,910

5,440 

6,050 

6,770 

5,060 

6,130 

5,220 

3,720 

2,380 

2,900

2,380

June

9,370 

10,500 

11,500 

11,600 

11,200

11,100 

10,700 

8,920 

7,570 

7,410

7,410 

6,130 

5,660 

6,210 

6,370

6,530 

6,530 

' 7,010 

6,450 

6,530

6,530 

6,130 

5,820 

5,820 

5,740

' 5,590 

5,890 

5,970 

5,970 

5,220

Mean

6,035 

11,210 

8,101

11,540

7,880 

7,511 

9,742 

7,161 

9,919 

7,446 

6,456 

4,714 

5,378

7,628

July

4,990 

6,370 

8,130 

7,650 

6,290

5,360 

5,890 

7,410 

7,090 

5,820

4,920 

g4,690 

g5,520 

7,170 

8,470

8,920 

8,470 

7,170 

7,410 

7,410

6,930 

6,770 

6,530 

5,440 

3,720

4,840 

5,590 

5,890 

6,370 

6,850 

6,050

Aug.

5

5 

5 

5 

5

6 

5 

3

3

4 

4 

4 

3 

2

3 

4 

4 

5 

5

4 

2 

4 

4 

7

8, 

6, 

4, 

Z, 

3, 

4,

Per square 

mile

0.680 

1.26 

.913

1.30

.888 

.847 

1.10 

.807 

1.12 

.839 

.728 

.531 

.606

.860

220 

360 

140 

360 

820

050 

140 

090 

300 

650

390 

620 

690 

720 

380

790 

320 

620 

520 

520

460 

960 

020 

990 

570

210 

930 

460 

570 

790 

460

Sept.

4,840 

5,220 

5,060 

4,020 

2,900

4,390 

6,290 

6,290 

5,970 

5,820

5,220 

5,360 

6,850 

6,770 

6,930

6,850

6,610 

5,740 

4,760 

5,740

5,660 

5,890 

6,370 

6,450 

5,440

3,370 

4,020 

4,090 

4,020 

4,390

Runoff in 

inches

0.78 

1.41 

1.05

17.66

1.02 

.88 

1.27 

.90 

1.29 

.94 

.84 

.61 

.68

11.67

Peak discharge (base, 22,000 sec. -ft. J . Nov. 7 (10 a.m.) 25.600 aeo.-ft.

g Computes from graph baaed on dally gage readings by U. S. Weather Bureau.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 153

Reddles River at North Wilkesboro, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°10'25", long. 81°10'10", 400 feet upstream 

rrom Bridge on county road, l£ miles northwest of North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, 

l£ miles upstream from North 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. 93.9 square miles.

Records available. December 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--11 years (1939-50), 146 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,210 second-feet May 12 (gage height, 6.46 

reetj; minimum, 80 second-feet Aug. 13.

1939-50: 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, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.2 90 2.5

1.4 122 3.0

1.7 174 3.5

2.0 235

370

525

700

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 tc September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

169

167

167

167

163

174

197

201

182

169

165

161

163

163

160

160

161

158

151

149

147

145

142

140

140

156

142

226

238

263

400

Nov.

450

343

245

207

189

176

170

165

160

158

154

151

151

151

145

142

140

140

138

138

136

133

133

133

142

132

130

128

151

142

-

Dec.

130

128

125

125

124

122

122

120

119

119

143

151

136

132

127

122

119

138

140

130

127

130

151

136

130

175

209

172

154

143

138

Jan.

133

133

135

130

127

125

122

119

119

119

119

117

117

117

114

116

114

122

132

122

117

116

114

114

112

111

127

130

120

142

165

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

151

143

135

128

124

122

135

122

149

151

143

135

136

560

401

235

187

165

156

145

138

142

142

130

127

122

 119

119

_

_

-

Second 

feet-days

5,486

5 07'

4^237

73,394

3.82C

4.66Z

4,26C

3,337

6,524

5,096

4,294

5,416

5.47C

57,67-

Mar.

130

117

114

114

114

114

117

128

117

111

111

116

167

147

130

135

136

128

122

152

203

172

174

152

142

135

135

196

156

140

135

Apr.

Maximum

400

450

209

1,840

165

560

203

143

641

337

384

554

) 475

641

133

132

128

127

143

125

120

119

116

114

114

111

109

109

108

106

106

106

106

104

101

101

103

100

100

101

96

95

95

109

May

138

111

194

127

111

los

158

124

111

108

12C

618

38C

286

641

264

195

167

151

140

135

130

127

13Q

133

147

195

260

241

254

519

Minimum

140

128

119

111

111

119

111

95

108

109

95

87

120

87

June

257

191

178

337

222

178

158

149

197

311

217

174

160

149

142

165

138

130

142

158

180

151

149

128

122

117

112

109

116

161

-

Mean

177

169

137

201

123

166

137

111

210

170

139

175

182

158

July

138

111

108

108

158

156

130

114

108

106

127

117

111

124

135

117

130

109

100

95

95

125

108

172

117

120

384

340

169

138

124

Aug.

124

116

111

106

101

96

93

93

90

88

92

87

87

90

101

104

100

88

114

100

165

448

339

174

304

554

521

J24

199

182

325

Per square 

mile

1.88

1.80

1.46

2.14

1.31

1.77

1.46

1.18

2.24

1.81

1.48

1.86

1.94

1.68

Sept.

475

367

240

225

184

161

160

160

207

169

346

215

187

167

152

143

151

174

145

136

133

169

142

128

124

124

122

122

122

120

Runoff in 

inches

2.17

2.01

1.68

29.06

1.51

1.85

1.69

1.32

2.58

2.02

1.70

2.15

2.17

22.85

Peak discharge (base. 2,000 sec.-ft.).--May 12 (5 p.m.) 2,210 sec.-ft.
154 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Fisher River near Copeland, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 36°19'55", 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 1950.

Average discharge. 19 years, 185 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,870 second-feet May 31 (gage height, 9.28

 i'eet), minimum, 100 second-feet Aug. 10 (gage height, 2.29 feet).

1931-50: 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 period of no gage-height record, which are fair.- 

Revisions. W 822: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in seoond-feet)

Oct. 1 to May 3O May 31 to Sept. 30

2.4 124 4.0 800 2.3 102 3.5 536 

2.6 175 4.8 1,230 2.5 148 4.0 780 

2.8 244 5.6 1,740 2.7 2O3 5.0 1,350 

3.2 415 6.0 2.02O 3.0 314 6.O 2,020

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

181 

175 

175 

175 

175

175 

181 

185 

181 

172

167 

167 

167 

167 

164

164 

164 

162 

156 

153

153 

151 

151 

148 

148

172 

153 

208 

387 

292 

a60O

Nov.

a48O 

a36O 

a280 

a240 

a220

a200 

a200 

194 

188 

181

178 

175 

172 

172 

167

164 

159 

159 

156 

156

153 

151 

151 

151 

164

151 

146 

146 

188 

181

Dec.

156 

151 

146 

146 

146

141 

141 

141 

136 

136

153 

175 

159 

156 

148

143 

138 

146 

159 

148

143 

146 

156 

151 

143

184 

393

207 

178 

167 

162

Jan.

156 

153 

156 

156 

156

151 

148 

141 

138 

138

143 

136 

138 

138 

134

136 

136 

143 

146 

153

141 

138 

136 

136 

134

131 

141 

156 

143 

167 

244

Month

Octc 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ba

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendaT year 1949 

ary . .

1 ............................

St. ..........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

207 

204 

194 

178 

167

164 

178 

164 

185 

201

197 

178 

175 

392 

483

288 

237 

211 

197 

185

175 

178 

188 

167 

164

159 

151

153

Seccndf cot-days

5.96E 

5,78! 

4.89E

91,201

4,563 

5.72C 

4,99£ 3,97- 

11,98! 

6,26£ 

5,894 

6,372 

5,273

71,69-

Mar.

156 

146 

143 

146 

143

143 

143 

156 

148 

138

138 

143 

185 

191 

159

156 

162 

151 

143 

153

237 

181 

185 

164 

156

148 

151 

237 

181 

162 

153

Apr.

151 

151 

148 

148 

175

153 

146 

143 

141 

136

136 

134 

131 

131 

129

126 

126 

126 

126 

131

124

120 

122 

120 

115

120 

113 

113 

113 

129

Maximum

600 

480 

293

3,050

244 

483 

237 

175 

2.03O 

486 

556 

710 

348

2,030

Peak discharge (base, 2.2OO sec. -ft. ) .--May 15 (3:15 a

May

207 

153 

250 

178 

148

224 

406 

237 

170 

156

148 

281 

336 

271 

1,770

380 

264 

240 

204 

181

175 

164 

172 

204 

153

156 

193

576 

1,210 

748 

2,030

Minimum

148 

146 

136

134

131 

151 

138 

113 

148 

131 

124 

104 

122

104

June

486 

331 

274 

382 

282

237 

213 

200 

191 

203

200 

174 

169 

166 

158

223

171 

151 

156 

153

195 

174 

330 

177 

151

148 

143 

131 

148

151

Mean

193 

193 

158

250

147 

204 

161 

133 

387 

209 

190 

206 

176

196

July

208 

138 

134 

131 

224

248 

227 

158 

141 

136

134 

279 

169 

233 

186

156 

151 

138 

143 

124

138 

183 

141 

248 

166

143 

210

270 

556 

210 

171

Aug.

156 

148 

136 

131 

124

117 

111 

111 

106 

104

129 

129 

106 

111 

111

129 

124 

104 

163 

186

245

635 

424 

710 

256

345 

252 

200 

246 

234 

289

Per square 

mile

1.60 

1.60 

1.31

2.07

1.21 

1.69 

1.33 

1.10 

3.20 

1.73 

1.57 

1.70 

1.45

1.62

Sept.

348 

282 

210 

271 

194

164 

158 

156 

354 

306

177 

223 

223 

174 

164

151 

146 

143 

143 

141

136 

188 

148 

131 

124

124 

124 

124

124 

122

Runoff in 

inches

1.83 

1.78 

1.50

28.02

1.40 

1.76 

1.54 

1.22 

3.68 

1.93 

1.81 

1.96 

1.62

22.03

.m.) 4,66O sec. -ft.; May 29 (4:30 a. rate, 100

sec.-ft.; May 31 (4:30 a.m.) 4,870 sec.-ft.

a Mo gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for stations on 

nearby streams.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 155

Forbush Creek near Yadkinville, 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 Porbush 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 1950.

Average discharge. 10 years, 22.0 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,120 second-feet May 15 (gage height, 8.52 

reet), from rating curve extended above 600 second-feet; minimum, 6.5 second-feet 

Aug. 9-11; minimum daily, 7.2 second-feet Aug. 10.

1940-50: 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.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-30, Sept. 23-30)

0.6 5.0 1.0 23 2.2 127 

.7 8.8 1.2 38 3.0 223 

.8 13 1.5 62 4.0 353 

.9 17 1.8 87

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

16 

15 

14 

14 

14

13 

15 

14 

14 

13

13 

13 

13

13 

13

13

13 

13 

13 

12

12 

12 

12

12 

12

18 

13 

16 

18 

62 

106

Nov.

200 

69 

35 

25 

21

19 

18

17 

17 

16

16 

15

15 

15

15

15

15 

15 

15 

15

14 

14 

14 

14

15

14 

13

13 

15 

14

Dec.

13 

13

13 

13

13

12 

13 

12 

12 

12

14 

14 

14 

20 

15

14 

14 

14

15 

14

14 

15 

15 

14 

14

16 

24 

19

17 

16 

15

Jan.

15 

15 

15 

15 

15

15 

14 

13 

13 

14

14

13 

14 

14

13

13 

13 

15 

19 

19

16 

15 

15 

15

14

14 

18 

19 

17 

25 

30

Feb.

24 

21 

19 

17 

16

16 

18 

16 

23 

23

19 

17 

17 

26 

30

21 

18 

17 

17 

16

15 

16 

18 

16 

15

15 

14 

14

 ,._,*>, SecondMonth foot-days

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febi 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

He

mber .........................

564

728 

453

lendaT year 1949 ............ 8, 734 .

ary

1.. ..........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

489 

514- 

801 

454 

1,203 

786 

403. 

457. 

539

ter year 1949-50 ............ 7,391.

Mar.

15 

14 

14 

14 

14

14 

14 

16

15 

14

14

15 

151 

58 

32

27 

24 

21 

19 

26

43 

29 

36 

26 

22

20 

19 

21 

19 

18 

17

Apr.

17 

17 

16 

17 

18

16 

15 

15 

15 

h!5

his 

his 

hlS 

hlS 

h!5

hlS 

h!5 

hlS 

his 

hlS

hlS

h!5 

h!4 

h!4 

h!4

12 

12 

12 

12 

23

Maximum

106 

200 

24

I 270

30 

30 

151 

23 

344 

89 

3 42 

3 52 

59

3 344

May

3C

IS 

4E

2] 

16

15 

15 

14 

13

16 

36 

44 

3C 

344

45 

2S 

54 

34 

2E

22 

2] 

2C 

24

r

16 

IE 

4C 

36 

41 

82

Minimum

12

13 

12

9.6

13 

14 

14 

12 

13 

12 

9.2 

7.2 

10

7.2

June

34 

26 

23 

89 

44

26 

26 

30 

30 

30

29 

27 

28 

27 

28

29 

23 

23

21 

21

29 

25

17 

15

13

12 

19 

12 

16 

14

Mean

18.2 

24.3 

14.6

23. £

15. E

18.4 

25. £ 

15.] 

38. £ 

26. t 

13. C 

14. £ 

18. C

20.3

July

13 

12

12. 

11 

12

21 

16

13 

12

12

13

11 

11 

11

11

11 

10 

10 

9.6 

9.2

9.6 

10 

9.6

11 

11

10 

17 

42 

18 

12 

12

Aug.

14 

11 

10 

9.6 

9.2

8.8 

8.4 

8.0 

7.6 

7.2

8.8 

12 

8.4 

8.0 

8.8

16 

28 

11 

30

15

11 

52 

35 

15 

12

16 

14 

11 

11 

12 

29

Per square 

mile

0.839 

1.12 

.673

1.10

.728 

.848 

1.19 

.696 

1.79 

1.21 

.599 

.682 

.829

.935

Sept.

26 

49 

15 

27 

18

12 

12 

12 

18 

13

12 

13 

14

12 

11

10 

10 

11 

10 

31

15 

59 

29 

f!9 

f!6

f!4

13 

13 

13 

12

Runoff in 

inches

0.97 

1.25 

.78

14.98

.84 

.88 

1.37 

.78 

2.O6 

1.35 

.69 

.78 

.92

12.67

Peak discharge, (base, 570 sec. -ft.) . May 15 (5 a.m.) 1,120 sec. -ft.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record, 

h Computed from twice-daily staff-gage readings.
156 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

South Yadkin River near Mocksville, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°50'40", long. 80°39'45", at county highway bridge, 

1 mile upstream from Little Creek, 4| miles upstream from Hunting Creek, and 5ij miles 

southwest of Mocksville, Davie County.

Drainage area. 313 square miles.

Records available. October 1938 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 12 years, 322 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,760 second-feet May 14 (gage height, 9.12 feet); 

minimum, 172 second-feet Aug. 19 (gage height, 2.09 feet).

1938-50: Maximum discharge, 8,000 second-feet Sept. 19, 1945 (gage height, 16.02 

feet); minimum, 68 second-feet Oct. 12, 1941 (gage height, 14.8 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 1949-5O (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in aecond-feet)

2.1 174 4.0

2.4 252 6.0

3.0 450 8.0

800

1,520

2,280

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

B

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.

252

230

224

224

224

224

276

292

261

244

232

227

227

221

221

221

219

216

216

211

206

203

201

201

198

238

232

216

276

663

1,590

Nov.

1,520

1,380

765

502

415

364

337

321

308

295

288

279

279

282

273

267

261

252

249

246

246

244

238

238

255

255

241

238

241

246

-

Dec.

238

232

230

227

227

227

227

227

224

219

230

258

252

285

282

252

238

232

244

246

238

238

244

246

238

232

298

347

298

273

258

Jan.

252

246

246

252

246

241

238

232

224

224

232

232

230

227

224

219

230

282

330

374

308

279

267

258

252

246

330

450

374

334

374

Feb.

367

340

334

304

288

276

340

354

334

426

388

347

324

340

502

468

388

344

321

304

288

282

371

334

292

279

267

258

-

_

-

itnnth Second0 xn foot-days

October .......................... 8,886

November ......................... 11,325

December ........... 7 7n?

Calendar year 1949 ......

3 1

..... 149,604

January .......................... 8,453

February ......................... 9 , 450

March ............................ 14, 812

April ............................ 8 , 442

May j 23 435

June .................. .' .......... 10^ 266

July 9 898

August ........................... 8*553

September ........................ 7,698

Water year 1949-50 ............ 128,935

Mar.

267

270

252

246

244

a250

a250

a260

a280

a260

a250

a250

a700

al,700

al,100

a700

a600

a460

a420

a400

a800

a650

a700

a550

440

395

371

432

502

432

381

Apr.

357

347

330

340

422

371

Maximum

1,590

1,520

347

1,930

450

502

1,700

422

2 240

890

1,250

806

700

2,240

324

308

301

292

288

282

273

267

261

258

255

252

255

258

258

246

244

244

241

238

232

227

230

241

-

May

959

1,250

1,350

782

520

415

354

324

298

282

282

864

608

1,950

1,710

2,240

794

712

1,000

450

391

354

337

347

347

317

485

685

1,230

1,050

748

Minimum

198 .

238

219

170

219

2S8

244

227

282

216

190

176

180

176

June

890

485

405

502

678

432

357

327

a300

a300

a360

a320

a280

a280

a260

a320

a280

a260

a240

a260

a260

378

357

285

238

221

216

219

271

285

-

Mean

287

378

249

410

273

338

478

281

756

342

319

276

257

353

July

270

270

249

224

230

246

a230

216

a200

a!90

a!90

a220

a320

235

255

241

241

227

347

244

216

298

224

203

288

295

238

1,250

1,150

561

330

Aug.

321

;

;;

501

547

534

258

221 '?03

L93

L88

184

179

L98

L88

L79

176

181

201

L86

L84

241

191

346

588

238

211

806

a

a

a

a!

550

560

260

220

a220

Per square 

mile

0.917

1.21

.796

1.31

.872

1.08

1.53

. 898

2.42

1.09

1.02

. 882

.821

1.13

Sept.

a240

a280

a260

a220

a300

a280

a220

a!80

a220

a260

a360

a700

a500

a320

258

227

211

208

252

214.

201

206

267

211

191

186

186

a!80

a!80

a!80

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.06

1.35

" 92

17.78

1.00

1.12

1 . 76

2 . 78

1.22

1 18

l!o2

.91

15.32

Peak discharge (base, 2,700 sec.-ft.).--May 14 (2 a.m.) 2,760 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of available fragments of gage-height record,

recorded range in stage, weather records, and records for nearby stations.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 157

South Yadkin River at Cooleemee, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°48 t 30", long. 80°33'45", just downstream from 

tanrace of Erwin Cotton Mills at Cooleemee, Davie County, just upstream from bridge 

on 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.

Kecoras available.--June 1928 to September 1950.

Average Qischarge.--20 years (1930-50), 632 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,440 second-feet May 16 (gage height, 12.53 

reet); minimum, 37 second-feet Oct. 21, 22 (gage height, 0.73 foot); minimum daily, 

229 second-feet Aug. 19.

1928-50: 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 dally, 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 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge. In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 1, Mar. 15 to Sept. 30 Nov. 2 to Mar. 14

1.6 239 5.0 1,580 2.

2.0 372 6.0 1,920 2.

2.5 547 8.0 2,670 3.

3.0 752 10.0 3,440 4.

4.0 1,190 12.0 4,240 5.

0 350 6.0 1,840

5 516 8.0 2,640

0 690 10.0 3,440

0 1,050 12.0 4,240

0 1,440

Discharge, in second- feet, water year Octcber 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

490

456

456

447

441

436

483

530

482

470

451

442

438

432

432

428

438

430

438

434

423

415

402

446

411

464

494

459

553

1,290

3,760

Nov.

3,680

3,730

2,020

1,020

796

672

642

597

571

550

532

518

498

552

514

503

493

480

465

464

484

462

456

434

488

485

455

474

452

460

-

Dec.

456

445

423

409

461

432

425

427

418

406

398

485

479

545

543

486

449

424

469

458

454

441

434

444

448

432

511

609

537

505

477

Jan.

448

465

450

458

448

442

415

432

445

416

420

431

420

421

385

451

408

497

605

660

566

507

501

478

464

454

562

764

629

579

639

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

 Calenda'r year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May.............. ....... .......

June ..............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

634

588

576

530

499

502

591

613

580

718

670

585

564

567

847

836

674

600

554

540

509

502

672

606

526

498

485

465

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

18,17]

23,94'

14,330

292 * 57lc

15.26C

16,53]

27,09"

15.94E

42,46£

 19,152

16,206

14,25]

14,522

237,880

Mar.

464

472

462

442

427

451

444

469

493

477

450

424

1,290

2,960

2,180

1,230

1,080

846

730

850

1,500

1,150

1,260

1,020

839

730

685

778

979

816

699

Apr.

649

6

6

6

46

19

30

901

720

6

5

5

18

74

66

547

545

5

5

5

28

15

03

482

494

4

4

4

73

69

71

476

483

4

4

4

64

53

94

452

457

4

4

4

4

Maximum

3,760

3 *609 730

3,920

764

847

2 '901 960

4,140

T ' RSn

l!o40

1,260

4,140

46

08

51

11

-

May

1,500

2,410

2,520

1,770

887

709

625

562

524

503

490

1,740

1,270

3,160

3,080

4,140

2,570

1,120

1,680

796

667

589

549

580

632

528

677

1,040

1,920

1,860

1,370

Minimum

402

434

398

280

385

465

424

408

490

327

229

307

229

June

1,570

785

646

977

1,620

836

674

600

583

566

688

622

528

512

495

592

511

476

434

492

475

648

687

529

458

461

407

388

408

484

Mean

586

796

462

802

492

59C

874

1,370

63£

523

460

484

652

July

430

476

438

413

424

458

441

441

396

430

327

458

596

451

410

430

469

382

479

460

419

415

406

430

429

419

421

1,440

1,650

818

550

Aug.

456

451

481

535

430

389

437

301

289

364

270

348

345

368

298

302

343

364

229

441

448

858

793

497

364

1,040

876

660

502

386

386

Sept.

390

511

458

386

561

510

387

307

381

511

647

1,260

1,080

688

511

458

416

430

476

399

352

382

458

413

369

358

358

355

355

355

-

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

1.03 1.19

1.40 1.57

. OJ.£ . 9%

1.41 19.13

.865 1.00

1.04 1.08

1.54 1.77

935 1 04

2* 41 2. 78

1 12 1 25

. 919 1 06

. 808 . 93

.851 .95

1.15 15.55
158 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Rocky River at Turnersburg, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°54'35", long. 80°48'10", 700 feet downstream

 from 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. Prior to June 19, 1950, water-stage recorder at same 

datum at site 200 feet upstream.

Drainage area.--8S.5 square miles.

Records available.--April 1940 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--10 years, 114 second-feet.

extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,320 second-feet May 15 (gage height, 6.90

 feet); minimum, 56 second-feet Aug. 11, 14 (gage height, 1.79 feet); minimum dally, 60 

second-feet Aug. 13.

1940-50: 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. Considerable diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mills 

above station affected minimum of record. Slight fluctuation in recent years.

Rating tables, water year 1949-5O (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 31 to June 19 June 19 to Sept. 30

2.0 78 2.0 77 3.O 3O5 1.8 57 2.7 234 

2.2 112 2.2 107 3.5 490 2.0 86 3.0 325 

2.4 153 2.4 144 4.O 71O 2.2 123 3.3 43O 

2.6 201 2.7 213 5.O 1,21O 2.4 162 3.6 540

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

96 

91 

89 

91 

89

89 

118 

107 

101 

94

92 

89 

91 

89 

89

89

88 

88 

86 

84

83 

81 

81 

80 

80

96 

88 

89 

114 

202 

534

Nov.

427 

327 

189 

151 

132

119 

114 

109 

107 

102

102 

101 

99 

101 

99

97 

94

94 

93 

94

93 

91 

91 

91 

101

94 

91 

91 

93 

93

Dec .

88 

88 

88 

87 

87

85 

85 

87 

84 

84

93 

99 

94 

105 

99

91 

87 

87 

91 

88

87 

87 

91 

91 

87

SB 

121 

119 

104 

97 

91

Jan.

90 

88 

90 

90 

88

87 

85 

83 

81 

83

87 

84 

83 

83 

83

81 

84 

101 

109 

117

104 

99 

94 

93

91

88 

122 

136 

116 

116 

128

Feb.

124 

116 

112 

102 

99

96 

112 

109 

119 

132

119 

112 

109 

130 

194

155 

128

116 

110 

105

99 

102 

121 

104 

99

97 

93 

91

 .. SecondMonth foot-days

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febi 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

We

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary ....

h. ...........................

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

3,378 

3,680 

2,860

53,810

2,964 

3,205 

4,798 

2,933 

7,313 

3,382 

3,202 

2,970 

2,791

iter year 1949-50 ............ 43,476

Mar.

96 

94 

91 

90 

90

88 

91 

96 

101 

91

88 

93 

616 

442 

221

182

166 

144

128 

138

196 

162 

173 

155 

138

126 

121 

162 

157 

138 

124

Apr.

119 

116 

110 

110 

128

114 

107 

104 

102 

101

99 

97 

96 

94 

93-

91 

91 

91 

91 

93

91 

88 

88 

87 

85

85

84 

83 

81 

114

Maximum

534 

427 

121

1,060

136 

194 

616 

128 

1,470 

178 

521 

309 

195

1,470

Hay

319 

171 

249 

180 

138

119 

107 

104 

96 

94

130 

367 

218 

203 

1,470

402 

243 

279 

187 

151

138

126 

121 

124 

117

121 

155 

300 

366 

256 

262

Minimum

80 

91 

84

67

81 

91 

88 

81 

94 

76 

69 

60 

69

60

June

171 

136 

128 

178 

171

126 

114 

107 

104 

104

164 

107 

99 

94 

94

165 

96 

88 

86 

90

102 

106 

125 

97 

86

81 

80 

76 

116 

91

Mean

 109 

123 

92.

147

95. 

114 

155 

97. 

236 

113 

103 

95. 

93.

119

July

93 

83 

81 

76 

84

83 

84 

76 

72 

70

69 

115 

83 

78 

80

81 

76 

89 

97 

72

75 

75 

69 

99 

108

88 

128 

521 

179 

119 

99.

Aug.

100 

88 

100 

110 

78

73

67 

65 

64 

61

61 

65 

60 

61 

61

65 

75 

61 

76 

90

65 

309 

121 

83 

116

302 

131 

110 

90 

81 

81

Per square 

mile

1.27 

1.44 

5 1.08

1.72

S 1.12 

1.33 

1.81 

8 1.14 

2.76 

1.32 

1.20 

8 1.12 

0 1.09

1.39

Sept.

97 

100 

83 

104 

102

73 

73 

75 

114 

100

158 

154 

195 

121 

99

86 

80 

81 

86 

78

73 

86 

84 

73

70

70 

69 

69 

69 

69

Runoff in 

inches

1.47 

1.60 

1.24

23.39

1.29 

1.39 

2.09 

1.28 

3.18 

1.47 

1.39 

1.29 

1*21

18.90

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 sec.-ft. ) . May 15 (9:30 a.m.) 2,320 sec. -ft.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 159

Third Creek at Cleveland, H. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°44'40", long. 80°40'55", 200 feet downstream 

from bridge on county road, three-quarters 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. Prior to May 22, water-stage 

recorder at same datum 200 feet upstream.

Drainage area. 87.4 square miles.

Records available. April 1940 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--10 years, 93.0 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 932 second-feet May 15; maximum gage height, 8.86 

reet Oct. 31; minimum discharge, 45 sscond-feet Sept. 5.

1940-50: 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 know, 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 for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Kecords of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the wzter year 1950 are given in 

Water-Supply Paper 1186. '

Revisions (water years). W 1112: 1944-46.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

49 

48 

48 

49 

48

48 

95

66 

60 

57

54 

53 

52 

51 

52

51 

51 

51 

51 

50

49 

49 

49 

48 

48

72 

55 

57 

70 

334 

853

Nov.

634

451 

184 

134 

106

91

83 

77 

72 

70

68 

66 

69 

72 

68

66 

65 

64 

64 

64

64 

62 

62 

63 

69

64 

63 

63 

64 

64

Dec.

61 

61 

60 

60 

60

a60 

a60 

a60 

56 

57

60 

66 

64 

93 

74

66 

62 

62 

64 

63

62 

62 

62 

60 

57

58 

74 

69

62 

62 

60

Jan.

60 

61 

62 

62 

61

60 

60 

56 

56 

57

61 

59 

60 

60 

58

58

62 

77 

112 

105

80

75 

71 

68 

66

64 

99 

104 

87 

82 

82

Feb.

77 

73 

75 

68 

65

65 

91 

84 

84

96

92 

83 

80 

88 

100

86 

79 

73 

72 

68

66 

69 

116 

84

76

72 

67 

65

un«*v. Second 

Month foot-days

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber ..........

lenda'r year 1949 

ary . . .

1 ............................

ember ........................

2,76E 

3,206 

1,957

34,962

2,18E 

2,214 

3,28S 

2.08C 

6,093 

3,182 

2,817 

2,102 

1,836

ter year 1949-50 ............ 33, 729

Mar.

72 

66 

62 

61 

62

62 

65 

70 

67 

63

62 

65 

264 

301 

139

123 

116 

96 

85 

136

220 

139 

149 

108 

96

87 

83 

110 

97 

85 

78

Apr.

76 

75 

72 

80 

129

89 

79 

76 

72 

70

70 

67 

65 

63 

62

62 

62 

62 

63 

65

62 

59 

60 

60 

59

60 

57 

56 

84 

64

Maximum

853 

634 

93

853

112 

116 

301 

129 

680 

249 

348 

213 

258

853

Peak discharge (base, 1,050 sec. -ft.) . No peak above b

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of 

streams.

May

374 

274 

561 

210 

134

101 

84 

76 

68 

65

70 

497 

132 

531 

680

194 

127 

103 

102 

82

75 

70 

73 

73 

70

71 

95 

287 

325 

180 

309

Minimum

48

62 

56

36

56 

65 

61 

56 

65 

58 

52 

47 

46

46

June

199 

111 

93 

249 

204

110 

89 

82 

87 

88

104 

75 

70 

68 

65

225 

79 

67 

65 

69

71 

184 

163 

80 

68

61 

66 

58 

150 

82

Mean

89.3 

107 

63.1

95.8

70.5 

79.1 

106 

69.3 

197 

106 

90.9 

67.8 

61.2

92.4

July

189 

87 

98 

70 

67

62 

62

eq

57 

56

55 

165 

96 

69 

65

68 

61 

57 

55 

52

55 

103 

60 

56 

56

54

74 

270 

348 

111 

79

Aug.

Per square 

mile

1.02 

1.22 

.722

1.10

.807 

.905 

1.21 

.793 

2.25 

1.21 

1.04 

.776 

.700

1.06

ase. 

weather records and records for

69 

121 

213 

108 

69

63 

58 

56 

54 

52

54 

81 

54 

52 

51

52 

52 

50 

53 

50

48 

131 

69 

55 

52

62 

70 

53 

49 

47 

54

Sept.

62 

70 

49

47 

61

47 

47 

48

77 

57

258

71 

62 

62 

65

54 

51 

58 

55 

50

48 

54 

57 

48 

46

47 

46 

47 

46 

46

Runoff in 

inches

1.18 

1.36 

.83

14.87

.93 

.94 

1.40 

.89 

2.59 

1.35 

1.20 

.89 

.78

14.34

nearby

Note. Discharge computed from graph based on once-daily gage readings Dec. 9-28.
160 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

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 U. S. Highway 64, lj miles 

southeast of Lexington, Davidson County, and 3 miles downstream from Rich Creek.

Drainage area. 174 square miles.

Records available.--March 1940 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 10 years, 163 second-feet.

extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,160 second-feet Oct. 31 (gage height, 14.70 

reet}; minimum, 22 second-feet Sept. 7 (gage height, 1.61 feet).

1940-50: 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.

temarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

"i'ne 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.

Rating table, water year 1949-5O (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.7

1.9

2.0 

2.2 

2.4

26

38

52

86

130

2.7 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

214

308

598

844

1,100

7.0

9.0

11.0

13.0

1,4OO 

2,090 

2,870 

3,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

36 

34 

34 

33 

34

35 

42 

62 

48 

38

37 

36 

36 

37 

38

38 

37 

36

41 

37

34 

34 

34 

33 

32

68 

84

60 

162 

564 

3,960

Nov.

3,620 

1,930 

791 

282 

193

148 

125 

114 

105 

103

103 

92 

86 

105 

95

84

79 

73 

70 

70

70 

65 

63 

65 

79

82 

72 

68 

65 

66

Dec.

63 

60 

58 

58 

58

57 

58 

57 

54 

52

57 

62 

63 

332 

278

151 

103 

94

101 

105

92 

88 

90 

96 

81

75 

82 

82 

72 

68 

66

Jan.

66 

65 

66 

70 

68

65 

66 

63 

57 

58

65 

63 

62 

65 

63

60 

70 

196 

274 

272

162 

128 

112 

101 

94

88

117 

217 

173 

143 

162

Feb.

138 

118 

118 

105 

92

88

132 

156 

123 

211

223

178 

143 

138 

156

128 

109 

99 

96 

88

86 

90 

252 

256 

156

128 

103 

94

Month Secondfoot-days

Ooto 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

MAY

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949

5,83' 

8,96 

2,81

............ 72,93'

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

3,33 

3,80' 

6,67 

2,70 

8,37 

2,15 

2,74 

2,17 

1,78

ter year 1949-50 ............ 51, 35

Mar.

96 

99 

82

79 

79

79 

90 

173 

133 

99

88 

94 

214 

472 

260

226 

382

260 

181 

180

555 

400 

703 

468 

248

190 

162 

159

156 

a 140 

a!30

Apr.

a!20 

allO 

alOO 

a95 

a220

also 

also 

a!20 

allO 

alOO

88 

88 

82

77 

73

72 

70 

70 

70 

70

73 

66 

65 

63 

60

62 

58 

55 

52 

85

Maximum

I 3,960 

> 3,620 

5 332

I 3,960

L 274 

I 256 

? 703 

t 220 

5 1,520 

? 261 

L 442 

J 841 

L 336

> 3,960

Peak discharge (base, 2.4OO sec.-ft._). Oct. 31 (8 p.m

May

342 

530 

640

447 

193

128 

99 

84 

72 

68

66 

251

641

1,520 

1,040

718 

222 

148 

156 

142

101 

88 

81 

81 

92

73 

75 

68 

77 

72 

58

Minimum

32 

63 

52

17

57 

86 

79 

52 

58 

31 

28 

25 

24

24

) 5,16O se

and records for stations on nearby streams.

June

54 

46 

45 

88 

251

106 

62 

52 

49 

62

65 

55 

41 

44 

39

36 

34 

33

31 

71

66 

261 

178 

72 

52

42 

39 

35 

44

104

Mean

188 

299 

90.7

200

107 

136 

215 

90.1 

270 

71.9 

88.4 

70.2 

53.4

141

July

68 

48 

34 

32 

46

45 

36 

33 

30 

28

28

67 

52 

41 

36

102 

54 

32 

162 

76

442 

332 

97 

65

117

60 

66 

138 

210 

107 

57

Aug.

63 

102 

841 

124 

65

49

38 

34 

32 

30

29 

28 

41 

34 

29

30 

29 

27 

30

37

30 

87 

84 

49 

37

48 

34 

28 

26 

25 

39

Per square 

mile

1.O8 

1.72 

.521

1.15

.615 

.782 

1.24 

.518 

1.55 

.413 

.508 

.404 

.341

.810

Sept.

112 

59 

32 

40 

38

24 

24 

24 

70 

98

170 

88 

336 

125 

57

39

35 

32 

34 

32

30 

31 

46 

37 

29

27 

28 

28 

28 

28

Runoff in 

inches

1.25 

1.92 

.60

15.59

.71 

.81 

1.43 

.58 

1.79 

.46 

.59 

.47 

.38

10.99

so. -ft. 

range in stage, weather records,
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 161

Uwharrle River near Eldorado, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°25'25", long. 80°00'40", 300 feet downstream 

from 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 1950.

Average discharge.--12 years, 327 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,670 -second-feet May 15 (gage height, 12.65 

reet); minimum, 23 second-feet Sept. 8, 28 (gage height, 1.12 feet); minimum daily, 

34 second-feet Sept. 8.

1938-50: 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 daily, 

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. 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 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.2 29 2.3 275

1.4 56 2.6 380

1.6 91 3.0 555

1.8 134 4.0 1,090

2.0 187 5.0 1,720

6.0 2,400

8.0 3,770

10.0 5,320

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

75

64

66

61

58

61

114

452

144

99

82

71

68

63

59

61

66

63

61

63

61

54

53

56

53

56

84

122

552

793

3,210

Nov.

2,330

2,310

676

407

298

230

204

187

171

168

152

144

137

142

142

132

122

116

113

101

113

113

101

101

178

187

144

127

122

122

-

Dec.

122

109

105

95

101

101

97

103

95

93

93

103

105

708

1,170

394

253

207

207

209

193

179

174

165

150

142

150

157

147

134

127

Jan.

118

125

127

129

125

127

120

116

116

111

118

122

125

127

125

127

188

845

825

1,280

570

373

305

263

230

207

204

269

278

253

232

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March

April ...........................

Hay .........................."....

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

218

201

193

1S7

168

165

179

256

221

260

452

376

292

266

260

241

207

187

179

174

165

160

282

407

263

224

195

176

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

6,945

9,590

6,188

135,515

8,280

6,554

14,665

6

Cp-» 

» 3O-L

14,969

3,863

7,351

4,858

3,607

93,451

Mar.

171

176

157

152

144

147

176

295

278

209

182

176

243

885

508

545

1,310

596

398

370

1,260

914

1,890

917

542

407

336

354

376

298

253

Apr.

235

230

221

224

609

635

562

288

256

235

221

215

198

184

176

168

165

165

160

163

174

171

155

152

j.47

142

Maximum

3,210

2,330

1,170

3,940

1,280

452

1 s 890

635

4,740

450

QE A 

33*

813

686

4,740

137

134

127

132

-

May

790

1,180

635

498

308

232

190

165

147

129

129

139

184

1,280

4,740

1,240

416

301

298

224

190

171

157

155

218

160

176

144

132

125

116

Minimum

53

101

93

16

111

160

144

127

116E-* 

CO

54

5O

34

34

June

155

120

107

174

218

179

116

105

93

101

134

144

103

86

75

75

73

59

61

58

320

111

256

139

89

80

66

53

63

450

-

Mean

22'

32C

20C

37]

26

23'

Aft

21

AOt *Q«.

12

23

1 E 

13

12<

25

July

709

302

120

87

82

106

101

78

61

61

58

54

214

155

103

147

238

147

160

209

282

520

188

109

272

343

954

308

578

429

176

Aug.

156

f

1

202

513

>34

195

122

]

]

]

]

97

84

70

64

61

L20

66

18

91

70

32

95

80

126

]

4

J

97

01

145

84

120

Per square 

mile

I 0 . 646

) .922

) .576

I 1.07

1 .769

I .674

S 1.36

J .631

5 1.39

J .372

1 .683

7 .452

) .346

3 .738

99

84

71

58

50

53

Sept.

56

63

54

56

56

41

42

34

53

439

686

174

533

273

134

105

84

86

71

61

61

56

54

58

56

52

49

36

42

43

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.74

1.03

,66

14.51

.89

.70

1.57

.70

1.60

.41

.79

.62

.39

10.00

Peak discharge (base, 4,600 sec.-ft.). May 15 (2 a.m.) 7,670 sec.-ft.
162 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

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.

Kecoras available.--October 1929 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--31 years, 1,290 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 19,600 second-feet Nov. 1 (gage height, 15.17 

reet); minimum, 67 second-feet Sept. 27, 28 (gage height, 0.33 foot).

1929-50: 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 periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, which 

are poor. Usual slight diurnal fluctuation during low flow not apparent during current 

year.

Revisions (water years).--W 822: Drainage area. W 1052: 1908(M), 1936(M).

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 9 to Sept. 30

0.8 

1.2 

1.6 

2.0

204

368

580

875

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

1,780

2,860

4,050

0.3

.5

.7

1.0

1.5

106

160

259

480

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

780

1,170

1,670

2,850

4,050

7.0

9.0

11.0

6,700

9,700

12,700

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

220

200

190

170

170

170

500

3,500

550

160

280

240

220

206

193

181

178

172

172

169

163

157

149

143

138

140

146

673

2,980

2,710

5,400

Nov.

10,400

12,600

3,900

1,720

1,170

850

696

618

558

516

516

470

430

412

421

. 402

362

340

319

306

302

298

286

278

484

979

618

455

435

1,680

-

Dec

902

552

430

371

340

323

319

315

311

290

290

311

323

3,790

5,410

2,940

1,350

972

906

874

780

720

672

600

510

460

460

480

465

425

389

Jan.

371

362

362

384

384

362

358

336

306

294

319

412

582

582

480

435

1,780

6,410

3,840

5,880

2,700

1,560

1,220

1,000

874

768

738

951

1,300

1,220

972

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

843

738

690

612

546

504

510

570

576

774

1,300

1,070

815

756

1,010

944

702

600

540

492

455

440

1,300

1,450

850

660

558

480

-

_

-

Secondfoot-days

20.64C

42,82]

27,28C

523, 10!

37,542

20,78E

44,10C

21,372

20,39£

23*99'

8 '404

5.26E

278,762

Mar.

480

460

440

440

420

460

600

1,400

1,000

800

700

650

1,000

2,400

1,200

1,100

4,000

1,400

1,100

1,000

3,000

1,800

8,000

3,000

1,800

1,400

1,000

900

800

700

650

Apr.

650

650

600

700

1,200

5,000

2,000

1,000

900

800

700

600

550

480

460

420

400

380

380

380

366

371

340

319

302

298

302

290

263

271

-

Maxioum

5,400

12,600

) 5,410

26,800

6,410

1,450

8,000

5,000

5,610

668

4,450

I 1,200

552

12,600

May

450

1,190

1,120

1,500

768

528

407

323

271

241

230

220

213

350

5,610

2,260

932

528

416

340

286

259

234

220

291

241

213

190

190

187

190

Minimum

138

278

290

100

294

440

420

263

i J-O ft?I

78

132

80

69

69

June

181

181

178

356

407

384

275

200

175

166

181

310

245

175

184

216

190

213

146

116

106

111

116

181

146

109

87

78

82

668

-

Mean

666

1,427

880

1,433

1,211

742

X *712 422

65 £

205

774

271

176

764

July

4,450

1,340

761

319

206

275

777

332

216

160

132

174

1,570

790

1,270

1,000

1,010

490

275

210

166

367

582

460

360

800

1,700

1,000

1,600

800

400

Aug.

237

255

268

282

252

190

140

114

101

96

94

87

92

89

82

80

930

726

298

d!60

d!49

200

1,200

800

d450

d241

d!93

d!84

d!43

132

119

Per square 

mile

0.486

1.04

.642

1.05

.884

 542

l!o4

.520

.480

.150

.565

198

. 128

.558

Sept.

124

114

119

99

552

388

184

129

293

455

267

175

267

448

206

146

119

119

101

99

109

94

89

94

106

87

71

69

71

71

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.56

1.16

.74

14.19

1.02

.56

1.20

!55

.17

.65

 '.14 23

7.56

Peak discharge (base, 16.000 see.-ft.). Nov. 1 (10 p.m.) 19,600 sec.-ft.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of doubtful gage-height record.

Note.--No gage-height record Oct. 1-13, Mar. 1 to Apr. 20, July 24-31, Aug. 22-24; discharge computed on basis of weekly observer readings, weather records, and records for Uwharrie River near 

Eldorado.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 163

Brown Creek near Polkton, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 35°02'15", long. 80°08'45", at 

site of Medley's mill, just downstream from bridge on State Highway 742, 85- 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 1950.

Average discharge. 13 years, 84.9 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 503 second-feet Mar. 23 (gage height, 6.33 feet); 

no now Sept. 24-27.

1937-50: 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 floodmark witnessed by land 

owner.

Remarks. Records good above 5 second-feet, fair below except those for period of no 

gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating tablej water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

0.8 0 1.2 3.0 2.0 37 3.5 218 

.9 .42 1.4 5.4 2.3 78 4.0 268 

1.0 1.14 1.6 9.9 2.6 121 5.0 365 

1.1 2.0 1.8 20 3.0 168 6.0 470

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

26 

14 

9.9 

a8 

a7

a6 

alO 

a!2 

a!4 

a!2

all 

a9 

7.2 

6.3 

5.6

5.0 

4.7 

4.5 

4.4 

4.2

3.7 

3.2 

2.8 

2.7 

2.5

2.7 

3.0 

4.9 

7.5 

9.1 

12

Nov.

122 

177 

162 

120 

47

27 

19 

15 

13 

13

13 

12 

9.9 

9.4 

9.1

9.1 

9.9 

8.6 

7.2 

6.8

6.7 

6.3 

6.1 

6.3 

30

27 

31 

23 

54 

210

Dec.

54 

35 

26 

19

17

14 

13 

12 

11 

11

15 

16 

14 

311 

426

395 

385 

296 

122

84

66

60 

55 

44 

35

31 

31 

31 

26 

24 

20

Jan.

19 

18 

18 

19 

18

18 

18 

15 

13 

13

13 

16 

33 

37 

32

28 

35 

74 

78 

104

81 

66 

53 

43 

37

32 

29 

30 

32 

35 

37

Feb.

32 

29 

26 

22 

19

17 

18 

18 

18 

29

42 

34 

30 

37 

131

140 

124 

69 

47 

36

29 

26 

62

81 

78

52 

37 

29

un-it, SecondMonth foot-days

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

mber ... . . . . -

lendar year 1949 

ary

234.9 

1,210.4 

2,699

..... 46.999.lt

1 ............................

ember ...... .....

ter year 1949-50 ......

1,094 

1,312 

3,040 

1,974.3 

199.62 

66. 5C 

467. 4E 

94.32 

33.11

..... 12,425.61

Mar.

25 

26 

22 

19

17

17 

25 

70 

86 

60

39 

32 

30 

36

30

30 

43 

38 

30 

71

253 

401 

481

378 

317

129 

70 

74 

78 

66 

47

Apr.

35 

31 

27 

61 

378

336 

385 

257 

81 

53

41 

34 

28 

23 

20

17 

16 

15 

14 

14

15 

13 

12 

11 

9.6

9.1 

8.8 

8.3 

7.5 

14

May

16 

14 

16 

22 

24

14 

9.6 

7.0 

5.2 

4.0

3.2 

2.8 

2.6 

9.9 

9.1

10 

7.0 

4.4 

2.9 

2.1

1.74 

1.56 

1.30 

1.14 

.90

.76 

.76 

.69 

.62 

.55 

3.8

June

3.9 

2.8 

2.3 

2.2 

2.2

2.1 

1.81 

2.S 

1.83 

1.22

12 

9.1 

7.7 

4.6 

2.5

1.56 

.98 

.62 

.42 

.36

.26

.21 

.11

r.07

.07

.07 

.07 

.07 

.07 

2.5

Maximum Minimum Mean

26 ' 2.5 7.58 

210 6.1 40.3 

426 11 87.1

2,540 .16 129

104 13 35.3 

140 17 46.9 

481 17 98.1 

385 7.5 65.8 

24 .55 6.44 

12 .07 2.22 

186 .90 15.1 

22 .11 3.04 

5.4 0 1.10

481 0 34.0

July

3.9 

6.5 

35 

4.7 

2.2.

15 

186 

8.6 

4.0 

3.0

2.9 

20 

70 

12 

14

11 

7.0 

4.4 

5.6 

3.6

2.0 

1.83 

1.22 

.90 

6.6

3.2 

9.2 

9.9 

6.5 

4.4 

2.3

Aug.

1

7 

22 

10

13 

5 

3 

1 

1

6

3 

3 

1

2

3 

1

Per square 

mile

0.069 

.366 

.792

1.17

.321 

.426 

.892 

.598 

.059 

.020 

.137 

.028 

.010

.309

Peak discharge (base, 810 sec.-ft.J. No peak above base.

.38

.83 

.3

.8 

.0

.74 

.06

.69 

.42 

.31 

.21 

.11

.34 

.42 

.26 

.48 

.90

.83 

.9 

.4 

.0 

.06

.0 

.1 

.83 

.98 

.62 

.36

Sept.

0.26 

.21 

.11 

.07 

.07

.04 

.04 

.11 

4.3 

5.1

3.1 

3.5 

2.1 

5.4 

4.2

1.92 

.90 

.46 

.26 

.16

.07 

.07 

.07 

.04 

0

0 

0 

.21 

.21

.11

Runoff in 

inches

0.08 

.41 

.91

15.88

.37 

.44 

1.03 

.67 

.07 

.02 

.16 

.03 

.01

4.20

a No gage-height record} discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for nearby 

stations.
164 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Juniper Creek near Cheraw, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder at spillway of Eureka Lake Dam, lat. 34°39', long. 79°54', 

if miles upstream from mouth and 3f miles south of Cheraw, Chesterfield County.

Drainage area. 64 square miles.

Records available.--May 1940 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 10 years, 78.9 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 224 second-feet Nov. 3 (gage height. 0.995

foot); minimum 1 second-foot Mar. 7-20 (due to operation of gates in control structure).

1940-50: 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 fair.

Discharge, in- second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

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 

47 

43 

40 

39

40 

47 

74 

94 

114

97

66 

50 

46 

45

46 

48 

54 

58 

56

50 

46 

44 

43 

41

55 

69 

81 

86 

92 

97

Nov.

128 

177 

213 

184 

137

102 

84 

74 

70 

97

114 

119 

114 

102 

86

76 

71 

67 

64 

63

62 

61 

61 

61 

71

81 

89 

89 

81 

84

Dec.

86 

92 

81 

73 

67

64 

63 

63 

63 

63

64 

67 

69 

89 

125

157 

170 

150 

125 

102

92 

84 

81

74 

71

70 

73 

76 

79 

74 

69

Jan.

67 

66 

66 

66 

66

66 

63 

61 

60 

60

55

61 

70 

75 

76

120 

130 

130 

130 

130

130 

130 

130 

130 

130

130 

120 

120 

120 

120 

120

Month

Goto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

bar. .........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

120 

90 

70 

70 

70

70 

70 

55 

40 

40

40 

40 

40 

40 

40

60 

75 

75 

75 

75

60 

44

44 

44 

44

44

44 

24

Secondfoot-days

1,861 

2,882 

2,676

33,427.!

2,998 

1,603 

948. 

1,763 

1,182. 

1,448. 

1,891. 

998. 

1,445.

21,698.

Peak discharge (base, 250 sec. -ft.). No pe

Note. date in dam being operated making £ 

discharge computed on basis of 3 discharge m 

tendent .

Mar.

22 

40 

40 

40 

40

20

1 

1 

1 

1

1 

1

1 

1 

1

1 

1 

1 

1 

1

9 

38.0 

74 

97 

94

75 

64 

63 

73 

79 

76

Apr.

66 

61 

58 

59 

76

94 

102

97 

74 

63

56 

52 

50 

49 

49

50 

51 

49 

48 

49

49

47 

45 

38 

37

35

50 

63

76 

70

Maximum

114 

213 

170

3 440

130 

120 

} 97 

102 

3 125 

3 191 

} 119 

5 70 

3 137

3 213

May

102 

125 

116 

92 

76

58 

43 

33 

29.6

27.8

25.4

24.6 

23.1 

23.8 

24.6

23.8 

22.4 

20.9 

21.6 

23.1

24.6 

24.6 

23.8 

21.6 

21.6

19.5 

18.2 

18.2 

20.2 

25.4 

29.5

Minimum

39

61 

63

16.8

55 

24 

1 

35 

18.2 

12.5 

18.8 

17.5 

20.2

1

June

37 

40 

31 

37 

84

92

71 

46 

34 

36

40 

33 

26.2 

21.6 

21.6

69 

191 

170 

112 

56

35 

25.4 

21.6 

17.5 

14.9

13.1 

13.6 

12.5 

13.9 

33

Mean

60.0 

96.1 

86.3

91.6

96.7 

57.2 

30.6 

58.8 

38.2 

48.3 

61.0 

32.2 

48.2

59.4

July

50 

61 

64 

36 

23.1

18.8 

33 

60 

84 

94

92 

86 

97 

102

114

119 

114 

99 

72 

46

33 

27.0 

24.6 

23.8 

23.8

27.8 

39

52 

67 

64 

45

Aug.

38 

70 

62 

42 

31

28.6 

26.2 

23.1 

19.5 

17.5

17.5 

18.2 

25.2 

38 

41

35 

37 

32 

27.0 

21.6

20.2 

37 

60 

58 

42

29.5 

24.6 

20.9 

18.2 

17.5 

20.2

Per square 

mile

1

1.43

.928

Sept.

20.2 

22.4 

32 

27.8 

35

52 

67 

81 

102 

125

137 

114 

72 

45 

42

41 

34 

28.6 

27.8 

25.4

23.81 

28.6 

39 

46 

39

31 

27.0 

26.2 

26.2 

27.8

Runoff in 

inches

-

19.45

:

12.61

sak above base, 

pillway Inoperative as control Jan. 16 to Mar. 21j 

sasurements and notes on gage operation by park superln-
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 165

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 Seaboard Air Line Railroad bridge, 2.9 miles northeast of Bishopville, Lee County, and 3.3 miles downstream from Bells Branch.

Drainage area.--675 square miles.

Records available. May 1942 to September 1950.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,790 second-feet Dec. 18 (gage height, 11.91 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum, 184 second-feet June 29.

1942-50: Maximum discharge, 29,400 second-feet Sept. 19, 1945 (gage height, 22.35 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve 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 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-11, Feb. 16 to 

Apr. 9, July 29 to Sept. 30)

5.2 184 9.5 883 

6.O 269 10.5 1,120 

7.0 411 11.2 1,350 

8.0 581 11.8 1,710

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 29- 

30 

31

Oct.

581 

563 

443 

411 

411

427 

427 

476 

545 

545

459 

411 

380 

365 

365

380 

380 

380 

395 

395

380 

365 

350 

350 

336

365 

527 

639 

699 

839 

799

Nov.

719 

993 

1,200 

1,400 

1,310

861 

581 

545 

563 

679

699 

659 

599 

581 

581

581 

545 

510 

493 

476

476 

476 

459 

476 

527

699 

883 

739 

599 

639

Dec.

719 

659 

599 

563 

527

510 

493 

493 

510 

510

493 

510 

510 

619 

883

1,140

1,510 

1,710 

1,400 

B83

739 

699 

659 

619 

619

581 

563 

581 

581 

545 

527

Jan.

527 

510 

493 

510 

510

510 

510 

493 

476 

476

476 

527 

639 

699 

679

599 

639 

799 

905 

883

739 

719 

619 

545 

493

545 

527 

563 

619 

679 

679

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

AugU 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

1.. ..........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

599 

563

527 

510 

510

476 

476 

476 

493 

476

493 

527 

527 

510 

563

699 

699 

599 

545 

510

493 

493 

527 

699 

679

659 

545 

510

Secondfeet days

14,386 

20,546 

21,954

338, 04C

18,58- 

15,383 

22,576 17,09" 

10,566 '8,98" 

17,44! 

7.88E 

8,54'

183,96

Mar.

510 

581 

619 

563 

527

581 

659 

861 

993 

1,020

739 

619 

599 

619 

619

599 

581 

599 

581 

527

659 

927 

1,140 

1,200 

1,140

861 

659 

659 

759 

839 

739

Apr.

659 

563 

545 

545 

759

1,020

1,270 

1,350 

861 

639

581 

545 

510 

493 

493

476 

443 

427 

427 

427

427 

427 

427 

395 

395

380 

380

411 

411 

411

Maximum

839 

1,400 

1,710

) 5,800

905 

5 699 

) 1,200 

1,350

) 679" 

527 

1,200 

476 

t 719

L 1,710

May

45£

476 

493 52- 

67£

51C 

476 

36E 

322 

29E

306 

29E 

282 

26£ 

29E

336 

336 

295

26S 

257

257 

245 

257 25- 

25-

24E 

24E 

24E 

26S 

336 

411

Minimum

336 

459 

493

282

476 

476 

510 

380 

245 

184 

245 

203 

203

184

June

380 

459 

380 

322 

365

527 

510 

322 

282 

295

322 

295 

295 

269 

269

269 

322 

365 

322 

282

245 

223 

223 

213 

213

203 

193 

193 

184 

245

Mean

464 

685 

708

926

600 

549 

728 

570 

341 

300 

563 

254 

285

504

July

427 

619 

365 

350 

350

245 

409 

819 

949

679

459 

380 

443 

779 

1,060

1,200 

1,120 

927 

563 

443

493 

336 

308 

295 

295

354 

527 

719 

619 

545 

365

Aug.

Per square 

mile

0.687 

1.01 

1.05

1.37

.889 

.813 

1.08 

.844 

.505 

.444 

.834 

.376 

.422

.747

295 

269 

257 

257 

257

308 

245 

223 

213

203

203 

203 

213 

213 

203

213 

203 

223 

282 

245

213 

203 

203 

322 

427

476 

350 

282 

245 

213 

223

Sept.

245 

257 

245 

223 

213

234 

295 

380 

639 

719

659 4271 

308 

269 

245

234 

233 

213 

213 

213

213 

203 

203 

223 

213

213 

203

203 

203 

213

Runoff in 

inches

0.79 

1.13

1.21

18.60

1.02 

.85 

1.24 

.94 

.58 

.50 

.96 

.43 

.47

10.12

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 sec. -ft .) .--No peak above base.

231536 O - 53 - 12
166 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Lynches River at Efflngham, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°03'05", long. 79°45'15", at steel bridge on

U. S. 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 1923, supplementary adjustment of 1936. 

Drainage area. 1,030 square miles. 

Hecoras available --August 1929 to September 1950. Cage-height records collected at same

site since myi are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau. 

Average discharge.--21 years, 977 second-feet. 

Ext reme s. - -MaxJmum discharge during year, 1,630 second-feet Dec. 24 (gage height, 8.43

Jreet); minimum, 176 second-feet June 30.

1929-50: 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.

Cooperation.--Cage-height record collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau, 

revisions. W 952: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used June 11-24)

1-8, Mar. 

Sept.

4 250

4 401

6 613

30 to June 24, 

12-30

Oct. 9 to Mar. 29, 

June 25 to Sept. 11

5.9

7.0 

8.0

1,180

1,490

2.1 

3.4 

4.6

183

364

572

5.9

7.0 

8.4

868

1,180

1,630

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September. 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

451 

469 

523 

595 

613

523 

545 

899 

654 

552

514 

533 

552 

496 

444

427 

403 

403 

395 

395

395 

403 

395 

379 

372

364 

356 

364 

387 

461 

533

Nov.

744 

868 

921 

948 

921

948 

1,040 

1,100 

1,180 

1,300

1,300 

1,060 

694 

921 

948

921 

842 

768 

744 

721

676 

633 

612 

592 

612

633 

612 

654 

721 

842

Dec,

948 

1,040 

948 

868 

868

868 

842 

744 

698 

654

633 

633 

633 

633 

744

842 

868 

948 

1,060 

1,180

1,300 

1,400 

1,520 

1,630 

1,520

1,280 

1,060 

948 

868 

817 

792

Jan.

792 

744

721 

676

676

676 

676 

654 

654 

654

654 

654 

654 

654 

654

d744 

d842 

dl.100 

dl,120 

1,120

1,120 

1,120 

dl,180 

dl,240 

dl,180

dl,060 

948 

d948 

dl,040 

1,040 

1,000

Month ,

Ooto 

Nove

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary . .

1 ............................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,000 

1,040 

1,040 

1,000 

921

817 

768 

721 

676 

654

654 

654 

654 

654 

698

721 

721 

721 

768 

842

842 

744 

721 

721 

698

744 

792 

868

Secondfoot-days

14,795 

25,67( 

29,78

421,471

26,99E 

21,854 

33.77C 

23,146 

11,97] 

10.04C 

18,372 

10,514 

14,83:

241,75:

Peak discharge (base, 2,300 sec. -ft.). No

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge cc 

gage readings by U. S. Weather Bureau.

Mar.

948 

921 

768 

721 

792

894 

1,040 

1,300 

1,300 

1,280

1,300 

1,340 

1,360 

1,420 

1,360

1,160 

1,000 

948 

921 

894

868 

868 

868 

868 

921

1,000 

1,120 

1,280 

1,460 

1,490 

1,360

Apr.

1,160 

l,06n 

1,060 

976 

844

761 

741 

d801 

d894 

dl.OOO

dl,120 

dl,220 

dl,280 

1,180 

844

703 

667 

649 

613 

577

541 

523 

523 

523 

523

505 

487 

469 

451 

451

Maximum

899 

1,300 

1,630

6,020

1,240 

1,040 

) 1,490 

1,280 

577 

J 487 

1,300 

744 

1,220

1,630

May

469 

469 

487 

505 

541

541 

d541 

d577 

d559 

469

d401 

370 

362 

d355 

d340

d332 

d325 

d348 

d378 

d362

340 

d318 

d288 

280 

288

295 

295 

288 

280 

280 

288

Minimum

356 

592 

633

302

654 

654 

721 

451 

280 

183 

190 

209 

250

183

June

325 

401 

417 

434

469

434 

378 

417 

487 

487

362 

310 

325 

310 

302

295 

288 

318 

370 

385

385 

362 

318 

265 

228

209 

196 

190 

183 

190

Mean

477 

856 

961

1,155

871 

780 

1,089 

772 

386 

335 

593 

339 

494

662

July

228 

190 

242 

372 

444

364 

291 

284 

326 

461

572 

698 

768 

635 

461

533 

654 

856 

1,120 

1,240

1,280 

1,300 

1,060 

616 

411

372 

403 

403 

478 

612 698'

Aug.

744 

698 

480 

356 

305

291 

270 

291 

291 

256

235 

228- 

222 

228 

216

228 

222 

216 

216 

209

277 

284 

277 

385 

478

427 

461 

514 

496 

387 

326

Per square 

mile

0.463 

.831 

.933

1.12

.846 

.757 

1.06 

.750 

.375 

.325 

.576 

.329 

.480

.643

Sept.

298

277 

270 

284 

277

263 

270 

393 

841 

1,060

1,180 

1,220 

1,180 

1,100 

922

631 

487 

417 

362 

325

302 

295 

302 

288 

272

265 

272 

272 

258 

250

Runoff in 

inches

0.53 

.93 

1.08

15.24

.98 

.79 

1.22 

.84 

.43 

.36 

.66 

.38 

.54

8.74

peak above base. 

>mputed from graph based on par.tlal record and dally
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 167

Little Pee Dee River near Dlllon, S. C.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 34°24', long. 79°20', at bridge on State Highway 9, 1.1 

miles east of Dlllon, Dlllon County, and 3 miles upstream from Maple Swamp.

Drainage area. 524 square miles.

Records available. March 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 521 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 915 second-feet Nov. 7 (gage height, 8.06 feet, 

from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 64 second-feet July 4 (gage 

height, 4.17 feet).

1939-50: 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 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 8, 9, Feb. 26 

to Mar. 8, June 8 to July 18)

Oct. 1 -to Nov. 9, Mar. 9 to Sept. 30 Nov. 10 to Mar. 8

4.0 67 6.4 240 7.3 490 7.0 327 

4.8 113 6.7 292 7.7 670 ' 7.3 423 

6.0 202- 7.0 378 8.0 850 7.7 605 

8.0 775

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

234 

228 

228 

228 

234

228 

247 

271 

523 

732

552 

670 

670 

620 

575

490 

470 

362 

317 

292

292 

292 

292 

282 

271

262 

262 

262 

271 

304 

396

Nov.

530 

645 

755 

818 

850

850 

850 

755 

670 

605

580 

580 

605 

632 

632

632 

605 

580 

555 

531

507 

463 

443 

443 

423

423 

463 

485 

507 

531

Dec.

531 

555 

555 

555 

555

531 

507 

507 

485 

423

405 

387 

387 

405 

423

485 

605 

745 

775 

775

775 

745 

745 

715 

632

605 

580 

555 

580 

580 

555

Jan,.

531 

531 

507 

485 

463

443 

443 

423 

387 

387

387 

371 

423 

485 

507

507 

531 

580 

688 

745

775 

775 

775 

745 

715

688 

660 

745 

531 

485 

485

Month

Octo 

Neve 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

We

her ..........................

lenda'r year 194 

ary

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

507 

507 

485 

485 

463

443 

405 

387.' 

355 

355

371 

371 

371 

371 

387

371 

371 

355 

355 

355

341 

341 

371 

405 

443

507 

485 

463

Seoondfoot-days

11,357 

17,948 

17,663

244,126

17,203 

11,426 

16,052 

9,871 

7,382 

5,998 

10,759 

7,153 

5,911

138,723

Mar.

463 

463 

463 

463 

463

463 

485 

531 

552 

552

552 

552 

530 

510 

490

490 

450 

450 

450 

450

470 

490 

510 

552 

575

598 

575 

575 

620 

645 

620

Apr.

598 

575 

575 

530 

470

413 

378 

378 

378 

346

332 

332 

304 

282

271

271 

262 

254 

240 

234

234 

240 

254 

304 

304

234 

218 

228 

218 

214

Maximum

732 

850 

775

2,470

775 

507 

645 

598 

346 

470 

755 

432 

378

850

May

262 

332 

346 

346 

332

317 

304 

254 

228 

198

174 

162 

158 

162 

178

174 

158 

148 

141

173

271 

304 

332 

332 

317

271 

228 

190 

182 

190 

218

Minimum

228 

423 

387

124

371 

341 

450 

214 

141 

77 

70 

120 

124

70

June

223 

218 

223 

234 

292

378 

470 

396 

271 

223

228 

223 

214 

186 

174

182 

210 

210 

214 

182

141 

124 

120 

116 

110

101 

92 

89

77 77'

Mean

366 

598 

570

669

555 

408 

518 

329 

238 

200 

347 

231 

197

380

July

80 

89 

83 

70 

70

83 

92 

134 

198 

218

228 

254 

332 

378 

396

432 

575 

725 

755 

670

620 

575 

490 

432 

378

346 

362 

378 

396 

450 

470

Aug.

432 

413 

432 

432 

378

362 

292 

228 

210 

198

178 

138 

120 

130 

134

138 

148 

155 

166 

170

178 

210 

247 

262 

282

262 

228 

182 

162 

148 

138

Per square 

mile

0.698 

1.14 

1.09

1.28

1.06 

.779 

.989 

.628 

.454 

.382 

.662 

.441 

.376

.725

Sept-.

130

124 

130 

127

127

148 

178 

202 

234 

262

304 

332 

376 

362

317

271 

247 

223

214 

194

170

158 

148 

134 

130

130 

124 

134 

141 

138

Runoff in 

inches

0.80 

1.27 

1.26

17.33

1.22 

.81 

1.14 

.70 

.52 

.43 

.76 

.51 

.42

9.84

Peak discharge (base, 1,300 sec.-ft.). No peak above base.
168 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Little Pee Dee River at Galivants Ferry, S. C.

Location --Wire-weight gage, lat. 34°03', long. 79°15', at bridge on U. S. Highway 501, 

at uaiivants Perry, Horry County, 3 miles upstream from Back Swamp. Datum of gage 

is 23.95 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--2,790 square miles.

Records available.--January 1942 to September 1950.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,310 second-feet July 18, 19 (gage height, 

B.US feet); minimum, 554 second-feet July 3.

1942-50: 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. Gage read twice daily.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

,990

,800

,570

,390

,320

,240

,240

,350

,640

,800

,800

,720

,640

,640

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,570

1,570

1,640

1,720

1,800

1,800

1,720

1,640

1,500

1,350

1,280

1,240

1,180

1,180

Nov.

1,390

1,570

1,890

2,230

2,370

2,510

2,670

2,830

2,830

3,010

3,010

3,010

2,830

2,830

2,830

2,670

2,510

2,510

2,370

2,230

2,110

1,990

1,990

1,890

1,890

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,720

1,800

-

Dec.

1,800

1,800

1,890

1,890

1,990

1,990

1,990

1,990

1,990

2,110

2,110

2,110

2,110

2,110

2,110

2,110

2,230

2,230

2,230

2,230

2,230

2,370

2,510

2,670

2,670

2,830

2,830

2,830

2,830

2,830

2,830

Jan.

2,670

2,510

2,510

2,370

2,230

2,230

2,110

1,990

1,990

1,890

1,890

1,890

1,890

1,890

1,800

1,890

1,990

2,110

2,230

2,370

2,510

2,510

2,670

2,670

2,830

2,830

3,010

3,010

3,190

3,190

3,590

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ... ......................

February .........................

March .......... .................

April ....... ....................

May .............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ................. ......

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

3,390

3,390

3,190

3,010

2,830

2,670

2,510

2,370

2,230

2,230

2,110

1,990

1,890

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,720

1,720

1,720

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,640

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

48,250

68,890

70,450

1,309,770

74,460

59,130

70,520

51,295

35,460

30,490

79,732

53,212

26,477

668,366

Mar.

1,720

1,800

1,800

1,890

1,990

1,990

2,110

2,230

2,370

2,510

2,670

2,670

2,670

2,670

2,510

2,510

2,510

2,370

2,230

2,230

2,110

2,110

2,110

2,110

2,110

2,230

2,230

2,370

2,510

2,510

2,670

Apr.

2,670

2,670

2,670

2,670

2,670

2,670

2,510

2,510

2,370

2,230

1,990

1,800

1,640

1,500

1,440

1,390

1,320

1,280

1,240

1,210

1,140

1,100

1,040

1,000

1,000

965

1,000

1,180

1,240

1,180

-

Maximum

1,990

3,010

2,830

13 , 000

3,590

3,390

2,670

2,670

1,500

1,440

4,310

3,590

1,210

4,310

May

1,100

1,100

1,210

1,280

1,350

1,440

1,500

1,500

1,440

1,390

1,350

1,280

1,240

1,210

1,180

1,140

1,100

1,000

930

860

860

895

965

1,040

1,070

1,100

1,070

1,070

1,000

930

860

Minimum

1,180

1,390

1,800

1,070

1,800

1,640

1,730

965

860

622

588

758

622

588

June

860

930

965

1,000

965

965

1,040

1,180

1,240

1,320

1,390

1,440

1,440

1,320

1,210

1,180

1,100

1,070

1,070

1,040

1,040

965

930

826

758

724

656

622

622

622

-

Mean

1,556

2,296

2,273

3,588

2,402

2,112

2 275

lI'lO

1,144

1,016

2,572

1,717

883

1,831

July

659

588

588

588

588

588

588

895

1,140

1,420

1,990

2,370

2,670

2,830

3,190

4,050

4,050

4,310

4,310

3,810

3,590

3,590

3,810

3,590

3,390

3,390

3,190

3,390

3,390

3,590

3,590

Aug.

3,390

3,390

3,590

3,590

3,190

3,190

3,010

2,830

2,510

2,230

2,110

1,890

1,720

1,570

1,390

1,210

1,040

895

826

758

758

758

758

758

792

826

860

860

895

826

792

Per square 

mile

0.558

.823

.815

1.29

.861

.757

. 815

.613

.410

.364

.922

.615

.316

.656

Sept.

792

758

724

690

690

656

656

758

860

895

1,040

1,100

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,180

1,210

1,210

1,180

1,100

1,040

930

860

792

724

690

658

622

622

622

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.64

.92

.94

17.46

.99

.79

.94

.68

.47

.41

1.06

.71

.35

8.90

Peak discharge (base, 5,500 sec. -ft.). No peak above base.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 169

Drowning Creek near Hoffman, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°03'35", long. 79°29'35", at bridge on U. S. Highway l, 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. 178 square miles.

Records available.--October 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 268 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,710 second-feet Oct. 8 (gage height, 7.62 feet); 

minimum not determined, occured during period of no gage-height record.

1939-50: Maximum discharge, 10,900 second-feet Sept. 1945 (gage height, 10.29 feet); 

minimum, 28 second-feet Aug. 4, 1940 (gage height, 1.32 feet).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Revisions (water year). W 972: 1941(M).

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.1 67 3.5 179 6.0 900 

2.5 99 4.0 223 7.0 1,860 

3.0 139 5.0 369 8.0 3,410

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

282 

218 

205 

200

196

196 

229 

1,960 

2,060 

1,080

747 

526 

468 

419 

397

383 

369 

369 

345 

334

314 

297 

289 

282 

269

297 

369 

397 

369 

383 

403

Nov.

473 

576 

612 

554 

452

369 

334 

323 

314 

334

383 

397 

357 

314 

305

297 

282 

275 

269 

269

269 

263 

269 

269 

297

383 

437 

445 

383 

383

Dec.

419 

383 

314 

282

275

275 

269 

269 

263 

258

269 

289 

289 

323 

445

501 

492 

419 

357 

345

334 

314 

305 

297 

282

282 

357 

437 

452 

383 

314

Jan.

289

282 

275 

275 

275

269 

263 

258 

248 

243

248 

258 

297 

345 

305

269 

282 

323 

369 

416

433 

383 

323

297 

282

275 

269 

282 

314 

314 

305

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

He

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary .

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

275 

258 

253 

258 

238

233 

238 

248 

248 

253

297 

323 

282 

263 

282

314 

282 

243 

233 

223

218 

218 

263 

357 

357

275 

233 

218

Secondfoot-days

14,652 10,88- 

10,493

140,645

9,26f 

7,383 

9,354 

6,12E 

6,42J 

3,43] 

6,454 

4,224 

3,35]

92,045

liar.

228 

275 

314 

263 

233

228 

233 

275 

314 

263

223 

218 

218 

233 

258

253 

334 

- 383 

334 

263

314 

383 

445 

456 

456

407 

323 

297 

314 

334 

282

Apr.

253 

243 

243 

233

275

334 

323

253 

223 

214

210 

200 

200 

192

187

187 

183 

179 

179 

183

192 

179 

167 

163 

155

155 

159 

159 

151 

151

Maximum

2,060 

612 

501

3,650

433 

357 

456 

334 

473 

221 

t 468 

I 269 

167

2,060

Peak discharge (base, 850 Bee. -ft. ) .--Oct. 8 (10 p.m.)

May

296 

416 

413 

473 

369

248 

179 

155 

143 

135

131 

127 

131 

171 

218

258 

275 

334 

196 

192

183 

15E 

139 

135 

151

151 

159

131 

123 

123 

119

Minimum

196 

263 

258

111

243 

218 

218 

151 

119 

70 

76 

75 

79

70

June

139 

147 

111 

119 

163

147 

107 

97 

111 

167

205 

221 

123 

103 

99

115 

143 

135 

97 

a90

a88 

a84 

a82 

a82 

a80

a80 

a78 

a76 

a72 

a70 

_

Mean

473 

363 

338

385

299 

264 

302 

204 

207 

114 

208 

136 

112

1 252

July

111 

139 

123 

a80 

a76

a90 

196 

314 

243 

258

243 

183 

274 

383 

357

383 

383 

291 

165 

115

103 

107 

111 

97 

93

139 

143 

302 

468 

337 

147

Aug.

115 

115 

127 

171 

175

119 

97 

84 

79 

76

75 

99 

127 

111 

96

111 

218 

269 

240

115

97 

103 

171 

214 

263

182 

163 

115 

103 

99 

95

Per square 

mile

2.66 

2.04 

1.90

2.16

1.68 

1.48 

1.70 

1.15 

1.16 

.640 

1.17 

.764 

.629

1.42

2,710 sec. -ft.

Sept.

127 

139 

115 

90 

89

139 

127 

123 

127 

167

139 

111 

95

115 

119

119 

95 

86 

86 

84

82 

79 

166 

161 

103

91 

91 

91 

96 

99

Runoff in 

inches

3.06 

2.27 

2.19

29.35

1.94 

1.54 

1.95 

1.28 

1.34 

.72 

1.35 

.88 

.70

19.22

River at Boardman.
170 PEE DEE RIVER BASIN

Lumber River at Boardman, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°26'40", long. 78°56'35", at bridge on U. S. Highway 74, 1 mile downstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge at Boardman, 

Columbus County, and l| 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 1950.

Average discharge.--21 years, 1,282 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,880 second-feet July 30 (gage height, 7.11 

reet); minimum, 280 second-feet June 30 (gage height, 1.58 feet).

1929-50: 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 periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Discharge for days of considerable change in stage computed by using rate of change of 

stage as a factor. Slight diurnal fluctuation and regulation at times during low flow 

caused by Lumberton steam-electric plant.

Revisions. W 892: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1949-5O except periods of considerable change In stage 

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

1.6 28O 5.O 1,O7O

2.0 34O 5.5 1.33O

3.O 5O4 6.0 1,67O

4.O 722 ' 6.5 2,13O

4.5 870 7.0 2,740

Discharge, in second feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

a850

a8OO

a750

698

674

674

722

776

776

8O6

806

806

806

806

1.O2O

1,54O

1,80O

1,84O

1,560

1,280

1,170

1,030

950

890

838

776

748

722

722

748

897

Nov.

1,350

1,460

1,600

1,710

1,800

1,840

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,750

1,670

1.56O

1,460

1,360

1,300

1,240

1,220

1,220

1,170

1,100

1,O3O

97O

990

1,O3O

1,O7O

1,070

1,100

1,170

-

Dec.

1,200

1,220

1,240

1,300

1,330

1,390

1,420

1,420

1,390

1,330

1,270

1,200

1,140

1,1OO

1,14O

1.2OO

1,270

1,390

1,530

1,530

1,560

1,64O

1,670

1,71O

1,710

1,670

1,640

1,560

1,500

1,420

1,360

Jan.

1,3OO

1,240

1,220

1,200

1,200

1,220

1,200

1,170

1,100

1,050

1,010

1,010

1,050

1,070

1,120

1,14O

1,200

1,27O

1,36O

1,460

1,600

1,670

1,710

1,710

1,67O

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,560

1,530

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

Hay

June .............................

July .............................

August ................ . . ...

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,460

1,390

1,330

1,300

1,240

1,20O

1,170

1,120

1,050

1,010

990

950

950

950

970

97O

970

97O

950

950

910

890

,910

930

970

1,010

1,050

1,050

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

29 , 281

42,240

43,450

655,808

41,600

29, 61O

36,610

24,744

19,426

17,296

42> 898

30,848

12,712

370,715

Mar.

1,070

1,O7O

1.10O

1,14O

1.2OO

1,200

1,17O

1,170

1,170

1,170

1.2OO

1.2OO

1.14O

1,100

1.O7O

1,050

1,050

1,030

1,O3O

1,030

1.O7O

1,120

1,170

1,220

1,270

1,330

1,330

1,360

1,420

1,46O

1,500

Apr.

1,530

1,530

1,460

1,390

1,3OO

1.22O

1,140

1,050

970

910

87O

838

8O6

776

748

722

674

626

6O4

583

562

542

523

523

504

504

486

468

451

434

Hay

451

549

682

815

838

870

838

838

87O

890

838

776

722

588

504

468

451

434

486

549

657

674

650

626

a6OO

583

497

451

409

393

429

Maximum Minimum

1,840 674

1,840 970

1,710 1,100

7,500 504

1,710 1,010

1,46O 89O

1,5OO 1,O30

1,530 434

89O 393

2,88O 302

2,68O 451

626 295

2,880 280

June

434

451

451

451

968

1,O3O

1,120

1.1OO

874

657

568

542

523

542

657

674

698

674

674

6O4

492

428

409

378

355

332

318

310

302

280

-

Mean

945

1,408

1,402

1,797

1 342

1^058

825

627

577

1 384

995

424

1,016

July

302

340

340

332

325

310

340

647

922

1,110

1,200

1,300

1,330

1,330

1,330

1,420

1,530

1.6OO

1.6OO

1,56O

1,560

1,640

1,710

1,930

2,080

2.13O

2,130

2, ISO

2,680

2,880

2,810

Aug.

2,680

2,

2,

2,

540

120

L8O

2,030

1,840

1,

1,

1,

570

160

240

1,120

1,030

337

528

523

486

468

168

151

151

451

451

168

504

523

604

626

504

562

542

523

468

Per square 

mile

0.775

1.15

1.15

1.47

1.10

 867

. 676

.514

!473

1.13

 816

.348

.833

Sept.

486

468

409

370

355

370

370

378

447

486

523

562

626

604

604

562

523

504

451

409

385

355

325

310

295

295

295

302

318

325

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.89

1.29

1.3Z

19.98

1.27

9O

l!l2

.75

.59

.53

1.31

.94

.39

11.30

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage and records for 

nearby stations.
PEE DEE RIVER BASIN 171

Black River at Klngstree, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°40', long. 79°50', at bridge on U. S. Highway 52 

at Kingstree, Williamsburg 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 1936.

Drainage area.--1,260 square miles.

Kecorcis available. August 1929 to September 1950. Gage-height records collected at same 

site since 1893 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 21 years, 813 second-feet,

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,510 second-feet Sept. 12 (gage height, 9.78 

reet); minimum, 17 second-feet July 7.

1929-50: 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(MJ, drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used May 5 to July 30)

0.6 

.7 

1.0 

1.4 

1.9

2.5 

3.5 

4.5 

5.5 

6.5

148

256

387

548

767

7.5 1,050

8.3 1,380

9.1 1,860

9.8 2,510

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

319 

280 

250 

221 

199

178 

168 

183 

268 

338

293 

221 

183 

168 

163

158 

153 

148 

148 

148

148 

148 

139 

130 

121

116 

108 

108 

108 

108 

116

Nov.

194 

286 

359 

373 

345

319 

312 

332 

359 

387

431 

462 

478 

478 

462

462 

446

416 

401 

373

373 

387 

416 

431 

446

462 

462 

446 

431 

416

Dec.

401 

387 

337 

373 

373

373 

373 

373 

387 

401

431 

446 

446 

462 

495

548 

586 

606 

627 

627

627 

627 

627 

627 

627

649 

694 

718 

718 

718 

671

Jan.

' 627 

606 

567 

530 

512

495 

' 478 

462 

446 

431

431 

431 

462 

495 

495

495 

512 

627 

718 

792

844 

871 

871 

871 

844

871 

871 

898 

927 

927 

927

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

lendaT year 1949 

ary

lifliry

h. ...........................

1 ............................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50- ...........

Feb.

, 893 

871 

871 

871 

844

BIB 

767 

742 

718 

694

671 

627 

586 

 530 

512

495 

478 

462 

446 

446

431 

431 

462 

478 

495

495. 

495 

478

Secondfoot-days

5,537 

11,945 

16,405

327,493

20,334 

17,112 

28,056 

13,848 

4,249 

1,807 

! 7,026 

3,089 

25,537

154,946

Mar.

478 

495 

512 

512 

548

649 

767 

871 

956 

1,020

1,050 

1,090 

1,120 

1,160 

1,200

1,200 

1,240 

1,240 

1,200 

1,160

1,090 

1,020 

956 

898

844

792 

767 

767 

BIB 

818 

818

Apr.

BIB 

BIB 

818 

792 

792

767 

742 

694 

671 

627

567 

512 

446 

416 

387

387 

401 

387 

373 

352

319 

286 

256 

226 

199

178 

163 

153 

148 

153

Maximum

338 

478 

718

5,780

927 

898 

1,240 

818 

387 

85 

548 

387 

2,510

2,510

May

178 

204 

256 

312 

359

387 

359 

319 

286 

256

210 

168 

130 

101 

84

76 

69 

61 

52

45

42 

40 

38 

36 

32

28 

25 

24 

24 

24 

24

Min,imum

108 

194 

373

30

431 

431 

478 148' 

24 

29 

- 18 

25 

54

18

June

29 

29 

30 

40 

42

49 

60

70 

78 

77

76 

76 

75 

67 

58

50

45 

41 

51 

67

70 

69 

70 

76 

83

85 

79 

67

54 

44

Mean

179 

398 

529

897

656 

611 

905 

462 

137 

60.2 

227 

99.6 

851

425

July

33 

25 

21. 

20 

19

18 

18 

48 

104 

77

91 

121 

126 

134 

173

216 

256 

300 

326 

300

256 

268 

312 

352

401

446 

495 

530 

548 

530 

462

Aug.

387 

332 

274 

221 

183

163 

148 

134 

121 

102

83 

69 

53 

48 

50

47 

39 

36 

33 

30

29 

27 

25 

28 

26

42 

69 

88 

82 

64 

56

Per square 

mile

0.142 

.316 

.420

.712

.521 

.485 

.718 

.367 

.109 

.048 

.180 

.079 

.675

.337

Sept.

59 

59 

59

58 

54

55 

69 

63O 

1,730 

2,200

2,400 

2,510 

2,200 

1,940 

1,660

1,430 

1,280 

1,200 

1,090 

956

844 

694 

548 

446 

352

286 

232 

194 

163 

139

Runoff in 

inches

0.16 

.35 

.48

9.65

.60 

.50 

.83 

.41 

.13 

.05 

.21 

.09 

.75

4.56

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 see. -ft.). Sept. 12 (9 a.m.) 2.510 sec. -ft.

Note. Discharge for* periods May 17' to July 24, July 30 to Sept. 8 computed from graph 

dally gage readings by U. S. Weather Bureau.

based on
172 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Catawba River near Marion, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°42'20", long. 82°02'10", at bridge on U. S. Highway 

2Tn"T~a quarter of a mile downstream Tom Creek and 2^ miles northwest 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,630 second-feet Sept. 8 (gage height, 11.16 

Feet); minimum, 111 second-feet Aug. 10 (gage height, 1.23 feet); minimum daily, 129 

second-feet Aug. 24.

1941-50: Maximum discharge, 19,700 second-feet Aug. 28, 1949 (gage height, 15.02 

feet), from rating curve extended above 10,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting and 

contracted-opening method; minimum, 69 Second-feet Dec. 17, 1943, Sept. 8-11, 1944; minimum daily, 69 second-feet Sept. 8, 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 

at low flow caused by power plants above station.

Revisions (water years). W 1032: 1942, 1943(P).

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Sept. 8 Sept. 9-30

1.3 126 3.0 835 5.5 2,710 1.7 274 3.0 840 

1.5 181 3.5 1,120 6.0 3,100 2.0 390 3.5 1,120 

1.7 246 4.0 1,480 7.0 3,850 2.5 60S 

2.0 358 4.5 1,900 8.0 4,550 Note. Same as preceding 

2.5 581 5.0 2,310 ta'Ble~above 3.5 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

339 

331 

331 

319 

327

468 

525 

474 

474 

392

366 

354 

346 

379 

528

1,590 

972 

705 

576 

497

470 

434 

409 

387 

379

400 

358 

426 

443 

1,250 

2,030

Nov.

2,160 

1,220 

890 

730 

655

581 

534 

511 

484 

470

452 

434 

434 

426 

392

404 

371 

387 

366 

366

371 

350 

319 

350 

430

358 

342 

339 

354

350

Dec.

315 

331 

319 

319 

308

308 

304 

289 

300 

264

409 

404 

366 

371 

350

335 

327

387 

404 

371

358 

346 

400

358 

331

706 

756 

576 

474 

448 

409

Jan.

387 

379 

400 

375 

358

350 

354 

323 

327 

327

327 

323 

319 

319 

308

304 

319 

339 

653 

567

452 

413 

387 

358 

358

339 

461 

553 

456 

422 

387

Month

Octc 

Neve 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

ber....................... . ..

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 ............

ary

1..... .......................

st ...........................

ember ........................

tor year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

396 

379 

371 

346 

339

339 

379 

358

371 

371

358 

342 

371 

644 

655

516 

452 

409 

392 

371

354 

358 

366 

331 

327

327 

304 

289

Seccndfcct-days

17,27< 

15,83C

11,94;

207,08

11,94' 

10,81! 

16,24'

9,59:

8,56< 

9,24

7,06. 

6,09] 

27,81'

152,42'

Mar.

466 

379 

342 

335 

327

319 

362 

396 

366 

342

339 

371 

1,760 

1,040 

705

606 

543 

488 

448 

630

630 

606 

581 

520 

479

443 

439 

620 

497 

456 

409

Apr.

422 

396 

371 

366 

474

387 

387 

392 

366 

319

346 

327 

300 

315 

297

300 

300 

297 

297 

286

275 

293 

243

271 

300

232 

264 

250 

268 

250

Maximum

) 2,030 

> 2,160 

5 756

5 8,060

I 653 

) 655 

I 1,760 

L 474 

} 835 

5 601 

5 433 

L 940 

5,140

t 5,140

Peak discharge (base, 3,400 sec. -ft.}. Sept. 1 (8 a.m.

May

271 

264 

366 

239 

327

232 

275 

229 

271 

219

264 

275 

253 

250 

315

253 

236 

271 

203 

246

215 

246 

239 

219 

200

239 

206 

304 

257 

350 

835

Minimum

319 

319

264

250

304 

289 

319 

232

200 

172 

161 

129 

270

129

June

422 

300 

446 

456 

413

304 

289 

376 

575 

488

601 

383 

339 

300 

278

260 

264 

250 

212 

246

232 

253 

243 

193 

181

190 

206 

172 

181 

190

Mean

557 

528 

385

567

385 

386 

524 

320 

276 

308 

228 

196 

927

418

July

166 

172 

175 

228 

261

282 

219 

175 

161 

166

337 

433 

264 

232 

222

226 

257 

250 

209 

175

164 

169 

181 

297 

250

243 

271 

282 

222 

196 

178

Aug.

164 

164 

152 

152 

147

136 

142 

164 

155 

222

196 

149 

139 

246 

193

209 

166 

152 

152

169

147 

200 

155 

129 

219

206 

209 

184 

169 

164 

940

Per square 

mile

3.26 

3.09 

2.25

3.32

2.25 

2.26 

3.06 

1.87 

1.61 

1.80 

1.33 

1.15 

5.42

2.44

Sept.

3,410 

998 

591 

474 

529

426 

747 

5,140 

4,860 

1,580

1,030 

918 

744 

605 

527

479 

441 

411 

390 

370

362 

350 

338 

330 

315

304 

300 

292 

281 

270

Runoff in 

inches

3.76 

3.44 

2.60

45.03

2.60 

2.35 

3.53 

2.09 

1.86 

2.01 

1.54 

1.32 

6.05

33.15

) 5,930 sec. -ft. j Sept. 8 (2:30 p.m.) 7,630
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 173

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 (gage heights only 1900, 1902), November 1934 

to septemcer i960.

Average discharge. 18 years (1896-99, 1935-50), 2,425 second-feet (unadjusted).

.Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 11,500 second-feet Nov. 2 (gage height, 10.10

 feet); minimum, llff second-feet Dec. 4, Sept. 3, 4 (gage height, 2.20 feet); minimum 

daily, 130 second-feet Aug. 6, 13.

1896-1902, 1934-50: Maximum discharge. 177,000 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage 

height, 36.8 feet, from floodmarks), by computations of flow at Lookout Shoals power 

plant by Duke Power Co.; minimum, 107 second-feet Nov. 9, 1941; minimum daily, 115 

second-feet Dec. 10, 1939, Sept. 14, 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.

Revisions (water years).--W 892: 1936-38. W 952: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1949-5O (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

2.2

2.3

2.4 

2.6 

2.8

118

158

205

320

465

3.0 

3.3 

3.6 

4.0 

5.0

620

890

1,210

1,68O

3,O8O

6.0 4,610

7.0 6,260

9.0 9,600

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,220

1,630

1,940

3,310

3,220

3,000

3,120

1,880

1,530

1,820

2,60O

2,720

2,920

2,340

1,750

1,60O

1,630

2,040

2,280

2,450

2,500

1,740

1,420

1,590

2,260

2,650

2,330

2,840

1,800

2,050

4,700

Nov.

7,630

9,340

7,O8O

7,250

6,420

2,030

2,930

6,260

6,26O

5,970

4,830

4,970

3,420

3,610

3,280

3,280

3,450

3,300

2,080

1,880

2,990

2,910

2,750

2,800

2,640

1,250

280

2,350

2,570

2,840

-

Dec.

2,790

2,850

2,130

465

2,390

2,720

3,08O

3,O8O

3,160

2,840

838

2,310

2,700

2,77O

3,160

2,680

1,050

542

2,28O

2,770

2,670

2,670

1.06O

602

221

427

2,070

2,740

2,450

1,930

1,010

Month

October. ...............

November ...............

December. ..............

Calendar year 1949 . .

January. ...............

February. ..............

March.. .....:.........-.

April

May. ...................

June ...................

July...................

August. ................

September. .............

Water year 1949-50 . .

Jan.

380

2,050

2,90O

3,020

3,130

2,930

1,310

420

2,490

3,080

3,160

3,540

3,250

1,350

233

3,140

3,210

3,390

3,310

2,850

744

270

3,080

3,230

3,OOO

3,120

3,080

1,360

205

3,090

3,390

Feb.

3,310

3,220

2,860

612

177

3,250

3,350

3,390

3,330

3,290

1,540

315

3,300

3,410

3,360

3,360

3,310

1,600

616

3,250

3,450

3,480

4,100

3,66O

2,540

828

3,350

3,190

-

-

-

Mar.

3,510

3,480

3,270

2,370

792

2,460

2,250

2,360

2,690

2,690

737

398

3,6OO

3,530

3,150

3,000

2,720

692

450

2,930

3,810

4,140

4,280

3,140

740

394

3,120

3,490

3,520

3,470

3,220

Apr.

1,100

294

3,270

3,430

2,480

2,54O

2,14O

6O8

326

1,640

2,990

2,88O

3,180

2,860

1,010

266

3,120

3,360

3,040

2,760

2,520

618

154

2,240

235

3,020

3,200

2,480

763

163

-

Observed

Secondfoot-days

71,880

' 118,650

64,455

1,184,314

73,712

75,446

80,403

58, 687

62,030

54,408

38, 746

61,314

69,238

828,969

Maximum

4,700

9,340

3,160

24,200

3,540

4,100

4j 280

3,430

3,050

3,160

2,850

2,920

, 3,590

9,340

Minimum

1,420

280

221

186

205

177

394

154

146

142

130

184

130

Mean

2,319

3 955 2)079

3, 245

2 j 378

2^ 694

2,594

1 j 956

2,001

1,814

1,250

1> 978

2,308

2,271

Bay

2,150

3,030

2,520

2,7OO

1,960

67O

204

1,870

2,660

2,320

2,020

2.12O

604

496

2,910

3,OOO

2,20O

2,260

2,260

581

224

2,820

2,900

2,610

2,600

2,210

804

563

3,050

2,980

2,730

June

2,260

1,700

548

404

2,670

2,44O

2,410

2,410

2,260

643

172

2,570

2,190

2,280

2,180

1,990

743

150

2,280

2,740

2,020

2,000

1,840

562

146

2,300

2,460

2,380

3,160

2,500

Change In 

contents

(equivalent, 

second-feet) t

+645

-1,168

+47

-103

-294

 298

+ 738

 85

+116

+30

+391

-638

+747

+23

July

1,

2,

2,

2,

2,

64O

181

362

163

158

158

158

154

142

840

120

24O

080

080

626

172

1,

2,

1,

870

060

890

2,160

2,O3O

1,

552

158

900

2,850

2,250

2,

2,

310

550

760

202

2,130

Aug.

2,310

2,480

2,620

2,370

844

130

2,620

2,440

2,79O

2,450

2,46O

82O

130

2,22O

2,780

2,92O

2,340

2,760

932.

150

2,460

2,560

2,450

2,460

2,430

634

154

2,530

2,140

2,240

2,640

Sept.

2,34O

866

184

2,130

2,670

2,870

2,270

2,640

3,080

1,800

2,970

3,360

3,360

3,590

3,300

1,910

460

2,940

2,530

2,890

2,850

2,580

1,070

303

2,620

2,720

2,610

2,530

2,710

1,080

Adjusted for change In 

reservoir contents

Mean

-

3,142

_

2,294

Per square 

mile

-

2.05

-

1.49

Runoff In 

Inches

-

27.83

-

20.23

t Change In contents of Brldgewater, Rhodlss, Oxford, *and Lookout Shoals Reservoirs (data furnished 

by Duke Power Co.).
174 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Catawba River near Rock Hill, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°59', long. 80°58', at bridge on U, S. Highway 21,

Les downstream from Catawba Dam, 5 miles northeast of Rock Hill, York County, and 

7-J miles upstream from Sugar Creek.

Drainage area.--3 ,050 square miles.

Records available.--April 1942 to September 1950. September 1895 to July 1903 at site 

~d 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. 15 years (1895-1902, 1942-50), 4,988 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 23,600 second-feet Nov. 1 (gage height, 10.03 

reetj; minimum, 740 second-feet July 9 (gage height, 3.20 feet); minimum daily, 938 

second-feet July 9.

1895-1903, 1942-50: 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 

cubic feet) and by other power plants above station.

Revisions.--See Records available.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height. In feet,

and discharge, In aecond-feet)

3.3 890 6.0

3,8 1,730 8.0

4.3 2,780 9.4

5.0 4,670

7,970

15,600

21,200

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September- 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,100

1,050

6,220

6,120

6,460

5,850

6,770

7,670

5,320

8,460

6,430

5,700

6,670

5,900

. 1,480

1,100

6,160

5,950

5,600

4,770

5,050

1,440

1,290

5,700

5,750

5,500

4,690

6,250

1,400

1,310

9,500

Nov.

18,800

21,200

14,400

14 , 400

12,000

2,350

8,560

12,100

12,500

1O,4OO

8,330

6,880

3,350

 9,880

8,720

6,330

6,140

5,800

1,770

1,280

5,020

5,420

5,760

2,810

3,900

1,470

1,220

5,690

5,770

5,810

-

Dec.

5,190

5,250

2,230

1,130

5,950

6,150

6,430

5,630

5,000

1,520

1,710

4,890

4,190

4,550

4,190

4,000

1,530

1,280

4,210

4,720

4,820

4,150

1,530

1,200

1,150

1,300

3,750

4,200

4,250

4,020

1,510

Jan.

1,400

3,540

5,080

5,510

6,150

4,800

1,760

1,130

5,840

5,940

5,620

6,980

4,450

1,440

1,150

5,610

5,380

4,400

3,630

3,790

1,630

1,180

4,180

5,200

4,890

5,250

5,080

1,6SO

1,110

4,790

5,120

Month

October .............. ...........

November .........................

December ..................... ...

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-5O ............

Feb.

6,150

6,430

5,500

2,200

1,200

5,030

5,420

4,760

5,890

5,710

2,590

1,710

5,360

6,130

5,540

5,660

5,660

2,160

1,400

6,300

6,450

7,190

6,640

6,950

2,270

1,880

6,000

6,330

_

-

Secondfoot days

153, 66C

228, 06C

111,63C

2,083,89C

123 71C

134isiC

123, 08C

135, 42C

109, 40C

103 45C

72il4E

102, 27C

72 , OOCVV

1,469,338

Mar.

6,300

6,770

5,880

3,350

1,350

3,710

3,940

3,390

3,750

3,620

1,480

1,160

3,980

4,460

4,700

4,130

3,910

1,700

1,850

4,350

4,070

4,790

6,640

4,180

1,330

1,070

5,060

6,280

5,410

5,450

5,020

Apr.

4,

2,

5,

6,

9,

7,

7,

2,

1,

3,

5,

7,

4,

4,

1,

1,

5,

6,

5,

5,

4,

1,

1,

5,

5,

5,

5,

4,

1,

1,

Maximum

9,500

21,200

6,430

31,700

6, 980

7,190

6,770

9,080

5,520

6,040

4,570

4,650

4,170

21,200

610

480

560

960

080

360

160

780

480

430

750

030

820

530

590

630

430

110

750

150

930

260

480

950

510

250

310

470

280

290

-

May

4,820

4,960

4,030

4,080

3,800

1,280

1,310

4,000

4,470

4,260

4,360

3,680

1,380

1,670

2,860

5,120

5,520

4,340

3,650

1,200

1,230

4,610

4,660

4,640

4,620

3,940

1,250

1,370

4,620

3,890

3,780

Minimum

1,050

1,220

1,130

1,020

1,110

1,200

1,070

1,260

1 200

1^030

938

1,050

1,090

938

June

3,530

3,330

1,330

1,190

3,350

3,470

3,600

3,380

3,700

1,350

1,110

3,970

4,140

4,510

3,900

3,830

1,430

1,030

4,930

4,900

4,600

4,750

3,980

1,350

1,470

5,440

5,430

4,360

6,040

4,050

-

Mean

4, 957

7,602

3,601

5,709

3 991

4,' 804

3,970

4,514

3 529

3, 448

2 327

3 299

2^400

4,026

July

1,700

1,080

1,110

1,070

1,070

1,080

1,020

1,130

938

2,530

3,410

3,260

3,320

2,530

1,050

1,070

2,810

3,260

3,020

3,130

3,390

1,430

1,260

3,900

4,230

4,160

4,570

3,110

1,860

1,130

3,520'

Aug.

4,

3,

4,

3,

1,

190

820

490

580

560

1,070

4,

4,

4,

3,

4,

1,

1,

4,

260

520

570

820

650

610

330

420

4,590

4,120

3,

4,

1,

BOO

420

610

1,110

3,

3,

3,

3,

720

750

430

560

3,660

1,300

1,

3,

3,

3,

350

B40

260

060

4,300

Per square 

mile

_

-

1 . 87

1.32

Sept.

4,010

1,360

1,130

2,720

4,170

4,160

3,910

3,760

1,290

1,190

2,390

2,090

1,460

1,320

1,230

1,090

1,140

2,060

2,040

2,270

3,110

2,580

2,370

1,160

2,910

3,740

3,670

2,920

3,070

1,680

-

Runoff in 

inches

_

_

-

25 * 42

17.92
SANTEE RIVER BASQL 175

Wateree River near Camden, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°14'40", long. 80 0 39'15", at bridge on U. S. Highway 1, 1,500 feet downstream from Twentyfivemlle 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.

Records available. January to December 1903 (gage heights only), September 1904 to June 

1910, October 1929 to September 1950. Gage-height records collected at site li 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. 21 years (1929-50), 6,009 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 20,500 second-feet Nov. 3 (gage height, 19.21 

TeeTT; minimum daily, 412 second-feet Aug. 13.

1904-10, 1929-50: Maximum discharge occurred Aug. 26, 1908 (gage height, 39.7 feet, 

at site lz 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 lj miles downstream, from 

records of U. S. Weather Bureau (discharge uncertain).

Remarks. Records fair. Plow regulated by power plant at Wateree Reservoir (capacity, 

7,626,000,000 cubic feet) and by other power plants above station.

Cooperation. Gage-height record collected in cooperation with U. S. Weather Bureau.

KevisionsTwater years). W 802; 1930. W952: Drainage area. W 1082: 1908(M), 1934(m).

Rating table, water year 1949-5O (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 6 to Sept. 30)

1.8 400 4.5

2.1 573 9.0

2.4 300 14.5

3.0 1,370 IS. 4

3,000

8,050

14, 200

19,200

Discharge, in seoond-feet, water year Ootober 1949 to September 1950

Day

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.

3,910

770

4,740

5,920

6,420

6,380

6,870

7,050

4,430

6,980

8,370

11,OOO

1O.1OO

8,930

4,12O

846

6,600

8,410

7,400

6,720

8,140

5,390

948

5,490

6,900

6,640

7,330

7,970

4,460

1,430

7,3OO

Nov.

11,800

13.7OO

19,200

18,800

17,400

14,600

15,200

15,400

15,200

15,100

15,200

15,300

1O,5OO

12,30O

8,550

8,66O

8,360

8,700

4,390

832

5,220

6,630

7,760

5,100

4,780

3,8OO

1,010

5,300

7,280

6,840

-

Dec.

6,400

7,020

4,550

1,100

5,840

7,960

8,330

7,91O

7,710

4,310

777

4,330

6,260

7.3OO

6,840

7,220

4,240

1,290

5,810

7,340

7,790

7,38O

4,770

3,2OO

826

514

3,9OO

6,470

5,820

5,630

4,410

Jan.

l.ooo

3,740

6,620

7,290

7,510

7,570

4,650

939

5,690

7,870

7,640

7,760

7,470

4,660

999

4,950

7,450

6,65O

7,630

7,560

4.71O

1,160

5,590

6,740

7,240

6.7OO

6,780

3,580

1,O9O

5,430

7,150

Month

Ootober ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February ..........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-5O ............

Feb.

6,830

7,040

6,340

3,840

738

6,010

6,820

7,140

7,800

7,490

4,400

1,150

5,560

7,030

8.O2O

8,210

7,030

5,490

1,410

5,760

7,910

7,810

7,47O

7,000

5,870

1,040

6,1OO

8,650

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

187,964

302,912

163,797

3,O87,65]

171,816

166, 00£

175.77C

189, 72£

133,241

129.44E

98,302

122, 81Z

83,023

1,924,826

Mar.

S,500

8,230

8,630

6,600

1,410

5,160

7,480

7,460

6,860

5,790

3,790

1,330

4,250

4,910

4,210

5,490

5,650

5,290

1,690

5,070

5,770

6,220

6,940

6,230

4,070

1,120

5,040

6,250

7,260

9,590

9,480

Apr.

1,550

C

6,4

9,1

72

60

40

3,960

11,500

10, 7

S,S

2,2

00

30

40

4,650

7,650

7,1 20

7,9OO

8,2 40

4,350

1,520

5,S

8,2

8,E

00

SO

.30

7,850

7,550

2,4

6

6,2

90

06

90

8,340

3,340

8,9

8,2

3,1

1»<

Maximum

11,000

19,2OO

8.33O

48,600

7,870

8,650

) 9,590

11,500

6,330

6,77O

5,820

6,140

5,640

19,200

9O

10

60

10

May

5.1OO

6,330

5.O8O

4,870

4,550

3,390

96O

4,060

5,800

5,720

5,100

4,460

2,610

715

6,180

5,760

6,120

5,250

4,880

3,250

1,010

4,600

5,O7O

5,450

5,640

4,350

2,60O

962

3,670

4,340

4,870

1 

Minimum

770

832

514

514

939

788

11,20

572

715

860

449

412

570

412

June

4,000

3,510

2,570

862

3,630

4,430

4,530

4,670

4,710

2,380

860

4,000

4,840

5,260

5,76O

4,460

2,820

1,010

4,910

6,510

6,020

5,960

5,840

3,840

973

5i 160

6,580

6,400

6,770

6,030

-

Msan

6.O63

10,100

5,284

8,459

5,543

5,929

5,67C

6,324

4,298

4,315

3,171

3,962

2,767

5,273

July

2,970

306

2,530

1,880

1,360

535

2,150

4,630

1,970

4,250

5,180

3,490

3,880

3,480

4,380

2,990

3,180

3,830

3,220

4,160

5,820

3,830

912

3,960

3,880

2,770

3,240

5,530

2,750

449

4,240

Aug.

4,320

5,250

5,830

5,530

3,200

646

4,490

5,380

5,480

6,100

5,410

2,410

412

2,570

3,85O

3,400

3,270

4,200

1,780

584

3,460

5,300

5,520

4,640

3,730

3,480

1,020

4,280

5,510

5,120

6,140

Per square 

mile

1.67

_

-

1.04

S6Pt.

5,260

2,380

708

2,020

2,370

4,350

5,640

4,240

3,920

1,620

1,280

1,370

809

904

1,070

2,140

570

1,430

1,970

3,660

3,450

4,100

4,210

852

2,700

2,930

3,780

5,380

4,120

3,790

-

Runoff in 

inches

_

-

-

22.63

.

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

-

14.13
176 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Lake Marion near Plneville, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°27'00", long. 80°09'50", 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.

Records available. January 1942 to September 1950.

Extremes.--Maximum elevation during year, 75.56 feet Oct. 15; minimum, 69.56 feet July 7. 

T942-5(X: Maximum elevation, 76.91 feet Sept. 7, 1949 (caused by high wind); minimum elevation observed, 63.75 feet Jan. 1, 1942.

Remarks. Lake is formed by earth dam. Storage began in November 1941; dam completed in 

T93T. 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 Ma-rion through canal at Lake Moultrie (see p. 211) for generation of power and for 

navigation.

Elevation at 12 p.m., In feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

75.15

75.10

74.99

74.85

74.77

74.71

74.68

74.64

74.64

74.64

74.69

74.91

75.24

75.49

75.54

75.48

75.34

75.14

74.97

74.83

74.71

74.61

74.47

74.30

74.10

73.96

73.82

73.75

73.63

73.48

73.56

Nov.

73.46

73.43

73.50

73.51

73.69

73.98

74.23

74.34

74.46

74.54

74.61

74.64

74.69

74.71

74.67

74.66

74.64

74.56

74.53

74.47

74.35

74.13

74.08

74.07

74.18

74.11

74.13

74.11

74.10

74.13

-

Dec.

74.17

74.21

74.24

74.29

74.23

74.14

74.15

74.12

74.13

74.15

74.15

74.05

73.98

73.93

73.93

73.87

73.86

73.88

73.80

73.64

73.54

73.43

73.32

73.16

73.03

72.91

72.72

72.51

72.38

72.23

72.15

Jan.

72.05

71.92

71.74

71.63

71.59

71.53

71.48

71.37

71.23

71.02

7O.92

70.85

70.78

70.78

70.82

70.78

70.79

70.79

70.85

70.88

71.00

71.15

71.26

71.30

71.32

71.37

71.39

71.46

71.52

71.57

71.56

Feb.

71.56

71.58

71.55

71.54

71.55

71.52

71.43

71.42

71.43

71.43

71.44

71.50

71.52

71.52

71.59

71.56

71.44

71.50

71.54

71.54

71.50

71.58

71.57

71.61

71.63

71.67

71.65

71.61

_

.

-

Mar.

71.77

71.60

71.61

71.71

71.89

71.93

72.00

72.30

72.08

72.19

72.33

72.42

72.57

72.40

72.40

72.45

72.46

72.50

72.52

72.62

72.51

72.70

72.57

72.61

72.67

72.73

72.72

72.80

72.76

72.80

72.75

Apr.

72.82

72.88

72.88

72.86

72.90

72.84

72.83

72.90

72.94

73.08

73.03

73.03

72.92

72.87

72.90

72.96

72.92

72.86

72.87

72.90

72.82

72.84

72.86

72.78

72.73

72.71

72.77

72.77

72.80

72.83

-

Hay

72.86

72.76

72.77

72.76

72.78

72.78

72.80

72.65

72.58

72.57

72.52

72.52

72.44

72.47

72.39

72.26

72.24

72.23

72.19

72.10

72.03

71.95

71.80

71.77

71.70

71.63

71.56

71.55

71.43

b.71.34

b.71.38

June

71.37

71.30

b.71.32

b.71.37

b.71.26

71.12

71.12

71.18

71.16

71.12

71. 06

70.99

70.93

70.94

70.92

70.84

7O.80

70.75

70.70

70.57

76.50

70.43

70.37

70.33

70.27

70. lo

70.02

69.93

70.01

70.00

-

July

69.98

69.94

69.87

69.80

69.72

69.62

69.57

69.67

69.74

69.82

69.82

69.84

69.86

69.86

69.92

70.00

70.12

70.19

70.26

70.27

70.22

70.19

70.21

70.23

70.12

70.07

70.11

70.04

70.01

70.05

69.99

Aug.

69.91

69.93

69.94

69.91

69.97

69.99

69.93

69.80

69.80

69.81

69.90

69.93

70. 05

70.03

69.97

69.98

70.02

70. P3

70.11

70.20

70.19

70.13

70.22

70.30

70.34

70.37

70.43

 70. *4

70.39

. 70.44

70.53

Sept.

70.59

70.66

70.69

70.66

70.53

70.51

70.87

70.99

71.09

71.23

71.34

71.48

71.55

71.59

71.57

71.55

71.59

71.58

71.53

71.50

71.48

71.50

71.47

71.41

71.37

71.30

71.28

71.26

71.25

71.28

"

Monthly elevation and contents, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Date

Nov. 30.... .........

Calendar year 1949

July 31. ............

Sept. 30.... .........

Water year 1949-50

Elevation 

(feet)t

72 15

-

71.28

-

Contents 

(billions of 

cubic feet)

-

25.27

-

Change In contents 

during month 

(equivalent , 

second-feet)

-2,666

+883

-468

-11

+638

+949

-493

t Elevation at 12 p.m.

h Elevation obtained from power-plant log sheet.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 177

Santee River near Pineville, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°27'15", long. 80°09'25", 3.0 miles upstream from 

Dead Hiver, 3.3 miles downstream from Lake Marion Dam, and 6.7 miles west of Pineville, 

Berkeley County. Datum of gage is 23.00 feet above mean sea level (levels by South 

Carolina Public Service Authority).

Drainage area. 14,700 square miles.

Records available. --April 1942 to September 1950.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 782 second-feet Aug. 18, Sept. 8; maximum gage 

 height, 3.27 feet Nov. 25; minimum daily discharge, 399 second-feet Oct. 1.

1942-50: 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 Lake Marion and logarithmic plotting; minimum daily, 

9 second-feet Feb. 23, 1947.

Remarks . - -Records good. Flow completely regulated by Lake Marion (see p. 176). Water

diverted above station from Lake Marion through canal (see p. 210) into Lake Moultrie (see p. 211) for generation of power and for navigation, then discharged into 

Cooper River Basin.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 tc September 1950

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.

399

426

430

433

433

440

440

458

458

440

458

440

440

458

440

420

413

406

413

416

423

420

423

420

413

403

409

416

420

458

458

Nov.

475

440

545

475

492

510

510

510

510

510

528

528

528

528

545

545

528

4Z1

545

430

510

475

458

492

581

528

510

492

492

492

-

Dec.

510

492

492

492

492

492

475

475

492

510

528

528

528

f545

581

f581

563

545

f545

545

528

510

510

510

510

510

528

599

599

599

599

Jan.

581

581

563

563

563

563

581

599

599

581

581

563

563

545

545

545

563

599

581

599

563

510

510

528

528

528

528

545

545

528

528

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

528

545

545

545

581

563

563

563

563

563

581

581

563

599

599

599

563

563

563

545

510

563

563

492

475

510

563

510

_

_

-

Seoondf Dot-days

13,32

15 13

16^41

1,248,92

17 29

15 5O

15^63

15,69

16,51

15,76 

15 77

18 23

19 1, 14

194,42

Mar.

492

475

475

475

492

492

492

510

460

492

510

510

492

510

492

492

510

510

510

510

492

510

528

475

510

528

528

545

563

545

510

Apr.

510

545

563

545

545

545

510

528

528

528

563

528

510

492

510

510

510

510

510

510

510

510

510

510

510

528

528

528

528

528

-

Maximum

: 458

5 581

5 599

5 73,400

1 599

599

5 563

D 563

3 599

3 563

5 545

D 653

5 726

1 726

May

528

491

599

581

563

563

563

545

545

528

528

545

563

581

545

528

528

528

528

510

492

492

528

528

528

528

510

510

510

492

510

Minimum

399

421

475

396

510

475

460

492

491

458

475

510

475

399

June

510

492

492

458

458

458

563

545

545

563

563

563

563

563

563

563

563

545

545

528

528

545

528

510

510

510

510

492

492

492

-

Mean

43C

504

52S

3,422

556

554

504

522

532

525

501

58J

636

532

July

510

510

492

492

492

492

510

510

492

528

528

528

528

545

545

528

528

528

545

545

492

475

475

492

492

475

492

510

492

492

510

Aug.

510

528

563

563

563

563

563

563

563

545

563

563

563

581

581

563

563

635

564

581

599

617

635

617

635

635

635

653

635

653

635

Per square 

mile

Sept.

635

635

635

635

599

635

689 726-

689

671

671

671

635

635

653

653

653

653

635

653

653

653

653

671

671

653

599

475

528

528

-

Runoff in 

inches

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.
178 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Linville River at Branch, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°47'50", 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 1950.

Average discharge. 28 years, 142 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,100 second-feet Sept. 9 (gage height, 6.41 

TeeTT; minimum, 28 second-feet Aug. 10 (gage height, 1.49 feet); minimum daily, 28 

second-feet Aug. 10.

1922-50: 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 good 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 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 1 to Dec. ll)

Oct. 1-31 Nov. 1 to Sept. 30

1.8 72 2.6 330 1.5 29 2.2 146 3.4 870 

2.0 113 2.8 466 1.6 38 2.4 222 4.0 1,450 

2.2 161 3.0 626 1.8 61 2.7 375 4.6 2,150 

2.4 228 3.3 884 2.0 96 3.0 560 5.2 3,020

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12

13

14 

15

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

78 

a80 

a80 

a80 

a80

92

176 

148 

134 

127

109 

97 

98 

194 

154

144 

164 

161 

138 

134

122 

115 

109 

102 

102

105 

109 

109 

205 

239 

946

Nov.

1,120 

720 

423 

309 

240

193 

170 

150 

135 

124

117 

110 

105 

105 

98

92

88 

90 

83 

83

a80 

a80 

380 

a80 

alOO

a90 

a85 

a85 

885 

a85

Dec.

a80 

380 

380 

375 

375

375 

375 

71 

69 

66

79 

127 

108 

101 

96

90 

83 

95 

160 

130

117 

117 

160 

160 

135

211 

405 

273 

210 

178 

156

Jan.

141 

135 

135 

127 

119

112 

108 

103 

98 

96

98 

96 

96 

96 

88

92 

88 

101 

146 

185

141 

130 

119 

114 

98

101 

110 

132 

119 

127 

170

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febi 

Hare 

Apr! 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

We

mber .........................

lendar year 194J 

ary

1 .......................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

138 

132 

127 

117 

110

105 

144 

150 

152 

227

181 

156 

15C 

387 

510

314 

245 

202 

181 

156

141 

135 

141 

127 

117

110 

98 

98

Secondfoot-dsys

4,73 

5,40 

3,93

79,69

3,62 

4,85 

6,10 

3,28 

2,59 

2,44 

1,85 

1,76 

9,78

50,36

liar.

148 

138 

101 

112 

108

105 

114 

156 

146 

132

124 

135 

374 

387 

263

236 

222 

189 

167 

170

236 

227 

218 

197 

189

170 

164 

405 

319 

245 

206

Apr.

189 

178 

156 

146 

193

160 

141 

132 

124 

119

114 

108 

105 

101 

96

94 

90 

88 

86 

86

83 

81 

81 

79 

77

79 

74 

71 

71 

81

Maximum

L 946 

5 1,120 

7 405

5 4,000

L 185 

I 510 

5 405 

5 193 

D 167 

2 178 

2 12Z 

3 327 

5 2,900

3 2,900

Peak discharge (base, 1,600 sec. -ft.). Sept. 9 (4 a.m

May

86 

85 

98 

96 

81

74 

77 

83 

72 

69

79 

88 

90 

90 

167

127 

101 

90 

83 

75

74 

72 

71 

66 

63

63

61 

64 

64 

64

117

Minimum

78 

80 

66

55

88 

98 

101 

71 

61 

50 

36 

28 

85

28

June

108 

77 

77 

90 

114

83 

72 

67 

67 

107

178 

110 

86 

77 

75

74 

67 

66 

60 

57

139 

94 

88 

77 

63

59 

56 

54 

50

50

Mean

153 

180 

127

218

117 

173 

197 

109 

83.5 

81.4 

59.7 

57. C 

326

138

July

49 

50 

45 

42 

10O

79 

69 

56 

47 

44

54 

96 

92 

75 

66

61 

59 

54 

47 

42

39 

36 

38 

60 

50

45 

64 

122 

72 

53 

46

Aug.

45 

44 

39 

36

34

33 

31 

29 

29 

28

31 

45 

35 

34

31

35 

40 

35 

42 

61

46 

36 

34 

44 

56

92 

127 

92 

98 

79 

327

Per square 

mile

2.35 

2.77 

1.95

3.35

1.80 

2.66 

3.03 

1.68 

1.28 

1.25 

.918 

.877 

5.02

2.12

) 5,100 sec. -ft.

Sept.

979 

434 

231 

164 

132

108 

112 

818 

2,900 

732

441 

423 

278 

210 

167

138 

122 

124 

130

119

110 

122 

146 

108 

98

92

88 

86 

86

85

Runoff in 

inches

2.71 

3.09 

2.25

45.58

2.07 

2.78 

3.49 

1.88 

1.48 

1.40 

1.06 

1.01 

5.60

28.82

a Ho gage-height record; dischsrge computed on bssis of partial record, recorded rsnge in stage, 

westher records, and records for stations on nearby streams.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 179

Henry Pork near Henry River, N. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°41'05". long. 81°24'05", 400 feet downstream from 

Dridge on county highway at Old Link Ford, l£ miles downstream from Catawba-Burke County 

line, and 2 miles downstream from village of Henry River, Burke County.

Drainage area. 80 square miles.

Hecoras available.--July 1925 to November 1931. December 1941 to September 1950.

Average aiscnarge'. 14 years (1925-31, 1942-50), 128 second-feet.

Extremes .--Maximum discharge during year, 3,930 second-feet Oct. 7 (gage height, 8.44 feet), 

rrom rating curve extended above 2,500 second-feet on basis of computation of flow over 

dam; minimum, 7 second-feet Sept. 28; minimum daily, 10 second-feet Sept. 28.

1925-31, 1941-50: 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-feet 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 fluctuation and 

some regulation caused by mill above station. About 2| second-feet daily is diverted 

for water supply by city of Morganton and Morganton State Hospital and wasted into 

Catawba River.

Revisions (water year). W 952: 1928, 1930.

 Rafting tables, water year 1949-50 (gage'height, .in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 13 Mar. 14 to Sept. 30

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

1.8

67

101

141

187

2.0 

2.3 

2.6 

3.0

245

360

435

670

3.5 925

4.0 1,190

4.5 1,460

12

20

29

39

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

1.8

62

101

148

202

2.0 

2.3 

2.6

3.0

265

375

495

670

Note. Same as preceding table above 

3.0~Teet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

61

83

99

92

87

101

1,560

324

203

165

143

133

125

167

46

117

125

119

113

109

107

95

101

109

107

107

107

107

145

421

1,010

Nov.

728

494

270

200

175

154

154

143

137

133

131

125

123

131

121

121

117

113

107

109

117

113

111

111

111

105

97

111

111

111

-

Dec.

Ill

78

87

96

111

111

90

78

94

90

105

111

lol

115

109

109

99

63

113

107

94

99

111

54

88

133

206

148

123

113

107

Jan.

101

113

105

103

105

107

81

72

105

107

92

78

96

81

78

105

90

92

141

187

137

121

117

109

105

90

117

185

161

141

127

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

119

113

115

101

99

111

109

111

107

117

115

103

115

202

380

192

152

131

121

119

111

111

121

107

101

101

105

105

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

6,38

4,88

3,25

64> 79

3 44

3! 59

6,34!

3 32

2 71

2, 81

2 31

1, 86

2,96

43,90

liar.

96

103

105

96

68

103

107

105

105

105

101

70

996

532

265

211

182

158

146

263

471

300

242

194

174

156

151

217

199

171

156

Apr.

146

138

136

129

161

136

129

119

122

124

115

115

110

110

103

99

112

106

106

106

108

103

67

103

106

81

88

101

77

70

-

Maximum

3 1,560

4 728

t 206

I 2,570

1 187

4 380

3 996

B 161

D 200

168

1 138

3 557

7 1,560

May

117

110

136

110

106

79

74

106

83

92

79

90

72

75

138

99

79

88

83

90

32

86

77

67

67

67

58

60

106

97

90

Minimum

46

97

54

42

72

99

68

67

32

31

19

12

10

10

June

97

76

f31

f!20

141

101

f81

a70

a70

a70

a200

a!02

90

64

79

160

71

65

90

74

102

151

151

76

69

90

76

65

70

90

-

Mean

206

163

105

178

in128

205

111

87. J

93 '

74 '

60 '.]

98. £

120

July

66

168

90

67

86

74

132

f61

64

76

70

70

a65

a75

a90

a80

a70

a70

67

65

70

53

40

99

76

65

67

67

83

19

66

Aug.

60

58

60

55

50

22

36

60

30

58

28

46

12

64

58

58

60

45

65

57

60

92

69

70

72

138

86

88

67

61

79

Per square 

mile

2.58

2.04

1.31

2.22

1.39

1.60

2.56

1.39

1.09

1.17

.931

.751

1.24

1.50

Sept.

86

92

61

57

58

60

62

165

557

195

119

242

148

129

76

69

64

64

62

62

62

64

64

32

61

55

71

10

58

61

-

Runoff in 

inches

2.97

2.27

1.51

30.11

1.60

1.67

2 95

l!55

1 . 26

1.31

1.07

l!38

20.41

Peak discharge (base, 2,800 sec. -ft. ). --Oct. 7 (3:15 a.m.) 3,930 sec. -ft.

a No gage-height record;discharge computed on basis of records for South Pork Catawba River at 

Lowell and First Broad River near Lawndale.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage heights.
180 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

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, 1 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.

flecords available.--January 1942 to September 1950.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 10,800 second-feet Oct. 7 (gage height, 12.67 

reet); minimum recorded, 88 second-feet Aug. 19 (gage height, 1.37 feet), but may have 

been less during July and August, when lower intake was closed; minimum daily, 130 

second-feet Aug. 11, 13.

1942-50: 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 except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor, 

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 6.6 

second-feet for water supply. For diversion by town of Morganton see Henry Fork near 

Henry River. Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water year 

1950 are given in Water-supply Paper 1186.

Revisions (water years).--W 1002: 1943(m).

Rating-table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.6 128 3.5 773 7.0 3,370 

2.0 221 4.0 1,040 9.0 5.67O 

2.5 379 5.0 1,710 11.0 8,330 

3.0 563 6.0 2,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

481 

468 

489 

498 

486

468 

7,640 

6,180 

4,560 

1,760

1,080 

923 

820 

783 

795

658 

695 

694 

679 

657

608 

597 

575 

594 

554

1,010 

691 

651 

710 

2,890 

7,630

Nov.

5,410 

4,090 

2,500 

1,490 

1,160

993 

944

860 

823 

788

757 

730 

745 

809 

736

703 

686 

639 

657 

622

662 

629 

632 

635 

671

632 

616 

620 

641 

661

Dec.

617 

598 

574 

549 

596

580 

599 

604 

557 

552

585 

652 

622 

932 

790

658 

618 

602

617 

611

622 

602 

589 

604 

582

582 

752 

870 

750 

684 

602

Jan.

622 

642 

642 

622 

622

602 

.582 

563 

563 

563

604 

609 

563 

563 

562

582 

642 

773 

1,050 

1,250

952 

796 

750 

706 

663

642 

663 

820 

845 

820 

750

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Align 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

letida'r year 1949 

ary

1. ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

706 

684 

684 

642

622

638 

664 

684 

642 

692

684 

654 

663 

684 

796

1,100 

845 

728 

663 

663

622 

622 

728 

728 

622

602 

622 

582

Secondfoot-days

47,324 

32,541 

19,752

358,148

21,628 

19,266 

29,696 

20,794 

20,616 

20,312 

12,950 

10,608 

13,616

269,103

Har.

602 

602 

563 

544 

546

5S2 

582 

663 

642 

602

584 

562 

994 

2,100 

2,100

1,290 

1,040 

898 

796 

1,090

1,780 

1,600 

1,280 

1,060 

898

820 

789 

1,190 

1,100 

952 

845

Apr.

770 

773 

754 

753 

1,710

980 

820 

750 

718 

716

676 

664 

642 

632 

606

615 

642 

622 

638 

642

610 

562 

580 

600 

562

581 

573 

530 

5Z3 

550

Maximum

7,640 

5,410 

932

7,640

1,250 

1,100 

2,100 

1,710 

1,240 

2,770 

580 

1,000 

1,040

7,640

Peak discharge (base, 8,000 sec. -ft. ) .--Oct. 7 (8:30 p

May

6O6 

696 

1,190 

860 

674

612 

544 

563 

525 

525

525 

544 

507 

1,020 

1,240

649 

563 

519 

580 

568

506 

513 

420 

473 

433

1,080 

1,080 

660 

603

716 

622

Minimum

468 

616 

549

279

562 

582 

544 

523 

420 

395 

260 

130 

282

130

m.

June

684 

588 

479 

960 

1,150

820 

598 

571 

715 

515

2,770 

1,020 

662 

568 

506

596 

664 

506 

466 

463

474

526 

675 

524 

440

421 

521 

484 

395 

551

Mean

1,52' 

1.08E 63'

983

696 

68E 

956 

69! 

66E 67" 

41E 

342 

454

73"

July

548 

548 

439 

500 

416

375 

352 

448 

401 

418

360 

456 

464 

428 

580

501 

462 

a300 

538 

388

384

356 

312 

392 

354

434 

410 

370 

392 

a260 

364

Aug.

a260 

340 

316 

a280 

a270

a!60 

a300 

a250 

alSO 

a!60

a!30 

a!40 

a!30 

a260 

292

267 

301 

249 

230 

1,000

496 

542 

452 

363 

359

718 

655 

448 

373 

359 

328

Per square 

mile

2.42

1.72 

1.01

1.56

1.11 

1.09 

1.52 

1.10 

1.06 

1.07 

.663 

.543 

t .721

1.17

10,800 sec. -ft.; Oct. 31 (4

Sept.

390 

386 

326 

350 

330

298 

331 

351 

760 

1,040

676 

664 

660 

626 

485

416 

296 

867 

552 

395

363 

356 

529 

316 

355

331 

282 

300 

308 

287

Runoff in 

inches

2.79 

1.92 

1.17

21.14

1.28 

1.14 

1.75 

1.23 

1.22 

1.20 

.76 

.63 

.80

15.89

a.m.) 8,470

sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for nearby stations.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 181

Little Sugar Creek near Charlotte, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 35°09'15", long. 80 0 51'10", 600 

FeeTTupstream 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. Datura 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 1950.

Average discharge. 26 years, 45.5 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,160 second-feet Oct. 7 (gage height, 8.52 feet); 

minimum, 5.0 second-feet Sept. 4 (gage height, 1.62 feet).

1924-50: 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.

Revisions (water years). W 1052: 1939-44.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.6 4.1 £.1 47

1.7 9.0 £.2 62

1.8 16 £.4 100

1.9 24 2.6 156

£.0 34 £.8 219

3.0 £77

3.5 4£1

4.1 600

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

18

16

18

20

18

17

605

381

75

40

34

30

29

27

25

23

25

24

24

23

2£

21

19

20

21

28

21

92

47

218

171

Nov.

593

98

62

47

37

30

31

30

29

30

27

25

31

30

27

26

24

23

21

19

21

21

21

25

69

26

21

22

118

60

-

Dec.

31

28

28

28

31

30

32

31

29

28

31

30

32

271

82

56

43

39

43

40

38

38

37

32

29

32

34

33

32

31

29

Jan.

27

31

34

32

3£

31

30

26

28

34

39

50

35

32

29

39

181

115

124

73

50

43

43

43

40

39

5O

58

50

44

43

Feb.

40

39

38

34

32

35

40

35

49

60

47

37

40

43

39

37

34

32

31

3£

32

49

59

37

33

31

31

32

_

_

-

 __.., Second- 

*onth foot-days

October..... ..................... 2,152

November ......................... 1,644

December ......................... 1,328

Calendar year 1949 ......... 21.295

January . ..... 1.525

February ......................... 1,078

March....... ..................... 2,245

April ............................ 1,129

May. ........'..................... 853

June ............................. 736.7

July. ............................ 1,044.7

August ........................... 335.0

September ........................ 377.6

Water year 1949-50 ............ 14,427.9

Mar.

51

29

23

2£

22

26

280

86

52

43

39

37

212

82

52

74

56

44

38

248

119

88

71

53

47

40

43

132

53

43

40

Apr.

38

37

38

64

266

Maximum

605

593

271

1,500

" 18160

280

266

120

142

164

49

66

605

54

4O

35

32

31

31

30

29

27

26

24

26

25

25

27

27

23

22

22

25

24

21

21

20

19

-

Hay

49

24

120

27

23

19

17

17

16

17

17

16

16

82

34

20

17

16

16

16

14

15

15

27

21

58

26

27

17

16

18

Minimum

16

19

28

13

26

31

22

19

14

9.6

8.0

6.4

5.9

5.9

June

15

14

32

58

24

17

16

16

22

18

50

16

14

142

25

40

16

13

14

13

12

25

19

11

10

10

10

9.6

38

17

Mean

69.4

54.8

42.8

58.3

49.2

38.5

72.4

37.6

26.9

24.6

33.7

10.8

12.6

39.5

July

58

11

9.6

9.0

9.6

1O

11

8.5

8.0

8.0

107

69

54

164

124

69

34

29

20

34

19

16

13

14

14

21

36

17

44

12

12

Aug.

12

11

10

9

9

8

8

9

9

10

9

7

6

8

8

10

8

18

14

8

7

8

20

11

8

7

6

7

7

7

49

Per square 

mile

1.68

1.32

1.03

1.41

1.19

.930

1.75

.908

.650

.594

.814

.261

.304

.954

.6

.0

.0

.5

.0

.0

.6

.5

.9

.0

.5

.0

.D

.5

.5

.0

.5

.4

.5

.5

.5

Sept.

12

7.5

5.9

31

19

9.0

27

18

66

10

9.0

8.5

8.0

8.5

10

6.9

6.4

8.5

8.0

7.5

7.5

23

9.6

6.4

6.9

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

Runoff in 

inches

1.93

1.48

1.19

19.11

1.37

.97

2.02

1.01

.75

.66

.94

.30

.34

12.96

Peak discharge (base, 2.100 see.-ft.).--Oct. 7 (6:30 a.m.) 2,160 sec.-ft.

231536 O - 53 - 13
182 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 

rrom Lake Lure Dam, 1-| 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 1950. May 1907 to June 1909 at site at Uree, 

1 I/a miles downstream.

Average discharge. 23 years (1927-50), 179 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,000 second-feet Sept. 8 (gage height, 6.64 

reet); minimum, 5.1 second-feet May 21 (gage height, 0.52 foot); minimum daily, 5.1 

second-feet May 21.

1907-9, 1927-50: 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, 0.26 foot); minimum daily, 0.8 second-foot Sept. 13, 14, 1928.

Remarks. Records good except those below 10 second-feet and those for periods of no gageneignt record, which are poor. 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 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

0.5 4.4 1.2 97

.6 8 1.5 194

.7 13 1.8 324

.8 20 2.2 562

1.0 48 2.6 874

3.0 1,270

3.5 1,870

4.0 2,540

5.0 4,200

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

90

12

334

279

150

306

433

278

180

399

442

284

176

317

99

54

39O

426

385

305

273

138

14

231

180

221

386

310

154

156

500

Nov.

717

698

506

483

437

315

444

428

385

381

377

158

13

269

322

350

333

268

132

12

301

265

169

169

165

126

11

208

376

274

-

Dec.

160

160

70

12

70

160

160

160

160

160

160

160

160

320

300

160

70

12

240

300

160

300

169

91

12

247

367

340

344

306

128

Jan.

10

251

309

302

294

169

95

12

220

150

160

160

160

110

11

300

340

300

150

340

240

11

240

360

320

280

150

110

11

300

360

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ....".....................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May .............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ....................'....

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

300

320

300

150

11

300

320

272

165

162

86

7.3

282

434

422

296

271

95

6.9

295

381

300

271

169

88

6.9

234

315

_

-

Second 

foot-days

7,902

9,092

5,618

109,267.5

6,225

6,260.1

8,767.7

5 322 « ?

4i411-3

4,715.1

4,882.5

3,676

17, 337. £

84,210.1

Mar.

286

169

169

92

7.6

308

315

283

169

169

88

6.9

402

549

483

483

476

375

7.6

335

483

483

443

310

244

6.6

333

426

300

300

266

Apr.

130

3C

31

6.9

8

0

310

310

27

12

3

4

6.9

319

315

27

18

18

8

25

28

18

6

0

0

8

7.3

3

2

0

176

176

9

3

19

4

1

6

176

176

17

16

9

Maximum

500

717

367

3,480

360

434

549

319

302

430

315

405

4,210

4,210

2

9

1

6.2

May

125

172

218

271

169

130

5.8

191

165

165

165

165

 128

6.2

115

162

162

158

158

92

5.1

108

162

158

158

158

133

16

142

146

302

Minimum

12

11

12

5.5

10

6.9

6.6

6.2

5.1

6.6

6.2

8.0

6.9

5.1

June

430

268

130

115

336

300

246

156

157

71

8.0

220

234

148

152

152

73

8.5

153

156

155

157

155

76

6.6

154

151

152

84

111

Mean

255

303

181

299

201

224

283

177

142

157

158

119

578

231

July

245

7.3

114

172

169

165

162

97

7.6

143

211

315

315

253

73

6.2

145

212

253

150

83

80

6.8

220

310

315

237

165

84

9.0

158

Aug.

160

161

86

88

80

10

87

87

86

85

84

85

10

150

111

169

297

112

138

8.0

152

85

77

66

127

240

10

134

135

131

405

Per square 

mile

2.63

3.12

1.87

3.08

2.07

2.31

2.92

1.82

1.46

1.62

1.63

1.23

5.96

2.38

Sept.

1,240

520

345

371

187

187

844

4,210

2,550

814

700

522

476

476

470

349

10

316

394

378

411

239

43

6.9

226

125

172

277

315

164

-

Runoff in 

inches

3.03

3.49

2.15

41.68

2.39

2.40

3.36

2.04

1.69

1.81

1.87

1.41

6.65

32.29

Note. No gage-height record Dec. 1-22, Jan. 8 to Feb. 7; discharge computed on basis of recorded 

range in stage and records of power output mt Lake Lure Dam, 1,000 feet upstream.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 183

Broad River near Boiling Springs, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°12'35", long. 81°41'55", half a mile upstream

from Sandy Run Creek and 3^ miles southwest of Boiling Springs, Cleveland County. Datum 

of gage is 639.92 feet above mean sea level (from Duke Power Co. bench mark).

Drainage area.--864 square miles.

Kecords available. June 1925 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 25 years, 1,441 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 13,800 second-feet Oct. 7 (gage height, 10.10 

feet); minimum. 425 second-feet probably Aug. 21 (gage height, 1.70 feet, from recorded 

range in stage); minimum daily, 600 second-feet Aug. 21.

1925-50: Maximum discharge, 73,300 second-feet Aug. 16, 1928 (gage height, 24.3 

feet, present datum); minimum, 61 second-feet July 21, 1940 (gage height, 1.06 feet); 

minimum daily, 157 second-feet Oct. 12, 1941.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods 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 1949-5O (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

2.0 690 3.O 1,940 6.0 6,450 

2.3 1,O2O 3.5 2,66O 7.5 8,30O 

2.6 1,400 4.5 4,150 9.O 11,4OO

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,450 

1,2OO 

878 

1,540 

1,610

1,320 

11,OOO 

6,320 

3,850 

2,800

2,660 

2,380 

2,080 

1,990 

2,050

1,900 

1,520 

2,300 

2,050 

2,020

1,870 

1,850 

1,440 

1,150 

1,76O

1,750 

1,560 

1,860 

2,080 

2,920 

6,450

Nov.

6, 990 

6,3OO 

4,000 

3,1OO 

2,730

2,450 

2,150 

2,320 

2,260 

2,220

1,940 

2,22O 

1,74O 

1,870 

1,670

2,040 

2,010 

1,600 

1,800 

1,500

1,300 

1,900 

1,700 

1,600 

1,300

1,400 

1,400 

1,200 

1,400 

1,700

Dec.

1,500 

1,8OO 

1,500 

1,300 

1,200

1,400 

1,200 

1,200 

1,2OO 

1,600

1,4OO 

1,10O 

1,400 

1,700 

1,490

1,540 

1,490 

1,300 

1,010 

1,480

1,700 

1,590 

1,470 

1,550 

984

1,380 

2,920 

2,520 

2,020 

2,140 

1,760

Jan.

1,730 

1,070 

1,930 

1,800 

1,800

1,870 

1,610 

1,480 

972 

1,590

1,690 

1,560 

1,560 

1,490 

1,300

1,100 

1,710 

1,880 

2,290 

2,370

2,010 

1,740 

1,520 

1,800 

1,800

1,630 

1,730 

2,000 

2,O70 

1,300 

1,980

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

ber ..........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

uary

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,870 

1,770 

1,940 

1,800 

1,480

1,10O 

1,800 

1,720 

1,630 

1,570

1,53O 

1,490 

1,020 

2,010 

2,880

2,220 

2,010 

2,080 

1,440 

1,070

1,800 

1,670 

1,870 

1,660 

1,370

1,390 

996 

1,310

Secondfoot-days

77,608 

67,810 

47,844

792,705

52,382 

46,496 

63,302 

44,876 

41,131 

41,920 

43,266 

39,900 

65,571

632,106

Mar.

1,570 

1,650 

1,39O 

1,340 

1,170

912 

1,800 

1,570 

1,56O 

1,4OO

1,570 

1,14O 

2,56O 

5,210 

3,020

2,370 

2,370 

2,080 

1,800 

1,720

3,720 

2,800 

2,370 

2,300 

1,870

1,730 

1,340 

2,800 

2,220 

2,080 

1,870

Apr.

1,790 

1,50O 

1,230 

1,910 

2,350

2,15O 

1,870 

1,650 

1,490 

1,150

1,850 

1,65O 

1,53O 

1,590 

1,360

1,320 

1,010 

1,530 

1,740 

1,360

1,430 

1,240 

1,120 

936 

1,530

1,310 

1,340 

1,270 

1,280 

1,390

Maximum

11,000 

6,990 

2,920

18,000

2,370 

2,880 

5,210 

2,350 

2,750 

2,600 

2,210 

1,700 

9,120

11,000

Peak discharge (base, 9,000 sec. -ft. ) .--Oct. 7 (5:30 a.

May

96O 

1,210 

1,710 

2,550 

2,750

1,240 

1.1OO 

845 

2,640 

1,220

1,200 

1,200 

1,190 

1,070 

1,410

1,390 

1,230 

1,190 

1,150 

1,060

856 

730 

1,030 

1,080 

1,140

1,140 

1,170 

1,280 

1,140 

1,450 

1,800

Minimum

878 

1,200 

984

.856

972 

996 

912 

936 

730 

690 

720 

600 

842

600

June

2,160 

1,620 

1,690 

2,600 

2,520

1,950 

1,600 

1,590 

1,590 

1,460

1,730 

1,150 

1,540 

1,400 

1,280

1,540 

1,220 

1,000 

720 

1,240

1,300 

1,190 

1,180 

988 

760

690 

966 

990 

996 

1,260

Mean

2,503 

2,260 

1,543

2,172

1,690 

1,661 

2,042 

1,496 

1,327 

1,397 

1,396 

1,287 

2,186

1,732

July

2,140 

1,2OO 

1,O60 

1,100 

900

1,69O 

1,930 

1,220 

996 

720

1,450 

2,210 

1,700 

1,630 

1,640

,410 

,030 

,460 

,890 

,370

,270 

,010 

866 

984 

1,870

1,650 

1,570 

1,800 

1,400 

1,200 

900

Aug.

1,400 

1,5OO 

1,700 

1,500 

1,5OO

1,400 

700 

1,300 

1,400 

1,300

1,300 

1,000 

800 

1,200 

1,200

1,300 

1,400 

1,500 

1,300 

1,200

600 

1,300 

1,300 

1,300 

1,300

1,600 

1,700 

700 

1,400 

1,400 

1,400

Per square 

mile

2.90 

2.62 

1.79

2.51

1.96 

1.92 

2.36 

1.73 

1.54 

1.62 

1.62 

1.49 

2.53

2.00

Sept.

2,400 

3,800 

3,000 

2,000 

1,800

 1,240 

1,570 

5,100 

9,120 

5,19O

3,250 

2,570 

2,460 

1,980 

1,720

1,610 

1,410 

864 

1,560 

1,450

1,460 

1,450 

1,260 

870 

842

1,160 

1,080 

985 

1,160 

1,210

Runoff in 

inches

3.34 

2.92 

2.06

34.12

2.25 

2.00 

2.72 

1.93 

1.77 

1.80 

1.86 

1.72 

2.82

27.19

m. ) 13,800 sec. -ft.; Sept. 9 (8 a.m.) 9,770

sec.-ft.

Hote. No gage-height record Nov. 18 to Dec. 

recorded range In stage and records for other

14, July 29 to Sept. 5; discharge computed on basis of 

itationa in basin.
184 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Broad River near Gaffney, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°05'20", long. 81°34'20", at bridge on U. S. Highway a9, 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 1950. July 1896 to December 1899 at site 

i.l miles upstream.

Average discharge.--13 years (1896-98, 1939-50), 2,609 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 31,000 second-feet Oct. 7 (gage height, 11.70 

feet); minimum, 670 second-feet Aug. 7; minimum daily, 1,090 second-feet Aug. 7.

1896-99. 1938-50: 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. Medium and low flow regulated by power plants above station. 

Capacity of reservoirs insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff. Records of 

chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water year 1950 are given in WaterSupply Paper 1186.

Revisions. W 972: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

2,320

1,730

1,750

1,770

2,480

2,040

25,900

18,100

6,610

4,640

4,200

3,870

3,330

3,220

3,120

2,910

2,480

3,440

3,220

3,120

2,910

2,910

2,380

1,940

2,700

3,020

2,500

2,700

3,220

6,220

15,500

Nov.

11,400

11,000

6,520

5,100

4,420

4,090

3,330

3,760

3,650

3,440

3,020

3,330

3,120

2,260

2,600

3,120

3,020

2,700

2,910

2,220

2,040

2,600

2,600

2,600

2,500

2,340

2,280

1,750

2,390

2,800

-

Dec.

2,460

2,480

2,300

1,840

1,600

2,070

2,020

2,020

1,980

2,240

2,080

1,980

2,080

2,800

2,500

2,420

2,340

2,120

1,730

2,160

2,600

2,460

2,320

2,280

1,810

1,880

3,650

4,090

3,120

3,330

2,700

Jan.

2,700

Is960

2,670

2,700

2,700

2,700

2,460

2,380

1,730

2,110

2,600

2,480

2,400

2,300

2,120

1,790

2,480

3,220

3,720

4,530

3,650

3,120

2,600

2,910

2,910

2,700

2,910

3,120

3,540

2,600

3,020

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February ............;............

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water ysar 1949-50 ............

Feb.

3,020

2,910

3,120

2,910

2,420

2,080

2,700

2,800

2,600

2,600

2,600

2,600

1,900

2,840

3,650

3,760

3,020

3,220

2,380

1,920

2,430

2,600

2,910

2,800

2,000

2,220

1,870

1,940

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

146,250

108,910

73,460

' > OOU

84,830

73 a 82(

99 85C

72! 440

63,460

71,630

70,300

50, 61C

90,710

1,006,270

Mar.

2,260

2,540

2,080

2,080

2,060

1,480

2,540

2,600

2,260

2,180

2,380

1,840

2,850

8,660

5,240

3,870

3,870

3,330

2,910

2,600

5,560

4,760

3,870

3,760

3,220

2,800

2,160

3,980

3,760

3,330

3,020

Apr.

3,020

2,490

2,180

2,800

4,200

3,650

3,120

2,500

2,500

1,920

2,800

2,480

2,420

2,500

2,040

2,120

1,900

2,160

2,780

2,080

2,400

1,980

1,960

1,810

2,180

2,140

2,140

1,960

2,010

2,200

-

Maximum

25,900

11,400

4,090

33,600

4,530

3,760

8,660

4,200

3,960

4,960

3,810

4,050

11,000

25,900

May

1,900

1,770

3,480

2,910

2,320

2,060

1,750

1,630

1,650

1,860

1,920

1,760

1,700

2,130

3,960

2,050

1,920

1,760

1,990

1,690

1,400

1,300

1,390

1,800

1,540

1,790

1,790

2,610

2,310

2,820

2,500

Minimum

1,730

1,750

1,600

1,260

1,730

1,870

1,480

1,810

1,300

1,160

1,230

1,090

1,110

1,090

June

3,440

2,500

2,640

4,090

4,960

3,440

2,480

2,360

2,730

2,240

3,830

2,700

2,260

2,320

2,170

2,880

2,260

1,830

1,370

1,690

2,140

1,890

1,950

1,730

1,380

1,160

1,630

1,580

1,520

2,460

Mean

4, 718

3,630

2,370

3,608

2 736

2, 636

3,221

2 415

2*047

2,388

2; 268

1,633

3,024

2,757

July

3,530

1,980

1, 270

3,340

1,390

2,250

2,980

2,030

1,500

1,330

1,230

3,730

2,910

2,840

3,810

2,720

2,020

1,960

2,900

2,290

1,890

1,640

1,330

1,670

2,560

2,450

2,220

2,800

2,180

2,050

1,500

Aug.

1,700

1,790

1,990

1,470

1,480

,280

,090

,230

,360

,250

1,250

1,290

1,120

1,190

1,720

1,470

2,720

1,560

1,780

2,160

1,210

1,110

1,430

1,410

2,170

4,050

2,370

1,380

1,310

1,440

1,830

Per square 

mile

3.17

2.44

1.59

2.42

1.84

1.77

2 . 16

1 * 62

1.37

1.60

1 52 i!io

2.03

1.85

Sept.

2,960

4,200

3,330

2,380

2,800

2,120

2,150

4,540

11,000

7,970

4,420

4,310

3,760

4,090

2,600

2,340

2,120

2,350

3,090

2,000

1,860

2,040

2,100

1,490

1,110

1,620

1,500

1,380

1,480

1,60O

-

Runoff in 

inches

3.66

2.72

1.83

32.86

2.12

1.84

2 49 i!si

1.58

1 . 7fl TD

1.75

1.27

2.26

25.11

Peak discharge (base, 16,000 sec. -ft. ) .--Oct. 7 (3 p.m.) 31,000 sec. -ft.; Oct. 31 (10:45 a.m.)

17,200 sec.-ft7
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 185

Broad River near Carlisle, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°36', long. 81°25', at bridge on State Highway 72, 

a miles upstream from Sandy River, 2 miles downstream from Seaboard Air Line Railroad 

bridge, 2| 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.

Kecoras available. November 1938 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years (1939-50), 3,857 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 44,200 second-feet Oct. 8 (gage height, 19.32 

reet); minimum, 128 second-feet Aug. 14 (gage height, 1.32 feet); minimum daily, 225 

second-feet Aug. 14.

1938-50: 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, 73 second-feet 

Nov. 1, 1S48 (gage height, 1.14 feet); minimum daily, 90 second-feet June 30, 1940.

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 892: 1939(mj, drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1949-5O (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

. 1-7 Oct. 8 to Sept. 30

3.4 2,400 1.5 206 2.8 1,480 1O.O 17,400 

5.0 5,540 1.7 328 3.4 2,400 14. O 28,1OO 

8.2 12,400 2.0 565 4.5 4,540 17.7 38,900 

2.4 969 7.0 10,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

 11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

' 27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

3,440 

2,800 

3,390 

2,570 

2,540

3,160 

12,400 

38,900 

a32,000 

a9 , 500

a7,000 

a6,500 

a5,500 

a5,000 

a4,200

a3,800 

a4,600 

a4,000 

a4,400 

a4,000

a4,000 

a4,000 

a3,000 

a4,000 

a3,800

a3,800 

a3,800 

3,640 

3,440 

4,130 

17,400

Nov.

19 , 500 

18,200 

12,800 

8,280 

6,520

5,420 

5,200 

5,090 

5,310 

4,760

4,440 

4,340 

3,740 

4,540 

3,640

3,840 

4,240 

3,840 

3,640 

3,440

3,640 

2,940 

3,740 

3,840 

3,840

4,040 

2,940 

3,840 

3,740 

3,440

Dec.

3,940 

3,640 

3,840 

2,340 

3,440

3,340 

3,140 

3,240 

3,140 

3,140

2,760 

3,340 

3,540 

4,040 

5,090

4,650 

5,840 

2,740 

3,840 

3,540

3,340 

3,640 

3,640 

2,850 

3,340

2,990 

4,140 

4,650 

4,980 

4,040 

4,240

Jan.

2,990 

4,340 

3,740 

3,540 

3,640

3,120 

3,640 

2,250 

3,640 

3,740

2,450 

4,040 

3,840 

3,240 

2,950

3,200 

3,740 

5,640 

5,640 

8,280

6,080 

4,870 

4,440 

4,240 

4,140

4,240 

4,140 

4,040 

4,240 

4,760 

4,240

Month

Goto 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febi 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

fla

ber. .........................

lenda'r year 194 

ary . .

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Peak discharge (base, 25,000 sec

Feb.

4,040 

4,140 

3,940 

3,940 

2,560

4,040 

J 3,840 

3,940 

3,840 

3,740

3,940 

2,440 

4,340 

3,840 

3,740

4,340 

4,650 

4,140 

3,570 

3,640

3,640 

3,140 

3,640 

3,740 

3,940

2,210 

3,840 

3,640

Secondfoot-days

214, 71C 

166, 78C 

112,43C

2,026,45C

127, 09C 

104, 45C 

145, 19C 

106, 31C 

96.42C 

101, 28C 

100, 56C 

67,976 

114, 71C

1,457,906

Mar.

2,370 

3,240 

3,640 

3,240 

1,310

3,640 

4,140 

4,650 

3,940 

3,740

3,640 

1,830 

3,940 

7,620 

8,940

6,520 

5,530 

4,870 

3,720 

4,510

7,400 

7,400 

6,080 

5,420 

4,540

3,520 

4,340 

4,980 

6,520 

5,200 

4,760

Apr.

4,140 

3,340 

4,440 

3,840 

4,980

6,300 

5,200 

4,340 

3,220 

4,340

3,940 

3,740 

3,740 

3,340 

3,640

1,670 

3,780 

3,740 

3,150 

3,340

3,340 

3,340 

1,150 

3,610 

3,740

2,840 

3,030 

2,990 

2,900 

1,150

Maximum

38,900 

19,500 

5,090

51,400

8,280 

4,650 

8,940 

6,300 

5,680 

8,060 

5,000 

3,510 

12.3OO

38,900

May

4,040 

3,640 

3,830 

4,980 

3,840

3,440 

1,220 

3,500 

3,340

2,120

2,640 

2,530 

2,800 

1,230 

5,680

5,090 

3,540 

2,760 

2,680 

2,530

1,310 

3,110 

2,940 

1,750 

2,050

2,560 

2,340 

1,890 

4,870 

3,720 

4,450

Minimum

2,540 

2,940 

2,340

1,190

2,250 

2,210 

1,310 

1,150 

1,220 

1,730 

1,620 

225 

1,310

225

June

3,740 

3,740 

3,010 

3,770 

8,060

6,300 

4,540 

3,740 

4,040 

3,780

3,180 

5,200 

3,540 

2,850 

3,240

3,240 

3,550 

2,090 

3,540 

2,570

2,040 

2,490 

2,480 

2,450 

1,730

2,490 

2,230 

2,320 

3,250 

2,080

Mean

6,92 

5,55 

3,62

5,55

4,10 

3,73 

4,68 

3,54 

3,11 

3,37 

3,24 

2,19 

3,82

3,99

July

3,720 

4,790 

2,600 

2,130 

3,640

2,900 

2, 710 

4,090 

1,620 

3,440

2,570 

2,170 

a4, 600 

a3,600 

a4,400

a4,400 

a5,000 

a3,600 

a2,400 

3,740

3,640 

1,990 

2,070 

2,680 

3,080

3,210 

3,740 

3,540 

2,910 

1,800 

3,780

Aug.

2,750 

2,010 

2,530 

2,340 

1,980

811 

2,290 

2,470 

1,720 

1,540

1,970 

2,640 

1,110 

225 

2,280

1,890 

2,370 

2,790 

3,040 

1,250

3,490 

2,270 

1,340 

2,660 

1,680

3,290 

2,800 

3,510 

3,310 

1,860 

1,760

Per square 

mile

5 2.48 

9 1.99 

7 1 .30

2 1.99

0 1.47 

0 1.34 

4 1.68 

4 1.27 

0 1.11 

6 1.21 

4 1.16 

3 .786 

4 1.37

4 1.43

Sept.

3,020 

3,740 

3,470 

3,840 

3,540

3,330 

3,090 

4,540 

8,910 

12,300

7,400 

5,530

4,870 

4,650 

4,540

3,840 

1,440 

3,700 

2,740 

3,840

2,320 

2,580 

2,750 

1,310 

2,770

2,300 

1,700 

1,990 

1,890 

2,770

Runoff in 

inches

2.86 

2.22 

1.50

27.00

1.70 

1.40 

1.94 

1.42 

1.28 

1.35 

1.34 

.91 

1.53

19.45

.-ft.). --Oct. 8 (about 9 p.m.) 44,200 sec. -ft.

a NO gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of 

records.

recorded range in stage and power-plant
186 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Broad River at Richtex, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°11 I 05", long. 81 0 11'48", 0.8 mile west of Richtex, 

FairTield County, 1.2 miles upstream from Little River, 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.

Kecoras available. November 1925 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 22 years (1926-27, 1929-50), 5,977 second-feet.

ExtremesT- - Maximum discharge during year, 52,000 second-feet Oct. 9 (gage height, 12.75 

feet); minimum daily, 1,280 second-feet Aug. 15.

1925-50: 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 

daily, 149 second-feet Oct. 13, 1935, from rating curve extended below 320 second-feet.

Remarks. Records good. Low and medium flow regulated by power plants above station. CapacTty of reservoirs insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff.

Revisions (water years). W 757: 1930(M). W 972: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 14 Mar. 15 to sept. 30

2.2 3,370 7.0 20,300 1.1 1,190 2.2 3,430 

3.0 5,300 9.0 29,600 1.5 1,870 3.7 7,700 

3.7 7,370 12.2 48,100 1.8 3,480 5.4 13,700 

5.4 13,600

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to Septesber 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

4,900 

3,520 

4,210 

3,590 

3,500

3,740 

5,090 

33,900 

48,100 

31,000

18,400 

8,930 

6,890 

6,130 

5,570

4,370 

4,900 

5,160 

4,760 

5,300

4,620 

4,660 

3,660 

4,500 

4,310

4,710 

4,340 

4,540 

4,900 

4,450 

10,900

Nov.

33,700 

23,300 

21,500 

15,200 

10,200

7,710 

6,730 

6,280 

6,280 

6,380

5,710 

5,480 

4,900 

5,460 

4,940

4,660 

5,160 

4,760 

4,900 

3,860

5,030 

4,110 

4,170 

4,750 

4,870

5,850 

4,420 

4,630 

5,160 

4,850

Dec.

4,900 

5,030 

4,510 

4,090 

3,550

4,470 

4,060 

4,060 

4,350 

4,060

3,600 

3,990 

4,500 

5,000 

7,540

7,540 

6,280 

4,720 

4,230 

5,030

4,760 

4,620 

4,760 

4,630 

4,220

3,640 

4,900 

5,570 

6,580 

5,710 

5,400

Jan.

4,430 

4,780 

5,030 

4,760 

4,680

4,380 

4,560 

4,060 

3,400 

4,760

4,160 

4,540 

5,570 

5,160 

4,120

3,690 

5,440 

6,430 

7,880 

9,110

10, 200 

7,430 

6,430 

5,990 

5,440

5,440 

5,440 

5,850 

5,300 

6,280 

5,990

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ... .......................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1941 

ary

h.............. ..............

1....... .....................

st ...........................

ember ................... ....

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

5,300 

5,440 

5,300 

5,030 

4,070

4,470 

5,160 

5,030 

5,160 

5,160

5,160 

4,530 

4,830 

5,440 

5,050

5,300 

5,850 

5,570 

4,370 

4,900

4,650 

4,610 

4,720 

5,160 

5,440

4,150 

3,920 

4,900

Secondfoot-days

266,550 

224,850 

150,300

2,899,790

170,730 

138,670 

207,730 

149,870 

132,530 

137,230 

137,330 

89,280 

137,680

1,942,740

Mar.

4,240 

3,610 

4,680 

4,300 

3,830

3,270 

6,350 

9,470 

7,710 

5,850

5,300 

3,680 

4,740 

6,730 

11,800

10,000 

8,340 

6,960 

5,840 

5,930

8,650 

10,800 

9,360 

f7,550 

f5,450

f5,880 

f5,800 

6,810 

9,020 

8,680 

7,100

Apr.

6,660 

5,390 

5,190 

5,940 

6,230

7,860 

7,550 

7,100 

5,500 

5,070

5,940 

4,920 

5,070 

4,430 

5,230

3,610 

3,700 

5,070 

4,360 

4,450

4,500 

4,500 

3,420 

3,170 

4,930

4,360 

4,040 

4,290 

4,090 

3,310

Maximum

48,100 

23,700 

7,540

67,500

10,200 

5,850 

11,800 

7,860 

7,700 

9,700 

8,680 

4,300 

13,400

48,100

Peak discharge (base, 35,000 sec. -ft. ) .--Oct. 9 (10:30

May

4,170 

5,010 

5,490 

7,700 

6,380

4,820 

3,810 

3,080 

4,500 

3,460

3,100 

3,430 

3,650 

3,270 

4,110

6,960 

4,900 

3,820 

3,430 

3,430

2,890 

3,120 

3,820 

3,370 

2,370

3,400 

3,490 

2,900 

5,940 

6,810 

5,890

Minimum

3,500 

3,860 

3,550

2,020

3,400 

3,920 

3,270 

3,170 

2,370 

2,250 

2,240 

1,280 

2,360

1,280

June

5,830 

6,080 

5,680 

4,170 

7,660

9,700 

7,250 

6,180 

5,330 

5,510

3,800 

6,040 

5,800 

3,730 

4,160

4,220 

4,730 

3,570 

3,470 

4,000

3,950 

3,130 

3,370 

3,040 

2,530

3,140 

3,930 

2,250 

4,030 

3,080

Mean

8,59f 

7,49. 

4,84E

7,94.

5,50 

4,95 

6,70 

4,99 

4,27. 

4,57' 

4,43C 

2,88C 

4,58!

5,32:

July

3,640 

5,120 

4,380 

2,240 

3,770

4,460 

5,150 

4,840 

4,180 

2,920

3,660 

3,010 

4,610 

5,070 

4,700

6,440 

8,680 

7,100 

4,510 

4,490

4,890 

3,850 

2,780 

3,020 

3,730

3,750 

4,960 

5,040 

4,370 

4,570 

3,400

Aug.

3,940 

3,300 

3,010 

3,430

3,110

3,120 

1,740 

2,790 

2,620 

2,240

2,260 

3,530 

1,940 

1,850 

1,280

2,620 

2,990 

3,860 

3,600 

2,630

2,880 

3,270 

2,840 

2,400 

3,050

3,150 

4,130 

3,440 

4,300 

2,540 

2,420

Per square 

mile

5 1.77 

5 1.55 

J 1.00

5 1.64

J 1.14 

> 1.02 

L 1.38

; LOS

> .881 

L .943 

) .913 

) .594 

.946

1.10

a.m.) 52,000 sec. -ft.

Sept.

3,010 

4,400 

3,560 

4,590 

4,150

4,030 

4,560 

6,100 

6,660 

13,400

11,500 

7,500 

6,200 

5,370 

5,400

5,110 

3,450 

3,040 

3,660 

4,350

3,550 

2,750 

3,050 

2,860 

3,740

2,670 

2,360 

3,360 

2,450 

2,850

Runoff in 

inches

2.04 

1.73

1.15

23.22

1.31 

1.06 

1.59 

1.15 

1.02 

1.05 

1.05 

.68 

1.06

14.89

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 187

Second Broad River at Cliffside, N. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°14'15"', long. 81°46'25", at Cliffside, Rutherrord County, 2 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 211 square miles.

Records available. June 1925 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 25 years, 299 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,510 second-feet Nov. 2 and about June 1 (gage 

hlegnt, 4.43 feet); minimum, 5 second-feet about May 21, from recorded range in stage; 

minimum daily, 86 second-feet Aug. 6.

1925-50: 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 

periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. Considerable diurnal fluctuation 

and some regulation caused by mills above station.

Revisions (water year). W 892: 1928(M), drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 14 to July ll)

0.6 13 1.2 111 2.5 

.7 22 1.4 172 3.0 1, 

.8 35 1.6 255 3.5 1, 

.9 50 1.8 356 4.0 2, 

1.0 67 2.0 467

Discharge, In second- feet, water year October 1949

D«y

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

188 

184 

210 

200 

230

500 

1,200 

762 

467 

395

301 

305 

240 

272 

208

283 

285 

261 

260 

252

215 

186 

215 

241 

212

231 

236 

3O9 

284 

676 

1,940

Nov.

1,640 

1,770 

734 

537 

390

394 

393 

334 

330 

330

3OO 

330 

320 

310 

300

290 

254 

223 

255 

195

306 

184 

218 

215 

242

224 

220 

234 

265 

219

Dec.

230 

210 

200 

220 

240

220 

200 

230 

210 

200

220 

220 

24O 

220 

250

284 

250 

200 

230 

200

220 

267 

234 

197 

215

279 

534 

418 

330 

307 

251

Jan.

265 

268 

315 

218 

252

299 

198 

233 

242 

235

252 

242 

253 

208 

220

305 

202 

291 

408 

537

363 

330 

363 

286 

289

222 

338 

413 

394 

390 

338

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dace

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May. 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha.

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendaT year 1949 

ary

uary

h. ...........................

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-5O ............

Feb.

332 

3O6 

284 

265 

270

346 

245 

306 

309 

291

265 

270 

301 

305 

562

398 

349 

296 

304 

317

297 

264 

304 

277 

204

251 

32O 

197

Secondfoot-days

11,748 

11,956 

7,726

136,196

9,169 

8,435 

12,946 

7,637 

6,315 

8,087 

7,601 

5,529 

6,402

103,551

Mar.

304 

215 

239 

206 

209

273 

262 

280 

275 

225

184 

233 

788 

1,680 

638

463 

452 

330 

335 

496

883 

578 

464 

430 

330

330 

334 

49O 

352 

399 

269

Apr.

284 

289 

343 

253 

467

393 

277 

255 

275 

315

228 

296 

224 

301 

163

233 

299 

223 

242 

184

289 

138 

215 

277 

194

254 

232 

168 

131 

195

Maximum

1,940 

1,770 

534

5,530

537 

562 

1,680 

467 

500 

800 

39O 

348 

539

1,940

780 

170 

640 

140

to September 195O

May

. 257 

206 

352 

400 

250

170 

2OO 

210 

190 

170

190 

200 

150 

170 

16O

2OO 

180 

170 

190 

130

160 

170 

170 

ISO 

170

160 

150 

160 

150 

200 

5OO

Minimum

184 

184 

197

26

198 

197 

184 

131 

130 

122 

113 

86 

106

86

June

800 

600 

300 

250 

700

50O 

35O 

250 

200

150

2OO 

250 

300 

200 

ISO

170 

150 

2OO 

250 

301

170 

221 

274 

122 

136

268 

168 

141 

142 

144

Mean

379 

399 

249

373

296 

301 

418 

255 

2O4 

270 

245 

178 

213

284

July

129 

139 

233 

201 

199

296 

346 

137 

146 

231

265 

374 

308 

295 

138

308 

341 

308 

281 

188

281 

113 

120 

281 

390

205 

224 

387 

182 

.272 

283

Aug.

224 

218 

2O3 

181 

176

86 

199 

206 

154 

149

160 

91 

117 

159 

157

169 

126 

150 

128

122

159 

172 

147 

143 

348

334 

195 

242 

177 

208 

229

Sept.

368 

239 

199 

229 

215

182 

184 

309 

539 

378

314 

307 

365 

164 

184

142 

135

166 

136 

165

161 

160 

136 

106 

187

163 

173 

131 

139 

126

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

1.8O 2.O7 

1.89 2.11 

1.18 1.36

1.77 24.00

1.40 1.62 

1.43 1.49 

1.98 2.28 

1.21 1.35 

.967 1.11 

1.28 1.43 

1.16 1.34 

.844 .97 

1.01 1.13

1.35 18.26

Peak discharRe (base. 3.OOO sec. -ft. 5. No peak above base.

Note. No gage-height record Oct. 3-7, Nov. 9-16, Dec. 1-15, 

computed on basis of recorded range In stage, weather records,

17-2O, May 4 to June 19; discharge 

and records for nearby streams.
188 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

First Broad River near Lawndale, N. C.

Location.--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 2j miles southeast of Lawndale, Cleveland County.

Drainage area. 198 square miles.

Kecoras available. February 1940 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 10 years, 282 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 11,300 second-feet Oct. 7 (gage height, 22.44 

reef); minimum, 25 second-feet May 20; minimum daily, 99 second-feet Aug. 12.

1940-50: 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.

Flood of July 1916 reached a stage of 37.8 feet, from reference marks established by 

local resident.

Remarks. Records good. Considerable diurnal fluctuation and slight regulation at low flow 

caused by power plants and mills above station.

Revisions (water years). W 952: Drainage area. W 1142: 1945(M), 1946 (M).

Rating tables, water year 1949-5O (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 2 to Jan. 22)

Oct. 8 to Sept. 30

2.1 

2.3 

2.5 

2.8

174

233

320

490

780

3.6 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

6.0

1,060

1,280

1,460

1,640

2,040

7.0

9.0

12.0

15.0

18.0

2,460

3,450

4,950

6,600

8,300

1.8 

2.0 

2.3 

2.6

81

130

245

395

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5

625

960

1,240

1,460

Note. Same as preceding 

table above 4.5 feet.

Discharge, id second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

28

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

177

184

190

179

179

449

8,620

1,220

724

595

517

456

406

384

283

307

342

283

268

268

232

254

245

259

245

283

259

283

302

1,280

1,980

Nov.

1,520

1,080

667

472

395

353

337

312

302

278

278

254

259

297

250

232

241

241

198

198

259

219

215

206

224

198

186

232

215

219

-

Dec.

211

206

179

179

228

206

186

194

206

175

198

254

228

236

228

224

194

160

245

219

211

215

190

194

206

219

384

312

268

254

228

Jan.

167

245

215

219

224

232

228

140

224

219

202

202

202

219

146

232

232

215

278

400

312

264

283

245

250

224

254

332

268

307

278

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

Harch ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June ..........................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

273

254

273

232

186

259

254

254

236

273

283

175

278

245

422

347

317

259

202

278

232

232

250

254

228

167

245

211

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

21,653

10,337

6,837

144,588

7, 45£

7,119

11,436

7,163

6,040

7,315

4^172

5,442

100,787

Mar.

211

211

211

186

167

224

219

219

211

202

194

175

1,020

1,120

529

412

384

322

259

428

792

499

466

389

307

302

327

422

374

327

327

Apr.

273

259

287

278

412

322

302

259

232

283

250

245

236

236

206

202

250

228

211

224

224

190

198

215

206

194

194

190

171

186

-

Maximum

8, 620

1,520

384

8,620

400

422

1,120 

412

365

646

299

370

544

8,620

May

215

245

358

215

211

171

175

198

179

160

171

175

171

156

219

171

156

156

163

142

140

163

156

153

143

137

150

365

271

296

259

Minimum

177

186

160

160

140

167

167

171

137

133

133

QQyy 

108

99

June

224

160

179

646

464

250

219

194

232

254

597

287

211

194

208

254

206

133

186

194

179

320

254

179

146

175

153

153

258

206

-

Mean

698

345

221

396

241

254

369

239

195

244

188

135

181

276

July

232

146

164

203

161

299

246

190

133

146

143

176

224

198

175

211

202

198

278

179

163

146

163

219

211

186

160

190

190

137

146

Aug.

122

130

133

130

119

160

119

116

116

114

114

99

101

127

125

111

114

111

119

111

119

116

119

127

370

206

224

153

125

130

146

Per square 

mile

3.53

1.74

1.12

2.00

1,22

1 28

1.86

1.21

985

1 23

!949

. 682

.914

1.39

Sept.

250

206

125

119

130

122

133

206

358

224

202

544

273

194

163

143

137

390

146

130.

133

146

146

108

125

119

119

119

116

116

-

Runoff in 

inches

4.07

1

Q J y*

1.28

27.15

1.40

1.34 2 15

liss

1.13

1.37

1.09

1.02

18.92

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 aec.-ft.).--Oct. 7 (8 a.m.) 11,300 sec.-ft.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 189

North Pacolet River at Fingerville, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 35°07', long. 81°59', at McMlllin Mill, about 400

 feet downstream from Obed Creek and 1 mile south of Pingerville, 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.

Kecords 'available.--November 1929 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 20 years (1930-50), 209 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,150 second-feet Oct. 7 (gage height, 16.70

 feet), from rating curve extended above 1,400 second-feet on basis of computation of 

flow over dam 2 miles above station; minimum, 58 second-feet July 11; minimum daily, 

98 second-feet Aug. 24.

1929-50: Maximum discharge, 12,500 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, <i/.l«j 

feet), from rating curve extended above 1,400 second-feet on basis of 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. I, 2, 1931.

Remarks.--Records fair. Some diurnal fluctuation at low and medium flow caused by mill 

aoove station.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 6-10, Oct. 30 to Nov. 3,

Dec. 26-31, Jan. 19 to Feb. 28, Mar. 29, 3O, Apr. 5-11,

May 15, 16, May 28 to June 11, June 17-22,

June 30 to July 20, July 24 to Aug. 1,

Aug. 3-13, 25-28, Sept. 1-3, 7-15)

3.3 96 6.0 754 

3.7 172 8.0 1,370 

4.5 358 10.8 2,440

.Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

'28 27 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

170 

166 

166 

166 

166

421 

2,420 

1,280 

642 

394

305 

274 

257 

248 

240

255 

252 

245 

227 

216

209 

203 

194 

187 

187

209 

194 

209 

234 

559 

90O

Nov.

1,110 

1,080 

510 

358

310

279 

262 

248 

236 

229

225 

220 

220 

225 

214

207 

2O5 

203 

201 

2O1

201 

196 

194 

198 

218

198 

196 

194 

196 

198

Dec.

190 

185 

183 

185 

185

183 

187 

185 

181 

179

196 

209 

196 

201

192

183 

179 

185 

212 

194

185 

192 

198 

185

179

269 

394 

291 

240 

223 

214

Jan.

198 

196 

194 

192 

192

190 

192 

181 

179 

185

212 

194 

187 

185 

181

190 

214 

231 

322 

358

274 

24O 

220 

214 

207

2O3 

231 

334 

255 

236 

231

Month

Octc 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

mber .....

lendaT year 1949 

ary .

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

216 

207 

207 

198 

194

194 

196 

194 

194 

196

192 

183 

19O 

234 

298

234 

220 

200 

200 

190

180 

194 

209 

194 

187

185 

181 

179

Secondfoot-days

11.79E 

8,732 

6,36C

101,77]

6,81£ 

5,646 

7,544 

. 6,016 

5,42£ 

5,643 5,80- 

4,733 

8,08C

82,60C

Mar.

179 

170 

166 

164 

164

166 

179 

196 

2OO 

170

170 

180 

340 

440 

320

240 

280 

220 

240 

300

420 

340 

300 

240 

220

260 

190 

380 

260 

238 

212

Apr.

207 

205 

201 

205 

458

310 

279 

264 

234

207

201 

187 

185

181 

179

176 

176 

176 

176 

174

170

166 

166 

164 

162

164 

160 

156 

170 

157

Maximum

2,420

1,110 

394

2,420

358 

298 

440 

4T58 

382 

268 

382 

5 458 

) 1,170

) 2,420

Peak discharge (base, 1.60O sec. -ft.). Oct. 7 (3 a.m.]

May

162 

167 

187 

164 

162

150 

146 

148 

142 

142

142 

140 

136 

169 

291

172 

146 

142 

144 

136

136 

136 

138 

132 

128

148 

150 

313 

382 

198 

377

Minimum

166 

194 

179

132

179 

179 

164 

156 

128 

105 

125 

98 

136

98

June

322 

214 

225 

628 

471

298 

216 

203 

194 

192

196 

162 

152 

146 

144

165 

136 

127 

127

119

118 

118 

127 

119 

114

112 

110 

105 

117 

166

Mean

380 

291 

205

279

220 

202 

243 

201 

175 

188 

187 

153 

269

226

July

148 

127 

125 

142 

130

197 

292 

183 

146 

143

145 

192 

187 

181 

198

286 

212 

206 

209 

156

132 

128 

128 

209 

200

382 

264 

218 

201 

164 

176

Aug.

Per square 

mile

3.28 

2.51 

1.77

2.41

1.90 

1.74 

2.09 

1.73 

1.51 

1.62 

1.61 

1.32 

2.32

1.95]

5,150 sec. -ft.

263 

170 

134 

125 

125

119 

116

109 

109 

103

114 

109 

103 

152

127

123

161 

118 

110 

110

103

loo 

loo

98 

329

458 

234 

201 

152 

144 

214

Sept.

334

303 

218 

166 

158

142 

331 

810 

1,170 

84O

382 

281 

252

227 

203

179 

172 

170 

166 

158

154 

152 

146 

142 

140

138 

136 

136 

138 

136

Runoff in 

inches

3.78 

2.80 

2.04

32.62

2.19 

1.81 

2.41 

1.93 

1.74 

1.81 

1.86 

1.52 

2.59

26.48

Note. No gage-nelgnt record Pel). 17-21, Mar. 8-2£s discharge computed on basis or records 

Pacolet River near Pingerville and records of power-plant operation on South Facolet River.
190 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Pacolet River near Fingerville, 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 Zj miles southeast of FJngerville, 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.

Records available. November 1929 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 20 years (1930-50), 343 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 6,250 second-feet Oct. 7 (gage height, 9.05 

reet); minimum daily, 137 second-feet Aug. 22.

1929-50: 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 in June 1903, from floodmark (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. 192). Some diurnal 

fluctuation caused by mill on North Pacolet River. About 7,223,000 gallons a day (11.2 

second-feet) diverted above station for city of Spartanburg water supply.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 30 tl Apr. 5)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 21 Mar. 22 to Sept. 30

1.0 248 3.0 1,340 0.6 124 1.5 419

1.2 320 £.0 3,470 .£

1.5 446 7.2 4,480 1.2

2.0 697

) 202 2.0 674

301 3.3 1,550

discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

266

255

269

266

272

504

4,460

2,250

1,040

701

575

451

394

381

373

344

352

364

364

356

352

332

280

287

311

326

298

348

389

686

1,620

Nov.

2,040

2,110

1,050

675

599

377

507

530

432

356

352

352

309

377

343

320

356

356

348

287

309

320

313

294

348

348

286

386

385

321

-

Dec.

313

309

272

266

287

276

298

290

272

302

283

309

298

370

368

305

280

276

332

328

332

344

352

340

262

343

575

492

394

441

365

Jan.

302

328

328

290

298

294

328

262

320

305

348

344

332

328

269

336

368

398

518

626

540

332

460

415

352

344

389

492

352

492

385

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ........................

Calendar year 1949 .... .......

January ..........................

February .........................

March .

May' 1. ...........................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ................... ....

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

377

368

368

352

272

316

348

328

344

331

295

272

314

381

487

381

364

356

284

297

328

324

360

321

309

258

294

309

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

19,466

15,386

10,274

173,935

11,475

9,338

12,479

10,094 

8 342

9 » 671

9 43" .7^10; 11 t 822

134,901

Mar.

328

299

289

287

255

278

325

336

316

a300

8260

a260

a480

a650

a600

a500

a460

a360

a320

8420

a650

aeoo

a480

a400

8380

a340

a340

3550

a500

488

428

Apr.

342

%

2

2

80

98

42

674

668

c

c

1

58

36

42

354

350

2

2

31

05

90

'SB

269

3

;2

02

16

87

308

287

2

2

2

47

52

73

273

273

2

2

2

2

Maximum

4,460

2,110

575

4,460

626

487

650

674 

583

925

912

507

1 * 55O

4,460

70

50

81

38

-

May

259

260

334

323

293

253

230

a260

a240

a240

243

239

223

252

375

263

232

235

235

206

185

185

182

171

201

184

207

376

583

346

527

Minimum

255

286

262

191

262

258

255

238

171

146

161

137

174

137

June

522

460

357

743

925

725

488

402

331

328

280

312

298

284

250

274

256

221

240

237

213

200

170

156

158

151

158

146

176

218

Mean

628

513

331

477

370

334

403

336 

269

323

304

229

394

370

July

193

161

175

188

202

313

364

219

198

187

219

266

259

251

293

369

332

323

320

276

250

240

227

336

300

912

616

473

443

246

.286

Aug.

384

293

250

240

240

199

218

224

170

175

192

230

184

182

177

173

218

164

168

153

156

137

138

151

405

507

316

296

227

209

333

Sept.

460

361

290

272

270

253

457

984

1,550

1,240

676

428

443

434

331

323

259

273

280

256

263

253

202

191

188

180

177

180

174

174

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on baBls of records for Pacolet River near Clifton, 

North Pacolet River at Fingerville, and records of power-plant operation on South Pacolet River.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 191

Pacolet River near Clifton, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage- recorder, lat. 34°58'10", long. 81°48'05", 1.2 miles downstream

 from 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.

Kecords available.--November 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 10 years (1940-50), 498 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 16,300 second-feet Oct. 7 (gage height, 14.64 

feet), from rating curve extended above 4,400 second-feet on basis of computation of 

flow over dam at Clifton Mill 2; minimum dally, 184 second-feet June 24.

1939-50: 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. 192). City of Spartanburg diverts water above 

station from South Pacolet River Reservoir for municipal supply.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge. In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-6, Dec. 16

to Jan. 19, June 6 to July 26)

1.2 164 3.5

1.4 252 5.5

1.6 369 8.5

2.1 794 10.7

2,070

4,130 '

7,740

10, 700

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

346

363

408

363

358

380

10,600

3,330

1,640

994

847

750

578

583

535

539

548

530

539

521

509

460

440

442

455

522

456

506

556

1,340

2,070

Nov.

2,930

 2,660

1,630

997

800

662

688

768

706

506

548

530

521

548

539

513

500

500

500

420

460

480

460

440

500

500

420

550

550

480

-

Dec.

460

460

400

400

420

420

440

440

400

440

420

460

440

550

550

423

406

376

435

444

453

453

470

444

392

414

706

715

548

539

539

Jan.

436

451

470

414

418

421

444

414

428

435

546

460

476

461

429

446

574

653

864

1,020

812

636

618

652

548

526

620

724

600

638|

629

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calenda'r year 1949 ............

January ... ......................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

560

552

546

521

470

466

514

506

518

522

477

429

461

502

656

576

522

504

461

442

468

497

536

506

435

429

438

453

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

32, 501

22, 301

14,45"

260,362

17, 261

13, 96'

18,33C

15.38C

13,567 

13 43!

14, 96i

10,032 

15,149

201,354

Mar.

475

476

434

398

398

421

444

502

491

449

408

399

684

938

833

746

679

528

478

616

934

835

708

574

556

504

508

797

771

724

622

Apr.

548

487

479

516

1,030

854

752

697

574

516

516

495

470

449

416

436

447

464

452

456

459

390

406

456

419

444

Maximum

10,600

2,930

715

10, 600

1,020 

656

938

1,030

870

1,280

1,010

677 

1,570

10,600

429

424

412

487

-

May

479

416

695

524

471

355

376

427

368

382

390

338

333

678

808

396

368

363

378

277

312

353

294

286

272

337

220

87tf

763

498

540

Minimum

346

420

376

226

414

429

398 

390

220

184

237

208 

199

184

June

667

614

449

937

1,280

908

629

637

502

435

420

460

440

440

380

420

380

340

360

318

291

266

278

184

228

261

217

203

231

258

-

Mean

1 04S

744

466

713

557

499

591 

513

436

44e *o« 4d3

324 

505

552

July

1,010

252

237

448

286

383

763

297

252

293

290

660

353

639

606

786

539

422

492

366

328

293

283

359

728

657

961

616

524

434

405

Aug.

539

444

366

344

328

283

350

317

302 '

226

265

294

259

288

292

248

298

250

261

208

256

216

252

211

346

677

444

448

318

250

453

.Sept.

571

507

347

373

475

324

570

1,160

1,570

1,410

927

605

594

576

438

432

326

383

370

336

349

332

341

199

319

257

247

265

255

291

.

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

Note. No gage-height record Nov. 

ed range In stage, weather records,

17 to Dec. 15, June 11-19J discharge computed on basis of recordand records for station near Fingerville.
192 SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

South Pacolet River Reservoir near Fingerville, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 35'07', long. Sl'SS 1 , 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum gage height during year, 16.42 feet Oct. 7; minimum, 10.80 feet Aug. 13.

 T530-50; 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 7,223,000 gallons daily (11.2 second-feet) from reservoir for municipal 

supply during year. Surplus water is used for generation of power.

Gage height, in feet, water year October 1849 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

13.59

13.60

13.60

13.50

13.38

13.38

16.13

15.57

15.29

14.98

14.35

13.69

13.65

13.59

, 13.51

13.52

13.83

14.00

13.89

13.71

13.45

13.26

13.28

13.44

13.38

13.50

13.70

13.82

13.82

14.33

15.38

Nov.

15.55

15.60

15.23

15.00

14.59

14,63

14.87

14.15

13.45

13.62

13.83

14.00

14.29

14.55

14.59

14.68

14.69

14.47

14.28

14.35

14.60

14.58

14.53

14.62

14.82

14.78

14.85

14.80

14.10

14.03

-

Dec.

13.95

13. SO

13. S2

13.98

14.13

14.18

14.18

14.17

14.13

14.13

14.11

14.37

14.49

14.44

13.90

13.89

13.81

14.00

14.22

14.32

14.20

14.03

13.87

13.64

13.63

13.99

14.60

14.57

14.56

14.41

13.92

Jan.

13.98

14.08

13.93

14.10

14.25

14.36

14.32

14.32

14.32

14.16

14.28

14.21

14.05

13.89

13.91

13.97

13.92

14.20

14.51

14.62

14.67

14.69

14.69

14.08

13.99

13.97

14.00

14.35

14.85

14.82

14.38

Feb.

14.30

14.17

14.02

13.83

13.90

14 .OS

13.89

13.71

13.55

13.44

13.43

13.69

13.83

13.70

13.87

14.11

14.10

13.96

14.03

14.27

14.13

13.99

14.05

14.02

14.07

14.15

14.24

14. OS

-

-

-

Mar.

13.86

13.70

13.61

13.50

13.53

13.68

13.63

13.66

13.72

13.69

13.67

13.87

14.19

14.80

14.80

14.02

13.27

13.18

13.34

13.71

14.33

14.34

13.91

13.92

13.85

13,91

14.01

14.36

14.60

14.18

13.52

Apr.

13.29

13.49

13.80

13.76

14.22

15.03

14.76

13.99

13.63

13.73

13'. 67

13.59

13.59

13.68

13.70

13.76

13.90

13.70

13.70

13.58

13.50

13.53

13.73

13.80

13.70

13.67

13.57

13.49

13.52

13,56

May

13.62

13.67

13.89

13.71

13.40

13.32

13.30

13.22

13.01

12.77

12.52

12.50

12.35

12.36

12.70

12.99

12.95

12.86

12.67

12.63

12.73

12.90

13.03

13.17

13.22

13.27

13.74

14,17

14.62

14.27

14.15

June

14.70

14.29

13.90

14.53

15.16

15.15

14.54

13.71

13.58

13.53

15,83

13,90

13.56

13.16

12.97

12.92

12.81

12.64

12.39

12.02

11.70

11.49

11.39

11.47

11.55

" li.58

11.52

11.40

11.22

11.13

-

July

11.06

11.12

11.06

11.29

11.68

11.58

11.67

11.99

12.10

11.99

11.92

11.84

12.02

12.03

12.06

12.51

13.16

13.29

13.54

13.65

13.44

13.11

12.93

12.80

13.27

14.99

15.10

14.69

14.33

14.10

13.99

Aug.

13.91

14.05

13.85

13.54

13.15

12.96

12.74

12.24

11.83

11.80

11.67

11.29

10.84

10.98

11.11

11.13

11.19

11.25

11.26

11.29

11.30

11.33

11.31

11.30

11.47

11.88

12.14

12.13

11.82

11.80

11.64

Sept.

11.66

11.93

12.09

12.04

11.97

11.71

11.61

12.75

14.73

15.31

14.91

14.78

14.65

13.92

13.58

13.19

12-. 97

12.87

12.52

12.28

11.87

11.51

11.30

11.37

11.43

11.48

11.55

11.62

11.78

11.92

-

Monthly gage height and contents, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Date

Calendar year 1949 . . .

Sept. 30......... .......

Water year 1949-50...

Sage height 

(feet)t

13 99

-

14 34

13 95

13 32

12.00

-

Contents 

(millions of 

gallons)

935

-

314

539

610

-

Change In contents 

during month 

(equivalent, 

second-feet)

-.6

+3 4

9 4

+1.7

-.6

ge height at 12 p.m.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 193

North Tyger River near Moore, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 34°48'10", long. 81°57'57", 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.

Records available. April 1934 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 16 years, 232 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 8,120 second-feet Oct. 7 (gage height, 6.01 

reet); minimum, 53 second-feet June 26, Sept. 4; minimum daily, 62 second-feet, June 

25, Sept. 24.

1934-50: 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. Low flow regulated by power plants above station.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 27 to Jan. 20)

Oct. 1-6, Jan. 22 to June 5 Oct. 7 to Jan. 21, June 6 to Sept. 30

1.0 71 1.6 310 0.9 53 1.6 320 3.5 2,240 

1.1 97 1.8 443 1.0 76 1.8 447 4.0 3,120 

1.2 129 2.0 604 1.1 104 2.0 604 4.9 5,030 

1.4 208 1.2 137 2.5 1,050 

1.4 218 3.0 1,580

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

160 

125 

189 

198 

144

148 

5,000 

2,590 

837 

416

304 

282 

256 

228 

219

206 

245 

247 

209 

205

191 

202 

158 

207 

218

225 

200 

242 

219 

356 

704

Nov.

1,120 

1,400 

1,020 

481 

338

288

277 

266 

261 

252

242 

198 

205 

256

261

222 

204 

209 

188 

170

218 

237 

209 

171 

295

247 

201 

236 

232 

218

Dec.

201 

175 

168 

168 

218

232 

191 

168 

196

174

173 

232 

237 

247 

232

214 

174 

170 

247 

256

223 

206 

194 

153 

188

224 

344 

304 

288 

238 

196

Jan.

185

237 

261 

223 

214

192 

196 

161 

218 

242

242 

228 

218 

199 

161

231 

338 

362 

409

571

424 

294 

283 

272 

256

218 

222 

252 

246 

256 

267

Month

Goto 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

llaro 

Apr! 

Hay

June 

Jnly 

Augu 

Sept

Da

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary ....

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

242 

208 

213 

178 

166

220 

246 

228 

183

227

195 

161 

222 

246 

222

213 

218 

182 

163 

212

242 

218 

256 

227 

192

124 

203 

208

Second 

foot-days

15,130 

10,122 

6,631

115,926

8,078 

5,815 

7,383 

6,357 

5,165 

5,819 

6,228 

3,757 

4,642

85,127

Mar.

204 

208 

200 

170 

100

195 

218 

218 

208 

204

1B2 

114 

281 

347 

305

267 

218 

191 

158 

273

408 

314 

270 

229 

227

158 

223 

391 

360 

283 

259

Apr.

196 

184 

227 

227 

379

529 

377 

247 

213 

236

223 

208 

204 

200 

161

166 

187 

198 

200 

204

177 

140 

132 

173 

187

195 

187 

159 

138 

103

Maximum

5,000 

1,400 

344

5,000

571 

256 

408 

529 

307 

500 

465 

179 

414

5,000

Peak discharge (base, 1,800 sec. -ft.). Oct. 7 (2:15 p.

Hay

184 

200 

307 

237 

191

147 

95 

152 

179 

147

140 

174 

148 

89 

158

194 

170 

165 

120 

134

74 

120 

166 

159 

151

148 

76 

164 

277 

204 

295

Minimum

125 

170 

153

58

161 

124 

100 

103 

74 

62 

67 

64 

62

62

June

438 

303 

190 

287 

416

500 

266 

209 

188 

165

189 

223 

188 

179 

195

206 

148 

99 

119 

156

160 

147 

106 

118 

62

76 

117 

120 

124 

125

Mean

488 

337 

214

318

261 

208 

238 

212 

167 

194 

201 

121 

155

233

July

107 

67 

69 

164 

141

150 

177 

130 

98 

105

152 

164 

137 

130 

354

465 

320 

218 

299 

219

184 

146 

79 

176 

346

240 

212 

374 

407 

220 

179

Aug.

Per square 

mile

3.01 

2.08 

1.32

1.96

l.&l 

1.28 

1.47 

1.31 

1.03 

1.20 

1.24 

.747 

.957

1.44

m.) 8,120 sec. -ft.

179 

175 

160 

143 

101

80 

111 

160 

148 

114

104 

107 

78 

113 

167

156 

135 

101 

98

76

84 

137 

134 

130 

134

138 

77 

64 

84 

124 

145

Sept.

159 

90

67 

104 

192

117 

192 

362 

414 

320

205 

175 

192 

175 

163

96

79 

116 

164 

137

141 

145 

85 

62 

106

137 

130 

96 

103 

118

Runoff in 

inches

3.47 

2.32 

1.52

26.60

1.86 

1.33 

1.70 

1.46 

1.19 

1.34 

1.43 

.86 

1.07

19.55
194 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Tyger River near Woodruff, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°45 I 15", long. Sl'SS'SO", at Nesbitts Bridge on 

State Highway 49, 0.5 mile downstream from confluence of North Tyger and South Tyger 

Rivers and 6j miles east of Woodruff, Spartanburg County. Datum of gage Is 489.44 

feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 351 square miles.

Hecords available.--October 1929 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--20 years (1930-50), 484 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 17,200 second-feet Oct. 7 (gage height, 12.72 

reet), 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, 95 

second-feet June 26; minimum gage height, 1.85 feet Sept. 25; minimum daily discharge, 

109 second-feet June 26.

1929-50: 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.

Hevlslo'ns. W 742: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1, 2, 4-17, 29-31, Nov. 5-24,

Dec. 18 to Jan. 16, Jan. 20-25, Mar. 14-18, 21-24,

28-29, Apr. 5-8, May 30 to June 8, June 27 to 

July 5, July 15-20, 26-30, Aug. 3 to Sept. 30)

1.9 100 3.2 885 

2.1 160 3.8 1,530 

2.3 236 4.5 2,420 

2.5 332 6.0 4,800 

2.8 527 8.6 9,280

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

442

295 

268 

390

367

312 

9,150 

7,210 

2,900 

1,230

828 

642 

599 

642 

597

416 

381 

583 

498 

367

491 

373 

355 

358 

502

469 

462 

444 

583 

706 

1,170

Nov.

2,280 

2,850 

2,150 

1,210 

838

625 

498

535 

607 

477

607 

429 

443

462 

543

519 

444 

447 

416 

422

385 

491 

575 

477 

576

476 

490 

378 

498 

498

Dec.

384 

410 

368 

396 

373

429 

436 

398 

367 

477

384 

326 

479 

551 

567

514 

378 

422 

424 

448

567 

455 

408 

401 

276

332

618 

800 

714 

591 

404

Jan.

414 

435 

469 

514 

567

390 

399 

398 

356

455

638 

541 

448 

503 

362

427 

720 

955 

736 

1,080

885 

670 

526 

660 

547

420 

551 

540 

616 

478 

506

Feb.

571 

439 

505 

386 

396

370 

538 

534 

384 

438

508 

338 

367 

625 

490

429 

572 

475 

332 

302

543 

438 

469 

468 

418

392 

357 

404

Month SecondMonth foot-days

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary .

1 .........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

34,030 

21,646 

14,097

248,996

17,206 

12,488 

15,807 

13,791 

10,883 

12,792 

12,725 

7,590 

8,633

ter year 1949-50 ............ 181,688

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 sec. -ft.). Oct

a No gage-height record; discharge computed

Mar.

475 

412 

378 

412 

308

322 

442 

513 

456 

390

367 

373 

503 

742 

752

582 

435 

487 

350 

408

885 

718 

526 

556 

436

410 

401 

809 

809 

a650 

a500

Apr.

a560 

393 

338 

429 

787

965 

955 

763 

431 

351

498 

467 

390 

518 

482

349 

266 

360 

469 

416

361 

404 

330 

264 

373

436 

449 

344 

361 

282

Maximum

9,150 

2,850 

800

9,150

1,080 

625 

885 

965 

761 

1,200 

1,120 

513 

767

9,150

May

258 

403 

761 

484 

394

491 

264 

208 

327 

317

276 

368 

386 

240 

210

393 

368 

322 

250

396

250 

175 

322 

286 

254

313 

220 

302

410 

479 

756

Minimum

268

378 

276

167

356 

302 

308 

264 

175 

109 

114 

122 

117

109

June

885 

769 

559 

571 

504

1,200 

791 

517 

344 

382

390 

327 

505 

527 

452

416 

477 

273 

180 

311

281 

301 

240

276 

150

109 

250 

236 

286 

283

Mean

1,098 

722 

455

682

555 

446 

510 

460 

351 

426 

410 

245 

288

498

July

268 

203 

114 

195 

220

298 

647 

254

170 

135

314 

455 

282 

276 

960

1,120 

526 

588 

704 

435

322 

357 

242 

230 

520

476 

439 

571 

720 

439 

245

Aug.

426 

513 

368 

281 

220

183

173 

281 

254 

185

268 

234 

129 

154 

286

276 

290 

224

195 

187

170 

260 

258 

240 

240

268 

163 

122 

192 

278 

272

Per square 

mile

3.13 

2.06 

1.30

1.94

1.58 

1.27 

1.45 

1.31 

1.00 

1.21 

1.17 

.698 

.821

1.42

Sept.

291 

232 

185 

143 

304

293 

387 

627 

767

512

270 

286 

324 

344

276

311

185 

170 

291 

254

245 

281 

222 

117 

127

245 

245 

246 

212 

241

Runoff in 

inches

3.61 

2.30 

1.50

26.39

1.82 

1.32 

1.67 

1.46 

1.15 

1.35 

1.35 

.80 

.92

19.25

. 7 (6:45 p.m.) 17,200 sec. -ft. 

on basis of recorded range in stage and records for

North Tyger River near Moore and South Tyger River near Woodruff.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 195

Middle Tyger River at Lyman, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder and masonry control, lat. 34°56'35", long. 82°08'00", at

 Lyman, Spartanburge 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 1950.

Average discharge. 12 years, 97.4 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,580 second-feet Oct. 7 (gage height, 6.29

 feet); minimum, 19 second-feet Sept. 24; minimum daily, 46 second-feet Aug. 23, 30. 

1938-50: 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 except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

 Some diurnal fluctuation caused by steam power plant above station.

Rating table, water year 1949-5O (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.4 42 2.1 127 3.5 449 

1.6 59 2.5 198 4.O 620 

1.8 82 3.0 310 4.7 895

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28

29-1 

30 

31

Oct.

80 

78 

78 

75 

76

127 

874 

556 

196

142

121 

110 

105 

98 

98

95 

96 

99 

95 

92

91 

86 

83 

83 

82

115 

95 

100

\- 104 

199 

573

Nov.

800 

882

291 

177 

149

134 

125 

117 

113 

110

106 

105 

105 

111 

104

100 

99 

96 

93 

95

96 

88 

93 

93

125

105 

96 

92 

95 

98

Dec.

90 

85 

88 

86 

88

88 

90 

89 

83 

86

93

99 

93 

106 

99

88 

88 

92 

110 

100

93 

96 

98 

90 

89

125 

151 

124 

111 

105 

99

Jan.

99 

95 

98 

96 

90

93 

95 

88 

83 

88

108 

95 

92 

89 

89

89 

117 

137 

187 

276

164 

132 

121 

108

111

106 

122 

139 

119 

111 

110

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Deoe

, Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay. 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber. .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary ... ...

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

106 

98 

99 

99 

92

92 

98 

95 

96 

99

95 

90 

92 

107 

143

104 

87 

92 

91 

89

88 

96 

121 

95 

83

86 

83 

85

Secondfoot-days

4,902 

4,893 

3,022

51,509

3,547 

2,701 

3,375 

3,174 

2,361 

3,158 

3,018 

1,722 

2,243

38,116

Mar.

90 

82 

80 

82 

81

83 

93 

100 

92 

85

75 

86 

147 

182 

121

111 

108 

89 

93

137

180 

122 

110 

102 

89

92 

89 

203 

157 

117 

97

Apr.

102 

102 

96 

98 

282

356 

147 

117 

113 

108

100 

98 

96 

87 

89

88 

86 

82 

82 

85

82 

77 

78 

80 

77

74 

72 

74 

71 

75 

75

Maximum

874 

882

151

1,990

276 

143 

203 

356 

259 

471 

340 

80 

258

882

Peak discharge (base. 1,000 seo.-ft.) . Oct. 7 (1:30 a.

Bay

75 

80 

102 

80 

64

70 

62 

59 

61 

61

60 

61 

60 

73 

90

64 

61 

59 

64 

58

60 

56 

57 

54

57

64 

58

137 

110 

85 

259

Mindmum

75 

88 

83

53

83 

83 

75 

71 

54 

47 

48 

46 

48

46

m.) 1,580

June

328 

104 

88

192

471

224 

100 

96 

95 

104

148 

106 

81 

80 

86

74 

73 

63 

61 

59

58 

59 

56 

52 

54

48 

48 

47 

49 

54 

- 1

Mean

158 

163 

97.5

141

114 

96.5 

109 

106 

76.2 

105 

97.4 

55.5 

74.8

104

July

60 

48' 52 

82 

55

66 

69 

57 

50 

48

52 

66 

67 

92 

104

151 

115 

80 

153 

69

61 

60 

67 

262 

142

88 

135 

a340 

a!60 

a95 

72

Aug.

80 

70 

62 

61 

62

60 

54 

54 

52

51

72 

56 

53 

56 

54

56 

56 

52 

52 

55

47 

48 

46 

47 

59

55 

52 

48 

47 

46 

59

Per square 

mile

2.31 

2.39 

1.43

2.06

1.67 

1.41 

1.60 

1.55 

1.12 

1.54 

1.43 

.813 

1.10

1.52

Sept.

64 

59 

54 

48 

66

50 

110 

258 

251 

124

86

74 

74 

71 

61

59 

58 

57 

57 

54

54 

54 

53 

52 

48

50 

49 

49 

50 

49

Runoff In 

inches

2.66 

2.67 

1.65

28.06

1.92

1.47 

1.84

1.73 

1.29 

1.72 

1.65 

.94 

1.23

20.77

sec. -ft.; Nov. 2 (3 a.m.) 1,860

sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage and weather records.
196 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 

bridge on State Highway 296, 1.2 miles downstream from Berry Shoals, 1.8 miles northeast of Reldvllle, 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 1950.

Average discharge. 16 years, 159 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,420second-feet Oct. 7 (gage height, 14.23 

reet); minimum, 8.5 second-feet July 8-10; minimum dally, 8.5 second-feet July 9.

1934-50: Maximum discharge, that of Oct. 7, 1949; minimum, 4.6 second-feet June 5, 

6, 1941 (gage height, 0.60 foot); minimum dally, 5.5 second-feet June 6, 1941.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Eow~and medium flow regulated by power plants above station.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 28 Dec. 29 to Sept. 3O

0.9 22 1.7 139 4.2 1,000 O.7 8.5 

1.0 31 2.0 211 6.5 2,120 .8 14 

1-2 54 2.5 354 9.7 3,880 .9 21 

1.4 83 3.2 594 1.0 3O

Discharge, in eecond-feet, water year October 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

125 

48 

162 

139 

101

128 

3,850 

1,870 

558 

414

199 

249 

258 

290 

176

43 

175 

266 

136 

165

185 

114 

130 

174 

220

149 

178 

188 

244 

109 

695

Nov.

1,210 

1,030 

632 

419 

276

165 

151 

 27O 

166 

197

236 

116 

145 

142 

266

137 

216 

112 

196 

108

146 

246 

281 

162 

115

217 

90 

129 

262 

137

Dec.

119 

196 

116 

140 

146

105 

237 

113 

159 

227

47 

104 

227 

161 

293

144 

132 

135 

154 

171

273 

110 

219 

43 

24

71 

303 

420 

283 

196 

108

Jan.

146 

151 

105 

293 

183

101 

187 

' 68 

138 

177

340 

119 

2O3 

145 

113

172 

321 

262 

192 

417

306 

192 

262 

300 

110

190 

180 

ISO 

160 

16O 

190

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary . .

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

170 

200 

150 

150 

1OO

150 

280 

13O 

100 

200

ISO 

44 

20O 

240 

140

160 

280 

130 

40 

170

190 

130 

170 

140 

170

130 

150 

130

Secondfoot days

11,738 

7,975 

5,176

87,213

6,063 

4,424 

5,634 

5,057 

4,116 

5,293 

4,107.1 

2,730 

2,995

65,308.1

Mar.

190 

120 

130 

180 

44

160 

140 

220 

129 

111

147 

148 

174 

359 

330

122 

229 

155 

39 

165

380 

182 

225 

172 

137

135 

155 

271 

323 

186 

176

Apr.

251 

43 

104 

159 

388

392 

446 

255 

39 

14E

221 

137 

124 

330 

148

43 

79 

160 

188 

111

115 

241 

46 

127 

114

240 

122 

107 

153 

32

Maximum

3,850 

1,21O 

4 2O

3,850

417 

28O 

380 

446 

342 

592 

327 

279 

347

3,850

Peak discharge (base, 1.4OO sec. -ft. ) . Oct. 7 (7:30 a.

1.1 41 2.0 

1.2 54 2.4 

1.4 86 3.3 

1.7 143

to September 195O

May

100 

141 

236 

111 

204

193 

31 

95 

103 

112

103 

194 

116 

33 

93

181 

110 

96 

112 

237

35 

115 

103 

76 

74

157 

145 

39 

119 

310 

342

Minimum

43 

90 

24

16

68 

40 

39 

32 

31 

1O 

8.5 

10 

11

8.5

m.) 6,420

June

420 

330 

245 

31 

375

592 

335 

148 

103 

221

41 

192 

266 

27O 

133

16O 

228 

36 

124 

94

93 

116 

119 

84 

10

93 

89 

100 

147 

98

Mean

379 

266 

167

239

196 

158 

182 

169 

133 

176 

132 

88.1 

99.8

179

July

108 

29 

9.6 

34 

126

104 

88 

44 

8.5 

96

223 

162 

96 

223 

327

45 

279 

262 

272 

109

96 

196 

31 

102 

106

248 

96 

132 

311 

34 

110

209 

314 

626

Aug.

279 

228 

96 

85 

73

3O 

99 

87 

52 

123

108 

33 

10 

81 

85

87 

97 

80 

18 

114

1Q3 

89 

86 

77 

70

54 

21 

7O 

126 

91 

78

Per square 

mile

3.58 

2.51 

1.58

2.25

1.85 

1.49 

1.72 

1.59 

1.25 

1.66 

1.25 

.831 

.942

1.69

sec. -ft.; Nov. 1 (5 p.

Sept.

122 

87 

50 

81 

106

186 

102 

347 

226 

38

78 

57 

189 

87 

111

155 

23 

87 

87 

63

87 

125 

27 

11 

73

80 

118 

95 

88 

27

Runoff in 

inches

4.13 

2.80 

1.82

3O.61

2.13 

1.55 

1.98 

1.77 

1.44 

1.85 

1.44 

.96 

1.05

22.92

m.) 1,470

sec.-ft.

Note. No gage-height record Jan. 24 to Mar. 8; discharge computed on basis of recorded range In 

stage, records for station near Woodruff, and records of powerplant operation at Berry Shoals Bam.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 

South Tyger River near Woodruff, S. C.

197

.Location. -Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 34°45'2l", long. 81°56'19", at 

CHesnee Shoals, 0.5 mile upstream from confluence with North Tyger River and 5f 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 1950.

Average discharge. 16 years, 236 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 8,490 second-feet Oct. 7 (gage height, 9.25 

reer); minimum, 38 second-feet Sept. 25 (gage height, 1.64 feet); minimum daily, 39 

second-feet Sept. 25.

1934-50: 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 (gage height, 1.40 feet); 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 tables, water year 1949-5O (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 19 to Apr. 6)

Oct. 1-8, June 6 to Sept. 3O Oct. 9 to June 5

1.6

1.7

2.1 

2.3

33

46

79

116

161

2.5 

2.7 

3.0 

3.4 

3.8

221

296

431

654

950

4.5 

5.2 

6.4

1,620

2,500

4,290

1.9

2.0

2.1 

2.3

69

87

108

158

2.5 

2.7 

3.0 

3.4

219

292

428

659

3.8 

4.5 

4.9

951

1,620

2,090

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

271

156

116

187

164

144

4,040

4,290

2,050

779

492

330

326

366

352

219

130

279

296

173

270

187

205

158

253

245

250

190

340

318

453

Nov.

927

31,400

al,100

a700

a460

a340

223

263

318

208

343

208

237

191

264

273

230

221

211

238

166

237

334

291

278

216

276

145

264

273

-

Dec.

179

239

192

234

166

188

238

231

168

318

188

102

233

289

336

292

194

246

191

192

343

234

221

232

83

103

263

454

393

332

193

Jan.

227

186

184

260

318

181

189

225

134

191

373

279

210

275

196

195

370

528

312

502

448

351

241

368

278

185

301

268

327

206

217

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ............. ..........

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ...................... ...

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May.......:......................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water yesr 1949-50 ............

Feb.

306

214

276

194

234

150

271

283

186

199

295

180

147

346

255

188

327

247

167

98

286

203

206

225

210

267

164

179

_

-

Secondfoot-days

18,02

10,83

7,26

123,40

8,52

6,30

7,84

7,11

 5,45

6,55

5,93

3,59

3,70

91,16

Mar.

261

191

166

222

198

122

202

279

a240

a!80

a!70

a240

228

364

416

284

218

271

188

160

415

356

240

306

188

£42

169

347

413

356

212

Apr.

348

202

108

186

382

401

530

459

200

124

255

247

186

315

282

191

92

163

265

204

164

273

200

114

177

240

240

176

217

173

-

Maximum

3 4,290

3 1,400

7 454

7 4,290

5 528

5 346

I 416

1 530-

3 420

5 621

3 550

> 310

3 332

5 4,290

May

98

187

373

224

199

305

162

83

146

152

150

186

210

146

80

178

181

138

131

246

163

83

148

124

96

167

146

168

105

264

420

Minimum

116

145

83

83

134

98

122

92

80

54

42

52

39

39

June

433

423

348

254

110

621

'290 491

150

224

190

110

288

313

212

196

291

160

81

147

124

141

138

154

86

54

121

113

153

137

-

Mean

582

361

234

338

275

225

253

237

176

21E

191

116

124

25C

July

145

124

48

42

83

140

253

120

70

48

167

267

133

171

543

550

214

3340

3380

3200

3130

3200

3150

82

150

221

209

174

295

213

74

Aug.

230

310

176

127

3120

390

79

3110

3100

370

3150

119

52

52

115

113

137

114

96

105

94

115

3110

alOO

alOO

a!20

70

54

99

146

119

Per square 

mile

3.34

2.07

1.34

1.94

1.58

1.29

1.45

1.36

1.01

1.25

1.10

.667

.713

1.44

Sept.

119

3120

3110

65

108

151

181

231

332

174

66

105

135

151

107

200

96

64

113

97

99

130

114

46

39

100

100

137

109

107

-

Runoff in 

inches

3.85

2.31

1.54

26.35

1.82

1.34

1.67

1.52

1.16

1.40

1.27

.77

.80

19.45

Peak discharge (base, 1,800 sec.-ft.).--Oct. 7 (8:30 p.m.) 8.49O sec.-ft. 

a No gage-height record;discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage snd records for 

North Tyger River near Moore and Tyger River near WoooS-uff.

231536 O - 53 - 14
198 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Pairforest Creek near Union, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°41', long. 81°41', at bridge on State Highway 92, 

0.3 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 September 1950.

Average discharge.--10 years, 209 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,650 second-feet Oct. 8 (gage height, 6.42 

TeeTJ, from rating curve extended above 4,300 second-feet by velocity-area studies and 

logarithmic plotting; minimum, 42 second-feet Aug. 13 (gage height, 2.08 feet).

1940-50: Maximum discharge, 8,690 second-feet Nov. 29, 1948 (gage height, 7.61 

feet), from rating curve extended above 4,300 second-feet by velocity-area studies and 

logarithmic plotting; minimum, 19 second-feet Aug. 11, 1940 (gage height, 1.85 feet).

Remarks. Records good. Discharge includes some water diverted from South Pacolet River 

Reservoir (see p. 192) which is discharged into this stream after use.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15.

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

118

112

112

112

112

108

180

3,650

1,720

333

214

181

167

154

147

143

143

143

139

132

128

124

121

118

118

121

143

132

147

224

617

Nov.

1,050

712

480

256

195

171

158

151

147

143

139

135

135

147

143

132

128

124

121

121

121

118

118

118

183

245

165

139

139

147

-

Dec.

13sl

128

121

121

121

121

121

124

121

118

124

128

128

264

288

229

171

154

154

154

147

143

143

132

124

139

167

171

151

139

135

Jan.

132

132

135

135

132

132

132

128

124

124

143

204

191

154

143

143

220

493

514

451

438

258

220

200

190

176

176

231

264

204

190

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

llarch ............................

April ............................

toy ..............................

Juns .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

Septsmber ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

178

167

158

151

147

143

147

154

159

200

195

167

158

162

176

151

. 139

135

132

128

128

132

176

158

139

' 132

124

121

_

-

Secondfoot days

lo.li;

6,28,

4,616

99 42 C

6,50'

4 ,25'

4J12.

3 , 80'

2 76 5

1., 762

2,802

57,15"

Mar.

128

124

121

121

121

124

199

209

171

147

139

139

223

358

255

190

190

167

154

241

404

313

220

186

167

158

154

417

451

255

190

Apr.

171

167

158

158

190

200

154

147

143

139

135

135

128

124 12'1

121

124

124

128

128

124

118

118

115

118

128

118

115

115

162

Maximum

3,650

1,050

288

3,650

514

451

200

499

198

495

113

366

3,650

May

166

143

499

282

152

121

108

99

93

93

93

90

88

117

144

105

90

88

83

80

83

80

78

76

73

76

73

90

171

113

160

Minimum

108

118

118

64

124

121

121

115

73

57

58

43

51

43

June

152

96

97

148

198

110

90

93

135

102

118

96

80

83

108

96

93

78

70

66

66

70

68

64

60

57

76

73

60

60

Mean

 326

209

149

272

210

152

208

138

123

92.1

119

56.8

Q^ A . *

157

July

98

73

58

60

60

91

140

235

112

73

70

83

137

86

108

495

431

171

105

90

78

73

73

76

86

86

86

99

106

78

68

Aug.

66

64

57

53

53

55

51

46

48

44

44

44

43

44

49

49

113

62

57

51

48

58

65

57

51

61

66

64

57

51

91

Per square 

mile

1.78

1.14

.814

1.49

1.15

.831

1.14

.754

.672

.503

.650

.310

.510

.858

Sept.

88

66

55

52

94

66

196

330

366

199

112

88

78

76

68

64

70

66

62

60

58

58

57

55

51

51

51

53

55

57

-

Runoff in 

inches

2. OS

1.27

.94

20.20

1.33

.87

1.31

.84

.77

.56

.75

.36

.57

11.62

Peak discharge (baae. 2.500 aec.-ft.). Oct. 8 (5:30 p.m.) 5,650 sec.-ft.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 199

Enoree River near Enoree, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°36', long. 81°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.

Records available. August 1929 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 21 years, 423 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 13,000 second-feet Oct. 8 (gage height, 6.93 

reet); minimum, 35 second-feet Aug. 28; minimum daily, 110 second-feet Aug. 13.

1929-50: 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 second-feet Oct. 

15, 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.

Revisions (water years).- W 802: 1930(M). W 892: 1929-30, 1931(M), 1932-33, 1935.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 7, 8)

Oct. 1 to Sept. 8 Sept. 9-30

1.9 95 2.4 445 3.9 3,070 1.9 105 2.2 308 

2.0 144 2.7 775 5.0 6,120 2.0 160 2.4 498 

2.1 205 3.0 1,200 6.4 11,000 2.1 228 2.5 610 

2.2 275 3.4 1,920

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

'23 22

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

299 

296 

282 

278 

275

278 

1,380 

11,000 

4,540 

780

515 

427 

400 

368 

347

339 

388 

364 

339 

331

323 

294 

278 

302 

298

320 

373 

319 

368 

536 

1,110

Noy.

1,650 

2,060 

1,380 

684 

525

465 

445 

418 

409 

391

391 

373 

373 

409 

391

382 

364 

303 

317 

348

355 

377 

332 

335

517

495 

391 

409 

356 

391

Dec.

382 

322 

391 

314 

380

350 

318 

377 

338

314

330 

391 

372 

465

455

436 

409 

352 

418 

418

409 

354 

409 

373 

364

382 

495 

556 

465 

427 

418

Jan.

391 

391 

373 

373 

373

373 

364 

355 

364 

347

391 

455 

427 

400 

373

391 

445 

644 

633 

827

703 

b56 

495 

465 

455

436 

427 

485 

515 

475 

455

Month

Octo 

Move 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Maro 

Aprl 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

ber ..........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

436 

427 

409 

409 

364

382 

391 

515 

475 

485

465 

427 

418 

418 

427

445 

400 

376 

368 

377

362 

368 

465 

427 

400

355 

364

347

Secondfoot-days

27,74' 

16,036 

12,184

210,493

14,15' 

11,502 

13,364 

11,664 

9.07E 

8.87E 

9,563 

4,862 

6,454

145,483

Peak discharge (base, 3,500 sec. -ft.). Oct

a No gag'_ -height record; discharge computec

Mar.

347 

339 

339 

339 

331

331

404 

418 

400 

366

349 

347 

368 

589 

515

445 

427 

400 

391 

445

567 

535 

465 

418 

400

382 

364 

706 

667 

515 

455

Apr.

427 

418 

409 

391 

391

642 

588 

436 

409 

400

373 

345 

386 

391 

364

347 

344 

364 

364 

364

364 

355 

300 

373 

364

339 

347 

347 

414 

308

Maximum

11,000 

2,060 

556

11,000

827 

515 

706 

642 

> 656 

751 

1,710 

273 

560

11,000

May

298 

324 

493 

436 

347

299 

261 

296 

211 

300

247 

291 

216 

299 

302

318 

254 

254 

247 

254

233 

240 

240 

226 

226

219 

224 

228 

364 

272 

656

Minimum

275 

303 

314

194

347 

347 

331 

300 

211 

120 

130 

110 

134

110

June

751 

413 

307 

494 

589

567 

344 

291 

339 

342

417 

309 

261 

162 

a340

a400 

a260 

alSO 

a!90 

194

180 

220 

190 

186 

174

168 

168 

156 

163

120

Mean

895 

535 

393

577

457 

411 

431 

389 

293 

296 

308 

157 

215

399

July

300 

256 

166 

176 

176

198 

441 

184 

130

166

168 

190 

282 

233 

525

1,710 

580 

355 

313 

242

180 

199 

193 

197 

215

284 

287 

304 

424 

263 

226

Aug.

205 

273 

220 

204

150

148 

197 

133

145 

146

136 

166

110 

148 

154

184 

204 

176 

195 

140

137 

148 

117 

130 

128

120 

135 

128 

131 

122 

132

Per square 

mile

2.92

1.74 

1.28

1.88

1.49 

1.34 

1.40 

1.27 

.954 

.364 

1.00 

.511 

.700

1.30

Sept.

154 

134 

146 

143 

205

200 

238

538 

560 

371

292 

211 

215 

227 

266

192 

174 

199 

190 

167

187 

160 

160 

155 

138

167 

152 

172 

174 

173

Runoff In 

inches

3.37 

1.94 

 1.48

25.52

1.72 

1.40 

1.61 

1.42 

1.10 

1.08 

1.15 

.59 

.78

17-. 64

.' 8 (11:45 a.m.) 13,000 sec. -ft. 

1 on basis of recorded range In stage, weather records,

and observer's Inspection.
200 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Saluda River near Greenville, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°50'30", long. 82 0 28'50", 500 feet upstream from 

oriage on U. S. Highway 123 alternate, 1.5 miles downstream from Saluda Lake Dam, 2.5 

miles upstream from George Creek, and 4.6 miles west of Greenville, Greenvile County.

Drainage area. 293 square miles.

Records available. January 1942 to September 1950. 

saiuaa niver near West Greenville.

Prior to October 1942, published as

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 11,000 second-feet Oct. 7 (gage height, 19.38 

reet) , by computation of flow over dam at Saluda Lake; minimum, 44 second-feet Oct. 16 

(gage height, 1.93 feet); minimum daily, 331 second-feet Sept. 30.

1942-50: Maximum discharge, that of Oct. 7, 1949; 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 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Nov. I _Nov. 2 to Sept. 30

3.4 614 5.6 2,350

3.8 875 10.0 5,030

4.5 1,420 15.9 8,630

2.9 327 4.5 1,340

3.3 517 5.6 2,240

3.8 822

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

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.

662

770

680

680

680

871

8,580

5,800

2,540

1,740

1,360

1,240

1,060

1,080

942

1,070

1,340

1,300

1,180

988

928

928

881

935

764

912

731

638

650

1,150

2,090

Nov.

2,620

2,230

1,720

1,340

1,260

1,040

998

998

962

829

892

885

829

829

829

809

802

723

802

691

755

762

636

755

815

802

691

654

729

802

-

Dec.

648

642

642

642

642

642

642

642

642

630

587

892

846

802

736

717

642

648

878

892

691

802

723

795

795

809

1,550

1,720

1,260

1,040

962

Jan.

927

809

809

736

815

802

809

762

729

802

768

892

710

803

736

742

885

927

1,070

1,460

1,220

1,040

962

962

822

809

815

927

927

, 871

864

Feb.

809

809

802

775

673

802

673

802

736

795

636

729

691

742

1,150

962

768

749

762

729

723

704

809

710

618

704

673

636

_

-

u it Second 

Month foot-days

October .......................... 45,17

November ......................... 29,48

December ......................... 25,20

Calendar year 1949 ............ 386,64

January .......................... 27,21

February ......................... 21,17

March. ........................... 24,89

April ............................ 23,40

Hay. ............................. 16,53

June ............................. 21,88

July ............................. 20,97

Angust ........................... 13,70

September ........................ 18,42

Water year 1949-5O ............ 288, O6

Mar.

624

717

668

618

601

618

624

736

685

642

613

618

900

1,630

1,310

1,040

827

767

723

883

857

885

788

736

729

697

660

1,040

1,040

836

782

Apr.

1,

1,

1,

Maximum

: 8,580

1 2 , 620

L 1,720

3 8,580

L 1,460

L 1,150

t 1,630

1 1,720

3 1,040

L 1 , 530

5 1,330

3 650

3 1,220

5 8,580

742

742

742

736

660

720

3OO

962

782

927

755

775

788

742

648

710

742

704

648

624

679

618

618

642

595

578

589

496

542

601

May

530

607

618

624

556

534

507

496

491

491

512

517

450

44-5

613

584

495

528

528

376

414

491

421

445

436

440

366

559

765

657

1,040

Minimum

638

636

587

490

710

618

601

542

366

416

340

336

331

331

June

1,110

737

507

1,140

1,530

1,020

636

671

1,150

1,300

1,300

1,260

775

729

660

630

618

584

481

501

507

517

486

440

436

421

416

426

438

465

-

Mean

1,457

983

813

1,059

876

756

803

78C

533

729

677

442

614

789

July

440

440

353

340

436

532

630

462

421

340

458

648

1,150

960

998

1,180

892

736

742

660

556

509

505

782

802

733

647

1,330

964

723

607

Aug.

517

507

199

588

450

445

145

442

564

394

365

370

431

436

650

575

S25

536

379

407

375

436

336

348

348

407

379

608

398

340

400

Per square 

mile

4.97

3.35

2.77

3.61

3.00

2.58

2.74

2.66

1 82

2 . 49

2.31

1 .51

2.10

2.69

Sept.

844

1,220

785

624

507

548

556

864

1,070

927

642

706

1,050

726

684

456

411

491

706

501

496

455

436

426

402

344

421

366

432

331

-

Runoff in 

inches

5.73

3.74

3.19

49.07

3.46

2.69

3.16

2.97

2.10

2 . 7A to

2 . 66

1.74

2.34

36.56

Peak discharge (base, 2,800 sec.-ft.).--Oct. 7 (11 a.m.) 11,000 sec.-ft.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 201

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.

Records available. September 1929 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 21 years., 797 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 13,600 second-feet Oct. 7 (gage height, 10.53 

feet); minimum, 91 second-feet July 5 (gage height, 1.10 feet); minimum daily, 426 

second-feet Aug. 24, 25.

1929-50: Maximum discharge, that of Oct. 7, 1949; 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. Low and medium flow regulated by power plants above station, 

pacity of reservoirs insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff.

Revisions. W 872: Drainage area.

CaRating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.8 413 3.5 2,120 

2.1 620 4.5 3,640 

2.4 869 7.0 7,690 

3.0 1,480 8.4 10,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

774 

798 

826 

774 

774

782 

7,240 

10,100 

4,600 

2,340

1,720 

1,460 

1,350 

1,180 

1,140

1,070 

1,470 

1,480 

1,420 

1,140

1,140 

979 

990 

1,080 

933

1,050 

979 

843 

799 

1,270 

2,860

Nov.

3,800 

3,560 

2,480 

1,850 

1,550

1,390 

1,210 

1,280 

1,180 

1,120

1,040 

1,120 

1,040 

1,060 

1,030

1,020 

979 

970 

898 

933

887 

979 

824 

850 

1,210

1,030 

951 

852 

852 

1,020

Dec.

885 

826 

808 

817 

826

826 

826 

817 

808 

799

757 

980 

1,120 

970 

1,030

869 

839 

826 

979

1,120

977 

923 

960 

924 

960

1,060 

1,510 

2,190 

1,780 

1,380 

1,170

Jan.

1,120 

1,080 

998 

914 

1,010

979 

971 

960 

864 

988

979 

1,120 

988 

905 

979

892 

1,080 

1,280 

1,280 

1,780

1,660 

1,360 

1,230 

1,180 

1,100

1,030 

1,020 

1,280 

1,210 

1,190 

1,080

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare s-June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

1.. ..........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,040 

1,020 

1,020 

979 

869

998 

942 

988 

942 

1,060

909 

843 

1,010 

887 

1,230

1,320 

1,040 

916 

1,010 

898

979 

902 

1,080 

1,010 

810

834 

960 

817

Secondfoot-days

55,361 

38,965 

31,562

494,277

34,507 

27,313 

31,917 

29,477 

21,820 

27,355 

26,017 

16,672 

21,947

362,913

Mar.

834 

843 

939 

775 

782

808 

860 

875 

960 

826

808 

799 

1,010 

1,720 

1,780

1,390 

1,200 

861 

1,020 

975

1,190 

1,100 

1,010 

970 

914

896 

852 

1,240 

1,520 

1,060 

1,100

Apr.

914 

951 

970 

933 

1,480

2,340 

1,720 

1,280 

1,080 

1,060

1,020 

979 

914 

1,040 

792

860 

924 

887 

878 

817

869 

774 

774 

826 

765

749 

782 

667 

691 

741

Maximum

10,100 

3,800 

2,190

10,100

1,780 

1,320 

1,780 2,340" 

1,420 

1,920 

1,660 

828 

1,230

10,100

May

706 

799 

914 

817 

791

636 

716 

683 

652 

652

660 

675 

675 

561 

752

774 

675 

675 

683 

627

458 

644 

598 

583

576

568 

561 

530 

998 

761 

1,420

Minimum

774 

824 

757

620

864 

810 

775 

667 

458 

458 

445 

426 

434

426

June

1,270 

1,120 

716 

1,080 

1,920

1,440 

914 

817 

1,240 

1,660

1,560 

1,560 

1,120 

896 

834

799 

757 

716 

668 

628

620 

636 

628 

576 

508

524 

553 

458 

539 

598

Mean

 1,786 

1,299 

1,018

1,354

1,113 

975 

1,030 

983 

704 

912 

839 

538 

732

994

July

568 

546 

491 

445 

489

675 

740 

673 

518 

471

478 

852 

1,140 

1,300 

1,500

1,660 

1,220 

951 

826 

852

749 

583 

667 

746 

1,080

820 

788 

1,170 

1,360 

834 

825

Aug.

620 

666 

658 

498 

539

525 

561 

532 

477 

439

484 

432 

484 

534 

638

828 

645 

780 

532 

439

499 

491 

468

426 

426

464 

464 

644 

614 

439 

432

Per square 

mile

4.41 

3.21 

2.51

3.34

2.75 

2.41 

2.54 

2.43 

1.74 

2.25 

2.07 

1.33 

1.81

2.45

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 sec.-f t;). Oct. 7 (11:30 p.m.) 13,600 sec.-ft.j Nov. 1 (11

Sept.

770 

1,230 

1,110 

766 

708

657 

695 

1,050 

1,230 

1,060

915 

749 

1,030 

1,030 

760

692 

434 

598 

708 

685

598 

583 

518 

505 

512

445 

471 

498 

500 

440

Runoff in 

inches

5.08 

3.58 

2.89

45.37

3.17 

2.51 

2.93 

2.71 

2.01 

2.51 

2.39 

1.53 

2.02

33.33

:30 p.m.)

4,280 sec.-ft.
202 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, 2-| miles downstream from Ware Shoals Dam, and 5 miles upstream from Turkey Creek.

Drainage area. 569 square miles.

Records available. March 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 993 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 14,900 second-feet Oct. 8 (gage height, 18.45

 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, 34 second-feet July 4; minimum daily, 

316 second-feet Oct. 2.

1939-50: 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 good. Low and medium flow regulated by power plants above station, 

pacity of reservoirs insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff.

CaRevisions (water years). W 892: 1939.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 27, Apr. 5-11)

1.1 309 10.0 5,270 

1.7 540 12.5 7,210 

3.0 1,120 15.0 9,960 

6.0 2,760 16.7 12,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Dot.

1,140 

316 

1,230 

1,020 

921

850 

1,810 

12,400 

7,400 

3,420

2,190 

1,750 

1,480 

1,400 

1,120

667 

1,530 

1,640 

1,640 

1,640

1,140 

1,510

507 

1,390 

1,500

970 

1,220 

1,080 

748 

666 

2,750

Nov.

4,180 

4,620 

3,300 

2,410 

1,920

1,750 

1,580 

1,420 

1,420 

1,320

1,170 

1,240 

1,020 

1,370 

1,070

1,100 

1,100 

1,040 

998 

840

998 

998 

975 

944 

1,250

1,480 

1,010 

1,170 

1,020 

1,100

Dec.

1,170 

975 

1,020 

800 

1,020

930 

952 

952 

885 

975

802 

975 

1,240 

1,370 

1,270

1,170 

1,100 

875 

1,100 

1,240

1,270 

1,040 

1,200 

1,050 

955

1,170 

1,580 

2,300 

2,410 

1,920 

1,580

Jan.

1,220 

1,420 

1,240 

1,220 

1,120

1,220 

1,270 

1,000 

1,220 

1,070

1,220 

1,270 

1,320 

1,200 

992

1,220 

1,200 

1,530 

1,530 

1,920

2,140 

1,700 

1,700 

1,420 

1,420

1,270 

1,220 

1,530 

1,350 

1,530 

1,370

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

Juls 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

her ..........................

mber .....

lenda'r year 194S 

ary

st ...........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,320 

1,240 

1,200 

1,270 

968

1,120 

1,220 

1,100 

1,240 

1,240

1,320 

888 

1,160 

1,120 

1,220

1,580 

1,370 

1,200 

964 

1,200

1,070 

1,120 

1,270 

1,220 

1,170

836 

1,050 

1,040

Secondfoot-clays

59,04 

45,81. 

37,29

591,19

42,05 

32,71 

38,56 

33,72 

24,50 

32,07 

29,53 

18,74 

25,09

419,15

Mar.

975 

952 

1,020 

1,120 

772

976 

998 

1,070 

1,120 

1,040

1,100 

780 

1,150 

1,640 

2,190

1,920 

1,530 

1,420 

868 

1,270

1,420 

1,320 

1,320 

1,140 

1,240

853 

1,120 

1,530 

1,800 

1,640 

1,270

Apr.

1,

1, 

1, 

1,

2, 

2, 

1, 

1, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1,

1,

Maximum

5 12,400 

5 4,620 

3 2,410

I 12,400

> 2,140 

3 1 , 580 

1 2,190 

3 2,240 

2 2,030 

D 2,020 

L 2 , 080 

5 1,050 

7 1,600

7 12,400

370 

902 

220 

140 

200

190 

240 

700 

240 

270

240 

120 

120 

120 

230

721 

120 

070 

020 

952

908 

100 

655 

961 

930

863 

819 

885 

792

630

May

886 

819 

1,100 

998 

885

972 

466 

819 

710 

667

688 

710 

876 

510

700

819 

775 

688 

710 

846

474 

520 

646 

603 

603

582 

736 

494 

1,040 

1,130 

2,030

Minimum

316 

840 

800

187

992 

836 

772 

630 

466 

352 

370 

386 

447

316

June

1,700 

1,420 

1,130 

757 

1,970

2,020 

1,320 

975 

1,200 

1,750

2,020 

1,970 

1,650 

1,040 

1,020

975 

948 

605 

885 

646

688 

746 

710 

790 

352

614 

540 

540 

507 

582

Mean

1,905 

1,527 

1,203

1.62C

1,357 

1,166 

1,244 

1,124 

79C 

1,069 

953 

605 

837

1,146

July

985 

582 

698 

370 

486

650 

734 

379 

603 

624

463 

708 

1,040 

1,420 

1,640

2,080 

1,920 

1,270 

975 

930

863 

876 

434 

863 

1,090

1,080 

998 

1,020 

1,530 

1,200 

1,020

Aug.

819 

688 

732 

667 

668

407 

624 

582 

540 

491

536 

524 

552 

423

561

992 

816 

775 

1,050 

566

454 

495 

562 

483 

483

540 

587 

386 

732 

561 

447

Per square 

mile

3.35 

2.68 

2.11

2.85

2.38 

2.05 

2.19 

1.98 

1.39 

1.88 

1.67 

1.06 

1.47

2.02

Sept.

603 

1,070 

1,170 

al,000 

a850

aSOO 

a850 

al,200 

al,600 

al,500

al,400 

858 

929 

1,240 

951

1,000 

488 

501 

646 

813

646 

624 

667 

550 

452

515 

447 

518 

499 

710

Runoff in 

inches

3.86 

2.99 

2.43

38.61

2.74 

2.14 

2.52 

2.21 

1.60 

2.10 

1.92 

1.22 

1.64

27.37

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 see. -ft. ).-- Oct. 8 (3:30 p.m.) 14,900 sec. -ft.; Nov. 2 (10:45 a.m.)

4,940 sec. -ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of 

and records for station near Pelzer.

recorded range In stage, weather records,
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 203

Lake Greenwood near Chappells, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°10', long. 81°54', at left upstream end of dam 

on saiuda 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum elevation during year, 439.33 feet Oct. 10, 11; minimum, 432.64 feet

1940-50: Maximum elevation, 441.82' feet 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. 

OsaBle capacity, about 8,330,000,000 cubic feet between elevations 420.0 feet (limit of 

draw-down) and 441.5 feet (top of If-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 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

1 9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

36.78

36.78

36.72

36.51

36.20

35.86

35.49

36.02

38.23

39.26

39.26

39.05

38.76

38.50

38.27

38.05

37.78

37.59

37.38

37.24

37.07

36.91

36.92

36.86

36.75

36.66

36.45

36.25

35.98

35.92

36.08

Nov.

36.60

37.10

37.54

37.60

37.53

37.38

37.27'

37.06

36.81

36.53

36.28

36.04

35.93

35.68

35.51

35.34

35.13

34.92

34.73

34.73

34.73

34.43

34.13

33.86

33.71

33.57

33.70

33.78

33.65

33.56

*

Dec.

33.40

33.31

33.24

33.28

33.30

33.23

33.11

33.01

32.93

32.85

32.85

32.83

32.75

32.86

32.93

32.94

32.89

32.90

32.97

32.90

32.86

32.83

32.87

32.95

32.83

32.69

32.76

32.97

33.30

33.59

33.80

Jan.

34.05

34.19

34.26

34.29

34.29

34.29

34.29

34.26

34.32

34.33

34.35

34.40

34.46

34.50

34.37

34.32

34.47

34.55

34.67

34.86

35.08

35.15

35.27

35.36

35.45

35.54

35.62

35.76

35.73

35.77

35.84

Feb.

35.78

35.72

35.68

35.62

35.47

35.34

35.28

35.20

35.14

35.08

35.09

35.03

34.95

34.87

34.84

34.79

34.75

34.70

34.61

34.44

34.35

34.25

34.30

34.29

34.30

34.23

34.06

33.96

-

-

-

liar.

33.92

33.80

33.56

33.45

33.55

33.56

33.68

33.81

33.85

33.83

33.73

33.77

33.89

34.06

34.34

34.65

34.85

34.95

35.06

35.20

35.35

35.53

35.64

35.71

35.78

35.66

35.61

35.94

36.29

36.52

36.61

Apr.

36.73

36.68

36.66

36.60

. 36.60

36.62

36.76

36.90

36.91

36.93

36.90

36.85

36.80

36.68

36.68

36.58

36.48

36.39

36.32

36.22

36.08

36.03

36.13

36.1-2

36.02

36.00

35.84

35.68

35.60

35.66

May

35.66

35.52

35.55

35.47

35.32

35.27

35.31

35.26

35.22

35.20

35.15

35.11

35.10

35.15

35.22

35.26

35.30

35.37

35.41

35.46

35.46

35.42

35.45

35.46

35.49

35.53

35.50

35.49

35.63

35.80

36.23

June

36.76

37.07

37.27

37.23

37.36

37.47

37.53

37.50

37.40

37.54

37.67

37.80

37.81

37.72

37.57

37.43

37.36

37.22

37.08

36.89

36.83

36.80

36.79

36.70

36.46

3.6.22

36. lo

35.99

35.92

35.83

July

35.83

35.88

35.94

36.04

36.02

36.05

36.27

36.37'

36.42

36.37

36.33

36.29

36.36

36.46

36.58

37.01

37.52

37.63

37.53

37.34

37.17

36.94

36.87

36.96

37.06

37.16

37.21

37.30

1 37.35

37.50

37.57

Aug.

37.60

37.55

37.50

37.48

37.34

37.23

37.17

37.10

37.03

36.96

' 36.86

36.73

36.65

36.53

36.45

36.43

36.51

36.51

36.51

36.52

36.41

36.29

36.18

36.09

35.99

35.80

35.73

35.60

35.49

35.40

35.28

Sept.

35.18

35.16

35.26

35.30

35.30

35.26

35.32

35.58

35.86

36.14

36.20

36.22

36.20

36.18

36.18

36.18

36.24

36.12

36.03

35.96

35.87

35.77

35.69

 35.70

35.56

35.41

35.28

35.13

35.00

34.92

Note. Add 400 feet to obtain elevation above mean sea level.

Monthly elevation and contents, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Date

Dec. 31...............

Calendar year 1949..

Sept. 30. ..............

Water year 1949-50. .

Elevation 

(feet)t

436.84

433.47

433.93-

-

436.50

435.24

434 . 93

-

Contents 

(billions of 

cubic feet)

6.20

5.93

4.71

4.91

-

4.88

6.04

5.49

5.35

-

Change In contents 

during month 

(equivalent; 

second- feet)

-101

-471

+75

-71

+306

-351

+470

-174

+131

+284

-392

-54

-27

t Elevation at 12 p.m.
204 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 unappells, Newberry County, 7 miles downstream from dam at Lake Greenwood and 8f 

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.

Records available. May 1927 to September 1950. Gage-height records collected at practicany same site since 1905 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 23 years, 2,028 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,310 second-feet Mar. 7 (gage height, 12.46 

reef)'; minimum, 382 second-feet May 21; minimum daily, 489 second-feet July 4.

1927-50: 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).

Kevisio'ns. W 972: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

2.0 474 6.0 1,960

3.0 774 8.0

4.5 1,320 10.6

2,860

4,140

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,370

792

2,030

3,000

2,950

3,000

3,620

4,080

2,800

3,370

3,920

3,870

3,870

3,370

2,910

2,670

3,230

3,320

3,060

2,810

2,840

2, 200

1,180

2,010

2,480

2,480

2,580

2,580

2,700

860

1,780

Nov.

2,290

3,470

3,420

3,420

3,520

2,550

3,160

'3,120

3,250

3,280

3,100

2,780

2,280

3,030

2,680

2,660

2,720

2,620

2,600

944

2,150

2,990

2,940

2,580

2,590

2,370

812

1,950

2,270

2,270

-

Dec.

2,170

1,910

1,930

846

1,610

1,910

2,010

1,850

1,890

2,140

946

1,660

2,030

2,040

2,150

2,090

2,320

996

1,700

2,130

2,090

1,760

1,640

1,100

2,610

1,750

1,790

1,510

1,520

1,360

1,100

Jan.

654

1,2 i,e

1,6

20

10

80

1,710

1,750

2,3

S

l.E

30

08

00

1,690

1,740

1,«

1,7

1,6

60

00

40

2,420

1,570

2,C

1,S

1,4

70

80

40

1,610

1,940

2,4

1,5

1,7

50

80

30

1,610

1,600

1,5

2,2

2,8

1,8

30

80

00

00

2,260

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May n ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

Angust ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

2,230

2,210

2,100

2,250

2,510

2,060

2,110

2,140

2,250

2,500

1,910

2,510

2,000

2,160

2,180

2,220

2,190

1,820

2,410

2,130

"2,120

2,110

2,180

2,060

1,540

2,430

1,990

' 2,070

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

84,732

79,816

54,558

1,014,946

54,662

60,390

57,484

55,054

36,245

52 t 236

38 j 246

39,632

38,456

651,511

Mar.

2,130

2,420

2,270

2,100

1,130

1,970

3,640

4,140

2,270

1,830

2,410

1,000

1,380

1,850

1,590

1,570

1,460

2,010

854

1,330

1,640

1,560

1,560

1,480

1,730

2,390

1,300

1,740

1,700

1,600

1,430

Apr.

1,

2,

1,

2,

2,

2,

2,

1,

2,

1,

660

340

780

220

160

250

160

530

250

650

2,060

2,

2,

2,

060

020

040

1,390

2,

1,

2,

2,

100

670

040

020

2,140

2,050

1,

1,

370

658

600

1,690

1,910

2,

2,

1,

Maximum

4,080

3,520

2,610

8,300

2,800

2,510

4,140

2 340

2*380

2,430

2,390

1,860

1,870

4,140

150

320

390

576

-

May

1,620

2,110

2,380

2,330

2,200

1,460

686

1,240

1,300

1,250

1,310

1,270

1,130

634

1,080

910

866

823

774

1,040

553

1,000

854

870

811

- 844

1,240

656

 1,060

854

1,090

Minimum

792

812

846

457

654

1,540

854

658

553

862.

489

744

724

489

June

975

861

1,200

2,380

2,060

2,040

1,990

2,030

2,340

1,410

2,310

1,930

2,210

2,230

2,220

2,200

1,340

2,210

1,770

1,980

1,290

1,230

1,330

1,440

2,430

1,540

1,480

1,310

1,280

1,220

-

Mean

2,733

2,661

1,760

2,781

1,763

2,157

1,854

1,835

1*169

1,741

1 234

1 , 5,70 C 1 0

1,282

1,785

July

1,260

520

569

489

786

834

726

622

610

1,290

1,170

1,080

1,080

1,140

1,400

954

1,800

2,390

2,260

2,310

2,250

2,040

700

1,290

1,280

1,290

1,240

1,180

1,600

726

1,360

Aug.

1,

1,

1,

1,

270

300

260

350

1,780

744

1,

1,

1,

310

210

170

1,160

1,190

1,

1,

590

772

370

1,180

1,240

1,

1,

1,

230

200

740

748

1,490

1,

1,

1,

520

520

290

1,310

1,860

1,'

1,

1,

338

120

500

540

1,330

Per square 

mile

Sept.

1,320

1,010

798

1,250

1,190

1,230

1,350

1,870

1,150

946

1,560

1,430

1,430

1,540

1,410

1,000

806

1,510

1,580

1,400

1,470

1,480

1,030

724

1,500

1,380

1,410

1,420

1,420

1,040

-

Runoff in 

inches
SAWTEE RIVER BASIN 205

Saluda River near Silverstreet, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°11', long. 81°44', 200 feet upstream from Higgins 

Ferry Bridge on State Highway 19, 1 mile downstream from Little River, and Z\ 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 1950.

Average discharge. 23 years, 2,327 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,860 second-feet Mar. 8 (gage height, 14.43 

reet); minimum -daily, 657 second-feet July 4.

1927-50: Maximum discharge, 83,800 second-feet Oct. 3, 1929 (gage height, 33.97 

feet), from rating curve extended above 19,000 second-feet on basis of discharge measurements made at Chappells and near Chapin; minimum, 49 second-feet July 4, 1940 (gage 

height, 2.88 feet); minimum daily, 49 second-feet July 4, 1940.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow regulated by Lake Greenwood (see p. 203).

Revisions.--W 972: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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

2728-

29

30

31

Oct.

2,500

1,210

1,830

2,960

3,110

3,110

3,560

4,360

3,360

3,260

4,060

4,060

4,000

3,510

3,150

2,880

3,150

3,460

3,250

2,870

2,910

2,550

1,430

1,820

2,550

2,490

2,610

2,610

2,770

1,670

1,700

Nov.

2,280

3,580

3,530

3,470

3,540

2,860

2,900

3,170

3,250

3,390

3,130

3,020

2,400

3,080

2,850

2,640

2,740

2,630

2,550

1,530

1,610

3,130

3,070

2,780

2,520

2,580

1,310

1,540

2,470

2,290

-

Dec.

2,260

1,990

1,740

1,330

1,220

1,910

2,050

1,920

1,860

1,940

1,440

1,370

2,060

2,200

2,400

2,400

2,250

1,620

1,440

2,250

2,250

1,920

1,670

1,250

2,230

2,070

1,840

1,550

1,550

1,380

1,250

Jan.

784

1,070

1,600

1,690

1,840

1,790

2,000

1,370

1,310

1,800

1,800

1,900

a2,000

a2,000

a2,600

al,700

a2,200

a2,200

2,180

1,840

1,840

2,800

1,820

1,840

1,720

1,610

1,610

2,100

3,400

2,280

2,280

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May .......:......................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

2,460

2,360

2,280

2,280

2,800

2,140

2,250

2,480

2,540

2,800

2,400

2,800

2,140

2,420

2,400

2,420

2,420

2,020

2,610

2,140

2,280

2,240

2,480

2,420

1,800

2,480

2,080

2,220

_

_

-

Secondfoe t-days

88,76

81,84

56,61

1,113,85

58,97

66,18

64,40

58,82

44,32

60,69

47,17

43,25

40,28

711,32

Mar.

2,340

2,680

2,480

2,300

1,640

1,710

4,450

6,660

3,200

2,060

2,220

1,470

1,150

2,000

1,640

1,490

1,460

1,690

1,270

1,170

1,870

1,640

1,550

1,510

1,490

2,580

1,460

1,850

2,130

1,720

1,520

Apr.

1,510

2,470

1,740

2,240

2,300

2,360

2,300

1,840

2,280

1,660

2,190

2,190

2,060

2,110

1,630

2,110

1,650

2,180

2,180

2,240

2,180

1,690

939

1,320

2,130

1,810

2,350

2,290

1,810

1,070

-

Maximum

3 4,360

0 3,580

3 2,400

3 10,400

1 3,400

3 2', 800

3 6,660

3 2,470-

3 3,060

3 4,250

I 2,780

3 2,000

9 2,610

I 6,660

May

1,380

2,320

3,060

3,010

2,700

2,010

1,150

1,340

1,590

1,420

1,440

1,410

1,210

1,020

1,130

1,130

986

939

924

1,140

856

1,060

1,010

1,010

871

972

1,260

1,050

1,870

1,200

1,860

Minimum

1,210

1,310

1,220

970

784

1,800

1,150

939

856

1,200

657

1,120

671

657

June

1,610

1,200

1,270

2,750

4,250

2,550

2,280

2,250

2,560

2,200

2,500

2,140

2,470

2,440

2,440

2,440

1,840

2,140

1,850

2,210

1,500

1,280

1,380

1,590

2,170

1,790

1,550

1,480

1,300

1,260

-

Mean

2,862

2,726

1,826

3,052

1,902

2,364

2,077

1,961

1 43C

2,022

1,522

1,39E

1,342

.- 1,94S

July

1,500

847

685

657

805

1,010

1,700

1,040

830

1,260

1,320

1,160

1,150

1,200

1,480

1,860

2,090

2,780

2,550

2,520

2,440

2,410

1,250

1,430

2,040

1,800

1,430

1,500

1,800

1,200

1,430

Aug.

1,390

1,430

1,420

1,500

1,790

1,180

1,340

1,360

1,320

1,260

1,270

1,620

1,140

1,340

1,260

1,330

1,340

1,330

1,820

1,120

1,280

1,460

1,420

1,310

1,460

2,000

1,240

1,300

1,460

1,400

1,360

Per square 

mile

Sept.

1,430

1,180

810

1,070

1,150

1,210

1,410

2,610

1,840

1,150

1,380

1,530

1,490

1,600

1,490

1,160

778

1,300

1,380

1,440

1,440

1,490

1,300

671

1,180

1,380

1,380

1,380

1,440

1,240

Runoff in 

inches

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for statlcn 

at Chappells.

Note. Backwater from Lake Murray Oct. 1 to Jan. 12,* Jan. 20, 21, 23-28, 31, Feb. 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 

137T5, 18, 20, 21, 25, Feb. 27 to Mar. 1, Mar. 5, 6, Mar. 10 to Aug. 25, Aug. 27-29; discharge computed by using fall as determined from records for Lake Hurray near Columbia as a factor.
206 SANTEE RIVER BASIN

Lake Murray near Columbia, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°03 1 05", long. 81°13'15", in intake tower 500 

reet upstream from dam on Saluda River, 10 miles upstream from confluence of Saluda 

and Broad Rivers at Columbia, Richland County. Datum of gage is 0.64 foot below mean 

sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 2,420 square miles.

Records available. August 1929 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum gage height during year, 357.44 feet Oct. 1; minimum, 345.66 feet

1929-50: Maximum gage height, 361.51 feet Apr. 10, 1936; minimum gage height since 

generation of power was started, 320.96 feet Dec. 23, 1941.

Remarks. Lake is formed by earth dam; storage began Aug. 31, 1929; 'dam completed in 1930. 

OsSEle capacity, 70,300,000,000 cubic feet between gage heights 300.0 feet (limit of 

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 new 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.

Mean dally gage height, In feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

57.40

57.31

57.20

56.99

56.73

56.54

56.40

56.50

56.63

56.70

56.63

56.58

56.54

56.49

56.41

56.41

56.42

56.31

56.20

. 56.04

55.90

55.79

55.74

55.69

55.56

55.49

55.37

55.25

55.15

55.14

55.10

Nov.

54.98

54.88

54.78

54.64

54.53

54.50

54.51

54.37

54.21

54.07

53.95

53.82

53.74

53.74

53.55

53.33

53.09

52.85

52.69

52.69

52.59

52.38

52.18

52.04

52.04

51.99

52.03

51.94

51.75

51.56

-

Dec.

51.40

51.26

51.19

51.17

51.05

50.89

50.73

50.61

50.48

50.38

50.39

50.32

50.23

50.18

50.19

50.23

50.23

50.29

50.30

50.30

50.30

50.31

50.37

50.39

50.40

50.51

50.58

50.61

50.64

50.65

50.60

Jan.

50.56

50.52

50.38

50.27

50.16

50.06

50.01

50.04

50.03

49.97

49.89

49.83

49.71

49.66

49.66

49.72

49.72

49.73

49.71

49.70

49.68

49.73

49.78

49.72

49.67

49.64

49.59

49.70

49.82

49.90

49.93

Feb.

49.93

49.97

50.01

50.04

50.12

50.15

50.14

50.06

50.05

50.05

50.06

50.01

50.07

50.03

50.06

50.01

49.98

49.99

50.07

50.04

49.98

49.92

' 49.93

49.95

49. 95

49.99

49.97

49.98

_

.

-

Mar.

49.99

49.97

49.82

49.73

49.77

49.71

49.86

50.21

50.27

50.24

g50.29

g50.36

g50.43

g50.50

g50.57

g50.66

g50.74

50.76

50.83

50.93

51.07

51.21

51.29

51.32

51.39

51.47

51.55

51.66

51.79

51.83

51.86

Apr.

51.83

51.85

51.92

51.97

52.06

52.06

52.04

52.04

52.07

52.14

52.18

52.13

52.01

51.86

51.73

51.67

51.68

51.59

51.55

51.55

51.53

51.51

51.49

51.50

51.47

51.43

51.39

51.36

51.38

51.41

May

51.43

51.44

51.59

51.65

51.72

51.77

51.78

51.76

51.68

51.60

51.53

51.41

51.33

51.36

51.37

51.36

51.33

51.26

. 51.20

51.16

51.11

51.10

51.03

50.92

50.85

50.76

50.72

50.81

51.09

51.20

51.35

June

51.45

51.48

51.50

51.65

51.84

51.98

52.02

52.10

52.18

52.28

52.37

52.44

52.49

52.55

52.58

52.60

52.60

52.62

52.68

52.65

52.61

52.54

52.44

52.40

52.43

52.45

52.31

52.11

51.95

51.90

-

July

51.90

51.89

51'. 90

51.89

51.87

51.90

52.04

52.17

52.21

52.20

52.14

52.09

52.07

52.03

52.07

52.25

52.33

52.38

52.44

52.50

52.56

52.64

52.70

52.74

52.73

52.77

52.74

52.75

52.76

52.79

52.79

Aug.

52.69

52.55

52.39

52.30

52.24

52.24

52.19

52.04

51.87

51.68

51.50

51.32

51.26

51.23

51.06

50.87

50.75

50.60

50.44

50.37

50.28

50.06

49.88

49.73

49.50

49.34

49.26

49.23

49.05

48.79

48.57

Sept.

48.37

48.20

48.15

48.11

47.96

47.78

47.68

47.82

47.88

47.90

47.92

47.83

47.72

47.61

47.50

47.38

47.33

47.31

47.19

47.04

46.88

46.71

46.63

46.58

46.50

46.31

46.08

45.90

45.76

45.66

-

g Qage height computed from graph based on 4 gage readings dally at powerhouse. 

Note. Add 300 feet to obtain gage height (gage datum).

Monthly gage height ana contents, water year October 1949 to September .1950

Date

Dec. 31.. ...............

Calendar year 1949. . . .

Aug. 31. ................

Water year 1949-50. . . .

Gage height 

(feet)t

350.55

-

-

Contents 

(billions of 

cubic feet)

64.84

59.96

53.34

51.73

-

50.77

54.00

55.68

48.11

43.66

-

Change in contents 

(luring month 

(equivalent, 

second-feet)

-1,822

-2,554

-601

-369

-403

+50

+1,206

-270

-19

+340

+579

-2,826

-1,717

-672

t Gage height at 12 p.
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 207

Saluda River near Columbia, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°00'50", long. 81°05'17", 0.4 mile upstream

from site of old Saluda mill, 1.6 miles upstream from confluence with Broad River, and 

3.3 miles west of Columbia, Richland 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.

Records available.--August 1925 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--25 years, 2,966 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 10,700 second-feet Nov. 22 (gage height, 6.38 

feet); minimum, 110 second-feet July 3; minimum daily, 130 second-feet June 11.

1925-50: 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 Ferry Bridge near Chapin; minimum, 11 second-feet July 13, 1930; 

minimum daily, 12 second-feet July 13, 1930.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow regulated by Lake Murray (see preceding page) and Lake Greenwood (see p. 203).

Revisions. W 972: Drainge area.

Rating-table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge. In second-feet)

1.2 131 1.8 382

Ij4 184 2.0 521

1.5 220 2.3 773

1.6 265 2.7 1.2OO

3.3 2,080

4.0 3,440

4.7 5,190

5.6 7,910

Discharge, In second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

5,310

1,910

6.O90

7,750

7,790

6,56O

5,870

3,520

958

4,690

5,170

4,960

4,630

5,300

3,430

898

5,140

5,910

5,870

6,320

5,380

4,160

1,110

4,640

5,570

5,400

5,450

5,510

3,670

1,020

4,710

Nov.

.5,220

5,160

5,460

6,140

4,770

1,010

5,470

6,250

6,050

6,180

6,160

4,810

1,690

5,800

6,850

7,200

7,080

7,180

3,470

1,460

5,260

6,860

6,000

4,490

4,950

1,350

1,340

5,280

6,270

6,180

-

Dec.

5,210

4,220

1,920

2,700

4,590

4,650

4,980

4,300

4,560

2,330

1,680

3,860

3,850

3,730

3,010

2,540

1,940

774

2,340

2,520

2,090

1,590

802

1,310

596

418

895

1,110

1,410

2,240

2,760

Jan.

694

3,900

4,340

4,070

4,080

3,820

1,530

290

3,440

3,740

3,560

4,250

4,050

2,680

886

3,220

4,140

3,390

3,090

3,030

2,040

1,270

2,690

3,020

2,990

2,900

2,840

2,630

1,800

2,160

2,200

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

2,340

2,190

2,170

727

1,080

3,230

3,500

3,340

3,130

2,900

2,650

1,780

3,820

3,040

3,220

3,100

2,550

1,110

1,170

3,600

3,910

3,450

2,730

2,350

1,270

1,790

2,790

2,670

_

.

-

Seoondfoot-days

144,69

151,391

80,92!

1,477,74

88,74(

71,60

56,05

70,03(

56,31

51,50!

49,64

127,21

101,83!

1,049,96

liar.

2,74o

3,690

5,100

3,640

2,330

4,420

4,650

4,390

3,630

2,820

1,680

566

1,780

1,130

723

838

653

428

429

833

597

782

1,020

780

356

500

748

1,050

794

1,350

1,610

Apr.

2,050

1.'

2,

96

170

>40

2,170

2,650

2,(

l,f

j

)40

>10

U3

950

1,940

3,

4,i 4,'

»30

J10

no

3,720

1,100 3,"

3,(

2,

no

>70

>00

2,540

2,280 2,"

1 I,'

r20

)77

>60

3,230

3,000

3,1 2,'<

1,2

;

Maximum

> 7,790

J 7,200

5 5,210

7 14,700

) 4,340

3,910

r 5,100

3 4,910

» 3,400

5,350

5 3,560

6 f 120

> 5,680

L 7,790

L80

90

40

S44

-

May

1,360

1,600

2,450

1,810

1,090

1,540

636

2,180

2,910

3,040

a3,400

a3,400

al,700

a360

al,200

al,400

al,800

2,360

1,810

2,140

325

2,370

2,800

2,580

2,290

2,640

916

632

1,380

1,140

1,060

Minimum

898

1,010

418

167

' 290

727

356

344

325

130

288

520

476

130

June

784

614

476

389

669

a850

aSOO

al,600

al,700

a320

a!30

a850

al,400

1,170

1,480

2,250

1,420

416

2,120

2,560

2,720

3,140

3,300

805

159

3,020

4,860

5,350

3,810

2,340

-

Mean

4,668

5,046

2,610

4,049

2,863

2,557

1,808

2,334

1,817

1,717

1,601

4,104

3,394

2,877

July

1,550

402

591

394

1,440

1,780

2,350

1,300

328

2,570

3,560

2,950

2,320

2,890

1,760

732

1,620

1,380

1,500

1,740

1,730

574

288

2,150

1,940

2,380

2,240

1,290

1,010

374

2,510

Aug.

3,

4,

4,

4,

1,

3,

4,

4,

4,

5,

4,

4,

s,

5,

4,

4,

4,

4,

5,

5,

5,

5,

3,

3,

5,

6,

5,

Per square 

mile

820

350

490

050

760

520

190

300

560

540

200

150

743

470

400

430

970

380

070

844

610

920

770

050

060

740

540

590

460

120

920

Sept.

5,680

3,100

1,200

1,770

4,180

5,140

5,030

4,760

3,070

476

3,160

3,780

3,620

3,670

3,580

2,780

509

3,620

4,160

4,210

4,280

4,210

2,530

600

3,730

4,8*0

4,940

4,060

3,960

1,140

-

Runoff in 

inches

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of power-plant records at Lake Hurray.
208 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 

Driage on State road, 0.5 mile upstream from Brushy Creek, 2.5 miles upstream from dam 

at Consstee, and 3.9 miles southeast of Greenville, Greenville County.

Drainage area. 48.6 square miles.

Records available.--November 1941 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,590 second-feet Oct. 7 (gage height, 7.88 

reet) , from rating curve extended above 2,000 second-feet by velocity-area studies; 

minimum, 25 second-feet Sept. 5, 28.

1941-50: Maximum discharge, that of Oct. 7, 1949; minimum, 12 second-feet Nov. 29, 

Dec. 3, 1941.

Remarks. Records good.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

54

43

45

45

56

178

2,800

1,230

266

152

124

115

109

104

107

98

104

101

98

93

90

96

83

83

85

154

93

112

109

539

530

Nov.

785

427

205

133

121

101

101

96

93

90

88

93

88

96

88

83

83

80

90

80

80

78

75

96

175

98

85

80

95

101

-

Dec.

77

75

80

70

70

70

72

70

68

75

85

80

75

101

85

75

77

82

98

82

77

85

82

82

72

150

152

112

87

82

82

Jan.

72

68

70

68

68

70

80

63

63

88

91

77

70

72

65

78

146

135

202

204

127

90

82

82

80

75

103

112

82

75

75

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February ................. .......

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ^. .........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

75

72

70

75

65

65

80

72

80

77

77

65

68

112

98

72

65

72

60

60

58

101

86

65

68

58

58

58

-

-

-

Secondfoot-days

7,896

3,984

2,630

* A 7 f f OUO Zrtft 

2,633

2,032

2 592

2*211

1,947 

2 399

2, 611 

1 138

1 f 657

33,930

Mar.

63

58

56

63

54

56

85

79

65

58

68

72

181

126

85

77

72

75

60

125

100

77

70

68

72

58

70

230

122

77

70

Apr.

77

65

65

75

234

220

96

85

70

68

65

65

63

60

68

60

58

58

60

58

56

58

50

45

68

58

52

52

50

52

-

Maximum

2,800

785

152

2,800

204

112

230 

234

347

OrtQ

tUO

312

71

194

2,800

May

50

80

122

58

52

52

44

50

43

45

45

52

43

 49

53

41

43

66

63

41

35

37

39

54

53

41

46

76

52

75

347

Minimum

43

75

68

43

63

58

54 

45

35

37

35

27 

27

27

June

199

74

72

208

201

107

63

128

179

141

88

65

58

58

58

54

58

45

41

41

43

48

50

50

37

37

44

43

52

57

Mean

pec £OO

133

84.8

130

91.4

7? R

I C-m D

83* 6

73.7 

62, 8

30*0

84.2

36 7

55.2

93.0

July

74

39

64

35

36

57

43

39

37

35

75

83

66

176

202

181

90

58

56

48

41

50

43

68

54

69

121

312

218

87

54

Aug.

50

45

41

37

45

35

30

32

32

35

32

39

28

32

39

71

59

41

46

34

30

30

32

32

32

37

28

29

30

27

28

Per square 

mile

5.25

2.74

1.74

2. 67

1 86 1)49 1.72

1.52

1.29

1. 65

1.73

.755

1.14

1.91

Sept.

67

43

29

27

28

30

151

194

117

60

41

51

131

115

56

50

37

37

39

37

37

35

37

28

29

30

30

28

28 ' 35

Runoff in 

inches

6.05

3.06

2.01

36.24

2.17

1.55

1 93

1.70

1.49

1* 84

1 QQ J.» 99

.87

1.27

25.98

Peak discharge (base, 1,000 sec. -ft. ) . Oct. 7 (Z a.m.) 3,590 sec. -ft. i Oct. 30 (9:15 p.m.) 1,430
SANTEE RIVER BASIN 209

Reedy River near Ware Shoals, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°27', long. 82°12', ij 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.

rtecoras available.- March 1939 to September 1950.

Average aiscnarge.--!! years, 299 second-feet.

Jilxtrernes. maximum discharge during year, 4,820 second-feet Oct. 8 {gage height, 7.56 

reet) , from rating curve extended above 2,700 second-feet on basis of computations of 

flow over dam at gage heights 7.56 and 13.32 feet at Boyd's mill; minimum, 12 secondfeet Oct. 16 {gage height, 0.73 foot); minimum daily, 14 second-feet Sept. 30.

1939-50: Maximum discharge, 7,750 second-feet Aug. 14, 1940 {gage height, 13.32 

feet), by computation of flow over dam at Boyd's mill; minimum, 6 second-feet Nov. 11, 

1948 (gage height, 0.54 foot); minimum daily, 14 second-feet Sept. 15, 22, 1940, Aug. 

28, 1948, Sept. 30, 1950.

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 years).--W 892: 1939. W 922: Drainage area.

Hating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1-7, Jan. 29 to May 30 Oct. 8 to Jan. 28, May 31 to Sept. 30

1.7 142 2.4 423

1.9 198 2.7 618

2.1 273

Note. Same as followIng table below 1.7 feet.

.9

1.0

1.1

11

16

22

30

40

1.2

1.3 

1.5 

1.7 

1.9

52

66

100

142

202

2.1 

2.4 

2.7 

3.5 

5.4

283

448

675

1,480

3,310

Discharge, In seoond-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

OQ £O

29

30

31

Oct.

267

20

265

268

159

172

428

2,780

3,240

1,110

640

340

334

345

332

217

326

268

273

283

281

156

147

282

275

266

157

160

283

35

707

Nov.

1,430

1,680

1,060

757

431

358

377

368

353

347

243

350

24

362

357

290

293

285

279

23

354

347

277

22

431

428

364

355

369

166

-

Dec.

218

283

355

22

307

291

153

291

278

349

18

347

356

287

352

304

310

282

290

336

283

282

329

284

17

355

352

426

363

356

359

Jan.

21

424

361

284

282

281

169

196

353

286

275

364

281

350

19

358

356

357

499

498

511

413

352

352

359

359

342

339

330

328

330

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

torch ............................

April ............................

Hay

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

Septsmber ........................

Watsr year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

265

265

268

268

263

264

265

274

328

476

414

320

327

271

266

321

267

326

18

318

263

325

274

323

268

201

270

152

-

-

-

Secondfoot-days

14,816

12,780

8,835

148,927

10,029

7,860

8,961

7,097

6,235

8,730

7,560

4,609

5,248

102,760

Mar.

303'

151

157

336

329

269

256

263

156

151

259

19

333

458

412

325

325

322

64

350

322

362

330

318

319

18

331

472

589

325

337

Apr.

327

316

274

272

326

336

323

339

166

331

293

262

253

268

202

15

268

259

213

265

263

140

16

332

268

201

153

259

139

18

Maximum

3,240

1,680

426

3,240

511

476

589

339

642

940

943

346

493

3,240

May

326

266

248

307

319

138

49

297

211

213

211

155

123

24

264

198

210

198

270

16

16

266

154

149

252

233

15

21

271

173

642

Minimum

20

22

17

17

19

18

18

15

15

21

16

16

14

14

June

940

473

399

393

395

399

388

264

249

324

475

399

340

208

219

245

199

199

240

215

225

161

211

111

21

301

231

154

148

204

Mean

478

426

285

408

324

281

289

237

201

291

244

149

175

282

July

17

21

339

16

163

65

35

366

38

348

153

157

149

280

21

916

943

540

228

161

283

17

22

368

174

258

231

228

359

369

295

Aug.

232

229

160

223

17

36

287

156

159

90

154

18

40

161

95

221

346

216

298

16

144

160

160

169

156

18

17

162

162

162

145

Per square 

mile

2.10

1.87

1.25

1.79

1.42

1.23

1.27

1.04

.882

1.28

1.07

.654

.768

1.24

Sept.

86

17

40

224

157

156

290

428

493

370

284

215

160

159

219

272

17

224

161

157

162

156

18

19

151

139

133

134

193

14

Runoff in 

inches

2.42

2.09

1.44

24.29

1.64

1.28

1.46

1.16

1.02

1.43

1.23

.75

.86

16.78

Peak discharge (base. 2.200 sec.-ft.).--Oct. 8 (6:45 p.m.) 4,820 sec.-ft.
210 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", 

1 ong. 80°08'25", 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 1950.

Extremes.--Maximum daily discharge during year, 28,700 second-feet Oct. 15; minimum daily, 

8,400 second-feet May 8.

1944-50: Maximum daily discharge, 36,500 second-feet 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 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

21,600

21,500

19,600

19,200

18,300

18,500

19,200

19,600

20,000

19,700

21,100

23,100

26,100

28,000

28,700

27,400

26,400

25,200

24,300

23,800

23,500

23,600

22,500

21,900

21,200

21,100

21,100

21,600

21,600

20,200

19,400

Nov.

20,000

19,900

21,000

21,600

23,200

24,000

25,100

26,200

26,800

27,300

27,700

27,600

27,100

26,800

26,300

26,400

26,600

26,700

26,000

25,200

23,800

20,800

18,500

17,000

17,100

15,600

14,400

13,700

13,500

13,500

-

Dec.

13,800

14,600

14,200

14, 500

14,600

13,800

14,500

14,800

14,800

15,100

15,300

14,800

14,800

15,500

15,900

16,500

17,200

17,600

17,800

18,200

18,200

18,400

19,200

18,200

17,100

16,000

15,500

15,600

16,000

16,600

17,000

Jan.

17,300

17,300

17,400

17,000

17,100

17,200

17,800

17,100

17,000

17,200

17,500

18,400

17,800

16,700

15,200

14,400

14,200

14,200

14,400

14,700

14,800

14,300

14,200

14,400

14,700

14,900

14,900

14,200

13,100

12,900

13,300

Month

October ..........................

November ................ ........

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September .................... ...

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

13,800

14,500

14,800

14,500

13,300

12,800

13,000

13,000

13,800

14,300

14,100

12,900

12,900

13,100

14,600

14, 700

14,600

13,800

13,200

12,500

12,500

13,000

14,400

13,900

13,600

13,000

12,400

11,800

.

_

-

Secondfoot-days

689, 00(

669,40(

496, 10(

7,352,60(

485, 60(

378, 80C

417.54C

403, 80(

359, 75(

371, 50(

357, 50(

320, 90(

330, 10(

5,279,99(

Mar.

13,600

14, 100

13,100

13,300

13, 000

12,600

13,200

14,600

14,900

14,300

14,500

14,500

13,800

13,700

12,700

13,900

13,900

13,400

12,000

12,700

13,000

13,400

14,300

13,800

13,600

12,200

9,740

13,500

14,500

13,600

14,100

Apr.

13,800

13,000

12,400

12,900

14,100

15,200

14,900

14,6OO

14,100

14,500

15,100

14,900

15,800

15,200

15.OOO

13,200

12,400

12,600

13,200

14,400

13,900

13,000

11,600

10,8001

11,900

11,500

12,300

12 , 900

13,000

11,600

-

Maximum

3 28,700

) 27,700

3 19,200

D 29,800

3 18,400

) 14,800

3 14,900

D 15,800

3 13,700

3 13,800

D 13,500

3 12,100

1 12 , 800

3 28,700

Hay

11,100

10,500

11,600

12,100

12 , 400

12,400

10,500

8,400

9,400

10,900

11,700

11,800

11,600

9,580

9,900

9,170

10.3OO

11,900

13,100

13,000

12,500

12,100

12,300

12,600

13,200

13,700

13,100

12,200

11,700

12 , 000

13,000

Minimum

18,300

13,500

13,800

8,760

12,900

11,800

9,740

10,800

8,400

10,300

10, 100

8,530

8,970

8,400

June

13,400

13,100

13,400

13,000

12,400

12,400

12,700

13,500

13,800

13,400

12,300

10, 300

11,200

11,600

12,500

12,800

12 , 500

11,400

11,200

11,600

12,200

13,000

13,000

12,800

11,800

11,000

11,300

11,800

12,600

13,500

-

Mean

22,22C

22.31C

16,000

20,14C

15.66C

13.53C

13,47C

13,46C

11,600

12.38C

11.53C

10,350

11,000

14,47C

July

13,300

12,200

11,600

11,000

10,700

10,100

10,300

10,600

10,400

11,100

11,600

11,600

11,900

12,100

11,800

10,800

11,100

12,400

13,200

13,500

12,900

12,200

10,600

10,500

11,000

11,200

12 , 100

12,300

12,000

11,100

10,300

Aug.

10,300

10,400

11,000

11,100

11,100

10,400

9,240

9,690

10,200

10,800

11,100

11,000

10,400

10,200

9,780

10,200

9,980

10,200

10,200

9,060

8,530

9,400

10,600

11,000

11,700

11,000

9,920

9,380

9,920

11,000

12,100

Per square 

mile

.

Sept.

12,800

12,600

11,800

10,400

9,730

9,610

10,800

12,400

12,600

11,900

11,700

12,500

12,500

12,800

12,500

11,800

9,540

9,050

10,000

10,000

10,700

11,200

11,200

9,540

8,970

9,460

10,500

10,800

10,500

10,200

-

Runoff in 

inches

Note. Discharge for periods July 20 to Aug. 23, Aug. 27 to Sept. 13 computed using fall between 

Lake Marion near Pineville and Lake Moultrie near Finopolls as a factor.
COOPER RIVER BASIN 211

Lake Moultrie near Pinopolis, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°15', long. 80°00', at power plant three-quarters 

or a mile upstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge, 2f miles northeast of 

Pinopolis, Berkeley County, and 4f miles upstream from West Branch Cooper River. Datum 

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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum elevation during year, 74.82.feet Oct. 3; minimum, 69.03 feet Jan. 12.

IF42-50: 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. 176) 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 1949 to September 195O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

74.07

74.26

74.15

74.07

74.01

73.87

73.77

73.61

73.65

73.49

73.30

73.18

73.16

 73.22

73.32

73.57

73.60

73.54

73.42

73.29

73.14

73.03

73.05

72.96

72.79

72.59

72.37

72.21

72.10

72.22

72.38

Nov.

72.25

72/06

72.03

71.87

71.82

72.00

72.01

72.01

72.03

72.09

72.13

72.22

72.48

72.55

72.53

72.51

72.49

72.43

72.40

72.60

72.98

73.12

73.28

73.40

73.74

73.70

73.79

73.80

73.81

73.87

-

Dec.

73.83

73.88

73.85

73.90

73.86

73.76

73.71

73.70

73.66

73.65

73.63

73.60

73.49

73.37

73.33

73.14

72.99

72.97

72.80

72.62

72.46

72.28

72.21

72.12

72.16

72.14

71.94

71.70

71.44

71.18

70.97

Jan.

70.91

70.66

70.54

70.42

70.32

70.19

70.10

70.03

69.79

69.46

69.21

69.06

69.16

69.50

69.86

69.90

69.86

69.86

69.87

69.86

70.05

70.36

70.41

70.41

70.45

70.49

70.58

70.76

71.00

70.94

70.86

Feb.

70.78

70.73

70.70

70.80

71.01

70.92

70.82

70.69

70.62

70.59

70. 7S

70.99

70.88

70.78

70.72

70.75

70.65

70.80

71.07

70.99

70.90

70.87

70.87

70.87

70.97

71.23

71.09

70.95

_

_

-

Mar.

71.05

70.99

70.95

71.07

' 71.40

71.38

71.40

71.56

71.40

71.40

71.59

71.87

71.96

71.92

71.90

71.94

71.89

72.01

72.13

72.11

72.03

72.12

. 72.07

72.03

72.17

72.34

72.18

72.26

72.31

72.27

72.20

Apr.

72.30

72.52

72.46

72.37

72.37

72.33

72.18

72.23

72.43

72.36

72.36

72.36

72.30

72.22

72.36

72.56

72.47

72.43

72.36

72.37

72.34

72.42

72.55

72.46

72.40

72.31

72.30

72.26

72.37

72.57

-

Hay

72.54

72.42

72.41

72.37

72.33

72.41

72.62

72.42

72.28

72.16

72.09

72.04

72.15

72.27

72.16

71.99

71.85

71.75

71.65

71.71

71.77

71.59

71.41

71.32

71.17

71.12

71.14

71.22

71.03

70.90

70.90

June

70.82

70.72

70.81

70.99

70.83

70.70

70.58

70.53

70.49

70.57

70.82

70.70

70.59

70.51

70.37

70.28

70.38

70.47

70.29

70.10

69.93

69.81

69.71

69.82

69.96

'69.73

69.53

69.33

69.23

69.17

-

July

69.30

69.42

69.40

69.46

69.38

69.28'

69.25

69.32

69.42

69.29

69.36

69.31

69.26

69 . 25

69.42

69.70

69 ".62-

69.54

69.56

69.59

69.58

69.75

69.99

69.83

69.72

69.60

69.57

69.48

69.52

69.75

69.64

Aug.

69.58

69.57

69.49

69.52

69.52

69.81

69.65

69.50

69.42

69.41

69.45

69.55

69.82

69.74

69.72

69.70

69.72

69.74

69.86

70.11

70.02

69.92

69.85

69.86

69.93

70.04

70.30

70.21

70.10

70.03

69.99

Sept.

70.05

70.19

70.41

70.43

70.40

70.33

70.44

70.53

70.68

70.95

70.95

71.07

71.14

71.18

71.22

71.31

71.54

71.40

71.34

71.29

71.21

71.26

71.25

71.32

71.24

71.17

71.11

71.09

71.04

71.10

-

Monthly elevation and contents, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Date

Dec. 31.. ..................

Feb. 28.............. ......

Sept. 30. ...................

Water year 1949-50. ......

Elevation 

(feet)t

70.97

-

72 57

71.10

-

Contents 

(billions of 

cubi-c feet)

18.58

22 25

18.87

-

Change in contents 

during month (equivalent, second-feet)

-1,587

-2,554

+934

-228

t Elevation at 12 p.m.
212 EDISTO RIVER BASIN

South Fork Edisto River near Montmorenci, S. C.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 33"34'35", long. 81°30'50", at bridge on State Highway 

 yib, 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 1950.

Average discharge. 10 years, 249 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 685 second-feet Sept. 9 (gage height, 6.86 feet, 

rrom graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 104 second-feet June 25, 27, 

Aug. 10; minimum gage height, 2.63 feet June 25.

1940-50: 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 second-feet 

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 1949 to September 1950

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

Oot.

295

262

245

235

235

255

250

288

320

311

295

266

250

245

245

255

240

235

245

245

230

226

222

214

218

250

266

303

295

274

281

Nov.

288

295

281

274

256

245

240

240

240

240

245

250

250

250

245

245

240

240

240

235

230

245

240

245

256

262

250

274

262

245

-

Dec.

256

250

240

240

240

245

250

245

250

250

256

256

256

262

288

339

385

339

286

281

268

262

262

250

250

245

240

250

240

245

240

Jan.

235

235

235

240

240

235

235

218

230

226

230

245

268

288

281

256

262

295

360

339

295

303

274

262

250

245

240

235

240

245

240

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

230

230

218

222

214

218

218

218

226

230

250

262

256

235

250

262

250

222

218

214

218

214

235

256

274

240

214

214

_

-

-

Secondfoot-days

7,960

7,548

8,168

114,562

7,982

6,508

8,090

6,407

5,557

5,777

7,529

4,745

6,849

83,120

liar.

214

226

245

240

245

274

329

311

339

311

268

250

240

250

268

295

262

262

256

245

256

262

268

256

240

226

235

235

245

281

256

Apr.

230

222

214

218

245

303

320

266

240

226

214

211

211

218

201

195

192

189

192

169

189

186

178

181

176

184

208

214

198

195

Maximum

320

295

385

1,500

360

274

339

320

372

360

545

262

615

615

May

201

198

214

250

311

274

214

189

164

156

151

141

141

144

158

161

148

136

131

126

131

138

148

154

148

158

141

136

178

245

372

Minimum

214

230

240

141

218

214

214

176

126

104

148

106

148

104

June

320

329

235

222

256

320

360

311

256

256

235

230

186

158

151

164

154

138

131

126

124

124

120

112

104

106

104

151

118

176

-

Mean

257

252

263

314

257

232

261

214

179

193

243

153

228

226

July

208

184

181

181

176

545'

382

264

208

226

211

186

211

201

226

437

372

349

245

168

151

148

156

259

339

262

211

218

240

218

166

Aug.

151

138

124

120

118

122

116

110

106

106

114

116

124

118

122

122

171

235

262

198

186

192

 164

174

211

226

171

151

144

144

189

Per square 

mile

1.30

1.27

1.33

1.59

1.30

1.17

1

»? 

a OC

1.08

.904

.975

1 ?^ CO

.773

1.15

1.15

Sept.

230

230

214

168

148

151

245

372

615

495

329

245

192

178

166

156

158

204

288

295

208

174

198

204

.201

166

146

151

156

164

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.50

1.42

1.53

21.51

1.50

1.22

1.52

1.20

1.04

1.09

1.42

.89

1.28

15.61

Peak discharge (base. 900 sec. -ft.). No ceak above base.
EDISTO RIVER BASIN 213

South Pork 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-f 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 1950.

Average discharge. 19 years, 788 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,210 second-feet Mar. 9 (gage height, 6.89 

reet); minimum, 273 second-feet June 27.

1931-50: Maximum discharge, 13,500 second-feet Apr. 11, 1336 (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 tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 4-10, Jan. 22-24, June 14-17)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 10, Jan. 25 to June 17 Nov. 11 to Jan. 24, June 18 to Sept. 30

5.1 422 6.4 747 4.3 279 6.4 683 

5.9 554 6.7 980 4.9 360 6.6 823 

6.2 646 6.9 1,220 5.9 519 6.8 1,010 

6.2 591

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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

r Oct.

747 

720 

720 

754 

767

767 

793 

844 

844 

828

852 

908 

917 

890 

875

844 

821 

793 

747 

720

692 

669 

669 

646 

646

646 

669 

669 

669 

692 

747

^Nov.

844 

935 

953 

875 

836

800 

787 

767 

747 

747

689 

678 

662 

657 

652

647 

647 

677 

641 

636

636

631 

631 

636 

702

741 

741 

755 

777 

785

Dec.

762 

741 

728 

721 

709

702 

689 

683 

678 

667

662 

667 

667 

678 

762

849

885 

921 

951 

951

951 

960 

960 

911 

867

832

808 

800 

777 

755 

741

Jan.

728 

715 

709 

702 

689

683 

683 

667 

657 

652

647 

657 

673 

683 

683

689 

696 

721 

755 

777

777 

808 

832 

867 

908

890 

867 

859 

836 

806 

773

Month

Ooto 

Move 

Oeoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 ............

ary .

1 ............................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

760 

747 

720 

692 

692

669 

669 

669 

646 

646

646 

646 

646 

646 

692

720 

747 

747 

720 

720

692 

692 

747 

747 

754

787 

787 

747

Secondfoot-days

23,56E 

21,915 

24,43E

360, 74.

23,08 

19,79. 

29, 78. 

19,89 

16,07 

15,42 

15,92 

12,37 

18,62.

240, 90(

liar.

747 

747 

747 

720 

813

953

1,060 

1,140 

1,190 

1,190

1,190 

1,180 

1,130

1,130 

1,090

1,070 

980 

917 

890 

867

908 

926 

944 

935 

908

882 

859 

867 

953 

953 

899

Apr.

875 

844 

813 

813 

852

821 

773 

747 

747 

720

767 

767 

692 

646 

608

593 

593 

578 

578 

578

566 

554 

554 

544 

534

566 

554 

544 

534 

544

Maximum

> 917 

'. 953 

> 960

5 2,830

J 908 

5 '787 

i 1,190 

5 875

> 646

r 82i

) 741 

L 519 

5 980

) 1,190

Hay

566 

593 

627 

646 

627

608 

608 

593 

578 

593

578 

525 

467 

452 

460

460 

460 

452 

452 

460

452 

430 

437 

444 

444

452 

452 

460 

534 

554 

608

Minimum

646 

631

662 

415

647 

646 

720 

534 

430 

279 

390 

286 

468

279

June

669 

669 

669 

780 

813

813 

821 

720 

627 

608

608 

608 

593 

534 

499

491 

475 

428 

405 

382

360 

346 

318 

305

305

292 

279 

318 

339 

353

Mean

76C 

730 

788

988

745 

707 

961 

663 

518 

514 

514 

399 

621

 660

July

390 

405 

405 

428 

420

412 

405 

420 

444 

492

561 

576 

538 

510 

510

538 

550 

576 

678 

741

715 

647 

591 

519 

460

444 

468 

501 

519 

538 

528

Aug.

501 

492 

468 

420 

368

339 

318 

312 

298 

292

286 

286 

292 

298 

305

318 

339 

360 

382 

405

436 

468

501 

519 

510

501 

501 

484 

452 

444 

476

Per square 

mile

1.06 

1.01 

1.09

1.37

1.03 

.982 

1.33 

.921 

.719 

.714 

.714 

.554 

.862

.917

Sept.

510 

519 

519 

519 

510

510 

564 

689 

734 

800

849 

849 

931 

980 

876

734 

631 

591 

541 

484

468 

476 

528 

561 

576

576 

550 

528 

519 

501

Runoff in 

inches '

1.22 

1.13 

1.26

18.65

1.19 

1.02 

1.53 

1.03 

.83 

.80 

.82 

.64 

.96

12.43

Peak discharge (base, 1,700 sec. -ft.}. No peak above base.

231S36 O - 53 - 15
214 EDISTO RIVER BASIN 

Ediato 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, Orangeburg County.

Drainage area. 1,720 square miles.

Records available. November 1945 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,540 second-feet Mar. 11-13; maximum gage

height, 6.22 feet Mar. 12; minimum discharge, 645 second-feet June 29 (gage height, 1.28 

feet).

1945-50: Maximum discharge, 10,000 second-feet Oct. 6, 1948 (gage height, 10.21 

feet, present datum); minimum, 606 second-feet Aug. 20, 1946 (gage height, 1.11 feet, 

present datum).

Remarks. Records good. Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water 

year 1950 are given in Water-Supply Paper 1186.

Hating table, water year 1949-5O (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.3 645 

4.0 1,470 

5.0 1,850 

5.9 2,340 

6.2 2,540

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September .1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,770 

1,730 

1,690 

1,650

1,610

1,610 

1,650 

1,730 

1,770 

1,850

1,850 

1,850 

1,770 

1,730 

1,770

1,850 

1,850 

1,810 

1,730 

1,690

1,650 

1,580 

1,500 

1,470 

1,440

1,400 

1,400 

1,360 

1,400 

1,400 

1,440

Nov.

1,500 

1,580 

1,650 

1,810 

1,900

1,950 

1,950 

1,850 

1,770 

1,730

1,690 

1,690 

1,610 

1,580 

1,540

1,540 

1,500 

1,470 

1,470 

1,470

1,440 

1,440 

1,440 

1,400 

1,440

1,440 

1,470 

1,540 

1,580 

1,610

Dec.

 1,650 

1,650 

1,650 

1,650 

1,610

1,580 

1,610 

1,540 

1,540 

1,500

1,500 

1,500 

1,500 

1,500 

1,540

1,580 

1,650 

1,730 

1,900 

2,000

2,100 

2,100 

2,100 

2,100 

2,050

2,050 

2,000 

1,900 

1,770 

1,730 

1,690

Jan.

1,650 

1,610 

1,580 

1,580 

1,540

1,540 

1,540 

1,540 

1,500 

1,5OO

1,500 

1,500 

1,540 

1,540 

1,580

1,610 

1,610 

1,650 

1,650 

1.69O

1,730 

1,810 

1,850 

1,850 

1,850

1,850 

1,900 

1,900 

1,900 

1,850 

1,850

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

1 ............................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,810 

1,730 

1,650 

1,580 

1,540

1,500 

1,500 

1,470 

1,470 

1,470

1,440 

1,440 

1,440 

1,400 

1,440

1,440 

1,470 

1,470 

1,500 

1,540

1,580 

1,540 

1,540 

1,580 

1,610

1,650 

1,650 

1,650

Secondfoot-days

51,OOC 

48,05C 

53,97C

859, 31C

51,79C 

43,10C 

63.67C 

45,390 

33,96E 

35,26E 

35,73E 

27.79C 

47,04C

536,765

liar.

1,690 

1,690 

1,690 

1,610 

1,690

1,810 

1,950 

2,100 

2,280 

2,400

2,540 

2,540 

2,540 

2,470 

2,400

2,340 

2,340 

2,280 

2,160 

2,050

1,900 

1,850 

1,850 

1,900 

1,900

1,900 

1,900 

1,900 

1,900 

2,000 

2,050

Apr.

2, 

2 

1, 

1, 

1,

1,

1, 

1,

l',

1,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

1,

1, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

Maximum

1,850 

1,950 

2,100

8,050

1,900 

1,810 

2,540 

2,050 

1,400 

1,730 

1,770 

1,100 

2,340

2,540

Peak discharge (base, 3.500 sec. -ft.). No peak above b

050 

050 

950 

850 

810

810 

810 

S10 

770 

690

610 

580 

540 

580 

610

540 

470 

360 

300 

280

240 

220 

180 

160 

160

160 

160 

180 

240 

220

May

1,160 

1,160 

1,180 

1,300 

1,340

1,360 

1,400 

1,360 

1,280 

1,240

1,180 

1,160 

1,120 

1,100 

' 1,000

945 

915 

915 

915 

945

975 

975 

945 

945 

975

1,000 

1,000 

975 

1,000 

1,100 

1,100

Minimum

1,360 

1,400 

1,500

1,040

1,500 

1,400 

1,610 

1,160 

915 

645 

720 

675 

1,000

645

June

1,160 

1,220 

1,300 

1,500 

1,650

1,690 

1,690 

1,690 

1,730 

1,730

1,690 

1,540 

1,360 

1,300 

1,240

1,180 

1,160 

1,100 

1,040 

945

885 

825 

795 

765 

720

690 

675 

660 

645 

690

Mean

1/645 

1,602 

1,741

2,354

1,671 

1,539 

2,054 

1,513 

1,096 

1,176 

1,153 

896 

1,568

1,471

July

720 

750 

795 

825 

825

855 

855 

885 

885 

885

945 

1,000 

1,040 

1,100 

1,220

1,220 

1,240 

1,300 

1,340 

1,440

1,54O 

1,580 

1,690 

1,770 

1,730

1,580 

1,340 

1,160 

1,100 

1,060 

1,060

Aug.

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

1, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1,

1, 

1,

Per square 

mile

0.956 

.931 

1.01

1.37

.972 

.895 

1.19 

.880 

.637 

.684 

.670 

.521 

.912

.855

ase.

100 

100 

100 

060 

040

975 

885 

795 

750 

705

690 

690 

675 

675 

720

735 

750 

765 

795 

825

855 

915 

975 

000 

040

040 

060 

060 

040 

000 

975

Sept.

1,000 

1,000 

1,040 

1,060 

1,100

1,120 

1,240 

1,440 

1,540 

1,690

1,950 

2,160 

2,340 

2,340 

2,280

2,220 

2,220 

2,100 

1,950 

1,770

1,580 

1,400 

1,340 

1,300 

1,300

1,280 

1,300 

1,340 

1,340 

1,300

Runoff in 

inches

1.10 

1.04 

1.16

18.54

1.12 

.93 

1.37 

.98 

.73 

.76 

.77 

.60 

1.02

11.58
EDISTO RIVER BASIfi 215

Edisto River near Givhans, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°01'40", long. 80°23'30", at bridge on State Highway 65, 2.3 miles downstream from Pour 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 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 2,668 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,090 second-feet Sept. 12 (gage height, 8.66 

feet); minimum, 615 second-feet June 30, Aug. 14, 15.

1939-50: 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 50,070,000 gallons a day (77.5 second-feet) diverted above 

sfaTion for Charleston water supply during water year.

Revisions. W 1032: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.1 615 7.0 2,790 

2.7 310 8.0 3,460 

4.0 1,280 8.6 3,990 

5.5 1,960

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,000 

1,960 

1,960 

1,900 

1,860

1,800 

1,760 

1,300 

1,860 

1,960

1,960 

2,000 

2,000 

2,000 

2,000

1,900 

1,900 

1,900 

1,960 

1,900

1,860 

1,800 

1,710 

1,660 

1,580

1,480 

1,440 

1,400 

1,360 

1,360 

1,400

Nov.

1,530 

1,620 

1,660 

1,660 

1,710

1,760 

1,860 

1,900 

1,900 

1,960

1,960 

1,900 

1,860 

1,800 

1,760

1,710 

1,660 

1.620 

1,580 

1,530

1,480 

1,480 

1,440 

1,440 

1,480

1,480 

1,480 

1,480 

1,530 

1,580

Dec.

1,620 

1,660 

1,660 

1,710 

1,710

1,660 

1,660 

1,620 

1,620 

1,620

1,580 

1,580 

1,580 

1,530 

1,580

1,620 

1,710 

1,710 

1,800 

1,860

1,960 

2,000 

2,100 

2,160 

2,220

2,220 

2,220 

2,220 

2,160 

2,100 

2,000

Jaji,

1,900 

1,800 

1,760 

1,710 

1,660

1,660 

1,620 

1,620 

1,620 

1,580

1,580 

1,580 

1,580 

1,580 

1,620

1,620 

1,660 

1,660 

1,710 

1,710

1,710 

1,760 

1,800 

1,860 

1,900

1,900 

1,960 

1,960 

1,960 

2,000 

2,000

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Jamj 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr! 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augxi 

Sept

He

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

1. ...........................

ember ........................

iter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,960 

1,900 

1,900 

1,800 

1,760

1,660 

1,620 

1,580 

1,530 

1,530

1,530 

1,480 

1,440 

1,440 

1,440

1,440 

1,440 

1,440 

1,480 

1,480

1,530 

1,530 

1,580 

1,580 

1,580

1,620 

1,620 

1,660

Seoondfoot-days

55,430 

49,810 

56,450

1,167,040

54,040 

44,55C 

71,100 

50,080 

3G,49E 

40,25E 

35,26C 

26,650 

70,480

590,600

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 sec. -ft.). No

Mar.

1,660 

1,660 

1,660 

1,710 

1,860

2,000 

2,100 

2,220 

2,270 

2,380

2,490 

2,550 

2,670 

2,730 

2,790

2,790 

2,790 

2,790 

2,730 

2,670

2,550 

2,490 

2,320 

2,220 

2,160

2,100 

2,100 

2,100 

2,160 

2,160 

2,220

Apr.

2,220 

2,220 

2,220 

2,220 

2,160

2,100 

2,060 

2,000 

2,000 

1,960

1,900 

1,800 

1,710 

1,620 

1,620

1,580 

1,620 

1,580 

1,480 

1,360

1,280 

1,240 

1,200 

1,160 

1,120

1,120 

1,160 

1,400 

1,530 

1,440

Maximum

2,000 

1,960 

2,220

15,000

2,000 

1,960 

2,790 

2,220 

1,480 

2,060 

1,710 

1,090 

3,990

3,990

Bay

1,440 

1,320 

1,240 

1,320 

1,400

1,480 

1,480 

1,440 

1,440 

1,360

1,280 

1,200 

1,160 

1,120 

1,120

1,090 

1,020 

950 

915 

915

950 

985 

1,020 

1,020 

985

985 

1,060 

1,120 

1,160 

1,200 

1,320

Minimum

1,360 

1,440 

1,530

1,020

1,580 

'1,440 

1,660 

1,120 

915 

615 

645 

615 

1,060

615

June

1,400 

1,400 

1,400 

1,480 

1,580

1,660 

1,760 

1,860 

1,900 

1,960

1,960 

2,000 

2,060 

2,000 

1,800

1,580 

1,400 

1,320 

1,200 

1,090

985 

880 

845 

775 

705

675 

675 

645 

645 

615

Mean

1,788 

1,660 

1,821

3,197

1,743 

1,591 

2,294 

1,669 

1,177 

1,342 

1,137 

860 

2,349

1,618

July

645 

645 

675 

705 

740

845 

845 

915 

950 

915

915 

985 

1,020 

1,020 

1,060

1,120 

1,200 

1,240 

1,240 

1,280

1,360 

1,400 

1,440 

1,460 

1,620

1,710 

1,710 

1,660 

1,440 

1,320 

1,160

Aug.

1,090 

1,090 

1,060 

1,060 

1,020

985 

950 

880 

775 

705

675 

675 

645 

615 

615

645 

675 

675 

675 

705

740 

775 

810 

880 

950

1,020 

1,060 

1,060 

1,060 

1,020 

1,060

Sept.

1,060 

1,090 

1,060 

1,060 

1,060

1,200 

1,650 

2,490 

3,030 

3,460

3,800 

3,990 

3,890

3,710 

3,540

3,380 

3,240 

3,170 

2,970 

2,850

2,670 

2,490 

?,270 2*0*0

1,860

1,660 

1,530 

1,440 

1,400 

1,400

Per squmre Runoff in 

mile inches

peak above base.

Note. Discharge for period* 7eti~. 26 to Apr. 5, Sept. 8-30 computed from graph based on recorded 

range in stage and dally gage readings by U. 3. Weather Bureau.
216 EDISTO RIVER BASIN

North Fork Edisto River at Orangeburg, S. C.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°29'00", long. 80°52'25", at bridge on U. S. Highway 301 at Orangeburg. Orangeburg County, 0.5 mile upstream from Atlantic Coast Line 

Railroad bridge and lj miles downstream from Cavr 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 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years (1939-50), 764 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,800 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 8.03 

reet); minimum, 313 second-feet June 29.

1938-50: 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 1949-5O (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 9 to July 22)

3.3 320 6.9 1,030 

4.0 425 7.5 1,370 

5.0 593 8.0 1,760 

6.5 9OO

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

755 

755 

765 

785 

775

775 

785 

785 

775 

765

785 

900 

912 

850 

795

785 

765 

735 

715 

7 O5

695 

685 

675 

675 

665

665 

685 

695 

725 

795 

875

Nov.

955 

990 

972 

875 

838

815 

805 

795 

775 

765

765 

755 

755 

745 

735

725 

725 

725 

715 

705

705 

705 

695 

685 

735

755 

795 

80S 

795

785

Dec.

775 

765 

755 

745 

745

725 

725 

715 

g715 

g715

g715 

g715 

725 

735 

795

888 

940 

955 

940 

912

888 

888 

875 

825 

795

775 

765 

755 

745 

735 

725

Jan.

725 

715 

715 

715 

705

705 

705 

705 

695 

705

7O5 

715 

735 

745 

755

755 

775 

850 

9OO 

875

875 

875 

862 

862 

838

815 

805 

850 

805 

765 

735

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr

liaro 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber. ........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 194S 

ary .

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

725 

715 

715 

715 

705

695

685 

675 

665 

665

665 

665 

665 

675 

705

735 

735 

735

715 

705

715 

715 

745 

765 

765

775 

765 

745

Secondfoot-days

23,50 

23,39 

24,47

350, 34C

23,98 

19.95C 

26,31 

20,44 

16,34 

16,81 

19,50 

14,98 

24,44

254,16

Peak discharge (base, 1,600 sec. -ft.) . Set

g Computed from graph based on recorded rai

Mar.

735 

725 

705 

695 

755

825 

925 

972 

1,O30 

1,030

990 

940 

912 

912 

900

862 

815 

805 

795 

795

815 

812 

825 

825 

825

815 

805 

825 

888 

900 

850

Apr.

815 

795 

775 

785 

805

805 

785 

775 

765 

755

785 

785 

745 

695 

656

638 

629 

620 

611 

611

602 

584 

575 

575 

557

593 

602 

593 

575 

557

Maximum

I 912 

5 990

I 955

3 4,170

7 900 

3 775 

L 1,030 

3 815 

3 725 

7 912 

3 1,150 

3 638 

I 1,710

J 1,710

May

575 

620 

656 

725 

695

665 

656 

638 

602 

557

513 

481 

449 

441 

449

441 

441 

433 

441 

473

465 

457 

449 

449 

465

465 

457 

449 

489 

557 

695

Minimum

665 

685 

715

410

695 

665 

695 

557 

433 

328 

410 

328 

557

328

June

912 

838 

775 

815 

805

785 

815 

815 

775 

745

685 

629 

566 

521 

497

481 

473 

465 

441 

418

402 

388 

372 

358 

350

335 

328 

328 

328 

372

Mean

758 

78C 

78S

96C

774 

712 

84S 

682 

527 

561 

629 

482 

81E

696

July

410 

449 

418 

410 

418

425 

441 

481 

593 

530

557 

647 

656 

611 

675

825 

1,03O 

1,010 

972

1,150

1,030 

912 

785 

656 

539

473 

449 

465 

489 

497 

505

Aug.

575 

575 

566 

521 

449

402 

372 

358 

342 

335

328 

335 

350 

380

441

418 

449 

489 

575 

638

620 

620 

620 

602 

602

557 

521 

481 

473 

473 

521

Per square 

mile

1.11 

1.14 

1.16

1.41

1.13 

1.04 

1.24 

.999 

.772 

.821 

.921 

.707 

1.19

1.02

Jt. 10 (12:30 a.m.) 1,800 sec. -ft. 

ige in stage and dally gage readings by 0. S.

Sept.

575 

575 

575 

557 

557

566 

695 

1,080 

1,670 

1,710

1,480 

1,210 

1,080 

1,050 

955

838 

735 

647 

611 

647

695 

675 

685 

725 

745

725 

656 

593 

575 

557

Runoff in 

inches

1.28 

1.27 

1.34

19.07

1.30 

1.08 

1.43 

1.11 

.89 

.92 

1.06 

.82 

1.33

13.83

Weather
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 217

Chattooga River near Clayton, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°49', long. 83°18', 150 feet downstream from new 

Dridge on U. S. 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 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years (1939-50), 624 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,740 second-feet Mar. 13 (gage height, 4.73 

1'eet); minimum, 262 second-feet July 11.

1907-8. 1939-50: 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 good.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

656

640

640

632

624

1,110

2,320

1,450

940

796

736

720

668

672

648

1,310

1,260

1,030

866

796

744

712

680

656

640

656

624

787

895

1,270

2,470

Nov.

1,900

1,490

1,200

1,010

931

868

832

796

760

744

720

704

696

680

656

640

624

608

600

593

586

565

565

565

664

608

551

537

544

530

-

Dec.

509

502

468

468

481

474

495

474

454

460

537

686

796

688

640

593

565

720

1,070

778

686

680

1,240

913

787

1,760

1,900

1,270

1,000

895

823

Jan.

778

736

736

760

931

832

960

823

769

752

796

760

752

760

720

728

814

922

1,360

1,320

1,000

895

832

805

787

744

922

922

832

832

805

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .............. 1 ..........

March ............................

April ............................

May. .............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

796

778

769

728

704

688

728

686

720

744

712

680

696

1,620

1,530

1,050

913 850-

805

760

728

744

760

696

672

656

632

624

_

-

Secondfoot-days

28,68

22,76

24,05

391,59

26,38

22,47

26,32

18,61

13 17 ie',27

17,39

11,76

28,17

256,09

Mar.

778

668

646

632

624

608

680

704

664

624

608

664

2,740

1,700

1,170

1,010

913

850

796

832

859

778

736

712

696

672

680

1,030

805

736

704

Apr.

680

672

648

704

1,240

859

769

720

696

672

656

632

608

593

586

572

565

558

558

551

530

523

516

502

516

544

502

488

474

481

Maximum

5 2,470

7 1,900

It 1,900

It 6,650

5 1,360

L 1,620

L 2,740

5 1,240

1 616

3 1,290

5 2,020

3 1,280

3 3,090

L 3,090

May

481

481

565

495

460

448

435

429

417

423

423

410

410

410

423

386

386

398

374

374

362

362

362

350

356

386

344

565

460

380

616

Minimum

624

530

454

454

720

624

608

474

344

285

266

280

423

266

June

509

410

454

1,290

850

579

495

1,050

1,150

931

769

640

572

530

516

502

460

429

410

392

386

386

374

350

333

322

312

296

296

285

-

Mean

925

759

776

1,073

851

803

849

620

425

543

561

380

939

702

July

285

.276

276

312

344

544

368

301

276

266

594

814

624

1,140

2,020

877

805

672

572

502

474

460

448

523

495

579

565

586

481

481

435

Aug.

410

392

374

36E

362

356

338

327

322

322

338

333

306

322

344

392

380

333

368

404

327

301

290

280

296

350

327

398

322

512

1,280

Per square 

mile

4.56

3.74

3.82

5.29

4.19

3.96

4.18

3.05

2.09

2.67

2.76

1.87

4.63

3.46

Sept.

2,320

1,530

950

752

841

672

1,170

3,090

2,620

1,700

1,220

1,010

886

805

736

680

656

624

593

565

544

537

509

481

474

460

448

441

441

423

-

Runoff in 

inches

5.26

4.17

4.40

71.76

4.83

4.12

4.82

3.40

2.41

2.98

3.18

2.16

5.17

46.90

Peak discharge (base, 3.400 see.-ft.). Mar. 13 (12 m.) 4,740 sec.-ft.; Sept. 8 (6 a.m.) 3,750 sec.-
218 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Tugaloo River near Hartwell, Qa.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°29', long. 82°5S', three-quarters of a mile up-

 stream from Beaverdam Creek, 5 miles upstream from confluence with Seneca River, and 

10 miles north of Hartwell, Hart County.

Drainage area. 905 square miles.

Records available.--April 1925 to September 1927, February 1940 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 12 years (1925-27, 1940-50), 2,038 second-feet (unadjusted).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 12,800 second-feet Sept. 9 (gage height, 7.61

 1'eet); minimum daily, 466 second-feet July 9, Aug. 7.

1925-27, 1940-50: Maximum discharge, 28,600 second-feet Aug. 31, 1940 (gage height, 

10.8 feet); minimum daily, 189 second-feet Oct. 6, 1941.

Remarks. Records good. Flow regulated by power plants above station and by Burton and

 HaTHis Reservoirs on Tallulah River. Burton Reservoir, completed in 1920, and Mathis 

Reservoir, completed in 1914, have combined usable capacity of 129,000 acre-feet and 

regulate the flow from 150 square miles of Tallulah River Baain.

Cooperation. Records of monthly reservoir contents furnished by Georgia Power Co. 

Revisions (water years). W 1142: 1926.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,320

1,960

832

3,330

2,540

2,940

5,340

4.90O

3,350

1,710

3,000

2,460

2,770

2,180

2,790

2,080

2,940

3,200

3,190

2,760

2,900

2,550

2,250

1,230

2,640

3,180

2,370

2,670

2,980

2,570

5,390

Nov.

5,190

4,720

3,920

4,000

3,800

3,150

1,780

2,960

3,160

3,130

3,020

2,570

2,640

1,180

2,980

2,670

2,700

3,080

2,400

1,770

940

2,630

2,710

2,300

2,790

2,800

2,020

1,090

2,130

2,310

-

Dec.

2,120

1,970

2,230

1,140

940

2,520

2,210

2,080

1,810

1,880

1,220

1,200

2,830

2,890

2,330

2,380

2,570

1,340

1,910

£,47O

2,420

2,560

2,720

2,600

1,930

2,650

5,480

4,640

3,260

3,300

2,800

Month

October. ...............

December. ..............

Calendar year 1949 . .

January. ...............

February. ..............

March. ...............:.

April..................

May. ...................

June ...................

July...................

August. ................

Water year 1949-50 . .

Jan.

2,820

1,2

2,S

2,2

50

20

70

2,580

2,550

3,6

2,C

1,2

50

00

50

2,540

2,450

Z,l

3,E

2,7

90

30

50

2,120

1,220

3,3

3,7

3,2

10

30

50

4,040

3,820 2,"

i,e

3,]

50

10

70

3,120

3,050

2,E

3,2

2,e

1»£

80

i80

80

60

2,890

Secondfoot-days

86,322

82,540

74,400

1,287,402

83,130

71,110

87,018

60,853

47,377

63,434

60,257

45,325

85,422

847,188

Feb.

2,70O

2,580

2,780

2,820

1,970

1,500

2,960

2,850

2,860

2,990

2,320

1,980

1,440

3,040

3,560

3,650

3,080

2,300

1,980

2,100

3,030

2,850

2,910

3,000

2,160

1,290

1,520

2,890

_

_

-

Mar.

3,120

3,O40

2,690

2,410

1,400

948

2,520

2,800

2,720

2,340

1,910

1,490

3,280

7,170

4,050

3,480

3,060

2,870

3,130

2,100

3,540

3,070

2,630

2,980

2,430

1,250

1,660

4,040

3,060

3,040

2,790

Apr.

2,790

1,320

920

2,660

3,760

3,570

3,010

2,940

1,260

1,110

2,460

2,280

2,130

2,530

2,410

836

855

2,260

2,770

1,870

2,170

2,290

1,060

672

1,920

2,440

1,770

2,240

1,900

650

-

Observed

Maximum

5,390

5,190

5,480

22,000

4,040

3,650

7,170

3,760

2,480

5,740

7,380

2,940

10,600

10,600

Minimum

832

940

94O

832

1,220

1,290

948

650

511

516

466

466

512

466

Mean

2,785

2,751

2,400

3,527

2,682

2,540

2,807

2,028

1,528

2,114

1 944

ll462

2,847

2,321

May

784

1,850

2,480

1,920

1,920

1,850

770

762

1,760

1,940

1,610

2,060

1,880

770

635

1,520

1,800

1,780

1,900

1,880

552

511

1,310

1,740

1,690

2,050

2,030

532

991

1,800

2,300

June

1,990

1,920

2,540

2,150

3,240

2,700

1,900

3,720

5,740

3,940

2,890

1,440

2,700

1,950

2,040

2,080

1,840

1,170

908

2,16O

1,660

1,820

2,070

1,770

520

516

1,290

1,510

1,720

1,540

-

Change In contents In Burton and MathlE 

Reservoirs 

(acre-feet)

-7,600

-20,900

+8,200

+200

+1,200

+3,200

+9,800

+11,000

+1,000

-4,200

 QAA TO\AJ

-7,000

-100

-4,600

July

1

1

1,

1,

1

2

1

2

7

3

2

3

2

2

2

1

1

2

2

2

2

3

1

300

686

532

902

732

470

960

640

466

548

060

720

910

280

380

190

280

320

600

140

060

910

110

579

540

330

450

730

120

390

922

Aug.

1,380

1,720

1,440

1,900

2,100

745

466

1.08O

1,920

1,250

1,S40

1,590

790

626

1,620

1,520

1,880

1,770

2,400

733

517

1,440

1,510

1,450

2,160

1,920

776

482

1,640

1,920

2,940

Sept.

3,820

3,490

2,660

1,280

2,510

1,940

3,270

6,480

10,600

4,620

3,580

3,400

3,160

3,620

2,440

2,300

1,800

1,000

, 2,630

2,680

2,270

1,880

2,240

1,560

512

1,320

2,O2O

1,860

2,580

1,900

-

Adjusted for change In 

reservoir contents

Mean

2,661

2,400

2,533

3,527

2,702

2,598

2,966

2,213

1,544

2,043

1,957

1,348

2,845

2,315

Per square 

mile

2.94

2.65

2.80

3.90

2.99

2.87

3.28

2.45

1.71

2.26

2

-1 C ID

1.49

3.14

2.56

Runoff In 

Inches

3.39

2.96

3.23

52.91

3.45

2.99

3.78

2.73

1.97

2.52

2.49

1.72

3.50

34.73

Peak discharge (base. 10.000 sec.-ft.) . Sept. 9 (5 a.m.) 12,800 sec.-ft.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 

Savannah River near Iva, S. C.

219

location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°15', long. 82°45', at bridge on State Highway 184, 

nair a mile upstream from Little Qenerostee Creek and 5.8 miles southwest of Iva, 

Anderson County.

Drainage area. 2,231 square miles. 

Records available. May to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during period, 25,200 second-feet Sept. 9 (gage height, 8.70 

feet); minimum, 1,580 second-feet July 11 (gage height, 2.93 feet); minimum daily, 1,740 

second-feet July 10.

Remarks. Records good. Plow regulated by Burton and Mathis Reservoirs (see preceding 

page for monthly change in contents) and power plants above- station.

Rating table, May 17 to Sept. 30, 1950 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

3.0 1,690

3.5 2,590

4.0 3,740

4.5 5,130

5.5 8,500

6.5 12,800

7.5 18,000

8.1 21,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. Nov. . Dec. Jan.

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year ............

January ..........................

February .........................

Haroh ............................

April ............................

Hay 17-31

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year ............

Feb.

Secondfoot-days

_

_

_

48,880

145,260

134,170

93.32C

172,990

-

liar. Apr.

Maximum

_

_

_

4,380

14,800

11,600

4,600

21,100

-

May

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

3,400

3,540

3,570

3,510

2,410

2,040

2,840

3,260

3,330

3,830

3,810

2,370

2,710

3,880

4,380

Minimum

_

_

_

2,040

1,900

1,740

1,870

2,130

-

June

5,360

4,090

4,640

3,730

9,860

5,960

4,590

5,740

14,800

11,400

8,610

4,830

5,720

4,390

4,250

4,270

3,980

3,250

2,320

3,920

3,380

3,440

.3,920

3,500

2,220

1,900

2,440

2,810

2,930

3,010

-

Mean

_

_

_

3,259

4,842

4,328

3,010

5,766

-

July

3,040

2,580

2,040

2,440

2,090

3,350

3,980

3,500

2,010

1,740

2,090

4,200

5,950

4,730

11,400

11,600

6,150

5,950

5,280

4,240

3,930

3,890

2,910

2,910

4,660

5,120

5,190

5,310

5,200

3,890

2,800

Aug.

2,930

3,310

2,930

' 3,250

3,570

2,350

1,990

2,200

3,190

2,530

2,850

3,040

2,200

1,870

3,400

3,030

4,100

3,210

4,600

3,140

2,400

2,760

2,840

2,710

3,190

3,740

3,220

2,280

3,060

3,430

4,000

Per square 

mile

Sept.

8,430

11,600

6,890

4,270

4,940

4,800

5,140

11,300

21,100

11,000

7,290

6,240

6,090

5,610

4,860

4,490

3,890

2,840

4,010

4,300

4,390

3,410

4,020

3,160

2,130

2,680

3,380

3,380

3,820

3,530

Runoff in 

inches

Peak discharge (base. 22.000 sec.-ft.). Sept. 9 (2 a.m.) 25.200 sec.-ft.
220 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Savannah River near Calhoun Palls, 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, Abbevllle 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.

Hecoras available. August 1896 to December 1900 (fragmentary), January to December 1903, 

March 1930 to July 1932, April 1938 to September 1950. 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. 14 years (1896-97, 1930-31, 1938-50), 5,084 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 29,400 second-feet Oct. 8 (gage height, 5.98 

feet); minimum, 1,870 second-feet Aug. 14; minimum dally, 2,070 second-feet July 10.

1896-1900, 1903, 1930-32, 1938-50: 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. Plow partly regulated by Burton and Mathis Reservoirs (see p.218) 

for monthly change in contents) and power plants above station.

Rating tables, water year 1949-5O (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 2)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 2 Nov. 3 to Sept. SO

1.9 3,170 3.8 12,OOO 1.4 1.87O 3.0 7,16O 

2.4 4,950 4.5 16,8OO 1.6 2,33O 3.8 11,10O 

3.0 7,600 5.6 25,800 1.9 3,17O 4.5 15,600 

2.4 4,820 5.5 24,OOO

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 tc September 195O

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

SB 

S3 

30 

31

Oct.

5.O2O 

5,000 

3,440 

4,400 

4,980

5,540 

9,180 

25, 100 

16,40O 

6,420

6,990 

6,420 

5,98O 

5,750 

5,970

5,550 

6,060 

6,880 

6,800 

6,230

6,060 

5,960 

5,220 

3,850 

5,220

6,16O 

6,070 

5,660 

6,540 

6,440 

11,2OO

Nov.

15,400 

14,500 

9,850 

8,500 

7,810

6,950 

5,36O 

6,O2O 

6,32O 

6,120

6,530 

6,120 

5,800 

4,570 

5,530

5,9OO 

5,2OO 

5,650 

5,790 

4,620

3,400 

4,790 

5,080 

4,820 

5,850

6,120 

5.OOO 

4,000 

4,670 

4,820

Dec.

4,900 

4,390 

4,740 

3,9OO 

3,290

4,340 

3,780 

4,680 

4,330 

4,400

3,930 

3,6OO 

5.46O 

6,280 

5,74O

5,540 

5,420 

4,43O 

4,330 

6.56O

5,500 

5,590 

5,520 

6,O1O 

5,O6O

4,800 

12,900 

21,500 

8,500 

7,380 

6,560

Jan.

6,380 

4,740 

5,770 

5,820 

5,460

6,200 

6; 230 

5,960 

4,280 

5,380

5,880 

5,930 

6,540 

6,430 

5,820

4,420 

6,010 

7,570 

7,580 

9,150

9,000 

7,370 

5,240 

6,37O 

6,640

6,580 

5,960 

7,320 

7,67O 

5,58O 

6,570

Month

*~.to 

Nov« 

Deoe

Ca

Janv 

Febi 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augi 

Sep1

We

»*»sr ......................... mber .

lenda'r year .1.3*9

1 .......................

St. .................. ..

ter year 1949-5O ............

Feb.

6,36O 

6,320 

6,120 

6,290 

5,690

4,390 

5,820 

6,420 

6,380 

6,6OO

6,6OO 

5,440 

4,6OO 

6,110 

8,010

7,810 

7,370 

6,530 

5,360 

5,OOO

5,930 

6,320 

6,740 

6,530 

6,12O

4,57O 

4,160 

5,490

Secondfoot-days

216, 49( 

191, 09( 

174,36

2,957,86

195, 85C 

169,08 

2O1,71 

1E7.27 

125,06 

164,31 

151,36 

103,24 

183,41

2,033,23C

Mar.

6,430 

6,260 

5,950 

5,620 

4,500

4.OOO 

5,320 

6,320 

6,320 

5,950

5,180 

4,570 

5,420 

14,700 

10,700

8.O4O 

7,370 

6,690 

5,930 

5,930

6,630 

7,160 

6,120 

6,27O 

5,850

4,6OO 

4,330 

7,990 

8,5OO 

6.74O 

6,32O

Apr.

6,530 

5,OOO 

4,20O 

5,240 

6,870

1O.9OO 

7,370 

6,740 

5.OOO 

4,300

5,330 

5,360 

5,360 

5,360 

5,690

4,230 

3,570 

4,58O 

5,690 

5,180

4,990 

5,120 

3,970 

3,470 

3.9OO

5,380 

4,600 

4,99O 

4,570 

3,780

Maximum

> 25 , 1OO 

) 15 , 4OO 

> 12,900

3 38,400

> 9,150 

3 8,010 

3 14,700 

) 1O,9OO 

> 5,900 

) 14,9OO 

3 14,700 

) 4,740 

3 23,500

> 25,100

May

3,O20 

4,300 

5,900 

5,360 

4,780

4,70O 

3.6OO 

2,960 

3,920 

4,200

4,410 

4,210 

4,610 

3,570 

3,380

3,640 

4,000 

4,260 

4,24O 

4,180

3,400 

2,49O 

3,050 

3,720 

3,940

4,330 

4,480 

3,270 

3,160 

4,340 

5,640

Minimum

3,440 

3,400 

3,290

3,290

4,280 

4,160 

4,OOO 

3,470 

2,490 

2,160 

2,070 

2,160 

2,600

2,070

June

6,390 

4,890 

5,O2O 

4,460 

10,100

6,930 

5,400 

5,110 

14, 9OO 

13,400

9,750 

5,840 

6.22O 

5,120 

5,O1O

4,850 

4,660 

3,980 

3,020 

4,030

4,140 

3,970 

4,5BO 

4,130 

2,940

2,16O 

2,720 

3,390 

3,500 

3,70O

Mean

6,984 

6,370 

5,625

8,104

6,318 

6,039 

6,507 

5,242 

4,034 

5,477 

4,883 

3,330 

6,114

5,570

July

3,420 

3,520 

2,560 

2,79O 

2,730

3,540 

4,420 

4,420 

2,87O 

2.O70

2,380 

4,020 

6.99O 

5,320 

9,620

14,700 

6,950 

6,390 

5,870 

4,730

4,340 

4,160 

3,390 

3,870 

5.O60

5,69O 

5,870 

5,92O 

5,910 

4,610 

3,230

Aug.

3,110 

3,650 

3,350 

3,520 

3,930

2,980 

2,280 

2,270 

3,390 

3,060

2,980 

3,500 

2,720 

2,160 

3,320

3,470 

4,450 

3,720 

4,740 

3,700

2,990 

2,890 

3,060 

3,190 

3,350

3,910 

3,960 

2,620 

3,070 

3,640 

4,260

Per square 

mile

_

2.82

1.94

Sept.

7,350 

12,400 

7,370 

4,680 

5,020

5,OOO 

5,260 

10,400 

23,500 

13,OOO

7,600 

6,570 

6,2OO 

5,600 

5,360

4,780 

4,000 

3,170 

3,990 

4,780

4,730 

3,850 

4,330 

3,610 

2,640

2,600 

3,710 

3,860 

4,110 

3,940

Runoff in 

inches

:

38.24

-

26.31

Peak discharge (base. 25,0qo sec. -ft.). Oct. 8 (4:3O p.m.) 29 r 4OO sec. -ft.; Sept. 9 (5s3O a.m.)
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 221

Savannah River at Augusta, Ga.

location.--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. S. Highway 1 

at Augusta for use in connection with measurement of discharge during flood periods. 

Datum of auxiliary gage is 102.06 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Southeastern Engineering Co.).

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 1950. Jansary 1884 to December 1891, January 1B98 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, 74th 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 gage since 

1875 and at Butler Creek site since 1937 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather 

Bureau.

Average discharge. 24 years (1898-1906, 1927-31, 1938-50), 10,940 second-feet.

.Extremes. --Maximum discharge during year, 32,500 second-feet Oct. 9 (gage height, 20.10 

feet); minimum, 2,550 second-feet Aug. 10; minimum daily, 2,850 second-feet Aug. 9.

1884-91, 1898-1906, 1927-32, 1938-50: 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.

Maximum flood known occurred in 1796, discharge 360,000 second-feet (gage height, 

40 feet, marked by local residents, at site and datum of present auxiliary gage), by 

conveyance-slope study.

Remarks. Records good. Flow partly regulated by Burton and Mathis Reservoirs (see p.218) 

for monthly change in contents), power plants, and New Savannah Bluff lock and dam 

above station. Records of checmial analyses and water temperatures for the water year 

1950 are given in Water-Supply Paper 1186.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28,

29

30

31

Oct.'

7,430

6,650

6,650

6,430

5,770

6,870

8,390

13,100

30,300

26,400

15,100

8,930

8,750

8,510

8,510

7,550

7,100

8,270

9,350

9,110

8,030

7,790

7,310

7,430

7,670

6,870

8,270

8,030

8,870

9,110

7,670

Nov.

12,900

13,200

19,200

16,500

13,200

11,200

8,390

8,030

8,270

8,990

9,350

8,990

8,390

7,550

8,270

7,550

7,910

8,030

8,150

7,790

6,650

7,090

5,990

7,310

7,550

8, '150

8,990

7,200

7,910

7,090

-

Dec.

7,55O

6,980

7,430

6,210

6,100

6,320

5,660

6,870

6,870

6,980

6,430

5,550

6,430

7,430

11,600

9,350

10,200

7,970

6,870

7,310

9,350

8,630

8,510

8,150

8,390

7,430

6,760

14,500

18,000

14,300

10,700

Jan.

8,330

8,150

7,910

7,430

7,910

8,150

8,510

7,790

8,150

8,030

7,790

7,910

8,630

9,830

8,750

7,430

9,950

10,200

10,600

11,900

15,100

15,400

12,900

10,500

8,030

8,630

9,590

9,950

9,590

10, 700

10,100

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calenda'r year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

8,390

3,590

9,530

8,990

8,390

7,550

7,670

7,310

8,510

9,470

10,300

9,830

8,630

8,030

8,510

9,230

10, 700

10,600

8,510

7,090

7,430

7,550

10,800

10,100

10,100

8,030

6,870

6,870

_

-

Secondfoot-days

296, 28C

281, 79C

261,43C

5,068,34C

293, 90C

245, 24C

358, 7 3C

isstizi

223, 44(

214, 41(

135, 09C

247, 50C

2,969,14(

Mar.

7,910

8,510

8,750

8,870

9,470

8,750

10,200

15,100

19,200

16,500

12,200

8,870

8,270

11,100

21,200

20,200

15,100

12,600

9,710

8,430

10,100

10,500

10,600

10,200

9,230

7,880

7,550

9,230

13,100

16,500

12,900

Apr.

10,300

8,3-40

7,550

8,100

9,230

9,710

10,700

11,100

10, 100

8,100

6,830

7,330

8,210

7,770

7,330

6,630

6,730

6,330

6,230

7,030

7,440

6,730

6,130

6,180

6,230

6,230

6,530

6,730

6,230

5,930

Maximum

30,300

19,200

) 18,000

) 68,900

) 15,400

) 10,800

) 21,200

) 11,100

) 10,100

) 18,000

) 18,800

) 7,160

) 28,500

) 30,300

May

5,430

5,430

6,630

9,230

10,100

8,320

5,930

5,430

4,830

4,550

5,630

5,730

6,030

5,330

5,430

6,130

5,630

5,430

5,330

5,630

5,430

5,030

4,550

4,460

5,230

4,830

5,130

5,430

6,030

6,830

. 7,990

Minimum

5,770

5,390

5,550

5,550

7,430

6,870

7,550

5,330

4,460

3,330

3,410

2,850

3,580

2,850

June

9,950

10,1<X3

8,210

6,930

6,730

10,200

10,800

9,110

8,760

13,000

18,000

15,300

10,600

6,830

6,730

6,230

6,030

6,030

5,030

5,030

4,550

4,930

4,550

5,030

5,230

4,190

3,920

f3,330

4,010

4,100

Mean

9,557

9,393

8,433

13,890

9,481

8,759

11,570

7,607

5,907

7,448

6,916

4,358

8,250

8,135

July

4,280

3,920

4,370

3,830

f3,540

4,640

5,030

6,630

5,630

4,550

f3,410

3,740

5,400

8,100

7,440

11,700

18,800

13,100

7,230

6,730

6,230

5,830

5,430

6,310

9,530

9,590

9,230

9,230

8,540

6,830

5,530

Aug.

5,630

4,830

4,550

4,730

4,460

4,370

4,480

f3,490

f2,850

f3,250

3,920

3,650

3,330

3,830

3,490

3,590

4,460

5,260

7,160

4,730

4,930

4,640

3,920

4,100

3,740

4,640

4,830

4,640

4,640

3,920

5,030

Per square 

mile

_

1.85

-

1.08

Sept.

5,830

8,060

11,800

11,200

7,850

5,630

8,100

9,590

15,100

28,500

22,800

14,500

9,100

7,150

6,850

6,930

6,230

4,830

5,050

4,640

5,230

5,930

6,230

5,130

4,730

4,460

3,580

3,610

4,370

4,550

Runoff in 

inches

_

-

-

25.09

_

_

.

_

_

_

_

_

-

14.71

Peak discharge (base. 50,000 sec.-ft.).--No peak above base, 

f Computed on basis or partly estimated gage-height record.
222 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Savannah River at Burtons Perry Bridge, near Millhaven, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°56'20", long. 81°50'10", at bridge on U. S. Highway aOl, 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 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 11,170 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 18,500 second-feet Oct. 14 (gage height, 14.87 

reet); minimum daily, 4,120 second-feet Aug. 11.

1939-50: Maximum discharge, 141,000 second-feet Aug. 18, 1940 (gage height, 27.0 

feet); minimum daily, 2,240 second-feet Oct. 18, 25, 1941.

Flood of October 1929 reached a stage of 30.8 feet, from information by Corps of 

Engineers.

Remarks. Records good. Plow partly regulated by Burton and Mathis Reservoirs (see p.218) 

ror 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 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

9,520

9,160

8,140

7,500

7,600

6,900

7,810

9,400

11 , OOO

12,300

13,500

15,100

17,300

18,200

16,800

14 , 50O

12,200

1O.OOO

9,640

10,000

10,100

9,640

9,160

8,580

8,250

8,580

8,250

8,690

8,920

9,280

9,640

Nov.

9,400

10,100

11,700

12,700

13,500

14,300

15,100

14,700

' 13,300

11,700

10,900

10,900

10,600

10,300

9,500

9,500

9,200

9,100

9,200

9,300

9,200

8,520

8,520

7,860

8,420

8,710

9,200

9,830

9,500

9,200

-

Dec.

8,900

8,900

8,620

8,710

8,330

7,660

7,950

7,480

7,860

8,140

8,330

8,140

7,570

7,760

8,420

10,300

11,400

11,500

11,100

9,610

9,200

9,720

10,200

9,940

9,720

9,500

9,400

8,710

10,300

12,100

13.OOO

Jan.

13,500

13,100

11,900

10,900

9,940

9,720

9,720

9,720

9,610

9,300

9,610

9.4OO

9,400

9,720

10,300

10,400

9,720

10,2OO

10,900

11,300

11,700

12,200

12,800

13,500

13,800

13,000

11,900

11,500

11,500

11,400

11,400

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

Decembe r .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

11,700

11,300

11 , ooo

11,000

10,800

10,300

9,610

9,400

9,100

9,500

10,000

10,800

11,000

10,900

10,300

10,000

10,200

10,900

11,300

lljOOO

9,830

9,300

9,300

10,500

11,300

11,400

11,000

9,720

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

325.66C

313, 96C

288, 47C

5,644,30C

343.06C

292 , 46C

287 ,21C

215, 27C

259 90C

239 62C

173|S7C

267,510

3.397.03C

Mar.

8,800

g9,100

g9,500

g9,940

10,300

11,000

11,300

11,500

12,200

13,000

13,800

14,700

15,100

14,500

13,500

13,600

14,200

15,100

15,900

16,300

15,700

14,500

13,500

13,000

12,500

11,900

11,000

10,200

10,400

11,500

12,500

Apr.

13,100

13 , 500

13 , 000

11,700

10,900

10,900

11,100

11,400

11,700

11 , 800

11,100

9,610

9,OOO

9,300

9,300

8,900

8,420

8,040

7,950

7,760

7,950

8,420

8,330

7,860

7,380

7,760

7,570

7,760

8,040

7,660

-

Maximum

18,200

15,100

13 , 000

52,300

13,800

11,700

16,300

13 , 500

10,400

13,000

12,400

7,860

15,500

18,200

May

7,480

7,000

6,910

7,570

9,300

10,400

10,200

8,100

6,790

6,160

5,710

6,160

6,430

6,700

6,610

6,430

6,970

6,790

6,430

6,250

6,430

6,520

6,340

6,160

5,800

6,070

6,070

5,890

6,340

7,060

8,200

Minimum

6,900

7,860

7,480

6,900

9,300

9,100

8,800

7,380

5,710

4,540

4,450 

4,120

4,540

4,120

June

9,480

10.5OO

11,000

10,700

9,480

8,710

9,700

10,700

10,800

10,400

10,800

11,900

12,600

13,000

12,300

10,700

9,150

8,200

7,600

6,700

6,340

5,800

5,980

5,620

5,710

5,980

5,620

5,170

4,540

4,720

-

Mean

10,510

10,470

9,305

15,460

11,070

10,440

12,580

9 574

6J944

8,663

7,730

5,609

8,917

9,307

July

4,900

5,080

4,990

4,990

5,080

4,450

4,990

5,620

6,700

7,060

6,070

5,350

4,900

5,440

7,510

8,500

9,590

11,300

12 , 400

12,200

10,800

9,200

8,140

7,380

7,380

9, ZOO

10,200

10,300

10,300

10,300.

9,300

Aug.

7,860

7,190

6,640

6,10O

5,920

5,920

5,560

5,560

5,200

4,570

4,120

4,840

4,840

4,660

4,660

g4,750

4,480

5,110

5,830

7,190

6,730

6,100

5,920

5,470

5,380

5,110

5,290

5,830

5,830

5,830

5,380

Per square 

mile

1.22

1.21

1.08

1.79

1 . 28

1.21

1.45

1.11

.803

1.00

.894

.648

1.03

1.08

Sept.

5,560

6,460

7,570

9,720

;o,soo

1O,3OO

8,620

8,900

10,400

11,100

12,200

13,000

14,000

15,100

15,500

14,000

11,500

9,480

7,700

6,790

6,340

6,160

6,520

6,880

6,520

5,980

5,620

5,170

4,540

5,080

-

Runoff in 

inchem

. 1.41

1.35

1.24

24.26

1.48

1 . 26

1.67

1.24

.93

1.12

1.03

.75

1.15

14.63

Peak discharge (base, 35,000 sec. -ft.). No peak above base.

g Computed from graph based on recorded range In stage and dally gage reafllngs by Corps of Engineers.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 223

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.

Kecoras available. October 1937 to September 1950 in reports of Geological Survey. April 

lactu co 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. 13 years, 11,970 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 16,000 second-feet Oct. 18, 19, Mar. 24; maximum 

gage neight, 12.21 feet Oct. 19; minimum daily discharge, 4,860 second-feet Aug. 12, 13.

1937-50: 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.

1921-50: Maximum gage height, 29.7 feet Oct. 6, 1929; minimum observed, 1.3 feet 

Oct. 11, 1931.

Remarks. Records good. Flow partly regulated by Burton and Mathis Reservoirs (see p.218) 

ror change in monthly contents), power plants, and New Savannah Bluff lock and dam 

above station.

Revisions (water years). W 1112: 1940.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used July 30)

Oct. 1 to July 30 July 31 to Sept. 3O

4.2

5.8 

8.0

5,000

6,600

9,000

10.5 

'12.2

12,300

16,000

3.6 

5.8 

8.0

4,860

6,960

9,480

10.5

11.3

13,500

15,200

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

9,600

9,960

10,300

1O,1OO

9,480

9,120

8,780

9,240

9,960

10,600

11,200

11,800

12,300

12 , 900

13,700

14,300

15,200

16.OOO

15,800

14,800

13,700

12,500

11,800

11,200

1O.7OO

1O.2OO

9,960

9,720

9,720

9,960

10,200

Nov.

10,600

io;7oo

10,700

10,900

11,400

11,800

12,300

12,900

13,500

13,900

14,100

14,100

13,700

12,900

12,300

11,700

10,900

10,400

10,200

9,960

9,960

9,960

9,600

9,240

9,OOO

8,890

9,120

9,480

9,960

10,200

-

Dec.

10,200

9,960

9,720

9.6OO

9,480

9,360

8,890

8,670

8,450

8,340

8,560

8,780

8,780

8,450

8,340

8,780

9,600

10,600

11,100

11,500

11,500

11,200

10,800

10,800

10,900

10,800

10,800

10,700

10,300

10,200

10,800

Jan. 

11,400

11,800

12,300

12,700

12,900

12,700

12,100

11,500

1O,9OO

1O.8OO

10,600

10,400

10,300

10,300

10,300

1O.40O

10,700

10,800

10,800

10,800

11,100

11,400

11,700

12 , 000

12,300

12,700

12,900

13,300

13,100

13,100

12,900

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-5O ............

Feb.

12,500

12,300

12,300

12,100

12,000

11,800

11,700

11,400

1O.9OO

10,400

10,200

10,300

10,600

10,900

11,200

11,200

11,200

11,100

11,100

11,200

11,500

11,500

11,100

10,700

10,600

10,900

11,200

11,500

-

-

Second 

foot-days

354.80C

334, 37C

305, 96C

6,043,98C

361, OOC

315, 40C

415, 30C 

318, 35C

232 5Oi

278, 19 1

244, OOC

195, 86C

309, 93C

3,665,66C

Mar.

11,500

11,100

10,400

10,300

10,700

10,900

11,200

11,700

11,800

12,100

12,500

12,700

13,300

13,700

14,100

14,500

15,000

15,000

15.OOO

15,000

15,200

15,500

15,800

16,000

15,800

15,500

15,000

14,500

13 , 900

13,100

12,500

Apr.

12,300

12,500

12,700

13,100

13,300

13,300

13,100

12,700

12,300

12,100

12,300

12,300

12,100

11,500

10,800

10,400

1O.2OO

9,720

9,120

8,780

8,560

8,450

8,670

8,780

8,560

8,230

8,120

8,010

8,120

8,230

-

Maximum

) 16.OOO

14,100

11,500

53,000

) 13,300

) 12,500

) 16,000 

) 13,300

) 1O.2OO

) 12,100

) 11,400

) 11,200

) 15,200

) 16,000

May

8,230

8,010

7,680

7,460

7,570

8,560

9,480

10,200

10,100

8,890

7,680

6,800

6,700

6,800

7,240

7,240

7,020

7,240

7,350

7,130

6,910

6,910

7,130

7,020

6,910

 6,700

6,600

6.6OO

6,500

6,600

7,240

Minimum

8,780

8,890

8,340

8,340

10;300

10,200

10,300

8,010

6,500

5,200

5,000

4,860

5,760

4,860

June

8,120

9,000

9,720

10,400

10,700

10,800

10,400

10,200

10,300

10,700

10,900

10,900

11,100

11,400

11,700

12,000

12,100

12,000

11,100

9,840

8,450

7,460

6,800

6,500

6,300

6,100

 6,200

6,100

5,700

5,200

-

Mean

11,450

11,150

9,870

16,560

11,650

11 »26C

13,400

10,610

7,500

9,273

6*31{

lo)33C

10.04C

July

5,000

5,200

5,300

5,300

5,300

5,300

5,100

5,200

5,700

6,500

7,240

7,020

6,300

5,600

5,700

7,020

8,340

9,120

9,840

10,600

11,100

11,400

11,400

10,600

9,360

8,450

8,890

9,720

10,200

10,800

11,400

Aug.

11,200

10,300

8,860

7,930

7,060

6,660

6,460

6,160

6,060

5,760

5,310

4,860

4,860

5,130

5,040

4,950

5,130

4,950

5,130

5,760

6,760

7,060

6,660

6,360

6,160

5,960

5,670

5,580

5,860

6,060

6,160

Per square 

mile

1.16

1.13

1.00

1.68

1.18

1.14

l!o8

.761

.941

.799

.641

1.05

1.02

Sept.

5,860

5,760

6,360

7,270

8,980

10,300

12,200

12,900

12,500

12,300

12,300

12,500

12,900

13,300

13,700

14,100

14,800

15,000

15,200

14,300

11,700

9,220

7,930

7,600

7,710

7,600

7,060

6,560

6,260

5,760

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.34

1.26

1.15

22.84

1.36

1.19

1.57

1.20

.88

1.05

.92

.74

1.17

13.83

Peak discharge (base, 30,000 sec.-ft.). No peak above base.
224 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Panther Creek near Toccoa, Ga.

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. Prior to Jan. 11, 

1950, temporary staff gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area. 31.4 square miles.

Records available. January 1943 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,020 second-feet June 8 (gage height, 4.67 

reet); minimum, 36 second-feet Aug. 29.

1943-50: Maximum discharge, 15,100 second-feet June 16, 1949 (gage height, 18.0 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 800 second-feet on basis of 

slope-area determination at gage height 18.0 feet; minimum, 14 second-feet Sept. 6, 7, 

Oct. 7, 1947.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record and those computed 

rrom graph based on staff-gage readings, which are fair. Gage read once daily Oct. 1 to 

Jan. 10.

Cooperation. Gage-height record collected in cooperation with Georgia Power Co.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 31 to Jan. 26, 

June 10 to July 14, Sept. 12-30)

1.7 36 2.4 165 

1.9 61 2.7 250 

2.0 77 2.9 315 

2.2 117

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

69 

69 

67 

66 

64

66 

85 

192 

96 

74

72 

67 

64 

61 

61

90 

111 

88 

74 

69

66 

64 

64 

63 

61

61 

61 

81 

86 

184 

124

Nov.

106 

90 

81 

75 

74

71 

67 

66 

64 

63

60 

58 

57 

57 

54

56 

56 

54 

54 

54

53 

53 

54 

56 

60

57 

56 

54 

53 

53

Dec.

53 

53 

52 

51 

51

51 

52 

51 

51 

49

52 

58 

58 

56 

56

54 

56 

79 

71 

64

60 

60 

58 

57 

57

160 

145 

94 

81 

72 

66

Jan.

63

61 

60 

60 

61

60 

57 

57 

57 

61

66 

64 

66 

66 

63

63 

83 

92

100 

96

85 

79 

75 

74 

72

69 

86 

90 

85 

81 

79

Feb.

75 

75 

74 

71 

69

71 

92 

77 

81 

83

77 

77 

75 

90 

86

81 

77 

75 

74 

72

72 

81 

77 

74 

72

71 

69 

69

!«« +>> SecondMonth foct-days

Octo 

Neve 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

2,520 

1,866 

2,028

lenda'r year 1949 ............ 49,462

sry

nary

1.... ........................

ember ........................

2,231 

2,137 

2,796 

2,193 

1,783 

2,070 

2,021 

1,549 

2,065

ter year 1949-50 ............ 25,259

Mar.

74 

69 

69 

67 

69

67 

86 

92 

83 

75

74 

86 

279 

168

117

102 

90 

86 

83 

83

81 

79 

75 

74 

74

71 

79 

102 

86 

79 

77

Apr.

75 

74 

74 

81 

152

96 

88 

83 

81 

79

77 

72 

71 

69 

69

67 

66 

66 

66 

64

64 

63 

63

61 

66

64 

61 

61 

60

60

Maximum

192 

106 

160

7,200

loo

92 

279 

152 

81 

307 

212 

132 

250

307

Msy

61 

64 

74 

64 

61

58 

58 

57 

57 

57

57 

57 

57 

SI 

58

54 

54 

52 

52 

52

52 

52 

53 

52 

52

52 

49 

64 

54

57 

81

Minimum

61 

53 

49

49

57 

69 

67 

60 

49 38 ' 

37 

38 

43

37

June

56 

52 

60 

136 

77

60 

56 

307 

138 

96

79 

67 

63 

60 

61

57 

54 

52 

49 

49

54 

53 

48 

43 

43

42 

40 

38 

40 

40

Mean

81.3

62.2 

65.4

136

72.0 

76.3 

90.2 

73.1 

57.5 

69.0 

65.2 

50.0 

68.8

69.2

July

38 

37 

42 

42 

48

49 

46 

38 

37 

37

46 

80 

63 

79 

212

81 

66 

58 

52 

48

48 

48 

51 

100 

110

104 

90 

74 

72 

67 

58

Aug.

54 

52

52 

51 

51

47 

44 

46 

42 

41

42 

42 

41 

56 

47

51 

46 

61 

51 

44

41 

40 

40 

38 

38

40 

41 

46 

38 

132 

94

Sept.

85 

69 

64 

69 

52

48 

a250 

a!90 

a!20 

a8S

a75 

69 

66 

57

54

53 

52 

51 

51 

49

48 

49 

48 

46 

46

44 

44 

44

44 

43

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

2.59 2.99 

1.98 2.21 

2.08 2.40

4.33 58.55

2.29 2.64 

2.43 2.53 

2.87 3.31 

2.33 2.60 

1.83 2.11 

2.20 2.46 

2.08 2.40 

1.59 1.83 

2.19 2.44

2.20 29.92

Peak discharge (base, 900 sec.-ft.J. June 8 (2 p.m.) 1,020 sec. -ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Chattocga River near Clsyton. 

Note. Discharge for :pertod Oct. 1 to Jsn. 10 computed from graph based on once-daily staff-gage 

readings.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 225

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 1950.

Average discharge. 10 years (1940-50), 1,218 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 21,100 second-feet Oct. 7; maximum gage height, 

22. ba feet Oct. 7; minimum discharge, 293 second-feet Sept. 30; minimum daily, 542 

second-feet July 1&. ?

1939-50: Maximum discharge 25,200 second-feet Aug. 13, 1940; maximum gage height, 

24.60 feet Aug. 13, 1940; minimunijdischarge, 184 second-feet Oct. 27, 1941; minimum 

daily, 224 second-feet Oct. 26, 1941.

Remarks. Records good. Low flow par»tly regulated by power plant above station.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31,

Oct.

902

680

680

714

680

1,630

k!5,300

k4,660

2,700

2,180

1,930

1,760

1,680

1,550

1,590

1,760

1,970

1,760

1,550

1,420

1,340

1,340

1,080

1,120

1,080

1,120

1,030

1,250

1,590

2,360

- 5,080

Nov.

4,990

3,540

2,700

2,270

2,020

1,890

1,800

1,680

1,630

1,550

1,500

1,460

1,420

1,460

1,340

1,290

1,290

1,210

1,160

1,210

1,210

1,120

1,060

1,120

1,550

1,160

1,120

1,120

1,080

1,120

Dec.

995

1,000

944

944

961

902

970

927

868

825

1,040

1,680

1,460

1,290

1,160

1,060

970

1,160

1,970

1,460

1,250

1,250

1,800

1,550

1,340

k4,330

k5,260

2,860

2,180

1,930

1,720

Jan.

1,590

1,550

1,460

1,460

1,720

1,500

1,720

1,500

1,380

1,340

1,500

1,380

1,340

1,340

1,290

1,290

1,500

1,930

2,520

2,700

1,970

1,720

1,590

1,500

1,420

1,340

1,630

1,970

1,630

1,550

1,460

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May may ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,420

1,340

1,380

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,250

1,250

1,250

1,380

1,210

1,160

1,210

2,440

2,700

1,890

1,590

1,420

1,340

1,290

1,160

1,210

1,340

1,120

1,050

1,040

1,020

970

.

-

-

Secondfoot-days

65,486

49,070

48,056

704,144

49 790

38 ! 060

46, 812

37,306

46^907

46 j 692

28, 816

53,943

538,990

Mar.

1,210

1,080

1,020

970

970

986

1,080

1,290

1,210

1,050

986

1,080

k4,830

k3,660

2,270

1,840

1,630

1,460

1,340

1,460

1,630

1,380

1,290

1,210

1,160

1,120

1,120

2,180

1,590

1,420

1,290

Apr.

1,210

1,210

1,120

1,210

k4,240

2,100

1,630

1,460

1,380

1,340

1,250

1,210

1,160

1,120

1,070

1,050

1,070

1,060

1,030

995

995

927

944

952

961

1,030

902

868

902

910

-

Maximum

15,300

4,990

5,260

15,300

2,700

2,700

4,830 

4,240

1,720

5,200

7,460

1,760

9,020

15,300

May

970

978

1,250

1,030

910

850

893

918

825

816

842

842

927

800

1,000

834

791

774

791

842

680

672

748

740

800

825

884

1,070

1,060

970

1,720

Minimum

1,060

825

boO

1 290

970

970

868

672

647

542

589

550

542

June

1,290

970

1,290

3,380

2,700

1,460

1,210

k5,200

k4,940

3,200

2,520

1,800

1,550

1,380

1,290

1,210

1,250

961

936

884

868

918

850

766

732

706

680

647

655

664

-

Mean

2,112

1, 636

1,550

1 92C

1,606

1 35 C

i!sio

1,244 90C

1,564

1,506

1 -L , 7qc I JO

1,477

July

1,120

698

630

672

884

1,420

1,160

748

550

542

868

2,180

1,720

1,970

k7 , 460

2,780

2,140

1,800

1,550

1,340

1,210

1,160

1,160

1,290

1,500

1,590

1,420

1,590

1,210

1,250

1,080

Aug.

995

859

825

800

791

766

714

672

614

606

757

680

589

1,160

825

1,630

1,060

816

1,550

1,420

952

766

698

647

740

1,340

952

850

902

1,080

1,760

Per square 

mile

4.64

3 .60

3.41

4.24

3.53

2.99

3.32

2 73

l'.33

3.44

3.31

2.04

 X QC

U . JO

3.25

Sept.

k9, 020

4,060

2,520

1,890

2,020

1,500

1,970

4,740

3,970

2,780

2,060

,760

,630

,340

,210

,080

,040

1,000

936

868

800

766

723

672

655

606

598

550

581

598

-

Runoff in 

inches

5.35

4.02

3.93

57.57

4.07

3.11

3 .83

3.05

2.29

3 .84

3 . 82

2 35

4J41

44.07

Peak discharge (base, 10,000 sec .-ft .) . Dot . 7 (3 p.m.) 21,100 sec. -ft.; June 8 (10 p.m.) 11,600

see.-ft.j July 15 (11 a.m.) 11,zoo see.-ft.; Sept. 1 (8:30 a.m.) 13,900 sec.-ft. 

k Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor.
226 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Seneca River near Anderson, S. C.

Location --Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°30', long. 82°50', a quarter of a mile downstream 

from bridge on State Highway 80, l| miles downstream from Deep Creek, 4 miles upstream 

from confluence with Tugaloo River, and 10| mills west of Anderson, Anderson County.

Drainage area.--1,026 square miles.

Records available.--October 1931 to September 1950 in reports of Geological Survey. May 

1928 to September 1931 in House Document 64, 74th Congress, 1st session.

Average discharge . 19 years (1931-50), 2,084 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 24,300 second-feet Oct. 8 (gage height, 13.51 

reet) , from rating curve extended above 18,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; 

minimum, 455 second-feet Nov. 20; minimum daily, 911 second-feet July 10.

1931-50: 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 stage of 25 feet, observed -(discharge, 77,000 

second-feet, from rating curve extended above 18,000 second-feet).

Remarks. Records good. Some regulation at low flow by power plants above station. 

Revisions.--W 757: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1949-5O (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in sec raid-feet)

3.4 882 7.5 7,140 

3.9 1,420 9.0 10,500 

4.7 2,440 10.5 14,400 

6.0 4,440 12.5 20,800

Discharge, in second-f eet , water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

1,980 

1,910 

1 , 660 

1,780 

1,780

1,920 

8,290 

20,600 

6,530 

3,560

3,020 

2,800 

2,650 

2,510 

2,510

2,650 

3,020 

2,800 

2,510 

2,370

2,300 

2,240 

2,170 

1,980 

1,980

2,170 

2,100 

2,300 

2,650 

3,360 

7,810

Nov.

7,760 

7,280 

4,440 

3,480 

3,100

' 2,870 

2,720 

2,650 

2,510 

2,440

2,300 

2,240 

2,240 

2,300 

2,170

2,100 

2,040 

1,980 

2,100 

1,760

1,850 

1,850 

1,780 

1,850 

2,800

2,370 

2,040 

1,850 

1,850 

1,910

Dec.

1,850 

1,780 

1,720 

1,720 

1,720

1,660 

1,720 

1,720 

l,66o 

1,650

1,850 

2,240 

2,440 

2,240 

2,100

2,040 

1,910 

1,910 

2,650 

2,440

2,170 

2,100 

2,300 

2,510 

2,170

3,070 

8,410 

5,110 

3,560 

3,020 

2,720

Jan.

2,650 

2,440 

2,370 

2,300 

2,440

2,300 

2,370 

2,370 

2,170 

2,170

2,370 

2,300 

2,300 

2,240 

2,240

2,100 

2,370 

3,240 

3,170 

4,610

3,400 

2,940 

2,650 

2,510 

2,440

2,300 

2,240 

3,240 

3,020 

2,720 

2,580

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

Julj 

Augv 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

2,440 

2,370 

2,300 

2,240 

2,170

2,100 

2,170 

2,370 

2,170 

2,370

2,170 

2,100 

2,040 

2,340 

4,280

2,870 

2,440 

2,240 

2,240 

2,100

2,040 

2,100 

2,440 

2,100 

1,980

1,980 

1,910 

1,850

Secondfoot-days

107, 91C 

80.63C 

76,16C

1,188,88C

80.56C 

63.92C 

74.98C 

61.80C 

46.84C 

68.55C 

64,161 

42,12C 

73,19C

840,821

Mar.

1,910 

2,100 

1,850 

1,780 

1,850

1,780 

1,910 

2,170 

2,240 

1,910

1,850 

1,850 

3,350 

6,740 

3,800

2,870 

2,510 

2,300 

2,170 

2,170

2,580 

2,300 

2,100 

2,040 

1,980

1,980 

1,910 

3,360 

2,940 

2,440 

2,240

Apr.

2, 

2,

I, 

I, 

4,

4, 

2, 

2, 

2, 

2,

2,

1, 

1,

1, 

1,

1, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

Maximum

20,600 

7,760 

8,410

20,600

4,610 

4,280 

6,740 

4,690 

2,370 

8,850 

6,190 

1,940 

6,390

20,600

Peak discharge (base, 13,000 sec. -ft. ) .--Oct. 8 (1O:30

100 

100 

980 

980 

690

480 

720 

370 

240 

100

040 

980 

910 

850 

850

850 

780 

780 

780 

780

720 

720 

650 

640 

640

720 

660 

580 

570 

540

May

1,650 

1,660 

2,370 

1,980 

1,640

1,570 

1,460 

1,520 

1,460 

1,420

1,440 

1,440 

1,460 

1,460 

1,640

1,480 

1,350 

1,320 

,310 

,430

,300 

,120 

,310 

1,290 

1,320

1,430 

1,360 

1,310 

1,720 

1,550 

2,070

Minimum

1,660 

1,760 

1,650

1,400

2,100 

1,850 

1,780 

1,540 

1,120 

1,150 

911 

1,070 

1,230

911

June

2,440 

1,570 

1,540 

2,710 

5,270

2,390 

1,720 

3,160 

9,850 

5,630

4,280 

2,720 

2,240 

1,980 

1,780

1,720 

1,720 

1,550 

1,320 

1,430

1,330

1,400 

1,400 

1,330 

1,190

1,200 

1,200 

1,150 

1,150 

1,180

Mean

3,481 

2,688 

2,457

3,257

2,599 

2,283 

2,419 

2,060 

1,511 

2,285 

2,070 

1,359 

2,440

2,304

July

 ,740 

,440 

,170 

,260 

,220

1,600 

1,910 

1,330 

1,080 

911

1,140 

2,310 

2,800 

2,370 

6,190

6,150 

3,100 

2,300 

1,980 

1,720

1,510

1,460 

1,510 

1,780 

2,100

2,650 

2,300 

2,240 

1,780 

1,610 

1,500

Aug.

,420 

,310 

,210 

,210 

,230

,230 

,140 

,140 

,080 

,070

,160 

,180 ,080- 

,180 

,550

,650 

,780 

,500 

,780 

1,940

1,380 

1,210 

1,160 

1,070 

1,090

1,830 

1,790 

1,460 

1,320 

1,390 

1,580

Per square 

mile

3.39 

2.62 

2.39

3.17

2.53 

2.23 

2.36 

2.01 

1.47 

2.23 

2.02 

1.32 

2.38

2.25

a.m.) 24,300 sec. -ft.

Sept.

6,080 

6,390 

3,170 

2,370 

2,510

2,040 

1,980 

5,640 

6,170 

4,440

2,940 

2,370 

-~ 2,240 

1,980 

1,780

1,720 

1,610 

1,560 

1,550 

1,500

1,440 

1,400 

1,380 

1,350 

1,270

1,300 

1,240 

1,260 

1,230 

1,280

Runoff in 

inches

3.91 

2.92 

2.76

43.08

2.92 

2.32 

2.72 

2.24 

1.70 

2.49 

2.33 

1.52 

2.66

30.49
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 227

South Beaverdam Creek at Dewy Rose, Ga.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 34°11' ) long. 82°57', at bridge on county road 1 mile northeast of 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 1950.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 189 second-feet Sept. 9; maximum gage height, 

3.BU feet Nov. 1, from graph based on gage reading's; minimum discharge observed, 12 

second-feet on July 5, 6, 10, 11.

1942-50: 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 March to September and poor October to February. Gage read twice

Discharge, In secona-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oot.

41

41

41

41

41

41

52

52

49

47

45

41

37

35

34

34

35

34

31

29

26

26

34

26

25

34

32

50

47

53

79

Nov.

93

98

62

53

47

45

42

40

39

38

38

37

37

58

40

38

37

35

35

34

34

31

30

29

34

34

32

32

32

34

Dec.

34

32

29

28

27

26

37

36

34

31

29

28

29

54

58

54

52

48

41

38

38

37

36

34

32

58

79

58

52

48

46

Jan.

45

45

42

40

38

38

39

37

35

33

58

54

53

48

44

42

50

51

49

108

70

58

52

52

51

48

46

84

70

58

54

Month

Ootober ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

52

50

47

45

44

43

42

44

45

66

62

54

51

48

48

47

45

45

43

42

42

48

62

51

47

45

43

42

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

1,233

1,268

1;26%

£6,186

1 592

1 342

1,586

1,095

872

' 894

826

485

850

13,307

Mar.

52

46

42

40

52

45

58

58

54

48

45

45

79

70

54

51

49

48

46

48

49

46

45

42

41

40

40

93

62

52

46

Apr.

45

44

43

43

50

42

42

40

40

39

38

38

37

37

36

35

35

34

34

34

32

31

31

31

31

31

31

31

31

29

Maximum

79

98

79

990

108

66

93

50

84

88

70

32

103

108

May

29

29

42

32

30

29

27

26

25

25

25

25

25

29

31

25

23

23

23

23

23

23

23

22

22

21

21

21

41

25

84

Minimum

25

29

26

25

33

42

40

29

21

14

12

13

15

12

June

51

37

31

36

35

28

26

43

88

43

48

40

33

28

25

23

22

21

20

20

20

28

26

24

20

18

16

16

14

14

-

Mean

39.8

42.3

40.7

71.7

51.4

48.0

51*2

36^5

00 1 

£O» J.

29.8

26.6

15.6

28.3

36.5

July

15

14

15

13

12

13

14

14

13

12

17

58

38

25

34

70

37

31

25

20

18

16

16

58

52

48

35

28

25

22

20

Aug.

18

18

16

16

15

15

14

13

13

13

13

13

13

20

20

16

16

15

14

14

15

14

14

13

13

17

22

14

13

13

32

Per square 

mile

1.09

1.16

1.11

1.96

1.40

1.31

1.40

.997

.768

.814

.727

.426

.773

.997

Sept.

54

23

18

16

16

15

58

98

103

41

31

28

26

24

22

21

21

20

20

20

19

18

18

18

17

17

17

17

17

17

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.26

1.29

1.28

26.63

1.61

1.36

1.61

1.11

.89

.91

.84

.49

.86

13.51

Peak discharge {base, 700 see.-ft.). No peak above baae.
228 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 

Broad River near Bell, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°58', long. 82°46', at bridge on State Highway 17, 

nan 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.

Kecoras available. November 1926 to July 1932, August 1937 to September 1950.

Average aiscnarge. 16 years (1928-31, 1937-50), 1,796 second-feet.

.Extremes. maximum discharge during year, 4,420 second-feet Mar. 14 (gage height, 9.18 

reet); minimum daily, 470 second-feet Aug. 11.

1926-32, 1937-50: Maximum discharge, 79,400 second-feet (revised) Oct. 2, 1929 (gage 

height, 34.8 feet), from rating curve extended above 27,000 second-feet on basis of 

slope-conveyance studies; minimum daily, 217 second-feet Oct. 13, 1941.

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

662... ......

682. ........

697. ........

Water 

year

1927-28

1929-30

Date

Aug. 16

Oct. 2

Gage height 

(feet)

28.1

OQ r

34.8

Discharge 

(second-feet)

44 900

43,500

79,400

Remarks.--Records good. Moderate diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by small power

plants above station. 

Revisions.--Revised figures of discharge, in second-feet, for the high-water periods in

tne water years 1928-30, superseding those published in Water-Supply Papers 662, 682,

and 697, are given herewith:

Aug. 16, 1928 ..... 35,100 Mar. 5, 1929 ..... 37,200 Sept. 27, 1929 ..... 34,000 

17, 1928 ..... 39,200 6, 1929 ..... 38,800 Oct. 2, 1929 ..... 70,600

Month

October. .................

Water year 1929-30. ....

Secondroot-days

178,820

701,032

Maximum

70,600

70,600

Minimum

1,230

392

Mean

5,770

1,920

Per square

mile

4.01

1.33

Runoff In 

Inches

4. 62

18.14

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,020

990

990

990

990

990

1,280

1,620

1,340

1,150

1,060

1,040

1,040

1,020

1,040

1,020

1,180

1,310

1,230

1,090

1,040

1,020

990

990

965

1,040

1,230

1,200

1,430

1,370

2,280

Nov.

2,430

2,800

2,210

1,580

1,370

1,280

1,230

1,200

1,180

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,120

1,260

1,340

1,200

1,120

1,090

1,060

1,060

1,060

1,060

1,040

1,040

1,150

1,580

1,260

1,150

1,120

1,150

-

Dec.

1,120

1,060

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,120

1,150

1,060

1,120

1,180

1,150

1,400

1,880

2,070

1,620

1,370

1,370

1,550

1,400

1,340

1,310

1,310

1,230

1,310

2,350

2,210

1,750

1,490

1,370

Jan.

1,310

1,280

1,260

1,230

1,230

1,200

1,200

1,200

1,120

1,120

1,310

1,620

1,620

1,430

1,340

1,310

1,650

2,010

2,070

3,180

2,950

2,010

1,750

1,620

1,550

1,490

1,430

1,680

1,880

1,680

1,550

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 .........

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,490

1,430

1,400

1,340

1,280

1,260

1,280

1,550

1,460

1,720

2,010

1,750

1,550

1,520

1,680

1,550

1,400

1,310

1,280

1,260

1,230

1,260

1,720

1,620

1,370

1,310

1,260

1,200

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

35,94

39.59C

42,49(

880,58.

49.28C

40,49C

60,71(

37,85C

33.04C

36,47

29,14

20,56:

31,77

457,36:

Mar.

1,280

1,680

1 1,430

1,280

1,400

1,650

2,010

3,030

2,730

2,010

1,720

1,580

2,210

4,150

2,950

2,140

1,940

1,750

1,620

1,580

1,680

1,620

1,490

1,400

1,370

1,340

1,310

3,100

3,400

2,140

1,720

Apr.

1,580

1,550

1,490

1,430

1,550

1,750

1,520

1,400

1,340

1,280

1,280

1,260

1,230

1,200

1,180

1,150

1,120

1,150

1,180

1,200

1,180

1,150

1,120

1,120

1,090

1,090

1,120

1,060

1,040

1,040

-

Maximum

i 2,280

} 2,800

} 2,350

5 18,100

} 3,180

) 2,010

) 4,150

) 1,750

) 2,210

3 2,880

1,880

5 1,230

3 3,980

5 4,150

May

1,020

1,02C

1,750

2,210

1,340

1,120

1,040

965

915

890

890

915

915

1,040

1,490

1,200

965

890

865

840

865

865

915

890

840

915

840

790

940

1,020

1,880

Minimum

965

1,040

1,040

885

1,120

1,200

1 f 280

1,040 790'

610

547

470

565

470

June

2,880

1,490

1,090

1,310

1,880

1,720

1,120

1,340

2,430

2,880

2,350

1,550

1,200

1,040

990

915

890

815

790

745

745

840

840

790

700

655

632

610

610

632

Mean

1,160

1,32C

1,371

2,413

1 59C

1^446

1,958

1,262

1,066

1,216

94C

663

1.05S

1,253

July

588

565

547

610

790

890

790

700

610

565

722

1,400

1,880

1,230

1,040

1,230

1,200

1,020

815

790

700

632

678

1,060

1,260

1,200

1,020

1,650

1,260

890

815

Aug.

745

678

610

565

552

534

520

511

484

475

470

502

632

534

700

815

632

632

915

1,020

790

768

560

542

484

556

1,230

865

722

655

865

Per square 

mile

0.817

.930

.965

1.70

1.12

1.02

1.38

.889

.751

.856

.662

.467

.746

.882

Sept.

1,620

1,150

915

790

722

965

1,090

2,210

3,980

2,950

1,550

1,150

1,120

990

840

768

722

700

700

700

655

655

678

678

610

588

565

565

565

588

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.94

1.04

1.11

23.05

1.29

1.06

1 . 59

!99

.87

.96

.76

.54

.83

11.98

Peak discharge (base, 14,000 sec.-ft.). No peak above base.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 229

Little River near Mount Carmel, S. C.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°04', long. 82°30', 480 feet downstream from Island 

Kora .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 1950.

Average discharge. 10 years (1940-50), 225 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,760 second-feet July 25 (gage height, 8.74 

feet); minimum, 39 second-feet Sept. 6.

1939-50: 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 periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

90

86

90

90

90

90

91

97

112

96

91

90

90

a90

a90

88

88

88

88

90

90

88

88

88

86

86

90

91

94

96

142

Nov.

154

162

121

108

107

102

102

102

102

102

102

103

103

103

108

105

102

98

98

98

100

98

97

97

105

134

103

100

100

a95

-

Dec.

a95

a95

a90

a90

a85

a85

a90

a90

a90

a95

a95

a95

a95

a!60

240

192

a!07

a!30

a!20

112

107

alOO

alOO

alOO

alOO

alOO

a!60

a!40

a!30

al20

allo

Jan.

alOO

alOO

alOO

98

98

98

98

96

92

92

121

168

196

142

126

125

277

232

192

206

164

148

142

134

132

13O

128

232

306

200

188

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June ......'.......................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

162

148

144

132

123

119

123

146

132

162

190

154

138

138

148

130

121

117

115

114

112

117

178

164

130

123

119

115

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

2,864

3 212

3)58!

96 j 86J

4,663

3 81'

6j 56! 

3 j96t 3 49 c

4'osi

3*88^

1,676

2,625

44,390

Mar.

180

138

115

108

144

162

346

330

224

150

126

119

355

414

218

184

176

156

144

142

172

156

140

132

128

123

121

719

490

250

200

Apr.

184

176

168

164

174

162

148

142

140

136

134

134

128

125

123

123

121

123

125

125

121

115

114

114

112

114

110

105

103

100

-

Maximum

142

162

240

3,610

308

190

719

184

479

480

955

109

550

955

May

100

102

176

142

108

100

94

90

86

85

88

85

85

104

172

150

102

90

88

85

85

85

85

84

81

78

77

85

104

120

479

Minimum

86

95

85

82

QOyc, 

112

108

100

77

51

43

40

41

40

June

434

140

110

241

208

117

94

a90

a220

a480

a260

a!50

alOO

90

85

150

130

85

77

71

71

74

108

122

70

61

56

51

53

53

Mean

92.4

107

116

265

i J.3U ty\

136

212

132

113

135

125

54.1

87.5

122

July

53

68

50

168

69

59

89

200

72

58

86

61

63

58

63

88

75

63

53

48

45

43

46

355

955

273

150

178

134

86

75

Aug.

75

57

58

54

54

54

54

50

47

46

45

43

42

40

40

41

48

51

83

109

57

48

45

42

50

53

70

62

45

41

72

Per square 

mile

0.426

.493

.535

1.22

 691

 627

.977

 608

.521

 622

.576

.249

.403

.562

Sept.

61

52

45

42

48

41

94

327

a550

a!70

alOO

a80

a75

a70

a65

a60

a60

a55

a55

a55

a55

a50

aSO

aSO

a48

a46

a46

a44

a44

a42

Runoff in 

inches

0.49

.55

.62

16.61

.80

.65

1.13

 66

.60

.69

.66

.29

.45

7.61

Peak discharge (base, 2,500 sec. -ft.). No peak above base.

and records for Stevens Creek near Hodoc.

231536 O - 53 - 16
230 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Little River near Llncolnton, Ga.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 33°39', long. 82°29', at Raysville Bridge on State Hlghway 70, half a mile downstream from Big Creek, 2| 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 1950. 

Document 64, 74th Congress, 1st session.

June 1928 to September 1931 in House

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 9,100 second-feet Oct. 8 (gage height, 19.4 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 44 second-feet Sept. 27. 

1943-50: 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 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

107 

109 

98 

79 

89

114 

2,190 

6,070 

3,250 

2,170

533 

306 

271 

271 

271

271 

238 

223 

208 

208

208 

194 

194 

194 

194

208 

208 

158 

238 

208 

194

Nov.

271 

306 

288 

254 

223

208 

208 

223 

238 

223

223 

194 

194 

208 

194

194 

180 

180 

180 

180

180 

174 

169 

166 

306

385 

385 

288 

208 

288

Dec.

325 

288 

223 

194 

194

194 

338 

194 

180 

174

180 

194 

169 

254 

468

786 

646 

385 

364 

344

306 

271 

271 

271 

344

426 

385 

325 

288 

271 

254

Jan.

238 

238 

223 

223 

238

223 

223 

208 

208 

208

254 

306 

344 

325 

306

271 

600 

882 

646 

468

385 

364 

a330 

a310 

a290

271 

271 

271 

a270 

a270 

271

Month

Ooto 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Fsbr 

Maro 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

bar ..........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 3.949 ............

ary

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

a260 

a260 

a260 

a240 

223

a230 

a240 

254 

254 

a320

447 

364 

325 

288 

271

254 

238 

223 

223 

208

208 

238 

385 

385 

325

271 

238 

238

Secondfoot-days

19,274 

6,91£ 

9,406

209,236

9,93E 

7.67C 

24,320 

7,541 

7,93E 

6,10S 

4,291 

2,709 

3,271

109,373

Peak discharge (base, 4,500 sec. -ft.). Oet

a No gage-height record; discharge computes 

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge cc

Mar.

254 

288 

271 

426 

646

1,110 

2,050 

2,210 

1,920 

1,340

786 

468 

600 

1,740 

1,560

1,200 

600 

426 

288 

385

426 

385 

344 

344 

385

447 

426 

786 

1,070 

692 

447

Apr.

406 

385 

364 

344 

325

344 

306 

288 

254 

254

238 

223 

223 

223 

223

223 

223 

223 

223 

223

208 

208 

194 

194 

194

180 

194 

223 

208 

223

Maximum

6,070 

385 

786

6,070

882 

447 

2,210 

406 

692 

511 

511 

194 

555

6,070

. 8 (8 a.m. 

1 on basis o: 

mputed as ea

May

208

223 

578 

692 

325

288 

254 

208 

194 

194

172 

166 

174 

271 

600

426 

271 

172 

139 

142

144 

163 

344 

325 

194

194 

180 

163 

139 

121 

271

Minimum

79 

166 

169

79

208 

208 

254 

180 

212 

60 

56 

48 

44

44

June

447 

344 

238 

238 

d450

d350 

223 

223 

306 

511

406 

208 

166 

158 

155

158 

147 

142 

134 

124

112 

100 

98 

94 

94

85 

70 

60 

74 

194

Mean

622 

231 

303

573

320 

274 

785 

251 

256 

204 

138 

87.4 

109

300

July

163 

100 

81 

68 

57

56 

144 

107 

74 

65

62 

63 

160 

109 

76

139 

104 

94 

81 

67

58 

58 

56 

208 

208

254 

223 

288 

172 

385 

511

Aug.

177 

194 

155 

107 

77

63 

58 

54 

50 

48

48 

51 

54 

63 

54

51 

56 

89 

70 

109

163 

136 

87 

58 

129

102 

67 

112 

85 

74 

68

Per square 

mile

1.08 

.402 

.528

1.00

.557 

.477 

1.37 

.437 

.446 

.355 

.240 

.152 

.190

.523

9,100 sec. -ft. 

records for station near Washln 

Eplalned In footnote a.

Sept.

57 

54 

54

56 

57

58 

160 

555 

533

271

155 

126 

112 

107 

89

70 

65

62 

57 

54

51 

51 

60

g

47 

44 

51 

54 

56

Runoff in 

inches

1.24 

.45 

.61

13.52

.64

.50

1.58 

.49 

.51 

.40 

.28 

.18 

- .21

7.09

gton.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 

Stevens Creek near Modoc, S. C.

231

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°43'45", long. 82°10'55", at bridge on State Highway 23, 1.4 miles east of Modoc, McCormick County, and 3.2 miles downstream from Turkey 

Creek.

Drainage area. 545 square miles.

Records available. February 1940 to September 1950 in reports of Geological Survey. Octooer laza to September 1931 in House Document 64, 74th Congress, 1st session.

Average discharge. 10 years, 409 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,060 second-feet Mar. 7 (gage height, 14.50 

reet); minimum, 6.3 second-feet Aug. 14.

1940-50: 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 except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Slight diurnal fluctuation during low flow caused by small mills above station.

Revisions. W 1032: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

102

67

55

52

50

44

70

82

116

109

66

56

50

52

48

45

45

45

45

45

44

41

39

36

37

42

42

40

41

45

46

Nov.

62

.64

73

59

53

45

40

42

43

39

43

45

46

46

46

47

45

44

40

37

40

38

39

40

163

170

95

64

59

59

-

Dec.

58

59

53

55

48

48

50

52

53

58

59

52

56

65

132

274

178

109

95

95

93

86

82

77

69

69

77

93

82

77

69

Jan, ,

69

61

64

66

66

67

66

63

58

56

61

69

90

106

88

82

396

628

282

974

459

225

176

154

136

124

116

373

680

334

217

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

176

151

174

164

131

114

114

128

126

121

171

194

151

138

146

154

128

111

100

97

93

95

407

511

228

168

144

121

.

-

Seoondfoot-days

1,697

1 1 726

2 CO* , OcO

133,022

6,406

4,556

16,556

3,543

3 229

3*264

6,530

1,915.]

5,020

56,965.]

Mar.

118

207

217

144

222

524

k2,240

k2,850

kl,240

472

316

264

k388

1,270

550

355

313

267

230

222

498

394

298

246

217

194

178

708

842

342

230

Apr.

194

184

178

171

189

209

171

151

138

134

126

124

118

111

102

97

95

95

93

93

88

82

77

75

73

73

80

80

73

69

Maximum

116

170

274

7,860

974

511

2,850

209

600

800

1,250

297

1,460

2,850

May

59

64

388

498

184

116

87

66

58

53

44

44

43

56

67

113

85

53

44

39

37

38

40

37

38

36

36

36

70

100

600

Minimum

36

37

48

33

56

93

118

69

36

17

28

8.2

?36.V*

8.2

June

800

200

110

20O

240

140

95

80

200

220

150

100

70

60

50

80

110

50

40

36

32

30

26

22

20

21

25

23

17

17

Mean

54.7

57. E

81.4

364

207

163

534

118

104

109

211

61. t

167

156

July

37

29

35

28

k357

53

86

77

94

59

42

63

300

117

162

1,250

321

144

85

63

65

53

57

498

kl.100

498

298

150

114

217

78

Aug.

55

42

31

29

25

23

23

38

26

13

8.6

9.0

9.3

8.2

15

19

37

266

103

129

56

36

42

46

153

157

86

50

39

44

297

Per square 

mile

0.100

.106

.149

.668

.380

.299

.980

.217

.191

.200

.387

.113

.306

.286

Sept.

206

116

62

43

34

27

k420

r,460

1,080

433

178

107

83

86

62

50

45

41

38

38

27

35

65

78

52

42

36

23

27

26

Runoff in 

inches

0.12

.12

.17

9.08

.44

.31

1.13

.24

.22

.22

.45

.13

.34

3.89

Peak discharge (base, 6,000 sec. -ft.). Ho peak above base.

Note. No gage-height record May 25 to June 25j discharge computed on basis of recorded range In 

stage, weather records, and records for Little'River near Mount Cannel.
232 SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN

Augusta Canal near Augusta, Ga.

Location. Two water-stage recorders near upper end of Augusta Canal. Lower gage, lat. 

3irau'50" , long. 82°00 I 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 1950. 

Average discharge.--19 years (1931-50), 2,700 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 4,350 second-feet Mar. 15; minimum daily, 

 yBU second-feet July 30.

1930-50: 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 1949 to September 1950

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.

2,340

2,140

2,850

3,720

3,790

3,870

4,070

2,570

2,220

3,630

3,900

3,970

3,970

3,970

2,380

2,190

3,700

3,950

4,010

4,030

3,940

2,630

2,140

3,550

3,880

3,920

3,930

3,810

2,590

2,210

3,650

Nov.

4,110

3,990

4,010

3,880

2,550

2,180

3,510

3,930

3,940

4,040

4,000

2,520

1,810

3,610

3,830

3,950

3,950

3,950

2,520

2,100

3,520

3,770

3,890

3,830

3,200

fl,300

f600

3,640

3,930

3,900

-

Dec.

3,900

3,940

2,850

2,160

3,600

3,690

3,820

3,810

3,910

2,680

2,170

3,600

3,840

3,970

4,170

4,080

2,970

2,240

3,710

3,970

4,070

3,950

3,220

2, BIO

1,980

1,950

3,600

4,030

3,980

3,970

2,660

Jan.

2,160

3,550

3,790

3,970

3,970

3,970

2,710

2,020

3,710

3,900

3,970

3,930

4,030

3,090

2,170

3,700

3,940

3,970

4,050

3,990

2,630

2,040

3,620

3,790

3,920

4,070

4,070

3,050

2,150

3,840

4,070

Month

October ..........................

Novsmber .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

Psbruary

March ............................

April ............................

Bay..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ................... ....

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

4,070

3,970

3,800

2,770

2,070

3,690

3,900

3,970

3,990

4,090

2,840

1,980

3,700

3,970

4,010

4,090

4,140

2,700

1,960

3,570

3,900

4,040

4,110

4,170

2,810

2,240

3,590

3,800

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

103, 52C

99.96C

104, 70C

1,212,27C

107, 84C

97,94C

109, 90C

101, 07C

103, 66C

95.97C

86, 13C

89,13C

92.90C

1,192,72C

Mar.

3,850

3,810

3,90O

2,690

2,020

3,710

3,350

4,130

3,970

3,800

2,830

2,000

3,760

4,250

4,350

3,890

3,780

2,780

2,030

3,840

4,150

4,150

4,170

4,110

2,730

2,050

3,720

3,990

4,230

4,030

3,830

Apr.

2,630

1,960

3,640

3,930

4,050

4,070

4,090

2,790

2,090

3,610

3,870

3,950

3,970

3,930

2,850

2,270

3,660

3,750

3,830

3,940

3,930

2,790

2,020

3,640

3,840

3,870

3,900

3,800

2,570

1,830

-

Maximum

4,070

4,110

4,170

4,310

4,070

4,170

4,350

4,090

4,170

4,200

4,110

3,720

3,970

4,350

May

3,470

3,740

3,920

4,170

4,090

2,400

2,070

3,420

3,540

3,660

3,750

3,850

2,500

2,070

3,580

3,820

3,770

3,730

3,820

2,610

2,040

3,440

3,060

3,540

3,830

3,900

2,630

1,960

3,410

3,900

3,970

Minimum

2,140

600

1,950

600

2,020

1,960

2,000

1,830

1,960

1,990

380

400

550

380

June

4,010

3,890

2,470

f 2 , 000

f3,500

C4.200

f4,200

f3,700

f3,600

C2.600

f2,100

f3,300

f3,700

f3,800

C3.700

3,730

2,510

1,990

3,380

3,440

3,430

3,660

3,650

2,680

2,100

2,770

2,410

2,740

3,410

3,300

-

Mean

3,339

3,332

3,377

3,321

3,479

3,498

3,545

3,369

3,344

3,199

2,778

2,875

3,097

3,268

July

2,150

1,990

2,020

1,960

1,960

1,930

1,860

1,940

1,940

3,020

2,420

2,930

3,920

4,040

2,700

2,000

3,380

3,890

3,880

3,920

3,850

fl,900

f440

3,720

4,110

4,110

4,070

4,000

f2,100

f380

3,600

Aug.

3,720

3,440

3,660

3,690

f 1,600

f400

2,870

2,390

2,400

3,240

3,020

2,490

1,980

2,940

2,290

2,290

3,520

3,690

2,630

2,190

3,330

3,460

3,080

3,190

,3,410

2,450

2,180

3,470

3,200

3,220

3,690

Per square 

mile

Sspt.

5,840

2,400

2,090

2,130

3,440

3,850

3,970

3,870

2,670

2,560

3,540

3,890

3,740

3,720

3,690

f2,000

f550

3,610

3,450

3,560

3,720

3,610

2,620

2,140

3,280

3,300

2,450

3,420

3,280

2,710

-

Runoff in 

inches

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge computed from partly estimated gage heights.
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN 233

Brier Creek at Millhaven, Ga.

Location. Wire-weight gage lat. 32°56'00", long. 81°39'05", at highway bridge on post road 

at Millhaven, Screven County, 8j miles upstream from Beaver Dam Creek. Datum of gage 

IB 95.88 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. 

Prior to June 7, 1950, staff gage at site 200 feet downstream at same datum.

Drainage area. 656 square miles.

Records available.--April 1937 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 13 years, 682 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,200 second-feet Mar. 16, computed on basis of 

records for station nearby; minimum observed, 117 second-feet Aug. 15, 16.

1937-50: 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 State Highway Department.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Sage read twice dally. Slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by gristmills 

above station.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

340 

340 

330 

330 

340

340 

350 

360 

380 

400

430 

460 

520 

600 

800

1,000 

1,100 

1,000 

700 

550

500 

460 

430 

410 

400

400 

400 

410 

420 

440 

460

Nov.

470 

490 

500 

500 

500

500 

500 

490 

480

455

450 

440 

430 

420 

420

420 

420 

420 

420 

420

420 

420 

430 

430 

440

450 

460 

480 

500 

540

Dec.

560 

580 

580 

560 

540

530 

520 

500 

490 

490

490 

500 

520 

540 

560

600 

620 

660 

700 

740

780 

800 

789 

780 

770

760 

730 

700 

660 

640 

620

Jan.

610 

600 

600 

590 

580

570 

560 

560 

550 

540

540 

540 

530 

530 

520

520 

520 

520 

520 

520

520 

520 

520 

530 

530

528 

530 

530 

530 

520 

510

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

ber ..........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary .

1. ...........................

ember ..................... . .

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

500 

500 

500 

490 

480

480 

480 

480 

480 

480

480 

480 

490 

500 

510

520 

530 

530 

530 

530

520 

520 

520 

530 

540

560 

580 

610

Second 

foot-days

15,400 

13,715 

19,309

295,079

16,788 

14,350 

26,288 

14,542 

10,131 

9,457 

9,116 

5,18= 

9,371

163,652

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 sec. -ft. No pe

Note. No gage-height record dot. 1 to Nov.

Mar.

630 

660 

680 

700 

760

810 

850 

880 

873 

850

840 

860 

900 

1,000 

1,100

1,200 

1,100 

1,000 

950 

900

950 

940 

900 

860 

840

800 

760 

720 

700 

661 

614

Apr.

614 

614 

614 

661 

710

710 

661 

637 

591 

569

569 

548 

509 

473 

455

438 

421 

405 

389 

389

389 

374 

359

345 

345

345 

345 

359 

359 

345

Maximum

1,100 

540 

800

2,690

610 

610 

1,200 

710 

405 

491 

548 

290 

614

1,200

May

389 

374 

374 

359 

331

317 

303 

331 

359 

359

331 

266 

233 

243 

243

266 

278 

290 

317 

331

331 

303 

290 

290 

317

359 

374 

389 

405 

405 

374

Minimum

330 

420 

490

317

510 

480 

614 

345 

233 

158 

149 

117 

176

117

June

491 

455 

455 

421 

421

438 

455 

405 

389 

421

491 

4O5

345 

345 

345

331 

303 

303 

254 

233

203 

194 

185 

176 

167

167 

158 

158 

176 

167

Mean

497 

457 

623

808

542 

512 

848 

485 

327 

315 

294 

167 

312

448

July

158 

158 

167 

158 

158

149 

149 

194 

203 

203

243 

278 

331 

374 

359

359 

421 

528 

548 

491

473 

421 

421 

421 

303

243 

213 

213 

223 

266 

290

Aug.

290 

266 

243 

223 

203

185 

167 

149 

140 

132

132 

140 

132 

124 

124

117 

124 

132 

140

149

158 

185 

176 

158

158

167 

158 

158 

185 

185 

185

Per square 

mile

0.758 

.697 

.950

1.23

.826 

.780 

1.29 

.739 

.498 

.480 

.448 

.255 

.476

.683

Sept.

185 

185 

203 

213 

233

254 

374 

438 

438 

455

455 

455 

528 

591 

614

528 

405 

345 

303 

254

213 

213 

194 

194 

185

185 

185 

185 

176 

185

Runoff in 

inches

0.87 

.78 

1.10

16.74

.95 

.81 

1.49 

.82 

.57 

.54 

.52 

.29 

.53

9.27

ak above base. 

9, Nov. 11 to Dec. 22, Dec. 24 to Jan. 25, Jan. 27 to

Mar. 8, Mar. 10-29; discharge computed on basis of records for Ogeeohee River at Scarboro.
234 OGEECHEE RIVER BASIN

Ogeechee River at Scarboro, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°42'40", long. 81°52'45", at county highway bridge 

at Scarboro, Jenkins County, 3j miles downstream from Sculls Creek, 6§ miles upstream 

from Horse Creek, and 7f miles southeast of Millen. 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 193? to September 1950.

Average discharge.--13 years, 1,787 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,430 second-feet Mar. 19 (gage height, 7.26 

reet); minimum, 206 second-feet Aug. 16.

1937-50: 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 except those below 400 second-feet, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Mar. 16)

0.4 242 5.0

2.0 462 6.0

3.0 640 6.8

4.0 860 7.3

1,160

1,550

2,020

2,490

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

640

640

640

621

6O2

602

621

640

640

660

700

720

76O

81O

860

970

1,160

1,470

1,650

1,600

1,39O

1.1OO

860

760

720

6 SO

660

640

640

660

680

Nov.

720

740

785

785

810

785

785

785

785

785

760

740

720

7OO

680

680

660

660

660

680

680

660

660

660

700

700

720

720

720

760

-

Dec.

810

835

860

885

910

885

860

835

810

785

785

760

760

760

810

835

885

91O

970

1,030

1,100

1,160

1,200

1,240

1,240

1,270

1,240

1,240

1,200

1,100

1,030

Jan.

1,000

1,000

97O

970

97O

970

970

940

910

885

885

885

885

885

885

885

91O

910

940

970

970

1,000

1,000

970

970

97O

970

97O

970

970

94O

Month

October ..........................

Novembe r .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Hater year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

910,

885

885

860

860

860

860

835

835

810

810

835

835

835

860

885

885

910

970

970

970

97O

94O

910

910

940

l.OOO

1,060

_

-

Secondfoot-days

25,79( 

21 , 68

30,00(

688,90'

29 32!

2s!o9!

52 23)

Sz'.lQi

15^80'

14 j 37"

10, 6 1C 

14.7H

293,18

Mar.

1,100

1,130

1,160

1,200

1,230

1,310

1,310

1,350

1,430

1,470

1,550

1,650

1,710

1,770

1,890

1,950

2,170

2,320

2,430

2,320

2,170

2,020

1,950

1,950

1,890

1,890

1,770

1,650

1,55O

1,510

1,430

Apr.

1,390

1,

1,'

1,'

590

130

130

1,470

1,510

1,-

1,

1*<

550

300

00

1,550

1,470

1»:

1,

l.i

S50

>70

>00

1,130

1,060

i.c

c

>3O

)70

)10

885

835

£ 10

85

6O

76O

740

'

Maximum

1,650 

810

3 1,270

) 7,970

1,000

1,060

2,430

1,600

860

835

760

) 565 

t 760

2,430

20

00

00

00

-

May

700

700

700

680

660

621

602

583

583

583

602

602

529

478

462

432

462

529

583

621

680

720

740

700

660

660

700

760

810

835

860

Minimum

602

660

760

583

810

1,100 

700

432

294

255

255 

307

255

June

835

740

660

640

640

640

640

680

700

700

700

680

621

565

529

565

565

547

478

417

388

374

360

340

320

307

294

294

294

294

-

Mean

72'

968

1,887

946

896

1,685

1,124

640

521

464

342

490

803

July

281

288

281

268

255

255

274

281

300

353

402

417

432

478

529

565

565

602

640

700

740

760

720

621

529

494

462

447

447

462

529

Aug.

Per square 

mile

0.429

.373 

.499

.973

.488

.462

.869

.579

.330

.272

.239

.176 

.253

.414

565

547

511

462

462

447

402

340

307

288

281

281

262

255

262

255

255

274

274

268

294

314

333

333

326

320

320

333

353

346

340

Sept.

346

340

3 2O

307

326

333

402

511

583

621

680

740

760

760

760

760

760

720

640

547

462

402

374

346

333

326

320.

314

314

307

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.49

.42

.58

13.19

.56

.48

1.00

. 65

. 38

.30

.28

.20 

.28

5.62

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 sec.-ft.). No peak above base.
OGEECHEE RIVER BASIN 235

Ogeechee River near Eden, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°10', long. 81°25', 600 feet downstream from 

bridge on U. S. Highways 25, 80, and 280,' 2 miles west of Eden, Effingham County, 

2 miles upstream from Seaboard Air Line Railroad bridge, and 3 miles upstream from 

Black Creek. 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 1937 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 13 years, 2,319 second-feet.

Extremeg. Maximum discharge during year, 3,800 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 8.1 

reecj; minimum, 310 second-feet Aug. 17.

1937-50: 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 1949 to September 195O

Day

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.

766

753

72O

720

688

6S8

688

720

852

1,080

1,190

1,220

1,220

1,160

1,120

1,020

951

918

918

951

984

1,080

1,220

1,400

1,560

1,600

1,480

1,220

1,020

918

852

Nov.

918

951

984

984

984

951

918

918

918

918

918

885

885

885

885

852

819

786

753

753

720

720

720

720

753

786

819

885

885

918

-

Dec.

885

S52

852

852

852

852

885

918

918

951

951

984

951

918

918

951

1,020

1,080

1,120

1,120

1,120

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,190

1,220

1,260

1/300

1,330

1,360

1,400

Jan.

1,400

1,4OO

1,400

1,360

1,300

1,220

1,190

1,160

1,160

1,120

1,120

1,120

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,080

1,080

1,120

1,120

1,120

1,120

1,160

Month

Ootober ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,120

1,080

1,080

1,050

1,020

984

984

984

984

984

984

984

984

984

984

984

984

984

1,020

1,020

1,050

1,080

1,120

1,080

1,050

_

_

-

Secondfoot days

31,69"

25,79]

32,49(

968,322

35,50C

29,042

64.37C

48.24E

22.05C

19,68'

i J.O A ,£Ol 9m

14 752

4li89£

383, 77E

Mar.

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,050

1,160

1,330

1,440

1,600

1,720

1,800

1,880

1,880

1,880

1,930

1,930

2,080

2,230

2,380

2,490

2,610

2,670

2,670

2,730

2,790

2,850

2,920

2,850

2,730

2,610

2,550

2,550

Apr.

2,49O

2,380

2,230

2.OSO

1,980

1,980

1,980

1,980

1,980

1,930

1,930

1,880

1,880

1,84O

1,840

1,760

1,680

1,560

1,440

1,330

1,260

1,190

1,120

1,050

984

951

918

885

885

852

-

Maximum

r i , eoo

984

5 1,400

8,900

) 1,400

1,160

2,920

2,490

852

984

918

852

3,800

3,800

May

819

819

802

786

770

753

736

72O

704

688

672

656

656

656

656

624

608

576

56O

56O

560

592

624

704

7S6

819

852

852

802

819

819

Minimum

688

720

852

688

1,050

984

1,020

852

560

364

343

310

448

310

June

819

S52

885

984

984

S85

786

736

720

704

704

720

720

720

720

720

672

624

624

608

592

560

512

464

432

432

400

376

370

364

-

Mean

1,022

86C

1,048

2,653

1,145

1,037

2,076

1,608

711

656

589

476

' 1,397

1,051

July

346

376

400

352

343

352

349

512

480

464

448

448

560

688

704

608

576

592

640

656

672

672

688

720

802

885

918

885

770

704

640

Aug'.

592

576

592

592

592

560

512

496

480

448

400

385

346

340

331

325

310

319

346

331

325

325

325

355

448

704

852

786

624

560

576

Per square 

mile

0.386

.325

.395

1.00

.432

.391

.783

.607

.268

.248

.222

.180

.527

.397

Sept.

624

608

544

528

672

1,020

1,880

2,990

3,510

3,800

3,420

2,670

2, ISO

1,800

1,560

1,480

1,440

1,360

1,330

1,300

1,220

1,120

984

802

640

560

496

464

448

448

-

Runoff; in 

inches

0.44

.36

.46

13.58

.50

.41

.90

.68

.31

.28

.26

.21

.59

5.40

Peak diBoharge (base. 5.000 sec.-ft.).--No peak above base.
236 OGEECHEE RIVER BASIN

Canoochee River near Claxton, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°11 I 05 I , long. 81°53'25", 400 feet above bridge 

(corrected) on State Highway 73, 2 miles northeast of Claxton, Evans County, and 10 

miles upstream from Lotta Creek. Prior to Oct. 20, 1949, staff gage at same site and 

datum.

Drainage area.--555 square miles.

Records available. May 1937 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--13 years, 438 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,710 second-feet Sept. 9 (gage height, 8.9 

reet); minimum dally, 2.3 second-feet June 16-18, 24, 25.

1937-50: 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 fair. Gage read twice dally Oct. 1-19. 

Revisions (water years).--W 1112: 1939-41, 1944.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

4

5

10

14 

15

20

21

22

23 

?4

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

121

103

92

84

70

61

88

135

152

130

112

117

117

128 

119

108

92

84

70

59

50

44

37 

32

31

31

31

30 

31

44

101

Nov.

164

183

169

114

82

66

56

52

50

48

46

44

40

37 

33

32

30

26

25

23

24

24

22

21

27

32

42

4652 '

74

Dec.

90

84

66

54

46

42

40

36

36

33

32

33

40

97

145

149

149

152

142

130

114 

99

84

80

82

84 

82

72

63 .

Jan.

57

56

54

50

50

50

48

46

46

80 

78

74

63

68

63

54

49 

46

46

44

43

38

36

Month

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

March ............................

April ............................

July .............................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

36

36

43

59

54

48

36

32

36 

43

50

50

50

43 

43

43

42

36

_

-

Secondfoot-days

2,504

1,684

2,426

159,654

1,657

1,209

8,112

4,940

648.5

11,623

41,374.3

Mar.

37

42

43

42

72

198

255

363

296

260 

247

338

413

350

286

229

208

193

206

244

255

Apr.

265

260

244

213

286

426

438

338

247

206

181

152

130 

112

97

90

84

74

68

57

44

36 

31

33

57

68

66 

76

86

"

Maximum

152

183

152

2,130

80

59

487

475

112

1,680

1,680

May

112

78

54

36

27

21

18

15

13

22

26

27

24

18 

14

12

14

16

13

12

10

a.e

8.C 7.;

7.

6.

6.

5. 

5.

5.

8.

Minimum

30

21

32

21

36

32

37

31

5.1

2 3

31

2.3

June

8.8

8.8

7.2

8.0

8.0

7.2

5.6

5.6

5.1

4.6

4.2

4.6

4.6

3.2 

2.7

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

) 2.7 

' 2.3

2 2.3

D 2.7

3.2

3.2 

3.7

3.7

Mean

80.8

56.1

78.3

437

53.5

43.2

262

165

20.9

387

113

July

3.2

3.7

6.5

5.1

4.2

4.6

22

145

278

173

166

229

224

188 

142

126

166

142

130

166

137

133

166 

171

171

181

273

286

Aug.

164

_149

140

90

54

36

25

17

13

11

9.5

11

9.5

8.8 

11

7.2

8.8

63

159

154

108

68

43 

38

40

68

84

140 

133

110

Per square 

mile

0.146

.101

.141

.787

.096

.078

.472

.297

.008

.254

.121

.697

.204

Sept.

105

121

137

151

208

413

900

1,450

1,680

1,540

1,070

641

463

438 

400

325

247

203

169

164 

164 140'

117 

110

52

42

35

31

33

"

Runoff in 

inches

0.17

.11

.16

10.68

.11

.08

.54

.33

.04

.01

.29

.14

.78

2.76

Peak discharge [base 1,800 sec.-ft .) .--No peak above base.
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 237

South River near McDonough, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°30', long. 84°01', at Butler Bridge, a quarter 

or 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 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 605 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,460 second-feet Sept. 9 (gage height, 13.6 

Feet); minimum daily, 168 second-feet July 10, 11.

1939-50: 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 1949 to September 195O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

ae

29

30

31

Oct.

829

219

217

221

229

240

567

369

279

264

253

246

250

255

244

851

1,360

534

393

346

323

301

290

279

379

290

290

29O

290

sea

334

Nov.

455

393

312

290

290

279

279

279

279

279

279

279

279

290

290

279

268

268

268

268

268

268

268

279

405

442

323

312

301

312

-

Dec.

290

290

279

279

279

268

301

381

312

301

323

323

312

405

695

740

455

393

393

369

346

346

393

418

334

334

357

346

323

312

301

Jan.

301

301

301

301

301

301

301

301

279

290

622

520

418

381

369

346

405

418

381

442

405

369

357

346

381

357

346

334

346

334

323

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

llaroh ............................

April ............................

liav may ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ............................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

323

312

312

301

301

290

357

665

442

891

1,200

680

548

534

591

468

430

405

393

381

369

4O5

650

468

4O5

381

369

357

.

_

-

Secondfoot-days

10,833

9 08'

11*198

*?'*\? RR"

t- tjt- » ' "' *

11,177

13; 22f

18,359

9,940 

'10,07:

12, 67f

15,659 

11 82{

18^410

152,462

Mar.

381

455

369

357

576

6 2O

680

1,020

923

620

520

481

850

1,760

830

680

606

520

481

455

455

442

418

393

418

405

393

800

591

455

405

Apr.

393

393

381

381

43O

393

357

346

346

334

334

334

323

312

312

312

301

301

312

312

301

290

301

301

290

357

323:

290

290

290

-

Maximum

1,360

455

740

7,160

622

1,200

1,760 

430

695

1,910

2, 620

1,580

4,420

4,420

May

301

346

695

562

369

323

290

279

268

268

268

259

334

430

442

301

268

.279

264

301

312

346

357

301

268

253

240

231

231

240

445

Minimum

217

268

268

217

279

290

357 

290

231

177

168

177

190

168

June

405

268

334

591

1,340

520

357

357

1,910

1,080

507

393

346

323

312

279

253

240

229

242

229

229

238

211

197

185

179

177

468

279

-

Mean

349

303

361

637

361

472

592

331

325

423

505 

382

614

418

July

195

181

177

170

172

185

233

207

176

168

168

357

346

334

290

878

2,620

710

576

405

346

369

369

818

507

357

814

710

1,510

830

481

Aug.

4O5

369

312

279

257

248

240

225

219

209

205

323

301

253

323

250

250

225

266

 246

215

191

181

177

177

1,580

1,200

1,060

494

468

680

Pe'r square 

mile

0.800

. 695

.828

1.46

828

l!o8

1.36

7CQ /Da

 745 [970 1.16 

 876

1.41

.959

Sept.

77O

562

405

346

323

301

768

4,420

3,300

923

665

546

481

442

405

357

334

a310

a290

aZ70

aZ60

a250

a240

a230

a220

aZIO

a200

a!90

a!90

a200

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.92

. 78

.95

19.85

.95

1.12

1.57

.85

 86

1*08 i 34

i!oi

1.57

13.00

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 sec. -ft.).-- Sept. 9 (2 a.m.) 5.460 sec. -ft.

Yellow River near Covlngton.

Flint River near Griffin and
238 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 

Ocmulgee 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.

Records available. May 1906 to September 1915, August 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--11 years (1939-50), 1,793 second-feet (unadjusted).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 12,000 second-feet Sept. 9 (gage height, 9.35 

reet); minimum daily, 462 second-feet Nov. 5.

1906-15, 1939-50: Maximum discharge, 56,600 second-feet Nov.. 28, 1948 (gage height, 

23.9 feet); minimum daily, 18 second-feet Nov. 20, 1910.

Maximum stage known, 26.8 feet Dec. 11, 1919, from graph, based on gage readings 

(discharge, 69,000 second-feet, by computation of flow over dam).

Remarks. Records good. Flow regulated by Lloyd Shoals Reservoir and power plant. Lloyd 

STToals Reservoir, completed in 1910, has usable capacity of 77,000 acre-feet.

Cooperation. Records of monthly reservoir contents furnished by Georgia Power Co. 

Revisions (water years). W 892: Drainage area. W 952 : 1912(M) . W972: 1942.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

4.1 

4.4 

4.7

420

700

1,070

4.9 

5.2 

8.1

1,370

1,890

8,840

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

876

649

1,460

1.230

974

1,500

1,880

1,880

613

1,530

1,560

1,050

1,260

1,440

1,010

705

1,980

2,410

2,010

2,390

2,020

862

586

1,930

1,800

1,660

1,800

1,500

694

593

1,350

Nov.

1,780

1,620

1,660

1,610

462

776

1,500

956

1,070

1,610

1,420

588

595

904

1,030

954

767

966

602

534

1,210

1,000

986

613

724

1,240

618

1,340

1,380

966

-

Dec.

944

1,050

624

614

1,180

1,160

1,200

940

908

654

654

989

1,310

1,030

1,510

1,700

2,030

850

1,970

1,160

1,350

832

1,010

998

993

667

619

926

1,140

1,380

1,360

Month

October. ...............

November. ..............

December. ..............

Calendar yaar 1949 . .

January ................

March. ............... s ,

April... ...............

May. ...................

June ...................

July. ..................

August .................

September. .............

Water year 1949-50 ..

Jan.

619

1,

1,

1,<

260

L10

no

1,110

1,370 1,'

( 1,'

L70

336

L20

840

1,030

1,'

1,

1,

140

L50

210

631

1,560

1»<

(

1,<

380

312

)10

1,770

792 r

1,<

1,

^77

530

240

1,650

1,410 '

(

(

1»<

f32

392

308

370

1,110

Secondfoot-days

43,093

31,380

33,651

744,884

33,429

35,914

63,119

39 311

25 548

35)552

28,394

31,267

50,499

451,056

Feb.

1,220

1,130

1,770

984

647

1,340

1,610

1,810

1,850

1,410

1,070

646

1,110

1,190

1,700

1,810

1,040

. 971

906

1,590

1,180

1,060

1,300

1,640

852

848

1,470

1,760

_

-

Mar.

1,320

1,240

1,270

860

990

1,510

1,940

2,000

2,530

2,620

2,980

791

3,240

2,470

3,060

3,040

2,980

2,970

2,970

2,940

3,220

2,140

1,980

1,920

1,740

608

1,740

2,090

2,000

1,960

2,000

Apr.

1,910

606

1,810

1,830

1,790

1,460

1,770

1,830

610

1,180

1,400

' 1,550

1,830

2,070

1,320

636

1,770

1,040

990

1,160

670

935

606

1,500

1,800

862

1,580

1,400

648

658

-

Observed

Maximum

3,410

1,780

2,030

14,500

1,770

1,850

3,060

2,070.

1,580

2,320

2 ,650

1,560

8,700

8 ,.700

Minimum

586

462

614

462

608

646

608

606

534

575

531

538

481

462

Mean

1,390

1 ,046

1,086

3,041

1,078

1 , 283

2,036

1 *824 307

1,185

916

1,009

1,683

1,236

May

1,580

1,410

1,370

1,340

1,420

647

668

1,370

1,300

890

658

680

645

674

576

601

734

680

606

544

534

576

633

620

646

781

606

645

917

568

740

June

693

658

610

634

1,780

2,030

1,840

1,140

3,040

2,320

1,760

1,920

1,840

1,620

1,640

1,480

1,120

578

1,010

766

714

802

866

788

575

927

1,050

934

878

659

-

Change In

contents In .

Lloyd Shoals 

Reservoir

-22,800

-10,500

+5,400

-31,500

+8,100

+13,000 _i_ x 400 -15)700 +12,500

-2,400

+8 400 -9)400 -400

-9,400

July

1

1

1

2

2

3

Adju

re

Mean

1,019

870

1,174

1,997

1,310

1,517

2 ,108

1 043

l)o27

1,145

1,053

856

. 1,676

1,223

598

592

596

578

880

060

664

531

554

742

716

641

870

670

610

564

696

857

763

100

050

729

537

952

890

708

724

933

650

330

610

Aug.

1,000

553

602

993

910

538

1,210

1,250

1,130

1,360

1,330

948

539

1,320

1,430

1,380

1,560

1,450

989

570

1,430

1,540

1,390

1,300

607

548

564

766

824

634

602

Sept.

707

528

481

550

526

524

1,860

2,760

5,450

8,700

4,320

2,950

705

1,040

1,730

639

694

1,460

1,380

1,550

1,500

1,430

1,130

530

1,380

1,220

1,160

1,410

1,330

965

-

ited for change In

jervolr contents .'

Per square 

mile

0.718

. 613

. 827

1.41

.852

1.07

1 . 48

.735

723

'.306

.742

1 603

1.18

.861

Runoff In 

Inches

0* 83

68

95 r "

19.08

.98

1.11

1.71

 82

* 83

.90

.86

.70

1.32

11.69
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 239

Ocmulgee River at Macon, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°51' , long. 83°34' , at Fifth Street Bridge in

 Macon, Bibb County, ij miles upstream from Walnut Creek. Datum of gage is 269.80 feet

above mean sea. level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. 

Drainage area. 2,240 square miles. 

Records available. January 1893 to September 1913, October 1931 to September 1950. Gagc-

 height records collected at same site since 1895 are contained in reports of U. S.

Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 37 years (1893-1911, 1931-50), 2,807 second-feet 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 9,340 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 15.0

 feet); minimum daily, 695 second-feet Aug. 7, Sept. 4,5. '

1893-1913, 1931-50: Maximum discharge, 83,500 second-feet Nov. 29, 1948 (gage height, 

28.0 feet); minimum daily, 192 second-feet Nov. 9, 16, 23, 1931; minimum gage height observed, -1.0 foot Oct. 5. 1904.

Flood of Feb. 28, 1929, reached a stage of 26.1 feet (discharge, 70,000 second-feet). 

A stage 1 inch lower, as determined from floodmarks,'was reached Jan. 19, 1925, at Central of Georgia Railroad bridge 500 feet downstream 

Remarks. Records good. Flow regulated by Lloyd Shoals Reservoir (see p. 238 for change

in monthly contents) and power plant above station. 

Revisions.--W 822: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Mar. 29)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 29 Mar. 30 to Sept. 30

4.8 785 4.2 6?0 

5.6 1,180 4.8 990 

7.4 2,220 10,0 4,320 

10.6 4,320 12.0 5,820 

12.8 6,180 13.7 7,500

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

'2524 

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

995 

1,180 

925 

1,500 

1,340

1,180 

1,560 

1,920 

1,920 

925

1,500 

1,620 

1,230 

1,340 

1,500

1,150 

925 

2,160 

2,480 

2,220

2,410 

2,100 

1,070 

830 

1,920

2,100 

1,740 

1,860 

1,560 

948 

875

Nov.

1/500 

1,920 

1,740 

1,860 

1,800

785 

970 

1,680 

1,280 

1,230

1,740 

1,560 

875 

830 

1,120

1,230 

1,150 

1,040 

995 

830

785 

1,400 

1,370 

1,200 

970

970 

1,260 

948 

1,420 

1,680

Dec.

1,230 

1,200 

1,230 

900 

852

1,340 

1,620 

1,620 

1,230 

1,120

925 

925 

1,180 

1,450 

1,800

2,540 

2,220 

2,100 

1,260 

2,160

1,620 

1,680 

1,420 

1,400 

1,200

1,230 

1,100 

1,100 

1,400 

1,500 

1,560

Jan.

1,450 

970 

1,340 

1,450 

1,450

1,420 

1,740 

1,370 

970 

1,400

1,400 

1,740 

2,100 

1,680 

1,500

995 

1,860 

2,100 

1,180 

1,450

2,100 

1,120 

1,070 

1,400 

1,620

1,860 

1,680 

1,120 

948 

900 

1,310

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Jami 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter. year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,400 

1,500 

1,400 

1,920 

1,150

9OO 

1,420 

1,920 

1,920 

2,280

2,910 

2,160 

1,560 

1,8OO 

1,620

1,980 

2,160 

,500 

,340 

,180

,800 

,450 

1,680 

1,860 

1,920

1,150 

1,070 

1,620

Seoondfoot-days

46,983 

38,136 

44,112

1,037,957

44,692 

46.57C 

108, 38C 

57,88C 

38.66C 

46.45E 

33,736 

38.57C 

61,475

605,651

Mar.

1,980 

2,160 

1,800 

1,740 

Jc5,290

Jc5,400 

6,180 

5,890 

5,100 

4,180

3,970 

3,360 

1,620 

3,560 

4,110

4,180 

4,110 

3,970 

3,700 

3,420

3,560 

3,160 

2,780 

2,720 

2,600

2,220 

1,260 

3,620 

4,180 

3,410 

3,150

Apr.

3, 

2, 

1, 

2, 

2,

2, 

2, 

2, 

2, 

1,

1, 

2, 

2, 

2, 

2,

1, 

1, 

2,

1,

1,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

2, 

1, 

2, 

1, 

1,

Maximum

2,480 

1,920 

2,540

18,500

2,100 

2,910 

6,180 

3,020 

2,040 

2,820 

2,500 

2,630 

7,500

7,500

Peak discharge (base, 14,000 sec. -ft.). No peak above

020 

630 

320 

560 

760

500 

170 

370 

300 

200

780 

040 

240 

430 

690

680 

170 

240 

590 

530

620 

140 

260 

020 

850

240 

500 

040 

910 

080

May

1,020 

2.04C 

1,980 

2,04C 

1,780

1,720 

990 

96C 

1,59C 

1,590

1,29C 

1.02C 

99C 

1.08C 

1.08C

96C 

99C 

1.08C 

1.02C 

96C

87C 

90C 

1,29C 

1,11C

1.05C

1,050 

1,11C 

87C 

1.53C 

1.53C 

1.17C

MlniHno

830 

785 

852

785

900 

900 

1,260 

1,020 

870 

745 

720 

695 

695

695

June

1,230 

1,050 

1,020 

960 

1,050

2,040 

2,300 

2,560 

2,630 

2,630

2,820 

2,370 

2,240 

2,110 

1,910

1,980 

1,780 

1,440 

820 

1,200

1,110 

960 

990 

1,020 

900

745 

1,020 

1,170 

1,170 

1,230

_

Mean

1,516 

1,271 

1,423

2,844

* 1,442 

1,663 

3,496 

1,929 

1,247 

1,548 

1,088 

1,244 

2,049

1,659

July

845 

745 

720 

720 

720

990 

1,350 

930 

720 

720

900 

 930- 

870 

1,050 

870

795 

820 

930 

1,080 

990

1,290 

1,290 

1,200 

1,260 

1,320

1,200 

1,080 

1,050 

1,420 

2,500 

2,430

Aug.

2,630 

1,140 

820 

820 

1,080

1,050 

695 

1,290 

1,410 

1,350

1,470 

1,440 

1,080 

720

1,350

1,530 

1,530 

1,680 

1,590 

1,140

745 

1,410 

1,530 

1,470 

1,410

770 

770 

960 

1,050 

1,260 

1,380

Per square 

mile

0.677 

.567 

.635

1.27

.644 

.742 

1.56 

.861 

.557 

.691 

.486 

.555 

.915

.741

base.

Sept.

1,500 

1,230 

745 

695 

695

' 745 

1,300 

4,670 

4,390 

7,500

7,380 

4,250 

2,950 

1,110 

1,350

1,850 

845 

870 

1,590 

1,620

1,720 

1,590 

1,680 

1,290 

770

1,350 

1,380 

1,350 

1,560 

1,500

Runoff in 

inches

0.78 

.63 

.73

17.22

.74 

.77 

1.80 

.96 

.64 

.77 

.56 

.64 

1.02

10.04

Jc Discharge computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor.
240 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 

nawKinsvllle. Pulaski County, a quarter of a mile downstream from Southern Railway 

bridge arid 2t miles downstream from Jordon Creek. Datum of gage is 189.56 feet above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area.--3,800 square miles.

Records available.--January 1944 to September 1950 in reports of Geological Survey. January iyaa 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, 9,030 second-feet Mar. 13 (gage height, 13.0 

ileet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 1,190 second-feet July 5,6.

1944-50: Maximum discharge, 68,000 second-feet Dec. 2, 1948 (gage height, 34.4 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, that of July 5, 6, 1950.

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. 238 for change in 

montnly contents) and power plant above station. Gage read once a day.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.0

4.0

8.0

11.0

13.0

1,190

2,410

5,080

7,250

9,030

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

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.

1,960

2,020

1,840

1,780

1,780

2,020

2,020

2,080

2,480

2,540

2,28O

2,020

2,220

2,280

2,080

2,080

2,080

1,900

1,900

2,600

2,930

3,000

3,060

2,740

2,080

2,080

2,930

3,380

3,380

3,060

2,860

Nov.

2,280

2,080

2,480

2,740

2,800

2,800

2,600

1,960

1,960

2,280

2,220

2,220

2,410

2,280

1,840

1,780

1,900

2,020

1,960

1,900

1,840

1,660

1,660

2,020

2,150

2,080

1,960

2,020

2,220

2,020

-

Dec.

2,340

2,410

2,150

2,080

2,020

1,780

1,780

2,220

2,740

2,800

2,480

2,220

1,960

1,960

2,410

3,060

3,520

3,840

3,900

3,900

3,580

 3,380

3,120

2,930

2,740

2,540

2,410

2,340

2,280

2,220

2,280

Jan.

2,540

2,540

2,480

2,080

2,280

2,410

2,480

2,480

2,540

2,340

2,150

2,340

2,600

2,930

3,190

3,120

2,800

2,410

2,930

3,060

2,740

2,800

2,860

2,410

2,220

2,540

2,670

2,800

2,670

2,280

2,020

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January .......................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ................. .........

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

2,020

2,280

2,410

2,480

2,670

2,670

2,220

2,080

2,410

2,860

3,190

3,380

3,580

3,780

3,710

3,450

3,190

3,190

3,190

2,930

2,540

2,480

3,320

3,710

3,780

3,640

3,450

2,860

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

73,46(

64,14(

81,39(

1,737,85(

79,71C

83.47C

171, 10C 

98 , 26'

62 ,25C

70,57C

50, 3U 

54,14C

72,37C

961,170

Mar.

2,540

2,930

3,260

3,450

4,040

4,660

4,870

5,150

5,500

6,060

7,750

8,840

9,030

8,560

7,750

7,010

6,270

5,920

5,920

5,990

5,920

5,780

5,570

5,150

5,080

4,800

4,660

4,660

4,730

4,590

4,660

Apr.

4,870

5,080

5,150

4,940

4,590

4,040

3,900

3,840

3,710

3,640

3,320

2,860

2,800

2,930

3,060

3,190

3,190

2,930

2,540

2,740

2,540

2,340

2,150

2,020

1,960

2,150

2,800

3,120

2,930

2,930

Maximum

3 3,380

3 2,800

3 3,900

3 17,500

3,190

3,780

9,030 

) 5,150

2 , 670

3,520

2,220 

2, BOO

4,940

9,030

May

2,670

2,080

2,020

2,600

2,740

2,740

1,540

2,340

1,720

1,660

2,020

2,020

1,780

1,600

1,660

1,780

1,840

1,780

1,720

1,660

1,660

1 1,660

1,660

1,840

2,340

2,280

1,900

1,720

1,840

1,900

2,480

Minimum

1,780

1,660

1,780

1,600

2,020

2,020

2,540

1,960 

1,600

1,300

1,190 

1,240

1,300

1,190

June

2,930

2,930

2,670

2,340

2,220

2,080

2,080

2,670

3,060

3,320

3,450

3,520

3,450

3,380

3,120

2,860

2,670

2,540

2,280

1,96O

1,600

1,720

1,600

1,540

1,480

1,480

1,360

1,300

1,420

1,540

Mean

2,37C

2 1 136

2,625

4,761

2 57]

2 ) 93]

5 51 e

3*275

2 , OO6

2,352

1 )623 

1,746

2,412

2,633

July

1,480

1,420

1,300

1,240

1,190

1,190

1,240

1,780

2,220

2,150

1,600

1,480

1,540

1,540

1,480

1,540

1,480

1,480

1,480

1,600

1,660

1,660

1,780

1,840

1,840

1,960

1,960

1,780

1,720

1,660

2,020

Aug.

2,600

2,800

2,800

2,020

1,480

1,480

1,480

1,420

1,240

1,600

1,660

1,660

1,780

1,720

1,480

1,300

1,660

1,900

2,020

2,080

1,960

. 1,600

1,360

1,720

1,840

1,840

1,780

1,420

1,360

1,480

1,600

Per square 

mile

0. 624

.563

.691

1.25

. 677

. 784t

1.45

. 862

 528

. 619

.427

.459

.635

.693

Sept.

1,720

1,840

1,900

1,780

1,420

1,300

1,300

1,5*0

2,280

3,060

3,450

3,710

3,900

4,310

4,800

4,940

3,970

2,670

1,720

1,600

1,960

2,080

2,150

2,220

2,150

1,840

1,480

1,720

1,780

1,780

Runoff in 

inches

0.72

.63

.80

17.01

. 78

82

1 . 67 

. 96

.61

. 69

.49

.53

.71

9.41

Peak discharge (base, 15,000 aee.-ft.). No peak above base.
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 241

Ocmulgee 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.

Hecords available. October 1936 to September 1950. Gage-height records collected at 

same site since 1908 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 14 years, 5,736 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 10,200 second-feet Mar. 19, 20 (gage height, 10.0 

reet}; minimum 1,930 second-feet Aug. 12.

1936-50: Maximum discharge, 70,000 second-feet Dec. 8, 1948; maximum gage height 

22.7 feet Dec. 9, 1948; minimum discharge, 1,310 second-feet Oct. 21, 1938 (gage height, 

0.07 foot).

Maximum stage know, 26.3 feet Jan. 21, 1925.

Remarks. Records good. Flow regulated by Lloyd Shoals Reservoir (see p. 238 for monthly 

change in contents) and power plant above station.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 3, June 7 to Sept. 30)

1.4 1,990 

3.0 3,030 

5.0 4,500 

7.0 6,400 

10.0 1O.2OO

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

2,630 

2,630 

2,630 

2,700 

2,700

2,630 

2,560 

2,700 

2,890 

3,030

3,030 

3,170 

3,310 

3,310 

3,170

3,030 

3,O3O 

2,890 

2,820 

2,760

2,700 

2,630 

2,890 

3,100 

3,240

3,310 

3,310 

3,100 

2,960 

3,310 

3,660

Nov.

3,960 

4,030 

4,030 

3,730 

3,380

3,310 

3,380 

3,450 

3,450 

3,310

3,030 

2,890 

2,960 

2,96O 

2,960

3,030 

3,O30 

2,760 

2,630 

2,630

2,700 

2,630 

2,560 

2,560 

2,500

2,440 

2,630 

2,700 

2,760 

2,760

Dec.

2,760 

2,820 

2,820 

2,890 

2,960

2,890 

2,760 

2,700 

2,560 

2,500

2,700 

2,960 

3,100 

3,100 

3,030

2,960 

3,030 

3,240 

3,590 

3,800

4,030 

4,100 

4,260 

4,260 

4,180

4,O30 

3,800 

3,660 

3,450 

3,310 

3,240

Jan.

3,100 

3,030 

3,030 

3,100 

3,170

3,100 

2,960 

2,960 

3,O3O 

3,030

3,100 

3,100 

3,100 

3,030 

3,100

3,170 

3,380 

3,450 

3,520 

3,450

3,310 

3,310 

3,450 

3,380 

3,310

3,310 

3,170 

3,030 

3,100 

3,240 

3,380

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

ember ........................

ter year 1949 50 ............

Feb.

g3,380 

g3,170 

3,030 

2,890 

2,960

3,030 

3,100 

3,100 

3,170 

3,030

2,960 

3,100 

3,310 

3,520 

3,730

3,880 

4,030 

4,100 

4,100 

3,960

3,8OO 

3,730 

3,660 

3,450 

3,310

3,520 

3,730 

3,960

Seoondfoot-days

91.83C 

91.15C

101, 49C

2,410,67C

98,90C 

96.71C 

208, 81C 

141, 86C 

85,64C 

93.38C 

83,63C 

73.61C 

85.49C

1,252,50C

Mar.

4,030 

4,100 

3,960 

3,590 

3,660

4,100 

4,500 

4,860 

5,130 

5,400

5,600 

5,800 

6,100 

6,520

7,120

7,960 

9,120 

9,820 

10,200 

10,200

9,960 

9.40O 

8,560 

8,080 

7,720

7,360 

7,120 

7,000 

7,360 

7,360 

7,120

Apr.

6, 

6, 

6, 

6, 

6,

6, 

6, 

6, 

6, 

5,

5, 

5, 

4, 

4, 

4,

4, 

3. 

3, 

3, 

3,

3, 

3, 

3, 

3, 

3.

3, 

3, 

3, 

3, 

3,

Maximum

3,660 

4,030 

4,260

19,200

3,520 

4,100 

1O.20O 

6,880 

3,730 

3,960 

3,880 

3,100 

4,260

10.2OO

Peak discharge (base, 15,000 sec. -ft .) .--No peak above

880 

640 

520 

400 

520

640 

640 

400 

200 

800

400 

130 

950 

680 

340

O3O 

880 

880 

880 

880

800 

590 

450 

380 

240

170 

030 

030 

100 

380

May

3,590 

3,730 

3,730 

3,590 

3,240

3,030 

3,100 

3,240 

3,240

3,170

2,960 

2,630 

2,500 

2,560 

2,630

2,560 

2,440 

2,370 

2,370 

2,440

2,370 

2,370 

2,310 

2,310 

2,240

2.24O 

2,37O 

2,560 

2,630 

2,560 

2,56O

Minimum

2,560 

2,440 

2,500

2,440

2,960 

2,890 

3,590 

3,030 

2,240 

2,110 

2.O5O 

1,990 

2.O5O

1,990

June

2,560 

2,630 

2,890 

3,170 

3,310

3,380 

3,310 

3,170 

3,170 

3,310

3,380 

3,590 

3,730 

3,880 

3,960

3,960 

3,960 

3,810 

3,660 

3,450

3,240 

3,030 

2,760 

2,500 

2,370

2,370 

2,300 

2,240 

2,180

2,110

Mean

2,962 

3,038 

3,274

6,605

3,190 

3,454 

6,736 

4,729 

2,763 

3,113 

2,698 

2,375 

2,850

3,432

July

2,O50 

2,050 

2,300 

2,370 

2,370

2,300 

2,300 

2,630 

3.03O 

2,76O

2,960 

3,170 

3,030 

2,700 

3,170

3,730 

3,880 

3,310 

2,760 

2,500

2,370 

2,300 

2,370 

2,500 

2,500

2,500 

2,560 

2,760 

2,820 

2,820 

2,760

Aug.

2,700 

2,760 

2,820 

2,960 

3,100

3.10O 

2,760 

2,370 

2,180 

2,110

2,050 

1,990 

2,050 

2,110 

2,240

2.24O 

2,240 

2,110 

2,050 

2,180

2,300 

2,440 

2,500 

2,440 

2,300

2,180 

2,180 

2,300 

2,370 

2,300 

2,180

Per square 

mile

0.572 

.586 

.632

1.28

.616 

.667 

1.30 

.913 

.533 

.601 

.521 

.458 

.550

.663

base.

Sept.

2,050 

2,050 

2,050 

2,180 

2,300

2,440 

2,630 

2,560 

2,370 

2,240

2,240 

2,560 

3,030 

3,310 

3,450

3,590

3,730 

4,000 

4,100 

4,260

4,180 

3,310 

2,700 

2,630 

2,700

2,700 

2,700 

2,630 

2,500 

2,300

Runoff in 

inches

0.66 

.65 

.73

17.32

.71 

.69 

1.50 

1.02 

.61 

.67 

.60 

.53 

.61

8.98

g Computed from graph based on staff-gage readings.
242 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Altamaha River near Baxley, Ga.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 31°56'20", long. 82°21'25", at bridge on U. S. Highway 

1, b miles downstream from Bullards Creek, 2-J- miles upstream from Bay Creek, and 12 

miles north of Baxley, Appling County. Datum of gage Is 61.51 feet above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Georgia State Highway Department).

Drainage area. 11,600 square miles.

Records available. August 1949 to September 1950.

Extremes. 1949: Maximum discharge during period August to September. 23,300 second-feet 

sept. 2 (gage height, 13.5 feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 

6,060 second-feet Sept. 30.

1949-50: Maximum discharge during water year, 21.400 second-feet Mar. 21, 22 (gage 

height, 12.9 feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 3,220 secondfeet Aug. 13, 14, 20.

Flood of Dec. 10, 1948, reached a stage of 25.1 feet, from floodmark.

Remarks . --Records good'. Gage read once a day.

Rating table, Aug. 14, 1949, to Sept. 30, 1950 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 15, 1949, to Mar. 1, 1950)

3.1 3,220

5.2 5,920

7.5' 9,360

9.5 13,000

11.5 17,400

13.5 23,300

Discharge, In second-feet, 1949-50 

1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug.

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

.

9,200

10,200

9,200

7,640

7,640

7,490

7,340

7,940

9,200

10,900

12,200

13,000

13,200

13, 400

14,400

16, 700

19,100

21,100

Sept.

22,700

23, 300

23,000

22,300

21,700

21,100

20,500

19,300

17,700

16,200

15,300

14,800

14,400

14,200

14, 200

14, 000

13,400

11,800

10,600

9,530

8,560

7,940

7,940

8,240

8,240

8,090

7,490

6,760

6,480

6,060

-

Peak discharge (base, 25,000 see.-ft.). No peak above base.
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 243

Discharge, In second-feet, of Altamaha River near .Baxley, Ga., 1949-50 Continued

1949-50

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

1718'

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

5,920

5,780

5,780

5,640

5,500

5,370

5,340

5,370

5,920

6,620

7,640

8,880

9,700

10,000

8,560

7,190

6,620

6,340

6,060

5,780

5,640

5,640

5,780

5,920

6,060

6,660

5,920

5,780

5,780

6,800

'6,760

Nov.

7,490

7,790

7,790

7,640

7,490

7,340

7', 040

6,760

6,620

6,340

6,060

5,780

5,640

5,500

5,500

5,500

5,500

5,370

5,240

5,110

5,110

5,110

4,980

4,850

4,850

4,850

4,850

4,980

5,500

5,780

-

Dec.

5,780

5,500

5,500

5,370

5,370

5,370

5,240

5,110

4,980

4,980

4,980

5,240

5,640

5,640

5,640

5,780

6..200

6,760

7,790

8,720

9,200

8,880

8,560

8,400

8,090

7,790

7,490

7,190

6,900

6,760

6,620

Jan.

6,620

6,480

6,340

6,200

5,920

5,920

5,920

5,780

5,640

5,640

5,640

5,780

5,780

5,920

6,200

6,620

6,760

6,900

7,040

6,760

6,900

7,040

7,190

7,340

7,490

7,340

7,190

6,900

6,620

6,620

6,620

Feb.

6,760

6,760

6,620

6,340

6,060

6,060

6,060

6,200

6,200

6,060

5,920

6,200

6,620

7,340

8,090

8,560

8,720

8,560

8,400

8,090

7,790

7,490

7,190

6,900

7,040

7,340

7,790

8,240

_

-

- -

Mar.

8,400

8,400

8,090

7,790-

7,790

8,560

9,530

10, 700

11, 600

12,800

13,600

14, 400

15, 300

16,200

17,400

19,100

20,200

20,800

21, 100

21,100

21,400

21,100

20,500

18,800

16,700

15, 300

14, 400

13,800

13,800

14,200

14,400

Apr.

14,400

14, 600

15,10p

15,300

15, 100

14, 400

13,800

13,000

12,600

12,000

11,300

10,600

9,870

9,360

8,880

8,400

7,940

7,490

7,340

7,340

7,190

7,040

6,760

6,480

6,340

6,200

6,060

5,920

6,060

6,200

-

Bay

6,480

6,760

6,620

a, 480

6,340

5,920

6,200

6,620

6,620

6,200

5,780

5,240

4,850

4,720

4,720

4,720

4,720

5,370

6,060

5,920

5,370

4,980

4,850

4,850

4,980

6,200

6,900

6,760

6,060

5,500

5,110

June

4,980

5,110

5, 640

6,340

7,340

7,790

7,490

6,900

7,040

7,490

7,640

7,790

8,090

8,400

8,240

7,790

7,190

6,760

6,340

5,920

5,500

5,110

4,850

4,460

4,070

3,940

3,940

3,940

3,820

3,580

-

July

3,340

3,460

4,070

4,720

4,330

3,940

3,940

4,070

4,720

4,850

4,720

5,110

5,240

4,850

4,720

5,780

7,190

7,040

6,200

5,640

5,240

4,980

4,720

4,720

4,720

4,590

4,720

5,110

5,640

6,200

6,200

Aug.

6,340

6,760

7,040

6,760

6,200

5,640

5,240

4,590

4,070

3,580

3,460

3,340

3,220

3,340

3,340

3,340

3,460

3,460

3,340

3,220

3,460

3,700

3,940

3,940

3,940

3,700

3,580

3,580

3,580

3,58Q

3,580

Sept.

3,480

3,340

3,340

3,340

3,580

3,820

4,590

5,240

5,370

5,240

5,500

6,480

7,340

7,840

7,190

6,780

6,480

6,340

6,200

6,060

6,060

5,640

4,590

4,070

3,940

3,940

3,940

3,940

3,820

3,580

Peak discharge (base,-25.000 sec.-ft.). Ho peak afcove fcase.

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1949-50

Month

September ........................

Water year ............

December .........................

Calendar year ............

April. ...........................

May..............................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 .............

Secondfoot-days

209 850

415, 830

.....201.470

199,400

457,260

293,070

150,830

2,527,430

Maximum

23,300

....... 9^.200

8,720

21,400

15,300

6,900

7,190

7,640

21,400

Minimum

6,060

____.. 4,_ge_o_

5,920

7,790

5,920

3,340

3,220

Mean

13,860

 J 6,.4.99-

7,121

14,750

9,769

5,028

6,924

Per square 

mile

1.19

512

...... .,5.60..

.614

1.27

.842

.433

.597

Runoff in 

inches

1.33

............ fi5

.64

1.46

.94

.48

8.10
244 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Altamaha River at Doctortown, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°39', long. 81 0 50', at Atlantic Coast Line Railroaa Drldge 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 1950. Gage-height records collected at

same site since 1925 are contained In reports of U. S. Weather Bureau. 

Average discharge. 19 years, 13,340 second-feet. 

Kxtrernes.--Maximum discharge during year, 23,400 second-feet Mar. 22-24 (gage height, 6.3

feet); minimum observed, 3,120 second-feet Aug. 22.

1931-50: 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 except those for periods of no gage-height record and those above

HT7UOO second-feet, which are fair. 

Revisions.--W 822: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 19 to Aug. 24, Sept. 4-7)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 31 Apr. 1 to Sept. 30

1.2 5,040 5.0 13,100 -1.2 3,12O 4.6 11,400 

2.8 7,300 5.6 17,200 .8 5,200 5.0 13,1OO 

4.0 9,700 6.3 23,400 2.8 7,760 5.6 17,200 

4.6 ll',300 . 4.2 10,200

Discharge, in- seconds-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

7,300 

6,820 

6,520 

6,370 

6,230

6,090 

6,090 

5,810 

5,810 

5,810

6,370 

7,140 

8,000 

8,800 

9,4OO

9,400 

8,800 

7,820 

7,140 

6,670

6,230 

6,090 

5,950 

5,950 

6,090

6,090 

6,090 

5,950 

5,950 

5,810 

6,090

Nov.

6,820 

7,470 

8,000 

8,200 

8,200

8,000 

7,820 

 7,640 

7,300 

7,140

6,820 

6,670 

6,230 

5,950 

5,810

5,810 

5,680 

5,680 

5,680 

5,550

5,420 

5,290 

5,160 

5,160 

5,040

5,040 

5,040 

5,040 

5,160 

5,420

Dec.

5,680 

5,810 

5,950 

5,810 

5,680

5,680 

5,680 

5,550 

5,420 

5,290

5,160 

5,160 

5,290 

5,550 

5,810

6,090 

6,230 

6,520 

6,980 

7,640

8,400 

8,800 

9,200 

9,200 

9,200

9,000 

8,800 

8,400 

8,200 

7,820 

7,470

Jan.

7,300 

7,140 

6,980 

6,820 

6,670

6,b20 

6,520 

6,370 

6,230 

6,090

6,090 

6,090 

6,090 

6,230 

6,230

6,520 

6,820 

6,980 

7,140 

7,300

7,140 

7,140 

7,300 

7,300 

7,470

7,470 

7,470 

7,470 

7,140 

6,980 

6,820

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 ............

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

6,820 

6,820 

6,820 

6,820 

6,520

6,370 

6,230 

6,230 

6,090 

6,230

6,230 

6,090 

6,090 

6,370 

6,980

7,640 

8,200 

8,600 

8,60O 

8,400

8,400 

8,000 

7,820 

7,470 

7,140

6,980 

7,140 

7,470

Secondfoot-days

208, 68C 

188, 24C 

211, 47C

6,066,50C

211, 83( 

198, 57( 

479, 02C 

340, 9 7C 

183, 06C 

185, 33C 

176, 71C 

142, 8 1C 

221, 06C

2,747,75(

Mar.

7,820 

8,200 

8,400 

8,200 

8,200

.8,400 

8,800 

9,400 

10,200 

11,000

11,700 

12,600 

13,700 

15,000 

15,700

17,200 

18,000 

19,600 

20,500 

21,400

22,400 

23,400 

23,400 

23,400 

22,400

21,400 

20,500 

18,800 

17,200 

16,400 

15,700

Apr.

15, 

15, 

15, 

15, 

16,

16, 

17, 

17, 

16, 

15,

14, 

13, 

12, 

11, 

10,

10, 

9, 

9,

8, 

8,

7, 

7, 

7, 

7, 

6,

6, 

6, 

6, 

6, 

6,

Maximum

) 9,400 

) 8,200 

) 9,200

) 51, 700

) 7,470 

) 8,600 

) 23,400 

17,200 

) 6,910 

) 7,910 

) 7,760 

) 7,180 

) 13,000

) 23,400

Peak discharge (base, 30,000 sec. -ft.) . No peak above

700 

700 

700 

700 

400

400 

200 

200 

400 

700

300 

700 

600 

700 

700

200 

620 

080 

560 

O70

910 

760 

460 

180 

910

910 

650 

520 

520 

520

May

6,65C 

6,78C 

6,91C 

6,91C 

6,78C

6,65C 

6,28C 

6,28C 

6,52C 

6,65C

6,40C 

6,04C 

5.56C 

5.20C 

4,98C

4,87C 

4,87C 

4,87C 

5,20C

5,68C

5,800 

5,560 

5,320 

5,200 

5,090

5,090 

5,680 

6,280 

6,520 

6,400 

6,040

Minimum

5,810 

5,040 

5,160

5,040

6,090 

6,090 

7,820 

6,520 

4,870 

4,100 

3,900 

3,120 

3,400

3,120

June

5,680 

5,320 

5,320 

5,560 

) 6,040

6,650 

7,320 

7,460 

7,180 

6,910

6,910 

7,040 

7,180 

7,320 

7,610

7,910 

7,910 

7,460 

7,040 

6,650

6,280 

5,800 

5,440 

5,200 

4,870

4,540 

4,320 

4,210 

4,100 

4,100

Mean

6,732 

6,275 

6,822

16,62C

6,832

7,092 

15,450 

11,370 

5,905 

6,178 

5,70C 

4,607 

7,369

7,528

July

4,000 

4,000 

3,900 

4,320 

4,980

4,980

4,760 

4,980 

5,800 

5,800

6,400 

6,400 

6,280 

6,160 

5,920

5,800

6,040 

7,180 

7,760 

7,320

6,650 

6,160 

5,800 

5,440 

5,440

5,440 

5,440 

5,440 

5,680 

6,040 

6,400

Aug.

6,650 

6,650 

6,910 

7,180 

7,040

6,650 

6,160 

5,680 

5,200 

4,650

4,210 

4,000 

3,800 

3,700 

3,600

3,600 

3,600 

3,800 

3,800 

3,400

3,210 

3,120 

3,300 

3,700 

a4,000

a4,200 

a4,400 

a4,500 

a4,300 

a4, 000 

a3,800

Per square 

mile

0.495" 

.461 

.502

1.22

.502 

.521 

1.14 

.836 

.434 

.454 

.419 

.339 

.542

.554

base.

Sept.

a3,600 

a3,400 

a3,500 

3,900 

4,980

6,400 

8,560 

all, 000 

a!3,000 

a!3,000

12,100 

11,000 

10,000 

9,620 

9,440

9,260 

8.7SO 

8,230 

7,910 

7,610

7,320 

36,800 

a6,400 

a5,900 

a5, 600

a5,200 

a5,000 

a4, 800 

a4, 500 

a4,300

Runoff in 

inches

0.57 

.51 

.58

16.61

'.58 

.54 

1.31 

.93 

.50 

.51 

.48 

.39 

.60

7.50

other stations in basin.

iorded range in stage and records for

Note. Discharge computed from graph based on daily gage readings by TT. S. Weather Bureau June 6 

to July 27, Aug. 20-24, Sepfc'. 4-7, 11-13.
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 245

Yellow River near Snellville, Ga.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 33°51 f , long. 84°05', at county highway bridge, 85 miles west

 of Snellville, Gwinnett County, 4 miles downstream from Sweetwater Creek, 6 ? miles 

northeast of town of Stone Mountain, and 1\ miles upstream from Stone Mountain Creek.

Drainage area. 144 square miles.

Records available. October 1942 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,030 second-feet Sept. 8 (gage height, 7.65

 i'eet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 25 second-feet July 9, 11 

(gage height, 0.89 foot).

1942-50: Maximum discharge, 6,580 second-feet Nov. 29, 1948 (gage height, 19.4 

feet, from floodmark); 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 1949-50 (gage height. In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 8 to Feb. 8)

0.9 26 1.5 105

1.1 45 1.8 169

1.3 71 2.2 267

3.0 502

4.5 1, 320

6.8 1,750

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

3ff

31

Oct.

65

64

65

67

67

328

192

109

91

82

77

82

79

77

77

169

192

138

113

100

91

85

84

81

77

129

94

94

98

131

158

Nov.

158

121

105

96

91

87

87

84

84

84

84

82

84

158

94

87

85

81

81

84

81

77

77

77

125

91

87

84

85

84

-

 Dec.

81

77

77

77

77

77

91

91

84

91

111

101

101

144

216

180

140

127

138

121

115

113

169

146

121

129

142

129

121

109

105

Jan.

101

101

98

98

94

94

101

91

89

94

192

146

131

125

119

121

169

192

180

267

192

169

146

138

131

123

131

169

158

142

133

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

. Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April....... .....................

Hay..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

125

121

129

115

109

105

192

180

241

392

323

241

204

216

204

169

158

144

138

131

125

169

216

169

144

133

125

123

_

-

-

Secondfoot-days

3,35

2,78,

3,60

82,27'

4,23

4,84

G,48

3,39

3,27

3,80'

' 2,08

3,04

5 * 53

46, 43-

liar.

158

146

133

127

169

158

295

337

295

216

192

169

484

606

380

254

216

180

169

158

146

146

136

129

131

129

129

254

169

129

140

Apr.

Maximum

> 328

5 158

L 216

I 2,000

5 267

L 392

D 606

5 180

3 337

t SZ?

5 309

L 486

5 1,750

I 1,750

133

133

129

131

180

169

138

129

123

119

115

113

105

105 10:

101

101

101

101

98

94

92

98

91

105

123

98

91

87

89

-

to September 1950

May

87

1

3

1

21

23

39

127

103

31

31

77

77

74

1

1

74

13

17

103

82

71

37

77

91

76

98

34

77

70

60

1(

!

56

)5

32

38

337

Minimum

64

77

77

64

89

105

127

87

56

36

26

31

50

26

June

410

180

204

527

309

180

129

158

228

169

129

101

89

84

77

71

68

63

58

56

101

64

57

55

46

41

39

38

37

36

-

Mean

108

92.8

116

225

137

173

209

113

106

127

67.3

98.1

184

127

July

35

33

31

31

31

30

32

30

26

27

27

61

60

64

68

84

74

52

45

39

38

52

51

98

1Z9

82

146

98

309

117

85

Aug.

Per square 

mile

0.750

.644

.806

1.56

.951

1.20

1.45

.785

.736

.882

.467

.681

1.28

.882

76

76

64

52

44

47

42

39

35

31

33

37

35

158

241

87

57

87

125

89

 61

43

37

33

157

486

323

146

91

84

125

Sept.

Ill

92

82

77

60

52

363

1,750

1,020

366

204

146

117

96

84

77

74

74

71

67

63

60

65

57

53

51

50

50

52

51

Runoff in 

inches

0.86

.72

.93

21.26

1.10

1.25

1.67

.88

.85

.98

.54

.78

1.43

11.99

Peak discharge (base, 2,100 sec.-ft.) . No peak above base.

231536 O - 53 - 17
246 ALTAMAHA 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 Zj miles northwest of Covington, Newton County.

Drainage area. 396 square miles.

Records available.--July 1944 to September 1950. September to December 1897 at approximately same site, and May 1899 to December 1901 at site 1 mile above, published as 

Yellow River at Almon.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,900 second-feet Sept. 9 (gage height, 11.5 

feet); minimum daily, 88 second-feet July 8.

1944-50: Maximum discharge, 16,200 second-feet Nov. 29, 1948 (gage height, 20.3 

feet); minimum daily, 51 second-feet Oct. 4, 1947.

Remarks .. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation caused by mill dam above station. 

Revisions (water years). W 1112: 1945(M), 1946.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-16, June 7 to Sept. 7, Sept. 11-30)

0.8 80 5.4 1,180 

1.8 254 7.0 1,730 

2.8 460 9.O 2,520 

4.0 760 11.1 3,650

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September: 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

174 

151 

172 

167 

163

180 

603 

438 

282 

252

228 

221 

215 

208 

210

480 

760 

449 

332 

282

848 

230 

208 

222 

806

224 

250 

241 

239 

254 

312

Nov.

352 

342 

282 

250 

228

224 

230 

221 

213 

217

217 

203 

210 

239 

282

233 

217 

206 

192 

199

221 

206 

199 

199 

302

282 

239 

239 

228

226

Dec.

221 

206 

192 

196 

213

203 

217 

254

237 

210

245 

282 

292 

332 

494

554 

405 

352 

352 

332

312 

302 

332 

362 

322

322 

362 

342 

322 

292 

264

Jan.

273 

282 

273 

264 

264

254 

252 

254 

252 

248

373 

427 

373 

332 

332

332 

373 

405 

405 

460

460 

394 

373 

352 

352

342 

322 

322 

362 

362 

322

Month

Ooto 

Move 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Da

lendar year 194S 

ary

. . ........

h. ...........................

1 ............................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

312 

302 

302 

282 

273

282 

312 

449 

394

667

844

616 

518 

494 

518

460 

405 

362 

352 

352

332 

352 

494 

449 

373

352 

342 

312

Seoondfoot-days

8,601 

7,098 

9,323

203,745

10,391 

11,502 

17,181 

9,246 

8,979 

10,592 

6,635 

7,096 

15,665

122,309

Mar.

332 

394 

352

312 

416

438 

494 

788 

733 

578

483 

449

926 

1,690 

1,070

760 

616 

530 

483 

460

449

427 

405 

384 

384

373 

384 

603 

603 

460 

405

Apr.

384 

362 

373 

362 

384

438 

373 

342 

312 

332

322 

312 

302 

292 

282

264 

292 

282 

273 

282

264 

264 

245 

273 

264

292 

292 

273 

264 

250

Maximum

760 

352 

554

3,770

460 

844 

1,690 

438 

706 

1,200 

460 

788 

3,650

3,650

May

264 

292 

449 

566 

373

302 

250 

264 

241 

230

226 

215 

239 

302 

322

264 

228 

210 

203 

302

273 

312 

322 

273 

230

206 

185 

174 

264 

292 

706

Minimum

151 

192 

192

151

248 

273 

312 

245 

174 

133 

88 

90 

158

88

June

900 

554 

373 

506 

1,200

706 

438 

449 

654 

578

427 

352 

292

264 

246

228 

217 

185 

201 

194

175 

206 

190

175 

141

163 

133 

140 

172 

133

Mean

' 277 

237 

301

558

335 

411 

554 

308 

290 

353 

214 

229 

522

335

July

122 

117 

106 

104

117

112 

116 

88 

90 

102

107 

175 

192 

197 

259

416 

254 

226 

204 

163

151 

185 

179 

416 

352

332 

273 

342 

460 

405 

273

Aug.

221 

194 

180 

165 

143

119 

136 

121 

107 

111

97 

102 

90 

117 

312

312 

384 

212

197 

210

192 

148 

126 

104 

106

573 

788 

472 

312 

273 

472

Per square 

mile

0.699 

.598 

.760

1.41

.846 

1.04 

1.40 

.778 

.732 

.891 

.540 

.578 

1.32

.846

Sept.

427 

322 

254 

243 

213

185 

484 

2,750 

3,650 

1,900

706 

483 

405

342 

292

273 

241 

248 

231 

217

204 

196 

194 

184 

189

170 

163 

158 

167 

174

Runoff in 

inches

0.81 

.67 

.88

19.14

.98 

1.08 

1.61 

.87 

.84 

.99 

.62 

.67 

1.47

' 11.49

Peak discharge (base. 5.400 seo.-ft.J.. No peak above base.
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 

Tobesofkee Creek near Macon, Ga.

247

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°48', long. 83°46', at bridge on U. S. Highway 80,

 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 1950.

Average discharge. 13 years, 193 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,290 second-feet Mar. 7 (gage height, 7.70 

 feet); minimum, 16 second-feet Aug. 15.

1937-50: 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 secondfeet Sept. 24, 1941.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1949-5O (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.3 14 2.7 55 4.4 518 

2.4 21 2.8 72 5.2 728 

2.5 30 3.0 114 7.3 1,210 

2.6 41 3.2 165

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

62 

60 

60 

60 

60

60 

110 

138 

90

74

70 

69 

65 

62 

62

64 

62 

67 

67 

65

62 

60 

58 

57 

55

65 

88 

74 

70 

70 

80

Nov.

90 

88 

74 

69 

69

67 

65 

65 

69 

69

69 

69 

67 

69 

69

65 

65 

64 

64 

65

67 

65 

65 

65 

101

112 

84

76 

74 

74

Dec.

72 

70 

69 

69 

70

70 

88 

110 

88 

78

78 

78 

78 

99 

319

313 

171 

133 

136 

128

114 

110 

110 

107

101

103 

110 

107 

99 

96 

94

Jan.

94 

94 

94 

92 

92

90 

94 

99 

90 

90

143 

186 

160 

136 

126

119 

136 

138 

126 

121

116 

112 

110 

107 

105

103 

101 

107 

103 

99 

101

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

ber.......... ................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

1. ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Peak discharge (base, 1.9OO sec

Feb.

107 

96 

94 

90 

88

86 

94 

126 

110 

164

295 

201 

160 

157 

154

. 131 

119 

110 

110 

105

101 

119 

168 

136 

116

110 

101 

96

Seoondfoot-days

2,16f 

2,17' 

3,46!

72,81!

3,48' 

3,54! 

10,44: 

3,71 

2,96f 

1,835 

1,26 

87C 

2,36!

38.29S

Mar.

141 

217 

146 

141 

986

1,210 

1,160 

964 

588 

352

280 

247 

247 

283 

223

235 

226 

195 

180 

183

189 

174 

160 

146 

152

152 

143 

397 

325 

217 

183

Apr.

168 

162 

154 

152 

183

174 

143 

136 

131 

126

124 

133 

124 

116 

114

112 

110 

107 

107 

107

101 

99 

96 

94 

94

121 

128 

105 

96 

96

Maximum

138 

I 112 

J 319

' 2,030

L 186 

5 295 

' 1,210 

5 183 

> 241 

5 116 

1 124 

3 62 

) 490

\ 1,210

May

92 

10J 

11! 10:

8(

82 

7£72

7C 

6!

6" 

54 

6£ 

82 ID82 

7C 6" 

6" 

61

24] 

186 

152 

10] 

85

72 

6E 

64 

8C 

11£ 

174

Minimum

55

64 

69

55

90 

86 

141 

94 

64 

30 

26 

17 

34

17

June

116 

> 84 

92 

5 92 

) 92

82 

74 

86 

) 92 

9 82

82 

I 72 

> 60 

! 55 

54

51 

) 55 

51 

45 

) 42

44 

42 

48 

45 

34

33 

31 

I 30 

) 32

37

I

Mean

69.9 

72.5 

112

199

112 

127 

337 

124 

95.7 

61.2 

40.9 

28.1 

78.9

105

July

34 

30 

28 

28

27

26 

29 

36 

36 

30

30 

39 

45 

38 

38

47 

62 

45 

39

36

33 

32 

47 

124 

64

41 

40 

41 

45 

39 

38

Aug.

38 

33

30 

26. 

24

22 

21 

20 

19 

18

20 

24 

21 

18 

17

24 

31 

48 

26 

39

33 

24 

21 

19 

18

24 

38 

44 

37 

31 

62

Per square 

mile

0.384 

.398 

.615

1.09

.615 

.698 

1.85 

.681 

.526 

.336 

.225 

.154 

.434

.577

Sept.

174 

78 

67 

49 

39

37 

 227 

490 

186 

110

80 

67 

58 

54 

48

44 

41 

40 

41 

39

38 

37 

52 

54 

40

37 

34 

34

36 

37

Runoff in 

inches

0.44 

.44

.71

14,89

.71 

.73 

2.13 

.76 

.61 

.37 

.26 

.18 

.48

7.82

-ft . ) . No peak above base .
248 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 1950 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. --40 years (1903-13, 1914-31, 1937-50), 1,508 second-feet.

Extremes. --Maximum discharge during year, 3,610 second-feet Mar. 14 (gage height, 9.16 

I'eet ) , minimum daily, 324 second-feet Aug. 27.

1903-31, 1937-50: 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. 

Shoals power plant.

Diurnal fluctuation and some regulation at low flow by Barnett 

Revisions (water years) .--Vf 262: 1908-9. W 822: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1949-5O (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.2 309

2.0 525

3.0 854

4.2 1,320

8.7 3,370

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

.3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

767

750

750

750

750

801

2,520

1,400

1,150

962

872

854

818

818

818

818

1,040

1,440

1,150

1,000

890

854

818

801

801

926

962

1,040

1,110

1,150

1,400

Nov.

1,800

1,660

1,570

1,360

1,150

1,040

1,000

962

925

92C

908

908

890

908

1,150

1,040

926

872

854

854

872

854

836

836

1,080

1,040

1,000

908

872

908

-

Dec.

890

854

818

818

818

818

836

872

908

854

872

926

926

1,080

1,440

1,570

1,360

1,150

1,110

1,110

1,150

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,040

1,040

1,190

1,360

1,230

1,110

1,040

Jan.

1,000

1,000

962

962

962

926

926

926

890

890

1,040

1,230

1,190

1,150

1,080

1,040

1,150

1,270

1,400

1,480

1,620

1,570

1,480

1,270

1,190

1,150

1,110

1,080

1,230

1,230

1,150

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,110

1,080

1,040

1,040

1,000

908

1,000

1,110

1,230

1,270

1,840

1,660

1,400

1,270

1,320

1,320

1,150

1,110

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,000

1,270

1,320

1,150

1,040

1,000

962

_

-

- . Seoondfoot-days

30,98C

30,91C

32.43C

646,88!

35,55

32,72(

48,84(

29,35

26,46

28,421

20,64<

13,86.

18,28

348,48

Mar.

1,000

1,190

1,360

1,150

1,270

1,320

1,700

2,020

2,110

1,840

1,570

1,400

1,620

3,370

2,570

2,110

1,700

1,530

1,360

1,320

1,360

1,270

1,190

1,150

1,110

1,080

1,080

1,880

2,020

1,750

1,440

Apr.

1,270

1,

1,

1,

1,

230

190

150

190

1,270

1,

1,

1,

230

110

080

1,040

1,000

1, 000

362

326

926

908

308

390

390

890

872

354

336

336

801

818

Maximum

2,520

) 1,800

) 1,570

5 8,790

I 1,620

3 1,840

) 3,370

5 1,270

3 1,620

3 2,060

) 1 , 880

5 617

) 1,270

3 3,370

372

336

784

784

-

May

784

818

1,270

1,620

1,190

908

818

750

733

682

699

682

666

1,040

1,530

1,040

836

733

716

633

716

801

836

750

699

666

633

617

633

649

1,320

Minimum

750

836

818

699

890

908

1,000

784

617

427

347

324

373

324

June

2,060

1,930

1,150

1,110

1,840

1,360

1,000

890

1,880

1,530

1,480

1,270

926

818

750

666

699

649

601

585

555

601

649

585

555

497

483

441

441

427

Mean

999

1,030

1,046

1,772

1,147

1,169

1,575

978

854

948

666

447

610

955

July

400

413

386

386

347

386

483

413

386

360

386

601

733

767

633

854

801

633

617

469

455

427

400

801

1,880

1,480

962

1,080

1,190

854

666

Aug.

Per square 

mile

0.917

.945

.960

1.63

1.05

1.07

1.44

.897

.783

.870

.611

.410

.560

.876

540

511

511

427

427

360

413

373

413

329

334

373

386

455

427

497

525

497

540

617

601

455

400

360

360

334

324

540

570

483

483

Sept.

784

784

601

511

455

427

540

926

1,230

1,270

1,230

1,110

767

601

585

511

455

469

455

469

455

427

455

4Z7 4'27

400

386

386

373

373

Runoff in 

inches

1.06

1.05

1.11

22.08

1.21

1.11

1.66

1.00

.90

.97

.70

.47

.62

11.86

Peak discharge (base, 6,000 see.-ft.). No peak above base.
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 249

Oconee River at Milledgeville, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°05', long. 83°13', at Mllledgeville, Baldwin

 County, 900 feet upstream from bridge on State Highway 24, half a mile upstream from 

Pishing Creek, and 4 miles downstream from partly completed Furman 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 

19UH, ana octooer 1909 to September 1923 (at Fraleys Ferry, 7 miles upstream), and 

April 1937 to September 1950 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 discharge. 35 years (1906-8, 1909-16, 1918-31, 1937-50), 3,532 second-feet.

Extremes. MakiTHSm discharge during year, 12,200 second-feet Oct. 8 (gage height, 17.4 

reet); minimum daily, 730 second-feet Sept. 28.

1903-31, 1937-50: Maximum discharge, 95,000 second-feet 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.

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation and some regulation at low flow by Barnett 

anoais power plant.

Revisions (water years). W 922: Drainage area. W 1142: 1928(M).

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-6)

6.3 730

7.2 1,320

9.0 2,70O

12.8 6,400

15.6 9,680

Discharge, in seoond-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,500

1,390

1,360

1,360

1,360

1,39O

4,920

9,240

4,8OO

3,330

2,30O

2,060

1,940

1,860

1,820

1,750

1,750

2.02O

2.46O

2,140

1,980

1,780

1,710

1,600

1,600

1,750

2,220

1,980

2,020

2,140

2,220

Nov.

2,880

3,330

2,880

2,540

2,300

2,060

1,980

1,940

1,900

1,860

1,860

1,820

1,780

1,780

1,780

2,020

1,900

1,780

1,750

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,820

2,220

2,140

1,980

1,860

1,820

-

Dec.

1,900

1,820

1,780

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,820

1,9OO

1,860

1,780

1,820

1,940

2.O20

3,060

4,4OO

3,6OO

2,970

2,620

2,540

2,460

2,380

2,300

2,220

2,220

2,220

2,300

2,540

2,540

2.38O

2,22O

Jan.

2,140

2,060

2,020

2,020

2,020

1,940

1,940

1,940

1,900

1,860

2,060

2,540

2,700

2,540

2,380

2,220

2,380

2,790

2,790

2.88O

2,970

2,970

2,880

2,70O

2,460

2,380

2,300

2,220

2,300

2,380

2,380

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January

February .........................

March

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

2,300

2,220

2,140

2,140

2,140

2.O6O

1,940

2,140

2,380

2,700

3.7OO

4,000

3,420

2.97O

2,790

2.70O

2,540

2,380

2,220

2,140

2,060

2,140

2,540

2,790

2,620

2,300

2,140

2,06O

-

_

-

Second 

foot-days

71,75

6O,53

70,45

1,427,78

73,06

69,67

141,00

64,22

67,67

64,73

48,74

32,10

42,93

806,86

Mar.

2,140

2,460

2,540

2,460

5", 780

6,930

8,660

9,680

7,590

5,600

4,500

3,800

3,800

6,3OO

7,260

6,200

4,800

3,900

3,420

3,150

3,240

3,150

2,880

2,700

2,790

2,970

2,700

4,300

6,300

5,200

3,800

Apr.

3,

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

Maximum

D 9,240

3 3,330

3 4,400

D 20,100

0 2,970

3 4,000

3 9,680

D 3,150

3 5,900

D 4 , 7OO

5 4.20O

8 2,140

4 4,200

8 9,680

150

880

790

62O

70O

7OO

620

46O

300

220

220

220

140

060

980

940

900

900

900

900

86O

780

750

750

750

75O

780

780

750

670

-

May

1,640

1,670

2,060

3,330

2,970

2,300

1,820

1,670

1,530

1,500

1,420

1,390

1,420

1,980

3,600

3,150

2,140

1,780

1,640

1,780

1,640

2,960

5,900

3,240

2,220

1,860

1,670

1,560

1,710

1,980

2,140

Minimum

1,360

1,710

1,710

1,320

1,860

1,940

2,140

1,670

1,390

980

836

766

730

730

June

3,600

4,300

3,240

2,380

2,790

3,510

2,880

2,380

2,970

4,700

3,600

2,790

2,300

1,900

1,750

1,670

1,600

1,500

1,390

1,280

1,250

1,220

1,250

1,320

1,220

1,110

1.04O

980

1,250

1,560

-

Mean

2.31E

2,01£

2,273

3,912

2,35'

2,48£

4.54E

2,14]

2,18:

2,15!

1,572

1,03

1,43]

2,21

July

1,180

980

948

885

836

842

1,080

1,220

1,040

915

885

915

1,220

1,360

1,320

1,530

1,640

1,750

1,460

1,460

1,250

1,040

1,010

1,250

1,750

2,790

2,540

2,790

3,240

4,200

3,420

Aug.

2,140

1,

1,

1,

570

590

250

1,110

1,040

515

315

355

885

816

772

790

790

980

948

1,

1,

348

L80

280

1,220

1,180

1, 140

348

355

766

790

1,

342

790

348

340

915

Per square 

mile

0.785

.684

.771

1.33

.799

.843

1.54

.726

.740

} .732

.533

> .351

.485

L .749

Sept.

980

1,390

1,390

1,110

980

855

1,390

4,100

4,200

3,700

2,620

2,140

1,900

1,600

1,280

1,180

1,080

980

98O

915

915

915

855

855

836

796

772

730

736

754

-

Runoff in 

inchea

0.9O

.76

.89

17.97

.92

.88

1.78

.81

.85

.82

.61

.40

.54

10.16

Peak discharge (base. 18.000 sec.-ft.) . No peak above base.
250 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

 at Dublin, 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. 

Records a vail able. --January 1894 to January 1898 (gage heights only), February 1898 to De-

 cember 1913 , and October 1931 to September 1950 in reports of Geological Survey. January 

1929 to December 1931 in House Decument 68, 74th Congreee, 1st session. Gage-height 

records collected at same site since 1893 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau. Average discharge. --33 years (1898-1912, 1931-50), 5,088 second-feet.

Extremes . --Maximum discharge during year, 10,900 second-feet Mar. 12 (gage height, 13.1

 feet ) ; minimum observed, 990 second-feet Sept. 29, 30; minimum gage height observed, 

1.86 feet Sept. 29.

1898-1913, 1931-50: 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 since 1893, that of Apr. 12, 13, 1936. 

Remarks . --Records good. 

Re vis Ions. --W 822: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-8, 

Oct. 12 to Dec. 15, Mar. 13-31)

1.8 960 

3.5 2,080 

8.0 5,580 

11.0 8,400 

13.0 10,800

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

2,150 

2,010 

1,800 

1,730 

1,700

1,700 

1,870 

3,100 

6,330 

7,170

5,980 

4,060 

3,180 

2,640 

2,430

2,290 

2,220 

2,150 

2,220 

2,640

2,570 

2,360 

2,150 

2,010 

1,940

2,010 

2,220 

2,570 

2,710 

2,640 

2,710

Nov.

2,860 

3,180 

3,900 

3,580 

3,260

2,860 

2,570 

2,360 

2,290 

2,290

2,290 

2,220 

2,220 

2,150

2,150

2,150 

2,220 

2,290 

2,150 

2,080

2,010 

2,010 

2,010 

2,010 

2,150

2,360 

2,570 

2,780 

2,710 

2,500

Dec.

2,430 

2,360 

2,360 

2,290 

2,220

2,150 

2,220 

2,360 

2,430 

2,500

2,500 

2,430 

2,360 

2,500 

2,860

3,980 

5,340 

5,420 

4,860 

4,220

3,820 

3,660 

3,420 

3,180 

3,100

3,020 

3,020 

3,100 

3,340 

3,420 

3,260

Jan.

3,020 

2,860 

2,780 

2,710 

2,710

2,710 

2,640 

2,640 

2,570 

2,570

2,570 

2,710 

3,260

3,660 

3,660

3,420 

3,180 

3,180 

3,500 

3,740

3,740 

3,740 

3,820 

3,740 

3,580

3,260 

3,100 

3,100 

3,020 

3,020 

3,100

Month

Ooto 

Neve 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

"uary

1 ............................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

3,180 

3,100 

2,940 

2,860 

2,780

2,780 

2,710 

2,640 

2,780 

3,020

3,420 

4,220 

4,780 

4,620 

4,060

3,740 

3,500 

3,420 

3,100 

2,940

2,780 

2,780 

3,420 

3,900 

4,060

4,060 

3,740 

3,260

Secondfoot-days

85.26C 

74.18C 

96,13C

2.073.22C

97.31C 

94,59C 

193, 97C 

97,20C 

82.23C 

77.67C 

59.67C 

43.75C 

53.44C

1,055,40C

Mar.

3,020 

3,180 

3,420 

3,580 

4,140

5,820 

7,770 

8,730 

9,500 

10,100

10,800 

10,800 

9,170 

6,780 

6,690

7,570 

8,290 

8,180 

7,070 

5,820

5,020 

4,700 

4,540 

4,220 

3,900

3,820 

4,060 

4,140 

5,180 

6,690 

7,270

Apr.

6,780 

5,420 

4,620 

4,300 

4,140

4,140 

3,980 

3,900 

3,660 

3,420

3,260 

3,100 

3,100 

3,020 

2,860

2,780 

2,710 

2,640 

2,570 

2,570

2,570 

2,500 

2,430 

2,360 

2,360

2,360 

2,430 

2,430 

2,430 

2,360

Maximum

7,170 

3,900 

5,420

24,800

3,820 

4,780 

10,800 

6,780 

5,420 

4,620 

4,060 

) 4,220 

) 4,780

10,800

Peak discharge (base, 19,000 sec. -ft.) .--No peak above

May

2,290 

2,220 

2,220 

2,360 

3,260

3,580 

3,020 

2,430 

2,150 

1,940

1,800 

1,730 

1,700 

1,730 

2,150

3,740 

3,900 

3,100 

2,360 

2,150

2,150 

2,150 

2,780 

5,420 

4,940

3,580 

2,710 

2,220 

2,010 

2,010 

2,430

Minimum

1,700 

2,010 

2,150

1,700

2,570 

2,640 

3,020 

2,360 

1,700 

1,180 

1,210 

1,020 

990

990

June

2,710 

3,580 

4,620 

4,380 

3,420

3,260 

3,900 

3,820 

3,180 

3,260

4,620 

4,540 

3,580 

2,940 

2,430

2,150 

2,010 

1,870 

1,800 

1,660

1,560 

1,500 

1,470 

1,440 

1,470

1,470 

1,370 

1,270 

1,210 

1,180

Mean

2,750 

2,473 

3,101

5,680

3,139 

3,378 

6,257 

3,240 

2,653 

2,589 

1,925 

1,411 

1,781

2,892

July

1,630 

1,530 

1,370 

1,300 

1,240

1,210 

1,240 

1,340 

1,530 

1,500

1,340 

1,370 

1,370 

1,470 

1,730

2,150 

2,360 

2,290 

2,360 

2,080

2,010 

2,010 

1,630 

1,560 

1,730

2,080 

2,640 

3,180 

2,940 

3,420 

4,060

Aug.

4,220 

2,940 

2,290 

1,870 

1,660

1,470 

1,270 

1,210 

gl.110 

gl,110

gl,080 

1,080 

1,080 

1,050 

1,050

1,050 

1,110 

1,210 

1,370 

1,470

1,400 

1,370 

1,370 

1,270 

1,180

1,050 

1,020 

1,050 

1,080 

1,050 

1,210

Per square 

mile

0.625 

.562 

.705

1.29

.713 

.768 

1.42 

.736 

.603 

.588 

.438 

.321 

.405

.657

base.

Sept.

1,210 

1,140 

1,240 

1,500 

1,400

1,210 

1,370 

1,870 

3,660 

4,780

4,620 

3,660 

2,860 

2,430 

2,080

1,730 

1,530 

1,440 

1,300 

1,240

1,210 

1,210 

1,210 

1,210 

1,140

1,110 

gl.050 

gl,050 

g990 

g990

Runoff in 

inches

0.72 

.63 

.81

17.52

.82 

.80 

1.64 

.82 

.70 

.66 

.50 

.37 

.45

8.92
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 251

Oconee River near Mount Vernon, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°12 I , long. 82°38', at bridge on U. S. Highway 

2BU, a quarter of a mile downstream from Seaboard Railway bridge, half a mile upstream 

from Flat Creek, 2 miles upstream from Okeewalkee 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 1950.

Average discharge. 13 years (1937-50), 5,425 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 11,100 second-feet Mar. 14 (gage height, 12.9 

reetJ; minimum, 1,120 second-feet Sept. 30.

1937-50: Maximum discharge, 66,300 second-feet Dec. 5, 1948 (gage height, 22.6 

feet); minimum, 618 second-feet Sept. 25, 1941.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). W 1112: 1942, 1944.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 10-14, Apr. 6 to Sept. 30)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 14 Mar. 15 to Sept. 30

5.0 2,160 10.4 6,480 2.7 1,120 9.8 6,330 

7.0 3,400 11.6 8,280 4.0 1,840 11.2 8,1OO 

8.6 4,650 12.9 10,900 6.0 3,140 12.8 10,900 

8.4 5,000

Discharge, in seoond-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,510 

8,630 

2,510 

2,340 

2,230

2,160 

2,160 

2,280 

3,010 

4,740

5,700 

6,120 

5,300 

3,900 

3,270

3,010 

2,820 

2,690 

2,630 

2,630

2,820 

2,880 

2,750 

2,570 

2,450

2,340 

2,340 

2,510 

2,820 

3,010 

3,010

Nov.

3,080 

3,140 

3,270 

3,690 

3,690

3,400 

3,140 

2,950 

2,750 

2,630

2,570 

2,570 

2,570 

2,570 

2,510

2,450 

2,450 

2,450 

2,510 

2,450

2,340 

2,340 

2,280 

2,280 

2,340

2,400 

2,570 

2,750 

2,880 

2,880

Dec.

2,750 

2,63O 

2,570 

2,510 

2,450

2,400 

2,400 

2,400 

2,510 

2,570

2,630 

2,690 

2,630 

2,570 

2,690

2,950 

3,620 

4,470 

4,920 

4,740

4,300 

3,900 

3,690 

3,480 

3,340

3,210 

3,140 

3,140 

3,140 

3,270 

3,340

Jan.

3,270 

3,140 

3,010 

2, 880 

2,880

2,820 

2,820 

2,820 

2,750 

2,750

2,690 

2,750 

2,880 

3,210 

3,480

3,550 

3,400 

3,270 

3,210 

3,400

3,550 

3,620 

3,620 

3,620 

3,620

3,480 

3,340 

3,210 

3,140 

3,080 

3,010

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Maro 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

3,080 

3,140 

3,080 

3,010 

2,950

2,680 

2,680 

2,620 

2,750 

2,620

3,010 

3,270 

3,760 

4,220 

4,300

3,980 

3,690 

3,480 

3,340 

3,210

3,010 

2,880 

2,880 

3,210 

3,620

3,830 

3,900 

3,690

Seoondfoct-days

94, 13C 

81,90t 

97.05C

2, 351, Bit

98.27C 

92,69C 

207, 22C 

116, 60C 

86.93C 

84,97C 

61.15C 

52,20C 

56, 71C

1,129,82C

Mar.

3,400 

3,140 

3,140 

3,340 

3,620

4,140 

5,010 

5,900 

6,740 

7,620

8,460 

9,400 

10, 400 

10, 900 

10,900

9,940 

9,060 

8,720 

8,890 

9,060

8,550 

7,410 

6,330 

5,700 

5,340

5,000 

4,830 

5,000 

5,340 

5,610 

6,330

Apr.

7, 

7, 

7, 

6, 

5,

4, 

4, 

4, 

4, 

4,

3, 

3, 

3, 

3, 

3,

3, 

3, 

3, 

2,

z, 

z,

2,

z, 

z,

2,

2, 

2, 

2, 

2, 

2,

Maximum

) 6,120 

) 3, 690 

) 4, 920

) 26, 500

) 3,620 

) 4, 300 

) 10, 900 

) 7,280 

) 4, 920 

) 4, 660 

) 3,350 

4,180 

) 4, 420

10, 900

Peak discharge (base, 20,000 see. -ft.) .--No peak above

030 

280 

030 

110 

340

920 

740 

660 

500 

260

940 

720 

640 

500 

420

280 

210 

000 

930 

930

860 

790 

790 

720 

590

590 

660 

720 

720 

720

May

2,660 

2,590 

2,460 

2,460 

2,520

3,210 

3,570 

3,280 

2,720 

2,400

2,200 

2,080 

1,960 

1,900 

1,960

2,200 

3,280 

3,800 

3,350 

2,720

2,400 

2,330 

2,330 

2,790 

4,420

4,920 

4,100 

3,140 

2,590 

2,330 

2,260

Minimum

2,160 

2,280 

2,400

2,160

2,690 

2,750 

3,140 

2,590 

1,900 

1,380 

1,380 

1,170 

1,120

1,120

June

2,520 

2,860 

3,500 

4,340 

4,420

3,800 

3,570 

3,940 

4,260 

3,800

3,640 

4,420 

4,660 

4,020 

3,280

2,790 

2,460 

2,260 

2,140 

2,080

1,900 

1,780 

1,720 

1,660 

1,600

1,600 

1,600 

1,540 

1,490 

1,380

Mean

3,036 

2,730 

3,131

6,443

3,170 

3,310 

6,685 

3,887 

2,804 

2,832 

1,973 

1,684 

' 1,890

3,095

July

1,380 

1,600 

1,720 

1,540 

1,440

1,440 

1,380 

1,440 

1,490 

1,600

1,660 

1,600 

1,600 

1,540 

1,600

1,900 

2,200 

2,460 

2,520 

2,520

2,330 

2,200 

2,200 

1,960 

1,780

1,900 

2,140 

2, 590 

3,070 

3,000 

3,350

Aug.

3,940 

4,180 

3,500 

2,790 

2,260

2,020 

1,780 

1,540 

1,440 

1,350

1,320 

1,300 

1,270 

1,240 

1,200

1,200 

1,170 

1,220 

1,270 

1,380

1,540 

1,540 

1,490 

1,440 

1,440

1,320 

1,240 

1,200 

1,200 

1,220 

1,200

Per square 

mile

0.594 

.534 

.613

1.26

.620- 

.648 

1.31 

.761 

.549 

.554 

.386 

x .330 

.370

.606

base.

Sept.

1,240 

1,320 

1,270 

1,270 

1,490

1,490 

1,440 

1,600 

1,960 

3,140

4,160 

4,420 

3,940 

3,210 

2,790

2,400 

2,080 

1,780 

1,600 

1,490

1,380 

1,350 

1,320 

1,300 

1,300

1,240 

1,220 

1,200 

1,170 

1,120

Runoff in 

inches

0.68 

.60 

.71

17.13

.71 

.67 

1.51 

.85 

.83 

.62 

.44 

.38 

.41

8.21
252 ALTAMAHA. RIVER BASIN

Middle Oconee River near Athens, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°58', long. 83 ti 25 1 , half a mile upstream from U. S. 

Highway 29, 2 miles west of Athens, Clarke County, and 5 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 1940 (at site 4 miles downstream), and October 1940 to September 1950 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. 13 years (1937-50), 501 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge' during year, 1,500 second-feet June 1 (gage height, 2.98 feet); 

minimum daily, 123 second-feet Sept. 28.

1901-2, 1929-32, 1937-50: Maximum discharge observed. 19,600 second-feet Feb. 28, 

1902 (gage height, 25.5 feet, site and datum then in use); minimum daily, 42 second-feet 

Sept. 23, 1941.

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation and slight regulation at times caused by power 

plants above station.

Rating table, vater year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used June 2 to Sept. 9, Sept. 15-30)

l.O 12O 1.6 379 

1.1 148 1.8 519 

1.2 182 2.2 875 

1.4 268 2.8 1,360

Discharge, in second- feet, vater year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

304 

304 

304

310 

310

361 

438 

504 

399 

386

350 

320 

350 

367 

332

386 

830 

568 

452 

392

379 

392 

350 

350 

310

379 

445 

445 

535 

584 

918

Nov.

766 

766 

576 

489 

445

452 

405 

399 

386 

386

373 

373 

373 

543 

489

392

373 

361 

355 

355

355 

355 

344 

338 

386

412 

361 

355 

350 

355

Dec.

350 

332

332 

326 

344

326 

326 

379 

355 

355

392 

399 

373 

438 

543

592 

475 

432 

489

467

432 

425 

432 

467 

405

425 

618 

560 

489 

445 

419

Jan.

405 

399 

392 

386 

379

373 

. 379 

379 

355 

367

489 

512 

504 

452 

432

425 

467 

690 

636 

766

645 

568 

527 

497 

489

467 

438 

497 

535 

489 

460

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri

Uavr

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

»a

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

h. ...........................

st .................... .... .

ember ........................

ter year 1949-5O ............

Feb.

438 

432 

432 

425 

399

399 

419 

576 

475 

785

776 

600 

552 

543 

576

504 

460 

432 

419 

405

392 

419 

560 

467 

419

405 

386 

373

Seoondfoot-days

13,054 

12,668 

13,142

265,016

14,799 

13,468 

18,501 

11,624 

10,255 

10,575 

8,428 

5,803 

6,408

138,725

Mar.

419 

718 

497 

438 

452

467 

527 

839 

857 

645

552 

512 

926 

1,070 

977

645 

627 

543 

552 

497

504 

475 

445 

432 

419

419 

412 

747 

839 

560 

489

Apr.

452 

452 

438 

432 

512

'543 

438 

419 

412 

399

392 

392 

379

367 

367

361 

361 

355 

361 

361

355 

344 

344 

320 

338

379 

367 

326 

320 

338

Maximum

918

766 

618

4,810

766 

785 

1,070 

543 

756 

1,320 

904 

326 

584

1,320

Hay

350 

332 

654 

600 

399

361 

326 

304 

284 

284

284 

263 

263 

361 

386

310 

273 

259 

236 

289

299 

320 

259 

273 

254

268 

268 

245 

259 

236 

756

Minimum

304 

33d 

326

304

355 

373 

412 

320 

236 

137 

134 

137 

123

123

June

1,320 

56O 

373 

618 

7O9

399 

344 

447 

592 

452

3S6 

338 

299 

240 

263

294 

259 

240 

218 

218

236 

284 

214 

222 

214

194 

179 

168 

137 

158

Mean

421 

422 

424

726

477 

481 

597 

387 

331 

352 

272 

187 

214

380

July

162 

162 

151 

145 

14S

202 

175 

134 

172 

145

296 250' 

278 

254 

254

268 

263 

259 

194 

179

162 

151 

182 

854 

904

379 

299 

552 

373 

245 

236

Aug.

218 

202 

198 

165 

155

168 

186 

151 

148 

148

145 

186 

2O6 

168 

259

214 

182 

190 

240 

231

179 

148 

142 

142 

137

140 

278 

218 

175 

158 

326

Per square 

mile

1.O6 

1.06 

1.07

1.82

1.20 

1.21 

1.50 

.972 

.832 

.884 

.683 

.470 

.538

.955

Sept.

344 

250 

186 

165 

190

175 

236 

452 

584 

475

273 

227 

2ZZ 

218 

148

172 

162 

162 

162 

162

155 

142 

151 

158 

148

142 

142 

123 

142 

140

Runoff in 

inches

1.22 

1.18 

1.23

24.79

1.38 

1.Z6 

1.73 

1.08 

.96 

.99 

.79 

.54 

.60

12.96

Peak discharge (base, 3,800 sec.-ft.j. No peak above base.
ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN 253

Apalachee River near Buckhead, Oa.

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 1950.

Average discharge.--13 years (1937-50), 567 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,350 second-feet Mar. 15 (gage height, 9.90 

TeeTT; minimum daily, 117 second-feet Sept. 27, 28.

1901-8, 1937-50: 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.

Flood of Nov. 29, 1948, reached a stage of 26.8 feet (discharge, 23,800 secondfeet).

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which ars 

Moderate diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mill dams above station.

fair.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30

31

Oct.

a220

a220

a220

216

224

308

1,500

2,230

1,220

480

382

353

335

317

299

308

382

480

420

400

317

290

265

248

240

290 

290 

317

335

362

410

Nov.

510

430

362

326

299

290

282

282

274

274

274

274

265

274

299

299

274

265

256

256

265

265

248

256

382

430

335 

299 

299

326

Dec.

344

308

282

274

274

265

282

317

308

282

299

317

317

391

660

792

616

480

440

440

400

391

400

391

362

372 

430 

440 

400

372

353

Jan.

344

335

335

335

326

326

326

317

308

308

400

500

460

410

382

362

440

530

500

500

530

510

470

430

420

420 

420 

410 

430

440

420

Honth

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February

March ............................

April ............................

Bay ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

391

382

372

362

353

335

362

460

440

490

748

726

572

510

510

500

430

400

382

382

362

391

530

530

430

391 

372 

353

-

-

Secondfoe t-days

13,87£

9,17C

12.01S

236,037

12,624

12 ,475

21,20C

11,375

10,525

'13,075

8 , 82C

5 38*

6,776

137,320

liar.

382

460

410

362

500

616

792

1,030

984

748

594

530

594

1,580

1,960

936

704

594

530

530

530

510

470

430

430

420 

420 

840 

1,080

704

530

Apr.

500

490

470

460

500

480

440

420

410

400

391

391

382

362

353

353

353

344

344

344

335

326

326

326

317

326 

326 

317 

299

290

-

Maximum

2,230

510

792

4,640

530

748

1,960

500

732

1,490

888

282

840

2,230

May

299

326

510

660

460

335

290

274

248

240

224

224

224

420

616

382

282

265

232

248

256

290

490

372

290

290 

248 

224 

248

326

732

Minimum

21S

248

265

216

308

335

TCP OD£

290

224

144

128

120

117

117

June

1,490

681

420

470

888

984

440

606

1,460

748

510

382

326

290

274

335

256

232

216

200

200

216

240

216

188

168 

155 

144 

172

168

Mean

448

306

388

647

407

446

684

379

340

436

285

174

226

376

July

154

141

131

128

130

155

200

170

138

128

180

200

208

176

182

335

420

256

208

172

152

158

164

194

412

726 

616 

888 

682

616

400

Aug.

282

248

216

197

182

173

167

156

148

142

140

148

135

131

156

141

179

232

265

216

185

151

135

124

120

120 

148 

208

167

155

216

Per square 

mile

1.03

.702

.890

1.48

.933

1.02

1.57

.869

.780

1.00

.654

.399

.518

.862

Sept.

290

248

198

173

155

141

200

594

840

572

335

282

256

200

182

167

155

155

155

152

144

138

155

145

131

123 

117 

117 

126

130

Runoff in 

inches

1.19

.78

1.03

20.13

1.08

1.06

1 A RT O-L

.97

 90

I.'l2

.75

.46

.58

11.73

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 sec. -ft .) .--No peak above base.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Ooonee River near Greensboro.
254 ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

Ohoopee River near. Reidsville, Oa.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat, 32°04' ) long. 82°11', at Sheppard Bridge, half a mile 

downstream from Brazells Creek, lj 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 1950.

Average discharge.--17 years (1903-7, 1937-50), 965 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,930 second-feet Sept. 8 (gage height, 8.2 feet); 

minimum daily, 33 second-feet June 25.

1903-7, 1937-50: 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 furnished by Georgia 

State Highway Department.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). W 822: Drainage area. W 892: 1939(M).

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Daj

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

IS

18

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

510

439

395

351

320

290

270

26O

290

300

320

362

362

362

340

300

27O

233

215

202

188

170

157

146

135

124

117

116

123

179

210

Nov.

242

217

199

186

179

179

170

159

146

140

132

128

123

122

117

115

110

108

105

102

102

9B

96

96

116

126

132

138

154

175

-

Dec.

186

167

154

143

135

129

123

120

116

116

117

123

134

138

156

233

320

351

362

373

362

362

351

320

290

280

260

251

251

242

233

Jan.

224

219

211

204

197

190

181

177

172

170

167

183

197

215

222

224

215

208

199

193

186

179

174

170

162

159

156

157

156

159

162

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

Hay

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

164

162

154

148

144

143

138

132

130

126

124

129

140

152

167

179

181

179

175

170

164

154

148

140

141

149

167

206

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

8,056

4,212

6,898

391,765

5,788

4,306

£6 j £9£

13,912

2,755

1,614

4, 961

3-, 256

16,928

98,984

Mar.

242

270

270

270

320

450

622

728

812

900

9OO

900

9OO

930

930

1,120

1,280

1,310

1,280

1,280

1,250

1,180

1,090

1,020

930

840

756

728

840

960

990

Apr.

960

900

784

728

900

1,120

990

840

756

674

609

498

428

3S4

351

320

270

242

233

219

199

183

168

156

144

162

159

179

188

168

-

Maximum

510

242

373

5,220

224

206

1,310

1,120

. 157

69

280

208

1,850

1,850

Hay

157

154

140

130

123

112

108

103

96

92

87

81

81

76

76

72

70

69

69

69

70

72

77

78

80

76

71

68

64

64

70

UiniBum

116

96

116

96

156

124

242

144

64

33

39

52

123

33

June

66

63

6O

60

60

58

54

56

62

63

64

64

65

69

66

60

56

52

48

45

42

38

37

35

33

35

52

59

47

45

-

Mean

^ zeo

140

223

1,073

187 '154'

O JO ' O4O

464,

S3 *8

53.8

160

105

564

271

July

39

66

197

95

82

94

116

233

280

174

128

151

160

126

164

157

164

197

217

220

188

206

183

157

140

132

135

224

215

172

149

Aug.

190

208

186

141

128

123

116

98

83

75

71

77

66

59

60

65

106

99

83

75

64

58

55

52

54

105

174

157

146

141

141

Per square 

mile

0.234

.126

.201

.967

.168

.139

.764

.418

.080

.048

.144

,095

.508

.244

Sept.

154

154

128

123

233

340

1,020

1,S50

1,620

1,480

1,410

1,210

900

635

5S3

S48

728

674

534

417

340

290

260

233

201

179

160

148

140

136

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.27

.14

.23

13.12

.19

.14

.88

.47

.09

.05

.17

.11

.57

3.31

Peak discharge (base. 3.6OO see.-ft.). No peak above base.
SATILLA RIVER BASIN 255

Satilla River near Waycross, Ga.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 31°14', long. 82°19', at Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 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.

Records available. March 1937 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 13 years, 996 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,450 second-feet July 15 (gage height, 13.4 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 46 second-feet Aug. 27.

1937-50: 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 to 

& second-feet from pool at gage for use in shops.

Revisions (water years).--W 952: 1939.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 9, Apr. 23 to July 10)

2.9 46 4.8 222

3.3 71 5.6 340

3.8 ' 110 6.6 52S

4.2 150 7.8 320

9.2 1,240

11.0 1,950

12.4 2,660

13.4 3,450

Discharge, in seoond-feet, water year October 19*9 to September 1950

Day

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.

235

222

196

172

150

139

150

139

150

172

172

150

150

150

139

139

129

119

119

119

110

106

97

89

82

7S

74

71

68

68

85

Nov.

101

119

139

139

129

119

119

139

150

150

129

124

114

106

106

106

97

89

85

82

78

78

74

71

78

74

78

74

74

101

-

Dec.

106

106

106

110

106

93

89

89

85

85

82

82

78

78

89

139

150

161

184

184

172

161

161

150

150

161

184

196

184

172

161

Jan.

150

150

139

129

124

114

110

106

101

97

93

89

85

82

82

78

78

74

74

78

78

78

78

74

74

74

71

78

78

82

89

Feb.

85

82

89

89

85

78

74

71

71

68

68

64

64

64

64

64

64

68

71

71

71

68

82

82

85

85

85

82

_

_

-

unn+t. SecondMonth foot-days

October .......................... 4,03S

November ......................... 3,12!

December ......... ..... . 4.054

Calendar year 1949 ....... ..... 443,97'

January .......................... 2,88'

February ......................... 2,094

llaroh. ........................... 23,63!

April ............................ 24,042

May .............................. 4,01J

Jans ............................. 10,46'

July ............................. 58,66"

August............. .............. 11,66;

September ........................ 16, 24«

Water year 1949-50 ............ 164,925

Mar.

82

7S

71

74

35

119

184

249

293

324

3*0

357

374

374

392

876

1,140

1,380

1,540

1,580

1,580

1,580

1,500

1,420

1,280

1,140

1,050

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,110

Apr.

1,140

1,]

1,C

<

10

)50

32

1,140

1,700

2,C

2,] i»s

>40

30

50

1,780

1,580

l.J i.cS50

ISO

40

550

508

1

I

t

40

'93

49

222

196

]

]

]

72

50

50

129

129

]:

4

4

Maximum

) 235

' 150

I 196

J 13,400

150

I 89

' 1,580

2,130

) 468

I 932

3,450

> 1,860

J 1,740

3,450

29

35

HO

188

-

May

468

392

340

278

209

172

139

114

106

97

101

106

93

S2

85

85

78

82

97

85

74

64

64

61

71

82

74

64

64

64

124

June

374

508

488

448

357

27S

263

249

263

357

488

740

932

932

792

688

550

374

263

209

172

139

110

93

82

7*

64

64

58

55

Minimum Mean

68 130

71 104

78 131

68 1,216

71 93.1

64 74.3

71 762

129 801

61 130

55 349

OO CC J. I f O OQOa C

46 376

71 542

46 452

July

55

58

114

129

129

196

324

640

1,350

2,000

2,420

2,870

3,180

3,270

3,450

3,360

3,270

3,180

3,270

3,360

3,270

3,100

3,020

2,800

2,320

1,820

1,420

1,080

848

904

1,460

Aug.

1,860

1,£

1,6

l.Z

60

20

80

990

714

5

4

3

50

29

24

249

196

1

1

1

Per square 

mile

0.100

.080

.101

.935

.072

.058

.586

.616

.100

.263

1.46

 OOQ CO 3

.417

.348

61

29

06

97

93

85

78

74

68

64

58

55

52

52

49

46

55

85

93

93

Sept.

85

82

71

71

172

308

. 1,020

1,580

1,740

1,740

1,660

1,380

1,110

932

820

714

550

429

340

273

222

172

150

119

101

95

32

78

78

71

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.12

.09

.12

12.70

.08

.06

.68

.69

.12

.30

1.63

.55

.47

4.74

Fe«Jc discharge (base. 2.700 sec.-ft.). July 15, 3,450 sec.-ft.
256 SATILIA RIVEH BASIN

Satilla River at Atkinson, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°13', long. 81°52', at bridge on U. S. Highway 84, 

40U 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 1950.

Average discharge. 19 years, 2,164 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 15,500 second-feet Sept. 11 (gage height, 16.6 

feet, from floodmark); minimum, 163 second-feet July 2.

1931-50: Maximum 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 fair. 

Revisions. W 822: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

.2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,390

1,350

1,310

1,200

1,060

965

905

905

905

935

965

935

875

815

755

710

666

637

581

541

490

453

418

384

352

330

300

281

272

262

262

Nov.

290

310

453

59!,

637

609

541

515

528

554

568

554

541

477

453

418

406

429

418

384

352

330

310

290

290

281

281

290

300

300

-

Dec.

290

290

320

341

341

320

310

300

290

281

272

262

253

253

253

281

310

453

609

695

680

637

595

554

528

515

502

502

541

568

568

Jan.

554

515

490

453

429

406

384

373

352

341

330

310

300

290

281

272

262

253

253

244

a240

a240

aZ40

a230

a230

a220

a220

a230

a230

aZ40

a250

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

262

272

272

262

244

aZ40

a230

aZ30

a230

aZ20

a220

a210

a210

206

206

199

195

197

195

194

189

189

197

195

206

226

235

235

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

22,209

12,704

12,914

1,114,233

9> 662

6,166

53,742

57,716

13,166

15,881

109,201

27., 263

132,103

472,727

Mar.

222

214

206

206

221

253

330

490

680

845

935

995

995

995

965

1,270

1,670

1,940

2,240

2,650

3,130

3,500

3,700

3,700

3,500

3,310

3,130

3,040

2,960

2,800

2,650

Apr.

2,650

2,650

2,580

2,440

2,240

2,240

2,300

2,370

2,650

2,960

3,220

3,500

3,700

3,500

3,220

2,720

2,300

1,880

1,430

1,130

905

785

666

581

502

453

418

465

581

680

-

Maximum

1,390

637

695

32,500

554

272

3,700 

3,700

815

875

6,450

15^000

15,000

May

725

755

815

815

755

680

581

502

429

373

320

290

262

244

235

226

212

212

224

223

209

206

219

224

' 262

623

785

666

453

341

300

Minimum

262

281

253

253

220

189

206

418

206

189

168

180

340

168

June

272

290

429

609

695

725

710

652

623

595

515

465

465

502

595

680

815

845

875

845

755

595

477

384

320

281

253

223

202

189

-

Mean

71

42

41

3,05

31

22(

1,73

1 1 92

42

52

3 52 *87

4,40

1,29

July

176

168

171

184

209

253

330

515

935

1,390

1,940

2,580

3,220

3,910

4,750

5,490

6,050

6,450

6,250

6,200

a6,200

a6,200

a6,200

a6,000

a5,800

a5,600

a5,400

5,030

4,490

3,800

3,310

Aug.

2,8OO

2,370

2,120

1,940

1,940

1,940

1,940

1,770

1,570

1,310

1,100

875

666

528

453

384

341

300

272

a250

a240

a230

a220

a210

a200

a!90

h!84

a!80

a!90

a250

a300

Per square 

mile

5 0.249

5 .147

7 .145

5 1.06

2 .108

D .076

t .602

r * 668

5 .148

3 .184

5 1.22

I .305

5 1.53

5 .450

Sept.

a340

a340

a340

a700

al,500

a2,500

h3,910

a6,OOO

a9,500

a!3,000

glS.OOO

g!4,200

g!2,200

glO,300

g8,400

g7,050

g5,B50

g4,890

g3,910

g2,960

2,240

1,670

1,270

995

785

609

490

416

384

352

-

Runoff in 

inobes

' 0.29

.16

.17

14.41

.12

.08

. 69

.75

.17

.21

1.41

.35

1.71

6.11

Peak discharge (base, 5,800 sec. -f t. ) . July 18 (6 p.m.) 6,450 sec. -ft. j Sept. 11 (10 a.m.) 15,500

sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge- computed on basis of records for station near Waycross.. 

g Computed from graph based on gage readings. 

h Computed from staff-gage readings.
ST. MARYS RIVER BASIN 257

St. Marys River near Macclenny, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°21'35", long. 82°04'55", in sec. 2, T. 2 S., R. 

aa £., at site of former Stokes Bridge, 1 mile downstream from confluence of North and 

South Prongs and 6 miles northeast of Macclenny. Datum of gage is 40.00 feet above 

mean sea level (levels by Mees & Mees).

Drainage area. 859 square miles, watershed in Okefenokee Swamp is indeterminate. 

Records available.--October 1926 to September 1950. 

Average discharge. 24 years, 708 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 26,600 second-feet Sept. 7 (gage height, 21.96 

reet); minimum, 20 second-feet June 27 (gage height, 1.40 feet).

1926-50: Maximum discharge, 28,100 second-feet Sept. 25, 1947 (gage height, 22.29 

feet); minimum observed, 12 second-feet May 22, 1932; minimum gage height observed, 0.04 

foot June 4, 5, 1927.

Remarks. Records good above 500 second-feet and fair below.

Revisions (water years). W 727: Drainage area. ' W 1082: 1928(M), 1945(M). W 1142: 1928,

1945.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used July 27 to Sept. 5, Sept. 21-30)

1.4 20 5.7 514 13.9 4,290 

1.7 36 6.7 725 15.4 6,170 

2.0 56 8.5 1,200 17.0 9,020 

2.5 9B 9.7 1,600 19.0 13,700 

3.3 1S2 11.3 2,290 20.5 19,400 

4.7 35B 12.6 3,090 21.6 24,600

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oot.

611 

496 

386 

324 

272

260 

324 

358 

400 

358

312 

286 

279 

254 

236

212 

194 

182 

166 

154

144 

133 

123

116 

109

102 

95 

92 

92 

99 

112

Nov.

200 

254 

224 

194 

166

149 

133 

122 

114 

110

109 

106 

100 

133 

386

632 

611 

496 

430 

358

312 

260 

224 

194 

176

160 

154 

144 

138 

133

Dec.

144 

138 

128 

123 

117

113 

108 

105 

102 

100

99 

96 

94 

92 

92

106 

126 

127 

121 

115

110 

106 

101 

96 

93

95 

103 

107 

107 

107 

104

Jan.

99 

95 

92 

89 

85

84 

81 

79 

78 

77

75 

74 

72 

70 

68

66 

66 

64 

62 

62

60 

59 

58 

57 

56

55 

54 

52 

52 

50 

50

Feb.

48 

47 

46 

46 

46

44 

43 

43 

43 

43

43 

43 

46 

45 

42

40 

39 

3S 

38 

37

37 

39 

74 

106 

103

87 

76 

68

u__ +h SeoondMonth foot-days

Ooto 

Move 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Maro 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 194S 

tary .

h. ...........................

1 ............................

ember ........................

7,281 

6,922 

3,375

193,248

2,141 

1,450 

7,337 

3,065 

1,258 

948 

27,491 

2,715 

123,458

ter year 1949-50 ............ 187,441

Peak discharge (base, 1,600 sec. -ft.). Ju]

sec. -ft.

Mar.

62 

58 

55 

54 

54

60 

95 

149 

166 

160

138 

118 

102 

93 

90

182 

632 

611 

532 

446

386 

344 

358 

372 

331

298 

260 

242 

292 

318 

279

Apr.

242 

212 

188 

171 

160

171 

182 

166 

149 

133

122 

111 

99 

89 

80

74 

69 

64 

59 

56

52 

50 

47 

45 

43

46 

46 

46 

46 

47

Maximum

611 

632 

144

7,850

99 

106 

632 

242 

58 

70 

2,190 

386 

24,600

24,600

y 17 (11 P.B

Hay

53 

50 

47 

43 

40

38 

37 

36 

40 

42

38 

34 

31 

31 

37

50 

54 

50 

41 

36

33 

31 

38 

58 

53

46 

42 

36 

32 

30 

31

Minimum

92 

100 

92

38

50 

37 

54 

43 

30 

21 

34 

29 

61

21

June

37 

39 

34 

30 

28

28 

28 

28 

26 

26

27 

27 

26 

24 

23

25 

26 

26 

58 

70

42 

30 

24 

24 

23

22 

21 

25 

37 

62

Mean

235 

231 

109

529

69.1 

51.8 

237 

102 

40.6 

31.6 

887 

87.6 

4,115

514

July

44 

35 

34 

34 

93

126 

112 

18S 

701 

1,350

1,260 

1,110 

1,050 

950 

925

1,320 

2,090 

2,190 

1,SSO 

1,520

1,350 

1,600 

1,560 

1,320 

1,110

875 

677 

514 

462 

532 

479

Aug.

386 

298 

242 

194 

160

128 

108 

91 

76 

66

58 

50 

45 

40 

38

39 

37 

34

31 

29

30 

54 

48 

71 

66

74 

56 

46 

40 

37 

43

Per square 

mile

0.274 

.269 

.127

.616

.080 

.060 

.276 

.119 

.047 

.037 

1.03 

.102 

4.79

.598

.) 2,290 sec. -ft.; Sept. 7 (3 p.

Sept.

61 

86 

72 

62 

251

8,490 

24,600 

22,100 

16,100 

11,960

9,020 

6,800 

5,090 

3,880 

2,950

2,340 

1,840 

1,440 

1,170 

950

750 

611 

479 

400 

344

305 

266 

248 

279 

514

Runoff in 

inches

0.32 

.30 

.15

8.38

.09 

.06 

.32 

.13 

.05 

.04 

1.19 

.12 

5.35

8.12

m.) 26,600
258 ST. JOHNS 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 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 749 second-feet.

Extremes, Maximum discharge during year, 5,600 second-feet Oct. 5, 6 (gage height, 8.56 

reet); minimum not determined; maximum reverse flow measured, 109 second-feet Sept. 18, 

wind effect; minimum gage height, 3.96 feet June 28.

1939-50: Maximum discharge, 8,070 second-feet Oct. 1, 1947; maximum gage height, 

9.33 feet Sept. 30, 1948; minimum daily, 8.3 second-feet June 18, 19, 1945; maximum reverse flow measured, that of Sept. 18, 1950; minimum gage height, 3.54 feet June 19, 

1945.

Remarks. Records poor.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3,980

4,720

5,100

5,340

5,600

5,600

5,470

5,340

5.ZZO

5,220

5,340

5,220

5,100

4,970

4,840

4,720

4,600

4,360

4,230

4,100

3,980

3,730

3,600

3,480

3,360

3,360

3,220

3,120

3,020

2,890

2,760

Nov.

2,660

2,540

2,420

2,260

2,120

2,010

1,910

1,810

1,760

1,710

1,640

1,600

1,540

1,490

1,490

1,460

1,410

1,360

1,310

1,260

1,210

1,180

1,130

1,080

1,040

1,020

966

928

889

864

-

Dec.

851

834

802

786

738

722

691

675

659

643

612

596

580

564

548

580

548

516

516

532

501

485

501

516

580

643

659

675

707

770

754

Jan.

738

722

738

754

770

770

818

834

786

786

786

770

754

738

707

691

675

643

628

612

596

564

548

516

485

453

437

405

390

374

374

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

Hay

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

Septenber ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

326

311

295

279

256

256

256

245

234

211

200

189

166

159

159

156

146

143

136

133

129

122

127

122

120

118

116

109

_

_

-

Secondfoot days

135, 59C

46,067

19, 784

324,312

19 j 86'

5$ 21!

2,97-

2 40C

1 1 86(

1 j 68l

l,73f

1 70'

2 J,25C

241, 13C

liar.

106

107

101

99

96

98

102

102

102

96

93

93

92

92

88

87

87

84

88

87

90

102

104

99

96

95

90

90

104

106

101

Apr.

e80

-

Maximum

5,600

2,660

851

5,600

834

326

107

-

-

-

-

-

) 5,600

May

e60

Minimum

2,760

864

485

58

374

109

84

-

-

June

e56

-

Mean

4,374

1,536

638

889

641

186

96.0

80

60

56

56

55

75

661

July

e56

Aug.

e55

Per square 

mile

Sept.

675

-

Runoff in 

inches

Peak discharge (base, 1,400 sec .-ft.). Oct. 5-6, 5,600 sec.-ft. 

e Stage-discharge relation indefinite; discharge estimated on basis of 2 discharge measurements and 

records for station near Christmas.
ST. JOHNS RIVER -BASIN 

St. Johns River near Christmas, Pla.

259

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°33', long. 80°57', in sec. 29 or 32, T. 22 S., R. 

34 E., 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.

Records available. December 1933 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--16 years (1934-50), 1,300 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 6,600 second-feet Oct. 5-9; minimum discharge observed, 66 second-feet Aug. 1 (gage height, 0.66 foot).

1933-50: Maximum discharge, 10,700 second-feet Oct. 12, 13, 1947; maximum gage 

height, 9.86 feet 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). W 892: Drainage area. W 1082: 1926(M).

Bating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

0.6 64 2.5 221 5.6 1,030

.8 70 4.2 505 6.5 3,000

1.2 88 4.8 637 7.0 2,640

1.7 119 5.2 774 8.6 5,730

2.0 147 5.4 876 8.9 6,510

Discharge, in aeccnd-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

009

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.

86,200

86,300

36,400

86,500

86,600

86,600

86,600

86,600

86,600

86,500

86,400

86,200

86,100

85,900

85,700

85,600

85,400

5,200

5,100

5,000

4,910

4,820

4,620

4,530

4,430

4,330

4,330

4,330

4,240

4,240

4,140

Nov.

4,040

3,950

3,950

3,660

3,570

3,430

3,380

3,280

3,190

3,100

3,100

3,000

2,900

2,810

2,810

2,720

2,640

2,560

2,490

2,490

2,420

2,360

2,360

2,300

2,240

82,200

82,170

a2,130

a2,100

h2,060

-

Dec.

2,060

2,000

2,OOO

1,940

1,880

1,880

1,820

1,820

1,770

1,770

1,770

1,720

1,660

1,660

1,600

1,550

1,550

1,500

1,500

1,450

1,450

1,400

1,400

1,340

1,720

2,180

2,120

2,000

1,940

1,820

1,770

Jan.

1,720

1,600

1,550

1,500

1,500

1,450

1,400

1,400

1,340

1,240

1,240

1,180

1,130

1,080

1,080

1,030

987

944

944

876

848

848

821

798

774

754

733

715

715

697

681

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

665

651

637

624

611

599

587

576

565

554

544

544

534

524

514

505

496

486

477

459

450

442

433

433

425

417

409

401

_

_

-

Second 

foot-days

170,420

85,460

54,040

523,304

33,575

14,562

9,806

8,342

3,881

2,453

2 446

2^812

5,141

392,943

Mar.

384

376

368

360

352

352

352

344

344

335

319

319

311

303

294

286

286

278

278

286

286

311

303

294

286

286

286

286

311

319

311

Apr.

303

303

303

311

344

376

376

360

352

344

335

327

319

303

286

278

262

254

254

246

237

221

213

205

205

221

213

205

197

189

-

Maximum

6,600

4,040

2,180

6,600

1,720

665

384

376

182

105

99

142

319

6,600

May

182

174

167

160

154

147

142

136

132

127

127

123

119

116

116

119

119

116

108

105

105

108

112

116

112

109

105

105

105

108

108

Minimum

4,140

2,060

1,340

69

681

401

278

189

105

68

67

66

86

66

June

105

102

99

96

96

93

90

88

90

88

86

83

80

78

78

76

74

74

74

74

76

78

78

76

74

74

h72

h70

h68

h70

-

Mean

5,497

2,849

1,743

1,434

1,083

520

316

278

125

81.9

78.9

90.7

171

1,077

July

h72

h70

h70

h76

h74

h80

h78

h76

h83

h93

h99 h96

h93

h90

h86

h86

h83

80

78

76

76

74

74

74

74

76

76

74

h72

h70

h67.

Aug.

h66

h70

78

78

74

76

80

80

78

76

78

86

80

78

90

96

99

96

90

105

112

142

136

119

102

93

88

93

90

93

90

Sept.

88

86

86

137

262

311

311

311

319

303

278

254

221

197

189

167

147

142

132

123

119

116

108

105

105

105

105

108

108

108

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Melbourne, 

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

ii., 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 1950 (discharge measurements only). 

actremes.--ia4lTSO; 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 1949 to September 1950

Oct.

NOV.

17 

29

8,850 

4,600

Jan. 

Feb.

11 

ZZ

3,410 

1,570

Apr. 

May

4 

17

479 

346

 Aug. 

Sept.

9 

20

776 

1,730

St. Johns River near De Land, Pla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 29°01', long. 81°23i, T. 17 S., R. 29 E., 1,000 feet

 downstream from Crows Bluff Bridge on State Highway 44 and 5 miles wes.t 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.

Records available. January 1934 to September 1950.

Average dlscnarge. 16 years, 3,075 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum daily discharge during year, 10,000 second-feet Oct. 11; minimum daily,

 3"9TT~second-feet June 24, but may have been less during period of indefinite stage-discharge relation.

1934-50: Maximum daily discharge, 14,400 second-feet Sept. 30, 1945; minimum daily, 

10 second-feet Apr. 24, 1938.

Remarks.--Records good. Discharge computed by using fall as determined by auxiliary water-

 stage recorder as a factor. Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for

the water year 1950 are given in Water-Supply Paper 1186. 

Revisions. W 892: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

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.

7,690

7,890

8,190

8,380

8,600

8,970

9,220

9,340

9,670

9,940

10,000

9,890

9,930

9,650

9,510

a9,200

89,000

a8, 900

8,790

8,810

8,640

8,440

8,210

8,220

8,280

8,420

8,310

8,440

8,780

8,450

8,250

Nov.

8,080

7,910

7,890

7,640

7,490

7,380

7,220

7,120

7,060

6,920

6,850

6,800

6,780

6,700

6,430

6,260

6,140

5,890

5,830

5,870

5,860

5,760

5,670

5,720

5,870

5,790

5,840

5,960

5,750

5,710

-

Dec.

5,190

4,980

4,780

4,620

4,450

4,350

4,36O

4,130

3,990

3,790

3,610

3,520

3,570

3,510

a3,50O

a3,400

a3, 400

a3, 400

a3, 400

83, 300

83, 300

83,300

83, 300

83,200

83,200

83,200

83,500

84,000

84,800

85,500

85, 900

Jan.

6,O80

6,130

5,850

5,800

5,O90

4,760

4,720

,620

,530

,490

,400

,310

,110

,930

,750

,510

,320

,150

,080

,010

2,930

2,890

2,920

2,850

2,690

2,530

2,280

2,000

1,850

1,860

1,800

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,710

el, 500

el, 400

1,400

1,480

1,700

1,680

1,820

1,710

1,740

1,900

1,840

1,840

1,720

1,780

81, 700

81,650

al,600

al, 500

al,400

al, 300

81,250

al, 200

1,200

1,090

980

1,020

1,030

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

273, 90C

196, 19C

122, 45C

1 * 331 J 92C

115, 2 4C

42, 14C

36,309

36,894

35, 962

28,874

15 60*

38 43C 63)304

1,"005, 302

Mar.

933

985

973

1,050

1,160

1,270

1,350

1,270

1,760

1,440

1,430

1,450

1,350

1,240

1,120

1,060

1,240

1,180

1,260

1,220

1,360

1,300

1,380

1,280

1,120

996

e900

e800

e800

eSOO

832

Apr.

775

867

869

947

996

1,710

al,900

82,000

a2,OOO

81,900

al, 800

al, 700

'al,600

al,500

al,400

al,300

81,300

al, 200

al,200

al,100

al.OOO

al,000

a900

8850

aSOO

806

842

890

836

906

-

Maximum

10,000

8, 080

5,900

10 * 000 *"""""'

6,130

1 900

1*760

« (\f\f\

&g \J\J\J

2 270

11620

680

1,870

3,090

10,000

Hay

970

937

960

963

952

890

824

788

947

1,170

1,130

946

857

770

8700

712

709

811

946

1,050

1,410

1,860

2,270

1,960

1,670

1,550

1,570

1,550

1,440

1,400

1,250

Minimum

7 > 690

5,670

3,200

1» 060

1 - f>f\f\ t ouu

980

flrtf! OUU

775

700

392

850

392

June

1,230

1,220

1,090

1,090

1.O6O

el, 300

el, 600

1,620

1,440

1,400

1,140

1,000

1,250

el, 400

1,280

July

557

570

571

640

680

624

573

478

6450

507

496

492

508

513

1,140

1,030 > e450

964

818

70711

598 k

562

S25 I e450

392 1

483

602

590

470

469

404

-

Mean

8,835

6,540

3,950

3,649

3,717

1,505

1,171

1,230

1,160

962

504

1,240

2,110

2,754

> e500

Aug.

e6OO

.

I e900

I

1,280

1,260

1,170

1,080

1,020

1,090

1,520

1,760

1,730

1,870

1,820

1,620

1,630

1,530

1,440

1,430

1,360

1,530

1,460

1,440

1,430

1,100

1,160

Per square 

mile

2.94

2.18

1.32

1.22

1.24

.502

390 .'410

.387

321

 168

.413

.703

.918

Sept.

1,020

994

e950

e900

6870

eSSO

e900

el, 200

1,540

1,840

1,980

2,240

2,560

2,760

2,890

3,060

3,040

2,910

2,960

2,850

3,030

2,990

3,090

3,060

2,640

2,270

1,860

2,050

82,000

a2,000

-

Runoff in 

inches

3.40

2.43

1.52

1 e KO XO »O£

1.43

.52

.45

.46

.45

.36

19

.48

!78

12.47

a Doubtful or no gage-height.record at base OF auxiliary gage; discharge computed on basis of records for other stations In St. Johns River Basin.

e Stage-discharge relation Indefinite; discharge computed on basis of records for other stations 

In St. Johns River Basin.
ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 

Econlockhatchee River near Chuluota, Pla.

261

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°41', long. 81°07', on line between sees. 9 and 

10, 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. 296 square miles.

Records available. November 1935 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 14 years (1936-50), 255 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,700 second-feet Oct. 1 (gage height, 13.28 

feet); minimum, 14 second-feet June 10, 11, 13-20, 28, 29; minimum gage height, 0.80 

foot June 18, 19.

1935-50: 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 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

' 2122

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3,610

3,110

2,420

1,870

1,460

1,150

988

861

742

651

631

620

578

522

469

420

372

327

287

259

228

204

174

154

144

135

131

157

296

423

509

Nov.

466

393

332

295

249

217

182

152

133

127

118

109

98

97

115

115

100

1OO

89

80

73

71

65

59

57

60

64

63

59

55

-

Dec.

55

50

47

45

42

42

40

39

38

38

36

35

35

32

33

33

33

32

32

32

30

31

30

31

52

317

650

1,120

1,180

970

770

Jan.

650

55O

457

375

322

286

252

229

212

209

199

184

168

154

140

127

119

106

98

92

86

81

78

75

71

67

65

61

58

56

53

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December . ........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May.........'.....................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-So ............

Feb.

51

48

46

44

43

42

41

43

46

47

45

43

40

38

37

35

34

33

32

32

31

30

30

29

29

30

29

28

_

-

Secondfoot-days

23,902

4.20C

5,95C

96,76

5, 681

1,05

qc!7O 

1OQ QC

01 OJ.

45

1 25

98

7,17

54,25.1

Mar.

28

27

26

26

26

26

28

31

35

36

37

35

33

31

29

31

30

29

31

31

32

33

34

38

37

34

31

28

27

26

25

Apr.

24

23

23

25

52

98

139

168

168

144

116

96

81

67

56

48

42

37

34

32

30

29

28

26

26

26

27

39

54

70

Maximum

3,610

) 466

) 1,180

r 3,610

) 65O

51

38

i 168

63

> 17

5 127

i 51

7 875

t 3,610

May

63

55

48

41

36

33

30

27

26

24

22

21

19

18

22

22

19

20

20

20

19

20

31

31

22

20

19

18

18

17

16

Minimum

131

55

30

12

53

28

25

23

16

14

17

25

27

14

June

16

16

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

14

15

15

14

15

15

14

14

14

15

15

16

17

16

16

15

15

14

15

16

Mean

771

140

192

265

183

Of *7 . i /

30 '

6o!s

26.4

15.1

40.4

*T < OJ.* 3

239

'149

July

17

19

20

20

20

22

22

22

22

22

22

22

21

21

20

19

18

17

17

al8

a2i

h32

a50

a74

al04

a!27

121

104

87

72

60

Aug.

51

44

40

36

35

34

34

32

30

30

31

31

31

30

29

30

34

36

34

32

32

34

31

28

27

26

aZ5

aZ5

a25

a25

a26

Per square 

mile

2.60

.473

.649

.895

.618

.127

.104

.206

.089

.051

r 

l J.OO ^C 

.108

.807

.503

Sept.

a27

a29

a36

a66

a!22

a21o

a360

a570

aSOO

875

770

610

458

334

256

221

194

173

153

139

121

108

96

" 85

75

66

60

56

53

54

Runoff in 

inches

3.00

.53

.75

12.15

.71

.13

.12

.23

.10

.06

.16

.12

.90

6.81

Peak discharge (base, 1,200 see. -ft.). Oct. 1 (2 a.m.) 3,700 sec. -ft.; Dec. 29 (2 a.m.) 1.23O

sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis 6f recorded range in stage, weather records, 

and engineer's notes.

h Computed from staff-gage readings.

231536 O - 53 - 18
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 

 S., K. 29 E., at bridge on State Highway 46, 4j miles downstream from Little Wekiva 

River, 65 miles upstream from mouth, and 9 miles west of Sanford.

Records available. October 1931 to September 1935 (discharge measurements only), October 

j.93b to September 1950.

Average discharge. 15 years (1935-50), 263 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 1,130 second-feet Sept. 7 (gage height, 

4.78 feet); minimum observed, 141 second-feet June 28; minimum gage height observed, 

2.86 feet Dec. 4-18, Mar. 1-5.

1935-50: 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 below 500 second-feet and poor above. Gage read once daily.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

535

485

439

410

369

343

330

305

318

318

330

330

318

 305

292

280

280

280

268

255

255

255

255

255

255

268

280

280

280

280

292

Nov.

292

292

280

280

280

268

268

268

268

268

280

280

280

280

280

280

280

280

268

268

268

268

268

255

255

255

255

255

255

255

-

Dec.

255

255

255

242

242

242

242

242

242

242

242

242

242

242

242

242

242

242

255

255

255

255

255

255

255

330

343

330

318

305

292

Jan.

280

280

280

268

268

268

255

255

255

255

255

258

258

243

243

243

243

243

230

230

243

230

230

230

230

230

230

230

230

230

217

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calends r year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

Itarch ............................

April ............................

Hay ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

217

217

217

217

217

217

217

205

217

217

217

205

205

205

205

205

193

193

193

193

193

183

193

193

183

183

183

193

_

-

Secondfoot-days

9.74E

8.12E

8,096

90,79]

7 , 64*

5, 671 

6 28'

6, 36*

5 , 94!

4 79!

5J4oi

6,24'

11,374

85,696

Mar.

183

183

183

183

183

205

217

217

217

205

205

193

193

193

193

205

205

205

205

205

205

205

205

205

205

193

193

193

230

243

230

Apr.

217

217

205

205

258

288

272

258

243

217

217

217

205

205

193

193

193

193

205

205

193

193

193

193

193

205

205

193

193

193

Maximum

535

292

343

929

> 280

217

243

288

205

183

205

230

1,090

1,090

May

193

193

193

193

193

193

183

183

193

193

'193

193

183

193

205

205

205

205

205

193

193

193

193

193

193

183

183

183

183

183

172

Minimum

255

255

242

162

217

183

183

193

172

141

151

183

205

141

June

172

183

172

172

172

172

172

162

162

162

162

162

162

151

151

151

162

151

151

151

151

151

162

162

151

162

151

141

151

162

-

Mean

314

271

261

249

246

203

202

212

192

160

174

201

379

235

July

151

151

172

172

193

193

205

193

205

205

193

193

172

172

162

162

162

162

162

162

162

162

162

162

162

172

172

172

172

183

183

Aug.

183

183

205

205

205

205

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

205

205

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

193

217

230

230

230

230

230

Per square 

mile

Sept.

230

253

253

321

375

633

1,090

963

814

671

551

478

414

375

333

304

233

233

272

253

230

230

230

217

217

205

205

217

217

217

-

Runoff in 

inches
ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 263

Blue Spring near Orange City, Fla.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 28°56', long. 81°20', in see. 8, T. 18 S., R. 30 E., about 2j 

miles west of Orange City.

Records available. March 1932 to September 1950 (discharge measurements only).

lactremes. isaa^O: Maximum discharge measured, 190 second-feet Jan. 27, 1948; minimum 

measured, 62.7 second-feet Nov. 6, 1935, but may 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 1949 to September 1950

Oct.

Nov.

Jan.

19

29

11

149

180

175

Feb.

Apr.

May

?.7>

4

16

173

163

172

June

Aug.

Sept

23

10

21

161

150

156

Haines Creek at Lisbon, Fla.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 28°53', long. 81°47', in sec. 2, T. 19 S., R. 25 E., ( at bridge 

on state Highway 44, a quarter of a mile west of Lisbon and 8^ miles northeast of Leesburg. Datum of gage is 59.22 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Records available. July 1942 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 704 second-feet Oct. 7, 8, 11 (gage 

height, 4.22 feet); minimum observed, 120 second-feet Aug. 26-31; minimum gage height 

observed, 1.63 feet Aug. 28.

1942-50: Maximum discharge observed, that of Oct. 7, 8, 11, 1949; minimum discharge 

observed, 74 second-feef 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 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct.

696

696

696

696

692

696

704

704

696

696

704

696

696

683

633

688

688

681

681

681

673

666

666

666

658

653

658

650

658

658

673

NOV.

676

653

658

643

639

635

628

623

631

639

643

639

635

643

643

635

635

628

620

613

613

606

599

599

599

596

585

585

535

585

-

Dec.

578

574

571

560

557

550

550

550

546

546

543

543

540

540

536

529

522

529

529

529

522

522

518

504

504

522

529

526

518

518

503

Jan.

5O8

508

508

506

508

508

504

494

487

487

487

487

434

434

430

474'

474

474

471

463

462

456

459

459

453

453

450

444

433

433

433

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

Septsmber ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

435

432

429

426

414

409

409

409

406

403

403

403

403

403

393

387

381

376

373

370

365

368

370

365

360

357

352

349

_

-

Secondfoot-days

21,147

18) 72]

16,613

148,422

14, 753

10,955

10) 362

3,444

6>94£

5,082

4 281

3 922

e',510

127,738

Mar.

349

339

334

334

332

342

355

360

349

349

344

344

342

339

339

339

339

334

339

334

334

332

326

322

324

319

322

319

319

309

300

Apr.

297

295

297

300

322

297

300

302

300

300

300

297

295

290

288

281

276

276

276

276

272

263

259

257

255

255

255

257

253

253

Maximum

704

676

578

704

508

435

360

322

253

200

148

134

243

704

May

253

251

247

247

247

247

243

243

236

233

229

229

226

219

219

217

219

219

219

817

212

812

212

212

209

209

209

206

204

203

200

Minimum

650

585

504

212

J«D 

*OO

349

300

253

200

148

127

120

122

120

June

200

197

197

194

194

191

188

1S5

181

179

175

174

174

163

167

166

164

161

158

158

156

156

154

152

150

149

148

148

148

150

Mean

682

624

536

407

476

391

334

281

224

169

i J.OO ^fl

127

217

350

July

148

148

146

144

145

144

144

143

144

143

143

142

141

140

140

139

138

138

136

135

134

133

133

133

132

131

130

129

129

129

127

Aug.

126

132

133

133

134

133

132

129

129

128

130

130

130

130

129

127

126

124

124

125

124

125

124

123

122

120

120

120

120

120

120

Per square 

mile

Sept.

122

122

122

131

162

191

231

233

236

236

236

236

234

236

242

243

243

240

238

240

238

240

238

236

236

226

226

229

233

234

Runoff in 

inches
264 ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN

Oklawaha River at Moss Bluff, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 29°05', long. 81 0 53', in sec. 22 or 23, T. 16 S., 

K. 24 E., 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 septemcer i960.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 830 second-feet Oct. 2 (gage height, 48.22 feet); 

minimum, 114 second-feet June 22 (gage height, 42.10 feet); minimum daily, 115 secondfeet July 31.

1943-50: 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); minimum daily, 90 

second-feet Dec. 12, 1943.

Remarks.--Records good. Records includ3 flow of old Oklawaha River channel. Plow regulated by power plant above station. Normal limits of regulation of reservoir insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used June 27 to July 25)

Oct. 1 to July 25 July 26 to Sept. 30

42.2 122 42.5 115

43.2 206

44.2 310 '

46.2 552 <_.__

13.5 198

14.5 302

16.5 554

48.2 830 47.5 700

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

815

830

815

8OO

800

815

800

800

800

800

815

800

785

785

785

785

785

770

770

770

770

770

755

755

755

755

755

755

755

755

770

Nov.

770

755

740

740

726

726

712

726

726

726

726

726

726

740

770

755

740

726

712

712

712

712

698

684

684

684

684

684

684

684

-

Dec.

670

670

670

670

670

656

656

656

656

656

656

656

670

670

656

656

643

643

643

643

643

643

643

617

617

643

656

656

630

630

630

Jan.

630

630

630

630

630

630

630

617

617

604

604

604

591

591

591

578

578

578

565

552

552

552

552

552

552

552

539

539

526

514

514

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

514

514

514

502

502

490

478

478

478

478

478

478

478

478

478

466

454

442

442

430

418

406

442

418

418

430

418

406

_

.

-

Secondfoot-days

24,275

21,590

20,174

179,069

18,024

12 92£ 12)534

10,190

7 ,686

5,763

4.7O1

4 15C

9)394

151,509

Mar.

4O6

406

406

406

406

406

418

430

430

430

430

418

418

418

418

418

418

418

418

370

418

418

406

406

394

406

3.82

382

382

382

370

Apr.

358

358

358

358

358

370

358

358

358

358

346

288

346

346

346

346

346

346

346

346

346

346

334

310

310

310

Maximum

830

770

670

OWE

OOO

630

514

430

370

310

236

188

166

700

830

310

310

310

310

May

310

310

299

310

299

288

299

288

246

226

226

226

226

226

226

226

236

236

231

236

231

226

226

231

231

226

226

231

226

231

231

Minimum

755

684

617

120

514

406

370

226

122

115

1 "1 Q

1J-O

138

115

June

226

226

231

236

226

231

226

231

236

236

236

231

231

231

226

211

202

197

179

150

146

134

322

130

142

130

122

142

150

146

-

Mean

783

720

651

491

DOJ. cm

462

408

340

248

192

152

134

313

415

July

142

142

138

142

138

142

142

142

142

138

162

188

188

184

188

188

184

184

184

184

146

118

158

122

138

142

122

122

130

146

115

Aug.

118

122

122

122

122

154

122

122

122

154

134

138

166

134

134

134

134

130

134

150

134

134

134

130

134

134.

138

134

138

134

138

Sept.

138

138

142

162

248

554

700

a540

462

410

373

349

313

325

361

349

325

291

274

269

291

291

291

291

280

274

274

198

223

258

-

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Ocala.
ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 265

Oklawaha River near Ocala, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 29 0 11', long. 82°00 I , in sec. 15, T. 15 S. , R. 23 E., 

at Highway bridge known as Sharpes Perry, 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 1950. 

Average discharge. 20 years, 410 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,590 second-feet Sept. 6 (gage height, 4.86 

reet); minimum, 125 second-feet June 23, July 22, 23, Aug. 1, 2, 9, 10; minimum gage 

height, -0.56 foot June 23.

1930-50: 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 

DV power plant at Moss Bluff, 12 miles above station. Large seepage losses above 

station during prolonged periods of low flow.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used July 6 to Sept. 5, Sept. 9-30)

-0.6 120 1.8 416 4.1 1 

0.0 185 2.6 589 4.4 1 

1.0 302 3.2 787 4.8 1

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

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.

1,020 

1,050 

1,020 

1,000 

978

955 

955 

955 

933 

933

955 

955 

933

911 

911

890 

890 

868 

868 

848

848 

848 

827 

827 

827

807 

807 

807 

807 

807 

827

Nov.

827 

827 

827 

807 

807

807 

787 

787 

787 

807

807 

807 

807 

827 

868

868 

848 

848 

827 

827

807 

807 

807 

787 

787

787 

787 

768 

768 

787

Dec.

768 

768 

749 

749 

731

749 

731 

731 

731 

731

731 

713 

713 

713 

713

731 

731 

713 

713 

713

713 

696 

696 

696 

679

679 

696 

696 

696 

679 

679

Jan.

679 

679 

679 

663 

663

663 

663 

663 

647 

647

632 

647 

632

617 

617

603 

603 

589 

589 

576

576 

563 

563 

563 

551

551 

551 

551 

539 

528 

516

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendsr year 1949 

ary

1....... .....................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

516 

505 

505 

505 

494

484 

484 

484 

473 

463

463 

463 

463 

473 

463

463 

444 

434 

434 

434

416 

408 

416 

434 

425

416 

416 

416

Seccndfoot-days

27,86 

24,29f 

22,22

205, 07C

is, so:

12,794 

12,402 

9,592 

7.10E 

5,46f 

5,37! 

4,64! 

17,182

167,75!

Mar.

408 

399 

399 

399 

399

408 

434 

444 

444 

444

434 

425 

416 

399 

399

399 

399 

399

399 

391

383 

399 

391 

383 

376

376 

368 

376 

376 

376 

361

Apr.

354 

348 

348 

341 

348

354 

348 

341 

334 

334

328 

302 

322 

322 

322

315 

328 

322 

315 

322

315 

322 

308 

296 

283

289 

283 

283 

283 

283

Maximum

7 1,050 

868 

? 768

) 1,190

5 679 

t 516 

S 444 

S 354 

283 

241 

> 334 

! 174 

S 1,540

1,540

190 

340 

570

to September 1950

May

283 

283 

271 

271 

265

259 

259 

25j 

247 

224

212 

207 

207 

207 

218

218 

218 

218 

212 

207

212 

229 

241 

218 

212

229

207 

207 

202 

202 

202

Minimum

807 

768 

679

180

516 

408 

361 

283 

202 

125 

130 

125 

168

125

June

202 

202 

196 

202 

202

207 

207 

241 

235 

218

212 

207 

202 

196 

196

190 

190 

180 

174 

158

146 

141 

125 

141 

136

136 

130 

141 

163 

190

Mean

899

810 

717

562

606 

457 

400 

320 

229 

182 

173 

150 

573

460

July

180 

163 

180 

202 

334

271 

259 

202 

180 

163

152 

168 

180 

163 

168

180 

190 

190 

174 

168

158 

136 

136 

136 

130

136 

136 

130 

130 

141 

136

Aug.

125 

141 

174 

158 

146

152 

152 

136 

130 

136

141 

141 

146 

152 

146

152 

146 

146 

146 

152

152 

146 

146 

146 

146

146 

158 

174 

174 

168 

168

Sept.

180 

168 

168 

265 

584

1,370 

1,540 

1,340 

1,140 

976

848 

731 

663 

589 

576

576 

539 

494 

453 

425

399 

399

376 

368

361

348 

334 

322 

315 

334

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

Peak discharge (base, 600 sec. -ft.). Oct. 2 (4 a.m.) 1,050 see. -ft.; Sept. 6 (11 p.m.) 1,590 sec.-
266 ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN

Oklawaha River at Eureka, Pla.

Location. Water-Stage recorder, lat. 29°22i, 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 1950. 

Average discharge.--10 years (1930-33, 1943-50), 1,382 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,370 second-feet Sept. 7; maximum gage height,

 10.Itl feet Sept. 8; minimum discharge, 895 second-feet June 27 (gage height, 4.03 feet). 

1930-34, 1943-50: 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 tables, water year 1949-50, except days computed using rate of change of stage as a

factor (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 2 to Mar. l)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 1

6.0 1,470

6.3 1,670

6.5 1,820

Note. Same as 

following table 

above 6.5 feet.

4.1 

4.5 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0

Mar. 2 to Sept. 30

905

960

1,080

1,270

1,500

6.5

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

1,820

2,230

3,230

4,110

5,050

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,380

2,330

2,330

2,280

2,280

2,230

2,230

2,180

2,180

2,180

2,230

2,230

2,230

2,180

2,140

2,140

2,100

2,100

2,060

2,060

2,020

2,020

2,020

1,980

1,980

1,980

1,980

2,020

2,020

1,980

1,980

Nov.

1,980

1,980

1,940

1,940

1,940

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,940

2,020

2,020

2,020

2,020

1,980

1,980

1,940

1,940

1,940

1,900

1,940

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,940

-

Dec.

1,940

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,860

1,860

1,860

1,860

1,860

1,860

1,860

1,860

1,860

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,780

1,780

1,780

1,780

1,780

1,740

1,740

1,740

Jan.

1,740

1,740

1,740

1,700

1,700

1,700

1,700

1,700

1,700

1,670

1,670

1,670

1,670

1,670

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,600

1,600

1,600

1,560

1,560

1,560

1,530

1,530

1,530

1,530

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

Hay ~* 

June .............................

July .............................

Angust ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,470

1,470

1,470

1,470

1,470

1,470

1,410

1,410

1,410

1,410

1,410

1,410

1,410

1,410

1,360

1,360

1,360

1,360

1,360

1,360

1,360

1,360

1,360

1,360

1,360

1,360

1,360

1,360

_

-

-

Secondfoot-days

66 05C

SB) 160

57,260

588, 37C

50.29C

39.14C

41,010

35,000

31,75C

28,300

31,050

31.23E

65, ISO

534, 42E

liar.

1,360

1,310

1,310

1,310

1,310

1,310

1,400

1,450

1,450

1,400

1,400

1,350

1,350

1,350

1,310

1,310

1,350

1,310

1,310

1,310

1,310

1,310

1,310

1,270

1,270

1,270

1,270

1,270

1,270

1,270

1,230

Apr.

1,230

1,230

1,230

1,230

1,230

1,230

1,230

1,230

1,230

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,150

1,150

1,110

1,080

1,080

Maximum

2 380

2)020

1,940

3,230

1,740

1,470

1,450

1,230

1,080

1,000

1,230

1,110

5,200

5,200

Hay

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,060

1,060

1,060

1,060

1,080

1,060

1,030

1,000

980

980

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

980

980

980

1,000

1,060

1,080

1,060

1,000

1,000

1,000

980

980

960

Minimum

1 980

1 900

1^740

1,030

1,500

1,360

1,230

1,080

960

905

925

915

1,030

905

June

960

960

960

940

940

960

960

980

980

1,000

1,000

980

960

940

940

940

940

940

925

925

913

915

915

905

905

905

905

925

940

940

-

Mean

2 133

1 93e

1^847

1,612

1,622

1,398

1,323

1,167

1,024

943

1,002

1,008

2,173

1,464

July

9.40

940

940

980

980

1,060

1,150

1,230

1,230

1,190

1,080

1,030

980

980

1,030

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

980

960

940

940

940

925

925

925

925

925

925

Aug.

915

940

i 1,060

1,060

1 1,030

1,000

1,000

980

960

1,000

1,000

980

960

980

980

980

980

980

980

980

960

960

960

980

1,080

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,080

1,080

1,060

Per square 

mile

Sept.

1,030

1,030

1,030

1,110

1,350

k3,020

k5,200

k4, 760

k4,060

k3,410

k3,050

k2,700

2,530

2,330

2,140

2,060

1,980

1,900

1,900

1,820

1,750

1,750

1,750

1,680.

1,680

1,680

1,620

1,620

1,620

1,620

-

Runoff in 

inches

Peak discharge (base.

k computed by using ra

1J

ite

sec.-ft.K Sent. 7 (3 p.m.) 5,370 sec.-ft.

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 Perry 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 1950 (include flow of Orange Creek). 

Average discharge. 20 years, 1,673 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,420 second-feet Sept. 9 (gage height, 11.12 

reet, from floodmarks); minimum observed, 960 second-feet June 26, 27; minimum gage 

height observed, 3.50 feet June 27.

1930-50: 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. Qage read twice daily.

Rating table, water year 1949-5O (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

3.5 960 5.5 1,480

4.0 1,060 6.0 1,710

4.7 1,220 6.5 1,970

5.0 1,310 7.0 2,320

8.0 3,110

9.0 4,050

10.0 5,500

11.0 7,250

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

6

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

16

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,780

2,700

2,70O

2,620

2,540

2,540

2,540

2,540

2,540

2,540

2,620

2,620

 2,540

2,540

2,540

2,470

2,470

2,470

2,390

2,390

2,320

2,320

2,320

2,240

2,240

2,240

2,170

2,240

2,240

2,240

2,240

Nov.

2,240

2,240

2,240

2,170

2,170

2,170

2,100

2,100

2,100

2,100

2,100

2,100

2,100

2,100

2,240

2,240

2,240

2,240

2,240

2,240

2,170

2,170

2,170

2,100

2,100

2,100

2,100

2,100

2,100

2,100

-

Dec.

2,100

2,100

2,O30

2,030

2,O30

2,030

2,030

2,030

2,030

2,030

2,030

2,030

1,970

1,970

1,970

1,970

1,970

1,970

1,970

1,970

1,970

1,970

1,910

1,910

1,910

1,910

1,910

1,910

1,910

1,910

1,860

Jan.

1,860

1,860

1,860

1,860

1,860

1,810

1,810

1,810

1,810

1,810

1,810

1,810

1,810

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,660

1,660

1,660

1,660

1,660

1,660

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,610

1,610

1,610

1,610

1,560

1,560

1,560

1,560

1,560

1,520

1,520

1,520

1,520

1,520

1,520

1,480

1,480

1,480

1,480

1,440

1,440

1,440

1,480

1,480

1,440

1,440

1,440

1,440

-

.

-

Secondfoot-days

75,900

64,680

61,340

687,860

54,560

42,320

44,330

37,970

34,580

30,860

35,600

35,950

92,620

610,710

Mar.

1,440

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,480

1,520

1,560

1,560

1,520

1,520

1,480

1,480

1,440

1,440

1,440

1,440

1,440

1,440

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,370

1,370

1,370

1,340

1,370

1,370

1,340

Apr.

1,340

1,

1,

1,

540

510

510

1,340

1,370

1,

1,

J

570

540

540

1^310

1,310

1,

1,

1,

280

280

250

1,250

1,250

1,

1,

1,

220

220

220

1,220

1,220 i»; i,;

1,

"20

"00

>00

1,200

1,220 i»; 1,'

1.2 1,2

Maximum

2,780

2,240

2,100

3,450

1,860

1,610

1,560

1,370

1,180

1,120

1,340

1,310

7,250

7,250

!20

>20

"00

'00

May

1,180

1,180

1,180

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,120

1,150

1,150

1,120

1,120

1,100

1,080

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,100

1,100

1,120

1,120

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,080

1,080

1,060

Miniaum

2,170

2,100

1,860

1,220

1,660

1,440

1,340

1,200

1,060

960

1,060

1,060

1,220

960

June

1,060

1.04O

1,060

1,060

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,020

1,040

1,120

1,100

1,060

1,040

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,000

1,000

980

1,020

1,040

980

960

960

1,000

1,020

1,040

Mean

2,448

2,156

1,979

1,885

1,760

1,511

1,430

1,266

1,115

1,029

1,148

1,160

3,087

1,673

July

1,060

1,060

1,060

1,100-

1,100

1,120

1,150

1,220

1,310

1,340

1,310

1,250

1,200

1,150

1,180

1,180

1,200

1,200

1,180

1,180

1,150

1,120

1,120

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,060

1,06O

Aug.

1,O60

1,3

1,2

1,2

OO

20

00

1,200

1,200

1.2

1,3

1,3

20

80

20

1,120

1,150

1,3

1,C

1,3

20

80

00

1,100

1,100

1,3

1,3

1.1

20

00

00

1,080

1,080

1,C

1,C

1,1

60

80

20

1,200

1,220

1,2

1,3

1,3

1,3

80

10

10

10

1,310

Per square 

mile

Sept.

1,280

1,220

1,220

1,340

1,710

2,780

4,700

6,900

7,250

6,370

5,330

4,420

3,830

3,450

3,280

3,030

2,940

2,780

2,700

2,620

2,540

2,470

2,390

2,390

2,320

2,320

2,240

2,240

2,240

2,320

Runoff in 

inches
268 ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN

Oklawaha River at Riverside Landing, near Orange Springs, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 29°30', long. 81°48', in sec. 33, T. 11 S., R. 25 

E.', 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,320 second-feet Sept. 10 (gage height, 9.50 

reet); minimum, 1,060 second-feet June 27 (gage height, 4.57 feet).

1943-50: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 10, 1950; minimum, 956 second-feet June 

3, 4, 6-19, 1945; minimum gage height, 3.97 feet June 17, 18, 1945.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Sept. 7 Sept. 8-30

4.6 1,070 5.6 1,600 6.7 2,900 6.6 2,850 8.5 5,670 

5.0 1,220 5.8 1,770 7.0 3,320 7.0 3,410 9.0 6,470 

5.2 1,320 6.0 1,990 7.5 4,070 7.5 4,150 9.4 7,150 

5.4 1,450 6.3, 2,350 7.9 4,690 8.O 4,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

3,620 

3,620 

3,540 

3,540 

3,400

3,400 

3,320 

3,250 

3,250 

3,250

3,320 

3,320 

3,320 

3,250 

3,250

3,180 

3,180 

3,110 

3,110 

3,040

3,040 

2,970 

2,970 

2,900 

2,900

2,830 

2,830 

2,900 

2,900 

2,900 

2,900

Nov.

2,900 

2,900 

2,900 

2,830 

2,830

"2,830 

2,760 

2,760 

2,760 

2,690

2,690 

2,690 

2,690 

a2,700 

a2,800

a2,900 

a2, 900 

a2,900 

a2,900 

a2,900

a2,900 

a2,800 

a2,800 

a2,800 

a2,850

a2,800 

a2,800 

2,760 

2,690 

2,760

Dec.

2,760 

2,690 

2,690 

2,690 

2,690

2,690 

2,620 

2,620 

2,620 

2,620

2,620 

2,620 

2,550 

2,550 

2,550

2,550 

2,550 

2,550 

2,550 

2,550

2,550 

2,550 

2,550 

2,480 

2,480

2,480 

2,480 

2,480 

2,420 

2,420 

2,420

Jan.

2,420 

2,420 

2,350 

2,350 

2,350

2,350 

2,350 

2,290 

2,290 

2,290

2,290 

2,290 

2,290 

2,230 

2,230

2,230 

2,230 

2,230 

2,170 

2,170

2,170 

2,170 

2,170 

2,110 

2,110

2,110 

2,110 

2,050 

2,050 

2,050 

2,050

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

her.. ........................

mber .........................

lendaT year 1949 ............

ary . . .

1 ............................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Peak discharge (base, 3,200 sec

Feb.

2,050 

1,990 

1,990 

1,990 

1,930

1,930 

1,930 

1,930 

1,870 

1,870

1,870 

1,870 

1,870 

1,820 

1,820

1,820 

1,770 

1,770 

1,770 

1,770

1,770 

1,720 

1,820 

1,770 

1,770

1,770 

1,720 

1,720

Secondfoot-days

98.31C 

84, 19C 

79.64C

866, 71C

68,97C 

51.69C 

53,97C 

44.35C 

38,69C 

34,41C 

40.55C 

41.01C 

109, 97C

.745.75C

Mar.

1,720 

1,680 

1,680 

1,680 

1,680

1,680 

1,820 

1,870 

1,930 

1,930

1,930 

1,870 

1,870 

1,820 

1,820

1,770 

1,770 

1,770 

1,720 

1,720

1^720 

1,720 

1,720 

1,680 

1,680

1,640 

1,640 

1,600 

1,640 

1,600 

1,600

Apr.

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, 

1, 

1, 

1,

Maxinum

) 3,620 

) 2,900 

) 2,760

4,370

2,420 

2,050 

1,930 

1,640 

1,350 

1,240 

1,600 

1,560 

7,150

7,150

-ft.). Oct. 1 (1 c.m.

600 

560 

560 

560 

600

640 

640 

640 

600 

560

560 

520 

480 

450 

450

420 

420 

420 

420 

420

420 

380 

380 

350 

350

420 

420 

380 

380 

350

May

1,350 

1,320 

1,320 

1,300 

1,300

1,270 

1,270 

1,270 

1,270 

1,270

1,270 

1,240 

1,220 

1,200 

1,220

1,240 

1,240 

1,220 

1,220 

1,200

1,200 

1,220 

1,240 

1,270 

1,270

1,240 

1,220 

1,220 

1,220 

1,200 

1,180

Minimum

2,830 

2,690 

2,420

1,450

2,050 

1,720 

1,600 

1,350 

1,180 

1,070 

1,160 

1,160 

1,480

1,070

June

1,160 

1,160 

1,180 

1,200 

1,180

1,160 

1,160 

1,180 

1,180 

1,180

1,240 

1,220 

1,200 

1,160 

1,140

1,140 

1,140 

1,140 

1,140 

1,120

1,100

1,100 

1,100

1,140 

1,100

1,100 

1,070 

1,080 

1,100 

1,140

.Mean

3,171 

2,806 

2,569

2,375

2,225 

1,846 

1,741 

1,478 

1,248 

1,147 

1,308 

1,323 

3,666

2,043

July

1,160 

1,160 

1,180 

1,240 

1,240

1,240 

1,270 

1,320 

1,420 

1,520

1,560 

1,600 

1,480 

1,420 

1,420

1,380 

1,380 

1,380 

1,350 

1,350

1,320 

1,300 

1,240 

1,220 

1,220

1,200 

1,200 

1,200 

1,200 

1,200 

1,180

Aug.

1,160 

1,220 

1,380 

1,380 

1,350

1,380 

1,420 

,420 

,350 

,300

,300 

,270 

,220 

1,220 

1,300

1,300 

1,300 

1,270 

1,270 

1,240

1,220 

1,200 

1,220 

1,240 

1,300

1,350 

1,380 

1,450 

1,520 

1,520 

1,560

Sept.

1,560 

1,520 

1,460 

1,560 

1,820

2,170 

4,690 

5,990 

7,150 

7,150

6,640 

5,990 

5,350 

4,750 

4,450

4,000 

3,780 

3,620 

3,410 

3,270

3,200 

3,130 

3,060 

2,990 

2,920

2,850 

2,850 

2,780 

2,920 

2,920

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

3,700 sec. -ft. ; Sept. 10 (2 a.m.) 7,320

sec.-ft. 

a Ho gage-height recordj discharge computed on basis of records for station near Orange Springs.
ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 269

Palatlakaha Creek near Mascotte, Pla.

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 8-5- miles northeast of 

Mascotte. Datum of gage is 89.54 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Records available.--May 1945 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year. 338 second-feet at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (stage

railing; peak occurred Sept. 29, 1949); minimum, 4.0 second-feet Aug. 18-20 (gage height, 

2.98 feet).

1945-50: 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 except those below 20 second-feet, which are fair.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

335

332

326

330

319

320

320

318

315

318

318

318

316

315

313

312

310

309

308

306

3O3

3OO

298

296

292

291

290

291

303

302

302

Nov.

298

292

286

279

276

268

264

26O

256

252

249

244

242

242

240

236

232

226

220

217

213

207

204

201

202

2O2

200

196

194

19O

-

Dec.

 186

182

178

176

173

170

167

164

160

156

154

151

149

146

145

141

141

140

138

137

135

133

130

125

129

138

138

136

135

133

132

Jan.

131

130

129

127

126

124

121

119

119

118

115

114

al!3

al!2

alll

allO

allO

a!09

109

108

105

105

104

104

104

103

102

102

101

100

99

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..'............................

June .............................

July

August ...........................

September ........................

Hater year 1949-5O ............

Feb.

98

97

96

95

93

91

90

87

88

87

85

84

83

81

78

77

75

73

71

70

68

67

67

66

65

63

62

61

.

.

-

Secondfoot-clays

9,616

7, OS'S

4,618

37,822.3

3,484

2 > 218

1,604

1,160

894

432.4

155. E

187 £

3,204.2

34,661.9

Mar.

59

57

55

54

53

54

57

60

59

57

56

55

54

53

52

53

51

50

50

49

48

49

47

45

44

42

41

43

55

53

49

Apr.

48

46

45

44

52

51

49

47

45

44

41

40

38

37

36

35

34

34

33

33

32

32

32

30

32

34

34

34

34

34

-

Maximum

335

298

186

341

131

98

60

52

33

27

5.8

10

147

335

May

33

32

32

31

30

30

28

28

28

26

26

25

24

24

24

28

30

29

28

28

27

30

33

32

32

31

30

30

29

28

28

Minimum

29O

190

125

1.9

99

61

41

30

24

4.7

4.4

4.0

9.3

4.0

June

27

26

26

24

23

22

21

21

19

18

17

17

16

16

15

14

12

12

10

10

9.3

8.5

7.8

7.0

6.7

5.5

5.1

4.7

5.5

6.3

-

Mean

310

236

149

104

112

79.2

51.7

38.7

28.8

14.4

5*O

6 .0

107

95.0

July

5.8

5.8

5.5

5.3

5.1

5.1

4.9

4.9

5.3

5.3

5.1

5.1

4.9

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.7

5.3

5.1

4.9

4.7

4.7

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.7

5.5

5.3

5.1

5.1

Aug.

5.1

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.1

5.1

4.9

4.6

4.6

4.7

5.1

4.9

4.7

4.6

4.6

4.2

4.0

4.0

4.1

5.3

6.3

7.0

8.5

8.2

8.5

9.6

9.3

9.6

10

10

Per square 

mile

2

S

Sept.

9.6

9.3

9.3

15

26

62

101

112

120

124

125

126

126

125

125

125

126

130

129

130

130

131

131

132

a!32

131

131

138

146

147

-

Runoff in 

inches

a No gage-height record; discharge Interpolated.

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 1950 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes. 1945-50: 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 1949 to September 1950

Oct 3

Nov 14

Dec 9

Jan 19

Mar 1

418

260

168

126

59.6

Apr. 12

May 24

July 5

Aug. 16

Sept?26

46.9

22.3

4.65

2.93

126
270 ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN

Silver Springs near Ocala, Pla.

Location. Measuring point for discharge measurements at lat. 29°13', long. 82°02 I , in 

 sec. 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. 

23 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 1950. 

Average discharge. 17 years, 830 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,120 second-feet Oct. 12, 15; maximum gage 

height at head of springs not determined; minimum discharge, 752 second-feet July 1; 

minimum gage height at head of springs, 0.42 foot June 26.

1933-50: Maximum discharge observed, 1,140 second-feet Oct. 7, 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 from relation between artesian pressure at Sharpes 

Perry well and discharge at measuring point.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,09O

1,100

1,100

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

 1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,100

1,100

1,110

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

Nov.

1,09O

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,070

1,070

1,070

- 1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,060

1,050

1,050

1,040

1,050

1,050

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,050

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,040

1,040

-

Dec.

1,030

1,020

1,010

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,010

998

990

998

998

998

998

998

982

974

974

982

982

974

974

966

966

Jan.

966

966

966

966

958

958

950

950

950

950

950

942

942

942

942

934

934

934

934

926

918

926

926

918

910

910

910

910

910

910

902

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ......................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

l^y....... ....................... 

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

902

902

894

894

886

886

894

886

886

886

886

878

878

878

870

870

870

862

862

862

862

870

862

854

846

854

838

838

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

34.28C

31,77C

30,98'

338,65!

29,01C

24,45f

25,455

23,80!

24,44'

22,99]

23, 56

23 82i'

29^372

323, 95£

Mar.

846

838

838

838

838

838

846

838

a830

822

a822

a822

a822

822

830

830

822

822

814

822

814

814

807

807

807

807

807

807

800

794

788

Apr.

794

794

794

794

794

794

788

788

788

794

794

794

794

794

794

788

794

794

794

800

794

788

794

800

800

794

794

794

794

794

Maximum

) 1,110

) 1,090

> 1,030

5 1,110

) 966

902

' 846

) 800

I 800

L 777

768

S 772

! 1,100

1,110

May

794

794

794

794

794

788

788

794

788

788

794

794

800

800

797

792

792

786

786

786

786

786

786

786

781

781

a78l

a780

a779

a778

a777

Minimum

1,090

1,040

966

782

902

838

788

 788

777

755

755

763

772

755

June

777

772

777

777

777

772

772

768

768

772

772

772

768

768

768

768

768

763

763

763

759

759

759

759

759

759

759

759

759

755

Mean

1,106

1,059

999

928

936

873

821

794

788

766

760

76{

979

888

July

755

755

755

755

759

755

759

759

759

759

755

759

759

759

759

759

759

763

763

763

763

759

763

763

763

763

763

768

768

763

763

Aug.

763

763

768

768

768

768

763

763

763

768

768

768

768

768

768

768

768

772

772

772

772

768

768

768

768

772

772

772

772

772

772

Per square 

mile

Sept.

772

772

772

777

792

803

808

833

870

910

942

974

996

1,020

1,040

1,050

1,050

1,060

1,070

1,080

1,090

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,090

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

Runoff in 

inches

a No artesian pressure record; discharge interpolated.

Note. No gage-height record at head of springs Oct. 20-23, Sept. 6-15.
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 1950 (discharge measurements only). 

Extremes.--iSMB^gO; Maximum discharge measured, 889 second-feet Mar. 16, 1948; minimum

 measured, 8.34 second-feet May 26, 1950.

Remarks.--Discharge measurements made at or near bridge on State Highway 234.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, 

water year October 1949 to September 1950

Oct.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

24

8

18

28

133

76.7

39.1

27.1

Apr. 14

May 26

Aug. 18

Sept. 28

31.6

8.34

62.2

344

Orange Lake Outlet near Citra, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 29°26', long. 82°07', in sec. 21, T. 12 S., R. 22

E., at bridge on U. S. Highway 301 and State Highway 200, 0.8 mile south of Island Grove

and 1.5 miles north of Citra. Datum of gage is 53.41 feet above mean sea level, datum

of 1929. 

Records available.--November 1941 (three miscellaneous discharge measurements), January

1947 to September 1949. 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 359 second-feet Sept. 15-21; maximum gage height,

5.86 feet Sept. 19, 20; minimum discharge, 1.2 second-feet June 27 (gage height, 3.17

feet).

1947-50: Maximum discharge, 677 second-feet Mar. 17-24, 1948; maximum gage height,

7.81 feet Mar. 17, 1948; minimum discharge, that of June 27, 1950.

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 1949 'to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

121

118

116

117

116

122

135

136

138

136

139

139

139

139

138

136

135

134

132

132

129

127

124

121

118

118

117

117

125

121

122

Nov.

132

122

121

117

113

1O9

107

105

103

103

102

100

99

113

120

118

117

117

114

114

116

117

116

116

118

120

114

117

117

120

-

Dec.

120

121

120

120

120

118

117

115

114

113

112

111

109

109

108

111

108

106

104

104

103

102

103

99

97

97

96

96

95

94

92

Jan.

92

91

89

88

86

85

85

82

82

81

80

79

78

76

75

75

74

73

73

72

71

71

71

69

68

67

67

66

66

65

65

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

Deoember .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...:.......................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

63

62

61

61

59

59

58

56

55

55

54

53

52

51

52

52

50

48

47

46

44

43

45

44

44

43

44

43

.

-

-

Secondfoot-days

3 957

3^417

3,334

34,647

2>362

1 444

1,320

969

472 . £

121 . £

550.9

834

8,521

27,303.3

Mar.

43

43

41

40

39

41

44

47

49

47

45

46

46

46

44

45

46

44

43

41

41

42

43

41

39

38

37

37

41

41

40

Apr.

38

38

37

36

41

43

42

39

38

37

37

37

36

35

34

32

30

30

29

29

28

27

26

25

24

26

25

24

24

22

-

Maximum

139

132

121

155

92

63

49

43

22

8 . 5

32

36

359

359

May

22

21

21

20

19

19

18

19

19

18

17

17

17

16

16

16

15

15

14

14

13

13

12

11

11

11

11

10

9.6

9.2

8.8

Minimum

116

99 

92

32

65

43

37

22

8 8 l'.Z

2.2

23

39

1.3

June

8.5

7.8

7.1

6.8

6.4

6.0

5.4

5.7

5.7

5.4

5.1

4.5

4.0

3.1

3.1

4.2

3.7

3.1

2.7

2.4

2.2

2.2

2,2

2.2

2.0

1.5

1.3

1.7

3.1

2.7

-

Mean

128

114

108

94.9

7C ( D. O t

51* 6

42* 6

32.3

is!2

4.0

17 .8

26 ,9

284

74.8

July

2,4

2,2

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.8

3.7

4.2

4.8

6.0

10

11

13

15

19

22

24

25

28

30

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

31

31

Aug.

30

30

30

29

30

32

30

28

28

26

26

26

25

25

26

26

24

25

24

24

24

23

24

24

24

24

24

28

30

29

36

Per square 

mile

i

Sept.

40

39

43 '54

94

179

237

264

291

310

329

339

349

349

359

359

359

359

359

359

359

349

349

349

339

339

339

339

339

349

-

Runoff in 

inobes

Peak discharge (base, 200 sec.-ft. ). Sept. 15-21, 359 sec.-ft.
272 ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 

Orange Creek at Orange Springs, Pla.

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 If miles upstream from Little Orange Creek.

Records available.--Four miscellaneous discharge measurements in 1930, 1932, and 1938; 

November 1941 to September 1950 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes. 1941-50: Maximum discharge measured, 1,490 second-feet Nov. 16, 1941; minimum 

measured, 4.53 second-feet May 28, 1945.

Remarks.--Measurements are made at bridge on State Highway 318.

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, water year 

October 1949 to September 1950

Nov. 2

Dec. 1

27

Feb. 2

Mar. 1

198

169

124

74.6

51.7

Mar. 31

Apr. 26

May 30

June 28

July 27

54.1

36.4

15.5

7.30

48.1

Aug. 30

Sept. 12

28

70.5

638

511

Lochloosa Creek near Hawthorn, Pla.

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, 1-J- miles upstream from Lochloosa Lake and 3-jj- miles southwest of Hawthorn.

Records available. February 1947 to September 1950 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes. 1947-50; Maximum discharge measured, 418 second-feet Jan. 26, 1948; minimum 

 measured, 1.04 second-feet May 25, 1950.

Remarks.--Discharge measurements made at abandoned bridge.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, water year 

October 1949 to September 1950

Oct.

Dec.

Jan.

25

7

18

10

7

3

7

62

02

Feb.

Apr.

May

28

13

25

1.21

3.77

1.04

July

Aug.

Sept

6

17

27

33.0

2.64

14.3
ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 273

Lochloosa Lake outlet near Loohloosa, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 29<>29'10", long. 82°06'10", In sec. 3, T. 12 S., R. 

22~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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 108 second-feet Sept. 

no flow Apr. 15 to July 10, July 13 to Aug. 23.

1947-50: Maximum discharge, 341 second-feet Mar. 12, 13, 

feet); no flow Apr. 15 to July 10, July 13 to Aug. 23, 1950.

Remarks. Records fair.

8 (gage height, 4.22 feet); 

1948 (gage height, 6.04

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

25

25

25

24

24

29

46

48

49

43

46

45

44

42

40

39

38

36

34

32

30

23

28

26

24

26

26

24

25

26

27

Nov.

34

31

29

29

26

25

23

22

21

20

20

19

18

26

31

32

32

32

29

28

27

28

26

25

26

26

24

23

23

25

-

Dec.

25

23

22

20

20

19

18

17

17

17

16

16

16

16

16

15

13

12

12

12

12

11

11

10

9.5

9.0

8.0

8.0

7.5

7.2

6.6

Jan.

6.0

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.3

5.5

5.5

5.5

4.6

4.4

4.3

4.3

4.1

4.1

4.0

3.3

3.6

3.5

3.5

3.3

3.2

3.0

2.8

2.8

2.7

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.1

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February ....................... .

March ............................

April ............................

May

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-5O ............

Feb.

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.4

.4

.2

.2

.1

.0

.0

.0

.8

.8

.7

.6

.6

.6

.5

.5

.6

.6

.5

.5

.5

.4

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

1,029

780

441.8

5,247.3

121.5

28.0

14.0

4.2

O

O

.4

5.0

2,342.6

4,766.5

Mar.

0.4

.3

.3

.2

.2

.3

.6

.7

.8

.8

.6

.6

.6

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.4

.4

.3

.4

.5

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.5

.5

.4

Apr.

0.3

.3

.2

.2

.5

.6

.5

.4

.3

.3

.2

.2

.1

.1

O

0

O

O

O

0

O

O

0

0

O

0

O

O

0

O

-

Maximum

49

34

25

49

6.0

2.0

»8

.6

0

0

.3

.9

107

107

May

Minimum

24

18

6.6

1.4

2.1

.4

.2

0

O

O

O

0

.6

0

June

Mean

33.2

26.0

14.3

14.4

3 92 i!oo

.45

.14

O

O

.01

.16

78 . 1

13.1

July

0

0

O

0

0

0

0

O

0

O

.1

.3

O

0

0

O

0

O

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

O

0

0

Aug.

0

0

0

O

0

O

0

O

0

0

O

O

O

O

0

O

O

0

0

0

0

0

O

.3

.7

.5

.6

.9

.6

.8

.8

Per square 

mile

Sept.

1.0

.6

.6

3.4

21

76

104

107

106

107

102

97

93

93

93

93

93

94

93

92

91

91

91

87

85

83

82

82

88

93

Runoff in 

inches

Peak discharge (base, 150 sec.-ft.) No peak above base.
274 ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN

Etonia Creek near Plorahome, Pla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 89°44'05", long. 81°51'45", in sec. 2, T. 9 S., R. 

ZSHE7, at county road bridge 1.5 miles east of Florahome. Datum of gage is 69.00 feet 

above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Records available. December 1949 to September 1950.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during period, 396 second-feet Sept. 7; maximum gage height, 

i .UY feet Mar. 16; minimum discharge, 2.9 second-feet June 5; minimum gage height, 0.23 

foot Aug. 26.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no 

period of channel dredging, which are fair.

?e-height record and those for

Rating table. Dec. 7, 1949, to Sept. 30, 1950 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 7 to Jan. 22,

July 15 to Aug. 20, Sept. 9-30)

Dec. 7 to July 14 July 15 to Sept. 30

1.0 3.1 1.5 14 3.0 82 0.2 16

1.2 7.0 2.1 32 3.1 92

1.3 9.2 2.4 45 3.3 120

1.4 12 2.7 61 3.8 209

.3 18

.4 21

0.5 26 1.4 105

.7 39 2.0 186

1.1 72 3.1 387

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. Nov. Dec.

_

_

_

_

-

_

28

28

28

28

27

27

26

26

26

28

28

28

28

27

26

25

25

24

24

25

25

24

24

23

23

Jan.

22

22

22

21

21

20

20

21

21

21

20

20

20

19

18

18

18

17

17

17

16

16

16

16

16

15

14

14

14

14

14

Feb.

14

13

13

13

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

11

11

11

10

9.8

9.5

9.0

8.5

8.5

11

11

11

11

9.5

8.8

_

-

-

u__ th SecondMonth foot-days

October .......................

November .........................

December 7-31 .................... 651

Calendar year .......

January . sen

February ......................... 311 .£ March ............................ 1, 133 . ]

April ............................ 597. £

May... ........................... 238.:

June ............................. 416 .e

July ............................. 2 , 003

August ........................... 657

Ssptember ........................ 3 , 270

Water year ............

Mar.

8.8

8.5

8.3

8.5

9.0

13

22

35

44

29

24

21

21

24

24

139

176

69

50

42

34

37

44

34

30

27

24

27

35

38

27

Apr.

22

i

Z

]

2

0

9

46

59i

\

9

1

7

24

22

j

]

a]

1

9

8

a!6

14

:

:

]

4

4

4

13

12

1

]

1

1

9.8

10

14

:

1

]

i

-

Maximum

28

22

14

176

59

16

32

209

34

387

-

4

5

4

3

May

12

11

9

9

8

7

7

7

7

7

6

6

5

5

7

11

16

14

10

8

7

7

6

6

5

5

5

5

4

4

4

Minimum

23

14

8.5

8.3

9.8

4.2

3.3

26

17

27

-

8

0

3

7

0

0

4

2

8

4

8

4

0

3

4

0

6

0

4

0

0

0

8

6

2

June

3.9

3.5

3.3

3.3

3.7

11

11

12

11

10

8.8

7.0

6.6

5.4

6.0

12

10

8.1

7.0

10

17

20

25

31

32

30

28

28

26

26

-

Mean

26.0

18.1

11.1

36.6

19 .9

7.68

13.9

64.6

21.2

109

-

July

26

28

29

29

33

29

29

44

a77

allo

a!43

a!76

209

122

79

67

72

70

66

62

61

61

68

65

53

45

35

30

28

29

28

Aug.

27

28

34

30

27

26

24

24

22

21

21

19

19

18

19

19

19

18

18

18

18

17

18

17

17

17

18

20

20

22

22

Sept.

28

27

28

44

104

236

387

311

228

183

149

132

115

100

90

83

76

76

74

70

67

64

60

59

57

57'

55

60

101

149

Per square Runoff in 

sile inches

a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated.

Note. Channel below gage dredged deeper and wider during period July IS to Aug. 20.
ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN 275

South Fork Black Creek near Penney Farms, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 29°59', long. 81°51', in sec. 13, T. 6 S., R. 24 E.,

 at bridge on Stage Highway 16, half a mile downstream from Greens Creek, 2-g 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. 160 square miles.

Records available.--November 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 172 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,020 second-feet Sept. 7 (gage height, 18.68

 t'eet); minimum, 24 second-feet June 21, 22 (gage height, 0.77 foot).

1939-50: 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, that of June 21, 22, 1950.

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

0.8 25 3.0 164 14.0 1,570 

1.2 38 5.2 365 15.0 2,OOO 

1.6 55 11.0 970 16.2 2,770 

2.0 81 13.0 1,290 17.7 4,030

Discharge, in seccnd-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

627 

1,570 

997 

474 

298

243 

194 

172 

155 

125

121 

102 

93 

88 

82

75 

71 

66 

63 

59

56 

54 

52 

52 

50

51 

52 

54 

84 

98 

72

Nov.

112 

87 

70 

61 

56

54 

53 

52 

53 

56

56 

53 

52 

270 

544

307 

176 

137 

116 

104

94 

84 

78 

75 

73

66 

64 

64 

63

77

Dec.

83 

71 

66 

63 

63

61 

60 

61 

61 

61

60 

59 

59 

58 

60

78 

76 

70 

65 

62

60 

60 

59

57 

57

65 

63 

60 

59 

57 

56

Jan.

55 

54 

53 

52 

52

51 

51 

52 

51 

50

50 

49 

49 

48 

48

48 

47 

47 

47 

46

46 

46 

46 

46 

45

44

44 

44 

44 

44 

44

Feb.

43 

43 

42 

42 

41

41 

41 

41 

41 

41

41 

40 

42 

42 

40

39 

38 

38 

38 

38

37 

37 

43 

46 

43

41 

39 

37

 _+,. SecondMonth foot-days

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay. 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

6,35 

3,20 

1,95

............ 42,60

1... .........................

ember ........................

1,49 

1,13 

1,8O< 

1,26 

1,15 

88 

4,09 

1,16 

13,95

ter year 1949-50 ............ 38,45

Mar.

37 

37 

37 

37 

39

68 

82 

87 

108

77

57 

50 

47 

54 

54

63 

81 

73 

63 

56

52 

54 

55 

49 

46

44 

42 

47 

94 

64 

50

Apr.

45 

43 

41 

39

57

96 

70 

55 

48 

45

42 

40 

38 

36 

35

35 

34 

34 

35 

34

33 

32 

32 

31 

32

44 

44 

38 

36 

42

Maximum

5 1,570 

7 544 

5 83

5 1,570

5 55

5 46 

t 108 

5 96

; 48

I 55 

> 606 

7 93 

I 4,030

2 4,030

Hay

41 

42 

38 

35 

33

33 

32 

35

37 

36

35 

35 

35 

35 

38

48 

48 

44 

40 

38

37 

37 

38 

38 

37

37 

37 

36 

36 

33 

32

Hinimum

50 

52 

56

26

44 

37 

37 

31 

32 

25 

25 

26 

48

25

June

31 

28 

' 27 

28 

28

31 

30 

28 

28 

27

27 

26 

26 

25 

25

26 

a28 

a31 

33 

30

26 

25 

36 

55 

42

30 

26 

26 

26 

26

Mean

205 

107 

62.9

117

48.2 

40.5 

58.2 

42.2 

37.3 

29.4 

132 

37.6 

465

. 105

July

25 

27 

53 

93 

52

42 

48 

125 

336 

606

365 

346 

252 

168 

129

160 

150 

97 

108 

186

204 

112 

70 

54 

46

41 

38 

39 

40 

42 

38

Aug.

36 

36 

47 

93 

60

46 

42 

37 

34 

31

31 

29 

30 

37 

37

36 

35 

30 

30 

28

26 

33 

30 

34 

33

29 

39 

42 

36 

36 

44

Per square 

mile

1.28 

.669 

.393

.731

.301 

.253 

.364 

.264 

.233 

.184 

.825 

.235 

2.91

.656

Sept.

78 

100 

96 

84 

225

1,060 

4,030 

1,940 

868 

406

252 

190 

146

121 

97

82

71 

64 

67 

78

63

56 

54 

50 

48

53 

51 

52 

1,040 

2,430

Runoff in 

inches

1.48 

.75

.45

9.92

.35 

.26 

.42 

.29 

.27 

.20 

.95 

.27 

3.24

8.93

Peak discharge (base, 1,300 sec. -ft.). Oct. 2 (10:30 a.m.) 1,900 sec. -ft.; Sept. 7 (11:30 a.m.)

5,020 sec.-ft.] Sept. 30 (3 a.m.; 3,230 sec.-ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge Interpolated.
276 ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN

North Fork Black Creek near Middleburg, Fla.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 30°06'50", long. 81°54'35", 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-f miles 

upstream from confluence with South Pork. Datum of gage is 0.62 foot above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 170 square miles.

Records available. November 1931 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 18 years, 180 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,700 second-feet Sept. 7 (gage height, 20.48 

reet. from floodmark); minimum observed, 10 second-feet June 15 (gage height, 0.66 

foot).

1931-50: Maximum discharge, 10,400 second-feet Oct. 19, 1944 (gage height, 23.76 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 7,000 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 7,000 second-feet).

Remarks. Records good. Gage read twice daily.

Revisions (water years).--W 852: 1933(M). W 952: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 13 to May 27)

0.7 11 3.7 273 14.5 

1.0 20 8.5 799 15.6 

1.1 25 12.5 1,390 18.8 

1.2 32 13.7 1,670

Discharge, in 'second-feet, water year October 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

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 

812 

582 

421 

325

252 

203 

174 

193 

193

193 

203

174 

146 

127

112 

108 

94 

79 

65

68 

57 

65 

56 

56

47 

46 

53 

74 

122 

184

Nov.

388 

517 

378 

242 

174

127 

98 

74 

63 

65

65 

58 

57 

453 

1,350

1,980 

966 

485 

315 

232

174 

146 

122 

108 

98

103 

94 

84 

79 

79

Dec.

89 

84

79 

74 

70

67 

62 

62 

61 

61

59 

58 

56 

54 

54

89 

112 

98 

94 

84

74 

70 

65 

60 

65

112 

112 

98 

89 

79 

70

Jan.

66 

58 

56 

53 

49

49 

47 

45 

43 

42

41 

41 

39 

39

37

36 

36 

36 

36 

35

35 

36 

36 

34 

34

32 

31 

31 

31 

31 

29

Feb.

29 

28 

28 

26 

26

25 

24 

24 

26 

26

27 

27 

28 

26 

26

24 

22 

22 

21 

21

20 

20 

79 

112 

79

56 

47 

37

 ,,+ h SeccndMonth foot-days

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

1..... .......................

st ...........................

ember ........................

6,60' 

9,17' 

2,36

79,55

1,24 

95 

2,39 

1,00 

1,49 

65 

15,20 

85' 

21,27

ter year 1949-50 ............ 63,23

Peak discharge (base. 1,300 sec . -f t . ) . Noi

sec. -ft. 5 July ZZ (7 a.m.) 1,340 sec'.-ft.j S<

Mar.

32 

31 

29 

27 

30

54 

127 

155 

136 

108

89 

79 

59 

66

74

74 

108 

98 

79 

67

56 

62 

122 

112 

84

59 

47 

41 

89 

108 

94

Apr.

84 

70 

50 

38 

43

84 

89 

74 

57 

45

33 

26 

22 

19 

18

17 

16 

16

16 

16

15 

15 

14 

14 

14

18 

21 

20 

19 

22

Maximum

I 1,320 

I 1,980 

L 112

t 3,980

I 66 

> 112 

3 155 

5 89 

3 294 

I 122 

J 1,190 

I 103 

3 5,950

L 5,950

r. 16 (3 a.m. 

;pt. 7 (4 p.n

2,000 

2,680 

5,950

to September 1950

May

30 

28 

26 

22 

19

17 

16 

46 

60 

26

20 

18 

16 

16 

18

39 

70 

44 

29 

22

19 

23 

294 

273 

127

65 

34 

24 

19 

18 

18

Minimum

46 

57 

54

12

29 

20

27 

14 

16 

10 

12 

12 

36

10

June

19 

18 

16 

15 

16

15 

14 

12 

12 

12

12 

12 

12 

11 

10

18 

19 

49 

122 

69

31 

22 

19 

19 

18

13 

12 

13 

12 

12

Mean

213 

306

76.2

218

40.1 

34.1 

77.3 

33.5 

48.3 

21.8 

491 

27.5 

709

173

July

12 

16 

46 

127 

174

94 

103 

174 

517 

839

1,120 

1,100 

1,090 

647 

431

571 

1,020 

1,100 

603 

571

839 

1,190 

812 

715 

442

242 

155 

117 

98 

127 

117

Aug.

Per square 

mile

1.25 

1.80 

.448

1.28

.236 

.201 

.455 

.197 

.284 

.128 

2.89 

.162 

4.17

1.02

103 

98 

74 

57 

39

28 

24 

22 

19 

18

16 

16 

15 

14 

18

20 

18 

16 

15 

13

13 

12 

12 

12 

16

22 

23 

21 

16 

19 

45

Sept.

184 

155 

94 

79 

262

1,720 

5,950 

5,020 

2,190 

1,190

681 

431 

294 

212

165

127 

98 

84 

94 

79

70 

58 

47 

38 

36

42 

48 

74 

556 

1,200

Runoff in 

inches

1.44 

2.01 

.52

17.41

.27 

.21 

.52 

.22 

.33 

.14 

3.33 

.19 

4.65

13.83

) 2,340 sec.. ft. s July 18 (l a.m.) 1,320 

.) 7,700 sec. -ft.
MOULTRIE CREEK BASIN 277

Moultrie Creek near St. Augustine, Pla.

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 form Port 

Peyton Branch and 5 miles southwest of St. Augustine.

Drainage area. 22 square miles.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 25.5 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 909 second-feet Oct. 1 (gage height, 8.31 feet); 

minimum, 0.4 second-foot June 12-18, 21, 22, 24-30.

1939-50: 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 feood.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

2.46 0.4 2.9 7.9 5.6 92 

2.5 .5 3.2 23 5.7 103 

2.55 .7 3.3 29 5.8 118 

2.6 1.2 3.4 34 6.0 162 

2.7 2.8 5.4 79 6.4 273 

2.8 4.7 5.5 84 7.6 661

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

595 

661 

450 

330 

249

193 

143 

109 

87 

75

68 

62 

55 

49 

45

41 

38 

34 

28 

24

22

19 

16 

15 

13

11 

12 

13 

12 

11 

11

Nov.

16 

16 

14 

14 

13

12 

7.5

5.7 

5.7

5.4 

5.2 

6.7 

8.9 

7.9

7.5 

7.1 

6.7 

5.4 

5.4

5.2 

4.2 

4.0 

4.0 

3.8

3.6 

3.2 

3.1 

3.1 

3.1

Dec.

2.9 

2.8 

2.6 

2.4 

2.4

2.3

2.0

2.0

2.0 

2.0 

2.0 

2.0 

2.0

2.3 

2.3 

2.1

2.1 

2.0

2.0 

2.0 

2.0 

1.8 

2.1

3.2 

2.8 

2.4 

2.4 

2.3 

2.1

Jan.

2.1 

2.0 

2.0 

2.0 

2.0

1.8

1.8 

1.7

1.7 

1.7 

1.7 

1.5 

1.5

1.5

1.5 

1.5 

1.5 

1.5

1.4 

1.4 

1.4 

1.4 

1.4

1.4 

1.2 

1.4 

1.4 

1.2 

1.2

Feb.

1.2 

1.2 

1.1 

1.1 

1.1

1.1

1.1 

1.1

1.1 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

.9 

.9 

.8 

.8 

.8

.8 

.8

1.1 

1.1 

1.0

.9 

.9 

.8

.... SecondUonth foot-days

Octo 

Nove 

Decs

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Uarc 

Apr! 

ka, 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary .

h. ...........................

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

3,491 

213.1 

69.8

9,061.1

49.4 

27.9 

40.2 

27.8 

19.8 

13.4 

147.0 

24.4 

1,059.9

ter year 1949 5O ............ 5,183.7

Mar.

0.8 

.8 

.8 

.8 

.8

2.3

1.8

1.5

1.2 

1.1 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

1.7 

1.5 

1.2 

1.2 

1.1

1.5 

3.2

2.1 

1.5 

1.4

1.1 

1.0 

1.0 

1.1 

1.0 

.9

Apr.

0.9 

.9 

.9 

.8

1.4

1.1

.9 

.9

.8 

.8 

.8 

.7 

.7

.7 

.7 

.7 

.7 

.9

1.4 

1.0 

.9 

.8 

.8

1.2 

1.0 

1.1 

1.0 

.9

Hay

0.8 

.7 

.6 

.6 

.6

.6 

.6 

.6 

.6 

.6

.6 

.6 

.6 

.6 

.6

.6 

1.1 

.9 

.7 

.6

.6 

.6 

.6

.6 

.6

.6 

.6 

.6 

.6 

.6 

.6

June

0.5 

.5 

.5 

.5 

.5

.5 

.5 

.5 

.5 

.5

.5 

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4

.4 

.4 

.4 

.5 

.5

.4 

.4 

.5 

.4 

.4

.4 

.4

.4 

.4 

.4

Maximum Minimum Dean

661 11 113 

16 3.1 7. 1C 

3.2 1.8 2.2E

661 .5 24.8

2.1 1.2 1.5E 

 1.2 .8 l.OC 

3.2 .8 1.3C 

1.4 .7 .92 

1.1 ,6 .6^ 

.5 .4 . 4E 

27 .5 4.7^ 

1.8 .5 .7£ 

199 .5 35.3

661 .4 14.2

July

0.5 

.5 

.6 

.6 

.8

.7 

.7 

.8 

5.4 

14

18 

27 

22 

15 

9.4

6.0 

4.7 

3.6 

3.1 

2.3

1.7 

1.4 

1.1 

.9 

.8

.6 

.8 

.9 

1.0 

1.1 

1.0

Aug.

0.8 

.7 

.8 

.9

1.4

1.7 

1.8

1.7 

1.4 

1.2

1.0 

.8 

.7 

.6 

.6

.6 

.5 

.5 

.5 

,5

.5 

.5 

.5 

.6 

.6

.5 

.5 

.5 

.5 

.5 

.5

Per square 

mile

5.14 

) .323 

5 .102

1.13

.072 

) .045 

) .059 

S .042 

I .029 

) .020 

I .215 

.036 

1.60

.645

Sept.

0.5 

.5 

.6 

2.0 

2.8

14 

189 

 199 

136 

88

70 

59 

48 

41 

37

30 

24 

20

16 

14

10 

7.9 

6.4 

5.4 

4.9

6.0 

5.2 

4.9 

8.4 9.4

Runoff in 

inches

5.90 

.36 

.12

15.31

.08 

.05 

.07 

.05 

.03 

.02 

.25 

.04 

1.79

8.76

Peak discharge (base, 550 sec.-ft.) . Oct. 1 (8 p.m.) 909 sec.-ft, 

231536 O - 53 - 19
278 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 

Lake Okeechobee, Fla.

Location. Seven staff gages at various locations on rim of lake. Center of lake, lat. 

2b"bY 1 , long. 80°50 I , in southern Florida. Datum of gages is at mean sea level (levels 

by Corps of Engineers).

Records available . October 1931 to September 1950 in reports of Geological Survey; 1915 

to 1931 in reports of files of Everglades Drainage District.

Extremes. Maximum weighted gage height observed during year, 15.21 feet Dec. 31; minimum 

weighted gage height observed, 12.89 feet Sept. 30.

1931-50: 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. 

oTTake, 1,320,000 acre-feet. Gages read once daily.

Total usable capacity

Cooperation. Records furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Qage height, In feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

14.91

14.99

14.98

15.01

15.07

15.11

15.12

15.10

15.11

15.13 '

15.09

15.12

15.09

15.06

15.05

14.98

15.00

14.97

14.93

14.91

14.86

14.83

14.82

14.75

14.71

14.74

14.74

 14.75

14.72

14.73

14.73

Nov.

14.75

14.75

14.82

14.82

14.77

14.79

14.79

14.74

14.76

14.78

14.80

14.82

14.82

14.81

14.89

14.94

14.91

14.88

14.88

14.86

. 14.88

14.90

14.83

14.84

14.83

14.88

14.84

14.86

14.85

14.82

-

Dec.

14.88

14.86

14.87

14.84

14.87

14.84

14.84

14.84

14.85

14.86

14.86

14.84

14.86

14.86

-14.84

14.90

14.82

14.81

14.84

14.85

14.82

14.83

14.83

14.92

14.87

15.02

15.01

15.09

15.11

15.16

15.21

Jan.

15.13

15.16

15.10

15.09

15.05

15. 04

15.04

15.10

15.02

15.00

15.04

15.04

15.07

15.10

15.14

15.04

15.04

15.05

15.03

15. 04

15.07

15.05

15.02

15.01

14.99

14.99

14.99

15.01

15.00

14.97

14.98

Feb.

14.96

14.95

14.97

14.96

14.95

14.96

14.96

'14.96

14.95

14.93

14.93

14.90

14.88

14.86

14.89

14.91

14.89

14.85

14.82

14.79

14.78

14.74

14.78

14.78

14.78

14.73

14.82

14.72

_

_

-

Mar.

14.67

14.72

14.72

14.63

14.62

14.63

14.61

14.56

14.71

14.61

14.56

14.54

14.49

14.55

14.51

14.46

14.52

14.47

14.49

14.44

14.49

14.52

14.59

14.51

14.49

14.46

14.40

14.34

14.41

14.44

14.45

Apr.

14.33

14.34

14.30

14.27

14.27

14.39

14.33

14.27

14.25

14.22

14.22

14.20

14.18

14.17

14.15

14.17

14.09

14.04

14.03

14.03

14.11

14.02

13.99

13.93

13.90

13.95

13.93

13.93

13.90

13.89

-

May

13.85

13.80

13.81

13.79

13.77

13.77

13.72

13.71

13.72

13.^5

13t58

13.57

13.56

13.55

13.46

13.44

13.48

13.51

13.46

13.40

13.40

13.37

13.39

13.59

13.58

13.52

13.51

13.49

13.48

13.48

13.49

June

13.49

13.51

13.50

13.49

13.46

13.48

13.44

13.50

13.49

13.44

13.39

13.37

13.37

13.39

13.34

13.32

13.31

13.29

13.22

13.20

13.19

13.18

13.16

13.15

13.10

13.09

13.09

13.04

12.99

13.08

-

July

13.14

13. 1O

13.13

13.09

13.09

13.14

13.12

13.16

13.13

13.17

13.24

13.26

13.23

13.21

13.27

13.26

13.25

13.20

13.18

13.16

13.20

13.21

13.20

13.15

13.15

13.13

13.11

13.08

13.06

13.04

13.05

Aug.

13.06

13.02

13.05

13.04

13.01

13.00

12.99

12.98

12.97

13.03

13.04

13.05

13.04

13.01

12.99

12.99

13. 02

12.99

12.94

12.94

12.94

12.91

12.94

12.94

12.99

12.92

12.96

12.90

13.00

13.01

13.05

Sept.

13.08

13.11

13.23

13.10

13.07

13.19

13.18

13.21

13.26

13.24

13.18

13.17

13.14

13.14

13.13

13.13

13.13

13.14

13.14

13.08

13.04

13.04

13.02

12.98

13.01

13.08

12.97

12.91

12.90

12.89

-

Note. Figures in above table are weighted means of readings from 7 gages. All values are mean 

sea level datum.

Lake Okeechobee inlets between Caloosahatchee Canal and Plsheating Creek, Pla.

iLpcation. Two inlets to Lake Okeechobee at culverts through the levee along west rim of 

laice oetween Caloosahatchee Canal and Pisheating Creek.

Records available. September 1948 to December 1950 (discharge measurements only), discontinuea.

Extremes.--1948-50: Maximum discharge measured, 1,490 second-feet Sept. 25, 1948; no flow 

ror many days each year.

Remarks. Records poor. Records given herein consist of combined flow through two inlets 

wnicn represent total inflow to Lake Okeechobee between Caloosahatchee Canal and Fisheating Creek. Check valves are opened during dry periods to allow lake water to flow 

back into pasture lands.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, September 1948 to December 195O

Date

1948

Sept. 25 .

29

Oct. 4

7

11

18

25

Nov. 8

15

22

29

Dec. 6

13

20

28

1949

Jan-. 3

10

24

31

Discharge

1,490

1,200

508

362

255

167

0

0

0

62

142

0

0

71

0

0

0

0

0

Date

1949

Feb. 7

14

21

Mar. 7

15

21

29

Apr. 4

11

18

May 3

17

31

June 14

20

27

July 12

18

25

Aug. 2

8

Discharge

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

O

0

0

0

0

Date

1949

Aug. 15

22

29

Sept. 1

6

9

12

19

Oct. 3

Nov. 7

21

28

Dec. 5

12

19

195O

Jan. 16

23

30

Apr. 3

Discharge

O

O

862

602

248

116

120

159

279

O

O

O

O

O

O

0

0

0

0

Date

195O

Apr. 24

May 8

22

June 5

July 1O

24

31

Aug. 7

21

Sept. 4

26

Oct. 2

9

17

23

26

Nov. 6

27

Dec. 4

11

Discharge

0

O

0

O

0

0

O

O

0

O

0

O

O

O

77

t53

0

0

0

0

t Field estimate
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 279

Flsheatlng Creek at Palmdale, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 26°56', long. 81C 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.

Drainage area.--305 square miles.

Records available.--April 1931 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 19 years, 246 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,500 second-feet Oct. 1 (gage height, 7.60 

I'eet); no flow Mar. 5 to Aug. 24.

1931-50: Maximum discharge observed, 16,400 second-feet Sept. 19, 1947 (gage 

height, 11.06 feet); no flow during periods in nearly every year.

Remarks. Records fair.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 23 to Sept. 8)

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.9

0.1

.2

.5

1.1

2.0 2.2 2.6 14

2.1 3.7 3.1 29

2.2 5.5 3'.5 45

2.4 9.7 4.2 80

4.5 99

4.7 119

4.9 150

5.1 193

5.3 252

5.5 335

5.7 452

6.0 680

6.3 980

6.5 1,240

6.6 1,420

6.8 1,950

Discharge, in second-feet, water yesr October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 '30 

31

Oct.

4,180 

2,930 

1,830 

1,310 

1,050

903 

790 

707 

639 

598

560 

508 

473 

433 

402

367 

335 

304 

282 

263

242 

226 

209 

193 

182

172 

162 

160 

172 

164 

150

Nov.

138 

126 

117 

110 

104

.99 

92 

86 

86 

86

80 

75 

70 

75 

83

86 

83 

75 

65 

60

54 

50 

46 

43 

41

39 

36 

33 

31 

28

Dec.

26 

24 

22

21 

19

18 

16 

IS 

15 

14

13 

12 

12 

11 

.10

9.5 

9.0 

8.4 

7.9 

7.3

7.1 

6.7 

6.5 

6.1 

6.1

6.1 

g5.9 

glO 

g!4 

g!4 

g!4

Jan.

12 

12 

10

9 

8 

7 

7 

6

6 

5 

5 

5

4

4 

4 

3 

3 

3

3 

2 

2 

2 

2

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Maro 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 sec

.5 

.8 

.9 

.3 

.7

.3 

.9 

.5 

.1 

.8

.4

1 

6 

.2

1

0 

6 

4 

2 

0

8 

6 

5 

3 

2 

0

Feb.

1.0 

.9 

.8 

.7 

.6

.6 

.6 

.8 

1.2 

1.4

2.1 

2.8 

2.2

1.6

1.1

.9 

.7 

.5 

.4 

.4

.3 

.3 

.2 

.2 

.2

.2

.1 

.1

Secondfoe t-days

20,896 

2,197 

386.6

77,934.4

167. S 

22.9 

.4 

0 

0 

0 

0 

10.5 

4,837

28,518.2

-ft.) . Dot

g Computed from graph based on once-daily g

Mar.

0.1

.1 

.1 

.1

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

Apr.

Maximum

4,180 

138 

26

4,980

14 

2.8 

.1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

9.0 

568

4,180

May

Minimum

150 

28 

5.9

0

1.0 

.1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

24

0

June

Mean

674 

73.2 

12.5

214

5.4 

.8 

.0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

.3 

161

78.1

July Aug.

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 0 '

0 

0 . 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0

.1

.1 

.1 

.1

.3 

.8 

9.0

Sept.

26 

24 

24

41 

62

86 

117 

23* 

566 

508

384 

299 

239

193 

164

140 

130 

172 

212 

209

201 

177 

143 

111 

92

78 

65 

55 

46 

38

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

2.21 2.55 

.240 .27 

.041 .05

.702 9.52

1 .018 .02 

2 .0027 .003 

3 .000033 .00005 

0 0 

0 0 

0 0 

0 0 

4 .0011 .001 

.528 .59

.256 3.48

. 1 (4 a.m.) 4,500 sec. -ft. 

age readings.
280 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Pisheating Creek at Lake Okeechobee, Pla.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 26°58' , long. 81°07', In sec. 28, T. 40 S., R. 32 E., at bridge 

 on State Highway 78, 0.8 mile southeast of Lakeport and 2 miles upstream from Lake

Okeechobee.

Records available.--September 1948 to December 1950 (fragmentary), discontinued. 

Kxtremes.--194tf^FO: Maximum discharge observed, 11,900 second-feet Sept. 25, 1948; no flow

ror many days each year. 

Remarks. Records poor. Records given herein consist of combined flow through five inlets

ana represent total inflow into Lake Okeechobee from Pisheating Creek.

Observed discharge, In aecond-feet, September 1948 to December 1950

Date

1948

Sept. 25

29

Oct. 4

7

11

14

18

25

Nov. 1

8

15

22

29

Dec. 13

1949

Jan. 11

17

24

25

31

Feb. 7

14

Discharge

11,900

6,500

3,610

2,580

3,020

2,130

1,280

467

268

123

175

174

398

48

24

15

7.0

8.2

6.6

3.5

1.5

Date

1949

Feb. 21

Mar. 1

7

15

21

29

Apr. 4

11

18

May 3

18

31

June 14

20

27

July 4

12

18

25

Aug. 2

8

15

22

Discharge

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2.3

118

210

464

227

340

878

942

Date

1949

Aug. 29

Sept. 1

6

9

26

Oct. 10

1950

Jan. 16

23

Feb. 20

Mar. 6

20

Apr. 3

24

May 8

22

June 5

19

26

July 10

24

31

Discharge

2,520

5,160

2,330

1,640

753

1,470

6.8

2.6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Date

1950

Aug. 7

21

28

Sept. 4

11

26

Oct. 2

9

17

19

23

26

30

Nov. 6

13

20

27

Dec. 11

Discharge

0

0

0

\ 0

104

138

84

49

39

209

242

318

365

168

48

31

12

10

Lake Okeechobee Inlets between Pisheating Creek and Harney Pond Canal, Pla.

Location. Two inlets to Lake Okeechobee at bridges on State Highway 78 along northwest

rim of lake between Pisheating Creek and Harney Pond Canal.

Records available.--September 1948 to December 1950 (fragmentary), discontinued. 

Jjjccremes. iaqb-bO: Maximum discharge observed, 1,440 second-feet Oct. 7, 1948; no flow

i'or many days each year. 

Remarks. Records poor. Records given herein consist of combined flow through two Inlets

ana represent total inflow into Lake Okeechobee between Pisheating Creek and Harney

Pond Canal.

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, September 1948 to December 1950

Date

1948

Sept. 25

29

Oct. 4

7

11

14

18

25

Nov. 1

8

15

22

29

Dec. 6

13

20

28

1949

Jan. 3

10

Mar. 1

Discharge

909

845

857

1,440

742

595

447

130

30

2

4

0

40

2

1

4

0

0

0

0

Date

1949

Mar. 15

29

Apr. 4

11

May 3

7

17

31

June 14

20

27

July 12

18

25

Aug. 2

8

22

29

Sept. 1

6

12

19

Discharge

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

359

334

79

50

18

Date

1949

Sept. 26

Oct. 3

10

17

24

31

Nov. 7

14

21

28

Dec. 5

12

19

1950

Jan. 3

16

23

30

Apr. 3

24

May 8

Discharge

5

164

83

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Date

1950

May 22

July 10

24

31

Aug. 7

21

Sept. 4

11

18

26

Oct. 2

17

19

23

26

30

Nov. 6

13

20

27

Dec. 4

11

Discharge

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 

Harney Pond Canal at Lake Okeechobee, Pla.

281

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 27°00' , long. 81°04', In sec. 18, T. 40 S., R. 33 E., at 

 bridge on State Highway 78, 0.4 mile upstream from Lake Okeechobee and 12 miles north 

of Moore Haven.

Records available. September 1948 to November 1950 (discharge measurements only), discontinued.

Extremes. 1948-50: Maximum discharge measured, 1,650 second-feet Oct. 7, 1948; no flow 

ror many days.

Remarks. Measurements are made at bridge. Records given herein represent inflow into 

La ice Okeechobee from Harney Pond Canal.

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, October 1949 to Novetaber 1950

Date

1949

Oct. 3

10

17

24

Nov. 7

21

Discharge

1,110

189

32

27

0

0

Date

1949

Dec. 5

1950

Jan. 3

16

Aug. 7

Discharge

r

0

0

a2

Date

1950

Aug. 28

Sept. 4

11

18

25

Clot. 2

Discharge

32.9

52.1

29.2

a!2

5.43

3.66

Date

1950

dot. 9

17

19

23

30

Nov. 6

Discharge

a3

a4

129

97.6

15.6

6.77

a Field estimate 

Lake Okeechobee inlets between Harney Pond Canal and Indian Prairie Canal, Pla.

Location.--Six inlets to Lake Okeechobee at bridges on State Highway 78 along northwest 

run of lake between Harney Pond Canal and Indian Prairie Canal.

Records available. September 1948 to December 1950 (fragmentary), discontinued.

Extremes. 1948-50: Maximum discharge observed, 3,070 second-feet Oct. 7, 1948; no flow 

ror many days each year.

Remarks. Records poor. Records given herein consist of combined flow through six inlets 

ana represent total inflow into Lake Okeechobee between Harney Pond Canal and Indian 

Prairie Canal.

Observed discharge, In second-feet, September 1946 to December 1950

Date

1948

Sept. 25

dot. 4

7

11

14

18

25

Nov. 1

8

15

22

29

Dec. 6

13

20

1949

Jan. 3

10

17

24

31

Feb. 7

14

21

Discharge

110

2,980

3,070

2,100

1,620

1,490

469

468

85

40

140

372

52

79

82

37

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Date

1949

Mar. 1

7

15

22

29

Apr. 4

11

18

May 3

17

31

June 14

20

27

July 5

12

18

25

Aug. 2

8

15

22

29

Sept. 1

6

Discharge

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

260

11

0

Date

1949

Sept. 9

12

19

26

Oct. 3

10

17

24

31

Nov. 7

14

21

28

Dec. 5

12

19

1950

Jan. 3

16

23

30

Apr. 3

24

May 8

Discharge

0

21

4

0

9

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Date

1950

May 22

June 5

July 10

24

31

Aug. 7

21

Sept. 4

11

18

25

Oct. 2

9

17

19

23

26

30

Nov. 6

13

20

27

Dec. 4

11

Discharge

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0
282 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 

Indian Prairie Canal near Okeechobee, Fla.

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 December 1950 (fragmentary subsequent to October 1949), 

discontinued. April 1931 to February 1933 at site 3 miles upstream.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during period October 1949 to December 1950, 1,020 secondreet Oct. 1, 1949 (gage height, 16.95 fest); no flow for many days.

1931-33, 1939-50: Maximum discharge, 1,880 second-feet 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 poor.

Discharge, in second-feet, 1949-50

1949-50

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.

- 994

948

879 

856 

810

764 

695

626 

566

511

460

387

310 

256

194

168

133

117

100

40

Nov. Dec.

to

Jan.

to

Feb.

to

Mar.

:

to

-

-

-

-

_

to

_

_

_

-

_

_

-

_

-

Apr.

to

-

May

to

June

to

-

:

-

^

-

to

_

-

to

_

-

IJuly

:

-

-

to

-

-

-

_

-

_

_

-

_

to

Aug.

-

to

:

-

:

-

-

15

18

25

29

21

34

36

38 

32

60

66

Sept.

67

72

105 

125 

110

96 

67

60 

50

45

45

43

45 

28

22

15

17

10

-

t Inspection of no flow.

.Note.. Stage-discharge relation indefinite Oct. 20-31, Sept. 18-30; discharge, estimated on basis of 

gage heights, engineer's notes, and weather records. Little or no flow Nov. 1 to Aug. 20.

Day

Oct. 1

I3

4

5

6

7

8

Discharge

_

_

_

_

_

.

-

-

Day

Oct. 9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Discharge

to

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

Day

Oct. 17

18

19

20

21

22

23

Discharge

10

88

145

149

149

102

84

Day

Oct. 24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Discharge

1 -

-

-

t Inspection of no flow.

Note.--Stage-discharge relation indefinite Oct. 24-28; discharge estimated on basis 

of gage heights, engineer's notes, and weather records. Little or no flow Oct. 1-16, 

Oct. 29 to Dec. 31.

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1949-50 _

Month

Mnv

Water year 1949-So .......................

Calendar year 1950 ........................

Secondfoot-days

10,254

-

1,142

-

-------

Maximum

994

1,840

66

125

994

149 

149

Minimum

------

Mean ,

331

-

"38.1

-

------

Runoff In 

acre-feet

20,340

-

2,270

-

---- --
LAKE OKEECHOHEE AND THE EVERGLADES 283

Lake Okeechobee inlets between Indian Prairie Canal and Kissimmee River, Fla.

Location. Fifteen inlets to Lake Okeechobee at bridges on State Highway 78 along northwest 

run of lake between Indian Prairie Canal and Kissiramee River.

Records available. September 1948 to December 1950 (fragmentary), discontinued.

Extremes. 1948-50: Maximum discharge observed, 3,410 second-feet Oct. 7, 1948; no flow 

ror many days each year.

Remarks. Records poor. Records given herein consist of combined flow through fifteen 

imets and represent total inflow into Lake Okeechobee between Indian Prairie Canal and 

Kissimmee River.

Observed discharge, in second-feet, September 1948 to December 1950

Date

1948

Sept. 25

29

Oct. 4

7

11

15

18

26

Nov. 2

15

22

30

Dec. 6

13

21

28

1949

Jan. 3

10

17

24

31

Feb. 7

14

Discharge

4O8

2,O80

2,920

3,410

2,520

1,87O

1,55O

54O

388

104

59

137

O

0

22

O

O

O

0

O

0

o

o

Date

1949

Feb. 21

Mar. 1

7

15

21

29

Apr. 4

11

18

Hay 3

17

31

June 14

20

27

July 5

12

18

25

Aug. 2

8

15

22

30

Sept. 1

Discharge

O

0

O

o

o

0

0

0

0

o

o

o

0

0

0

o

o

o

o

0

o

0

o

980

471

Date

1949

Sep t . 6

9

12

19

26

Oct. 4

10

17

24

31

Nov. 7

14

21

28

Dec. 5

12

19

1950

Jan. 3

16

23

30

Apr. 3

24

Discharge

71

5

42

0

O

299

0

0

0

0

0

o

o

o

o

o

0

0

o

0

0

o

0

Date

195O

May 8

22

June 5

July 10

24

31

Aug. 7

21

Sept. 4

11

18

25

Oct. 2

9

17

19

23

26

30

Nov. 6

13

20

27

Dec. 4

11

Discharge

0

O

o

0

0

0

o

0

o

o

0

0

0

o

o

o

o

o

o

0

0

o

0

o

o
284 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Kissimmee River below Lake Kisslmmee, Pla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 27*46', long. 81°11', In sec. 24, T. 31 S., R. 31 

E., 3 miles downstream from Lake Kisslmmee 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 1950.

Average discharge. 17 years, 1,205 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,070 second-feet Oct. 2-7, 9; maximum gage 

neignt, 55.67 feet Oct. 4, 7; minimum discharge, 220 second-feet Sept. 6 (gage height, 

47.52 feet).

1933-50: Maximum discharge, 8,820 second-feet 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 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

47.8 260 51.9 1,030

48.2 316 53.3 1,610

50.6 712 54.0 2,010

51.4 872 54.6 2,520

54.9 2,950

55.1 3,420

55.7 5,220

Discharge, in gecond-f eet , water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

4,770

5,070

5,070

5,070

5,070

,070

,070

,920

,070

,920

,920

,770

,770

,770

,770

,470

,320

,170

4,020

4,020

3,870

3,570

3,420

3,290

3,160

3,160

3,060

2,950

2,950

2,860

2,780

Nov.

2,860

2,780

2,710

2,710

2,580

2,580

2,520

2,420

2", 330

2,330

2,330

2,240

2,240

2,240

2,240

2,240

2,240

2,160

2,160

2,080

2,010

2,080

2,010

1,940

1,940

2,010

1,880

1,880

1,820

1,820

-

Dec.

1,880

1,820

1,820

1,760

1,760

,760

,710

,710

,710

,660

,660

,660

,610

,610

,610

,660

,560

,560

,560

,560

,520

,520

,520

1,560

1,520

1,520

1,520

1,560

1,560

1,520

1,520

Jan.

1,470

1,470

1,470

1,470

1,470

1,470

1,470

1,470

1,430

1,430

1,470

1,470

1,430

1,470

1,430

1,430

1,430

1,430

1,430

1,430

1,470

1,430

1,430

1,380

1,380

al,38o

al,380

al,380

al,35o

al,350

al,350

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

al,35o

1,340

1,340

1,340

1,340

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,260

1,260

1,260

1,220

1,180

1,220

1,260

1,260

1,220

1,180

1,180

1,140

1,100

1,140

1,140

1,100

1,100

1,140

1,070

_

_

-

Second 

foot-days

130, 17C

67,38C

5o,48C

496,854

44.32C

34.34C

. 29,40"

22 80'

19 1 83 J

15,45"!

13,621

11 1 081 

9,63£

448, 53S

Mar.

1,070

1,100

1,070

1,030

1,030

3., 030

994

994

1,070

994

960

960

960

960

928

928

960

928

928

899

899

899

928

899

872

847

803

824

872

899

872

Apr.

Maximum

5,070

1^880

5,070

1,470

1,350

1 100

928

580

460 

415

360

5,070

824

824

803

803

803

928

824

803

783

764

783

783

764

783

764

764

729

712

729

729

746

712

695

679

695

729

712

712

712

712

May

695

679

679

a680

a680

a670

a670

a670

a660

a660

a660

a660

a650

a650

a650

646

646

646

629

629

629

613

613

629

613

613

596

596

580

563

580

Minimum

2

1 , 820

1,520

414

1,350

1,070

803

679 

563

448

406

294

260

260

June

580

563

563

547

563

563

530

514

530

530

530

547

530

530

514

514

514

514

497

497

497

497

497

481

481

481

481

448

464

a460

Mean

4,199

2,246

1,628

1,361

1,430

1,226

949

760 

640

515 

440

357

321

1,229

July

a460

a45o

a460

a460

a460

a460

a45o

a450

a450

a440

a43o

a440

a450

a450

a440

a440

a440

a460

a450

a450

a440

a430

a430

a420

a420

423

423

415

415

415

406

Aug.

406

115

598

398

390

390

590

590

582

390

382

574

574

574

365

357

557

565

557

349

340

524

524

524

324

316

508

501

516

508

294

Per square 

mile

2.27

1.21

.880

.736

.773

.663

.513 

.411

.346

. 278

. 238

193

!l74

.664

Sept.

287

287

301

274

260

260

332

349

357

a360

a350

a340

332

332

332

332

324

324

324

316

316

316

308

308

316

340

349

357

332

324

Runoff in 

inches

2

£C * DC

1.35

1.01

10.00

> 89

* 69

.59

Ue

.40

.31

.27

.22

.19

9.00

a No gage-height record; 

River.

discharge computed on basis of records for other stations on Kisslmmee
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 285

Kissiitmiee River near Cornwell, Fla.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 27°S2', long. 81°03', in sec. 8, T. 36 S., R. 33 E., at bridge 

on 5tate Highway 59, 4-j 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 1950. Gage-height records collected at the 

same site April 1928 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, 8,600 second-feet Oct. 5, 6; maximum 

gage height observed, 8.56 feet Oct. 5; minimum discharge observed, 314 second-feet 

Sept. 25 (gage height, 1.12 feet).

1948-50: Maximum discharge observed, 16,800 second-feet Oct. 5-7, 1948, from rating 

curve extended above 4,000 second-feet; maximum gage height observed, 10.81 feet Oct. 6, 

1948; minimum discharge observed, that of Sept. 25, 1950.

Flood of August 1928, resulting from hurricane, reached a peak stage of 11.3 feet.

Remarks. Records good. Gage read twice daily.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-6)

Oct. 1-6 Oct. 7 to Sept. 30

8.4 6,150 1.5 394 4

9.1 8,600 2.7 642 5

3.7 896 6

9 1,350 6.9 3,790

5 1,720 7.6 5,580

2 3,560 8.5 8,530

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

6,150

6,780

7,470

8,210

8,600

8,600

8,530

8,180

8,180

7,830

7,830

7,490

7,490

7,150

7,150

6,820

6,820

6,820

6,500

6,500

6,500

6,180

6,180

6,180

5,870

5,870

5,870

. 5,870

5,580

5,580

5,580

Nov.

5,300

5,300

5,020

5,020

5,O2O

,750

,750

,750

,750

,480

,480

,480

,480

,480

,480

,330

,230

,000

3,790

3,790

3,590

3,590

3,590

3,590

3,590

3,590

- 3,590

3,590

3,590

3,400

Dec.

3,400

3,400

3,400

3,040

3,040

2,870

2,870

2,710

2,710

2,560

2,560

2,420

2,420

2,420

2,420

2,290

2,290

2,290

2,170

2,170

2,170

2,170

2,170

2,170

2,170

3,170

2,170

2,050

2,050

2,170

2,050

Jan.

2,050

2,050

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,930

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,820

1,720

1,720

1,720

1,720

1,720

1,720

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,570

Feb.

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,510

1,510

1,510

1,510

1,510

1,510

1,450

1,450

1,450

1,450

1,450

1,450

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,350

1,350

1,350

1,350

1,310

1,310

_

-

u~ *K Seccnd- 

"onth foot-days

October .......................... 214, 36C

November ......................... 127, 29C

December ......................... 76.96C

Calendar year 1949 ............ 867 ,24C

January .......................... 54 , 10C

February ......................... 40, 63C

March. ........................... 35,176

April ............................ 25,19

May. .............................. 20,81]

June ............................. 21,37

July. ............................ 20,62'

August ........................... 15 , 00

September ........................ 15,17

Water year 1949-50 ............ 666,71

Mar.

1,310

1,310

1,270

1,270

1,270

1,230

1,230

1,230

1,190

1,190

1,190

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,030

1,030

1,030

992

992

992

Apr.

958

958

958

926

926

Maximum

8,600

) 5,300

) 3,400

) 8,600

) 2,050

) 1,570

> 1,310

j 958

758

j 810

> 838

> 558

j 896

3 8,600

926

926

896

896

896

867

867

867

838

838

810

810

810

810

783

783

758

758

758

758

758

758

758

783

758

-

May

758

734

734

710

710

710

687

687

687

664

664

664

664

664

642

642

643

642

642

642

664

664

687

687

687

664

664

642

621

631

621

Minimum

5,580

3,400

2,050

454

1,570

1,310

992

758

621

558

537

394

314

314

June

600

579

579

558

579

710

783

783

810

783

783

783

783

758

758

758

734

734

734

734

734

710

710

710

710

687

687

687

710

710

-

Mean

6,915

4,243

2,483

2,376

1,745

1,451

1,135

84C

671

713

665

484

506

1,827

July

710

687

664

664

687

710

710

734

734

758

838

838

810

783

734

687

642

621

621

600

600

621

600

600

579

579

579

579

558

558

537

Aug.

537

537

537

516

516

495

474

474

474

474

495

516

537

558

558

537

516

495

474

474

454

495

454

434

414

394

394

394

454

454

474

Sept.

474

474

474

537

642

783

867

896

896

838

758

642

558

495

474

434

394

374

354

354

334

334

334

334

314

334

334

354

374

414

-

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

Peak discharge (base. 2,200 see.-ft.).--Oct. 5, 6, 8,600 sec.-ft.
286 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Kissimmee River near Okeechobee, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°14', long. 80°59', in sec. 24, T. 37 S., R. 33 E.,

at Dridge on State Highway 70, 10 miles west of Okeechobee. Datum of gage is 1.33 feet

below mean sea level, datum of 1929. 

Drainage area.--3,260 square miles. 

Hecords available. October 1930 to September 1950. 

Average aiscnarge'.--20 years, 1,965 second-feet. 

Kxtremes. Maximum discharge during year, 8,300 second-feet Oct. 5-8; maximum gage height,

2b.b4 feet Oct. 6; minimum discharge, 384 second-feet Sept. 26 (gage height, 17.60

feet).

1930-50: Maximum discharge, 17,400 second-feet Oct. 6, 7, 1948; maximum gage height

29.34 feet Oct. 7, 1948; minimum discharge observed, 231 second-feet May 18, 1932; mini

mum gage height, that of Sept. 26, 1950.

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 16,000 second-feet). 

Remarks. Records good.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

7,000

7,650

7,900

8,100

8,300

8,300

8,300

8,300

8,000

8,000

7,700

7,550

7,250

7,100

6,950

6,800

6,650

6,500

6,500

6,360

6,210

6,210

6,080

5,940

5,810

5,810

5,680

.5,680

5,560

5,430

5,310

Nov.

5,310

5,190

5,080

4,960

4,850

4,740

4,640

4,530

4,530

4,530

4,440

4,440

4,340

4,340

4,340

4,250

4,160

4,000

3,850

3,710

3,580

'3,460

3,460

3,460

3,350

3,350

3,350

3,240

3,240

3,130

-

Dec.

3,130

3,030

3,030

2,940

2,940

2,860

2,790

2,730

2,680

2,630

2,580

2,530

2,480

2,430

2,380

2,380

2,330

2,280

2,230

2,230

2,180

2,180

2,130

2,080

2,130

2,130

2,130

2,080

2,080

2,080

2,080

Jan.

2,080

2,030

1,990

1,990

1,950

1,910

1,910

1,870

1,870

1,830

1,830

1,830

1,790

1,790

1,790

1,750

1,750

1,750

1,750

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,670

1,670

1,670

1,670

1,670

1,670

1,630

1,630

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

Dec sober .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September .........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,630

1,630

1,630

1,630

1,630

1,630

1,590

 1,590

1,590

1,590

1,550

1,550

1,550

1,550

1,510

1,510

1,470

1,470

1,470

1,470

1,430

1,430

1,430

1,430

1,430

1,390

1,390

1,390

_

-

-

Secondfoot-days

212,930

123,850

75 t 890

881 t 964

55,580

42,560

36,710

26,065

21,716

22,331

23,058

17^ 286

18,608

676,484

Mar.

1,350

1,350

1,350

1,310

1,310

1,310

1,310

1,270

1,270

1,230

1,230

1,190

1,190

1,150

1,190

1,190

1,150

1,120

1,120

1,120

1,120

1,190

1,150

1,120

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,060

1,060

gl,030

gl.OOO

Apr.

gl.OOO

gl.OOO

gl,000

g970

g970

g970

g940

g940

g910

910

910

910

880

880

851

851

851

822

822

822

794

794

794

766

766

g822

g794

g766

g766

g794

-

Maximum

8,300

5,310

3,130

8,300

2,080

1,630

1,350

1,000

794

822

940

640

1,030

8,300

May

794

766

766

766

738

738

710

710

696

696

682

682

682

682

668

668

668

668

668

668

668

682

710

738

710

696

696

682

668

668

682

Minimum

5,310

3,130

2,080

425

1,630

1,390

1,000

766

668

600

600

AIR 4 (O

384

384

June

654

627

614

600

600

640

794

822

822

822

822

794

794

794

794

766

766

766

766

766

766

766

766

738

738

738

710

710

710

766

-

Mean

6,86!

4.12S

2 > 44^**

2,4ie

1 79i

l'52C

1 1 18'

86!

70]

74]

74*

55E

62C

1,852

July

766

766

738

710

738

738

766

794

794

822

910

940

940

910

880

822

766

710

696

682

668

682

682

668

654

654

654

654

640

614

600

Aug.

586

586

586

573

560

546

532

532

532

532

546

614

640

627

627

627

600

573

546

532

532

573

546

519

492

478

478

492

546

560

573

Per square 

mile

2.11

5 1.27

5 .751

.741

.550

.466

.363

. 267

.215

.227

228

!l71

.190

.568

Sept.

573

600

614

710

766

880

970

1,030

1,050

1,000

940

851

738

654

614

560

519

478

452

438

424

424

411-

398

398

384

398

424

438

492

-

Runoff in 

inches

2.43

1.41Q*T o/

10.05

.63

.49

.42

.30

.25

.25

. 26

 20

.21

7.72

Peak discharge (base, 2,200 sec. -ft.). Oct. 6 (6 a.m.) 8,300 sec. -ft.

g Computed from graph based on gage readings.

Brick-Alligator Canal near Ashton, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°11', long. 81°12', in sec. 34, T. 26 S., R. 31 E., 

at county road bridge, three-quarters of a mile southeast of Alligator Lake and 5 miles 

southeast of Ashton.

Records available. December 1949 to September 1950 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes. Maximum discharge measured during period, 17.6 second-feet Dec. 16; observation 

or no flow made June 15.

Remarks. Normal flow is toward Lake Alligator. Flow is occasionally reversed.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, December 1949 to September 1950

Dec. 

Feb.

16 

2

17.6 

16.2

Mar. 

May

20" 

3

4.03 

0.92

June 

July

15 

24

0 

a. 03

I Sept. 12 a. 02

a Field estimate.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 287

Lizzie-Lost Canal near Ashton, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°16', long. 81°11', in sec. 2, T. 26 S., R. 31 E.

at county road bridge on north side of Lake Lizzie, 3.7 miles northeast of Ashton and

4 miles southeast of Narcoossee.

Records available. December 1949 to September 1950 (discharge measurements only). 

Extremes.--Maximum discharge measured during period, 74.0 second-feet Dec. 20; maximum

measured reverse flow, 7.81 second-feet Sept. 12. 

Remarks. Normal flow is toward Lake Lost. Negative figure indicates reverse flow.

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, 

December 1949 to September 1950

Dec.

Jan.

Mar:

May

20

31

21

3

74

73

3b

20

0

4

7

7

June

July

Sept

15

24

12

3.57

5.62

-7.81

Myrtle-Mary Jane Canal near Narcoossee, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°20', long. 81°10', in sec. 1, T. 25 S,, R. 31 E., 

at private bridge, three-quarters of a mile upstream from Lake Mary Jane, lj miles downstream from Lake Myrtle, and 5 miles northeast of Narcoossee.

Records available. November 1949 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during period, 232 second-feet Nov. 9, 10; maximum gage height, 

5.02 feet Nov. 9; minimum discharge, 1.8 second-feet July 1 (gage height, 1.88 feet).

Remarks.--Records good above 20 second-feet and fair below.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. Nov.

_

-

-

i

-

_

-

-

232

232

226

221

216

216

210

204

199

194

188

182

177

172

17Z

166

161

156

156

152

147

147

-

Dec.

142

142

138

134

130

126

126

126

121

121

117

117

117

113

113

109

105

105

103

102

101

100

100

97

126

188

199

210

210

216

216

Jan.

216 '

210

204

204

199

199

194

188

182

177

177

172

166

161

156

152

147

147

142

138

134

130

130

130

126

126

121

117

117

113

113

Month

October ..........................

November 9-30 ....................

December .........................

Calendar year ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Hater year ............

Feb.

109

109

105

103

99

98

96

94

93

91

89

86

84

82

80

79

74

71

70

68

69

68

66

65

64

62

60

60

.

-

-

Seoondfoot-days

4,126

4,170

4,882

2,294

1,599

1,714

716

218 . !

170 '

248

693iE

-

Mar.

58

55

54

53

52

50

52

53

52

51

50

50

49

49

49

49

49

48

47

46

46

50

49

49

48

47

49

47

65

67

66

Apr.

66

65

64

63

76

79

78

78

74

72

70

66

64

60

57

54

53

52

50

49

46

44

42

40

41

44

44

43

41

39

-

Maximum

232

216

210

109

67

7Qi9 ZQ oo 

14

9.1

12

31

-

May

38

36

34

33

31

30

28

26

25

24

23

22

20

19

20

21

21

22

21

20

20

19

20

21

20

19

18

18

16

16

15

Minimum

147

97

113

60

46

39

15

2.6

2.2

5 8 vii

.

June

14

14

13

13

13

14

13

12

11

9.9

8.6

7.8

7.1

6.8

5.8

5.4

4.4

3.7

3.7

3.5

3.3

3.3

4.2

3.7

3.5

4.0

3.5

3.3

3.1

2.6

-

Mean

188

135

157

QT oj. . aQ

51.6

57.1

23.1

7.27

5 OUKf\ 

8.00

23.1

-

July

2.2

2.2

2.4

3.1

4.4

5.4

5.4

5.1

4.7

5.1

6.1

6.4

6.1

5.8

5.8

5.1

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.7

4.4

6.4

7.1

6.1

6.4

8.6-

8.6

9.1

8,2

7.5

7.1

Aug.

7.8

7.8

8.2

7.8

7.1

S.4

5.8

6.1

6.4

6.8

6.8

7.1

7.5

11

11

12

11

9.9

8.2

7.8

6.4

8.2

7.8

7.1

a7.4

a7.6

a7.8

a8.1

a8.4

8.6

8.2

Per square 

mile

Sept.

8.2

7.1

8.2

15

20

28

28

29

30

30

31

30

30

30

30

28

28

26

26

24

23

22

21

20

20

19

18

20

22

22

-

Runoff in 

inches

a No gage-height record; discharge Interpolated.
288 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Mary Jane-Hart Canal near Narcoossee, Pla.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 280 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 1950 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes. 1942-50; Maximum discharge measured, 448 second-feet Oct. 30, 1947; no flow May~~2"4, 1945.

Remarks. Measurements are made about once monthly.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, water year 

October 1949 to September 1950

OCt.

Nov.

Dec.

S

16

14

390

249

120

Feb.

Mar.

May

3

22

5

109

55

35

4

2

June

July

Sept

14

24

13

3

26

90

81

6

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

 oh State Highway 15 and 3 miles north of Narcoossee..

Records available.--May 1942 to September 1950 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes.--1942-50; 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 1949 to September 1950

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

5

16

14

688

341

156

Feb.

Mar.

May

3

21

5

146

48.6

50.1

June

July

Sept

14

23

.13

0.73

20.3

9.96
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 289

East Tohopekaliga-Tohopekaliga Canal near St. Cloud, Pla.

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 l| miles northwest of 

St. Cloud.

Records available. May 1942 to December 1949 (discharge measurements only), January to 

September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during period January to September, 464 second-feet 

Jan. 1-4, 8; maximum gage height, 5.72 feet, Jan. 2, 8; minimum discharge observed, 27 

second-feet Aug. 29 (gage height, 1.18).

1942-50: Maximum discharge measured, 1,140 second-feet Sept. 19, 1945; no flow May 

25, 1949.

Remarks.--Records good. Gage read once daily.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

t646

Nov.

t597

-

Dec.

t438

Jan.

464

464

464

464

450

450

450

464

450

436

436

436

436

436

422

422

422

422

4O8

4O8

408

394

394

394

380

380

380

367

367

354

354

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July

August ...........................

September ........................

Hater year ............

Feb.

341

341

341

328

341

32S

328

316

316

304

304

304

292

292

281

281

281

270

270

259

259

249

241

249

239

239

239

229

-

-

-

Secondfoot-days

1 1C, ? Q7C 9 to

8,070

5

QQQ

g OO57

5,465

3 993

1 * 978

1 544

1 231

2^056

_

Mar.

229

220

220

220

212

212

203

203

203

203

194

194

194

194

185

176

185

185

185

176

176

176

176

176 168-

168

159

159

168

185

185

Apr.

185

185

176

176

203

203

203

194

194

194

194

194

194

194

185

185

176

176

176

176

176

168

168

159

159

176

176

176

176

168

-

Maximum

464

341

229

203

168

88

54

AOto

84

_

May

168

168

159

159

159

159

150

150

150

141

141

132

132

124

115

124

124

124

124

115

115

115

115

115

115

106

106

102

97

97

92

Minimum

354

229

159

159

92

48

43

OQto 

38

-

June

88

88

84

80

80

80

80

76

73

73

70

73

70

66

66

63

60

60

60

60

60

'54 57

&4

54

54

51

48

48

48

Mean

419

OQQ COO

190

1 iOCfl9

129

G5.S

49 1

39 ' ea'.i

.

July

51

54

54

51

51

54

51

48

48

48

51

51

51

48

48

46

46

48

46

43

43

48

51

51

51

51

51

54

54

51

51

Aug.

48

48

46

46

43

43

43

43

38

38

38

43

43

46

46

46

46

43

40

38

38

36

33

31

32

28

32

32

28

38

38

Per square 

mile

Sept.

40

38

40

40

43

43

63

73

76

73

84

84

84

84

80

80

SO

80

84

76

73

73

70

70

70

73

70

66

73

73

Runoff in 

inches

t Result of discharge measurement.
290 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Tohopekaliga-Cypress Canal near St. Cloud, Pla.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 28°08' , long. 81°20', in sec. 18, T. 27 S., R. 30 E., at outlec of Lake Tohopekaliga, 8j miles southwest of St. Cloud. Datum of gage is 48.65 

feet above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Records available.--May 1942 to December 1949 (discharge measurements only), January to 

septemoer iabu,

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during period January to September, 842 second-feet 

Jan. i-8; maximum gage height observed, 6.94 feet Jan. 2, 3, 4, 6; minimum discharge 

observed, 37 second-feet Sept. 5 (gage height, 1.70 feet, affected by wind.

1942-50: Maximum discharge measured, 2,290 second-feet Sept. 22, 1945; minimum 

measured, 5.27 second-feet June 23, 1943.

Remarks. Records good. Cage read twice daily.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

tl,560

Nov.

t922

Dec.

t6O9

Jan.

842

842

842

842

842

842

842

842

812

812

812

812

783

783

783

755

755

755

755

729

729

729

7O6

706

685

685

685

665

665

646

646

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year ............

Feb.

646

646

628

628

610

610

610

610

592

592

574

574

556

556

556

556

556

538

520

520

502

502

502

502

502

484

484

466

_

-

-

Secondfoot-days

23,625

15,622

12.71C

10,622

8,336

5,127

4,417

2,717

5,466

-

Mar.

466

466

448

448

a444

a44l

a437

a434

430

413

413

413

413

413

398

398

413

398

398

398

384

384

398

384

384

371

357

357

398

413

398

Apr.

384

384

371

371

384

413

398

384

371

357

371

371

371

357

357

344

331

331

331

331

331

331

331

318

305

344

331

344

344

331

Maximum

842

646

) 466

413

331

216

164

132

228

-

May

331

331

318

318

305

305

a299

a292

a286

280

280

280

280

267

267

267

267

267

254

254

254

241

254

241

241

241

228

228

228

216

216

Minimum

646

466

357

305

216

126

126

41

51

-

June

203

216

216

216

203

203

190

190

190

177

177

190

190

177

177

164

164

158

158

158

164

146

146

146

139

139

139

139

126

126

-

Mean

762

558

410

354

269

171

142

87.6

182

1 -

July

139

146

146

139

139

146

139

132

132

.132

139

139

139

132

126

132

146

164

158

152

152

152

152

152

146

152

152

139

139

132

132

Aug.

120

132

126

120

113

113

113

113

106

100

100

94

113

1O6

1OO

94

94

94

82

82

77

62

55

58

56

49

41

47

56

' 49

52

Per square 

mile

Sept.

51

55

62

62

57

88

158

177

190

203

203

203

203

216

216

216

228

228

228

228

228

228

228

216

216

216

216 216'

216

216

-

Runoff in 

inches

t Result of discharge measurement.

a No gage-height record; discharge Interpolated.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 291

Hatchineha-Kissimmee Canal near Lake Wales, Fla.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 27°58', long. 81°22', in sec. 12, T. 29 S., R. 29 E., at Camp 

MacK, 2 miles downstream from Hatchineha Lake, 2? miles upstream from Lake Kissimme, and 

14 miles east of Lake Wales. Datum of gage is 46.65 feet above mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Records available. May 1942 to September 1949 (discharge measurements only), October 1949* 

to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 2,400 second-feet Oct. 1-4, 6; maximum 

gage height observed, 8.27 feet Oct. 6; minimum discharge, 139 second-feet Aug. 27 to 

Sept. 4; minimum gage height observed, 1.60 feet Aug. 29, 30, Sept. 2, 3.

Maximum stage known, 10.8 feet in September 1934, from data furnished by a local resident ,

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Sage" read once daily. Records do not include diversions above Lake Hatchineha through 

Cypress-Kissimmee overflow channels.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949" to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

a2,400

2,400

2,400

2,400

2,340

2,400

2,340

2,340

2,340

2,340

2,340

2,340

2,340

2,340

2,340

2,230

2,230

2,170

2,170

2,170

2,120

2,060

2,060

2,060

2,000

1,950

1,950

1,890

1,890

1,890

1,840

Nov.

1,840

1,840

1,790

1,790

1,740

1,740

1,690

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,600

1,600

1,600

1,600

1,600

1,560

1,560

1,560

1,520

1,490

1,490

1,490

1,450

1,450

1,420

1,420

1,420

1,380

1,380

1,380

-

Dec.

1,350

1,350

1,350

1,310

1,310

1,310

1,280

1,280

1,250

1,250

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,180

1,180

1,180

1,180

1,180

1,180

1,180

,180

,180

,180

,180

,180

1,180

1,180

1,210

1,210

Jan.

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,180

1,180

1,180

1,180

1,180

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,070

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calenda'r year ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

torn ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,070

1,040

1,040

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,010

1,010

974

974

974

974

940

940

940

940

940

905

905

871

837

802

768

768

768

768

734

-

-

-

Secondfoot-days

68,080

47,320

38,030

_

36,340

25 932 20)297 14, 618

10,848

7 549

6, 651

5,565 

6,879

288,109

Mar.

734

734

734

734

734

734

699

699

699

699

699

699

665

665

665

' 631

631

631

631

631

631

631

631

598

598

598

598

566

566

566

566

Apr.

a566

3566

a536

a536

a536

a536

a536

a507

a507

a507

a507

a507

a479

a479

a479

a479

a479

a452

a452

a452

a452

a452

a452

a452

a452

a452

a452

a452

a452

a452

Maximum

2,400

1,840

1,350

_

1,210

1,070

734

566

427

280

231

201

380

2,400

May

a427

a427

403

a403

a403

a403

a403

a380

a380

380

380

358

358

35S

358

358

358

337

337

337

317

317

317

317

298

298

298

298

280

280

280

Minimum

1,840

1 i yocsu <^flA

1,180

_

1,070

734

566

452

280

216

201

139

139

139

June

280

2SO

280

280

280

263

263

263

263

263

263

263

263

263

263

247

247

247

247

247

247

247

247

247

216

216

216

216

216

216

-

Mean

2 j 196

1,577

1,227

_

1,172

QOC 3cO

655

A 07 *O I

350

oeo £O£

215

180

229

789

July

216

231

231

231

216

216

216

216

216

216

216

216

216

216

216

216

216

216

216

216

216

216

216

216

216

201

201

201

201

201

201

Aug.

201

201

201

201

201

201

201

201

201

201

201

201

a201

a201

a!87

al87

a!87

al87

al74

a!74

a!74

a!62

a!62

a!62

a!50

al50

139

139

139

139

139

Per square 

mile

Sept.

139

139

139

139

a!50

a!74

a201

a201

a201

201

201

201

201

201

216

216

216

231

231

231

247

247

298

280

298

a308

317

317

358

380

-

Runoff in 

inches

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on baais of gage-height records for stations on Lakes 

Hatchineha and Klsslmmee.
292 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Gentry Lake Outlet near St. Cloud, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°08', long. 81°15', in sec. 19, T. 27 S R 31 E

at southwest shore of Gentry Lake, 8? miles south of St. Cloud. 

Records available. December 1949 to September 1950 (discharge measurements only). 

Extremes December 1949 to September 1950: Maximum discharge measured, 18.4 second-feet

reet Dec. 15; no flow for many days. 

Remarks.--Discharge measurements are made in canal at outlet of Gentry Lake and do not

include the flow from the marsh land below the lake.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, 

December 1949 to September 1950

Dec.

Feb.

Mar.

May

15

2

20

3

18.4

13.2

0

0

June

July

Sept

16

25

12

0

0

0

Canoe Creek near St. Cloud, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°05', long. 81°15', in sec. 6, T. 28 S., R. 31 E., 

at bridge on St. Cloud-Kenansville road, 3 miles south of Lake Gentry and 12 miles south 

of St. Cloud. Datum of gage is 48.0 feet above mean sea level (levels by Florida State 

Road Department).

Records available. November 1949 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during period November to September, 214 second-feet Dec. 30 

(gage height, 8.44 feet); no flow May 12 to Sept. 5; minimum gage height, 3.97 feet Aug. 

22, 23.

Flood of 1935 (before canal was opened up) reached a stage of 13.5 feet, from information furnished by Florida State Road Department.

Remarks. Records good above 10 second-feet and fair below.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

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.

_

-

-

-

-

_

_

-

_

-

_

-

-

-

-

.

-

-

-

-

_

93

86

83

77

70

63

57

52

50

-

Dec.

48

43

40

36

34

32

29

28

27

25

24

23

22

21

21

20

19

18

18

18

17

17

17

17

46

150

180

192

199

206

192

Jan.

174

150

-138

129

119

109

103

93

86

76

68

62

56

50

46

41

38

36

32

30

28

26

24

23

21

20

19

18

18

17

16

Month

October ..........................

November 22-30 ..................

December .........................

Calendar year ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ............ t. ..........

Water year ............

Feb.

15

14

13

12

12

11

11

9.8

9.4

8.9

8.3

7-8

7.4

6.6

6.5

6.3

5.7

5.0

4.8

4.4

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.4

3.2

3.0

_

_

-

Secondfoot-day s

631

1,779

_

1,866

207.8

63 7

24.7

4.3

0

0

0

25.4

-

Mar.

2.9

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.3

1.9

2.0

2.4

2.3

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.4

2.2

2.2

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.7

2.8

2.7

2.2

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.3

2.4

2.7

2.0

Apr.

1,8

1.6

1.4

1.3

1.4

2.0

1.4

1.2

1.0

.9

.8

.8

.7

.6

.5

.3

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

1.6

1.3

1.0

.8

.7

-

Maximum

93

206

_

174

15

2.9

2.0

.7

0

0

0

3.6

_

May

0.6

.4

.4

.6

.7

.6

.3

.2

.2

.2

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Minimum

50

17

-

16

3.0

1.3

.1

0

0

0

0

0

_

June

Mean

70.1

57.4

_

60.2

7.4!

2. OS

 8!

.14

0

0

0

.8E

_

July Aug.

Per square 

mile

> 

>

I

Sept.

0

0

0

0

0

.6

1.7

1.8

1.6

1.3

1.1

1.0

.8

.8

1.1

1.0

.8

.7

.5

.4

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.3

.3

1.4

3.6

3.4

-

Runoff in 

inches
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 293

Reedy Creek near Loughman, Pla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°16', long. 81°32', in sec. 32, T. 25 S., R. 28 

K., at bridge on U. S. Highways 17 and 92, 1\ miles northeast of Loughman and 5 miles 

downstream from Davenport Creek. Datum of gage is 64.49 feet above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929.

Drainage area. 190 square miles.

Records available.--November 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 85.8 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 401 second-feet Oct. 1 (gage height, 3.96 feet); 

minimum, 4.5 second-feet June 18 (gage height, 1.16 feet).

1939-50: Maximum discharge, 530 second-feet Oct. 22, 23, 1944, Sept. 20, 21, 1947 

(gage height, 4.02 feet); minimum, 2.6 second-feet June 2, 3, 1945; minimum gage height, 

0.78 foot June 3, 1945.

Remarks. Records fair.

Revisions (water years.--W 1142: 1940, 1944-45, 1947(M).

Rating table, water year 1949-5O (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-3O, 

Nov. 21 to Dec. 25, Jan. 1O to Feb. 28)

1.2 4.7 1.9 12 2.3 27 2.8 1O4 

1.4 6.2 2.0 14 2.4 35 3.O 156 

1.6 8.2 2.1 17 2.5 46 3.3 249 

1.8 11 2.2 21 2.6 61 3.6 357

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195o

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

401 

377 

338 

297 

269

249 

226 

216 

223 

216.

200 

185 

173 

162 

153

148

140 

134 

126 

124

119 

114 

109 

106 

102

102 

104 

109 

114 

114 

114

Nov.

112 

112 

109 

106 

106

a!03 

alOO 

a98 

95 

95

92 

92 

90 

97 

104

99 

92 

90 

88 

81

79 

75 

73 

71 

69

71 

69 

67 

67 

67

Dec.

71 

69 

67 

65 

63

65 

63 

61 

61 

60

60 

58 

56 

55 

55

56 

56 

55 

55 

55

55 

54 

52 

52 

114

290 

a323 

a330 

a308 

a266 

219

Jan.

194 

173 

153 

137 

124

109 

99 

95 

90 

88

88 

86 

88 

88 

86

83 

81 

77 

75 

71

69 

67 

65 

63 

61

61 

60 

58 

56 

55 

55

Feb.

50 

49 

49 

46 

44

45 

48 

48 

48 

46

45 

45 

43 

42 

39

36 

35 

34 

33 

32

30 

29 

29 

28 

27

26 

26 

25

 .._.. SecondMonth foot-days

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Augn 

Sept

ffa

her ..........................

mber ......

lendar year 194S 

ary .

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

5,564 

2,669 

3,269

32,444.2

2,755 

1,077 

836 

1,027 

464.3 

251.5 

766 

453. S 

3,861

ter year 1949-5O ............ 22,993.7

Peak discharge (base, 240 sec. -ft.). Oct.

Mar.

24 

22

21 

21 

20

20 

22 

25 

26 

29

31 

31 

31 

30 

29

28 

29 

29 

29 

29

29 

33 

33 

31

29

a27 

25 

24 

28 

26 

25

Apr.

25 

24 

23 

25 

37

39

46 

54 

56 

55

52 

48 

43 

37 

33

29 

27 

25 

23 

23

21 

19 

17 

15 

18

29 

29 

55 

54 

46

Maximum

401 

112 

330

495

194 

50 

33 

56 

38 

15 

37 

22 

301

401

May

38 

32 

27 

23

20

17 

15 

14 

12 

11

10 

9.4 

8.7 

8.0 

8.1

9.7

9.8 

10 

9.4 

8.8

8.2 

8.2

15 

17 

17

16 

16 

18 

17 

16 

15

Minimum

102 

67 

52

4.8

55 

25 

20 

15 

8.0 

4.8 

12 

8.2 

15

4.8

June

14

13 

11 

10 

10

9.8 

9.2 

9.0 

8.4 

7.6

7.0 

7.0 

6.5 

6.0 

5.4

5.0 

4.8 

5.0 

7.4

6.9

6.4 

6.0 

6.8 

7.9 

7.3

f7.4 

f8.3 

9.4 

14 

15

Mean

179 

89.0 

105

88.9

88.9 

38.5 

27.0 

34.2 

15.0 

8.3 

24.7 

14.6 

129

. 63.0

July

16 

19 

23 

23 

f26

26 

32 

36 

36 

37

37 

35 

33 

30 

27

25 

26 

25 

21

19

16 

14 

12 

12 

14

23 

26 

26 

25 

24 

22

Aug.

19 

19

19 

16 

14

13 

11 

10 

9.8 

9.8

14 

20 

22 

20 

19

18 

17 

16 

15 

15.

14 

13 

12 

11 

9.5

8.6 

8.2

11 

14 

16 

20

Per square 

mile

0.942 

.468 

.553

.468

.468 

.203 

.142 

.180 

.079 

B .044 

.130 

.077 

.679

.332

Sept.

18 

15 

17 

33 

71

165 

f200 

242 

f287 

f301

f290 

f266 

f232 

188 

165

148 

140 

129 

122

112

99 

90 

83 

77 

71

65 

61 

60 

58 

56

Runoff In 

inches

1.09 

.52 

.64

6.35

.54 

.21 

.16 

.20 

.09 

.05 

.15 

.09 

.76

4.50

1 (6 a.m.) 401 sec. -ft.; Dec. 28 (time unknown) 330

sec. -ft.; Sept. 10 (time unknown) 301 sec. -ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis^of recorded range in stage and records for 

Cypress Creek at Vineland or interpolated.

f Computed from partly estimated gage-height record.

231536 O - 53 - 20
294 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Cypress Creek at Vineland, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 28 0 24', long. 81°31', in sec. 21, T. 24 S , R 28 

K., 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 38 second-feet at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (stage 

railing; peak occurred Sept. 29, 1949); no flow for many days; minimum gage height, 

0.27 foot Aug. 26, 27.

1945-50: Maximum discharge observed, 181 second-feet Sept. 16, 1945 (gage height, 

3.83 feet); no flow at times; minimum gage height, 0.25 foot June 9, 1949.

Remarks. Records poor.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet]

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.65

1.7

0 1.75 0.5 2.2 4.5

.1 1.8 .6 2.3 6.9

-.2 1.9 1.0 2.4 10

.3 2.0 1.6 2.5 14

.4 2.1 3.0 2.9 38

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September'1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

36

31

24

19

17

15

13

12

12

13

12

12

10

9.7

9.1

8.4

8.1

7.5

6.9

6.4

5.9

5.4

5.0

4.8

4.4

4.5

4.5

5.2

5.7

5.7

5.7

Nov.

5.9

5.4

4.8

4.4

4.2

3.8

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.2

3 .

3.

3.

3.

3 .

2.

2.

2.

2.

2 .

1.

1.

1.

1.

1.

1.

1.

1.

-

Dec.

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

.9

.9

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.5

8.6

24

20

15

12

10

8.1

Jan.

6

5

5

4

4

4

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March .......'.....................

April ............................

Hay

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

.9

.9

.2

.5

.3

.0

.8

.6

.3

.0

.7

.5

.4

.1

.0

.9

.6

.6

.5

.3

.2

.2

.2

.1

.0

.9

.8

.8

.8

.7

.7

Feb.

0.6

.6

.6

.5

.5

.6

.8

.8

1.0

.8

.8

.7

.6

.6

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

_

-

Secondfoot-days

338 . £

88 . 4

117.2

1,599.2

74.5

14.5

11.1

19.9

17.5

1.7 

4.3

.5

83.4

771.9

Mar.

0.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.3

.5

.5

.4

.4

.3

.3

.4

.3

.4

.5

.5

.6

.5

.4

.5

.4

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.6

.5

.4

Apr.

0.3

.3

.3

.3

1.0

1.1

.9

.8

.7

.6

.5

.4

.3

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.4

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.8

.7

3.2

2.7

2.1

May

1.6

1.3

1.1

.9

.7

.5

.4

.4

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.2

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.8

1.7

1.2

.9

.8

.7

.5

.5

.4

.3

Maximum Minimum

36 4.4

5.9 1.4

24 .5

60 0

6.9 .7

1.0 .3

.6 .2

32 2 i!7 !i

.3 0

.3 0

.1 0

19 .1

36 0

June

0.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Mean

10.9

3^78

4.38

2.40

52

!36

. 66

.56

.06

.14

.02

2.78

2.11

July

0

0

.1

.1

_ .1

.1

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.3

.3

.2

.1

.1

.1

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

0

Aug.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

o

0

.1

.1

.1

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1

Sept.

0.1

.1

.1

.8

4.3

16

19

11

7.5

4.8

3.4

2.7

1.7

1.3

1.1

.9

.8

.7

.7

.7

.7

.6

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.6

.8

.8

-

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

Peak discharge (base, 55 see.-ft.). No peak above base.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 295

Catfish Creek near Lake Wales, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. S7°58", long. 81°30', in sec. 14, T. 29 S., R. 28 E. 

a quarter of a mile downstream from Lake Pierce and 7 miles northeast of Lake Wales.

Records available. October 1947 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 160 second-feet Oct. 1-5; maximum gage height, 

t>.32 feet Oct. 2; minimum discharge, 10 second-feet June 29 (gage height, 2.87 feet).

1947-50: Maximum discharge, 180 second-feet Oct. 3-4. 1948 (gage height, 5.46 

feet); minimum, that of June 29, 1950.

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 11 to Feb. 20)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 20 Feb. 21 to Sept. 30

3.3 30

4.6 98

5.1 137

5.3 160

2.9 11

3.1 16

3.3 23

3.7 43

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

160

160

160

160

154

154

148

148

148

142

142

137

137

132

132

128

124

124

120

120

116

112

112

112

108

108

105

105

105

102

102

Nov.

102

98

98

95

95

92

89

89

89

89

86

86

86

86

89

89

89

86

84

84

84

81

78

78

78

78

76

74

74

74

-

Dec.

74

74

71

71

68

68

68

68

66

66

64

64

64

64

62

62

60

59

58

58

58

58

58

56

56

60

62

62

62

62

64

Jan.

E|9

58

58

58

56

56

56

54

52

52

52

51

50

50

49

49

48

48

48

48

46

46

46

44

42

42

42

42

42

40

39

Feb.

38

38

38

38

37

36

36

36

35

35

34

33

32

32

32

33

31

28

28

28

27

26

28

27

27

27

26

26

-

.

-

u _+K SecondMonth foot-days

October .......................... 4.01

November ......................... 2,57

December ......................... 1.96

Calendar year 1949 ....... « «

January .

t-**5**«

1,523

February ......................... 89!

March ............................ 79<

April .......... ................. 64E

May .............................. 49E

June ......... . 413

July.. ........................... 613

August ........................... 84E

September ........................ l,02f

Water year 1949-50 ............ 15,81]

Mar.

26

26

24

23

24

24

26

28

28

26

26

26

26

26

26

28

27

26

26

26

26

28

27

26

26

25

23

24

26

26

24

Apr.

Maximum

7 160

5 102

1 74

i 160

5 59

> 38

> 28

28

) 20

S 17

25

32

41

160

23

22

22

23

25

28

24

24

23

23

23

24

23

22

22

20

20

19

20

20

19

18

18

18

18

21

21

21

21

20

-

May

20

19

19

19

18

18

17

17

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

15

15

14

14

14

15

16

15

15

15

14

14

14

14

Minimum

102

74

56

16

39

26

23

18

14

11

14

22

21

11

June

14

16

15

15

16

17

16

15

15

15

15

15

14

14

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

12

12

12

13

13

12

11

12

13

Mean

130

85.9

63.5

64.0

49.1

31.9

25.8

21.5

16.0

13.8

19.8

27.3

34.2

43.3

July

14

14

16

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

18

18

18

17

17

17

19

23

22

22

22

23

23

24

25

25

25

24

24

22

22

Aug.

24

29

29

29

28

28

28

28

27

29

31

32

32

32

31

31

30

29

29

28

27

26

26

25

24

23

22

22

22

22

22

Sept.

. 21-

21

22

24

2S

36

41

41

41

41

41

40

40

39

38

38

37

36

36

36

36

54

34

33

33

31

31

31

33

33

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches
296 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Arbuckle Creek near De Soto City, Pla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°27 I , long. 81°18 I , in sec. 11, T. 35 S., R. 30 

&., at bridge on State Highway 700, half a mile upstream from 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 1950.

Average discharge.--11 years, 336 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,750 second-feet Oct. 4, 5; maximum gage height, 

6.75 feet Oct. 4; minimum discharge, 20 second-feet Apr. 21: minimum gage height, 1.53 

feet Aug. 6.

1939-50: 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 

June 21, 1945 (gage height, 0.84 foot).

Remarks. Records fair.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

'2 1 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

1,570 

1,680 

1,740 

1,750 

1,750

1,710 

1,630 

1,550 

1,520 

1,440

1,380 

1,300 

1,200 

1,130 

1,100

1,020 

990 

925 

892 

828

776 

743 

694 

648 

620

580 

547 

520 

498 

503 

461

Nov.

416 

388 

368 

340 

330

319 

311 

303 

303 

296

296 

290 

290 

296 

290

284 

279 

,279 

274 

274

274 

262 

262 

262 

262

252 

257 

252 

252 

246

Dec.

235 

230 

224 

218 

213

208 

202

197 

192 

197

192 

187 

182 

177 

177

162 

167 

167 

162 

157

157 

152 

152 

138 

147

152 

152 

147 

147 

147 

147

Jan.

147 

142 

147 

147 

142

142 

138 

128 

134 

a!33

a!31 

130 

a!28 

127 

130

a 128 

a!26 

124 

123

121

al!9 

117 

118 

121 

121

118 

116 

114 

114 

113 

112

Month

Goto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Maro 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lenda r year 1949 

ary

1 .~. ..........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

110 

108 

107 

103 

96

101 

103 

98 

100 

101

100 

101 

104 

101 

92

83 

79 

80 

82 

79

31 

85 

80 

77 

74

73 

66 

71

Secondfoot-days

33,695 

8,807 

5,484

133,795

3,951 

2,535 

1,902 

1,105 

988 

1,319 

2,579 

2,152 

3,538

68,055

Peak discharge (base, 820 sec. -ft

a No gage-height record; discharge

Mar.

74 

63 

65 

66 

66

66 

68 

66 

59 

60

63 

63 

62 

59 

61

62 

58 

58 

58

60

60 

61 

61 

58 

59

60 

64 

61 

58 

52 

51

Apr.

53 

53 

55 

55 

55

42 

48 

48 

48 

46

43 

41 

39 

36 

33

31 

32 

33 

30 

28

25 

25 

25 

24 

25

25 

26 

27 

27 

27

Maximum

1,750 

416 

235

2,440

147 

110 

74 

55 

40 

61 

134 

93 

234

1,750

May

27 

29 

28 

30 

30

29 

29 

29 

27 

28

28 

29 

28 

30 

29

29 

30 

29 

30 

32

31 

33 

34 

37 

40

39 

38 

39 

38 

40 

39

Minimum

461 

246

138

35

112 

66 

51 

24 

27 

35 

57 

52 

72

24

June

39 

38 

38 

38 

36

35 

37 

36 

35 

35

35 

36 

37 

45 

44

45 

43

41 

41 

41

42 

61 

57 

57 

55

53 

53 

54 

55 

57

Mean

1,087 

294 

177

367

127 

90.5 

61.4 

36.8 

31.9 

44.0 

83.2 

69.4 

118

186

July

57 

61 

63 

93 

107

102 

92 

88 

92 

88

83 

77 

72 

69 

69

63

63 

100 

96 

88

88 

134 

123 

110 

94

83 

75 

69 

63 

60 

57

Aug.

56 

56 

54 

54 

52

52 

54 

56 

57 

67

71 

73 

78 

78 

77

75 

87 93 

92 

89

82 

77 

73 

71 

67

65 

64

61 

69 

76 

76

Per square 

mile

2.79 

.754 

.454

.941

.326 

.232 

.157 

.094 

.082 

.113 

.213 

.178 

.303

.477

).~0ct. 4 (10 a.m.) 1,750 sec. -ft. 

interpolated.

Sept.

77 

75 

76 

118 

179

219 

232 

234 

215 

184

156 

140 

130 

121 

120

106 

97 

89 

85 

83

79 

77 

76 

73 

72

73 

79 

93 

90 

90

Runoff in 

inches

3.21 

.84 

.52

12.75

.38 

.24 

.18 

.11 

.09 

.12 

.25 

.21 

.34

6.49
LAKE OKEECHQBEE AKD THE EVEROLADES 297

Istokpoga Canal near Cornwell, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°24', long. 81°09', in sec. 30, T. 35 S., R. 32 

E., at highway bridge a quarter of a mile downstream from Seaboard Railway bridge, lj 

miles upstream fromKissimmee River, and 3 miles northwest of Cornwell. Datum of gage 

is 29.71 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers). 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 auxiliary gage is 24.73 feet above mean sea 

level (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Drainage area.--660 square miles.

Records available.--March 1934 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--16 years, 419 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,280 second-feet Oct. 14, 15; maximum gage 

height, 8.46 feet Oct. 4; minimum discharge, 7.5 second-feet Sept. 30 (gage height, 

3.05 feet).

1934-50: Maximum discharge, 2,040 second-feet Sept. 22, 1948; maximum gage height, 

10.62 feet Oct. 6, 1948; no flow May 22 to June 15, 1949, caused by temporary coffer 

dam upstream; minimum gage height, that of Sept. 30, 1950. 

Remarks.--Records fair. Discharge for period Oct. 1 to Nov. 16 computed by using ratio of 

lower gage height to upper gage height as a factor. Auxiliary gage read twice daily. 

Plow partly regulated by manipulation of stop logs in dam upstream from station.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

3

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,060

1,180

1,270

1,220

1,200

1,210

1,230

1,190

1,220

1,250

1,200

1,230

1,250

1,280

1,280

1,230

1,250

1,250

1,190

1,210

1,210

1,150

1,170

1,180

1,120

1,120

1,120

1,120

1,070

1,070

1,080

Nov.

1,030

1,030

1,040

985

985

993

930

930

930

924

792

792

795

799

802

687

455

523

680

638

632

612

598

591

598

h578

h544

h537

h523

h537

-

Dec.

h482

h482

h448

h336

h317

h202

h!98

191

187

184

180

178

178

175

172

168

166

167

164

156

152

150

148

145

144

144

144

145

145

145

147

Jan.

146

146

145

145

144

142

143

142

138

139

140

139

138

138

136

137

136

138

138

138

137

138

137

137

136

136

135

136

135

135

136

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

134

134

136

135

133

131

133

133

132

133

132

129

128

127

128

128

125

122

120

121

119

118

117

113

110

107

104

99

.

_

-

Secondfoot days

36,180

22 490

6*340

167^ 913 .'

4,306

3 481

1 1 679

781

511

7,807

6, 809

3,650 

1.535.E

96, 199. £

Mar.

94

92

86

81

77

74

70

70

67

62

57

53

50

49

46

44

44

43

43

42

42

43

43

42

40

40

38

36

38

37

36

ApK

36

36

36

36

36

36

34

32

32

31

30

28

28

27

26

26

25

23

20

19

20

19

19

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

-

Maximum

1, 280

1,040

482

) 1,280

146

136

94

36

18

385

260

158

> 196

> 1,280

May

18

18

18

18

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

16

16

16

17

17

17

17

17

16

17

16

16

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

Minimum

1,060

455

144

0

135

99

36

18

15

14

162

85

7.5

7.5

June

14

15

15

15

243

385

365

347

337

339

343

335

325

317

311

306

302

302

288

281

276

281

276

265

262

260

255

243

245

260

-

Mean

1,187

750

205

460

139

124

54.2

26. C

16.5

260

220

118

51.2

264

July

238

240

252

257

255

259

255

257

260

254

245

238

236

230

225

213

211

214

209

204

204

206

194

189

189

186

187

186

184

170

162

Aug.

158

157

150

148

146

129

111

106

106

116

121

123

133

128

124

114

107

111

116

121

116

106

106

102

85

86

95

95

107

111

116

Per square 

mile

1.80

1.14

.311

 697

.211

 188

 082

.039

025

394 [333

.179

.078

.400

Sept.

102

85

81

112

152

196

191

180

102

70

54

22

18

17

15

13

12

11

10

9.0

9.0

9.0

8.5

8.5

8.5

8.0

8.5

8.0

8.0

7.5

Runoff in 

inches

2.07

1.27

.36

9.47

.24

.20

.09

 04

!03

.44

 38

.21

.09

5.42

h Computed from staff-gage reading.
298 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Reedy Lake Outlet near Frostproof, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 27°43', long. 81*29', In sec. 

rr~T7 32 S., R. 28 E., at bridge on county road 3$ miles southeast of Frostproof. 

Datum of .gage is 76.05 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Records available. October 1946 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 107 second-feet Oct. 1-3; maximum gage height, 

a.49 feet Oct. 2; minimum discharge, 5.8 second-feet Apr-. 24, 25, May 15 (gage height, 

1.42 feet).

1946-50: Maximum discharge, 166 second-feet Oct. 2-6, 1948; maximum gage height 

4.37 feet; minimum discharge, that of Apr. 24, 25, May 15, 1950.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used July 3-7)

Oct. 1 to July 2 July B to Sept. 30

1.4 5.0 2.3 52

1.5 8.8 2.8 70

1.6 13 3.3 96

1.7 18 3.5 108

2.0 38

1.4 9.5

1.5 16

1.6 22

1.7 28

1.8 32

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22O-l

*O

24

25

26

27

28

29

*f\ ou

31

Oct.

107

107

107

106

105

104

104

102

101

101

100

99

9S

97

95

94

92

91

89

88

87

85

84

S2

81

81

80

80

78

78

77

Nov.

78

76

74

73

71

70

69

68

68

70

70

69

68

70

71

71

70

69

67

66

66

65

64

 64

64

63

61

61

60

60

-

Dec.

60*9-

59

58

58

57

57

57

57

56

56

56

56

55

54

54

53

52

52

52

51

51

51

50

49

50

50

50

49

48

47

Jan.

46

46

46

45

45

45

45

44

42

42

42

42

41

40

40

40

39

39

38

38

37

37

36

35

34

34

33

33

32

32

31

Feb.

31

31

30

30

30

28

29

29

29

28

28

26

25

25

25

25

23

20

20

19

18

17

19

18

17

18

17

16

_

_

-

u^nth SecondMonth foot-days

October .......................... 2,880

November ......................... 2,036

December .................... 1.664

Calendar year 1949 ......

January .

16,465.7

1.219

February ......................... 671

March. ........................ . . 396.8

April. ........................... 256.1

May. ............................. 310.5

June ............................. 506

July ............................. 733

August ........................... 618

September ........................ 721

Water year 1949-50 ............ 12,011.4

Mar.

16

16

14

14

14

14

14

14

16

14

13

13

13

14

13

14

13

12

12

12

12

13

13

11

11

10

9J3

O6

11

12

9.6

Apr.

8.0

8.0

7.7

8.0

12

16

1

1

2

D

3.6

9.6

9.6

3.6

J.6

3.6

3.6

8.4

(

(

7.3

J.9

J.7

3.0

8.0

(

(

1

.5

.1

>.8

5.8

6.5

e

£

£

Maximum

107

78

60

107

46

31

16

16

14

27

30

28

31

107

.9

.3

.0

.0

-

May

7.7

7.7

9.6

9.6

9.6

9.2

8.8

8.0

8.0

8.0

7.7

7.3

7.3

6.5

7.3

9.6

10

12

11

10

10

9.6

11

14

13

12

13

14

13

13

13

June

14

15

14

14

14

14

13

13

11

13

15

14

13

12

12

11

13

16

18

27

25

23

23

22

22

23

22

20

20

20

Minimum Mean

77 92.9

60 67.9

47 53.7

8.8 45.1

31 39.3

16 24.0

9.6 12.8

5.8 8.54

6.5 10.0

11 16.9

18 23.6

13 19.9

18 24.0

5.8 32.9

July

19

20

23

24

26

27

28

29

30

29

28

27

26

25

23

23

24

24

23

23

23

23

22

22

22

22

21

21

20

18

18

Aug.

17

17

15

15

14

13

13

16

20

23

27

27

28

26

25

24

23

23

22

21

21

20

20

20

18

18

16

18

20

19

19

Sept.

20

19

20

24

27

31

31

30

29

28

28

27

26

25

25

24

23

23

23

21

21

20

20

18

18

18

19

23

30

30

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches
LAKE OKEECHCflBE AND THE EVERGLADES 299

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 Raod Department bench 

mark).

Records available.--October 1946 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year. 364 second-feet at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (stage 

railing; peak occurred Sept. 30, 1949); minimum, 1.1 second-feet May 12, 13, 14, 15 

(gage height, 2.55 feet).

1946-50: Maximum discharge, 1,780 second-feet Sept. 23, 1948 (gage height, 11.56 

feet); minimum, that of May 12, 13, 14, 15, 1950.

Remarks. Records good prior to Mar. 17 and fair thereafter. Some diversion above station 

For~irrigation subsequent to Mar. 17.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

354

323

296

272

257

250

236

224

217

211

205

193

188

182

176

166

161

156

151

142

138

133

124

120

116

116

112

108

104

104

101

Nov.

98

94

90

87

83

80

77

75

75

76

76

74

74

82

87

85

81

77

74

72

70

69

66

66

65

64

62

60

60

60

-

Dec.

61

58

56

55

54

53

53

52

52

51

50

49

49

49

48

48

47

46

a46

a46

a45

45

45

44

45

47

a46

45

45

45

44

Jan.

42

42

41

41

40

40

40

39

38

37

37

37

36

36

36

35

a35

a34

a34

a34

a33

a33

33

33

32

32

32

31

31

30

30

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calenda'r year 1949 ............

January

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May

June .............................

July .............................

August .

September ........................

Wmter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

30

29

28

28

28

28

29

28

28

27

27

26

26

25

26

25

24

23

22

22

22

22

21

21

20

20

20

19

_

-

Secondfoot-days

5,636

2,259

1,519

33,181

1,104

694

428. S

182.]

180.1

204.1

311 !

275

1,322*

14, 115. f

Mar.

19

18

18

17

17

17

16

16

16

16

15

14

14

14

13

13

12

12

11

13

14

17

15

12

11

10

9.4

9.4

10

11

9.1

Apr.

8.4

7.8

7.6

7.6

8.4

8.2

9.1

7.3

7.1

6.7

6.6

6.3

5.8

5.6

5.3

5.0

4.8

4.6_

4.3

4.2

3.7

3.3

3.0

3.6

4.7

3.8

4.1

6.6

8.8

9.8

Maximum

354

98

61

776

42

30

19

9.8

16

10

12

19

72

J 354

May

8.0

4.9

4.3

3.7

3.8

4.5

6.2

5.1

3.2

2.8

2.4

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.3

2.1

2.2

3.9

4.8

5.1

6.0

4.7

16

11

9.5

8.1

8.7

14

11

9.6

9.5

Minimum

101

60

44

15

30

19

9.1

3.0

1.2

4.3

6*3

6.0

29

1.2

June

9.5

9.5

8.8

8.2

8.0

8.7

10

8.9

8.0

7.2

6.7

6.2

5.8

5.5

5.0

4.6

4.4

4.3

4.4

4.3

4.8

8.5

7.4

6.7

. 6.1

5.8

6.0

5.5

6.6

8.7

Mean

182

75.3

49.0

90.9

35.6

24.8

13.8

6.07

5.81

6 8C

10.0 8 8'

44il

38.7

July

8.8

8.0

8.9

1212 '

12

11

11

11

12

11

all

alO

alO

a9.9

a.9. S

a9.7

a9.6

9.5

9.2

10

13

12

11

9.9

9.4

9.2

8.7

7.8

7.3

6.8

Aug.

7.7

9.2

8.2

7.6

6.8

6.2

6.3

6.1

6.0

6.6

6.9

7.6

9.8

8.5

8.2

12

14

11

10

9.6

8.9

8.4

7.8

7.6

6.9

6.7

7.3

8.2

13

13

19

Per square 

mile

Sept.

36

31

31

54

63

72

72

70

a65

a60

56

52

49

45

44

a42

a40

39

38

38

37

36

34

34

32

32

29

32

30

29

Runoff in 

inches

Peak discharge (base, 500 sec. -ft.). No peak above base.

Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Arbuckle Creek near De Soto 

City or interpolated.
300 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Lake Okeechobee inlets into Eagle Bay, near Okeechobee, Pla.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 37°12' , long. 80°50', in sec. 4, T. 38 S., R. 35 E., at culvert 

uTrough levee along north rim of Lake Okeechobee at outlet of Eagle Bav, 3? miles south 

of Okeechobee.

Records available. September 1948 to December 1950 (discharge measurements only), discontinued.

Extremes. 1948-50: Maximum discharge measured, 1,290 second-feet Aug. 30, 1949; no flow 

I'or many days each year.

Remarks. Records given herein represent total inflow into Eagle-Bay on Lake Okeechobee. 

CnecK valves are opened during dry periods to allow lake water to flow back into pasture 

lands.

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, September 1948 to December 1950

Date

1948

Sept. 24

30

1948-49

Oct. 5

8

11

15

18

Nov. 2

9

15

23

Dec. 6

13

21

28

Jan. 3

10

18

24

Feb. 7

14

Discharge

593

742

607

395

704

106

31

tlO

0

t31 tie

t34

0

t20

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Date

1948-49

Feb. 21

Mar. 1

7

15

21

29

Apr. 4

11

May 3

17

31

June 14

21

28

July 5

12

19

25

Aug. 1

8

16

22

30

Discharge

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

t20

60

44

164

86

38

46

1,290

Date

1948-49

Sept. 1

6

12

19

26

1949-50

Oct. 4

10

24

Nov. 1

7

14

21

28

Dec. 5

12

27

Jan. 3

9

31

Feb. 20

27

Discharge

892

454

124

0

O

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

t31

0

0

Date

1949-50

Mar. 6

13

27

Apr. 3

May 8

July 10

24

Sept. 18

25

1950-51

Oct. 2

9

17

20

23

Nov. 6

13

Dec. 11

Discharge

0

0

0

0

O

0

0

0

0

tl44

0

0

t200

220

0

0

0

t Field estimate.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 301

Taylor Creek near Okeechobee, Fla.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 27°13', long. 80°48', in sec. 35, T. 37 S. , R. 35 E. , at

Bridge on State Highway 15, 0.2 mile north of hurricane gate structure No. 6 on north

rim of Lake Okeechobee at mouth of Taylor Creek, and 3 miles southeast of Okeechobee.

Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929 (Corps of Engineers bench mark). 

Records available.--September 1948 to December 1950 (discharge measurements only), discontinued. 

Extremes.--1948-50: Maximum discharge measured, 5,200 second-feet Aug. 29, 1949 (probably

wind affected); no flow for many days each year; reverse flow at times due to wind

effect. 

Remarks. Records poor. Plow regulated by hurricane gate No. 6 and check valves in culverts through levee.

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, September 1948 to October 1950

Date

1948

Sept. 24

30

Oct. 5

8

12

Nov. 2

9

15

23

30

Dec. 6

13

21

27

1949

Jan. 3

10

17

24

31

Feb. 7

Mar. 1

29

Apr. 4

11

May 3

17

June 14

21

Discharge

3,080

2,220

1,780

1,290

586

It

t

t

t

t

t

!

; 202

Date

1949

June 28

Julv 5

12

19

26

Aug. 2

9

16

22

30

Sept. 1

7

9

13

20

26

Oct. 4

17

25

Nov. 1

8

14

21

28

Dec. 5

12

19

1950

Jan. 3

Discharge

159

M(t)

271

52

(t)

261

W(t)

5,200

2,110

625

428

274

221

488

781

_

_

_

(t)

. Date

1950

Jan. 9

16

30

Feb. 20

Mar. 20

27

Apr. 3

24

June 5

19

26

July 10

24

31

Aug. 7

21

Sept. 11

25

Oct. 2

9

20

23

26

30

Nov. 6

13

20

27

Dec. 4

11

Discharge

;t 3,430

1,540

792

352i

;t

t Field Inspection. Flow less than about 50 second-feet. 

Lake Okeechobee inlets between Taylor Creek and St. Lucie Canal, Pla.

Location. Twenty-two inlets to Lake Okeechobee at bridges on State Highway 15 along northeast rim of lake between Taylor Creek and'St. Lucie Canal.

Records available. September 1948 to December 1950 (fragmentary) discontinued. 

Kxtremes.--1947^FO: Maximum discharge observed, 2,060 second-feet Oct. 19, 1950; no flow

ror many days each year.

Remarks. Records poor. Records given herein consist of combined flow through twenty-two 

 Inle"ts and represent total inflow into Lake Okeechobee between Taylor Creek and St.

Lucie Canal.

Discharge, In second-feet, September 1948 to December 1950

Date

1948

Sept. 26

30

Oct. 5,

8

12

14

18

26

Nov. 2

9

16

23

30

Dec. 6

13

21

27

1949

Jan. 3

10

18

24

Mar. 21

29

Apr. 4

11

May 3

17

June 21

Discharge

1,480

1,400

336

450

151

271

146

118

0

2

51

10

69

20

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

190

Date

1949

June 28

July 5

12

19

25

Aug. 1

9

15

22

29

Sept. 1

6

8

13

20

26

Oct. 4

11

17

25

Nov. 1

7

14

21

Dec. 5

12

19

1950

Jan. 3

Discharge

71

14

173

295

197

173

147

92

10

1,860

832 '

276

199

254

70

205

306

191

26

0

32

0

14

0

0

0

0

52

Date

1950

Jan. 9

30

Mar. 27

Apr. 3

24

May 9

22

June 5

July 1C

24

Aug. 7

21

Sept. 5

12

19

25

Oct. 2

16

19

23

26

30

Nov. 6

13

20

27

Dec. 4

11

Discharge

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

142

20

11

9

0

41

2,060

647

275

135

113

86

53

0

0

0
302 LAKE OKEECHOBEE.AND THE EVERGLADES

St. Lucie Canal at Lake Okeechobee, Fla.

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", long. 80°27', In sec. 8, T. 40 S., R. 39 E., at bridge on State Highway 

710, lj miles southeast of Indlantown and 13.1 miles 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 1950 (fragmentary since October 1949).

Extremes.--Maximurn daily discharge during year, 6,330 second-feet Oct. 6, 9, 15-18.

 ^931-50: Maximum daily discharge, 7,070 second-feet Nov. 2, 3, 1947.

Remarks.--Records fair.

Discharge, in second-feet, 1950

Day

Oct. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Discharge

6,120

6,190

6,190

6,230

6,300

6,330

6,300

6,300

6,330

Day

Oct. 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

Discharge

6,300

6,260

6,300

6,300

6,300

6,330

6,330

6,330

6,330

Day

Oct. 19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

Discharge

6,300

6,300

6,300

6,300

6,300

6,300

6,150

5,020

Month

Calendar year 1949...

May. ...................

Water year 1949-50...

Secondfoot-days

-

-

Maximum

6,330

6,330

Minimum

-

-

Mean

-

-

Runoff in 

acre-feet

321,400

-

-

Note. On days for which no discharge is shown, flow consisted of leakage and lockage through Stuart lock (generally less than 10 second-feet).

Loxahatchee slough near Jupiter, Fla.

Location.--Reference point, lat. 26°56'15", long. 80°10'35", in NE-J- sec. 6, T. 41 S., R. 42 

E77~at bridge on State Highway 710, 5.2 miles west of Jupiter.

Records available.--August 1946 to September 1950 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes.--1946-50; Maximum discharge measured, 1,060 second-feet Oct. 9, 1947; minimum 

measured, 1.0 second-feet May 9, 1950.

Remarks.--Discharge measurements made at seven bridges on State Highway 710. "The combined 

TTow at these bridges is total flow of slough.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, 

water year October 1949 to September 1950

Oct. 5

May 9

June 5

July 5

400

tl.O

t6.3

t8.9

Aug. 8

17

Sept. 18

t2.0

11.6

64.2

t Field estimate.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 303

West Palm Beach Canal at Canal Point, Pla.

Location.--Staff gage above lock and dam, lat. 26°52', long. 80°38', in sec. 34, T. 41 

 S., R. 37 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 1950. 

Average discharge. 11 years, 174 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 644 second-feet Apr. 6, 15; maximum gage 

height observed, 15.38 feet Oct. 10; maximum daily reverse flow, 745 second-feet Oct. 1; 

minimum gage height observed, 12.54 feet Sept. 3.

1939-50: 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 second-feet June 

15, 1942; minimum gage height observed, 10.00 feet June 17, 1948.

Remarks.--Records fair. Staff gage read three times daily. Plow regulated at station by 

manipulation of stop logs in lock and dam. Plow 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 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2

3

4 

5

6 

7a

9 

10

11

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 25'

26 

27

28 

29 

30

31

Oct.

-745 

-653 

-674 

-606

-540

-419 

-332 

-238

-170 

-81

-153 

-156 

-42 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0

166

317 

213 

209 

203 

214 

264,

Nov.

321 

316

347 

317 

339

333 

384 

413 

407 

403

419 

409 

394 

391

373

449

457 

488 

467 

452

434 

452 

542 

523 

533

609 

541 

534 

528 

557

Dec.

539 

539 

539 

529 

505

572 

541 

554 

523

533

505 

512 

534 

530 

553

577 

531 

514 

526 

525

514 

557 

584 

569 

325

-202 

-62 

-207 

-283 

-468 

-597

Jan.

-541 

-525 

-549 

a-522 

-494

-410 

-136 

-461 

-236 

203

71 

0 

0 

0 

0

67 

235 

372 

421 

416

422

371 

408 

387 

373

403 

407 

392 

392 

393 

395

Feb.

401 

371 

442 

429 

403

365 

411 

460 

460 

469

464 

427 

394 

418 

469

497 

592 

568 

559 

562

541 

477 

484 

548 

513

543 

475 

450

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Aprl

fete v

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

Lendar year 1949

ter year 1949-50 .......................

Mar.

558 

599 

613 

611 

624

570 

582 

574 

560 

561

522 

490 

566 

569 

522

497 

492 

471 

456 

490

484 

538 

511 

514 

563

467 

392 

462 

437 

525 

467

Apr.

420 

441 

426 

468 

619

644 

498 

508 

487 

461

492 

535 

622 

610 

644

532 

521 

561 

548

577

548 

515 

529 

536 

570

531 

534 

525 

493 

508

Secondfoot -day s

-3,223 

13,132 

11,411

105,408

2,254 

13,192 

16,287 

15,903 

16,775 

15,153 

12,246 

11,200 

9,653

133,983

May

533 

502 

518 

537 

590

544 

589 

588 

587 

551

595 

580 

622 

596 

539

575 

571 

547 

547 

530

542 

504 

476 

514 

491

511 

535 

462 

509 

507 

483

Maximum

317 

609 

584

749

422 

592 

624 

644 

622 

596 

526 

588 

441

644

June

596 

501 

508 

523 

551

531 

509 

466 

464 

468

505 

480 

521 

506 

533

531 

450 

507 

492 

501

477 

477 

488 

518 

528

531 

509 

544 

452 

486

July

421 

410 

421 

431 

223

234 

342 

72 

185 

118

203 

366 

466 

492 

376

428 

436 

453 

446 

526

510 

428 

449 

463 

444

461 

481 

489 

516 

471 

485

Minimum

-745 

316 

597

-1,020

-549 

365 

392 

420 

462 

450 

72 

-99 

-158

-745

Aug.

513 

503 

523 

509 

492

588 

534 

448 

425 

441

289 

. 263 

330 

443 

449

402 

304 

460 

441 

475

485 

422 

431 

404

183

305 

137 

-76 

-99 

149 

27

Mean

-104 

438 

368

289

72.7 

471 

525 

530 

541 

505 

395 

361 

322

367

Sept.

273 

166 

-158 

252 

-47

194 

346 

402 

402

417

441 

412 

405 

379 

360

402 

352 

412 

400 

391

414 

359 

292 

350 

286

315 

378 

360 

364 

334

Runoff in 

acre -feet

-6,390 

26,050 

22,630

209,100

4,470 

26,170 

32,300 

31,540 

33,270 

30,060 

24,290 

22,210 

19,150

265,800

a No gage-height record or point-velocity observations; discharge Interpolated. 

Note. Negative figures Indicate reverse flow.
304 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

West Palm Beach Canal at West Palm Beach, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder above lock and dam, lat. 26°39', long. 80°03', In sec. 16, 

T. 44 S., R. 43 E., at bridge on U. S. Highway 1 on Polnsettla Avenue in West Palm 

Beach. Datum of gage is at mean sea level (Florida State Road Department bench mark). 

Prior to Dec. 20, 1949, at datum 0.25 foot higher.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 1,091 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 3,180 second-feet Dec. 31; maximum gage 

height, 9.52 feet Dec. 26; minimum daily discharge, 340 second-feet Apr. 11; minimum 

gage height, 3.43 feet, present datum, Oct. 24.

1939-50: Maximum daily discharge, 5,320 second-feet Apr. 18, 1942; maximum gage 

height, 10.89 feet, present datum, Oct. 13, 1947; minimum daily discharge, 124 secondfeet May 1, 1945; minimum gage height, 2.97 feet, present datum, May 7, 1941.

Maximum stage known, 13.20 feet, present datum, Oct. 23, 24, 1924 (discharge, 8,570 

second-feet), from records by Everglades Drainage District.

Remarks. Records fair. Flow regulated by manipulation of stop logs In dam and gates In 

lock chamber for irrigation and drainage purposes 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 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,25O 

2,100 

2,020 

1,920 

1,900

al,800 

al.SOO 

al,800 

al,70O 

al, 700

al,600 

al,6OO 

al,55O 

al , 45O 

al,450

al,400 

al,3OO 

1,280 

1,230 

1,160

1,110 

1,080 

1,040 

588 

536

628 

744 

9OO 

1,OOO 

1,O30 

1,O3O

Nov.

976 

952 

9OO 

824 

744

692 

644 

628 

724 

1,070

1,040 

945 

923 

966 

1,050

1,O50 

1,040 

966 

923 

879

833 

522 

431 

508 

557

557 

557 

551 

539 

533

Dec.

524 

524 

524 

508 

508

508 

493 

493 

484 

475

465 

465 

462 

459 

459

462 

462 

462 

478 

478

465 

493 

5O2 

493 

838

1,570 

1,850 

2,220 

3,110 

3,110 

3,180

Jan.

2,960 

2,710 

2,510 

2,370 

2,240

2,110 

2,03O 

1,970 

1,840 

1,770

1,730 

1,650 

1,6OO 

1,670 

1,56O

1,380 

1,190 

700 

692 

760

780 

8OO 

824 

824 

800

780 

760 

760 

8OO 

780 

760

Feb.

744 

724 

724 

724 

708

7O8 

708 

692 

692 

676

66O 

628 

612 

612 

439

400 

425 

435 

436

451

45O 

466 

49O 

504 

520

535 

535 

532

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Pebr 

Marc 

Aprl 

Mav

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

lendar year 1949 

ary . .

h. ......................................

1.......................................

ter year 1949-50 .......................

Mar.

518 

504 

502 

503 

504

510 

523 

524 

524 

510

509 

509 

509 

508 

495

529 

557 

559 

585 

6OO

594 

575 

564 

535 

528

503 

468 

450 

455 

470 

468

Apr.

452 

440 

438 

427 

440

959 

1,030 

9OO 

800 

494

340 

404 

416 

432 

432

432 

432 

432 

416 

416

404 

392 

392 

392 

392

416 

432 

432 

432 

432

Secondfoot-days

42,696 

23,524 

27,524

317,895

44,110 

16,230 

16,092 

14,648 

13,498 

14,296 

21,272 

28,639 

33,634

296,163

May

432 

404 

404 

392 

380

376 

380 

392 

376 

372

372 

372 

376 

392 

392

404 

416 

416 

416 

404

404 

404 

448 

550

612

58O 

552 

536 

520 

504 

520

Maximum

2,250 

1,070 

3,180

3,180

2,960 

744 

600 

1,030 

612 

536 

1,28O 

1,650 

1,650

3,180

June

520 

536 

536 

520 

520

520 

5O4 

488 

476 

476

476 

476 

476 

476 

476

476 

464 

464 

464 

448

432 

448 

432 

432 

420

420 

432 

464 

488 

536

Minimum

July

552 

564 

564 

58O 

612

612 

628 

644 

660 

836

1,280 

1,230 

1,080 

976 

90O

824 

78O 

76O 

724 

619

552 

564 

580 

564 

552

536 

451 

5O4 

520 

504 

520

536 

431 

459

352

692 

4OO 

450 

340 

372 

420 

451 

435 

724

340

Aug.

435 

448 

464 

464 

464

476 

504 

774 

9OO 

1,360

1,340 

1,260 

1,090 

1,100 

al,O5O

al,OOO 

952 

a850 

a700 

a500

a550 

a550 

708 

a8OO 

a950

al,150 

al,400 

al,55O 

al,600 

al,650 

al,50O

Mean

1,377 

784 

888

871

1,423 

580 

519 

488 

435 

477 

686 

924 

1,121

811

Sept.

al,400 

al,3OO 

al,500 

al,650 

al,500

al,450 

1,410 

al,200 

al,OOO 

a950

a900 

1,030 

1,300 

1,380 

1,300

1,260 

1,230 

1,190 

1,100 

1,030

976 

952 

1,030 

952 

740

724 

724 

76O 

872 

824

Runoff In 

acre-feet

84, 690 

46,660 

54,590

630,500

87,490 

32,190 

31,920 

29,050 

26,770 

28,360 

42,190 

56,800 

66,710

587,400

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of 3 discharge measurements, recorded range 

in stage, engineer's and observer's notes, weather records, unpublished records for station at Loxahatchee.

Boynton Canal at Boynton Beach, Fla.

Location.--Staff gags above control dam, lat. 26 0 32'20", long. 80°03'10", in NE£ ssc. 21, 

T. 4b S., R. 43 E., 0.2 mile west of U. S. Highway 1 and three-quarters of a mile north 

of Intersection of U. S. Highway 1 and State Highway 804 in Boynton Beach. .Datum of 

gags is at mean sea level, datum of 1929. Prior to June 30, 1943, staff gags at site 

0.3 mils downstream at datum 0.25 foot highsr.

Rscprds available. July 1941 to June 1943, October 1947 (ons discharge measurement), Novemoer lyis to September 1950 (discharge measurements only).

.Extremes.--Maximum discharge observed, 2,720 second-fest Apr. 18, 1942; minimum observed, 

4.U second-feet Nov. 30, 1942.

Remarks. Flow regulated at and above station by manipulation of stop logs in dams by Lake 

worm Drainage District for irrigation and drainage. Soms diversions by pumping above 

station for irrigation.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE 'EVERGLADES 305

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, of Boynton Canal 

at Boynton Beach, Pla., November 1949 to September i960

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

15

30 d9

2b

55

88

1,290

106

7

0

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

23

23

19

15

85.5

134

139

110

June

July

Aug.

Sept

12

12

R

6

84.0 tio

104

155

t Field estimate.

Hlllsboro Canal at Belle Glade, Pla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 26°41', long. 80°40', in sec. 31, T. 43 S., R. 37 

E77~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 1950 (discontinued).

Extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 319 second-feet Mar. 31; maximum daily reverse flow, 198 second-feet Dec. 31.

1940-50: Maximum discharge measured, 481 second-feet Feb. 14, 1940; maximum reverse 

flow measured, 289 second-feet Sept. 9, 1940. 1940.

Remarks. Records poor. Plow 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 1949 to September 195O

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

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 

-32 

-44 

-12 

-31

-12 

-15 

-19 

-66 

-4

-46 

-45 

-4 

-18 

-4

3 

e-14 

-32 

-18 

0

154 

-31 

-5 

16 

97

142 

48 

95 

81 

130 

121

Nov.

184 

157 

146 

-55 

-86

-93 

170 

187 

2O6

58

138 

24 

54 

83 

93

137 

143 

147 

149 

147

152 

174 

231 

223 

224

293 

217 

235 

235 

254

Dec.

267 

265 

236 

216 

233

256 

256 

280 

284 

253

274 

255 

256 

270 

277

284 

258 

264 

226 

263

266 

253 

244 

296 

e!52

8 

66 

0 

-96 

-12 

-198

Jan.

-93 

-118 

-98 

-168 

-150

-160 

-157 

-138 

-173 

-166

155 

118 

-23 

-169 

-118

-104 

-95 

-85 

-67

-74

-43 

-44 

-55 

-51 

226

264 

269 

254 

273 

265 

211

Feb.

230 

74 

143 

223 

239

227 

232 

235 

246 

260

266 

269 

258 

253 

256

276 

254 

275 

228 

232

272 

241 

242 

239 

260

278 

272 

299

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Pebr 

Marc 

Aprl 

Mav

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

mber. ...................................

lendar year 1949 

ary

ter year 1949-50 .......................

Mar.

262 

289 

262 

270 

272

269 

252

278 

309 

290

285 

253 

275 

275 

265

237 

283 

246 

254 

262

26O 

261 

261 

238 

263

28O 

266 

271 

256 

318 

319

Apr.

310 

285 

277 

270 

252

308 

285 

267 

259 

253

252 

271 

255 

243 

251

256 

264 

244 

249 

243

272 

250 

255 

235 

258

253 

248 

241 

228 

244

Secondfoot-days

427 

4,227 

6,152

59,691

-314 

6,779 

8,381 

7,778 

7,988 

7,829 

7,250 

6,311 

4,115

66,923

May

250 

224 

240 

230 

215

228 

235 

233 

222 

238

261 

290 

271 

276 

258

285 

289 

270 

283 

257

259 

260 

287 

271 

252

268 

264 

274 

260 

278 

260

Maximum

154 

293 

296

424

273 

299 

319 

310 

290 

292 

263 

309 

199

319

June

267 

271 

271 

e274 

276

286 

268 

260 

261 

268

269 

263 

276 

292 

269

289 

284 

256 

249 

250

246 

246 

244 

234 

249

261 

236 

. 249 

225

240

July

247 

242 

263 

230 

236

214 

239 

223 

242 

218

207 

220 

246 

'226 

259

211 

211 

239 

233 

239

253 

239 

226 

224 

230

223 

a233 

a242 

252 

248 

23h

Minimum

-60 

-93 

-198

-224

-173 

74 

237 

228 

215 

225 

207 

103 

-97

-198

Aug.

306

305 

a306 

a308 

309

306 

295 

a275 

a254 

a234

214 

192 

2O7 

217 

224

163 

179 

180 

166 

164

193 

147 

134 

143 

137

148 

e!39 

e!30 

e!21 

e!12 

e!03

Mean

13.8 

141 

198

164

-10.1 

242 

270 

259 

258 

261 

234 

204 

137

183

Sept.

94 

136 

106 

-97 

41

1O4 

170 

112 

139 

159

151 

143 

134 

161 

172

188 

156 

163 

176 

165

199 

132 

132 

127 

166

180 

152 

148 

154 

152

Rwioff in 

acre -feet

847 

8,380 

12,200

118,400

-623 

13,450 

16,620 

15,430 

15,840 

15,530 

14,380 

12,520 

8,160

132,700

a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated, 

e No velocity record; discharge Interpolated. 

Note. Negative figures Indicate reverse flow.
306 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Hlllsboro Canal near Deerfleld Beach, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder above lock and dam, lat. 26°19'40", long. 80°07'50", in SW£ 

 sec. 35, T. 47 S.-, R. 42 E., 2 miles west of Deerfield Beach and 4.4 miles east of State

Highway 7. Auxiliary water-stage recorder at downstream end of lock chamber. Prior to

June 23, 1950, auxiliary water-stage recorder 500 feet below dam at same datum. Datum

of each gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929 (Corps of Engineers bench mark). 

Records available.--November 1939 to September 1950. 

Average discharge. 11 years, 468 second-feet. 

Extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 2,280 second-feet Dec. 31; maximum gage

height, 10.99 feet Dec. 25; minimum dally discharge not determined; minimum gage height,

4.04 feet July 20.

1939-50: 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, 3.34 feet Aug. 18, 1949. 

Remarks. Records fair except those below 250 second-feet and those for period of no gageHeight record, which are poor. 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 1949 to September 1950

Bay

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 

37

28 

39

30 

31

Oct.

1,480 

1,370 

1,440 

1,550 

1,520

1,460 

1,420 

1,390 

1,360 

1,330

1,360 

1,330 

1,280 

1,230 

1,170

1,140 

1,000 

934 

893 

725

518 

515 

475 

345 

485

768 

830 

850 

820 

755 

730

Nov.

750 

705 

735 

650 

575

555 

575 

316 

847 

990

904 

842 

795 

855 

846

758 

690 

636

556 

518

315 

318 

310 

359 

359

341 

305 

323 

307 

313

Dec.

300 

297 

287 

287 

279

274 

248 

256 

210 

170

180 

190 

195 

200 

195

220 

220 

210 

200 

195

180 

180 

ISO 

220 

1,000

1,310 

1,340 

1,950 

2,040 

2,200 

2,280

Jan.

2,000 

1,870 

1,750 

1,600 

1,550

1,510 

1,500 

1,530 

1,450 

1,400

1,370 

1,330 

1,310 

1,230 

1,160

838 

595 

500 

495

515

515 

560 

550 

510 

460

455 

480 

480 

455 

420 

370

Feb.

350 

283 

170

\ 260 

I 220

I 230

205 

\ 150

V 140

L 240 

V 170

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Oece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

ber. ....................................

lendar year 1949 

ax*y

h. ......................................

St......................................

ter year 1949-50 .......................

Mar.

100

105 

100

[ 150 

> 100

160

140

94

96

I 210

Apr.

> 180

841 

685 

525 

450 

271

150

152 

140

120 

220

Secondfoot-days

32,473 

17,348 

17,493

163,084

30,758 

5,898 

3,925 

6,794 

7,111 

7,300 

9,739 

13,306 

10,240

162,385

May

170

150 

156 

190

260

333 

424 

398

344 

313 

290 

268 

268 

277

Maximum

1,550 

990 

2,280

2,280

2,000 

350

841 

424 

367 

575 

990 

850

2,280

June

286 

290 

286 

277 

294

348 

362 

367 

320 

300

285 

275 

270 

250 

235

220 

205 

205 

220 

210

205 

195 

205 

195 

180

170 

155 

150 

160 

180

July

195 

205 

225 

250 

305

320 

330 

330 

355 

538

575 

495 

410 

355 

325

320 

444 

355 

335 

232

242 

268 

278 

278 

271

293 

230 

250 

250 

245 

235

Minimum

345 

305 

170

20

370

150 

195 

210 

140

-

Aug.

225 

210 

210 

220 

220

215 

230 

424 

646 

990

970 

885 

785 

710 

630

575 

540 

421 

335 

335

305 

270 

260 

245 

a250

a250 

a250 

a250 

a550 

aSOO 

a400

Mean

1,048 

578 

564

447

992 

211 

127 

226 

229 

243 

314 

429 

341

445

Sept.

3400 

a 600 

a85o 

a750 

a75O

a750 

a700 

aSOO 

a350 

a350

a300 

a300 

a265 

145 

140

240 

270 

265 

245 

215

200 

180 

235 

220 

185

175 

170 

165 

165 

160

Runoff In 

acre-feet

64,410 

34, 410 

34, 7OO

323,500

61,010 

11,700 

7,790 

13,480 

14, 100 

14,480 

19,320 

26,390 

20,310

322,100

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of 2 discharge measurements, records of dam 

operation, weather records, and unpublished records for station at Range Line Road, near Deerfield 

Beach.

Note. considerable leakage through spillway boards Nov. 20 to May 24, July 26 to Sept. 30. Leakage computed on basis of discharge measurements and log of board changes.

Pompano Canal at Pompano Beach, Fla.

(Formerly published as Cypress Creek Canal at Pompano, Fla.)

Location. Staff gagV above control dam, lat. 26°13'50(TT long. "80°67'25" , on line between 

 SKft sec. 35, T. 48 S., and NE£ sec. 2, T. 49 S., R. 42 E., 300 feet east of Pompano 

Beach post office and 1.2 miles west, of Intersection of U. S. Highway 1 and State Highway 814. Datum of gage Is at mean sea level, datum of 1929. 

Records available. February 1940 to June 1943 (daily discharge), October 1947 to September

i»&u (aiscnarge measurements only). 

Extremes. 1940-43, 1947-50: Maximum discharge measured, 752 second-feet Oct. 14, 1947;

no now for several days In some years.

Remarks. Discharge measurements made either above or below dam. Flow regulated for Irrlgation and drainage purposes by manipulation of stop logs in dam. Some backwater from 

tide ^effect__at.'times when crest of djjm_J.sJLow.

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Oct. 11 

Dec. 19

302 

4.85

Mar. 15 

May 3

8.33 

18.0

June 5 

July 5

11.5 

7.50

Aug. 1 

29

20.4 

100

Sept. 28 44.6
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 307

Middle River Canal near Port Lauderdale, Pla.

Location.--Staff gage above control dam, lat. 26°10 I 20", long. 80°12'15", in NW£ sec. 24, 

T. 49 S., R. 41 E., at bridge on State Highway 7, 3j miles upstream from mouth, and 

6j miles northwest of Port Lauderdale. Datum of gage at mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Records available. 1947 (two discharge measurements), November 1949 to September 1950 

(discharge measurements).

Extremes. Maximum discharge measured, 282 second-feet Oct. 22, 1947; no flow at times. 

Remarks. Regulation by control dams at and below station. Diversions by pumps below

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, October to November 1947 

and November 1949 to September 1950

Date

1947

Oct. 22

Nov. 10

1949

Nov. 3

2$

30

Dec. 27

28

Discharge

28?

110

19". E

t5

tl

t!5

41.4

Date

1950

Jan. 3

6

> 9

13

16

17

23

24

30

Discharge

t40 tie

t20 tio

t!5

t7.5 ' tis

14.2

t2

Date

1950

Aug. [14

21

28

29

Sept. 5

11

18

25

29

Discharge

t6

t5

t!2 tie

t8

t6

t6

t4.5

12.2

t Field estimate.

Plantation Road Canal near Port Lauderdale, Fla.

Location.--Staff gage above control dam, lat. 26°08 I 05", long. 80°12'10", in NE£. sec. 1, 

T. SO S., R. 41 E., 40 feet upstream from bridge on State Highway 7, 1.0 mile' upstream 

from mouth, and 5 miles west northwest of Port Lauderdale. Datum of gage at mean sea 

level, datum of 1929.

Records available. October, November 1947 (discharge measurements only), November 1949 to 

September I9t>u (discharge measurements only).

Extremes.--1947-50: Maximum discharge measured, 1,390 second-feet Oct. 17, 1947; no flow 

at times.

Remarks. Regulation by control dams at and above station.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, November 1949 to 

September 1950

Date

Nov. 2

28

30

Dee. ' 125

27

28

Jan. 3

9

16

Discharge

25.6

t8

4.69

t3

tl

t20

88.8

t30

t!5

t!2

Date

Jan. 17

24

30

Feb. 6

Kar. 15

20

23

27

29

July 10

Discharge

t!3.5

17.3 tio

t7.5

t2

tl

t.4

t.6

tl.4

t6

Date

July 17

31

Aug. 14

21

28

29

Sept. 5

11

18

25

29

Discharge

t4

tl.5

t7.5

t8

til

t6

t6

t4

t8

t4

11.4
308 LAKE OKEECHQBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

North New River Canal at South Bay, Pla.

Location. Staff gage below lock and dam, lat. 26°40', long. 80°43', in sec. 14, T. 44 S., 

K. 3b E., in South Bay, 410 feet downstream from bridge on State Highway 80 and 2.5 

miles south of Lake Okeechobee. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1950. 

Average discharge.--11 years, 155 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 717 second-feet Dec. 25; minimum daily, 

7 second-feet Oct. 24.

1939-50: Maximum daily discharge, 1,040 second-feet Sept. 30, 1947; maximum reverse 

flow observed, 445 second-feet June 10, 17, 1942.

Remarks. Records fair. Gage read twice daily. Lock and dam at station not operated durInTTyear. Plow 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 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

'6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

417 

368 

277 

245 

196

139 

71 

50 

25 

89

173 

75 

44 

24 

28

32 

41 

44 

50 

36

27 

14 

17 

7 

93

216 

249 

261 

227 

219 

245

Nov.

284 

218 

194 

93 

156

"305 

' 281 

286 

334 

393

385 

353 

299 

363 

334

345 

308 

319 

295 

251

242 

330 

382 

390 

380

484 

413 

418 

374 

354

Dec.

420 

354 

397 

389 

412

408 

357 

374 

376

413

373 

391 

372 

389 

433

441 

420 

437 

418 

394

415 

418 

382 

590 

717

381 

336 

383 

350 

328 

343

Jan.

296 

261 

278 

252 

234

214 

179 

184 

246 

381

399 

369 

212 

143 

132

116 

109 

102 

87 

76

69 

60 

57 

92 

271

385 

449

428 

358 

361 

339

Feb.

353 

514 

404 

431 

428

389 

338 

364 

376 

458

461 

433 

434 

427 

425

461 

433 

421 

419 

471

445 

410 

415 

420 

421

478 

481 

441

Month

Octo 

Nove

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Aprl 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber. ...................................

lendar year 194S 

ary

.........'..............

ter year 1949-50 .......................

Mar.

452 

451 

410 

408 

403

434 

407 

439 

505 

415

404 

398 

391 

389 

391

422 

401 

377 

403 

397

394 

401 

435 

398 

394

416 

389 

411 

386 

588 

520

Apr.

495 

458 

400 

391 

457

583 

602 

455 

432 

477

468 

443 

460 

452 

459

431 

398 

388 

382 

407

435 

382 

376 

368 

418

451 

414 

403 

425 

396

Secondf oo t -days

3,999 

9,563 

12,611

^ 115,987

7,139 

11,951 

13,029 

13,106 

13,271 

13,445 

13,861 

10,000 

8,064

130,039

May

436 

425 

390 

367 

354

393 

392 

384 

382 

360

440 

521 

445 

420 

397

410 

417 

497 

459 

416

440 

386 

432 

504 

504

449 

490 

477 

452 

420 

412

Maximum

417 

484 

717

742

449 

514 

588 

602 

521 

518 

504 

479 

311

717

June

469 

516 

452 

471 

443

474 

477 

471 

467 

464

462 

462 

487 

494 

455

518 

515 

479 

445 

427

394 

416 

391 

408 

403

386 

377 

372 

404 

446

July

411 

433 

424 

419 

419

6436 

445 

453 

388 

425

446 

459 

490 

504 

455

458 

450 

488 

455 

424

436 

455 

475 

438 

446

468 

461 

455 

455 

448 

440

Minimum

7 

93 

328

7

57 

338 

377 

368 

354 

372 

388 

215 

189

7

Aug.

444

387 

451 

479 

476

444 

445

402 

315 

310

321 

320 

336 

352 

308

243 

256 

254 

216 

215

221 

283 

298 

296 

279

285 

287 

286 

303 

254 

234

Mean

129 

319 

407

318

230 

427 

420 

437 

428 

44fi 

447 

323 

269

356

Sept.

255 

252 

235 

189 

207

206 

282 

292 

303 

311

301 

282 

269 

286 

280

309 

304 

302 

283 

279

284 

274 

256 

232 

262

281 

268 

264 

245 

271

Runoff In 

acre -feet

7,930 

18,970 

25,010

230,100

14,160 

23,700 

25,840 

26,000 

26,320 

26,670 

27,490 

19,830 

15,990

257,900

e Ho velocity record; discharge computed on basis of Interpolated mean velocity.
LAKE OKEECHQBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 309

North New River Canal at 26-mile bend, near Port Lauderdale, Fla. 

Location.--Water-stage recorder above control dam, IsA, 26"15'~, long. 80°28', T. 48 S., R.

39 E., on U. S. Highway 27 at 26-mile bend, 22 miles northwest of Fort Lauderdale. 

Re.cprds available.--1941-42 (two measurements in 1941 and one in 1942), December 1942 to

September 1950 (discharge measurements). 

Extremes.--1941-50: 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 1949 to September 1950

Oct. 

Jan.

12 

23

989 

354

Mar. 

May

16 

3

445 

358

June 6 

July 6

487 

513

Aug. 

Sept.

4 

7

489 

672

North New River Canal near Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder above lock and dam, lat. 26°06', long. 80 0 14', in SW£ sec. 

11, 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 at downstream end of lock chamber at same datum. Prior to 

July 20, 1950, auxiliary water-stage recorder 500 feet downstream from base gage at same 

datum.

Records available.--November 1939 to September 1950.

Average qisenarge. 11 years, 594 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum -daily discharge during year, 2,110 second-feet Oct. 1; maximum gage 

neignt, 6.11 feet Mar. 20; minimum discharge not determined; minimum gage height, 1. 

feet July 18.

1939-50: 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 h&ight, 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 600 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 1949 to September 1950

.21

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7e

9 

10

11 

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

16 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

26- 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,110 

1,860 

1,700 

1,550 

1,580

1,600 

1,600 

1,600 

1,570 

1,550

al,590 

al,510 

al,480 

al,470 

al,430

al,460 

al,400 

1,350 

1,310 

1,240

al,020 

a865 

a725 

al,oeo

1,020

11,250 

1,230 

1,260 

1,270 

1,240 

1,230

Nov.

1,260 

1,230 

1,190 

1,160 

1,110

1,100 

1,100 

978 

1,010 

1,050

1,050 

1,03O 

1,020 

1,010 

1,010

1,010 

998 

969 

911 

906

891 

706 

684 

736 

736

638 

576 

632 

636 

612

Dec.

572 

540 

540 

556 

560

524 

540 

580 

576 

540

524 

512 

500 

488 

508

512 

508 

512 

524 

524

524 

512 

504 

512 

588

a766 

a985 

al,110 

al,26O 

al,400 

1,330

Jan.

1,490 

1,470 

1,450 

1,450 

1,400

1,340 

1,310 

1,270 

1,150 

1,130

1,120 

1,120 

1,100 

1,050 

1,020

993 

859 

800 

808 

80O

792 

784 

768 

752 

752

816 

832 

832 

816 

800 

784

Feb.

752 

720 

712 

704 

688

680 

664 

640 

498 

482

491 

485 

573 

520 

506

513 

494 

442

471 

431

392 

394 

436 

489 

489

480 

457 

368

Month

Goto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Aprl 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her. ....................................

nber. ...................................

lendar year 1949

ter year 1949-50 .......................

Mar.

354 

364

I 340 

337 

I 330

> 270

^ 190 

I 290

439 

419 

405

L 370

305 

322

V 360

Apr.

[ 340 

441

852 

685 

646 

613 

586

582

601 

507

450

330 

> 250

260

282 

304

> 300

Secondfoot-days

43,130 

27,949 

20,131

225,015

31,858 

14-, 971 

10,205 

12,849 

9,160 

11,885 

20,204 

18,319 

16,281

236,942

May

S 250

ISO

f 160 

172 

190

441 

660 

744

698 

651 

564 

481 

493 

516

Maximum

2,110 

1,260 

1,400

2,110

1,490 

752 

439 

852 

744 

570 

1,090 

1,060 

815

2,110

June

530 

516 

493 

484 

481

543 

548 

570 

552 

534

514 

500 

469 

453 

440

403 

381 

381 

312 

299

273 

279

230 

I 260

July

V 280

322 

372 

458

650 

810 

808 

824 

1,090

1,020 

1,030 

990 

913 

893

982 

919 

898 

656 

643

678 

686 

686 

669 

651

615 

381

250

Minimum

725 

576 

488

-

752 

368

409

-

Aug.

> 240

\ 290

320 

575 

676 

696

704 

710 

712 

724 

682

648 

607 

625 

597

658

643 

631 

630 

637 

601

615 

716 

1,040 

1,060 

872 

350

Mean

1,391 

932 

649

616

1,028 

535 

329 

428 

295 

396 

652 

591 

543

649

Sept.

414 

459 

636 

815 

799

801 

763 

644

. 590

520

536

519

456 

409

 430 

 440

Runoff In 

acre-feet

85,550 

55,440 

39,930

446,300

63,190 

29,690 

20, 240 

25, 490 

18,170 

23,570 

40,070 

36,340 

32,290

470,000

a No auxiliary gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of unpublished records for South 

New River Canal at Davle.

Note. Considerable leakage through spillway boards*Jan. 17 to July 10, July 19 to Aug. 8, Sept. 

8-30; leakage computed on basis of discharge measurements, board changes, and engineers' and observer's notes.
310 LAKE OKEGCHOBEE AND THE EVERQLADES

Miami Canal at water plant, Hialeah, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 25°49'38", long. 80°17'15", in SW£ sec. 18, T. 53 

S., K. 41 E., at Miami water plant in Hialeah, on U. S. Highway 27, half a mile upstream from 54th Street Bridge. Datum of gage is 0.01 foot below mean sea level 

(revised), datum of 1929 (levels by Dade County). 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 0.23 foot below mean sea level 

(revised), datum of 1929 (levels by Dade County).

Records available. January 1940 to September'1950. 

Average discharge. 10 years, 720 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 1,480 second-feet Oct. 27; maximum gage 

neignt, 3.91 feet Oct. 22; minimum discharge measured, 15 second-feet Hay 2; minimum 

gage height, -0.15 foot Mar. 15.

1940-50: 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 poor. Plow affected by tide; discharge computed by using gage heights 

ana tide ranges at auxiliary gage as a factor.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,160 

1,160 

1,140 

1,260 

1,290

1,280 

1,290 

1,300 

1,280 

1,270

1,300 

1,380 

1,440 

1,440 

1,450

1,440 

1,440 

1,410 

1,400 

1,390

1,360 

1,360 

1,370 

1,360 

1,420

1,460 

1,480 

1,450 

1,420 

1,420 

1,420

Nov.

1,420 

1,410 

1,390 

1,360 

1,350

1,340 

1,320 

1,320 

1,310 

1,330

1,310 

1,290 

1,270 

1,310 

1,340

1,330 

1,320 

1,310 

1,300 

1,290

1,280 

1,270 

1,270 

1,260 

1,260

1,250 

1,240 

1,240 

1,230 

1,230

Dec.

1,230 

1,230 

1,200 

1,190 

1,180

1,180 

1,170 

1,160 

1,160 

1,140

1,140 

1,130 

1,110 

1,100 

1,100

1,090 

1,100 

1,100 

1,080 

1,080

1,060 

1,050 

1,020 

1,020 

1,090

1,100 

1.12CT 

1,210 

1,250 

1,260 

1,260

Jan.

1,240 

1,220 

1,230 

1,220 

1,200

1,190 

1,180 

1,150 

1,130 

1,140

1,110 

1,080 

1,060 

1,020 

1,020

998 

979 

953 

928

916

891 

866 

836 

830 

790

773 

750 

734 

717 

696 

669

Feb.

663 

640 

629 

623 

611

611 

604 

560 

540 

534

527

506 

513 

506 

506

486 

486 

464 

457 

443

436 

407 

428 

421 

428

407 

385 

385

Month

Octo 

Hove

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Pebr 

Marc 

Aprl 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

lendar ye'ar 1949

ter year 1949-50 ...............

Mar.

392 

385 

378 

378 

370

341 

334 

318 

281 

243

220 

228 

220 

204

173

212 

181 

150

} 30

18

20

70 

20

Apr.

I 20

280

796 

707 

652 

592 

527

472 

421 

356 

341 

311

281 

258 

220 

212 

80

I 20

I 200 

V 60 

1 20

Secondfoot -days

42,040 

39,150 

35,310

290,199

30,516 

14,206 

5,316 

7,226 

969 

4,333 

11,683 

8,782 

7,222

206,753

May

20

15

20 

25

29

30

r loo

25

100

Maximum

' 1,480 

1,420 

1,260

1,610

1,240 

663 

392 

796

547 

728

385

1,480

June

500 

547 

370 

150 

100

212 

311 

243 

220 

150

50 

f 100

110

50

\ 120 

150

150 

80

50

50 

50

July

I 50

400 

a400

a 700 

702 

629 

675 

728

675 

604 

560 

493 

' 513

506 

472 

399 

407 

414

370 

370 

288 

288 

243

235 

212

100

I 50

Aug.

48

80 

120 

200 

200

50 

50 

350 

399 

348

311 

407 

443 

443 

392

334 

311 

274 

251 

235

173 

I 140

428 

_534,

479 

443 

392

Minimum Mean

1.140 1,356 

1,230 1,305 

1,020 1,139

795

6 

3(

4

)5 :

-

-

IB

o ;

984 

507 

L71 

'41 

31.3 

L44 

577 

'83 

41

566

Sept.

341 

281 

266 

341 

288

311 

a3OO 

a250

a 250 

a 200

204 

228 

220 

a200 

a 170

140 

250 

385 

a 200 

140

100 

50 

200 

258 

212

251 

204 

348 

278 

356

Runoff In 

acre -feet

83,390 

77,650 

70,040

575,600

60,530 

28,180 

10,540 

14,330 

1,920 

8,590 

23,170 

17,420 

14,320,

410,100

a No gage-height record at base or auxiliary gage; discharge Interpolated or computed on basis of 

unpublished records for station below 36th St. dam and record of dam operation. 

Note. Dam at 36th St., 2 miles below station, closed Mar. 18 to Apr. 5, Apr. 20 to June 1, June 

4, 5, June 9 to July 6, July 28 to Aug. S, Aug. 22-25, Sept. 14-17, 19-23; discharge computed on

basis of 12 discharge measurements and record of dam operation
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERQLADES 311

Tamiami Canal outlets, Miami to Monroe, Fla. 

(Formerly published as Tamiami Canal outlets west of Miami, Fla.)

Location. Staff gage, lat. 25°46', long. 80°50' 

on U. S, Highway 41, 38 miles west of Miami. 

of 1929.

, in T. 54 S., R. 35 E., at 40-mile bend 

Datum of gage is .at mean sea level, datum

Records available.--November 1939 to September 1950. 

Average discharge.--11 years, 576 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 3,340 second-feet Oct. 1; no flow May 5-20. 

 TS39-50: Maximum daily discharge, 17,000 second-feet Oct. 12, 1947; maximum dally 

reverse flow, 2.0 second-feet May 1-10, 1949.

Remarks.--Records fair above 100 second-feet and poor below. Gage read once dally. Figures of daily discharge consist of runoff from Everglades as represented by flow through 

all outlets from Tamiami Canal from Monroe, 55 miles west of Miami, to point 15 miles 

west of Miami, where an earth barrier aids in diverting flow through 64 outlets to area 

immediately south of canal.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

IS

16 

17

18 

19

20

21 

22 

21 

24

25

' 26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

OCt.

3,340 

3,180 

2,940 

2,370 

2,710

2,550 

2,420 

2,280 

2,280 

2,150

2,010 

2,550 

3,020 

2,870 

2,550

2,280 

2,010 

1,780 

1,570 

1,470

1,370 

1,300 

1,220 

1,150 

2,170

2,630 

2,630 

2,550 

2,480 

2,400 

2,250

Nov.

2,170 

2,100 

1,950 

1,880 

1,810

1,730 

1,590 

1,520 

1,520 

1,450

1,390 

1,320 

1,250 

1,320 

1,250

1,190 

1,120 

1,060 

994 

930

872 

872 

814 

756 

698

698 

640 

640 

594 

594

Dec.

594 

548 

502 

456 

456

410 

384 

384 

384 

358

358 

332 

332 

306 

306

280 

280 

280 

280 

280

260 

260 

260 

260 

280

280 

306 

397 

410 

410 

410

Jan.

384 

384 

358 

332 

332

306 

280 280" 

260 

260

239 

239 

219 

219 

198

188 

178 

178 

163 

149

149 

134 

134 

120 

105

80

Feb.

1- 

1 -21

1 ' 

1-

10

} :

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Pebr 

Merc 

Aprl

Mav

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

lendar year 194< 

ary

ter year 1949-50 .......................

Mar.

2 

2

\ *

1 

1

20

13 

10

5

Apr.

1

2 

2

} '

1

.5

.2 

.2

1:

Secondfoot -days

70,980 

36,722 

11,043

207,334.1

6,268 

721 

218 

33.5 

22 

215 

3,488 

4,072 

22,646

156,428.5

May

1 ' 

1 

0 ) ) }.-

2

Maximum

3,340 

2,170 

594

3,500

384

288 

288 

1,160

3,340

June July

6 ) 

1 8 

( 8

1 :

r 6 

r so

193

288 

288 

220 

220 220'

193 

166 

139 

139 

112

112 

166 

139 

112 

139

112 

60

Minima

1,150 

594 

260

-2.0

0 

220

0

Aug.

10 

10

70

139 

166 

85

41 

220 

193 

112 

193

193 

139 

220 

193 

193

193 

254 

288 

28» 

288 

254

Mean

2,290 

1,224 

356

568

202 

25.8 

7.0 

1.12 

.7 

7.2 

112 

131 

755

429

Sept. .

22.0 

254 

288 

558 

558

558 

600 

558 

. 516 

474

474 

452 

432

698 

1,160

1,050 

1,050 

1,050 

1,070 

1,050

998 

944 

944 

944 

944

944 

892 

944 

996 

1,050

Runoff In 

acre-feet

140,800 

72,840 

21,900.

411,300

12,450 

1,430 

4S2 

66 

44 

426 

6,920 

8,080 

44,920

310,300

Note. Dally discharge below 100 second-feet computed on basis of 7 discharge measurements, observat-Ion of no flow on May 10, gage heights, and weather records.
312 LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES

Imperial River near Bonita Springs, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder and wooden control, lat. 26°20', long 81"45', in sec. 36, 

T. 47 S., R. 25 E., 1? miles east of Bonita Springs. Datum of gage is at mean sea 

level, datum of 1929.

Records available. May 1940 to September 1950. 

Average discharge. 10 yeape, 90.7 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 972 second-feet Oct. 5 (gage height, 8.78 feet); 

minimum, 0.5 second-foot May 27.

1940-50: 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 fair except those for periods of tide effect, which are poor.

Rating table, vater year 1949-50, except periods of tide, effect 

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

1.35 0.6 1.7 10 6.6 453 

1.4 1.0 1.8 16 7.5 604 

1.5 2.4 3.5 159 S.2 778 

1.6 5.9 S-.8 354 8.6 906

Discharge, In second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

. 5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

IS 

14 

IS

16 

17 

18

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

906 

873 

841 

778 

809

748 

584 

498 

439 

399

439 

514 

547 

e399 

e328

6294 

e260 

6235 

6218 

e201

6184 

e!67 

6154 

e!42 

6159

e!63 

el93 

elSO 

elSO 

e!72 

6163

Nov.

6146 

6121 

6106 

691 

679

666 

e57 

e55 

667 

660

654 

658 

e75 

6138 

6121

696 

e79 

e65 

e55 

648

e43 

638 

32 

28 

27

26 

22 

18 

16 

14

Dec.

12 

10 

9.4 

8.0 

7.5

6.7 

5.9 

5.5 

5.1 

4.7

3.9 

3.9 

3.6 

2.9 

2.9

2.6 

2.4 

2.3 

2.3 

2.3

2.3 

2.3 

2.1 

2.1 

2.1

2.1 

1 2.1 

2.1 

2.1 

2.1 

2.0

Jan.

2.0 

2.0 

2.0 

62.0 

1.8

1.8 

1.8 

1.8 

1.7 

1.7

1.7 

1.7 

1.7 

1.7 

1.7

1.7 

1.7 

1.7 

1.7 

1.5

1.5 

1.5 

1.5 

1.4 

1.4

1.4 

1.2 

1.4 

1.2 

1.4 

1.4

Feb.

1.4 

1.4 

1.4 

1.4 

1.4

1.4 

' 1.4 

1.4 

1.4 

1.2

1.2 

1.2 

el. 2 

el. 2 

1.2

1.2 

1.2 

1.2 

1.2 

1.2

1.2 

1.1 

1.1 

1.1 

1.1

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Aprl

Mav

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

ober . . .

lendar year 1941

ter year 1949-50 .......................

Mar.

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

.9 

.9

.9 

.9 

.9 

.9

.9

.9 

.9 

.9 

.9 

.9

.9 

.9 

.9 

1.0 

1.0

.9 

.9 

.9 

.9 

.9 

.9

Apr.

. 0.9 

.9 

.9 

.9 

.9

.8 

.8 

.9 

.9 

.9

.9 

.9 

.9 

.9 

.9

1.0 

1.1 

1.4 

1.5 

1.5

1.5 

1.5 

1.7 

1.7 

1.7

1.7 

1.5 

1.4 

1.2 

1.2

Secondfoot -days

12,167 

1,901

127.3

37,735.2

50.7 

34.4 

28.9 

34.9 

22.4 

25.9 

3,910.3 

1,181.4 

5,734

25,218.2

May

1.1 

1.2 

1.1 

.9 

.9

.8 

.8 

.8 

.9 

.8

.6 

.6 

.6 

.6 

.6

.6 

.7 

.6 

.6 

.6

.6 

.6 

.6 

.6 

.6

.6 

.6 

.7 

.7 

.7 

e.7

Maximum

906 

146 

12

906

2.0 

1.4 

1.0 

1.7 

1.2. 

1.1 

364 

79 

841

906

June

0.8 

.7 

.6 

.6 

.6

.9 

.9 

.8 

.8 

.9

.9 

.9 

.9 

.9 

.9

.9 

.9 

.9 

.9 

.9

.9 

.9 

.9 

.8 

.9

.9 

.9 

.9 

el.l 

el.l

July

1.2 

1.4 

1.5 

1.7 

1.8

2.0 

2.0 

2.1 

2.9 

3.9

8.9 

8.9 

643 

e79 

688

690 

6134 

6193 

6209 

6235

319 

354 

364 

336 

302

285 

6260 

6209 

6163 

6121 

688

Aug.

660 

44 

34 

26 

18

12 

9.4 

8.0 

635 

e79

e73 

e60 

e47 

e36 

e43

e71 

e48 

632 

624 

18

.14 

14 

e42 

645 

e30

642 

 e56 

e47 

638 

e33 

e43

Sept.

e42 

644

696 

507 

670

841 

694 

530 

399 

319

6268 

6226 

6193 

6163 

6146

6106 

680 

660 

e47 

e39

630 

623 

el7

614

16

37 

27 

21 

32 

e47

Minimum Mean »£%£

142 392 24,130 

14 63.4 3,770 

2.0 4.11 252

.6 103 74,840

1.2 1.64 101 

1.0 1.23 68 

.9 .93 57 

.8 1.16 69 

.6 .72 44 

.6 .86 51 

1.2 126 7,760 

8.0 38.1 2,340 

14 191 11,370

.6 69.1 50,010

Peak discharge (base. 310 sec. -ft.). --Oct. 5 (8:30 p.m.) 972 sec. -ft. j Oct. 12 (8:30 p.m.) 748

e Stage-discharge relation affected by tide for portion of day; discharge computed on basis -of 

effective gage height.
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE EVERGLADES 

Caloosahatchee Canal at Moore Haven, Fla.

313

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 26 0 50', long. 81°05', in sec. 12, T. 42 S., R. 32 

£., 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 lock 1. Datum of 

each gage is 1.42 feet below mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Records available.--July 1938 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum daily discharge during year, 4,410 second-feet Jan. 5.

1538-50: 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 through lock 1 

(about 10 second-feet). Discharge computed by using fall as determined by auxiliary 

water-stage recorder as a factor.

Cooperation.--Weekly average discharge for hurricane gate and lock 1 furnished by Corps 

or Engineers.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14

15

16 

17 

16 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

892 

2,200 

3,590

3,850 

3,800 

3,870 

3,680 

4,000

4,040 

4,060

( a4,000 

Ia3,700

>a3,900

3,530 

2,510

Nov. Dec.

2,200 

3,750

Jan.

4,190 

4,140 

4,290 

4,340 

4,410

3,500 

924

Feb.

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Aprl

MHT

Jur.s 

\Julj 

\Augu 

8«pt

Ma

lendar year 194 

&z*y

h. ......................................

ter year 1949-50 .......................

Mar. Apr.

Secondfoot -days

93,922 

5,950

469,642

25,794 

4,029

129,695

May

1,870 

1,040 

670 

449

Maximum

3,750

4,780

4,410 

1,870

4,410

June

Minimum

July Aug.

Mean

Sept.

Runoff In 

acre-feet

186,300

11,300

931,500

51,160 

7,990

257,200

a No gage-height record at lower gage; discharge Interpolated or computed on basis of weekly 

average discharge records furnished by Corps of Engineers.
314 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 E., 

at highway bridge 340 feet downstream from outlet of Lulu Lake and 0.6 mile southeast of 

Eloise. Datum of gage is 120.00 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Records available.--February 1946 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 67 second-feet at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (stage falling from peak of Sept. 29, 1949); minimum, 0.7 second-foot Dec. 25; minimum gage height, 

6.25 feet Nov. 21, 25, 26.

1946-50: 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; minimum gage height, 6.01 feet Feb. 10, 1947.

Remarks.--Records poor. Records include small amount of waste water diverted by the Polk 

rack: ing Co., from ground-water supplies.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

66 

62 

58 

54 

51

48 

46 

44 

43 

42

41 

40 

39 

38 

37

56 

35 

34 

33 

32

31 

30 

28 

28 

27

27 

27 

28 

29 

28 

28

Nov.

28 

26 

25 

24 

23

21 

20 

11 

1.7

1.6

1.5 

1.4 

.9 

1.8 

1.6

2.0

1.5 

1.4 

1.2 

1.1

1.4 

1.6 

1.4 

1.1 

1.4

1.3 

1.2 

2.5 

2.5 

2.4

Dec.

2.6 

3.2 

2.9 

2.5 

3.6

3.9 

3.8 

3.6 

4.1 

3.4

2.8 

4.1 

4.4 

4.3 

3.7

1.9

1.6 

1.3 

1.8 

1.8

1.8

1.8 

1.6 

1.2 

1.2

1.8 

2.0 

1.6 

2.9 

2.0 

1.6

Jan.

1 

1 

1 

1

2

2 

1

1 

1 

1

1 

1 

1 

1 

1

1 

1 

2 

4 

5

5 

3

4 

4 

4

4 

4 

3 

2 

4 

4

Month

Ooto 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ba

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 ............

ary

ember ........................

ter year 1949.50 ............

0 

8 

9 

9 

0

0 

6 

0 

8 

8

8 

6 

7 

6 

0

4 

4 

8 

3 

0

2 

1 

6 

8 

6

6 

6 

9 

6 

8 

8

Feb.

4.7 

3.1 

2.8 

2.6 

1.8

3.1 

2.8 

2.8 

3.7 

2.9

4.3 

3.2 

4.8 

5.2 

5.2

5.0 

4.8

4.1 

3.4 

5.0

4.8 

5.6 

5.4 

5.0 

3.2

1.6 

1.9 

1.9

Secondfoot-days

1,190 

212.! 

80. (

4,079.

87. ( 

104. 

65. 

42 > 

68. 66.' 

65. 

48. 

112.

2,144.1

Mar.

2.0 

2.1 

2.4

1.4

1.9 

2.5 

2.2 

1.6 

1.8

1.5 

1.4 

1.8 

2.1 

2.2

1.9 

2.2 

1.6 

1.5 

3.0

2.8 

3.6 

2.4 

3.4 

3.6

3.1 

2.2 

1.2 

1.6 

1.2 

1.4

Apr.

1.0 

.9 

1.5

1.6

1.5 

1.5 

.9 

.9 

1.1

1.0 

1.3 

1.4 

1.5 

1.3

1.1 

al.4 

1.8 

1.5 

1.5

1.6 

1.5 

1.5 

1.4 

1.3

1.4 

1.8 

2.3 

2.1 

1.4

May

1.8 

2.4 

2.4

2.7

2.6 

2.2 

2.5 

2.1 

2.4

2.3 

2.4 

2.1 

1.6 

2.3

2.3 

2.4 

2.4 

2.6 

2.1

2.0 

2.2 

2.1 

2.2

2.1

1.9 

1.9 

1.7 

2.3 

2.0 

2.3

Maximum Minimum

66 27 

> 28 .9 

5 4.4 1.2

9 72 .4

3 5.2 1.0 

f 5.6 1.6 

5 3.6 1.2 

t 2.3 .9 

I 2.7 1.6 

J 3.4 1.3 

1 2.7 1.5 

) 1.9 

'. 14 1.7

> 66 .9

June

2.2 

2.4 

1.7

2.6

1.8 

2.1 

2.4 

2.4 

2.2

2.1 

2.4 

2.2 

2.2 

2.2

2.3 

1.7 

1.3 

1.7 

1.5

2.0 

2.5 

3.4 

2.7 

2.4

I a2.4

Mean

38.4 

7.08 

2.60

11.2

2.81 

3.74 

2.11 

1.41 

2.22 

2.21 

2.12 

1.58 

3.74

5.87

July

a2.3 

a2.3 

2.3 

2.4 

2.3

2.2 

2.2 

2.7 

2.0 

2.1

2.3 

2.2 

2.2 

2.2 

2.2

2.2 

2.2 

2.6 

2.4 

2.1

1.5 

2.0 

2.5 

2.1 

2.1

2.1 

1.7 

1.7 

1.6 

1.5 

1.5

Aug.

al.4

al.6

1.6 

1.6 

1.6

1.7 

1.7 

1.7 

1.7 

1.6

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

1.9

Sept.

1.8 

1.7 

1.8 

3.3 

8.5

14 

14 

8.7 

4.4 

3.0

2.4 

2.1 

1.9 

3.3 

3.4

2.6

2.6 

3.8 

2.6 

2.3

2.3 

2.4 

2.4 

2.4 

2.4

2.1 

2.1 

2.2 

2.7 

3.0

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

Peak discharge (base, 50 sec. -ft.}. No peak above base.

a No gage-height record; "JlscEarge' computed on basis of recorded range in stage, gage-height record 

above spillway, and board changes .
PEACE CREEK BASIN 315

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 

K., at highway bridge half a mile north of State Highway 60, 3.5 miles north of Alturas, 

and 8£ 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 1950.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year. 1,140 second-feet at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (stage 

railing; peak occurred Sept. 30, 1949); minimum, 5.6 second-feet June 20 (gage height, 

2.86 feet).

1947-50: Maximum discharge, 1,740 second-feet Aug. 28, 29, 1949; maximum gage 

height, 11.67 feet Aug. 28, 1949; minimum discharge, 4.9 second-feet May 26-28 (gage 

height, 2.61 feet).

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 1949-5O (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used July 2o to Aug. 22, Aug. 26 to Sept. 3)

2.9 5.9 3.5 27 6.O 251 

3.0 7.4 3.7 37 7.5 463 

3.1 9.6 4.3 77 8.4 63O 

3.2 13 5.0 135 10.1 1,080

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oot.

1,080 

945 

837 

702 

607

527 

463 

418 

388 

388

388 

373 

352 

324 

303

277 

258 

238 

226 

214

196 

184 

172 

166 

155

155 

145 

a!54 

150 

145 

145

Nov.

145 

135 

130 

122 

113

109 

101 

99 

105 

117

113 

105 

101 

126 

145

135 

126 

117 

109 

101

97 

93 

88 

83 

82

79 

75 

72 

70 

69

Dec.

69 

66 

64 

62 

60

59 

57 

57 

57 

56

55 

53 

52 

52 

50

50 

50 

48 

47 

47

46 

45 

45 

48 

56

101 

113 

109 

101 

105 

100

Jan.

92 

87 

82 

79 

76

74 

72 

70 

66 

62

64 

63 

62 

60 

59

57 

55 

55 

55 

53

52 

51 

50 

45 

44

43 

42 

42 

41 

39 

38

Month

Ooto 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Fsbr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

&ry

st ...........................

smber ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

36 

36 

35 

34 

33

32 

34 

33

31 

30

29 

27 

26 

24 

24

23

22 

19 

18 

17

16 

16 

17 

17 

17

18 

17 

16

Seoondfoot-days

11,075 

3,162 

1,980

54,955.:

1,830 

697 

414. ' 

282. ' 

220.^ 

197. 

643.1 

485.! 

2,947

23,934.]

Peak discharge (base. 600 sec . -f t . ) . No PC

a No gage-height record; discharge computed

Har.

15 

14 

13 

13 

13

13 

14 

20 

20 

18

16 

16 

15 

14 

13

13 

13 

13 

13 

12

12 

12 

13 

12 

11

11 

10 

9.4 

11 

12 

10

Apr.

9.6 

9.6 

8.9 

8.5 

9.4

10 

9.6 

9.4 

9.2 

8.7

8.3 

8.3 

8.3 

8.3 

8.3

8.1 

7.6 

7.0 

7.2 

7.6

7.4 

7.6 

7.6 

7.4 

8.5

13 

12 

20 

15 

12

Hay

10 

8.9 

8.7 

8.1 

7.6

7.4 

7.4 

7.1 

7.0 

7.0

6.8 

6.6 

6.6 

6.5 

6.8

7.0 

6.8 

7.1 

6.4 

6.5

6.6 

6.5 

7.0. 

7.1 

7.0

6.8 

6.8 

7.1 

6.8 

6.4 

6.0

Maximum Minimum

1,080 145 

145 69 

113 45

> 1,690 5.1

92 38 

36 16 

t 20 9.4 

I 20 7.0 

I 10 6.0 

5 7.4 5.7 

I 38 7.6 

5 50 7.0 

448 13

1,080 5.7

June

6.6 

7.2 

7.0 

7.1 

7.1

7.1 

7.1 

7.2 

6.6 

7.1

7.4 

7.1 

6.8 

6.4 

6.0

5.9 

5.8 

5.7 

5.7 

5.7

5.7 

6.0 

6.5 

6.6 

6.4

6.5 

6.6 

6.5 

6.6 

7.1

Mean

357 

105 

63.9

151

59.0 

24.9 

13.4 

9.41 

7.11 

6.58 

20.7 

15.7 

98.2

65.6

July

7.6 

8.5 

11 23 ' 

38

30 

30 

33 

31 

27

24 

20 

16 

13 

11

10 

11 

36 

33 

23

19 

15

16 

26 

27

27 

23 

18 

14 

12 

10

Aug.

11 

12 

10 

8.9 

8.1

7.6 

7.2 

7.0 

7.0 

8.3

9.4 

10 

10 

13 

24

19 

20 

18 

16 

13

12 

14 

30 

50 

31

23 

19 

18 

18 

16 

15

Per square 

mile

Sept.

15 

IS 

14 

45 

214

448 

448

324 

184 

155

105 

88

74 

69 

75

69 

63 

61 

57 

53

48 

45

41 

37 

34

58

33 

36 

40

41

Runoff in 

inches

ak above base, 

on basis of records for drainage canal west of Dundee.
316 PEACE CREEK BASIN

Peace Creek at Bartow, Fla.

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 available.--November 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 277 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,760 second-feet at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (stage 

failing; peak occurred Sept. 30, 1949); minimum, 20 second-feet June 28 (gage height, 

1.33 feet).

1939-50: 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 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and diacharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 25 Dec. 26 to Sept. 30

2.8 112 4.0 541

3.0 156 4.6 848

3.3 246 5.0 1,160

3.6 353 5.5 1.70O

1.3 19 3.1 99

2.6 57 3.2 116

2.8 68 3.3 145

3.0 86 4.4 735

Discharge, in" second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dot.

1,710

1,590

1,460

1,320

1,180

1,120

1,030

937

875

836

813

784

753

718

688

654

619

590

561

531

502

477

448

434

424

405

370

362

362

353

353

Nov.

353

342

323

312

290

280

270

256

24S

246

249

236

230

249

294

304

287

270

246

230

216

213

204

189

183

183

172

167

161

159

-

Dec.

167

159

151

144

134

132

124

122

122

120

118

120

120

118

114

122

124

110

110

110

109

107

lOb

116

144

199

284

322

317

295

284

Jan.

247

210

194

194

177

172

183

210

199

177

177

194

194

188

177

167

177

188

177

172

172

156

150

145

133

133

133

128

119

113

113

Month

Octobe r .........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year ............

January ..................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Hater year ............

Feb.

109

106

99

98

94

91

84

82

80

76

74

72

70

65

64

64

63

60

58

56

55

52

52

54

52

51

51

52

-

-

-

Secondfoot days

23,259

7,360

4,824

109,731

5,269

1,984

1,459

1,177

1,012

82;

1 ,275

l)l52

10,996

60,590

Mar.

49

48

50

49

47

46

48

52

58

58

55

51

49

49

49

46

44

44

46

47

44

46

46

45

43

42

39

37

40

46

46

Apr.

Maximum

1,710

353

322

L' , 810

247

109

58

48

41

38

51

45

735

1,710

44

41

40

40

47

 48

46

45

42

41

40

38

37

37

36

35

36

35

34

35

36

34

35

34

34

37

39

41

46

44

May

41

38

38

38

38

35

34

34

34

35

33

31

31

30

30

34

34

35

32

30

30

31

30

30

30

30

29

28

29

31

29

Minimum

353

159

106

14

113

51

37

34

28

21

25

31

34

21

June

27

28

30

28

29

30

32

38

37

33

33

32

29

29

28

27

25

23

22

23

24

24

25

28

25

24

22

21

22

25

-

Mean

750

245

156

301

170

70.9

47.1

39.2

32.6

27.4

41.1

37 .2

367

166

July

25

25

25

27

33

40

41

42

43

45

48

45

41

37

37

40

39

42

47

48

45

44

45

49

51

51

50

48

43

40

39

Aug.

Per square 

mile

2.24

.731

.466

.899

.507

.212

.141

.117

.097

.082

.123

!lll

1.10

.496

38

39

40

37

35

34

32

32

32

31

34

40

41

38

38

40

41

36

32

36

38

36

36

31

45

42

39

38

37

37

37

Sept.

38

35

34

42

68

274

612

735

735

708

644

585

531

483

462

462

456

435

413

391 .

364

338

306

290

268

268

252

236

263

268

-

Runoff in 

inches

2.58

.82

.54

12.18

.58

.22

.16

.13

.11

.09

.14

.13

1.22

6.72

Peak discharge (base, 600 see.-ft.).--Sept. 9 (4 a.m.) 762 sec.-ft.
PEACE CREEK BASIN

Peace Creek at Zolfo Springs, Pia.

317

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°30 r , long. 81°48', in sec 22 T 34 S R 25 

ETTat 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.

Records available. September 1933 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 17 years, 738 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 8,070 second-feet Oct. 1 (gage height, 14 30 

reeyj4_m"Jlmum « 86 second-feet Aug. 6; minimum gage height, 0.40 foot July 1

1933-50: Maximum discharge, 26,300 second-feet Sept. 6, 1933 (gage height, 20 05 

feet); minimum, 44 second-feet May 26-30, 1949; minimum gage height, -0.28 foot May 2,

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of shifting control, which are fair. 

Revisions. W 892: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50, except periods of shifting control 

(gage height. In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

1.5 204 6.0 1,530 10.8 4,400 0.3 91 5.0 1,190 

1.8 265 7.0 1,980 12.7 6,070 1.0 173 6.4 1,690 

4.0 843 9.2 3,230 14.2 7,930 2.5 484 8.4 2,750

Discharge, In second- feet, water year October 1949 to September i960

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

7,930 

7,520 

6,290 

5,120 

3,920

3,290 

3,230 

3,110 

2,630 

2,290

2,190 

1,980 

1,820 

1,650 

1,530

1,380 

1,280 

1,210 

1,100 

1,030

930 

900 

870 

843 

789

789 

762 

735 

762 

762 

735

Nov.

816 

789 

735 

668 

640

614 

586 

573 

547 

534

534

508 

508 

627 

843

816 

708 

654 

600 

547

508 

495 

469 

430 

430

417 

378 

365 

352 

352

Dec.

339 

339 

339 

339 

326

339

326 

309 

304 

312

299 

289 

289 

270 

275

292 

292 

294 

314 

304

293 

304 

293 

293 

324

324 

366 

406 

449 

484 

496

Jan.

496 

484 

472 

438 

417

396 

386 

386 

386 

386

406 

386 

386 

366 

355

355 

344 

334 

324 

334

334 

334 

334 

324 

324

334 

334 

324 

324

314 

293

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Bay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........

lendair year 1949 

ary

h. ...........................

1 ............................

at ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

293 

293 

293 

282 

272

272 

272 

272 

272 

272

252 

262 

262 

252 

233

220

223 

225 

237 

239

227 

220 

216 

206 

212

204 

206 

204

Secondfoot-daya

69,37" 

17,042 

10,222

338,392

11.41C 

.6,89 

5,69 

4,68( 

4,89 

4,46 

 3,89 

5,05. 

27,23!

170,872

Mar.

202 

190 

190 

188 

180

182 

178 

185 

198 '202

192 

188 

187 

172 

194

190 

183 

185 

178 

188

188 

183 

173 

175 

165

164 

160 

154 

220 

188 

175

Apr.

163 

165 

172 

164 

156

200 

176 

175 

170 

163

165 

142 

144 

147 

141

139 

146 

155 

145 

145

147 

141

146 

153 

160

137 

137 

148 

160 

178

Maximum

7,930 

843 

496

15,100

496 

5 293 

7 220 

}, ' 200 

3 218 

293 

; 148 

5 365 

2,990

7,930

Peak discharge (base, 3,100 sec. -ft.}. Oct. 1 (4 p.m.!

Note. --Shifting-control method used Dec. 10-27, July 4

Hay

196 

182 

145 

140 

145

135 

133 

144 

158 

156

136 

124 

135 

138 

138

139 

144 

149 

144 

144

161 

172 

170 

183 

176

178 

190 

172 

166 

218 

188

Minimum

735 

352 

270

44

293 

204 

154

137 

124 

110 

98 

90 

306

90

June

178 

188 

293 

262 

196

166 

140 

147 

164 

152

168 

180 

160 

133 

136

126 

117 

115 

122 

122

116 

122 

123 

120 

120

127 

133 

117 

114

110

Mean

2,238 

568 

330

927

368 

246 

184 

156 

158 

149 

126 

163 

908

468

July

106 

115 

124 

126

126

131 

130 

124 

129 

144

148 

130 

124 

118 

110

129 

125 

130 

103 

98

103 

109 

115 

124 

144

138 

144 

144

136 

135 

134

Aug.

130 

106 

108 

94 

93

90 

108 

119 

125 

156

180 

223 

275 

244 

365

219 

176 

143 

129

117

104 

134 

198 

165 

150

134 

136 

142 

209 

240 

251

Per aquare 

mile

2.70 

.684 

.398

1.12

.443 

.296 

.222 

.188 

.190 

.180 

.152 

.196 

1.09

.564

8,070 sec. -ft. 

to Aug. 13. '

Sept.

365 

404 

306 

417 

1,280

2,470 

2,990 

2,750 

2,130 

1,350

1,190 

1,070 

982 

841 

757

688 

646 

605 

550 

536

484 

472 

449 

406 

386

376 

376 

472 

755 

729

Runoff in 

inches

3.11 

.76 

.46

15.15

.51 

.31 

.26 

.21 

.32 

.20 

.17 

.23 

1.22

7.66
318 PEACE CREEK BASIN

Peace Creek at Arcadia, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 81°52', long. 27°13', in sec. 26, T. £7 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.

Records available. April 1931 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 19 years, 1,220 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 10,700 second-feet Oct. 4 (gage height, 12.91

 feet); minimum, 101 second-feet July 2 (gage height, 0.67 foot).

1931-50: Maximum discharge, 36,200 second-feet Sept. 9, 1933 (gage height, 17.67 

feet); minimum, 37 second-feet 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 except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions. W 892: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height. In feet,

and discharge. In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 2 to Apr. 9)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 21 Mar. 22 to Sept. 7

1.2 

2.6 

3.2 

4.2 

5.4

171

566

795

1,250

1,990

6.8 3,170

10.6 7,100

12.6 10,100

12.9 10,700

0.6 

.8 

1.1 

2.4 

3.2

86

126

197

558

659

4.3 1,390

5.6 2,150

7.0 3,370

8.4 4,760

Sept. 8-50

437

704

1,170

1,980

2,720

4,560

1.6 

2.7 

3.8 

5.3 

6.3 

6.2

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

?5

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

6,600

9,560

10, 300

10,700

10,300

9,740

6,650

7,500

6,320

5,280

4,350

3,750

3,170

2,810

2,380

2,070

1,780

1,600

1,450

1,340

1,200

1,100

1,050

1,010

966

922

900

679

879

879

900

Nov.

900

986

944

658

774

732

692

673

673

654

636

618

601

673

900

1,150

1,080

922

616

732

673

618

566

568

537

537

522

492

464

464

-

Dec.

449

434

434

434

434

420

434

420

406

406

392

392

378

378

364

350

364

364

364

378

364

350

350

337

331

350

364

392

434

478

492

Jan.

507

507

507

492

464

434

420

406

406

406

406

420

420

406

378

378

378

364

364

350

350

350

350

350

350

350

350

350

337

337

331

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

Hay

June .............................

July

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

315

306

306

301

292

287

287

284

278

281

276

265

265

270

265

243

226

a233

a240

a245

a246

a239

a230

a223

a216

a224

a216

209

_

-

-

Seccndfoot-days

122,555

21 45' 12)237

603,415

1 ±C9 f yi £±G&

7,27Z

5,902

4,315

4,72-7

A A*J\

sjeu

10,623

43,654

255,445

Mar.

206

206

206

204

196

190

190

190

195

204

209

201

193

193

184

196

195

190

187

176

176

160

174

167

172

160

153

143

158

264

235

Apr.

184

167

156

165

160

165

190

182

172

167

153

148

130

124

126

120

118

126

139

133

124

126

122

122

135

130

126

124

133

146

-

MaxiBun

10,700

1,150

492

25> 800

507

315

Z64e

190

216

297

286

838

4,760

10,700

Hay

170

187

180

144

128

130

122

116

122

141

146

126

108

114

120

130

135

135

137

135

130

153

200

194

200

184

180

192

180

172

216

Hlninim

879

464

331

39

331

209

148

118

108

114

104

110

449

104

June

205

227

219

297

294

235

192

160

153

170

162

172

190

172

137

133

126

116

114

126

126

120

130

126

128

130

133

135

124

116

-

Mean

3,953

' 715

395

1,653

394

260

190

144

152

162

181 jj 2

1,455

700

July

106

104

110

a!38

a!77

a286

a!90

158

162

177

182

192

167

165

194

275

221

194

182

167

156

187

182

219

208

202

192

187

184

177

170

Aug.

165

162

J.39

135

124

110

110

126

170

294

466

428

592

542

700

838

610

441

349

310

a265

a271

a305

a 348

318

321

289

374

441

426

Per square 

mils

2.86

.518

.286

1.20

.286

.138

.138

.104

.110

.117

.131

.249

1.05

.507

428

Sept.

a449

h496

a460

al.100

h2,460

a*, 000

a4,760

4,560

4,150

3,370

2,320

1,690

1,480

1,270

1,100

944

817

759

704

654

637

592

563

535

493

465

451

465

670.

1,240

-

Runoff in 

inches

3.50. .88'

.55

16.27

.33

.20

.16

.12

.15

.15

.15

.29

1.18

6.90

Peak discharge (baae. 5.500 sec.-ft.) . Oct. 4 (ll a.m.) 10,700 sec.-ft. 

a He gage-height record; discharge computed on basil of recorded range In.stage and records for 

station at Zolfo Springs, 

h Computed from staff-gage reading. -
PEACE CREEK BASIN 319

Drainage canal west of Dundee, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°01', 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 184 second-feet Oct. 1 (gage height, 6.39 feet); 

minimum, 0.2 second-foot June 16; minimum gage height, 2.09 feet Apr. 19, May 4, 5.

1947-50: Maximum discharge, 231 second-feet Sept. 22, 1948 (gage height, 7.37 

feet); minimum, 0.2 second-foot Mar. 28, 1949, June 16, 1950; minimum gage height, 1 97 

feet Mar. 28, 1949.

Remarks. Records good above 10 second-feet and fair below. 

Hamilton. Plow partly regulated by Lake

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 22 to July 7)

Oct. 1 to July 7 July 8 to Sept. 30

2.0 0.4 2.6 8.0 5.0 117 3.1 

2.1 .9 2.7 10 6.0 165 3.2 

2.2 2.1 3.0 22 6.3 179 3.3 

2.3 3.4 4.0 70 3.4

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

179 

174 

165 

155 

151

141 

136 

132 

132 

132

127 

127 

124 

122 

117

113 

110 

106 

100 

98

94 

92 

86 

84 

82

82 

79 

86 

84 

84 

82

Nov.

82

79 

75 

72 

70

68 

64 

62 

62 

65

65 

64 

62 

68 

70

68 

65 

62 

59 

56

54 

53 

50 

48

47

46 

44 

42 

41 

40

Dec.

40 

39 

37 

36 

34

33 

32 

31 

31

30

30 

28 

28 

27 

26

26 

24 

23 

22 

22

21 

21 

21 

20 

27

55

58 

58 

58 

58 

56

Jan.

54 

52 

50 

50 

48

46 

46 

44 

42 

41

40 

39 

38 

37 

36

34 

34 

33 

32 

31

30 

29 

28 

27 

26

24 

23 

22

21 

20 

19

Feb.

18 

16 

15 

14 

13

12 

12 

11 

10

8.8 

8.2 

7.5 

6.6 

6.3

6.1 

5.5 

5.3 

4.3 

3.8

3.2 

3.0 

3.1 

2.8

2.7

2.6 

2.5 

2.4

 _,. SecondMonth foot-days

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

st ...........................

ter year 1949-50 . . ....

3,576 

1,803 

1,052

13,554.8

1,096 

215.1 

56.4 

34.7 

27.9 

51.7 

227.5 

108.8 

829.4

9,078.5

Mar.

2.1 

1.9 

1.9

1.7

1.7 

1.9

2.2

2.2

2.2 

2.2 

2.1 

2.1

1.9 

1.9 

1.7 

1.7 

1.7

1.6

1.6 

1.5 

1.6 

1.5

1.5 

1.5 

1.5 

1.9 

1.7 

1.5

Apr.

1.5 

1.3 

1.3

1.4

1.4 

1.3

1.2

1.1 

1.0 

1.0 

1.0 

.9

.8 

.8 

.8 

.8 

.8

.8

.8 

.8 

.8 

.9

.9 

1.2 

2.5 

2.2

1.4

0.6 3.6 9.7 

1.1 4.0 22 

1.9 5.2 65 

4.0

to September 1950

May

1

1 

1

1

1

1 

1

i! 

i.

al. 

al. 

al.

Maximum Minimum

179 79 

82 40 

58 20

198 .2

54 19 

18 2.4 

2.2 1.5 

2.5 .8 

1.5 .3 

4.2 .2 

13 2.3 

11 .8 

63 .8

179 .2

0 

9 

8

7

5

4

4

9 

9 

9 

8 

0

2

0 

9 

9 

0

1 

2 

3

1 

8

4 

3 

4 

4 

3 

3

June

0.4 

1.5 

1.7

3.2

3.0 

2.5

1.5

1.3 

1.1 

.9 

.7 

.4

.2 

.S

a. 5

a. 4 

a. 8

al.5 

2.5 

1.6 

2.1 

4.2

4.0 

3.0 

1.4 

2.8 

2.6

Mean

115 

60.1 

33.9

37.1

35.4

7.68 

1.82 

1.16 

.90 

1.72 

7.34 

3.51 

27.6

24.9

July

3.6 

5.8

8.6 

13 

10

10 

12 

12 

10

5.7 

4.0 

4.0 

3.7 

3.0

2.3 

2.5

12 

11 

9.1

7.1 

6.2 

6.8 

11 

10

11 

8.2 

6.2

4.6 

3.7 

3.0

Aug.

2.3

aa.5 

a2.1 

al.9 

al.6

al.4 

al.2 

1.2 

1.8

2.5 

3.2

4.0 

5.7 

9.1

11 

9.7 

8.5 

7.1 

5.7

4.6 

4.0 

3.2 

3.2 

2.3

1.8 

1.4 

1.2 

1.1 

.8 

.8

Sept.

0.8 

.8 

.8 

4.0 

22

51 

63 

59 

51 

45

39 

33 

28 

30 

34

33 

34 

33 

32

30

28 

25 

23

21 

19

17 

16 

15 

18 

24

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on baala of recorded range In stage, and records for 

Peace Creek Marsh outlet near Alturas.
320 PEACE CREEK BASIN

Kissengen Spring near Bartow, Fla.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 27°51', long. 81°49', in sec. 28, T. 30 S., R. 25 E., about

4j miles southeast of Bartow. 

Records available. 1917, 1929-31 (a single discharge measurement in each year), March

1932 to September 1950 (discharge measurements only). 

Extremes. 1932-50: Maximum discharge measured, 43.6 second-feet Oct. 11, 1933; no flow

observed since Feb. 27, 1950. 

Remarks. Discharge measurements made at outlet of pool.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, water year 

October 1949 to September 1950

Oct 24

Dec 9

Jan 23

Feb 27

Apr 10

3.36

1.92

1.15

0

0

Apr. 11

Hay 22

July 3

Aug. 14

Sept. 2 7

0

0

0

0

0

Charlie Apopka Creek near Gardner, Pla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°22', long. 81°48', in sec. 3, T. 36 S. , R. 25 E. 

ac oridge on U. S. Highway 17, 1.6 miles north of Gardner and 2.2 miles upstream from 

Peace Creek. Datum of gage is 24.66 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area. 320 square miles.

ttecoras available. April to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during period April to September, 1.180 second-feet Sept. 6

 (gage height, 10.63 feet); minimum, 0.3 second-foot Aug. 6-8 (gage height, 2.85 feet). 

Flood of 1928 reached a stage of 24.2 feet, from information by local resident.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, Apr. 29 to Sept. 30, 1950 (gage height, in feet, . 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.85

2.9

2.95

3.0

3.3

0.3

.9

2.2

3.4

11

3.8 

4.2 

4.6 

5.0 

6.6

30

55

86

126

335

8.5

9.4

10.4

627

826

1,120

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Daj

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. Nov. Dec. Jan.

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

 ay Ifav ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ................... ....

Water year ............

Feb.

Secondfoot days

69.fi

109.4

211. S

1,539.4

6,545

-

Mar. Apr.

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

2.4

2.6

Maximum

6.2

6.9

16

208

1,120

-

May

2.9

2.4

2.2

2.2

1.6

1.4

1.2

.9

.9

.9

.9

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

1.4

2.9

1.2

.7

.6

2.4

5.9

6.2

5.2

4.4

3.9

3.6

3.4

3.6

3.4

Minimum

0^6

.6

1.2

.3

21

-

June

Z.G

4.2

6.9

5.9

5.9

5.6

5.9

5.9

5.2

4.2

3.4

2.6

2.4

1.9

1.4

.9

.9

.7

.6

.7

.7

1.2

6.4

3.4

3.6

6.4

6.2

5.4

4.4

3.9

Mean

2^25

3.65

6.84

49.7

218

. -

July

2.6

2.2

2.4

1.9

3.2

3.9

2.9

4.4

4.6

5.9

10

10

8.2

6.6

10

16

15

13

15

16

10

7.6

6.9

7.2

6.6

6.2

4.6

3.6

2.6

1.6

1.2

Aug.

0.9

.9

1.4

.7

.4

.3

.3

.3

2.6

7.6

15

19

18

41

194

208

93

52

38

31

25

38

 156

156

81

44

33

59

98

67

58

Per square 

mile

I

0.0070

.011

.021

.155

.681

-

Sept.

42

35

38

201

821

1,120

728

527

421

307

246

208

182

156

128

104

86

75

65

61

56

49

41

34

29

25

21

25

293

421

Runoff in 

inches

0.01

.01

.02

.18

.76

-

Peak discharge (baae, 800 see.-ft.). Sept. 6 (8 a.m.) 1,180 sec.-ft.
PEACE CREEK BASIN 321

Joshua Creek at Nocatee, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°10', long. 81°53', in sec. 14, T. 38 S. , R. 24 

E., at bridge on U. S. Highway 17, 0.5 mile north of Nocatee and 2.1 miles upstream 

from Peace Creek. Datum of gage Is 3.94 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area.--115 square miles.

Records available.--April to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during period April to September, 1,640 second-feet Sept. 6 

(gage height, 13.41 feet); minimum, 0.2 second-foot May 15 (gage height, 4.41 feet).

Flood of September 1948 reached a stage of 17.7 feet, from information by local residents.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, Apr. 29 to Sept. 3O, 1950 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Apr. 29 to Sept. 6 Sept. 7-30

4.4 

4.6

4.85 

4.9

1.2 

1.5 

1.7

5.0

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.4

2.5 

3.4 

4.5 

6.2 

8.4

5.5 

5.7 

6.0 

6.6 

7.0

12

20

37

84

124

7.9

8.8

9.9

10.9

13.1

234

372

597

857

1,540

4.6 

5.1 

5.5

9.0

19

6.5 

6.9 

7.5 

7.9

120

183

234

Note. Same as precedIng table above 7.9 feet.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

Z4

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.

Month

October ..........................

November .......... ..............

December .........................

Calendar year ........ ...

January .............. ...........

February ............. ...........

March ............................

April ............................ « ___ May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year ............

Feb.

Secondfoot days

_

_

_

_

18.]

50.

1.513.C

2.579.E

6 , 803 . C

-

Mar. Apr.

_

_

_

_

-

.

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

.

.

.

_

-

_

_

_

-

.

_

_

0.4

.4

Maximum

_

_

_

_

1.2

4.2

) 276

314

) 1,540

-

May

0.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

.2

.3

.6

1.0

.8

.6

.6

.6

1.1

1.2

1.1

1.0

.9

.8

.8

.8

.9

Minimum

_

_

_

_

0.2

.7

2.9

7.3

9.2

-

June

.1

.5

.2

.0

.0

.4

.2

1.1

1.0

.8

.8

.8

.8

1.3

1.1

.8

.9

.7

.8

3.6

3.0

2.1

1.7

1.4

1.4

4.2

4.0

3.2

3.4

3.4

Mean

_

_

_

_

0.58

1.69

48.8

83.2

227

-

July

2.9

3.0

4.0

8.0

18

20

12

8.4

12

29

28

18

8.7

11

14

69

92

43

24

18

23

140

276

221

165

91

58

38

26

18

14

Aug.

11

9.4

9.1

10

9.4

8.2

7.7

7.3

8.4

52

208

228

314

291

228

255

214

122

81

57

40

34

77

80

61

38

24

19

25

27

24

Per square 

mile

_

_

_

_

0.0050

.015

.424

.723

1.97

-

Sept.

23

30

26

273

944

1,540

1,410

915

529

314

189

123

88

68

52

41

32

27

23

21

19

17

15

14

12

11

10

9.2

9.8

18

Runoff in 

inches

_

_

_

_

0.006

.02

.49

.83

2.20

-

Peak discharge (base, 1,OOO see .-ft.).--Sept. 6 (6 p.m.) 1.64O sec.-ft.
322 PEACE CREEK BASIN

Horse Creek near Arcadia, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°12', long. 81°59', in sec. 2, T. 38 S., R. 23 E., 

at bridge on State Highway 72, 8 miles west of Arcadia and 8 miles upstream from Peace 

Creek. Datum of gage is 10.96 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (State Road 

Department tench mark).

Drainage area. 205 square miles.

Records available. April to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during period April to September, 2,830 second-feet Sept. 6 

(gage height, 14.10 feet); minimum, 0.1 second-foot May 10-17, 20-22; minimum gage 

height, 1.92 feet May 15, 22.

Flood of September 1948 reached a stage of 17.8 feet, from information by State Road 

Department.

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating tables, Apr. 28 to Sept. 30, 1950 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Apr. 28 to Sept. 6 Sept. 7-30

1.9 0.1 2.2 1.3 2.6 11 3.4 57 7.4 600 3.2 50

2.0 .2 2.25 2.0 2.7 14 3.7 78 9.2 990 4.0 107

2.05 .4 2.3 2.9 2,8 18 4.7 156 11.2 1,510 5.0 190

2.1 .5 2.4 5.1 2.9 24 5.0 190 12.8 2,110

2.15 .8 2.5 7.7 3.0 30 6.2 382 13.9 2,710 Note. 

Same as preceding table

above 5.0

feet Discharge, In eecond-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.

 +,, Second- 

*onth foot-days

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year ............

January ..........................

Februsry .........................

March .................. .........

April ....... ...... .............

May .............................. 11.4

June ............................. so. E

July. ............................ 769.6

August ........................... 3, 610 . 8

September ........................ 19 959

Hater year ............

Har. Apr.

.

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

.

_

-

_

_

0.3

.3

.3

-

May

0.3

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.2

1.2

1.7

1.6

.7

.5

.4

.4

.5

.5

June

0.4

.6

.8

.6

.8

.6

.8

1.2

.8

1.1

.9

.7

.5

.5

.4

.3

.3

.4

.5

1.9

4.0

1.9

1.1

.8

.8

8.3

35

13

6.9

4.6

Maximum Minimum Mean

1.7 0.1 0.368

35 .3 3.02

65 3.5 24-. 8

250 5.8 116

2,710 51 665

-

July

3.5

15

44

19

12

14

13

10

18

54

58

35

18

23

65

49

42

35

23

15

14

24

3534 '

25

19

16

13

10

7.7

6.4

Aug.

5.8

10

19

26

25

24

25

27

32

51

132

155

250

144

152

165

148

148

144

160

184

136

128

112

101

86

171

177

242

197

234

Per square 

mile

0.0018

.015

.121

.566

3.24

-

Sept.

258

331

282

764

l.S-'O

2,710

2,160

1,750

1,380

1,670

1,390

1,090

852

640

485

356

258

190

163

139

119

103

92

80

70

61

53

51

68

74

Runoff in 

inches

0.002

.02

.14

.66

3.62

-

Peak discharge (base. 1.500 see.-ft.). Sept. 6 (10 a.m.) 2,830 sec.-ft.
MIAKKA RIVER BASIN 323

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. 

au 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. Angas, civil engineer, benchmark).

Records available. January 1946 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,500 second-feet Sept. 8 (gage height, 17.05 

reet); no flow for many days.

1946-50: Maximum discharge, 5,880 second-feet Sept. 20, 1947 (gage height, 19.32 

feet); no flow for many days each year.

Remarks. Records poor.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

13.65

13.7

13.8

13.9

14.0

0

4.8

17

34

56

14.1

14.3

14.6

14.9

15.4

80

134

230

348

620

15.9

16.1

17.1

935

1,130

2,580

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,200

2,430

2,280

1,980

1,520

1,110

879

734

632

561

481 "427

382

348

309

278

244

210

174

149

123

103

88

80

70

66

58

54

52

49

61

NOV.

80

85

93

98

93

88

80

73

66

61

54

47

45

75

103

128

155

183

186

183

170

155

131

114

106

98

88

85

78

73

-

Dec.

66

58

52

47

43

40

34

34

32

28

26

24

22

21

20

20

17

14

14

14

13

11

13

11

8.8

7.8

7.8

7.8

6.8

5.8

2.8

Jan.

0.9

0

0

.9

.9

1.9

2.8

1.9

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

Janumry ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

.

Seoondfoot-days

18, 132

3,074

721.6

111,173.9

9.3

0

0

0

0

0

5,690.4

3,890

21,156

52,673.3

Mar. Apr.

Maximum

2,430

186

66

2,880

2.8

0

0

0

0

0

331

193

2,500

2,500

May

Minimum

49

45

2.8

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

47

61

0

June

Mean

585

102

23.3

305

.3C

0

0

0

0

0

184

125

705

144

July

0

0

0

0

0

1.4

21

52

101

216

297

331

318

297

278

266

255

248

237

227

234

237

237

244

252

262

255

241

220

196

167 '

Aug.

140

134

140

106

85

73

61

52

47

49

80

114

134

149

164

177

177

174

158

140

128

114

103

98

90

109

167

180

174

180

193

Per square 

mile

Sept.

206

230

259

432

886

1,590

2,200

2,500

2,430

2,130

1,720

1,300

960

783

644

520

432

344

289

241

196

164

140

117

98

85

73

63

61

63

Runoff in 

inohes

Peak discharge (base, 1,100 Bee.-ft.). Oct. 2 (12 m.) 2,430 sec.-ft.; Sept. 8 (6 p.m.) 2,500 sec. ft" 
324 MIAKKA RIVER BASIN 

Miakka River near Sarasota, Pla.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 27°14', long. 82 0 19', in sec.- 21, T. 37 S., R. 20 E., half a 

mile upstream from bridge on State Highway 72, \\ 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 1950.

Average discharge.--14 years, 268 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 3,000 second-feet Sept. 9 (gage height, 

 a.3'8 feet); no flow Feb. 26 to July 8.

1936-50: Maximum discharge observed, 6,620 second-feet Sept. 21, 1947 (gage height, 

10.78 feet); no flow for many 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 1949-5O, except period of Indefinite stage-discharge relation 

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Sept. 10 Sept. 11-30

1.9

2.1

2.2 

2.4

0.1

.5 

1.1 

1.9 

2.5 

4.2

2.5 

2.7 

2.9 

3.2 

3.7 

4.1

5.3

8.1

12

18

34

51

4.5 

4.8 

5.2 

5.4

5.6 

5.8

73

95

134

162

201

256

6.0 

6.3 

6.6 

7.0 

7.5 

8.1

335

504

72O

1,100

1,670

2,530

5.O 

5.2 

5.4 

5.6

94

115

140

178

230

335

6.4 

6.6 

6.9 

7.3 

8.0

480

615

877

1,340

2,380

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 tc September 195O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,380

2.68O

2,680

2,380

1,940.

1,550

1,200

855

765

680

570

504

442

386

36O

335

293

256

241

214

190

171

147

a!32

118

1O8

95

87

8O

73

67

Nov.

73

80

87

95

1OO

100

-100

95

87

80

73

67

58

70

87

104

128

154

180

19O

190

180

171

154

147

134

123

118

108

104

-

Dec.

91

84

76

67

61

54

46

40

36

32

28

27

24

21

21

20

17

14

12

10

9.5

8.4

7.2

7.O

8.1

9.8

7.5

6.1

6.1

7.0

8.1

Jan.

7.2

6.3

3.7

2.7

1.9

1.7

1.5

1.4

2.1

2.5

2.2

1.7

1.5

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.2

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.3

el. 3

el. 2

el.O

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

Maroh ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

. Feb.

eO.8

}..,

]..,

1-

}"

.

1 eo

f

J

_

-

Second 

foot-days

21 , 979

3 437

'ses.s

124,310.8

58. 6

12.0

0

O

0

O

6,097.8

5,545

27,457

65,452.2

Mar. Apr.

Maximum

2^ 680

190

91

3,16O

7.2

0

0

O

0

335

241

3,000

3,000

May

Minimum

67

58

6.1

0

1.0

0

0

0

0

O

0

91

99

0

June

Mean

709

115

27.9

341

1. 69

.43

O

0

O

O

197

179

915

179

July

O

O

O

O

O

0

O

0

6.8

74

211

293

335

335

314

293

274

274

256 .

256

256

274

274

293

293

314

314

314

314

274

256

Aug.

226

214

226

201

180

154

134

118

104

95

91

128

162

171

201

226

226

226

226

214

201

180

162

154

147

134

162

201

214

226

241

Per square 

mile

J gi_ __

'.575

.140

1.70

.0094

.0022

0

O

O

0

.985

895

4! 58

.895

Sept.

241

274

293

473

1,000

1,800

2,380

2,840

3,000

2,840

2,380

1,930

1,560

1,150

977

738

615

480

405

358

295

260

217

191

168

148

126

115

104

99

-

Runoff in 

inches

 4.09

.64

.16

23.10

.01

.002

0

0

O

O

1.13

1.03

5.11

12.17

a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated.

e Stage-discharge relationship indefinite; discharge computed en basis of records for station 

below Upper Miakka Lake. '
MIAKKA RIVER BASIN 325

Miakka River below Lower Miakka Lake, near Sarasota, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°13'05", long. 82°20'00", in sec. 32, T. 37 S. , R. 

2"CT"E7, 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. Angas, civil engineer, bench mark).

Records available. January 1946 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, about 3,000 second-feet Sept. 8, 9 (gage height 

not determined); no flow Jan. 3 to July 12.

1946-50: Maximum discharge, 6,640 second-feet Sept. 21, 1947 (gage height, 18.17 

feet, from recorded range in stage); no flow at times each year.

Remarks. Records poor.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,430

2,660

2,660

2,480

2,160

1,810

1,500

1,250

1,070

956

852

758

672

596

548

505

464

427

392

341

300

266

237

208

181

158

141

'115 128

103

92

Nov.

89

84

81

81

83

85

86

86

86

84

81

75

71

82

88

92

101

121

150

181

207

223

224

a220

a200

alSO

-a!65

a!50

a!35

a!25

-

Dec.

allO

alOO

a94

a86

a7S

70

65

58

51

45

39

34

28

23

19

16

14

10

8.2

7 -l

5.3

4.2

3.6

3.6

2.8

2.8

2.5

2.5

1.9

1.9

1.2

Jan.

0.3

.3

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

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February

March ............................

April ............................

May.......... .....................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

Secondfoot-days

26,460

3 718

'987,6

133,666.4

.6

0

0

0

0

0

6 , 271

6,489

30,907

74,833.2

Mar. Apr.

Maximum

2,660

224

110

2,960

.3

0

0

0

0

0

410

322

3,000

3,000

May

Minimum

92

71

1.2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

140

120

0

June

Mean

854

124

31.9

366

.02

0

0

0

0

0

202

209

1,030

205

July

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

a40

159

212

277

322

351

355

370

398

410

398

386

374

378

378

378

374

363

348

Aug.

322

304

294

273

245

216

191

171

154

141

140

146

151

163

195

222

242

259

262

250

238

216

205

195

178

162

156

164

187

214

233

Per square 

mile

Sept.

262

297

333

541

1,030

1,690

a2,30o

a3 , 000

a3 , 000

a2,90o

a2,600

a2,200

al,700

al,500

al,230

al,030

a870

a750

a640

 a540

a460

a390

h329

a280

a240

h205

a 180

al55

a!35

a!20

Runoff in 

inches

Peak discharge (base, 1,100 sec.-ft.). Oct. 3 (3 a.m.) 2,720 sec.-ft.; Sept. 8, 9 (time unknown) 

about 3,000 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of ^ discharge measurement and records for upstream stations.

h Computed from staff-gage reading.

231536 O - 53 - 22
326 MANATEE RIVER BASIN

Manatee River near Bradenton, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°29', long. 82°18', in sec. 34, T. 34 S.. R. 

2D~ET, at bridge on State Highway 675, l£ miles upstream from Glllet Creek, 6t 

miles northwest of Verna, and 17 miles east of Bradenton.

Drainage area. 94 square miles.

Records available.--April 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--11 years, 102 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,790 second-feet Sept. 6 (gage height, 19.70 

TeeTT; minimum, 3.7 second-feet May 11-13; minimum gage height, 3.11 feet May 11-13, 

21, 22.

1939-50: 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 5-7, 1939.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet

/ and discharge, Jn second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 14 to Nov. 13, Apr. 12 to June 10, 

June 17 to July 2, Aug. 3, 6-9, 27, Sept. 20-29^

3.2 3.8 3.8 13 8

3.3 4.8 4.0 19 10

3.4 6.0 4.2 27 12

3.5 7.5 S'.O 69 15

3.6 9.2 6.0 127 18

.0 263

.0 413

.0 617

.0 1,000

.6 1,560

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

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

689

405

291

221

249

235

200

165

148

168

145

124

103 86

72

63

52

45

38

32

27

25

21

20

20

19

20

54

55

74

Nov.

83

77

64

46

34

26

22

19

18

18

18

16

17

133

136

124

106

80

60

46

36

32

27

25

25

26

26

25

22

21

Dec.

19

18

17

16

16

15

14

15

IS

15

15

15

14

13

13

13

13

13

13

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

13

15

15

14

13

Jan.

12

12

11

11

11

10

10

10

10

10

9.8

9.8

9.

9.

9.

9.

9 .

8.

8.

8.

8.

8.

8.

8.

8.

8.5

8.0

7.8

7.8

7.5

7.5

Feb.

7.2

7.2

' 7.0,

6.9

6.9

8.0

8.2

7.5

7.2

6.9

6.8

6.6

6 6

6.3

6.4

6.4

6.2

6.2

6.2

6.2

6.0

6.0

6.0

5.9

6.0

6.0

5.9

5.9

-

 .,, SeoondMor- th foot-days

October .......................... 5,175

November ......................... 1 , 408

December ........:................ 436

Calendar year 1949 ....... *i .SKI .7

January . . . . ?90.7

February ......................... 184 . 6

torch. ........................... 263.3

April. ........................... 174.0

May. ............................. 175.3

June ............................. 563.9

July ............................. 3 , 7 38 . 3

August ........................... 2 , 645

September ........................ 7,351

Water year 1949-50 ............ 22,405.1

Mar.

5.9

5.6

 5.5

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.8

6.3

6.9

7.2

6.9

6.3

5.9

5.5

5.4

5.3

5.0

5.3

5.5

5.4

5.3

6.0

6.0

5.8

5.4

5.3

4.8

4.7

13

47

44

Apr.

18

10

8

7

7

7

7

6

6

5

5

5

5

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

Maximum

1,310

136

19

2,930

12

8.Z

47

18

14

74

291

249

1,560

1,560

.4

.4

.4

.2

.2

.6

.0

.2

.4

.3

.2

.9

.7

.6

.6

.5

.4

.3

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.6

.4

.3

.2

.2

7

to September 1950

May

4.

4.

4.

3.

3.

4.

3.

3.

3.

4.

3.

3.

.4.

4.

4.

5.

7 .

9.

14

11

8.

9.

8.

7.

MiniBum

19

16

12

1.7

7.5

5.9

4.7

4.1

3.9

5 2

6.3

13

14

3.9

2

1

0

9

9

0

9

9

9

0

9

9

0

1

3

3

8

7

3

2

1

9

8

7

6

0

0

5

4

June

6.4

6.0

5.6

5.2

6.2

7.4

10

12

9.2

10

43

52

36

65

74

36

18

13

11

9.0

8.2

7.7

14

32

21

12

10

9.2

7.8

7.0

-

Mean

167

46.9

14.1

113

9.3

6.5

8.4

5.8

5.6

18 . 8

121

85 3

245

61.4

July

6.3

15

64

52

55

80

83

54

60

193

270

193

106

94

186

207

193

291

179

97

103

263

228

103

80

94

97

83

91

72

46

Aug.

39

.32

26

50

28

18

14

13

14

44

193

L93

L72

L09

136

118

94

L09

L06

109

176

Per square 

mile

1.78

.499

.150

1.20

8 .100

9 .070

9 .090

3 .062

5 .060

1.'29 2001 "

t 2.61

.653

249

L33

80

52

34

27

30

67

83

97

Sept.

86

193

121

492

903

1,560

1,490

863

422

256

176

130

100

80

65

52

42

34

28

26

22

20

18

16

, 15

14

14

14

19

60

Runoff in 

inches

2.05

.56

.17

16.37

.12

.07

.10

.07

.07

.22

1.48

1.05

2.91

8.87

Peak discharge Tbaae. 1.100 see .-ft.) .--Sept. 6 (7 p.m.) 1,790 see.-ft.
LITTLE MANATEE RIVER BASIN 327

Little Manatee River near Wlmauma, Pla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°40', long. 82°21', In sec. 25, T". 32 S., R. 19 E., 

at Bridge on U. S. Highway 41, 1 mile upstream from Cypress Creek and 4 miles southwest 

of Wlmauma.

Drainage area. 157 square miles.

Records available. March 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--11 years, 186 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,870 second-feet Sept. 6-(gage height, 11.37 

reet); minimum, 5.4 second-feet May 14, 15 (gage height, -0.04 foot).

1939-50: 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, -0.45 foot).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). W 1032: 1939(M).

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 9 to May 15,

May 25 to July 20, Sept. 18-29)

Oct. 1 to May 15, Sept. 7-30 May 16 to Sept. 6

0.0

.5

.9

1.2

1.4

4.0

23

40

57

75

1.8 

2.5 

3.3 

3.5

126

235

380

419

0.0 

.1 

.2 

.5 

.7

7.7

11

15

27

37

1.0 

1.3 

1.7 

3.1 

3.5

58

85

134

345

419

5.7 

6.7 

7.5 

9.9

11.1

865

1,160

1,470

2,750

3,610

Note. Same as following 

table above 3.5 feet.

Discharge, In seoond-feet, water year October 1949

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,460 

1,620 

1,130 

810 

580

612 

570 

450 

350 

273

285 

238 

197 

165 

138

117 

95 

84 

72 

61

53 

46 

42 

40 

38

h37 

37 

37 

60 

69 

76

Nov.

77 

65 

55 

49 

44

40 

37 

35 

35 

40

41 

38 

36 

52 

129

129 

104 

80 

62 

53

47

43 

40 

38 

37

36 

34 

34 

34 

33

Dec.

33 

32 

31 

31 

30

29 

29 

29 

29 

29

29 

28 

27 

27 

27

27 

27 

27 

27 

27

27 

27 

26 

26 

26

26 

28 

31 

31 

29 

28

Jan.

27 

26 

26 

25 

25

24 

24 

24 

23 

23

23 

23 

22 

22 

22

22 

21 

21 

21 

21

21 

20 

20 

20 

20

20 

20 

19 

19 

19 

18

Feb.

18 

18 

18 

18 

18

17 

17 

17 

17 

17

17 

17 

17 

17 

16

16 

16 

16 

15 

15

15 

15 

16 

16 

17

17 

16 

15

u»n <-h SeoondMonth foot-days

Octc 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janii 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendair year 1949 

ary

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

10,842 

1,577 

880

62, 124. £

681 

464 

549 

424.2 

417.1 

525 

8,528

17^065

ter year 1949-50 ............ 49, 946. c

Mar.

15 

14 

14 

13 

13

13 

16 

20 

23 

24

21 

18 

16 

15 

14

14 

13 

12 

13 

15

16 

15 

16 

17 

15

13 

12 

12 

21 

49 

47

Apr.

33 

25 

22 

18 

22

23 

22

19 

17 

16

15 

13 

12 

12 

12

11 

11 

10 

9.9 

9.9

9.9 

9.6 

9.2 

9.2 

8.8

9.6 

9.2 

8.8 

8.8 

8.4

Maximum

2,460 

129 

33

4,490

27 

18 

49 

33 

54 

37 

1,100 

728 

3,610

3,610

Peak discharge (base, 1,400 sec . -f t . ) . July 22 (12 p.m

to September 1950

May

8.4 

8.0 

7.2 

6.9 

6.9

6.2 

6.2 

6.2 

6.2 

6.2

5.8 

5.8 

5.8 

5.8 

6.2

9.0 

11 . 

12 

9.7 

8.4

7.7 

7.1 

18 

19 

41

54 

27 

18 

23 

32 

23

Minimum

37 

33 

26

2.4

18 15 

12 

8.4 

5.8 

11 

13 

72 

30

5.8

June

16 

13 

12 

11 

15

17 

25 

37 

32 

20

16 

14 

14 

28 

35

23 

16 

14 

13 

12

16 

14 

14 

15 

16

13 

14 

14 

14 

12

Mean

350 

52.6 

28.4

170

22,0 

16.6 

17.7 

14.1 

13.5 

17.5 

275 

258 

569

137

July

13 

15 

34 

45 

46

59 

124 

129 

102 

296

354 

207 

137 

109 

100

93 

177 

198 

137 

117

297 

496 

946 

709 

515

438 

1,100 

612 

477 

274 

172

Aug.

161 

728 

612 

237 

137

94 

72 

73 

297 

328

592 

592 

592 

381 

304

237 

166 

138 

151 

94

82 

87 

116 

111 

88

73 

112 

200 

345 

457 

336

Per square 

mile

2.23 

.335 

.181

1.08

.140 

.106 

.113 

.090 

.086 

.111 

1.75 

1.64 

3.62

.873

.) 1,520 sec. -ft.; July 27 (6:30

Sept..

363 

390 

312 

1,030 

2,940

3,610 

3,220 

1,970 

 898 

535

361 

252

183 

134 

102

82 

67 

56 

50

50

52 

46 

40 

35 

33

31 

30 

30 

49 

120

Runoff in 

inches

2.57 

.37 

.21

14.71

.16 

.11 

.13 

.10 

.10 

.12 

2.02 

1.89 

4.04

11.82

a.m.)

D.J 3,370 sec.-ft. 

h Computed from staff-gage reading.

Hcte. No gage-height record Oct. 3-25, Oct. 27 to Nov. 2, Dec. 24 to Jan. 24, June 3-8, Sept. 23- 

27j discharge computed on basis of records for stations on nearby streams.
328 ALAFIA RIVER BASIN

North Prong Alafia River at Keysville, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°53', long. 82°06', in sec. 10, T. 30 S., R. 22' 

K., at bridge on country road, 0.8 mile northwest of Keysville and 3 miles upstream 

from confluence with South Prong Alafia River. Datum of gage is 39.56 feet above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area. 130 square miles.

Records available. May to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during period May to September 3,890 second-feet Sept. 7 (gage 

height, 12.78 feet); minimum, 5.3 second-feet May 15; minimum gage height, 1.19 feet 

June 27.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, May 6 to Sept. 30, 195O (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used May 5 to June 8)

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

7.7

11

16

20

2.5 

3.5 

4.5 

5.5

74

127

185

259

6.5 

7.1 

7.9 

8.9

348

424

580

860

9.9

10.5

11.4

11.9

1,230

1,540

2,190

2,700

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.

Month

October ..........................

Novamber .........................

December .........................

Calendar year ............

January ....................... .

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May 5-31 .........................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year ............

Feb.

Secondfoot-days

241.9

470.9

1 584

1,624 

11,041

.

Mar. Apr.

Maximum

16

51

124

167

2,700

_

May

_

_

_

_

8.4

8.1

6.8

6.2

7.1

8.4

8.1

6.8

6.2

5.6

6.2

11

14

12

10

8.1

6.8

7.1

16

15

12

10

8.1

7.7

7.4

10

8.8

Minimum

5.6

8*1

14

16

45

_

June

8.1

10

15

11

10

12

14

51

34

25

24

21

19

16

15

13

11

9.5

10

15

15

13

14

14

11

9.5

8.8

10

12

20

-

Mean

8.96

15.7

51.1

368* 52 4

-

July

17'

14

19

24

20

23

26

26

21

26

41

29

24

19

28

82

101

124

108

80

56

51

96

90

74

55

72

88

66

47

a37

Aug.

a31

a43

63

64

a40

a35

33

29

34

39

69

64

127

167

119

82

69

53

47

48

47

a36

a28

a25

a23

a!9

a!6

a!6

a35

46

77

Per square 

mile

0.069

.121

393

1403

2.83

-

Sept.

130

117

72

114

425

2,590

2,700

1,320

920

629

370

243

185

149

122

101

88

77

66

62

55

49

46

45

45

45

45

45

88

98

Runoff in 

inches

0.07

.13

.45

.46

3.16

-

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Alafia River at Llthla.
ALAPIA RIVER BASIN 

Alafia River at Lithia, Pla.

329

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°52', long. 82°12', In sec. 16, T. 30 S., R. 21 

K., 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 1950.

Average discharge. 17 years, 356 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,480 second-feet Sept. 7 (gage height, 15 04 

feet): minimum, 11 second-feet May 13 (gage height, -0.89 foot).

1933-50: Maximum discharge, 25,000 second-feet Sept. 7, 1933 (gage height, 25.6 

feet, from floodmarksj, 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 periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years).--W 782: 1933(M).

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet) '

-0.9 11 1.4 235 12.0 2,'760 

-.8 16 2.4 370 13.2 3,600 

-.6 30 4.2 673 14.6 5,000 

-.4 45 7.6 1,350 15.0 5,480 

.6 146 10.0 2,000

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

4,550 

3,210 

2,240 

1,500 

1,120

1,140 

1,140 

1,060 

920 

805

729

786 

767 

673 

566

481 

417

378 

333 

312

285 

259 

214 

223 

206

212

a220 

a216 

a275 

a315 

a348

Nov.

a362 

a348 

a302 

f253 

f223

201 

190 

a!90 

a 203 

8207

a201 

a!91 

a!89 

a282 

h370

a355 

a317 

a290 

d261 

a238

a218 

a!99 

a!83 

a!72 

al63

a!58 

' also 

f!46 

f!46

f!35

Dec.

a!30 

a!28 

a!24 

a!22 

al!9

118 

112 

108 

109 

109

111 

108 

107 

104 

103

99 

99

103 

104 

100

101 

102 

101 

99 

98

162 

385 

481 

319 

241 

212

Jan.

184 

168 

152 

140 

132

127 

124 

123 

119 

115

112 

108 

104 

103 

102

100"

98' 

93 

91 

93

97 

94 

98 

93 

90

84 

85 

85 

91 

88 

82

Feb.

79 

72 

73 

77 

84

84

78 

71 

71 

67

61 

73 

73 

67 

64

60 

62 

57 

58 

63

51 

51 

50 

62 

65

74 

64 

58

.. _+>. SeoondMonth foot-days

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febi 

Hare 

Apr! 

Bay 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

We

mber .........................

mber ..'.......................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary .

25,927 

6,843 

4,518

............ 159,970.3

ember ........................

3,375 

1,869 

2,480 

1,479 

618 

1,120 

5,152 

5,521 

25,419

ter year 1949-50 ............ 84,301

Mar.

54 

54 

48 

48 

52

50 

84 

126 

157 

146

124 

98 

97 

75

69i

68 

61 

57 

76 

72

67 

67 

68 

68 

57

64 

56 

43 

75 

146 

133

Apr.

loo

83 

69 

59 

73

118 

104 

84 

68 

60

52 

49 

44 

43 

39

36 

36 

35 

31 

30

29

28 

29 

26 

25

25 

30 

27 

24 

23

Maximum

4,550 

370 

481

11,700

184 

84 

157 

118 

32 

76 

319 

637 

~5,K40

5,240

Peak discharge (base, 1,700 sec.-ft .) .--Sept . 7 (7 p.m.

May

18 

18 

17 

16 

16

15 

16 

16 

13 

16

17 

15 

12

14 

15

20 

32 

30 

26 

21

18 

18 

20 

28 

31

29

25 

23 

20 

21 

22

Minimum

206 

135 

98

8.3

82.' 

50 

43 

23 

12 

17 

52 

51 

78

12

June

20 

20 

24

27 

27

28 

28 

71 

76 

47

39 

32 

29 

26 

22

19

18 

17 

17 

52

69 

44 

49 

59 

43

31 

34 

51 

44 

57

Mean

836 

228 

146

438

109 

66.8 

79.4 

49.3 

19.9 

37.3 

166 

178 

847

231

July

52

60 

85 

96 

132

76 

93 

91 

89 

102

212

157 

117 

86 

78

319 

278 

319 

259 

201

184 

146 

152 

184 

229

229 

212 

292 

259

201 

162

Aug.

133 

152 

259 

196 

140

123 

112 

110 

134 

135

241 

253 

637 

532 

348

292 

223

168 

146 

134

134 

102 

84 

75 

68

59 

51 

52 

106 

126 

196

Per square 

mile

2.49 

.679 

.435

1.30

.324 

.199 

.233 

.147 

.059 

.111 

.494 

.530 

2.52

.688

) 5,480 sec. -ft.

Sept.

401 

385 

285 

401 

1,600

3,680 

5,240 

4,550 

2,750 

1,550

900 

583 

433

340 

278

235 

196 

174 

152 

140

127 

114 

104 

97 

89

83

78 

85 

179 

190

Runoff in 

inches

2.87 

.76 

.50

17.70

.37 

.21 

.27 

.16 

.07 

.12 

.57 

.61 

2.81

9.32

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations on nearby 

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-freight record, 

h Computed from staff-gage readings.
330 HILLSBORO RIVER BASIN

Hillsboro River near Zephyrhills, Pla.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 28°09', long. 82°14', in sec. 8, T. 27 S., R. 21 E., at footDriage 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 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 283 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,890 second-feet Sept. 7 (gage height, 13.80 

FeeTT; minimum observed, 72 second-feet May 20-24, 27-30, June 7, 22 (gage height, 0.90 

foot).

1939-50: Maximum discharge observed, 5,920 second-feet Sept. 19, 1947; maximum gage 

height, that of Sept. 7, 1950; minimum discharge 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 table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge. In second-feet)

0.9 72 8.8 1,790 

2.0 215 10.5 2,490 

2.7 330 11.5 3,150 

5.0 788 12.7 4,360 

7.0 1,260 13.7 5,740

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

3,500 

2,490 

1,690 

1,340 

1,130

1,040 

918 

918 

809 

745

745 

724 

641 

501 

424

424 

367 

330 

294 

244

229 

215 

189 

189 

176

163 

163 

163 

189 

202 

189

Nov.

215 

229 

215 

215 

189

176 

163 

150 

150 

150

150 

137 

137 

144 

163

163 

150 

144 

137 

137

130 

a!30 

130 

124 

124

130 

130 

124 

124 

124

Dec.

124 

124 

124 

124 

124

118 

118 

118 

124 

124

124

118 

118 

118 

118

118 

118 

allS 

118 

allS

allS 

alll 

alll 

111 

189

918 

1,060 

896 

580 

424 

367

Jan.

312 

277 

244 

229 

215

202 

189 

189 

176 

a!63

150 

150 

a!47 

144 

a!40

137 

130 

130 

130 

124

124 

124 

124 

124 

118

118 

111 

111 

111 

111 

111

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her...... ....................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

Ill 

111 

111 

113 

113

113 

111 

113 

104 

104

104 

104 

104 

104 

98

98 

98 

98 

98 

85

85 

98 

98 

98 

92

92 

85 

85

Secondfoot-days

21,343 

4,584 

7,293

 107,001

4.86E 

2,82C 

3,013 

2,83] 

2,362 

2,46E 3,09' 

3,46( 

37,65]

95,795

Peak discharge (base. 1.500 sec. -ft.). Sei

a No gage-height record; discharge Interpol

Mar.

85 

85 

85 

92 

82

82 

111 

111 

111 

104

98 

98 

98 

92 

92

92 

92 

98 

104 

98

98 

98 

98 

104 

98

92

85 

111 

111 

104 

104

Apr.

alOl 

98 

92 

a98 

104

137 

130 

124 

allS 

alll

104 

104 

98 

92 

85

85 

85 

82 

82 

82

85 

85 

77 

77 

80

85 

85 

80 

85 

80

Maximum

3,500

: 229

\ 1,060

4,360

312 

111 

S 111 

137 

85 

104 

124 

) 150 

L 5,740

5,740

Jt. 7 (12 m. 

Lated.

May

T 

T 

T 

T 

T

8E 

T

85

8E 

8E

77 

7E 

7E 

7E 

7E

77 

7E 

82 

7E 

72

72 

72 

72 

72 

73

8C 

72 

72 

72 

72 

77

Minimum

163 

124 

111

53

111 

85 

82 

77 

72 

72 

80 

98 

130

72

June

75 

75 

85 

77 

82

77 

72 

98 

85 

85

85 

a82 

80

77 

77

75 

75 

75 

75 

82

80 

72 

85 

98 

82

82 

104 

92 

85 

92

Mean

688 

153 

235

293

157 

101 

97.2 

94.4 

76.2 

82.2 

99.9 

112 

1,255

262

July

85 

80 

85 

92 

98

98 

alOl 

104 

98 

111

118 

104 

98 

98 

98

98

118 

124 

111 

111

98 

104 

111 

98 

98

92 

92 

92 

92 

92 

98

Aug.

98 

98 

98 

98 

104

98 

98 

98 

98 

98

98 

144 

111 

118 

118

150 

137 

124 

124 

118

111 

111 

111 

137 

124

111 

111 

98 

104 

111 

111

Per square 

mile

3.36

.746 

1.15

1.43

.766 

.493 

.474 

.460 

.372 

.401 

.487 

.546 

6.12

1.28

5,890 sec. -ft.

Sept.

150 

144 

130 

229 

1,590

3,700 

5,740 

5,020 

4,120 

3,230

2,130 

1,590 

1,340 

1,150 

1,040

896 

809

724 

641 

560

482 

405 

348 

294 

244

215 

189 

176 

189 

176

Runoff in 

inches

3.87 

.83 

1.32

19.40

.88 

.51 

.55 

.51 

.43 

.45 

.56 

.63 

6.83

17.37
331

HILLSBORO RIVER BASIN

Hillsboro River near Tampa, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder above spillway of Tampa Reservoir Dam, lat. 880 01'85", 

 long. 82°25 I 40". in sec. 29. T. 28 S.. R. 19 E.. at Thirtieth Street. 5* miles northeast of Tampa, 

mark).

in sec. 29, T. 28 S., R. 19 E., at Thirtieth Street, 5j miles northDatum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929 (city of Tampa bench

Drainage area.--60S square miles.

Records available.--October 1945 to September 1950. October 1938 to September 1945 at 

site 1.4 miles upstream.

Average discharge.'--12 years, 631 second-feet (adjusted for diversion).

Extremes.--Maximum daily discharge during year, 8,990 second-feet Sept. 10; maximum gage 

height, 22.76 feet Sept. 10; minimum discharge not determined; minimum gage height, 

16.22 feet Feb. 16.

1938-50: Maximum discharge, 9,690 second-feet July 28-30, 1945; maximum gage 

height, that of Sept. 10, 1950; 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 poor. Flow regulated by Tampa Reservoir Dam. Capacity of reservoir 

Insufficient to affect monthly figures of runoff. Figures of daily discharge do not 

include diversion l£ miles above station by city of Tampa for municipal water supply.

Cooperation. Records of pumpage for municipal water supply furnished by Tampa Water 

Department.

Note.--Figures of monthly discharge and runoff adjusted for diversion for water years 

1946-49 (adjusted figures not previously published) are given herein.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

8

 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

26

29

30

31

Oct.

4,580

5,420

5,580

5,240

4,900

4,740

4,580

4,580

4,200

3,880

3,520

3,240

3,040

2,520

2,530

2,210

1,890

1,650

1,160

1,120

1,100

820

820

723

650

592

544

502

502

468

438

Nov.

438

438

438

438

438

424

424

410

396

382

382

369

356

369

369

356

346

333

322

310

300

290

280

270

270

262

262

253

246

246

-

Dec.

238

230

223

223

210

210

204

198

198

192

192

186

186

180

175

175

170

170

164

164

158

158

153

153

153

192

238

333

544

723

961

Jan.

723

723

592

544

502

468

424

396

369

346

322

310

290

280

262

253

238

230

216

210

198

192

186

175

170

164

158

153

148

143

138

Feb.

133

123

123

114

114

114

105

105

96

105

96

. 96

96

96

556

157

618

el9

20

24

27

_

_

-

Mar.

29

32

34

36

39

44

70

85

96

102

105

106

106

106

101

101

96

96

96

101

96

96

92

92

88

85

82

79

82

79

79

Apr.

79

79

76

76

79

85

88

92

92

92

92

88

85

82

79

76

74

70

68

66

63

62

58

57

54

54

52

51

46

46

May

45

44

40

39

37

36

35

34

34

34

33

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32

32.

32

-

632

June

. e31

^

I e29

1

1I

> e28

J

e25

1

( e23

1I"

July

I

\ el9

1

22

49

69

89

ilO

134

147

504

199

134

134

147

234

234

234

298

298

298

298

298

380

380

298

298

234

198

198

Aug.

174

160

160

154

140

134

122

116

116

116

116

116

122

134

140

140

140

140

134

134

140

140

147

160

160

160

174

174

198

198

198

Sept.

196

198

198

298

1,270

2,500

5,190

7,070

8,450

8,990

8,620

8,450

8,060

7,470

6,520

6,050

5,420

4,850

4,000

3,710

3,000

2,780

2,480

1,820

1,730

1,550

1,340

1,150

1,040

932

Monthly discharge, in second-feet, 1945-50

Month

December. ..............

Calendar year 1945 . .

Mav

Hater year 1945-46 . .

Observed

Secondfoot -days

27,287 

8,933 

5,726.4

479,157.4

13,054.1 

7,263.4 

23,703 

3,343 

2,791 

7,278 

26,005 

42,688 

21,986

190,057.9

Maximum

1.41O 

446 

1,150

9,690

1,840 

1,340 

2,220 

426 

131 

1,240 

2,200 

2,610 

1,480

2,610

Minimum

466 

0 

0

0

5.1 

1.6 

238 

21 

52 

95 

297 

574 

280

0

Mean

880 

298 

185

1,313

421 

259 

7S5 

111 

9O.O 

243 

839 

1,377 

733

521

Diversion by

(second- feet)

22.3 

22.9 

20.4

-

20.8 

21.8 

21.4 

27.0 

25.6 

22.2 

20.9 

21.7 

19.9

22.2

Adjusted for diversion

Mean

902 

321 

205

1,318

442 

281 

786 

138 

116 

265 

860 

1,399 

753

543

Per square 

mile

1.49 

.531 

.339

t2.19

.731 

.464 

1.30 

.228 

.192 

.438 

1.42 

2.31 

1.24

.900

Runoff In 

inches

1.72 

.59 

.39

29.72

.64 

.48 

1.50 

.26 

.22 

.49 

1.64 

2.67 

1.39

12.19

t Drainage area prior to Oct. 1, 1945, was 602 square miles.
332 HILLSBORO RIVER BASIN

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, of Hlllsboro River near Tampa, Fla., 1945-50 Continued

Month

December ..............

Calendar year 1946 . .

February ..............

March.................

May ...................

July............. .....

Water year 1946-47

December ..............

Calendar year 1947 . .

March.................

May...................

July..................

Water year 1947-48..

December ..............

Calendar year 1948 . .

September .............

Water year 1948-49..

December. .............

Calendar year 1949.. 

January 1950 ..........

April.................

May...................

July..................

September. ............

Water year 1949-50 . .

Observed

Secondfoot-days

16,891 

4,041 

2,720,

171,763.5

1,727 

2,553 

10,709 

13,459 

3,817 

16,012 

45,423 

67,210 

105,030

289,592

57,352 

21,660 

12,539

357,491

39,664 

36,905 

15,819 

6,348 

3,517 

2,d82 

9,274 

67,967 

24,971

298,098

33,440 

3,587 

3,691

247,265

2,614 

1,401 

1,548 

1,006 

929 

922 

1,119 

43,832 

70,981

165,070

77,739 

10,417 

7,654

220,162

9,523 

2,467 

2,531 

2,163 

1,051 

785 

5,992 

4,557 

115,334

240,211

Maximum

837 

290 

222

2,610

175 

230 

956 

800 

434 

1,170 

2,140 

3,290 

7,580

7,580

5,800 

1,260 

703

7,580

4,130 

3,470- 

934 

840 

220 

82 

728 

4,100 

2,430

5,800

2,140 

293 

136

4,130

112 

67 

68 

35 

32 

35 

45 

5,060 

5,420

5,420

5,580 

438 

961

5,580

723 

556 

106 

92 

45

504 

198 

8,990

8,990

Minimum

217 

76 

26

1.6

24 

22

117 

93 

11 

110 

593 

1,130 

1,210

11

613 

407 

333

11

229 

382 

276 

30 

72 

60 

88 

657 

352

30

51 

79 

99

 30

61 

29 

35 

30 

26 

26 

32 

40 

757

26

438 

246 

153

26

138

29 

46

116 

198

-

Mean

545 

135 

88.7

471

55.7 

91.2 

345 

449 

123 

534 

1,465 

2,168 

3,501

793

1,850 

722 

404

979

1,279 

Ij273 

510 

212 

113 

69.4 

299 

2,192 

832

814

1,079 

120 

119

676

84.3 

50.0 

49.9 

33.5 

30.0 

30.7 

36.1 

1,414 

2,366

452

2,508 

347 

247

603

307 

88.1 

81.6 

72.1 

33.9 

26.2 

193 

147 

3,844

658

Diversion

Tampa 

(second-feet]

23.6 

24.8 

24.7

22.9

25.4 

21.7 

22.8 

25.4 

29.2 

23.4 

21.6 

21.0 

21.4

23.8

22.5 

21.7 

21.6

23.2

20.9 

22.6 

23.4 

25.8 

34.3 

33.6 

25.5 

24.1 

26.4

25.2

25.9 

27.0 

22.5

26.0

25.4 

27.3 

31.7 

29.2 

33.0 

25.8 

25.2 

24.6 

25.3

26.9

24.2 

23.1 

25.3

26.7

29.4 

29.0 

26.8 

29.9 

34.0 

32.0 

23.3 

27.0 

26.2

27.5

Adjusted for diversion

Mean

569 

160 

112

494

81.1 

113 

368 

474 

152 

557 

1,487 

2,189 

3,522

817

1,872 

744 

426

1,002

1,300 

1,296 

533 

238 

147 

103 

324 

2,216 

858 -

839

1,105 

147 

142

702

110 

77.3 

81.6 

62.7 

63.0 

56.5 

61.3 

1,439 

2,391

479

2,532

370 

272

630

336 

117 

108 

102 

67.9 

58.2 

216 

174 

3,870

686

er square 

mile

0.940 

.264 

.185

.817

.134 

.187 

.608 

.783 

.251 

.921 

2.46 

3.62 

5.82

1.35

3.09 

1.23 

.704

1.66

2.15 

2.14 

.881 

.393 

.243 

.170 

.536 

3.66 

1.42

1.39

1.82 

.243 

.235

1.16

.182 

.128 

.135 

.104 

.104 

.093 

.101 

2.38 

3.95

.792

4.19 

.612 

.450

1.04

.555 

.193 

.179 

.169 

.112 

.096 

.357 

.288 

6.40

1.13

Runoff 

incEes

1.08 

.29 

.21

11.07

.15 

.19 

.70 

.87 

.29 

1.03 

2.83 

4.17 

6.50

18.31

3.57

1.37 

.81

22.48

2.48 

2.31 

1.02 

.44 

.28 

.19 

.62 

4.22 

1.58

18.89

2.10 

.27 

.27

15.78

.21 

.13 

.16 

.12 

.12 

.10 

.12 

2.74 

4.41

10.75

4.83 

.68 

.52-

14.14

.64 

.20 

.21 

.19 

.13 

.11 

.41 

.33 

7.14

15.39
HILLSBOHO RIVER BASIN 333

Crystal Springs near Zephryhills, Pla.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 28°11', long. 82°11', in sec. 35, T. 26 S., R. 21 E., lj miles 

west of village of Crystal Springs and 3f miles south of Zephyrhills.

Records available.--1933 (miscellaneous discharge measurements), October 1934 to September 

iybu (discharge measurements only).

Extremes.--1934-50: 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. Plow regulated occasionally 

for recreational purposes by manipulation of stop logs in dam at springs outlet.

Revisions (water years).--W 1052: 1935, 1937-42, 1944-45.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Oct 27

Dec 8

Jan 26

Mar 2

Apr 13

May 25

July 6

Aug. 10

Hillsboro River

Below springs

110

88.5

82.1

63.3

62.9

59.6

65.2

-

Above springs

42.4

17.9

17.8

10.7

9.83

8.43

13.2

-

Difference or

spring flow

67.6

70.6

64.3

52.6

53.1

51.2

52.0

54.0
334 HILLSBORO RIVER BASIN

Hanna Lake Outlet near Lutz, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder and concrete control, lat. 28°08'10", long. 82°26'35", 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 1950.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 25 second-feet at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (stage 

railing; peak discharge occurred Sept. 30, 1949); maximum gage height, 31.92 feet 

Sept, 7; no flow for many days.

1946-50: Maximum discharge, 46 second-feet Sept. 24, 1947; maximum gage height, 

that of Sept. 7, 1950; no flow for many days each year.

Remarks. Records fair. Plow regulated at station and at outlets of Lake Kell and Keene 

La ice 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.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

30.85

30.9

30.95

31.0

31.1

Oct. 27-31 

0

Sept. 1-30

10 31.2 0 31.4 3.2 31.2 0 31.6 

13 31.25 .4 31.45 4.8 31.25 .5 31.7 

15 31.3 1.1 31.5 7.0 31.3 1.7 31.9 

17 31.35 2.0 31.55 9.5 31.4 4.3 

22

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

9.6

13

23

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

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

18

16

16

19

22

21

20

18

17

17

18

18

17

16

15

15

15

14

14

13

12

12

11

10

7.9

7.0

9.0

9.0

8.5

Nov.

8.5

7.5

7.0

6.6

6.1

5.7

5.2

5.2

5.7

6.1

6.6

6.6

6.6

7.0

7.5

7.0

6.1

5.2

4.3

3.9

3.6

3.4

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

2.9

2.9

2.7

2.4

-

Dec.

2.2

2.2

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.3

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

.8

.8

.8

.8

.6

.6

.5

.4

.6

2.9

3.2

3.2

2.9

2.9

2.4

Jan.

2.2

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.8

1.6

1.5

1.3

1.1

.8

.8

.6

.6

.5

.5

.4

.4

.3

.3

.2

.2

.1

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

. 0

Month

Octo 

Nove

her ..........................

mber

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

Maroh ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1943-50 ............

Feb.

Secondfoot-days

468.4 

155.1

48.7

827."

21.]

0

0

' o0

0

0

0

291.6

984. S

Mar. Apr.

Maximum

t 23 

8.5

3.2

27

2.2 o'

0

0

0

0

0

0

23

23

Bay

Minimum

7.0

2.4 

.4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

o

0

June

Mean

15.1

5.17 

1.57

2.27

. 68

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

9.72

2.70

July Aug.

Per square 

mile

Sept.

0

0

0

0

7.1

21

23

21

19

19

16

13

11

10

9.4

9.0

8.7

8.7

8.4

8.4

8.2

8.2

.9

.9

.7

.4

.1

.7

8.4

8.4

Runoff in 

inches
HILLSBORO RIVER BASIN 335

Hutchins Lake Outlet near Lutz, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°07'40", long. 82°29'15", in sec. 15, T. 27 S. , 

R. 18 E., 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 19 second-feet Sept. 6 (gage height, 3.64 feet); 

no now for many days.

1946-50: Maximum discharge, 28 second-feet Aug. 14, 1947; maximum gage height, that 

of Sept. 6, 1950; no flow for many days each year.

Remarks. Records poor.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to June 7 June 8 to Sept. 5 Sept. 6-30

0.9 

1.0

1.2

1.3

1.4 

1.6

o.i 

.2

.3

.4

.6

1.8

1.8 

2.0 

2.2 

2.4 

2.6

3.0 

4.3 

5.6 

6.9 

8.3

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.7

2.8 

3.0

0.2 

1.4 

2.6 

4.0 

5.6

2.3

2.4 

2.6 

2.8 

3.0 

3.6

1.9

2.8

5.1

7.6

10

19

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

8.3

7.2

6.4

5.7

5.7

6.9

6.7

6.1

5.7

5.6

5.5

5.2

5.1

4.9

4.6

4.5

4.3

4.2

3.9

3.7

3.6

3.4

3.2

3.0

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.9

2.8

2.8

Nov.

2.9

2.8

2'. 7

2.5

2.4

2.2

2.1

2.0

2.1

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.4

2.7

2.4

2.1

1.9

1.8

1.6

1.5

.4

.3

.2

.1

.1

.0

.0

.9

.8

.8

-

Dec.

0.8

.7

.6

.6

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.7

.8

.8

.7

.6

.5

Jan.

0.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

Feb.

0.2

.2

.2

!i.1

.1.1.1.1.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

o

0

0

o

0

_

_

-

u tt. SeoondMonth foot-days

October .......................... 142.6

November ......................... 55 .(

December ......................... 15. i

Calenda'r year 1949 ............ 417.3

January .......................... 9 E

February ......................... i . £

March ............................ 4.2

April............................ 1.2

May .............................. o

June ............................. o

July. ............................ 12.4

August ........................... 10. :

September ........................ 199 . E

Water year 1949-50 ............ 452. E

Mar.

0

0

0

0

0

o

a.l

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

a.l

a.l

a.l

a.l

a.l

a.l

Apr.

hO.l

. a.l

a.l

a.l

a.l

a.l

a.l

h.l

a.l

a.l

a.l

h.l

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

May

Maximum Minimum

8.3 2.6

2.9 .8

> .8 .3

9.5 0

.5 .2

.2 0

.2 0

.1 0

o o

0 0

2.6 0

1.6 0

18 0

18 0

June

Mean

4.60

1.86

.50

1.14

.31

.06

.14

.04

0

0

.40

.32

6.65

1.24

July

0

00*

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.0

2.1

2.5

2.6

2.2

2.0

Aug.

1.6

1.4

1.3

.9

1.2

1.3

1.0

.7

.4

.2

0

3

3

D

0

0

3

3

3

0

0

3

3

3

0

0

3

3

3

3

0

Per square 

mile

1.59

.641

.172

.393

.107

.021

, 048

.014

0

0

.138

.110

2.29

.428

Sept.

0

0

0

0

8.5

18

18

16

15

15

14

14

13

12

9.3

5.7

3.8

2.6

1.8

2.2

3.4

3.4

3.3

3.1

3.0

2.7

2.4

2.6

3.4

3.3

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.83

.72

.20

5.36

 .12

.02

.05

.02

0

0

.16

.13

2.56

5.81

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for drainage ditch at Bearss Avenue, near Sulphur Springs.

h Computed from staff -gage reading.
336 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 

Dridge on Bearss Avenue, 0.3 mile west of U. 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 99 second-feet Sept. 8 (gage height, 

19.40 feet); no flow for many days.

1946-50: Maximum discharge observed, 107 second-feet Sept. 23, 25, 1947; maximum 

gage height observed, 20.18 feet Sept. 29, 1946; no flow at times each year.

Remarks. Records fair. Gage read twice daily.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

74

79

79

79

74

74

69

64

62

54

46

46

44

42

36

32

30

26

24

22

20

17

16

14

12

12

10

12

18

16

16

Nov.

16

14

11

11

10

9.0

8.1

6.8

6.4

6.4

6.0

5.6

6.8

8.1

7.7

7.7

6.8

6.4

6.4

5.3

4.6

4.0

3.8

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.1

2.7

2.4

2.1

-

Dec.

2.0

1.9

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.5

1.5

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.0

.8

.7

.6

.5

.4

.3

.3

.3

.2

.2

.1

0

.4

1.8

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.4

Jan.

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.1

.9

1.0

.8

.8

.7

.6

.6

.6

.5

.4

.3

.2

.2

.1

.1

0

0

0

0

0

-

Month

October ........................ .

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ..........

January ..........................

February ................... ...

March ......................... .

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

Secondfoot-days

1,219

198."

32.2

3,330.-

21. C

0

0

0

0

0

113.6

71.2

1,080.6

2,736.3

Mar. Apr.

Maximum

79

16

2.0

84

1.5

0

0

0

0

0

21

10

99

99

May

Minimum

10

2.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

June

Mean

39.3

6.62

1.04

9.13

.68

0

0

0

0

0

3.66

2 3C

seio

7.50

July

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1

.5

7.4

8.6

14

21

19

16

15

12

Aug.

10

8.1

6.4

6.0

8.1

7.2

6.4

4.3

3.3

2.7

2.0

1.6

1.4

1.1

.8

.6

.5

.3

.2

.1

.1

0

0

0

0

0

o

0

0

0

0

Per square 

mile

Sept.

0

0

0

3.5

36

64

89

99

94

89

84

79

69

64

54

46

36

31

26

22

20

16

13

10

8.1

6.8

5.0

3.8

6.8

5.6

Runoff in 

inches
ALIEN CREEK BASIN 337

Alien Creek near Largo, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 27°56'30", long. 82°45'00", in sec. 24, T. 29 S., 

K. ib E., 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 available. February 1947 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year not determined, occurred Sept. 5 (gage height, 

b.4t> feet); no flow for many days.

1947-50: Maximum discharge not determined, occurred Sept. 5, 1950 (gage height, 

5.45 feet); no flow for many days.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1949-50, except Sept, 5 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet) ' -

1.85

1.9

1.95

2.0

.1

.5

1.0

2.2

2.3

2.35

2.4

2.8 

3.8 

4.6 

5.7

2.45

2.5

3.3

7.2

9.6

54

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

8.5

4.6

3.2

2.8

2.5

2.3

2.1

2.0

1.9

2.0

2.7

2.6

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.4

1.4

Nov.

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.3

2.0

2.0

1.7

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

.9

.9

.9

.9

.9

-

Dec.

0.9

.8

.8

.7

.7

.7

.7

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.7

.7

.'7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.8

.7

.7

.7

.8

.8

.7

.6

.6

.6

Jan.

0.5

.5

.5

.6

.5

.5

.5

.4

.4

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.4

.4

.5

.5

.4

.5

.6

.4

.4

.6

.6

.5

.5

a. 5

a. 5

.5

.5

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calenda'r year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

0.5

.5

.5

.6

.4

.1

.2

.2

.3

.4

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.2

.1

aO

ao

aO

0

0

.1

0

.1

.1

.1

0

_

_-

Secondfoot-days

65. £

36.3

21. E

592 ]

15.2

6.2

23. E

16. £

0

0

140.4

12. E

-

Mar.

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.6

2.0

1.8

1.4

al.O

a. 9

a. 8

.7

.7

.7

.7

.8

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.0

.8

.9

.9

.5

.6

.8

.6

.5

Apr.

0.5

.6

.6

.6

1.2

1.2

1.2

al.l

al.l

al.o

a. 9

a. 9

a. 8

a. 7

a. 7

a. 6

a. 5

a. 5

a. 4

a. 4

a. 4

a. 3

a. 2

a. 2

a.l

a.l

ao

0

0

0

Maximum

8. 5

2.0

.9

41

.6

. 6

2.0

1.2

0

0

44

1.8

-

Hay

Minimum

1.2

'.6

0

.4

0

0

o

0

o

0

0

.7

0

June

Mean

2 13

1^21

.69

1 . 62

.49

.22

.77

.56

0

O

4.53

.41

-

July

ao

aO

aO

aO

a. 3

al.2

5.9

4.1

16

44

25

6.5

3.5

3.0

2.8

2.6

2.4 2.1

2.0

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.6

2.1

2.0

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.2

Aug.

1.0

1.0

.9

.8

.8

.7

.6

.6

.6

.5

.4

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

ao

ao

ao

a. 3

al.O

1.8

Per square 

mile

Sept.

2.3

5.5

2.5

31

-

52

22

5.9

4.3

3.5

2.8

2.5

2.1

al.9

al.7

al.6

al.5

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.0

.9

.8

.8

.7

.7

.7

.7

1.2

Runoff in 

inches

Peak discharge (base, 40 sec.-ft.). July 10 (6 p.m.) 75 sec.-ft.; Sept. 5 (8 a.m.) discharge not 

determined.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

stations on nearby streams.

Note.--Stage-discharge relation for Sept. 5 undefined, discharge not determined.
338 BUTLER LAKE BASIN

Brooker Creek near Odessa, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°08'05", long. 82°35'40", in sec. 10, T. 27 S., 

K. IY E., 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 130 second-feet Sept. 8 (gage height, 12.87 

reet); no flow Apr. 12 to July 9; minimum gage height, 9.16 feet June 29.

1946-50: Maximum discharge, 180 second-feet Aug. 23, 1949 (gage height, 13.20 

feet); no flow for many days; minimum gage height, 8.31 feet June 8, 1949.

Remarks.--Records fair.

Rating table, water year 1949-5O (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 1O-30)

9.6 0 10.6 4.9 11.8 31 

9.7 .1 10.7 5.9 12.1 45 

10.0 .8 10.9 10 12.4 69 

10.2 1.9 11.5 23 12.6 92

Discharge . in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30

31

Oct.

38 

39 

39 

38 

39

42

40 

37 

34 

32

32 

31 

30 

29 

28

27 

26 

25 

24 

23

22 

21

20 

19 

18

18

17 

17 

18 

18 

19

Nov.

20 

19 

19 

18 

17

16 

16 

15 

15 

15

14 

14

14 

15 

15

14 

14 

13 

12 

12

11 

10 

9.8 

9.6 

9.4

8.7 

8.5 

8.1 

7.9 

7.7

Dec.

7.2 

6.6 

6.1 

5.9 

5.6

5.3 

5.2 

5.2 

5.2 

5.1

5.0 

.9 

.8 

.7

.6

.4 

.3 

.2

4.1 

4.1

4.0 

3.8 

3.7 

3.5 

3.5

3.8 

3.8

3.8 

3.7 

3.6 

3.5

Jan.

3 

3 

3 

3 

3

3 

2 

2 

2 

2

2

2 

2 

2 

2

2

2

1 

1 

1

1 

1 

1 

1 

1

1 

1

1 

1

1 

1

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Uav

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lenda'r yesr 1949 

ary

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

.3 

.2 

.2 

.1 

.0

.0 

.9 

.8 

.6 

.5

.4

.3 

.3 

.2 

.1

.0 

.0 

.9 

.7 

.6

.6 

.6 

.5 

.4 

.4

'.Z

2 

2

1

1

Feb.

1.0 

1.0 

.9 

.9 

.8

.8

.7 

.6 

.6 

.6

.6 

.6 

.5 

.4 

.4

.4 

.3 

.3 

.2 

.2

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2 

.2

.2 

.2 

.1

Secondfoot-days

860 

397. 

143.

4,721.

64. 

13. 

9. 

1. 

0 

0 

119. 

339.' 

1,510

3,258.(

Mar.

0.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1 

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4

.4 

.4 

.4 

.4 

.3

.4 

.3 

.3 

.4 

.4

.4 

.4

.3 

.3 

.3

.3 

.3 

.2 

3 

.2 

.2

Apr.

0.2 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.2

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1 

.1

.1

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0

o

0 

0

0 

0

o

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

Hay

Maximum Minimum

42 17 

? 20 7.7 

> 7.2 3.5

3 180 0

7 3.3 1.1 

5 1.0 .1 

L .4 .1 

5 .2 0 

0 0 

0 0 

3 14 0 

t 13 8.1 

130 12

130 0

June

Mean

27.7 

13.3 

4.62

12.9

2.09 

.48 

.29 

.04 

0 

0 

3.87 

10.9 

43.7

8.93

July

0 

0 

0 

0

o

0 

0

o

0

.1

.2 

.2 

.2 

.4

.6

1.1 

1.6 

2.3 

2.9

3.6

4.1 

4.6 

a5.0 

a7.0 

a9.0

12 

12 

13 

13 

14 

13

Aug.

13 

13 

13 

12 

12

11 

11 

9:8 

9.2 

8.7

9.8

12 

12 

12 

12

12 

13 

12 

12 

11

11 

10 

10

11

10

9.4 

8.7 

8.1 

8.7 

11 

11

Per square 

mile

2.69 

1.29 

.449

1.25

.203 

.047 

.028 

 " .004 

0 

0 

.376 

1.06 

4.24

.867

Sept.

12 

12 

12 

15 

33

80 

119 

130 

122 

103

87 

72 

61 

51 

44

39 

34 

31

28

27

25 

24 

22 

21 

20

19 

18 

17 

16 

16

Runoff in 

inches

3.11 

1.44 

.52

17.07

.23 

.05 

.03 

.005 

0 

0 

.43 

1.23 

4.73

11.78

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage, engineers' 

notes, rainfall records, and records for nearby stations.
ANCLOTE RIVER BASIS 

Anclote River near Elfers, Pla.

339

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°12'50", long. 82°40'00", in sec. 23, T. 26 S., R. 

J.b 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,500 second-feet Sept. 6 (gage height, 26.02 

reet); minimum, 3.6 second-feet May 18-22, May 26 to June 4, June 9-19, 22-28, 30; minimum gage height, 6.83 feet June 19.

1946-50: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 6, 1950; minimum, 3.0 second-feet June 19- 

27, 1948; minimum gage height, that of June 19, 1950.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-hleight record, which are poor.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

87

&

V)

90

Si

Oct.

616

550

456

360

300

351

447

394

316

261

224

246

276

261

238

202

170

140

120

101

85

73

65

58

50

46

 46

60

54

62

73

Nov.

92

128

137

109

85

70

60

52

48

46

43

39

37

38

46

49

50

44

39

34

31

27

25

23

21

19

18

17

16

15

-

Dec.

15

14

13

13

12

12

11

11

10

10

10

9.5

9.2

8.8

8.5

8.5

8.4

8.4

8.2

8.1

8.0

7.9

7.7

7.4

7.4

14

27

33

35

31

27

Jan.

24

21

19

17

15

14

13

12

11

11

9.6

9.2

8.7

8.2

7.9

7.5

7.1

6.9

6.6

6.4

6.2

6.1

5.9

5.8

5.7

5.5

5.4

5.2

5.1

5.0

4.8

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January. .........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

4.6

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.3

4.2

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9_ 

-

-

Secondfoot-days

6,701

1,458

414.0

34,816.5

295.8

114.1

231 7

126i4

115.8

108.9

2,647.3

2,091

18,020

32,324.0

Mar.

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

4.1

11

14

16

15

12

10

8.1

7.1

6.2

6.0

7.6

7.5

9.1

8.7

8.1

7.7

7.3

6.2

5.5

4.9

4.7

4.7

7.3

7.3

6.1

Apr.

5.6

5.5

5.2

4.9

4.9

5.0

4.8

4.4

4.3

4.1

4.1

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.9

3.9

4.0

4.1

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

-

Maximum

616

137

35

1,550

24

4.6

16

5.6

3.9

S.8

167

231

3,330

3,330

May

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.9

3.7

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.7

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

Minimum

46

15

7.4

3.6

4.8

3.8

3.9

3.8

3.6

3.6

3.7

12

50

3.6

June

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.7

3.8

3.7

3.7

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

 3.6

3.6

3.7

3.7

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.8

3.6

-

Mean

216

48.6

13.4

95.4

9.54

4.08

7.47

4.21

3.74

3.63

85.4

67.5

601

88.6

July

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.8

5.7

20

h!50

a!56

a!50

a!23

a98

a81

a66

h58

a58

a6O

a6Sa73

a83

a94

a!09

a!23

a!37

h!50

153

167

164

123

92

70

Aug.

54

42

35

28

26

24

19

16

16

13

12

19

44

117

126

153

144

120

117

134

98

73

56

46

38

37

33,

34

42

144.

231

Per square 

mile

3.54

.797

.220

1.56

.156

.067

.122

.069

.061

.060

1.40

1.11

9.85

1.45

Sept.

224

174

150

224

1,130

3,160

3,330

2,460

1,670

1,160

852

635

474

369

308

261

216

181

153

131

117

101

87

77

66

5B

50

54

71

. 77

-

Runoff in 

inches

4.09

.89

.25

21.23

.18

.07

.14

.08

.07

.07

1.61

1.27

10.99

19.71

Peak discharge (base, 700 sec. -ft. . Sept. 6 (11 p.m.) 3,500 sec. -ft.

h Computed on basis of staff-gage reading.

WEEKIWACHEE RIVER BASIN

Weekiwachee Spring near Brooksville, Pla.

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, 1929-30 (single discharge measurement in each year) February 

1931 to septemoer 1950 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes. 1931-50; Maximum discharge measured, 256 second-feet Sept 25, 1950- minimum 

measured, 106 second-feet Feb. 14, 1933. ' U"1JJUUUI

Remarks.--Discharge measurements made at outlet of pool.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, 

water year October 1949 to September 1930

Oct.

Dec.

Jan.

26

6

17

.228. 202'

199

Mar.

Apr.

May

3

10

23

209

192

169

July

Aug.

Sept

.'i

Ifi

25

 m

1R7

256
340 WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER BASIN 

Withlacoochee River at Trilby, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 28 0 29', long. 82°ll', on line between sees. 14 and 

 237~T. 23 S., R. 21 E., at bridge on State Highway 35, li 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.

Records available. October 1938 to September 1950. August 1928 to February 1929 and Pebruary laau to September 1938 at site 1^ miles downstream.

Average discharge. 20 years (1930-50), 372 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,790 second-feet Sept. 10-12; maximum gage

neignt, 17.93 feet Sept. 11; minimum discharge, 40 second-feet July 3 (gage height, 2.25 

feet).

1928-29, 1930-50: 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. 

Revisions. W 872: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 12 to May 21)

Oct. 1 to May 1 May 2 to Sept, 30

2.7 74 6.2 382 2.3 42

3.1 96 . 7.4 520 3.2 79

4.1 169 , 3.6 103

Note. Same as follow- 4 - 3 157

Ing table above 7.4 feet.

5.7 289 11.7 1,630

6.7 414 13.9 2,470

8.2 655 15.5 3,320

9.3 900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,770

1,840

1,880

1,880

1,880

1,880

1,840

1,810

1,740

1,700

1,630

1,570

1,470

1,410

1,310

1,250

1,160

1,070

982

900

825

778

714

655

600

567

520

493

469

458

469

Nov.

481

481

481

481

, 481

481

469

458

436

425

414

392

371

360

350

328

307

287

277

257

242

232

222

212

212

207

197

192

187

182

-

Dec.

178

169

165

161

157

157

153

149

145

145

142

138

138

138

134

134

134

134

134

134

134

131

131

128

131

157

169

174

174

174

174

Jan.

178

187

197

212

 222

237

247

257

257

267

267

277

277

267

267

257

252

242

232

222

212

202

197

187

182

178

169

165

157

153

149

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

145

142

138

134

131

128

128

124

120

117

114

110

110

106

103

103

100

96

93

93

90

90

90

90

87

87

84

84

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

37,520

10,102

4,616

129,163

6, 772

3,037

2 1 626

2 1 618

1,716

1,354 

1 776

2, *465

78,727

153,332

liar.

84

82

79

79

79

79

90

96

100

96

93

90

90

87

87

84

84

82

82

82

82

82

79

76

74

74

72

79

106

93

84

Apr.

Maximum

1 , 880

481

178

2,130

277

145

106

103

79

52

84

96

4,790

4,790

82

79

76

74

76

76

76

74

74

74

74

76

79

84

93

100

103

103

103

103

103

100

100

96

93

96

93

90

87

82

-

Bay

79

70

68

66

64

60

58

58

62

60

58

56

54

52

52

54

54

52

49

48

47

48

52

54

52

50

50

48

48

47

46

Minimum

458

182

128

15

149

84

72

74

46

42

41

62

76

41

June

45

44

44

44

44

43

43

44

44

44

44

45

45

45

44

43

43

43

43

44

46

50

50

52

52

50

47

44

42

43

-

Mean

1,210

337

149

354

218

84.

87 1

55.

45.

57. ^

7Qi a »

2,624

420

July

44

41

41

46

49

54

58

58

56

54

56

58

58

58

64

66

62

62

60

58

56

54

54

54

54

54

56

60

70

79

84

Aug.

Fter square 

mile

1.92

.535

.237

.562

.346

.171

1 .134

139

io88

L ,072

I .091

5 .126

4.17

.667

87

90

90

96

96

93

87

84

82

79

79

76

74

72

70

70

66

64

64

62

62

62

64

82

96

96

93

87

84

79

79

Sept.

82

79

76

87

196

937

2,610

3,930

4,540

4,790

4,790

4,790

4,660

4,480

4,290

4,110

3,860

3,620

3,380

3,150

2,920

2,660

2,420

2,250

2,050

,880

,720

,560

,470

,340

-

Runoff in 

inches

2.21

.60

.27

7.61

.40

,18

.16

.15

.10

.08

.10

.15

4.65

9.05

Peak discharge (base, 800 sec.-ft.). Oct. 3-6, 1,880 sec.-ft.; Sept. 10-12, 4,790 sec.-ft
WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER BASIN 341

Withlacoochee River at Groom, Pla.

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 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 495 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 8,450 second-feet Sept. 12 (gage height, 12.71 

reet); minimum, 61 second-feet July 1 (gage height, 2.76 feet).

1939-50: Maximum discharge, that of Sept.'12, 1950; minimum, 19 second-feet June 17, 

18, 1945 (gage height, 1.78 feet).

Remarks. Records, good.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 5 to Jan. 15, May 23 to July 2)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 26, June 13 to Sept. 30 Dec. 27 to June 12

2.8 63 6.0 435 9.1 2,220 2.7 77 

4.2 164 6.8 663 11.9 6.0OO 4.3 20O 

4.9 234 7.1 815 12.3 6,980 4.9 271 

5.5 324 8.6 1,800 12.7 8,450 5.4 354

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,110 

2,340 

2,540 

2,600 

2,660

2,660 

2,600 

2,540 

2,400 

2,280

2,220 

2,110 

1,980 

1,900 

1,840

1,730 

1,660 

1,560 

1,460 

1,390

1,290 

1,190 

1,100 

1,030 

937

846 

786 

730 

684 

646 

629

Nov.

646 

629 

629 

614 

614

599

599 

585 

571 

557

543 

529 

502 

488 

474

461 

435 

410 

398 

375

354 

343 

324 

315 

324

324 

306 

298 

298 

298

Dec.

290 

282 

275 

275 

268

261 

261 

254 

247 

247

240 

240 

234 

234 

228

228 

228 

228 

222 

222

222 

222 

216 

216 

216

240 

250 

257 

264 

264 

271

Jan.

271 

271 

271 

278 

294

302 

310 

319 

328 

336

336 

345 

345 

345 

345

336 

336 

328 

319 

310

302 

294 

286 

271 

264

257 

250 

244 

238 

232 

232

Feb.

226

221 

216 

210 

205

205 

200 

196 

196 

191

187 

187 

183 

179 

179

175 

171 

171 

167 

163

163 

163 

163 

163 

159

159 

156 

156

u th SeoondMonth foot-days

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

ber. .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

st ......................... .

ter year 1949-50 .......

52,44£ 

13,842

7,602

194,324

9,195 

5,110 

4,640 

4,401 

3,397 

2,319 

2,274 

2,830 

110,721

..... 218,779

Mar.

152 

148 

148 

148 

144

144 

159 

159 

163 

163

159 

159 

156 

156 

152

152

148 

148 

148 

148

144 

144 

140 

140 

137

137 

133 

137 

156 

159 

159

Apr.

156 

' 156 

156 

152 

148

144 

144 

140 

140 

137

137 

137 

137 

137 

140

144 

148 

152 

152 

156

152 

152 

152 

148 

148

152 

152 

148 

144 

140

Maximum

2,660 

646 

290

3,330

345 

226 

163 

156 

137 

90 

88 

102 

8,260

8,260

May

137 

133 

129 

126 

122

118 

114 

118 

122 

118

114 

110 

110 

107 

107

110 

107 

106 

104 

101

99 

99 

104 

104 

104

101 

98 

96 

95 

93 

91

Minimum

629 

298 

216

54

232

156 

133 

137 

91 

66 

64 

83 

102

64

Peak discharge (base, 1,100 sec. -ft. ). Oct. 5, 6, 2,660 sec. -ft.

June

90 

88 

86 

ff6 

83

83 

82 

83 

81 

80

79 

79 

80 

79 

77

76 

75 

74 

71 

72

73 

74 

74 

73 

73

73 

71 

69 

69 

66

' Mean

1,692 

461 

245

532

297 

182 

150 

147 

110 

77.3 

73.4 

91.3 

3,691

599

Jnly

64 

69 

69 

69 

69

71 

73 

76 

75 

74

72 

71 

71 

72 

74

78 

82 

88 

82 

78

74 

72 

71 

69 

69

70 

69 

70 

73 

77 

83

Aug.

86 

89 

91 

91 

94

94 

94 

91 

91 

90

91 

98 

91 

90 

89

94 

89 

85 

85 

83

83 

83 

83 

85 

90

94 

98 

102 

102 

102 

102

Per square 

mile

1.88 

.512 

.272

.591

.330 

.202 

.167 

.163 

.122 

.086 

.082 

.101 

4.10

.666

; Sept. 12 (7 p.m. ) 8.

Sept.

102 

102 

102 

108 

168

509 

1,420 

2,470 

4,120 

5,740

7,320 

8,260 

8,260 

8,070 

7,500

6,550 

5,910 

5,450 

5,120 

4,720

4,320 

4,000 

3,600 

3,260 

2,940

2,600 

2,280 

2,060 

1,900 

1,760

Runoff in 

Inches

2.17 

.57 

.31

8.02

.38 

.21 

.19 

.18 

.14 

.10 

.09 

.12 

4.58

9.04

450 sec. -ft.

231536 O - 53 - 23
342 WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER BASIN

Withlacoochee River near Holder, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 28°59'15", long. 82°20'50", in sec. 19, T. 17 S., R.

2tr~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.

Keeoras available.--August 1928 to February 1929, August 1931 to September 1950. 

Average aiscnarge. 19 years (1931-50), 1,121 second-feet. 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,980 second-feet Sept. 23-29; maximum gage

neignt, 10.40 feet Sept. 28; minimum discharge, 320 second-feet June 20 (gage height,

-0.37 foot).

1928-29, 1931-50: Maximum discharge, 6,740 second-feet July 8-13, 1934; maximum gagei

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. Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water

year 1950 are given in Water-Supply Paper 1186. 

Revisions. W 872: Drainage area.

Dischsrge. in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

4,930

4,930

4,820

4,820

4,820

4,820

4,820

4,820

4,820

4,820

4,820

4,820

4,820

4,710

4,710

4,600

4,490

4,490

4,380

4,270

4,170

4,070

3,680

3,790

3,700

3,620

3,540

3,460

3,380

3,300

3,230

Nov.

3,090

3,020

2,950

2,820

2,750

2,680

2,560

2,500

2,440

2,380

2,320

2,270

2,220

2,220

2,220

2,120

2,080

2,040

2,000

1,960

1,920

1,880

1,840

1,800

1,800

1,760

1,720

1,720

1,680

1,650

-

Dec.

hi, 620

al,590

al,560

al,540

al,510

1,480

1,480

1,450

1,450

1,410

1,380

1,350

1,320

1,320

1,290

1,290

1,260

1,260

1,260

1,230

1,230

1,230

1,210

1,180

1,180

1,180

1,210

1,210

1,180

1,180

1,180

Jan.

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,140

1,110

1,110

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,040

1,040

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,000

1,000

976

976

953

930

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ..................:.....

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

930

906

906

883

883

860

837

837

814

814

790

790

790

767

767

744

744

721

698

698

698

675

721

721

721

721

698

698

_

-

Secondfoot-days

134, 67C

66.41C

41.22C

538, 10C

33,42E

21.83J

22,07f

15,17'

1 9 QG.f ±C. f 931

10, 86!

15,423

17,21]

106,53]

497,792

Mar.

675

675

652

652

652

675

744

790

814

814

790

790

767

767

744

744

744

744

744

744

721

721

698

675

675

652

629

652

675

652

607

Apr.

587

587

569

569

569

569

553

538

523

508

508

493

493

493

493

478

478

478

478

463

463

463

463

463

463

478

478

493

493

493

Maximum

) 4,930

3,090

1,620

) 4 , 930

1,160

930

814

587

493

493

569

629

4,980

4,980

May

493

478

478

463

448

448

433

433

448

448

433

433

418

403

403

418

418

403

403

388

380

388

403

388

388

380

380

388

403

388

380

Minimum

3,230

1,650

1,180

336

930

675

607

463

380

320

448

433

577

320

June

373

373

366

358

358

350

343

343

350

350

343

336

336

336

336

343

336

328

328

320

328

336

358

366

403

418

403

403

448

493

-

Mean

4,344

2,214

1,330

1,474

1,078

780

712

506

418

362

497

555

3,551

1,364

July

478

448

463

493

569

569

553

538

538

493

' 478

493

463

463

538

553

538

553

569

538

508

493

478

463

448

448

448

463

448

448

448

Aug.

433

433

523

553

538

538

538

508

508

508

508

607

629

607

623

607

577

562

562

677

562

562

562

607

607

592

577

562

547

547

547

Per square 

mile

2.73

1.39

.836

.927

.678

.491

.448

.318

.263

.228

.313

.349

2.23

.858

Sept.

577

577

577

660

1,100

2,420

3,340

3,660

3,660

3,500

3,420

3,270

3,270

3,340

3,500

3,660

3,940

4,140

4,340

4,550

4,760

4,870

4,870

4,980

4,980

4,980

4,870

4,870

4,980

4,870

-.

Runoff in 

inches

3.15

1.55

.96

12.58

.78

.51

.52

.35

.30

.25

.36

.40

2.49

11.62

Peak discharge (base, 1,300 see.-ft. ). Oct. 1-3, 4,930 sec. -ft.; Sept. 23-29, 4,980 sec. -ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Crocm. 

h Computed from staff-gage reading.

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 1950 (discharge measurements only). 

Extremes. 1931-50: Maximum discharge measured, 1,020 second-feet Sept. 28, 1950; minimum

measured, 487 second-feet Oct. 3,' 1932. 

Remarks. Discharge measurements made at bridge on State Highway 484, 5 miles downstream

Trom springs. Surface inflow between springs and measuring section is negligible

except after heavy rains.

Discharge measurements, in second-feet, water year October 194^ to September 1950

Oct.

Dec.

Jan.

25

6

836

799

814

Mar.

Apr.

May

4

11

23

717

726

649

July

Aug.

Sept

4

15

28

674

874

1,020
WACCASASSA RIVER BASIN 343

Waccasassa River near Otter Creek, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 29°22', long. 82 044', in sec. 17, T. 13 S., R. 16 E., 

at bridge 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,210 second-feet Sept. 7 (gage height, 7.16 

 feet); minimum, 12 second-feet June 27 (gage height, 1.74 feet).

1945-50: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 7, 1950; 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 table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge. In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 14, 

July 24 to Sept. 30)

1.8 13 3.2 68

2.1 22 3.5 93

2.4 30 3.9 139

2^6 36 4.3 200

2.8 45 4.8 292

5.4 460

6.2 715

6.7 910

7.1 1,170

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

189

174

156

139

124

113

103

98

96

86

79

74

70

67

64

61

59

56

54

52

50

48

48

46

45

52

103

94

134

116

97

Nov.

89

82

75

69

64

59

56

54

57

59

59

57

55

79

112

106

100

97

94

92

90

87

81

78

75

71

67

65

64

63

-

Dec.

62

60

59

58

57

56

54

56

57

55

54

54

52

52

52

54

55

54

54

53

52

52

51

50

49

49

48

48

48

46

46

Jan.

46

45

44

44

44

42

42

43

42

42

42

41

40

40

40

39

39

38

38

38

37

37

36

36

36

35

35

35

34

34

34

Feb.

34

33

33

33

33

32

31

31

31

31

30

30

30

30

30

30

29

28

28

28

27

27

31

32

32

31

30

29

.

-

unn+v. Second- 

*onth foot-days

October .......................... 2, 747

November ......................... 2, 256

December ......................... 1,647

Calendar year 1949 ............ 33,897

January .......................... 1, 218

February ......................... 853

March... ......................... 1,268

April ............................ 991

June ............................. 535

July. ............................ 1,825

August ........................... 996

September ........................ 9, 942

Water year 1949-50 ............ 25,017

Mar.

28

28

28

28

27

32

47

64

71

58

52

48

44

42

39

42

45

43

40

38

37

40

24

39

37

35

34

37

44

41

38

Apr.

Maximum

189

112

62

430

46

34

71

44

34

23

92

42

1,170

1,170

36

35

34

33

38

43

44

44

42

39

36

34

32

30

29

28

27

26

26

25

24

23

23

22

24

33

41

44

40

36

Hay

34

31

29

28

26

25

24

23

23

23

22

22

21

20

23

28

29

29

26

24

23

23

25

22

21

20

19

19

18

18

21

Minimum

45

54

46

22

34

27

27

22

1 J.OA 

12

22

24

32

12

June

21

19

19

21

21

20

20

23

22

20

19

18

IS

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

16

16

15

15

13

13

12

15

19

21

Mean

88.6

75.2

53.1

92.9

39.3

30.5

40.9

33.0

23.8

17 . 8

58 9

 zo -I OC . JL

331

68.5

July

22

22

25

32

38

42

45

59

89

89

84

74

60

50

45

62

92

91

80

67

67

83

73

71

68

57

50

48

48

48

44

Aug.

42

40

38

36

35

34

33

32

30

30

32

36

38

3S

41

40

35

32

30

28

27

26

25

24

24

24

25

26

28

33

34

Sept,

33

33

32

44

370

1,100

1,170

970

785

680

595

520

460

415

342

304

271

252

217

190

168

147

136

126

115

106

97

90

88

86

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

Peak dlacharge (base. 40O see.-ft.) . Sept. 7 (3 a.m.) 1,210 sec.-ft.
344 WACCASASSA RIVER BASIN

Otter Creek at Otter Creek, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 29°19', long. 82°46', in sec. 26, T. 13 S., R. 15 

E., 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,000 second-feet Sept. 6 (gage height, 7.93 

reet); no flow June 23-29.

1945-50: Maximum discharge, that of Sept. 6, 1950; no flow at times each year.

Remarks. Records good above 15 second-feet and fair below except those for period of no 

gage-height record, which are poor.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

93 

95 

83 

81

74:

71 

61 

56 

64 

60

52 

45 

38 

33 

28

25 

22 

20 

18 

17

16 

14 

13 

12

11

11 

23 

35 

65 

59 

50

Nov.

48 

43 

36

31 

26

23 

20 

19 

18 

19

20 

19 

18 

40

74:

71 

62 

57 

54 

52

50

4:7

44

42

41

36 

34 

32 

29 

29

Dec.

26

24:

21 

19 

19

18 

16 

16 

18 

20

20 

19 

17 

16 

16

20 

22 

22 

21 

20

19 

18 

17 

16 

15

15 

15 

14 

14 

14 

13

Jan.

13 

12 

12 

12 

12

11 

11 

11 

11 

11

10 

10 

10 

9 

9

9 

9 

8 

8 

8

7 

7 

7 

7 

7

6 

6 

6 

6 

5 

5

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

niber .........................

lenda'r year 1919 

ary

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 194:9-50 ............

9 

6

.4 

0 

7 

.3 

0

7 

5 

4 

2 

0

8 

5 

3 

0 

7 

8

Feb.

5.0 

4.7 

4.6 

4.5 

4.0

3.7 

3.5 

3.1 

3.0 

2.3

2.4 

2.2 

2.0 

1.9 

2.1

.9 

.7 

.5 

.4 

.3

1.2 

1.1 

2.5 

3.2 

3.7

3.6 

3.0 

2.3

Secondfcct-days

1,345 

1,134 

560

23,447.0

282.8 

77.7 

554.7 

224.8 

134.2 

22.0 

1,482.4 

214.2 

13,384.7

19,416.5

Peak discharge (base. 400 sec. -ft.). Sept.

Note. No gage-height record sspt. 10-30; d 

River near Otter Creek.

Mar.

2.0 

2.0 

1.6 

1.4 

1.4

3.3 

13 

30 

49 

45

35 

28 

22 

19 

16

18 

24 

21 

17 

15

14 

17 

22 

18 

15

13 

12 

16 

26 

22 

16

Apr.

14 

12 

11 

11 

14 .

17 

16

14 

14 

14

13 

12 

11 

9.2 

7.5

6.0 

4.8 

4.0 

3.7 

2.6

2.0 

1.4 

1.1 

1.0 

.9

1.1 

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

2.3

May

3.5 

3.5 

2.8 

2.0 

1.5

1.2 

1.0 

3.8

13 

11

9.5 

7.7 

6.4 

5.2 

6.3

7.8 

7.7 

7.4 

6.4 

5.4

4.2 

3.0 

2.3 

1.7 

1.4

1.1 

1.1 

1.6 

1.5 

1.6 

1.6

June

1.5 

1.3 

1.1 

.9 

.9

.7 

.5 

.8

1.5 

1.3

1.2 

1.1 

1.1 

.9 

.9

2.0

1.5 

1.1 

.7 

.2

.2 

.1 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

.3

Maximum Minimum Mean

95 11 43.4 

74 18 37.8 

26 13 18.1

745 0 64.2

13 5.7 9.12 

5.0 1.1 2.77 

49 1.4 17.9 

17 .9 7.49 

13 1.0 4.33 

2.0 0 .73 

111 .4 47.8 

13 2.0 6.91 

2,900 6.6 446

2,900 0 53.2

July

.4

.9 

3.8 

9.6 

9.7

11 

16 

47 

89 

110

111 

104 

88 

70 

51

71 

71 

63 

66 

70

69 

75 

71 

58 

40

26 

19

16 

16 

16 

14

Aug.

13 

12 

10 

8.5 

7.1

5.9 

4.8 

3.6 

2.0 

3.2

7.6 

8.2 

8.] 

8.3 

10

11 

12 

10 

8.7 

7.1

5.9 

5.3 

4.2 

3.2 

2.4

2.0 

3.6 

5.2 

6.4 

7.5 

7.4

Sept.

7.1 

7.0 

6.6 

18 

604

2,900 

2,700 

1,960 

1,420 

1,100

660 

430 

300 

220 

160

130 

110 

90 

88 

69

61 

53 

48 

44 

40

37 

34 

31 

29 

28

Per square Runcff in 

mile inches

6 (8 p.m.) 3,000 sec. -ft. 

Ischarge computed on basis of records for Waoeasassa
SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 345

Suwannee River at Fargo, Ga.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 30°41', long. 82°34', at Southern Railway bridge at Fargo, 

i; linen County, 4 miles upstream from Suwanoochee Creek and 12 miles downstream from 

Mixons Perry 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).

Kecpras available. January 1921 to September 1923 (gage heights only), January 1927 to 

uecemoer laai, April 1937 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 17 years (1927-31, 1937-50), 1,234 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 2,660 second-feet Oct. 1-7 (gage height, 

ii.a feet); minimum observed, 39 second-feet June 27, 28.

1921-23, 1927-31, 1937-50: 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 except those for periods of doubtful gage-height record, which are 

rair. 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 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 13 to Nov. 27, May 7 to July 7)

1.5 

2.0 

2.6 

3.6 

5.0

35

70

122

228

408

6.8 686

8.4 995

9.4 1,250

9.8 1,440

11.3 2,660

Disoharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

S

6

7 

8

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,570 

2,660 

2,660 

2,660 

2,660

2,660 

2,570 

2,570 

2,480 

2,390

2,310 

2,230 

2,150 

2,150 

1,990

1,910 

1,830 

1,670 

1,440 

1,330

1,250 

1,200 

1,140 

1,040 

970

890 

850 

810 

756 

720 

703

Nov.

703 

686 

686 

669 

652

619 

603 

571 

555 

525

495 

480 

450 

450 

436

436 

422 

408 

394 

380

366 

353 

340 

327 

314

301 

288 

276 

264 

264

Dec.

276 

276 

276 

264 

264

252 

240 

228 

228 

228

217 

217 

206 

206 

217

228 

240 

252 

264 

252

252 

252 

240 

240 

240

240 

240 

264 

288 

276 

252

Jan.

252 

240 

240 

228 

228

217 

206 

206 

206 

195

195 

184 

184 

173 

173

173 

162 

162 

162 

152

152 

152 

142 

142 

142

132 

132 

132 

132 

142 

142

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

1. ...........................

st .................... ......

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

132 

132 

132 

127 

122

118 

113 

118 

113 

108

104 

104 

100 

100 

104

100 

95 

90 

90 

86

80 

78 

113 

152 

142

118 

113 

108

Second 

foot-days

55,219 

13,712 

7,615

440,233

5,48C 

3,092 

18,O55 

17,837 

7,428 

4,515 

23,356 

10,641 

28,244

195,195

Peak discharge (base, 1,800 sec. -ft.). Oct

a No gage-height record! discharge computed 

streams, 

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge co 

nearby streams.

Bar.

104 

100 

95 

95 

127

252 

327 

340 

327 

301

276 

264 

264 

276 

301

555 

669 

720 

792 

830

890 

950 

1,020 

1,040 

1,100

1,070 

1,040 

995 

995 

970 

970

Apr.

950 

d910 

d890 

d870 

d850

830 

dBlO 

dB30 

850 

792

774 

774 

774 

756 

738

587 

380 

340 

340 

340

327 

327 

327 

340 

353

366 

353 

353 

353 

353

Maximum

2,660 

703 

288

5,900

252 

152 

1,100 

950 

450 

264 

1,380 

930 

1,510

2,660

. 1-7, 2,660 

on basis of

mputed on ba

May

380 

450 

436 

366 

327

301 

264 

240 

217 

195

162 

152 

132 

122 

122

173 

195 

217 

217 

184

162 

152 

217 

314 

301

276 

252 

240 

217 

217 

228

Minimum

703 

264 

206

44

132 

78 

95 

327 

122 

39 

78 

86 

118

39

June

264 

240 

217 

206 

195

195 

173 

184 

240 

264

264 

264 

240 

206 

173

152 

142 

127 

118 

100

80 

78 

62 

58 

48

42 

39 

39 

43 

62

Mean

1,781 

457 

246

1,206

177 

110 

582 

595 

240 

150 

753 

343 

941

535

July

78 

90 

90 

95 

108

173 

206 

366 

510 

756

850 

890 

930 

810 

703

756 

890 

930 

995 

1,040

1,070 

1,020 

1,200 

1,380 

1,330

1,200 

1,070 

970 

950 

950 

950

Aug.

930 

910 

870 

810 

738

669 

587 

510 

436 

366

314 

276 

240 

228 

195

173 

152 

142 

132 

122

108 

100 

86 

152 

276

301 

252 

184 

142 

127 

113

Per square 

mile

1.93 

.494 

.266

1.30

.191 

.119 

.629 

.643 

.259 

.162 

.814 

.371 

1.02

.578

sec. -ft. 

hlgh-rfater mark and records for

sis of discharge measurement and

Sept.

1M 

132 

132 

132 

184

774 

995 

1,040 

1,120 

1,170

al,220 

al,290 

al,380 

al,510 

al,510

al,440 

1,380 

1,330 

1,250 

1,220

1,200 

1,140 

1,070 

995 

930

850 

774 

703 

652 

603

Runoff in 

inches

2.22 

.55 

.31

17.70

.22

.12 

.73 

.72 

.30 

.18 

.94 

.43 

1.14

7.86

nearby 

records for
346 SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN

Suwannee River at White Springs, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°20', long. 82°44', 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 

48.54 feet above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers bench mark).

Drainage area.--1,990 square miles (watershed in Okefenokee Swamp is indeterminate). 

Records available.--May 1906 to December 1908, February 1927 to September 1950. 

Average discharge.--25 years, 1,854 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year. 3,550 second-feet at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (stage 

railing; peak occurred Sept. 12, 1949); minimum, 84 second-feet June 28 (gage height, 

2.23 feet).

1906-8, 1927-50: 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 Npv. 15, 1931; minimum gage height, 1.17 feet June 27, 1935.

Remarks.--Records excellent except those for period of no gage-height record, which are

Revisions. W 727: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

2.3 94 5.7 893 

3.1 225 7.9 1,580 

3.6 331 13.2 3,44O

Discharge, in seccnd-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

3,440 

3,370 

3,300 

3,230 

3,190

3,160 

3,160 

3,120 

3,050 

2,980

2,880 

2,770 

2,670 

2,530 

2,390

2,250 

2,110 

2,000 

1,900 

1,760

1,650 

1,510 

1,410 

1,310 

1,220

1,130 

1,070 

980 

922 

893 

893

Nov.

922 

922 

893 

864 

835

807 

779 

752 

725 

698

671 

644 

617 

604 

604

576 

576 

563 

536 

509

496 

470 

444 

431 

418

431 

405 

380 

368 

368

Dec.

355 

355 

368 

355 

343

319 

307 

307 

296 

285

274 

274 

264 

262 

264

285 

296 

331 

331 

331

319 

319 

307 

307 

296

285 

285 

296 

307 

343 

343

Jan.

319 

307 

296 

285 

285

274 

274 

260 

254 

248

242 

236 

231 

221 

220

214 

209 

2O5 

200 

197

192 

187 

184 

179 

176

172 

169 

166 

163 

163 

164

Month

Octo 

Neve 

Dace

Ca

Jami 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

mber ......................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

h. .......... .................

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

164 

163 

161 

161 

156

152 

152 

152 

147 

145

140 

137 

134 

132 

134

128 

126 

121 

115 

107

102 

107 

184 

169 

180

193 

179 

168

Seccndf oot-days

68,248 

18,308 

9,609

739,705

6,892 

4,109 

28,689 

31,167 

10,411 

8,082 

35,163 

16,780 

40,408

227,866

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 sec. -ft.). Set

a He gage-height record) discharge computec

liar.

158 

155 

144 

140 

144

195 

343 

509 

522 

483

444 

405 

392 

392 

392

951 

1,480 

1,37O 

1,340 

1,340

1,370 

1,480 

1,620 

1,620 

1,620

1,620 

1,620 

1,620 

1,650 

1,620 

1,550.

Apr.

1,480 

1,41O 

1,370 

1,340 

1,370

1,340 

1,280 

1,250 

1,250 

1,280

1,280 

1,280 

1,280 

1,250 

1,220

1,160 

1,070 

1,010 

951 

893

835 

779 

725 

658 

617

604 

563 

550 

536 

536

Maximum

3,440 

922 

368

7,880

319 

193 

1,650 

1,480 

604 

444 

1,620 

1,410 

2,500

3,440

Bay

536 

550 

604 

590 

536

483 

431 

392 

343 

307

274 

246 

216 

198 

202

205 

207 

238 

274 

274

256 

236 

216 

229 

343

368 

368 

343 

331 

296 

319

Minimum

893 

368 

262

104

163 

102 

140 

536 

198 

90 

113 

142 

169

90

June

319 

319 

331 

307 

285

260 

254 

254 

319 

380

418 

431 

444 

418 

392

380 

343 

307 

274 

248

218 

193 

169 

150 

131

113 

99 

90 

112 

124

Mean

2.2O2 

610 

310

2,027

222 

147 

925 

1,039 

336 

269 

1,134 

541 

1,347

761

July

113 

153 

193 

204 

205

231 

274 

380 

1,070 

1,550

1,510 

1,510 

1,580 

1,620 

1,440

1,310 

1,510 

1,580 

1,480 

1,410

1,370 

1,340 

1,340 

1,550 

1,620

1,620 

1,510 

1,370 

1,340 

1,370 

1,410

Aug.

1,410 

1,370 

1,340 

1,280 

1,220

' 1,100 

1,010 

893 

779 

671

590 

496 

418 

368 

319

285 

248 

221 

200 

184

168 

155 

142 

144 

164

274 

343 

319 

256 

220 

193

Per square 

mile

1.11. 

.307 

.156

1.02

.112 

.074 

.465 

.522 

.169 

.135 

.570 

.272 

.677

.382

Sept.

180 

169 

171 

176 

233

a 600 

al,500 

a2,500 

a2,400 

2,180

1,970 

1,900 

1,860 

1,860 

1,860

1,930 

1,900 

1,830 

1,720 

1,650

1,550 

1,460 

1,410 

1,310 

1,220

1,130' 

1,040 

951 

893 

835

Runoff in 

inches

1.28 

.34 

.18

13.83

.13 

.08 

.54 

.58 

.19 

.15 

.66 

.31 

.76

5.20

t. 8 (time unknown) 2,740 sec. -ft. 

on basis cf recorded range in stage and records fcr

Other stations In Suwannee River Basin.
SDWANNEE RIVER BASIN 

Suwannee River at Ellaville, Fla.

347

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°23", long. 83°10', in sec. 24, T. IS., R. 11 E., 

at jsiiaville, 200 feet upstream from Seaboard Air Line Railroad bridge, 200 feet downstream from tfithlacoochee 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 1950.

Average discharge. 23 years, 6,651 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year. 8,500 second-feet at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (stage 

railing; peak occurred Sept. 11, 1949); minimum, 1,820 second-feet Feb. 12-22, Mar. 

3-5, July 3; minimum gage height, 2.68 feet Feb. 17, 18.

1927-50: 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 except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions. W 727: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1949-5O (gage height, In feet, 

>and discharge, In second-feet)

2.7 1,820 

4.5 4,070 

7.0 6,620 

9,1 8,320

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

8,320 

7,980 

7,720 

7,560 

7,400

7,240 

7,080 

7,000 

6,840 

6,760

6,690 

 6,550 

6,400 

6,320 

6,160

5,990 

5,810 

5,710 

5,510 

5,300

5,190 

4,960 

4,710 

4,580 

4,460

4,200 

4,070 

3,950 

3,820 

3,690 

3,820

Nov.

3,820 

3,950 

3,950 

3,S2O 

3,690

3,560 

3,560 

3,440 

3,440 

3,440

3,310 

3,240 

3,130 

3,120 

3,120

3,120 

3,050 

2,990 

2,930 

2,930

2,S60 

2,800 

2,800 

2,740 

2,740

' 2,670 

2,670 

2,610 

2,610 

2,550

Dec.

2,550 

2,550 

2,480 

2,480 

2,480

2,420 

2,420 

a2,400 

a2,380 

2,360

2,360 

2,360 

2,290 

2,290 

2,290

2,290 

2,290 

2,360 

2,360 

2,360

2,360 

2,360 

2,360 

2,290 

2,290

2,290 

2,290 

2,290 

2,290 

2,290 

2,290

Jan.

2,290 

2,290 

2,290 

2,230 

2,230

2,230 

2,230 

2,170 

2,110 

2,110

2,110 

2,110 

2,050 

2,050 

2,050

1,990 

1,990 

1,990 

1,990 

1,930

1,930 

1,930 

1,930 

1,930 

1,930

1,930 

1,930 

1,930 

1,930 

1,930 

1,930

Month

Ooto 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

 bar

mber .........................

lendaT year 1949 ............

ary .

1. ...........................

Bt ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,930 

1,930 

1,930 

1,930 

1,880

1,880 

1,880 

1,880 

1,880 

1,880

1,880 

1,820 

1,820 

1,820 

1,820

1,820 

1,820 

1,820 

1,820 

1,820

1,820 

1,820 

1,880 

1,930 

1,930

1,930 

1,930 

1,930

Seoondfoot-days

181,79C 

94,71C 

73.17C

2,618,53C

63.67C 

52,43C 

124, 68C 

146, 99C 

75,680 

67,05C 

131, 18C 

90,35C 

91,43C

1,193,13C

Peak discharge (base, 7,000 sec. -ft.). No

a Ho gage-height record] discharge interpo]

Mar.

1,880 

1,880 

1,820 

1,820 

1,820

al,940 

a2,060 

a2,170 

2,290 

2,360

2,420 

2,420 

2,420 

2,480 

2,670

3,050 

4,070 

4,960 

5,300 

5,610

5,810 

5,990 

6,240 

6,400 

6,480

6,480 

6,480 

6,400 

6,400 

6,320 

6,240

Apr.

6,160 

6,160 

6,160 

6,160 

6,160

6,400 

6,480 

6,480 

6,400 

6,320

a6,140 

a5, 960 

a5,770 

a5,59o

5,410

5,080 

4,710 

4,460 

4,200 

3,950

3,690 

3,560 

3,440 

3,310 

3,240

3,120 

3,120 

3,120 

3,120 

3,120

Maximum

8,320 

> 3,950 

2,550

15,700

2,290 

) 1,930 

6,480 

6,480 

3,180 

2,610 

6,240 

4,460 

3,690

) 8,320

Hay

3,120 

3,180 

3,120 

3,050 

2,990

2,860 

2,740 

2,670 

2,550 

2,480

2,420 

2,360 

2,290 

2,230 

2,170

2,230 

2,230 

2,170 

2,170 

2,170

2,170 

2,230 

2,290 

2,290 

a2,260

2,230 

2,230 

2,230 

a2,210 

a2,180 

a2,160

Minimum

3,690 

2,550 

2,290

2,290

1,930 

1,820 

1,820 

3,120 

2,160 

1,880 

1,820 

2,050 

2,050

1,820

June

a2,130 

a2,110 

a2,080 

h2,050 

a2,010

al,970 

1,930 

1,990 

2,050 

2,170

2,420 

2,550 

2,550 

2,550 

2,550

2,550 

2,610 

2,610 

2,610 

2,610

2,480 

2,360 

2,230 

2,170 

2,050

1,990 

1,930 

1,930 

1,930 

1,880

Mean

5,864 

3,157 

2,360

7,174

2,054 

1,872 

4,022 

4,900 

2,441 

2,235 

4,232 

2,915 

3,048

3,269

July

1,880 

1,880 

1.S20 

1,880 

1,880

1,880 

1,930 

2,110 

2,360 

2,930

3,440 

3,950 

4,460 

4,840 

5,080

5,300 

5,410 

5,710

as, 900

6,080

6,160 

6,240 

6,240 

6,160 

5,900

5,610 

5,190 

4,960 

4,710 

4,710 

4,580

Aug.

4, 

4, 

4, 

4, 

4,

3, 

3, 

3, 

3, 

3,

3, 

3,

 2, 

2, 

2,

2, 

2, 

2, 

2, 

2,

2, 

2, 

2,

2, 

2,

2, 

2,

2, 

2, 

2, 

2,

Per square 

mile

0.891 

.480 

.359

1.09

.314 

.284 

.611 

.745 

.371 

.340 

.643 

.443 

.463

.497

460 

330 

330 

200 

070

950 

950 

820 

690 

440

240 

050 

930 

740 

670

550 

480 

360 

290 

230

230 

170 

110 

110 

110

050 

110 

170 

170 

170 

170

Sept.

2,110 

2', 110 

2,050 

2,050 

2,110

2,230 

2,800 

3,440 

3,690 

3,690

3,690 

3,560 

3,560 

3,560 

3,560

3,560 

3,560 

3,560 

3,440 

3,440

3,310 

3,310 

3,180 

3,120 

2,990

2,930 

2,800 

2,740 

2,670 

2,610

Runoff in 

inches

1.03 

.54 

.41

14.81

.36 

.30 

.70 

.83 

.43 

.38 

.74 

.51 

.52

6.75

peak above base, 

ated.

h Computed from staff-gage reading.
348 SDWANNEE RIVER BASIN 

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 

E., at bridge on State Highway 20 at Branford, 10f miles upstream from Santa Pe 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 1950.

Average discharge. 19 years, 6,666 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 10,800 second-feet Oct. 1 (gage height, 

I4.au feet); minimum, 2,550 second-feet July 4 (gage height, 4.44 feet).

1931-50: 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 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used July 25 to Aug. 30)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 5, ._ ~ ,. Tl ,,_ , July 25 to Sept. 30 ***' 6 to July 24

4.8 2,740

6.5 3,580

8.9 5,490

 13.0 9,310

4.4 2,550

5.6 3,310

7.8 5,300

9.3 6,800

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

10,800

10,400

10,000

9,790

9,550

9,310

9,090

8,870

8,660

8,580

8,460

8,360

8,170

7,990

7,900

7,720

7,540

7,360

7,270

7,090

6,920

6,830

6,650

6,470

6,290

6,200

6,020

5,850

5,760

5,670

5,760

Nov.

5,580

5,580

5,490

5,400

5,400

5,310

5,130

5,040

5,040

4,950

4,870

4,790

4,790

4,790

4,710

4,630

4,550

4,550

4,550

4,550

4,550

4,550

4,470

4,390

4,310

4,310

4,230

4,150

4,150

4,000

-

Dec.

4,000

3,930

3,930

3,860

3,860

3,790

3,720

3,720

3,720

3,650

3,650

3,650

3,580

3,510

3,510

3,510

3,450

3,510

3,510

3,510

3,510

3,510

3,450

3,390

3,390

3,390

3,390

3,390

3,340

3,340

3,340

Jan.

3,340

3,340

3,340

3,340

3,290

3,290

3,290

3,190

3,190

3,190

3,190

3,190

3,140

3,140

3,140

3,140

3,090

3,090

3,090

3,040

3,040

2,990

2,990

2,990

2,990

2,990

2,990

2,940

2,940

2,940

2,940

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

2,940

2,940

2,940

2,900

2,900

2,900

2,900

2,860

2,860

2,860

2,860

2,820

2,820

2,820

2,820

2,820

2,780

2,780

2,780

2,780

2,780

2,780

2,860

2,820

2,820

2,820

2,820

2,820

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

241,310

142,810

111,010

3,075,470

96, 79(

79 60(

136^ 46(

174,690

102,290

86,450

143,520

118 75(

134! 590

1,568,270

Mar.

2,820

2,780

2,780

 2,780

2,740

2,840

2,900

2,960

2,960

3,030

3,170

3,170

3,240

3,240

3,310

3,550

3,730

4,360

4,900

5,300

5,500

5,800

6,000

6,200

6,400

6,500

6,600

6,800

6,700

6,700

6,700

Apr.

6,

6,

6,

6,

6,

6,

6,

6,

6,

6,

6,

6,

6,

6,

6,

6,

6,

5,

5,

5,

5,

4,

4,

4,

4,

4,

4,

4,

4,

4,

Maximum

10,800

5,580

4,000

15,800

3,340

2,940

6,800

6,900

4,090

3,170

6,600

5,400

6,470

10,800

700

700

700

700

700

700

800

900

900

900

900

900

700

600

400

100

000

800

500

300

100

900

720

540

450

450

270

180

090

090

May

4,000

4,090

4,090

4,000

3,910

3,820

3,730

3,640

3,470

3,390

3,310

3,310

3,170

3,170

3,240

3,100

3,100

3,030

3,030

3,030

2,960

3,030

3,030

3,030

3,030

2,960

2,960

2,900

2,900

2,900

2,960

Minimum

5,670

4,000

3,340

3,340

2 940

2*780

2 740

4^090

2 900

2*660

2 550

2*900

2,820

2,550

June

2,900

2,840

2,840

2,840

2,840

2,780

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,780

2,840

2,960

3,030

3,030

3,030

3,100

3,100

3,100

3,170

3,100

3,100

3,030

2,900

2,840

2,780

2,720

2,660

2,660

2,660

2,660

Mean

7 1 784

4,760

3,581

8,426

3 122

2,843

4,402

5,823

3,300

2

OOQ f ooc 

4,630

3j 831

4,486

4,297

July

2,600

2,600

2,600

2,550

2,600

2,600

2,600

2,780

2,840

2,960

3,310

3,620

4,180

4,540

4,900

5,200

5,500

5,700

5,900

6,100

6,300

6,500

6,600

6,600

6,380

6,290

8,110

5,940

5,760

5,670

5,490

Aug.

5,

5,

5,

5,

4,

4,

4,

4,

4,

4,

4,

4,

3,

3,

3,

400

310

220

040

950

870

790

630

550

470

310

070

930

790

720

3,580

3,

3,

3,

450

340

290

3,240

3,

3,

2,

2,

2,

140

090

990

990

940

2,940

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

Per square 

mile

1.10

.671

.505

1.19

.440

.401

 621

.821

.465

.406

.653

.540

.633

.608

900

940

990

940

940

Sept.

2,900

2,860

2,860

2,820

3,040

2,990

3,240

3,720

4,310

5,040

5,760

6,290

6,470

6,380

6,200

5,940

5,760

5,490

5,220

5,040

4,670

4,710

4,550

4,390

4,230

4,070

3,930

3,860

3,860

3,790

Runoff in 

inohes

1.27

.75

.58

18.12

.51

.72

.92

.54

.45

.75

CO «oc

.71

8.24
SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 349

Suwannee River near Bell, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 29 0 48', long. 82°55', in sec. 16 or 17, T. 8 S., R. 

 14 K., at Rook Bluff Perry, 4| miles northwest of Bell and 10 miles downstream from

Santa Pe River. Datum of gage is 2.75 feet above mean sea level (Corps of Engineers

bench mark).

Drainage area. 9,260 square miles.

Records available. June 1932 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--18 years, 9,275 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 14,300 second-feet at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1 (stage 

railing; peak occurred Sept. 12, 1949); minimum, 4,430 second-feet July 2 (gage height, 

3.16 feet).

1932-50: 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 table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

3.3

6.0

8.5

11.3

4,530

7,360

10,200

14,200

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

14,200 

13,800 

13,600 

13,300 

13,000

12,700 

12,500 

12,200 

12,100 

12,000

11,800 

11,700 

11,600 

11,400 

11,100

11,000 

10,900 

10,600 

10,500 

10, 200

10,100 

9,970 

9,710 

9,580 

9,450

9,200 

9,080 

8,850 

8,740 

8,740 

8,850

Nov.

8,740 

8,530 

8,420 

8,420 

8,310

8,210 

8,210 

8,100 

8,000 

8,000

7,890 

7,790 

7,790 

7,890 

7,890

7,790 

7,680 

7,570 

7,570 

7,680

7,790 

7,790 

7,680 

7,680 

7,570

7,470 

7,360 

7,360 

7,260 

7,260

Dec.

7,050 

6,940 

6,940 

6,840 

6,840

6,730 

6,730 

6,730 

6,730 

6,630

6,630 

6,520 

6,520 

6,420 

6,420

6,420 

6,420 

6,310 

6,420 

6,420

a6,390 

a6,350 

a6,320 

a6,280 

a6,250

a6,210 

a6,180 

a6,140 

6,110 

6,110 

a6,080

Jan.

a6,060 

a6,030 

a6,000 

a5, 980 

a5,950

a5,930 

h5,900 

a5, 850 

5,800 

5,800

5,800 

5,800 

5,700 

5,700 

5,700

5,700 

5,700 

5,590 

5,590 

5,590

5,490 

5,490 

5,490 

5,490 

5,490

5,390 

5,390 

5,390 

5,290 

5,290 

5,290

Mcnth

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

5,290 

5,290 

5,290 

5,290 

5,180

5,180 

5,180 

5,180 

5,180 

5,180

5,070 

5,070 

5,070 

5,180 

5,180

4,960 

4,960 

4,850 

4,960 

4,960

4,960 

5,070 

5,290 

5,070 

4,960

4,960 

4,960 

4,850

Secondfoct-days

342, 47C 

235, 70C 

201, 08C

4,091,08C

175, 66C 

142, 62C 

191,20C

163.I66C 

143, 13C 

201, 19C 

190, 12C 

237, 33C

2,446,49C

Mar.

4,960 

4,960 

4,850 

4,850 

4,960

4,960 

5,070 

5,070 

5,070 

5,070

5,070 

5,290 

5,290 

5,290 

5,290

5,590 

5,700 

5,900 

6,420 

6,730

7,050 

7,260 

7,360 

7,470 

7,680

7,790 

8,000 

8,100 

8,100 

8,000 

8,000

Apr.

8,000 

8,000 

8,000 

3,100 

8,100

8,100 

8,000 

8,100 

8,210 

8,210

8,210 

8,210 

8,100 

8,000 

7,890

7,680 

7,570 

7,470 

7,360 

7,150

6,940 

6,730 

6,520 

6,520 

6, 420

6,310. 

6,210 

6,110 

6,110 

6,000

Maximum

) 14,200 

) 8,740 

 7,050

) 18,800

6,060 

5,290 

8,100 

8,210 

6,000 

4,960 

8,210 

7,680 

10,900

14, 200

Peak discharge (base, 12,000 sec. -ft. J. No peak above

May

6,000 

6,000 

6,000 

6,000 

5,900

5,800 

5,800 

5,700 

5,490 

5,390

5,390 

5,290 

5,290 

5,180 

5,290

5,180 

5,070 

5,070 

4,960 

4,960

4,960 

5,070 

4,960 

4,850 

4,850

4,850 

4,850 

4,850 

4,850 

4,850 

4,960

Minimum

8,740 

7,260 

6,080

6,080

5,290 

4,850

6 ',000 

4,850 

4,530 

4,530 

5,070 

4,850

4,530

June

4,960 

4,850 

4,750 

4,750 

4,850

4,750 

4,640 

4,530 

4,530 

4,640

4,640 

4,750 

4,850 

4,850 

4,960

4,960 

4,960 

4,960 

4,960 

4,960

4,960 

4,960 

4,850 

4,750 

4,640

4,530 

4,530 

4,530 

4,640 

4,640

Mean

11,050 

7,857 

6,486

11,210

5,666 

5,094 

6,168 

7,411 

5,279 

4,771 

6,490 

6,133 

7,911

. 6,703

July

4,530 

4,530 

4,530 

4,530 

4,530

4,530 

4,530 

4,640 

4,850 

4,960

5,180 

5,590 

5,900 

6,310 

6,630

7,050 

7,150 

7,360 

7,570 

7,680

7,890 

8,000 

8,100 

8,210 

8,210

8,210 

8,210 

8,100 

8,000 

7,890 

7,790

Aug.

7,680 

7,570 

7,360 

7,360 

7,260

7,150 

6,940 

6,940 

6,840 

6,840

6,730 

6,530 

6,310 

6,210 

6,110

6,000 

5,900 

5,700 

5,590 

5,490

5,390 

5,290 

5,290 

5,180 

5,180

5,070 

5,070 

5,180 

5,290 

5,290 

5,390

Per square 

mile

1.19 

.848 

.700

1.21

!550 

.666 

.800 

.570 

.515 

.701 

.662 

.854

.724

base.

Sept.

5,390 

5,180 

5,070 

4,850 

5,070

5,700 

6,110 

6,840 

a7,750 

a8,670

9,580 

10,500 

10,900 

10,900 

10,600

10,200 

9,840 

9,450 

9,080 

8,740

8,530 

8,310 

8,100 

8,000 

7,790

7,470 

7,360 

7,150 

7,150 

7,050

Runoff in 

Inches

1.38 

.95 

.81

16.44

.71 

.57 

.77 

.89 

.66 

.57 

.81 

.76 

.95

9.83

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Branford. 

h Computed from staff -gage reading.
350 SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN

Alapaha River near Alapaha, Sa.

Location.-Water-stage recorder, lat. 31-23', long. 83°10', at bridge on State Highway 50,

 ZTnTTes 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 1950.

Average discharge.--13 years, 524 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,130 second-feet Mar. 22 (gage height, 8.9

 feet}: minimum, 2.2 second-feet Sept. 28-30.

1937-50: 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 except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). W 872; 1937. W1002: 1939(M).

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

61

67

68

65

60

54

50

a50

a60

66

64

68

79

72

60

47

40

34

31

Z9

26

23

21

18

16

14

13

14

13

15

33

Nov.

40

52

78

79

78

78

76

72

80

96

100

96

89

78

71

64

57

52

46

42

38

34

34

34

38

35

31

28

26

34

-

Dec.

29

a26

a25

a24

a23

a22

a21

a20

a20

a20

a!9

a!8

a!7

17

26

41

35

35

36

42

61

85

92

86

76

82

111

134

142

138

134

Jan.

126

115

104

96

87

80

75

70

65

62

59

61

62

64

64

61

58

57

58

58

55

53

54

58

62

63

63

70

64

64

64

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ..........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

61

57

55

54

52

52

56

69

80

87

91

as

88

91

100

100

93

92

104

118

122

130

145

138

130

115

100

86

_

_

-

Secondfoct-days

1,331

1,756

1,657

215,876

2 152

2 554

16)368

11,387

1,026. f

3,022 8 933 '

2 382

'711.S

52, 281. 4

Mar.

75

71

63

66

90

115

134

153

184

216

241

277

339

406

458

630

730

830

920

1,010

1,090

1,130

1,050

920

830

780

705

730

805

730

590

Apr.

554

630

730

730

830

860

830

780

730,

655

554

472

406

350

307

268

233

200

180

157

134

115

100

85

77

100

100

90

72

58

-

Maximum

79

100

142

p t 920* 

1 lib9K

145

ly 13O

860

188

Xfil OOJ.

> 780

208

65

1,130

Hay

48

40

34

29

24

20

17

14

11

9.3

7.8

6.3

5.3

5.5

34

188

180

122

76

45

28

19

14

9.8

7.3

5.5

4.2

3.4

3.0

3.2

13

Minimum

13

26

17

13

53

52

ft* oo

CO 9(3

3.0

12

5

O o 

10

2.2

2.2

June

12

14

17

16

20

21

23

38

165

138

224

180

127

268

350

361

259

161

107

85

73

63

54

47

41

34

27

22

17

13

-

Mean

42. 9

58.5

53.5

591

69 4

9l!2

528

380

33.1

101

288

76 *(

23.7

146

Jnly

10

7.0

6.3

5.8

5.6

11

45

277

317

326

504

372

307

274

780

730

536

458

444

444

430

372

277

317

328

250

196

224

268

224

188

Aug.

180

180

192

208

200

184

153

115

82

66

60

57

51

40

46

44

33

26

21

16

12

10

11

50

122

60

40

32

29

31

31

Per square 

mile

0.067

.091

.083

 Q1 y loO

; * i J.UO no 

.142

820

!590

.051

.157

.447

!l!9

.037

.227

Sept.

29

22

16

12

18

21

50

42

31

27

24

29

54

65

61

50

38

29

22

17

13

9.5

8.8

6.5

4.4

3.4

2.7

2.2

2.2

2.2

-

Runoff In 

inches

O.O8

.10

,10

12.48

.12

.15

.95

 66

.06

18

52 !n

.04

3.10

Peak discharge (base, 1.500 sec . -f t . ) . No oealc above base.

nearby streams.

itatloni on
SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 351

Alapaha River at Statenville, Ga.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 30°40 r , long. 83°01',,at bridge on State Highway 94, a 

quarter of a mile west of Statenville, Echols County. Datum of gage is 76.77 feet above 

mean sea level (levels by Georgia State Highway Department). Prior to Nov. 30, 1949, 

staff gage at site 200 feet upstream, at same datum.

Drainage area. 1,400 square miles.

Records available. January to June 1921, December 1931 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 18 years (1932-50), 1,016 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,740 second-feet Apr. 5 (gage height, 8.7 feet, 

from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 77 second-feet June 7.

1921, 1931-50: 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.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

340

302

283

265

265

247

247

247

265

247

247

229

229

229

247

265

265

247

229

212

195

186

170

170

154

146

146

146

131

131

321

Nov.

380

340

265

' 229

204

186

178

186

204

204

186

186

178

178

204

186

186

170

162

154

146

138

131

124

131

131

124

124

124

138

-

Dec.

138

131

117

124

131

124

117

117

117

110

117

110

110

110

117

146

154

146

146

154

154

146

131

124

138

154

170

178

162

162

162

Jan.

134

178

186

195

195

186

178

170

162

162

146

13S

146

13S

131

124

131

131

124

131

124

124

131

124

117

124

117

117

117

124

124

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Hater year 1949-50. ...........

Feb.

124

131

131

131

124

117

117

124

117

117

117

117

117

124

124

124

146

146

146

154

154

146

170

186

195

195

195

195

-

-

-

Secondfoot-days

7,003

5,477

4,217

457,274

4,449

3,984

27,294

26,547

5,279

8,215

22,267

8,378

7,202

130,312

liar.

186

178

170

170

186

229

247

265

302

302

302

321

340

468

600

958

1,420

1,470

1,520

1,470

1,390

1,390

1,420

1,450

1,500

1,520

1,500

1,500

1,550

1,520

1,450

Apr.

1,370

1,340

1,290

1,210

1,600

1,660

1,550

1,470

1,450

1,390

1,290

1,210

1,110

1,010

886

766

646

578

534

490

424

380

360

321

302

360

340

340

424

446

-

Maximum

340

380

178

4,590

195

195

1,550

1,660

446

490

1,470

534

468

1,660

May

446

360

302

265

229

212

195

186

186

170

146

124

103

103

124

154

138

124

124

138

178

178

178

170

146

124

110

96

88

86

96

Minimum

131

124

110

110

117

117

 170

302

86

80

96

117

84

80

June

39

88

80

82

84

80

82

1S6

402

490

402

46S

446

446

446

490

468

446

446

424

360

302

247

212

186

162

146

178

146

131

-

Mean

226

183

136

1,253

144

142

880

885

170

274

718

270

240

357

July

117

103

103

110

96

103

117

146

178

340

670

934

982

982

1,060

1,130

1,130

1,210

1,340

1,450

1,470

1,340

1,160

1,010

910

838

742

694

646

600

556

Aug.

534

512

490

446

424

402

402

360

321

302

265

247

212

195

170

162

146

146

138

178

154

146

131

117

154

204

212

302

321

302

283

Per square 

mile

0.161

.131

.097

.895

.103

.101

.629

.632

.121

.196

.513

.193

.171

.255

Sept.

"283"

302

360

340

302

283

283

302

360

468

424

380

340

302

265

247

229

212

204

178

162

154

138

124

110

103

89

86

84

88

-

Runoff in 

inohes

0.19

.15

.11

12.14

.12

.11

.73

.71

.14

.22

.59

.22

.19

3.48

Peak discharge (base, 2,500 see.-ft.) . No peak above base.
352 SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN

Withlacoochee River near Pinetta, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°36', long. 83°16', 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.

Jtecoras available.--December 1931 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--19 years, 1,578 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,970 second-feet Mar. 24 (gage height, 11.66 

reet); minimum, 106 second-feet Sept. 28, 29 (gage height, 6.59 feet).

1931-50: 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, that of Apr. 5, 1948.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Revisions (water years). W 972: 1941-42.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 16 to Dec. 20)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 3, 

July 21 to Sept. 30 Dec. 4 to Mar. 24 Mar. 25 to July 20

6.6 

6.8 

7.4 

7.7 

9.3 

11.1

109

174

388

515

1,470

2,590

6.9 

7.2 

7.6 

8.0 

11.6

147

249

423

655

2,900

6.8 

7.3 

7.7 

8.2 

11.4

151

323

491

780

2,780

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

612

541

492

461

440

419

400

400

415

423

415

404

384

373

377

370

373

351

340

329

322

304

293

286

283

272

268

268

268

286

435

Nov.

567

546

483

419

388

370

381

392

392

381

362

347

333

329

329

315

301

283

272

261

257

243

236

232

243

229

232

226

222

226

-

Dec.

215

212

201

202

198

195

198

198

202

202

202

202

202

198

202

215

234

238

249

245

238

238

238

234

242

261

277

281

277

269

261

Jan.

245

234

227

223

216

209

205

195

192

188

185

181

181

178

175

172

169

169

175

178

185

192

198

202

198

192

188

188

195

202

238

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ..........................

Calendar year 1949 .........'...

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

Hay ..............................

June ............ ................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

261

257

238

223

205

198

195

188

188

188

188

181

178

178

181

185

195

227

245

257

261

281

302

302

289

281

265

245

-

_

-

Secondfoot-days

11,604

9,797

7,027

568,561

6,075

6,382

42,759

37,695

10,864

10,855

38, 294

13,151

4,198

198,665

Mar.

238

223

205

202

223

277

340

404

428

443

502

549

605

842

998

1,280

1,840

1,970

2,090

2,280

2,470

2,720

2,900

2,900

2,780

2,530

2,340

2,220

2,150

1,970

1,840

Apr.

1,840

1,970

2,030

1,970

2,030

2,150

2,220

2,280

2,240

2,060

1,860

1,670

1,490

1,330

1,200

1,080

970

875

785

700

635

570

515

460

415

393

427

453

477

564

-

Maximum

612

567

281

6,530

245

302

2,900

2 j 280

628

7AA f\iv

2,590

888

184

2,900

Hay

628

592

537

496

444

401

361

327

293

301

280

252

228

221

232

270

305

305

316

291

294

435

501

463

405

353

309

276

252

235

256

Minimum

268

222

195

195

169

178

202

393

221

184

158

184

106

106

June

245

225

218

211

204

198

184

211

273

381

576

581

522

511

511

542

616

700

700

598

458

365

309

262

235

211

198

215

208

187

-

Mean

374

327

227

1,558

196

228

1,379

1,255

350

362

1,235

424

140

544

July

171

168

158

158

161

161

184

228

280

431

1,060

1,500

1,780

1,900

2,030

2,090

2,220

2,340

2,470

2,590

2,590

2,530

2,400

2,090

1,560

1,130

888

770

770

770

716

Aug.

740

740

722

705

740

799

888

888

799

640

497

419

370

337

319

301

272

261

254

240

243

232

218

201

194

188

184

184

184

198

194

Per square 

mile

0.168

.147

.102

.702

.088

.103

.621

.565

.158

.163

.556

.191

.063

.245

Sept.

184

171

167

171

174

177

181

171

164

154

151

148

141

138

135

135

128

125

122

122

122

122

122

119

112

109

109

106

109

109

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.19

.16

.12

9.50

.10

.11

.72

.63

.18

.18

.64

.22

.07

3.32

Peak discharge (base. 3,000 sec.-ft.). Ho peak above base.

Note. No gage-height record Apr. 9~-25; discharge computed on basis of records for other stations 

in Suvannee River Basin.
SDWAMEE RIVER BASIN 353

Little River near Adel, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°09', long. 83°33', 500 feet downstream from

 bridge on State Highway 37, half a mile downstream from Georgia & Florida Railroad 

bridge 5i 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.

Records available.--June 1940 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 10 years, 566 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,750 second-feet July 15 (gage height, 14.4

 i'eet); minimum, 4.8 second-feet Sept. 28-30.

1940-50: Maximum discharge, 38,800 second-feet Apr. 2, 1948 (gage height, 21.0 

feet), from rating curve extended above 13,000 second-feet on basis of contractedopening determination at gage height 21.0 feet; minimum, 1.5 second-feet Nov. 25, Dec.

'Flood of August 1928 reached a stage of 20.5 feet, from information by Georgia Highway Department (discharge, 33,200 second-feet, from rating curve extended as explained 

above),

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). W 1082: 1944.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet} 

(Shining-control method used Oct. 1 to Nov. 7, Apr. 14 to May 17, Aug. 9 to Sept. 26)

1.5 4.8 2.4 44 4.8 266 10.0 1,160 14.2 2,600

1.6 7.6 3.0 86 6.2 453 11.6 1,550

1.8 14 3.8 155 8.0 752 13.4 2,140

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September '1950

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.

92

77

69

66

72

82

98

102

92

87

114

124

119

106

102

98

85

71

60

52

46

41

36

32

30

26

30

51

36

32

38

NOV.

54

90

142

170

175

155

132

110

91

74

63

54

47

42

39

36

34

32

30

30

29

28

30

35

37

34

32

32

30

32

-

Dec.

32

32

40

51

50

48

49

49

45

40

38

35

33

31

35

40

42

54

58

73

98

124

137

132

124

110

98

88

80

74

69

Jan.

63

59

56

54

51

49

46

43

41

39

38

36

36

43

58.

70

72

80

82

84

80

74

69

80

87

81

73

83

95

87

75

Month

Ootober ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Hater year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

72

68

66

65

72

72

65

57

52

51

50

56

87

124

146

160

170

170

165

150

128

110

97

82

74

66

59

54

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

2, 166

1,919 

2 009

187, 637

1; 984

2 coo 3 OOO

18,551

9 93X

2

0C/1 9 oou 

3,S22

26,125

5,097

292. J

77,334.3

Mar.

50

46

44

49

58

87

142

207

266

310

355

410

410

382

329

921

1,140

966

926

1,070

1,160

1,230

1,250

1,100

847

698

628

790

1,140

946

594

Apr.

483

577

790

926

926

752

577

513

513

513

513

438

342

260

207

170

146

132

114

102

92

80

71

64

60

65

84

165

150

106

-

Maximum

124

175

137

3,110

95

170

1 '925 250

453

545

2 j 600

771

> 15

2,600

May

61

6C

51

4C

4C

3E

3]

2t

24

24

24

2:

2C

26

64

54

33

256

453

43£

316

18E

11C

73

62

5£

56

4(

43

31

36

Minimum

26

28

31

10

36

50

44

60

20

18

13

14

4.8

4.8

June

34

29

26

24

21

19

19

1 30

, 64

1O6

170

248

310

453

545

529

382

230

146

99

70

53

42

35

30

25

'24 22

19

18

-

Mean

69 .9

64.0

64 .8

514

64.0

92 4

598

331

91.9

127

843

164

9.74

212

July

16

14

14

13

13

14

28

566

1,210

1,700

1,820

1,480

1,500

2,190

2,600

2,40O

2,460

1,940

1,500

1*210

809

468

322

248

170

150

132

150

278

355

355

Aug.

438

577

752

771

680

513

329

207

146

106

80

63

50

41

34

31

32

26

23

20

19

18

17

15

18

18

15

14

14

16

14

Per square 

mile

0 «128

.117

.118

.940

.117

 169

1.09

.605

.168

.232

1.54

 Stf\f\ »ouu

.018

.388

Sept.

14

13

12

11

12

14

14

14

13

12

11

10

10

10

15

14

9.2

8.6

7.9

7.9

7.3

7.0

7.0

6.8

6.2

5.6

5.1

4.8

4.8

5.1

-

Runoff in 

Inches

0.15

.13

.14

12.76

.13

t ft * J.O

1.26

.68

.19

.26

1.78

.35

.02

5.27

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 sec. -ft.) .--July 11 (6 a.m.) 1,940 sec. -ft.; July 15 (6 a.m.) 2,750
354 SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN

Santa Fe River at Worthington, Fla.

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 1950. 

Average discharge. 18 years (1932-50), 463 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 12,400 second-feet Sept. 8 (gage height, 24.03 

feet); minimum observed, 2.6 second-feet June 28 (gage height, 6.87 feet). -

1931-50: 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. Gsge read once daily. 

 Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In Becond-feet)

6.9 2.9 9.1 135 15.7 1,350 

7.0 3.9 9.9 200 '16.7 1,940 

7.1 6.0 11.1 320 17.9 2,950 

7.2 9.0 12.4 487 - 19.1 4,360 

7.4 18 13.8 713 21.1 7,410 

7.9 49 14.7 945 23.9 12,200

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

298 

d290 

287 

298 

298

298 

298

287 

379 

531

516 

516 

445 

d400 

355

d300 

276 

246 

218 

200

183 

167 

159 

135 

135

127 

119 

105 

112 

127 

d!40

Nov.

175 

175 

191 

191 

191

175 

167 

159 

151 

151

159 

d!70 

dlSO 

209 

324

1,050 

1,450 

1,740 

1,800 

1,680

1,300 

1,020 

805 

676 

487

473 

405 

367 

520 

d300

Dec.

d2sO 

d260 

dZ50 

236 

236

227 

209 

200 

191 

183

175 

175 

167 

159 

159

159 

167 

167 

159 

143

151 

143 

135 

d!30 

119

119 

119 

119 

112 

112 

112

Jan.

98 

105 

98 

98 

98

91 

98 

91 

88 

84

80 

80

77 

77 

77

74 

74 

70 

70 

66

66 

63 

63 

60 

60

56 

56 

56 

49 

49 

52

Feb.

49 

49 

46 

46 

46

42 

42 

46 

46 

42

39 

39 

39 

39 

35

33 

31 

29 

29 

28

27 

26 

42 

52 

49

42 

39 

35

... . K Second- 

"°nth foot-days

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

8,245

16,641 

5,273

............ 153,009

st ...........................

ember ........................

2,324 

1,107 

1,867 

1,006 

996 

249.! 

20,197.] 

3,717 

73,063

ter year 1949-50 ............ 134, 685. e

Mar.

29 

d23 

28 

28

ee

56 

80 

80 

80 

70

63 

d50 

46 

49 

63

SO 

91 

98 

88 

80

70 

66 

66 

66 

60

52 

49 

46 

56 

63 

60

Apr.

56 

46 

46 

36 

49

63 

60 

60 

49 

46

39 

33 

29

d27 

d26

25 

22 

22 

22 

19

18 

17 

14 

13 

12

26 

39 

35 

31 

26

Maximum

531 

1,800 

280

7,410

105 

52 

91 

63 

77 

> 23 

L 1,450 

431 

12,200

12,200

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 sec. -ft.). Sent. 8 (11 a.n

Hay

21 

dlB 

16 

14 

13

14 

15 

20 

24 

31

36 

60 

49 

39 

33

56 

39 

35 

29 

22

20 

17 

15 

18 

46

70 

77 

63 

46 

31 

29

Minimum

105 

151 

112

13

49

26 

26 

12. 

13 

2.6 

6.1 

42 

56

2.6

June

23

16 

12 

dll 

11

10 

d8 

d7 

7.5 

8.1

9. '4 

18 

16 

11 

9.0

7.8 

5.8 

5.0 

4.7 

4.5

4.3 

5.2 

9.8 

6.3 

d4.1

3.1 

3.0 

2.6 

2.9 

3.4

Mean

266 

555 

170

419

75.0 

39.5 

60.2 

33.5 

32.1 

8.32 

652 

120 

2,435

369

July

6.1 

18 

21 

27 

32

35 

46 

84

159 

266

487 

805 

1,170 

1,400 

1,300

1,250 

945 

830 

734 

734

713 

713 

713 

805 

945

1,400 

1,450 

1,090 

830 

658 

531

Aug.

431 

392 

331 

287 

236

191 

167 

127 

98 

98

84 

80 

63 

60 

63

60 

63 

60 

56 

56

56 

d55 

60 

105 

112

77 

60 

49 

42 

46 

52

Sept.

56 

60 

63 

91 

376

3,190 

9,720 

12,20O 

11,000 

8,730

6,290 

4,360 

3,150 

2,240 

1,800

1,450

1,210 

980 

830 

694

592

531 

459 

392 

379

343 

298

246 

418 

915

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

I.) 12,400 sec. -ft.

Doubtful gage-height record! discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for nearby stations.
SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 355

Santa Pe River near High Springs, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 29°51', long. 82°38', in sec. 29, T. VS., 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 26.36 feet (revised) 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Florida State Road Department).

Records available.--January 1931 to September 1950. 

Average discharge. 19 years, 830 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,600 second-feet Sept. 11 (gage height, 11.64 

FeeTT; minimum, 272 second-feet June 28, 30, July 1-2 (gage height, 1.17 feet).

1931-50: Maximum discharge, 12,700 second-feet Mar. 14, 1948 (gage height, 15.71 

feet, from floodmarka); minimum, 71 second-feet about June 27, 1935 (gage height, 0.46 

foot).

Remarks. Records excellent.

Rating table, -water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.1 248 8.5

1.8 536 9.5

2.3 767 10.0

4.5 1,870 11.6

4,360

5,280

5,760

7,600

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,310

1,310

1,310

1,260

1,260

1,240

1,240

1,210

1,180

1,210

1,240

1,260

1,260.

1,240

1,210

1,180

1,160

1,110

1,080

1,060

1,040

1,010

986

986

961

936

936

936

912

912

912

Nov.

888

888

888

688

888

888

863

863

863

839

839

815

815

863

888

986

1,080

1,240

1,410

1,510

1,560

1,510

1,460

1,410

1,360

1,310

1,240

1,180

1,140

1,110

-

Dec.

1,060

1,040

1,040

1,010

986

961

936

936

888

888

863

863

839

839

815

815

791

791

791

791

767

767

767

744

744

744

720

720

696

696

696

Jan.

673

673

673

673

650

650

650

627

627

627

627

627

604

604

604

604

604

581

581

572

568

572

572

558

550

545

540

540

536

532

522

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

Maroh ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Hater year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

522

522

514

509

504

504

504

496

496

496

486

482

482

478

473

468

464

460

464

455

455

464

450

442

442

446

432

432

-

_

-

Secondfoe t-days

34,857

32 481

26J004

*qo oil *'****-LD

18,566

13 34!

13^345

11,022 

9,96^

8j55f

21,520

16,80'

79,126

285,591

Mar.

442

428

424

424

432

437

442

442

424

432

437

437

442

428

432

450

432

437

442

446

437

442

428

424

424

424

424

424

410

397

401

Apr.

410

,

A

HO

406

1:01

401

388

588

see

588

386

384

580

575

567

362

358

;558

558

558

354

346

'

;

S42

538

542

342

338

2

1

Maximum

1,310

1,560

1,060

5,080

673

Ky? Oc£

450

410

342

307

1,160

936

7,600

7,600

38

38

36

38

-

Hay

334

334

330

326

326

322

326

326

318

314

318

326

330

334

342

330

326

318

322

318

314

311

307

307-

304

307

314

322

322

318

318

Minimum

QTO 3J.£

O-l e

OlD

696

554

522

432

^Q7 O 3 f

338

304

272

272

TOO ooo 

380

272

June

307

307

300

' 300

307

296

293

293

289

289

289

286

282

282

282

282

282

282

282

279

275

275

275

275

275

275

275

275

275

272

-

Mean

1,124

1,083 

867

1 ;096

599

476

430 

367

«OT O&J.

285

694

542

2,638

782

July

272

279

279

286

286

289

304

307

330

371

410

460

581

720

863

888

912

936

936

912

888

888

912

888

912

961

1,060

1,140

1,160

1,080

1,010

Aug.

936

888

839

791

744

720

673

627

604

576

550

527

514

500

482

478

468

460

455

442

437

424

414

410

419

419

414

410

406

392

388

Sept.

380

380

380

388

486

912

1,710

2,770

4,700

7,120

7,600

6,880

5,760

4,800

4,140

3,670

3,250

2,890

2,590

2,350

2,110

1,930

1,810

1,660

1,560

1,460

1,410

1,360

1,310

1,360

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches
356 SUWANNEE RIVER BASINSanta Fe River near Port White, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 29°51', long. 82°43', In sec. 28, T. 7 S., R. 16 E., 

u miles upstream from county highway bridge on road between Williford 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.

Records available . October 1927 to January 1930, June 1932 to September 1950. 

Average discharge.--20 years (1927-29, 1932-50), 1,663 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,350 second-feet Sept. 11 (gage height, 8.00 

 feet); minimum, 1,010 second-feet July 2 (gage height, 0.86 foot).

1927-30, 1932-50: 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.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

0.8 960 3.0 2,700

1.2 1,290 4.0 3,320

2.0 1,970 5.0 4,210

6.0 5,240

7.0 6,290

8.0 7,350

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,360

2,320

2,290

2,260

2,240

2,210

2,200

2,170

2,140

2,150

2,160

2,190

2,190

2,160

2,130

2,110

2,070

2,030

2,000

1,980

1,940

1,920

1,880

1,860

1,840

1,820

1,800

1,810

1,800

1,780

1,800

Nov.

1,780

1,760

1,760

1,750

1,750

1,740

1,730

1,720

1,720

1,700

1,700

1,680

1,680

1,750

1,750

1,800

1,880

2,010

2,170

2,280

2,340

2,320

2,290

2,250

2,220

2,140

2,080

2,030

1,980

1,970

Dec.

1,900

1,870

1,850

1,830

1,800

1,780

1,770

1,750

1,730

1,710

1,700

hi, 680

al,680

al,670

al,660

al,660

al,650

hi, 640

hi, 630

hi, 620

hi, 620

hi, 610

hi, 590

hi, 580

hi, 580

hi, 580

hi, 570

hi, 560

hi, 550

hi, 540

hi, 530

Jan.

hi, 520

al,520

hi, 520

al,510

al,500

al,490

al,480

hi, 470

hi, 470

hi, 450

hi, 450

hi, 450

hi, 450

hi, 430

hi, 430

1,420

1,420

1,420

1,420

1,400

1,390

1,390

1,390

1,390

1,380

1,380

1,370

1,370

1,360

1,360

1,350

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .... ....................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May .............................

June .............................

July ................. ...........

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,340

1,340

1,340

1,320

1,320

1,320

1,320

1,310

1,310

1,310

1,300

1,300

1,290

1,290

1,280

1,270

1,260

1,260

1,260

1,250

1,260

1,270

1,260

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,230

1,230

_

-

Secondfoot-days

63,610

57,730

51,890

706,970

44,35C

35,96C

38 f OOC

34,500

34,160

31,580

44,420

39 94C

10ll620

577, 76C

Mar.

1,240

1,230

1,230

1,230

1,240

' 1,240

1,240

1,240

1,220

1,230

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,220

1,220

1,250

1,230

1,230

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,220

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,210

1,200

1,180

1,180

Apr.

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,

1,

1,

1,

Maximum

2,360

2,340

1,900

5,420

1,520

1,340

1,250

1,190

1,130

1,100

1,860

1,700

7,240

7,240

190

190

190

180

190

170

170

170

170

170

170

160

160

150

140

140

140

140

140

140

130

120

120

120

130

130

120

120

120

120

May

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,110

1,130

1,110

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,100

1,110

1,110

1,100

1,100

Minimum

1,780

1,680

1,530

1,440

1,350

1,230

1 180

1*120

1 1 090

1,020

1,020

1,130

1,110

1,020

June

1,100

1,090

1,090

1,090

1,100

1,080

1,100

1,080

1,070

1,070

1,070

1,060

1,060

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,040

1,040

1,030

1,030

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,020

1,020

Mean

2,052

1,924

1,674

1,937

1,431

1,284

1 f 226

1,150

1,102

1,053

1,433

1 ;28 

3,387

1,583

July

1,020

1,030

1,030

1,040

1,020

1,040

1,050

1,070

1,090

1,130

1,150

1,190

1,290

1,430

1,580

1,620

1,640

1,660

1,660

1,660

1,650

1,650

1,660

1,660

1,660

1,700

1,760

1,850

1,860

1,820

1,750

Aug.

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

700

640

600

560

520

470

420

390

370

340

310

290

270

250

240

1,220

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

200

190

180

180

170

160

150

140

1,150

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

150

140

140

140

130

1,130

Per square 

mile

Sept.

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,120

1,280

1,660

2,320

2,980

4,230

6,350

7,240

7,230

6,730

6,070

5,440

4,900

4,350

3,920

3,540

3,260-

3,040

2,910

2,800

2,680

2,560

2,460

2,380

2,310

2,340

2,290

-

Runoff in 

inches

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near High Springs. 

h Computed from staff-gage readings.
SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN 357

New River near Lake Butler, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°00', long. 82°17', In see. 2, T. 6 S., R. 20 E., 

at orldge on State Hlghvfay 100, 4.4 miles southeast of Lake Butler.

Records available. January to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during period January to September. 6,470 second-feet Sept. 

8 (gage height, 12.02 feet); minimum, 1.5 second-feet May 7 (gage height, 0.97 foot).

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating tables, Jan. 20 to Sept. 30, 1950 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Jan. 20 to July 6 July 7 to Sept. 30

0.9 1.3 2.1 18 1.4 6.8 6.7 340 10.5 3,120 

1.0 1.6 2.7 34 1.6 9.8 6.9 390 11.0 3,820 

1.1 2.0 3.5 60 3.0 44 7.4 570 11.5 4,830 

1.3 3.5 4.1 80 4.1 80 8.0 890 11.9 6,050 

1.4 4.5 4.4 95 4.7 112 8.7 1,360 

1.6 8.0 4.8 120 6.3 270 9.5 2,060 

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.

> a!3 

. all

1- 

1-

7.2

7.1 

6.9 

6.7 

6.3 

6.1

6.0 

5.8 

5.8 

5.5 

5.3 

5.2

Feb.

4.8 

4.7 

4.5 

4.4 

4.3

4.1 

4.0 

4.0 

4.0 

4.1

4.0 

4.0 

4.0 

3.9 

3.8

3.7 

3.5 

3.4 

3.4 

3.4

3.3 

3.3

5.8 

6.7 

6.7

5.5 

4.5 

4.1

,._... SecondMonth foo't-days

Ooto 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

her ..........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 

ary .

st ...........................

ember ........................

270.9 

119.9 

242.5 

121.1 

670.4 

" 183.1 

16,078.5 

1,371.7 

24,026.8

ter year ............

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 sec. -ft.) .--Sep

a No gage-height record; discharge computed 

nearby streams.

231536 O - 53 - 24

Mar.

3.8 

3.7 

3.6 

3.6 

4.3

9.4 

14 

15 

14 

11

8.4 

7.1 

6.1 

6.0 

6.0

8.2 

10 

10 

9.4 

8.2

7.2 

7.4 

8.0 

7.6 

7.4

6.7 

5.6 

5.8 

8.4 

8.6 

8.0

Apr.

6.9 

6.0 

5.5 

5.0 

6.7

8.6 

8.4 

7.2 

6.0 

5.0

4.3 

3.9 

3.6 

3.3 

3.0

2.7 

2.6 

2.4 

2.3 

2.2

2.0 

1.9 

1.8 

1.7 

1.8

3.7 

3.4 

3.3 

3.0 

2.9

May

2.4 

2.0 

1.8 

1.7 

1.6

1.5 

1.6 

4.5 

34 

61

52 

29 

20 

13 

9.8

9.2 

9.0 

8.4 

5.8 

4.1

3.2 

2.8 

41 

113 

75

49 

37 

30 

22 

15 

10

June

7.4 

5.6 

4.5 

4.1 

3.7

3.3 

2.9 

2.8 

8.8 

24

18 

11 

7.1 

4.7 

3.8

3.6 

3.2 

3.0 

4.7 

22

10 

4.8 

3.4 

2.9

2.6

a2.1 

al.8 

a2.0 

a2.3 

a3.0

Maximum Minimum Mean

5.2 8.73 

. 6.7 3.3 4.28 

15 3.6 7.82 

8.6 1.7 4.04 

113 ' 1.5 21.6 

24 1.8 6.10 

1,340 4.5 519 

244 6.9 44.2 

5,840 7.8 801

-

July

a4.5 

aS.O 

15 

17 

33

 62 

89 

133 

473 

932

1,230 

1,300 

1,040 

788 

615

494 

399 

440 

463 

475

481 

685 

740 

914 

1,340

908 

635 

460 

346 

294 

276

Aug.

244 

206 

163 

116 

87

69 

54 

43 

35 

28

24 

21 

20 

19 

17

22 

28 

30 

25 

19

16 

13 

11 

9.4 

8.4

7.5 

7.6 

7.5 

6.9 

7.0 

7.4

Sept.

7.8 

10 

11 

17 

49

1,360 

5,440 

5,840 

3,510 

2,130

1,420 

1,000 

745 

562 

420

322 

253 

198 

144 

102

81 

67 

54 

44 

37

32 

29 

28 

54 

160

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

t. 8 (6 a.m. 6,470 sec. -ft. 

on basis of recorded range In stage and records for
358" SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN

Ichatucknee Springs near Hildreth, Fla.

Location.--Measuring section, lat. 29°58', long. 82 0 47', in sec. 23, T. 6 S., R. 15 E., on 

Icnatucknee 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 195U (discharge measurements only).

Extremes. 1931-50: 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 1949 to September 1950

Dec.

Mar.

Apr.

13

6

27

437

392

362

June 6

July 18

Aug. 28

376

353

445

STEINHATCHEE RIVER BASIN 

Steinhatchee River near Cross City, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 29°47', long. 83°19', in sec. 15, T. 8 S., R. 10 E., 

U.Y mile downstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge, 1 mile south of Clara and 

16 miles northwest of Cross City.

Records available.--February to September 1950.

.Extremes. Maximum discharge during period February to September, 2,000 second-feet July 

11 (gage height, 14.36 feet), from rating curve extended above 1,400 second-feet; minimum, 3.4 second-feet June 27, 28 (gage height, 2.44 feet).

Remarks.--Records good except those below 10 second-feet, which are fair.

Rating tables, Feb. 15 to Sept. 30, 1950 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 6 to Apr. 22)

2.45

2.5

2.55

3.6

4.5 

5.6

Feb. 15 to Sept

2.6 7.2

2.65 10

2.7 16

3.7 

8.7 

14.3

138

910

1,980

Sept. 24-30

3.3 96

4.0 181

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

n«<6»J»

24

25

26

27

<co 9A 

29

SO

31

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year ............

January ..........................

February 15-28 ... ................

 arch .......................... .

April ............................

Hay

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Hater year ............

Feb.

.

_

_

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

_

-

-

_

6.5

6.5

6.2

5.9

5.6

5.3

5.3

5.9

12

18

17

15

11

9.7

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

_

129 (

960 , f 

879

429.0

713.0

24 429 5)109

15,150

Mar.

9.0

8.3

8.3

8.3

9.7

27

33

36

38

30

24

18

15

17

12

54

84

75

64

51

42

42

40

33

29

23

21

22

33

30

24

Apr.

23

20

17

17

62

80

74

66

58

48

41

34

29

26

21

21

18

18

20

18

17

13

12

11

11

20

27

23

18

16

-

Maximum

_

18

84

80

32

117

1,980 

457

1,370

-

 ay

12

11

9.7

9.0

8.3

7.7

7.2

6.8

6.5

6.2

6.2

5.9

5.9

5.9

7.7

11

13

16

13

10

9.0

16

28

32

32

32

29

22

18

16

16

Minimum

_

5.3

8.3 

11

5.9

3.6

35

72

96

-

June

20

17

11

9.0

8.3

8.3

7.2

57

109

117

93

68

47

33

22

13

9.7

7.7

6.2

5.6

4.9

4.5

4.1

3.9

3.9

3.6

3.6

3.7

4.1

7.7

-

Mean

_

9 .28

31.0

29 .3

i * 0

J.O . O

O-I Q

£O . O

788

165

505

-

July

35

47

46

40

76

258

365

595

1,170

1,750

1,960

1,980

1,870

1,650

1,350

1,130

1,040

964

892

7791

764

702

672

672

549

442

404-

442

580

641

564

Aug.

457

365

296

242

204

170

145

117

99

119

107

88

76

72

74

89

103

117

134

234

194

172

170

175

155

160

178

151

141

156

149

Per square 

mile

Sept.

152

144

125

134

365

946

1,100

1,310

1,370

1,310

1,210

1,080 928

810

687

580

472

380

319

266

227

190

181

170

151

132

115

102

96

98

Runoff In ' 

inches
FENHOLLOWAY RIVER BASIN 359

Fenholloway River at Foley, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°04', long. 83°32', in sec. 9, T. 5 S., R. 8 E., 

at highway bridge in Foley. Datum of gage is 29.40 feet above mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (levels by R. M. Angas, civil engineer).

Records available. September 1946 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 216 second-feet July 10 (gage height, 11.37 

reet); minimum, 7.3 second-feet Jan. 8, 9 (gage height, 6.40 feet).

1947-50: Maximum discharge, 2,640 second-feet Mar. 10, 1948 (gage height, 16.03 

feet); minimum, that of Jan. 8, 9, 1950.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge. In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method uaed Mar. 20 to May 13, 

Aug. 29 to Sept. 3o)

6.4 7.3 8.0 49 

6.5 9.3 9.5 110 

6.9 IS 10.5 160 

7.5 34 11.1 197

Discharge, In seoond-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

20 

20 

20 

IB 

17

15 

23 

21 

IS 

17

15 

15 

15 

15 

14

14 

14 

14 

13 

12

12 

13 

12 

13 

12

12 

12 

13 

12 

14 

20

Nov.

25 

24 

21 

19 

15

14 

14 

14 

14 

14

13 

12 

13 

14 

14

14 

13 

13 

11 

12

13 

12 

12 

11 

14

12 

12 

13 

13 

14

Dec.

14 

14 

13 

13 

14

12 

12 

12 

11 

12

12 

12 

12 

11 

12

12 

13 

13 

13 

12

14 

12 

9.5

12 

9.7

11 

11 

11 

11 

10 

11

Jan.

11 

10 

9 

10 

9

8 

9 

8 

8 

9

9. 

9. 

9.

8

9

9

11 

9 

9. 

9.

11 

8. 

9. 

9. 

9.

9.

9. 

9. 

9. 

9. 

9.

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Va

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

1. ...........................

et ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

9 

9

9 

9 

3

7 

1

3

1 

5 

3 

5

7

5 

9 

3

5 

3 

9 

3

7 

3 

5 

1 

5 

5

Feb.

9.7 

17 

11 

7.7 

7.7

aB.3 

B.9 

8.9 

a8.5 

hS.l

a8.2 

a8.4 

a8.5 

a8.7 

a8.9

a9.1 

a9.2 

a9.3 

a9.5 

9.7

9.5 

16 

27 

20 

17

16 

16 

16

Secondfoot-days

485 

429 

371.2

26,541.0

295.4 

322.8 

617 

546 

750 

854 

2,133 

459 

404.2

7,653.6

Mar.

17 

16 

15 

15 

15

17 

17 

IB 

18

17

16 

15 

14 

14 

14

17 

27 

26 

24 

20

21 

25 

30 

27 

24

22to

21

26 

25 

24

Apr.

24

ie

19 

IB 

25

34

30 

27 

24 

22

20 

19 

18 

18 

16

14 

15 

14 

13 

14

14 

12 

12 

12 

14

18 

16 

16 

16 

14

Maximum

23 

25 

14

808

11 

27 

30 

34 

65 

51 

197 

22 

26

197

May

15 

14 

14 

14 

14

14 

13 

14 

13 

16

16 

16 

15 

15 

19

21 

24 

25 

22 

22

19 

28 

59 

35 

51

40 

33 

34 

28 

24 

30

Minimum

12 

11 

9.5

9.5

8.3

7.7 

14 

12 

13 

16 

18 

13 

8.7

7.7

June

23 

28 

26 

22 

23

24 

24 

32 

44

51

48 

43 

38 

33 

29

36 

38 

34 

30 

28

26 

23 

21 

20 

16

17 

16 

18 

18 

19

Mean

15.3 

14.3 

12.0

72.7

9.5 

11.5 

19.9 

18.2 

24.2 

2S.5 

68.8 

14.8 

13.5

21.0

July

19 

18 

27 

25 

57

69 

89 

115 

148 

197

190 

172 

142 

112 

87

83 

79 

75 

67 

55

44

38 

32 

29

27

25 

23 

20 

21 

24 

24

Aug.

22 

21 

20 

IB 

16

13 

13 

13 

13 

13

14 

14 

14 

13

13

13 

15 

16 

15 

13

14 

14 

14 

15 

14

14 

14 

13 

14 

14 

14

Sept.

14 

14 

14 

18 

23

24 

26 

22 

20 

14

14 

14 

14 

11 

12

12 

9.3

11 

11 

9.7

9.7 

9.5 

12 

9.9 

9.5

8.7 

9.1 

9.1 

9.7 

10

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

;

Peak- discharge (base, 400 sec. -ft.). No peak above base.

a No gage-height record] discharge computed on basis of records for nearby stations, 

h Computed from staff-gage reading.
360 FENHOLLOWAY RIVER BASIN

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 1950 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes. 1946-50: Maximum discharge measured, 1,260 second-feet Mar. 12, 1948; minimum 

 measured, 48.6 second-feet Feb. 1, 1950.

Discharge measurements. In second-feet, 

water year October 1949 to September 1950

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

6

16

22

93

71

69

3

5

0

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

1

17

28

48.6

59.5

63.5

June

July

Sept

7

22

1

58.3

116

60.2

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 5| miles southwest of Perry.

Records available.--August 1946 to September 1950 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes. 1946-50: Maximum discharge measured, 1,920 second-feet Mar. 11, 1948; minimum 

measured, 36.7 second-feet Feb. 1, 1950.

Discharge measurements, In second-feet, 

water year October 1949 to September 1950

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Feb.

Mar.

6

16

22

1

17

80

55

43

36

47

0

2

5

7

9

Apr.

June

July

Sept

27

7

21

21

1

49.8

81.6

130

134

47.8
ECONFINA RIVER BASIN 361

Eoonfina River near Perry, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°10', long. 83°49', in sec. 4, T. 4S., R. 5 E., at 

oriage on State Highway 30, 14.7 miles northwest of Perry.

Records available. February to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during period February to September, 92 second-feet Mar. 19, 

au, 22-25; maximum gage height, 4.32 feet Mar. 24; minimum discharge, 16 second-feet 

June 30 to July 5; minimum gage height, 2.32 feet July 3, 4.

Remarks.--Records good. Flow of main channel only.

Rating table, Feb. l to Sept. 30, 1950 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.3 16

2.4 17

2.6 21

3.1 34

4.3 92

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year ............

Feb.

a!9

19

19

19

19

18

18

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

20

20

19

19

19

19

18

20

28

29

30

30

28

27

.

.

-

Secondfoot-days

59

1,77

1 ;52

75

66

1,56

87

79

-

Mar.

26

25

25

25

25

28

32

35

35

32

31

30

30

30

31

56

77

84

92

90

80

87

92

92

92

87

80

80

84

80

80

Apr.

77

72

68

66

72

80

82

80

77

70

66

60

56

50

46

42

38

36

36

34

32

31

30

29

29

32

34

34

33

32

-

May

31

29

28

28

27

26

26

26

25

25

24

24

23

23

24

24

24

24

24

24

23

22

23

23

22

22

21

21

21

21

23

Maximum Minimum

D 30 18

3 92 25

4 82 29

1 31 21

7 32 17

0 90 16

i 66 19

1 40 18

_

June

23

22

21

21

21

20

20

20

22

22

23

24

27

28

25

23

27

32

30

26

24

21

20

20

19

18

17

17

17

17

-

Mean

21.]

57.!

50. f 24.; 22.;

50.*

28 

26.4

_

July

16

16

16

16

17

19

25

31

39

48

66

77

77

70

58

54

57

54

46

44

40

33

33

55

72

80

87

90

82

72

70

Aug.

66

62

53

46

40

37

33

30

28

26

25

24

24

23

22

21

20

20

20

19

19

19

19

19

21

20

20

20

23

26

27

Sept.

29

30

30

31

32

37

39

40

38

35

33

31

29

28

26

25

24

23

22

21

20

20

20

19

19

18

18

18

18

18

-

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

>

3

>

I

a No gage-height record} discharge extrapolated.
362 AUCILLA RIVER BASIN

Aucilla River at Lamont, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°22', long. 83 t> 48 1 , in sec. 26, T. 1 S., R. 5 E., 

at bridge on U. S. Highway 19, 0.6 mile southeast of Lamont.

Drainage area. About 725 square miles. 

Records available. February to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during period February to September, 364 second-feet Apr. 9 

(gage height, 6.58 feet), from rating curve extended above 240 second-feet; minimum, 13 

second-feet Sept. 26, 27 (gage height, 1.93. feet).

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, Feb. 9 to Sept. 30, 1950 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.9 12 3.8 102

2.1 18 4.4 147

2.5 34 5.8 280

3.4 78 6.6 364

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

34

34

36

36

36

38

46

46

43

41

40

38

38

41

68 70

63

60

58

55

_

_

-

ik-nth SeoondMcnth foot-days

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calenda'r year ..........

January .........................

February 9-28 .................... 931

Maroh ............................ 5,019

April ............................ 5,727

May. ............................. 2,020

June ............................. 1,399

July ............................. 1,048

August ........................... 666

September ........................ 542

Rater year ............

Mar.

54

56

54

54

63

76

84

86

S6

84

81

76

78

98

106

201

250

260

270

280

280

301

291

280

260

235

216

211

206

182

160

Apr.

147

135

123

147

291

343

332

343

364

354

332

301

280

245

216

192

173

156

152

135

120

106

95

86

84

98

98

95

92

92

-

May

95

95

92

89

81

76

68

61

54

48

42

38

36

50

70

84

84

81

73

66

59

55

58

370

375

a74

365

353

344

342

342

Maximum Minimum

_

70 34

301 54

364 84

95 36

112 18

62 18

50 14

30 13

-

June

a45

a47

48

47

55

49

49

81

112

102

84

73

60

50

46

66

53

43

37

33

30

27

24

22

20

19

18

19

20

20

-

Mean

_

46.0

162

191

65.2

46.6

33.8

21.5

18.1

-

July

21

21

24

26

31

48

60

62

57

49

46

48

42

36

32

30

27

25

23

21

20

19

19

18

19

24

25

24

29

60

62

Aug.

50

44

42

38

34

29

27

23

19

18

18

17

17

17

16

16

17

16

16

16

16

15

15

14

16

15

15

15

16

19

20

Sept.

20

19

19

30

30

28

27

27

25

22

20

18

17

16

15

15

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

13

13

14

14

14

-

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.063 0.05

.223 .26

.263 .29

.090 .10

.064 .07

.047 .05

.030 .03

.025 .03

-

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage and records for 

Stelnhatchee River near Cross City and Penholloway River 3t Poley.
ST. MARKS RIVER BASIN 363

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 laaa, July 1941 to September 1950 (discharge measurements only).

Extremes. 1931-32, 1941-50: 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 

STTnflow through two culverts near head of spring and of McBrides Slough, l| 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 1949 to September 1950

Date

Oct. 6

Nov. 16

Dec. 22

Jan. 31

Mar. 15

Apr. 27

June 6

July 21

Wakulla River

392

282

314

150

199

294

252,

282

McBrides Slough and 

other surface Inflow

31.3

30.2 '

17.3

6.4

9.2

21.9

14.2

9.7

Difference 

or spring flow

261

252

297

144

190

272

238

272
364 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,

 2" 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.

Records available. August 1937 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 13 years, 495 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,090 second-feet Mar. 17 (gage height, 11.9

 feet, from recorded range in stage); minimum, 9.2 second-feet Sept. 27-30.

1937-50: 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 poor. 

Revisions (water years). W 1112: 1937, 1939, 1945(M).

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Feb. 12, July 14 to 

Aug. 14, Aug. 29 to Sept. 4, Sept. 17-30)

0.4 8.6 1.2 40 4.6 390 

.5 11 1.6 65 6.4 695 

.6 15 2.0 93 8.8 1,230 

.8 22 2.6 144 11.8 2,060 

1.0 30 3.6 253

Discharge, In second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

78 

71 

66 

61 

57

53 

54 

57 

62 

57

52 

51 

58 

55 

50

46 

42 

38 

37 

34

34 

32 

30 

28 

27

26 

26 

25 

25 

27 

34

Nov.

39 

51 

49 

45 

43

39 

35 

32 

29 

28

26 

26 

28 

28 

28

23 

29 

28 

27 

26

25 

24 

25 

26 

26

26 

29 

33 

34 

36

Dec.

34 

36 

40 

41 

39

36 

36 

36 

36 

41

50 

41 

39 

40 

46

62 

85 

100 

100 

90

79 

70 

69 

67 

64

58 

56 

54 

51 

52 

53

Jan.

51 

49 

45 

45 

42

42

44 

41 

39 

38

39 

38 

38 

39 

39

38 

37 

38 

38 

43

45 

44 

42 

40 

38

38 

37 

37 

37 

40 

67

Feb.

91 

S3 

73 

65 

58

53 

92 

33

49 

47

60 

91 

89 

87 

95

109 

126- 

126 

110 

80

70 

70 

75 

80 

85

80 

65 

50

unn *h SecondMonth foot-days

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May.

June

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber ...........

lender year 1949 

ary

1 ............................

ember ........................

1,393 

948 

1,701

173,938

1,288 

2,172 

16,605 

9,669 

3,050 

2,631 

7,992 

1,638 

836.

ter year 1949-50 ............ " 49, 923 .

liar.

50 

60 

55 

100 

180

280 

260 

240 

270 

230

200 

180 

170 

250 

800

1,900 

2,060 

1,800 

1,000 

470

500 

500 

700 

800 

600

500 

450 

500 

600 

500 

400

Apr.

300 

250 

250 

350 

860

948 

882 

754 

585 

420

339 

284 

235 

195 

164

144 

126 

121 

135 

135

144 

130 

109 

93 

85

200 

259 

468 

420 

284

Maximum

78 

51 

100

3,500

67 

126 

2,060 

948 

206 

229 

926 

174 

5 64

5 2,060

May

206 

169 

135 

113 

93

76 

65 

59 

72 

54

45 

42 

40 

40 

76

149 

121 

117 

105 

89

130 

169 

169 

130 

84

64 

53 

47 

77 

117 

144

Minimum

25 

24 

34

24

37 

47 

50 

85 

40 

20 

16 

15 

9.4

9.4

June

164 

179 

159 

109 

89

77 

74 

89 

100 

113

223

229 

174 

126 

95

84 

86 

87 

66 

49

40 

34 

30 

27 

24

22

20 

20 

20 

22

' Mean

44. 

31. 

54.

477

41. 

77. 

536 

322 

98-. 

87. 

258 

52. 

27.

137

July

17 

16 

17 

19 

20

32 

32

77 

140 

230

621 

816 

926 

882 

676

484 

452 

452 

436 

325

206 

149 

121 

105 

99

79 

83 

82 

99 

140 

159

Aug.

Per square 

mile

3 0.082 

5 .057 

3 .100

.867

5 .075 

3 .141 

.975 

.585 

I .179 

t .159 

.469 

9 .096 

} .051

.249

159 

154 

174 

159 

121

95 

78 

63 

53 

46

39 

36 

33 

30 

28

27 

26 

25 

27 

40

30 

20 

15 

15 

20

20 

19 

17 

17 

22 

30

Sept.

38 

44 

63 

64 

56

54 

52

47 

40 

34

30 

27 

25 

23 

25

26 

23

19 

17 

16

15 

13 

12 

12 

12

11 

9.4 

10 

9.7 

9.4

Runoff in 

inches

0.09 

.06 

.12

11.76

.09 

.15 

1.12 

.65 

.21 

.18 

.54 

.11 

.06

3.38

Peak discharge (base, 1,800 sec. -ft.). Mar. 17 (time unknown) 2,090 sec. -ft.
OCHLOCKONEE RIVER BASIN 365

Ochlockonee River near Havana, Fla.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 30°33', long. 84°23', in sec. 24, T. 2 N., R. 2 W., at

 iridge 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 1950.

Average discharge.--22 years, 1,012 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 2,560 second-feet Sept. 1 (gage height,

 yj.64 feet); minimum observed, 66 second-feet Aug. 27, 30 (gage height, 11.70 feet).

1928-50: 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 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-9, 

Jan. 21 to Feb. 14)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 2, May 30 to Sept. 30 Mar. 3 to May 29

11.7 66 18.4 1,360 12.45 165 16.7 1,000

12.6 186 20.8 2,010 13 .0 248 20.0 1,770

13.8 362 22.1 2,370 14.0 427 21.5 2,200

15.6 705

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oot.

271

256

228

214

200

186

186

200

200

242

242

242

242

242

228

200

179

172

165

151

144

137

130

124

117

117

110

110

104

104

151

Nov.

151

186

186

179

165

151

144

130

124

124

117

117

110

110

110

117

124

124

110

110

104

104

104

98

110

104

110

110

117

137

-

Dec.

144

137

130

124

117

117

200

525

242

186

179

165

158

151

151

200

214

271

271

271

271

271

242

228

214

200

200

186

186

179

172

Jan.

165

165

158

158

151

151

144

144

137

144

144

137

137

137

137

137

130

130

179

413

271

228

214

186

179

169

158

151

144

144

137

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

llaroh ............................

April ............................

May........:.....................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

137

137

158

172

186

179

165

172

165

179

200

186

172

179

242

242

242

228

228

214

200

186

242

214

228

214

186

172

-

-

-

Seoondfoot-days

5,59

5 78 6*30

343,48

5,17

5 42 30)43 2 7 1 66

15 47 11)11

14,01

4 54 10)55

140,18

Mar.

158

158

165

179

186

265

408

487

547

630

609

507

447

467

567

890

1,230

1,440

1,680

1,860

2,010

2,140

2,200

2,120

1,770

1,490

1,350

1,210

1,120

1,090

1,050

Apr.

934

324

714

324

1,540

1,610

1,

1,

1,

720

300

720

1,540

1,230

956

324

714

609

547

187

147

509

672

672

14

1

>67

187

L27

371

567

4

J

1,3

Iff

Maximum

1 271

' 186

2 525

D 5,130

3 413

5 242

3 2 f 200

1 f 800

5 1,830

D 625

D 1,000 

> 368

9 2,370

3 2,370

167

02

30

50

May

1,830

1,680

1,260

868

672

547

467

389

353

335

389

335

282

265

282

353

527

588

547

447

371

317

282

299

299

282

248

216

186

228

331

Minimum

104

98

117

98

130

137

158

371

186

110

98

66

71

66

June

545

585

486

431

605

379

316

316

301

396

431

396

505

525

413

525

525

625

605

431

316

256

214

186

165

151

137

124

110

110

-

Mean

18C

IHf

203

941

167

19^

QQC 9O£

92*

499

37C

451

147

356

384

July

104

98

98

110

124

137

124

228

505

816

839

605

726

885

1,000

1,000

931

726

625

585

545

467

362

362

362

301

. 256

228

214

331

316

Aug.

Per square 

mile

0.176

.124

.199

.923

.164

. 190

963

.904

1489

.363

.443

!l44

.349

.376

301

286

256

242

228

228

214

186

165

144

130

124

110

137

110

104

110

110

91

117

104

91

91

82

76

71

66

68

67

66

368

Sept.

2,370

1,740

1,140

954

565

413

331

286

256

242

228

ZOO

186

172

158

137

124

117

110

104

98

98

91

87

83

81

79

76

72

71

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.20

.14

.23

12.51

.19

.20

1.11

1.01

.56

.41

.51

.17

.39

5.12
366 OCHLOCKONEE RIVER BASIN

Ochlockonee River near Bloxham, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°23', long. 84°39', in sec. 20, T. IS., R. 4 W->

 at bridge on State Highway 20, 3,000 feet downstream from power plant and dam and lj 

miles southwest of Bloxham.

Drainage area. 1,660 square miles.

Records available. June 1926 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 24 years, 1,709 second-feet (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,050 second-feet Sept. 7 (gage height, 11.35

 feet); minimum daily, 10 second-feet Aug. 20.

1926-50: 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. Flow 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 

by Florida Power Corp.

Revisions (water years). W 1002: 1940-43.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

518

94

720

726

979

1,130

1,220

859

196

862

1,040

870

968

1,000

770

193

1,150

1,050

1,020

1,240

1,080

1,270

820

997

963

814

1,080

739

520

130

548

Nov.

942

791

671

863

432

70

439

450

214

185

120

94

46

995

978

908

652

744

580

1,090

404

458

692

104

160

258

470

250

250

259

-

Dee.

496

400

62

286

363

404

336

326

369

372

148

323

254

786

1,710

2,020

914

1,020

912

608

344

794

694

707

720

388

574

1,160

1,050

1,160

770

Month

November. ...............

Calendar year 1949 . .

January. ...............

February. ..............

March. ............... s .

April

May. ...................

July. ..................

August .................

September. .............

Water year 1949-50 . .

Jan.

334 -

-

02

538

42

1,060

932

E

-

i

92

00

82

664

946

4

1'

12

40

98

260

571

6

E

1

CO

70

14

726

1,100

2

1

1

92

18

20

697

862

1,C

9

]

4

90

94

27

64

806

Secondfoot-days

25,566

14,569

20,470

701,207

21,053

19,644

47 f 878

53,877

34,763

34,571

28, 433

23, 596

40,947

365,367

Feb.

546

778

452

106

44

518

782

702

1,050

1,180

, 934

918

408

858

794

1,130

1,130

800

850

804

659

543

501

704

590

236

742

886

_

Mar.

561

1,010

1,380

. 752

649

812

459

603

898

1,210

532

307

418

472

914

1,660

1,360

2,000

2,270

2,800

3,400

3,800

3,460

3,340

2,570

1,640

1,700

1,690

1,690

1,800

1,720

Apr.

1,130

637

916

2,700

4,260

4,210

3,920

3,340

2,350

2,060

1,790

1,380

1,090

958

898

526

1,010

1,950

2,200

1,630

1,600

1,090

302

a600

al,220

2,420

2,080

1,650

1,770

2,190

-

Observed

Maximum

1,240

1,090

2,020

9,450

1,100

1,180

3,800

4,260

3,100

2,610

2,120

2,030

4,010

4,260

Minimum

94

46

62

46

127

44

307

302

424

40

OQQ £OO

10

103

10

Mean

QOC OcO

486

660

1,921

679

702

1 544

1 j 796 

1,121

1,152

917

761

1,365

1,001

May

3,100

3,020

2,560

2,180

1,720

963

844

1,060

856

904

1,280

1,360

880

424

744

934

1,080

637

932

466

782

746

746

781

784

818

640

722

886

958

956

June

1,120

1,120

390

228

762

g994

gl,150

g948

g865

g759

g294

g898

gl,140

gl,030

g912

gl,390

gl.100

gl,250

g2,610

2,480

2,180

1,880

1,490

820

40

g964

g},290

gl,520

gl,610

g837

-

Change in 

contents

(equivalent, 

second- feet)t

 63

+35

+93

-7.0

-127

-66

+250

+ 35

-161

-127

+284

 OZQ £O9

-93

-14.3

July

g589

81,

t

I

120

5376

[288

g538

g578

I

t

t

[586

[352

[604

g740

g834

8

8 eii

916

884

020

g860

gigi

gzgi,i,

i,

i,

i,

i,

250

580

120

350

300

260

698

080

810

762

802

842

170

918

756

440

Aug.

1,390

1,280

1,080

1,270

924

1,350

1,190

1,520

760

716

1,190

360

745

592

612

1,240

448

442

230

10

275

506

468

564

540

355

11

454

466

578

2,030

Sept.

3,920

3,970

4,010

3,970

3,920

3,770

3,360

1,170

696

250

549

490

564

716

796

887

489

420

454

552

1,370

798

886

103

398

461

352

932

352

362

-

Adjusted for change In 

lake contents

. Mean

762

521

753

1,914

552

636

I/ 794

1 ^831.

960

1,025

1,201

522

1,272

987

Per square 

mile

0.459

.314

.454

1.15

.333 »Q*

 ooo

1.08

1.10

578 !ei7

 

70* f cO

.314

.76'6

.595

Runoff In 

Inches

0.53

.35

.52

15.66

 oo«Q

.40

1.24

1.23

.67

 69

Q» oo

.36

.85

8.05

t Change In contents In Lake Talquin.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Havana.

g Computed from graph based on hourly readings on tallwater gage at power plant.
OCHLOCKONEE RIVER BASIN 367

Tired Creek near Cairo, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°54', long. 84°16', 140 feet upstream from county 

roaa oridge, 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,730 second-feet July 7 (gage height, 7.30

 1'eet); minimum, 3.8 second-feet Aug. 17-19, 23-25.

1943-50: 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 at 16.3 feet; minimum, 1.2 second-feet June 27, 1944.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). W 1052. 1944.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-31, Dec. 10 to 

Feb. 15, Apr. 29 to June 25, July 3-6, Sept. 3-30)

0.7 2.8 4.0 94

1.1 9.2 4.5 125

1.7 21 4.9 162

2.3- 36 5.2 202

3.4 70 5.4 244

5.6 302

5.9 426

6.1 540

6.4 775

6.8 1,150

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

S

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

IS

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

21

22

23

22

20

16

21

77

54

32

30

58

42

26

22

20

18

18

18

16

15

14

13

13

12

12

12

13

14

26

60

Nov.

42

26

21

18

16

1514"

14

15

17

17

16

15

19

22

20

17

16

15

16

16

16

16

16

19

25

22

20

20

21

-

Dec.

22

19

18

18

18

18

18

30

36

25

22

21

21

20

32

68

48

31

32

36

28

26

25

24

22

22

22

23

22

20

19

Jan. .

19

18

18

18

18

18

20

21

18

18

17

21

19

18

17

17

17

17

17

22

22

20

18

18

17

16

16

16

16

15

15

, Feb.

14

15

22

21

17

16

16

24

25

21

20

20

18

20

38

26

20

17

16

16

15

16

23

20

17

16

15

13

_

_

-

u« »K SeoondMonth foot-days

October .......................... 780

November ......................... 562

December ......................... 806

Calendar year 1949 ....... " =;RA c

January .

, VJ^ « ~

_ . . . . m;7

February ......................... 537

March ............................ 2 , 750

April ............................ 2,731

May . 1 040 4

June ............................. 906.1

July. ............................ 3,356.3

August ........................... 3i9 . e

September ........................ l , 541 . 7

Water year 1949-50 ............ 15,887.3

Mar.

14

17

15

29

58

92

58

54

62

36

28

26

25

38

42

762

475

151

81

64

63

94

99

74

54

48

44

42

40

34

31

Apr.

Maximum

77

42

68

1,080

22

38

762

710

151

158

1,150

59

805

1,150

30

31

30

106

283

174

77

52

46

42

39

36

32

30

27

26

26

34

81

54

34

27

24

21

25

40

99

710

370

125

-

May

77

52

42

35

30

27

24

22

25

21

17

15

13

14

29

72

60

28

20

15

13

15

17

13

10

8.4

7.0

11

39

151

118

Minimum

12

14

18

9.6

15 

13

14

21

7.0

4.9

4.6

3

O o 

6.9

3.8

June

40

23

17

16

24

19

15

30

48

30

74

38

20

15

14

157

158

39

22

18

16

13

12

10

8.9

7.5

6.4

5.3

4.9

5.1

Mean

25 . 2

 to 7 J.O * 1

26.0

64 . 6

18* 0

19.2

88. 7

91.0

33.6

30.2

108

10.3

51.4

43.5

July

5.3

5.1

4.6

5.3

13

172

1,150

812

201

110

129

133

83

50

40

50

50

36

28

22

18

16

24

18

17

20

15

30

31

38

30

Aug.

22

1

1

2

6

Z

0

12 

8.5

7.2

6.1

5.1

4.6

6.8

1 5

7.2

9.7

8.2

5.4

4.2

4.0

4.0

9.6

7.8

5.6

4.3

5.8

14

10

1

5.9

5.6

7.2

1

59

Per square 

mile

0.458

.340

.473

1.17

'349 327

i!ei

1.65

.611

1 . 96

T A7 . XO 1

.935

.791

Sept.

805

250

63

35

30

26

28

32

28

25

20

17

15

13

12

11

9.9

8.9

8.0

7.7

7.2

6.9

15

16

11

8.7

7.7

7.5

8.0

9.2

Runoff in 

inches

0.53

38

!55

1 * ** 5 Q?"* 

 38

.36

1

OC oo 

1. 84

.70

.61

2 26

.22

1.04

10.73

Peak discharge (base, 1,600 sec.-ft.). No peak above base.
368 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, lj miles east of Leaf, White County, 2? 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 1950.

Average discharge.--10 years (1940-50), 407 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,700 second-feet Mar. 13 (gage height, 7.98 

reet); minimum daily, 210 second-feet July 2, 10.

1940-50: 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 station.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 28 to Jan. 18)

Oct. 1 to July 14 July 15 to Sept. 30

1.9 188 4.0 1,520 1.9 207 3.1 84O 

2.1 265 5.0 2,400 2.1 287 3.7 1,280 

2.5 465 5.9 3.3OO 2.5 480 4.6 2.O3O 

3.2 910

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

355 

350 

350 

345 

345

555 

690 

513 

426 

390

380 

385 

375 

365 

355

501 

645 

579 

465 

415

385 

370 

360 

350 

350

365 

350 

483 

443 

956 

1,240

Nov.

1,280 

840 

658 

561 

519

483 

454 

437 

426

410

400 

390 

400 

385 

375

370 

360 

360 

350 

350

345 

335 

335 

360 

443

360 

340 

335 

355 

335

Dec.

325

315 

310 

310 

310

301 

325 

306 

296 

310

350 

507 

454 

410 

400

370 

360 

627 

729 

525

459 

483 

794 

591

507

1,190 

1,050 

736 

609 

537 

495

Jan.

465 

443 

437 

483 

513

489 

573 

489 

459 

495

537 

525 

519 

549 

513

549 

671 

729 

868 

814

677 

615 

579

561 

531

507 

603 

603 

561 

549 

525

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary .

1.... ........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-5O ............

Feb.

537 

537 

561 

513 

495

483 

627 

549 

573 

573

555 

519 

507 

801 

755

627 

573 

543 

525 

495

483 

531 

513 

471 

454

443 

432 

437

Secondfoe t-days

14,436 

13,351 

15,291

234,482

17,431 

15,112 

20,318 

14,347 

10.48C 

12,785 

14,495 

10,397 

13,454

171,897

Mar.

507 

443 

426 

421 

426

421 

543 

567

501 

465

454 

573 

3,250 

1,360 

889

762 

677 

627 

585 

603

573 

543 

525 

507 

495

483

513 

658 

531 

507 

483

Apr.

489 

483 

454 

609 

1,200

677 

591 

549 

519 

495

483 

471 

454 

443 

437

426 

426 

421 

415 

415

400 

395 

395 

380 

415

405 

375 

370 

375 

380

Maximum

1,240 

1,280 

1,190

6,090

868 

801 

3,250 

1,200 

465 

1,790 

2,000 

945 

1,090

3,250

Peak discharge (base, 2,700 sec. -ft.). Mar. 13 (12 m.'

ft.j July 15 (3 a.m.) 3,840 sec. -ft.

May

370 

370 

454 

375 

350

345 

335 

325 

320 

325

325 

335 

360 

395 

360

325 

365 

340 

325 

330

306 

310 

310 

292 

288

283 

270 

325 

292 

310 

465

Minimum

345 

335 

296

296

437 

432 

421 

370 

270 

218 

210 

237 

283

210

June

325 

292 

395 

1,790 

690

471 

395 

969

664 

603

513 

426 

390 

365 

375

355 

320 

306 

296 

283

315 

296 

283 

265 

249

241 

237 

229 

229 

218

Mean

466 

445 

493

642

562 

540 

655 

478 

338 

426 

468 

335 

448

471

July

214 

210 

214 

245 

278

395 

270 

241 

218 

210

377 

801 

477 

644 

2,000

70d 

575 

486 

413 

370

360 

341 

341 

360 

719

744 

639 

491 

418 

379 

365

Aug.

351 

328 

310 

296 

296

310 

279 

274 

266 

266

300 

292 

274 

413 

318

318 

300 

418 

318 

296

266 

258 

245 

237 

249

274 

314 

360 

351 

675 

945

Per square 

mile

3.11 

2.97 

3.29

4.28

3.75 

3.60 

4.37 

3.19 

2.25 

Z.84 

3.12 

2.23 

2.99

3.14

5,700 sec. -ft.; June 4 (12 m. )

Sept.

1,090 

882 

639 

535 

496

428 

530 

622 

744 

581

502 

454 

418 

389 

379

370 

360 

351 

341 

328

318 

346 

318 

305 

296

292 

283 

287 

287 

283

Runoff in 

inches

3.58 

3.31 

3.79

58.13

4.32 

3.75 

5.04 

3.56 

2.59 

3.17 

3.60 

2.57 

3.34

42.62

4,060 sec.-
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 369

Chattahoochee River near Buford, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°08<, long. 84°06', at bridge on State Highway 20, 

three-quarters of a mile upstream from Dave Creek, 4 miles downstream from Bald Ridge 

Creek, and 5 miles west of Buford, Gwlnnett 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

J.95U.

Extremes'. Maximum discharge during year, 13,700 second-feet Mar. 14 (gage height, 18.2 

reet J; minimum, 980 second-feet July 2.

1942-50: 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 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used June 10 to July 14, July 17 to Sept. 30)

4.2 1,000 8.0 3,600 

5.2 1,520 13.0 8,020 

6.4 2,300 16.5 11,600

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,700 

1,640 

1,640 

1,640 

1,640

1,760 

2,520 

2,380 

2,020 

1,820

1,700 

1,700 

1,760 

1,700 

1,700

2,380 

3,090 

3,520 

2,450 

2,090

1,890 

1,760 

1,700 

1,700 

1,640

1,700 

1,640 

1,760 

2,300 

2,300 

4,540

Nov.

4,620 

5,230 

3,340 

2,680 

2,380

2,160 

2,090 

2,020 

1,960 

1,890

1,820 

1,820 

1,820 

1,820

1,760

1,700 

1,700 

1,640 

1,640 

1,640

1,640 

1,580 

1,580 

1,580 

2,160

2,090 

1,700 

1,640 

1,640 

1,700

Dec.

1,640 

1,580 

1,520 

1,460 

1,460

1,460 

1,520 

1,640 

1,520 

1,520

1,580 

1,700 

2,020 

2,160 

2,020

1,960 

1,820 

1,760 

3,340 

3,090

2,380 

2,160 

2,380 

2,920 

2,380

2,300 

4,540 

3,770 

3,000 

2,520 

2,380

Jan.

2,160 

2,090 

2,090 

2,020 

2,230

2,300 

2,300 

2,300 

2,160 

2,090

2,450 

2,450 

2,380 

2,380 

2,380

2,300 

2,680 

3,600 

3,770 

5,410

3,680 

3,090 

2,760 

2,600 

2,520

2,380 

2,300 

2,600 

2,520 

2,450 

2,450

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Miro 

Apri 

Bay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

her. .........................

mber ........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary .

1 .................... . .

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

2,300 

2,300 

2,450 

2,380 

2,230

2,160 

2,450 

3,090 

2,600 

3,000

2,760 

2,520 

2,450 

2,520 

3,340

2,920 

2,520 

2,450 

2,300 

2,230

2,160 

2,230 

2,520 

2,300 

2,160

2,090 

2,020 

2,020

Secondfoot-days

63,78C 

63,04C 

67,50C

1,188,41C

80.89C 

68,47C 

96,75C 

68,86C 

54.32C 

68,61C 

58.26C 

45,46C 

53,OOC

788, 94C

Mar.

2,520 

2,450 

2,160 

2,020 

2,020

2,020 

2,600 

3,260 

3,090 

2,520

2,300 

2,230 

4,420 

11,600 

5,680

4,110 

3,600 

3,180 

2,920

2,760

2,840 

2,680 

2,520 

2,450 

2,380

2,380 

2,380 

3,520 

3,090 

2,600 

2,450

Apr.

2,380 

2,380 

2,300 

2,300 

3,940

4,200 

3,000 

2,680 

2,520 

2,450

2,380 

2,300 

2,230 

2,160 

2,090

2,090 

2,090 

2,090 

2,020 

2,020

1,960 

1,960 

1,890 

1,890 

1,890

2,090 

1,960 

1,890 

1,S20 

1,890

Maximum

4,540 

5,230 

4,540

24,700

5,410 

3,340 

11,600 

) 4,200 

) 2,840 

7,660 

) 4,700 

3,000 

3,860

11,600

Bay

1,890 

1,890 

2,230 

2,230 

1,890

1,820 

1,700 

1,700 

1,640 

1,640

1,640 

1,640 

1,760 

1,890 

2,090

1,820 

1,640 

1,640 

1,640 

1,640

1,580 

1,580 

1,640 

1,580 

1,520

1,460 

1,460 

1,410 

1,520 

1,700 

2,840

Minimum

1,640 

1,580 

1,460

1,460

2,020 

2,020 

2,020 

1,820 

1,410 

1,100 

1,000 

1,080 

1,120

1,000

June

2,380 

1,700 

2,090 

3,150 

7,480

3,260 

2,380 

3,180 

7,660 

3,940

2,840 

2,300 

2,020 

1,890 

1,760

1,700 

1,640 

1,460 

1,410 

1,410

1,410 

1,580 

1,520 

1,410 

1,250

1,220 

1,200 

1,150 

1,120 

1,100

Mean

2,057 

2,101 

2,177

3,256

2,609 

2,445 

3,121 

2,295 

1,752 

2,287 

1,879 

1,466 

1,767

2,161

July

1,080 

1,000 

1,000 

1,050 

1,100

1,250 

1,520 

1,250 

1,080 

1,030

1,120 

2,760 

2,760 

1,960 

3,720

4,700 

2,920 

2,230 

1,820 

1,640

1,520 

1,460 

1,520 

1,820 

1,640

2,510 

2,920 

2,760 

1,960 

1,640 

1,520

Aug.

1,460 

1,410 

1,300 

1,280 

1,220

1,200 

1,200 

1,180 

1,120 

1,100

1,100 

1,360 

1,200 

1,410 

1,890

1,410 

1,460 

1,360 

2,020 

1,410

1,250 

1,180 

1,100 

1,080 

1,100

2,600 

1,820 

2,020 

1,640 

1,580 

3,000

Per square 

mile

1.94 

1.98 

2.05

3.07

2.46 

2.31 

2.94 

2.17 

1.65 

2.16 

1.77 

1.38 

1.67

2.04

Sept.

3,260 

3,260 

2,680 

2,160 

1,890

1,640 

1,700 

2,380 

3,860 

2,840

2,090 

1,820 

1,760 

1,580 

1,460

1,410 

1,360 

1,360 

1,360 

1,300

1,250 

1,220 

1,300 

1,220 

1,180

1,150 

1,120 

1,120 

1,120 

1,150

Runoff in 

inches

2.24 

2.21 

2.36

41.69

2.84 

2.40 

3.39

2.42 

1.90 

2.41 

2.04 

1.59 

1.86

27.66

Peak discharge (base, 10,000 sec. -ft. ) . Mar. 14 (2 p.m.) 13,700 sec. -ft.
370 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Chattahoochee River near Roswell, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°00', long. 84°20', ij miles upstream from Big

 Creek and bridge on U. S. Highway 19 and 2 miles southeast of Roswell, Fulton County.

Drainage area. 1,230 square miles.

Records available.-Tpctober 1941 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 13,000 second-feet Mar. 15 (gage height, 12.0

 feet); minimum, 1,140 second-feet July 3, Aug. 25, 26 (gage height, 2.62 feet).

1941-50: Maximum discharge, 56,000 second-feet Jan. 8, 1946 (gage height, 23.4 

feet from floodmark), by computation of flow over Morgan Falls Dam 6 miles below station; minimum, 384 second-feet Oct. 14, 21, 26, 27, 1941 (gage height, 1.26 feet).

Remarks.--Records good. Slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used June 1-4)

2.6 1,140 7.0

3.4 1,680 8.6

4.0 2,140 10.3

5.4 3,440

5,230

7,360

10,000

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oot.

1,870

1,830

1,790

1,790

1,760

1,790

2,230

2,760

Z,Z30

Z.OZO

1,900

1,900

1,900

1,870

1,870

2,520

3,140

3,740

Z,950

2,400

2,140

1,980

1,900

1,870

1,830

1,900

1,790

1,830

2,140

Z,580

3,340

Nov.

4,990

5,350

3,960

Z.950

2,580

Z,400

2,230

Z,140

2,140

2,060

2,020

1,980

1,980

2,020

1,980

1,870

1,830

1,790

1,790

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,720

1,680

1,870

Z.400

1,900

1,760

1,760

1,760

Dec.

1,790

1,720

1,640

1,640

1,610

1,610

1,640

1,760

1,680

1,640

1,680

1,760

1,900

Z,230

2,Z30

Z,140

1,980

1,900

Z,490

3,540

2,670

2.3ZO

2,320

2,860

2,580

2,320

3,540

4,290

3,240

2,760

2,490

Jan.

2,320

2,230

2,230

2,140

2,140

2,490

2,400

2,490

2,320

2,230

2,400

2,670

2,490

2,490

2,490

2,490

2,670

3,440

3,640

5,470

4,180

3,340

2,950

2,760

2,670

2,580

2,490

2,670

2,760

2,580

2,580

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

2,490

2,490

2,490

2,580

2,400

2,320

2,400

3,140

2,950

3,240

3,040

2,860

2,670

2,670

3,140

3,240

2,860

2,580

2,490

2,400

2,320

2,400

2,670

2,580

2,320

2,230

2,140

2,140

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

67.36C

68,190

69,970

1.312.41C

84,80C

73 25C

103)380

72,510

58 87C

75 22C

62,78C

49 13C 59)270

844,730

Mar.

2,490

2,760

2,400

2,230

2,230

2,140

2,580

3,440

3,440'

2,860

2,580

2,490

3,640

10,000

9,470

4,510

3,740

3,340

3,140

2,950

2,860

2,860

2,670

2,580

2,580

2,490

2,490

3,440

3,540

2,860

2,580

Apr.

2,490 z.^

z.^

z.^

190

190

190

3,040

4,990 3,:

2,1

z,«

540

160

70

2,580

2,490 z.^

Z,'

2,

too

too

520

2,230

2,230

2,:

2,]

z,]

L40

L40

L40

2,140

2,140

2,(

2,C

2,(

)60

)20

520

2,020

2,140

2,]

1,<

1,<

1,«

Maximum

3,740

5,350

4,290

) 25,700

5,470

3,240

10,000

4,990

3,440

7,190

5,600

2,760

3,540

10,000

L40

)80

)40

)80

May

2,020

2,060

2,320

2,490

2,140

1,940

1,870

1,830

1,790

1,760

1,760

1,790

1,830

2,020

2,140

2,020

1,790

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,760

1,680

1,680

1,680

1,640

1,610

1,580

1,540

1,580

1,830

3,440

Minimum

1,760

1,680

1,610

1,610

2,140

2,140

2,140

1,940

1,540

I 300

1J170

1,140

1,230

1,140

June

2,950

1,900

2,060

2,670

7,190

4,390

2,670

2,400

7,120

5,350

3,240

2,670

2,310

2,140

2,020

1,900

1,900

1,760

1,680

1,640

1,640

1,680

1,790

1,640

1,540

1,470

1,440

1,400

1,360

1,300

-

Mean

2,173

2,273

2,257

3,596

2,735

2,616

3,335

2,417

1,899

2,507

2,025

1 58C

1^976

2,314

July

1,260

1,230

1,170

1,170

1,230

1,300

1,720

1,540

1,330

1,200

1,200

1,900

3,340

2,320

2,140

5,600

3,140

2,670

2,060

1,870

1,680

1,610

1,680

2,140

1,870

1,830

3,440

3,040

2,400

1,940

1,760

Aug.

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,

2,

1,

2,

1,

2,

Per square 

mile

1.77

1.85

1.83

2.92

2.22

2.13

2.71

1.97

1.54

2.04

1.65

1.29

1.61

1.88

640

570

500

440

440

440

400

360

330

330

300

300

440

470

870

720

540

540

790

830

440

330

230

170

140

940

760

830

140

580

320

Sept.

3,340

3,340

3,040

2,490

2,060

1,830

2,060

3,140

3,540

3,440

2,490

2,140

1,980

1,830

1,680

1,610

1,540

1,500

liSOO

1,470

1,440

1,400

1,400

1,470

1,330

1,260

1,260

1,230

1,230

1,230

-

Runoff in 

inches

2.04

2.06

2.11

39.66

2.56

2.22

3.12

2.20

1.78

2 . 28

1.90

1.49

1.80

25.56

Peak discharge (base. 12.000 sec.-ft.). Mar. 15 (3 a.m.) 13,000 sec.-ft.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 371

Chattahoochee River near Vinings, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°52', long. 84°27', at Pace Perry Bridge, 1 mile 

southeast of Vinings, Cobb County, 1 mile downstream from Rotten Wood Creek, 2i 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 1950.

Average discharge. 16 years (1928-31, 1937-50), 2,621 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 13,900 second-feet Mar. 15 (gage height, 11.2 

reet); minimum daily, 1,270 second-feet July 3, Aug. 24.

1928-31, 1936-50: 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. Considerable diurnal fluctuation caused by Morgan Palls hydroelectric plant 9f miles above station.

Revisions (water years). W 972: 1932.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, lii feet,

and discharge. In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 11 to Mar. 13,

Mar. 16 to Hay 30)

2.8 1,210 

3.6 2,070 

4.4 3,120 

6.0 5,620 

10.1 12,300

Discharge . In second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,130 

2,070 

2,010 

2,010 

2,010

2,070 

2,380 

3,050 

2,570 

2,310

' 2,130 

2,130 

2,310 

2,130 

2,130

2,700 

3,710 

4,020 

3,560 

2,700

2,440 

2,250 

2,250 

2,070 

2,070

2,190 

2,130 

2,070 

2,380 

2,910 

3,260

Nov.

5,620 

5,300 

4,660 

3,410 

2,910

2,700 

2,500 

2,500 

2,380 

2,310

2,310 

2,250 

2,250 

2,310 

2,250

2,130 

2,130 

2,010 

2,010 

2,010

2,010 

2,010 

2,010 

1,950 

2,070

2,700 

2,250 

2,070 

2,010 

2,010

Dec.

2,070 

1,950 

1,900 

1,840 

1,950

1,900 

1,900 

2,010 

2,010 

2,010

2,010 

2,010 

2,130 

2,570 

2,570

2,500 

2,310 

2,190 

2,500 

3,940

3,050 

2,700 

2,700 

3,120 

2,980

2,700 

3,260 

4,820 

3,560 

3,120 

2,840

Jan.

2,640 

2,500 

2,500 

2,440 

2,440

2,770 

2,700 

2,770 

2,640 

2,570

2,700 

3,050 

2,840 

2,840 

2,840

2,770 

3,190 

3,940 

4,340 

5,620

5,140 

3,940 

3,480 

3,190 

3,050

2,980 

2,840 

2,910 

3,120 

2,930 

2,840

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 ............

ary

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

2,840 

2,770 

2,770 

2,910 

2,700

2,640 

2,910 

3,480 

3,710 

3,940

3,640 

3,260 

2,980 

3,120 

3,340

3,780 

3,120 

2,910 

2,700 

2,640

2,500 

2,640 

2,910 

2,910 

2,570

2,500 

2,380 

2,380

Secondfoot-days

76,15( 

77,04( 

79,12(

1,487,06(

96,57( 

82,95 

116,03 

77,90 

64,87 

84, 71( 

69,57 

53,30 

67,47

945,68

Mar.

2,570 

3,190 

2,770 

2,500 

2,440

2,380 

2,980 

3,860 

3,S60 

3,410

2,840 

2,770 

4,660 

9,320 

12,300

5,460 

4,340 

3,780 

3,410 

3,190

3,120 

3,120 

2,910 

2,770 

2,770

2,700 

2,700 

4,020 

3,860 

3,190 

2,840

Apr.

2,700 

2,700 

2,640 

2,640 

3,640

5,140 

3,710 

3,120 

2,910 

2,770

2,640 

2,570 

2,500 

2,440 

2,330

2,380 

2,310 

2,310 

2,310 

2,250

2,250 

2,190 

2,190 

2,130 

2,190

2,250 

2,310 

2,130 

2,070 

2,130

Maximum

) 4,020 

) 5,620 

) 4,820

) 24,500

) 5,620 

3 3,940 

3 12,300 

) 5,140 

3 4,660 

) 6,960 

3 5,460 

3 3,260 

3 4,980

3 12,300

Peak discharge (base, 13,000 sec. -ft.). Mar. 15 (10 a.

Hay

2,130 

2,250 

2,130 

2,130 

2,380

2,130 

2,010 

1,950 

1,900 

1,900

1,900 

1,950 

2,070 

2,440 

2,380

2,310 

2,010 

1,900 

2,010 

2,070

1,950 

1,900 

1,900 

1,900 

1,840

1,730 

1,730 

1,730 

1,680 

1,900 

4,660

Minimum

2,010 

1,950 

1,840

1,840

2,440 

2,380 

2,380 

2,070 

1,680 

1,410 

1,270 

1,270 

1,410

1,270

m.

June

3,640 

2,500 

2,700 

3,560 

6,260

5,940 

3,120 

2,700 

6,110 

6,960

3,860 

3,120 

2,640 

2,380 

2,250

2,130 

2,130 

2,010 

1,900 

1,780

1,900 

1,900 

 2,010 

1,900 

1,730

1,620 

1,560 

1,510 

1,460 

1,410

Mean

2,456 

2,568 

2,552

4,074

3,115 

2,962 

3,743 

2,597 

2,093 

2,824 

2,244 

1,719 

2,249

2,591

July

1,410 

1,360 1,270' 

1,290 

1,360

1,410 

1,730 

1,730 

1,510 

1,290

1,300 

1,840 

3,640 

2,700 

2,310

5,460 

3,640 

2,980 

2,310 

2,070

1,900 

1,900 

1,840 

2,440 

2,440

2,070 

3,710 

3,410 

3,050 

2,250 

1,950

Aug.

1,900 

1,840 

1,680 

1,560 

1,510

1,510 

1,410 

1,410 

1,410 

1,360

1,360 

1,360 

1,620 

1,460 

2,010

2,070 

1,680 

1,780 

1,900 

2,130

1,560 

1,410 

1,360 

1,270 

1,280

1,780 

3,260 

1,950 

2,380 

1,780 

2,310

Per square 

mile

1.69 

1.77 

1.76

2.81

2.15 

2.04 

2.58 

1.79 

1.44 

1.95 

1.55 

1.19 

1.55

1.79

Sept.

3,480 

3,480

3,340 

2,770 

2,310

2,010 

2,690 

4,980 

3,780 

3,940

2,910 

2,440 

2,190

2,070 

1,900

1,780 

1,730 

1,620 

1,620 

1,620

1,560 

1,560 

1,510 

1,620 

1,460

1,460 

1,410 

1,410 

1,410 

1,410

Runoff in 

inches

1.95 

1.98 

2.03

38.14

2.48 

2.12 

2.97 

2.00 

1.66 

2.18 

1.79 

1.37 

1.73

24.26

13,900 sec. -ft.
372 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Chattahoochee River near Whltesburg, Qa.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 33°29', long. 84°54', at bridge on State Highway 16, ij 

 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.

Drainage area. 2,430 square miles.

Records available. October 1938 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 12 years, 3,806 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 15,000 second-feet Mar. 16 (gage height, 10.2 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 1,550 second-feet July 4.

1938-50: 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 except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, which 

are fair. Gage read twice daily. Moderate diurnal fluctuation caused by Morgan Palls 

hydroelectric plant.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

0.6 1,550 3.4 4,380 

1.6 2,440 6.0 7,900 

2.4 3,240 9.4 13,500

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2,640 

2,540 

2,440 

2,440 

2,440

2,840 

4,260 

3,140 

3,34O 

2,940

2,740 

2,640 

2,740 

2,640 

2,640

3,660 

6,080 

5,100 

5,100 

3,780

3,340 

3,140 

3,140 

3,040 

2,640

2,840 

2,840 

2,740 

2,940 

3,440 

3,900

Nov.

4,860 

6,780 

6,360 

4,860 

3,900

3,440 

3,240 

3,040 

3,040 

2,940

2,840 

2,740 

2,840 

2,840 

2,840

2,740 

2,640 

2,740 

2,540 

2,540

2,440 

2,440 

2,440 

2,440 

2,740

2,640 

2,740 

2,740 

2,540 

2,440

Dec.

2,440 

2,350 

2,260 

2,260 

2,260

2,440 

2,540 

2,640 

2,840 

2,840

2,840 

2,740 

2,740 

3,240 

3,900

4,140 

3,900 

3,440 

3,140 

3,660

4,380 

3,660 

3,780 

3,660 

3,540

3,540 

3,660 

4,500 

5,380 

4,500 

3,660

Jan.

3,440 

3,240 

3,140 

3,040 

3,040

3,040 

3,540 

3,540 

3,340

3,140

4,140 

4,020 

4,020 

3,660 

3,660

3,660 

3,900 

4,860 

5,380 

5,380

4,980 

4,860 

4,620 

4,260 

3,900

3,660 

3,660 

3,660 

3,780 

3,780 

3,660

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Jami 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Bay 

June 

July 

Align 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

3,440 

3,440 

3,440 

3,440 

3,440

3,240 

3,660 

5,520 

5,100 

7,480

7,060 

5,660 

4,860 

4,620 

4,740

4,740 

4,620 

4,140 

3,900 

3,660

3,540 

3,780 

4,740 

4,260 

4,140

3,660 

3,440 

3,240

Seoondfoot-days

100, 14C 

95,36( 

102, 87C

1,992,95(

120, OOC 

121, OOC 

169, 06C 

108, 36C 

93, 10C 

118, 19C 

100, 25C 

69,96( 

111,38C

1,309,67(

Mar.

3,540 

3,900 

4,140 

3,900 

3,780

% 3,660 

4,380 

6,080 

6,780 

5,520

4,620 

4,380 

5,940 

11,600 

13,500

12,300 

6,640 

5,520 

4,860 

4,620

4,380 

4,260 

4,020 

3,900 

3,780

3,660 

3,900 

6,080 

5,940 

5,10O 

4,380

Apr.

3, 

3, 

3, 

3,

4,

6, 

6, 

4, 

4, 

3,

3, 

3, 

3, 

3, 

3,

3, 

3, 

3, 

3, 

3,

3, 

3, 

3,

3, 

2,

3, 

3, 

2, 

2, 

2,

Maximum

) 6,080 

) 6,780 

D 5,380

) 27,000

) 5,380 

D 7,480 

) 13,500 

) 6,500 

) 6,780 

) 9,820 

) 10,100 

) 4,500 

D 12,800

) 13,500

Peak discharge (base, 18,000 sec.-,ft.). No peak above

900 

900 

780 

660 

020

360 

500 

380 

020 

900

660 

660 

440 

440 

340

240 

140 

140 

140 

140

040 

040 

040 

040 

940

540 

140 

940 

940 

940

May

3,04C 

3,54C 

5,10C 

4,50C 

3,54C

3.44C 

3.24C 

3,04C 

2,64C 

2.64C

2,64C 

a2,60C 

a2,60C 

a3,OOC 

3.90C

3,34C 

2,94C 

2,54C 

2.26C 

2,17C

2.35C 

2.54C 

2,54C 

2.44C 

2,35C

2,26C 

2,26C 

2.17C 

2.26C 

2,44C 

6,78C

Minimum

2,440 

2,440 

2,260

2,260

3,040 

3,240 

3,540 

2,940 

2,170 

1,810 

1,550 

1,600 

1,720

1,550

June

4,620 

3,440 

3,140 

4,860 

9,820

9,500 

5,240 

7,760 

6,920 

6,080

7,620 

4,740 

3,900 

3,240 

3,140

3,140 

2,940 

2,840 

2,640 

2,440

2,260 

2,170 

2,080 

2,080 

1,990

1,900 

1,990 

1,990 

1,900 

1,810 

-

Mean

3,230 

3,179

3,318

5,460

3,871 

4,321 

5,454 

3,612 

3,002 

3,940 

3,234 

2,257 

3,712

3,586

July

1,720 

1,630 

1,630 

1,550 

1,7ZO

3,040 

2,260 

2,170 

1,990 

1,720

1,630 

1,990 

3,340 

4,980 

3,440

4,860 

7,060 

4,140 

3,440 

2,840

2,640 

2,640 

2,540 

3,140 

3,440

3,040 

3,240 

3,900 

10,100 

4,980 

3,440

Aug.

2,

2, 

2, 

2, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

d2, 

d2, 

d2, 

2, 

2,

a.2, 

a2, 

al,

1, 

al,

2. 

3,

4, 

3,

2, 

2,

Per square 

mile

1.33 

1.31 

1.37

2.25

1.59 

1.78 

2.24 

1.49 

1.24 

1.62 

1.33 

.929 

1.53

1.48

base.

840 

640 

350 

170 

990

990 

900 

900

720 

720

720 

720 

720 

900 

7ZO

000 

300 

500 

170 

440

500 

000 

800 

630 

600

260 

340 

500 

540 

640 

740

Sept.

4,020 

4,930 

4,740 

4,140 

3,900

3,780 

4,380 

10,500 

12,800 

10,900

5,240 

3,540 

3,240 

2,740 

2,540

2,350 

2,260 

2,170 

2,170 

2,080

2,080 

2,080 

1,990 

1,900 

1,900

1,900 

1,810 

1,810 

1,720 

1,720

Runoff in 

inches

1.53 

1.46 

.1.58

30.50

1.83 

1.85 

2.58 

1.66 

1.43 

1.81 

1.53 

1.07 

1.71

20.04

a So gage-heigJit record; discharge computed on basis of records for stations near Vlnlngs and at 

West Point.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed as explained In footnote a.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 373

Chattahoochee River at West Point, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°53", long. 85°11', Just downstream from Osellgee 

Creole 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 1950. July 1896 to December 1910 at site 

three-quarters of a mile downstream.

Average discharge. 52 years (1896-1910, 1912-50), 5,743 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 16,000 second-feet Mar. 16 (gage height, 10.4 

I'eet); minimum, 1,800 second-feet July 5; minimum gage height, 2.91 feet Aug. 25.

1896-1910, 1912-50: Maximum discharge, 134,000 second-feet Dec. 10, 1919 (gage 

height, 30.0 feet, from floodmark), 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. Employee of Georgia Power Co. inspects gage weekly. 

Revisions (water years). W 862: 1920, drainage area. W 972: 1931-32.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge,' in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used July 31 to Sept. 7, Sept. 12-30)

2.9 1,760 

4.0 3,530 

6.0 7,000 

8.0 10,70O 

10.1 15,200

Discharge, in second- feet , water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 25-

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

3,190 

3,110 

3,O30 

2,950 

2,950

2,950 

3,280 

4,300 

3,960 

3,960

3,440 

3,190 

3,110 

3,280 

3,190

3,530 

6,280 

6,640 

5,570 

5,400

4,380 

3,780 

3,530 

3,280 

3,280

3,110 

3,190 

3,280 

3,280 

3,360 

4,210

Nov.

4,890 

6,820 

6,640 

7,000 

5,230

4,380 

4,040 

3,780 

3,7OO 

3,620

3,530 

3,440 

3,440 

3,440

3,530

3,440 

3,280 

3,190

3,110 

3,110

3,110 

3,110 

3,030 

3,030 

3,190

3,530 

3,530 

3,870 

3,360 

3,190

Dec.

3,190 

3,110 

3,110 

3,030 

2,950

2,950 

3,110 

3,440 

3,360 

3,280

3,190 

3,530 

3,440 

3,780 

5,060

5,740 

5,060 

4,380 

4,040 

3,960

4,890 

5,230 

4,550 

4,720 

4,550

4,890 

4,720 

4,550 

5,920 

5,740 

4,890

Jan.

4,380 

4,120 

3,960 

3,870 

3,780

3,780 

4,040 

4,300 

4,040 

4,120

5,920 

6,640 

5,570 

5,23O 

4,890

4,720 

4,890 

4,890 

5,920 

6,640

7,180 

7,900 

6,280 

5,400 

5,060

4,720 

4,550 

4,550 

4,550 

4,720 

4,720

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

toy 

June 

Julji 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 ............

ary

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

4,380 

4,380 

4,210 

4,210 

4,210

4,210 

4,120 

5,230 

6,46O

10,900

12,800 

9,560 

7,360 

6,460 

6,460

6,100 

6,100 

5,740 

5,230 

4,890

4,550 

4,720 

5,740 

5,740 

5,230

5,060 

4,550 

4,300

Secondfoot-clays

115,990 

116,560 

128,360

2,404,100

155,330 

162,900 

230,660 

141,590 

120,710 

146,910 

116,930 

86,050 

125,840

1,647,830

Mar.

4,890 

5,570 

5,570 

5,230 

6,460

6,640 

6,280 

8,080 

9,750 

8,440

7,180 

5,920 

6,280 

11,500 

13,800

15, 200 

11,700 

7,900 

6,820 

6,280

6,100 

5,740 

5,570 

5,230 

5,740

5,570 

5,230 

8,260 

9,370 

7,90O 

6,460

Apr.

5,570 

5,230 

5,060 

5,060 

5,570

6,280 

6,820 

7,000 

5,570 

5,060

4,890 

4,720 

4,550 

4,380

4,300

4,210 

4,120 

4,040 

4,040 

4,040

3,960 

3,870 

3,870 

3,870 

3,870

4,550 

4,890 

4,380 

4,040 

3,780

Maximum

6,640 

7,000 

5,920

38,OOO

7,900 

12,800 

15,200 

7,000 

7,720 

10,100 

9,370 

4,040 

12,100

15,2?0

Peak discharge (base, 25,000 sec. -ft.). No peak above

May

3,960 

4,550 

6,280 

7,720 

5,920

5,060 

4,210 

3,780 

3,530 

3,440

3,360 

3,280 

3,360 

3,870 

4,720

4,210 

3,780 

3,440 

3,280 

3,700

4,040 

3,620 

3,440 

3,190 

3,110

2,950 

2,870 

2,710 

3,030 

3,110 

3,190

Minimum

2,950 

3,030 

2,950

2,950

3,780 

4,120 

4,890 

3,780 

2,710 

2,150 

1,850 

1,960 

2,150

1,850

June

7,540 

6,640 

4,550 

4,890 

9,940

8,620 

9,180 

6,100 

7,720 

9,940

10,100 

6,640 

4,890 

4,210

4,210

3,870 

3,36O 

3,110 

3,030 

2,870

2,950 

2,79O 

2,87O 

2,790 

2,710

2,550 

2,310 

2,230 

2,150 

2,150

Mean

3,742 

3,885

4,141

6,587

5,011 

5,818 

7,441 

4,720 

3,894 

4,897 

3,772 

2,776 

4,195

4,515

July

2,020

1,910 

1,900 

1,860 

1,850

2,550 

3,620 

2,630 

2,550 

2,230

2,040 

1,97O 

2,950 

4,890 

5,920

4,040 

6,100 

6,820 

4,380 

3,700

3,030 

2,790 

2,950 

3,390 

4,040

4,040 

3,620 

6,280 

6,460 

9,370 

5,230

Aug.

4,040 

3,440 

3,110 

2,870 

2,630

2,470 

2,390 

2,310 

2,230 

2,150

2,070 

2,040 

2,230 

2,150 

2,230

2,300 

3,110 

3.28O 

3,190 

3,530

3,110 

2,710 

2,230 

2,050 

1,960

2,470 

3,030 

4,040 

3,960 

3,190 

3,440

Per square 

mile

1.05

1.09 

1.17

1.86

1.41 

1.64 

2.10 

1.33 

1.10 

1.38 

1.06 

.782 

1.18

1.27

base.

Sept.

4,720 

6,640 

5,570 

5,060 

4,380

3,700 

4,210 

8,800 

12,100 

8,440

7,360 

5,570 

4,300 

3,700 

3,360

3,110 

2,950 

2,790 

2,790 

2,630

2,630 

2,550 

2,470 

2,47O 

2,390

2,390 

2,230 

2,150 

2,150 

2,230

Runoff in 

inches

1.21 

1.22 

1.35

25.20

1.63 

1.71 

2.42 

1.48 

1.27 

1.54 

1.22 

.90 

1.32

17.27

231536 0-53-25
374 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Chattahoochee River at Columbus, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 32 0 27'45", long. 84°59'45", at Central of Georgia 

Hanroad bridge in Columbus, Muscogee County, half a mile downstream from Eagle and 

Phenix Dam, It miles downstream from-City Mills Dam, and 17^ miles downstream from 

Bartlett Perry Reservoir. Datum of gage is 185.14 feet above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

 Drainage area.--4.670 square miles.

Records available. August 1929 to September 1950. December 1912 at site 800 feet upstream.

Average discharge. 21 years, 6,740 second-feet (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 16,200 second-feet Mar. 17 (gage height, 12.3 

reet); minimum daily, 1,590 second-feet Sept. 24.

1912, 1929-50: Maximum discharge, 104,000 second-feet Nov. 28; 1948, by computation 

of flow at North Highlands Dam; maximum gage height, 42.4 feet 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 except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow regulated by Bartlett Perry Reservoir and power plants above station. Bartlett 

Perry Reservoir, completed in 1926, has a usable capacity of 134,000 acre-feet.

Cooperation. Records of monthly reservoir contents and hourly readings of forebay, tailrace ana kw. output at North Highlands Dam furnished by Georgia Power Co.

Revisions (water years). W 1082: 1943(M).

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3,450

3,250

3,860

3,650

3,550

3,350

3,450

3,750

4,080

4.O8O

4,190

4,190

4.19O

4,O80

 4,080

3,450

4,300

7,320

6,280

5,790

5,670

4,630

4,3OO

3,970

3,970

3,650

2,89O

3,450

3,970

3,970

3,970

Nov.

4,3OO

5,670

6,280

6,540

6,540

5,790

4,410

4,300

4,100

4,100

4,100

3,600

3,200

4.6OO

4,300

4,100

4,100

3,800

3,100

2.40O

3,800

3,8OO

3,200

3,100

4,1OO

3,600

3,60O

4,300

4,100

4,100

-

Dec.

3,800

3,800

3.1OO

2,800

3,8OO

3,20O

3,600

4,100

4,100

4.1OO

3,800

4.1OO

4,10O

4,10O

6,4OO

8,900

6,8OO

6,200

4,600

5,000

4,850

5,910

6,280

4,850

5,190

5,190

6,280

6,410

6,150

5,070

5,190

Month

October. ...............

November. ..............

December. ..............

Calendar year 1949 . .

January. ...............

February. ..............

March. ............... s .

April..................

May. ...................

June ...................

July.. .................

August. ................

September. .............

Water year 1949-So . .

Jan.

5,070

5,

,(

,4

L90

J50

10

,410

,300

,3

,E

5,]

oo

20

90

4,520

7,320

9,2

7,2

6,E

20

20

40

5,310

6,540

6,C

6,3

6,3

SO

50

50

6,540

8.1OO

e,e

7,2

e,e

70

20

70

6,670

6,28O

6,C

6,]

4,C

^ c

SO

50

80

20

5J070

Secondfoot-days

128,780

127,030

151,770

3,207,960

181,540

186,610

286 j 550

165,230

142,440

162,290

137,810

116,170

134,690

1,920,690

Feb.

5,190

5,190

,960

,630

,630

,850

,960

,960

6,410

10,8OO

15,200

13,100

8,490

7,970

7,320

7,19O

6,410

6,41O

6,280

6,030

4,960

5,430

6.03O

6,410

5,910

5,670

5,670

5,55O

_

-

-

Mar.

4,520

5,670

6,410

6,540

12,600

14,200

12,600

10,300

12,5OO

10,900

8,900

6,800

8,490

10,200

15,000

14,700

14,400

8,760

8,360

6,540

7,060

6,280

6,280

6,150

6,030

6,030

6, ISO

12,8OO

12,80O

10,000

8,36O

Apr.

6,670

6,540

6,280

6,150

7,320

7,580

8,100

7,320

6,8OO

6,410

6,150

5,910

4,630

4,63O

4,850

4,63O

4,630

4,630

4,630

4,740

4,410

4,300

4,O8O

4,080

4,190

5,070

5,790

5,670

4,410

4,630

-

Observed

Maximum

7,320

6,540

8,900

63.OOO

9,320

15,200

15,OOO

8,100

7,710

10,90O

9, 88O

6,67O

11,500

15,200

Minimum

2,890

2,400

2,800

2,400

4,080

4,630

4,520

4,080

3,160

 1,970

1,600

1,900

1,590

1,590

Mean

4,154

4,234

4,896

8,789

5,856

6,665

9,236

5,508

4,595

5,410

4,445

3,747

4,490

5,262

May

4,520

5,310

5,790

7,710

6,930

6,280

5,190

4,850

4,410

4,190

4,080

4,080

4,080

 4,O8O

4,080

' 4,960

4,960

4,520

4,190

4,740

4,740

4,960

4,630

4,52O

4,300

3,970

3,250

3,160

3,550

3,250

3,160

June

3,160

6,930

6,410

6,280

6,930

9,740

9,180

9,180

7,710

10.9OO

9,880

8,9OO

6,540

5,550

4,740

4,520

4,63O

4,3OO

3,750

4.08O

3,350

3.16O

2,810

2,980

3,550

2,810

2,730

2,81O

2,810

1,970

-

Change in contents in Bartletts Ferry 

Reservoir 

(acre-feet)

-1,000

+1.OOO

0

-2,OOO

0

O

+1,000

o

-1,000

o

-7,000

-31,7OO

+32,700

-1,000

July

2

1

1

1

2

3

3

4

3

2

3

2

3

4

6

6

6

6

6

4

4

4

3

3

4

5

5

6

6

6

9

040

,760

,90O

600

180

,070

160

190

750

890

O7O

810

450

740

67O

540

540

280

280

630

410

,O8O

160

45O

190

430

910

,540

,410

800

880

Aug.

6,670

6.41O

6,280

6,030

3,350

2,250

2.89O

4,19O

2,730

3,250

3,970

2,04O

1,9OO

2,890

2,730

2,110

2,89O

4,190

3,970

3,250

3,070

2,980

2,730

2,490

2,180

3,080

5,790

4,740

5,070

4,740

5,310

Sept.

6,930

7,190

6,800

6,540

5,790

5,190

4,850

6,540

8,490

11,500

9,320

8,100

6,930

5,190

4,300

2,810

2,110

2,180

2,330

2,330

2,180

2,110

1,760

1,590

1,900

1,620

1,830

2,250

2,330

1,700

-

Adjusted for change in 

reservoir contents

 Mean

4,138

4,251

4,896

8,786

5,856

6,665

9,252

5,508

4,579

5,410

4,331

3,231

5,040

5,261

Per square 

mile

0.886

.910

1.05

1.88

1.25

1.43

1.98

1.18

.981

1.16

.927

.692

1.08

1.13

Runoff In . 

inches

1.02

1.02

1.21

25.51

1.44

1.49

2.28

1.32

1.13

1.29

1.07

.80

1.2O

15.27

Note. No gage-height record Nov. 8 to Dec. 2O; discharge computed on basis of Georgia Power Co. 

tailrace readings at North Highlands Dam.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 375

Chattahoochee River at Columbia, Ala.

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 Oraussee 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 1950. Gage-height records collected at same

 site since i93"6 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 22 years, 11,320 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 28,300 second-feet Mar. 7 (gage height, 22.2

 feet); minimum observed, 2,800 second-feet Aug. 15, Sept. 27; minimum gage height observ6 '1928-50^ 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. Flow regulated by Bartlett Ferry Reservoir (see preceding page).

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dee. 17, 

July 18 to Sept. 11)

4.7

7.0

11.0

16.0

21.8

8,800

5,510

10,500

17,800

27,500

Discharge, In aeoond-feet, water year October 1949 to Sept ember 1950

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

50

31

Oot.

6,030

6,150

5,910

5,910

6,270

6,150

6,630

6,510

6,630

6,890

6,890

6,890

6,890

6,760

6,510

6,390

6,270

6,390

8,190

9,940

8,710

8,320

7,930

7,020

6,510

6,390

6,510

6,270

5,670

6,390

6,890

Nov.

6,890

6,890

7,670

8,580

8,840

9,100

8,710

7,800

6,890

6,760

6,510

6,390

6,390

6,150

6,270

6,890

6,630

6,390

6,150

5,910

5,190

4,950

5,910

6,030

5,550

5,550

6,510

6,150

6,390

6,630

"

Dec.

6,630

6,510

6,270

6,030

5,310

5,310

5,910

5,910

6,390

6,760

6,890

6,630

6,510

6,630

8,710

11,600

14,000

13,000

11,100

10,100

8,710

8,580

8,190

9,380

9,100

7,930

8,190

8,450

9,580

9,380

8,580

Jan..

7,800

7,930

7,800

7,800

7,410

7,020

7,150

7,540

7,540

7,670

7,930

9,520

13,400

13,200

10,600

9,800

8,840

9,380

9,240

9,380

9,100

10,200

10,200

10,100

9,940

9,800

9,600

9,380

9,660

9,100

7,410

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water fear 1949-50 ............

Feb.

7,540

8,060

7,930

7,800

7,410

7,150

7,280

7,540

8,840

9,660

12,900

19,600

20,500

15,700

13,000

12,200

11,300

10,600

9,940

9,660

9,520

8,970

10,900

12,700

11,600

10,800

9,660

9,380

-

-

-

Secondfoot-days

210,81C

200, 6 7C

252, 07C

5,383,23C

281, 50C

298,14C

501, BBC

321, 88C

242, 17C

260, 19C

201, 9 7C

174.55C

217, 61C

3,163,44C

Mar.

9,240

8,840

9,100

10,500

11,900

20,000

27,500

26,100

23,600

21,300

18,900

15,700

13,300

13,900

16,000

20,800

25,800

24, 100

18,300

14,400

12,700

11,900

11,900

12,300

10,600

10,400

10,200

12,600

19,100

22,000

18,900

Apr.

14,500

12,300

11,100

11,300

14,600

18,600

16,000

14,400

12,600

12,000

11,100

10,800

10,500

9,800

8,320

8,450

8,320

8,190

8,710

8,840

8,450

8,190

7,670

7,280

7,280

8,580

11,100

11,500

11,200

10,200

-

Maximum

> 9,940

> 9,100

) 14,000

) 75,200

) 15,400

) 20,500

> 27,500

) 18,600

) 11,600

> 18,400

> 11,500

) 13,300

) 15,400

) 27,500

May

8,450

9,520

8,840

10,900

10,900

11,500

9,800

8,710

7,800

7,020

6,510

6,390

6,270

6,390

8,450

11,600

10,200

9,380

7,800

6,760

6,510

7,280

7,020

7,280

6,630

6,270

6,150

5,670

5,310

5,190

5,670

Minimum

5,670

4, WO

5,310

4,950

7,020

7,150

8,840

7,280

5,190

4,180

S,200

2,800

2

Qnn f 9VV

2,800

June

8,840

8,320

8,190

9,100

9,660

11,500

12,900

14,800

18,400

15,700

15,100

14,000

13,000

10,400

8,710

7,670

6,760

6,510

6,270

5,790

5,670

5,790

5,310

5,070

4,620

4,620

4,840

' 4,180

4,180

4,290

-

Mean

6,800

6,689

8,131

14,749

9,081

10,648

16,190

10,729

7,812

8,673

6,515

5,631

7,254

8,667

July

4,180

g3,300

g3,410

g3,200

g3,300

g3,630

4,620

5,550

5,430

6,270

5,670

4,950

5,190

5,070

6,390

9,100

10, 600

10,100

9,380

8,580

7,930

6,630

6,150

5,670

5,670

5,910

6,510

7,800

9,380

10,900

11,500

Aug.

13,300

11,500

9,100

8,190

7,800

6,760

4,750

3,630

4,070

4,950

3,960

4,290

4,620

g3,900

g2,800

3,630

3,850

3,630

4,620

6,030

5,550

4,730

4,400

3,980

3,740

3,410

5,300

6,270

7,800

6,890

9,940

Per square 

mile

0.846

.832

1.01

1.83

1.13

1.32

2.01

1.33

.972

1.08

.810

.700

.902

1.08

Sept.-

11,600

13,300

12,900

10,500

9,240

8,ltO

8,580

8,840

' 9,840

10,900

13,400

12,700

11,100

10,100

8,450

6,890

5,790

4,620

3, WO

3,740

3,740

3,740

3,740

g3,630

g3,300

g2,900

g2,900

3,000

3,100

3,520

Runoff in 

inches

0.98

.93

1.16

24.91

1.30

1.38

2.32

1.48

1.12

1.20

.93

.81

1.01

14.62

Peak discharge (base. 47.000 sec.-ft.). Ho peak above base.

g Computed from graph baaed on dally gage readings by 0. S. Weather Bureau.
376 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Apalachicola River at Chattahoochee, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°43 I , long. 84°51 I , 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 1 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 1950. 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.--22 years, 22,790 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 37,100 second-feet Mar. 18 (gage height, 11.83 

I'eet); minimum, 7,800 second-feet Aug. 16 (gage height, 0.08 foot).

1928-50: 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 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

0.2 

4.0 

8.6 

11.8

8,000

15,900

27,500

37,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

14,400

14,600

14,600

13,700

13,300

13,900

14,400

15,000

14,600

14,100

14,100

14,100

14,400

14,600

14,400

14,100

13,900

13,300

13,500

15,200

16,200

15,700

15,200

14,800

13,700

12,900

13,100

13,500

13,300

13,100

13,700

Nov.

13,700

13,500

13,500

14,600

15,500

15,900

16,200

15,500

14,100

13,500

13,100

13,100

13,300

13,300

12,900

12,600

13,100

13,300

13,100

13,100

12,600

11,800

11,400

12,000

12,400

12,000

11,800

12,600

12,400

12,600

-

Dec.

12 , 900

12,900

12,900

12,900

12,600

11,600

11,400

12,400

12,900

13,300

13,500

13,500

13,100

12,400

13,300

15,700

18,800

21,200

21,000

19,300

18,300

17,900

17,600

17,100

17,600

17,100

15,900

15,500

15,700

15,900

15,900

Jan.

15,500

14,800

14,600

14,400

14,100

13,900

13,700

13,900

14,100

14,100

14,100

14,600

16 , 600

19 , 500

19,300

17,600

17,100

16,900

17,100

16,900

16,900

16,900

17,900

17,100

16,900

16,900

16,900

16,600

16,400

16,600

15,700

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949.50 ............

Feb.

14,400

14,400

14,600

14,400

14,100

13,900

13,500

13,500

13,900

15,200

16,900

21,200

26,000

26,000

22,900

21,400

20,700

20,300

19,500

18,800

18,600

18,100

17,400

18,600

19,500

19,000

18,300

17,600

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

439 40C

398)500

472,100

10,676,400

 497, 60C

502,700

838,100

648, 30C

480,900

482, 80C

372,400

352,100

431,600

5,916,500

Mar.

17,400

17,400

17,100

17,400

18,800

20,700

29,600

34,100

34,400

32,900

31,700

30,500

29,300

27,800

28,100

31,100

34,700

37,100

35,600

32,000

29,000

26,900

25,400

24,400

22,900

22,200

21,200

21,200

24,400

30,500

32,300

Apr.

30,800

28,100

26,300

25,700

26,300

28,700

30,500

28,700

26,300

24,400

23,400

22,200

21,400

20,700

19,800

18,300

17,900

17,400

17,400

17,900

17,600

17,400

16,900

16,200

15,700

15,700

17,100

19,500

20,000

20,000

-

Maximum

16,200

16,200

21,200

84 f 200

19,500

26,000

37,100

30,800

19,300

24,400

17,100

19,000

20,000

37,100

May

19,000

18,300

18,800

18,800

19,300

19,300

19,300

18,100

16,600

15,500

14,600

14,100

13,900

13,700

14, 100

15,900

17,900

17,400

16,900

15.50O

14,400

13,900

13,700

13, 300

13,700

13,500

13,100

12,900

12,400

11,600

11,400

Minimum

12,900

11,400

11,400

11,400

13,700

13,500

17,100

15,700

11,400

9 800

8*400

8,000

8,400

8,000

June

12,400

15,000

15,700

16,900

17,600

17,400

18,300

20,500

22,700

24,400

23,700

24,200

23,400

21,900

19,800

18,100

16,600

15,000

14,100

13,300

12,200

12,400

12,200

11,800

11,400

11,200

10,600

10,200

10,000

9,800

-

Mean

14,17

13,28

15,23

29,25

16,05

17,95

27 04 2i)ei

15,51

16,09

12,01

11,36

14,39

16,21

July

9,800

9,600

9,000

8,600

8,400

8,600

9,200

10,400

11,200

11,000

11,600

11, 600

11,400

11,200

10, 800

12,200

14, 600

15,500

15,500

15,000

14,600

13,700

12,400

12,200

11, 800

11,400

11,800

12,400

13,900

15,900

17,100

Aug.

18,100

19,000

17,900

16,400

15,500

14, 600

13,500

11,400

10,000

10,000

10,600

10,000

10,200

10,200

8,800

8,000

8,800

9,200

8,800

9,800

10,800

10,200

9,600

9,200

9,000

8,800

8,400

8,600

10,800

12,200

13,700

Per square 

mile

3 0.829

3 .777

D .891

3 1.71

3 .939

3 1.05

D 1*58

3 1.26

D .907

3 941

3 !702

3 .664

3 .842

3 .948

Sept.

17,900

19,000

20,000

19,500

18,100

17,400

16,900

16,600

16,400

16,600

18,100

19,800

19,500

18,800

18,100

16,200

14,400

13,100

11,600

10,800

10,600

10,400

10,400

9,800

9,200

8,600

8,400

8,400

8,400

8,600

Runoff in 

inches

0.96

 87

1.03

23.22

1.08

1.09

1*82

1.41

1.05

1.05

 81

.77

.94

12.88

Peak discharge (base. 47.000 sec.-ft.). No peak above base.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 377

Soque River near Demorest, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 83°35', long. 34°34', at Cannon Bridge, Similes 

west of Demorest, Habersham County, 3 miles downstream from Habersham Mill 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 iabu.

Average discharge.--16 years (1904-8, 1929-31, 1940-50), 360 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,150 second-feet June 8 (gage height, 7.98 

reetj; minimum daily, 112 second-feet Sept. 30.

1904-9, 1929-31, 1940-50: Maximum discharge, 21,000 second-feet June 16, 1949 (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, 18 second-feet Oct. 

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. Low flow regulated by Habersham Mill power plant. 

Revisions (water years).--W 892: 1904-9, 1929, drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

312

326

343

324

323

437

569

480

396

383

349

339

343

352

313

466

572

524

412

370

348

315

326

337

307

322

310

466

442

664

1,110

Nov.

1,330

843

590

504

438

424

428

382

372

362

355

327

348

364

325

321

313

312

279

304

322

293

293

316

482

294

306

320

304

293

-

Dec.

275

262

240

264

282

262

276

268

260

237

299

368

339

316

306

280

243

374

531

378

339

333

532

404

357

672

702

512

440

395

358

Jan.

359

369

347

353

358

345

348

338

347

355

416

386

378

375

375

398

488

548

682

619

492

457

450

465

406

390

444

439

431

496

416

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

Mav my ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Hater year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

403

397

409

364

370

385

518

428

434

444

402

398

411

490

500

426

398

361

374

373

385

457

453

423

397

517

428

410

_

_

-

Secondf cot-days

12.88C

12,144

11, 10'

216,744

13,07(

11,75E

16.13E

11,05]

8,39"

12,03"

11,995

8,372

9.60E

138,552

Mar.

472

407

397

368

395

416

502

548

475

436

399

502

2,050

1,160

673

576

514

453

440

450

431

404

384

378

351

364

408

570

436

399

377

Apr.

358

378

379

404

982

512

434

386

389

389

374

358

349

344

314

332

346

328

327

321

310

288

309

323

320

328

304

297

273

295

Maximum

1,110

1,330

702

11,000

) 682

518

2,050

982

501

1,720

1,900

844

621

2,050

May

310

298

376

307

286

255

264

284

256

255

258

260

266

315

307

251

251

243

233

220

229

264

233

224

235

236

185

247

282

266

501

Minimum

307

279

237

86

338

361

351

273

185

198

120

138

112

112

June

252

219

225

1,010

592

348

294

1,720

1,210

620

508

422

353

326

298

310

250

256

274

242

257

307

265

203

215

235

216

210

202

198

-

Mean

415

405

358

594

422

420

520

368

271

401

387

270

320

380

July

120

172

228

214

292

388

297

178

189

238

211

607

401

438

1,900

613

482

394

347

299

279

249

263

335

460

521

551

400

308

321

304

Aug.

269

252

240

231

196

218

243

209

205

204

203

160

185

302

230

245

232

540

305

233

244

200

201

202

204

138

312

346

221

558

844

Per square 

mile

2.66

2.60

2.29

3.81

2.71

2.69

3.33

2.36

1.74

2.57

2.48

1.73

2.05

2.44

Sept.

618

535

447

368

308

268

431

621

612

447

391

310

323

296

277

237

262

278

248

242

229

224

195

209

245

215

222

225

213

112

-

Runoff in 

Inches

3.07

2.90

2.64

51.69

3.12

2.80

3.84

2.63

2.01

2.87

2.86

1.99

2.29

33.02

Peak discharge (base, 2,600 sec. -ft. ). Mar. 13 (5 p.m.) 2,870 sec. -ft.; June 8 (2 p.m.) 3,150
378 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Chestatee River near Dahlonega, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°32', long. 83°56', at Bearden Bridge on State 

Hignway 43, 2 miles downstream from Ballplay Creek, Z\ 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 1950.

Average discharge. 12 years (1929-31, 1940-50), 348 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,370 second-feet Mar. 13 (gage height, 11.1 

TeeTT; minimum daily, 177 second-feet Aug. 24.

1929-31, 1940-50: Maximum discharge, 15,300 second-feet Jan. 7, 1946 (gage 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

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In secand-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 15 to June 3)

1.5 165 4.0 958 

1.9 267 6.0 1,780 

2.7 509 7.8 2,580

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29

30 

31

_ Oot.

243 

237 

237 

235 

237

298 

351 

273 

256 

245

240 

254 

256 

273 

251

330 

477 

403 

318 

281

264 

256 

245 

235 

235

248 

235 

315 

301 

526 

674

NOT.

760 

574 

430 

372 

336

315 

301 

292 

284 

275

270 

264 

267 

264 

256

248 

245 

243 

240 

237

235 

230 

230 

248 

351

259 

245 

237 

264 

262

Dec.

243 

235 

224 

227 

224

222 

243 

230 

222 

230

251 

351 

375 

342 

327

304 

287 

510 

657 

 462

396 

378 

574 

462 

403

680 

794 

590 

493 

446 

406

Jan.

381 

363 

360 

446 

509

493 

558 

462 

430 

446

493 

462 

446 

477 

446

462 

525 

590 

691 

674

558 

509 

477 

446 

430

409 

462 

462 

430 

430 

415

Honth

Ooto 

Hove 

Deoe

Cs

Janu 

Pebr 

Haro 

Apri 

Hay. 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

mber .........................

lendaT year 1949 ............

ary . . .

1. ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

415 

430 

462 

430 

406

390 

541 

462 

477 

493

462 

446 

430 

590 

574

493 

462 

430 

415 

400

387 

430 

430 

387 

375

363 

354 

354

Seoondfoot-daya

9,229 

9,034 

11,788

174,887

14,742 

12,288 

17,580 

13,119 

10,371 

11,573 

10,302 

7,615 

9,227

136,868

Peak discharge (base, 2,600 sec.-ft. ).--Mar

sec . -rt .

Mar.

430 

375 

360 

351 

354

348 

446 

462 

415 

390

375 

463 

2,540 

1,310 

830

708 

624 

574 

525 

525

509 

477 

462 

462 

446

430 

446 

590 

477 

446 

430

Apr.

430 

430 

415 

493 

1,030

624 

541 

509 

477 

468

468 

430 

430 

412 

400

393 

390 

387 

381 

378

366 

363 

363 

351 

390

378 

348 

348 

366 

378

Maximum

674 

760 

794

4,900

691 

590 

2,540 

1,030 

541 

1,910 

777 

509 

624

2,540

. 13 (I p.m.

Hay

345 

345 

477 

372 

348

333 

324 

318 

312 

315

315 

321 

372 

390 

363

387 

339 

318 

315 

318

298 

301 

295 

295 

281

275 

864 

384 

315 

315 

541

Hinlnum

235 

230 

222

222

360 

354 

348 

342 

264 

196 

182 

177 

194

177

June

345 

301 

462 

1,910 

830

509 

415 

574 

477 

446

390 

348 

324 

310 

895

287 

873 

862 

256 

848

287 

873 

259 

235 

287

819 

209 

204 

202 

196

Mean

298 

301 

380

479

476 

439 

567 

437 

335 

386 

332 

246 

308

375

July

194 

189 

184 

194 

814

384 

284 

199 

189 

188

338 

574 

354 

388

777

558 

509 

360 

315 

273

264 

256 

248 

298 

316

574 

541 

393 

324 

887 

268

Aug.

254 

240 

830 

228 

817

814 

802 

194 

194 

189

246 

235 

209 

356 

854

827 

222 

894 

840 

814

196 

189 

182 

177 

209

360 

248 

307 

235 

350 

509

Per square 

mile

1.95 

1.97 

2.48

3.13

3.11 

2.87 

3.71 

2.86 

2.19 

8.58 

2.17 

1.61 

2.01

2.45

) 4,370 sec. -ft. j June 4 (3 p.m.

Sept.

624 

590 

415 

345 

304

873 

354 

493 

607 

430

366 

.324 

295 

873 

859

848 

245 

240 

232 

224

219 

840 

827 

218 

206

199 

194 

196 

199 

194

Runoff in 

Inches

2.25 

2.20 

8.86

48.53

3.58 

2.99 

4.28 

3.19 

8.52 

2.81 

2.50 

1.86 

2.84

33.28

) 3,580
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 379

Sweetwater Creek near Austell, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°46', long. 84°37', at Blair Bridge, 3 miles southeast of Austell, Cobb County, and 5j miles upstream from mouth. Datura 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 1950. 

to uecemoer iy!3 at site 2| miles upstream.

May 1904 to December 1905 and November

Average discharge. 13 years (1937-50), 324 second-feet.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 2,020 second-feet Sept. 9 (gage height, 6.78 

reet); minimum, 54 second-feet Aug. 25.

1904-5, 1913, 1937-50: Maximum discharge, 7,970 second-feet Nov. 29, 1948 (gage 

height, 18.4 feet); 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 1949-5O (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet).

0.5 58

.8 92

l.O 122

1.3 178

1.7 272

2.3 450

4.0 1,O50

6.7 1,99O

Discharge, in aecond-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

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

105

105

106

1O8

133

164

138

127

119

112

111

158

144

129

356

6O6

396

251

196

170

158

149

142

136

147

140

147

198

211

275

Nov.

315

262

207

180

166

156

154

153

149

149

149

145

145

164

151

142

136

135

133

135

136

131

129

133

168

168

151

145

144

149

-

Dec.

144

136

133

135

135

133

147

172

158

ISO

293

241

202

200

290

320

256

224

236

222

204

200

309

293

241

220

229

227

207

191

185

Jan.

178

178

178

178

180

182

227

211

185

185

347

335

275

256

259

246

430

678

535

535

374

312

282

264

249

236

272

309

282

262

246

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-5O ............

Feb.

234

232

272

249

222

211

579

804

822

1,250

1,120

786

484

501

484

396

332

301

285

269

256

309

418

347

285

264

246'

239

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

5,54£

4.78C

6,46:

147, 29C

8",86£

12,19-

16,07£

7,85£

9,3H

8,752

5,864

3,432

10,393

99,54E

Mar.

298

312

264

246

290

293

570

8O4

786

588

408

350

948

1,800

1,280

714

484

405

356

332

341

323

295

277

288

282

308

912

696

484

344

Apr.

312

3O6

293

288

624

396

312

282

267

256

251

249

234

222

218

211

211

211

211

209

200

196

254

222

234

320

269

215

196

1S9

Maximum

606

) 315

5 320

) 2,840

678

1,250

1,800

624

1,320

982

57O

264

1,990

1,990

May

187

256

678

606

434

264

220

198

178

176

168

190

338

412

267

2OO

172

154

333

428

213

198

185

166 147'

135

129

501

220

241

1,320

Minimum

105

129

133

105

178

211

246

189

129

76

67

58

87

58

June

768

267

624

822

982

5O1

280

377

75O

518

323

241

204

196

189

174

154

140

129

120

124

124

120

111

99

92

86

81

80

76

Mean

179

159

208

404

286

436

519

262

300

292

189

111

346

273

July

73

7O

67

79

88

116

102

86

79

75

73

127

295

232

178

191

229

182

145

109

102

156

148

535

377

2O9

293

200

570

434

244

Aug.

185

151

135

120

106

105

95

87

84

78

81

93

78

74

72

72

75

133

147

90

74

68

62

58

58

200

204

264

166

106

112

Per square 

mile

0.728

.646

.846

1.64

1.16

1.77

' 2.11

1.07

1.22

1.19

.788

.451

1.41

1.11

Sept.

263

570

588

288

182

140

386

1,660

1,990

1,450

371

251

209

180

164

151

138

135

133

129

120

114

117

109

98

90

87

87

95

96

Runoff in 

inches

0.84

.72

.98

22.25

1.34

1.84

2.43

1.19

1.41

1.33

.89

.52

1.5*

16.06

Peak discharge (base. 1.800 see.-ft.). Mar. 14 (11 a.m.) 1,910 ueo.-ft.; Sept. 9 (3 to 5 a.a.) 2,020 see.-ft. 
380 APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Mountain Creek near Hamilton, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, 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. Prior to 

Sept. 8, 1950, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area. 61.7 square miles.

Records available. December 1943 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 780 second-feet Mar. 28 (gage height, 3.82 feet, 

rrom graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 15 second-feet Aug. 24.

1943-50: 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, that of Aug. 24, 1950.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Gage read twice daily Oct. 1 to Sept. 7.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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

Dot.

29

30

29

29

29

34

68

47

39

36

34

36

34

31

30

32

39

35

34

31

30

30

29

28

28

29

29

30

30

31

34

Nov.

50

34

31

30

29

28

27

27

28

27

27

27

28

29

27

27

26

26

27

28

28

27

27

27

71

41

36

34

32

34

-

Dec.

31

31

30

31

31

30

97

84

47

44

40

38

39

116

230

107

75

70

79

64

60

57

60

60

55

50

50

45

45

40

40

Jan.

40

40

40

40

40

45

50

45

40

40

120

90

70

60

55

60

60

55

55

55

50

49

47

50

55

50

47

46

46

44

44

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

Maroh ............................

April ............................

Bay ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

43

43

43

41

40

39

55

52

52

116

121

81

71

70

62

58

55

52

50

49

46

52

66

57

49

52

50

47

-

_

-

Secondfoot-days

1,034

94C

1,87£

37,26]

1,62£

1,612

3,77E

2 30!

1*656

1,072

1,407

1 232

1^362

19,904

Mar.

64

66

66

105

121

132

151

178

157

129

102

86

100

138

95

95

81

77

70

68

66

66

62

58

73

68

89

608

350

138

116

Apr.

110

100

100

110

2OO

12O

100

80

70

65

65

70

65

60

60

58

57

57

57

54

52

50

49

49

63

148

71

60

55

54

Maximum

68

) 71

230

2,580

120

121

608

20O

175

90

160

243

157

608

Hay

71

79

64

54

50

47

44

41

40

39

50

50

50

43

41

57

54

40

53

175

68

60

55

50

44

41

40

39

39

39

39

Minimum

28

26

30

26

40

39

58

49

39

21

20

15

25

15

June

36

55

34

40

70

38

35

45

90

50

41

39

36

34

32

31

30

30

29

29

36

36

31

28

25

23

23

23

22

21

Mean

33.4

31.3

60.5

102

52.5

57.6

122

77.0

53.4

35.7

45.4

39.8

45.4

54.5

July

20

20

21

20

20

21

122

88

35

27

25

28

117

160

100

60

40

35

35

35

32

30

30

30

30

28

26

35

60

41

36

Aug.

41

32

29

23

21

21

20

19

18

18

18

23

20

18

34

27

21

21

29

27

20

18

17

15

16

243

184

54

36

39

111

Per square 

mile

0.541

.507

.981

1.65

.851

.934

1.98

1.25

.865

.579

.736

.646

.736

.883

Sept.

157

79

54

41

38

39

68

110

66

54

46

43

43

36

36

34

32

34

3230 '

30

31

34

30

28

28

25

25

27

28

Runoff in 

inches

0.62

.57

1.13

22.44

.98

.97

2.28

1.40

1.00

.65

.85

.74

.82

12.01

Peak discharge (base, 1,000 sec. -ft.). No peak above base.

discharge computed on basis of rainfall records and records for nearby stations.

19-29J
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 381

Flint River near Griffin, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°14', long. 84°26', at bridge on State Highway 16, 

it miles downstream from Shoal Creek, 5| miles upstream from Line Creek, and 10 miles 

west of Griffin , Spalding County.

Drainage area.--272 square miles.

Records available.--March 1937 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--13 years, 344 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 875 second-feet Feb. 11, Mar. 14; maximum gage 

height, 8.97 feet Mar. 14; minimum daily discharge, 46 second-feet June 29, Sept. 28.

1937-50: Maximum discharge, 13,200 second-feet Nov. 27, 1948 (gage height, 18.0 

feet); minimum, 14.3 second-feet Sept. 84, 1941 (gage height, 1.93 feet).

Flood of Mar. 14 or 15, 1929, reached a stage of 17.9 feet, from flopdmark located 

by local resident (discharge, 15,300 second-feet).

Remark. Records fair. Some diurnal fluctuation at low flow.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-9, Oct. 20 to Jan. 25, 

Feb. 8 to Mar. 27, Sept. 2-30)

2.7 43 4.2 131 7.0 489

3.0 57 5.0 209 8.0 695

3.8 103 6.0 335 8.6 860

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

106

103

100

94

94

100

127

169

189

140

116

106

106

103

100

109

210

349

447

349

189

144

' 120

112

100

97

97

100

106

109

123

Nov.

179

189

194

194

149

120

112

106

112

109

106

106

109

112

112

120

120

109

109

112

116

109

106 '109

144

159

154

164

154

144

-

Dec.

136

127

120

116

116

112

123

174

179

169

154

 149

144

194

' 349

423

407

 599

363

275

233

221

239

245

227

Z21

204

194

194

179

169

Jan.

164

164

164

154

154

149

159

159

154

144

300

349

356

370

300

251

245

245

239

263

269

.251

227

209

251

245

215

209

204

804

199

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

llaroh ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

194

184

179

174

174

159

184

314

314

605

860

732

635

565

423

342

307

257

227

204

189

221

342

307

293

257

215

184

_

.

 -

Secondfoot-days

4,514

3,938

6,555

134,811

6,966

9,041

14,981

5,702

4,754

' 5,122

4,368

4,220

6,121

76,282

Bar.

275

363

281

257

489

670

595

645

708

670

615

455

431

815

845

758

720

498

377

321

287

275

257

239

370

321

275

662

682

455

370

Apr.

293

263

257

251

281

275

239

215

204

199

189

194

184

174

164

159

159

149

159

154

144

140

136

136

144

174

164

169

164

169

-

Maximum

447

194

423

4,450

370

860

845

293

342

535

407

471

708

- 860,

Hay

174

204

275

335

342

335

209

149

123

112

106

103

103

127

199

204

169

112

103

100

106

127

144

140

116

97

88

82

97

82

91

Minimum

94

106

112

94

144

159

239

136

82

46

49

54

46

46

June

116

106

127

189

257

251

321

300

269

489

455

535

342

159

127

109

100

91

82

74

74

74

72

70

66

68

55

50

46

48

-

Mean

146

131

211

369

225

323

483

190

153

171

141

136

204

209

July

74

78

59

50

49

50

56

82

103

71

54

64

94

154

209

179

199

251

239

199

112

94

103

140

169

127

100

136

275

391

407

Aug.

471

3

1

1C

(

77

39

36

38

75

£

i ro

3

>9

54

59

1C

£

)0

4

)5

78

64

IE

c

24

9

4

15

164

106"

£

j

8

6

6

54

184

22

2C

2!

IE

7

4

3

)4

174

Per square 

mile

0.537

.482

.776

1.36

.827

1.19

1.78

.699

.562

.629

.519

.500

.750

.768

Sept.

377

287

281

245

136

94

242

670

658

605

708

447

174

120

103

91

82

78

75

72

70

66

66

62

62

57

50

46

47

50

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.62

.54

.89

18.45

.95

1.24

2.05

.78

.65

.70

.60

.58

.84

10.44

Peak discharge (base. 2.000 sec.-ft.). No peak above base.
382 APALACHICOIA RIVER BASIN 

Flint River near Moleria, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°59', long. 84°32', at bridge on State Highway 18, 

5UU reet downstream from Southern Railway bridge, half a mile downstream from Pappys 

Creek, 1^ 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, supplemen- 

' tary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 990 square miles.

Records available.--June 1897 to May 1898 (gage heights only June to December 1897), Novemoer ia4t> to September 1950. 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, 4,140 second-feet Mar. 6 (gage height, 9.67 

reel, from recorded range in stage); minimum daily, 190 second-feet June 29.

1898, 1945-50: Maximum discharge, 31,100 second-feet Nov. 27, 1948 (gage height, 

25.9 feet); minimum, 120 second-feet Sept. 30, 1947.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Cooperation.--Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; records of discharge computed by 

Geological Survey.

Rating table, water year 1949-5O (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used July 11 to Sept. 3O)

5.6 190 6.5 82O

5.8 305 7.3 1,550

6.1 5O5 9.5 3.9OO

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

 4O9

383

376

383

370

383

396

520

565

528

456

422

435

4O9

390

383

3450

38OO

1,140

31,000

8800

8600

35OO

a45O

3440

422

422

422

3420

3420

3450

Nov.

648

a7OO

828

37OO

595

aSOO

484

463

449

456

449.

456

47O

484

8480

3480

477

449

449

449

416

4O9

4O2

34OO

aSOO

3520

550

528

505

505

-

Dec.

477

456

449

442

 435

409

442

512

572

595

58O

580

856O

a6OO

hl,O5O

al,300

al,400

31,300

3l , 10O

a9OO

769

711

719

769

752

872O

a690

655

64O

618

580

Jan.

'558

565

558

542

542

558

595

572

542

aSOO

aSOO

hl,090

31,100

3l,OOO

89OO

38OO

375O

37OO

37OO

655

735

711

655

86OO

8650

87OO

a7OO

37OO

365O

365O

36OO

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

Harch ............................

April ............................

Hay

June .............................

July... ..........................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-5O ............

Feb.

36OO

a60O

355O

a550

3550

8500

8500

h632

8900

31,500

32,500

32, 2OO

a2,OOO

31,700

al,500

31,200

al,OOO

862

760

687

618

880

1,070

939

846

794

687

618

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

15,544

15,201

21,782

504,059

21,378

27,743

55,688

22,030

19,319

16,018

13,840

14,416

21,060

264,019

Mar.

a700

al,6OO

81,100

al.OOO

a2,5OO

33,800

33,000

2,900

3,010

2,460

2,150

1,650

1,5OO

2.3OO

2,620

2,790

2,150

1,7OO

1,3OO

1,120

31,050

al.OOO

956

888

964

1,160

1,O70

31,500

a2,50O

1,950

1,300

Apr.

1,080

964

930

896

81,000'

al.100

888

786

744

703

687

719

671

625 602-

602

610

602

632

632

610

580

565

558

565

760

794

820

687

618

Hay

618

735

930

1,170

1,350

1,120

794

618

528

491

456

442

449

463

580

695

618

512

449

463 .

86OO

8700

735

632

535

449

4O2

364

542

477

402

Maximum Minimum

1 , 14O 37O

828 400

1,4OO 4O9

11,600 370

1,100 500

2.5OO 500

3.8OO 700

1,100 558

1,350 364

1,110 190

1,20O 2OO

1,100 201

2,050 228

3,8OO 19O

June

422

435

416

528

828

862

828

7S6

999

1,090

1,110

888

854

565

550

5 2O

435

370

318

505

376

370

338

312

269

234

822O

3200

a!90

a2OO

-

Mean

. 501

507

703

1,381

690

991

1,796

734

623

534

446

465

7O2

723

July

a22O

8210

a2OO

a200

8200

8200

8220

8300

8280

325O

245

245

338

595

8700

h744

870O

h663

aSOO

h558

aSOO

840O

a4OO

8450

8500

h422

3400

8400

3600

39OO

al,200.

Aug.

81,100

956

695

463

370

318

287

240

212

206

2O1

350

318

251

240

234

287

364

535

625

498

396

299

240

312

896

794

695

602

595

837

Per square 

mile

0.506

.512

.710

1.39

.697

1.00

1.81

.741

.629

.539

.451

.470

.709

.730

Sept.

1,500

1,220

862

719

625

449

760

2,000

2,050

1,800

1,400

1,170

854

572

477

42S

383

364

350

344

324

318

324

305

281

257

240

228

228

228

Runoff in 

inohes

O.58 '

.57 ',

.82

18.92

.80

1.04

2.09

.83

.73

.60

.52

.54

.79

9.91

Peak discharge (base, 7.50O sec.-ft.). No peak above base, 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

stations near Oriffln and near Culloden. 

h Computed from wire-weight gage readings.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 383

Flint River near Culloden, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°43', long. 84°13', at bridge on U. S. Highway 

 19, 4 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 1950. July 1911 

to May 1923 at site 2^ miles downstream.

Average discharge. 27 years (1911-22, 1928-31;, 1937-50), 2,481 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 11,000 second-feet Mar. 5 (gage height, 13.8 

feet); minimum, 386 second-feet Aug. 11.

1911-23, 1928-31, 1937-50: 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 except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). W 822: Drainage area. W 1002: 1943.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

678 

640 

623 

612 

618

628 

820 

820 

910 

880

790 

706 

684 

662 

645

640 

1,150 

910 

1,270 

1,480

1,150 

910 

760 

712 

684

790 

742 

700 

700 

754 

820

Ncv.

910 

1,090 

1,150 

1,090 

970

970 

820 

820 

790 

790

790 

790 

790 

820 

820

790 

790 

790 

760 

760

760 

760 

742 

760 

1,030

1,120 

1,030 

970 

910 

910

Dec.

880 

880 

850 

850 

820

820 

910 

1,330 

1,180 

1,120

1,030 

1,000 

970 

1,030 

3,040

3,510 

2,660 

2,150 

1,940 

1,800

1,700 

1,600 

1,500 

1,400 

1,400

1,300 

1,300 

1,300 

1,200 

1,200 

1,100

Jan.

1,100 

1,000 

1,000 

1,000

1,000

1,000 

1,000 

1,100 

1,100 

1,100

1,500 

2,000 

2,500 

2,100 

1,900

1,800 

1,600 

1,500 

1,500 

1,400

1,400 

1,300 

1,300 

1,200 

1,200

1,300 

1,400 

1,400 

1,300 

1,200 

1,200

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dace

Ca

janu 

Febi 

Marc

&1 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sepl

We

lendar year 1949 ............

ary

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,150 

1,120 

1,090 

1,060 

1,030

1,000 

1,000 

1,210 

1,420 

2,320

4,660 

4,300 

3,850 

3,110 

2,960

2,440 

2,080 

1,800 

1,600 

1,480

1,390 

1,390 

2,010 

2,150 

1,870

1,730 

1,600 

1,420

Secondfoe t-days

24,88C 

26,292 

43,77C

865, 31E

42,40C 

54.24C 

117, 51C 

45,16C 

38.77C 29,34" 

24,65> 

23,95f 

38,71E

509,702

Peak. discharge (base, 11,000 sec. -ft.) . Ms

Hote. No gage -height record Dec. 21 to Jar 

stage and records for station at Mantezuma.

Mar.

1,540 

2,960 

2,740 

2,220 

7,480

9,380 

9,270 

6,990 

5,990 

4,840

3,940 

3,270 

2,960 

3,680 

4,120

4,200 

3,760 

3,040 

2,580 

2,220

2,080 

1,940 

1,870 

1,730 

1,730

2,010 

2,010 

4,480 

5,400 

4,120 

2,960

Apr.

2, 

2, 

1, 

1, 

2,

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,

Maximum

) 1,480

1,150 

) 3,510

19,700

2,500 

) 4,660 

) 9,380 

) 2,360 

) 2,680 

2,080 

t 1,800 

J 1,660 

3,760

9,380

360 

080 

940 

870 

290

290 

010 

660 

540 

510

450 

510 

450 

360 

300

240 

210 

210 

210 

210

150 

120 

090 

060 

060

450 

540 

450 

330 

210

May

1.15C 

1.54C 

1,66C 

1.66C 

1,87C

1,87C 

1.48C 

1,18C 

l.OOC 

94C

88C 

82C 

85C 

97C 

1,21C

1.21C 

1,18C 

1.03C 

88C 

1,OOC

2,68C 

2.08C 

1.54C 

1,33C 

1,12C

97C 

85C 

82C 

82C 

1,15C 

1.03C

Minimum

612 

742 

820

612

1,000 

1,000 

1,540 

1,060 

820 

450 

404 

394 

435

394

June

880 

> 850 

> 880 

880 

) 1,270

) 1,390 

1,330 

) 1,510 

) 2,080 

) 1,800

) 1,660 

) 1,510 

> 1,270 

) 1,210 

) 970

) 970 

> 880 

) 790 

> 684 

) 650

790 

) 730 

712 

> 645 

) 579

) 520 

490 

. 450 

450

515

-

Mean

803 

876 

1,412

2,371

1,368 

1,937 

3,791 

1,505 

1,Z51 

97« 

795 

773 

1,290

1,396

July

450 

422

417 

426 

404

408 

645 

820 

628 

596

562 

574 

574 

689 

1,090

1,330 

1,210 

1,000 

970 

940

790 

678 

667 

820 

880

790 

684 

760 

1,120 

1,510 

1,800

Aug.

1,660 

1,360 

1,150 

880 

667

574 

510 

480 

44O 

404

394 

412 

490 

480 

435

430 

495 

495 

552 

850

760 

640 

535 

445 

440

1,120 

1,660 

1,540 

1,210 

1,030 

1,420

Per square 

mile

0.425 

.463 

.747

1.25

.724 

1.02 

2.01 

.796 

.662 

.517 

.421 

.409 

.683

.739

Sept.

3,040 

2,660 

1,800 

1,240 

1,030

910 

1,290 

3,760 

3,600 

2,960

2,290 

1,800 

1,600 

1,150 

910

790 

706 

667 

645 

612

596 

574 

618 

585 

552

515 

470 

450 

460 

435

Runoff in 

inches

0.49 

.52 

.86

17.04

.83 

"1.06 

2.32 

.89 

.76 

.58 

.49 

 .47 

.76

10.03

ir. 5 (10 p.m.) 11,000 sec. -ft. 

i. 31} discharge computed on basis of recorded range in
384 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.

Records available. July 1930 to June 1933, October 1934 to September 1950. January 1905 

to December 1909, January 1911 to December 1912 at site If miles upstream. Gage-height 

records collected at same site since 1904 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather 

Bureau.

Average discharge. 18 years (1930-32, 1934-50), 3,687 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 12,300 second-feet Mar. 10 (gage height, 13.8 

reef); minimum daily, 1,160 second-feet Aug. 11, 12.

1905-9, 1911-12, 1930-33, 1934-50: Maximum discharge, 68,900 second-feet Nov. 30, 

1948 (gage height, 25.2 feet); 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 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 2 to May 22)

1.7 1,160 8.O 

2.5 1,430 10.4 

3.5 1,910 12.0 

6.0 3,570 13.7

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

S

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

IS

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,700 

1,650 

1,650 

1,6OO 

1,600

1,560 

1,600 

1,750 

1,850 

1,910

1,910 

1,850 

1,750 

1,650 

1,650

1,600 

1,600 

1,750 

1,850 

1,970

2,280 

2,160 

1,910 

1,750 

1,650

1,700 

1,800 

1,800 

1,910 

1,650 

1,750

Nov.

1,910 

1,970 

2,030 

2,090 

2,O30

1,910 

1,850 

1,750 

1,750 

1.70O

1,750 

1,750 

1,750 

1,750 

1,750

1,80O 

1,750 

1,700 

1,700 

1,700

1,700 

1,650 

1,700 

1,650 

1,700

1,970 

2,280 

2,280 

2,160 

1,970

Dec.

1.8OO 

1,850 

1,800 

1.8OO 

1,800

1,750 

1,80O 

1.97O 

2,420 

2,480

2,280 

2,220 

2,030 

2,090 

2,540

3,640 

4,700 

4,860 

4,150 

3,500

3,150 

2,940 

2,740 

2,610 

2,540

2,610 

2,480 

2,480 

2,420 

2,350 

2,220

Jan.

2,160 

2,160 

2,090 

2,090 

2,090

2,O90 

2,090 

2,160 

2,220 

2,160

2,160 

2,610 

3,500 

3,710 

3,500

3,220 

2,940 

2,800 

2,740 

2,680

2,610 

2,540 

2,540 

2,480 

2,420

2,420 

2,480 

2,610 

2,540 

2,480 

2,420

Month

Octo 

Hove

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

mber .........................

lender year 1949 ............

ary

1 ......................'......

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ........ ~. ..

Feb.

2,280 

2,220 

2,220 

2,160 

2,090

2,030 

2,030 

2,090 

2,220 

2,540

3,080 

4,300 

5,100 

5,270 

5,100

4,540 

4,000 

3,500 

3,080 

2,800

2,610 

2,680 

3,290 

3,640 

3,780

3,570 

3,150 

2,870

Secondfoot-days

54,810 

55,450 

80,020

1,532,830

78,710 

88,240 

173,960 

88,580 

67,780 

61,790 

52,870 

47,410 

67,010

916,630

Mar.

2,740 

2,800 

3,570 

4,080 

4,380

5,360 

6,620 

8,070 

10,80O 

12,100

11,000 

9,250 

7,410 

5.88O 

5,270

5,700 

6,060 

6,160 

5,800 

4,940

4,150 

3,850 

3,710 

3,430 

3,290

3,220 

3,290 

3,850 

4,860 

5,880 

6,440

5,100 

7,310 

9,250 

12,100

tober 1949 to September 1950

Apr.

6,240 

4.7OO 

3,710 

3,430 

3,43O

3,640 

3,780 

3,570 

3,220 

3,010

2,800 

2,680 

2,680 

2,610 

2,480

2,420 

2,280 

2,280 

2,280 

2,220

2,280 

2,280 

2,030 

1,910 

2,090

2,540 

2,870 

3,360 

3,080 

2,680

Maximum

2,280 

2,280 

4,860

22,100

3,710 

5,270 

12,100 

6,240 

3,500 

3,640 

2,420 

2,610 

4,540

12,100

Peak discharge (baae, 13,000 aec.-ft.). No peak above

May

2,420 

2,280 

2,420 

2,680 

2,68O

2,740 

2,740 

2,480 

2,220 

1,970

1,800 

1,750 

1,65O 

1,650 

1.8OO

2,160 

2,480 

2,090 

1,850 

1,700

1,65O 

2,160 

3,500 

3,010 

2,350

2,030 

1,850 

1,700 

1,750 

1,800 

2,420

Minimum

1,560 

1,650 

1,750

1,560

2,090 

2,030 

2,740 

1,910 

1,650 

1,240 

1,240 

1,160 

1,220

1,160

June

2,740 

2,420 

2,090 

1,910 

1,970

2,160 

2,350 

2,480 

3,220 

3,640

3,640 

3,220 

2,740 

2,350 

2,090

1,910 

1,800 

1,750 

1,650 

1,520

1,430 

1,560 

1,650 

1,560 

1,470

1,390 

1,320 

1,280 

1,240 

1,240

Mean

1,768 

1,848 

2,581

4,200

2,539 

3,151 

5,612 

2,953 

2,186 

2,060 

1,705 

1,529 

2,234

2,511

July

1,350 

1,390 

1,280 

1,240 

1,240

1,240 

1,320 

1,910 

2,090 

1,850

1,560 

1,520 

1,560 

1,560 

1,520

1,650 

2,090 

2,420 

2,160. 

1,850

1.80O 

1,750 

1.6OO 

1,560 

1,910

1,970 

1,750 

1,750 

1,850 

1,970 

2,160

Aug.

2,460 

2,610 

2,350 

1,970 

1,700

1,350 

1,320 

1,260 

1,240 

1,180

1,160 

1,160 

1,180 

1,180 

1,220

1,180 

1,180 

1,180 

1,220 

1,220

1,240 

1,390 

1,350 

1,240 

1,180

1,240 

1,520 

2,280 

2,420 

2,160 

2,030

Per square 

mile

0.610 

.637 

.890

1.45

.876 

1.09 

1.94 

1.02 

.754 

.710 

.588 

.527 

.770

.866

base.

Sept.

2,480 

3,290 

3,710 

3,150 

2,280

1,910 

1,970 

2,480 

3,780 

4,540-

4,460 

3,710 

3,010 

2,610 

2,28O

1,850 

1,700 

1,560 

1,520 

1,470

1,390 

1,390 

1,390 

1,390 

1,390

1,320 

1,280 

1,240 

1,220 

1,240

Runoff in 

inches

O.70 

.71 

1.03

19.66

1.01 

1.14 

2.24 

1.14 

.87 

.79 

.68 

.61 

.86

11.76
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 385

Flint River at Oakfield, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°46', long. 83°59', at Georgia Southwestern & Gulf 

Railroad 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, suplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 3,860 square miles.

Records available.--January 1930 to June 1933, October 1934 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 18 years (1930-32, 1934-50), 4,662 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 12,400 second-feet Mar. 11 (gage height, 11.3 

feet); minimum daily, 449 second-feet Oct. 16.

1930-33, 1934-50: Maximum discharge, 60,500 second-feet Dec. 3, 1948 (gage height, 

30.1 feet); minimum daily, 152 second-feet June 8, 1941.

Maximum stage known, 35.1 feet Jan. 20, 1925, from floodmark.

Remarks. Records good except those below 1,000 second-feet, which are fair. Plow 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, vater year 1949-50 (gage height, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

In feet,

1.3 445

1.6 625

2.0 905

2.6 1,390

3.8 2,540

5.8 4,340

11.0 11,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

S

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

IS

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3,200

609

1,790

2,760

2,440

2,290

2,490

2,090

1,530

1,900

2,650

2,540

2,540

2,650

2,240

449

1,790

2,390

2,600

2,240

2,490

2,390

473

1,760

2,340

2,540

2,600

2,650

2,600

600

1,930

Nov.

2,650

2,650

2,650

2,650

2,650

591

2,010

2,650

2,650

2,650

2,650

2,650

602

1,970

2,650

2,650

2,650

2,650

.2,650

592

1,990

2,600

2,540

1,650

2,240

2,650

578

1,950

2,600

2,650

-

Dec.

2,600

2,650

2,650

570

2,010

2,760

2,760

2,760

2,760

2,650

555

2,070

3,090

2,980

3,310

5,590

5,460

3,310

4,360

5,330

5,080

4,240

4,360

3,880

1,970

2,490

2,650

2,650

2,650

2,650

2,650

Jan.

550

2,070

3,200

3,200

3,200

3,200

3,200

621

2,300

3,200

3,200

3,240

3,220

3,230

3,830

3,940

3,970

3,960

4,000

3,970

3,930

1,750

2,960

3,980

3,260

3,260

3,110

3,050

638

2,020

3,240

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

3,060

3,070

2,620

2,400

547

1,840

3,650

4,020

4,000

4,000

3,980

3,880

4,530

4,730

5,480

5,530

5,560

5,560

5,510

4,500

4,000

2,900

3,160

3,480

3,420

3,360

3,910

4,290

.

-

-

Secondfoot-days

65,561

66,963

95,495

2,006,130

92 49e

106,98'

196,740

121,080

82,51^

87,88'

6£,49£

55,954

82,850

1,117,022

Mar.

4,210

4,180

4,120

4,300

5,600

5,650

5,590

5,600

6,080

9,790

11,600

11,900

9,150

9,030

"6,950

7,220

6,460

7,380

7,290

6,870

5,980

5,790

5,770

4,950

4,030

3,930

4,170

5,800

5,310

6,010

6,030

Apr.

8,580

7,580

5,960

5,760

5,820

5,730

4,420

4,300

3,980

4,170

4,150

4,160

4,120

3,230

3,240

1,950

2,970

3,070

3,040

3,000

3,190

3,180

1,610

2,550

3,040

2,780

3,190

4,130

4,200

3,980

-

Maximum

3,200

2,650

5,590

21,700

4,000

5,560

11,900

8,580

4,710

5,780

3,480

3,520

5,700

11,900

May

4,060

3,270

3,280

3,310

3,280

4,710

1,420

2,930

3,300

3,230

3,240

3,080

2,970

823

2,230

2,920

2,890

2,660

2,620

2,480

642

1,880

2,640

2,640

2,640

2,640

2,510

689

1,560

2,660

3,310

Minimum

449

578

555

449

550

547

3,930

1,610

642

481

456

528

510

449

June

5,010

5,570

5,610

1,670

2,630

3,160

3,260

3,030

4,830

5,750

5,780

4,130

3,960

3,900

3,840

2,780

1,600

481

1,760

2,420

2,440

2,370

2,190

2,080

708

654

1,570

1,570

1,560

1,570

-

Mean

2,115

2,232

3,080

5,496

2,984

3, 821

6,346

4,036

2, 662

2 929

2^016

1,805

2,762

3,060

July

1,480

456

940

1,520

1,620

1,590

1,620

1,710

1,580

2,760

2,890

1,820

1,810

1,760

1,550

1,560

2,440

2,500

2,250

1,930

2,320

2,640

1,730

1,880

2,100

2,170

2,630

3,480

2,820

2,350

2,590

Aug.

3,520

3,450

2,520

2,500

1,990

1,680

2,130

2,150

2,160

2,120

2,060

2,130

586

1,390

2,090

1,340

1,410

1,350

1,280

528

1,000

1,290

1,340

1,510

1,600

1,640

580

1,640

2,300

2,330

2,340

Per square 

mile

0.548

.578

.798

1.42

.773

.990

1.64

1.05

. 690

759

 522

 468

.716

.793

Sept.

2,350

2,720

3,460

3,640

4,830

2,820

2,850

2,840

2,840

2,870

3,410

5,700

4,960

4,060

3,340

3,280

1,700

1,140

2,900

2,960

2,090

2,030

1,960

510

1,740

1,940

1,950

1,960

2,000

1,980

-

Runoff in 

inohes

0.63

.67

.92

19.35

.89

1.03

1 89

l!l7

Oft 

 OU

.85

.60

CA O*

.80

10.79
386 APAIACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Flint River at Albany, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°36', 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 1950. February 1897 to December 1901

 (gage heights only), 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.--39 years (1902-20, 1929-50), 6,477 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 14,500 second-feet Mar. 12 (gage height, 11.5 

reetT; minimum daily, 1,050 second-feet July 3.

1902-21, 1929-50: 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 secondfeet ).

Remarks. Records good. Plow regulated by power plants above station. -Capacity of reser-

 volrs insufficient to materially affect figures of monthly runoff.

Revisions (water years) . W 822; Drainage area. W 1052: 1930, 1934(M).

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height. In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used June 16 to Sept. 30)

2.6 1,050 5.6

3.3 1,510 S.O

3.8 2,070 11.4

4.6 3,040

4,550

8,890

14,300

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

4,390

3,040

2,290

3,250

3,540

3,320

3,330

3,040

2,470

2,910

3,250

3,390

3,320

3,390

3,180

2,530

2,180

2,530

3,180

3,180

3,180

3,110

2,410

1,770

3,040

3,180

3,320

3,460

3,460

3,040

2,530

Nov.

2,650

3,320

3,760

3,990

3,910

3,250

2,410

2,470

2,530

3,110

3,320

3,460

2,980

2,290

2,650

3,320

3,460

3,460

3,460

3,040

2,410

2,530

3,180

3,180

2,650

3,180

2,910

2,350

3,590

3,320

-

Dec.

3,460

3,610

3,610

2,530

1,77O

3,180

3,910

3,760

3,680

3,610

3,110

1,770

2,910

3,840

4,390

6,300

7,240

5,940

5,400

7,050

6,860

5,760

5,760

5,230

4,390

3,610

3,320

3,320

3,540

3,760

3,610

Jan.

3,460

3,250

3,320

3,320

3,320

3,760

3,990

3,760

3,460

3,610

3,610

3,460

3,990

4,230

4,890

4,890

5,060

4,890

4,890

5,060

4,390

4,070

3,460

4,070

4,230

4,330

4,070

4,070

3,760

3,540

3,610

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

 law May... ...........................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

3,610

3,540

3,61O

3,460

3,390

3,250

3,040

3,610

4,390

5,060

5,230

5,580

5,580

6,120

6,860

7,050

7,050

6,860

6,670

6,300

5,060

4,390

4,070

4,550

4,890

5,230

5,230

5,760

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

94,200

91,140

130,230

2,756,820

124,220

139,440

261,440

167,520

113,990

121,160

88,390

83,400

110,360

1,525,490

Mar.

5,580

5,400

5,230

5,400

7,430

7,810

8,170

7,810

7,990

10,300

14,000

14,300

12,700

11,600

8,890

9,240

8,710

8,710

10,300

9,580

8,890

8,170

6,860

6,300

6,120

5,400

5,230

8,350

7,810

9,580

9,580

Apr.

11,200

10,

s,

7,«

;oo

390

J10

7,810

7,810

5,

5,

5,

MO

HO

)40

5,760

5,760

5,5

5,1

4,E

>30

S80

J90

4,390

4,070

3,!

3,

4,(

i40

rao

)70

4,230

4,230

4,

3,

3,

590

)10

520

3,610

3,760

3,

5,(

5,E

6,

Maximum

4,390

3,990

7,240

27,700

5,060

7,050

14,300

11,300

6,300

7,810

4,290

4, 890

6,670

14,3OO

)10

)60

S80

500

May

6.30C

5,40(

4,72C

4,55(

4,55(

5.23C

4,72C

3,61(

3, 6 1C

3,68C

3,84C

3,99C

3,84C

3.46C

2,22C

3,54C

4,55C

3.54C

3, 6 1C

3,61C

3.20C

1,73C

3.39C

3,46C

3,39C

3,39(

3,39C

1,85C

1,98(

3,32C

3.32C

Minimum

1,770

2,290

1,770

1,770

3,250

3,040

5 230 3)320

1,730

1,160

1,050

1,190

1,640

1,050

June

) 5,760

) 7,240

) 7,430

) 4,390

) 2,620

) 4,550

) 4,390

) 3,910

) 5,760

) 7,620

) 7,810

) 5,580

) 5,580

) 5,580

) 5,400

) 3,460

) 3,540

) 2,500

) 1,920

) 3,390

) 2,720

) 3,110

) 2,840

) 3,040

) 1,790

) 1,160

) 2,24O

) 1,930

) 2,180

) 1,720

)

Mean

3,039

3,038

4,201

7,553

4,007

4,980

8,434

5,584

3,677

4,039

2,851

2,690

3,679

4,179

July

2,060

1,080

1,050

2,230

1,910

2,210

2,840

1,910

2,260

3,120

3,840

3,390

1,730

3,250

2,410

2,120

2,980

3,460

3,460

3,460

3,350

3,540

3,610

3,040

2,470

3,040

3,540

3,540

3,840

4,290

3,460

Aug.

4,

4,

4,

3,

3,

3,

3,

2,

3,

3,

3,

3,

1,

1,

2,

3,

2,

3,

2,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

2,

1,

1,

1,

3,

3,

3,

Per square 

mile

0.581

.581

.803

1.44

0.766

.952

1.61

1.07

.703

.772

.545

.514

.703

.799

230

890

230

76O

460

250

460

650

110

540

390

160

550

190

400

330

840

250

720

330

270

190

330

270

180

230

510

770

460

330

320

Sept.

3,390

3,610

4,550

4,890

5,400

4,720

4,070

3,840

3,760

3,910

3,990

5,760

6,670

5,230

4,390

4,390

a3,500

3,460

3,390

3,180

3,460

2,390

2,100

1,640

2,400

2,110

2,480

2,730

2,590

2,470

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.67

.65

.93

19.61

.88

.99

1.86

1.19

.81

.86

.63

.59

.78

10.84

a No gage-height record! discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage and records for 

station at Oakfleld.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 387

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 1913, December 1928 to September 1950. Gageneignt records collected at same site since 1904 are contained In reports of U. S. 

Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.--26 years (1908-13, 1929-50), 8,762 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 13,500 second-feet Mar. 13 (gage height, 14.3 

TeeTT; minimum daily, 3,010 second-feet July 4, Aug. 22, 29.

1908-13. 1928-50: Maximum discharge, 83,200 second-feet Mar. 21, 1929 (gage height, 

37.73 feet); minimum daily, 2,300 second-feet Dec. 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 second-feet).

Remarks. Records good. Some regulation by power plants above station. 

volrs insufficient to materially affect figures of monthly runoff.

Revisions (water years). W 697: 1908-13. W 822: -Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Feb. 19)

Capacity of reser4.9 3,010

6.0 3,93C

8.0 5.86C

11.0 9,23C

14.1 13,200

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

12' 11

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

6,060

6,490

5,960

5,060

5,360

5,860

5,760

5,760

5,560

5,160

5,160

5,360

5,560

5,560

5,560

5,360

5,060

4,560

4,660

4,960

5,160

5,160

5,060

4,860

4,200

4,470

5,060

5,160

5,260

5,360

5,160

Nov.

4,660

4,660

5,060

5,260

5,660

5,560

5,360

4,560

4,470

4,470

4,660

4,960

5,060

4,960

4,470

4,380

4,860

5,060

5,060

5,060

4,960

4,380

4,290

4,560

4,860

4,470

4,660

4,760

4,290

4,290

-

Dec.

4,560

4;860

4,960

5,060

4,760

4,020

4,290

4,960

5,160

5,060

5,160

4,960

4,290

4,110

4,960

5,460

6,490

7,370

7,370

7,040

7,590

7,700

7,370

7,040

6,820

6,380

5,660

5,360

5,260

5,260

5,360

Jan.

5,260

5,060

4,960

4,960

4,860

4,860

5,060

5,260

5,260

5,060

5,060

5,160

5,160

5,360

5,660

5,960

6,160

6,380

6,380

6,270

6,380

6,270

5,960

. 5,460

5,560

5,760

5,660

5,660

5,560

5,460

5,260

Honth

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

5,360

5,260

5,160

5,160

5,060

4,960

4,860

4,760

4,860

5,460

5,960

6,270

6,600

6,710

7,040

7,480

7,700

7,810

7,810

7,810

7,590

6,930

6,380

6,060

6,160

6,490

6,710

6,820

-

-

Secondfoot-days

163, 74C

143,770

174, 70C

4,041,58C

171,140

175, 23C

301, 21C

242, 38C

178, 53C

175,050

131, 81C

123 49C

156 ', 090

2,137,14C

liar.

7,040

7,040

6,930

6,820

6,930

7,700

8,390

8,990

8,990

9,230

10,300

12,300

13,200

13,000

12,300

11,200

10,700

10,800

10,700

11,500

11,500

11,100

10,500

9,710

8,990

8,870

8,270

8,030

9,230

9,950

11,000

Apr.

11,

11,

11,

11,

10,

800

200

100

500

600

10,300

lo,

9,

9,

8,

, 8,

8,

8,

7,

7,

7,

6,

6,

6,

6,

6,

6,

6,

6,

5,

5,

5,

6,

6,

7,

Maximum

6,490

5,660

7,700

27,400

6,380

7,810

13,200

11,800

7,810

8,750

5,360

5,960

7,150

13,200

200

590

110

990

630

390

030

920

590

150

820

380

490

490

600

490

490

380

860

860

960

270

820

370

Hay

7-,70C

7,81C

7,4SC

6,93C

6,60C

6',38C

6,60C

6.60C

5,760

5,66C

5,56C

5,66C

5,66C

5.66C

5.56C

5,160

5,36C

6,380

6.06C

5,86C

5,660

5,16C

4,02C

4.86C

5.26C

5.26C

5,160

5.26C

4,760

3.93C

4.76C

Minimum

4,200

4,290

4,020

4,020

4,860

4,760

6,820

5,860

3,930

3,410

3,010

3,010

3,410

3,010

June

5,060

6,160

7,370

 7,810

6,930

5,360

6,O6O

6,490

5,760

7,040

5,030

8,750

8,150

7,700

7,480

7,260

6,06o

5,660

5,260

4,110

4,860

4,860

4,560

4,760

4,470

4,290

3,410

3,660

3,840

3,840

-

Mean

5,282

4,792

5,635

 11,073

5,521

6,258

9,716

8,079

5,759

5,835

4,252

3,984

5,203

5,855

July

3,660

3,660

3,410

3,810

3,410

3,580

3,840

4,020

3,930

3,840

4,290

5,060

4,860

4,200

4,200

4,380

3,930

4,110

4,660

4,760

4,660

4,290

4,470

4,760

4,290

4,200

4,290

4,760

4,860

5,060

. 5,360

Aug.

5,

5,

5,

5,

5,

5,

4,

4,

4,

3,

4,

4,

4,

3,

3,

3,

3,

3,

3,

3,

3,

3,

3,

3,

3,

3,

3,

3,

3,

3,

4,

Per square 

mile

0.719

.652

.767

1.51

.751

.851

1.32

1.10

.784

.794

.579

.542

.708

.797

160

460

960

860

560

160

860

200

290

840

110

290

110

750

090

250

750

330

250

410

170

010

250

330

330

330

330

250

010

410

380

Sept.

4,560

4,760

5,260

6,160

6,820

7,150

6,710

5,960

5,560

5,460

5,360

5,460

6,270

7,040

6,600

5,960

5,660

5,360

4,760

4,660

4,760

4,760

4,560

3,750

3,660

3,410

4,020

3,580

3,930

3,930

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.83

.73

.88

20.44

.87

.89

1.52

1.23

.90

.89

.67

.62

.79

10.82

Peak discharge (base, 15,OOP see.-ft.). No peak above base.
388 APAIACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Potato Creek near Thomaston, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°54'15", long. 84°21'45", 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 2j miles northwest of Thomaston, 

Upson County.

Drainage area. 186 square miles.

Records available.--July 1938 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--12 years, 228 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,500 second-feet Mar. 7 (gage height, 4.89 

reet); minimum daily, 18 second-feet Aug. 24.

1938-50: Maximum discharge, 9,240 second-feet Nov. 27, 1948 (gage height, 8.80 

feet), from rating curve extended above 4,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; 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 table, water year 1949-5O (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 13,

Mar. 11-27, May 22 to June 21, Sept. 24-30)

2.3 15 2.7 38 3.1 1O3 3

2.4 19 2.8 49 3.2

2.5 24 2.9 62 3.3

L32 4

L65 4

2.6 30 3.0 8O 3.5 25O 4

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

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

54

58

51

51

64

120

118

82

74

62

60

62

61

61

62

64

58

66

61

53

58

56

54

51

57

60

60

67

71

76

Nov.

78

86

SO

69

67

64

62

57

56

58

62

66

62

62

57

60

60

56

53

57

61

53

57

57

98

84

76

73

64

6Z

. -

Dec.

82

100

84

73

71

61

84

118

115

93

89

89

82

140

360

336

275

169

155

152

142

123

132

138

132

118

115

112

106

100

103

Jan.

98

95

95

93

93

95

 120

123

115

106

232

270

232

189

165

148

152

155

148

152

142

138

126

120

129

132

126

129

123

120

120

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ............................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

118

118

118

118

109

103

120

148

165

300

462

441

280

246

241

250

193

165

158

142

135

148

193

223

173

169

138

126

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

2,00?

1,95'

4,045

84.50E

4,28]

5.30C

13,40E

4,7K

3.51C

2,45£

1,574

1.68E

2,70£

47,64E

Mar.

148

29O

336

219

860

1,120

1,280

953

748

525

372

312

318

390

497

360

312

27O

232

290

205

201

193

177

201

214

219

685

748

455

275

Apr.

232

;'23

>05

105

255

 250

;

:3

05

L77

L58

152

148

]

]

3

L55

L52

L38

132

132

]

]

]

26

23

26

123

118

]

]

]

15

18

15

115

165

]

]

]

]

Maximum

120

98

360

1,900

270

> 462

1,280

255

423

173

I 89

272

366

1,280

65

42

20

ZO

.7 36O

.0 560

.4 920

.8 1,38O

to September 1950

May

115

1

1

1

15

45

15

132

109

39

34

73

73

71

39

71

93

98

93

(

1

36

8

18

142

423

1

i:

1

73

55

L2

91

82

-

13

re

6

}5

18

100

Minimum

51

53

61

51

93

103

148

115

69

30

29

18

39

18

June

82

73

115

112

142

126

95

152

173

135

118

93

71

73

67

80

71

60

57

< M

53

78

67

56

49

48

39

30

40

49

Mean

64.8

65.2

131

232

138

189

432

157

113

81.9

50.8

54.4

90.3

1S1

July

48

41

40

29

44

41

45

40

41

40

35

44

56

53

62

58

61

52

61

47

44

46

56

54

51

47

41

48

89

82

78

Aug.

60

48

42

41

35

33

36

24

26

23

22

26

22

27

26

22

29

29

29

25

29

24

22

18

24

76

206

272

86

84

219

Sept.

173

148

80

66

52

45

158

285

366

197

109

86

71

66

61

5S

51

52

46

46

46

52

62

60

54

45

39

42

48

49

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.348 0.40

.551 .39

.704 .81

1.25 ' 16.89

.742 .86

1.02 1.06

2.32 2.68

.844 .94

.608 .70

.440 .49

.273 .SI

.292 .34

.485 .54

.704 9.52

Peak discharge (base. 1.7OO sec.-ft.). Mo peak above base.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 389

Whltewater Creek near Butler, Ga.

Location. --Staff gage, lat. 32°28', long. 84°16', at bridge on U. S. Highway 19, 500 feet 

upstream from Rambulette Creek, 6^ miles south of Butler, Taylor County, and 8 miles 

upstream from Cedar Creek.

Drainage area. 75 square miles.

Records available. October 1943 to September 1950.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 310 second-feet June 29 (gage height, 3.5 feet, 

rrom graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 119 second-feet on several days in 

August and September.

1943-50: 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 

up ton Mill. Gage read twice daily.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.4 119 

2.0 151 

2.4 182 

3.2 272 

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

.27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

151 

151 

151 

151 

158

158 

165 

165 

165 

158

151 

158 

158 

151 

151

151 

158 

158 

151 

151

151 

151 

151 

151 

151

151 

151 

158 

158 

158 

158

Nov.

165 

165 

158 

158 

151

151 

158 

151 

151 

151

151 

151 

158 

173 

158

151 

151 

151 

151 

151

151 

151 

151 

151 

202

192 

182 

165 

165 

158

Dec.

158 

158 

151 

151 

151

151 

158 

158 

158 

158

158 

158 

158 

165 

158

158 

158 

165 

173 

173

165 

165 

165 

173

165

173 

165 

165 

151 

151 

151

Jan.

151 

151 

151 

151 

158

158 

151 

158 

158 

158

182 

192 

182 

165 

173

173 

173 

165 

165 

158

151 

158 

151 

151 

151

151 

151 

151 

151 

151 

151

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

1 .............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

145 

145 

145 

145 

139

139 

139 

145 

173 

202

182 

182 

182 

173 

165

165 

158 

151 

151 

151

151 

173 

173 

165 

151

145 

145 

151

Secondfoot-days

4.80C 

4,77! 

4.96E

67,552

4,94] 

4,43] 

5,414 

4,364 

4,41] 

4.47C 4,25" 

4,19£ 

4,15£

55,18!

Peak discharge (base, 350 sec . -f t . ) . No pe

a No gage-height record; discharge computec

Mar.

145 

151 

165 

192 

236

248 

213 

213 

182 

173

165 

158 

158 

202 

182

182 

182 

165 

182 

182

173 

165 

165 

151 

145

139 

d!40 

d!80 

d!70 

d!60 

d!50

Apr.

145 

145 

151 

151

151

151 

158 

151 

151 

151

145 

145 

145 

145 

139

a!40 

a!40 

a 140 

145 

al40

a!40 

alSO 

a!30 

alSO 

alSO

182 

158 

145 

145 

145

Maximum

165 

202 

173

440

192 

202 

248 

182 

182 

) 272 

202 

260 

( 236

272

May

139 

145 

165 

151 

139

139 

139 

134 

134 

134

134 

129 

139 

165 

182

145 

' 139 

134 

139 

139

139 

139 

134 

139 

134

134 

134 

134 

139 

139 

182

Minimum

151 

151 

151

147

151 

139 

139 

130 

129 

124 

124 

119 

119

119

June

173 

139 

134 

139 

158

145 

139 

173 

236 

192

145 

134 

134 

134 

134

134 

129 

129 

129 

129

134 

139 

134 

134

124

124 

124 

124 

272 

202

Mean

155 

159 

160

185

15f 

175 

145 

142 

149 

137 

135 

139

151

July

145 

139 

139 

134 

134

139 

139 

139 

129 

129

134 

139 

139 

134 

134

129 

129 

129 

129 

134

134 

129 

124 

202 

158

134 

139 

139 

139 

129 

134

Aug.

139 

129 

124 

124 

119

124 

119 

124 

124 

124

119 

129 

124 

119 

124

129 

134 

124 

129 

124

119 

129 

124 

119 

134

260 

213 

158 

134 

139 

165

Per square 

mile

2.07 

2.12 

2.13

2.47

2.12 

2.11 

2.33 

1.93

l.- 99 

1.83 

1.80 

1.85

2.01

ak above base, 

on b%pls of weather records and records for

Sept.

192 

151 

129 

134 

129

129 

182 

236 

182 

139

134 

129 

134 

129 

129

124 

124 

129 

124 

124

124 

129 

134 

129 

129

119 

124 

124 

129 

134

Runoff in 

inchea

2.39 

2.36 

2.46

33.48

2.44 

2.20 

2.69 

2.15 

2.18 

2.22 

2.11 

2.08 

2.06

27.34

nearby

streams. d Doubtful gage-height record} discharge computed as explained In footnote a.

231536 O - 53 -
390 APAIACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Ichawaynochaway Creek at Milford, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 310 22', long. 84°32', at bridge on county road at

 Mill'ord, Baker County, 2£ miles upstream from Alligator Creek and 5j miles upstream 

from Chickasawhatchee Creek.

Drainage area. 620 square miles.

Records available. August 1905 to December 1907, October 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years (1939-50), 908 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,360 second-feet Sept. 3 (gage height, 4.76

 i'eet); minimum, 209 second-feet Aug. 17 (gage height, 1.04 feet).

1905-7. 1939-50: 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 tables, water year 1949-5O (gage height. In feet, 

and discharge In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 31 Apr. 1 to Sept. 30

1.6 448 1.0 193 1.8 615

1.8 595 1.3 32

2.3 1,010 1.5 42

4.5 2,200

2 2.2 935

6 4.6 2,260

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

794

715

620

630

838

338

733

663

646

629

646

706

680

646

580

541

518

504

497

483

483

483

483

462

462

476

518

564

556

533

556

Nov.

612

654

672

646

595

541

504

490

490

490

490

490

497

497

518

580

580

533

5O4

483

483

483

483

483

504

518

541

533

518

511

-

Dec.

504

511

533

556

556

533

518

511

518

556

580

564

556

549

595

724

879

1,010

1,040

935

794

689

638

595

595

580

556

556

556

549

541

Jan.

526

518

511

518

518

518

518

526

556

572

564

572

638

733

794

715

638

595

580

587

612

604

587

556

533

518

518

518

564

663

672

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ................. ......

Hater year 1949-5O ............

Feb.

629

595

549

518

504

49O

49O

490

511

564

638

724

812

785

768

742

698

612

549

497

483

483

556

663

812

887

838

724

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

18,532

15,922

19,377

401,566

18,042

17,611

89,802

PA QP C £4;O£*.

16,121

15,024

12,89E

lo.aoe

1S.37C

217,325

Mar.

595

549

518

541

638

838

1,010

1,180

1,200

1,110

1,010

895

785

733

706

820

1,010

1,180

1,280

1,230

1,040

935

395

887

829

750

715

803

1,2OO

1,720

2,200

Apr.

1,820

1, 260

335

338

903

1,010

1,

1,

1,

L40

260

L40

935

786

713

382

359

630

601

581

595

33O

659

659

537

588

541

534

581

Maximum

338

672

1,040

4,120

794

887

2,200

1,820

972

1,110

534

729

) 2,260

2,260

nB

572

372

786

-

May

674

630

574

522

497

472

461

432

421

399

377

372

372

383

567

639

821

972

935

601

461

415

455

497

449

438

443

449

438

438

467

Minimum

462

483

504

441

511

483

518

534

372

237

242

229

281

229

June

443

443

455

561

705

705

528

528

729

895

1,010

1,110

911

652

490

426

438

426

372

347

337

322

308

308

299

276

263

254

237

246

-

Mean

598

531

625

1,100

582

629

961

828

520

501

416

349

612

595

July

259

250

242

294

322

367

404

461

467

467

484

472

438

415

399

467

472

426

415

421

421

438

461

461

455

449

449

415

421

449

534

Aug.

Per square 

mile

0.965

.856

1.01

1.77

.939

1.01

1.55

1.34

.839

.808

.671

.563

.987

.960

674

729

667

615

528

383

313

290

276

259

254

250

250

242

233

229

233

254

299

327

342

327

285

254

242

242

259

272

322

415

541

Sept.

713

1,280

2,260

2,140

1,470

795

534

516

581

637

615

561

497

426

583

383

588

388

357

362

347

327

317

322

308

308

299

290

285

281

-

Runoff in 

inches

l.U

.96

1.16

24.09

1.08

1.05

1.79

1.50

.97

.90

.77

.65

1.10

13.04

Peak dlaaharge (base. 5.000 sec.-ft.). No peak above base.
APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 391

Alligator Creek near Milford, Qa.

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 1950.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 20 second-feet Mar. 16 (gage height, 0.77 foot); 

noTIow for many days.

1942-50: Maximum gage height, 4.44 feet Mar. 7, 1944 (discharge not determined); 

no flow for periods in most years.

Remarks.--Records fair. Diurnal fluctuation.at low flow caused by water losses.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

IS

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2.7 

2.9 

2.9 

2.5 

2.3

2.3

4.8 

6.1 

3.8 

3.1

3.1 

3.6 

2.9 

2.5 

2.5

2.3 

2.3

2.1 

2.1 

1.8

1.8 

1.7 

1.4 

1.4 

1.4

1.5 

1.4 

1.4 

1.4 

2.1 

2.1

Nov.

 2.0 

1.5 

1.1 

1.0 

.90

" .70 

.70 

.60 

.60 

.50

.40 

.20 

.20 

.40 

.50

.08 

0 

0 

0 

0

0

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

Dec.

0 

0 

0 

0

o

0

o

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

1.8

2.0 

.50 

.01 

0 

aO

aO 

aO 

aO 

aO 

aO

aO 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

Jan.

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

o 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

1.6 

.63 

.20 

.06

.02 

.37 

.40 

.50 

.70

.40 

.40 

.50 

.50 

.50

.40 

.40 

.70 

.70 

.60 

.50

Month

Ooto 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

-Wa

niber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

Feb.

0.40 

.40 

.32 

.26 

.26

.20 

.62 

2.7 

1.8 

1.8

2.1 

1.5 

1.2 

2.1 

1.8

1.5 

1.5 

1.5 

1.5 

1.5

1.5 

3.4 

4.1 

2.5 

2.5

2.3 

2.1 

2.1

Secondfoot-days

76.2

11.38 

4.31

3,670.58

10.08 

45.46 

280.4 

241.2 

82.00 

35.90 

0 

1.75 

64.64

853.32

Peak discharge (base, 150 Bee. -ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge

Mar.

2.5 

2.7 

2.5 

4.4 

7.6

6.5 

6.8 

8.4 

8.0 

8.0

8.4 

8.4 

9.6 

8.4 

7.6

15 

11 

10 

10 

10

12 

15 

12

11 

11

11 

10 

12 

11 

10 

9.6

Apr.

9.6 

9.6 

9.2

12 

12

1O 

9.2 

9.2 

8J5 

8.8

8.8 

8.4 

8.0 

7.6 

7.6

7.2 

7.2 

9.6 

9.2 

7.6

6.8 

6.5 

6.1 

5.8 

5.8

6.1 

5.8 

8.0 

5.5 

5.2

Maximum

6.1 

2.0 

2.0

65

1.6 

4.1 

15 

12 

5.5 

4.7 

0 

1.7 

6.8

15

May

4.9 

4.6 

4.1 

3.S 

3.3

3.3

3.1 

2.9 

2.7 

2.7

2.5

2.3 

2.3

3.1 

5.5

3.8 

2.9 

2.7 

2.1 

2.0

2.1 

2.3 

2.1 

1.8 

1.7

1.5 

1.2 

1.1 

1.5 

1.2 

.91

Minimum

1.4 

0 

0

0

0 

.20 

2.5 

5.2 

.90 

0 

0 

0 

0

0

June

0.70 

.50 

.50 

2.8 

4.7

1.8 

1.7 

3.6 

3.8 

2.3

2.0 

1.5 

1.1 

1.3 

2.9

1.5 

1.2 

.80 

.60 

a. 3

a. 2 

a.l 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

Mean

2.46

.379 

.139

10.1

.325 

1.62 

9.05 

8.04 

2.65 

1.20 

0 

.056 

2.15

2.34

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

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

Aug.

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

.05 

0 

0 

0

0 

0 

0 

. 0 

0

0 

0 

0 

0

0 

1.7

Per square 

mile

Sept-.

6.8 

4.8 

4.4

4.1 

4.1

3.8 

5.2 

4.8 

3.8 

2.9

2.7 

2.5 

2.0 

2.0 

1.7

1.5

1.2 

1.1 

.90 

.80

.60 

.80 

1.4 

.80 

.32

.02 

0 

0 

0 

0

Runoff in 

inches

. No peak above base, 

computed on basis of recorded range In stage.
392 APALACHICOIA RIVER BASIN

Spring Creek near Iron City, Ga.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 31e 03', long. 84°43', at county bridge ij- miles downstream 

 from Aycock Creek, ij- miles upstream from Dry Creek, 5 miles north of Brinson, and 

5j miles northeast of Iron City, Seminole County.

Drainage area. 520 square miles.

Records available.--October 1920 to June 1921, June 1937 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 13 years (1937-50), 572 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,120 second-feet Apr. 2 (gage height, 9.3 feet, 

from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 68 second-feet Aug. 26.

1920-21, 1937-50: 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. ¥1052: 1939-40(M), 1942(M), 1944(H).

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 21 to Jan. 17, 

June 13 to Sept. 30)

2.3 71 6.4 500 

3.1 128 7.7 740 

4.1 217 9.1 1,080 

5.3 348

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

197 

179 

161 

161 

152

152 

152 

152 

152 

170

188 

207 

188 

179 

170

161 

152 

152 

144 

144

136 

120 

120 

120 

113

106 

106 

106 

106

113 

120

Nov.

128 

136 

144 

144 

152

152 

144 

136 

128 

113

106 

106 

106 

106 

106

106 

106 

1O6 

99 

99

92 

85 

85 

92 

92

99 

99 

99 

99 

99

Dec.

99 

99 

99 

99 

99

99 

1O6 

106 

99 

99

99 

99 

106 

106 

113

120 

128 

144 

188 

197

207 

197 

188 

161 

144

136 

128 

128 

120 

120 

120

Jan.

113 

113 

113 

113 

113

113 

113 

113 

113 

120

128 

144 

161 

170 

179

170 

152 

136 

128 

128

120 

120 

120 

128 

128

128 

128 

120 

120 

120 

113

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Jama 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

We

ber ..........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 ............

ary

1.. ..........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

120 

120 

120 

128 

120

120 

113 

113 

120 

136

144 

152 

161 

170 

170

179 

179 

188 

179 

170

161 

161 

161 

152 

152

152 

144 

136

Secondfoot-days

4,57 

3,36 

3,95

227,32

3,97 

4,12 

12,95. 

17,06 

6,70 

5,62 

4,90 

3,63 

8,40

79,28

Mar.

144 

144 

152 

161 

170

188 

227 

237 

247 

279

312 

336 

336 

348 

348

373 

426 

484 

550 

603

641 

641 

622 

603 

660

660 

603 

567 

550 

603 

740

Apr.

875 

1,080 

1,000 

810 

740

740 

720 

765 

855 

785

720 

660 

622 

567 

500

440 

426 

412 

399 

386

386 

386 

373 

360 

336

324 

312 

336 

360 

386

Maximum

5 207 

I 152 

S 207

5 2,800

3 179 

1 188 

5 740 

1 1,080 

D 412 

3 324 

5 188 

9 290 

2 673

5 1,080

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 sec. -ft.). No peak above b<

May

41! 

39E 

34E 

31i 

26i

24 

22 

21 20' 

18!

17< 

17( 

16] 

16 

17C

20 

22 

23 

24 

25

24 

21 

19 

18f 

17(

15 

14- 

13 

13< 

13 

13

Minimum

106 

85 

99

85

113 

113 

144 

312 

136 

99 

92 

71 

113

71

June

128 

120 

1 113 

> 120 

J 136

r 152 

r 179 

r 207 

r 257

} 290

) 301 

) 312 

324 

1 312 

) 301

r 290 

r 257

J 217 

1 197 

7 179

J 161

r 152

1 144 

J 136 

) 120

2 113 

I 106 

5 106 

! 99 

5 99

Mean

148 

112 

12E

623

12£ 14' 

41E 

56S 

216 

18£ 

15E 11' 

28C

21'

July

99 

92 

92 

170 

179

179 

179 

179 

170 

170

170 

161 

161 

170 

170

179 

188 

188 

179 

179

170 

161 

152 

144 

136

136 

144 

144 

152 

152 

161

Aug.

188 

217 

207 

188 

161

144 

136 

120 

106 

99

99 

92 

88 

88 

88

85 

85 

85 

85 

82

82 

78 

78 

74 

71

71 

71 

78 

106 

197 

290

Per square 

mile

0.285 

.215 

.246

i 1.20

.246 

.283 

.804 

1.09 

.415 

) .362 

) .304 

.225 

) .538

.417

we.

Sept.

360

469 

600 

673 

618

566 

516 

454 

399

360

312 

279 

247 

217 

207

188 

179 

170 

161 

152

144 

144 

136 

136 

128

128 

120 

113 

113 

113

Runoff in 

inohes

0.33 

.24 

.28

16.27

.28

.29 

.93 

1.22 

.48 

.40 

.35 

.26 

.60

5.66
APAIACHICOLA RIVER BASIN 393

Chipola River near Altha, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°32'10", long. 85°09'55", in NW£ sec. 32, T. 2 

N., K, 9 W., at Willis Highway bridge, 3j miles southwest of Altha, 3^ 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). Prior to Jan. 13, 1950, wireweight gage at same site and datum.

Drainage area. 844 square miles.

Kecoras available. November 1912 to December 1913, September 1921 to September 1927, 

August 1929 to September 1931, March 1943 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 15 years (1921-27, 1929-31, 1943-50), 1,662 second-feet.

Jgtremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,350 second-feet Sept. 1 (gage height, 22.5 

reet, from recorded range in stage); minimum, 673 second-feet Aug. 15, 16, 17, 28, 29; 

minimum gage height, 8.91 feet Aug. 16, 17.

1912-13, 1921-27, 1929-31, 1943-50: Maximum discharge, 25,000 second-feet Sept. 20, 

1926 (gage height, 33.55 feet, from floodmarks), by slope-area method; minimum observed,

^9sSe£0nd~£teVct- 20 > J 925 = minimum gage height observed, 8.50 feet Oct. 20, 

1.76D , oc o. <so, Dec. 13, 1943.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Sage read once daily except Sundays prior to Jan. 13. Some fluctuation during low flow

caused by small power plant on Dry Creek. 

Cooperation. Prior to July 1, base data collected by Corps of Engineers; occasional

aiscnarge measurements made and records of discharge computed by Geological Survey. 

Revisions.--W 1002: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

8.9

9.4

10.5

673

-941

1,500

16.5

19.2

22.3

3,630

4,760

6,250

Discharge. In second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

3

6

7e

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

IS

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22

23 

24

25

26 

27 

26 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

887 

a 887 

887 

941 

941

887 

941 

1,050 

al,160 

1,260

1,530 

1,660 

1,560 

1,260 

1,100

al,040 

995 

941 

941 

941

887 

887 

a 887 

887 

834

834 

834 

834 

834 

a942 

1,050

Nov.

1,100

1,100 

1,100 

1,050 

1,050

a996 

941 

941 

887 

834

780 

780 

a834 

887 

887

887 

887 

887 

887 

a 834

780 

726 

726 

726 

834

780 

a753 

726 

780 

834

Dec.

834 

7SO 

780 

a753 

726

834 

1,050 

1,050 

995 

941

a941 

941 

1,0501 

1,050 

995

995 

1,050 

al,100 

1,150 

' 1,210

1,410 

1,260 

1,210 

1,150 

al,100

1,050 

995 

941 

995 

995 

941

Jan.

8941 

941 

887. 

887 

887

SS7 

995 

8941 

887 

887

941 

941 

941 

941

941

941 

941 

941 

887 

887

887 

887 

887 

887 

887

834 

834 

834 

834 

834 

834

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Maro 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Va

nber ........

Lendar year 1949 

ary

1... ....................... .

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

834 

834 

834 

834 

834

780 

780 

780 

780 

780

780 

834 

834 

995 

995

995 

887 

941 

887 

834

780 

780 

834 

834 

834

834 

834 

780

Secondfoot-days

31,51 

26,214 

31,27

626,11!

27,883 

23,562 

55,58] 

60,67C 

33.66C 27,41' 

28,38: 

29,265 

70,37C

445,794

Mar.

780 

780 

780 

780 

941

1,150 

1,100 

1,150 

1,210 

1,210

1,150 

1,150 

1,210 

1,210 

1,150

2,200 

2,410 

2,270 

2,410 

2,560

2,810 

3,220 

3,140 

2,850 

2,630

2,450 

2,370 

2,300 

2,130 

2,060 

2,020

Apr.

2,090 

2,200

2,160 

2,370 

2,700

2,520 

2,480 

2,560 

2,630 

2,780

2,700 

2,480 

2,230 

2,020 

1,860

1,730 

1,660 

1,730 

1,890 

1,760

1,760 

1,690 

1,730 

1,660 

1,560

1,530 

1,460 

1,600 

1,600 

1,530

Maximum

} 1,660 

I 1,100

: 1,410

) 3,810

L 995 

995 

L 3,220 

) 2,780 

) 1,500

r 1,150

5 1,630 

> 4,290 

) 6,250

I 6,250

Hay

1,500 

1,410 

1,310 

1,260 

1,150

1,150 

1,100 

1,050 

1,050 

941

995 

941 

941 

995

1,050

1,100 

1,150 

1,210 

al,210 

1,210

1,150 

1,100 

1,050 

995 

1,050

995 

941 

941 

887 

887 

941

Minimum

834 

726 

726

726

834 

780 

780 

1,460 

887 

780 

726 

673 

1,100

673

June

887 

834 

834 

834 

834

834 

887 

941 

941 

995

1,100 

1,150 

1,150 

1,050 

995

995 

1,050 

995 

941 

941

941 

887 

887 

834 

780

780

780 

780 

780 

780

July

726 

726 

780 

7 7~80 SO 

941 

995 

941 

887 

887

887 

941 

941 

941 

941

887 

941 

887 

834 

834

834 

780 

780 

780 

834

834 

887 

887 

1,100 

1,560 

1,630

Aug.

1,500 

1,310 

1,210 

1,030 

1,050

941 

887 

S34

780 

780

726 

726 

726 

726 

673

673 

673 

726 

726 

834

780 

780 

780 

780 

726

726 

726 

673 

673 

780 

4,290

M Per square Mean mile

1,017 1.20 

874 1.04 

1,009 1.20

1,715 2.03

899 1.07 

842 .998 

1,793 2.12 

2,022 2.40 

1,086 1.29 

914 1.08 

916 1.09 

944 1.12 

2,346 2.78

1,221 1.45

Sept.

36,250 

a5,400 

a4,400 

a4,100 

a4,000

. a3,900 

83,700 

3,400 

2,920 

2,590

2,300 

2,130 

1,990 

1,890 

1,760

1,660 

1,560 

1,500 

1,410 

1,360

1,210 

1,150 

1,360 

1,360 

1,310

1,210 

1,150 

1,150 

1,150 

1,100

Runoff in 

inches

1.39

1.16 

1.38

27.60

1.23 

1.04 

2.45 

2.67 

1.48 

1.21 

1.25 

1.29 

3.10

 19.65

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 sec. -ft. j. Sept. 1 (time unknown) 6,350 sec. -ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated or computed on basis of weather records 

records for Holmes Creek at Vernon and Econflna Creek near Bennett.

and
394 BEAR CREEK BASIN

Econfina Creek near Bennett, Pla.

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 1950.

Average discharge.--15 years, 553 aecond-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 2,050 second-feet Sept. 1 (gage height,

 10.34 feet); minimum observed, 454 second-feet June 25-27; minimum gage height observed, 

4.90 feet June 26, 27.

1935-50: 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 floodmarka, 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). W 872: 1937.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge. In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 10 to Feb. 18)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 30 Jan. 31 to Sept. 30

5.4 486 4.9 454 8.8 1,340

6.2 631 5.4 519 9.6 1,640

7.0 820 6.0 1,110 10.2 1,980

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

571

571

571

552

552

571

653

721

631

590

571

571

571

571

552

552

534

534

534

534

534

534

534

517

534

534

534

534

571

721

820

Nov.

721

675

590

552

552

534

534

534

534

534

534

517

517

534

534

534

534

517

501

517

501

501

517

534

552

552

552

534

552

610

-

Dec.

590

552

517

517

534

517

552

552

552

534

517

534

534

517

590

610

590

571

571

552

534

534

517

517

517

517

517

517

501

501

501

Jan.

501

501

501

501

501

486

486

486

486

486

486

486

486

486

486

486

486

486

486

486

486

486

486

486

486

486

486

486

486

486

488

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August .

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

468

488

488

488

488

488

488

488

488

502

502

519

519

519

538

502

488

488

488

476

476

519

538

538

5O2

488

488

488

_

_

-

Secondf cot-days

17,874

16,404

16,67£

235,425

15 142

13)97C

17,855

17,675

15,17(

15 2&

17*875

17.01C

2O,94:

201,85!

liar.

488

488

488

502

581

691

668

602

538

502

502

502

519

581

736

827

827

691

581

538

602

602

581

559

538

519

538

538

519

502

502

Apr.

502

5

5

7

19

19

36

897

873

7

6

5

81

46

81

559

559

5

5

5

38

38

19

519

519

5

6

7

19

02

13

668

602

5

5

5

38

19

19

519

519

5

5

5

5

Maximum

820

721

610

1,480

501

538

827

897

538

t 646

1,010

1,180

5 1,980

) 1,980

59

59

19

19

May

519

519

502

502

502

502

488

488

488

476

476

476

488

502

519

538

486

486

486

488

488

488

488

488

488

476

465

465

465

465

465

Minimum

517

501

501

501

486

476

488

502

465

454

465

465

538

454

June

476

476

488

476

476

476

502

538

538

538

538

559

559

559

538

502

502

502

502

519

476

476

465

465

454

454

454

581

646

519

Mean

577

547

538

645

488

499

576

589

490

50E

577

549

698

553

July

488

465

488

519

538

559

602

624

559

538

624

646

602

559

519

538

519

519

488

476

465

476

488

488

519

538

602

646

873

1,010

897

Aug.

781

668

581

559

538

519

519

519

502

502

502

502

519

502

502

488

465

488

519

502

502

488

502

519

519

519

502

502

519

581

1,180

Sept.

1,930

1,510

1,060

827

736

691

691

691

668

646

624

624

602

602

581

581

581

559

559

559

559

559

581

602

559

559

538

538

538

538

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

Peak discharge (base, 1,200 see.-ft.).--Sept. 1 (5 p.m.) 2,05O see.-ft.
CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN 395

Choctawhatchee River near- Newton, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°21' long. 85°37', In SE^ sec. 2, T. 4 N., R. 

 <24 E., 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. 

Kecoros available. June 1906 to August 1908, October 1911 to August 1912 (gage heights

only), NovemDer 1921 to September 1927, May 1935 to September 1950. Gage-height records

since 1931 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau. 

Average discharge. 19 years (1922-24, 1925-27, 1935-50), 1,062 second-feet. 

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,390 second-feet Apr. 5 (gage height, 10.7

reet); minimum daily, 126 second-feet July 2.

1906-8, 1911-12, 1921-27, 1935-50: 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 below 250 second-feetj minimum

daily, 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

aTxSve station. 

Revisions. W 782: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1949-50, except periods dtf backwater 

(gage height. In feet, and discharge in second-feet)

1.9 113 3.1 425 

2.2 158 4.0 8S5 

2.5 219 9.7 3,850 

2.8 307

Discharge, In second- feet, water year October 1949 tc September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

370 

370 

430 

466 

456

438

525

516 

507 

475

448 

425 

448 

430 

395

378 

399 

461 

456 

395

378 

370 

355 

343 

336

325 

343

374 

382 

558 

582

Nov.

540 

498 

470 

425 

399

382

378 

374 

378 

386

404

404 

408 

502 

530

498 

448

416 

391 

382

386 

382 

378 

382 

507

516 

479 

461 

448 

438

Dec.

425 

425 

425 

421 

421

416 

470 

640 

601 

544

511 

488

475 

577 

1,280

1,440 

1,280 

1,160 

1,200 

1,020

S90 

788 

710 

660 

631

601 

587 

577 

558 

549 

521

Jan.

511 

502 

498 

49S 

498

502 

660 

710 

655 

597

582 

685 

760 

840 

788

710 

655 

621 

616 

660

660 

616 

573 

563 

685

815 

760 

685 

710 

660 

616

Month

Octo

MOVC

Deoe 

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Maro 

Apr! lay

June 

July 

AUEU 

Sept

Wa

 her .........................

 her .........................

lendftr year 1949 

ary

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

592 

558 

525 

507 

488

470 

466 

507 

549 

815

1,040 

970 

815 

783 

815

710 

621 

563 

516 

498

470 

631 

1,180 

1,160 

970

865 

760 

650

Seeondfoot-days

13,134 

1Z.99C 

21,291

475,194

19,891 

19,499 

37,595 

33,277 

13,34C 

9,058 

12,990 

11,385 

20,845

225,299

Mar.

636 

735 

685 

788 

1,S30

1,440 

1,640 

1,750 

1,690 

1,380

1,130 

1,020 

970 

1,040 

1,070

2,740 

2,110 

1,750 

1,490 

1,330

1,160 

1,130 

1,040 

970 

865

815 

760 

995

1,100 

1,020 

970

Apr.

865

815 

735 

ol,200 

3,850

2,950 

2,260 

1,850 

1,490 

1,230

1,020 

970 

915 

815 

760

710 

660 

840 

1,070 

995

840

735 

655 

577 

587

760 

735 

915 

788 

685

Maximum

582

540 

1,440

7,880

840

1,180 

2,740 

3,850 

865 

660 

1,640 

1,640 

2,260

3,850

May

626 

568 

516 

466 

425

382 

351 

332 

304 

352

425 

362

311 

311 

616

865 

710 

815 

577 

5T6

470 

434 

382

343

304

268 

254 

237 

0250 

307 

281

Minimum

325

374 

416

325

498 

466 

636 

577 

237 

142 

126 

145 

248

126

June

257 

254 

277 

.318 

362

382 

339

563 

626 

611

660 

616 

404 

300 

248

237 

229 

212 

196 

190

192 

190 

217 

219 

188

174 

gl63 

g!44 

142 

148

'Mean

424 

433

687

1,302

642

696 

1,213 

1,109 

430 

302 

419 

367 

695

617

July

139

126 

156 

184 

196

281 

366 

362 

339

347

386

475 

470 

470 

438

425 

456 

391 

311 

297

cSZO 

268 

248 

214 

208

237 

c310 

0630 

cl.OOO 

C 1,300 

1,640

Aug.

1,640 

1,130 

788 

558 

378

287 

251 

219 

205 

192

186 

176 

172 

162 

155

145 

145 

152 

232 

281

260 

198 

174 

201 

416

224 

222 

395 

339

304 

c 1,200

Per square 

mile

0.612 

.625 

.991

1.88

.926 

1.00 

1.75 

1.60 

.620 

.436 

.605 

.530 

1.00

.890

Sept.

2,260 

1,900 

1,440 

1,020

760

0610 

1,490 

1,490 

1,200 

970

840

685 

525 

458 

421

370 

336 

314 

355

370

325 

304 

339 

591 

331

284 

262 

248 

260 

281

Runoff in 

inches

0.70 

.70 

1.14

25.49

1.07 

1.05 

2.02 

1.71 

.72 

.49 

.70 

.61 

1.12

12.11

Peak discharge (base. 5,000 see. -ft.) .--Ho peak above base.

e Backwat 

effect, 

g Computed from graph based on gage reading*.

iharge computed from recorder graph adjusted for backwater
396 CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN

Choctawhatchee River at Caryville, 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.

Records available. August 1929 to September 1950. Gage-height records collected at same 

site since J.y<s8 are contained in reports of 0. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 21 years, 5,722 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 25.100 second-feet Sept. 3 (gage height, 12.44 

reet); minimum, 1,090 second-feet July-3 (gage height, 0.91 foot).

1929-50: 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 0. S. Weather Bureau records and 

floodmarks (discharge, 206,000 second-feet, by slope-area method).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 18 Dec. 19 to Sept. 30

3.2 1,900 6.9 4,690 1.0 1,130

4.1 2,410 8.1 6,220 3.0 2,070

5.5 3,460 4.5 2,900

5.7 3,890

7.0 5,460 11.0 15

8.0 7,130 11.8 21

9.0 9,290 12.3 24

10.0 12,100

,800

,700

,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

2,230

2,240

2,310

2,370

2,550

2,880

3,120

3,200

3,120

2,780

2,500

2,420

2,430

2,450

2,420

2,270

2,140

2,140

2,210

2,190

2,320

2,220

2,080

1,940

1,920

1,890

1,860

1,940

2,130

2,570

3,320

Nov.

3,560

3,380

3,070

2,760

2,500

2,340

2,200

2,130

2,060

2,060

2,060

2,050

2,050

2,080

2,250

2,460

2,340

2,200

2,090

2,020

1,990

1,970

1,950

1,940

1,920

2,020

2,340

2,300

2,170

2,140

-

Dec.

2,160

2,160

2,100

2,040

2,040

2,050

2,060

2,380

3,500

3,700

3,200

2,800

2,560

2,500

2,960

4,400

5,650

6,270

7,220

6,720

6,290

5,670

5,050

4,660

4,390

4,060

3,770

3,610

3,480

3,370

3,250

Jan.

3,130

3,000

2,940

2,890

2,890

2,990

3,210

3,400

3,940

3,800

3,580

3,560

3,680

3,860

3,950

3,920

3,760

3,630

3,560

3,610

3,620

3,550

3,400

3,210

3,230

3,590

3,750

3,670

3,740

3,800

3,810

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

Maroh ............................

April ............................

Hay

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

3,600

3,390

3,220

3,080

2,960

2,800

2,690

2,650

2,640

2,750

3,430

4,440

4,820

4,640

4,410

4,520

4,520

4,330

3,980

3,570

3,280

3,130

3,190

4,040

4,820

4,870

4,550

4,110

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

74,160

68,4OC

116,070

2,476,380

108,670

104,430

225, 67C

236,700

106,510

87'56C

23?!27C

1,523,210

Mar.

3,730

3,500

3,660

3,800

 4,160

5,080

6,110

6,800

7,340

7,850

8,080

7,640

6,870

6,210

6,160

7,020

9,000

11,800

13, 800

13,500

11, 600

9,750

8,860

8,400

7,680

6,670

5,870

5,500

5,550

6,510

7,170

Apr.

6,

6,

5,

5,

8,

11.

15,

18,

a!7,

al4,

11.

9,

8,

7,

6,

5, '5,

5,

5,

S50

190

560

820

380

900

700

700

000

000

100

850

180

110

320

660

120

000

520

6,510

6,870

6,

5,

4,

240

400

720

4,400

5,010

5,

5,

5,

6,

Maximum

3,320

3,560

7,220

25,000

3,950

4,870

13,600

18, 700

6,430

3,970 

7,970

8,490 

24,500

24,500

450

450

980

710

May

6,430

5,330

4,650

4,280

3,950

3,620

3,280

3,050

2,860

2,790

2,660

2,540

2,440

2,270

2,500

3,480

4,560

4,640

4,020

3,590

3,380

4,110

4,820

4,240

3,280

2,730

2,420

2,240

2,130

2,080

2,140

Minimum

1,860

1,920

2,040

1,860

2, 890

2,640

3,500

4,400

g AOA

1^230

1,120

1,380 

2,120

1,120

June

2,040

1,940

1,880

2,160

2,770

3,450

3,350

2,940

2,720

3,120

3,970

3,230

3,030

2,670

2,370

2,220

2,190

2,080

1,940

1,910

2,100

2,020

1,800

1,660

1,620

1,540

1,420

1,340

1,280

1,230

Mean

2,392

2, 280

3,744

6,785

3 505

3^730

7,280

7 1 890 

3> 436

2 > 266

2, 825

2, 896 

7,909

4,173

July

1,200

1,180

1,120

1,130

1,320

1,650

2,180

2,340

2,240

2,140

2,060

2,180

2,650

3,750

3,930

3,330

3,250

3,550

3,420

3,100

2,580

2,360

2,420

2,290

2,730

2,760

2,490

2,890

4,550

6,800

7,970

Aug.

8,380

8,

8,

6,

190

140

740

5,050

4,110

3,

2,

2,

570

320

too

2,110

1,910

1,

1,

1,

760

540

550

1,490

1,440

1,

1,

1,

580

580

700

2,260

2,200

1,

1,

1,

380

720

530

1,400

1,450

1,

1,

1,

2,

380

570 520*

>00

4,310

Pep square 

mile

0.685

.653

1.07

1.94

1.00

1.07

2.09

2 26

985

'.64:9

.809

830

2!27

1.20

Sept.

13, 100

23, 600

24,500

22,600

19,400

15,500

12,000

10,100

10,000

10,400

9,770

8,160

6,560

5,400

4,640

4,040

3,560

3,220

2,990

2,800

2,750

2,740

2,700

2,680

2,650

2,540

2,370

2,240

2,140

2,120

-

Runoff in 

inohes

0.79

.73

1.24

26.39

1 .16

1.11

2.40

2 52

l!l3

.72

.93

.96

2.53

16.22

Peak discharge (base. 14.000 sec.-ft.1. Mar. 19 (9 p.m.) 14,300 sec.-ft.j Apr. 8 (8 p.m.) 19,100 

sec.-ft.; Sept. 3 (1 a.m.) 25,100 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Choctawhatchee River at Newton, Ala., and near Bruce, Fla., and Pea River near Samson, Ala.
CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN 397

Choctawhatchee River near Bruce, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30 0 27', long. 85 0 54', in sec. 36, T. IN., R. 17 W., 

at bridge on State Highway 20, about 5 miles southeast of Bruee. Datum cf gage'is 3.94 

feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area. 4,580 square miles.

Records available. October 1930 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 20 years, 7,622 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 33,400 second-feet Sept. 5 (gage height, 12.15 

reetT; minimum, 2,170 second-feet July 3 (gage height, 1.28 feet).

1930-50: 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 except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years) . W 872: 1937.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.4 2,230 4.7 5)060 8.6 14,600 

2.6 2,930 6.0 7,32O 10.3 21,500 

3.7 3,820 7.3 1O,400 12.0 32,300

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oct.

3,730 

3,640 

3,560 

3,530 

3,530

3,580 

3,700 

3,860 

4,060 

4,190

4,220 

4,180 

4,060 

3,920 

3,810

3,720 

3,610 

3,460 

3,360 

3,340

3,330 

3,350 

3,350 

3,270 

3,170

3,090 

3,050 

3,020 

3,060 

3,420 

3,830

Nov.

4,120 

4,320 

4,470 

4,510 

4,380

4,120 

3,870 

3,650 

3,500 

3,390

3,310 

3,270 

3,250 

3,250 

3,270

3,320 

3,420 

3,430 

3,370 

3,270

3,200 

3,120 

a3,100 

a3,000 

a3,100

a3,100 

3,060 

3,180 

3,330 

3,370

Dec.

3,320 

3,280 

3,250 

3,210 

3,180

3,170 

3,200 

3,280 

3,350 

3,610

3,960 

4,200 

4,200 

3,990 

3,980

4,120 

4,370 

4,770 

5,280 

5,940

6,640 

7,100 

7,320 

7,120 

6,770

6,320 

5,870 

5,470 

5,100 

4,790 

4,550

Jan.

4,370 

4,200 

4,O80 

3,960 

3,870

3,820 

3,820 

3,860 

3,980 

4,200

4,410 

4,500 

4,470 

4,410 

4,410

4,440 

4,520 

4,580 

4,580 

4,500

4,420 

4,380 

4,380 

4,340 

4,260

4,140 

4,120 

4,190 

4,260 

4,310 

4,330

Month

Goto 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Jami 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr! 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sspt

Hi

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendair year 1949 ............

i&ry .

1. ...........................

at ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

4,370 

4,380 

4,330 

4,200 

4,030

3,870 

3,750 

3,610 

3,510 

3,470

3,500 

3,620 

3,910 

4,310 

4,670

4,880 

4,960 

4,960 

4,980 

4,920

4,790 

4,710 

4,560 

4,280 

4,200

4,330 

4,560 

4,810

Secondfoot-days

; 111, 000 

105,050 

144,710

3,310,160

132,110 

120,470 

27i;900 

310,450 

147,910 

94,390 

108,460 

133,360 

364,040

2,043,850

Mar.

4,980 

4,960 

4,75O 

4,600 

4,750

4,960 

5,150 

5,440 

5,790 

6,220

6,710 

7,240 

7,760 

8,140 

8,180

8,570 

8,870 

9,230 

10,300 

11,800

14,000 

16,100 

16,000 

14, 700 

13,100

11,900 

11,000 

10,400 

9,500 

8,690 

8,110

Apr.

7,780 

7,780 

7,940 

8,990 

9,650

10,600 

12,400 

14,100 

16,900 

19,700

20, 400 

18,800 

17,100 

13,700 

11,800

10, 100 

8,940 

8,300 

7,740 

7,300

7,120 

7,220 

7,530 

7,720 

7,530

7,100 

6,640 

6,470 

6,500 

6,600

Maximum

4,220 

4,510 

7,320

25,800

4,580 

4,980 

16,100 

20,400 

7,120 

4,120 

5,490 

8,970 

32,600

32,600

Peak discharge (base, 14,000 sec. -ft. ) . Mar. 22 (10^>

sec. -ft. j Sept. 5 (1 a.m.) 33,400 sec. -It.

May

6,750 

6,920 

7,120 

7,040 

6,600

6,010 

5,470 

4,990 

4,560 

4,200

3,940 

3,760 

3,660 

3,610 

3,720

3,750 

3,900 

4,420 

4,750 

4,990

5,000 

4,860 

4,700 

4,720 

4,910

4,990 

4,650 

4,030 

3,520 

3,250 

3,120

Minimum

3,020' 

3,000 

3,170

3,000

3,820 

3,470 

4,600 

6,470 

3,120 

2,300 

2,180 

2,450 

3,350

2,180

June

3,060 

2,960 

2,850 

2,800 

2,910

3,140 

3,480 

3,810 

3,960 

3,960

4,010 

4,120 

4,110 

4,000 

3,790

3,550 

3,3OO 

3,140 

3,030 

2,880

2,780 

2,800 

2,820 

2,700 

2,570

. 2,480 

2,410 

2,340 

2,330 

2,300

Mean

3,58] 

3,502 

4,66E

9,065

4,262 4,30' 

8,77 

10,35C 

4,77 

3,14 

3,49S 4, SOll, 74C

5,60C

July

2,240 

2,190 

2,180 

2,220 

2,250

a2, 500 

a2,700 

2,360 

3,080 

3,120

3,110 

3,200 

.3,320 

a3,5OO 

3,690

4,000 

4,260 

4,420 

4,440 

4,390

4,270 

4,020 

3,680 

3,520 

3,410

3,470 

3,780 

4,030 

4,310 

4,810 

5,490

Aug.

6, 

7, 

8, 

8, 

8,

8, 

7, 

6, 

5, 

4,

3, 

3, 

3,

2, 

2,

2, 

2, 

2, 

2, 

2,

2, 

3, 

3, 

2, 

2,

2, 

2, 

2, 

2, 

2, 

a4,

Per square 

mile

0.782 

> .765 

1 1.02

1.98

> .931 

> .939 

L 1.92 

) 2.26 

L 1.04 

5 .687 

) .764 

2 .939 

) 2.56

) 1.22

m.) 16,400 sec. -ft.; Apr. 11 (5

310 

220 

140 

850 

970

640 

890 

880 

760 

680

810 

330 

070 

870 

710

590 

510 

480 

490 

650

960 

130 

040 

820 

620

500 

450 

560 

650 

780 

000

Sept.

a7,000 

a!2,000 

27,200 

32,600 

32,600

29,800 

26,400 

22,500 

18,800 

al6,000

al5,000 

al4,000 

a!3,000 

al2,000 

alO,000

9,110 

7,940 

6,980 

6,100 

5,360

4,790 

4,390 

4,210 

4,080 

4,000

3,900 

3,790 

3,650 

3,490 

3,350

Runoff in 

inches

0.90 

.85 

1.18

26.88

1.07 

.98 

2.21 

2.52 

1.20 

.77 

.88 

1.08 

2.96

16.60

a.m.) 20,600

a No gage-height record] discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage, weather records, 

and records for Choctawhatchee River at Caryville, Pla., and near Newton, Ala., and Pea River near 

Samson, Ala.
398 CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN

=gt Pork 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~~E7, at bridge on State Highway 10 at Blue Springs, 4 miles downstream from Llndsey 

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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 586 second-feet Apr. 5 (gage height, 4.90 feet-); 

minimum dally, 18 second-feet July 3, Aug. 14.

1943-50: Maximum discharge observed, 4,820 second-feet Mar. 29, 1944 (gage height, 

9.10 feet); minimum daily, that of July 3, Aug. 14, 1950.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Diurnal fluctuation and some regulation at low flow caused by mill dam above station. .

Rating tables, water year 1949-5O (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 17 to Jan. 11)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 25 Jan. 26 to Sept. 30

2.0 37 3.5 144 1.4 16 2.8 84 4.2 268 

2.3 50 3.8 186 1.6 22 3.2 115 4.4 337 

2.6 66 4.1 242 2.O 38 3.6 157 4.7 475 

2.9 86 4.3 300 2.4 59 4.0 220 

3.2 111 4.5 379

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

40 

56 

71 

54 

50

50 

57 

62 

53 

46

52 

61 

50 

47 

44

43 

44 

48

46 

44

42

41 

41 

39 

41

43

45 

45 

48 

53 

56

Nov.

66 

61 

52 

48 

47

46 

45 

48 

49

51

52 

51 

54 

72 

68

57 

51 

49 

50 

50

51 

52 

52 

53 

58

66

60 

55 

61 

66

Dec.

78 

63 

58 

56 

56

62 

64 

87 

87 

67

61 

60 

64 

137 

341

388 

190 

110 

104 

130

95 

84 

88 

96 

76

66

72 

77 

70 

65 

61

Jan.

60 

60 

63 

62 

62

64 

93 

94

65 

64

112 

268 

140 

94 

84

78 

79 

88 

98 

84

78 

72 

68 

102 

194

164 

104 

117 

97 

85 

84

Feb.

81 

78 

73 

71 

69

64 

70 

84 

98

121

147 

107 

85 

92 

107

80 

71 

67 

65 

64

65 

108 

258 

201 

101

88 

80 

75

unn-fh Seoond- 

"onth foot-days

Goto 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May

June 

July 

Angu 

Sept

Ha

her ..........................

 bar....... ................. ..

1,512 

1,642 

3, HE

lendaT year 1949 ............ 55,367

ary

h. ..........................

1 ............................

ember ........................

2,971 

2,67C 

4,28! 

3,63C 

1,826 

1,515 

2,27] 

1,351 

2,37C

ter year 1949-50 ............ 29, 173

Mar.

83 

106 

84 

101 

194

224

164 

145 

157 

111

92 

90 

98 

143 

133

224

307

151 

114 

102

97 

102 

104 

87 

82

80 

81 

207 

366 

156 

98

Apr.

94 

96 

90 

154 

475

366 

172 

125 

115 

106

104 

110 

102 

89 

83

80 

76 

99 

160 

122

a76 

h73 

a70 

a67 

a65

aB8 

alZO 

a97

h81 

a75

Maximum

71 

72 

388

1,290

268 

258 

366 

475 

242 

171 

261 

190 

414

475

Peak discharge (base, 1,000 sec. -ft.). No peak above b

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis or 

and records for Choctawhatchee River near- Newton, 

h Computed from gage readings.

Hay

73 

77 

65 

66 

54

48 

44

40

42 

59

54 

42 

40

55 

105

242 

9C 

73 

63 

46

42 

46 

46 

42 

35

33 

33 

36 

46 

42 

47

Minimum

39

45 

56

39

60 

64 

80 

65 

33 

19 

18 

18 

31

18

June

107 

54 

64 

75 

70

49 

43

90 

171 

159

66 

48 

42 

37 

33

32 

30 

29 

23 

28

32 

50 

35 

28 

24

19 

21 

20 

19

21

Mean

48.8 

54.8 

100

152

96.0 

95.4 

138 

121 

58.9 

50.6 

73.3 

43.8 

79.0

79.9

July

19 

19 

18 

23 

23

43

89 

150 

153 

54

46 

72 

118 

82 

76

119 

66 

52 

38 

36

53 

37 

32 

27 

34

44

59 

78 

98

261 

252

Aug.

Per square 

mile

0.574 

.645 

1.18

1.79

1.13 

1.12 

1.62 

1.42 

.693 

.595 

.862 

.515 

.929

.940

147 

63 

44

38 

32

32

27 

27 

27 

25

22 

23 

24

18 

20

20 

31 

49 

60 

46

36 

30 

26 

22 

24

56 

69 

48 

48

51 

190

Sept.

414 

254 

140 

78 

58

a7O 

a!70 

a!80 

a!20 

a70

a50 

a52 

a60 

a49 

a43

40 

a39 

a49 

a41 

a39

a38 

a39 

a43 

a39 

36

a33 

a31 

aSl 

aS2 

a32

Runoff in 

inohee

0.66 

.72 

1.56

24.22

1.50 

1.17 

1.87 

1.59 

.80 

.66 

.99 

.59 

1.04

12.75

ase. 

recorded range In stage, weather records,
CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN 399

Pea River near Ariton, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°35', long. 85°47', in SW£ sec. 7, T. 7 N., R. 23 

E77~at bridge on U. S. Highway 231, 2£ miles downstream from Bryors Mill Creek, 2| 

miles downstream from Atlantic Coast Line Railroad bridge, and 3j 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 1950.

Average discharge. 12 years, 737 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,500 second-feet Apr. 6 (gage height, 9.6 feet); 

minimum, 39 second-feet July 1, 6 (gage height, 1.96 feet).

1938-50: 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 except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Prior to Dec. 24, 1941, occasional regulation at low flow by grist mill above station.

Rating table, water year 19*9-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge. In second-feet)

1.9 29 2.2 86 5.0- 1,010 

2.0 45 2.4 139 8.O 1.93O 

2.1 64 2.9 305 9.4 2,420

Discharge, in seoond-f eet . water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

101 

98 

119 

151 

157

148 

139 

136 

128 

125

125 

119 

125 

119 

108

101 

234 

378 

243 

172

139 

125 

111 

108 

108

106 

108 

125 

179 

253 

243

Nov.

260 

260 

26O 

226 

189

166 

157 

154 

148 

148

151 

160 

154 

179 

212

199 

179 

166 

151 

139

139 

142 

139 

139

154

157 

195 

212 

189 

172

Dec.

169 

176 

179 

163 

160

160 

169 

205 

243 

270

250 

229 

212 

340 '784

1,100 

1,230 

1,250 

1,040 

980

883 

784 

649 

530 

479

438 

417 

400 

372 

347 

330

Jan.

308 

302 

294 

291 

305

322 

382 

428 

462 

442

496 

547 

564 

581 

598

593 

593 

530 

445 

417

420 

368 

347 

364 

417

410 

410 

445 

445 

479 

445

Month

Ooto 

Nova 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 ............

ary

nary .

1 ............................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

410 

378 

368 

347 

333

308 

302 

316 

340 

496

581 

700 

800 

948 

1,190

1.19O 

948 

734 

632 

581

479 

547 

850 

948 

948

850 

700 

615

Seoondfoot-days

4,631 

5,296 

14,986

278, 22C

13.46C 

17,839 

31,045 

24.O61 

9,323 

11,556 

7.54C 

9,354 

16,642

165,735

Bar.

530 

513 

496 

547 

768

al.OOO 

al,500 

al,600 

al,5OO 

al,400

1,280 

1,160 

1,010 

948 

850

1,250 

1,300 

1,30O 

1,300 

1,330

1,160 

948 

734 

598 

530

496 

479 

948 

1,220 

1,250 

1,100

Apr.

916 

834 

751 

980 

1,800

2,420 

1,970 

1,540 

1,390 

1,160

916 

734 

615 

564 

513

479 

438 

479 

564 

581

564 

513 

445 

378 

340

347 

410 

479 

462 

479

Hay

513 

530 

513 

479 

479

479 

445 

354 

263 

219

195 

172 

166 

163 

236

375 

462 

462 

479 

403

291 

216 

199 

176 

157

154 

172 

128 

111 

133 

199

Maximum Minimum

378 98 

260 139 

1,280 160

5,400 98

598 291 

1,190 302 

1,600 479 

2,420 340 

530 111 

2,070 51 

1,130 40 

1,300 53 

2,210 108

2,420 40

June

396 

1,040 

2,070 

1,420 

916

531 

431 

372 

434 

564

530 

414 

322 

239

182

151 

131 

117 

114 

136

 176 

139 

125 

117 

98

91 

.79 

64 

56

51

Mean

149 

177 

483

762

434 

637 

1,001 

802 

301 

385 

243 

302 

555

454

July

43 

45 

56 

45 

40

43 

62 

122 

133 

133

106 

117 

199 

298 

340

410 

445 

336 

316 

236

219 

199 

151 

125 

117

101 

136 

222 

615 

948 

1,130

AUK.

f980 

f 1,100 

f 1,300 

f 1,070 

f683

f389 

f222 

f!66 

136 

122

104 

86 

82 

75 

64

56 

53 

146 

136 

117

111 

82 

79 

84 

73

aeo

a84 

a82 

alOO 

340 

1,100

Per square 

mile

0.298 

.354 

.966

1.52

.868 

1.27 

2.00 

1.60 

.602 

.770 

.486 

.604 

1.11

.908

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 sec. -ft.}. No peak above base.

S«pt.

1,900

2,210 

1,630 

1,420 

. 1,150

784 

700 

700

751 

666

615 

547 

438 

330 

270

222 

195 

246 

277 

219

186 

172 

172 

148 

139

131 

114 

111 

108 

111

Runoff in 

inches

0.34 

.39 

1.11

20.67

1.00 

1.33 

2.31 

1.79 

.69 

.86 

.56 

.70 

1.24

12.32

f Computed from partly estimated gage-height record.

ieords for nearby stations.
400 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

 K., at bridge on State Highway 12, 500 feet downstream from Boyenton Creek, If miles 

downstream from Louisville & Nashville Railroad bridge, 3 miles west of Samson, and 

65 miles upstream from Plat 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.

Records available. May 1935 to September 1950. August 1904 to August 1913 and June 1922

 to October 19^5 at site l£ miles upstream, published as Pea River at Pera.

Average discharge. 25 years (1904-12, 1923-25, 1935-50), 1,830 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,100 second-feet Sept. 2 (gage height, 19.5

 feet); minimum r 150 second-feet July 2; minimum daily, 186 second-feet July 2.

1904-13, 1922-25, 1935-50: 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 (water years).--W 1112: 1925(M).

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gag* height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

1.9 182 6.0 1,210 

2.5 284 11.0 2,940 

3.0 385 15.0 4,670 

4.0 636 19.4 7,040

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

. 3 

4 

5

6 

7

e

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

16 

19 

20

21 

22

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

490 

478 

478 

490 

542

568 

636 

568 

542 

516

503 

542 

650 

596 

555

478 

503 

466 

719 

803

609 

478 

430 

430 

454

466 

555 

803 

859 

1,030 

1,060

Nov.

1,030 

945 

831 

719 

550

582 

503 

516 

516 

490

478 

503 

503 

609 

582

596 

568 

529 

478 

516

430 

478 

442

466 

568

691 

582 

555 

582 

609

Dec.

568 

529 

503 

503 

529

516 

617 

1,300 

916 

803

747 

705 

677 

1,000 

2,870

3,170 

2,800 

2,580 

2,440 

2,130

1,890 

1,750 

1,680 

1,540 

1,340

1,210 

1,150 

1,090 

1,060 

1,000 

945

Jan.

916 

859 

859 

859 

974

974 

1,470 

1,510 

1,270 

1,210

1,180 

1,300 

1,370 

1,340 

1,300

1,270 

1,240 

1,240 

1,240 

1,180

1,090 

1,000 

945 

945 

1,060

1,090 

1,060 

1,180 

1,120 

1,090 

1,090

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Maro 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

her. .........................

mber .........................

aendar year 1949 ............

ary .

1 ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,060 

1,000 

974 

887 

775

775 

747 

747 

747 

916

1,540 

1,650 

1,580 

1,680 

1,960

1,960 

1,960 

1,650 

1,370 

1,210

1,120 

1,090 

1,890 

2,060 

2,030

1,780 

1,580 

1,340

Secondfoot-days

18,29 

17,54 

40,55!

758,13]

35,23] 

38,076 

76.41C 

76.62C 

27,94! 

21,026 29,80' 

27,86! 

57,264

466,64'

Mar.

1,240 

1,340 

1,240 

1,340 

2,130

2,540 

2,720 

2,900 

3,250 

2,830

2,760 

2,370 

2,160 

2,410 

2,230

4,970 

4,860 

3,580 

3,020 

2,620

2,470 

2,370 

2,270 

1,850 

1,610

1,470 

1,370 

2,130 

3,060 

2,830 

2,470

Apr.

2,130 

1,920 

1,820 

3,580 

6,210

6,980 

6,740 

5,200 

3,670 

2,980

2,580 

2,300 

2,060 

1,850 

1,680

1,540 

1,400 

1,580 

2,230 

1,920

1,750 

1,580 

1,400 

1,270 

1,180

1,150 

1,270 

2,290 

2,580 

1,780

Maximum

1 1,060 

J 1,030 

i 3,170

L 9,860

L 1,510 

2,060 

) 4,970 

) 6,980 

' 1,510 

2,130 

3,670 

i 3,330 

i 7,040

7,040

Peak discharge (base, 7,000 sec. -ft. ). Apr. 6 (11 p.m.

May

1,510 

1,510 

1,510 

1,370 

1,210

1,120 

1,030 

1,000 

916 

803

705 

650 

555 

636 

831

1,090 

1,000 

1,090 

1,030 

945

1,400 

1,120 

831 

650 

596

516 

478 

466 

478 

454 

442

Minimum

430 ' 

430 

503

430

859 

747 

1,240 

1,150 

442 

248 

186 

212 

490

186

June

363 

568 

1,090 

2,130 

2,100

1,440 

1,060 

859 

1,090 

1,060

1,150 

1,060 

831 

677 

542

503 

454 

374 

303 

342

332

312 

385 

352 

303

284 

284

275 

257 

248

Mean

590 

585 

1,308

2,077

1,136 

1,360 

2,465 

2,554 

901 

701 

962 

899 

1,909

1,278

July

222 

186 

214 

363 

542

516 

363 

418 

478 

466

442

853 

1,750 

1,150 

974

1,090 

1,370 

1,300 

974 

719

803 

747 

622 

803 

582

442

478 

1,600 

2,800 

Z.870 

3,670

Aug.

3,330 

2,440 

1,960 

1,890 

1,680

1,300 

916 

636 

542 

430

374 

363 

352 

342 

322

312 

322

694 

834 

596

478 

385 

363 

312 

303

454 

212 

751 

945 

747 

3,280

Per square 

mile

0.504 

.500 

1.12

1.78

.971 

1.16 

2.11 

2.18 

.770 

.599 

.822 

.768 , 

1.63

1.09

) 7,040 sec. -ft.; Sept. 2 (1:30

Sept.

6,330 

7,040 

6,100 

4,200 

2,830

2,230 

2,510 

3,710 

2,650 

2,300

1,920 

1,610 

1,440 

1,270 

1,030

945 

803 

747 

719 

803

803 

719 

663 

663 

622

582 

529 

503 

490 

503

Runoff in 

inches

0.58 

.56 

1.29

24.10

1.12 

1.21 

2.43 

2.44 

.89 

.67 

.95 

.89 

1.82

14.85

p.m.) 7,100
CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN 401

Holmes Creek at Vernon, Pla.

Location . Wire-weight gage, lat. 30°37'35", long. 85°42i45", in sec. 35, T. 3 N., R. 15 

w., at bridge on State Highway 79 at Vernon, a quarter of a mile downstream from 

Pippin Mill Creek. Datum of gage is 10.70 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Records available. April to September 1950. ,

Extremes. Maximum discharge during period, 5,240 second-feet Sept. 2 (gage height, 19.02 

feet); minimum observed, 316 second-feet June 28 (gage height, 11.06 feet).

Remarks. Records good. Qage read twice daily.

Rating table, Apr. 7 to Sept. 30, 1950 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

11.1 322

11.6 396

12.2 487

12.8 617

13.4 796

14.0 1,000

15.0 1,460

16.0 2,050

17.0 2,680

18.0 3,460

18.5 4,100

19.0 5,180

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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. Nov. Dec. Jan.

Month

October ..........................

November ....... v .................

Deonnber .........................

Calendar year ............

January ..........................

February ..........................

March ............................

April 7-3O. ......................

May * 

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Rater year ............

Feb.

Secondfoot-days

_

23,966

14,59E

10, 636

13, 504

14,06£ 

36,682

-

Mar. Apr.

.

_

_

_

-

_

2,160

2,100

1,630

1,530

1,260

1,050

915

803

723

668

620

623

754

855

935

985

905

799

709

686

709

789

849

809

-

Maximum

_

2,160

720

390

882

918

5,130

-

May

720

66S

592

544

513

485

466

443

428

415

408

406

405

405

419

414

452

509

533

592

564

513

467

446

437

422

411

396

381

372

369

Minimum

_

620 tea

OD3

319

336

336

411

-

June

363

360

358

362

360

352

357

368

368

374

381

390

375

360

354

366

363

357

351

348

345

339

336

333

329

325

319

340

357

346

-

Mean

_

_

999

471

355

436

454

1,223

-

July

336

366

384

372

366

368

384

417

396

387

408

428

419

408

393

431

491

458

424

400

390

381

366

358

354

350

402

482

651

882

852

Aug.

882

918

839

700

5SO

503

461

434

412

396

390

384

378

376

366

356

351

357

357

358

360

356

346

342

344

345

339

336

340

360

803

Per square 

mile

Sept.

2,520

5,150

4,390

3,660

2,S50

2,320

1,790

1,410

1,160

985

915

829

709

654

587

542

505

477

461

449

440

438

470

461

446

434

428

418

414

411

-

Runoff in 

inches
402

YELLOW RIVER BASIN

Yellow River at Milligan, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°45'10", long. 86°37'40", in sec. 15, T 3 N , R 

ZTTTr, 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 1950.

Average discharge. 12 years, 1,284 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,000 second-feet Sept. 2 (gage height, 9.67 

reet}; minimum, 214 second-feet July 2 (gage height, 1.73 feet).

1938-50: Maximum discharge, 21,200 second-feet Sept. 13, 1944 (gage height, 13.29 

feet); minimum discharge, that of July 2, 1950; minimum gage height, 1.43 feet Oct. 25, 

26, Nov. 5, 6, 1943.

Flood in 1929 reached a stage of 26.2 feet, from Information by local residents.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, which 

are fair.

Revisions (water years). W 892: 1938-39.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1-30 Oct. 31 to Sept. 30

2.6 391 1.8 229

3.2 542 2.5 410

3.9 735 4.0 830

5.0 1,120

5.0 1,470 8.5 3,690

7.0 2,010 9.0 4,900

7.5 2,390 9.5 6,460

3.0 2,890

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oot.

430

435

432

420

418

455

532

511

661

653

547

550

587

493

462

450

435

418

410

403

396

391

384

380

375

373

373

432

524

738

726

Nov.

640

572

536

508

483

463

452

444

438

432

430

427

430

477

466

452

452

441

424

416

418

407

407

410

416

404

402

432

466

483

-

Dec.

a460

a440

3420

3420

3430

h444

3480

3520

3560

3530

3510

3520

3510

3650

3900

al,200

1,240

al,200

31,100

3900

a780

a700

3680

701

696

a660

3630

3600

3580

3560

h547

Jan.

3530

3520

3510

a520

3540

3580

h693

a740

3730

704

682

640

609

598

584

564

542

530

536

564

567

556

539

528

514

505

519

642

780

794

760

Honth

October ..........................

November ................. .......

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ....................... ....

April ............................

Hay

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

656

589

550

525

511

494

477

474

474

500

600

589

600

715

752

752

696

637

564

516

486

486

514

536

570

589

542

488

_

-

Seoondfoot days

14,794

13,62£

20,56£

413,446

18.62C

15 j 88!

38,902

42.77J

17,13<

10,09£

23,38]

22,93C

56,274

294,985

Mar.

505

508

508

628

813

960

1,030

1,120

1,210

1,150

1,010

847

749

794

908

1,460

1,980

2,720

3,440

3,230

2,330

1,640

1,430

1,210

1,060

984

902

865

900

981

1,030

Apr.

1,

1,

2,

3,

3,

3,

3,

2,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

Maximum

738

640

1,240

5,200

794

752

3,440

3,770

830

! 427

2,700

2,500

6,750

6,750

060

882

771

290

380

260

730

770

210

340

560

270

260

170

050

943

865

911

090

150

160

070

902

774

729

785

808

876

932

780

-

May

816

791

729

659

600

556

522

494

474

455

441

427

416

430

564

830

754

710

620

533

600

746

575

525

477

438

410

388

d390

d385

d379

Minimum

373

402

420

373

505

474

505

729

379

227

216

346

452

216

June

d374

d368

d362

d357

d349

d343

d335

d332

d340

d374

d424

d427

d402

d379

d360

a360

3370

3380

d368

d357

d339

d317

d301

d286

d274

d264

d250

243

236

227

Mean

477

454

663

1,133

601

567

1,255

1,426

553

337

754

740

1,876

808

July

220

216

229

243

298

379

444

488

430

382

354

514

963

1,060

952

874

836

876

735

612

862

642

542

785

637

550

718

1,050

1,450

2,340

2,700

Aug.

2,500

2,

1,

550

300

302

676

578

522

174

444

416

393

588

568

562

346

349

595

564

952

952

679

553

191

144

396

463

710

575

458

570

1,860

Per square 

mile

0.795

.757

1.10

1.89

l.OO

.945

2.09

2.38

.922

.562

1.26

1.23

3.13

1.35

Sept.

4,450

6,750

6,720

6,270

4,930

3,260

2,160

1,700

1,880

2,190

2,130

1,800

1,330

1,040

891

799

746

774

698

631

595

578

572

539

514

488

472

460

452

455

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.92

.84

1.27

25.62

1.15

.98

2.41

2.65

1.06

.63

1.45

1.42

3.49

18.27

Peak discharge (base. 5.200 sec, -ft.). Mar. 19 (8 p.m.) 5.65O sec.-ft.; Apr. 8 (3 p.m.) 3,840 

sec.-rt.; SeptT Z (9 a.m.) 7,OOO see.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on baais of recorded range In stage and records for 

Shoal River near Crestview and Coldwater Creek near Milton.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded gage heights corrected for 

faulty Intake action.

h Computed from staff-gage reading.
YELLOW RIVER BASIN 403

Llghtwood Knot Creek at Babble, Ala.

Location Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°16', long. 86°19', In SW£ sec. 36, T. 4 N., R. 17 

ETTTt bridge on State Highway 12, 1 mile east of Babble, 1$ miles downstream from 

Poley Creek, 2 miles upstream from mouth, and 3-J miles west of Opp.

Drainage area. 114 square miles.

Records available. February 1944 to September 1950. Prior to October 1947, published as

roiey ureex at Babbie.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,000 second-feet Apr. 5; maximum gage height, 

Y.au feet Sept. 1; minimum daily discharge, 18 second-feet July 2-4.

1944-50: Maximum discharge observed, 12,100 second-feet Sept. 11, 1944 (gage height, 

11.86 feet); minimum daily, that of July 2-4, 1950.

Remarks. Records fair. Some diurnal fluctuation at low flow.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge. In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 16 to Feb. 14)

Oct. 1 to July 13 July 14 to Sept. 30

0.3 17 4.4 234 '6.0 985 0.6 24 

.5 23 4.7 288 6.3 1,260 1.4 53 

1.5 63 5.0 373 6.6 1,650 3.5 140 

3.5 153 5.3 505 4.0 171 

4.0 18S 5.6 685

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

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 

71 

80 

83 

78

89 

150 

139 

105 

96

89 

89 

94 

100 

89

80 

87 

80 

76 

71

69 

67 

67 

67 

67

76 

85 

82 

92 

105 

118

Nov.

116 

110 

96 

87 

82

SO 

SO 

80 

80 

82

82 

85 

85 

96

114

100 

89 

85 

82 

85

89 

96 

89 

69 

103

153 

156 

134 

114 

118

Dec.

116 

105 

100 

98 

103

103 

105 

156 

300 

190

139 

123 

121 

169 

566

747 

411 

219 

167 

167

156 

150 

167 

190 

167

141 

130 

128 

138 

118 

114

Jan.

110 

110 

110 

114 

123

136 

200 

219 

177 

139

130 

139 

136 

125 

121

116 

114 

112 

116 

130

123

114 

112 

112 

116

114 

107 

123 

143 

123 

112

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri

Uavr

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ............ ...

nber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

103 

100 

103 

96 

93

87 

87 

94 

92 

103

141 

156 

125 

136 

300

195 

139 

110 

103 

98

96 

107 

153 

185 

150

114 

105 

96

 Secondfoot-days

3,707 

2,937 

5,794

84,922

3~,97e 

3,366 

7,723 

8,08E 

3,797 

1.29E 

4,384 

3,229 

6,082

51,37!

Mar.

100 

130 

136 

150 

313

350 

359 

242 

268 

312

148 

138 

136 

185 

359

969

827 

433 

326 

174

161 

158 

177 

185 

150

139 

136 

181 

429 

384 

177

Apr.

1,

Maximum

150 

156 

747

2,410

219 

200 

969 

1,620 

200 

110 

912 

536 

1,670

1,670

Peak discharge (base, 1,800 sec. -ft.). Apr. 5 (12 m. )

139 

139 

146 

557 

620

928 

442 

259 

206 

185

174 

174 

170 

156 

143

136 

132 

161 

278 

278

190 

141 

125 

116 

116

132 

156 

148 

288 

250

4.6 327 6.1 

4.9 375 6.4 

5.3 370 6.8 

5.7 512 7.1

to September 1950

Hay

300 

150 

128 

112 

96

85 

78 

74 

74 

71

67 

65 

63 

94 

139

181 

170 

110 

76 

65

74 

98 

85 

80 

63

55 

51 

49 

51 

47 

46

Minimum

67 

80 

98

67

107 

87 

100 

116 

46 

19 

18 

24 

47

IS

2,000 sec.

June

45 

41 

41 

45 

' 51

49 

53 

85 

110 

89

67 

53 

43 

38 

35

35 

33 

31 

828 

29

40 

44

42 

33 

a29

a36 

a23 

g!9 

al9 

al9

Mean

87.3 

97.9 

187

333

128 

120 

249 

270 

90.3 

43.2 

141 

71.9 

203

141

July

al9 

g!8 

al8 

a'34 al8 

57 

100 

85 

96 

65

55 

120 

352 

366 

182

97 

93 

105 

69 

48

50 

91 

87 

99 

85

73 

69 

216 

912 

525 

290

705 

910 

1,300 

1,660

Aug.

158 

97 

69 

55 

47

41 

38 

36 

33 

31

29 

27 

27 

36 

a26

a24 

33 

65 

95 

93

91 

67 

41 

32 

28

28 

41 

93 

121 

101 

536

Per square 

mile

0.766 

.859

1.64

2.04

1.12 

1.05 

2. IS 

2.37 

.791 

.379 

1.24 

.631 

1.78

1.24

-ft.s Sept. 1 (8 a.m.)

Sept.

1,670 

746 

415 

334 

157

117 

192 

442

411 

227

157 

121 

105 

95 

8T

81 

77

71 

67 

63

61 

59 

57 

57 

55

51 

48 

47 

51 

61

Runoff in 

inches

0.88 

.96 

1.89

27.69

1.30 

1.10 

2.52 

2.64 

.91 

.42 

1.43 

.73 

1.98

16.76

1,950

 ec.-rt.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for stations 

on nearby streams.

g Computed from graph baaed on gage readings.
404 YELLOW RIVER BASIN

Shoal River near Crestview-, Pla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°41'50", long. 86°34'15", in sec. 5, T. 2 N., R. 

23TTT, at bridge on State Highway 85, 3^ 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 1950.

Average discharge. 12 years, 1,188 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 12,000 second-feet Sept. 2 (gage height, 10.38 

reet } ; minimum, 353 second-feet July 2 (gage height, 1.77 feet).

1938-50: 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 except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 17 Mar. 18 to Sept. 30

2.3 426 6.1 1,530 1.9 376 5.4 1,250 8.3 5, 

3.3 622 6.3 1,800 3,1 614 6.1 1,580 9.4 8, 

4.2 837 6.9 2,990 4.2 886 6.3 1,800 10.3 11, 

5.8 1,350

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

651 

675 

701 

670 

648

662 

969 

960 

1,000 

1,230

969 

884 

1,040 

869 

728

681 

646 

626 

614 

593

576 

567 

555 

548 

544

538 

534 

609 

631 

854 

1,120

Nov.

902 

740 

662 

618 

593

576 

559 

553 

546 

' 544

536 

530 

534 

653 

675

597 

548 

a540 

a530 

519

517 

507 

501 

505 

517

501 

493 

493 

a520 

a540

Dec.

a58o 

a560 

a520 

a500 

h612

a600 

a580 

a560 

a620 

a580

544 

521 

513 

a700 

al,00o

al , 400 

al , 000 

a900 

834 

806

715 

a660 

a620 

a660 

a620

aeoo

580 

a560 

a550 

538 

525

Jan.

513 

507 

503 

509 

538

a640 

h745 

 806 

646 

578

576 

595 

580 

570 

580

551 

528 

515 

546 

593

580 

540 

511 

507 

662

635 

618 

780 

1,160 

929 

724

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Aprl 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

nber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary .

1............... .............

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-60 ............

Feb.

653 

603 

565 

532

511

491 

480 

495 

503 

505

626 

706 

584 

624 

728

618 

523 

489 

473 

462

448 

464 

542 

538 

484

457 

438 

426

Secondfoot-days

22,892 

17,049 

20,558

454,942

19,265 

14,968 

33,025 

52,575 

23,693 

17,467 

38,012 

27,698 

67,505

354,707

Mar.

453 

593 

519 

595 

920

1,020 

972 

875 

991 

872

675 

605 

597 

762 

804

1,360 

3,050 

2,750 

1,470 

1,140

1,060 

1,400 

1,760 

1,430 

1,130

968 

889 

894 

917 

819 

. 735

Apr.

2, 

5

6 

5, 

3 

1,

1,

1, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1,

1,

1,

1, 

1,

1,

1,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

Maximum

1,230 

902 

1,400

4,860

1,160 

728 

3,050 

6,850 

1,200 

886 

3,580 

3,800 

11,700

11,700

Peak discharge (base, 3,600 sec. -ft.). Apr. 6 (10 a.m.

711 

728 

720 

630 

950

850 

510 

070 

710 

440

320 

310 

310 

200 

110

040 

994 

060 

400 

400

160 

994 

914 

870 

854

060 

170 

270 

560 

260

Hay

1,040 

942 

870 

811 

770

735 

706 

682 

666 

650

648 

627 

607 

641 

816

1,070 

1,010 

840 

677 

632

908 

1,200 

1,110 

832 

696

627 

614 

614 

560 

549 

543

Minimum

534 

493 

500

493

503 

426 

453 

711 

543 

372 

362 

530 

801

362

June

524 

504 

504 

518 

601

599 

528 

532 

760 

886

814 

621 

516 

482 

520

596 

875 

720 

680 

760

832 

641 

538 

490 

457

426 

403 

387 

381 

372

Mean

738 

568 

663

1,246

621 

535 

1,065 

l,75a 

764

ssa

1,226 

893 

2,250

972

July

363 

362 

394 

528

711

760 

654 

742 

661

551

534 

832 

1,550 

2,530 

1,610

1,320 

1,420 

1,340 

1,040 

840

1,150 

1,440 

1,100 

1,020 

1,170

1,120 

1,080 

1,490 

2,710 

3,580 

3,410

950 

580 

700

Aug.

2,

1, 

1,

3,

Per square 

mile

1.48 

1.14 

1.33

2.49

1.24 

1.07 

2.13 

3.50 

1.53 

1.16 

2.45 

1.79 

4.50

1.94

210 

380 

120 

977 

883

811 

760 

723 

684 

654

638 

666 

645 

632 

596

585 

997 

829 

822 

889

770 

645 

579 

543

530

670 

752 

625 

566 

717 

800

Sept.

8,680 

11,700 

8,580 

5,430 

3,300

2,190 

1,770 

1,800 

1,700 

1,520

1,390 

1,290 

1,210

1,190 

1,140

1,090 

1,040 

1,160 

1,230 

1,120

1,040 

968 

1,020 

977 

886

843 

822 

809 

801 

809

Runoff in 

Inches

1.70 

1.27 

1.53

33.83

1.43 

1.11 

2.46 

3.91 

1.76 

1.30 

2.83 

2.06 

5.02

26.38

) 6,960 sec. -ft.; July 30 (10 p.m.) 3,680

sec.-ft.; Sept. z (10 a.m.) 12,000 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range In stage and records for 

Yellow River at Mllllgan and Coldwater Creek near Milton.

h Computed from staff-gage reading.
BLACKWATER RIVER BASIN 405

Blackwater River near Baker, Fla.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30 0 50'00", long. 86°44'05", in sec. 22, T. 4 H., R. 

25 ¥., at bridge on State Highway 4, 0.3 mile downstream from Red Wash Branch and 3.8 

miles northwest of Baker.

Records available. March to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during period March to September, 3,200 second-feet Sept. 1 

(gage height, 11.61 feet, from floodmarks); minimum, 84 second-feet July 1, 2 (gage 

height, 3.36 feet).

Remarks. Records fair except those for p'eriods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating table, Mar. 16 to Sept. 30, 195O (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

3.3

4.1 

4.4 

4.7

78

166

213

280

7.7

9.7

10.3

10.9

1,240

1,940

2,220

2,640

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March 16-31.. ....................

April ............................

Hay..............................

June ..............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year " ............

Feb.

Secondfoot-days

_

8,69

15,28

5, 62

3 79

12^01

7,67

12,31

-

liar.

.

-

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

2,030

1,500

911

623

465

370

512

449

308

255

223

204

223

244

204

172

Apr.

166

166

166

734

2,480

2,220

1,170

783

591

465

386

560

560

402

308

255

223

308

496

370

268

223

195

179

179

179

187

465

370

233

Maximum

_

5 2,030

7 2,480

! 686

I 339

5 1,500

3 2,120

5 2,640

-

May

204

195

172

166

154

148

143

139

136

133

131

128

126

121

489

686

324

204

160

148

172

179

160

143

135

129

124

122

121

117

113

Minimum

_

172

166

113

88

85

120

123

-

June

112

110

111

112

112

111

110

113

131

339

213

160

131

118

111

108

154

172

136

124

117

112

108

103

100

97

95

92

91

88

-

Mean

_

54;

51C

18]

126

38£

24£

41C

-

July

85

85

91

98

152

750

280

294

255

179

148

278

750

a550

a420

a380

a400

a300

a250

a210

a300

a250

a200

a250

a210

a200

a350

al,000

al,500

al,200

600

Aug.

a 450

a380

a3oo

a250

a220

a200

also

a!60

h!43

h!35

h!32

a!30

a!30

a!25

a!20

also

a!40

al30

a!60

a200

h!48

a!40

a!30

a!30

a!30

a!30

a!30

h!35

also

a500

g2,120

Per square 

mile

Sept.

g2,640

g2,270

al,200

a600

a420

a350

a280

a250

a300

a370

a360

a330

a290

a250

a220

a220

also

a!70

160

154

148

143

140

135

131

128

125

124

123

124

Runoff in 

inches

Peak discharge (base, 2,500 see.-ft.). Apr. 5 (5 p.m.) 2,800 sec.-ft. j Sept. 1 (9 p.m.) 3,200'sear ft~ 

a Ho gage-height record} discharge computed on basis of records for Yellow River near Milligan, 

Shoal River near Crestview, and Coldwater Creek near Milton.

h Computed from staff-gage readings.

g Computed from graph based on staff-gage readings.

231536 O - 53 - 27
406 BLACKWATER RIVER BASIN

Coldwater Creek near Milton, Pla.

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 1950.

Average discharge.--12 years, 590 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,640 second-feet Sept. 1 (gage height, 8.32 

FeeTT; minimum, 268 second-feet July 1 (gage height, 2.00 feet).

1938-50: 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 except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years) . W 892: 1939.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

2.1 

2.4 

2.7 

3.0

282

330

390

459

3.5 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0

594

751

931

1,130

5.5 

6.0 

7.0 

7.8

1,470

2,030

3,150

4,050

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September .1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oot.

365

390

401

388

377

414

452

426

430

462

412

426

419

399

380

375

371

369

367

363

361

361

361

361

359

361

361

365

380

474

502

Nov.

426

390

380

367

363

361

359

359

359

359

359

361

361

359

359

361

361

363

363

361

359

355

355

359

359

353

355

338

336

349

Dec.

547

338

336

33S

359

351

359

403

365

353

351

359

357

440

878

1,010

630

459

426

405

388

392

430

421

386

373

367

363

357

347

341

Jan.

340

340

340

349

401

394

497

452

390

373

390

394

382

384

380

369

357

355

353

363

355

349

349

345

343

341

417

424

397

367

355

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

345

347

345

340

336

334

334

336

336

341

353

347

340

345

353

336

328

325

316

322

322

325

328

336

327

325

322

318

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

12,232

10, 849

13,029

221,972

11,645

9,362

15/986

20,512

10,131

9,784

19,004

14,162

19,797

166,493

Mar.

343

371

341

424

548

510

466

445

435

377

351

341

351

435

457

1,200

2,110

792

521

459

435

526

554

440

394

375

371

417

466

384

347

Apr.

341

349

355

al,000

aS.OOO

a2,000

a900

a 600

h510

a 480

a470

a460

a460

a 450

a440

h435

a 400

a500

aSOO

a700

a650

a600

a580

a5 70

a560

a600

a640

a700

a550

h412

Maximum

502

426

1,010

2,890

497

353

2,110

3,000

615

696

2,390

3,080

4, 110

4,110

May

a350

a320

a300

a300

h297

a290

a290

a290

a290

a290

a290

a290

a300

h334

371

615

430

345

318

318

336

371

330

307

297

299

318

336

318

299

292

Minimum

359

336

336

336

340

316

341

341

290

272

271

288

307

271

June

290

291

310

315

302

292

300

327

386

696

445

340

305

320

310

297

328

313

308

336

357

343

310

294

286

281

278

278

274

272

-

Mean

 39E

36Z

42C

606

376

334

516

684 32"

326

612

457

66C

456

July

271

285

332

380

417

482

500

426

382

328

323

554

775

761

646

585

603

545

440

386

447

484

386

394

377

355

484

966

2,140

2,390

1,160

Aug.

664

497

421

392

363

341

327

316

307

302

318

307

292

291

288

359

343

316

386

588

505

357

318

303

300

308

303

311

310

649

. 3,080

Per square 

mile

1.44

1.32

1.53

2.21

1.37

1.21

1.88

2.49

1.19

1.19

2.23

1.66

2.40

1.66

Sept.

4,110

2,950

2,070

1,040

646

521

482

497

462

417

388

369

371

361

343

332

327

322

318

320

320

318

332

322

310

307

308

308

310

316

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.65

1.47

1.76

30.01

1.57

1.27

2.16

2.77

1.37

1.32

2.57

1.92

2.68

22.51

Peak discharge (base, 2,700 sec.-ft.). Apr. 5 (time and discharge unknown); July 29 (7:30 p.m.) 

2,710 sec.-ft.; Sept. 1 (7 a.m.) 4,640 sec.-ft.

a Ho gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

Shoal River near Crestvlew and Yellow River at Mllllgan.

h Computed from staff-gage reading.
ESCAMBI,A RIVER BASIN 407

Conecuh River near Troy, Ala.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. Sl'Sl'.'long. 86°00', In EE& sec. 13, T. 10 N., R. 20 E., at 

bridge on U. S. Highway 231, If miles downstream from Mannings Creek and 3 miles north 

of Troy.

Drainage area. 240 square miles.

Records available. October 1943 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,820 second-feet Apr. 6 (gage height, 10.5 feet, 

from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 6.6 second-feet July 3.

1943-50: Maximum discharge, 18,000 second-feet Nov. 28, 1948 (gage height, 16.1 

feet, from floodmark); minimum observed, 3.8 second-feet Sept, 6, 1947.

Remarks. Records good. Gage read once dally.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge. In second-feet)

0.9 6.0 2.2 40 6.0

1.0 7.0 2.8 65 6.8

1.2 10 3.4 93 7.5

1.5 16 4.0 131 8.0

1.8 26 ' 5.0 210 8.5

310 9.0 1,210

419 9.5 1,620

553 10.0 2jl60

702 10.3 2,540

913

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

12

11

26

23

50

61

20

30

22

25

21

20

20

20

20

21

34

52

31

28

20

18

16

15

15

28

34

85

131

105

117

NOT.

Ill

99

83

61

46

38

34

29

29

34

31

29

29

34

36

33

31

26

24

26

28

28

28

31

48

50

42

40

38

38

-

Dec.

34

36

42

40

38

42

52

78

74

74

61

54

61

193

334

419

419

403

374

334

267

210

210

201

201

176

168

160

152

131

124

Jan.

Ill

99

99

99

105

124

176

152

160

192

299

438

578

509

470

388

299

228

192

176

152

138

138

131

138

138

138

145

176

192

176

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

160

131

124

105

99

93

88

83

111

176

267

452

509

578

578

530

419

322

237

176

145

145

322

310

310

267

219

260

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

1,136

1 234

5, 162

135,376

6,556

7, 116

16,568 

14, 266

5,966

5,394.6

7,151.9

6,559 

12,066

89,175.5

Mar.

145

160

168

176

354

643

1,360

1,530

1,440

1,080

778

553

452

419

419

530

778

964

667

578

452

360

299

237

210

201

192

299

347

403

374

Apr.

334

288

247

485

1,960

2,540

1, 320

702

578

452

360

334

299

267

228

192

176

184

310

334

322

310

168

145

124

Maximum

131

111

419

4,110

578

578

1,530 

2 'eos 540

1,280

1,620

1,360 

2,280

2,540

160

237

403

419

388

-

May

419

435

605

489

4S9

388

288

160

124

105

93

78

74

78

132

219

288

267

168

99

83

78

74

85

54

46

38

36

79

128

287

Minimum

11

24

34

11

99

83

145

124

36

7.8

6.6

20

38

6.6

June

731

1,280

613

365

160

176

176

176

201

288

374

212

124

78

56

42

36

33

42

38

34

29

26

24

20

18

16

. 10

8.8

7.8

Mean

36.6

41.1

167

371

211

OCX £?4

534

476

192

180

231

212

402

244

July

6.9

6.7

6.6

6.7

11

31

36

117

93

93

83

111

201

547

960

360

322 310'

198

105

105J

88

7*.

54

34

28

68

523

635

1,120

1,620

Aug.

1,360

1, L40

365

S29

176

98

65

58

5?

46

40

34

29

23

21

20

46

54!

40

40

54

L60

L38

LOO

28

41

108

L52

>19

299

724

Per square 

mile

0.152

.171

 696

1.55

 879

1 »06

2.22

1 QQ 9O

.800

.750

 962

.883

1.68

1.02

Sept.

1,550

2,280

1,560

739

586

288

334

552

913

739

470

310

257

176

180

117

111

145

138

93

74

69

65

65

61

50

42

40

38

44

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.18

.19

 80

20*98

1.02

1.10

2*57

2.21

.92

84 i!ii

1.02

1.87

13.83

Peak discharge (base. 2.500 see.-ft.) . Apr. 6 (9 a.m.) 2,820 sec.-ft.
408 ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN

Conecuh River at Brantley, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°34', long. 86°15', in SE£ sec. 16, T. 7 N., R. 18 

is., 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 1950.

Average discharge. 13 years, 795 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,330 second-feet Apr. 8 (gage height, 14.5 

feet}; minimum, 71 second-feet July 3 (gage height, 1.54 feet).

1937-50: Maximum discharge, 15,800 second-feet Nov. 29, 1948 (gage height, 23.0 

feet); 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 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.5 68 4.0 382

1.7 85 6.0 690

2.0 115 8.0 1,030

2.5 175 11.0 1,710

12.0

13.0

14.4

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

-20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

128

126

129

150

151

151

151

182

182

163

151

157

163

182

163

150

144

169

182

182

169

151

a!46

139

134

127

157

182

208

275

324

Nov.

332

332

296

254

234

208

188

175

169

175

175

163

169

169

175

175

169

157

157

157

150

151

151

151

163

175

194

201

194

182

Dec.

182

175

169

169

169

169

201

240

282

289

254

234

234

324

577

690

740

740

723

707

690

657

609

546

486

441

426

426

411

382

360

Jan.

339

317

310

303

303

303

339

396

426

411

456

562

641

674

690

707

723

707

641

531

456

411

382

360

346

339

332

353

367

353

353

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

367

367

346

332

303

282

268

254

254

339

593

657

641

690

756

789

823

806

773

690

546

546

723

657

593

577

546

501

_

-

Seccndfoot-days

5,168

5,741

12,702

289,66$

13,831

15,015

29 f 83.

32,791

13,953

9,020

12,291

15,826

24,975

191,148

Mar.

471

456

426

441

740

891

943

1,030

1,070

1,190

1,540

1,680

1,610

1,470

1,240

1,400

1,290

1,150

1,090

1,070

1,110

1,130

1,010

874

723

609

531

690

690

657

609

Apr.

1,

1,

1,

2,

3,

2,

2,

1,

1,

1,

1,

Maximum

324

332

740

5,240

 79* 1 £*>

823

1 * 680

3,260

978

874

 

Qflft JJUO

1,810

2,000j

3,260

609

625

625

400

730

730

290

260

850

140

610

260

010

874

740

641

562

593

657

690

674

625

593

531

456

471

568

330

891

756

2,000

2,390

3,260

to September 1950

May

874

92

97

97

6

8

8

874

806

77

70

60

3

7

9

471

374

32

28

28

4

9

2

303

396

44

39

41

1

6

1

411

360

28

25

23

2

4

4

214

194

18

16

IS

14

2

9

1

3

147

Minimum

126

150

169

126

303

254

. 426

456

143

81

73

138

188

73

June

247

332

441

625

823

874

531

346

332

426

501

486

456

382

282

220

169

169

138

127

129

143

139

128

115

105

98

90

85

81

-

Mean

167

191

410

794

446

536

962

1,093

450

301

396

511

832

524

July

76

74

73

82

106

129

220

208

234

240

214

234

360

609

840

874

806

756

690

577

546

.346

303

254

220

182

208

426

723

773

908

Aug.

1,190

1,

1,

1,

540

310

S40

1,400

1,050

S25

353

268

227

201

175

163

149

138

143

220

317

382

374

261

214

214

227

220

214

188

175

188

240

1,220

Per square 

Bile

0.344

.394

.845

1.64

.920

1.11

1.98

2.25

.928

.621

.816

1.05

1.72

1.08

Sept.

1,330

1,520

1,660

1,870

2,000

1,590

1,570

1,640

1,400

1,220

1,110

1,070

1,030

926

674

471

398

353

362

374

339

296

268

254

234

220

208

194

188

166

~

Runoff in 

inchss

0.40

.44

.97

22.22

1.06

1.15

2.29

2.51

1.07

.69

.94

1.21

1.92

14.65

Peak discharge (base. 4,000 see.-ft.). No peak above base. 

a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated.
ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN 409

Conecuh River near Andalusia, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°16', long, 86°36', in NE£ sec. 1, T. 3 N., R.

 14 K., at Simmons Bridge on State Highway 83, 7? miles southwest of 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.

Hecords available. August 1904 to December 1919 (published as Conecuh River at Beck), 

septemoer iuaa to September 1950.

Average discharge. 36 years (1904-19, 1929-50), 2,004 second-feet,

.Extremes. maximum discharge during year, 10,300 second-feet Apr. 9 (gage height, 23.6

 feet); minimum, 59 second-feet July 2; minimum daily, 94 second-feet July 2, 9.

1904-19, 1929-50: 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 known, 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 1949-5O (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

0.8 95

1.4 194

2.0 311

2.8 497

3.6 740

5.0 1,250

10.0 3,400

21.3 9,150

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

IS

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

2S

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

356

182

420

610

592

600

626

410

220

388

599

620

616

602

358

178

472

660

647

620

647

414

206

413

656

638

592

622

357

190

420

Nov.

606

588

552

601

550

236

552

§76

582

589

591

512

464

834

663

662

636

682

374

185

439

752

720

561

678

37i

172,

408

600

586

-

Dec.

610

622

376

172

406

610

764

958

1,050

1,080

242

530

790

1,280

1,840

2,190

1,380

1,380

1,780

1,610

1,530

1,610

1,570

1,090

883

841

1,130

1,280

1,070

960

575

Month

October. ...............

November. ..............

December. ..............

Calendar year 1949 . .

January. ...............

February. ..............

March. ............... s.

April..................

MAV iwy. ...................

June ...................

August. ................

September. .............

Water year 1949-50 . .

Jan.

205

302

973

396

976

1,060

702

244

328

1,140

, 1,110

1, i,: i,

!00

550

L30

511

1,040 i,: i,. i»i

530

520 >60

1,330

987

f

f

fl,

U2

584

110

f 1,030

f 1,000

fl,

f

f.

f

570

711

516

540

900

Secondfoot-days

14,931

16,423

32,209

837,022

28,767

33,188

' 74,070

87,006

42,511

18,082

31*498

36,470

58,741

473,896

Feb.

946

959

966

722

312

718

955

971

1,010

1,200

826

300

1,080

1,990

1,670

1,600

1,580

1,340

1,400

1,170

1,380

1,490

2,130

1,520

1,410

1,180

983

1,380

-

-

-

Mar.

1,200

1,190

1,220

1,490

1,210

1,880

2,170

2,430

3,020

2,320

2,630

2,700

3,100

4,020

2,440

4,440

3,850

3,090

2,240

2,550

2,510

2,520

2,460

2,390

2,270

1,840

1,960

2,510

2,220

2,120

2,080

Apr.

1,940

616

1,720

2,810

4,130

4,640

4,630

5,130

9,140

7,520

5,180

3,770

2,530

2,640

3,510

3,360

1,370

1,640

1,530

1,460

1,550

1,900

,420

,440

,720

,490

,260

,490

2,520

2,950

-

Observed

Maximum

660

834

2,190

8,100

1,350

2,130

4,440

9,140

2,840

960

2,910

3,020

4,740

9,140

Minimum

178

172

172

170

205

300

1,190

616

215

132

94

234

264

94

Mean

482

547

1,039

2,293

928

1,185

2,389

2,900

1,371

 03

1,016

1,176

1,958

1,298

May

2,840

2,370

2,740

2,710

2,400

2,380

2,050

1,950

1,830

1,840

1,540

1,320

970

318

636

1,140

1,240

1,260

1,310

1,130

604

790

1,140

950

680

900

506

215

546

789

817

June

726

654

392

180

403

762

a940

a960

a960

a6oo

a340

a69o

a920

a920

a860

a820

a440

a220

a60o

a690

a730

686

635

318

132

420

566

512

494

512

-

Change In 

contents

equivalent 

second-feet)t

-7

-42

-15

-18

+73

+37

+14

+113

-146

-65

+126

+67

-107

+4

July

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

276

94

96 '95

124

173

148

152

94

220

441

622

802

801

320

560

720

180

200

900

520

030

432

778

060

060

280

990

910

,300

,120

Aug.

2,400

2,370

2,390

2,390

3,020

2,820

2,020

1,670

1,330

1,040

894

854

301

584

712

722

683

697

574

236

492

672

650

617

686

914

234

472

644

752

2,630

Sept.

3,430

4, -7 40

3,870

3,520

2,450

2,500

3,170

3,380

3,170

3,250

2,510

2,520

2,510

2,510

2,470

1,710

449

967

1,030

1,080

1,040

942

842

264

571

768

804

780

838

656

-

Adjusted for change in 

reservoir contents

Mean

475

505

1,024

2,275

1,001

1,222

2,403

3,013

1,225

538

1,142

1,243

1,851

1,302

Per square 

mile

0.365

.388

.788

1.75

.770

.940

1.85

2.32

.942

.414

.878

.956

1.42

1.00

Runoff In 

Inches

0.42

.43

.91

23.77

.89

.98

2.13

2.59

1.09

.46

1.01

1.10

1.58

13.59

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 from partly estimated gage-height record.
410 ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN

Conecuh River near Brooklyn, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°10 T , long. 86°48', in wj sec. 6, T. 2 N., R. 13 

E., 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 1950.

Average discharge. 15 years, 4,224 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 10,800 second-feet Apr. 10 (gage height, 18.8 

reet); minimum daily, 280 second-feet July 4.

1935-50: Maximum discharge, 67,300 second-feet Dec. 1, 1948 (gage height, 38.6 

feet); minimum daily, 255 second-feet Oct. 27, 1941. 

Maximum stage known, about 41 feet Mar. 15, 1929.

Remarks. Records good. Plow" 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 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

940 

638 

498 

860 

960

960 

1,000 

1,040 

340 

602

9OO 

1,040 

1,250 

1,080 

1,000

655 

480 

900 

980 

980

940 

980 

638 

450 

800

960 

940 

920 

940 

672 

566

Nov.

980 

1,OOO 

980 

960 

980

900 

550 

1,000 

980 

940

900 

980 

340 

920 

1,160

1,040 

1,000 

1,000 

1,040 

638

450 

880 

1,080 

1,040 

920

1,080 

690 

498 

900 

1,000

Dec.

1,000 

l.OOO 

1,000 

655 

480

840 

1,OOO 

1,480 

1,620 

1,720

1,380 

742 

1,160 

1,720 

3,200

3,450 

3,900 

2,330 

2,730 

2,540

2,370 

2,170 

3,370 

2,170 

1,630

1,480 

1,520 

1,870 

1,720 

1,520 

1,480

Jan.

960 

655 

1,350 

1,480 

1,480

1,620 

1,820 

1,340 

96O 

1,770

1,930 

2,020 

2,130 

2,220 

1,820

1,430 

1,920 

3,120 

2,030 

1,920

1,970 

1,530 

1,200 

1,620 

1,630

1,570 

1,530 

1,480 

1,160 

742 

1,300

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

mber. .........

lendaT year 1949 

ary .........

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,38O 

1,480 

1,480 

1,430 

1,160

708 

1,30O 

1,430 1,430' 

1,480

1,820 

1,300 

1,040 

2,330 

2,540

2,330 

2,320 

2,170 

2,O20 

1,620

1,870 

1,870 

2,840 

2,54O 

2,220

2,120 

1,570 

1,920

Secondfoot-days

26,411 

27,326 

53,027

1,539,436

48,547 

49,618 

126,660 

138,470 

70,638 

28,383 

60,647 

58,635 

85,955

774,217

Mar.

1,820 

1,870 

1,820 

2,130 

2,780

3,26O 

4,460 

4,880 

5,510 

4,950

4,600 

4,530 

4,180 

5,O90 

4,320

6,860 

7,140 

6,280 

4,950 

4,4SO

4,180 

3,970 

3,910 

3,650 

3,450

3,140 

2,780 

3,780 

4,040 

4,040 

3,840

Apr.

3,58O 

2,780 

2,170 

5,370 

7,870

7,580 

7,720 

6,930 

8,240 

10,500

8,340 

6,140 

4,320 

3,970 

4,180

4,880 

3,710 

3,650 

3,390 

3,450

3,260 

3,580 

3,140 

2,380 

2,780

2,490 

2,120 

2,270 

3,390 

4,390

Maximum

1,250 

1,160 

3,450

15,900

2,220 

2,840 

7,140 

10,500 

4,950 

1,430 

6,710 

5,790 

7,430

10,500

May

4,810 

4,390 

4,600 

4,950 

4,180

3,780 

3,33O 

2,780 

3,660 

2,490

2,330 

2,130 

1,930 

1,380 

980

1,930 

2,070 

2,020 

1,970 

3,030

1,570 

1,300 

1,620 

1,620 

1,480

1,380 

1,340 

920 

568 

1,040 

1,200

Minimum

450 

450 

480

450

655 

708 

1,830 

2,130 

568 

352 

280 

465 

515

280

June

1,160 

1,080 

1,040 

708 

48O

880 

1,120 

1,380 

1,43O 

1,430

900 

585 

1,040 

1,340 

1,340

1,250 

1,200 

735 

435 

900

1,040 

1,080 

960 

940 

515

352 

708 

780 

725 

760

Mean

852 

911 

1,711

4,190

1,566 

1,772 

4,086 

4,616 

3,279 

943 

1,956 

1,891 

2,865

3,121

July

7O8 

405 

384 

280 

286

405 

708 

708 

498 

390

725 

1,120 

1,820 

2,330 

2,780

3,080 

2,840 

3,140 

3,140 

2,780

2,380 

1,970 

1,530 

1,OOO 

1,340

1,620 

1,630 

2,680 

4,810 

6,710 

6,570

Aug.

5,790 

5,230 

4,390 

3,650 

3,330

3,970 

3,730 

2,270 

1,97O 

1,57O

1,380 

1,250 

1,160 

515 

940

1,000 

1,040 

1,040 

980 

980

465 

800 

920 

900 

840

1,380 

1,380 

655 

1,000 

1,120 

4,000

Per square 

mile

0.355 

.380 

.713

1.75

.653 

.738 

1.70 

1.92 

.950 

.393 

.815 

.788 

1.19

.884

Sept.

6,070 

7,430 

6,380 

5,580 

4,180

3,520 

3,520 

4,530 

4,250 

4,390

4,040 

3,580 

3,330 

3,140 

3,020

2,660 

1,570 

920 

1,480 

1,430

1,430 

1,340 

1,250 

1,120 

515

960

1,080 

1,120 

1,080 

1,120

Runoff in 

inches

0.41 

.42 

.82

33.68

.75 

.77 

1.96 

3.15 

1.09 

.44 

.94 

.91 

1.33

11.99
ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN 411

Escambia River near Century, Fla.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°58', long. 87°15', on line between sees. 9 and 10, 

T. 5 N., R. 30 W., at bridge on State Highway 4, l| miles downstream from Conecuh River 

and If miles east of Century. Datum of gage is 28.34 feet above mean sea level (State 

Road Department bench mark).

Drainage area. 3,700 square miles.

Records available. October 1934 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 16 years, 6,866 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 17,400 second-feet Apr. 6 (gage height, 15.38 

reet); minimum discharge, 1,020 second-feet about June 27 (gage height, 2.52 feet, from 

recorded range in stage).

1934-50: 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 except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair, 

some regulation by power plants above station.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 15 Dec. 16 to Apr. 6 Apr. 7 to Sept. 30

3.5 1,520 4.1 2,270 12.0 8,400 2.7 1,100 9.0 5,190 

5.0 2,300 8.0 4,650 13.4 11,000 3.3 1,420 11.0 7,080 

7.0 3,560 10.0 6,090 15.4 17,500 6.6 3,43O 

8.9 5,060 11.0 7,080 Note. Same as preceding 

table above 11.0 feet. 

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

2.O20 

1,990 

1,910 

1,780 

1,840

2,000 

2,080 

2,120 

2,350 

2,510

2,320 

2,060 

2,260 

2,340 

2,190

2,040 

1,840 

1,680 

1,760 

1,890

1,880 

1,860 

1,860 

1,730 

1,560

1,630 

1,820 

1,840 

1,840 

1,950 

2,170

Nov.

2,120 

2,050 

2,050 

1,950 

1,890

1,870 

1,820 

1,640 

1,740 

1,850

1,810 

1,800 

1,820 

1,880 

1,900

2,010 

1,900 

1,840 

1,820 

1,830

1,680 

1,500 

1,580 

1,820 

1,850

1,760 

1,820 

1,740 

1,570 

1,620

Dec.

1,780 

1,790 

1,790 

1,800 

1,740

" 1,640 

1,660 

1,840 

2,080 

2,380

2,470 

2,320 

1,900 

2,500 

5,000

6,480 

5,920 

4,830 

4,120 

4,090

3,940 

3,730 

3,760 

3,880 

3,720

3,280 

3,070 

3,030 

3,190 

3,100 

2,940

Jan.

2,830 

2,530 

2,260 

2,530 

2,880

2,940 

3,240 

3,490 

3,120 

2,680

3,170 

3,840 

3,810 

3,680 

3,640

3,330 

2,970 

3,180 

3,340 

3,300

3,200 

3,170 

2,910 

2,650 

2,820

2,850 

2,820 

2,850 

2,870 

2,610 

2,280

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lenda'r year 194S 

ary

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

2,430 

2,640 

2,800 

2,940 

2,880

2,580 

2,240 

2,420 

2,610 

2,640

2,800 

3,070 

2,780 

2,560 

3,320

3,620 

3,390 

3,250 

3,180 

3,030

2,830 

2,940 

3,540 

4,060 

3,830

3,450 

3,260 

2,910

Secondfoot-days

61,120 

54,530 

95,770

2,586,370

93,790 

84,000 

189,410 

209,990 

101,400 

55,520 

130,450 

104, 780 

144,260

1,325,020

Mar.

2,970 

3,140 

3,130 

3,630 

4,610

5,390 

5,930 

6,500 

6,890 

6,760

6,100 

5,550 

5,360 

5,570 

6,060

9,690 

12,900 

12,800 

10,200 

7,380

6,110 

5,790 

5,640 

5,490 

5,120

4,850 

4,630 

4,790 

5,580 

5,600 

5,250

Apr.

4, 

4, 

4,

6, 

14,

17, 

15, 

12, 

9, 

9,

10, 

11, 

9, 

6, 

5,

5, 

5, 

4, 

5, 

5,

4, 

4, 

4, 

4, 

3,

3, 

3, 

3, 

3, 

4,

Maximum

2,510 

2,120 

6,480

27,600

3,840 

4,060 

12,900 

17,200 

5,590 

2,600 

16,000 

11,000 

12,800

17,200

Peak discharge (base, 23,000 sec. -ft.}. No peak above

990 

800 

420 

530 

300

200 

300 

500 

990 

220

500 

700 

690 

670 

410

270 

540 

970 

260 

400

920 

530 

470 

210 

630

710 

590 

440 

710 

120

May

5,010 

5,590 

5,390 

5,290 

5,410

4,900 

4,330 

3,940 

3,510 

3,340

3,170 

3,050 

2,820 

2,700 

2,860

3,200 

3,200 

3,100 

3,000 

2,700

2,600 

2,520 

2,470 

2,700 

2,500

2,300 

2,200 

2,100 

1,900 

. 1,700 

1,900

Minimum

1,560 

1,500 

1,640

1,500

2,260 

2,240 

2,970 

3,440 

1,700 

1,100 

1,200 

1,540 

^1,690

1,100

June

2,000 

2,000 

2,000 

2,000 

1,900

1,700 

2,000 

2,200 

2,400 

2,600

2,500 

2,300 

1,700 

2,000 

2,200

2,200 

2,000 

1,800 

1,600 

1,400

1,700 

1,900 

1,900 

1,700 

1,600

1,400 

1,100 

1,200 

1,280 

1,240

Mean

1,972 

1,818 

3,089

7,086

3,025 

3,000 

6,110 

7,000 

3,271 

1,851 

4,208 

3,380 

4,809

3,630

July

1,240 

1,260 

1,220 

1-,200 

1,490

1,800 

1,780 

2,510 

2,320 

1,780

1,940 

2,830 

4,780 

6,070 

6,500

6,470 

7,180 

5,660 

5,000 

4,330

4,020 

3,440 

3,060 

2,950 

2,440

2,350 

2,940 

4,110 

7,780 

14,000 

16,000

Aug.

11,000 

9,000 

7,000 

6,000 

5,100

4,700 

4,300 

4,000 

3,500 

2,930

2,610 

2,360 

2,210 

2,110 

1,750

1,750 

2,070 

2,190 

2,080 

2,230

2,010 

1,600 

1,540 

1,670 

1,640

1,600 

1,950 

2,500 

2,010 

2,170 

7,200

Per square 

mile

0.533 

.491 

.835

1.92

.818 

.811 

1.65 

1.89 

.884 

.500 

1.14 

.914 

1.30

.981

base.

Sept.

11,300 

12,800 

12,800 

10,800 

7,890

5,900 

4,760 

4,750 

6,210 

6,000

6,000 

5,500 

5,000 

4,700 

4,500

4,200 

3,500 

2,500 

2,100 

2,400

2,390 

2,360 

2,310 

2,240 

2,120

1,690 

1,730 

1,900 

1,930 

1,960

Runoff in 

inches

0.61 

.55 

.96

26.00

.94 

.84 

1.90 

2.11 

1.02 

.56 

1.31 

1.05 

1.45

13.30

on basis of recorded range In stage and records for nearby Stations In Escambia River Basin.
412 ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN

Patsaliga Creek at Luverne, Ala.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 31 0 44', long. 86°17', in SWij 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, diatum of 1929, 

supplementary adjustment of 1943. ',

Drainage area. 250 square miles.

Records available. October 1943 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,550 second-feet Apr. 6 (gage height, 13.3 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 16 second-feet July 1, 2.

1943-50: Maximum discharge, 16,700 second-feet Nov. 28, 1948 (gage height, 16.8 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, that of July 1, 2, 1950.

Remarks. Records good. Gage read once daily.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 2 to Sept. 30)

1.6 14 3.5 121 8.0

1.8 20 4.5 205 9.O

2.1 32 5.0 252 9.5

2.5 53 6.0 359 10.0

2.9 78 7.0 498 10.5

680 11.0 2,120

909 11.5 2,800

1,050 12.0 3,640

1,260 12.8 5,320

1,600

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

&

7

8

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

74

78

78

78

82

78

78

78

71

68

74

74

71

68

68

85

85

92

85

78

71

65

62

62

68

65

71

78

99

129

Nov.

129

121

106

92

85

78

74

71

71

68

71

71

74

85

85

74

71

71

71

68

68

71

71

78

88

92

106

99

92

88

-

Dec.

85

82

78

78

85

88

106

153

145

137

129

106

106

196

359

482

409

371

359

252

205

187

178

153

153

153

145

145

137

129

129

Jan.

121

113

113

113

129

129

178

196

' 187

178

252

292

303

347

347

232

196

187

169

153

145

137

137

129

129

129

129

129

121

129

129

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

129

129

129

113

106

99

99

99

113

187

214

223

223

262

292

3O3

347

292

205

145

129

145

214

232

242

196

145

129

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

2,384

2,489

5,520

176,000

5,378

5,141

14,084

22,752

8,014

1,580

7,694

6,279

8,807

90,122

Mar.

145

145

137

161

336

467

600

820

1,160

1,120

86O

680

437

336

314

482

530

564

680

639

423

292

242

196

214

205

187

262

303

467

680

Apr.

723

4

2

4

66

62

20

900

5,160

4,2

1,6

1,0

20

90

50

750

467

4

3

1

O9

83

36

303

252

2

2

3

23

52

14

423

467

4

3

2

09

59

82

272

292

3

3

3

6

Maximum

129

129

482

4,020

347

347

1,160

5,160

909

169

967

1,210

1,020

5,160

14

36

96

26

-

May

909

813

723

723

639

467

282

196

121

129

129

113

106

129

223

347

347

303

205

129

113

137

145

106

92

78

65

62

56

53

74

Minimum

62

68

78

62

113

99

137

223

53

17

16

42

62

16

June

68

62

59

56

59

59

53

59

59

92

169

153

85

65

47

42

40

34

32

30

34

37

32

28

26

23

22

20

18

17

-

Mean

76.9

83.0

178

482

173

184

454

758

259

52.7

248

203

294

247

July

16

16

22

24

26

90

121

145

153

99

68

134

303

547

659

659

600

514

359

205

121

92

113

82

74

68

59

114

454

790

9S7

Aug.

1,210

1,0

8

3

80

23

90

187

129

1

1

06

92

78

71

65

62

56

50

47

47

78

06

88

129

161

78

50

44

42

3

47

53

47

50

31

482

Per square 

mile

0.308

.332

.712

1.93

.692

.736

1.82

3.03

1.04

.211

.992

.812

1.18

.988

Sept.

467

547

639

582

342

153

301

482

608

962

1,020

700

300

178

137

121

113

106

137

145

106

88

85

82

78

71

65

62

62

68

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.35

.37

.82

26.19

.80

.76

2.10

3.38

1.19

.24

1.14

.93

1.31

13.39

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 sec.-ft.). Apr. 6 (4 p.m.) 6,550 sec.-ft.
ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN 413

Sepulga River near McKenzie, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31 "27', long. 86°47', in SE£ sec 30, T. 6 N , R 

 16 K., at Watt Bridge on U. ff. Highway 31, three-eighths of a mile upstream from Old 

Town Creek, 2f miles upstream from Piney Woods Creek, 5? miles downstream from Persimmon Creek, and 7 miles southwest of McKenzie. 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 1950.

Average discharge.--13 years, 742 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,950 second-feet July 30 (gage height, 7.7 

Feet); minimum, 14 second-feet July 3,4.

1937-50: Maximum discharge, 28,100 second-feet Mar. 17, 1938 (gage height, 24.5 

feet, from floodmark); minimum, that of July 3, 4, 1950.

Maximum stage known, about 33 feet in March 1929, from information by local residents.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of backwater from tributary Inflow, which 5re~fair.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50, except periods of backwater

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 16 to Mar. 17)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 17 Mar. 18 to Sept. 30

2.8

2.9 

3.1 

3.3

3.4

3.5 

3.7 

4.O

106

128

184

290

4.4 

5.0 

5.5 

6.1

464

796

1,130

1,580

2.5

2.6

2.7

2.8

2.9

14

21

29

39

51

3.0 

3.2 

3.4 

3.7 

4.0

65

99

140

220

32 O

4.5 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0 

7.5

535

8OO

1,130

1,500

2,790

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

53 

54 

54 

54 

54

52 

52 

52 

61 

62

55 

52 

54 

51 

49

49 

49 

48 

46 

44

41 

39 

41 

41 

4O

42 

42 

42 

43 

49 

53

Nov.

53 

54 

54 

51 

52

51 

49 

48 

47 

46

45 

45 

52 

59

51

49 

46 

47 

47 

46

45 

43 

43 

45 

58

69 

75 

68 

60 

59

Dec.

58 

55 

53 

53 

54

54 

103 

110 

133 

126

115 

97 

92 

224 

372

386 

338 

29O 

228

( 166

136 

124

131 

131 

126

124 

124 

113 

102 

97 

93

Jan.

90 

88 

85 

92

104

106 

163 

172 

187 

178

242 

290 

310 

290 

242

200 

181 

163 

151 

141

136 

126

117 

115 

110

110 

108 

104 

102 

101 

99

Feb.

97 

101 

101 

97 

92

88 

87 

84 

82 

97

117 

178 

220 

234 

228

20O 

169 

146 

124

110

101 

119 

163 

220 

220

210 

163 

133

forays

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

1,51£ 

1,551 

4,40£

............ 265,925

ember ........................

4,702 

3,981 

21,621 

15,39£ 

9.36E 

1,394 

14.36E 

7,10: 

7.85C

ter year 1949-5O ............ 93.26E

Peak discharge (base, 3,500 sec. -ft.). No

c Backwater from tributary Inflow; discharg 

effect.

Mar.

126 

144 

178 

245 

559

1,130 

1,340 

1,380 

1,300 

1,060

742 

546 

445 

445 

499

1,120 

1,580 

1,270 

920 

657

504 

458 

445 

404 

360

320 

299 

597 

990 

890 

668

Apr.

481 

36O 

C320 

C490 

cl.lOO

1,460 

1,160 

890 

635 

463

392 

368 

376 

368 

313

264 

235 

302 

642 

920

674 

530 

368 

274 

235

211 

193 

190 

439 

745

Maximum

62 

75 

386

5,720

310 

 234 

1,580 

1,460 

1,620 

90 

2,790 

1,670 

) 1,400

2,790

peak above t 

e computed f

Hay

990 

1,130 

1,620 

1,130 

745

472 

320 

250 

214 

182

160 

140 

131 

125 

155

158 

145 

133 

120 

108

103 

103 

118 

110 

97

92 

79 

67 

62 

55 

51

Minimum

39 

43 

53

39

85 

82 

126 

190 

51 

19 

14 

39 

58

14

June

49 

45 

47 

50 

65

58 

71 

67 

75 

90

76 

79 

71 

61 

51

44 

38 

36 

33 

32

30 

34 

32 

28 

26

23 

23 

21 

20 

19

Mean

49.0 

51.9 

142

729

152 

142 

697 

513 

302 

46.5 

464 

229 

262

256

July

16 

15 

14 

20 

42

C79 

88 

67 

64 

108

95 

C190 

571 

1,340 

955

69O 

472 

348 

310 

223

172 

136 

216 

152 

160

178 

C170 

398 

1.9OO 

2,790 

2,390

Aug.

1,670 

1,130 

636 

360 

260

208 

175 

150 

129 

114

101 

92 

85 

76 

68

64 

62 

59 

57 

59

55 

47 

44 

39 

114

171 

208 

138 

112 

118 

C5OO

Sept.

1,400 

1,060 

690 

550 

320

220 

214 

264 

418 

445

352 

23S 

181 

1SZ

15S

118 

110 

103 

101 

99

85 

81 

79 

73 

65

62 

62 

61 

58 

58

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.104 0.12 

.110 .12 

.302 .35

1.55 21.03

.323 .37 

.302 .32 

1.48 1.71 

1.09 1.22 

.643 .74 

.099 .11 

.987 1.14 

.487 .56 

.557 .62

.545 7.38

ase. 

ran recorder graph adjusted for backwater
414 ESCAMB1A RIVER BASIN

Pigeon Creek:'near Thad, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°29', long. 86°39', in N? sec. 21, T. 6 N., R. 14 

K., at bridge on State Highway 55, li miles upstream from Louisville & Nashville Railroad bridge, 2 miles southeast of Thad, 3 miles upstream from Reedy Creek, and 5-J 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.

Records available. October 1937 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--13 years, 510 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,110 second-feet July 29 (gage height, 10.1 

reet); minimum daily, 28 second-feet July 4.

1937-50: Maximum discharge, 17,100 second-feet Nov. 29, 1948 (gage height, 27.1 

feet); minimum, 1.6 second-feet (result of unusual regulation) Oct. 11, 1938 (gage 

height, 1.66 feet); minimum daily, 22 second-feet 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 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In sec end-feet)

2.3 27 5.0 282 

2.7 56 7.0 565 

3.3 1OO 9.O 894 

4.0 163 9.7 1,030

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

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 

87 

84 

84 

89

91 

93 

90 

91 

108

104 

117 

112 

96 

96

93 

87 

83 

84 

87

85 

83 

79 

78 

77

79 

77 

79 

80 

92 

108

Nov.

100 

104 

108 

100 

93

88 

85 

85 

92 

79

84 

84 

91 

93 

88

94

97 

91 

86 

85

84 

83 

85 

88 

117

1O4 

112 

97 

108 

1OO

Dec.

99 

99 

96 

94 

93

92 

138 

158 

163 

190

174 

143 

138 

244 

341

348 

390 

432 

404 

302

226 

202

196 

174 

180

185 

168 

153 

148 

143 

138

Jan.

134 

125 

125 

125 

130

148 

185 

196 

226 

220

208 

208 

244 

288 

295

244 

202 

185 

185 

185

168 

158 

148 

143 

143

138 

138 

134 

138 

138 

134

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendaT year 1949 

ary .

1. ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

130 

130 

130 

125 

121

117 

112 

108 

112 

134

158 

202 

244 

269 

214

185 

180 

158 

134 

125

117 

148 

174 

174 

226

226 

174 

143

Secondfoot-days

2,784 

2,805 

6,051

205,949

5,438 

4,470 

13,831 

14,282 

5,770 

1,803 

6,598 

4,929 

6,165

74,926

Peak discharge (base, 2,OOO see. -ft.). No

f Computed from partly estimated gage -heigh

Mar.

143 

143 

153 

232 

376

520 

610 

720 

768 

752

656 

505 

418 

390 

376

580 

736 

625 

580 

535

418 

362 

308 

288 

276

244 

238 

334 

505 

505 

535

Apr.

535 

404 

327 

625 

894

894 

804 

804 

912 

840

505 

376 

341 

328 

308

262 

226 

288 

390 

432

446 

490 

446 

295 

220

190 

196 

344 

625 

535

Maximum

117 

117 

432

3,070

295 

269 

768 

912 

535 

104 

970 

1,030 

625

1,030

peak above b 

t record.

to September 1950

Hay

520 

535 

446 

362 

321

288 

220 

163 

138 

125

108 

100 

96 

99 

f!74

f302 

f282 

f208 

f!53 

f!25

f!30 

100 

104 

117 

108

92 

79 

70 

67 

69 

69

Minimum

77 

79 

92

77

125 

108 

143 

190 

67 

34 

28 

46 

56

28

ase.

June

63 

57 

52 

56 

61

58 

77 

77 

68 

69

84 

100 

104 

100 

65

58 

f56 

f48 

54 

f60

f42 

f45 

f47 

f47 

f47

47 

42 

44 

41 

34

Mean

89.8 

93.5 

195

564

175 

160 

446 

476 

186 

60.1 

213 

159 

206

205

July

f42 

35 

36 

28 

42

58 

63 

50 

57 

85

134 

153 

168 

148 

256

334 

390 

348 

256 

190

134 

99 

96 

f85 

74

f79 

143 

f237 

858 

970 

950

Aug.

1,030 

786 

475 

288 

180

130 

104 

91 

79 

71

66 

62 

57 

54 

52

52 

59 

54 

54

65

59 

54 

50 

47 

58

85 

68 

50 

46 

61 

542

Per square 

mile

0.303 

.316 

.659

1.91

.591 

.541 

1.51 

1.61 

.628 

.203 

.720 

.537 

.696

.693

Sept.

625 

490 

535 

475 

295

174 

180 

328 

418 

460

432 

295 

180 

134 

112

99 

90 

82

77 

72

69 

66 

65 

62 

61

60 

58 

56

57 

58

Runoff in 

Inches

0.35 

.35 

.76

25.86

.68 

.56 

1.74 

1.79 

.72 

.23 

.83 

.62 

.77

9.40
ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN 415

Murder Creek near Evergreen, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°25', long. 87°00', in NW£ sec. 8, T. 5 N., R. 11

 E77~at bridge on U. S. Highway 31, 1 mile upstream from Louisville & Nashville Railroad 

bridge and- Z\ 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 1950.

Average discharge. 13 years, 305 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,190 second-feet Apr. 5 (gage height, 8.91

 feet); minimum, 58 second-feet June 29, 30, July 1, 2, 3 (gage height, 3.12 feet).

1937-50: 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, that of 

June 29, 30, July 1, 2, 3, 1950.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1949-5O (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

3.1 57 6.2 363

3.4 74 7.0 512

4.0 117 7.5 624

4.6 170 8.0 764

5.4 256 8.7 1,060

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day Oct.

1 121

2 125

3 129

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

133

133

133

133

142

337

228

156

156

160

142

133

129

125

125

125

125

121

121

121

117

117

117

125

125

129

133

151

Nov.

175

151

138

133

129

129

125

125

125

125

125

125

133

133

133

129

129

125

129

129

129

129

133

138

146

180

180

151

146

146

-

Dec.

146

138

133

133

138

142

156

256

315

250

170

165

170

301

542

624

401

238

195

185

175

170

211

238

195

170

165

165

160

151

146

Jan.

146

142

142

151

156

160

216

233

195

165

256

274

244

195

185

170

165

160

156

156

146

151

146

146

146

142

142

146

146

142

142

Honth

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

Maroh ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

142

160

180

151

142

138

138

133

138

170

200

200

160

175

180

160

142

133

133

129

125

156

228

233

170

151

138

133

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

4 , 36'

4 12.

6^74^

114,61

5,26

4,43(

7^47

4,30

2 EC ,OO

6 , 96

3, 96

5,06

64,26

Har.

142

170

170

223

410

512

492

464

368

281

222

200

206

222

244

532

587

410

256

216

206

250

244

211

190

ISO

190

368

344

288

195

Apr.

180

190

190

462

1,010

612

376

256

228

206

211

222

211

190

175

165

160

228

315

315

211

170

156

146

146

142

138

138

133

188

-

May

301

268

281

303

170

138

125

113

109

109

109

101

105

113

133

138

121

105

101

98

113

170

190

151

113

98

90

87

81

81

81

Maximum Minimum

f 337 117

5 180 125

I 624 133

3 2,500 117

' 274 142

233 125

i 587 142

3 1,010 133

308 81

5 142 60

3 1,060 59

3 524 63

I 1,010 80

3 1,060 59

June

81

81

117

142

125

113

101

101

113

117

101

87

84

79

76

73

73

70

67

73

80

81

78

73

69

63

64

64

60

60

-

Mean

141

137

218

314

170

158

290

249

139

85 !

225

128

169

176

July

59

63

59

68

75

94

109

125

125

101

109

200

627

1,060

566

274

315

238

151

121

105

101

151

142

113

105

113

190

422

587

401

Aug.

200

]

L42

L17

105

98

90

87

78

73

73

78

70

72

71

68

66

74

77

75

71

72

69

63

63

82

250

560

537

165

L90

524

Per square 

mile

0.834

.811

1.29

1.86

1.01

935

l!?2

1.47

. 822

.506

1.33

757

1 A. 00W

1.04

Sept.

1,010

643

330

216

175

129

129

180

175

142

125

113

105

96

98

94

94

90

101

98

90

90

109

98

84

87

84

80

90

105

Runoff in 

inches

0.96

.91

. 1.48

25.22

1.16

* QA 9O

1 98

i!e4

'.56 95

1.53

.87

1.11

14.13

Peak discharge (base. 2.000 see.-ft.).--No peak above base.
41 ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN

Escambia Creek at Flomaton, Ala. 

(Formerly published as Escambia River at Flomaton)

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31*01', long. 87°15, in NE£ sec. 33, T. 1 N., R. 

a E., at bridge on U. S. Highway 31 at north edge of Flomaton, It miles upstream from 

Louisville & Nashville Railroad bridge, l| miles upstream from Alabama-Florida State 

line, and 4 miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 52.40 feet above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area. 325 square miles.

Records available. January 1939 to September 1950. Prior to October 1949, published as 

iiscamDia Kiver at Flomaton.

Average discharge. 11 years, 689 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,570 second-feet Apr. 5 (gage height, 8.87 

reet ); minimum, 182 second-feet July 2.

1939-50: 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 tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 17 to Feb. 13, June 11 to July 4}

Oct. 1 to Feb. 13 Feb. 14 to Sept. 30

0.8 259 0

1

2

3

4

.0 30S 2

.0 597 3

.0 951 5

.3 1,480 6

7

.5 185

.5 807

.5 1,170

.0 1,830

.5 2,660

.9 3,670

Discharge, in second-feet, water year Ootober 1949 to September 195O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

313

329

375

353

334

334

324

339

389

534

432

361

361

339

326

321

321

313

30S

306

298

296

296

296

296

298

306

306

306

345

460

Nov.

3S9

348

324

311

303

3OO

298

298

293

293

290

293

308

318

308

293

283

283

283

233

283

281

281

283

283

281

278

281

283

283

-

Dec.

273

276

273

281

318

300

293

293

290

286

296

313

334

802

1,480

1,070

743

504

432

403

375

389

460

446

403

375

361

350

339

324

321

Jan.

316

3

3

3

L6

16

>1

329

334

4

4

3

30

52

75

343

475

5

4

4

35

90

53

375

353

3^

3

3

12

57

57

334

326

3

3

3

26

'A

Jl318

311

3

3

3

3(

1.8

18

13

)6

3OO

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ........ .................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

300

324

375

403

361

313

311

306

306

337

403

375

350

347

366

366

317

308

305

299

293

360

506

444

369

338

317

305

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

10,51E

8,916

13,413

260,476

11,035

9,705

19 97' 19)991 9 31'

8 f 13l

27,467

13,56]

16,64E

168,684

Mar.

335

375

363

661

910

980

1,020

875

693

536

444

412

444

521

665

2,080

1,290

930

661

536

490

490

506

474

412

391

385

598

583

474

391

Apr.

375

1

4

1,5

97

44

90

3,670

1,730

l,c

7

e

20

09

68

506

490

6

e

4

77

21

59

412

391

3

6

7

78

30

41

598

459

J

1

94

63

47

338

335 ',

I'.

'.

Maximum

534

389

1,480

6,03O

565

506

2,080

3,670

444

474

3,430

2 7 9O

2*300

I 3,670

29

38

91

91

-

May

391

412

3SS

350

320

305

296

284

281

275

272

269

272

305

444

428

320

284

281

269

260

302

290

266

248

239

239

245

296

251

233

Minimum

296

278

273

273

300

293

335

329

233

191

188

245

263

183

June

227

248

333

326

305

287

299

329

474

444

350

299

257

236

227

227

215

212

227

290

290

281

269

245

227

212

2O9

203

194

191

-

Mean

339

297

433

714

356

347

644

666

300

271

886

437

555

462

July

188

191

254

305

391

444

506

645

506

357

725

1,010

1,640

2,600

1,980

1,420

1,050

677

552

459

506

366

474

459

360

332

521

939

2,200

3,430

1,980

Aug.

1,130

677

490

428

372

341

320

305

296

287

278

272

272

266

257

275

363

428

350

314

237

269

254

248

245

275

341

341

3O8

482

2,790

Sept.

2,300

1,930

1,730

1,210

773

536

490

552

506

444

394

369

544

344

326

308

299

302

305

302

278

278

323

302

287

269

263

266

266

299

-

Per squsre Runoff in 

mile inches

1.04 1.20

.914 1.02

1.33 1.53

2.20 29.79

1.10 1.26

1.07 1.11

1.98 2.29

2.05 2.29

.923 1.07

.834 .93

2.73 3.14

1.34 1.55

1.71 1.90

1.42 19.29

Peak discharge (base. 4.000 sec.-ft.). Apr. 5 (9 a.m.) 4,570 sec.-ft.
PERDIDO RIVER BASIN 417

Perdido River at Barrineau Park, Pla.

Location (revised). Water-stage recorder, lat. 30 0 41'25", long. 87°26'25", in sec. 15, T. 

a M., R. aa w., at county highway bridge, 1,000 feet downstream from Alligator Creek 

and half a mile southwest of Barrineau Park. Datura of gage is 26.11 feet above mean sea 

level, unadjusted.

Drainage area. 370 square miles.

Records available. June 1941 to September 1950.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 6,800 second-feet Apr. 6 (gage height, 14.07 feet); 

minimum, 277 second-feet July I, 2; minimum gage height, 1.89 feet July 2.

1941-50: 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 good.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In seoond-feet) 

(shifting-control method used Oct. 1-18)

1.9 277 7.7 2,330 

2.4 376 9.4 3,250 

3.0 57* 13.8 6,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

436 

486 

630 

611 

538

538 

538 

630 

630 

556

503 

486 

503 

503 

486

520 

486 

486 

469 

452

452 

436 

436 

436 

436

452 

452 

469 

469 

574 

592

Nov.

630 

556 

503 

486 

452

436 

436 

420 

420 

420

420 

420 

436 

503 

469

436 

420 

403 

403 

403

403 

403 

403 

403 

403

403 

390 

403 

403 

403

Dec.

390 

390 

390 

390 

420

403 

403 

403 

403 

403

403 

436 

458 

666 

1,600

1,490 

1,380 

1,270 

978 

740

630 

592 

666 

648 

592

556 

538 

520 

503 

469 

452

Jan.

436 

436 

420 

436 

452

469 

740 

648 

556 

520

666 

721 

648 

574 

538

503 

469 

452 

469 

538

469 

436 

420 

420 

420

403 

420 

520 

436 

420 

403

Month

Ooto 

Move 

Deoe

Ca

Jann 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr! 

May 

June 

Jttlj 

Augii 

Sep1

Ws

ber ..........................

mber. ........................

lendar year 194S 

&rv

1....... ......................

ember ........................

iter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

403 

403 

403 

403 

390

390 

376 

390 

469 

436

420 

420 

611 

648 

556

452 

420 

390 

376 

364

364 

376 

469 

520 

486

452 

420 

403

Secondfoci t-days

15,69 

13,08' 

19,57

334, 65<

15,45( 

12,21( 

29,85 

42,59' 

13,67C 

14,20 

40,25( 

20,87( 

37,20

274, 67(

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 sec. -ft.). Ap

sec. -ft.

Mar.

420 

538 

503 

850 

1,120

1,120 

1,200 

1,160 

1,050 

850

684 

574 

538 

684 

684

2,580 

2,840 

1,970 

1,530 

1,05O

812 

1,010 

978 

776 

684

592 

538 

794 

684 

556 

486

Apr.

469 

503 

611 

2,420 

5,910

6,500 

4,900 

2,380 

1,310 

941

794 

886 

904 

868 

758

666 

592 

1,120 

2,200 

1,670

1,050 

812 

666 

592 

556

538 

520 

503 

486 

469

Maximum

L 630 

) 630 

5 1,600

! 7,290

5 740 

) 648 

> 2,840 

t 6,500 

) 868 

L 1,090 

> 3,130 

) 3,960 

3 5,190

3 6,500

". 6 (8 a.m.;

Hay

486 

486 

452 

436 

420

403 

390 

390 

376 

376

376 

364 

364 

390 

520

648 

868 

574 

503 

436

452 

648 

503 

420 

376

353 

' 342 

342 

332 

322 

322

Minimum

436 

390 

390

356

403 

364 

420 

469 

322 

286 

277 

342 

420

277

June

312 

322 

684 

721 

630

469 

574 

1,090 

850 

702

611 

538 

486 

403 

376

376 

376 

332 

452 

503

436 

403 

364 

342 

322

303 

303 

332 

303 

286

Mean

506 

436 

631

917

499 

436 

963 

1,420 

441 

473 

1,298 

673 

1,240

753

July

277 

322 

486 

503 

574

776 

1,160 

1,450 

1,160 

941

794 

1,270 

1,710 

1,560 

1,820

1,860 

1,970 

1,530 

1,450 

1,200

1,120 

1,340 

886 

886 

831

794 

1,200 

1,890 

3,130 

3,070 

2,290

Aug.

1,710 

1,160 

831 

831 

648

556 

503 

452 

420 

403

403 

403 

376 

376 

364

364 

503 

486 

469 

503

403 

376 

353 

342 

342

353

436 

648 

776 

1,120 

3,960

Per square 

mile

1.37 

1.18 

1.71

2.48

1.35 

1.18 

2.60 

3.84 

1.19 

1.28 

3.51 

1.82 

3.35

2.04

6,800 see. -ft.; Sept. 2 (2 p.m.

Sept.

4,610 

5,190 

4,470 

3,820 

3,250

1,890 

1,200 

922 

812 

740

684 

630 

592 

592 

574

538 

536 

536

520 

SOS

469 

469 

486

520 

469

436 

420 

436

436 

452

Runoff in 

inches

1.58 

1.32 

1.97

33.66

1.55 

1.23 

3.00 , 

4.28 

1.37 

1.43 

4.05 

2.10 

3.74

27.62

) 5,260
418 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Cartecay River near Ellijay, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°41', long. 84°27', adjacent to State Highway 43, 

three-quarters of a mile downstream from Owltown Creek, 2 miles southeast of Billjay, 

Gllmer County, and 2 miles upstream from confluence with Billjay 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 Urea. 135 square miles.

Records available. March 1937 to September 1950. July 1904 to December 1905, May to Novemfcer 1907, and December 1918 to June 1921 at site 8 miles upstream.

Average discharge.--13 years (1937-50), 267 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,260 second-feet Mar. 13 (gage height, 7.74 

feet); minimum daily, 142 second-feet Sept. 27, 28, 30.

1937-50: 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.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

185 

175 

175 

173 

173

240 

248 

193 

185 

180

173 

185 

218 

196 

180

281 

329 

266 

224 

204

193 

188 

183 

178 

178

196 

175 

180 

183 

650 

807

Nov.

561 

416 

329 

289 

266

248 

241 

234 

227 

221

214 

211 

211 

211 

201

198 

193 

191 

188 

185

185 

180 

ISO 

188 

245

193 

188 

185 

208 

201

Dec.

185 

183 

178 

178 

178

175 

211 

191 

178 

193

218 

274 

285 

252 

248

227 

214 

337 

416 

308

278 

293 

518 

359 

308

333 

396 

342 

304 

285 

270

Jan.

259 

252 

259 

263 

293

293 

364 

300 

285 

300

333 

325 

333 

355 

342

342 

368 

411 

539 

534

426 

368 

346 

325 

308

300 

359 

333 

312 

350 

293

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febi 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

iter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

300' 

355 

502 

387 

346

329 

590.

461', 

578 

561

502 

441 

406 

584 

545

456 

411 

382 

368 

350

' 342 

382 

406 

355 

337

325 

316 

316

Secondfoot-days

7,294 

6,988 

8,315

128,460

10,420 

11,633 

18,440 

10,220 

9,754 

11,198 

7,918 

5,710 

6,026

113,916

Mar.

421 

350 

329 

316 

316

308 

325 

378 

337 

316

308 

746 

4,200 

1,270 

836

679 

590 

539 

497 

477

472 

456 

431 

421 

416

401 

441 

601 

451 

416 

396

Apr.

406 

401 

387 

391 

497

401 

382 

368 

359 

355

359 

346 

333 

312 

325

316 

316 

312 

308 

312

300 

293 

293 

289 

350

342 

304 

293 

285 

285

Maximum

807 

561 

518

1,800

539 

590 

4,200 

497 

730 

1,830 

421 

234 

396

4,200

May

278 

285 

378 

304 

285

274 

266 

263 

252 

252

252 

350 

387 

378 

342

304 

300 

285 

293 

300

297 

278 

274 

263 

252

248 

310 

364 

285 

425 

730

Minimum

173 

180 

175

173

252 

300 

308 

285 

248 

214 

191 

148 

142

142

June

401 

333 

482 

1,830 

722

482 

401 

396 

382 

359

337 

308 

300 

293 

297

300 

281 

266 

259 

252

316 

300 

285 

256 

245

234 

231 

218 

218 

214

Mean

235 

233 

268

352

336 

415 

595 

341 

315 

373 

255 

184 

201

312

July

204 

198 

198 

196 

19S

270 

272 

234 

198 

191

193 

252 

304 

300 

325

421 

278 

245 

231 

211

241 

224 

221 

293 

263

285 

382 

337 

274 

238 

241

Aug.

234 

234 

218 

198 

193

227 

188 

183 

175 

175

180 

185 

170 

170 

180

185 

175 

ISO 

198 

168

159 

157 

152 

148 

150

166 

188 

208 

185 

170 

211

Per square 

mile

1.74 

1.73 

1.99

2.61

2.49 

3.07 

4.41 

2.53 

2.33 

2.76 

1.89 

1.36 

1.49

2.31

Sept.

297 

252 

211 

183 

133

168 

358 

346 

396 

270

231 

204 

191 

180 

175

170 

168 

168 

134 

159

154 

191 

180 

157 

152

146 

142 

142 

146 

142

Runoff in 

inches

2.01 

1.93 

2.29

35.40

2.87 

3.20 

5.08 

2.82 

2.69 

3.08 

2.18 

1.57 

1.66

31.38

Peak discharge (base, 1,400 sec. -ft.) .--Oct. 30 (10 p.m.) 1,880 sec. -ft. j Mar. 13 (8 a.m.) 6,260

sec. -ft.; June 4 (9 a.m.) 2,880' sec. -ft.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 419

Coosawattee River at Pine Chapel, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°35', long. 84°52', at county bridge at Pine

unapei, 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 1950.

Average discharge. 12 years, 1,410 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 26,200 second-feet Mar. 14; maximum gage height, 

ZB.a feet Mar. 14; minimum daily discharge, 608 second-feet Sept. 28.

1938-50: Maximum discharge, 29,100 second-feet Feb. 11, 1946 (gage height, 89.6 

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 

Dy 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 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

IB 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Dot.

688 

640 

640 

640 

64O

737 

1,590 

964 

754

704

672 

688 

1,110 

822 

720

964 

1,850 

1,420 

1,080 

892

822

771 

737 

720 

688

737 

737 

688 

720 

2,520 

8,950

Nov.

8,560 

2,080

1,890 

1,690 

1,410

1,260 

1,190 

1,150 

1,110 

1,040

1,040 

1,000 

1,000 

1,000 

964

928 

928 

892 

874 

874

874 

839 

822 

822

1,000

997 

856 

839 

839 

928

Dec.

856 

805 

788 

788 

805

788 

822 

964 

856 

822

1,080 

1,110 

1,430 

1,350 

1,230

1,110 

1,040 

1,350 

2,800 

1,900

1,500 

1,430 

3,730 

2,850 

1,950

1,670 

1,900 

1,740 

1,550 

1,430 

1,310

Jan.

1,270 

1,190 

1,190 

1,230 

1,510

1,430 

2,410 

1,990 

1,670 

1,590

1,750 

1,970 

2,170 

2,370 

2,460

2,240 

2,330 

2,650 

3,250 

5,540

3,820 

2,610 

2,270 

1,980 

1,840

1,670 

2,100 

2,230 

1,940 

1,810 

1,710

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

Juls 

Angu 

Sept

We

lendair year 1949 

ary

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949 50 ............

Feb.

1,780 

2,030 

3,720 

2,740 

2,220

1,970 

3,670 

4,540 

3,680 

4,510

3,550 

2,910 

2,490 

2,550 

2,780

2,360 

2,140 

1,980 

1,860 

1,770

1,710 

1,720 

2,150 

1,810 

1,690

1,630 

1,530 

1,480

Secondfoot-days

36.30E 

39,69! 

43, 75^

662,59:

66,19 

68,97 

113,38 

48,74 

39,80 

49,08 

45,89 

27,66 

50,65

630,13.<

Peak discharge (base, 6,000 sec . -f t . ) . --No\

sec. -ft.j June 5 IB a.m.) 7,990 sec. -ft.; Sej

Mar.

1,850 

1,910 

1,660 

1,590 

1,550

1,510 

1,510 

1,920 

1,960 

1,670

1,550 

2,990 

10,800 

23,200 

13,600

7,780 

4,900 

3,200 

2,790 

2,460

2,410 

2,230 

2,130 

2,000 

1,950

1,880 

1,850 

2,630 

2,170 

1,940 

1,790

Apr.

1,790 

1,880 

1,790 

1,750 

3,190

2,280 

1,980 

,840 

,750 

,670

,630 

,630 

,550 

,510 

1,470

1,430 

1,390 

1,390 

1,390 

1,390

1,350 

1,310 

1,310 

1,270 

1,350

1,970 

1,470 

1,350 

1,310 

1,350

Maximum

8,950 

8,560 

t 3,730

5 13,200

3 5,540 

3 4,540 

) 23,200 

3 3,190 

> 2,790 

5 7,000 

> 3,050 

5 1,630 

5 11,200

t 23,200

May

1,270 

1,270 

1,940 

1,630 

1,430

1,350 

1,270 

1,230 

1,150 

1,150

1,150 

1,150 

1,470 

1,430 

1,510

1,270 

1,150 

1,110 

1,110 

1,310

1,150 

1,080 

1,080 

1,040 

1,000

964 

928

1,190 

1,080 

1,150 

2,790

Minimum

640 

822 

788

640

1,190 

1,480 

1,510 

1,270 

928 

788 

720 

640 

608

608

June

1,660 

1,19O 

1,880 

4,600 

7,000

2,630 

1,740 

1,590 

1,890 

1,870

1,590 

1,350 

1,230 

1,750 

1,590

1,310 

1,150 

1,080 

1,OOO 

964

1,080 

1,230 

1,350 

1,110 

1,000

928 

874 

839 

822 

788

Mean

1,171 

1,323 

1,411

1,815

2,135 

2,463 

3,657 

1,625 

1,284 

1,636 

1.48C 

892 

1,688

1,726

July

771 

754 

737 

720 

754

1,840 

1,310 

1,380 

892 

788

754 

892 

1,800 

2,570 

1,840

2,750 

2,130 

1,430 

1,270 

1,040

1,000 

1,310 

1,000 

1,840 

1,840

1,930 

2,680 

3,050 

1,920 

1,510 

1,390

Aug.

,230 

,350 

,230

,080 

,000

964 

892 

856 

822

805

805 

839 

788 

771 

771

822 

822 

839 

892

805

737 

688 

672 

640 

640

704 

1,000 

1,630 

874 

892 

805

Per square 

mile

1.37 

1.55 

1.65

2.12

2.49 

2.88 

4.27 

1.90 

1.50 

1.91 

1.73 

1.04 

1.97

2.02

Sept.

1,260 

3,140 

1,670 

1,040 

1,000

892 

3,580 

11,200 

7,910 

2,360

1,700 

1,190 

1,040 

928 

892

839 

805 

788 

754 

720

704 

737 

928 

754 

688

656 

624 

608 

624 

624

Runoff in 

inches

1.58 

1.73 

1.90

28.79

2.87 

3.00 

4.92 

2.12 

1.73 

2.13 

1.99 

1.20 

2. 20

27.37

. 1 (1 a.m.) 9,820 sec. -ft.; Mar. 14 (7 a.m.) 26,200 

t. 8 (9 a.m.) 11,800 sec. -ft.
420 MOBILE RIVER BASIN 

Oostanaula River at Resaca r Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°34', long. 84°57', at bridge on U. S. Highway 41 

at Kesaca, 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, 6f 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 1950. Gage-height records collected at same 

site since itm are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.--49 years (1896-98, 1903-50), 2,803 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 31,900 second-feet Mar. 15 (gage height, 30.1 

feet); minimum discharge, 838 second-feet Oct. 6 (gage height, 2.76 feet).

1896-1950: 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 computed by using 

fan as determined by auxiliary gage as a factor.

Revisions (water years). W 697: 1896-1928. W 852: 1921(M).

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

993

917

876

855

863

946

2,360

2,690

1,520

1,240

1,090

1,040

1,400

1,210

1,090

1,240

2,890

3,960

3,740

2,140

1,610

1,400

1,270

1,180

1,110

1,120

1,150

1,090

1,090

3,500

12,100

Nov.

14,600

13,200

11,700

9,120

3,290

2,430

2,160

1,970

1,840

1,730

1,670

1,610

1,550

1,550

1,550

1,500

1,450

1,400

1,340

1,300

1,290

1,270

1,240

1,240

1,400

1,500

1,340

1,290

1,230

1,290

Dec.

1,260

1,180

1,150

1,130

1,130

1,130

1,150

1,340

1,230

1,210

1,450

1,610

2,050

2,690

3,040

2,290

1,910

2,110

4,690

4,720

3,490

2,840

5,910

6,980

5,850

3,920

3,670

3,600

3,120

2,700

2,430

Jan.

2,230

2,090

2,030

2,090

2,450

2,660

5,460

6,550

5,610

4,670

4,720

5,250

5,250

5,250

5,770

5,940

5,600

6,020

6,240

9,700

10,100

9,500

8,130

4,360

3,600

3,230

4,070

6,160

6,260

4,670

3,740

Month

October ..........................

Novembe r .........................

Deoembe r .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

Blarch ............................

April ............................

Hay ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

3,560

3,850

7,160

7,530

6,200

4,240

6,020

9,490

9,400

11,000

9,800

7,930

5,880

5,170

6,140

5,830

4,680

3,890

3,450

3,270

3,040

2,910

3,490

3,490

3,120

2,840

2,640

2,500

_

-

Secondfoot-days

59,68C

90,05C

82.98C

1,216,294

159, 40C

148, 52C

227, 23C

81.09C

57.75C

87 , 581

95 97

47 44

loe!72C

1,246,41<

Mar.

2,840

5,780

3,160

2,770

2,570

2,500

2,500

3,190

4,470

3,600

2,910

4,220

14,600

22,400

31,300

28,200

22,300

16,300

8,440

4,470

4,170

4,040

3,670

3,410

3,270

3,120

3,040

4,110

4,800

3,890

3,190

Apr.

2,980

3,040

2,980

2,870

5,540

5,830

4,550

3,450

3,120

2,910

2,700

2,640

2,520

2,360

2,320

2,250

2,160

2,180

2,110

2,110

2,030

1,970

1,910

1,920

1,920

2,690

2,230

1,970

1,920

1,910

Maximum

12,100

) 14,600

) 6,980

\ 24,800

10,100 3 11,000

) 31,300

3 5,830

3 3,360

) 10,700

3 8,470

2,760

3 17,000

31,300

Hay

1,840

1,840

2,820

3,040

2,340

2,030

1,910

1,780

1,730

1,670

1,670

1,670

1,990

2,160

2,230

2,090

1,840

1,670

1,550

1,780

1,650

1,550

1,490

1,440

1,450

1,330

1,280

1,500

1,550

1,500

3,360

Minimum

855

1,230

1,130

855

2,030

2,500

2,500

1,910

1,280

1,240

1,060

946

1,040

855

June

2,750

1,970

2,430

6,200

10,700

8,050

4,940

2,680

3,040

4,440

3,560

2,540

2,090

2,270

2,540

1,910

1,920

1,670

1,550

1,450

1,500

2,110

2,340

3,630

2,200

1,670

1,500

1,400

1,290

1,240

Mean

1,925

3,002

2,677

3,332

5,142

5,304

7,330

2,703

1,863

2,919

3,096

1,531

3,624

3,415

July

1,180

1,130

1,110

1,060

1,090

2,070

2,030

2,160

1,380

1,210

1,120

1,180

1,820

3,440

2,770

4,440

5,010

3,640

2,570

2,030

1,670

2,110

1,780

2,480

3,480

4,070

6,360

8,250

8,180

8,470

6,680

Aug.

2,760

2,360

2,230

2,090

1,780

1,610

1,500

1,400

1,330

1,290

1,260

1,260

1,280

1,270

1,180

1,220

1,260

1,310

1,450

1,800

1,500

1,150

1,040

993

946

1,110

1,340

2,250

1,610

1,780

2,090

Per square 

mile

1.20

1.86

1.66

2.07

3.19

3.29

4.55

1.68

1.16

1.81

1.92

.951

2.25

2.12

Sept.

1,910

4,250

4,420

2,990

1,890

1,610

4,400

14,900

17,000

15,100

9,030

4,360

3,100

2,140

1,910

1,650

1,610

1,500

1,450

1,330

1,280

1,290

1,670

1,380

1,210

1,130

1,090

1,040

1,040

1,040

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.38

2.08

1.91

'28.09

3.68

3.43

5.25

1.87

1.34

2.02

2.21

1.10

2.51

28.78

Peak discharge (base, 10,000 sec. -ft . ) .--Nov. 1 (8 p.m.) 14,900 sec. -ft.; Jan. 21 (12 to 3 a.m.)

(2 p.m.) 11,300 sec.-ft.} Sept. 9 (2 p.m.) 17,100 sec.-ft.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 421

Coosa River near Rome, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°12' , long. 85°16' , at Mayo Bar lock and dam, 1^ 

miles upstream from Webb Creek, 6 miles southwest of Rome, Floyd County, and 7-g 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 1950. January 

J.H9Y to uecemoer 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.--16 years (1928-31, 1937-50), 6,222 second-feet (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 37,500 second-feet Mar. 15 (gage height, 29.6 

feet); minimum daily, 2,060 second-feet July 3,5.

1897-1903, 1928-31, 1937-50: Maximum discharge, 65,000 second-feet Jan. 22, 1947 

(gage height, 37.0 feet); minimum, 870 second-feet Oct. 18-22, 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 prior to operation of Allatoona Reservoir. Storage and regulation of flow by Allatoona Reservoir 

(see p. 431) began Dec. 27, 1949.

Elating table, water year 1949-50, except periods when rate of change of stage was a factor 

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

1.1 

3.0

9.0

a,060

3,750

9,900

19.0

27.0

29.2

22,300

32,400

36,500

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

e

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

2829'

30

31

Oct.

d2,800

d2,700

d2,700

d2,500

2,390

2,480

2,930

4,350

4,450

3,200

2,840

2,750

2,840

3,560

3,200

3,020

3,950

7,850

8,050

6,350

4,450

3,750

3,470

3,290

3,110

3,020

3,020

3,110

3,020

4,150

k!3,800

Nov.

17,500

18,000

17,300

15,500

11,800

6,050

4,750

4,350

4,250

4,050

3,950

3,850

3,750

d3, 600

d3, 500

d3, 400

d3, 400

d3, 300

d3,300

d3,200

d3, 100

d3,100

d3, 000

3,110

3,380

3,650

3,750

3,470

3,200

3,200

-

Dec.

3,290

3,290

3,110

3,110

3,020

3,020

3,020

3,110

3,290

3,290

3,560

3,950

4,150

4,550

5,250

5,450

4,750

4,450

5,650

8,150

7,950

6,350

7,550

10,700

10,900

9,020

7,350

6,550

6,750

5,750

4,350

Month

October. ...............

November. ..............

December. ..............

Calendar year 1949 . .

January. ...............

February. ..............

Harch. ...............:.

April .....;............

May. ...................

June .......:...........

July. ..................

August .................

September. .............

Water year 1949-50 . .

Jan.

4,050

3,

3,

3,

350

750

f50

3,850

4,150

5,

7,

8,.

350

350

580

8,360

7,550

7,

8,.

8,i

f50

580

50

9,020

9,900

9,(

10, f

12,!

)20

>00

>00

15,900

18, 400

16, Z

14, C 10,'

00

00

00

6,950

5,850

5,!

8,(

9,]

8,E

50

)50

30

90

7,050

Secondfoot-days

123,100

171,760

164,680

2,913,150

264,280

244,340

424,940

172,820

99,080

166,910

182,840

128, 780

298, 680

2,442,210

Feb.

6,650

7,150

8,580

10, 600

10, 100

8,150

8,800

14, 100

14, 700

16, 000

16,700

14, 200

11,600

9,680

9,460

9,350

8,470

7,250

5,850

5,350

5,550

5,450

5,650

6,050

5,550

4,650

4,250

4,450

_

_

-

Mar.

6,450

6,450

6,250

5,450

4,350

4,150

4,450

5,650

7,450

7,350

5,750

k6,110

k26,400

35,200

36,500

34,800

35,000

34,800

k30,800

k25,400

k!5,800

M.0,200

9,240

8,360

7,150

6,350

5,450

7,950

9,020

8,910

7,750

Apr.

7,150

6,050

4,950

6,550

9,570

12,100

11,300

9,240

6,450

5,350

5,650

5,550

5,250

5,550

5,250

4,950

4,050

5,850

4,750

4,150

4,650

4,350

4,550

a4,000

5,150

4,850

4,650

4,350

3,560

a3,000

-

Observed

Maximum

13,800

18,000

10, 900

41, 300

18,400

16,700

36,500

12,100

5,050

13,100

14, 800

9,460

34,000

36,500

Minimum

2,390

3,000

3,020

2,390

3,750

4,250

4,150

3,000

2,300

3,200

2,060

2,300

2,840

2,060

Mean

3,971

5 725

5^312

7,981

8,525

8,726

13,73,0

5,761

3,196

5,564

5,898

4,154

9,956

6,691

May

a3,000

 3,290

5,050

4,850

4,450

3,750

3,380

3,200

3,290

3,380

3,020

3,020

3,290

3,200

3,290

3,470

3,200

3,110

3,200

2,930

2,930

2,750

2,750

2,840

2,750

2,840

2,480

2,300

2,480

2,750

2,840

June

4,550

3,950

3,290

4,950

9,900

13,100

9,900

7,250

8,690

12,300

8,470

5,750

4,650

3,950

4,350

4,150

3,470

3,380

4,550

3,290

3,200

3,380

5,350

5,450

4,850

3,290

4,550

4,450

4,050

4,450

-

Change In 

contents In

Allatoona 

Reservoir 

(acre-feet)

+10,600

+10, 600

+64,500

+71,700

+66,500

+11,700

+55, 900

+29,000

+3, 800

-26,300

-18, 700

+268,700

July

3

2

2

2

2

3

4

4

3

2

2

4

4

5

7

7

7

7,

6

5;

4,

4

4,

6,

6,

8,

9i

12,

14,

12,

10,

560

140

060

390

060

650

350

150

380

300

660

250

350

550

250

050

650

950

450

350

350

450

350

750

050

050

790

500

800

500

700

Aug.

9,460

7,350

6,950

5,550

4,750

3,750

2,840

4,050

4,250

3,200

3,380

3,650

2,390

2,300

3,290

3,380

3,470

3,020

4,050

3,290

2,840

3,380

3,290

3,200

3,750

4,750

3,200

3,750

4,550

5,750

5,950

Sept.

7,350

13, 300

11,900

7,550

5,250

4,550

KL0.100

33,000

34,000

k29,400

k26,500

k20, 800

kll,100

8,150

5,850

5,150

4,350

3,560

5,750

5,650

6,050

6,150

6,450

4,850

2,840

4,150

3,560

3,470

4,150

3,750

-

Adjusted for change In 

reservoir contents

Mean

3 , Q71 y / j.

5,725

5,484

7,996

9,574

10,020

14, 790

5 958

4*105

6,051

5,960

3,726

9,642

7,062

Per square

mile

0.983

1.42

1.36

1.98

2 37

2^48

3.66

1.47

1.02

1

Cf\ 

.ou

1.48

.922

2.39

1.75

Runoff In 

Inches

1.13

1 i. .00^O

1.57

26.87

g 73

2 '.58

4.22

1.64

1 » 18

1.67

1.71

1.06

2.67

23.74

a No gage-height recordj discharge computed on basis of records for Etowah River at Rome, 

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed aS explained In footnote a. 

k Discharge computed using rate of change of stage as a factor.
422 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Coosa River at Leesburg, Ala.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 34°11', long. 85°45' , in HW^ 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 1950.

Average discharge. 13 years, 8,354 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 47,100 second-feet Mar. 15 (gage height, 29.4 

rest, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 2,450 second-feet July 4. 

1937-50: 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. Since Dec. 27, 1949, flow from 1,110 

square miles regulated by Allatoona Reservoir and hydroelectric plant on Etowah River 

(see p. 431).

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height. In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

2.2 2,450 15.0 21,200 

3.0 3,150 20.0 29,700 

4.0 4,210 25.0 38,200 

6.0 6,820 30.0 48,600 

10.0 12,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

3,150 

3,050 

2,960 

2,780 

2,780

2,780 

2,960 

3,760 

4,930 

4,330

3,450 

3,150 

3,050 

3,350 

3,870

3,45j 

4,210 

8,280 

10,700 

8,880

6,680 

4,930 

4,210 

3,870 

3,550

3,450 

3,350 

3,350 

3,350 

5,570 

15,300

Nov.

20,700 

21,900 

2O.40O 

18~,600 

15,800

11,000 

6,680 

5,580 

5,060 

4,810

4,570 

4,330 

4,330 

4,210 

4,210

4,090 

3,980 

3,870 

3,650 

3,650

3,550 

3,450 

3,450 

3,450 

3,550

3,760 

4,090 

3,980 

3,650 

3,450

Dec.

3,450 

3,450 3,35" 

3,250 

3,150

3,150 

3,250 

3,350 

3,450 

3,870

4,570 

4,810 

5,450 

5,840 

6,260

6,680 

6,400 

5,840 

6,960 

8,130

10,100 

9,330 

9,330 

11,500 

12,900

11,900 

10,400 

8,880 

8,130 

7,680 

6,400

Jan.

5,320 

4,930 

4,810 

4,690 

4,690

7,070 

14,000 

15,100 

13,400 

12,100

12,900 

11,900 

13,100 

12 , 600 

12,900

13,200 

13,400 

13,500 

15,300 

19,800

21,200 

21,000 

18,500 

15,500 

11,300

8,730 

9,480 

11,600 

12,400 

12,300 

11,000

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Maro 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

ber...... ....................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary . .

h. ...........................

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

9,330 

9,630 

13,500 

13,900 

13,700

12,300 

12,300 

19,200 

2O,7OO 

22,600

23,400 

21,400 

17,800 

15,300 

15,600

14 , 000 

12,600 

11,000 

9,180 

7.830

7, ICO 

7,240 

7,530 

7,530 

7,530

6,680 

5,710 

5,450

Secondfoot-days

143, 48C 

207, 80( 

201,21

3,819,14

377, 72C 

350,04 

614,70 

216,04 

121, 23C 

192,45 

220,10 

163,70 

460,74

3,269,21(

Mar.

9,030 

11,300 

8,730 

7,830 

6,820

5,980 

5,710 

8,880 

11,800 

10,700

9,330 

11,600 

33,500 

45,400 

47,100

46,600 

44,600 

42,700 

41,100 

39,600

37,400 

3O.4OO 

17,000 

11 , 500 

9,930

8,730 

8,130 

10,100 

11,500 

11,300 

10,400

Apr.

9, 

8, 

7, 

6, 

12,

14, 

14, 

13, 

9,

7,

6, 

6, 

6, 

6, 

6,

6, 

5, 

5,

5, 

5,

5, 

5, 

5, 

5,

4,

6, 

5, 

5, 

4, 

3,

Maximum

) 15,300 

3 21,900 

5 12,900

5 53,200

) 21,200 

5 23,400 

3' 47,100 

5 14,300 

1 6,260 

3 13,400 

5 16,800 

) 11,900 

5 41,300

) 47,100

330 

580 

530 

820 

100

300 

200 

100 

930 

680

820 

820 

540 

400 

540

260 

840 

190 

320 

450

060 

450 

450 

320 

690

120 

710 

060 

450 

980

May

3,760 

3,870 

5,060 

6,260 

5,710

4,930 

4,330 

3,870 

3,760 

3,980

3,980 

3,760 

' 3,980 

4,090 

4,090

4,210 

4,210 

3,870 

3,760 

3,760

3,550 

3,550 

3,350 

3,450 

3,350

3,350 

3,350 

2,960 

2,780

3,050 

3,250

Minimum

2,780 

3,450 

3,150

2,780

4,690 

5,450 

5,710 

3,980 

2,780 

3,550 

2,450 

2,870 

3,760

2,450

June

3,550 

4,930 

4,210 

4,330 

8,730

12 , 600 

12,700 

10,100 

8,580 

12,300

13,400 

9,180 

6,540 

5,450 

4,810

5,580 

4,690 

3,980 

4,090 

4,690

3,870 

4,210 

5,320 

6,260 

5,840

4,930 

3,870 

4,810 

4,450 

4,450

Mean

4,628 

6,927 

6,491

10.46C

12,18C 

12,50C 

19,830 

7,201 

3,911 

6,415 

7,10C 

5,281 

15.36C

8,957

July

4,450 

3,550 

2,610 

2,450 

2,690

3,150 

4,690 

4,810 

4,330 

3,550

2,690 

3,550 

5,190 

5,450 

8,580

10,100 

10,700 

9,480 

8,730 

6,820

5,580 

4,930 

5,060 

5,450 

7,530

8,880 

12,700 

14,800 

16,300 

16,800 

14,500

Aug.

11,900 

10,100 

8,580 

7,380 

5,980

5,320 

4,210 

3,550 

4,690 

4,570

3,760 

3,980 

3,870 

2,870 

2,960

3,870 

3,760 

3,870 

4,930 

5,580

3,980 

3,550 

3,760 

3,650 

3,850

4,810 

5,840 

7,100 

5,320 

7,830 

8,580

Per square 

mile

0.878 

1.31 

1.23

1.98

2.31 

2.37 

3.76 

1.37 

.742 

1.22 

1.35 

1.00 

2.91

1.70

Peak discharge (base, 30,000 sec .-ft. ) .--Mar. 15, 47,100 sec. -ft.; Sept. 11 (3 p.m.) 41

Sept.

12,200 

24,100 

24,900 

20,400 

12 , 900

7,240 

8,640 

27,300 

36,000 

39,300

41,300 

40,600 

37,400 

27,700 

13,500

7,980 

6,960 

5,840 

5,320 

6,820

6,540 

6,960 

7,100 

7,100 

5,190

3,760 

4,570 

4,330 

3,980 

4,810

Runoff in 

inches

l.ol 

1.47 

1.42

26.96

2.67 

2.47 

4.34 

 1.52 

.86 

1.36 

1.55 

1.16 

3.25

23.08

,500 seo.-

231536 O - 53 - 28
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 423

Coosa River at Gadsden, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°01', long. 86°00', in T. 12 S., R. 6 E., at 

titowah County'Memorial Bridge on U. S. Highway 241, in Gadsden, 700 feet downstream 

from Louisville & Nashville Railroad bridge and l| miles upstream from Big Wills Creek. 

Datum of gage is 485.97 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 5,800 square miles.

Records available. October 1926 to September 1950. Gage-height records collected at 

same site since 1890 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 24 years, 9,315 second-feet.

Extremes.-Maximum discharge during year, 50,700 second-feet Mar. 17; maximum gage height, 

iib.B feet Mar. 15; minimum discharge, 2,690 second-feet July 5 (gage height, 1,73 feet).

1926-50: 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. Since Dec. 27, 1949, flow from 1,110 square miles regulated by 

Aliatoona Reservoir and hydroelectric plant on Etowah River (see p. 431).

Revisions.--W 682: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year-1949-50 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In Becond-fe«t)

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 7, 8, 11, 26, 27, Pet). 2, 5, 8-10, Mar. 1, 2,

12-17, Apr. 25, June 5, 22-24, July 27, Aug. 19, Sept. 1-3, 7-12)

7.0

2,750

4,250

7,100

10,300

12.0

17.0

21.0

24.5

19,600

30,400

41,000

51,800

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3,350

3,350

3,230

3,050

2,990

3,050

2,990

3,230

3,990

4,920

4,250

3,470

3,230

3,230

3,470

3,990

3,730

4,780

9,020

10,100

8,330

6,350

4,920

4,250

3,860

3,730

3,600

3,470

3,600

3,860

8,150

Nov.

17,600

21,000

21,200

20,000

18,200

15,300

9,820

6,650

5,620

5,340

4,920

4,780

4,640

4,510

4,510

4,380

4,250

4,120

3,990

3,360

3,860

3,730

3,730

3,730

3,730

3,860

3,990

4,250

4,120

3,860

-

Dec.

3,730

3,600

3,600

3,470

3,470

3,350

3,470

3,470

3,470

3,860

4,510

5,060

5,430

6,050

6,350

6,650

6,950

6,800

6,950

7,580

9,340

10,100

9,930

11,000

12,700

13,300

12,200

10,500

9,180

8,540

7,900

Jan.

6,500

5,620

5,200

5,060

5,060

5,620

9,060

14,200

15,900

14,200

13,800

14,800

14,900

14,800

14,800

14,800

14,900

14,900

15,500

18,600

21,200

22,000

21,000

19,000

15,700

11,500

9,340

11,500

13,400

13,600

12,900

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

Juns f ............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ............ ...........

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

11,300

10,100

13,100

15,900

15,700

14,600

14,000

16,600

20,800

22,600

25,200

24,300

22,000

19,000

18,000

16,900

15,100

13,100

11,300

9,500

8,380

8,060

8,380

8,540

8,380

7,900

6,950

6,200

-

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

137, 59(

223 55i

212^611

4, 187, 591

409,56

392 39

692; 971

240, 92(

133, 08(

198, 871

252, 36'

183, 17( 

488, 75(

3,565,82<

Mar.

6,650

12,000

11,300

9,500

8,540

7,260

6,500

8,360

12,900

12,900

11,700

10, 800

33,100

42,800

45,200

48,800

50,500

48,800

46,700

44,900

43,100

39,900

31,200

18,200

12,400

10,600

9,660

10,800

12,500

12 , 700

12,200

Apr.

11,000

9,980

9,020

7,900

11,200

14,800

15,300

14,400

12,700

9,820

7,900

7,420

7,420

6,950

6,800

6,800

6,500

5,900

6,500

6,500

5,760

5,620

5,760

5,900

5,060

5,620

6,500

6,050

5,200

4,640

-

Maximum

) 10,100

3 21,200

5 13,300

3 57,000

5 22,000

( 25 200

5 50J500

I 15 300

5 6^500

) 14,000

1 19,800

5 14,400 

5 41,900

3 50,500

May

4,250

4,120

4,780

6,500

6,500

6,050

5,200

4,510

4,250

3,990

4,120

4,250

4,250

4,380

4,510

4,510

4,510

4,380

4,250

4,250

3,990

3,860

3,730

3,730

3,600

3,600

3,470

3,600

3,230

3,110

3,600

Minimum

2,990

3 730

3^350

2,990

5,060

6 ,200

6,500 

4,640

3,110

3,600 

2 750

3*230

4,510

2,750

June

3,600

4,250

4,780

4,640

5,340

9,980

12,900

11,800

9,660

10,500

14,000

12,000

9,980

6,200

5,340

4,920

5,480

4,640

4,120

4,780

4,780

4,120

- 4,640

5,480

6,200

5,760

4,780

4,640

4,920

4,640

-

Mean

4,438

7,452

6,858

11,470

13,210

14,010

oo *cr CC t 3Ot

8,031

. 4,292

6, 62*

8,141

5,909

16,29C

9,763

July

4,640

4,510

3,470

2,810

2,750

3,350

3,990

4,920

4,780

4,250

3,470

3,230

4,380

5,620

7,100

11,500

12,900

11,800

10,600

8,860

6,950

5,760

5,620

6,200

10,300

10,800

12,700

19,200

19,800

19,200

16,900

Aug.

14,400

12,500

10,300

9,340

7,740

6,200

5,480

4,250

4,250

5,060

4,640

4,250

4,380

3,860

3,230

3,730

4,380

4,120

4,640

6,200

5,620

4,120

3,990

3,990

3,990

4,380

5,620

6,350

6,950

6,350

8,860

Per square 

mile

0.765

1.28

1.18

1. 98

I o OO Cm CO

2.42

3. 85

 

1 1. ^fl OO

.740

1.14

1.40

1.02

2.81

1.68

Sept.

10,500

17,800

25,400

 26,000

20,600

11,800

7,740

14,900

27,600

35,300

38,500

41,000

41,900

39,000

28,500

13,600

8,540

7,100

6,050

6,650

7,260

7,420

7,420

7,740

6,800

5,060

4,640

4,780

4,510

4,640

Runoff in 

incbss

0.88

1.43

1.36

26.84

2

e-» 

. b->

g 52

4.44

1.54

OC *oo

1

00

 £O

1 .62

1.17

3.13

22.85

Peak discharge (base. 55.000 sec.-ft.) . Mar. 17 (12 m.) 50.700 see.-ft. I Sept. 13 (1 a.m.) 42,500
424 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Coosa River near Cropwell, Ala.-

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 33°30', long. 86°14', in SE'ij sec. 33, T. 17 S., R. 4 

JS., at bridge on State Highway 48, 2 miles downstream from Poorhou.se 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 1950. January 1892 to December 1899 (gage 

heights only) at site half a mile upstream, published as Coosa River at lock 5.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 75,900 second-feet Mar. 15 (gage height, 16.4 

i'eet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 3,520 second-feet July 6.

1942-50: Maximum discharge, 117,000 second-feet Nov. 30, 1948 (gage height, 22.8 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 1,720 second-feet Oct. 1-5, 

9, 11, 1947.

Remarks. Records good. Gage read twice daily. Since Dec. 27, 1949, flow from 1,110 

square miles regulated by Allatoona Reservoir and hydroelectric plant on Etowah River 

(see p. 431).

Revisions (water years). W 1032: 1943-44. W 1082: 1943, 1946.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.3 

3.0 

4.0 

6.0

3,520

6,000

10,000

18,800

10.0

14.0

16.3

39,000

61,500

75,300

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

4,200

4,030

4,030

4,030

3,860

3,860

3,860

3,860

4,200

4,900

5,620

5,260

4,370

4,370

4,540

4,540

5,260

5,260

6,760

10,80O

10,400

8,740

6,380

5,620

5,260

4,540

4,540

4,540

4,200

4,540

6,380

Nov.

14,300

22,50O

24, 500

23,500

21,600

19,300

14,300

9,580

7,140

6,380

6,000

6,000

5,620

5,620

5,620

5,620

5,260

5,260

4,900

4,900

4,900

4,900

4,540

4,900

4,540

4,370

4,370

4,540

4,900

4,540

-

Dec.

4,370

4,200

4,200

4,200

4,030

4,030

4,030

4,030

4,030

4,200

4,900

5,620

6,380

6,760

7,540

7,540

7,940

8,540

8,740

10,800

12,100

12,100

12,500

13,000

13,400

14, 700

14,300

13,000

11,300

9,580

9,160

Jan.

8,340

7,140

6,380

6,000

6,000

6,000

10,400

17,400

18,800

17,900

17,000

18,300

18,800

18,800

18,300

18,300

18,800

20,200

20,200

21,100

24,500

26,500

26,500

24, 500

20,200

17,000

11,300

13,400

16,100

16,100

16,100

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calenda'r year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ........................ ...

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

14,700

12,500

12,100

20,200

19,700

18,800

17,400

22,100

27,500

35,700

35,700

33,500

31,000

27,000

25,500

23,500

2O,600

17,900

15,600

13,000

11,300

10,000

11,300

10,800

10,400

10,400

9,580

8,340

-

_

-

Secondfoot-days

162, 75C

264, 40C

251, 02C

5, 672, IK

506, 36C

526, 12C

925 80C

309 ^92C

186, 85C

247, 52C

336, 13C

227, 21C

602, 12C

4,546,20C

Mar.

8,740

12,500

11,700

13,000

11,700

10,400

9,160

10,000

15,600

15,600

14,300

13,900

34,400

71,700

75,300

69,900

63,300

58,500

55,500

54,400

54,400

51,100

46,700

31,000

17,400

15,600

13,900

15,600

17,000

17,400

16,100

Apr.

14,700

13,400

12,500

10,800

12,100

17,000

18,800

18,300

17,000

14,300

11,300

9,160

9,160

8,740

8,340

8,340

8,340

7,540

7,540

8,340

7,940

7,140

7,140

7,140

7,540

7,540

7,540

7,940

7,540

6,760

-

Maximum

10,800

24,500

14,700

97,200

26,500

35,700

75,300

18,800

9,160

16,100

24,000

18,800

48,900

) 75,300

May

6,000

6,000

7,540

8,340

9,160

8,340

7,140

6,760

6,000

5,620

5,620

6,000

6,000

6,000

6,000

6,380

6,000

6,000

6,000

6,380

6,380

5,620

5,260

5,260

4,900

4,900

4,900

4,540

4,900

4,370

4,540

Minimum

3,860

4,370

4,030

3,850

6,000

8,340

8,740

6,760

4,370

4,540

3,520

4,370

5,620

3,520

June

4,90O

4,540

5,620

7,540

7,940

8,340

12,500

15,200

14,700

11,700

13,900

16,100

12,500

9,160

7,540

6,580

6,380

6,380

5,620

6,000

6,760

6,380

6,380

6,380

7,540

7,140

6,760

5,620

5,620

6,000

-

Mean

5,250

8,813

8,097

15,540

16,330

18,790

29,860

10,330

6,027

8,251

10,840

7,329

20,070

12,460

July

5,260

5,260

5,260

4,900

3,690

3,520

4,370

4,900

6,000

5,620

4,900

4,900

4,900

7,850

14,700

16,500

22 , 100

18,800

15,200

12,500

9,580

8,540

7,140

7,540

10,400

14,300

17,900

19,700

24,000

24,000

22,100

Aug.

18,800

16,100

13,400

11,300

10,400

8,540

7,140

6,380

5,260

5,620

6,000

5,620

5,260

5,260

4,900

4,370

4,900

5,260

5,260

6,760

7,540

6,000

5,260

4,900

4,900

4,900

6,000

6,760

7,940

8,340

8,540

Per square 

mile

0.683

1.15

1.05

2.02

2.12

2.44

3.88

1.34

.784

1.07

1.41

.953

2.61

1.62

Sept.

11,700

18,300

28,500

32,500

28,500

19,700

12,100

13,400

28,000

39,000

45,000

47,800

48,900

47,800

43,300

26,500

13,400

9,580

8,340

7,540

8,340

8,340

8,340

8,340

8,740

7,540

6,000

6,000

6,000

5,620

Runoff in 

inches

0.79

1.28

1.21

27.44

2.45

2.54

4.48

1.50

.90

1.20

1.63

1.10

2.91

21.99

Peak discharge (base, 50,000 sec.-ft .) .--Mar. 15 (3 p.m.) 75,900 sec.-ft.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 425

Coosa River at Childersburg, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°17', long. 86°22', In NE^ sec. 18, T. 20 S., 

K. 3 K., at Central of Georgia Railway bridge, 700 feet upstream from bridge on State 

Highway 91, half & mile downstream from Tallaseehatchee Creek, and 1 mile northwest 

of Chlldersburg. 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 1950.

Average discharge. 33 years (1917-50), 13,950 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 78,400 second-feet Mar. 15 (gage height, 19.1 

reet); minimum, 3,700 second-feet July 6 (gage height, 2.00 feet).

1914-50: 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. Since Dec. 27, 1949, flow from 1,110 square miles regulated by 

Aliatoona Reservoir and hydroelectric plant on Etowah River (see p. 431).

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 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.0 

3.0

5.0 

7.0

3,700

6,300

12,500

19,800

10.0

14.0

19.0

31,800

50,600

77,800

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

4,180

4,180

4,310

4,180

4,180

3,940

3,940

3,940

3,940

4,680

5,740

5,740

4,940

4,440

4,440

4,680

4,940

5,200

5,880

9,540

11,200

9,860

8,000

6,300

5,480

5,080

4,820

4,680

4,440

4,680

5,740

Nov.

11,200

19,800

22,500

22,500

21,300

19,800

16,800

11,800

8,600

7,280

6,860

6,300

6,160

6,020

5,740

5,740

5,480

5,480

5,200

5,200

4,940

4,820

4,680

4,680

4,680

4,680

4,820

4,940

5,540

5,200

-

Dec.

4,940

4,680

4,680

4,680

4,440

4,440

4,440

4,440

4,440

4,680

4,940

5,740

6,580

7,420

8,000

8,300

8,300

8,600

8,900

9,220

9,540

10,800

12,500

12,900

13,200

14,600

15,000

13,900

12,500

10,800

10,200

Jan.

9,540

8,300

7,280

6,860

6,720

6,720

8,900

15,400

19,400

19,000

19,000

19,400

19,400

19,000

18,700

18,700

19,800

21,700

20,900

20,900

23,300

25,200

26,000

24,400

22,100

18,300

14,300

13,200

15,700

16,400

16,400

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February ......................... March .

May*1 ...................."........

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

15,400

13,900

15,400

19,400

19,800

19,000

18,700

21,300

26,800

37,500

36,600

34,400

31,800

28,400

26,400

24,000

21,700

19,400

16,800

14,600

12,900

12,200

13,200

12,500

12,200

11,500

11,200

9,860

_

-

Secondfoot-days

167,29

268,54

257, 80(

6,094,05

520, 92(

556, 86(

968 1 80'

339, 64C 

212.24C

264, 90C

354, 17C

251, 46C

592 78' *

4,755,40C

Mar.

10,500

13,200

16,800

15,400

13,200

12,200

11,200

11,200

15,700

18,300

17,600

15,700

28,100

68,800

77,800

74,400

66,600

59,500

55,800

53,700

53,700

50,600

45,600

35,700

23,300

17,900

16,100

16,400

18,300

18,300

17,200

Apr.

16,400

15,000

13,900

12,500

12,500

16,100

19,000

19,000

17,900

16,100

13,200

11,200

10,500

9,860

9,540

9,220

9,220

8,900

8,600

8,900

8,900

8,000

7,700

8,000

8,000

8,600

8,000

8,600

8,600

7,700

-

Maximum

 > 11,200

3 22,500

) 15,000

) 114,000

) 26,000

) 37,500

) 77,800

) 19,000 

) 10,500

) 16 , 100

) 25,200

) 21,300

3 46,000

) 77,800

May

7,000

6,860

9,540

10,500

10,500

9,860

8,900

8,000

6,860

6,440

6,160

6,300

6,300

6,440

6,580

6,860

6,720

6,440

6,440

7,700

7,700

6,720

6,020

5,740

5,480

5,340

5,200

4,940

5,080

4,940

4,680

Minimum

3,940

4,680

4,440

3,940

6,720

9,860

10,500

7,700 

4,680

4,820

3,820

4,940

6,020

3,820

June

4,820

4,940

5,340

8,600

10,500

9,220

11,800

14,600

16,100

13,200

13,200

16,100

14,600

10,800

8,600

7,700

7,000

7,140

6,580

5,880

6,300

7,280

3,860

6,720

7,280

7,700

7,420

6,580

5,880

6,160

-

Mean

5,396

8,951

8,316

16.70C

16,80C

19.89C

31.25C

11.32C 

6,846

8,83C

11.42C

8,112

19.76C

13.03C

July

6,020

5,880

5,880

5,080

4,180

3,820

4,180

4,820

5,740

6,020

5,740

5,610

6,580

7,420

16,400

17,200

20,900

20,200

16,400

13,900

11,800

9,860

8,600

8,000

9,540

15,000

16,800

19,400

24,400

25,200

23,600

Aug.

21,300

17,900

15,700

13,200

11,800

10,200

8,600

7,700

6,580

5,880

6,580

6,580

5,880

5,740

5,610

4,940

5,080

5,880

5,740

6,300

7,560

7,280

6,020

5,200

5,200

5,340

5,610

6,860

7,700

8,900

8,600

Per square 

mile

0.643

1.07

.991

1.99

2.00

2.37

3.72

1.35 

.816

1.05

1.36

.967

2 * 36

1.55

Sept.

10,800

16,100

24,000

29,700

28,000

22,100

15,000

13,200

22,900

34,400

41,200

45,100

46,000

45,600

42,200

31,000

17,200

11,500

9,540

8,300

8,300

8,900

9,220

9,220

9,220

8, 600

7,000

6,020

6,300

6,160

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.74

1.19

1.14

27.01

2.31

2.47

4 .29 i!si

.94

1.17

1.57

1.11

2 o63

21.07

Peak discharge (base. 55,000 aec.-ft.).--Mar. 15 (2 p.m.) 78,400 Bee.-ft.
426 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Coosa River at Jordan Dam, near Wetumpka, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°37', long. 86°15', in si sec. 22, T 19 N R 18 

ETTTTalf a mile downstream from Jordan Dam, 4 miles upstream from 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 1950.

Average discharge.--26 years (1912-14, 1926-50) 16,260 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 86,600 second-feet Mar. 15 (gage height, 22 8 

reet); minimum daily, 1,060 second-feet May 27.

1912-14, 1925-50: 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 several upstream reservoirs and hydroelectric 

plants (see p. 431). '

Cooperation. --Records collected by Alabama Power Co., under general supervision of Geologicai survey, in connection with a Federal Power Commission project.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

4.3 

5.0 

5.5 

6.0 

6.5

1,050

1,580

2,080

2,700

3,460

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

12.0

4,400

6,690

9,540

12,700

21,800

15.0

20.0

22.6

37,600 

6S,100 

85,300

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

a3,670

5,770

4,910

5,300

4,980

5,670

2,960

2,140

5,610

a5, 780

a3,350

a5, 600

9,060

5,830

5,770

6,280

5,680

5,520

7,430

6,250

10,800

11,800

8,400

8,860

10,000

6,360

5,780

5,650

3,620

5,140

11,900

Nov.

12,700

14,500

16,000

16 , 100

16,500

18,500

19,800

16,400

16,000

13,500

10,900

9,720

10,200

7,070

6,200

4,690

6,660

a5,720

a2,900

a4,360

a7,140

a5, 580

a5, 280

1,580

7,020

5,150

5,450

6,950

6,210

5,850

-

Dec.

6,190

5,600

6,030

6,120

6,620

4,650

4,620

3,480

4,820

4,780

4,420

7,430

7,770

7,660

10,400

9,090

11,000

10,600

10,000

10,600

11,500

11,800

13 , 600

16,500

15,600

16,300

16,800

14,500

15,800

15,600

12,300

Jan.

8,830

9,650

10,100

6,900

6,490

12,500

13,700

7,820

15,800

17,100

19,800

20,000

22,500

22,500

21,000

21,000

22 , 900

25 , 400

25,700

25,300

25,100

28,000

27,400

29,800

26,500

25,200

22,400

17,700

15,600

16,200

19,300

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............... ....... ....

April ............................

 ay Ifav ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Hater year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

17,900

18,800

18,400

17,800

16,900

16,800

19,700

21,100

33 , 200

58,700

51,600

43,100

38,300

36,200

32,100

28,700

27,300

25,200

20,800

20,800

18,200

18,900

17,900

17,300

16,400

15,900

13,400

14,900

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

195,870

284,630

302,180

7,443,750

588,190

696,300

1,084,900

400,430

286,650

304,180

420,910

316,240

640,690

5,521,170

Mar.

13,600

15,000

19,400

16,900

17,100

18,000

15,700

15,100

17,100

19,700

19,300

19,200

26,400

75,200

85,300

78,200

69,200

63,800

57,200

55,100

55,700

55,700

50,400

43,700

32,600

23,300

23,100

23,100

21,800

19,800

19,200

Apr.

18 , 900

18,800

16,600

17,700

19,600

19,400

18,800

19,000

19,800

19,300

19,100

15,500

15,400

14,600

9,760

7,420

11,600

10,700

10,000

10,100

10,600

5,310

5,440

9,260

9,220

11,200

10,300

9,740

9,110

8,170

-

Maximum

11,900

19,800

16,800

128 ,000

29 ,800

58,700

85,300

19,800

19,100

17,800

35,300

27,500

48,200

85,300

May

9,830

10,700

15,800

19,100

15,900

10,500

11,500

12,300

10,700

8,990

6,640

7,670

6,230

5,140

8,150

10,900

7,980

7,480

8,850

13,100

8,760

9,180

9,680

9,410

7,730

6,630

1,060

6,290

6,940

7,450

6,060

Minimum

2,140

1,580

3,480

1,580

6,490

13,400

13,600

5,310

1,060

4,700

4,590

4,740

7,590

1,060

June

7,440

6,940

4,700

9,540

14,600

11,600

12,300

13,000

14,100

17,800

16,800

12,900

16,700

15,000

13,400

10,600

7,130

7,390

8,170

7,420

7,890

7,010

9,230

8,620

6,160

6,960

8,550

7,010

7,940

7,280

Mean

6,318

9,488

9,748

20 ,390

18 , 970

24,870

35,000

13,350

9,247

10,140

13,580

10,200

21,360

15,130

July

7,660

5,980

6,150

6,060

5,660

6,310

6,380

4,880

4,590

6,620

5,440

10,900

11,900

14,300

16,700

19,800

20,900

24,100

21,200

20,000

15,900

12,800

9,680

12,500

12,100

12,600

16,800

18,800

19,600

29,300

35,300

Aug.

27,500

23,600

21,000

17,500

16,300

12,300

13,200

11,300

7,740

6,840

7,410

6,590

5,640

8,250

7,810

6,300

6,060

5,700

6,340

4,740

8,700

11,300

9,360

6,560

6,290

5,500

4,970

6,970

8,670

10,100

15,700

Per square 

mile

_

_

-

n nrj *

-

1.48

Sspt.

15,600

15,700

17,100

18,900

25,200

26,100

21,700

21,400

20,600

24,900

38,100

45,200

48,200

47,400

45,800

38,100

26,900

20,800

16,400

15,700

8,550

9,430

10,200

7,590

8,100

11,500

8,830

8,870

9,620

8,200

Runoff in 

inches

_

.

-

27.14

-

20.13

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records of Jordan Dam hydroelectric plant.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 427

Alabama River near Montgomery, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°24'42", long. 86°24'32", in NW£ sec. 31, T. 17 

IT., it. 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.

tfecoras available. October 1927 to September 1950. January 1899 to December 1903 (gage 

neignts 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. 23 years (1927-50), 24,140 second-feet.

Extremes. maximum discharge during year, 80,600 second-feet Mar. 17 (gage height, 29.2 

1'eet); minimum 5,930 second-feet July 4, 5 (gage height, 1.3 feet); minimum daily, 

6,790 second-feet July 4.

1927-50: Maximum discharge, 256,000 second-feet Mar. 17, 1929 (gage height, 59.6 

feet); minimum, 2,180 second-feet Nov. 24, 1941 (gage height, -2.1 feet); minimum dally, 

2,420 second-feet Nov. 24, 1941.

Remarks. Records good. Plow regulated by upstream reservoirs on Etowah, Coosa, and 

Taliapoosa Rivers (see p. 431).

Cooperation. Records collected by Alabama Power Co., under general supervision of Geologicaj. survey, in connection with a Federal Power Commission project.

Revisions (water years). W 1142: 1929.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height) in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.8 6,790

4.0 11,200

7.0 19,OOO

EO.O 55,300

29.2 80,600

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

16

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

8,700

9,730

9,310

8,500

9,310

10,600

9,940

7,910

8,100

9,100

7,720

7,340

9,940

10,800

8,700

8,700

8,700

8,300

7,910

9,730

10,400

14,400

13,400

10,800

12,200

11,900

11,200

11,700

11,200

9,730

11,700

Nov.

16,500

18,400

19, 800

20, 600

21,100

21,700

22,800

22,300

21,400

19,200

18,100

14,400

15,400

13,200

11,200

10,200

10, 600

11,000

9,940

7,720

8,300

10,200

10,400

9,730

8,700

10,8OO

9,730

8,700

9,730

10,200

-

Dec.

9,940

10,600

9,310

9,730

8,700

10,200

9,100

10,600

10,200

10, 800

9,100

8,100

9,520

10,600

13,400

15,200

14,200

14, 600

12,400

12,400

13,400

14, 200

15,700

18,100

18,400

17,100

18,100

17,900

18,100

18,400

17,100

Jan.

14,200

11,700

10,600

10,800

10,200

11,700

18,100

13,600

12,200

19,500

23,100

25,900

26,700

27,600

25,600

23,700

25,100

a27,300

a29,500

828,100

a28,400

a29,300

a30,900

a29,800

a28,700

28,700

25,600

24,500

2O.OOO

19,000

19,500

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August

Septsmber ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

22,300

20,600

22,800

21,700

20,300

19,500

20,300

23,100

27,000

46,300

362,300

a57,300

51,100

45,800

41,900

37,400

35,100

31,800

27,000

23,900

23,700

22,000

24,800

23,400

23,100

20,900

17,300

18,700

-

-

- .

Second 

foot-days

307,670

422,050

405,200

11,023,790

679,600

831,JK>0

1,321,100

613,400

472,210

417,160

565,690

535,200

807,900

7,378,580

Mar.

18,700

19 , 800

22,500

23,100

23,900

27,900

30,400

31,200

32,600

32,300

30,700

26,500

25,100

44,900

68,700

78,500

80,600

77,700

73,100

67,100

64,800

63,700

62,000

57,300

48,300

35,100

28,400

28,700

32,900

32,600

32,300

Apr.

29,800

27,300

23,900

22,300

28,100

31,500

30,400

28,700

26,700

24,800

23,700

23,400

22,000

22,000

19,200

14,200

12,200

15,200

16,500

17,300

17,900

15,700

11,200

8,90O

11,900

16,000

17,300

19,800

19,000

16,500

-

Maximum

1-4,400

22,800

18,400

121,000

30,900

62,300

80,600

31,500

29,000

20,600

48,300

49,700

52,500

80,600

May

13,900

17,300

22,800

29,000

27,600

20,900

17,100

15,200

16,500

17,300

16,500

14,600

13,900

10,400

8,100

13,900

16,200

14,400

15,200

17,600

16,000

12,200

13,400

14,600

14,400

13,400'

11,200

7,530

9,940

9,940

11,200

Minimum

7,340

 7,720

8,100

7,340

10,200

17,300

18,700

8,900

7,530

8,300

6,790

8,500

11,200

6,790

June

9,730

12,200

11,200

8,700

14,200

13,400

13,400

16,000

16,500

20,300

2 0, 300

16,000

19,200

20,6OO

18,700

17,100

14,400

11,900

9,730

11,200

12,600

13,200

12,400

13,600

12,400

8,300

10,400

13,400

13,200

12,900

-

Mean

9,925

14,068

13,071

30,200

21,923

29,693

42,616

^20,447

15,233

13,905

18,248

17,265

26,930

20,220

July

12,200

9,940

7,530

6,790

7,340

7,150

8,900

8,500

7,910

8,300

7,530

11,500

18,100

23,900

26,700

30,400

28,700

29,800

29,800

27,300

25,100

19,200

17,100

14,200

13,900

14,900

18,700

21,400

24,800

29,800

48,300

Aug.

49 , 700

43,800

37,400

31,800

25,300

19 , 800

17,100

16,500

16,000

14,600

13,900

14,400

12,900

11,000

10,400

13,900

13,200

12,900

12,200

10,600

8,700

12,400

15,700

13,200

12,200

12,900

11,200

8,500

10,400

1-4, 200

18,400

Per square 

mile

_

-

2.00

_

_4

_

_

1.34

Sspt.

21,400

22,000

20,600

21,700

24,500

29 , 500

29,500

30,100

29,300

27,300

33,200

43,300

49,700

52,200

52,500

50,300

41,600

30,100

23,700

21,700

18,100

15,200

17,100

15,200

11,200

13,400

15,200

14,200

16,200

17,900

-

Runoff in 

inches

_

_

-

27.15

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

18.17

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of readings at gage 10 miles upstream.
428 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Alabama River at Selma, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°24' i> long. 87°01', in T. 17 N., R. 10 E. , at 

ESmond Pettus Bridge on U. S. Highway 80, in Selma, 1 mile upstream from Valley Creek. 

Datum of gage is 61.80 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 

lauu), June 1928 to September 1950. Gage-height records since December 1890 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.--35 years (1900-1913 L 1928-50), 26,840 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 79,600 second-feet Mar. 17; maximum gage height, 

di.U feet Mar. 18; minimum discharge, 7,710 second-feet July 5 (gage height, 2.3 feet); 

minimum daily, 7,880 second-feet July 5.

1899-1913, 1928-50: Maximum discharge, 204,000 second-feet Mar. 19, 1929; maximum 

gage height, 56.0 feet Dec. 3, 1948; minimum'discharge observed, 2,660. second-feet 

Nov. 1, 1904 (gage height, -2.20 feet).

Maximum stage known, 57.0 feet Apr. 8, 1886, from floodraarks established by Corps 

of Engineers (discharge, 221,000 second-feet).

Remarks. Records good. Discharge above 17,000 second-feet computed by using rate of 

cnange of stage as a factor. Plow regulated by upstream reservoirs on Etowah, Coosa, 

and Tallapoosa Rivers (see p. 431).

Revisions. W 662: Drainage area.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

10,800

9,670

10,400

10,400

9,490

10,000

11,400

11,200

9,310

8,950

9,850

8,950

8,230

10,400

11,600

9,850

9,490

9,490

9,310

8,950

10,200

11,600

14,400

14,000

12,300

13,100

12,900

12,100

12,300

12,100

11,000

Nov.

12,700

16,400.

18,600

20,000

20,900

21,300

22, COO

22,700

22,200

21,300

19,700

18,200

15,600

15,600

13,800

12,300

11,400

11,400

11,800

10,800

9,130

9,130

10,600

11,200

10,600

10,200

11,600

10,800

10,000

10,400

-

Dec.

11,200

11,200

11,600

10,800

10,800

10,200

11,000

10,800

11,600

11,400

11,600

10,400

9,490

11,400

12,700

15,600

16,400

15,600

15,400

13,800

13,600

14,400

15,400

16,900

18,600

19,100

18,200

18,800

18,400

18,600

18,800

Jan.

17,500

14,800

12,900

11,800

11,800

11,200

12,900

18,000

15,000

14,000

20,200

25,500

27,700

28,400

28,100

26,200

25,000

26,000

27,900

28,900

28,100

27,700

28,600

29,100

30,300

30,100

28,400

26,200

24,600

20,900

19,500

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calenda'r year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

20,200

21,800

21,300

22,500

22,000

20,400

19,500

21, 100

24,000

36,000

55,000

60,500

54, 800

48,700

45,000

41,100

37,400

34,600

31,400

27, 100

24,500

24,100

23,600

25,500

25,000

24,100

22,200

19,700

_

_

-

Second 

foot-days

333,740

442,360

433,790

12,060,890

697,300

853,100

1,340,200

670,400

558,300

446,400

617,670

598,900

833,200

7,825,360

Mar.

19,300

20,200

21,500

23,800

25,500

29,500

33,200

35,300

35,600

35,800

33,700

30,900

28,100

33,500

55,900

71,500

78,000

78,400

74,100

69,000

64,000

61,200

60,700

57,600

52,400

43,900

34,500

31,000

33,400

34,600

34,100

Apr.

32,200

29,700

26,900

24,800

27,700

32, 100

33,400

31,400

29,200

26,700

24,800

24,300

23,600

22,700

22,500

19,500

15,800

14,600

16,600

18,600

19, 100

18,800

16,400

13,300

11,600

13,500

17, 100

19,300

22,000

22,200

-

Maximum

14,400

22,700

19,100

130,000

30,300

60,500

78,400

33,400

32,200

22,200

41,300

52,400

49,700

78,400

May

20,600

19,300

24,800

30,200

32,200

28,900

22,000

18,400

16,400

17,500

18,000

17,100

16,000

15,000

12,500

11,200

16,000

17,700

16,200

18,800

22,500

21,800

17,500

16,400

16,400

15,600

14,600

12,700

10,000

10,800

11,200

Minimum

8j 230

9,130

9,490

8,230

11,200

19,500

19,300

11,600

10,000

10,200

7,880

10,400

13,800

7,880

June

12,100

11,400

12,900

12,700

11,200

14,200

14,600

15,000

16,900

18,600

22,200

21,300

17,700

19,300

20,400

19,300

17,700

15,000

12,900

11,200

12,100

13,600

14,000

13,600

14,400

13,300

10,200

11,200

13,600

13,800

-

Mean

10,770

14,750

13,990

33,040

22,490

30,470

43,230

22,350

18,010

14,880

19,920

19,320

27,770

21,440

July

13,500

12,900

11,200

8,770

7,880

8,410

8,410

10,000

10,000

8,950

8,950

10,400

17,100

26,600

34,700

35,800

36,100

32,500

32,500

29,900

27,500

24,500

20,400

17,700

16,000

15,400

16,200

20,000

25,100

29,000

41,300

Aug.

52,400

49,900

43,900

37,600

31,600

25,900

21,100

18,200

17,100

16,600

15,400

14,800

14,800

13,800

12,500

12,100

14,000

14,200

13,600

13,100

12,100

10,400

12,500

15,800

15,800

13,500

14,000

12,900

10,800

11,400

17,100

Per square 

mile

-

1.93

_

_

^

_

_

_

_

_

-

1.25

Sept.

20,400

23,400

23,400

22,500

22,500

25,500

30,200

32,600

32,700

32,000

32,200

35,400

44,000

48,100

49,400

49,700

45,800

38,700

30,400.

25,200

22 , 700

19,500

16,600

17,300

16,000 '

13,800

14,400

15,200

15,400

18,200

-

Runoff in 

inches

. -

26.23

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

-

17.02

Peak discharge (base. 80.000 see.-ft.).--No peak above base.

Note. Discharge Mar. 1, 2, Aug. 3 to Sept. 30 computed from graph based on dally gage readings 

and recorded range In stage.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 429

Alabama River near Millers Ferry, Ala.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 32°07', long. 87°24', in w£ sec. 8, T. 13 N., R. 7 E., 

at Bridge on State Highway 28, just downstream from Prairie Creek and 2^ miles northwest of Millers Ferry. Datum of gage is 26.82 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, 

supplementary adjustment of 1943 (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 1950. Gage-height records collected at same 

' site since isal are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 13 years, 31,490 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 90,200 second-feet Mar. 19 (gage height, 35.2 

i'eet); minimum observed, 8,700 second-feet Oct. 14 (gage height, 5.8 feet); minimum 

daily, 8,860 second-feet Oct. 14.

1937-50: 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); minimum 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 higher than that of March 1929.

Remarks.--Records good. Gages read twice daily. Discharge computed by using fall as

3eTermined from auxiliary staff gage as a factor. Plow regulated by upstream reservoirs 

on Etowah, Coosa, and Tallapoosa Rivers (see p. 431).

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; records of discharge computed by 

Geological Survey.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195o

Day

1

?,3

4

5

6

7

R

»

10

11

1?,

13

14

15

Ifi

17

1R

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

?9

30

31

Oct.

11,900

11,100

10,300

10,300

10, 800

9,460

1O.70O

11,80O

11,400

9,84O

9,550

10,000

9,350

8,860

10,000

11,300

10,500

10,000

10.OOO

9,780

9,550

10,6OO

12,100

14,000

14,400

13,100

13,100

13,3OO

.12,700

12,700

12,500

Nov.

12,100

13,700

17,400

19,200

20,900

21,100

21,900

22,800

23,1OO

22,8OO

21,500

20, 700

18,600

16.7OO

16,100

14,800

13,300

12,200

11,800

12,20O

11,600

10,400

10, 10O

10,900

11,500

11,300

11,300

12.0OO

11,600

1O,9OO

-

Dec.

10,900

11,60O

12,100

12,000

11,600

11,500

11,300

11,600

12,000

12,500

12,500

12,500

11,800

11,500

13,300

16,000

18,400

19,200

17,500

16,900

16,200

15,7OO

16,800

18,000

19 , 600

21,100

20,700

19,800

20, 200

20,2OO

20,400

Jan.

20,400

19,200

16,500

14,700

13,700

13,500

13,400

15,60O

20,600

19,60O

20,6OO

26,800

31,6OO

32,700

32,100

31,100

30,400

30,000

29,200

31,700

31,9OO

31,400

31,OOO

31,200

31,400

32,700

32,500

30,500

28,600

26,700

24,500

Month

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

May ..............................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

22,900

23,300

24,000

23,500

24, 700

24,500

24,000

22,400

24,000

33,800

53,700

67,500

71,500

65,400

58,7OO

51.5OO

47,700

42,200

37,700

34,000

30, 7OO

28,600

27,200

29 , 8OO

3O,500

29,600

27,000

25,000

-

-

-

Secondfoot-days

345.01C

464, 50C

475, 40C

14,2O6,81C

795, 80C

777, 30C

725,70C

914,50C

8,951,84C

Mar.

22,500

23.3OO

24,900

26,400

28,400

33,400

35,900

39,200

42,800

42,100

38,800

38.1OO

34,900

35,7OO

43,300

66,400

79,600

87,800

88,000

83,400

80,000

78,400

72,600

67,500

64,6OO

60,000

49,700

40,900

38,500

38 , 100

37,700

Apr.

37,300

35, '200

31,800

30,400

33,100

35,000

36,400

36,500

35,000

32,200

30,300

28.10O

27,500

26,800

25,400

24,400

20,900

17,500

17,100

20, 300

21.50O

21,900

21,100

17,700

14, 600

13,500

16,900

21,200

22,8OO

24,900

-

Maximum

14,400

23,100

21,100

142,000

32,700

54, 700

88,000

May

26,700

33,500

33,700

35,400

38,400

39,600

34,700

28,400

22,7OO

19.80O

19,800

20,000

19,600

18,500

17.8OO

15,400

14,900

18,700

19,700

20,600

29,200

33,900

27,900

24,000

20,800

19,800

18,000

16,500

14,000

11.8OO

11,9OO

Minimum

8,860

10,100

10,900

8,860

13,400

13,500

14,700

8,860

June

12,100

13,100

12,500

14,000

13,700

13,100

16,900

16,300

17,300

19,6OO

24,200

25,900

23,800

21,100

21,1OO

22,200

21,100

19,500

16,600

14,700

13,000

13,400

14, 600

15,100

15,100

15,600

13,800

11,200

11,500

14,600

-

Mean

11,130

15,480

15,340

38,920

25,670

25,910

23,410

30, 480

24,530

July

14,800

14,500

13,700

11,800

9,840

9,050

9,400

9,740

11,1OO

11,500

1O, 400

11,800

18,700

26,300

35, 300

43,300

44,800

43,200

38,300

34,700

32,100

28 , 600

25,500

23,300

20,200

18,200

16,800

19,300

26,100

34,100

39,300

Aug.

52,900

61,000

58,200

48,300

43,100

34,000

27,900

24,000

20, 200

19,300

18,200

17,100

16,900

16,300

15,300

13,100

13,200

15,300

15,400

15,000

14,400

13,2OO

12,400

13.500

15,800

16,000

16,000

15 , 20O

14,100

11,600

16,000

Per square 

mile

_

-

1.88

_

_

-

1.19

Sept.

20,800

24, 700

27,700

27,500

25,600

25,100

28,600

33,600

36,400

36,200

34,400

32,900

38,200

45,900

47,900

52,800

54,700

50,100

42,600

33,500

29,100

24,700

21,700

19,500

19,300

17,600

14, 700

15,400

16,600

16,700

-

Runoff in 

inches

_

-

 25.52

_

_

_

-

16.06

feak discharge (base, 9b'.'o6p aec.-ft.) .' Mar. 19 (6 a.m.) 90,200 sec.-ft.
430 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

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.--28,OOP square miles.

Records available.--April 1930 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 20 years, 33,150 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 84,900 second-feet Mar. 21 (gage height, 35.8 

reet); minimum, 9,780 second-feet Oct. 15 (gage height, 11.1 feet); minimum daily, 9,780 

second-feet Oct. 15.

1930-50: 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. Plow regulated by upstream reservoirs on Etowah, Coosa, and Tallapoosa Rivers (see p. 431).

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; records of discharge computed by 

Geological Survey.

Rating table, water year 1949-5O (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 6 to Feb. 12)

10.6

15.0

20.0

9,780

18,000

29,400

25.0

30.0

35.7

42,300

59,900

84,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

SO

31

Oct.

al2, 000

al2, 000

a!2,000

al2, 000

a!2, 000

11, 800

11, 400

11, 400

12, 100

12, 100

11, 200

10,700

10, 700

10, 500

9,780

10, 800

11, 400

11, 200

10, 700

10, 500

10, 300

10, 100

10, 700

12, 300

14,000

13,900

13, 400

13, 200

13, 400

13, 200

13, 400

Nov.

13, 200

12, 800

14, 400

16, 800

18, 700

19,800

20, 300

20, 800

21,400

21,900

21,600

20, 600

19,500

18,000

16,500

15,900

14, 600

13, 500

12,500

12,500

12, 500

11, 700

10, 800

10, 700

11, 400

11, 800

11, 800

11,800

12,100

11, 900

-

Dec.

11, 400

11, 400

11,800

11, 900

12, 100

11, 900

11, 900

12, 500

12, 500

12, 500

12,700

12, 800

13,000

13, 000

14, 000

15, 400

16,500

18, 100

18, 200

17,800

16, 900

16, 400

16, 600

17,000

18, 000

19,400

20, 500

20, 300

20,100

20, 100

19,900

Jan.

19, 900

19,700

18, 200

16,500

14,900

14, 500

14, 300

14, 100

16,700

19,500

20, 500

23, 200

27, 900

30, 800

31,200

31, 400

31, 200

30, 900

30, 400

30, 600

31,400

31, 900

31, 600

31, 600

31, 900

32, 400

32, 900

32, 400

30, 500

29,000

26, 900

Month

October ......"....................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

24, 800

23,400

23, 900

23, 900

23, 900

24, 100

23,900

22, 500

22, 500

27,100

42, 500

55, 700

64, 500

65, 900

61, 900

56, 100

51, 400

46, 200

42, 200

38, 700

34, 800

31,900

30, 300

29,900

31, 000

31, 200

30,000

28, 300

-

_

-

Secondfoot-days

364, 18C

461, 80C

476, 60(

15, 183, 38(

798 90'

1,012)50(

1, 605, OOC

819 j 701

750, 70C

491, 70C

730 601

737*, 50

898, 90(

9,148,08(

liar.

26, 400

25, 300

25, 600

28,400

33, 400

36, 600

38,600

41, 500

44, 000

43, 800

42,000

40, 500

38, 900

38,600

40, 700

54, 900

71,000

78,200

82, 900

83,900

84, 400

82,600

78,000

74,500

71,000

66,500

58,200

50, 200

43, 500

40, 200

40, 700

Apr.

39,900

38,000

36, 800

35, 300

36,400

37,300

37,300

38,000

37,800

35, 100

32, 800

30, 300

28,500

27,400

26,300

25, 100

23, 700

21,800

19,300

19,000

20, 300

20, 800

21,200

20, 400

17,700

16, 300

15, 600

17, 600

20, 700

23, 000

-

Maximum

) 14, 000

) 21, 900

) 20, 500

) 136,000

) 32,900

) 65, 900

) 84, 400

) 39,900

5 38, 600

) 23, 900

) 42, 100

3 58,000

) 50, 700

) 84, 400

May

26,900

34,000

38, 500

35, 800

36, 900

38, 600

37,200

31,900

27,000

23, 100

51,200

21,000

20, 500

19,500

19,200

18,000

16,000

15, 200

17,800

18, 400

22,900

29,200

30, 200

27,000

22,900

20, 700

19, 300

17, 800

16,500

14, 400

13,100

Minimum

9,780

10, 700

' 11,400

9,780

14, 100

22,500

25,300

15, 600

13, 100

12,000

10, 500

12,900

15, 100

9,780

June

13, 000

13,000

13,000

13, 200

13,700

13, 700

13, 900

16, 000

16, 900

18, 500

20, 700

23, 400

23,900

22,300

20, 800

21,000

21,000

19,900

18, 400

16, 300

14, 600

13,300

13, 400

14, 400

14, 700

14, 900

14,900

13,900

al3, 000

a!2, 000

-

Mean

11,750

15, 390

15, 370

41, 600

25,770

36,160

51, 770

27,320

24, 220

16,390

23,570

23,790

29,960

25,060

July

al3,000

13, 900

13,900

13, 600

13, 000

13, 000

11,900

11,400

10, 900

10, 500

10, 500

15,200

18, 700

24, 600

30,500

37,300

42, 100

42,000

39, 800

37,100

34, 800

32, 300

30,000

25, 800

22, 700

20, 100

19,400

24, 400

28,100

34,100

a36,000

Aug.

a46, 000

a53, 000

a58, 000

a57,000

a53, 000

a46, 000

a37,000

a31, 000

23, 100

20, 800

19,100

17,700

16, 900

16, 400

15, 800

14, 700

13, 900

13, 600

14, 600

14, 700

14, 500

13, 900

12,900

a!3,000

al3,000

14, 900

14, 900

' 14, 900

14,700

13,800

14, 700

Per square 

mile

_

_

-

1.89

_

-

1.14

Sept.

18,900

22,300

26,600

28,000

26,200

25,100

25,100

28,800

32,800

35,200

34,700

33,200

34,900

40,100

45,600

48,900

50, 700

50,OOO

44, 900

38,600

32,900

28, 700

24, 600

21, 200

19, 300

18,400

16, 700

15, 100

15,400

16,000

-

Runoff in 

inches

_

_

-

25.67

_

_

_

_

_

. _

_

-

15.46

Peak discharge (base. 90.000 sec.-ft.K No peak above base.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis cff records for station near Millers Perry and 

3 gage readings.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 431

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 gage-height 

record furnished by Alabama Power Co.

Allatoona Reservoir.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°p9'"50", long. 84°43'40", at forebay of 

dam on Ktowah Hlver, 2-f miles upstream from Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway 

bridge, 6 miles upstream from Pumpkinvine Creek, and 4 miles east of Cartersville. 

Datum of gage is mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 {levels 

by Corps of Engineers). Drainage area, 1,110 square miles. Records available, December 

1949 to September 1950. Maximum contents during period, 326,800 acre-feet June 18. 22 

(elevation, 836.43 feet); minimum (after first filling), 207,500 acre-feet Apr. 8 (elevation, 823.61 feet).

Reservoir is formed by concrete gravity dam. Spillway (crest elevation, 835.0 feet) 

is equipped with 9 tainter gates 40 feet wide by 25 feet high, and 2 tainter gates 20 

feet wide by 25 feet high. Storage began Dec. 27, 1949; water in reservoir first 

reached minimum pool elevation Feb. 5, 1950. Total capacity at elevation 860.0 feet 

(top of gates) is 670,000 acre-feet, of which 587,200 acre-feet is controlled storage 

above elevation 800.0 feet (minimum pool). Reservoir is used for flood control and 

power. Records furnished by Corps of Engineers.

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 

acre-feet; 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 elevation and change In contents, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Date

Dec. 51.......................

Calendar year 1949 ..........

Water year 1949-5O. . ........

Lake Martin

Change in 

contents 

during month 

(acre -feet)

-97,600 

-133,300 

-24,800

-643,900

+67,000 

+139,800 

+235,300 

+85,400 

+26,000 

-38,800 

+35,100 

-180,200 

-29,400

+84.500

Allatoona Reservoir

Elevation 

(feet)t

750.34

-

797.46 

814.58 

824.35 

825.80 

831.99 

834.85 

835.21 

832.65 

830.73

_

Contents 

(acrefeet)

10,560

-

75,040 

146,800 

213,300 

225,000 

280,900 

309 , 900 

313,700 

287,400 

268,700

_

Change in 

contents 

during month 

(acre-feet)

:

-

+64,480 

+71,760 

+66,500 

+ 11,700 

+55,900 

+29,000 

+3,800 

-26,300 

-18,700

_

Coosa River

Change in 

contents 

during month 

(acre-feet)

-16,600 

+16,400 

+2,300

-57,400

+28,600 

-8,600 

+18,800 

-16,700 

-7,900 

+100 

' +36,600 

-47,200 

+7,700

+13,500

t Elevation at 12 p.m.
432 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Conasauga River at Tilton, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder lat. 34°40I , long. 84°56', 250 feet downstream from County 

oriage, 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. Jiine 1937 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--13 years (1937-50), 1,153 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 19,300' second-feet Mar. 15; maximum gage height, 

Hb.1 feet Mar. 15; minimum discharge, 167 second-feet Oct. 6.

1937-50: 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, which are fair.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

.4 

5

6 

7

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

221 

191 

179 

174 

169

206 

1,320 

1,450 

570 

391

306 

278 

278 

272 

303

438 

1,320 

2,970 

2,430 

968

674 

512 

438 

385 

352

336 

339 

330 

324 

1,590 

6,000

Nov.

7,750 

10,200 

08,960 

C3.300 

1,270

1,010 

863 

758 

695 

632

570 

531 

531 

550 

550

493 

449 

424 

406 

385

382 

368 

355 

349 

416

445 

395 

362 

349 

342

Dec.

336 

318 

303 

298 

300

303 

309 

321 

321 

309

368 

467 

590 

1,630 

1,670

989 

716 

863 

2,120 

2,660

1,670 

1,270 

2,880 

4,100 

3,530

1,850 

1,760 

1,670 

1,360 

1,140 

1,010

Jan.

884 

800 

800 

842 

926

1,270 

3,580 

4,800 

4,860 

2,610

2,790 

3,200 

2,790 

2,840 

3,480

3,580 

3,390 

3,200 

3,300 

4,800

6,180 

7,000 

C3,650 

2,020 

1,670

1,450 

2,380 

4,250 

4,100 

2,480 

1,890

Month

Ooto 

Move 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr!

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Va

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary . .

1. ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,710 

2,020 

3,860 

4,600 

3,250

2,070 

3,110 

4,800 

5,720 

5,820

5,330 

4,200 

2,790 

2,610 

3,250

3,110 

2,200 

1,670 

1,450 

1,270

1,140 

1,100 

1,450 

1,450 

1,230

1,100 

968 

884

Seoondf cot-days

25,714 

44,090 

37,431

515,508

91,812 

74,162 

101,467 

28,166 

17,073 

39,473 

51,196 

20,154 

52,117

582,855

Mar.

1,140 

1,800 

1,270 

1,010 

947

905 

905 

1,540 

2,480 

1,540

1,230 

1,800 

7,910 

14,200 

.18,000

13,500 

c8,200 

03,250 

2,430 

1,710

1,630 

1,490 

1,360 

1,190 

1,100

1,050 

1,010 

1,670 

2,430 

1,580 

1,190

Apr.

1,050 

1,050 

1,050 

1,010 

2,660

3,300 

2,120 

1,360 

1,140 

1,010

926 

863 

800 

737 

674

653 

632 

611 

590 

590

570 

531 

512 

512 

512

611 

632 

512 

474 

474

Maximum

6,000 

10,200 

4,100

15,600

7,000 

5,820 

18,000 

3,300 

1,100 

4,800 

7,430 

1,360 

8,850

18,000

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 sec. -ft.) .--Nov. 2 (9 p.m.

sec. -ft.; Jan. 22 (12 m.J 7,210 sec. -ft.; Feb. 9 (8 p.m. 

sec. -ft.; July 30 (6 a.m.) 7,750 sec. -ft.; Sept. 9 (10 a. 

c Computed by using fall as determined by auxiliary st

May

512 

531 

1,100 

1,100 

758

611 

531 

493 

467 

442

442 

434 

570 

779 

653

800 

590 

531 

467 

512

470 

427 

409 

399 

371

' 349 

333 

368 

452 

456 

716

Minimum

169 

342 

298

169

800 

884 

905 

474 

333 

399 

284 

330 

342

169

June

821 

653 

1,050 

3,300 

4,550

4,800 

2,560 

1,010 

1,270 

2,430

1,850 

1,100 

842 

716 

632

632 

737 

570 

493 

449

632 

884 

1,450 

2,380 

1,050

716 

570 

493 

434 

399

Mean

829 

1,470 

1,207

1,412

2,962 

2,649 

3,270 

939 

551 

1,316 

1,651 

650 

' 1,737

1,597

July

368 

349 

321 

312 

336

402 

653 

438 

352 

312

284 

309 

362 

512 

1,140

2,340 

2,660 

1,890 

1,100 

842

653 

821 

653 

947 

1,980

2,790 

4,500 

5,940 

7,140 

7,430 

03,060

Aug.

1,270 

1,100 

1,100 

1,010 

779

674 

590 

550 

512 

474

467 

493 

474 

424 

413

456 

434 

531 

716 

1,050

674 

409 

358 

333 

330

531 

493 

570 

611 

96S 

1,360

Per square 

mile

1.22 

2.16 

1.77

2.07

4.34 

3.88 

4.79 

1.38 

.808 

1.93 

2.42 

.953 

2.55

2.34

10,800 sec. -ft.; Jan. 9 (5 a.m. 

6.060 sec. -ft.; Mar. 15 (l a.m. 

m.) 9,070 sec. -ft. 

aff gage as a factor.

Sept.

968 

2,120 

2,790 

1,540 

884

674 

2,760 

8,750 

8,850 

c5,660

c3,120 

2,700 

1,670 

1,050 

905

800 

716 

632 

570 

531

493 

570 

653 

493 

420

391 

368 

355 

342 

342

Runoff in 

inches

1.41 

2.41 

2.04

28.14

5.00 

4.04 

5.52 

1.54 

.93 

2.15 

2.79 

1.10 

2.84

31.77

) 5,120 

) 19,300
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 433

Mill Creek at Dalton, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34"48 I , long. 84<> 59', In Dalton, Whltfleld County, 

1,000 feet upstream from city pumping plant and ij miles upstream from Southern Railway bridge.

Drainage area. 37 square miles.

Records available.--August 1943 to September 1950.

Extremes.--Maximum gage height during year, 8.10 feet Sept. 8 (discharge not determined); 

minimum dally discharge, 22 second-feet July 9, 10.

1943-50: Maximum gage height, that of Sept. 8, 1950; minimum dally discharge, 14 

second-feet on several days in September 1943.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record and those above 

boo second-feet, which are fair. Moderate diurnal fluctuation at medium flow caused 

by mill dams above station.

Cooperation.--Gage-height record collected in cooperation with city of Dalton.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 tc September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

26

26

26

26

26

71

33

31

30

30

29

30

30

30

28

47

409

123

60

47

41

38

35

34

34

33

32

34

33

1,220

1,150

NOV.

244

128

97

77

66

53

54

49

46

44

43

42

45

44

40

38

37

37

36

37

36

35

34

35

45

36

35

34

34

33

-

Dec.

32

32

32

32

32

31

34

33

32

34

40

37

63

54

47

42

40

70

68

58

54

77

149

91

77

85

72

62

56

52

43

Jan.

46

44

47

48

46

265

278

138

103

132

174

128

115

153

125

146

125

122

361

214

142

112

94

82

71

65

296

146

112

94

82

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

85

150

165

112

94

82

361

177

315

250

161

122

103

208

132

100

85

74

68

62

58

68

60

53

50

47

45

49

_

_

-

Secondf cot-days

3,847

1,619

1,666

31,590

4,106

3,336

7,682

1,426

946

1,154

1,281

1, 181

9,050

37,294

Mar.

72

52

49

43

47

46

49

145

80

69

66

265

4,500

702

235

181

122

97

32

80

72

67

60

58

56

52

70

83

62

56

54

Apr.

58

56

52

77

103

63

53

56

53

50

49

47

45

45

42

42

41

40

40

39

38

38

38

36

41

39

35

35

35

35

Maximum

1,220

244

149

1,620

361

361

4,500

103

40

122

200

133

4,760

4,760

May

34

34

40

34

33

33

32

32

30

31

30

31

32

34

32

30

28

28

28

29

28

28

28

27

26

26 ' 26

32

30

30

30

Minimum

26

33

31

26

44

45

46

35

26

23

22

26

31

22

June

28

47

79

122

39

32

33

78

74

49

38

34

32

31

30

29

28

27

. 27

32

34

32

28

27

26

' 24

24

24

23

23

.

Mean

124

54. C

53."

86. E

132

119

248

47. E

30. E

38. E

41.2

38.

302

102

July

23

23

23

23

24

23

23

23

22

22

23

32

27

28

35

58

33

29

34

27

40

35

30

45

60

50

200

70

80

60

56

Aug.

54

52

60

43

42

40

37

35

33

32

31

30

29

29

31

29

27

27

37

29

27

26

26

26

40

42

30

29

28

133

42

Per square 

mile

3.35

) 1.46

1.45

2.34

3.57

3.22

6.70

1.23

.824

1.04

> 1.12

I 1.03

8.16

2.76

Sept.

132

103

58

44 ' 37

33

2,030

4,760

326

358

202

142

97

74

64

56

50

46

41

39

36

56

41

35

33

32

31

31

32

31

-

Runoff in 

inches

3.86

1.63

U67

31.69

4.12

3.35

. 7.72

1.43

.95

1.16

1.29

1.19

9.10

37.47

Mote. No gage-height record July 21 to Aug. 

records for nearby stations.

16; discharge computed on basis of weather records and.
434 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Etowah River near Dawsonville, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°23", long. 84°04', half a mile upstream from 

Fanner Creek, 1 mile downstream from Russell Creek, 4 miles southeast of Dawsonville, 

Davraon County, and 7? miles upstream from Shoal Creek.

Drainage area. 103 square miles.

Records available. March 1940 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 10 years, 261 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,760 second-feet Mar. 13 (gage height, 11.1 

reet); minimum daily, 120 second-feet Aug. 24, Sept. 27, 28.

1940-50: Maximum discharge, 4,780 second-feet Jan. 7, 1946 (gage height, 15.8 feet); 

minimum daily, 55 second-feet Oct. 26, 1941.

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation during periods of low flow caused by mills 

above station.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

2O8 

206 

206 

202 

202

* 232 

290 

230 

213 

204

204 

260 

268 

240 

228

373 

568 

412 

305 

265

245 

235 

225 

215

213

228 

211 

242 

248 

318 

581

Nov.

451 

360 

313 

285 

270

255 

250 

242 

235 

232

228 

225 

225 

228 

222

218 

213 

211 

208 

208

206 

202 

202 

211 

265

220 

211 

208 

213 

218

Dec.

202

199 

195 

195 

193

190 

220 

206 

195 

202

235 

305 

321 

280 

270

252 

235 

412 

620 

373

318 

303 

425 

347 

305

399 

542 

412 

360 

321 

305

Jan.

292 

285 

282 

303 

412

347 

386 

334 

316 

318

360 

347 

360 

360

334

334 

386 

464 

568 

503

412

373 

347 

334 

321

313 

347 

347 

347 

334 

321

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febi 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

Be

her ..........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

334 

334 

373 

334 

318

308 

438 

386 

386 

399

386 

347 

347 

451 

451

386 

360 

347 

334 

318

311 

347 

360 

321 

311

303 

292 

292

Second 

foot-days

8,27" 

7,23* 

9,33-

135, lOll, 08" 

9,874 

13,54] 

9,18£ 

7,20] 7,76' 

6,03 

5,01] 

5,36E

99,91*

Mar.

373 

321 

303 

295 

295

290 

399 

399 

360 

321

313 

347 

1,790 

965 

581

503 

451 

412 

399 

399

399 

373 

360 

347 

347

334 

347 

464 

373 

347 

334

Apr.

334 

334 

321 

334

516

386 

360 

347 

334 

321

316 

311 

303 

298 

292

288 

285 

282 

280 

278

270 

265 

265 

262 

285

300 

265 

255 

250

250

Maximum

581 

> 451 

620

2,450

568 

I 451 

1,790 

516 

334 

1,010 

373 

282 

425

> 1,790

May

245 

255 

334 

262 

248

238 

230 

228 

222 

232

228 

228 

262 

268 

250

225 

218 

230 

225 

228

213 

213 

215 

208 

204

193 

190 

206 

195 

197 

311

Minimum

202 

202 

190

190

282 

292 

290 

250 

190 

160 

145 

120 

120

120

June

225 

211 

321 

1,010 

516

334 

288 

295 

295

270

258 

238 

228 

225 

215

213 

208 

197 

193 

190

220 

215 

199 

188 

179

175 

168 

164 

164 

160

Mean

267 

241 

301

370

358 

353 

437 

306 

232 

259 

195 

162 

179

274

July

153 

151 

153 

153 

168

208 

175 

164 

153 

147

186 

373 

242 

225 

255

282 

245 

184 

164 

151

145 

151 

160 

188 

171

171 

311 

258 

202 

179 

168

Aug.

164 

157 

153 

147 

145

147 

139 

135 

133 

133

143 

149 

133 

230

175

199 

222 

282 

173 

145

131 

127 

124 

120 

139

184 

206 

202 

157 

149 

168

Per square 

mile

2.59 

2.34 

2.92

3.59

3.48 

3.43 

4.24 

2.97 

2.25 

2.51 

1.89 

1.57 

' 1.74

2.66

Sept.

313 

250 

190

171 

164

145 

197 

360 

425 

260

206 

186 

173 

160 

153

147 

145 

143 

139 

135

131 

147 

155 

133 

125

122 

120 

120

124 

124

Runoff in 

inches

2.99 

2.61 

3.37

48.78

4.01 

3.57 

4.89 

3.31 

2.59 

2.80 

2.18 

1.81 

1.94

36.07

Peak discharge (base, 1,800 sec. -ft.) . Mar. 13 (8 p.m.) 2,760 sec. -ft. 5 June 4 (5 p.m.) 1,930

sec. -ft.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 435

Etowah River at Canton, Oa.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°14', long. 84°30', at bridge on State Highway 5 

at Canton, Cherokee County, three-quarters of a mile upstream from Canton Creek and if 

miles downstream from Hickory Log Creek. Datum of gage is 844.55 feet above mean sea 

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 

March 1937 to September 1950. Gage-height records collected at same site since 1891 are 

contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

[Aygraga discharge. 13 years (1937-50), 1,105 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 8,500 second-feet Mar. 14 (gage height, 16.1 

reet)j minimum, 465 second-feet Sept. 28.

1896-1905, 1937-50: 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.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

604

785

766

766

766

766

960

920

804

766

766

766

1,380

960

861

1,250

2,500

2,250

1,480

1,200

1,040

980

920

880

861

920

880

S61

1,120

1,040

2,200

Nov.

1,970

1,740

1,380

1,200

1,120

1,040

1,000

1,000

960

920

920

880

880

900

880

842

823

804

804

804

804

785

766

785

1,040

960

861

823

823

823

-

Dec.

804

785

766

766

747

747

785

§20

804

804

980

980

1,120

1,120

1,040

1,040

960

1,040

2,200

1,700

1,300

1,160

1,610

1,560

1,300

1,200

1,700

1,660

1,380

1,250

1,160

Jan.

1,120

1,080

1,040

1,040

1,200

1,200

1,250

1,200

1,120

1,120

1,340

1,300

1,380

1,340

1,340

1,250

1,380

1,880

2,060

3,340

2,060

1,660

1,480

1,380

1,380

1,300

1,300

1,380

1,380

1,300

1,300

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,200

1,200

1,480

1,380

1,300

1,200

1,560

1,920

1,660

1,840

1,740

1,560

1,480

1,560

1,920

1,660

1,480

1,380

1,300

1,300

1,200

1,300

1,560

1,380

1,300

1,200

1,200

1,120

_

-

Secondfoot-days

33,218

29,337

35,388

583,359

43 900

40*380

59,030

36,730

30,483

35,413

28,988

21 293

20^691

414,851

Mar.

1,560

1,560

1,300

,200

,200

,200

,480

,840

,740

,480

,3SO

,380

,800

7,370

3,220

2,400

2,100

1,840

1,700

1,610

1,660

1,560

1,480

1,430

1,380

1,380

1,380

1,880

1,660

1,480

1,380

Apr.

1,340

1,380

1,340

1,340

1,740

1,700

1,430

1,380

1,340

1,300

1,250

1,250

1,200

1,160

1,160

1,120

1,120

1,120

1,120

1,120

1,080

1,080

1,080

1,040

1,080

1,300

1,120

1,040

1,000

1,000

-

Maximum

2,500

1,970

2,200

12,400

3 340

1^920

7,370

1,740

1,560

3,820

2, 200

1,000

1,380

7,370

 ay

1,000

1,000

1,560

1,300

1,120

1,040

980

940

920

920

940

920

1,040

1,040

1,120

. 1,000

920

920

900

1,000

920

880

900

S80

861

823

766

785

804

804

1,480

Minimum

766

766

747

747

1,040

1,120

1,200

1,000

766

656

5S4

482

465

465

June

1,120

900

1,380

3,170

3,820

1,740

1,380

1,300

1,840

1,300

1,200

1,040

980

1,040

960

920

960

861

823

785

861

1,040

960

823

766

728

710

674

656

656

Mean

1,072

978

1,142

1,598

1,416

1,442

1 904

1^224

963

1,180

93 C

687

890

1,137

July

638

602

602

584

602

728

785

674

620

584

584

1,040

1,120

980

960

1,200

1,120

900

785

710

692

710

728

1,200

1,200

1,480

2,200

1,840

1,200

940

960

Aug.

1,000

880

766

710

674

766

674

620

602

564

602

674

602

638

960

766

604

766

785

656

567

533

516

499

462

533

766

900

710

620

638

Per square 

mile

1.77

1.62

1.69

2.64

2.34

2.38

3.15

2.02

1.62

! 95

l'.55

1.14

1.14

1.68

Sept.

766

1,040

823

692

674

620

S04

1,200

1,380

1,120

661

747

692

638

620

584

567

567

567

550

533

550

620

567

516

462

482

465

426

462

-

Runoff in 

inches

2.04

1.81

2.18

35.86

2.70

2.46

3.63

2.25

1 *87

2 18

1.79

1.31

1.27

25.51

Peak discharge (base. 6.500 see.-ft.). Mar. 14 (5 a.m.) 8,500 see.-ft.
436 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Etowah River at Allatoona Dam,,above Cartersville, Ga. 

(Formerly published as Etowah River above Cartersville, Ga.)

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°10', long. 84°44', three-quarters of a mile 

' downstream from Allatoona Dam, 2 miles upstream from Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis

Railway bridge, and 3 miles east of Cartersv.llle, Bartow County. Datum of gage is

686.92 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936

(levels by Corps of Engineers). 

Drainage area.--1,110 square miles. 

Hecords available.--September 1938 to September 1950.

Average aiscnarge. 12 years, 1,778 second-feet (adjusted for storage since 1950). 

Extremes;--Maximum discharge during year, 9,280 second-feet Mar. 13 (gage height, 8.65

reet); minimum daily, 209 second-feet Mar. 11, 19.

1938-50: Maximum discharge, 40,400 second-feet Jan. 8, 1946 (gage height, 20.8

feet), from rating curve extended above 26,000 second-feet;'minimum daily, that of Mar.

11, 19, 1950.

Remarks .--Records good. Storage and regulation of flow by Allatoona Reservoir (see p. 431} 

 Began Dec. 27, 1949. 

Cooperation.--Gage-height record, 52 discharge measurements, and computations of daily

aiscnarge furnished by Corps of Engineers; 2 discharge measurements made and records

reviewed by Geological Survey. 

Revisions (water years). W 1032: 1944.

Rating table-water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

arid discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shlftlng-oontrol method used June 6 to July 1, July 6, Sept. 30)

1.1

1.2

1.4

1.5 

1.7

188

270

490

610

917

2.0 

2.3 

2.5 

3.0 

5.4

1,450

2,160

2,620

3,280

5,700

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

13

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,090

1,070

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,070

1,140

1,340

1,220

1,110

1,090

1,110

1,560

1,510

1,250

1,340

3,330

3,600

2,420

1,680

1,450

1,360

1,290

1,250

1,220

1,270

1,310

1,230

1,430

1,560

2,650

Nov.

3,010

2,640

2,060

1,710

1,530

1,450

i,410

1,360

1,340

1,310

1,270

1,270

1,270

1,270

1,230

1,250

1,200

1,180

1,180

1,160

1,160

1,160

1,130

1,140

1,340

1,560

1,270

1,220

1,200

1,180

-

Dec.

1,180

1,140

1,130

1,110

1,110

1,110

1,140

1,340

1,270

1,230

1,470

1,510

1,450

1,660

1,660

1,680

1,510

1,470

2,320

2,840

1,930

1,640

2,210

2,540

1,950

1,680

1,190

1,900

1,680

574

562

Month

October. ...............

November. ............. j

December. ...............

Calendar year 1949 . .

February. ..............

March. ............... t .

April..................

MAV

June ...................

July. ..................

Water year 1949-50 . .

Jan.

5S6

652

652

638

638

610

' 505

610

568

598

610

598

652

995

1,810

598

1,210

2,870

2,970

5,240

3,380

2,200

724

E50

562

574

586

652

638

638

950

Feb.

1,760

1,410

997

714

471

666

693

832

1,120

1,280

494

612

1,060

946

988

720

790

233

225

813

940

950

907

742

233

225

629

923

_

_

-

Mar.

1,040

872

915

225

225

575

410

540

750

356

209

225

4,000

4,520

4,580

5,700

3,080

1,770

209

2,740

3,820

3,660

3,840

2,060

1,390

527

2,550

2,740

2,670

2,530

2,610

Apr.

1,490

344

2,420

2,660

3,920

3,940

3,960

1,580

641

1,290

1,490

1,320

1,990

1,820

1,560

616

2,800

1,680

1,140

1,650

1,400

1,610

383

2,360

1,810

946

567

525

251

251

-

Observed

Secondfoot-days

46,100

42,460

47,186

896,506

35,064

22,373

61,338

48,414

15,259

32,487

43,481

42,011

44,832

481,005

Maximum

3,600

3,010

2,840

15,100

5,240

1,760

5,700

3,960

1,100

2,630

4,280

3,100

4,090

. 5,700

Minimum

1,050

1,130

562

562

505

225

209

251

225

251

280

270

270

209

Mean

1,487

1,415

1,522

2,456

1,131

799

1 1 979

1,614

492

1,083

1,403

1,355

1,494

1,318

May

360

1,100

406

404

397

417

251

744

823

562

573

567

280

225

494

404

547

775

547

358

352r

529

601

544

799

522

290

290

435

280

382

June

471

437

300

310

1,730

580

545

509

1,950

761

251

622

652

706

620

540

373

2,320

836

807

786

2,260

2,020

793

268

2,210

2,360

2,130

2,630

1,710

-

Change In 

contents In

Allatoona 

Reservoir 

(acre-feet)

_

+10,600

+10,600

+64,500

+71,700

+66 500 +11)700

+55,900

+29,000

+3,800

-26,300

-18,700

+268,700

July

1,

1,

347

300

845

290

140

010

953

609

280

930

1,

1,

1,

1,

160

340

ZQQ

480

871

300

1,

1,

1,

710

720

320

1,340

1,310

1,

1,

520

390

520

3,020

3,070

4,

4,

1,

280

L50

560

586

2,230

Aug.

2,880

3,100

2,080

1,790

1,030

290

1,790

2,180

1,020

1,270

1,750

290

290

1,500

1,440

1,600

901

1,510

290

300

1,230

1,550

1,520

2,120

2,270

290

270

1,290

1,450

1,480

1,240

Sept.

980

300

280

373

1,060

608

2,240

1,070

344

280

876

1,920

2,310

1,430

1,230

851

270

2,770

2,920

3,420

3,750

4,090

2,090

280

2,020

1,480

1,400

2,150

1,770

270

-

Adjusted for change In 

reservoir contents

Mean

1,487

1,415

1,694

2,471

2 »180

2,090

3,061

1,811

1,401

1,570

1,465

927

1,180

1,689

Per square 

mile

1.34

1.27

1.53

2.23

1 . 96

1 * 88

2 ( 76

1.63

1 * 26

1.41

1 . 32

!835

1.06

1.52

Runoff In 

Inches

1.54

 1.42

1.76

30.21

2 * 26

1 QC . 3D

3. 18

1. 82

1.45

1.57

I Qccy 

. 96

1.18

20.62
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 437

Etowah River near Kingston, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°12', long. 84°59 1 , at county bridge half a'mile 

upstream from Two Run Creek, lij 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 1950.

Average discharge.--16 years (1928-31, 1937-50), 2,377 second-feet (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 16,300 second-feet Sept. 8 (gage height, 15.2 

reet); minimum daily, 570 second-feet Aug. 13.

1928-31, 1936-50: 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. Moderate diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by power plant 

at uartersville prior to operation of Allatoona Reservoir. Storage and regulation of 

flow by Allatoona Reservoir (see p. 431) began Dec. 27, 1949.

Cooperation. Gage-height record, eight discharge measuremnts, and computations of daily 

aiscnarge furnished by Corps of Engineers; nine discharge measurements made and records 

reviewed by Geological Survey.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

3.4 

4.2 

5.0 

6.0

570

1,080

1,700

2,650

7.2

10.0

13.1

4,010

7,800

12,600

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 -30

31

Oct.

1,360

1,300

1,280

1,270

1,280

1,270

1,320

1,520

1,470

1,340

1,270

1,270

1,500

1,940

1,520

1,510

2,880

4,040

3,000

2,110

1,810

1,650

1,570

1,510

1,460

1,480

1,560

1,480

1,560

1,840

2,380

Nov.

3,350

2,900

2,480

2,080

1,870

1,740

1,700

1,630

1,610

1,570

1,560

1,520

1,520

1,510

1,520

1,460

1,460

1,400

1,380

1,370

1,380

1,370

1,340

1,340

1,480

1,760

1,560

1,440

1,400

1,390

-

 Dec.

1,380

1,360

1,320

1,310

1,300

1,310

1,340

1,460

1,550

1,440

1,680

1,790

1,710

1,870

1,920

1,980

1,860

1,720

1,980

3,020

2,360

2,020

2,340

2,900

2,440

2,100

1,860

1,690

2,370

1,230

919

Month

October. ...............

November. ..............

December. ..............

Calendar year 1949 . .

January. ...............

February. ..............

March. ............... i .

April..................

Mav

June ...................

July........... ........

August. ................

September. .............

Water year 1949-50 . .

Jan.

912

971

984

958

958

939

893

945

977

932

1,040

1,020

1,000

1,180

1,770

1,520

1,140

3,410

3,550

5,160

4,420

3,180

1,810

1,320

1,130

1,020

1,070

1,160

1,190

1,120

1,090

Feb.

2,020

2,020

1,440

1,160

925

945

1,380

2,250

1,790

2,490

1,930

1,440

1,440

1,600

1,530

1,360

1,310

997

738

943

1,410

1,350

1,330

1,330

873

672

835

1,240

_

_

-

Mar.

1,630

1,380

1,370

828

672

881

900

1,360

1,650

1,130

900

828

6,580

12,100

5,980

7,240

4,010

3,240

1,580

2,020

4,220

4,040

3,610

3,230

1,840

1,380

2,030

3,340

3,320

2,940

3,010

Apr.

2,550

1,330

1 ', 790

2,830

4,630

4,430

4,300

2,690

1,410

1,780

1,920

1,780

1,940

2,200

2,070

1,410

2,230

2,610

1,640

1,740

1,770

1,800

1,420

1,680

2,590

1,880

1,070

945

756

672

-

Observed

Secondfoot -days

52,750

50,090

55,529

1,148,399

48,769

38,748

89,239

61,863

27 339

43!781

54,325

49,587

76,997

649,017

Maximum

4,040

3,350

3,020

18,200

5,160

2,490

12,100

4,630

1,470

3,310

4,300

3,400

12,600

12,600

Minimum

1,270

1,340

919

919

893

672

672

672

582

642

582

570

763

570

Mean

1,702

1,670

1,791

3,146

. 1,573

1,384

2,879

2,082

882

1,459

1,752

-1,600

2,567

1,778

Hay

702

1,030

1,470

1,150

932

802

841

828

1,040

1,280

993

955

720

684

763

828

880

1,000

945

938

684

808

874

952

834

1,190

630

582

690

678

636

June

848

750

702

642

1,710

1,710

848

1,240

3,310

2,200

886

969

1,030

1,070

998

908

708

2,020

1,510

1,100

1,080

1,910

2,450

994

848

1,940

2,430

2,190

2,490

2,290

-

Change in 

contents in

Allatoona 

Reservoir 

(acre-feet)

_

+10,600

+10, 600

+64,500

+71,700

+66,500

+11,700

+55,900

+29,000

+3,800

-26,300

-18,700

+268,700

July

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

1

2

3

3

4

4

4

1

1

764

582

618

967

920

,460

,410

,160

666

796

360

290

840

730

540

010

580

140

080

670

550

992

420

430

170

360

040

160

300

360

960

Aug.

2,880

3,400

2,820

1,480

1,880

720

1,300

2,410

1,650

1,200

1,790

1,100

570

1,260

1,770

1,610

1,370

1,360

957

588

1,200

1,510

1,660

2,080

2,430

1,310

802

1,600

1,610

1,800

1,470

Sept.

1,770

1,570

984

763

1,380

930

4,960

12,600

5,470

1,640

1,480

1,820

3,160

2,140

1,630

1,590

1,110

2,190

3,040

3,560

3,670

4,180

3,140

1,320

1,730

1,880

1,760

1,850

2,140

1,490 ' -

Adjusted for change in 

reservoir contents

Mean

1,702

1,670

1,963

3,161

2,622

2,675

3,961

2,259

1,791

1,946

1,814

1,172

2,253

2,149

Per square 

mile

1.04

1.02

1.20

1.94

1.61

1.64

2.43

1.39

1.10

1.19

1.11

.719

1.38

1.32

Runoff in 

inches

1.20

1.14

1.38

26.31

1.86

1.71

2.80

1.55

1.27

1.33

1.28

.83

1.54

17.89

231536 O - 53 - 29
438 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Etowah River at Rome, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°15', long. 85°09', at Southern Railway bridge in

 Home, Floyd 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 level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Drainage area. 1,810 square miles.

Records available.--July to December 1903, May 1939 to September 1950. August 1904 to

 June 19'J1 at site at Freemans Ferry, 5 miles upstream, published as Etowah River near 

Rome.

Average discharge. 11 years (1939-50), 2,607 second-feet (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 16,600 second-feet Mar. 14; maximum gage height,

 27.V feet Mar. 14; minimum daily discharge, 610 second-feet July 10. t,

1904-21, 1939-50: 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. Flood of Nov. 30, 1948, reached a stage of 37.5 feet.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

 Discharge computed by using fall, as determined from auxiliary recording gage, as a 

factor.' Moderate diurnal fluctuation during low flow caused by power plant at Cartersville prior to operation of Allatoona Reservoir. Storage and regulation by Allatoona 

Reservoir (see p. 431 ) began on Dec. 27, 1949.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.

1,440

1,400

1,360

1,360

1,360

1,360

1,450

1,510

1,550

1,420

1,370

1,370

1,470

2,000

1,680

1,570

2,320

4,160

3,360

2,310

1,990

1,830

1,740

1,650

1,580

1,600

1,680

1,600

1,640

2,040

2,430

3,740

3,200

2,560

2,160

2,010

1,860

1,860

1,770

1,750

1,760

1,690

1,670

1,670

1,670

1,670

1,610

1,630

1,570

1,530

1,550

1,550

1,550

1,550

1,550

1,670

1,930

1,820

1,590

1,560

1,560

1,550

1,500

1,460

1,460

1,460

1,460

1,460

1,540

1,690

1,550

1,750

1,880

1,880

1,890

1,980

2,040

2,010

1,890

1,940

2,930

2,590

2,170

2,240

2,930

2,580

2,200

2,040

1,700

2,340

1,700

1, 180

1,110

1,130

1,150

1,150

1,150

1,110

1,060

951

989

996

1,260

1,200

1,030

1,240

1,730

2,110

1,220

2,500

3,870

4,930

5,760

3,730

2,000

1,150

1,270

1,160

1,140

1,260

1,340

1,300

1,240

1,750

2,200

1,670

1,460

1,240

916

1,330

2,500

2,210

2,950

3,900

1,780

1,530

2,000

1,830

1,730

1,610

1,340

878

854

1,490

1,520

1,600

1,470

1,350

905

858

1,250

1,830

1,810

1,530

1,420

896

874

1,210

1,220

1,800

1,640

1,130

990

7,430

14,600

7,950

7,590

5,060

4,720

2,740

2,610

5,230

4,400

3,880

3,630

2,250

2,020

1,580

3,480

3,550

3,190

3,240

3,020

2,000

1,210

3,000

4,830

4,860

4,610

3,440

1,900

1,530

1,890 

2,010 

1,890 2,430* 

2,300

1,980

1,410

3,070

1,780

1,630

2,070

1,820

1,970

1,120

2,740

2,220

1,310

1,150

1,030

774

787

869

1,710

1,320

1,170

997.

911

826

1,520

1,310

1,090

1,090

1,100

838

785

1,030

891

1,010

1,240

1,060

890

856

929

1,010

968

1,330

824

702

694

781

672

848

911

825

682

1,170

2,600

990

1,120

3,260

3,340

1,350

869

1,110

1,100

1,220

1,090

980

1,350

1,900

1,210

1,240

1,280

2,590

2,120

1,110

939

2,360

2,490

2,300

2,690

1,810

710

614

1,040

653

1,630

1,450

1,280

904

610

1,170

1,510

1,790

1,840

2,310

1,350

1,140

2,220

2,070

2,020

1,670

1,730

1,110

3,230

2,950

3,770

4,200

5,620

5,800

2,380

1,610

2,900

3,540

3,570

2,000

2,090

1,290

732

2,350

2,260

1,360

1,770

1,950

691

734

2,000

1,900

1,700

1,500

1,200

900

700

1,600

1,800

2,200

1,600

1,500

1,200

900

1,800

2,000

1,700

2,000

1,800

1,400

1,100

900

1,400

4,500

13,000

8,000

3,810

2,310

3,350

3,260

2,870

2,170

1,880

1,550

1,480

3,320

3,490

3,960

4,280

4,330

2,230

1,080

2,240

1,900

1,750

2,700

2,210

Secondroot-days Maximum Minimum Mean

Change in 

contents In 

Allatoona 

Reservoir 

faere-feetl

Adjusted for change In 

reservoir contents

Per square Runoff in' 

mile Inches

October.. 

November. 

December.

55,600

55,260

58,990

4,160

3,740

2,930

1,360

1,530

1,180

1,794

1,842

1,903 +10,600

1,794

1,842

2,075

0.991

1.02

1.15

1.14

1.14

1.33

Calendar year 1949 .. 1,242,030 18,900 1,180 3,403 +10,600 3,418 1.89 25.62

January... 

February.. 

March.....

April.....

May.......

June......

July......

August....

September.

53,236

46,121

105,500

66,994

31,210

47,044

62,191

53,437

90,270

5,760

3,900

14,600

4,860

1,710

3,340

5,800

3,570

13,000

951

854

874

774

672

682

610

691

900

1,717

1,647

3,403

2,233

1,007

1,568

2,006

1,724

3,009

+64,500 

+71,700 

+66,500 

+11,700 

+55,900 

+29,000 

+3,800

-26,300

-18,700

2,766

2,938

4,485

2,430

1,916

2,055

2,068

1,296

2,695

1.53

1.62

2.48

1.34

1.06

1.14

1.14

.716

1.49

1.76

1.89

2.86

1.50

1.22

1.27

1.31

.83

1.66

Water year 1949-50 725,853 14,600 610 1,989 +268,700 .2,360 1.30 17.71

Mote. No gage-height record Aug. 4, -Aug. 

station near Kingston.

15 to Sept. 9; discharge conputed on basis of records for
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 439

Amlcalola Creek near Dawsonville, Ga.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°26', long. 84°13', at bridge on State Highway 53,

5 miles upstream from mouth and 5§- 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 1950. June 1907 to December 1908 (fragmentary)

ana June J.91U to December 1913 lin 1913, gage heights only) at site l| miles upstream. 

Average discharge. 11 years (1939-50), 219 second-feet. 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,460 second-feet Mar. 13 (gage height, 4.34

reet, from recorded range in stage); minimum daily, 118 second-feet Sept. 26-30.

1939-50: 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 except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Moderate diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mills above station. 

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers, February to September; records of

discnarge computed by Geological Survey. 

Revisions (water years). W 1112: 1939(M), 1940-44, 1946-47.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height. In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-16, June 5 to Sept. 30)

0.6 96 1.3 400 

.7 127 1.6 600 

.9 200 2.0 930 

1.1 290 2.9 1,820

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September ^9 50

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

155 

152 

152 

155 

155

196 

226 

181 

170

158

155 

177 

200 

181 

170

298 

448 

315 

234 

209

189

181 

173 

166 

166

181 

162 

189 

185 

389 

565

Nov.

412 

325 

266 

243 

226

213 

209 

200 

196 

192

189 

185 

185 

185 

177

173 

170 

170 

166 

166

162 

158 

158 

162 

196

166 

162 

158 

162 

158

Dec.

152 

152 

148

146 

148

144 

177 

162 

152 

177

213 

243 

239 

213 

209

192 

185 

458 

460 

295

252 

262 

358 

276 

246

358 

418 

325 

281 

257 

243

Jan.

234 

226 

226 

257 

276

266 

290 

257 

243 

252

271 

290 

295 

290 

276

271 

330 

370 

412 

400

335 

310 

290 

281 

271

266 

295 

295 

285 

281 

271

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

mber .........................

lendar year 194 

ary

uary

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

271 

285 

346 

300 

276

266 

394 

335 

335 

352

340 

315 

310 

454 

412

352 

320 

305 

295 

285

276 

315 

315 

285 

276

266 

262 

257

Secondfoot-days

6,633 

5,890 

7,545

110,114

8,912 

8,800 

12,226 

7,626 

6,260 

7,434 

5,429 

4,637 

4,961

86,353

Mar.

325 

281 

266 

257 

252

252 

340 

352 

315 

285

276 

300 

1,800 

1,100 

600

450 

400 

350 

340 

325

325 

325 

300 

290 

290

280 

300 

380 

300 

290 

280

Apr.

280 

280 

270 

280 

400

350 

3OO

280 

270 

270

260 

260 

250 

248 

248

243 

239 

234 

234 

234

226 

220 

220 

220 

230

240 

220 

210 

210 

200

Maximum

565 

412 

460

2,900

412 

454 

1,800 

400 

300 

1,160 

252 

196 

295

1,800

May

210 

220 

3OO 

220 

200

200 

190 

190 

190 

190

190 

190 

204 

217 

209

192 

222 

209 

209 

2OO

192 

192 

192 

189 

173

170 

170 

173 

166 

196 

295

Minimum

152 

158 

144

144

226 

257- 

252 

200 

166 

144 

134 

121 

118

118

June

204 

181 

295 

1,160 

454

310 

266 

290 

276 

252

234

217 

209 

209 

204

217 

2OO 

189 

181 

181

209 

200 

189 

177 

166

158 

158 

152 

152 

144

Mean

214 

196 

243

302

287 

314 

394 

254 

202 

248 

175 

150 

165

237

July

141 

141 

138 

138 

148

196 

158 

148 

141 

134

138 

209 

209 

204

217

252 

217 

185 

162 

146

144 

152 

152 

185 

170

192 

252 

234 

185 

162 

177

Aug.

162 

158 

146 

141 

152

166 

141 

134 

127 

127

134 

134 

124 

189 

158

185 

162 

196 

173 

146

134 

130 

124 

121 

121

141 

152 

189 

152 

144 

170

Per square 

mile

2.53 

2.31 

2.87

3.57

3.39 

3.71 

4.65 

3.00 

2.38 

2.93 

2.07 

1.77 

1.95

2.80

Sept.

222 

217 

181 

166 

158

141 

230 

290 

295 

222

192

170 

158 

152 

144

141 

141 

138 

134 

134

158 

181 

152 

130 

124

118 

118 

118 lie

118

Runoff in 

inches

2.92 

2.58 

3.31

46.35

3,91 

3.86 

5.36 

3.35 

2.74 

3.27 

2.39 

2.04 

2.18

37.91

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 sec. -ft.) . Mar. 13 (time unknown) 3,460 sec. -ft. i June 4 (11 a.m.)

2,50O see.-ft.

Mote.--Ho gage-height record Mar. 12 to Apr. 13, Apr. 22 to May 12; discharge computed on basis of 

recorded range In stage and records for Etowah River near Dawsonville.
440 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Cedar Creek near Cedartown, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°04', long. 85°19', 700 feet downstream from 

oridge on State Highway 161, 4| miles upstream from Lake Creek, and 4| miles northwest 

of Cedartown, Polk County.

Drainage area.--109 square miles.

Records available.--October 1942 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,680 second-feet Mar. 13 (gage height, 10.5 

I'eet); minimum daily, 42 second-feet Aug. 23.

1942-50: Maximum discharge, 12,500 second-feet Nov. 28, 1948 (gage height, 16.4 

feet), from rating curve extended above 4,500 second-feet on basis of slope-conveyance 

studies; minimum daily, 29 second-feet Oct. 22, 29, Nov. 26, 1944.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of fragmentary or no gage-height record, 

wnicn are fair. Diurnal fluctuation and moderate regulation at low flow caused by power 

plants above station.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

.4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

49

48

53

48

51

55

258

67

56

55

51

103

93

63

56

130

107

75

66

62

58

56

55

54

55

54

53

58

54

154

264

Nov.

167

116

95

83

77

72

70

67

66

65

62

62

60

62

58

56

56

56

56

56

56

54

53

54

62

54

54

52

51

51

-

Dec.

50

49

49

50

49

50

53

54

51

65

70

63

65

86

81

75

70

70

71

68

66

70

133

97

85

86

99

88

81

77

72

Jan.

70

70

67

67

68

68

89

75

72

78

150

113

105

113

113

116

215

248

215

230

174

152

133

123

103

99

121

109

99

95

89

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May

June .............................

July .............................

Angust ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

a85

f91

fill

alOO

a95

a90

3.250

a230

a200

a220

a210

a!90

a!70

a200

alSO

a!60

alSO

140

133

116

116

125

128

109

101

95

91

89

_

-

Seccndfcct-days

2,459

2,003

2,193

60,302

3,639

3,975

9,107

3,533

2,235

2,526

2,430

2 Qfi<S j 3DD

9,165

46,231

Mar.

109

99

91

89

95

105

97

201

162

128

113

159

2,790

1,450

521

382

289

246

213

191

179

160

145

138

135

125

125

198

140

121

111

Apr.

109

107

101

113

478

206

160

140

125

118

113

109

103

99

95

93

91

91

89

88

85

88

95

88

103

103

88

85

85

85

Maximum

264

167

133

2,920

248

250

2,790

478

135

250

222

583

2,150

2,790

May

S3

88

135

97

85

81

80

75

72

70

80

77

74

78

75

72

67

66

66

66

65

66

62

60

59

58

56

56

56

54

56

Minimum

48

51

49

41

67

85

89

85

54

54

48

42

77

42

June

55

56

70

83

68

58

55

241

250

123

97

83

74

70

72

78

67

63

61

61

86

156

80

68

65

62

59

56

55

54

-

Mean

79.3

66.8

70.7

165

117

142

294

118

72.1

84.2

78.4

95.7

306

127

July

54

53

51

51

52

71

53

50

50

48

48

72

74

68

88

72

66

63

58

55

109

104

67

109

222

85

77

71

67

114

208

Aug.

86

77

68

61

59

58

55

53

51

51

52

53

48

48

50

52

53

56

88

54

51

54

42

43

74

205

333

583

128

135

145

Per sqnare 

mile

0.728

.613

.649

1.51

1.07

1.30

2.70

1.08

.661

.772

.719

.878

2.81

1.17

Sept.

614

898

311

220

182

140

1,000

2,150

598

408

300

248

216

182

160

148

155

128

121

113

109

103

99

93

88

85

81

78

78

77

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.84

.68

.75

20.56

1.23

1.35

3.11

1.20

.76

.86

.83

1.01

3.14

15.76

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 sec. -ft.). Mar. 13 (8 p.m.) 4,680 sec. -ft.; Sept. 8 (4 a.m.) 3,620

sec.-ft.

 a He gage-height record; discharge computed 

stations.

f Fragmentary gage-height record; discharge

on basis of weather records.and records for nearby 

computed from partly estimated gage heights.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 441

Chattooga River at Summerville, Ga.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°28', long. 85°20', 600 feet downstream from bridge 

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.

Records available. March 1937 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--13 years, 351 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 9,720 second-feet Sept. 8 (gage height, 17.0 

reet); minimum daily, 71 second-feet Oct. 2.

1937-50: Maximum discharge, 22,700 second-feet Nov. 28, 1948 (gage height, 20.6 

feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 10,000 second-feet by logarithmic plotting; minimum daily, 38 second-feet Oct. 17, 1937, Nov. 9, 12, 1939.

Remarks. Recorda good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Low and medium flow regulated by power plant at Trion, 6 miles above station.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.2 62 6.0 842 13.5 3,610 

2.5 102 8.0 1,400 14.2 4,250 

3.3 236 10.0 2,040 15.0 5,420 

4.2 414 12.0 2,810 16.2 7,760

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oot.

83 

71 

102 

120

102

96 

123

150 

82 

102

119 

110 

108 

108 

120

153 

1,160 

1,870 

436 

321

272

198 

191 

203 

170

153 

155 

142 

143 

611 

2,920

Nov.

1,350 

668 

480 

382 

331

282 

291 

245 

222 

213

199 

182 

184 

194 

199

184 

181 

177 

170 

119

153 

155 

153 

108 

170

160 

145 

160 

127 

130 

"

Dec.

al40 

al50 

also 

a!50 

alSO

a!50 

a!60 

al70 

a!60 

a200

a250 

a220 

a320 

321 

272

245 

222 

223 

331 

291

263 

272 

538 

414 

351

372 

393 

341 

311

291 

272

Jan.

236 

245 

232 

232 

254

842 

3,220 

1,280 

764 

644

920 

716 

716 

740 

716

644 

620 

668 

868 

1,050

716 

596 

503 

436 

393

351 

1,020 

868 

644 

549 

480

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Decs

Ca

Janu 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lender year 1949 

ary

1..... .......................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

447 

549 

842 

620 

526

458 

1,430 

1,220 

1,310 

1,640

1,030 

790 

644 

1,110 

1,190

764 

596 

503 

447 

404

362 

382 

382 

331 

311

291 

282 

263

Seocndfoot-days

10,694 

7,714 

8,093

170,028

22,163 

19,124 

25,137 

7,181 

4,871 

8,859 

8,248 

8,252 

39,265

169,601

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 sec.-ft. ) . Oct

ft.; Mar. 13 (10 p.m.) 8,950 sec.. -ft.; Sept. 

ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed 

nearby stations.

Mar.

321 

301 

272 

263 

245

245 

263 

538 

480 

393

362 

786 

6,210 

4,920 

1,580

1,110 

816 

668 

538 

492

469 

414 

382 

351 

341

321 

341 

608 

414 

362 

331

Apr.

321 

311 

301 

331 

447

321 

291 

272 

254 

272

254 

245 

227 

225 

227

218 

204 

198 

227 

206

196 

184 

184 

184 

187

206 

196 

176 

147 

169

Maximum

2,920 

1,350 

538

10,200

3,220 

1,640 

6,210 

447 

204 

906 

1,140 

790 

7,760

7,760

May

181 

164 

204 

164 

170

167 

162 

162 

157 

157

155 

153 

164 

160 

187

179 

157 

152 

147 

152

138 

174 

142 

142 

140

138 

138 

125 

133 

147 

160

Minimum

71 

108 

140

56

232 

263 

245 

147 

125 

147 

102 

155 

210

71

June

153 

147 

254 

906 

570

291 

232 

232 

697 

842

469 

351 

282 

254 

311

282 

216 

204 

192 

184

210 

222 

231 

176 

176

169 

157 

152 

150 

147

Mean

345 

257 

261

466

715 

683 

811 

239 

157 

295 

266 

266 

1,309

465

July

136 

130 

136 

145 

140

135 

125 

102 

116 

133

133 

153 

170 

147 

184

382 

291 

236 

198 

179

187 

174 

165 

254 

236

816 

1,140 

692 

469 

351 

393

Aug.

301 

372 

404 

311 

272

234 

215 

198 

192 

186

198 

172 

155 

160 

160

160 

157 

218 

790 

282

223 

176 

176 

169 

232

311 

263 

211 

191 

447 

716

Per square 

mile

1.78 

1.33 

1.35

2.41

3.70 

3.54 

4.20 

1.24 

.813 

1.53 

1.38 

1.38 

6.78

2.41

Sept.

2,010 

5,590 

2,050 

790 

560

447 

1,300 

7,760 

3,880 

3,490

3,300 

1,370 

894 

668 

560

480 

425 

382 

341 

321

301 

321 

362 

282 

263

245 

234 

216 

210 

213

Runoff in 

inches

2.05 

1.48 

1.56

32.74

4.27 

3.69 

4.84 

1.38 

.94 

1.71 

1,59 

1.59 

7.56

32.66

. 31 (1 p.m.) 3,760 sec.-ft.; Jan. 7 (11 a.m.) 4,030 seo.- 

2 (10 a.m.) 6,500 sec.-ft.; Sept. 8 (3 p.m.) 9,720 sec.-

on basis of recorded range in stage and records for
442 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Chattooga River at Gaylesville, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°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).

Drainage area.--377 square miles.

Records available.--June 1937 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 13 years, 674 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 12,700 second-feet Mar. 14 (gage height, 20.6 

reet); minimum daily, 184 second-feet Oct. 3.

1937-50: Maximum discharge, 32,000 second-feet Nov. 29, 1948 (gage height, 24.6 

feet, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 18,000 

second-feet; minimum daily, 74 second-feet Oct. 21, 1940.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of backwater or no gage-height record, 

wMch are fair. Some regulation at low flow by power plant 27 miles above station.

Revisions (water years). W 1052: 1938, 1943-44.

Rating table, water year 1949-50, except periods of backwater 

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

4.4 177 9.0 1,280 18.0 6.4OO 

5.0 261 12.0 2,480 19.0 8,160 

5.5 346 15.0 3,720 20.4 12,100 

6.0 449 16.0 4,290 

7.0 687 17.0 5,170

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

IS 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30

31

Oct.

196 

203 

184 

" 210 

217

210 

210 

238 

231 

190

210 

217 

217 

210 

210

231 

687 

2,200 

1,300 

516

406 

346 

309 

292 

276

261 

254 

261 

254

714 

3,200

Nov.

3,590 

1,440 

852 

661 

563

493 

449 

427 

385 

365

327 

346 

309 

346 

327

309 

309 

292 

292 

276

254 

261 

292 

254 

276

292 

261 

261 

261 

254

Dec.

246 

246 

238 

238 

231

238 

246 

246 

238 

292

385 

385 

427 

516 

471

406 

365 

427 

636 

339 

1

493 

940 

823 

636

636 

713 

636 

563

516 

471

Jan.

427 

406 

406 

385 

406

551 

2,800 

3,560 

1,480 

1,090

1,600 

1,360 

1,400 

1,360 

1,440

1,210 

1,180 

1,280 

1,560 

2,320

1,520 

1,180 

1,000 

881 

767

661 

1,290 

1,880 

1,210 

1,060 

910

Month

Octo 

Neve 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

lendar year 1949 

ary

h....... .....................

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

795 

930 

1,760 

1,280 

1,030

910 

1,880 

2,840 

2,080 

3,000

2,320 

1,600 

1,280 

1,680 

2,440

1,560 

1,150 

970 

852 

740

687 

661 

795 

611 

563

539 

493 

493

Second 

fcot-days

14.66C 

15,024 

13,914

325,714

38,580 

35,93£ 

55,323 

15,371 

9,15C 

13,67£ 

14.66S 

15,304 

71,453

313, 06E

Mar.

1,400 

823 

636 

587 

539

516

516 

1,500 

1,280 

881

3670 

32,000 

37 , 000 

12,100 

C7.500

C3 , 000 

2,000 

1,440 

1,150 

1,030

970 

852 

767 

687 

713

636 

661 

1,210 

910 

713 

636

Apr.

611 

611 

587 

696 

1,800

852 

636 

611 

563 

539

516 

493 

471 

449 

427

427 

406 

385 

385 

406

346 

385 

365 

346 

365

365 

346 

346 

327

309

Maximum

3,200 

3,590 

940

22 , 100

3,560 

3,000 

12,100 

1,800 

406 

1,600 

1,440 

1,280 

8,880

12,100

Peak discharge (base, 5.00O sec. -ft.). Mar. 14 (9 a.m.

May

309 

327 

406 

346 

327

309 

309 

292 

292 

292

292 

309 

346 

309 

309

309 

292 

276 

276 

276

276 

261 

292 

261 

261

261 

261 

276 

261 

261 

276

Minimum

184 

254 

231

184

385 

493 

516 

309 

261 

261 

217 

292 

385

184

June

276 

261 

276 

592 

1,190

471 

365 

346 

572 

1,600

795 

587 

471 

406 

385

516 

365 

346 

309 

309

327 

427 

449 

346

309

292 

292 

276 

261 

261

Mean

473 

501 

449

892

1,245 

1,284 

1,785 

512 

295 

456 

473 

494 

2,382

858

July

254 

246 

238 

254 

261

292 

261 

246 

217 

224

246 

309 

309 

276 

292

867 

898 

493 

385 

346

309 

327 

292 

385 

406

974 

1,440 

1,360 

940 

661 

661

Aug.

539 

563 

611 

563 

471

406 

365 

346 

327 

327

327 

327 

292 

309 

309

292 

292 

292

1,280 

1,030

427 

365 

309 

292 

292

493 

876 

516 

406 

1,060 

1,000

Per square 

mile

1.25 

1.33 

1.19

2.37

3.30 

3.41 

4.73 

1.36 

.782 

1.21 

1.25 

1.31 

6.32

2.28

Sept.

2,760 

6,400 

7,160 

c4,200 

1,250

881 

1,480 

5,620 

7,730 

8,880

C6,600 

C5,400 

c2,200 

1,360 

1,090

910 

795 

713 

661 

611

563 

539 

611 

516 

471

449 

427 

406 

385 

385

Runoff in 

inches

1.45 

1.48 

1.37

32.12

3.81 

3.55 

5.46 

1.52 

.90 

1.35 

1.45 

1.51 

7.05

30.90

) 12,700 sec. -ft.; Sept. 3 (6 p.m.) 7,340

sec.-rt.; Sept. 10 (4 p.m.) 9,410 sec.-ft.

3 No gsge-helght record; discharge computed on basis of records for nearby stations, 

c Backwater from return of overflow.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 443

Terrapin Creek near Piedmont, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°57', long. 85°34', in SE^ sec. 27, T. 12 S., R. 

lu u., at bridge on State Highway 74, 500 feet upstream from Southern Railway bridge, 

half a mile upstream from Ladiga Creek, and 3 miles northeast of Piedmont.

Drainage area. 115 square miles.

Records available.--June 1944 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,900 second-feet Mar. 13 (gage height, 9.6 

reet); minimum, 11 second-feet July 11.

1945-50: Maximum discharge, 21,000 second-feet Nov. 28, 1948 (gage height, 13.3 

feet), from rating curve extended above 10,400 second-feet on basis of slope and conveyance studies; minimum, 2.9 second-feet Sept. 28-30, Oct. 2, 6, 1947.

Remarks . Records fair.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Dot.

18 

16 

14 

14 

16

17 

168 

45 

32 

27

24 

23 

25 

25 

23

28 

71 

41 

32 

27

25 

23 

22

20 

20

21 

22 

25

27 

119 

341

Nov.

150 

85 

60 

49 

44

40 

40 

39 

36 

35

36 

36

40 

42 

37

36 

35 

35 

36 

37

39 

39 

37 

40 

45

44

40 

40 

40 

40

Dec.

37 

36 

35 

35 

35

35

37 

48 

41 

54

109 

75 

78 

116 

107

97 

75 

78 

101 

84

71 

71 

243 

153 

107

113 

187 

131 

101 

85 

73

Jan.

65 

61 

60 

60 

75

73 

165 

127 

101 

105

315 

207 

163 

173 

181

171 

397 

516 

296 

296

210 

171 

143 

127 

109

99 

109 

109 

97 

93 

87

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary . . .

1... .........................

ember .........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

85 

87 

136

111 

99

91 

433

448 

601 

851

444 

288 

223 

292 

281

210 

173 

148 

136 

122

110 

129 

155 

120 

109

105 

97 

95

Seoondfoot-days

1,351 

1,352 

2,648

66,666

4,961 

6,185 

10,726 

4,948 

2,794 

1,637 

1,972 

1,684 

6,754

47,012

Har.

150 

141 

120 

116 

129

124 

136 406' 

331 

213

171 

249 

3,770 

1,210 

520

373 

266 

220

187 

184

178 

160 

145 

138 

136

131 

133 

239 

176 

143 

131

Apr.

129 

129 

120 

145 

923

348 

226

184 

160 

148

143 

136 

124 

120 

109

103 

101 

101 

103

103

91 

89 

97 

87 

244

210 

145 

122 

107 

101

Maximum

341 

150 

243

4,500

516 

851 

3,770 

923 

309 

165 

352 

292 

1,340

3,770

Hay

95 

113 

309 

190 

143

118 

101 

91 

84 

82

101 

97 

87 

95 

109

87 

71 

63 

61 

87

71 

82 

66 

58 

51

51 

44 

47 

42 

44 

54-

Minimum

14 

35 

35

14

60 

85 

116 

87 

42 

16 

12 

18 

30

12

June

48 

41 

44 

127 

84

54 

45 

90 

165 

80

60 

47 

41 

41 

41

44 

39 

35 

33 

34

74 

122 

58 

42 

35

30 

24 

22 

21 

16

Mean

43.6

45.1 

85.4

183

160 

221 

346 

165 

90.1 

54.6 

63.6 

54.3 

225

129

July

16 

14 

IS 

15 

16

22

20 

20 

17 

14

12 

33 

75 

68 

85

118 

58 

42 

51 

36

34 

75 

42 

125 

352

105 

113 

141 

99 

68 

71

Aug.

54 

48 

44 

39 

33

30 

28 

26 

25

31

58 

34 

27 

25 

27

27 

27 

44 

83 

42

28 

25 

20 

18 

34

87 

84 

135 

54 

155 

292

Per square 

mile

0.379 

.392 

.743

1.59

1.39 

1.92 

3.01 

1.43 

.783 

.475 

.553 

.472 

1.96

1.12

Sept.

1,340 

950 

229 

155 

93

65 

793 

1,210 

344 

300

216 

148 

109 

85 

71

61 

57 

57 

51 

47

42 

45 

49 

41 

36

31 

30

31 

33 

35

Runoff in 

inches

0.44 

.44 

.86

21.57

1.60 

2.00 

3.47 

1.60 

.90 

.53 

.64 

.54 

2.18

15.20

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 sec . -f t . ) . --Mar . 13 (4 p.m.) 5,900 sec. -ft.; Sept. 1 (9 p.m.) 2,820

sec. -ft.; Sept. 8 (12-.3Q a.m.) S, 520" sec. -ft.
444 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,430 second-feet Mar. 14 (gage height, 12.0 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum, 60 second-feet Oct. 2.

1943-50: Maximum discharge observed, 11,800 second-feet Jan. 5, 1949 (gage height, 

14.2 feet, from graph based on gage readings): 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 period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

tJage read twice daily.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 1 to Dec. 11, June 5 to July 26)

1.8 54 3.5 Z98 9.5 Z,84O 

Z.O 71 4.0 413 1O.O 3,650 

Z.Z 91 6.O 1,OOO 1Z.O ' 7 430 

2.6 140 8.0 1,840 

3.O 20Z 9.0 2,390

Discharge, in. second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

26

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

66 

6O 

62 

66 

6Z

81 

76 

76 

71 

66

66 

66 

66 

71 

86

81 

1Z7 

169 

1O8 

91

81 

81 

76 

71 

71

71 

71 

66 

71 

91 

716

Nov.

65Z 

341 

238 

184 

169

154 

147 

-134 

127 

120

114 

114 

108 

108

102

96

91 

91 

91 

86

86 

86 

81 

81 

102

91 

86 

86 

76 

76

Dec.

81 

71 

76 

71 

71

71 

76 

76 

71 

114

154 

140 

169 

169 

147

127 

120 

147 

162 

147

140 

140

257 

257 

2O2

185 

177 

162 

147 

134 

134

Jan.

120 

114 

114 

114 

130

319 

1,320 

1,520 

580 

493

730 

640 

580 

640 

640

580 

521 

531 

580 

810

610 

493 

439 

388 

341

319 

755 

l.OOO 

640 

493 

439

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febi 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augvi 

Sept

We

her ..........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 194£ 

ary . . .

h.. ..........................

1 ............................

ember ........................

iter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

388

555 

1,160 

67O 

521

466 

61O 

1,360 

1,160 

1,000

900 

670 

550 

640 

610

493 

439 

388 

364 

319

319 

319 

319 

277 

277

238 

329 

238

Secondfoot-days

3,08

4,11 

4,19

139,42

16,97 

15,47 

29,13 

7,22 

4,34 

5,12 

6,96 

5,95 

18,40

121,OO

Mar.

8O7 

726 

388 

364 

341

319 

298 

466 

466 

388

319 

711 

5,340 

6,430 

2,900

1,200 

810 

670 

580 

610

493 

439 

413 

388 

388

341 

401 

840 

521 

413 

364

Apr.

341 

341 

319 

298 

439

541 

357 

277 

277 

257

257 

238 

238 

320 

320

202 

202 

211 

184 

154

177 

185 

211 

202 

341

185 

169 

169 

162 

154

Maximum

3 716 

8 652 

5 257

2 9,83O

3 1,520 

3 1,360 

4 6,43O 

3 439 

1 211 

5 424 

5 810 

3 521 

3 2,040

7 6,430

Peak discharge (base, 3.6OO sec. -ft. ) .--Mar. 14 (1 a.m

May

154 

154 

302 

169 

154

154 

154 

140 

140 

140

14O 

147 

147 

154 

162

140 

211 

a!60 

a!40 

a!30

a!20 

120

120 

127 

114

114

114 

1O8 

102 

103 

108

Minimum

60 

76 

71

60

114 

229 

298 

154 

103 

96 

81 

102 

140

60

June

103 

102 

108 

182 

364

177 

134 

127 

211 

184

140 

134 

120 

120 

102

233 

162 

114 

102 

96

140 

424 

388 

413 

185

127 

120 

114 

108 

102

Mean

99. E 

137 

135

383

548 

553 

940

241 

140 

171 

225 

192 

614

333

July

96 

96

91 

91 

127

120 

96 

91 

81 

81

81 

127 

120 

163 

341

439 

257 

229 

162 

127

120 

127 

108 

257 

364

314 

810 

790 

484 

319 

257

Aug.

211 

320 

277 

238 

169

154 

147 

134 

127 

127

127 

114 

108 

102 

145

521 

177 

141 

493 

398

140

140 

134 

102 

318

257 

329 

127 

114 

177 

290

Sept.

700 

1,790 

1,460 

550 

388

277 

564 

1,400 

2,040 

1,400

1,740 

1,160 

640 

493 

413

364 

341 

319 

277 

257

238 

229 

220 

184 

177

177 

169 

154 

147

140

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.536 0.61 

.725 .81 

.714 .83

3.02 27.44

2.9O 3.34 

2.93. 3.05 

4.97 5.73 

1.28 1.42 

. 741 . 85 

.905 1.01 

1.19 1.37 

1.02 1.17 

3.25 3.62

1.76 23.81

) 7,430 sec. -ft.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 445

Big Canoe Creek near Gadsden, Ala.

Location. Water-stage reqorder, lat. 33°54', long. 86°OV, inSWt'sec. 15, T. 13 S., R. 5 

E., 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). 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.

Records available. January 1938 to September 1950.

A'verage discharge. 11 years (1939-50), 448 second-feet.

Jixtremes. Maximum discharge during year, 11,300 second-feet Mar. 14 (gage height, 19.2 

reef); minimum, 38 second-feet Oct. 11, 12, July 11, 12.

1938-50: 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 Oc.t. 1, 1945, 10 second-feet 

Oct. 10, 22, Nov. 1, 1948; minimum not determined prior to Oct. 1, 1945.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of backwater from Coosa River, which are

Rating tables, water year 1949-5O, except periods of backwater 

(gage height, In feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 14 Mar. 15 to Sept. 30

2.5 38 4.5 490 10.0 2,260 2.5 36 3.2 130 4.5 508 

2.7 56 5.O 634 12.0 3,340 2.7 53 3.6 228 5.0 642 

2.9 SO 6.0 853 14.0 4,760 2.9 78 4.0 350 5.4 730 

3.2 128 7.0 1,130 16.0 6.8OO 

3.6 210 8.0 1,460 18.0 9.3OO Note. Same as preceding table above 

4.0 321 9.0 1,840 19. 0 10.9OO 5.4 feet.

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

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 

44 

40 

40 

4O

43 

45 

45 

44 

41

39 

38 

194 

443 

257

203 

443 

521 

192 

145

125 

105 

94 

83 

77

71 

66 

68 

66 

137 

1,130

Nov.

920 

405 

215

171 

143

130 

116 

106 

98 

94

86 

83 

86 

106 

106

83 

75 

70 

67 

65

63 

62 

60 

59 

60

60 

60 

59 

58 

57

Dec.

56 

55 

53 

53 

53

52 

55 

63 

79 

106

220 

203

431 

474 

277

227 

180 

440 

853 

427

283 

270 

750 

564 

328

274 

252 

232 

201

180 

161

Jan.

151 

143 

139 

138 

145

478 

1,840 

1,640 

755 

535

1,100 

902 

877 

73O 

750

708 

790 

877 

730 

708

535 

427 

382 

332

289

£57 

402 

443 

311 

274 

244

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May 

June 

Juls 

Augu 

Sept

WE

ber ..........................

lendar year 1949 ............

ary

h. ...........................

1 ....:.......................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

224 

643 

1,640 

990 

579

443 

1,090 

1,490 

1,110 

1,720

1,39O 

853 

660 

768 

810

5 2O 

396 

332 

289 

257

234 

232 

263 

232

197

190 

175 

159

Secondfoot-days

4,93 

3,82 

7,85

195,74

18, 03 

17,88 

46,81 

7,03 

6,17 

3,01 

17,00 

3,64 

12,94

149,15

Mar.

387 

505 

229 

195 

197

199 

2O3

831 

798 

321

269 

1,010 

8,310 

1O,7OO 

6,950

3,340 

cl,3OO 

c810 

c570 

cl,100

cl, 240 

c640 

C500 

405 

462

687 

631 

1,680 

1,240 

642 

462

Apr.

396 

380 

337 

331 

750

431 

275 

245 

234 

214

204 

198 

181 

164 

154

148 

139 

169 

363 

214

171 

145 

143 

139

171

212 

150 

126 

124 

122

Maximum

3 1,13O 

5 920 

2 853

3 17,600

2 - 1,840 

3 1,720 

5 1O, 7QO 

3 75O 

5 720 

5 375 

7 3,470 

5 618 

3 1,530

7 10,700

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 sec. -ft. ) .--Mar. 14 (11 a.ra

Bay

120 

134 

677 

543 

254

201 

171 

152 

137 

126

137 

119 

111 

119 

289

231 

128 

106 

129 

7 2O

356 

204 

162 

134

119

1O6 

97 

109 

108 

88 

88

Minimum

38 

57 

52

38

138 

159 

195 

122 

88 

48 

38 

45 

74

38

June

86 

80 

75 

217 

201

126 

94 

83 

96 

126

124 

91 

75 

67 

62

63 

75 

55 

52 

50

83 

375 

186 

108 

81

68 

62 

55 

51 

48

Mean

159 

127 

253

536

582 

639 

1,51C 

234 

199 

10C 

549 

116 

432

409

July

46 

44 

42 

42 

42

46 

49 

46 

48 

42

38 

47 

341 

447 

2,180

3,470 

2,82O 

1,610 

551 

389

312 

306 

234 

474 

705

363 

478 

493 

537 

447 

318

Aug.

263 

260 

198 

164 

139

119 

104 

94 

84 

78

78 

120 

84 

71 

64

94 

92 

67 

64 '62

63 

57 

52 

49 

46

45 

45 

48 

56 

268 

618

Per square 

mile

0.668 

.534 

1.06

2.25

2.45 

2.68 

6.34 

.983 

.836 

.420 

2.31 

.496 

.182

1.72

) 11,300 sec. -ft.; July 16 (2 a.

Sept.

1,110 

1,460 

784 

462 

415

275 

456 

1,530 

c950 

c670

c560 

c570 

c670 

c560 

415

293 

245 

206 

178

157

139 

124 

117 

108 

97

69

83 

75 

74 

74

Runoff in 

inches

0.77 

.60 

1.23

30.59

2.82 

2.79 

7.32 

1.10 

.96 

.47 

2.66 

.57 

2.02

23.31

m.) 4,000

see.-ft.

e Backwater from Coosa River; discharge computed on basis of auxiliary gage heights, weather records^ 

and records for stations on nearby streams.
446 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

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 l£ miles north of Jenifer. Datum of gage is 554.15 feet

above mean sea level, adjustment of 1903. 

Drainage area. 275 square miles. 

Records a vail able.--August 1903 to February 1908-, May 1929 to March 1932, May 1935 to

September 195U.

Average discharge. 21 years (1903-7, 1929-31, 1935-50), 400 second-feet. 

.Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,020 second-feet Mar. 15 (gage height, 5.7

FeeTfT; minimum daily, 103 second-feet July 5, 11.

1903-8, 1929-32, 1935-50: 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 except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

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 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used May 31 to Sept. 30)

1.8 103 2.7 324 4.0 883 

2.1 162 3.0 431 5.0 1,530 

2.4 234 3.5 638 5.4 1,810

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 15'

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

119 

117 

117 

117 

114

116 

117 

116 

117 

114

114 

110 

114 

119 

114

116 

119 

129 

125 

121

117 

114 

114 

110 

110

107 

107 

112 

114 

142 

211

Nov.

245 

171 

145 

133 

125

121 

121 

121 

119 

119

119 

117 

121 

117 

121

117

114 

114 

112 

114

114 

112 

110 

112 

119

119 

119 

117 

117 

112

Dec.

112 

114 

110 

112 

110

112 

117 

117 

129 

133

139 

162 

154 

152 

166

162

152 

152 

149 

162

152 

158 

184 

251 

201

173 

171 

173 

164 

154 

145

Jan.

143 

143 

141 

139 

154

152 

180 

211 

191 

196

277 

320 

260 

240 

230

250 

330 

630 

800 

500

410 

330 

290 

271 

256

240 

234 

240 

231 

218 

211

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Haro 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

203 

211 

245 

259 

237

224 

288 

462

735 

1,460

1,530 

908 

594 

638 

731

572 

470 

401 

358 

327

302 

431 

616 

462 

387

394 

334 

308

Secondfoot days

3,70! 3,73- 

4,64!

174, 962

8,41f 14,08- 

17,725 

8,90{ 

6,80! 

6,36C 

7,62C 

5,173 

9,54]

96,71!

Mar.

427 

494 

416 

398 

383

383 

387 

478 

594 

522

435 

390 

800 

1,420 

1,810

1,190 

684 

535 

458 

502

526 

458 

398 

369 

447

416 

424 

594 

551 

450 

383

Apr.

358 

348 

331 

324 

502

616 

478 

401 

358 

331

311. 

302 

286 

268 

256

248 

245 

242

240 

237

231 

218 

216 

216 

226

237 

240 

230 

210 

200

Maximum

S 211 

1 245 

! 251

7,360

1 800 

1,530 

! 1,810 

> 616 

500 

> 1,110 

) 1,030 

L 259 

805

> 1,810

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 sec. -ft.). Mar. 15 (9 p.m.

May

200 

260 

500 

430 

340

280 

240 

230 

220 

200

200 

210 

220 

230 

220

210 

200 

190 

190 

190

200 

190 

180 

180 

170

160 

160 

150 

150 

150 

152

Minimum

107 

110 

110

107

139 

203 

369 

200 

150 

112 

103 

125 

147

103

June

156 

145 

137 

1,110 

747

298 

221 

201 

231 

213

196 

180 

171 

158 

154

152 

145 

139 

133 

141

141 

160 

158 

149 

137

129 

121 

117 

114 

112

Mean

119 

125 

150

479

272 

503 

572 

297 

219 

212 

246 

167 

318

265

July

108 

108 

107 

107 

103

flOS 

f!07 

fl!7 

119 

108

103 

fl92 

203 

f221 

289

f259 

218 

f!84 

160 

f!49

147 

135 

135 

161 

1,030

883 

502 

427 

380 

435 

318

Aug.

259 

229 

240 

245 

203

184 

173 

166 

158 

152

149 

164 

158 

143 

133

162 

141 

143 

173 

171

145 

133 

125 

125 

133

137 

154 

189 

164 

145 

175

Per square 

mile

0.433 

.455 

.545

1.74

.989 

1.83 

2.08 

1.08 

.796 

.771 

.895 

.607 

1.16

.964

2,020 sec. -ft.

Sept.

647 

450 

478 

280 

224

194 

389 

708 

805 

616

594 

482 

390 

327 

271

242 

221 

206 

201 

191

196 

177 

162 

171 

164

158 

152

149 

149 

147

Runoff in ' 

inches

0.50 

.51 

.63

23.67

1.14 

1.91 

2.40 

1.20 

.92 

.88 

1.03 

.70 

1.29

13.09

t Computed from partly estimated gage-height record.- 

Halt, No gage-height record Jan. 12-23, Apr. 27 to May 30j discharge computed on basis of recorded 

range In stage and records for station near Lincoln.
MDBILE RIVER BASIN' 447

Choccolocco Creek near Lincoln, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°34', long. 86°08', In SW^ sec. 9, T. 17 S., R. 5 

E., 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. Datum of gage is 448.50 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929, unadjusted.

Drainage area. 491 square miles.

Records available.--October 1938 to September 1950.

Average discharge.-.-12 years , 708 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,430 second-feet Feb. 10 (gage height, 7.1 

reet); minimum daily, 200 second-feet July 11.

1938-50: 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 daily, 

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 table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 17 to July 25)

1.1 200 3.0

1.5 292 4.0

2.0 451 6.1

2.5 656

900

1,430

2,730

Discharge, in eecond-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

. 23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

214

210

206

208

212

212

212

210

212

210

208

206

206

212

212

214

218

220

227

218

216

212

212

208

208

208

204

212

212

266

356

Nov.

363

303

259

240

231

227

227

224

224

220

E20

216

218

220

216

216

212

212

206

208

210

208

206

206

218

214

216

212

212

210

-

Dec.

204

208

204

204

206

204

218

216

222

233

233

247

261

266

264

274

264

259

256

254

258

256

295

341

338

292

271

271

269

256

247

Jan.

240

238

235

235

240

259

284

303

317

317

455

508

458

416

402

413

591

1,110

1,210

1,000

751

611

527

481

444

413

402

423

416

392

376

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................ « _ May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

366

379

448

466

434

399

451

800

1,450

2,730

2,200

1,660

1,110

1,300

1,370

1,080

875

751

656

611

548

680

1,300

950

751

680

634

568

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

6,763

6,774

7,789

315,534

14,467

25,647

32,524

15,772

12,676

13,814

13 j 23(

9* 38(

15,678

174,526

Mar.

825

975

800

703

703

703

703

875

1,030

950

800

727

1,600

2,520

2,320

2,080

1,180

950

800

1,060

1,210

925

800

703

925

850

776

1,270

1,110

900

751

Apr.

Maximum

356

363

341

10,200

1,210

n -rX/1 £y (O\J

2,520

925

1,080

1 990

1^240

484

1,300

2,730

680

656

634

611

875

925

S25

680

611

568

548

527

508

484

466

451

437

440

434

430

416

396

385

382

385

396

448

413

385

376

May

366

458

1,080

850

656

527

455

420

396

379

366

379

402

406

385

385

366

338

341

350

347

341

323

320

309

292

282

274

279

284

320

Minimum

204

206

204

.204

235

366

703

376

274

2X6

200

229

247

200

June

306

292

284

1,990

1,550

634

434

793

1,150

508

437

396

360

335

320

312

300

282

271

306

289

295

284

282

259

244

238

229

218

216

-

Mean

218

226

251

864

467

916

1,049

526

409

460

427

303

523

478

July

210

210

206

202

202

204

210

231

227

208

200

335

508

420

634

527

548

372

314

279

269

264

244

363

911

1,240

1,000

751

656

680

611

Aug.

484

116

106

106

372

341

517

300

289

279

271

271

284

266

261

309

292

266

282

298

276

256

238

233

229

247

261

532

500

295

309

Per square 

mile

0.444

.460

.511

1.76

.951

1.87

2.14

1.07

.833

. yo Q^T/

.870

.617

1.07

.974

Sept:

884

850

751

488

382

332

' 464

 1,300

1,210

1,030

1,000

825

634

548

458

406

378

547

335

323

309

509

289

282

276

266

259

249

247

249

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.51

.51

.59

 23.88

1.10

1.94

2.46

1.19

.96

1.05

1.00

.71

1.19

13.21

Peak discharge (base, 5.000 see.-ft.). Ho peak above base.
448 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Talladega Creek at Alpine, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°21', long. 86°14', in SE£ sec. 21, T. 19 S., R. 

3~~ET7 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 sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1943.

Drainage area. 158 square miles.

Records available. January 1939 to September 1950, August 1900 to December 1904 at site 

nair a mile upstream, published as Talladega Creek at Nottingham.

Average discharge.--15 years (1900-1904, 1939-50), 241 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,200 second-feet Mar. 13 (gage height, 10.74 

reet); minimum daily, 79 second-feet Oct. 25.

1900-4, 1939-5C: 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. Some diurnal fluctuation and occasional -regulation at low flow 

caused by gristmill above station.

Revisions (water years). W 952: 1902-3.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 10 Jan. 11 to Sept. 30

3.6 72 3.6 79 5.0 354

3.8 95 3.9 12

4.0 122 4.1 15

1 6.0 606

1 7.0 868

4.3 174 4.4 205 8.4 1,280

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

87

85

85

85

85

87

85

88

87

87

87

85

83

85

82

83

96

105

89

85

83

82

82

80

79

80

79

83

83

117

133

Nov.

119

102

93

89

88

87

87

84

85

84

83

84

85

87

88

84

83

84

84

83

85

85

83

83

88

88

87

84

85

85

-

Dec.

84

83

83

83

83

83

103

95

93

89

88

90

95

116

121

132

108

103

109

109

102

102

135

133

114

107

103

103

95

95

93

Jan.

91

91

91

90

96

105

122

128

114

124

231

185

154

148

151

148

275

368

254

256

216

187

169

157

148

139

142

199

172

161

151

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

Hay ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

145

142

145

140

133

130

156

264

534

1,130

582

394

306

407

407

309

261

229

207

193

181

321

472

311

261

232

207

195

_

-

Secondfoot-days

2,722

2,616

3,135

105, 43£

5,063

8,394

13 211 e'i2E

5 Pi C i OJ.£

4,424

5,692

3,53E

4,58E

65,316

Mar.

501

459

322

278

276

251

271

407

394

311

276

254

1,030

1,280

570

459

381

327

298

354

484

368

319

291

472

368

354

680

472

381

327

Apr.

Maximum

133

119

135

2,990

368

\ 1,130

1,280

306

606

446

496

197

420

1,280

306

291

271

251

276

249

229

223

216

207

207

209

197

189

187

183

180

181

181

178

169

165

164

162

162

176

164

157

219

176

-

Hay

167

248

606

354

256

209

185

171

159

157

153

151

181

183

161

164

162

142

151

244

180

165

165

156

174

146

133

127

122

120

120

Minimum

79

83

83

79

90

130

251

. 157

120

92

87

86

88

79

June

122

118

115

306

300

164

142

146

446

214

171

150

134

128

126

124

118

116

112

112

121

130

116

109

105

99

99

96

93

92

-

Mean

87.8

87.2

101

289

163

300

426

204

187

147

184

114

153

179

July

91

89

89

89

98

105

95

103

103

91

87

217

338

232

496

258

196

151

138

124

127

170

130

249

142

225

304

232

381

306

237

Aug.

Per square 

mile

0.556

.552

.639

1.83

1.03

1.90

2.70

1.29

1.18

.930

1.16

.722

.968

1.13

197

169

165

148

136

128

124

118

115

115

114

109

105

103

102

100

115

103

100

98

96

91

89

86

132

107

89

92

87

88

114

Sept.

314

226

144

124

142

136

226

420

258

227

203

174

154

138

127

120

115

114

110

106

103

99

100

96

96

93

88

88

116

126

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.64

.62

.74

24.81

1.19

1.98

3.11

1.44

I

-Z'J »O /

1.04

1.34

.83

1.08

15.38

Peak discharge (base, 2,500 see.-ft.). No peak above base.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 449

Hatchet Creek near Rockford, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32 0 57', long. 86°13', in M^sec. 31, T. 23 N., R. 

la K., at bridge on county highway, half a mile downstream from'State Highway 11, 1^ 

miles downstream from Socapatoy Creek, and 4 miles north of Rockford.

Drainage area. 225 square miles.

Records available.--October 1944 to September 1950.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,320 second-feet May 3 (gage height, 12.2 

reet]; minimum, 44 second-feet Aug. 25.

1944-50: 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 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge. In seeond-feet)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 11 Jan. 12 to Sept. 30

0.6 55 2.0 296 0.4 41 1.4 192 . 6.0 1,500' 

.8 80 3.0 540 .6 64 2.0 319 9.0 2,750 

1.0 107 3.5 674 .8 91 3.0 551 10.5 3,450 

1.4 173 1.0 122 4.0 820

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7

e

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

IS

16

17ie

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

70 

67 

68 

68 

70

68 

68 

70 

74 

71

67 

66 

65 

62 

60

68 

163 

110 

92 

81

75 

71 

68 

65 

63

60 

60 

70 

74 

106 

309

Nov.

212 

132 

104 

92 

90

85 

84 

84 

34 

84

83 

83 

81 

83 

80

77 

76 

75 

75 

76

79 

75 

76 

80 

118

92 

85 

85 

85 

97

Dec.

85 

84 

 83 

84 

85

84 

168 

125 

101 

94

93 

99 

211 

274

363

237 

166 

152 

160 

145

130 

133 

231 

196 

155

145 

141 

133 

124 

114 

112

Jan.

110 

108 

108 

124 

153

182 

339 

215 

173 

263

660 

357 

275 

262 

249

260 

352 

330 

297 

286

257 

234 

216 

202 

192

179 

175 

186 

181 

175 

168

Month

Octo 

Move

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc

*T 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary ....

uary

h.. ..........................

1 ............................

ember. .......................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

160 

153 

168 

171 

143

138

150 

297 

1,270 

3,450

1,260 

664 

491 

551 

492

387 

341 

308 

286 

262

249 

318 

534 

376 

330

308 

268 

251

Seoondfoot-days

2,549 

2,712 

4,507

153,326

7,268 

13,776 

16,196 

9,662 

12,232 

6,693 

7,262 

3,510 

4,936

91,303

Peak discharge (base, 3,500 sec. -ft.). Fe

860. -ft.

Mar.

503 

480 

352 

330 

398

352 

433 

746 

563 

433

376 

341 

1,200 

1,430 

678

588 

468 

410 

364 

404

433 

376 

330 

319 

433

376 

476 

1,150 

600 

456 

398

Apr.

1,

Maximum

309 

212 

363

4,600

660 

3,450 

1,430 

1,180 

2,720 

913 

784 

297 

439

3,450

). 10 -(12. 30

364 

352 

319 

381 

180

515 

410 

364 

341 

319

319 

319 

286 

273 

264

257 

253 

262 

257 

249

23 

224 

216 

210 

268

308 

242 

222 

232 

224

May

232 

1,170 

2,720 

761 

503

398 

341 

308 

286 

275

255 

253 

335 

286 

251

228 

218 

216 

301 

468

330 

297 

251 

226 

224

218 

. 190 

177 

168 

164 

182

Minimum

60 

75 

83

60

108 

138 

319 

210 

164 

92 

77 

48 

70

48

June

164 

155 

159 

913

431

249 

210 

202 

762

416

308 

228 

194 

184 

171

166 

157 

146 

138 

 133

148 

146 

135 

124 

114

108 

104 

136 

100 

92

Mean

82.2 

90.4 

145

420

234 

492 

522 

322 

395 

223 

234 

113 

165

250

July

85 

77 

77 

77 

81

135 

203 

155 

108 

90

90 

784 

638 

651 

678

376 

297 

240 

196 

177

155 

141 

143 

204 

155

132 

196 

190 

175 

304 

252

Aug.

297 

204 

198 

162 

135

122

114 

104 

100 

96

116 

103 

90 

83 

85

91 

87 

130 

85 

76

65 

58 

52 

48

65

191 

90 

73 

63 

60 

267

Per square 

mile

0.365 

.402 

.644

1.87

1.04 

2.19 

2.32 

1.43 

1.76 

.991 

1.04 

.502 

.733

1.11

p.m.) 4,150 sec. -ft,; Hay 3 (1 a

Sept.

228 

210 

138 

106 

106

108 

322 

439 

264 

210

184 

2«8 

192 

146 

127

114 

136 

191 

125 

111

102 

100 

97 

91 

84

76 

73 

70 

174 

324

Runoff in 

inohss

0.42 

.45 

.74

25.34

1.20 

2.28 

2.68 

1.60 

2.02 

1,11 

1.20 

.58 

.82

15.10

.m. 4,320
450 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Tallapoosa River near Ofelia, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°20', long. 85°35', in Sw£ sec. 34, T. 19 S., R. 

nr~E7, at highway bridge 1 mile northeast of Ofelia, 1^ miles upstream from Little 

Tallapoosa River, and 9 miles east of Lineville.

Drainage area. 787 square miles.

Records available.--January 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 1,162 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,530 second-feet Feb. 10 (gage height, 6.4 

reet); minimum, 183 second-feet July 4; minimum daily, 219 second-feet Aug. 25.

1939-50: Maximum discharge, 24,500 second-feet Nov. 29, 1948 (gage height, 16.2 

feet); 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 resident s.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Diurnal fluctuation and occasional regulation at low flow by mill dam 22 miles above 

station.

Rating table,' water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet

1.0 

1.3 

1.6 

2.0

183

342

536

900

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

6.3

1,360

1,850

2,890

5,420

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949-to September 1950

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.

276 

255 

250 

255 

239

260 

260 

255 

260 

282

266 

260 

a250 

a240 

a230

a230 

a4OO 

3700 

a 600 

aSOO

388 

348 

326 

320 

292

298 

292 

331 

326 

388 

786

Nov.

1,O8O 

a9OO 

a 650 

a 500 

a420

a4OO 

377 

377 

359 

371

354 

365 

342 

359 

371

342 

342 

331 

331 

326

336 

336 

326 

336 

388

413 

365 

365 

365 

342

Dec.

348 

331 

342 

326 

331

331 

394 

426 

432 

426

500 

602 

594 

561 

664

602 

619 

553 

619 

586

544 

522 

805 

834 

748

664 

692 

655 

594 

539 

493

Jan.

464 

458 

451 

458 

486

536 

664 

674 

611 

619

995 

1,160 

957 

872 

834

900 

1,460 

2,890 

2,250 

1,650

1,270 

1,070 

928 

852 

786

720 

1,010 

1,140 

1,080 

9OO 

824

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

 ber

 her .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

h..... .......................

1................ ............

at ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

767 

729 

872 

862 

796

710 

964 

1,950 

3,200 

5,420

3,550 

1,950 

1,460 

1,700 

1,750

1,410 

1,180 

1,040 

957 

900

843 

1,090 

1,550 

1,320 

1.O60

1,050 

910 

843

Secondfoe t-day a

10,36: 

12,465 

16,66-

500,526

29,965 

40,833 

52,810 

26,730 

25,315 

23,167 

22,210 

13,869 

36,345

310,751

Peak discharge (base, 7,000 sec. -ft.). No

Mar.

1,360 

1,360 

1,140 

1,000 

1,050

1.07O 

1,270 

1,750 

2,200 

1,650

1,270 

1,130 

2,860 

5,200 

5,090

2.30O 

1,650 

1,410 

1,220 

1,460

1,550 

1,270 

1,17O 

1,090 

1,180

1,150 

1,320 

2,150 

1,850 

1,460 

1,180

Apr.

1,100 

1,080 

1,020 

1,000 

1,220

1,600 

1,180 

1,020 

957 

919

890 

881 

852 

814 

786

748 

738 

738 

738 

729

710 

683 

664 

664 

729

1,020 

986 

814 

767 

683

Maximum

5 786 

1,080 

834

12,600

2,890 

5,420 

5,200 

1,600 

3,000 

3,110 

1,600 

986 

4,760

5,420

peak above b

a No gage-height record; discharge computed en basis of 

Little Tallapocsa River near Wedowee.

May

701 

1,180 

3,OOO 

2,450 

1,410

1,040 

9OO 

786 

710 

701

664 

692 

758 

805 

738

692 

602 

544 

536 

586

710 

628 

5 

569 

514

486 

451 

 438 

426 

438 

536

Minimum

230 

326 

326

230

451 

710 

1,000 

664 

426 

266 

224 

219 

383

219

June

683 

529 

464 

1,760 

1,850

1,030 

664 

586 

2,730 

3,110

1,140 

824 

674 

586 

536

522 

536 

458 

419 

413

451 

458 

458 

413 

371

342 

320 

298 

276 

266

Mean

334 

416 

538

1,371

967 

1,458 

1,704 

891 

817 

772 

716 

447 

1,212

851

July

250 

234 

234 

224 

314

388 

365 

586 

383 

287

260 

726 

1,140 

1,140 

1,410

1,O4O 

674 

569 

493 

419

377 

354 

507 

1,300 

1,320

890 

1,150 

976 

al,600 

al.SOO 

al,100

Aug.

aSOO 

a7OO 

a6OO 

aSOO 

a45O

a4OO 

365 

354 

331 

320

320 

326 

320 

292 

287

458 

394 

354 

464 

400

331 

287 

260 

239 

219

431 

637 

974 

986 

451 

619

Per square 

mile

0.424 

.529 

.684

1.74

1.23 

1.85 

2.17 

1.13 

1.04 

.981 

,910 

.568 

1.54

1.O8

Sept.

2,300 

3,110 

1,950 

1,100 

928

683 

1,660 

4,430 

4,760 

3,520

1,410 

1,060 

881 

767 

674

619 

569 

553 

544 

514

50O 

478 

464 

458 

432

413 

394 

383 

383 

388

Runoff in 

inches

O.49 

.59 

.79

23.67

1.42 

1.93 

2.50 

1.26 

1.20 

1.09 

1.05 

.66 

1.72

14.70

ase. ' 

records for Tallapoosa River at Wadley and
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 451

Tallapoosa River at Wadley, Ala.

Location. Staff gage, lat. 33°08', long. 85°34', in sec. 12, T. 22 S., R. 10 E., at

 Wadley, 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 1950.

Average discharge.--27 years, 2,503 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 12,300 second-feet Feb. 10 (gage height, 11.0

 i'eet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 536 second-feet July 3, 4, 

Aug. 25.

1923-50: 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

 16W flow caused by small mills above station.

Cooperation. Records collected by Alabama Power Co., under general supervision of Geologicai survey, in connection with a Federal Power Commission project.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

7.0 

10.5

560

1,760

3,960

5,540

11,400

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

644 

644 

656 

668 

656

656 

656 

668 

69Z 

668

656 

644 

596 

560 

548

596 

1,040 

1,760 

1,400 

1,220

980 

824 

764 

668 

680

692 

680 

692 

680 

860 

1,220

NOT.

2,240 

1,760 

1,340 

1,160 

980

908 

884 

884 

884 

836

800 

788 

800 

788 

788

788 

776 

752 

752 

764

740 

728 

728 

704 

788

788 

788 

788 

800 

788

Dec.

764 

764 

764 

692 

680

680 

800 

980 

920 

884

980 

1,040 

1,280 

1,340 

1,340

1,760 

1,580 

1,400 

1,220 

1,160

1,220 

1,160 

dl,600 

dl,700 

dl.500

1,400 

1,340 

1,340 

1,280 

1,220 

1,100

Jan.

1,040 

1,040 

980 

1,040 

1,100

1,100 

1,460 

1,460 

1,280 

1,280

2,360 

2,240 

2,000 

2,000 

1,580

1,220 

2,000 

3,680 

3,680 

3>200

2,720 

2,120 

1,760 

1,640 

1,520

1,400 

1,400 

1,880 

1,760 

1,640 

1,520

Month

Ooto 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .............'............

lendar year 1949

v&ry

1. ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,400 

1,400 

1,340 

1,460 

1,460

1,340 

1,400 

2,360 

4,940 

11,400

8,250 

5,100 

3,800 

2,960 

3,200

3,080 

2,480 

2,240 

2,000 

1,880

1,760 

2,000 

3,440 

2,960 

2,240

2,120 

2,000 

1,760

Secondfoot-days

24.36E 

27,312 

35.88E

1,064,37£

55,10C 

81.77C 

119, 57C 

60.48C 

61.85C 

51,346 

51,244 

30,966 

67,70C

667,596

Peak discharge (base. 20.000 sec.-f t[.±.--Vo

Mar.

2,360 

3,44a 

' 2,480 

2,~240 

2,240

2,240 

3,080 

4,290 

4,960 

4,040

3,080 

2,720 

5,260 

9,780 

8,420

5,460 

3,920 

3,200 

2,720 

3,200

3,560 

2,960 

2,600 

2,600 

4,040

2,960 

2,840 

6,780 

5,100 

3,800 

3,200

Apr.

2,720 

2,600 

2,360 

2,240 

2,600

2,960 

2,600 

2,240 

2,120 

2,000

1,880 

1,880 

1,880 

1,760 

1,760

1,760 

1,640 

1,640 

1,580 

1,580

1,580 

1,580 

1,520 

1,460 

1,580

2,120 

2,360 

2,120 

2,480 

1,880

Maximum

1,760 

2,240 

1,760

22,500

3,680 

11,400 

9,780 

2,960 

7,750 

5,540 

4,960 

2,240 

7,880

11,400

May

1,640 

3,120 

7,750 

5,840 

3,680

2,720 

2,240 

1,880 

1,640 

1,640

1,580 

1,520 

1,760 

1,880 

1,760

1,580 

1,400 

'1,340 

1,280 

1,460

1,640 

1,460 

1,520 

1,460 

1,340

1,220 

1,160 

1,100 

1,040 

1,040 

1,160

Minimum

548 

704 

680

548

980 

1,340 

fl,460~ 2,240 

1,040 

656 

536 

536 

752

536

June

1,220 

1,220 

1,340 

3,440 

4,290

3,200 

2,120 

1,760 

4,810 

5,540

2,600 

1,880 

1,520 

1,340 

1,220

1,160 

1,100 

1,100 

1,040 

980

1,160 

i 1,040 

980 

980 

812

764 

716 

692 

668 

656

Mean

786 

910 

1,158

2,916

1,777 

2,920 

3,857 

2,016 

1,995 

1,712 

1,653 

999 

2,257

1,829

July

632 

572 

536 

536 

596

644 

920 

788 

716 

668

596 

1,880 

3,680 

4,960 

3,440

2,480 

1,760 

1,520 

1,400 

1,160

980 

920 

1,100 

1,400 

1,760

1,460 

2,330 

4,010 

2,840 

2,720 

2,240

Aug.

1,880 

1,580 

1,220 

1,100 

980

908 

848 

788 

752 

740

704 

668 

644 

644 

656

800 

860 

764 

1,100 

920

836 

740 

632 

548 

536

1,040 

1,100 

1,520 

2,240 

1,580 

1,640

Per square 

mile

0.473 

.548 

.698

1.76

1.07 

1.76 

2.32 

1.21 

1.20 

1.03 

.996

j.,36

1 -j

Sept.

3,470 

4,960 

3,920 

2,240 

2,360

: 1,580 

2,030 

7,880 

7,430 

6,470

3,680 

2,720 

1,760 

1,460 

1,340

1,220 

1,160 

1,100 

1,100 

1,100

980 

980 

980 

920 

908

860 

776 

752 

776 

788

Runoff in 

inches

0.55 

.61 

.80

23.84

1.23 

1.83 

2.68 

1.35 

1.39 

1.15 

1.15 

.69 

1.52

14.95

peak above base.

d Doubtful gage-height record; "Si's charge computed on basis of records at upst i stations.
452 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Tallapoosa River below Tallassee, Ala.

Location, Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°31', long. 85°53', in E| sec. 30, T. 18 N., R. 22 

J E., Ij miles downstream from Benjamin Pitzpatrick 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. 

Kecoras available. July 1928 to September 1950. 

Average discharge. 22 years, 4,887 second-feet (unadjusted). 

Jixtremes. Maximum discharge during year, 10,800 second-feet July 30- (gage height, 9.3

reet); minimum daily, 63 second-feet July 4.

1928-50: Maximum discharge, 115,000 second-feet Mar. 15, 1929 (gage height, 51.35

feet, from floodmarksj, 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. 431) and hydroelectric plants

above station. 

Cooperation. Records collected by Alabama Power Co., under general supervision of Geologleal Survey, in connection with a Federal Power Commission project.

Rating table, water year 1949-50, except periods of backwater 

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, In second-feet)

-1.3

-1.0

0.0

.4

56

89

198

249

320

1.4 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

476

672

860

1,160

1,600

4.0 2,150

4.5 2,830

5.5 4,570

6.7 6,810

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

S

6

7e

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17ie

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

4,310

2,000

2,370

3,980

4,080

3,090

4,880

3,910

718

2,450

3,290

1,960

1,600

2,400

1,830

2,000

1,670

1,960

1,680

3,270

2,520

2,230

812

3,360

3,820

3,600

5,110

6,080

4,230

1,910

4,280

Nov.

4,270

3,440

4,050

4,130

4,370

2,220

3,730

4,160

3,630

3,980

4,460

4% 510

l,89d

4,780

3,700

4,280

4,520

4,200

3,690

1,550

3,720

4,620

4,760

5,020

4,680

2,940

1,130

3,890

3,830

3,760

-

Dec.

4,660

3,920

2,440

2,360

3,920

5,300

5,840

5,380

5,380

2,620

1,650

2,010

2,360

5,150

2,670

2,460

1,090

1,150

1,790

2,220

2,160

2,500

1,800

2,610

317

-J.,740'

- 1,710

2,330

2,470

3,270

1,970

Month

November. ..............

December. .....'........,

Calendar year 1949

January.. ..............

February. ..............

March... ..........:.

April..................

May. ...................

June ...................

July. ..................

August. ................

September. .............

Water year 1949-50 . 

Jan.

539

' 339

2,470

2,840

2,850

2,650

2,010

334

3,020

2,950

2,760

3,160

2,470

1,560

1,360

2,140

3,530

2,800

2,060

2,200

2,370

1,230

2,090

2,400

1,910

2,230.

3,330

2,110

1,030

2,220

2,680

Feb.

1,800

3,620

3,O90

1,170

607.

3,330

3,130

4,070

3,620

4,790

3,880

1,790

3 ,.070

2,350

3,240

3,210

3,020

1,310

755

2,850

3,190

4,180

4,210

3,800

1,720

1,750

3,200

3,240

_

_

-

Mar.

3,460

3,670

4,040

3,020

2,190

c4, 800

C3,220

C3.330

4,240

3,950

1,300

2,070

5,280

3,900

4,020

3,790

2,560

1,070

2,000

4,570

a3,900

a3,810

2,530

2,110

2,100

1,160

3,350

3,510

4,210

5,080

4,580

Apr.

2,680

884

2,860

3,720

3,770

4,610

3,550

1,860

466

2,330

3,120

3,150

3,410

3,440

1,630

169

2,680

4,080

4,720

4,290

4,080

1,770

65

1,260

2,970

1,890

3,330

1,650

616

119

-

Observed

Secondfoot-days

91,400

113,910

87 j 247

2,329,186

67) 642

79,992

102; 820

75,169

106,649

100,163

88, 470

146,599

115,589

1,175,650

Maximum

6,080

5,020

5,840

47,000

3,530

4,790

5,28C

4,720

5,980

5,710

6,540

6 y 77C

6,330

6,770

Minimum

71 fl / J.O

1,130

317

317

334

607

1,070

65

64

66

63

256

929

63

Mean

2 , QAA a*o

3 , 7QT iy i 

2,814

6,381

2, 182

2,857

3,317

2,506

3,440

3 339

2,' 854

4,729

3,853

3,221

May

2,560

3,230

2,340

2,380

3,000

986

64

4,910

5,800

5,840

5,840

5,270

664

165

3,630

3,970

4,790

5,020

4,290

1,080

227

4,530

4,260

4,130

5,230

5,980

4,520

113

4,920

2,460

4,430

June

4,320

4,960

1,390

66

1,370

2,270

2,640

2,100

2,410

989

1,690

3,310

3,710

4,360

4,230

4,730

2,570

520

4,990

5,230

5,080

4,280

5,300

2,820

268

5,240

, 5,710

5,140

4,570

3,900

-

Change in 

contents in

Lake Martin 

(acre-feet)

-643,900

-

+84,500

July

1

1

2

2

2

2

3

4

C2

c2

3

2

2

4

4

4

4

4

2

3

2

1

4

4

4

6

,210

v 64

,790

63

,090

,290

,760

720

112

,030

,38Q

,240

,750

,660

,910

271

,930

,620

,180

,650

,030

,710

90

,500

,110

,500

,860

,960

,500

,950

,540

Aug.

6,360

6,760

5,570

5,060

3,130

1,040

4,420

5,840

5,830

6,330

6,600

6,100

670

5,700

5,600

5,980

5,590

6,450

3,590

583

5,080

4,110

4,340

6,400

6,770

4,490

256

5,490

4,780

5,080

4,600

Sept.

2,860

2,100'

1,390

2,920

3,030

3,280

4,290

3,460

3,390

929

3,640

4,360

4,160

4,980

4,780

3,930

2,550

3,130

5,280

4,560

6,100

6,330

4,250

1,200-

5,360

4,980

3,790

5,320

5,010

4,030

-

Adjusted for change in 

reservoir contents

Mean

_

5,492

_

-

3,338

Per square 

mile

_

_

1.65

_

_

_

-

1.01

Runoff In 

inches

_

22.45

'

_

-

13.65

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for Thurlow hydroelectric plant, 

c Backwater from tributary inflow; discharge computed on basis of record for Thurlow hydroelectric 

plant.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 453

Little Tallapoosa River at Carrollton, Ga.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 33°36', long. 85°05', at city water-pumping plant on U. S. 

Jilgnway 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 1950.

Average discharge. r -13 years, 140 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 1,670 second-feet Sept. 8 (gage height, 

IU.Y feet); minimum observed, 13 second-feet July 3.

1937-50: Maximum discharge observed, 6,010 second-feet Nov. 29, 1948 (gage height, 

19.3 feet); 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 fair.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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

2829'

30

31

Oct.

36

34

34

34

32

40

62

50

45

43

40

43

86

57

47

118

177

168

107

71

62

52

50

45

43

43

45

43

47

52

125

Nov.

160

145

113

102

96

91

76

50

40

40

40

40

43

43

43

43

43

43

43

45

47

47

50

52

71

71

62

57

62

57

-

Dec.

52

50

50

50

47

45

52

66

62

62

102

102

96

96

131

138

125

1O2

102

102

91

81

107

125

113

102

102

96

86

81

76

Jan.

71

71

71

71

71

71

91

91

76

76

113

131

119

107

102

107

138

168

196

152

125

102

96

91

86

81

81

86

91

86

81

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

76

71

81

86

76

71

102

206

360

700

785

380

216

2O6

2O6

168

131

119

107

102

96

119

177

177

125

107

96

91

_

-

Secondfoot-days

1,931

1,91E

2,692

59, 654

3,099

5,237

6,658

2, 83(

3 , 18?

3 22'

1, 63.

2,528

6,242

41,181

Mar.

119

125

113

102

119

131

226

342

428

310

177

145

264

570

600

284

196

160

138

131

131

125

113

107

119

113

113

360

404

248

145

Apr.

131

119

113

113

138

131

113

102

96

91

91

86

81

81

76

76

76

76

76

76

71

71

71

71

91

145

131

96

76

71

-

Maximum

177

160

138

1,880

196

 785

600

145 454'

630

196

785

1,300

1,300

May

119

152

428

454

248

119

91

81

71

66

62

66

86

81

81

66

57

50

50

62

81

91

71

57

47

43

38

50

43

43

119

Minimum

32

40

45.

32

71

71

102

71

38

17

14

16

34

14

June

102

66

66

363

630

371

119

102

131

206

125

81

62

62

138

102

66

52

45

40

43

43

40

34

30

2B

24

21

18

17

-

Mean

62.3

63.8

86.8

163

100

187

215

94.5

103

108

52. 7

8l!s

208

113

July

15

14

19

18

18

25

23

28

20

17

15

28

57

66

62

54

76

71

47

34

32

45

57

62

86

54

54

60

149

196

131

Aug.

66

50

45

43

34

32

30

25

23

22

22

21

18

18

18

19

19

34

113

,50

32

24

20

16

21

119

455

785

171

81

102

Per square 

mile

0.700

.717

.975

1.83

1.12

2.10

2.42

1.06

1.16

1.21

.592

.916

2.34

1.27

Sept.

226

540

510

170

131

107

300

1,300

1,300

428

168

113

96

86

66

66

60

57

57

54

SO

47

45

43

40

36

36

34

36

40

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.81

.80

1.12

24.89

1.29

2.19

2.79

1.18

1.34

1.35

.68

1.06

2.61

17.22

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 sec. -ft.). Sept. 8 (6 p.m.) 1,670 seo.-ft.

231536 O - 53 - 30
454 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Little Tallapossa River near Wedowee, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°21, long. 85°33', in NE£ sec. 25, T. 19 S., R. 

1U E., at highway bridge 4j miles northwest of Wedowee and 5g miles upstream from 

mouth.

Drainage area.--592 square miles.

Records available.--August 1913 to June 1914 (gage heights only), October 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 880 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,810 second-feet Mar. 13 (gage height, 10.7 

reet); minimum daily, 171 second-feet July 2.

1939-50: Maximum discharge, 20,800 second-feet Nov. 28, 1948 (gage height, 20.8 

feet); 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, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-16, June 5 to July 12)

3.5 165 4.5 556

3.7 232 5.0 792

4.0 346 6.0 1,320

7.0 1,920

8.0 2,600

9.4 3,710

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

243

228

218

225

225

225

228

246

257

239

232

225

264

264

272

476

1,290

694

522

433

366

326

302

291

283

276

268

283

298

338

768

Nov.

792

600

488

437

395

371

366

362

338

314

302

295

295

291

283

287

279

276

272

276

279

276

276

279

322

362

354

334

318

310

-

Dec.

306

302

291

291

287

287

354

391

366

346

358

408

450

522

694

768

600

534

534

509

471

450

578

623

547

522

526

522

479

446

421

Jan.

404

395

395

395

408

429

530

513

463

492

915

792

670

670

623

600

743

915

940

1,140

866

718

646

600

556

539

534

578

556

556

534

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ....'.....................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

513

492

488

488

475

463

600

792

2,160

3,710

2,600

1,920

1,620

1,350

1,200

1,020

890

792

718

670

646

990

1,380

1,040

866

940

743

694

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

10.80E 

10,42£

14,183

362,49]

19,11E

30.26C

43 11"

20' 962

21,62C

19,755

16,95(

12,12

23,14!

242, 80(

Mar.

1,410

1,170

866

792

841

866

1,230

2,110

1,860

1,470

1,230

990

2,700

3,070

2,110

1,740

1,470

1,090

965

1,040

1,020

940

866

816

940

915

1,500

3,070

1,920

1,440

1,200

Apr*.

990

890

841

816

890

866

792

743

718

694

670

670

646

623

600

600

578

578

578

578

552

539

530

530

578

1,040

Maximum

1,290

792

5 768

7,720

1,140

) 3,710

3,070

1,040

2,750

2,040

i 2,120

1,120

5 2,750

i 3,710

890

718

646

578

May

600

1,05

2,75

1,98

0

0

0

1,410

1,060

76

64

60

a

6

0

578

547

52

64

67

6

6

0

646

556

50

49

45

5

2

a

467

479

50

51

47

0

7

9

437

404

38

37

35

35

3

5

4

0

387

Minimum

2X8

272

287

218

395

463

792

530

350

194

171

181

257

171

June

458

446

429

1,410

1,860

1,440

990

1,350

2,040

1,470

1,290

646

513

450

416

446

442

379

334

350

338

318

306

283

261

246

232

214

208

194

Mean

349

348

458

. 993

617

1,081

1,402

69S

697

659

547

391

771

66S

July

184

171

194

225

454

314

246

228

218

197

187

956

2,120

1,560

890

646

694

646

475

404

350

322

318

338

421

458

841

841

694

718

646

Aug.

718

450

375

330

295

279

264

254

246

236

228

268

276

218

204

272

246

306

291

314

318

239

197

181

258

304

1,

316

940

792

792

1,120

Per square 

mile

0.590

.588

.774

1.68

1.04

1.83

2.37

1.18

1.18

1.11

.924

.660

1.30

1.12

Sept.

1,440

990

990

866

743

488

1,740

2,750

2,320

1,920

1,680

890

578

496

442

412

387

375

366

558

538

326

526

506

295

279

264

257

257

264

Runoff in 

inohes

0.68

.66

.89

22.76

1.20

1.90

2.75

1.32

1.56

1.24

1.07

.76

1.45

15.26

Peak discharge (base. 9.000 aee.-ft.). No peak above bane.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 455

Uphapee Creek near Tuskegee, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°28', 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 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 481 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,720 second-feet Mar. 7 (gage height, 9.6 feet); 

minimum daily, 12 second-feet July 2-4, Aug. 25.

1939-50: 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 good. Occasional diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by small plants 

aoove station.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. i-17, 

Dec. 17 to Jan. 1O, Sept. 1-3O)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 7 Mar. 8 to Sept. 30

2.3 15 3.3 163 5.5 762 2.4 10 3.6 142 6.0 

2.5 34 4.0 314 6.O 946 2.6 21 4.O 223 '7.0 

2.7 59 4.5 439 '7.0 1,370 2.8 38 4.5 343 8.6 

3.0 107 5.0 588 9.3 2,560 3.0 59 5.0 490 

3.3 95 5.5 652 

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

24 

25 

24 

23 

23

27 

27 

28 

33 

29

28 

26 

26 

27 

25

25 

24 

24 

29 

26

22 

21 

20 

19 

20

20 

24 

54 

65 

58 

56

Nov.

59 

58 

47 

39 

34

32- 

32 

32 

31 

32

33 

33 

35 

44 

44

38 

36 

34

31 

31

32 

32 

32 

36 

56

60 

58 

- 47 

44 

41

Dec.

39 

39 

35 

39

45

47 

60 

84 

87 

68

59 

59 

56 

89 

308

349 

255 

171 

161 

154

138 

125 

138 

140

131

127 

131 

127 

116 

105 

98

Jan. '

90 

92 

90 

95 

95

loo

171 

173 

150 

138

432 

541 

399 

280 

232

227

185 

177 

171 

161

152 

150 

146 

142 

140

138 

133 

127 

123 

121 

120

< Feb.

118 

114 

105 

97 

90

85 

90 

152 

187 

327

482 

412 

280 

624 

467

349 

269 

232 

217 

2OO

187 

236 

361 

314 

262

291 

247 

206

,. .. Seoond- 

*onth foot-days

Ooto 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Jami 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

l?a

her ..........................

mber .........................

mber ....

lendar year 1949 

ary . . .

9O2 

1,193 

3,580

..... 190,806

1.. ..........................

ember ........................

5,491 

7,001 

24,304 

10,768 

5,370 

1,905 

3,832 

1,510 

2,195

ter year 1949-5O ............ 68,O51

Har.

258 

326 

291 

256

1,410

1,870 

2,560 

2,OOO 

1,480 

1,010

634 

535 

550 

671

616

582 

634 

490 

386 

343

325 

294 

266 

241 

234

230 

323 

1,710 

1,610 

1,570 

599

Apr.

430 

400 

371 

386 

750

970 

730 

430 

. 360 

317

307 

343 

322 

266 

232

210 

204 

243 

290 

261

210 

177 

161 

148 

246

550 

599 

349 

263 

243

Maximum

65- 

60 

349

11,400

541 

624 

2,560 

97O 

830 

212 

684 

218 

290

2,560

May

310 

830 

750 

460 

290

221 

181 

159 

139 

130

120 

108

115 

120 

125

139 

108 

98 

91 

102

105 

99 

87 

80 

74

66 

59 

58 

55 

48 

43

Minimum

19 

31 

35

19

90 

85 

230 

148 

43 

14 

12 

12 

26

12

June

48 

47 

75 

111 

139

99 

74 

83 

183 

212

127 

81 

59 

47 

36

35 

54 

35 

33 

34

45 

52 

45 

37 

28

23

. 19 

16 

14 

14

Mean

29. 

39.

115

523

177 

250 

784 

359 

173 

63. 

124 

48. 

73.

186

July

13 

12 

12 

12 

15

15 

24 

30 

20 

18

19 

53 

684 

489 

490

338 

229 

142 

106 

82

64 

52 

58 

87 

54

48 

72 

105 

77 

153 

259

850 

1,250 

2,000

Aug.

161 

103 

80 

59 

49.

42'

39 

34 

31 

29

a27 

a25 

a23 

a22

21

46 

29 

23

19 

17

16 

15 

17 

14 

12

39

154 

55 

43 

48 

218

Per square 

mile

I 0.088 

3 .120 

.347

1.58

.535 

.755 

2.37 

1.O8 

.523 

5 .192 

.375 

7 .147 

2 .221

.562

Sepf.

290 

256 

137 

92 

71

56 

96 

 106 

105 

66

74 

62 

60 

85 

67

49 

45 

43 

38 

38

35 

36 

47 

37 

37

33 

30 

26 

26 

32

Runoff in 

inches

0.10 

.13 

.40

21.43

.62 

.79 

2.73

1.21 

.60 

.21 

.43 

.17 

.25

7.64

Peak discharge (base, 5.OOO sec. -ft.). No peak above base.
456 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Autauga Creek at Prattvllle, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder In concrete channel, lat. 32°27'30", long. 86°28'30", in 

 Nj 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 1950.

Average discharge.--11 years, 208 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,410 second-feet July 31 (gage height, 3.22 

reet); minimum daily, 58 second-feet July 1.

1939-50: Maximum discharge, 21,800 second-feet Aug. 16, 17, 1939 (gage height, 18.35 

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.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

alls

a!20

al20

a!20

a!20

al25

a!30

al25

a!2o

al2o

a!20

a!20

119

119

112

114

116

114

114

114

112

110

110

110

107

112

114

116

121

131

162

Nov.

191

165

138

128

124

121

121

121

121

121

121

121

121

121

119

119

114

114

116

119

119

116

116

126

160

168

149

138

136

131

-

Dec.

134

131

124

126

136

136

151

173

170

149

138

141

157

203

298

306

234

173

157

151

146

151

176

176

157

146

146

144

136

131

126

Jan.

128

131

134

141

151

160

194

191

16O

165

248

318

234

194

179

185

248

217

191

165

157

154

157

151

149

149

179

217

168

119

107

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-5O ............

Feb.

110

107

136

128

124

124

131

151

213

343

433

314

244

252

227

168

157

149

149

144

141

173

203

179

157

146

138

136

_

-

Seccndfoot-days

3, 68!

3,89E

5,023

85,442

5 44]

5^071

6, 62(

5,605

5 281

2*99]

6,720

4,413

5,281

6O.O35

Mar.

194

237

188

168

244

256

217

267

263

2OO

173

165

223

360

335

302

234

206

179

179

173

170

162

154

154

151

173

267

267

203

162

Apr.

157

165

162

207

471

426

286

213

170

165

162

162

154

144

136

136

136

165

176

154

141

128

128

128

144

191

179

220

223

176

Maximum

162

191

3O6

928

 in O

DIG

433

36O

471

360

179

1,100

636

419

1,100

May

176

318

343

298

241

165

141

134

124

124

119

116

114

133

165

149

138

124

157

327

360

290

220

151

 114

100

90

82

88

88

92

Minimum

107

114

124

107

107

107

151

128

82

cc

DO

58

80

94

58

June

88

88

105

141

154

126

107

103

119

170

179

146

110

96

90

84

82

78

76

74

82

110

92

78

73

74

69

67

65

65

Mean

119

13O

162

234

176

i J-O_L fli

214

187

170

99 7 217*

142

176

164

July

58

60

76

65

105

124

138

105

86

80

90

304

532

558

481

640

331

210

146

124

116

90

98

92

98

98

107

146

170

292

1,100

Aug.

636

298

191

154

128

116

107

103

98

94

92

94

92

90

86

128

149

146

121

103

94

86

82

82

80

94

141

160

168

114

286

Per square 

mile

1.00

1.09

1.36

1.97

1.48

1.52

l!57

1.43

. 838

T fl9 1 . tic

1.19

1.48

1.38

Sept.

419

378

322

213

160

124

247

352

267

213

162

144

131

126

116

110

110

151

185

173

126

112

112

107

10S

96

96

94

141

191

Runoff in 

inches

1.15

1.22

1.57

26.70

1.70

1.59

2.07

1.75

1 . 65 

.93

2.10

1 . 38

1.65

18.76

. a No gage-height record; 

downstream.

discharge computed on basis, of gage-height record at site 2,000 feet
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 457

Big Swamp Creek near Lowndesboro, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°16', long. 86°42', in ffi£ sec. 19, T. 15 N., R. 14

 E., at bridge on U. S. Highway 80, 1 mile downstream from Panther Creek, 5 miles west 

of Lowndesboro, 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).

Drainage area. 242 square miles.

Records available. December 1937 to April 1938, October 1940 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 10 years (1940-50), 389 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,340 second-feet July 13 (gage height, 15.63

 feet); minimum daily, 0.2 second-foot July 4. ,,,.*. 

1938, 1940-50: Maximum discharge, 37,000 second-feet Nov. 27, 1948 (gage height, 

21.3 feet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 25,000 second-feet; no flow 

at times.

Remarks. Records fair except those below 10 second-feet, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. l to Jan. ll)

0.98

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4 

1.6

Oct. 1 to Feb. 10 Feb. 11 to Sept. 30

0.3 

.4 

1.2 

2.3 

3.7 

5.3 

9.3

1.8 

2.4 

3.2 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

8.0

14

33

65

104

164

242

442

10.0

12.0

13.0

14.0

14.5

15.0

15.4

679

948

1,130

1,360

1,630

2,130

2,800

1.0

1.1

1.2

0.2

.3

1.3 

2.1

1.3

1.4

1.5

3.2

4.7

6.4

8.5

14

2.0 

2.4 

2.8 

3.2

19

32

47

65

Note. Same as preceding table above 

S.TTeet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12: 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oot.

0.6 

.7 

1.0 

1.1 

.9

1.1 

1.2 

1.3 

1.0 

.7

.6 

.9 

.9 

.8 

.6

.6 

.6 

.9 

.6 

.5

.5 

.4 

.4 

.3 

.3

.6 

.9 

.8 

.9 

1.0 

3.1

Nov.

3.4 

2.2 

1.1 

.7 

.6

.6 

.6 

.6 

.6 

.6

.6 

.7 

.7 

1.0 

1.0

.8 

.8 

.8 

.7 

.8

.8 

.9 

.8 

.7 

.9

1.2 

1.1 

.9 

1.0 

1.0

Dec.

0.9 

.6 

.6 

,6 

.6

.8 

.9 

1.8 

1.1 

1.0

.9 

.7 

1.5 

4.2 

7.6

4.4 

15 

6.8 

5.1 

3.6

2.7 

2.7 

2.9 

3.9 

4.3

6.1 

5.7 

, 4.8 

5.0 

4.3 

3.3

Jan.

4.2 

3.9 

3.3 

3.1 

3.1

4.3 

11 

14 

15 

14

160 

218 

182 

84 

52

40 

31 

26 

21 

18

16 

13 

12 

10 

10

10 

9.8 

9.5 

9.5 

10 

9.5

Feb.

8.7 

8.2 

7.6 

6.8 

6.4

5.5 

5.3 

5.1 

11 

600

998 

862 

606 

442 

398

252 

102 

59 

42 

33

28 

27 

58 

117 

69

43 

32 

25

u +v, SeoondMonth foot-days

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Haro 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

h...... ......................

St............ ...............

ember ........................

25. £ 

28.2 

104.4

122, 649. E

1,027.2 

4,857.6 

13,255 

8,181 

13, 019. £ 

1,564.4 

15,818.2 

3,532.4 

890.1

ter year 1949-50 ............ 62,304.1

Peak discharge (base, 6,000 sec. -ft.). No

a No gage-height record; discharge computed 

streams.

Mar.

23 

27 

32 

42 

803

1,110 

1,450 

2,010 

1,600 

1,200

620 

182 

147 

218 

168

386 

464 

453 

366 

157

94 

74 

63 

54 

45

39 

41 

375 

117 

475 

420

Apr.

135 

79 

67 

64 

235

346 

346 

184 

82

56

43 

40 

45 

37 

26

22 

20 

66 

260 

336

306 

113 

48 

31 

23

85 

286 

890 

1,310 

a2,600

Maximum

3.1 

3.4 

15

6,180

218 

998 

2,010 

2,600 

2,010 

498 

2,700 

1,400 

202

2,700

May

1,560 

2,010 

1,800 

1,500 

1,220

336 

72 

42 

30 

23

18 

16 

15 

15 

134

242 

144 

40 

24 

519

767 

1,400 

805 

144 

54

29 

18 

15 

12 

9.0 

6.8

Minimum

0.3 

.6 

.6

.3

3.1 

5.1 

23 

20 

6.8 

.5 

.2 

.9 

.5

.2

June

5.2 

4.4 

4.7 

5.2 

5.0

3.6 

2.5 

10 

168 

498

464 

104 

30 

15 

8.7

5.6 

3.5 

2.5 

89 

86

26 

11 

5.2 

2.2 

1.2

.9 

1.0 

.8 

.7 

.5 

-

Mean

0.832 

.940 

3.37

336

33.1 

173 

428 

273 

420 

52.1 

510 

114 

29.7

171

July

0.4 

.3 

.3

.2 

8.0

36 

181 

198 

37 

12

16 

515 

2,170 

2,700 

2,130

1,300 

763 

364 

129 

49

23 

14 

26 

107 

226

72 

97 

533 

981 

1,130 

12,000

Aug.

1,400 

1,210 

609 

81 

37

24 

16 

11 

9.0 

7.2

6.1 

5.4 

4.2 

3.5 

3.0

2.8 

2.7 

2.3 

2.0 

1.6

1.4 

1.2 

1.0 

1.0 

.9

1.1 

1.4 

1.3 

2.3 

2.0 

81

Per square 

mile

0.0034 

.0039 

.014

1.39

.137 

.715 

1.77 

1.13 

1.74 

.215 

2.11 

.471 

.123

.707

peak above base, 

on basis of weather recorda and records for

Sept.

83 

89 

38 

19 

9.9

6.6 

79 

194 

202 

76

33

20 

11 

7.2 

5.0

3.0 

2.2 

2.0 

1.7 

1.2

.9 

.8 

.7 

.7 

.6

.5 

.5 

.5 

.7 

2.4

Runoff in 

inches

0.004 

.004 

.03

18.87

.16 

.75 

2.04 

1.26 

2.00 

.24 

2.43 

.54 

.14

9.59

nearby
458 MOBILE Rmft BASIN

Mulberry River at Jones, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°35', long. 86°54', in Ej 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 1950.

Average discharge.--12 years, 366 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,850 second-feet July 15 (gage height, 8.0 feet); 

minimum, 50 second-feet July 1.

1938-50: Maximum discharge, 32,800 second-feet Aug. 16, 1939 (gage height, 30.4 

feet); minimum, that of July 1, 1950.

Maximum stage known, 33.6 feet in April 1938, from information by local residents.

Remarks. Records good. Occasional diurnal fluctuation at low flow.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 11 to Mar. 13, July 16 to Sept. 17)

0.8 50 1.6 205

1.0 80 2.0 318

1.3 135 2.5 492

3.0 692

4.0 1,200

6.2 2,590

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

115

113

113

115

117

131

127

123

119

119

113

113

113

115

110

108

121

115

110

108

106

104

102

101

99

99

101

104

108

121

221

Nov.

198

153

121

115

113

110

108

106

106

106

106

106

108

113

110

102

101

102

102

104

104

104

110

111

148

139

119

117

115

144

-

Dec.

129

115

111

117

142

133

178

249

168

144

137

146

293

589

511

364

255

236

247

213

202

236

466

. 309

239

223

221

205

188

178

168

Jan.

164

164

164

168

168

192

328

226

185

195

466

353

281

261

242

272

412

321

272

244

226

215

210

200

192

185

182

190

182

180

178

Feb.

175

171

164

153

150

153

164

218

451

1,560

978

550

437

451

384

290

244

226

213

200

190

238

466

272

228

208

190

175

_

-

UA«*U Socond 

Month foot-days

October .......................... 3,584

November ......................... 3,501

December ......................... 7 , 112

Calendar year 1949 ............ 159, 36o

January .......................... 7,218

February ......................... 9,299

March. ........................... 11,865

April.......... .................. 6,603

Hay .............................. 8,034

June ............................. 3, 28o

July.. ........................... 11,945

August ........................... 4,373

September ................. ...... 7,007

Water year 1949-50 ............ 83,821

Mar.

401

447

275

247

321

284

334

526

437

309

272

250

606

879

530

589

477

394

347

357

377

334

287

264

264

253

303

589

381

281

250

Apr.

253

264

239

247

602

405

290

255

239

221

228

242

205

188

180

175

L71

180

185

171

157

153

L48

US

155

198

"

Maximum

221

198

589

4,970

466

1,560

879

602

1,320 

228

2,590 

721

817

2,590

L68

L82

L68

L88

-

May

185

683

1,320

558

331

250

213

188

171

164

159

153

157

171

157

142

131

148

133

387

464

485

250

192

155

135

123

113

111

104

101

Minimum

99

101

111

83

164

150

247

146

- 101

57

51

54

106

51

June

99

97

113

171

228

139

146

202

162

174

182

133

111

102

97

90

87

82

77

75

83

94

85

77

67

63

61

63

63

57

-

Mean

lit 11'

22E

43'

23i

332

TCQ-3 OCK

22C

25'

IDS

38'

14]

234

23C

July

53

51

51

56

87

82

124

127

97

77

77

812

1,110

1,470

2,590

696

441

360

253

198

164

159

136

125

117

123

185

178

168

549

1,230

Aug.

391

242

223

171

137

123

111

102

95

94

92

87

83

78

77

82

90

80

74

70

66

63

57

54

61

190

348

125

92

94

721

Sept.

522

244

226

171

127

106

349

504

281

218

188

164

262

188

155

137

220

817

342

239

200

180

168

155

142

131

125

123

150

173

-

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.566 0.65

.571 .64

1.12 1.29

1 2.13 28.92

1.14 1.31

1 . 62 1 . 69

1.87 2.15

1.07 1.20

1.26 1.46

.532 .60

1 . 88 2 . 17

 688 * 79

I 1.14 1.27

1.12 15.22

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 see.-ft.). No peak above base.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 459

Cahaba River near Acton, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°22', long. 86°49', in SE-£ sec. 23, T. 19 S., R. 3 

tf., at bridge on U. S. Highway 31, half a mile upstream from Fatten 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.

Records available.--October 1938 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--12 years, 354 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,580 second-feet Mar. 14 (gage height, 20.2 

feet}; minimum daily, 6.4 second-feet Dec. 6.

1938-50: 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. An average of 53 second-feet is diverted above station by Birmlngham Water Works Co. and is not included in records. Aproximately 5 second-feet from 

this diversion is returned to river below station. Plow partly regulated by Purdy Lake 

(capacity, 17,400 acre-feet) on Little Cahaba River.

Rating tables, water year 1949-5O, except for period Mar. 13, 14

(gage height, In feet, and discharge. In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-31)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 13 Mar. 14 to Sept, 30

1.95 6.8 2.4 44 3.8 3O2 2.O 13 2.7 93 4.5 491 

2.0 9.3 2.6 69 4.5 491 2.1 19 3.O 144 7.0 1,250 

2.1 15 2.9 114 7.0 1,250 2.2 28 3.5 245 17.0 4,450 

2.2 23 3.3 188 8.4 1,680 2.4 51 4.0 359

Discharge, In second- feet, water year October 1949 tc September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

17 

19 

19 

17 

16

17 

20 

17 

49 

30

25 

20 

21 

78 

7S

56 

54 

171 

92 

64

46 

37 

30 

29 

26

21 

17 

17 

12 

12 

109

Nov.

194 

130 

64 

48 

43

38 

32 

27 

21 

16

14 

13 

19 

54 

32

25 

21 

15 

11 

9.3

6.8 

7.8 

14 

10 

8.8

14 

17 

13 

9.3 

6.6

Dec.

6.8 

9.8 

11 

9.8 

8.3

6.4 

16 

41 

28 

19

27 

55 

83 

194 

121

128 

101 

114 

317 

242

172 

151 

302 

290 

209

170 

144 

117 

98 

79 

68

Jan.

56 

54 

52 

48

45

307 

1,400 

745 

476 

670

1,160 

745 

520 

448 

434

476 

730 

790 

610 

506

392 

327 

264 

229 

207

166 

249 

247 

216 

229 

198

Month

Ooto 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc

& 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

We

 bar.................... .....

.lenda'r year 194 

&ry

*uary

enber ........................

iter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

180 

236 

790 

685 

506

406 

608 

655 

880 

1,680

1,460 

1,000 

745 

700 

640

448 

406 

327 

285 

247

211 

278 

340 

278 

240

224 

190 

162

Secondfoct-days

1,233 

933.8 

3,338.1

165,090.8

12,996 

14,807 

20,191 

4,042 

6,179 

1,790 

9,884 

2,905 

6,742

85,040.9

Mar.

533 

670 

462 

366 

327

278 

268 

414 

535 

434

353 

302 

k2,380 

k4, 460 

1,650

1,090 

790 

595 

462 

421

408 

300 

278 

247 

237

249 

252 

434 

421 

312 

263

Apr.

239 

237 

216 

226 

258

216 

175 

159 

150 

139

112 

104 

93 

87 

78

70 

67 

130 

181 

148

112 

99 

93 

86 

86

92 

78 

96 

106 

109

Maximum

171 

194 

317

14,500

1,400 

1,680 

4,460 

258 

1,370 

494 

1,530 

448 

754

4,460

Peak discharge (base, 4,500 sec. -ft.}. Mar. 14 (5 a.m.

Hay

136 

477 

1,370 

760 

396

289 

228 

173 

126 

109

99 

90 

95 

96 

87

71 

. 56 

44 

46 

411

282 

179 

146 

90 

78

78 

40 

31 

36 

34 

26

Minimum

12 

6.8 

6.4

3.9

45 

162 

237 

67 

26 

14 

13 

20 

59

6.4

June

27 

22 

19 

494

 171

96 

64 

64 

70 

70

77 

60 

41 

30 

23

19 

14 

14 

14 

15

34 

76 

84 

50 

31

23 

23 

26 

20 

20

Mean

39. 

31. 

108

452

419 

529 

651 

135 

199 

59. 

319 

93. 

225

233

July

20 

19 

16 

14 1-9

25 

19 

75 

32

18

13 

61 

408 

657 

1,530

1,370 

940 

535 

347 

214

142

137 

111 

92 

86

81 

144 

494 

940 

700 

625

Aug.

448 

312

195 

154 

131

107 

93 

77 

74 

70

68 

65 

63 

58 

47

41 

56 

39 

36 

32

31 

29 

25 

23 

20

29 

63 

46 

41 

93 

339

Sept.

340 

265

214 

280 

269

123 

226

520 

408 

300

241 

754 

535 

324 

245

191 

199 

167 

144 

121

154 

112 

104 

82 

86

77 

63 

59 

59 

60

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

3 

L

7 

7

) 5,580 see.-f.t.

k Computed By using rate of change
460 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Cahaba River at Centerville., Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°56', long. 87°08', in E§ sec. 26, T. 23 N., R. 

9~~E77 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 2j 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 Septemoer lybU.Gage-height records collected at same site since January 1917 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 23 years (1901-7, 1929-31, 1935-50) 1,666 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 13,900 second-feet Mar. 14 (gage height, 21.2 

feet); minimum, 279 second-feet Nov. 24.

1901-8, 1929-32. 1935-50: 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 1 (see Remarks for station near Acton). 

Revisions (water years).--W 682: 1901-8. W 872: Drainage area.

Discharge, in. second-feet, water yesr October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

354

351

348

351

354

368

357

357

354

345

362

362

392

368

354

422

392

377

407

422

392

368

354

337

332

326

324

326

321

354

590

Nov.

608

590

486

422

377

362

351

.345

334

329

318

314

318

311

311

329

311

306

301

296

289

284

282

284

329

326

308

308

311

321

-

Dec.

318

316

318

326

334

348

407

470

407

422

407

422

520

852

871

832

700

681

737

871

813

775

1,110

1,200

1,030

871

794

737

681

626

590

Jan.

572

554

554

554

554

819

2,520

E,620

1,650

1,610

4,030

3,200

2,280

1,880

1,680

1,630

1,380

2,380

2,230

1,930

1,680

1,480

1,330

1,200

1,080

1,020

972

1,130

1,060

1,020

1,020

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

toy...............................

June .............................

July .............................

August .................... . . .

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

928

882

1,080

1,680

1,430

1,230

1,130

1,380

2,550

6,140

4,970

3,480

2,680

2,480

2,430-

1,980

1,630

1,480

1,330

1,180

1,080

2,040

3,200

2,230

1,780

1,680

1,430

1,260

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

11,421

10,361

19,786

792,125

48 11£

56^770

79 34(

28^848

49 301

20^249

40 25*

22 1 69] 

25,93£

413, 08E

Mar.

2,260

2,880

2,230

1,830

1,730

1,630

1,480

1,680

1,980

1,780

1,580

1,480

7,750

12,100

7,770

4,120

3,070

2,480

2,080

1,880

1,830

1,630

1,380

1,280

1,200

1,180

1,180

1,630

1,680

1,380

1,180

Apr.

1,130

1,160

1,110

1,080

1,780

1,680

1,330

1,160

1,060

995

972

950

860

775

735

715

695

775

995

950

838

755

715

675

695

735

675

815

1,110

928

-

Maximum

590

608

1,200

40,700

4,030

6,140

12,100

1 f 780

8; 120

1,980

5,420 

3,030

1,630

12,100

May

995

3,840

8,120

4,600

2,760

1,980

1,580

1,280

1,110

972

882

882

1,080

1,130

1,040

928

795

715

936

1,980

2,430

2,130

1,330

1,060

860

755

695

655

596

576

615

Minimum

321

282 '

316

282

554

882

1,180

675

576

401

377

395

417

282

June

557

538

557

715

1,980

1,020

882

815

882

928

972

795

675

596

557

520

596

538

484

466

615

735

615

576

501

450

433

433

417

401

-

Mean

368

345

638

2,170

1,552

2 028

2^559

962

1,591

675

1 299

732

865

1,132

July

389

386

330

377

383

401

450

484

417

417

395

536

1,940

3,480

4,760

3,200

2,580

1,880

1,330

1,020

815

655

596

557

501

466

520

1,670

1,230

2,620

5,420

Aug.

3,030

1,930

1,480

1,130

928

815

735

675

635

596

576

576

538

520

520

520

501

484

466

450

433

417

417

401

395

401

520

450

466

466

1,220

Per square 

mile

_

-

2.11

_

1.10

Sept.

1,630"

1,260

950

660

950

838

1,020

1,480

1,530

1,230

1,040

882

1,200

1,110

860

715

715

1,160

928

695

596

596

538

520

484

450

450

417

417

417

-

Runoff in 

inches

_

-

28.60

I

14.92

Peak discharge (base. 20.000 see.-ft.). No peak above base.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 461

Cahaba River at Sprott, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°40', long. 87°14 r , in NE£ sec. 35, T. 20 N., R. 

8 E., at bridge on State Highway 43, half a mile upstream from Goose Creek, 1 mile west 

of Sprott, and 5? 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 

1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 13,100 second-feet Mar. 15 (gage height, 15.7 

 i'eet); minimum, 426 second-feet Oct. 25-29.

1938-50: Maximum discharge, 85,200 second-feet Aug. 16, 1939 (gage height, 27.5 

feet); minimum observed since Oct. 1, 194,4, 265 second-feet Sept. 29, 1945 (gage height, 

4.42 feet).

Flood of Apr. 9, 1938, reached a stage of 28.55 fee±, from floodmark.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of shifting-control method or no gageheight record, which are fair. For diversion above station see Remarks for station 

near Acton.

Hating table, vater year 1949-50, except period of shifting control 

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

5.1 426 8.0 3,470 

5.4 651 14.0 10,300 

6.0 1,220 15.3 12,300

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7

e

9 

10

11 

12 

13

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30 

31

Oot.

504 

475 

475 

475 

475

504 

518 

482 

482 

468

475 

489 

496 

511 

475

468 

564 

526 

511 

541

534 

489 

461 

447 

433

426 

426 

426 

426 

454 

711

Nov.

1,010 

932 

847 

711 

603

541 

518 

504 

496 

489

482 

475 

468 

489 

489

468 

489 

475 

461 

457

461 

447 

440 

440 

496

534 

541 

496 

475 

482

Dec.

482 

46S 

454 

447 

489

496 

571 

837 

801 

587

571 

579 

913 

1,290 

1,550

1,500 

1,190 

1,020 

1,040 

1,120

1,230 

1,120 

1,440 

1,770 

1,550

1,310 

1,150 

1,060 

951 

884 

810

Jan.

755 

720 

703 

703 

703

782 

2,100 

3,470 

2,930 

2,160

3,710 

5,250 

3,710 

2,650 

2,260

2,210 

2,260 

2,650 

2,870 

2,480

2,260 

1,990 

1,820 

1,660 

1,500

1,380 

1,300 

1,330 

1,440 

1,350 

1,320

Month

Goto 

Move 

Dace

Ca

Jami 

Febi 

Hare

£' 

June 

Julj 

Augv 

Sept

We

mber .........................

lendaT year 1949 

ftpy

"u&ry

i. ..................... ....

ember ........................

iter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,260 

1,170 

1,130 

1,600 

1,880

1,600 

1,500 

1,440 

2,260 

5,470

7,340 

5,910 

4,070 

3,230 

3,350

2,870 

2,320 

1,990 

1,820 

1,660

1,500 

1,770 

4,190 

3,830 

2,650

2,210 

1,990 

1,770

Seoondfoot-days

15,14" 

16,216 

29,68C

1,016,154

62,42( 

73,78C 

103, 23C 

38,08! 

62,55 

^5,451 

54,86( 

30,40 

39,27

551,10

Mar.

2,040 

3,470 

3,230 

2,540 

2,320

2,210 

2,040 

2,160 

2,540 

2,3SO

2,100 

1,940 

3,050 

9,050 

12,300

11,300 

5,910 

4,070 

3,110 

2,870

2,700 

2,480 

2,160 

1,880 

1,820

1,770 

1,720 

1,990 

2,320 

2,040 

1,720

Apr.

1,550 

1,600 

1,550 

1,500 

1,660

2,320 

1,880 

1,600 

1,440 

1,330

1,290 

1,330 

1,240 

1,100 

1,020

981 

932 

942 

1,190 

1,310

1,150 

1,000 

942 

884 866'

922 

922 

981 

1,210 

1,440

Maximum

711 

1,010 

1,770

42,700

5 5,250 

7,340 

) 12,300 

> 2,320 

3 8,440 

I 1,660 

) 6,680 

3 5,580 

L 2,820

5 12,300

Peak discharge (base, 15,000 sec. -ft.). No peak above

May

1,240 

2,480 

6,130 

8,440 

5,580

3,050 

2,260 

1,820 

1,550 

1,330

1,180 

1,080 

1,350 

1,500 

1,440

1,200 

1,100 

951 

847 

922

2,820 

3,710 

2,380 

1,660 

1,330

1,110 

971 

884 

810 

728 

703

Minimum

426 

440 

447

426

703 

1,130 

1,720 

866 

703 

518 

541 

470 

579

426

June

720 

677 

651 

668 

1,550

1,660 

1,040 

1,160 

1,220 

1,160

1,350 

1,220 

1,010 

847 

773

703 

651 

720 

635 

556

518 

746 

837 

711 

685

627 

595 

579 

603 

579

Mean

489 

541 

957

2,784

2,014 

2,635 

3,330 

1,269 

2,018 

848 

1,770 

981 

1,309

1,510

July

571 

556 

541 

541 

627

694 

1,070 

1,030 

677 

548

541 

801 

2,040 

4,190 

6,680

5,800 

3,950 

2,820 

2,040 

1,600

1,310 

1,110 

913 

837 

755

720 

728 

1,120 

1,990 

2,040 

6,020

Aug.

5,580 

2,930 

2,040 

1,660 

1,320

1,110 

971 

856 

782 

720

685 

660 

643 

611 

603

635 

677 

603 

a560 

a520

a500 

3490 

8470 

3470 

3470

3510 

8560 

8570 

8550 

a550 

al,100

Sept.

82,100 

1,990 

1,550 

1,290 

1,120

1,170 

1,820 

2,820 

2,600 

2,100

1,600 

1,380 

1,280 

1,600 

1,310

1,080 

1,120 

1,500 

1,600 

1,190

942 

819 

' 792 

728 

894

835

595 

579 

619 

668

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.354 0.41 

.392 .44 

.693 .80

2.02 27.40

1.46 1.68 

1.91 1.99 

2.41 2.78 

.920 1.03 

1.46 1.69 

.614 .69 

1.28 1.48 

.711 .82 

.949 1.06

1.09 14.87

base.

a No gage-hel_

Note. Shifting-control method used May 24 to Sept. 30.
462 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Cahaba River near Marion Junction, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°27', long. 87°11', on line between sees. 16 and 

21, T. 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 1950.

Average discharge.--11 years, 2,805 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 12,500 second-feet Mar. 17 (gage height, 20.9 

feet); minimum, 538 second-feet Oct. 27, 28; minimum gage height, 2.08 feet Aug. 25.

1939-50: 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. For diversion above station see Remarks for station near Acton.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

705

663

642

642

642

726

747

705

663

663

642

642

642

663

642

621

663

705

663

642

705

663

621

579

558

558

538

538

558

579

768

Nov.

1,090

1,180

1,090

968

833

747

705

663

663

642

642

621

621

621

642

621

621

621

600

600

621

600

579

579

726

726

747

705

663

642

-

Dec.

642

642

621

621

642

684

726

922

1,060

922

833

812

1,060

1,630

2,140

2,200

1,860

1,520

1,360

1,360

1,410

1,470

1,630

1,970

2,090

1,750

1,520

1,360

1,240

1,140

1,060

Jan.

996

945

922

922

922

968

1,470

3,390

3,810

2,850

3,330

5,320

5,200

3,810

2,970

2,790

2,910

3,030

3,450

3,270

2,850

2,490

2,260

2,030

1,860

1,690

1,580

1,580

1,690

1,630

1,520

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

Fsbruary .........................

Maroh ............................

April ............................

**....... .......................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,520

1,410

1,360

1,470

2,090

1,920

1,690

1,630

2,030

4,950

7,570

8,200

6,460

4,530

4,110

3,870

3,210

2,670

2,370

2,090

1,920

1,860

3,510

4,890

3,810

2,970

2,610

2,260

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

19,988

21 37£

38)897

1,286,645

74,455

88,980

127,420 

49,240

QO A -xQ O£;43C

33,541

72,104

41,050 

49,042

698,534

Mar.

2,310

3,570

4,230

3,510

3,090

2,910

2,730

2,970

3,090

3,210

2,850

2,550

3,090

6,460

9,180

11,600

12,100

7,920

4,590

4,110

3,810

3,510

3,090

2,670

2,430

2,370

2,370

2,730

3,030

2,910

2,430

Apr.

2,140

2,030

2,030

2,090

2,430

2,730

2,670

2,200

,920

,750

,690

,690

,630

,520

,360

1,260

1,240

1,210

1,310

1,580

1,470

1,310

1,180

1,140

1,110

1,140

1,180

1,180

1,360

1,690

Maximum

768

1,180

2,200

33,500

5,320

8,200

12, 100 

2,730

8,200

2,370

8,620

7,180 

3,390

12,100

May

1,800

2,730

5,820

7,640

8,200

5,140

3,210

2,490

2,090

1,800

1,580

1,410

1,580

1,920

1,860

1,630

1,410

1,240

1,160

3,030

4,050

4,710

3,990

2,790

2,030

1,580

1,360

1,180

1,090

996

922

Minimum

538

579

621

538

922

1,360

2,310

1,110

922

70S

747

C7Q O /*

726

538

June

922

900

877

900

1,090

2,370

1,520

1,410

1,920

1,860

2,030

1,860

1,410

1,160

968

877

812

812

790

726

705

790

1,060

945

877

855

812

768

768

747

Mean

 645

713

1,255

3,525

2 402

3*178

4,110

1,641

2y 659

I* 118

2,326

1 324

1^635

1,914

July

747

747

812

833

877

1,020

1,140

1,310

1,090

855

790

1,690

2,610

4,350

6,780

8,620

7,240

4,890

3,330

2,370

1,860

1,470

1,240

1,090

996

922

945

1,240

2,310

2,670

5,260.

Aug.

7,180

5,320

3,210

2,370

1,800

1,470

1,260

1,110

1,020

945

900

855

833

790

768

812

g812

g768

g726

g684

g642

g600

g579

579

600

621

642

726

705

663

1,060

Per square 

mile

0.362

.401

.705

1.98

1.35

1.79

2 31

922

U49

 628

1.31

744

!919

1.08

Sept.

2,090

2,670

2,310

1,630

1,410

1,310

1,690

3,390

3,390

3,270

2,310

1,800

1,520

1,630

1,630

1,310

1,210

1,690

1,970

1,750

1,310

1,090

996

945

877

812

747

726

726

833

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.42

.45

.81

26.89

1.58

1.86

2* 66

1.03

1.72

.70

1.51

.86

1.02

14.60

Peak discharge (base, 14,000 sec. -ft.). No peak above base.

g Computed from graph based on gage readings
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 463

Boguechltto Creek near Browns, Ala,

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°26', long. 87°20', In NVf£ sec. 24, T. 17 N., R. 7 

&., at bridge on U. S. Highway 80, a third of a mile upstream from Southern Railroad 

bridge, 2 miles east of Browns, and 1\ 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).

Drainage area. 93 square miles.

Records available. February 1944 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,020 second-feet May 21 (gage height, 10.6 feet); 

minimum daily, 1.1 second-feet Aug. 29.

1944-50: 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 below 10 second-feet, which are poor.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

6.1

6.3

6.1

5.9

6.3

6.6

U

10

6.6

5.5

5.0

4.5

5.3

5.9

5.0

4.5

4.5

5.7

6.3

5.7

6.1

6.3

5.9

5.5

6.1

6.6

5.9

5.0

5.0

5.7

18

Nov.

52

. 28

13

7.9

6.3

5.9

5.9

5.5

5.7

5.9

5.9

5.9

6.1

5.3

7.4

9.0

8.2

8.5

8.5

11

14

13

13

13

13

48

18

11

9.0

8.8

-

Dec.

8.2

7.0

6.3

6.6

7.2

14

12

18

21

13

9.9

11

43

289

298

235

97

62

70

56

41

39

244

154

81

62

52

4S

40

33

29

Jan.

27

26

27

27

30

34

136

82

47

42

265

244

100

72

63

104

290

124

82

70

58

50

45

43

40

36

36

60

44

37

34

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

32

31

29

26

23

23

23

24

40

562

846

253

106

133

150

82

63

55

50

47

43

48

160

98

63

54

46

40

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

201.9

373.7

2,107.2

48,493.2

2,375

3,150

4,274

1,165

3,387.8

622.1

1 954.7

271.6

2,632.2

22,515.2

Mar.

97

146

70

58

124

106

112

394

174

SB

49

42

207

518

168

300

140

78

65

285

226

109

75

56

50

46

65

235

106

60

45

Apr.

42

46

45

63

210

85

47

36

32

29

26

50

38

28

23

21

20

20

28

26

18

15

14

15

15

24

34

44

37

32

Maximum

18

52

298

1,970

290

846

518

210

900

95

742

155

617

900

Hay

55

168

373

146

61

40

28

23

20

17

16

14

13

21

21

14

10

6.8

15

558

900

492

146

65

45

33

25

2016 '

14

12

Minimum

4.5

5.5

6.3

3.2

26

23

42

14

6.8

9.0

8.5

1.1

6.6

1.1

June

10

10

9.9

12

22

IS

13

12

95

30

45

44

21

14

11

9.6

9.3

9.0

9.3

12

16

18

29

19

22

21

21

21

20

19

-

Mean

6.51

12.5

68.0

133

76.6

112

1 J.OO TA 

38.8

109

20.7

63.1

8»76

87.7

61.7

July

17

17

16

15

14

14

18

30

16

8.5

16

21

33

75

109

72

55

35

22

15

11

9.6

11

9.6

12

15

15

113

210

188

742

Aug.

155

29

14

11

6.6

.4.4

2.9

2.2

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

2.4

3.5

3.2

2.6

1.7

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.6

1.6

1.2

1.1

1.2

8.2

Per square 

mile

0.070

.134

.731

1.43

.824

1.20

1 J.fi *o

.417

1.17

.223

.678

.094

.943

.663

Sept.

- 82

202

442

183

46

23

124

617

376

88

55

36

30

25

17

12

9.6

76

68

29

16

11

9.3

8.8

8.0

7.3

6.6

6.6

8.0

10

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.08

.15

.84

19.38

.95

1.26

1.71

.47

1.35

.25

.78

.11

1.05

9.00

' Peak, discharge (baae, 2,500 aec.-ft.). No peak above base.
464 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Plat Creek at Fountain, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°37', long. 87°25', in SE^ sec. 36, T. 8 N., R. 6 

E., 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. 253 square miles.

Records available. February 1944 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,860 second-feet July 30 (gage height, 11.6 

feet); minimum, 7.4 second-feet July 2, 3.

1944-50: Maximum discharge, 26,000 second-feet Nov. 27, 1948 (gage height, 23.2 

feet), from rating curve extended above 17,000 second-feet; minimum, 4.6 second-feet 

Oct. 22, 1945.

Remarks. Records fair.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

20

21

21

20

21

20

19

19

19

22

22

17

23

18

18

18

18

18

20

18

18

18

17

16

16

16

16

18

17

23

39

Nov.

32

32

25

22

20

20

18

16

16

16

16

15

16

17

16

16

14

12

13

13

13

13

15

17

25

32

36

26

22

21

-

Dec.

19

17

17

17

21

20

56

102

109

70

49

40

43

73

180

264

160

109

87

75

63

74

99

107

92

79

70

63

61

54

 52

Jan.

50

46

48

46

50

56

80

104

89

87

149

414

280

149

116

102

91

80

74

67

62

56

53

52

49

48

60

81

65

61

53

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..................... ....

February ....................... .

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

49

45

46

43

41

39

37

37

43

107

345

450

196

149

181

166

122

97

79

74

67

77

100

137

116

91

77

67

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

606

585

2,342

126,136

2, 818

3,078

13,705

8,132

3,997

1,152.6

14,004.4

2,500

1,630

54,550.2

Mar.

85

108

143

198

668

1,340

1,220

1,040

951

628

356

270

236

221

237

622

951

552

345

278

241

243

237

203

176

160

174

472

722

391

237

Apr.

193

178

185

384

1,010

750

414

295

228

198

185

186

180

157

136

126

112

207

380

345

212

157

130

116

107

103

538

542

195

183

-

Maximum

39

36

264

4,630

414

450

1,340

1,010

7 78

143

2,720

391

262

2,720

May

239

516

778

426

218

146

109

102

95

80

73

62

62

74

69

63

55

50

48

46

56

83

160

113

67

49

40

36

31

27

24

Minimum

16

12

17

12

46

37

85

103

24

8*8

7,8

28

18

7.8

June

23

23

27

33

38

30

35

38

69

143

137

83

79

50

36

29

23

21

22

26

31

33

26

20

17

15

14

13

10

8.8

-

Mean

19.5

19.5

75.5

346

no'90. c

442

271

129

38 . A

452

80. 

54.3

149

July

8.3

7.8

8.3

13

53

39

220

183

106

61

41

662

1,160

922

778

602

602

512

239

149

99

80

64

58

53

50

71

953

2,060

2,720

1,430

Aug.

391

232

160

122

102

86

75

65

60

54

49

45

42

38

36

39

99

80

86

58

43

35

30

29

28

32

33

35

28

34

254

Per square 

mile

0.077

.077

.298

1.37

.359 *435

1^75

1.07

.510

.152

1.79

319

!215

.589

Sept.

262

200

142

119

95

73

58

52

46

42

38

35

33

35

30

28

32

31

32

36

27

24

24

23

21

19

19

18

18

18

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.09

.09

.34

18.54

.41

.45

2.01

1.20

.59

.17

2 .06

.37

.24

8.02

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 sec. -ft.). No peak above base.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 465

East Pork Tombigbee River near Marietta, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°26', long. 88°25', in SE£ sec. 35, T. VS., R.

 8 E. 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 (Corps of Engineers).

Records available. January 1938 to September 1947, October 1948 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years (1938-47, 1948-50), 503 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 17,600 second-feet Feb. 14 (gage height,-11.24 

feet, from rating curve extended above 5,900 second-feet); minimum, 58 second-feet Oct. 

1, 2 (gage height, 2.70 feet).

1938-47, 1948-50: Maximum discharge, that of Feb. 14, 1950; 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 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 and records of discharge computed by Geological Survey.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

59

59

62

70

84

203

154

103

86

86

79

79

190

257

167

136

114

101

92

87

86

110

158

118

136

257

190

140

122

214

564

Nov.

522

375

275

216

190

172

162

159

154

149

144

154

345

295

221

190

167

158

154

154

154

144

140

144

149

140

136

140

144

140

Dec.

131

126

126

136

172

158

190

208

172

167

385

455

656

445

335

266

230

335

365

305

266

325

375

285

248

239

239

248

221

203

190

Jan.

185

216

325

325

1,880

6,540

5,380

2,860

1,620

1,280

2,740

2,980

4,780

3,980

2,740

2,350

2,350

2,920

2,230

1,400

924

735

618

522

455

425

480

455

425

1,300

1,930

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

2,020

3,020

3,540

2,260

1,280

848

992

1,030

1,320

1,900

1,320

854

1,000

15,000

10,000

3,500

1,700

1,200

780

694

618

861

916

758

618

522

465

465

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

4,363

5f 78'

8j 201

222,436

57,350

59,481

42,432

11,012

12,220

10,459

7,936

10,891

20,304

250,437

Mar.

2,020

2,020

964

694

564

500

480

618

480

445

435

2,630

7,370

5,260

2,320

1,360

932

780

694

1,140

1,020

808

656

564

808

780

1,040

2,080

1,460

854

656

Apr.

599

564

500

480

480

445

415

395

385

365

405

405

345

325

305

295

295

305

325

295

275

266

305

285

285

295

257

266

385

465

-

Maximum

564

522

656

11,200

6,540

15,000

7,370

599

1,220

2,590

660

2,290

3,420

15,000

May

714

535

500

405

345

305

316

487

285

239

212

257

305

924

1,220

880

465

345

326

599

415

345

275

230

198

176

162

167

149

154

285

Minimum

59

136

126

59

185

465

435

257

149

76

68

85

140

59

June

239

176

1,340

2,590

1,100

480

355

285

239

414

564

395

257

208

172

154

136

122

114

106

144

144

126

104

92

85

82

80

80

76

-

Mean

141

193

265

609

1,850

2,124

1,360

367

394

349

256

351

677

686

July

74

72

70

69

69

80

89

76

70

68

68

144

84

75

259

548

564

465

248

149

118

103

97

97

560

600

600

540

600

620

660

Aug.

560

460

520

300

154

120

110

100

110

445

560

450

250

150

120

450

500

400

300

200

140

100

90

85

200

260

257

260

250

700

2,290

Per square 

mile

0.462

.633

 869

2.00

6.07

6.96

4.49

1.20

1.29

1.14

.839

1.15

2.22

2.25

Sept.

1,680

3,420

3,260

1,380

780

535

465

511

511

535

564

758

580

800

900

600

415

320

280

250

220

220

220

190

160

140

140

150

160

160

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.53

.71

1.00

27.12

6.99

7.25

5.17

1.34

1.49

1.28

.97

1.33

2.48

30.54

Peak discharge (base, 5, OCX) sec. -ft. ) . Jan. 6 (7 p.m.) 7,030 sec. -ft.; Jan. 13 (7 a.m.) 5,380

see.-ft.j Feb. 14 (time unknown) 17,600 sec.-ft.} Mar. 13 (4 p.m.) 8,090 sec.-ft.

Note. No gage-height record; Feb. 13-18, July 25 to Aug. 4, Aug. 6-9, 11-26, 28-30, Sept. 14-16, 

18-3Oj discharge computed on basis of records for station near Fulton.
466 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

East Pork Tombigbee River near Pulton, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°15'55", long. 88°26 | 42", in SE^ sec. 27, T.

9 S., R. 8 E. Chickasaw meridian, at bridge on U. S. Highway 78, 1,000 feet downstream 

from Twentymile-Fulton Canal, 2 miles west of Pulton, 6^ miles upstream from Mantachie 

Creek Canal, and 13? miles downstream from Twentymile 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 1950. Gage-height records collected at site 

BUD reet upstream 1909-12 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 22 years, 908 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 23,200 second-feet Feb. 15 (gage height, 19.18 

feet); minimum, 109 second-feet Oct. 2, 3 (gage height, 2.86 feet).

1928-50: 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 periods of shifting control or no gage-height recora, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 15 to Dec. 6, Mar. 4-13, 

18-29, Mar. 31 to May 15, July 16 to Aug. 23, Sept. 8-3O)

2.9

3.8

11.8

13.1

14.1

113

189

1,000

1,210

1,480

14.9

15.3

15.5

15.7

16.0

1,820

2,130

2,400

2,850

3,900

16.5

17.5

18.6

6,200

12,000

19,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

113 

109 

109 

117 

137

256 

337 

212 

171 

153

145 

162 

277 

347 

307

242 

207 

184 

166 

157

149 

198 

237 

227 

222

377 

357 

267 

227 

227 

657

Nov.

910 

797 

557 

427 

367

327 

287 

267 

257 

247

242 

247 

377 

587 

377

297 

257 

237 

227 

227

222 

222 

207 

207 

212

212 

212 

212 

217 

212

Dec.

207 

202 

198 

217 

247

267 

287 

337 

307 

287

447 

837 

1,000 

1,100 

1,020

747 

587 

617 

888 

737

587 

587 

757 

637 

527

477 

467 

487 

457 

407 

387

Jan.

367 

367 

517 

627 

1,120

3,840 

14,700 

9,300 

5,130 

3,430

2,880 

4,030 

5,700 

8,700 

6,720

4,900 

3,820 

3,660 

4,280 

3,820

2,650 

2,030 

1,720 

1,480 

1,270

1,120 

1,040 

1,100 

991 

1,060 

1,380

Month

Octc 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

bar ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary .

st ...........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,980 

4,110 

5,850 

6,200 

4,320

3,030 

2,130 

1,880 

1,680 

1,820

2,250 

2,320 

3,010 

10,400 

19,000

7,820 

4,070 

2,580 

1,950 

1,640

1,410 

1,320 

1,520 

1,680 

1,520

1,320 

1,140 

991

Seccndfcct-days

7,053 

9,652 

16, 311

399, 96E

103,745 

98,94] 

80,062 

17,277 

27.34C 23, OS15, 362 

21,592 

73,472

493,901

Peak discharge (base, 8,000 sec. -ft.) . Jar

sec. -ft. J Feb. 15 (4 a.m.) 23,200 sec. -ft.; H 

sec. -ft. 

a Ho gage-height record j discharge computed

Mar.

al,400 

al.SOO 

2,720 

2,400 

1,880

1,520 

1,270 

1,170 

1,160 

965

817 

1,400 

8,640 

13,800 

6,200

3,700 

2,480 

2,080 

1,770 

1,720

1,820 

1,880 

1,720 

1,560 

1,520

1,600 

1,640 

1,880 

3,130 

2,500 

1,920

Apr.

1 

1 

1

1

Maximum

5 657 

5 910 

1,100

20,400

14,700 

19,000 

13,800 

1,640 

2,380 

3,500 

1,230 

1,800 

16,900

' 19,000

. 7 (6:30 a. 

lar. 14 (1 a.

on basis of

640 

380 

170 

030 

932

817 

707 

617 

567 

507

547 

707 

547 

447 

397

377 

357 

367 

387 

357

327 

307 

337 

327 

327

347 

307 

267 

347 

527

May

932 

954 

1,030 

965 

757

527 

427 

1,150 

1,210 

899

527 

357 

464 

1,730 

2,380

2,320 

1,920 

1,540 

1,120 

954

877 

727 

627 

507 

427

367 

337 

327 

297 

297 

387

Minimum

109 

207 

198

109

367 

991 

817 

267 

297 

157 

129 

175 

327

109

June

447 

357 

791 

1,290 

3,500

3,220 

1,920 

1,280 

847

777

1,210 

1,350 

1,170 

817 

527

387 

327 

287 

267 

242

227 

287 

267 

237 

207

189 

175 

166 

162 

157

Mean

228 

322 

526

1,096

3,347 

3,534 

2,583 

576 

882 

770 

496 

697 

2,449

1,353

July

149 

141 

137 

133 

137

171 

171 

162 

141 

133

129 

216 

207 

153 

331

1,060 

1,190 

1,080 

827 

527

357 

267 

222 

277 

460

944 

1,120 

1,030 

1,100 

1,160 

1,230

Aug.

1,

1,

1,

1,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

Per square 

mile

0.377 

.532 

.869

1.81

5.53 

5.84 

4.27 

.952 

1.46 

1.27 

.820 

1.15 

4.05

2.24

120 

817 

978 

787 

447

357 

297 

247 

420 

120

210 

944

527 

367 

287

712 

020 

607 

407 

327

267 

222 

189 

175 

357

954 

090 

100 

060 

380 

800

Sept.

2,970 

9,120 

9,500 

16,900 

8,700

4,110 

2,500 

1.72O 

1,380 

1,210

1,100 

1,100 

1,210 

1,350 

1,600

1,440

1,170 

978 

787 

607

547 

557 

557 

427 

377

347 

327 

'347 

367 

367

Runoff in 

inches

0.43

.59 

1.00

24.58

6.38 

6.08 

4.92 

1.06 

1.68 

1.42 

.94 

1.33 

4.52

30.35

m.) 16,200 sec. -ft.; Jan. 14 (7 a.m. 

m.) 16,200 Sec. -ft.} Sept. 4 (8 a.m.

records for station near Bigbee.

9,900 

19,000
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 467

Tombigbee River near Amory, Miss.

Location. Water-stags recorder, lat. 33°59'10", long. 88°33'05", in NE^ sec. 3, T. 13 

s., H. 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 .'(levelg by Corps of 

Engineers). Auxiliary water-stage recorder 20 miles downstream at datum 23.63 feet 

lower.

Drainage area. 1,941 square miles (authority. Corps of Engineers). 

Records available. December 1937 to September 1950. 

Average discharge. 12 years (1938-50) 3,048 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 42,600 second-feet Feb. 15; maximum gage height, 

27.J>3 feet Feb. 16; minimum discharge, 257 second-feet Oct. 1-5 (gage height, 2.60 

feet).

1938-50: 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 below 3,500 second-feet, which are fair. Discharge 

aFove 4,000 second-feet computed using fall as a factor.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; occasional discharge measurements 

made aricT records of discharge computed by Geological Survey.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

257 

257 

257 

257 

270

576 

570 

570 

472 

389

344 

332 

379 

570 

764

742 

633 

495 

436 

395

369 

450 

612 

530 

550

786 

742 

742 

612 

591 

3,240

Nov.

2.58O 

1,780 

1,580 

1,210 

923

786 

720 

654

- 612 

591

570 

570 

809 

1,010 

1,040

854 

698 

633 

591 

570

550 

530 

510 

510 

510

506 

506 

510 

510 

510

Dec.

5O6 

495 

476 

487 

550

550 

633 

698 

676 

676

1,110 

1,840 

2,700 

2,580 

1,950

1,780 

1,580 

1,580 

2,000 

1,840

1,730 

1,630 

1,840 

1,630 

1,530

1,280 

1,180 

1,180 

1,110 

1,040 

964

Jan.

923 

900 

946 

1,160 

5,770

19,100 

32,400 

27,500 

26,300 

21,90O

21.70O 

16.90O 

17,700 

17,700 

16,900

15,400 

14,900 

12,800 

9,440 

6,92O

6,010 

5,530 

4,790 

3.99O 

3,910

3,600 

3,500 

3,370 

3,060 

4,280 

4,280

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

>Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

He

mber .........................

lendair year 1949 ............

.ary

nary .

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

4,490 

12,200 

18,400 

13,600 

1O.5OO

1O.6OO 

9,SOO 

7,390 

6.33O 

6,860

4,960 

4,O8O 

8,060 

29,2OO 

40,100

39,200 

28,100 

17,400 

11,600 

7,32O

5,130 

4,960 

5,410 

3,790 

3,560

3,7OO 

3,430 

3,240

Secondfob t-days

18,189 

23,933 

39,82]

1,427,814

333, S7£ 

323,410 

284,720 

61,060 

97,282 

77, 566 

52,916 58,70' 

225, 35C

1,596,535

Mar.

1O.5OO 

9,220 

4,310 

3,980 

3,910

3,870 

3,790 

3,870 

3,600 

3,120

2,760 

7,880 

24,500 

38,2OO 

33,5OO

24,800 

16,200 

1O.9OO 

7,13O 

8,590

7,320 

4,540 

3.63O 

3.39O 

4,980

4,740 

5,460 

11,500 

6,030 

4,230 

4,270

Apr.

4.56O 

4,34O

3,910 

3,6OO 

3,300

2,880 

2,520 

2,220 

2,OOO 

1,890

1,890 

2,OOO 

1,890 

1,73O 

1,58O

1.48O 

1,480 

1,580 

1,630 

1,480

1,38O 

1,280 

1,280 

1,280 

1,380

1,380 

1,330 

1,180 

1,130 

1,480

Maximum

3,240 

2,580 

2,700

7O.OOO

32,400~ 

40 , 100 

38,200 

4,560 

11,700 

12,200 

9.35O 

9,O80 

27,300

40 , 10O

May

3,370 

2,64O 

3,060 

2,34O 

2,060

1,840 

1,530 

3,330 

2,640 

2,280

2,060 

1,730 

2,310 

8,240 

11,700

7,64O 

6,340 

1 5,140 

4,150 

3,75O

3,300 

3.5OO 

2,430

1,840 

1,480

1,280 

1,250 

992 

923 

887 

1,250

Minimum

257 

506 

476

257

90O 

3,24O 

2,760 

1,130 

887 

370 

310 

4O2 

887

257

June

1,010 

1,130 

5,670 

12,200 

9,780

4,060 

3,370 

3,430 

3,500 

3.6OO

7,020 

3,700 

3,120 

2,640 

2,280

1,680 

1,210 

992 

854 

a750

a730 

a780 

a700 

a630 

a56O

a500 

a470 

a430 

a400 

a370

Mean

587 

798 

1,285

3,912

10,760 

11,550 

9,185 

2,035 

3,138 

2,586 

1,707 

1,894 

7,512

4,374

July

a 330 

3310 

3310 

a310 

350O

1,210 

1,040 

a 700 

s4SO 

389

341 

350 

409 

781 

3,66O

9,350 

4,210 

2,460 

1,950 

1,530

1,060 

831 

633 

' 652 

1,060

2.21O 

4,090 

4,440 

2,520 

2,340 

2,460

Aug.

1,950 

1,730 

2,06O 

1,530 

1,330

923 

698 

591

738 

1,630

1,430 

1,680 

1,430 

992 

742

1,200 

1,430 

1,840 

1,210 

831

633 

530 

447 

402 

2,450

4,240 

1,840 

1,840 

4,370 

6,910 

9; 080

Per square 

mile

O.302 

.411 

.662

2.02

5.54 

5.95 

4.73 

1.05 

1.62 

1.33 

.879 

.976 

3.87

2.25

Sept.

18,800 

18,000 

22,000 

27,300 

25,000

21,600 

17,800 

16,600 

8,480 

6,160

4,450 

3,500 

3,35O 

3.7OO 

3,240

3,000 

2,820 

2,820 

2,640 

2,400

1,890 

' 1,480 

1,380 

1,250 

1,060

946 

887 

887 

90O 

1,010

Runoff in 

inches

0.35 

.46 

.76

27.37

6.39 

6.20 

5.46 

1.17 

1.86 

1.49 

1.01 

1.12 

4.32

30.59

Peak discharge (base, 15.OOO sec. -ft .) . - - Jan. 7 (l p.m.) 34,600 sec. -ft.; Feb. 3 (11:30 a.m.)

(12:30 p.m.) 27,700 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Aberdeen.
468 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Tombigbee River at Aberdeen, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°49'14", long. 88°31'07", in Nj sec. 27, T. 14 S., 

R. 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, S miles downstream from Halfway Creek, and 13-j 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.

Drainage area. 2,210 square miles.

Records available.--August 1928 to September 1950. Gage-height records collected at site 

1.3 miles' upstream since 1909 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 22 years, 3,089 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 39,800 second-feet Feb. 16; maximum gage height, 

38.58 feet Feb. 17; minimum discharge not determined, probably occurred during period, 

of no gage-height record.

1928-50: Maximum discharge, 97,000 second-feet Feb. 15, 1948 (gage height, 42.04 

feet); minimum, 58 second-feet Sept. 1, 2, 1943 (gage height, 1.01 feet).

Maximum stage known, 44.8 feet, former site, present datum, Apr. 20, 1892.

Remarks. Records good, 

factor.

Discharge above 1,700 second-feet computed by using fall as a

Discharge, in-second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

280

280

280

290

290

340

790

540

510

470

410

37O

370

370

650

680

700

590

490

450

420

390

420

570

540

570

630

800

730

710

2,090

Nov.

2,950

2,110

1,690

1,420

1,070

898

786

-730

674

646

633

620

646

982

1,070

1,040

842

730

674

633

590

590

570

560

540

540

540

540

540

540

-

Dec.

540

520

520

560

590

620

620

730

702

730

870

1,600

2,510

2,700

2,160

1,840

1,690

1,630

2,170

1,960

1,870

1,780

2,170

1,870

1,690

1,450

1,300

1,240

1,210

1,150

1,070

Jan.

982

954

954

1,120

3,320

14,200

24, 200

28,000

27,700

26,600

25,700

21,200

20,000

18,600

17,800

16,200

15,800

14,700

13,200

11,700

9,960

8,480

7,300

6,100

4,860

3,910

3,870

3,870

3,410

3,570

4,760

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

U^y.......... ....................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

4,270

8,500

14,700

14,600

13,500

12,900

12,200

11,000

9,640

9,480

8,180

7,000

7,640

20,000

31,600

38, 700

37,000

26,600

18,400

14,000

11,100

9,670

8,840

7,160

5,790

4,350

3,600

3,360

_

-

Secondfoot-days

17.02C

26, 39^

42,00

1,553,97

363,02'

373, 78(

315, 19(

64, 80(

97 j 48

73,29

49 3 24

58,61

240,09

1,720,99(

Mar.

5,120

7,640

6,800

5,460

4,550

 4,040

3,950

4,170

4,080

3,430

3,020

5,630

16,800

28,000

34,800

31,900

23,400

17,000

13,300

12,800

11,700

9,160

7,470

6,060

5,160

5,560

5,350

8,250

8,020

6,870

5,700

Apr.

5,100

4,840

4,300

3,810

3,450

3,060

2,700

2,380

2,110

1,990

1,900

2,070

1,960

1,870

1,690

1,600

1,540

1,540

1,720

1,600

1,480

1,360

1,300

1,300

1,360

1,450

1,390

1,300

1,240

1,390

Maximum

) 2,090

1

0 qcr) c , yD\J

2 2,700

3 74,900

) 28,000

5 38,700

) 34,800

5 5,100

I 7 990

r 8^470

2 5,810

3 9,460

2 22,600

3 38,700

May

2,770

2,910

3,220

2,650

2,260

1,960

1,660

2,260

2,950

2,420

2,160

1,960

2,860

4,620

7,500

7,990

7,450

6,650

5,800

4,630

3,790

3,890

2,890

2,080

1,630

1,360

1,270

1,090

954

898

954

Minimum

280

540

520

265

954

3,360

3,020

1,240

898

401

340

401

982

280

June

1,210

1,010

2,850

7,200

8,470

6,820

5,030

3,500

3,380

3,280

4,870

4,750

3,450

2,860

2,450

2,020

1,450

1,180

900

790

790

670

730

674

633

542

483

461

440

401

Mean

54*

88C

1,357

4,257

11,710

13,350

10,170

2,160

3,145

2 442

1, 58E

1, 89]

8,003

4,715

July

383

365

348

340

348

992

1,420

856

530

430

374

356

374

440

1,910

5,690

5,810

3,630

2,110

1,600

1,180

870

702

620

954

1,460

3,430

3,800

3,110

2,460

2,350

Aug.

2,050

1,750

1,870

1,690

1,420

1,070

758

620

542

1,320

1,420

1,600

1,510

1,150

786

786

1,450

1,630

1,420

926

674

530

401

401

734

4,270

2,500

1,790

4,060

8,030

9,460

Per square 

mile

0.248

.398

.614

1.93

5.30

6.04

4.60

.977

1.42

1.11

.719

.856

3.62

2.13

Sept.

13,700

15,300

19,8OO

21,700

22,600

21,800

20,000

18,400

14,300

12,000

9,730

7,940

6,720

5,160

3,640

3,070

2,880

2,880

2,720

2,480

2,190

1,750

1,540

1,420

1,240

1,090

1,010

982

1,010

1,040

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.29

.44

.71

26.13

6. 11

6 . 29

5.30

1.09

1.64

1 23

QX . oo 

.99

4.04

28.96

Peak discharge (base, 13,000 sec. -ft.).- Jan. 8 (11 a.m.) 2f,400 sec. -ft. j Feb. 3 (8 p.m.) 15,300

sec.-ft.

Note. Doubtful or no gage-height record Oct. 1-30, Nov. 21 to Dec. 7, June 15-22; discharge computed on basis of U. S. Weather Bureau gage 1 mile upstream and records for station near Amory.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 469

Tombigbee River at Columbus, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°29'2l", long. 88°25'57", in NW^- sec. 20, T. 18 

b., 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 1950. 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.--33 years (1900-4, 1905-12, 1928-50), 6,096 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 79,800 second-feet Jan. 9 (gage height, 35.13 

ieei); minimum, 652 second-feet Oct. 2-5; minimum gage height, 1.58 feet Oct. 4.

1900-12, 1928-50: Maximum discharge, 148,000 second-feet Jan. 7, 1949 (gage height, 

39.32 feet); minimum 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 Octcber 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

S

6

T

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

674

652

652

652

652

696

808

1,030

965

920

852

785

762

740

898

1,030

1,100

1,060

965

875

830

808

808

942

942

965

1,080

1,120

1,120

1,100

1,300

Nov.

3,690

3,860

2,910

2,250

1,740

1,390

1,240

1,140

1,100

1,060

1,030

1,010

1,010

1,170

1,470

1,480

1,360

1,220

1,100

1,060

1,010

1,010

988

965

965

965

965

965

965

965

-

Dec.

965

965

942

965

965

1,080

1,120

1,290

1,240

1,240

1,360

1,910

2,910

4,280

4,270

3,590

3,140

3,140

4,090

4,090

3,580

3,520

4,750

4,460

3,620

3,250

2,850

2,530

2,330

2,130

2,000

Jan.

1,780

1,720

1,660

1,670

4,790

29,000

48,800

67,400

78,800

76,700

69,000

57,400

47,900

41,800

36,800

32,900

29,300

25,800

21,800

19,500

16,700

15,100

13,100

11,100

9,200

7,060

8,060

9,940

9,640

8,120

7,540

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February ......................

March .......:....................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

9,450

15,200

20,500

23,300

26,200

28,000

27,200

24,700

22,400

21,900

21,400

19,500

18,200

31, 700

44,400

60,700

66,800

65,400

55,900

44,900

34,900

26,700

20,000

14,600

11,700

9,520

7,780

6,660

-

-

-

Secondfoot-days

27,783

42,053

78,572

3,325,258

810,080

779,610

713,'130

133,160

172,580

 \~\r\ 070 J.J.U, aft 

81,010

103 42£

451^150

3,503,434

Mar.

8,440

11,300

12,700

12,200

9,840

9,220

g8,330

glO,200

gll,900

glO,400

gS.OOO

all, 200

g30, 100

g48,800

g73,200

g74,400

g68,200

g55,000

a44,400

g34,400

g27,300

g22,800

g!9,000

g!4,600

glO,100

a8,180

g8,520

gll,100

g!4, 100

g!3,500

gll,700

Apr.

glO.OOO

a9,320

g7,560

g7,620

6,900

6,110

5,720

5,480

5,230

4,890

4,730

4,580

4,570

4,240

3,740

3,360

3,070

3,110

3,270

3,700

3,430

2,810

2,550

2,370

2,370

2,460

2,650

2,480

2,370

2,470

-

Maximum

1,300

3,860

4,750

146,000

78 f 800

66,800

74,400

10,000

11,400

10,600

7,460

18,800

35,900

78,800

May

3,540

6,150

6,710

7,250

6,350

4,860

3,730

2,920

4,510

4,390

3,550

3,090

4,500

6,310

9,220

11,200

11,400

10,900

10,400

9,090

7,900

6,930

6,150

5,420

4,130

2,790

2,250

2,010

1,760

1,620

1,550

Minimum

652

965

942

652

1,660

6,660

8,000

2,370

1,550

988

830

898

1,750

652

June

1,690

1,760

gl,940

a5, 560

g9,240

glO,600

g9,840

7,220

5,480

5,120

5,380

6,740

6,050

5,080

4,830

4,070

2,720

2,050

1,760

1,580

1,450

1,320

1,320

1,300

1,280

1,240

1,140

1,100

1,030

988

-

Mean

896

1,402

2,535

9,110

26,130

27, 840

23,000

4,439

5,567

3^ 696

2, 613

3,336

15,040

9,598

July

920

875

852

830

830

1,140

2,360

2,470

1,540

1,220

al,030

920

875

898

1,100

a3,400

g7,160

g7,460

5,570

3,380

2,190

1,610

1,320

1,290

1,350

1,490

3,340

5,880

6,230

5,700

5,780

Aug.

5,350

4,150

2,660

2,690

2,300

1,870

1,400

1,220

1,100

1,190

2,150

2,380

2,390

1,880

1,440

1,260

1,750

2,2lO

2,470

2,390

1,540

1,170

1,010

920

898

2,880

5,980

4,410

6,970

14,600

18,800

Per square 

mile

0.200

*-ro 

. GJ.£

.565

2.03

5.82

6 .20

5. 12

!989

1.24

.823

.582

.743

3.35

2.14

Sept.

21,500

25,300

30,200

34,000

35,600

35,900

35,600

34,700

33,200

29,600

24,700

19,200

14,800

10,800

7,140

5,480

5,660

7,340

7,280

6,170

5,020

4,140

3,140

2,480

2,120

1,930

1,810

1,750

2,130

2,460

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.23

.35

.65

27.54

6.71

6.46

5 QT 3J.

1.10

1.43

.92

.67

 oooc 

3.74

29.03

Peak discharge (base. 24.000 aee.-ft.).--Jan. 9 (5 p.m.) 79,800 sec.-ft.; Feb. 6 (10 p.m.) 27,900 

sec.-ft.s Feb. 17 (7 a.m.) 67,600 sec.-ft.j Mar. 16 (7 a.m.) 75,600 sec.-ft.5 Sept. 6 (1 a.m.) 36,100 

sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Aberdeen.

g Computed from graph based on once-daily gage readings.

231536 O - 53 - 31
470 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Tombigbee 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, 15 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 1950. Gage-height records collected at same 

site November 1909 to September 1924 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 11 years, 8,339 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 76,500 second-feet Jan. 12; maximum gage height, 

41.a feet Jan. 13; minimum discharge, 970 second-feet Oct. 3-6; minimum gage height, 

4.00 feet Oct. 4, 5.

1939-50: Maximum discharge, 163,000 second-feet Jan. 9, 1949; maximum gage height, 

46.9 feet Jan. 9, 1949; minimum discharge, 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. Discharge 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 1949 to September 195O

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

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,O40 

1,OOO 

970 

970

970

970 

1,000 

1,180 

1,420 

1,360

1,320 

1,180 

1,110 

1.O80

1,110

1,280 

1,500 

1,610 

1,570 

1,420

1,280 

1,220 

1,140 

1,140 

1,360

1,390 

1,360 

1,570 

1,650 

1,730 

2,170

Nov.

3,080 

4,990 

4,660 

3,810 

3,120

2,490 

2,170 

1,890 

1,770 

1,650

1,610 

1,570 

1,570 

1,650 

1,930

2,330 

2,330 

2,170 

1,890 

1,690

1,570 

1,530 

1.5OO 

1,500 

1,460

1,420 

1,420 

1,460 

1,460 

1,460

Dec.

1,460 

1,460 

1,460 

1,460 

1,460

1,500 

1,770 

2,090 

2,33O 

2,250

2,410 

2,850 

3,910 

5,650 

6,120

5,430 

4,770 

5,100 

6,990 

7,250

6,240 

6,000 

7,660 

7,800 

6,480

5,540 

4,880 

4,330 

3,910 

3,610 

3,310

Jan.

3.O3O 

2,850 

2,670 

2,670 

4,620

31,800 

47.OOO 

52,700 

56,800 

63,100

74,400 

74,600 

71,400 

68,700 

62,600

55,200 

49,600 

45,100 

39,800 

36,600

32,600 

28,400 

24,800 

19,700 

14,600

11,600 

10, 300 

11,200 

12,600 

12,000 

10,800

Month

Ooto 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Maro

Apri

Ut»w

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

ber ..........................

nber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

1... .........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-5O ............

Feb.

10,000 

11,200 

18, 700 

23,000 

24, 900

27,900 

30,000 

29,900 

29,100 

29,600

28,200 

25,700 

25,600 

32,100 

40,500

46,600 

51,000 

57,OOO 

62,100 

60,200

57,000 

51.6OO 

44,800 

37,500 

30,900

24,700 

17,600 

1O.5OO

Secondfoot-days

40,070 

63,150 

127,480

4,296,870

1,033,840 

937,900 

840,560 

187,950 

206,080 

133,070 

96,120 

120,680 

554,120

4,341,020

Peak discharge (base, 20,000 see. -ft.). Ja

sec. -ft.) Mar. is 19 p.m.) 67,000 see. -ft.; S 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed

Mar.

11,600 

13,800 

15,900 

15,800 

14,200

113,000 

11,200 

10,600 

13,400 

14,000

12,600 

9,860 

18,700 

31,900 

40, 700

51, 600 

61,200 

65,400 

60,900 

58,300

53,400 

44,000 

38, 1OO 

32,400 

26,500

20, 700 

14, 300 

13,500 

17,400 

18,000 

17,600

Apr.

16,100 

14,000 

12,300 

11,100 

9,880

8,820 

7,950 

7,140 

6,390 

5,810

5,530 

5,320 

5,370 

5,160 

5.1OO

4,66O 

4,440 

4,330 

4,330 

4,550

4,660 

4,330 

4,010 

3,81O 

3,710

3,710 

3,810 

3,910 

3,710 

4,010

Maximum

2,170 

4,990 

7,800

160, OOO

74,600 

62,100 

65,400 

16,100 

12,100 

11,6OO 

8,O80 

20,100 

39,8OO

74,600

May

5.1OO 

7,330 

12,100 

9,620 

8,900

6,860 

5,520 

4,640 

4,070 

5,000

4,520 

4,440 

4,200 

.5,650 

7,78O

10,6OO 

11,500 

11,600 

11,200 

11, 300

9,520 

8,090 

6,960 

6,050 

5,110

4,220 

3.51O 

3,030 

2,760 

2,490 

2,410

Minimum

970 

1,42O 

1,460

970

2,670 

10,000 

9,860 

3,710 

2,410 

1,420 

1,140 

1,180 

2,580

970

June

2,250 

2,490 

2,490 

3,050 

7,380

10,600 

11,600 

10,600 

7,350 

6.OOO

5,540 

6,610 

7,800 

6,720 

6,000

5,210 

4,220 

3,310 

2,760 

2,410

2,250 

2,090 

2,010 

2,010 

1,970

1,970 

1,810 

1,650 

1,500 

1,420

Mean

1,293 

2,105 

4,112

11,770

33,350 

33,500 

27,110 

6,265 

6,648 

4,436 

3,101 

3,893 

18,470

11,890

July

1,360 

1,280 

1,250 

1,220 

1,140

1,180 

1,850 

3,410 

3,120 

2,250

1,730 

1,460 

1,390 

1,320 

1,500

1,970 

5,590 

8,080 

7,080 

5,110

3,610 

2,760 

2,170 

1,890 

1,930

2,170 

2,720 

6,000 

6,720 

6,260 

6,60O

Aug.

6,400 

5,540 

4,220 

3,410 

3,310

2,850 

2,490 

1,970 

1,690 

1,690

2,670 

3,510 

3,210 

2,940 

2,330

2,330 

2,940 

3,210 

3,120 

3,410

3,710 

1,970 

1,530 

1,320 

1,220

1,180 

3,760 

5,100 

4,550 

13,000 

20,100

Per square 

mile

0.216 

.351 

.686

1.96

5.57 

5.59 

4.53 

1.O5 

1.11 

.741 

.518 

.650 

3.08

1.98

Sept.

23,300 

25,500 

29,100 

31,600 

34,100

35,200 

35,800 

37,300 

38,500 

39,800

38,300 

35,9OO

31,300 

25,100 

16,800

7,170 

5,090 

8,470 

9,630 

8,500

6,790 

5,210 

4,520 

3,790 

3,340

3,120 

2,700 

2,580 

2,580 

3,030

Runoff in 

inches

0.25 

.39 

.79

26.66

6.42 

5.82 

5.22 

1.17 

1.28 

.83 

.60 

.75 

3.44

26.96

n. 12 (3 a.m.) 76,500 sec. -ft.; Feb. 19 (9 p.m.) 62,600 

ept. 10 (5 a.m.) 40,000 sec. -ft.' 

on basis of records for stations at Columbus, Hiss.,

and Oainesville, Ala.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 471

Tombigbee River at Gainesville, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°49', long. 88°09', In SE£ sec. 2, T. 21 N., R. 

a W., at bridge on State Highway 39 at Gainesville, 2 miles 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 1950. Gage-height records collected at same 

site since January 1937 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 12 years, 11,830 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 101,000 second-feet Jan. 14; maximum gage height, 

49.9 feet Jan. 15; minimum discharge, 1,300 second-feet Oct. 5, 6.

1938-50: Maximum discharge, 168,000 second-feet Jan. 11, 1949; maximum gage height, 

53.9 feet Jan. 11, 1949; minimum discharge, 389 second-feet Aug. 31, 1943 (gage height, 

0.81 foot).

Remarks.--Records good. Discharge at times computed by using fall as determined by auxilTary gage as a factor.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; records of discharge computed by 

ueological Survey.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,380

1,380

1,380

1,340

1,300

1,300

1,340

1,410

1,640

1,750

1,680

1,600

1,520

1,450

1,410

1,520

1,750

2,000

2,080

1,950

1,750

1,640

1,520

1,490

1,560

1,710

1,680

1,750

1,950

2,080

2,460

Nov.

3,240

5,390

6,220

5,170

4,360

3,690

3,060

2,630

2,380

2,290

2,160

2,080

2,080

2,080

2,210

2,630

2,890

2,800

2,550

2,290

2,120

2,040

1,950

1,950

1,910

1,870

1,870

1,870

1,910

1,910

-

Dec.

1,910

1,910

1,910

1,910

1,910

1,950

2,160

2,460

2,800

2,970

3,060

3,420

4,060

5,620

7,540

7,300

6,340

6,220

8,020

10,000

9,360

8,140

9,360

10,900

9,880

8,140

7,060

6,220

5,500

5,170

4,860

Jan.

4,560

4,360

4,160

3,960

4,260

24,400

46,400

52,700

56,800

61,200

69,500

81,500

94,400

99,900

97,400

91,000

85,000

76,000

69,200

62,500

55, 300

49, 100

42,400

36,200

30, 300

23, 900

20,200

19,200

19, 300

17,700

16,000

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

l^y....... ....................... 

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Hater year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

15, 000

15, 400

22,600

28,000

30, 700

31,600

33,200

34, 400

35, 400

37,400

39,300

39,700

40, 000

42,800

48, 500

51,000

54, 500

60,500

67,800

70, 400

73, 500

76,400

75,700

69,300

61,800

53, 400

43, 900

34, 300

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

50,77C

81,60C

168, 06C

6,061,42C

1,418,80C

1,286,50C

1, 135, 10C

268, 59C

332, 19C

161, 17C

141, 39C

149, 2 1C

731, 68C

5, 925, 06C

Mar.

27,300

25,700

22,400

20,800

19, 800

17,600

15, 800

14, 800

15, 900

17,300

17,100

15, 400

20,700

35,700

41,200

44, 500

48,800

55,300

63,900

73,000

76,400

75,000

68,600

60,600

52,500

43, 900

34,900

31, 300

28, 700

26, 100

24, 100

Apr.

21,900

19,800

17,800

16,100

14,400

13, 500

12,300

11,200

10, 100

9,100

8,620

8,140

7,900

7,660

7,300

6,700

6,220

6,220

6,220

6,220

6,220

5,860

5,390

5,060

4,860

4,760

4,760

4,860

4,760

4,660

-

Maximum

2,460

6,220

10, 900

162,000

99,900

76,400

76,400

21,900

27,000

12,900

15, 000

20, 600

45, 600

99,900

Hay

6,580

13,000

25,700

27,000

22,100

17,200

12, 900

9,980

7,740

7,300

7,180

6,700

7,660

7,900

9,230

11,400

13, 300

14, 100

13, 900

13, 900

13, 50C

11, 60C

10, 100

8,740

7,540

6,100

4,960

4,260

3,870

3,510

3,240

Minimum

1,300

1,870

1,910

1,300

3,960

15, 000

14, 800

4,660

3,240

1,910

1,490

1,640

3,690

1,300

June

3,060

3,060

3,240

3,330

6,280

10, 800

12,400

12,900

10, 600

7,860

7,060

6,940

8,620

S.620

7,420

6,460

5,390

4,460

3,870

3,240

) 2,970

) 2,970

2,800

2,720

2,630

2,550

2,550

2,380

2,080

1,910

_

Mean

1,638

2,720

5,421

16,610

45, 770

45,950

36, 620

8,953

10, 720

5,372

4,561

4,813

24,390

16,230

July

1,790

1,680

f 1, 600

fl,520

f 1, 490

f 1, 640

f2,720

f3, 600

f4,060

f3,240

f2,800

f2,550

f2,120

2,290

2,380

5,280

5,620

8,860

9,360

7,270

4,960

3,960

3,780

3,060

2,800

2,890

3,150

6,220

11,500

12,200

15,000

Aug.

13, 400

9,600

6,73O

5,170

4,360

4,160

3,510

2,890

2,550

2,380

3,330

4,460

4,160

3,780

3,330

2,800

3,240

3,870

3,960

4,260

4,160

3,330

2,630

2,210

1,790

1,640

2,040

5,330

5,280

8,260

20, 600

Per square 

mile

0.188

.313

.623

1.91

5.26

5.28

4.21

1.O3

1.23

.617

.524

.553

2.80

1.87 '

Sept.

26,600

30,200

35,800

37,200

39,100

40,000

41,000

42,800

44,400

44, 900

45,600

44,700

41, 800

39,600

34,000

22,600

13,000

12,600

15,900

15,000

13,000

10,500

8,260

6,820

5,740

4,960

4,260

3,870

3,690

3,780

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.22

.35

.72

25.93

6.06

5.50

4.85

1.15

1.42

.69

.60

.64

3.13

25.33

irge (base. 55.000 sec.-ft.) . Jan. 14 (7 a.m.) 101,000 sec.-ft.) Feb. 23 (1 p.m.) 76,400 

f. 21 (12 m.) 77,200 sec.-ft.; Sept. 10 (9 p.m.) 45,800 sec.-ft.

Peak discharge 

seo.-ft.j Mar.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.

Note. Discharge computed from graph based on gage readings Feb. 11 to Mar. 6, June 18-30, July 

25 to Sept. 8, Sept. 22-30. - - -
472 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

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 is 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 1950.

Average dis charge. 22 years, 22,550 second -feet.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 117,000 second-feet Jan. 18; maximum gage height, 

45.9 feet Jan. 18, 19; minimum discharge, 2,500 second-feet Oct. 2.

1928-50: Maximum discharge, 199,000 second-feet Jan. 14, 1949; maximum gage height, 

51.4 feet Mar. 29, 1929: minimum daily discharge, 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 and those for periods of no 

gage-height record, 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 

Geoelogical Survey. 

Revisions (water years) .--W 782: 1934. W 952: 1941.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

' 45

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

2,700

2,600

2,700

2,800

2,800

2,900

2,900

2,800

2,800

2,900

3,000

2,900

2,800

2,900

2,900

3,110

3,220

3,320

3,640

4,290

3,850

3,320

3,000

2,900

2,800

2,800

2,900

2,900

3,000

3,320

4,070

Nov.

9,160

19,000

19,700

14,400

10,500

8,060

6,680

5,990

5,300

4,840

4,510

4,290

4,290

4,400

4,400

4,510

4,730

4,840

4,840

4,510

4,290

4,070

3,960

3,850

3,740

3,740

3,740

3,740

3,740

3,740

-

Dec.

3,740

3,740

3,740

3,740

3,850

3,960

4,070

4,400

4,960

5,300

5,420

5,900

8,060

10,400

14,200

16,100

14,400

13,000

13,000

15,800

19,200

17,700

17,000

20, 100

24,000

22,800

17,400

14,500

13,100

11,700

10,700

Jan.

9,300

8,540

8,300

8,060

7,830

12,500

47,700

67,200

75,000

c81,300

079,200

087,300

094,100

102,000

104,000

112,000

114,000

117,000

114,000

108,000

130,000

96,600

88,700

79,100

70,900

59,700

46,900

38,200

43,500

42,400

37,400

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

Bay ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September .........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

34, 900

28,700

30,000

41,800

53,700

59,100

59,400

60,200

59,800

61,000

65,300

68,400

69,200

71,500

72,900

74,400

77,200

80,200

076,300

075,900

75,000

73,900

75,100

77,400

77,600

77,400

74,100

69,400

.

_

-

Secondfoot-days

94,840

187,560

346,070

11,416,950

2,063,730

1,819,800

2 089 30C '545^710 611,100

264,190

276 , 58C

240,760

970,050

9,509,690

Mar.

64,100

55,100

47,600

44,400

40,200

35,200

30,200

28,300

28,200

30, 300

29,900

28,100

32,700

55,100

68,000

77,700

84,900

90,200

96,800

104,000

111,000

113,000

114,000

L13, 000

107,000

99,200

86,300

77,400

70,900

65,800

60,700

Apr.

51,700

44,800

37,400

33,200

29,900

26,800

23,800

21,000

18,700

16,400

15,500

15,400

14,600

13,900

13,000

12,000

11,300

11,300

12,700

12,800

12,600

11,300

9,830

9,040

8,540

8,300

8,300

8,300

13,200

20,100

-

Maximum

4,290

19,700

24,000

196,000

117,000

80,200

114,000

51,700

48,100

18,000

27,200

32,000

54,000

117,000

May

22,200

30,400

39,400

46,800

048,100

042,300

033,200

024,100

017,300

13,900

12,200

11,400

10,900

12,600

14,800

16,900

19,000

19,400

18,900

19,000

21,100

24,200

19,200

h!6,000

h!3,000

h'11,000

h8,800

h7,400

h6, 400

h5,800

h5,400

Minimum

2,600

3,740

3,740

2,600

7,830

28 700

28 100

8 300 5'' 400

3 300

2^900

2,700

5,760

2,600

June

h5,000

h5,000

h5,200

h5,400

h6, 800

h!4,000

h!8,000

16,900

h!6,000

h!4,000

hll.OOO

h!3,000

14,600

13,600

12,000

f9,830

f8,540

f7,140

f6,220

f5,530

f5,530

h7,000

h7,600

h7,600

h6, 800

he, ooo

h4,800

h4,200

h3,600

e3,300

-

Mean

3,059

6,252

11,160

31,280

66,570

64,990

67,400

18,190

19,710

8,806

8, 922

7,766

32,340

26,050

July

e3,100

f3,110

2,900

f2,900

2,900

f2,900

3,110

4,300

h6,200

h6, 600

h5,000

h4,200

h4,100

3,740

h6,200

h8,600

tl!8,000

tl22,000

tl21,000

1117,000

113,000

h8,800

h7,000

5,530

4,960

5,530

h7,000

110,000

117,000

22,700

27,200

Aug.

f 32, 000

f27,800

18,600

f 12, 900

9,040

f7,600

f6,680

f5,640

h4,800

f4,400

h4,200

h5,000

5,760

5,760

5,300

4,730

4,620

5,180

5,990

5,760

5,640

5,180

4,180

3,530

3,110

2,700

2,700

3,960

h4,400

h6, 600

hi 7, 000

Per square 

mile

0.197

.403

.720

2.02

4.29

4.19

4.35

1.17

1.27

.568

.576

.501

2.09

1.68

Sept.

335,000

a45,000

49,300

54,000

52,800

49,800

46,900

49,200

51,100

52,600

a53,000

a53,000

a52,000

50,700

f47,900

f 42, 600

f 33, 200

20,800

17,500

If 18, 500

f!7,400

14,400

11,700

10,400

8,540

7,600

6,910

6,450

5,990

5,760

Runoff in 

inches

0.23

.45

.83

27.40

4.95

4.37

5.01

1.31

1.47

.63

.66

.58

2.33

22.82

Peak discharge (base. 80.000 see.-ft.) . Jan. 18, 117,000 sec.-ft. j Feb. 19 (l p.m.) 81,600 seo.- 

ft.j Mar. 23 (2 aim.) 116,000 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Leroy.

c Backwater from Sucarnoochee River.

e Indefinite stage-discharge relation; discharge computed on basis of records for station near 

Leroy.

f Computed from partly estimated gage-height record.

h Computed from staff-gage readings at upper lock 3.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 473

Tombigbee River near Leroy, Ala.

Location. Staff gage above spillway of navigation dam at lock 1, lat. 31°34<, long. 88°02 r ,

 in sec. 13, 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 1950.

Average discharge. 22 years, 27,550 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 114,000 second-feet Jan. 24, Mar. 29 (gage height,

 3T372~feet); minimum daily, 3,480 second-feet July 3-5.

1928-50: Maximum discharge, 192,000 second-feet Apr. 10, 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

 and 75,000 second-feet computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor. Discharge 

below 15,000 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. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; records of discharge computed by 

ueoiogical Survey.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3,940

3,940

3,650

3,680

3,850

4,170

4,170

4,330

4,170

4,200

4,200

4,200

4,360

4,200

4,200

4,360

4,360

4,520

5,530

6,150

6,220

7,980

4,760

4,000

3,870

3,680

3,850

4,010

4,180

4,180

5,416

Nov.

10,200

14,900

20,100

21,100

17,600

12,800

9,900

8,130

7,150

6,530

5,680

5,170

5,180

5,390

5,630

5,630

5,630

5,860

6,100

6,100

5,860

5,630

5,180

5,180

4,970

4,970

4,970

4,780

4,780

4,780

-

Dec.

4,640

4,680

4,680

4,680

4,880

4,880

5,580

6,110

6,600

7,520

7,610

7,610

9,530

12,100

15,400

19,100

20,600

18,600

17,600

17,100

19,100

21,100

21,600

21,600

24, 100

' 25,300

24,000

21,200

19,100

17,100

14,900

Jan.

12,800

11,800

10,800

10,400

9,900

9,900

18,600

41,400

49,600

54,900

61,000

66,700

71,400

76,800

81,100

86,000

89,300

95,000

99,000

103,000

108,000

110,000

112,000

114,000

112,000

110,000

108,000

103,000

95,000

86,000

75,300

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April .....................:......

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

63,300

53,200

43,700

40,700

45,600

49,400

53,000

55,900

58, 100

62,200

67,800

71,400

72,700

75,300

78,200

79,700

79,700

81,100

82,600

82,600

84,300

84,300

86,000

86,, 000

87,600

87,600

87,600

87,600

Secondfoot-days

138 32

235 881

428^ 6CK

14,051,54(

2 192 70

1, 987,20

2,372,20

975, 1CK

796,26

319,07

320,22 

305 08

1,072^02

11,142,65

Mar.

87,600

86,000

84,300

82,600

78,200

72,700

63,300

54,200

48,500

43, 700

41,200

38,000

37,600

42,300

52 , 800

58,100

62,200

67,800

72,100

76,800

82,600

87,600

91,000

97,000

101,000

105,000

110,000

112,000

114,000

112,000

L10,OOO

Apr.

105,000

101,000

93,000

84,300

75,300

61,600

49,000

39,800

32,100

27,200

23,600

21,800

20,600

18,600

17,600

16,500

15,400

14,400

15,400

-16,000

16,000

15,400

13,800

12,800

11,800

11,300

10,000

10,500

10,500

14,800

-

Maximum

D 7,980

3 21,100

3 25,300

3 173,000

3 114,000

3 87,600

3 114,000

} 105,000

3 53,200

D 19,600

3 25,500

3 31,500 

D 55,800

D 114,000

May

22,200

32,800

44,900

50,900

52,400

53,200

52,500

47,500

38,200

27,400

22,100

17,600

15,400

14,400

16,000

18,100

20,100

21,800

22,000

22,000

23,900

27,500

26,400

22,700

19,600

16,000

13,300

11,000

9,040

7,760

7,560

Minimum

3,650

4,780

4,640

3,650

9,900

40,700

37,600

10,000

7,560 

4 830 3)430

3,600

6,510

3,480

June

7,130

6,620

6,680

6,940

7,220

10,500

14,800

19,100

19,600

18,600

16,500

14,400

14,9OO

16,000

15,400

14,400

12,300

10,200

8,850

7,440

6,720

7,020

8,240

9,150

9,390

8,370

7,390

5,500

4,890

4,830

-

Mean

4,462

7 ,86*

13.83C

38.50C

70 73C

70^97C

76,520

32,50C

25.69C

10.64C

10,33C

9,84! 

35.73C

30,530

July

4,380

3,630

3,480

3,480

3,480

3,750

3,890

5,060

7,490

7,970

7,650

6,000

5,550

5,550

6,930

10,400

13,100

19,600

23,600

23,200

20,100

15,400

11,300

8,290

7,210

6,780

8,350

11,500

15,400

22,200

25,500

Aug.

29,700

31,500

28,OOO

22,700

17,600

12,300

9,230

8,000

6,940

5,790

5,430

5,430

6,120

7,340

7,520

6,940

6,160

5,920

6,650

7,490

7,800

7,520

6,940

5,550

4,430

3,900

3,600

3,600

5,640

8,240

11,100

Per square 

mile

0* 234

!*12

.724

2.02

3.70

3. 72

4.01

1.70

1.35

.557

.541

.515

1.87

1.60

Sept.

19,600

34,000

45,400

50,500

52,200

52,500

52,700

52,700

52,300

53,500

53,900

54, 800

55,800

55,600

55,600

53,800

51,100

41,800

29,400

25,800

22,900

20,900

18,100

14,900

12,300

9,860

8,830

7,680

7,040

6,510

Runoff in 

inches

0.27

.46

.83

27.35

4.27

3 87

4.62

I . on 9U

1.55

. 62

 62

.59

2.09

21.69

Peak discharge (base, 85,000 sec.-ft.).--Jan. 24, 114,000 sec.-ft.j Feb. 35 to Mar. 1, 87,600 Bec.- 

f t.; tear. 2?f'Tl4,QtfO BeoV^f'bV
474 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Mackys Creek near Dennis, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°32', long. 88°20', in sec. 26, T. 6 S., R. 9 E. 

Chickasaw 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).

Drainage area. 66 square miles (authority, Corps of Engineers).

Records available. February 1938 to September 1950. Prior to January 1944, monthly discharge only.

Average discharge. 12 years (1938-50), 109 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,120 second-feet Feb. 14 (gage height, 19.54 

reet); minimum, 23 second-feet Oct. 1 (gage height, 2.15 feet).

1938-50: Maximum discharge observed, 3,520 second-feet Feb. 13, 1948 (gage height, 

22.08 feet); minimum not determined.

Remarks. Records good below 200 second-feet and poor above.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; occasional discharge measurements 

made ana records of discharge computed by Geological Survey.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

27

32

34

40

56

95

67

41

37

37

33

42

61

66

56

49

45

42

42

42

42

64

63

53

84

108

73

61

58

92

217

Nov.

176

109

85

72

70

67

64

64

63

61

60

61

108

92

68

64

60

58

51

57

57

56

56

56

56

56

56

57

57

56

-

Dec.

54

56

53

54

61

58

70

66

58

58

106

119

129

113

79

66

64

95

97

78

72

101

1O3

79

72

70

76

81

68

67

66

Jan.

64

79

106

108

636

1,560

732

270

174

248

409

459

932

525

299

288

288

349

279

202

157

141

129

121

111

106

124

111

103

346

258

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January

February

March ............................

April ............................

Hay ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August

September ........................

Rater year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

288

577

578

217

164

149

246

167

268

251

153

134

976

2,710

818

270

193

162

149

132

125

231

158

125

119

113

105

149

_

_

-

Secondfoe t-days

1 85e

2)o79

2,389

46,122

9,714

9 727

8,32^ 

2,971

3 43£

2^274

2,021

2,599

6,007

53,396

Mar.

475

172

134

121

116

109

109

125

101

97

105

950

1,890

673

249

210

172

151

137

245

165

141

125

124

264

164

227

357

160

134

122

Apr.

129

122

117

117

119

101

98

98

97

97

122

103

93

87

85

84

85

90

89

81

76

81

87

82

97

84

74

116

105

155

-

Maximum

217

176

129

2,180

1,560

2,710

i l;OyU Aon

155

4-18

304

170

389

1,430

2,710

Bay

173

114

109

92

85

74

76

78

74

70

67

87

98

418

357

160

114

95

105

132

111

93

74

68

60

57

57

56

51

65

162

Minimum

27

56

53

24

64

105

97

74

51

36

33

36

58

27

June

74

74

304

268

114

90

81

67

66

142

117

76

63

56

51

47

46

45

44

44

51

51

45

40

38

36

36

36

36

36

-

Mean

60.0

69 .3

77.1

126

313

347

9CQ coy 

99.0

111

75 »8

65 2

200' 83 8

146

July

34

33

34

34

34

45

38

33

33

33

33

56

38

38

158

170

137

106

64

49

46

45

45

51

68

76

139

122

87

66

76

Aug.

54

53

60

47

42

42

37

37

101

90

53

46

44

40

50

176

64

51

47

45

40

37

37

36

180

164

74

64

263

136

389

Per square 

mile

0.909

1.05

1.17

1.91

4.74

5.26

4.08

1.50

1.68

1.15

 988

1.27

3.03

2.21

Sept.

512

1,040

1,430

274

165

122

119

148

146

136

230

176

132

172

109

100

95

90

78

73

78

78

70

63

60

59

60

64

63

66

-

Runoff in 

inches

1.05

1.17

1.35

25.99

5.47

5.48

4*69 

1.67

1.93

1 28

l'.14

1.46

3.38

30.07

Peak discharge (base, 1,100 sec. -ft.). Jan. 6 (6 a.m.) 1.760 sec. -ft.: Jan. 13 (8 a.m.) 1.100

Fteb. 14 (7:30 a.m.) 3,12O sec.-ft.j Mar. 13 (9 a.m.) 2,030 sec.-ft.j Sept. 2 (12 p.m.) 

2,130 sec.-ft.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 

Bull Mountain Creek at Tremont, Miss.

475

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°14'20", long. 88°16'15", In NE^SW^ sec. 5, T. 

10 S., R. 10 E. Chickasaw 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 Pulton. Datum of gage 

is 317.39 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers)77

Drainage area. 120 square miles (authority, Corps of Engineers). 

Records available. October 1943 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 8,240 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage height, 9.02 

I'eet); minimum, 27 second-feet July 12; minimum gage height, 2.53 feet Oct. 1, 2.

1943-50: 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 good.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; occasional discharge measurements 

maae ana records of discharge computed by Geological Survey.

Sating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. l-ll)

2.6 

2.9 

3.3 

3.8 

4.4

29

52

90

151

238

414

570

665

800

1,080

7.4 

8.0 

8.5

1,930

3,520

5,200

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 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 

30 

31

Oct.

28 

28 

28 

31 

38

50 

46 

39 

41 

43

39

37 

112 

150 

166

96 

71 

60 

54 

50

48 

56 

75 

61 

56

79 

75 

61 

57 

61 

89

Nov..

121 

96 

90 

70 

66

64 

64 

63 

61 

59

59 

60 

73 

93

77

71 

66 

63 

65 

66

66 

66 

64 

66 

66

70 

69 

71 

72 

70

Dec.

66 

65 

64 

66 

74

76 

77 

87 

77 

74

106 

123 

115 

147 

121

101 

94 

139 

223 

168

135 

147 

208 

158 

133

123 

117 

108 

96 

90 

85

Jan.

82 

82 

86 

96 

325

3,810 

5,070 

1,820 

770 

558

629 

653 

984 

920

709

558 

467 

440 

422 

363

315 

291 

275 

253 

223

208 

223 

230 

208 

230 

230

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Pebr 

Haro

(IS? June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

 ber ............

lendar year 1949 

ary . .

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Peak discharge (base, 4.000 sec.

Feb.

283 

546 

812 

657 

449

372 

490 

760 

596 

494

397 

339 

412 

3,170 

2,650

987 

596 

467 

397 

339

307 

406 

431 

331 

291

260 

238 

246

Seoondfoot-days

1,92 

2,12 

3,46

81,52

21,53( 

17,72 

18,09 

4,97 

9,54 

4,21 

1,84 3,83' 

7,67

96,93

Har.

583 

570 

388 

323 

291

268 

253 

291 

260 

223

208 

491 

3,700 

2,770 

1,020

625 

504 

414 

372 

440

406 

331 

299 

275 

339

315 

372 

610 

494 

354 

307

Apr.

299 

291 

260 

246 

238

208 

193 

186 

178 

172

179 

186 

157 

150 

142

135 

134 

137 

138 

129

119 

118 

125 

117 

137

135 

114

107 

105 

137

Maximum

5 166 

7 .121 

5 223

5 5,550

) 5,070 

5 3,170 

3 3,700 

I 299 

T 2,000 

L 485 

3 230 

> 535 

L 1,570

7 5,070

Hay

186 

173 

176 

150 

132

115 

115 

208 

146 

117

105 

252 

657 

1,410 

2,000

. 753 

422 

307 

253 

331

246 

223 

179 

152 

132

118 

106 

99 

92 

86 

106

HiniBun

28 

59 

64

28

82

238 

208 

105 

86 

38 

28 

32 

62

28

June

94 

90 

303 

440 

291

186 

146 

121 

108 

214

 485 

283 

186 

143 

118

101 

89 

83 

73

67

66 

81 

98

67 

57

50 

47 

44 

42 

38

Mean

62.1 

70.9 

112

223

695 

633 

584 

166 

308 

140 

59.4 

124 

256

266

July

35 

32 

32 

30

31

67 

62 

45 

35 

32

30 

28 

28 

30 

132

230 

98 

71 

64 

50

43 

39 

35 

32 

32

34 

64 

85 

129 

87 

98

Aug.

67 

57 

132 

71 

50

44 

39 

35 

38 

354

198 

97 

73 

62 

53

114 

104 

64 

56 

50

45 

41 

35 

32 

62

133 

203 

250 

289 

449 

535

Sept.

1,030 

1,570 

939 

422 

283

208 

186 

253 

246 

253

223 

238 

179 

193 

161

141 

126 

112 

100 

93

88 

86 

79 

75 

69

65 

62 

64 

63 

64

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

0.518 0.60 

.591 .66 

.933 1.07

1.86 25.27

5.79 6.67 

5.28 5 * 

4.87 S-61 

! TO 1.54 

^.'57 2.96 

1.17 1.31 

.495 .57 

1.03 1.19 

2.13 2.38

2.22 30.04

-ft.). Jan. 6 (8 p.m.) 8,240 sec. -ft.} Feb. 14 (8:30 p.m) 5,120

sec. -ft.; Har. 13 (.6 p.m.) 4,88'6' sec. -ft.
476 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Bull Mountain Creek near Smlthville, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°05', long. 88°24', In SE£ sec. 30, T. 11 S., R. 

9 E., Chlckasaw meridian, at bridge on State Highway -25, 0.8 mile upstream from 

Mlsslsslpplan Railway bridge, 1.1 miles north of Smlthville, and Zj miles upstream from 

mouth. Datum of gage Is 234.81 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by 

Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 335 square miles (authority, Corps of Engineers).

Records available. October 1940 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 10 years, 525 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 14,200 second-feet Jan. 7 (gage height, 13.94 

reet); minimum, 72 second-feet Oct. 3 (gage height, 2.51 feet).

1940-50: 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 good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Coopera'tion. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; occasional discharge measurements 

made aricT records of discharge computed by Geological Survey.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 23, 30, Nov. 6, 15, 20, 

21, 27, Dec. 5, Mar. 4-12, 19-27, Apr. 1-11, July 6-15)

2.8 

3.1 

3.8 

4.9 

5.6

97

130

235

435

607

7.0

8.3

9.6

10.2

10.8

1,050

1,530

2,310

2,860

3,670

11.9 5,780

12.5 7,310

13.2 10,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

77 

73 

73 

73 

77

85 

99 

109 

94 

90

94 

90 

101 

204 

294

260 

3200 

3150 

a!20 

a 110

3110

alls 

hi 29 

a!40 

3120

3150 

3180 

3150 

3130 

h!42 

a200

Nov.

3250 

3230 

3200 

3190 

3180

h!68 

3155 

3140 

also

3130

3130 

3140 

3160 

3190 

hzil

3200

3170 

3160 

3160 

h!57

h!57 

3150 

3150 

3150 

3150

also 

h!51 

also 

also 

a!45

Dec.

3140 

3135 

3130 

3130 

h!28

3130 

3135 

h!40 

3150 

3120

h!63 

3260 

3280 

3250 

3200

3180 

3210 

h243 

h235 

3280

3200 

3230 

3300 

h366 

3320

3270 

3240 

3220 

3210 

3200 

200

Jan.

3190' 

h!87 

3300 

31,500 

34,500

37,500 

310,000 

hlO,000 

33,600 

h2,860

32,300 

32,000 

hi, 990 

32,500 

32,800

32,300 

al,900 

31,400 

al,200 

3940

3800 

h6 80 

3600 

3550 

3500

456 

456 

478 

478 

445 

552

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May.

June 

July

&R

ber ..........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary . .

st ...........................

 ober ........................

Water year 1019-50

Peak discharge (base, s ooo sec

a Ho gage-height record; dlscha 

h Computed from wire-weight gag

Feb.

680 

1,190 

1,530 

1,870 

2,310

1,930 

1,330 

1,190 

1,370 

1,490

1,260 

947 

1,020 

4,010 

8,880

5,560 

3,230 

2,170 

1,370 

981

770 

786 

947 

981 

740

621 

539 

501

Secondfoot-days

4,03! 

4,95' 

6.39E

233,24;

65,96! 

50,20. 50,35" 

11,84{ 

20,77 

11,43! 

4,64 

8,92 

25,10

264,62<

-t t . ) . Jar

16,500 set 

fge coraputec 

i readings.

Mar.

998 

1,330 

1,580 

1,160 

849

725 

680 

695 

740 

650

579 

1,140 

3,920 

9,500 

5,560

3,220 

2,240 

1,530 

1,120 

1,050

1,050 

1,050 

849 

755 

755

849 

999 

1,160 

1,300 

1,410 

914

Apr.

740 

710 

680 

621 

579

526 

467 

435 

415 

395

395 

395 

385 

348 

330

321 

312 

321 

321 

312

294 

286 

277 

286 

294

303 

294 

269 

260 

277

Maximum

294 

L 250 

> 366

5 15,600

' 10,000 

5 8,880 

f 9,500 

i 740 

t 3,090 

' 1,120 

L 435

: 2,400

' 4, 000

) 10,000

Bay

'348 

415 

415 

385 

339

303 

286 

402 

552 

366

303 

286 

960 

1,930 

2,170

3,090 

2,310 

1,190

621 

513

607 

489 

405 

348

312

277 

260 

235 

227 

219 

211

Minimum

73 

130 

120

73

187 

501 

579 

260 

211 

102 

80 

77 

162

73

June

243 

277 

513 

1,050

1,120

754 

435 

348 

303 

357

914 

981 

740 

415 

330

286 

252 

235

211 

189

172 

172 

187 

203 

158

138 

125 

115 

107 

102

Mean

130 

165 

206

639

2,128 

1,793 

1,624 

395 

670 

381 

150 

288 

837

725

July

94 

91 

84 

80 

96

204 

190 

138 

110 

96

91 

86 

84 

92 

120

377 

435 

235

176 

144

116 

102 

94 

91 

87

84 

91 

139 

166 

336 

312

Aug.

243 

166 

150 

252

175

120 

102 

92 

95 

145

478 

300 

172 

133 

112

103 

197 

175 

117 

103

97 

89 

83 

77 

98

169 

294 

435 

3550 

3l , 200 

32,400

Per square 

mile

0.388 

.493 

.615

1.91

6.35 

5.35 

4.85 

1.18 

2.00 

1.14 

.448 

.860 

2.50

2.16

i. 7 (time unknown) 14,200 sec. -ft.; Feb. 15 

;.-ft.; Sept. 2 (time unknown) 7,310 .sec. -ft. 

1 on basis of records for ststion st Tremont.

Sept.

33,100 

33,800 

34,000 

32,000 

31,500

al,000 

h650 

3700 

h.740 

3760

3760 

3740 

3650 

3550 

489

415 

376 

348 

312 

269

243 

227 

219 

211 

190

175 

164 

162 

166 

186

Runoff in 

inches

0.45 

.55 

,71

25.90

7,32 

5.57 

5.59 

1.32 

2.31 

1.27 

.52 

.99 

2.79

29.39

(2 p.m.)
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 477

West Fort Tombigbee River near Nettleton, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder and wire-weight gage, lat. 34 0 03'32", long. 88°37'40", in 

NVf£ 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 1950.

Average discharge. 10 years, 947 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 36,400 second-feet Mar. 13 (gage height, 28.28 

feet); minimum observed, 33 second-feet July 6 (gage height, 5.63 feet).

1939-50: 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, that of July 6, 1950.

Flood of Dec. 24, 1926, reached a stage of 32.5 feet, present datum, from floodmark.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Wire-weight gage read twice daily and used when stage was below intakes.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 5, 6, 8-12, Jan. 15 to 

Feb. 1, Feb. 4-13, Feb. 16-27, Mar. 1-12, Sept. 5-20, 28)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 5 Jan. 6 to Sept. 30

6.4 41 8.2 155 12.0 1,O70 5.6 3O 7.9 420 16.7 4.020

7.0 49 9.0 277 13.2 1,580 5.

7.4 79 9.8 432 16.7 3,40O 6.

7.9 119 10.6 630 17.6 3,940 6.

3 51 9.2 775 18.1 5,050

3 76 10.2 1,1OO 2O. 7 7,910

3 168 12. O 1,770 26.4 19,900

7.2 271 13.8 2,550 27.4 27,600

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

59

61

61

63

76

332

122

96

76

70

66

61

136

104

85

70

68

66

63

61

61

136

130

76

92

190

119

88

76

707

2,630

Nov.

1,240

380

244

104

93

169

119

119

114

109

109

287

255

114

109

119

109

104

loo

96

92

92

92

92

88

85

88

92

92

79

-

Dec.

63

50

44

42

41

43

49

59

57

63

337

666

675

494

a!50

100

85

269

340

148

109

213

228

100

85

79

114

100

76

68

63

Jan.

61

66

130

85

5,290

18,400

16,400

5,020

1,580

3,620

6,140

5,350

7,050

6,910

2,47O

1,810

1,730

2,090

1,200

835

6O3

549

470

420

420

373

470

445

396

2,020

1,320

Month

Ootober ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

Hay

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-5O ............

Feb.

2,470

3.64O

9,460

2,170

1,060

865

1,520

895

1,810

1,420

745

603

7,470

22,700

12,800

3,330

1,520

895

687

576

496

2,050

1,330

576

445

351

310

370

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

6,101

4,985

5,01C

435,752

93,722

87,564

94,979

8,884

23,921

21,342

£4,024

25,458

58,941

454,932

Mar.

6,610

1,890

631

496

445

445

445

778

497

445

396

8,150

28,400

15,500

3,430

1,730

1,200

895

775

4,440

1,680

895

745

603

2,270

1,240

3,030

4,610

1,100

659

549

Apr.

549

1"4

e

76

96

31

420

351

2

2

Z

10

10

90

290

290

:

\

2

10

90

34

217

234

2

i

:

17

73

10

217

192

1

1

1

92

92

84

271

234

1

1

1

2

Maximum

2,630

1,240

675

35,300

18,400

22,7OO

28,40O

631

6,080

5,090

5,470

8,32O

14,200

28,400

76

52

68

08

May

1,280

988

954

445

420

351

351

1,220

414

310

2OO

184

alSO

6,080

3,540

906

659

420

8O5

576

522

496

310

252

373

470

445

290

168

144

168

June

152

152

3,9OO

5,O9O

1,770

659

470

420

539

1,870

2,800

659

373

310

252

217

192

176

168

144

136

144

120

98

93

90

87

96

87

79

-

Minimum Mean

59 197

79 166

41 162

41 ' 1,194

61 3,023

310 3,127

396 3,064

152 296

144 772

79 711

36 775

84 821

90 1,965

36 1,246

July

79

68

52

58

50

36

98

84

75

68

61

71

82

197

3,640

5,47O

1,690

715

549

470

396

234

192

321

566

2,100

2,260

2,270

789

805

478

Aug.

271

217

778

192

176

144

136

120

519

983

258

144

152

136

120

885

642

522

290

136

120*

105

93

84

2,460

1,980

420

415

2,200

2,440

8,320

Per square 

mile

0.319

.269

.263

1.94

4.90

5.07

4.97

.480

1.25

1.15

1.26

1.33

3.18

2.02

Sept.

10,300

10,800

14,200

10,400

3,860

745

881

1,460

745

687

420

1,100

391

532

234

192

184

160

136

122

8300

a200

3140

allO

alOO

alOO

a90

152

alOO

alOO

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.37

.30

.30

26.26

5.65

5.28

5.72

.54

1.44

1.29

1.45

1.53

3.55

27.42

Peak discharge (base. 15.000 sec.-ft.).--Jan. 6 (9 a.m.) 23,500 sec.-ft.; Feb. 14 (12:3O p.m.) 

5,900 sec.-ft7j Mar. 13 (2:30 p.m.) 36,400 sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for nearby stations. 

Note. Stage below intakes when discharge was less than 43O sec.-ft. Oct. 1 to Jan. 5, and less 

than 960 sec.-ft. ; thereafter.
478 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Buttahatehee 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 December 1950 (discontinued).

Extremes. 1949-50: Maximum discharge during water year, 22,800 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage 

neignt, 28.4 feet); minimum, 76 second-feet Aug. 24.

1950: Maximum discharge during period October to December, 1,680 second-feet Nov. 20 

(gage height, 10.1 feet); minimum, 86 second-feet Oct. 18.

1941-50: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 6, 1950; 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 tables, Oct. 1, 1949, to Dec. 19, 1950, except periods when rate of change

of stage was a factor (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 23 to May 13, Sept. 2 to Dec. 19)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 6

4.1 

4.5 

4.9 

5.5 

7.0

90 9.0

139 12.0

205 14.0

335 17.0

705 20.0

1,280

2,310

3,210

4,960

7,300

22.0

24.0

27.0

9,400

12,500

19,400

4.2 

4.6 

5.0

68

123

193

Jan. 7 to Dec. 19

5.5 299

7.0 679

8.5 1,130

12.0 2,400

14.0 3,250

17.0 4,960

Hotfi.. Same as preceding table above 

17.0 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, 1949-50 

1949-50

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

flOO

100

f!02

fill

f!21

f!25

mefill

111

107

flOO

f97

97 file

f!33

a!40

fl!3

flOl

alOO

f99

f96

109

113

101

106

f!39

f!23

105

102

145

382

Nov.

263

187

151

135

128

123

119

116

ne

117

115

120

249

177

151

136

128

124

123

124

123

118

115

119

125

123

121

123

124

121

-

Dec.

115

113

111

115

126

123

129

131

123

139

237

222

624

568

362

285

245

581

705

505

394

542

836

580

455

394

358

324

276

252

232

Jan.

222

218

226

245

k4, 310

19,500

kl2,300

a3,000

al, 600

al, 800

a2,500

a2,100

al,900

2,040

al, 600

al,200

a900

aeoo

aeso

a770

a690

a660

g652

g652

g598

g572

g679

g735

g652

g598

g625

Feb.

g735

g2,980

g2,680

gl,820

gl,130

gl.OOO

g2,680

gl,930

gl,610

gl,650

gl,060

g763

gkl,830

kl2,700

gk4, 680

g2,440

gl,440

g735

gl.OOO

al, 100

al, 000

g792

g970

a840

g572

a500

a470

gk622

_

_

-

Mar.

gk5,220

a2,100

al.OOO

g792

a660

a620

g598

gl, 160

a900

a660

g707

gk3,430

10,000

k4, 970

a2,600

al.800

al,400

al, 100

a980

g880

a800

a740

g707

a710

a860

a840

al, 100

al, 900

Si, 130

aSOO

g679

Apr.

a670

a660

a640

g598

a560

»530

aSOO

g470

482

470

445

432

420

395

362

370

358

370

370

346

334

322

322

310

310

334

310

297

288

310

-

Hay

370

370

358

310

281

254

237

231

239

207

276

k423

1,370

k3,430

1.900

1,030

735

572

495

559

942

625

470

382

346

299

272

258

239

231

233

June

215

221

606

1,610

763

508

420

358

334

kl,790

kl,450.

735

533

432

356

310

276

241

221

209

221

310

252

197

172

156

146

139

131

123

-

July

114

111

108

104

114

272

193

133

116

108

104

117

112

117

kl,310

kl,300

508

322

239

193

165

146

134

156

185

216

334

458

382

310

250

Aug.

189

169

235

165

136

123

114

108

112

H212

k!29

111

101

94

292

322

156

117

108

102

94

88

' 82

78

110

149

259

145

K2,650

1,400

k4,680

Sept.

k3,560

1,330

1,030

707

559

445

520

792

735

735

585

482

408

358

322

299

274

252

223

203

191

187

178

187

153

146

142

146

142

148

- 

Peak discharge (base. 7,000 see.-ft.).--Jan. 6 (8 p.m.) 22.800 sec.-ft.5 Feb. 14 (11 a.m.) 16,100 

sec.-ft.; Mar. 13 (3 p.m.) 12,500 sec.-ft.j Aug. 31 (11 P-»-) 7,120 sec.-ft.

a'No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for statlo'n near Sulllgent.

f Computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height record.

g Computed from graph based on gage readings.

k Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 479

Discharge, In second-feet, of Buttahatchee Hirer near Hamilton, Ala., 1949-50 Continued

195Q

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

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

139

133

126

123

118

117

116

122

116

110

107

100

95

93

93

90

88

90

93

170

252

170

134

122

117

114

112

111

114

111

Nov.

116

128

300

358

211

163

146

139

137

141

131

123

126

126

125

167

221

165

149

k715

664

322

235

211

187

172

180

170

158

154

Dec.

151

149

312

382

278.

695

1,100

735

533

432

370

334

292

283

269

239

217

203

189

_

_

_

_

-

_

_

_

_

-

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.

Peak discharge (base. 7.000 sec.-ft.). No peak above base. 

lc Computed by using rate of change of stage as a factor.

Monthly discharge, In second-feet, 1949-50

 Month

December. .........................

Calendar year 1949 .............

February. . .... . . .....

May...............................

August . ........ . . . ... .

September. ........................

Water year 1949-50 .............

Horember. .........................

December 1-19, 1950 ...............

Calendar year .............

Seoondfoot-days

3 725

10,222

269,230

51 729

15, 419

267,705

7,163

-

Maximum

ae*

836

20,800

19 500

3,560

19,500

252

1,100

-

Minimum

111

89

eoA

«*jh

207

123

142

78

11£

149

. -

Mean

330

758

514

733

377

-

Per square 

mile

.445

1.07

2.40

1 68

1 34

1.67

2.38

«n«

1.22

-

Runoff In 

inches

1.23

52.50

7 90

6.2«

2.17

1.62

1.8«

32.33

.M

-
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, 1? 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. Auxiliary gage 

on side channel at datum 10.00 feet lower.

Drainage area. 460 square miles.

Records available. March 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years (1939-50), 752 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 32,800 second-feet Jan. 7 (gage height, 16.4 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 136 second-feet Aug. 24.

1939-50: Maximum discharge, 33,000 second-feet Jan. 8, 1946; maximum gage height, 

that of Jan. 7, 1950; minimum discharge observed, 44 second-feet Aug. 29, 1943 (gage 

height, 2.42 feet).

Remarks. Records fair. Gages read twice daily, 

in main and side channels.

Discharge computed by summation of flow

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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

Oot.

172

166

152

161

168

179

179

180

182

170

157

143

141

147

176

200

196

185

165

150

151

158

183

184

185

198

233

232

247

367

546

Nov.

589

452

340

324

296

281

254

218

206

206

204

197

250

290

290

247

221

210

210

209

209

208

195

196

209

210

211

211

210

210

-

Dec.

209

196

195

195

196

209

211

235

235

238

272

276

450

989

702

507

493

845

dl,150

924

705

909

1,190

1,130

1,010

884

736

590

444

410

d370

Jan.

d370

d380

382

416

1,100

17,100

26,800

11,000

4,580

3,020

3,010

3,290

2,970

2,710

2,530

2,240

1,950

1,400

1,160

1,240

1,110

1,040

960

911

846

800

984

1,140

1,010

918

846

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May may ..............................

June .............................

July .

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,090

3,180

5,580

4,540

2,550

1,870

2,120

3,330

2,640

2,400

2,060

1,650

1,990

6,310

12,200

5,240

3,160

2,370

1,970

1,660

1,460

1,400

1,430

1,200

1,040

1,030

914

866

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

6,052

 7 CRT

I , 3D*.

17.10E

460,77"

98, 21:

77.25C

75,06( 

21,334

27 OOi

19 00'

12, 671

14,61]

27,532

403,402

Mar.

1,970

3,530

2,140

1,610

1,320

1,180

1,070

1,490

1,610

1,210

1,070

1,950

8,580

11,700

5,840

3,360

2,500

2,050

1,760

1,650

1,630

1,390

1,230

1,130

1,130

1,200

1,340

2,770

2,610

1,690

1,350

Apr.

1,280

1,300

1,180

1,070

1,060

939

846

798

772

730

732

712

666

626

602

582

561

602

624

559

519

499

499

499

519

563

480

461

487

567

-

Maximum

546

589

1,190

26,400

26,800

) ll)700

1,300

3,570

2,140

1,730

3 1 820

4,080

26,800

May

686

555

675

608

523

462

423

402

384

365

408

718

1,380

2,330

3,570

2,640

1,500

992

808

872

996

1,200

863

666

557

477

438

399

381

367

358

Minimum

141

195

195

136

370

866

.1,070 

461

358

197

160

136

257

136

June

331

329

685

1,660

1,890

980

664

576

515

634

2,140

1,710

890

692

587

489

432

395

343

296

313

347

471

313

252

238

224

211

198

197

-

Mean

19E

25?

552

1,262

3, 16 

2,759

2,421

711

871

633

409

471

918

1,105

July

185

172

160

160

165

362

449

375

292

200

176

176

187

309

882

1,730

1,370

735

416

314

281

252

225

232

237

257

431

575

532

457

382

Aug.

348

286

312

330

261

200

199

174

173

189

176

184

169

161

161

572

451

228

200

174

161

155

148

136

143

177

213

280

1,350

3,080

3,820

Per square 

mile

0.424

.548

1.20

2.74

6 . 89

6.00

5.26

1.55

1 . 89

1.38

 889

1.02

2.00

2.40

Sept.

4,080

3,610

2,220

1,560

1,020

768

784

1,300

1,430

1,650

1,100

876

692

602

559

519

544

508

411

368

351

334

318

317

286

271

257

258

271

268

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.49

.61

1.38

37.26

7.94

6.25

6.07

1.72

2 . 18

1.54

1.02

1 1 ft J.O

2.23

32.61

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 sec.-ft. ).--Jan. 7 (2 a.m.) 32,800 sec. -ft.: Feb. 3 (5 c.m.) 6.140

sec.-ft.; Feb. 15 (8 a.m.) 15,200 sec.-ft.; Mar. 14 (8 a.m.) 13,400 sec.-ft.; Sept. 1 (6 p.m.) 4,090 

sec.-ft.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Hamilton.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 481

Buttahatchee River near Caledonia, Miss.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 33°42'10", long. 88 0 20'50", in SW£ sec. 5, T. 16 S., R.

IV 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), 

ttecoras available.--August 1928 to May 1932, February 1939 to September 1950. 

Average discharge.--14 years, 1,206 second-feet. 

Extremes.--Maximum discharge observed during year, 30,100 second-feet Jan. 8 (gage height,

T875TT feet); minimum observed, 243 second-feet on several days during October, July,

and August; minimum gage height observed, 2.82 feet July 4.

1928-32, 1939-50: Maximum discharge observed, 30,800 second-feet Jan. 6, 1949 (gage

height, 18.65 feet); minimum 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. 

Coopera'tion. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; occasional discharge measurements

made and records of discharge computed by Geological Survey.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to May 18 May 19 to Sept. 30

2.8 243 7.5 2,190 14.0

3.0 280 9.0 3,120 15.0

3.6 416 10.0 3,900 17.0

4.2 596 10.9 4,770 18.2

5.0 900 12.0 6,040

6.0 1,360 13.0 7,510

9,700 5.0 900

13,300 7.8 2,050

21,700 9.0 2,870

28,200 10.4 4,220

10.9 4,770

Note. Same as

preceding table

below 5.0 and above

10.9 feet.

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

243

261

261

280

261

280

280

280

280

300

280

280

261

261

280

300

321

321

300

280

261

280

280

300

300

300

300

343

366

300

366

Nov.

563

780

596

471

390

343

343

343

321

321

321

321

321

390

500

471

390

321

300

321

321

321

321

321

321

321

343

343

343

343

Dec.

343

343

321

321

343

366

366

366

366

366

416

500

665

990

1,120

1,080

820

820

900

1,210

1,260

1,310

1,030

1,310

1,410

1,170

900

820

780

702

665

Jan.

596

563

563

531

941

4,540

12,000

28,200

19,700

10,300

7,340

5,320

4,880

4,990

4,770

4,370

4,170

3,810

3,260

2,860

2,490

2,130

1,730

1,620

1,460

1,360

1,460

1,620

1,840

1,790

1,570

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,460

2,490

3,330

4,880

6,870

5,910

4,670

3,560

3,400

3,640

4,470

3,810

3,560

5,550

10,400

122,200

11,700

6,670

5,S50

4,080

3,40d

2,930

2,610

2,430

2,250

2,070

1,790

1,680

_

-

Secondfoot-days

9,ooe

11,42£

23,375

702,246

142,774

137, 56C

129 95*

37J72]

39,39£

26,875

21.64E

18.20C

63,046

660, 97£

Mar.

1,620

1,730

2,370

3,060

4,080

3,120

2,370

2,550

2,730

2,610

2,430

2,930

6,170

11,700

19,300

12,100

7,020

5,550

3,990

3,560

3,190

2,800

2,670

2,430

2,130

1,950

2,010

2,670

2,860

2,990

3,260

Apr.

3,560

2,E

2,4

2,2

50

30

50

2,130

1,840 i,e

1,E

1,2

80

70

60

1,260

1,210

1,3

I,]

l.C

70

20

30

940

. 90O

£

E

£

60

60

60

860

860

E

1

1

20

80

40

740

740

1

6

6

1

Maximum

366

> 780

1,410

> 30,100

28,200

) 22,200

19,300

3,560

i 4,170

2,170

3,120

3,700

8,080

i 28,200

40

65

65

31

May

820

900

1,080

1,080

990

740

702

630

596

596

563

596

1,120

1,460

1,900

2,490

3,400

4,170

3,210

1,740

1,540

1,500

1,380

1,300

980

820

740

665

596

563

531

Minimum

243

300

321

208

531

1,460

1,620

531

531

321

243

243

443

243

June

500

471

443

1,020

1,460

1,780

1,950

1,460

1,140

820

900

1,260

2,000

2,170

1,660

1,020

740

665

596

531

471

443

416

563

531

416

366

343

416

321

-

Mean

291

381

754

1,924

4,606

4,913

4,192

1,257

1,271

896

698

587

2,102

1,811

July

280

261

243

243

243

243

261

261

820

780

2,050

338

280

321

1,220

1,620

3,120

2,050

980

471

a440

416

366

343

366

566

416

702

740

740

665

Aug.

596

5

4

4

00

71

16

390

280

2

2

2

61

61

43

486

980

6

3

3

65

43

21

261

500

8

5

4

20

31

71

321

321

2

2

2

80

61

61

280

280

2

3

8

2,1

80

90

60

70

3,700

Per square 

mile

0.354

.463

.916

2.34

5.60

5.97

5.09

1.53

1.54

1.09

.848

.713

2.55

2.20

Sept.

5,790

6,870

8,080

6,870

5,320

3,500

2,110

1,950

2,110

2,430

2,290

2,050

1,460

1,380

1,260

980

900

860

820

780

740

665

565

500

471

471

471

443

443

471

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.41

.52

1.06

31.74

6.45

6.22

5.87

1.70

1.78

1.21

.98

.82

2.85

29.87

a No gage-height record; discharge interpolated.
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 

to., H. 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, 4j miles upstream 

from Magee Creek, 5 miles south of West Point, and 9f 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.

Records available. August 1928 to August 1930. November 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years (1928-29, 1940-50), 1,228 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 48,700 second-feet Jan. 7 (gage height, 28.87 

reet); minimum, 9.4 second-feet July 5 (gage height, 1.27 feet).

1928-30. 1939-50: Maximum discharge, 67,300 second-feet Jan. 5, 1949 (gage height, 

30.15 feet); 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 poor.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 19-27)

1.3 

1.6 

2.0 

2.4 

3.0

10

22

45

81

153

4.5

6.0

8.5

11.5

14.6

370

630

1,150

1,910

2,790

18.0

21.0

22.7

23.8

24.5

4,400

6,300

7,860

9,820

11,800

25.8 19,100

27.1 27,800

27.9 35,800

28.5 43,500

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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

Dot.

13 

13 

12 

11 

13

17 

56 

51 

28 

21

18 

17 

16 

16 

18

21

19 

17 

16 

14

13 

14 

14 

18 

21

25 

25 

25 

25 

20 

60

Nov.

200 

300 

150 

80 

55

45 

40 

40 

40 

35

35 

40 

45 

50 

60

45 

40 

40 

35 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

35 

35 

35 

35 

35

Dec.

40 

35 

35 

35 

35

41 

57 

60 

69

47

51 

187 

258 

288 

265

194 

130 

229 

555

418

243 

386 

790 

550 

320

260 

220 

194 

150 

121 

96

Jan.

82 

79 

79 

81 

974

9,53O 

42,200 

34,100 

18,500 

10,100

7,610 

7,020 

6,860 

6,380 

5,600

4,700 

3,550 

1,830 

830 

830

710 

555 

434 

386 

355

318 

765 

1,700 

2,070 

1,630 

890

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare

S? 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

her.......... ................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

1....... .....................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,200 

3,080 

6,300 

8,800 

10,100

7,860 

5,120 

3,900 

3,750 

5,540

6,460 

5,360 

4,000 

15,200 

31,400

21,500 

10,800 

6,620 

3,950 

2,270

1,390 

730 

690 

670 

501

418 

370 

318

Secondfoot-days

66" 

1,76C 

6,35E

706,536

170, 74£ 168,29" 

151, DIE 

7,85e 15,06- 

7,322 

8,974 

12,89] 

99,27]

650, 22£

Peak discharge (base, 10,000 sec. -ft.). Js

sec. -ft.; Feb. 15 (10 a.m.) 32,40O sec. -ft.; 

15,500 sec. -ft.

Mar.

999 

2,040 

2,200 

977 

501

418 

386 

2,010 

3,850 

2,920

918 

1,270 

19,000 

43,500 

25,300

12,600 

7,340 

4,400 

2,390 

1,830

1,990 

2,270 

1,860 

80O 

555

611 

762 

1,730 

2,510 

2,250 

828

Apr.

467 

484 

519 

450 

402

355 

302 

258 

236 

222

215 

258 

280 

222 

187

165 

154 

158 

334 

410

288 

201 

166 

145 

137

174 

215 

163 

137 

152

Maximum

60 

) 300 

790

63,700

42,200 

31,400 

43,500 

519 

1,560 

1,780 

1,430 

3,220 

14,900

43,500

May

222 

604 

1,280 

1,560 

885

402 

250

187 

153 

119

102 

85 

804 

1,450 

1,560

1,530 

778 

318 

215 

400

750 

519 

295 

166 

109

80 

63 

52 

45 

42 

42

Minimum

11 

35 

35

11

79 

318 

386 

137 

42 

20 

10 

18 

93

10

June

94 

66 

55 

699 

1,390

1,780 

1,130 

295 

180 

180

280 

418 

161 

93 

68

53 

44

37 

32 

28

26 

24 

24 

28 

26

20 

21 

22 

27 

22

Mean

21.5 

58.7 

205

1,936

5,508 

6,011 

4,871 

262 

486 

244 

289 

416 

3,309

1,781

July

16 

14 

12 

10 

17

250 

434

169 

62 

30

18 

15 

17 

21 

26

304 

71O 

573 

346 

148

70 

42 

33 

34 

26

105 

650 

1,010 

1,100 

1,280 

1,430

Aug.

1,310 

447 

215 

222 

146

83 

57 

44 

37 

33

33 

28 

24 

22 

20

18 

198 

318 

573 

302

95 

51 

37 

30 

32

426 

930 

990 

960 

1,990 

3,220

Per square 

mile

0.023 

.063 

.221

2.09

5.94 

6.48 

5.25 

.282 

.524 

.263 

.311 

.448 

3.57

1.92

n. 7 ( 5 p.m.) 48,700 sec. -ft.; Feb. 5 (5 a. 

Mar. 14 (9 a.m.) 46,100 sec. -ft.; Sept. 4 (4

Sept.

4,820 

7,670 

11,800 

14,900 

11,800

9,600 

8,300

6,780 

5,480 

4,050

2,270 

790 

418

310 

258

222 

776 

1,390 

2,450

1,470

434 

59.2 

332 

194 

141

110 

93 

321 

830 

670

Runoff in 

inches

0.03 

.07 

.25

28.32

6.84 

6.74 

6.05 

.31 

.60 

.29 

.36 

.52 

3.98

26.04

n.) 10,600 

a.m.)

Note. Ho gage-height record Oct. 26 to Dec. 5, Dec. -24-27; discharge computed on basis of records 

for other stations in basin.
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, 

T7~T7 S., R. 6 E, Chickasaw meridian, at bridge on State Highway 10, 3 miles west of 

West Point and 3f miles upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 170.10 feet above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Prainagei wea. 514 square miles (authority, Corps of Engineers).

ttecoras .available. October 1943 to September 1946, October 1947 to September 1950.

Extremes. MaxiBum discharge during year, 22,800 second-feet Mar. 14; maximum gage height, 

20.63 feet Jan. 7; minimum discharge not determined (occurred during period of no gageheight record).

1943-46, 1947-50: Maximum discharge observed, 38,300 second-feet Mar. 29, 1944; 

maximum gage height observed, 22.32 feet Jan. 5, 1949; no flow at times.

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 ana records of discharge computed by Geological Survey.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 11-24, Jan. 6-9, Apr. 6 to 

May 1, July 20, 24, 26, Aug. 5, 14-17, Sept. 4-14, 30)

Nov. 1 to Sept. 30

0.4 

1.4

0.4 28

.7 44

l.S 112

3.4 242

5.5

8.5

10.4

11.0

449

803

1,100

1,300

12.4

14.2

15.4

16.0

2,130

3,460

4,560

5,390

16.6 6,720

17.6 9,900

18.6 13,700

20.0 21,000

Discharge, in second-feet, water year Ootcber 1949 to September 1950

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.

311 

311 

310 

89 

312

345 

842 

a35 

320 

317

15 

14 

12

18

19 

16 

14 

12 

12

12 

13 

16 

22 

19

21 

19 

23 

20 

21 

74

Nov.

242 

119 

76 

53 

43

40 

37 

36 

34 

34

34 

35 

40 

54 

45

41 

37 

34 

34 

32

34 

32 

32 

32 

32

32 

32 

32 

33 

34

Dec.

32 

31 

31 

34 

39

45 

41 

42 

40 

39

140 

215 

220 

220 

166

112 

83 

340 

406 

228

166 

371 

630 

287 

182

138 

116 

98 

83 

70 

63

Jan.

59 

58 

59 

66 

1,440

10,400 

20,400 

13,200 

8,100 

4,560

3,380 

3,620 

4,150 

3,880 

3,380

2,980 

1,530 

702 

606 

630

460 

366 

306 

269 

260

224 

896 

1,220 

945 

654 

559

Month

Ooto 

Nova 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Fabr 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

 a

»ber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary . .

iinrv h^:::::::::::::::::::::::::

ember

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

914 

2,550 

4,210 

8,500 

7,OOO

3,540

2,660 

2,760 

3,460 

3,460

3,140 

1,990 

2,200 

10,900 

18, 700

10,600 

5,020 

2,020 

764 

493

376 

386 

606 

471 

336

278 

242 

215.

Secondfoot-days

616 

1,425 

4,708

343,197. E

89,359 

97,791 

77,330 

5,620 

9,746 

6,702 

9,682 

12,480 

62,876

373,335

Mar.

944 

1,100 

737 

386 

269

242 

278 

1,870 

1,040 

654

316 

2,990 

13,300 

21,000 

11,300

5,280 

2,370 

844 

548 

872

1,400 

1,750 

871 

471 

406

493 

673 

1,510 

1,990 

1,010 

416

Apr.

306 

366 

346 

296 

251

223 

198 

186 

178 

170

170 

22S 

202 

170 

146

138 

130 

150 

233 

228

166 

134 

122 

116 

119

158 

138 

112 

105 

130

Maximum

74 

242 

630

30,800

20,400 

18,700 

21,000 

366 

99O 

1,750 

1,630 

3,220 

12,100

21,000

Fealc discharge (base. 12.000 sec.'-ft.). Jan. 7 (11:30

19,800 sec. -ft.; Mar. 14 (9 a.m.') 2'2,8'00 sec. -ft.; Sept. 

3 Mo gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of

May

191 

511 

930 

777 

396

198 

134 

105 

95 

75

66 

172 

990 

960 

990

726 

290 

142 

174 

443

471 

346 

154 

S6 

63

49 

43 

38 

36 

36 

59

June

77 

44

J98 

1,050 

1,750

1,550 

466 

166 

122 

126

326 

278 

95 

64 

345

835 

327 

824 

322 

322

321 

322 

323 

326 

322

318 

320 

322 

324 

317

Minimum Mean

9 19.9 

32 47.5 

31 152

9 940

58 2,883 

215 3,493 

242 2,495 

105 187 

36 314 

17 223 

8 312 

15 403 

61 2,096

8 1,037

July

313 

311 

39. 

38 

a20

262 

386 

92 

328 

820

alS 

a!3

318 

320 

322

493 

726 

471 

228 

80

340 

830 

831 

24 

a26

299 

856 

1,040 

1,260 

1,510 

1,'630

Aug.

764 

220 

13S 

130 

61

343 

335 

330 

326 

326

321 

318 

316 

15 

15

17 

302 

346 

606 

171

62 

41 

831 

326 

40

794 

1,300 

800 

826 

2,340 

3,220

Per square 

mile

0.039 

.092 

.296

1.83

5.61 

6.80 

4.85 

.364 

.611 

.434 

.607 

.784 

4.08

2.02

Sept.

4,350 

7,710 

12,100 

9,900 

7,900

6,460 

4,180 

2,280 

1,750 

1,210

660 

361 

260 

198 

174

150 

277 

654 

751 

362

142 

146 

98 

80

69

61 

61 

130 

260 

142

Runoff in 

inohes

0.04 

.10 

.34

24.81

6.47 

7.08 

5.60 

.41 

.71 

.48 

.70 

.90 

4.55

27.38

a.m.) 21,600 sec. -ft. j Feb. 15 (9 3.m.) 

3 (6 a.m.) 12,500 sec. -ft. 

records for Tlbbee River nesr Tlbbee.
484 MOBILE RIVER BASIN 

Luxapallla Creek near Fayette, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°43i, long. 87°52i, 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,880 second-feet Jan.-6 (gage height, 13.1

 feet); minimum, 57 second-feet Aug. 23-25.

1945-50: Maximum discharge, 9,910 second-feet Jan. 5, 1949 (gage height, 13.8 feet); 

minimum, 38 second-feet Sept. 10, 1945.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 7 to Feb. 1, Sept. 11-30)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 2 Feb. 3 to Sept. 30

1.8 

2.2 

2.6 

3.2 

3.8

60

126

204

349

520

802

7.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

12.0

12.8

1,880

2,930

3,550

4,400

5,600

7,100

1.4 

1.7 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

56

96

147

254

382

4.0 

5.0 

7.0 

9.0 

10.0

689

1,060

1,920

2,920

3,550

Note, Same as preceding 

table above 10.0 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year Ootober 1949 to September 1950

1*9

1

2

3

4

8

6

1

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Dot.'

60

60

63

68

73

70

63

63

66

66

63

63

71

76

86

79

71

66

68

66

65

73

70

66

76

84

71

70

73

144

175

Nov.

126

97

86

81

78

76

76

74

73

74

76

89

139

104

90

84

78

76

78

82

81

78

81

84

94

87

86

87

86

82

-

Dec.

78

78

76

89

90

82

119

99

87

149

222

146

486

233

171

139

130

505

311

215

177

350

333

215

177

161

154

140

128

121

116

Jan.

116

112

114

121

1,710

6,870

4,400

749

504

862

714

474

416

513

388

331

283

261

300

268

226

215

200

191

179

175

389

261

226

204

204

Month

Ootober ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

Harch ............................

April ............................

Bay..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

537

2,950

1,840

655

482

410

438

355

619

497

382

342

2,210

5,440

1,190

606

467

382

329

293

271

329

266

231

227

231

196

203

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

2,32£

2,582

5,57"

108,524

21,976

oo ££; 3 «7C ft

32,047

5, IN

 4^86'

 4^26!

3,716

5, 60S

6,436

106, 91E

Mar.

414

254

220

209

203

192

194

657

288

233

211

3,390

7,100

2,050

689

542

424

368

326

404

316

278

254

245

240

236

774

512

316

259

249

Apr.

286

278

252

249

238

196

188

182

171

167

184

163

153

147

143

141

141

165

149

139

132

132

132

126

155

136

126

169

141

155

Maximum

175

139

505

7,780

6,870

5,440

7,100

i

onc COD

r *1 -I OJ.JL

! -4.7 Aal i

474

1,900

760

7,100

May

169

196

207

159

139

126

125

120

111

111

114

205

235

203

311

178

143

126

152

251

240

192

149

132

118

113

111

114

104

108

105

Minimum

60

73

76

57

112

196

192

126

104

76

CQ

O9

57

82

57

June

100

140

292

361

186

145

130

123

128

491

290

169

132

116

106

100

98

99

102

95

96

110

95

86

83

81

79

77

76

76

Mean

75.1

86.1

180

297

709

799

711

171

157

142

120

215

293

July

74

72

72

72

323

474

126

96

85

81

79

85

83

127

a330

a200

118

102

88

82

73

69

72

88

77

82

88

102

96

102

98

Aug.

86

143

102

78

73

68

62

61

66

72

68

62

64

62

150

123

74

69

69

66

64

60

57

57

73

81

69

65

665

a900

al,900

Per square 

mile

0.591

.678

1.42

2.34

5.58

6.29

5.60

1.35

1.24

1,12

.945

1.43

1.69

2.31

Sept.

a760

a 540

a280

a230

a!80

al60

a490

a690

a510

a320

261

213

171

151

139

130

157

138

118

108

100

100

93

90

83

82

82

82

89

89

Runoff in 

inches

.0.68

.76

1.63

31.75

6.44

6 ..55

6.46

1.50

1.43

1.25

1.09

1.64

1.88

31.31

Peak dli-charge (base. 2.500 sec .-ft.) . Jan. 6 (7:30 p.m.) 7,880 sec.-ft.; Feb. 2 (11 a.m.) 5,190 

ec.-ft.j Feb. 14 (5 p.m.) 5,910 see.-ft.; Mar. 13 (2 p.m.) 7,610 see.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for stations 

on nearby streams.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 485

Luxapalila Creek at Steens, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°34', long. 88°19' , in NE^ sec. 27, T. 17 S., R. 

17 w. Huntsville meridian, at bridge on county road, a quarter of a mile southeast of 

Steens, 1 mile upstream from Yellow Creek, and 6^ miles northeast of Columbus. Datum 

of gage is 179.45 feet'above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers) .

Drainage area. 309 square miles (authority, Corps of Engineers). 

kecoras available. October 1943 to September 1947, October 1949 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 11,500 second-feet Jan. 7, 8; maximum gage height, 

la.iii feet Jan. 8; minimum discharge, 103 second-feet Aug. 24 (gage height, 3.39 feet). 

1943-47, 1949-50: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 7, 8, 1950; maximum gage height, 

that of Jan. 8, 1950; minimum daily discharge, 45 second-feet Oct. 4-13, 1943, but may 

have been less during period of doubtful gage-height record in October 1943.

The flood of Jan. 6, 1949, reached a stage of 19.2 feet (discharge, about 16,000 

second-feet)

Revisions.--The maximum discharge for the water year 1946 has been revised to 10,500 

secona-reet Jan. 10 (gage height, 18.00 feet), superseding figure published in WaterSupply Paper 1052.

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 

maae ana records of discharge computed by Geological Survey.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 17 to Jan. 5, Mar. 29 to 

May 28, May 30 to June 11, Aug. 11-23, 25-29, Sept. 2-7)

3.3 

3.7 

4.0 

5.0 

7.0 

9.0

93

138

181

384

840

1,340

10.0

11.0

12.0

13.0

14.0

15.0

1,630

2,030

2,520

3,120

3,870

4,860

16.0

17.0

17.5

18.0

18.3

6,220

8,000

9,100

10,500

11,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

a

9

10

u

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28.

29

30

31

Oct.

120

115

115

120

132

132

132

126

120

120

120

115

115

138

161

167

159

138

131

127

124

130

136

136

132

165

173

147

139

165

493

Nov.

526

352

249

203

178

167

159

157

152

151

148

162

205

321

249

199

173

161

154

151

148

143

139

139

137

139

138

136

134

133

-

Dec.

130

124

120

126

143

152

168

231

211

190

321

460

493

792

526

373

289

438

1,140

768

515

482

888

744

504

394

363

331

300

269

247

Jan.

237

227

227

227

521

6,980

11,500

11,500

8,110

2,990

3,510

2,440

1,510

1,260

1,240

985

840

744

674

697

628

559

526

493

460

438

628

936

674

559

526

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May.......:......................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

548

1,430

3,870

3,660

1,740

1,080

912

864

888

1,450

1,160

888

1,150

6,720

8,600

6,720

2,650

1,290

936

768

697

674

720

605

548

526

504

471

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

4,543

5,603

12 > 232t.

_

62,846

52,069

54,707

11,738

8,054

6 , 978

6,028

6 1 319

21,437

252,554

Mar.

906

1,180

697

559

526

504

482

628

912

605

515

738

7,940

10,500

10,200

4,700

1,670

1,060

864

792

840

697

628

559

548

537

582

1,730

1,140

768

a700

Apr.

a740

a700

a640

628

582

559

482

449

438

405

394

416

363

321

310

310

300

310

331

a310

a300

a290

a280

a270

a260

a290

' a260

a240

a300

a260

-

Maximum

493

526

1,140

-

11,500

8', 600

10 500

'740,

373

536

605

1,290

2,950

11,500

May

a260

a270

a290

a330

3320

a300

a280

a260

a260

a260

a260

259

257

352

321

373

289

237

213

251

352

310

300

231

207

179

173

165

168

159

168

Minimum

115

133

120.

-

227

471

482

240

159

118

110

103

181

103

June

170

167

219

482

526

352

289

321

279

279

536

449

269

217

186

167

154

a!50 '158

168

158

178

173

158

144

133

130

125

123

118

-

Mean

147

187

395

-

2,027

1,860

1,765

391

260

233

194

204

715

692

July

115

113

112

110

111

201

605

259

173

142

131

126

131

134

165

537

471

269

209

154

136

126

125

147

173

190

158

151

161

194

199

Aug.

192

155

144

188

138

125

118

114

113

144

124

120

112

107

107

208

269

154

138

020

114

110

105

103

107

119

134

130

157

1,060

1,290

Per square 

mile

0.476

.605

1 . 28

-

6.56

6.02

5 .71 TT

1.27

.841

.754

£AQ . D,aD 

.660

2.31

2.24

Sept.

2,940

1,800

1,060

792

449

310

559

2,950

1,890

1,310

936

651

493

405

352

321

482

766

493

342

289

259

237

219

201

190

183

181

183

192

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.55

.67

1.47

_

7.56

6.27

6 .58

1.41

.97

 84

.73

.76

2.58

30.39

Peak discharge (base. 5.000 see.-f t.). Jan. 8 (4 a.m.) 11,500 sec..-ft.; Feb. 15 (11 a.m.) 8,850 

see.-ft.; Mar. ib 14 a.m.) 10,80O sec.-ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basla^of records for station near Rayette, Ala.

231536 O - 53 - 32
486 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

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 If 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).

Drainage area. 275 square miles.

Records available. February 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 420 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 20,500 second-feet Jan. 7 (gage height, 21.2

 feet), from rating curve extended above 14,000 second-feet; minimum, 52 second-feet 

Aug. 24, 25.

1939-50: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 7, 1950; maximum gage height, 21.75 feet 

Jan. 8, 1946; minimum discharge observed, 13 second-feet Aug. 26-28, Oct. 11-13, 1943.

Remarks. Records good except those below 150 second-feet, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 17, July 22 to Sept. 30)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 5 Jan. 6 to Sept. 30

6.6 54

7.0 84

7.5 138

8.0 205

9.0 355

10.0 524

11.2 742

6.6

6.8

7.2

8.0

10.0

12.0

55

74

123

234

554

940

13.0

14.0

14.5

15.0

15.5

16.0

1,170

1,490

1,660

1,900

2,180

2,590

16.5

17.0

18.0

18.5

19.0

20.8

3,190

4,030

6,000

7,500

9,300

18,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

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.

66

60

58

58

62

62

62

62

58

58

55

54

85

124

77

75

70

66

63

62

60

62

62

60

59

71

66

62

62

106

177

Nov.

144

119

89

79

76

69

68

68

67

67

67

77

125

133

104

88

78

74

74

68

70

68

68

70

72

74

81

81

79

78

Dec.

76

73

72

72

80

78

103

112

90

114

184

233

286

524

420

286

226

357

704

723

471

437

686

742

506

395

339

300

263

233

205

Jan.

191

177

177

177

395

8,940

18,100

9,600

3,310

2,000

1,560

1,520

1,490

1,200

1,150

1,020

820

663

608

663

572

486

452

420

396

364

608

740

608

537

486

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ....'.....................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May

June .............................

Jnly .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

503

1,190

2,840

5,020

2,180

1,480

920

1,150

1,350

1,260

1,230

880

780

1,700

3,490

3,260

1,750

1,080

760

626

537

520

554

452

404

396

380

348

_

-

Secondfoot-days

2 18*

2 47'

9^39]

205, 92C

59, 43C

37.04C

46 1 98C 

9,99E

9,032

6,31J

7,01S

5.15J

14,132

209,157

Mar.

452

701

537

452

420

388

372

504

860

626

520

878

9,740

12,000

4,670

2,060

1,490

960

740

682

682

572

503

469

436

436

566

1,150

1,450

1,020

644

Apr.

590

608

537

469

486

452

404

380

356

340

332

332

302

279

264

256

242

249

256

242

226

212

212

205

212

219

219

404

404

309

Maximum

177

144

742

) 14,900

) 18,100

5,020

12,000 

1 608

554

745

1,050

1,150

5 1,560

18,100

May

372

420

537

469

364

302

264

242

219

205

205

198

308

554

486

452

348

272

242

348

286

309

279

226

198

184

169

153

146

140

136

Minimum

54

67

72

54

177

348

372

205

136

73

61

54

97

54

June

133

133

214

356

404

264

205

184

167

200

679

745

364

256

212

184

162

142

132

123

135

130

135

133

109

95

87

82

77

75

Mean

70.5

82.5

303

564

1,917

1,323

1,515 

333

291

210

226

166

471

573

July

71

65

63

61

78

540

320

164

113

92

82

80

100

130

275

940

1,050

523

279

205

169

142

122

120

131

146

133

155

177

212

281

Aug.

279-

184

198

205

144

113

97

87

80

102

132

98

75

69

99

286

205

118

90

73

64

60

56

54

54

68

66

60

119

674

1,150

Per square 

mile

0.256

.300

1.10

2.05

6 . 97

4 o on ±.

5.51

1.21

1 .06

.764

822

'.604

1.71

2.08

Sept.

1,420

1,520

1,120

554

332

249

526

1,290

1,560

740

945

572

420

316

272

242

234

234

208

174

157

146

139

127

119

111

106

101

97

105

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.30

.33

1.27

27.83

8.04

5.01

6.35

1.35

1.22

.85

.95

.70

1.91

28.28

Peak discharge (baae. 2.500 aec.-ft.). Jan. 7 (3 a.m.) 20,500 sec.-ft.j Feb. 4 (1 a.m.) 10,500 

sec.-ft. I Pel). 15 17«30 p.m.) 5,400 sec. T ft.j Mar. 13 (9 p.m.) 15,500 Bee.-ft.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 487

Sipsey River at Moores Bridge, Ala.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 33°27', long. 87°46', in N¥£ sec. 35, T. 18 S., R. 12 

w., at bridge on county road, 1 mile east of Moores Bridge and 6 miles downstream from 

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 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 672 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 21,100 second-feet Jan. 8 (gage height, 16.4 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 82 second-feet July 4, 5.

1939-50: 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 1949-50 (gage height. In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1.7 82 8.0 843 12.0 1,880 13.4 4,87O 

3.0 159 9.0 991 12.5 2,180 14.4 .9,700 

4.0 308 10.0 1,160 12.8 2,720 15.0 12,700 

5.0 438 11.0 1,440 1S.1 3,650 16.1 19,300

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

 26 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

SI

Oct.

91 

95 

91 

86 

95

99 

99, 

95

91 

91

91 

86 

91 

125 

176

142 

133 

116 

108 

99

95 

95 

91 

95

91

99 

108 

108 

108 

142 

399

Nov.

465 

334 

237 

185 

159

142 

133 

125 

125 

116

116 

125 

195 

284 

237

195 

167 

150 

142 

133

133 

125 

125 

125 

125

125 

125 

133 

142 

142

Dec.

133 

125 

116 

125 

142

150 

176 

215 

248 

272

308 

412 

425 

465 

559

627 

546 

519 

640 

748

816 

898 

913 

898 

928

959

87O 

721 

573 

465 

399

Jan.

347 

321 

308 

308 

399

2,630 

10,700 

19,300 

11,700 

6,730

5,320 

4,240 

2,720 

2,500 

2,320

2,070 

1,930 

1,790 

1,670 

1,410

1,160 

1,060 

975 

870 

789

721 

694 

816 

975 

1,060 

1,020

Month

Goto 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

HAT

June 

July 

Augu 

3«pt

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

Isnda'r year 1949 

ary

1. ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

913 

959 

1,140 

1,510 

4,890

5,320 

3,650 

2,500 

1,990 

1,830

1,830 

1,830 

1,830 

2,610 

2,860

2,720 

5,550 

4,030 

2,990 

2,070

1,710 

1,350 

1,090 

959 

870

816 

721 

667

Secondfcct-days

3,531 

5,065 

15,391

314,894

88,853 

61,205 

73,263 

18,736 

17,102 

8,576 

8,117 

6,269 

28,041

334,149

Mar.

762 

898 

1,010 

1,010 

943

829 

735 

708 

802 

884

975 

1,020 

4,710 

11,700 

13,300

7,700 

5,100 

3,480 

2,500 

1,930

1,670 

1,380 

1,140 

1,010 

870

789 

735 

943 

1,090 

1,230 

1,410

Apr.

1,630 

1,510 

1,210 

1,060 

959

856 

775 

708 

627 

573

546 

559 

5S2 

465 

425

399 

386 

386 

412 

399

373 

360 

334 

308 

296

308 

296 

425 

735 

884

Maximum

399 

465 

959

15,700

19,300 

5,550 

13,300 

1,630 

1,090 

708 

843 

801 

1,880

19,300

Peak discharge (base. 4,500 sec. -ft.) .-- Jan. 8 (7 a.m.)

May

843

789 

991 

1,090 

1,090

813 

694 

532 

425 

360

492 

748 

640 

492 

667

721 

694 

613 

478 

425

478 

492 

438 

425 

334

260

226 

205 

195 

176 

176

Minimum

86 

116 

116

86

308 

667 

708 

296 

176 

99 

82 

91 

185

82

June

167 

159 

195 

321 

465

505 

438 

308 

260 

226

458 

532 

708 

708 

505

399 

237 

205 

176 

159

176 

205 

176 

159 

159

142 

125 

116 ioa

99

Mean

114 

169 

496

863

2,866 

2,186 

2,363 

625 

552 

286 

262 

202 

935

915

July

99 

95 

91 

82 

82

116 

360 

492 

260 

167

153 

125 

116 

125 

176

296

573 

762 

843 

721

412 

237 

167 

125 

159

167 

226 

248 

IBS 

205 

272

Aug.

347 

386 

260 

226 

248

195 

150 

133 

116 

108

133 

176 

142 

116 

99

298 

438 

321 

205 

142

125 

108 

99 

95

91

91 

99 

116 

133 

272 

801

Per square 

mile

0.281 

.416 

1.22

2.13

7.06 

5.38 

5.82 

1.54 

1.36 

.704 

.645 

.498 

2.30

2.25

Sept.

1,040 

1,290 

1,790 

1,880 

1,830

1,630 

1,230 

1,040 

1,100 

1,350

1,750 

1,880 

1,830 

1,550 

1,090

748 

586

735 

694 

519

375 

308 

272 

248 

226

205 

195 

185 

195

272

Runoff in 

inches

0.32

.48 

1.41

28.85

8.14 

-5.61 

6.71 

1.72 

1.57 

.79 

.74 

.57 

2.87

30.61

21,100 sec. -ft. | Feb. 5 (7 p.m.) 7,210 seo.-
488 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Sipsey River near Elrod, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°15', long. 87°46', in NE£ sec. 3, T. 21 S., R. 12 

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 1950.

Average discharge.--14 years (1928-31, 1939-50), 787 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 21,000 second-feet Jan. 9 (gage height, 18.1 

feet); minimum, 101 second-feet July 5.

1928-32, 1939-50: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 9, 1950; minimum, 29 second-feet 

Oct. 3, 1931.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

4.4 101 9.0 529 12.5 1,380 14.5 4,610 

5.0 146 10.0 671 13.0 1,770 15.0 6',600 

7.0 313 11.0 858 13.5 2,300 16.0 10,800 

8.0 411 12.0 1,140 14.0 3,090 17.8 19,500

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

126 

118 

122 

126 

122

126 

130 

130 

126 

122

122 

118 

118 

130 

162

198 

202 

182 

162 

146

134 

126 

122 

118 

122

130 

134 

146 

150 

166 

355

Nov.

529 

555 

529 

400 

295

242

218 

202 

186 

178

174 

174 

194 

250 

322

322 

286 

242

218 

202

198 

194 

186 

182 

182

182 

182 

182 

186 

190

Dec.

194 

190 

182 

178 

190

210 

234 

286 

322 

322

349 

411 

479 

503 

516

529 

569 

626 

656

671

671 

702 

774 

836 

882

906 

932 

959 

959 

932 

836

Jan.

702 

555 

467 

422 

422

1,120 

4,630 

10,800 

19,500 

12,600

8,000 

5,600 

4,270 

3,450 

2,990

2,720 

2,640 

2,500 

2,300 

2,120

1,960 

1,720 

1,520 

1,350 

1,220

1,110 

1,080 

1,020 

959 

959 

987

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

May. 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber. .........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 ............

ary

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,020 

1,140 

1,380 

1,480 

1,420

2,120 

5,400 

3,980 

3,320 

3,320

2,640 

2,240 

2,240 

3,090 

3,450

3,090 

2,890 

4,530 

4,230 

3,320

2,720 

2,360 

2,070 

1,720 

1,450

1,270 

1,140 

1,050

Seoondfoot-days

4,491 

7,582 

17,006

380,743

101,693 

70,080 

79,442 

23,653 

21,933 

9,564 

8,776 

7,765 

29,223

391,208

Mar.

1,020 

932 

906 

906 

959

1,050 

1,080 

1,050 

987 

906

858 

858 

1,200 

3,660 

12,800

13,700 

7,800 

4,960 

3,450 

2,990

2,570 

2,240 

1,910 

1,640 

1,450

1,270 

1,220 

1,350 

1,320 

1,220 

1,180

Apr.

1,240 

1,480 

1,720 

1,720 

1,600

1,380 

1,220 

1,110 

1,020 

906

836 

774 

702 

656 

611

555 

503 

491 

503 

503

479 

444 

422 

400 

389

379 

369 

359 

379 

503

Maximum

355 

555 

959

16,600

19,500 

5,400 

13,700 

1,720 

1,380 

569 

611 

758 

2,640

19,500

Peak discharge (base, 4,500 sec.-ft. ) .^-Jan. 9 (7 a.m.]

May

611 

822 

1,240 

1,380 

1,270

1,140 

1,110 

1,080 

959 

755

569 

529 

656 

702 

755

774 

737 

702 

686 

719

702 

626 

583 

542 

491

422 

349 

295 

259 

242 

226

Minimum

118 

174 

178

118

422 

1,020 

858 

359 

226 

130 

104 

115 

250

104-

June

226 

218 

218 

259 

359

411 

455 

467 

400 

331

433 

479 

479 

503 

555

569 

467 

322 

250 

218

210 

242 

259 

234 

202

194 

178 

154 

142 

130

Mean

145 

253 

549

1,043

3,280 

2,503 

2,563 

788 

708 

319 

283 

250 

1,307

1,072

July

122 

115

108 

104 

104

130 

146 

268 

389 

359

226 

174 

162 

154 

162

277 

359 

455 

516 

555

597 

611 

425 

259 

210

194 

210 

295 

331 

304 

455

Aug.

411 

369 

411 

369 

286

277 

250 

198 

166 

174

218 

186 

202 

182 

150

174 

295 

389 

379 

295

202 

162 

142 

126 

115

115 

126 

138 

158 

342 

758

Per square 

mile

0.282 

.491 

1.07

2.03

6.37 

4.86 

4.98 

1.53 

1.37 

.619 

.550 

.485 

2.54

2.08

21,000 sec. -ft. 5 Feb. 7 (5 a.m.

Sept.

1,140 

1,350 

1,640 

1,820 

1,860

1,960 

2,300 

2,640

2,180 

1,910

1,640 

1,600 

1,680 

2,020 

2,070

1,910 

1,640 

1,420 

1,140 

987

858. 

755 

583 

422 

349

304 

277 

259 

250 

259

Runoff in 

inches

0.32 

.55 

1.23

27.52

7.34 

5.06 

5.74 

1.71 

1.58 

.69 

.63 

.56 

2.83

28.24

) 5,800

sec.-ft.; Feb. 18 (3 p.m.) 5,400 sec.-ft.; Mar. 15 (9 p.m.) 16,600 sec.-ft.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 489 

Sipsey River near Pleasant Ridge, Ala.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 33°02', long. 88°07', in Sj- sec. 20, T. 24 N., R. 1 W., 

aTTjridge on State Highway 40, 450 feet downstream from Hughes Creek, 2^ 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 Perry 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 19,100 second-feet Jan. 11 (gage height, 24.1 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 156 second-feet July 4-6.

1939-50: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 11, 1950; minimum daily 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 Tomblgbee River computed 

by using fall as determined from readings of auxiliary gage as a factor. Gages read 

twice daily.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; records of discharge computed by 

geological Survey.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

181

173

173

173

173

173

173

181

173

181

165

165

173

173

181

181

198

224

233

224

206

189

173

173

165

165

165

173

173

224

321

Nov.

412

490

547

577

577

490

365

300

280

242

242

242

242

261

280

300

343

343

321

300

280

261

242

242

233

233

233

233

242

242

-

Dec.

233

242

242

242

242

242

261

300

343

365

437

490

490

577

608

673

640

740

843

S43

843

878

948

983

948

948

983

983

1,020

1,020

1,020

Jan.

1,020

1,020

1,020

913

808

3,380

3,500

2,670

2,630

4,780

15,700

15,400

10, 700

7,920

6,160

5,440

4,670

4,230

3,790

3,580

3,320

2,950

2,700

2,470

2,160

1,920

1,880

1,830

1,700

1,700

1,620

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ......................_...

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May...............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,540

1,420

1,460

1,540

1,550

1,570

- 1,620

1,710

2,710

4,560

4,950

4,410

4,050

4,270

3,600

3,690

3,530

3,580

3,680

3,660

4,470

4,600

4,310

4,250

4,040

3,460

2,870

2,270

-

-

-

Secondfoot-days

5,798

9,595

19,627

551,033

123,581

89,370

97,700

36,053

34,010

12,496

10,471

10,085

44,616

493,402

Mar.

2,100

2,050

1,960

1,660

1,500

1,420

1,310

1,350

1,390

1,350

1,350

1,310

2,590

2,620

2,620

2,400

6,800

12,300

8,950

6,470

5,380

4,520

3,960

3,180

2,670

2,660

2,770

2,530

2,430

2,180

1,920

Apr.

1,790

1,740

1,700

1,660

1,830

1,920

1,960

1,880

1,700

1,580

1,500

1,420

1,310

1,200

1,090

1,020

950

986

1,090

950

845

810

740

706

639

639

639

607

576

576

-

Maximum

321

577

1,020

16,500

15,700

4,950

12,300

1,960

2,540

607

740

672

2,610

15,700

May

706

1,060

dl,600

d2 , 200

2,540

2,050

,790

,620

,460

,350

,310

,240

,130

986

950

915

915

915

915

915

880

915

915

845

775

706

639

 546

460

406

356

Minimum

165

233

233

165

808

1,420

1,310

576

356

220

156

173

356

156

June

333

311

311

311

311

356

433

460

517

546

546

488

488

546

517

546

576

607

576

433

380

517

433

356

311

290

269

269

239

220

-

Mean

18"

32C

632

1,5K

3,98(

3,192

3,152

1,202

1,09- 41'

336

32E

1,48"

1,35!

July

191

164

d!60

156

156

156

164

191

210

269

380

380

290

239

239

239

290

380

406

460

517

546

576

607

517

333

269

406

380

460

740

Aug.

672

607

517

460

460

406

333

311

290

259

290

290

269

239

229

229

280

311

356

406

406

333

249

210

191

173

173

210

249

249

488

Per square 

mile

0.244

) .418

.826

1.97

5.20

4.17

4.11

1.57

1.43

.544

.441

.424

1.94

1.77

Sept.

880

1,190

1,400

1,550

1,540

1,570

1,690

1,880

2,210

2,480

2,610

2,370

2,110

1,960

1,790

1,620

1,700

1,830

1,880

1,740

1,580

1,460

1,240

1,090

915

672

517

406

380

356

~

Runoff in 

inches

0.28

.47

.95

26.76

6.00

4.34

4.74

1.75

1.65

.61

.51

.49

2.17

23.96

Peak discharge (base, 4,500 sec. -ft. ). Jan. 11 (5 p.m.) 19,100 sec. -ft.; Feb. 10 (11 p.m.) 5,060

sec.-ft.; Feb. 21 (11 p.m.; 4,670 sec.-ft.j Mar. 18 (10 a.m.) 13,400 sec.-ft.

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near Elrod.
490 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Noxubee River near Brooksville, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°13'30", long. 88°42'10", in center of sec. 19, 

T. ib N., R. 16 E. Choctaw 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 Yellow Creek, and 7 miles west of Brooksville.

Drainage area. 440 square miles (authority, Corps of Engineers).

Records available.--July 1940 to June 1942, January 1944 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 27,600 second-feet Jan. 7 (gage height, 21.90 

 feet); minimum, 22 second-feet July 5; minimum gage height, 1.02 feet Oct. 2,3.

1940-42, 1944-50: Maximum discharge, 46,600 second-feet Jan. 6, 1949 (gage height,

23.26 feet, from floodmark); minimum observed, 4.3 second-feet Oct. 30 to Nov. 1, 1944;

minimum gage height observed, 0.51 foot Sept. 27, 1948.

Remarks. Records good except those above 10,000 second-feet, which are fair.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; occasional discharge measurements 

maae ana records of discharge computed by Geological Survey.

Rating table, water year 1949^50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 4 to Jan. 5,

May 7 to July 27)

l.O 24 9.O 905 18.6 4,760 

1.2 34 13.0 1,550 19.3 6.92O 

1.6 58 16.0 2,130 19.8 9,100 

2.3 109 17.0 2,480 2O.4 13.0OO 

3.7 227 17.4 2.77O 21.3 20,900 

5.5 425 18.1 3,650

' Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

49 

27 

27 

28 

30

29 

30 

32 

38 

4O

36 

34 

40 

49 

65

75 

52 

55 

55 

46

46 

40 

40 

36 

34

49 

46 

46 

55 

65 

464

Nov.

257 

218 

200 

149 

117

97 

86 

79 

75 

61

52 

52 

52 

49 

52

52 

55 

52 

49 

46

46 

43 

43 

46 

46

43 

43 

43 

43 

43

Dec.

52 

58 

58 

58 

61

58 

61 

97 

93 

97

133 

117 

182 

218 

165

149 

149 

360 

49O 

277

257 

257 

438 

299 

257

200 

165 

165 

149 

133 

133

Jan.

117 

117 

101 

101 

287

6,500 

18,600 

21,900 

9,700 

5,600

4,500 

2,980 

2,350 

2,160 

2,020

1,680 

1,250 

830 

581 

490

413 

365 

332 

299 

288

267 

464 

676 

76O 

732 

634

Month

Ooto 

Move 

Decs

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare a?June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

 her .........................

lender year 1949 

ary .

u&ry

euber ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

676 

1,770 

2,280 

2,350 

2,870

2,870 

2,350 

1,590 

1,170 

1,520

1,460 

1,480 

1,660 

12,300 

21,900

15.OOO 

5,600 

3,360 

2,280 

1,410

662 

477 

438 

413 

389

332 

299 

267

Secondfoot-days

1,758 

2,285 

5,386

349,352

87,094 

89,173 

50,306 

6,825 

11,920 

2,671 

2,73£ 

7,937 

34,737

302,832

Mar.

618 

89O 

935 

860 

581

425 

377 

365 

529 

890

1,150 

1,020 

3,500 

6,360 

8,600

5,900 

3,650 

2,430 

1,570 

816

746 

830 

732 

542 

438

365 

472 

1,350 

1,170 

1,200 

995

Apr.

581 

-451 

425 

425 

365

310 

267 

237 

218 

200

200 

209 

2OO 

191 

173

157 

149 

149 

149 

191

227 

191 

157 

141 

133

133 

141 

157 

149 

149

Maximum

464 

257 

49O

38.OOO

21,900 

21,900 

8,600 

581 

1,620 

191 

503 

1,600 

5,600

21,900

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 sec. -ft.). Jan. 7 (12 p.m.

Bay

277 

718 

1,520 

1,620 

1,530

1,260 

625 

321 

218 

191

157 

149 

149 

133 

274

288 

200 

191 

149 

149

157 

329 

310 

218 

157

133 

117 

101 

93 

93 

93

Minimum

27 

43 

52

17

101 

267 

365 

133 

93 

35 

22 

58 

157

22

June

89 

101 

133 

149 

191

173 

149 

133 

117 

101

101 

101 

101 

89 

79

75 

68 

65 

61 

58

58 

58 

52 

82 

72

49 

49 

43 

39 

35

Mean

56.7 

76.3 

174

957

2,809 

3,185 

1,623 

228 

385 

89.0 

88.3 

256 

1,158

830

July

35 

35 

30 

27 

22

46 

39 

46 

72 

61

49 

49 

52 

46 

46

109 

82 

101 

79 

65

52 

46 

43 

82 

86

97 

79 

79 

246 

332 

503

Aug.

581 

581 

299 

200 

157

141 

117 

101 

109 

152

89 

75 

72

65 

58

172 

247 

117 

117 

218

141 

89 

72 

65 

61

61 

133 

299 

438 

1,310 

1,600

Per square 

 lie

0.129 

.173 

.395

2.18

6.38 

7.24 

3.69 

.518 

.875 

.202 

.201 

.582 

2.63

1.89

) 27,600 sec. -ft.} Feb. 6 (1 a.m

Sept.

2,040 

3,110 

5,600 

3,830 

2,590

1,900 

1,140 

1,640 

1,600 

1,530

1,100 

581 

343 

247 

218

191 

482 

1,230 

920 

935

704 

451 

389 

277 

218

182 

165 

157 

277 

690

Runoff in 

inohes

0.15 

.19 

.46

29.51

7.36 

7.54 

4.25 

.58 

1.01 

.23 

.23 

.67 

2.94

25.61

.) 3.100
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 491

Noxubee River at Macon, Miss.

Location. 'Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°06'05", long. 88°33 I 40", in NE-£ sec. 4, T. 14 N., 

H. 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, 

1? miles downstream from Horse Hunters Creek, and 6£ miles upstream from Running Water 

Creek. Datum o-f gage is 142.38 feet above 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 1950.

Average discharge.--15 years (1928-31, 1938-50), 919 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 23,200 second-feet Feb. 15 (gage height, 30.26 

TeetT; minimum, 74 second-feet Oct. 9, 10; minimum gage height, 6.27 feet July 4, 5.

1928-32. 1938-50: Maximum discharge, 50,000 second-feet Jan. 6, 1949 (gage height, 

32.73 feet); minimum, 22 second-feet Aug. 25, 26, 1943 (gage height, 4.89 feet).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In secend-feet) 

(Shiftlng-ccmtrol method used Oct. 1-30)

6.3 92 12.7 1,670 27.5 8,450 

6.7 147 17.3 2,592 28.3 10,800 

7.3 254 22.6 4,010 28.9 13,700 

8.1 426 25.6 5,380 30.1 21,700 

9.7 835 26.3 5,960

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 tc September 1950

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 

26

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

110 

101 

87 

81 

79

77 

76 

76 

76 

77

85 

82 

80 

106 

124

138 

175 

125 

109 

114

109 

104 

98 

98 

97

97 

117 

122 

110 

196 

891

Nov.

976 

535 

391 

347 

274

235 

205 

191 

182 

170

158 

142 

136 

144 

138

129 

131 

129 

131 

131

126 

126 

125 

124 

126

131 

128 

126 

126 

129

Dec.

129 

126 

142 

152 

155

168 

155 

158 

193 

205

235

284- 

649 

610 

486

380 

315 

955 

1,300 

863

523 

649 

891 

701 

498

414 

347 

325 

294 

264 

244

Jan.

233 

222 

216 

212 

919

5,940 

17,600 

19,600 

18,900 

12,100

8,700 

6,890 

5,720 

5,080 

4,330

3,570 

2,780 

1,960 

1,300 

947

835 

701 

623 

573 

535

510 

1,240 

1,820 

1,440 

1,240 

1,180

Month

Goto 

Move 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Pebr 

 arc

25? 

June 

July 

Augu 

S«pt

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

&ry

u&ry

i. ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,150 

2,620 

3,740 

3,880 

3,790

3,350 

3,060 

2,910 

3,140 

3,940

3,820 

3,380 

2,760 

8,090 

21,700

18,200 

12,000 

7,750 

5,720 

5,030

3,790 

1,890 

1,240 

919 

754

675 

610 

548

Secondfoot-days

4, on

6,142 

. 12,81C

533,514

127^916 

130,456 

71,45C 

13,102 

23,694 

5.75E 

10,33! 

16, 11C 

59,515

481,304

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 sec. -ft.). Jar

sec. -ft.; Mar. 16 (6 p.m.) 7, 550 sec. -ft.; se

Mar.

1,570 

1,870 

1,500 

1,330 

1,150

863 

701 

649 

662 

781

1,120 

1,380 

3,010 

4,930 

6,890

7,310 

6,890 

5,630 

4,930 

3,860

2,040 

1,180 

1,120 

947 

754

649 

754 

1,780 

2,030 

1,670 

1,500

Apr.

1,

HaxiBum

891 

976 

) 1,300

46,000

19,600 

21,700 

) 7,310 

1,210 

3,270 

347 

1,920 

) 3,190 

5,280

21,700

. 7 (8 p.m.] 

pt. 3 (12 m.

210 

947 

835 

701 

662

573 

510 

462 

426 

403

380 

380 

391 

369 

347

325 

304 

294 

304 

304

315 

347 

325 

294 

274

274 

274 

274 

284 

315

Hay

496 

1,80C 

3,27C 

3.17C 

2,57C

1.99C 

1.55C 

806 

523 

426

369 

336 

325 

391 

336

486 

523 

403 

358 

294

274 

304 

546 

4.74 

369

284 

244

22C 

194 

18C 

177

HiniBum

76 

124 

126

76

212 

548 

649 

274 

177 

102 

91 

128 

304

76

June

194 

191 

216 

347 

' 347

336 

325 

274 

254 

233

227 

212 

194 

185 

173

161 

152 

142 

136 

129

131 

140 

166 

129 

141

157 

131 

117 

113 

102

Mean

130 

205 

413

1,462

4,126 

4,659 

2,305 

437 

764 

192 

333 

520 

1,984

1,319

July

96 

92 

93 

91 '96

104 

200 

189 

115 

134

138 

119 

117 

121 

191

438 

403 

241 

21-2 

182

149 

134 

129 

118 

203

227 

458 

1,840 

891 

891 

1,920

Aug.

1,030 

781 

662 

426 

325

264 

237 

212 

189 

366

498 

274 

177 

149 

136

144 

220 

391 

458 

239

315 

243 

170 

146 

131

128 

147 

222 

1,600 

2,640 

3,190

Per square 

mile

0.160 

.252 

.509

1.80

5.08 

5.74 

2.84 

.538 

.941 

.236 

.410 

.640 

2.44

1.62

21,700 sec. -ft.: Feb. 15 (8 a.m 

) 5,380 sec. -ft.

Sept.

3,510 

4,000 

5,280 

5,280 

5,180

4,680 

4,210 

4,090 

3,510 

2,840

2,160 

1,570 

808 

535 

426

369 

524 

1,800 

1,820 

1,300

1,180 

976 

662 

560 

450

369 

325 

304 

315 

486

Runoff in 

inches

0.18 

.28 

.59

24.43

5.86 

5.97 

3.27 

.60 

1.09 

.26 

.47 

.74 

2.73

22.04

.) 23,200
492 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Noxubee River near Geiger, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°55' , long. 88°18', in SEi;- sec. 33, T. 23 N., R. 3 

H77~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 adjustment 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.

Drainage area. 1,080 square miles.

Records available. March 1939 to September 1940, July 1944 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 22,400 second-feet Jan. 11 (gage height, 39.3 

TeeTT; minimum, 99 second-feet Oct. 11.

1939-40, 1944-50: Maximum discharge, 27,900 second-feet Jan. 8, 1949 (gage height, 

41.6 feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 41 second-feet Nov. 8, 

1944.

Remarks. Records fair. Discharge includes flow of 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 

ueoiogical Survey.

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

16

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oot.

154

152

144

135

130

124

116

108

106

103

100

108

120

140

150

162

164

206

194

156

144

148

140

130

128

130

124

123

145

154

204

Nov.

724

980

630

418

349

296

246

221

208

206

175

164

166

156

151

156

145

138

140

138

137

138

137

134

134

130

131

131

130

130

-

Dec.

130

131

128

126

130

147

168

172

156

174

209

218

265

508

630

486

382

393

1,080

1,430

955

630

1,230

1,280

805

546

416

360

316

285

256

Jan.

237

220

211

208

330

c8,500

c!6,000

18,800

19,300

21,400

22,100

19,600

15,600

13,100

11,100

9,200

7,350

5,240

3,290

1,980

1,550

1,340

1,150

1,070

895

638

2,000

3,350

2,610

1,880

1,480

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January

Fsbruary .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,300

1,330

2,380

4,560

4,530

4,430

4,210

3,890

3,720

5,220

6,220

5,980

5,630

9,020

12,300

13 , 800

18,800

20,900

18,300

15,000

11,900

9,270

6,590

3,390

1,780

1,480

1,330

1,260

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

4 342

7^137

14.14J

795,287

211 72'

198J52C

lOO 94C

16*861

41,302

6 , 89j

13,83C

20,706

92,004

728,419

Mar.

2,140

3,300

2,500

1,780

1,460

1,300

1,000

855

930

805

855

1,100

04,000

7,550

7,880

7,460

7,010

6,850

6,960

6,840

6,330

4,220

1,900

1,440

1,420

1,320

1,620

2,940

2,890

2,430

1,860

Apr.

1,660

1,500

1,280

1,060

905

780

680

582

534

486

486

474

462

450

404

382

360

360

349

349

349

349

382

360

338

316

306

306

296

316

Maximum

206

980

1,430

27,300

22,100

20,900

7,880

1,660

6,680

382

2 100 4)200

7,320

22,100

May

665

2,500

6,430

6,680

5,120

3,470

2,290

1,600

980

655

510

C470

el, 100

930

558

534

546

582

462

522

907

498

404

570

546

439

349

285

256

228

216

Minimum

100

130

126

100

208

1,260

805

296

216

130

104

114

296

100

June

202

221

237

246

371

382

382

371

338

316

306

280

250

230

220

200

190

170

162

163

158

176

172

186

170

180

190

160

140

130

Mean

140

238

456

2,179

6,830

7,090

3,256

562

1 332

230

446

668

3,067

1,996

July

120

111

110

105

104

150

250

340

316

196

145

168

150

160

170

270

500

540

400

310

270

250

225

220

250

300

500

1,100

2,100

2,000

2,000

Aug.

2,000

1,500

1,100

800

450

330

265

230

220

350

450

560

349

210

180

210

320

470

540

570

320

360

230

180

150

120

114

130

800

3,000

4,200

Per square 

mile

0.130

.220

.422

2.02

6.32

6.56

3.01

.520

1 23

213 [413

 619

2.84

1.85

Sept.

5,000

5,800

7,040

7,270

7,170

6,860

6,730

7,220

7,320

6,950

5,510

3,590

2,100

1,070

693

472

510

803

1,730

1,780

1,300

1,130

1,000

680

558

439

371

316

296

296

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.15

.25

.49

 27.39

7.29

6.84

3.48

.58

1.42

' .24

.48

.71

3.17

25.10

Peak discharge (base, 12,ooo sec. -ft.).-- Jan. 11 (4 a.m.) 22,400 sec. -ft.; Feb. 18 (5 a.m.) 21,400

sec.-ft.

c Backwater from tributary Inflow;, discharge computed on basis of weather records and shape of recorder graph.

Note. No gage-height record Oot. 13-15, Dec. 5, June 12-18, June 25 to July 1, July 3-8, 13-22, 

July 24 to Aug. 6, Aug. 8-12, 14-19, 21-26, Aug. 28 to Sept. 2; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for station at Mac on, Miss.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 493

Mulberry Pork near Garden City, Ala.

location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°00', long. 86°45', In NE£ sec. 16, T. 12 S., R. 

2~TT7 at bridge on U. S. Highway 31, 1,000 feet downstream from Louisville & Nashville 

Railroad bridge,-1 mile southwest of Garden City, and 65 miles downstream from Mud 

Creek. Datum of gage Is 380.54 feet above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area. 365 square miles.

Records available. June 1928 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--21 years (1929-50), 647 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 28,300 second-feet Mar. 13 (gage height, 18.1 

 feet); minimum, 16 second-feet Oct. 13, 14 (gage height, 2.29 feet).

1928-50: 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 for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 13 Mar. 14 to Sept. 30

2.3

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.7 

2.9

3.1 

3.3 

3.7 

4.1 

4.5 

5.0

137

188

320

487

705

1,040

6.0

7.0

8.0

9.0

11.0

16.0

1,920

3,060

4,600

6,400

10,700

22,700

2.5

2.6

2.7

2.8

3.0

36

48

63

80

122

3.3 

3.6 

4.0 

4.3 

4.7

199

292

442

574

827

Note.--Same as preceding table above 4.7 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

46 

32 

25 

23

20

20 

27 

31 

27 

23

19 

18 

16 

66 

67

64 

804 

164 

86 

61

50 

43 

36 

33 

31

35 

45 

45 

45 

4,830 

6,440

Nov.

1,970 

1,200 

832 

612 

507

411 

358 

320 

288

260

237 

218 

221 

244 

200

180 

161 

149 

139 

137

135 

124 

115 

115 

172

180 

137 

124 

119 

115

Dec.

109 

101 

95 

91 

93

91

101 

111 

105 

304

450 

370 

852 

806 

618

502 

432 

755 

935 

819

705 

1,080 

1,870 

1,320 

1,040

900 

774 

664 

553 

492 

441

Jan.

411 

382 

370 

366 

378

13,100 

7,450 

3,200 

2,340 

2,870

3,310 

2,560 

2,280 

2,400 

2,070

1,920 

1,630 

1,500 

1,630 

1,580

1,360 

1,200 

1,040 

935 

780

723 

4,360 

2,020 

1,580 

1,320 

1,120

Month

Ooto 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Maro 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

mber .........................

lender year 1949 ............

ary .

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,080 

3,720 

4,190 

2,450 

1,820

1,500 

3,940 

2,500 

3,450

3,000

2,280 

1,820 

1,500 

2,210 

1,540

1,280 

1,080 

900 

780 

664

596 

607 

579 

450 

407

386 

335 

320

Secondfoot-days

12,672 

9.98C 

17,57£

321,724

68,18E 

45,384 

73,907 

9,244 

8,05] 17', 68" 

15,567 

6,692 

8,07S

293,02"

Peak discharge (base, 13,ooo sec. -ft.). Oc

20,OOO sec. -ft.; Mar. 13 (i p.m.) 28,300 sec.

Mar.

3,410 

1,540 

1,080 

866 

730

652 

624 

2,350 

1,120 

852

742 

6,000 

22,800 

5,800 

3,060

2,340 

1,770 

1,450 

1,160 

1,680

1,200 

949 

799 

704 

786

677 

2,640 

2,950 

1,360 

1,010 

806

Apr.

731 

'666 

564 

536 

666

454 

398 

375 

346 

320

306 

296 

862 

240 

822

814 

205 

202 

199 

186

167 

167 

196 

188 

175

194 

164

169 

240 

196

Maximum

6,440 

1,970 

1,870

27,700

13,100 

4.J.90 

22,800 

731 

620 

4,390 

2,940 

1,680 

846

22,800

May

211 

225 

313 

266 

225

199 

177 

162 

149 

136

144 

180 

421 

346 

620

585 

391 

310 

324 

442

313 

259 

225 

196 

172

154 

134 

319 

180 

139 

134

Minimum

16 

115 

91

16

366 

320 

624 

164 

134 

113 

42 

38 

60

16

June

172 

132 

769 

4,390 

1,200

677 

487 

495 

744 

1,440

1,030 

555 

426 

360 

296

421 

253 

211 

180 

159

262 

1,200 

496 

316 

247

205 

175 

149 

127 

113

Mean

409 

333 

567

881

2,200 

1,621 

2,384 

308 

260 

590 

502 

216 

269

803

July

100 

88 

77 

68 

63

60 

86 

68 

57 

50

42 

44 

77 

1,410 

2,940

2,120 

612 

496 

338 

269

225 

194 

319 

1,130 

708

496 

a440 

a740 

al.ioo 

a700 

a450

Aug.

a300 

a260 

276 

225 

175

151 

134 

118 

107 

141

167 

132 

100 

84 

75

195 

201 

146 

98 

7,7

68 

58 

50 

43 

38

42 

57 

47 

455 

1,680 

992

Per square 

mile

1.12 

.912 

1.55

2.41

6.03 

4.44 

6.53 

.844 

.712 

1.62 

1.38 

.592 

.737

2.20

Sept.

745 

391 

289 

216 

292

199 

212 

846 

540 

471

398

561 

379 

324 

279

250 

222 

196 

172 

151

136 

127 

120 

111 

98

86

77 

68 

63 

60

Runoff in 

inches

1.29 

1.02 

1.79

32.79

6.95 

4.62 

7.53 

.94 

.82 

1.80 

1.59- 

.68 

.82

29.85

t. 31 (1:30 a.m.) 16,300 sec. -ft. ; Jan. 6 (5 p.m.) 

-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for nearby 

stations.
494 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Black Warrior River at Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°12'45", long. 87°34'35", in NW-£ sec. 22, T. 21 

b., K. 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 

uecemoer iauz, January 1903 to December 1905 (gage heights only), August 1928 to September 1950.

Average discharge. SO years (1894-1902, 1928-50), 7,921 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 152,000 second-feet Mar. 14 (gage height, 62.0 

reet); minimum daily, 321 second-feet Aug. 26.

1889-1905, 1928-50: 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 1949 tc September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

394

616

603

620

668

538

468

466

451

447

426

428

557

828

975

934

821

1,550

1,860

804

719

685

689

668

659

651

659

711

685

2,680

22,300

Nov.

17,200

7,950

5,160

3,420

2,360

2,190

1,830

1,830

1,310

1,220

1,200

1,200

1,360

1,280

1,260

1,250

1,230

1,220

1,200

1,120

1,010

989

989

821

775

792

797

831

855

780

-

Dec.

780

855

1,050

1,120

1,070

869

1,220

1,390

1,280

1,430

2,750

4,100

5,500

8,520

6,960

4,870

4,330

4,510

8,230

9,380

7,120

6,060

13,600

13,900

9,090

7,400

6,160

5,700

4,410

3,750

3,120

Jan.

2,980

3,030

2,830

2,380

3,290

57,200

95,400

98,600

670,000

649,000

35,400

29,100

21,500

19,100

18,400

16,800

15,300

13,600

13,600

13,600

13,200

9,980

9,980

8,520

7,400

7,070

12,400

24,700

16,10°

12,500

10,300

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

Hay

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

8,800

20,200

50,400

45,200

25,500

17,600

18,000

25,500

25,500

31,800

27,300

20,700

16,100

26,400

41,200

26,400

16,800

13,200

10,600

8,520

7,120

7,120

7,950

7,010

5,060

5,600

5,260

3,630

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

45.56C

65,429

150,524

3,820,247

713 j 26C

524, 47C

843 , 95C

163, 66C

155, 48C 

86, 991

143,206

85, 66C

173,844

3,152,042

Har.

10,600

20,700

12,200

9,980

8,230

6,740

6,420

7,120

13 , 900

8,800

7,400

14,400

112,000

147,000

141,000

92,000

38,900

18,000

13,600

11,800

10,900

11,200

8,230

7,400

6,960

7,670

9,800

30,000

25,500

14,600

10,900

Apr.

9,380

8,800

7,670

7,010

8,230

7,950

6,160

4,460

5,110

5,350

4,460

4,250

4,550

3,300

2,760

3,100

2,960

3,590

4,230

3,380

2,720

2,570

2,570

2,550

2,610

2,540

2,550

19,400

11,500

7,950

-

Maximum

22 ,300

17,200

13 , 900

159 , 000

93, 600

50,400

147 , 000

19,400

23 , 9OO 

11,800

21,500

28,400

33,600

 147,000

Hay

5,400

13,400

23,900

12,500

8,230

5,910

4,870

3,670

3,040

2,940

2,430

1,940

4,930

. 6,010

7,400

5,860

5,400

3,650

3,170

6,060

4,870

4,360

2,650

2,440

2,140

1,610

1,330

1,280

1,250

1,220

1,620

Minimum

394

775

780

355

2,380

3,630

6,420 

2 540 1)220 576

546

321

972

321

June

1,590

1,260

1,380

5,390

11,800

4,970

3,210

2,470

2,640

2,780

8,520

5,750

3,380

2,430

2,190

1,700

1,630

1,230

1,070

1,120

3,420

3,840

3,550

3,250

2,080

1,160

1,070

961

582

576

-

Mean

1,470

2 j 181

4,856

10,470

23,010

18,730

27,220

5,455

5,015

4*,62C

2 f 763

5,795

8,636

July

546

563

630

659

582

775

2,330

2,220

1,330

771

774

689

927

2,770

11,200

21,500

13,600

7,400

5,450

3,350

2,250

1,340

1,120

1,280

4,410

3,920

6,320

5,700

10,600

14,600

13,600

Aug.

7,760

5,210

3,750

2,550

2,400

1,880

1,280

1,250

1,250

1,270

1,220

1,250

1,170

1,140

1,240

1,590

1,500

1,250

1,180

1,010

616

616

527

355

355

321

355

432

833

11,700

28,400

Per square 

mile

0.304

452 i!oi

2.17

4.76

3 . 88

5.64

1.13

1.04

.600

.957

.572

l!20

1.79

Sept.

33,600

16,100

12,500

8,230

5,450

3,880

4,280

10,300

10,600

9,090

7,950

6,690

5,110

4,870

4,590

3,550

3,400

4,500

2,990

2,610

2,060

2,120

1,420

1,230

1,190

1,420

1,150

1,010

982

972

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.35

.50

1.16

29.41

5 49

4 '.04

6.50

1 . 26

1.20

 67

1.10

.66

1.34

24.27

Peak discharge (base, 85,000 sec. -ft. ) .--Jan. 8 (5 a.m.) 110,000 sec. -ft.; Mar. 14 (8 p.m.) 152,000

sec.-ft.

e Indefinite stage-discharge relation; discharge computed on basis of records for station near 

Eutaw.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 495

Black Warrior River near Eutaw, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat, 32 049'05", long. 87 049'00", in SE£ sec. 6, T. 21 N., 

RT~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 1950.

Average discharge. 18 years, 9,257 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 103,000 second-feet Mar. 17; maximum gage height, 

M. z feet Mar. 17, 18; minimum daily discharge, 880 second-feet Aug. 26, 27.

1932-50: Maximum discharge, 158,000 second-feet 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 period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Discharge 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 

ueoiogical Survey.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 tc September 1950

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.

1.09O

1,090

1,170

1,250

1,330

1,410

1,330

1,330

1,3.70

1,170

1,170

1,170

1,090

1,170

1,250

1,330

1,410

1,490

1.66O

1,930

1,490

'1,170

1,170

1,170

1,170

1,170

1,17O

1,170

1,170

1,330

6,470

NOV.

18,100

17,800

10,400

6,430

4,360

3,250

2,810

2,410

2,210

2,020

1,840

1,840

1,930

2,020

2,020

1,930

1,930

1,840

1,840

1,750

1,750

1,660

1,660

1,570

1,570

1,57O

1,490

1,570

1,570

1,570

Dec.

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,570

1,750

1,750

1,750

- 2,020

2,110

2,110

2,210

3,250

4,750

7,390

9,130

7,880

6,670

6,140

7,150

9,130

9,630

8,130

8,630

13,100

13,000

10,600

8,630

7,390

6,670

5,580

4,750

Jan.

4,100

3,850

3,730

3,490

3,490

6,550

33,100

42,700

48,900

54,400

56,600

53,800

47,900

42,300

37,000

34,500

29,700

24,000

20,900

18,600

17,300

15,600

12,200

12,100

10,100

9,220

8,550

14,200

22,900

18,500

13,700

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

-12,OOO

1O,6OO

20,300

33.3OO

37,400

35,500

27,200

25,500

26,600

27,700

29,600

33,600

27,800

24,800

26,700

31,900

31,400

27,000

20,000

12,600

10,400

9,750

10,400

10,200

9,000

7,810

7,520

6,860

_

-

Secondfoot-days

44,66C

. 104, 71C

177, 58C

4.519.31C

723 , 98'

593, 44C

885 s 98'

207, 20C 

211 25'

108, 69'

139, 84C

91,26C 

236, 33C

3.524.92C

Mar.

,7,020

13,200

a22,000

al9,000

a!5,000

al2,000

alO.OOO

8,630

11,100

13,200

10,900

9,130

22,600

42,000

53,700

69,300

99,500

91,100

66,200

48,000

37,900

30,000

26,700

20,200

11,800

8,300

14,700

20,400

25,600

 26,100

20,700

Apr.

14,900

11,300

10,600

9,630

8,880

9,380

9,130

7,390

6,690

6,690

6,430

6,140

6,000

5,720

4,880

4,100

4,230

4,620

5,860

6,140

5,160

4,100

3,850

3,730

3,730

3,730

3,490

4,100

14,200

12,400

-

Maximum

6,470

) 18,100

) 13 , 100

) 152,000

) 56,600

37,400

99,500

14,900 

1 24 300

1 9,630

16,2 00

14,300 

) 29,100

99,500

May

9,630

10,900

18,600

24,300

18,600

11,600

8,380

6,430

5,300

4,360

3,970

3,490

3,030

5,580

6,910

7,880

6,670

6,140

4,620

4,750

7,150

6,670

5,860

4,100

3,370

2,920

2,410

2,020

1,930

1,840

1,840

Minimum

I

flQft r U*fU

1,490

1,570

990

3,490

6,860

7,080

3 AQft

, ***U

1,840

1,330

1,170 

880

1,570

880

June

2,110

2,020

1,930

2,410

6,430

9,630

6,820

4,230

3,370

3,250

4,490

7,880

6,820

4,360

3,250

2,810

2,210

2,020

1,840

1,660

2,020

4,490

5,020

4,490

3,730

2,810

2,020

1,750

1,490

1,'330

-

Mean

1,441

3,490

5,728

12,380

23,350

21,190

28 ;58(

6,907

6, 81 E

3, 622

4,511 

2 944

7)876

9,657

July

1,250

1,17.0

1,170

1,170

1,170

1,170

1,410

2,210

2,410

1,840

1,410

1,330

1,330

1,660

3,970

11,000

16,200

13,300

8,630

6,420

4,230

2,810

2,020

1,750

2,210

3,730

4,490

6,430

7,150

10,400

14,400

Aug.

14,300

10,100

6,670

5,020

3,490

2,920

2,410

1,840

1,750

1,750

1,750

1,660

1,660

1,570

1,570

1,660

1,930

1,930

1,660

1,570

1,490

1,170

1,090

1,020

950

880

880

1,020

1,020

1,930

12,600

Per square 

mile

0.248

.600

.984

2.13

4.01

3.84

4.91

1.19

1.17

CO*

 DcO

.775

cnc

 DUO

1.35

1.66

Sept.

28,200

29,100

24,500

16,200

10,800

7,150

' 6,000

7,390

11,600

.12,2.00

10,400

8,880

7,630

6,670

6,140

5,160

4,360

4,490

5,020

3,850

3,140

2,610

2,410

2,110

1,930

1,750

1,840

1,660

1,570

1,570

~

Runoff in 

inches

0.29

.67

1.13

28.89

4.63

3.79

5.66

1 32

liss

ffO

. Da 

. AQOS

. 58

1.51

22.51

Peak discharge (base, 50,000 sec. -ft. }. Jan. 11 (8 p.m.) 57,100 sec. -ft.; Mar. 17 (7 p.m.) 103,000

sec.-ft_ 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station at Tuscaloosa.
496 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Sipsey Pork near falls City, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°03', long. 87°16', in NE£ sec. 33, £. 11 S., R.

 V W., at bridge on county highway l£ miles downstream from Clifty Pork, 1^ milea 

north of Palls City, and 2^ miles upstream from Clear Creek.

Drainage area. 375 square miles.

Records available. October 1943 to September 1950

Extremes. Maximum discharge during^year, 33,600 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage height, 23.6

 feet), from rating curve extended above 16 ,000-second-feet; minimum, 48 second-feet

1943-50: 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.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.3 45 4.3 463 8.0 2,890 

2.6 75 5.0 730 10.0 5,450 

3.0 133 5.5 970 13.0 10,100 

3.4 212 6.0 1,260 16.0 16,200 

3.8 310 7.0 1,970 22.0 29,800

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

.3

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

63 

61 

55 

53 

54

59 

62

60 

72

64

56 

53 

50 

52 

54

106 

78 

68 

64 

63

60 

58 

55 

54 

55

62 

60 

59 

58 

109 

262

Nov.

219 

178 

144 

116 

98

85 

79 

75 

75 

73

72 

 71 

73 

92 

91

88 

78 

72 

70 

67

67 

66 

64 

64 

72

74 

79 

80 

76 

75

Dec.

72 

68 

66 

64 

65

67 

70 

73 

73 

88

164 

192 

476 

809 

450

324 

259

414 

970 

668

480 

632 

- 1,580 

995 

648

516 

424 

358 

297 

262 

235

Jan.

217 

205 

201 

208 

2,550

29,800 

14,800 

3,500 

2,050 

1,810

3,000 

2,170 

1,930 

1,930 

1,780

1,470 

1,140 

970 

870 

774

638 

648 

590 

552 

498

446 

939 

1,020 

895 

774 

730

Month

Octc 

Neve 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Aprl 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary . . .

nary

1. ...........................

ember ................. ......

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

875 

6,450 

5,600 

2,780 

1,820

1,360 

1,750 

1,970 

2,340 

2,210

1,680 

1,300 

1,130 

10,100 

4,900

2,340 

1,680 

1,260 

995 

798

688 

688 

648 

552 

498

456 

408 

404

Seccndfoot-days

2,139 

2,633 

11,909

327,992

79,155 

57,680 

65,097 

12,327 

15,631 

11,464 

9,454 

7,686 

12,779

287,954

Mar.

2,710 

1,900 

1,300 

1,020 

846

730 

688 

1,460 

1,200 

920

821 

2,630 

18,700 

7,470 

3,110

2,130 

1,580 

1,260 

995 

920

821 

709 

628 

571 

774

774 

1,300 

3,110 

1,820 

1,230 

970

Apr.

870 

798 

688 

628 

628

a570 

a500 

a450 

a430 

a400

398 

376 

344 

324 

307

297 

289 

294 

294 

274

252 

249 

264 

259 

274

282 

264 

316 

456 

552

Maximum

262 

219 

1,580

26,400

29,800 

10,100 

18,700 

870 

1,940 

2,340' 

1,680 

3,450 

2,710

29,800

Peak discharge (base, 11,000 sec. -ft..). Jan. 6 (3 p.m

 sec. -ft.; Mar. 13 {12 m. ) 22,7OO sec. -ft.

May

798 

774 

730 

609 

516

437 

367 

321 

287 

266

249 

567 

817 

1,940 

1,800

995 

709 

498 

392 

364

316 

274 

240 

208

182

160 

147 

164 

180 

142 

182

Minimum

50 

64 

64

50

201 

404 

5T1 

249 

142 

70 

53 

49 

99

49

June

149 

144 

601 

2,340 

1,300

668 

453 

347 

292 

594

945

571 

404 

310 

247

210 

178 

153 

137 

123

130 

224 

224 

166 127-

105 

94 

84 

74 

70

Mean

69.0 

87.8 

384

899

2,553 

2,060 

2,100 

411 

504 

382 

305 

248 

426

789

July

63 

58 

55 

53 

63

276 

138 

108 

79 

67

61 

58 

58 

62 

744

1,680 

1,020 

433 

276

201

153 

130 

114 

102 

91

108 

1,020 

467 

609 

609 

498

Aug.

361 

284 

240 

192 

153

131 

116 

101 

95 

114

122 

101 

87 

75 

82

142 

105 

89 

75 

70

63 

60 

54 

50 

49

52 

58 

58 

467 

590 

3,450

Per square 

mile

0.184 

.234 

 1.02

2.40

6.81 

5.49 

5.60 

1.10 

1.34 

1.02 

.813 

.661 

1.14

2.10

) 33,600 sec. -ft.; Feb. 14 (4 p

Sept.

2,710 

907 

590 

408 

310

242 

408 

730 

628 

609

516 

460 

430 

609 

498

398 

327 

269 

226 

197

176 

170 

157 

144 

128

117 

111 

104 

101 

99

Runoff in 

inches

0.21 

.26

1.18

32.52

7.85 

5.72 

6.46 

1.22

1.55 

' 1.14 

.94 

.76 

1.27

28.56

m.) 13,600

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records foe Clear Creek at Falls City and 

Blackwater Creek near Manchester.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 497

Clear Creek at Palls City, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°02' , long. 87°16', in NE£ sec. 9, T_. 12 S., R. 

y w. , at bridge on county highway a quarter of a mile upstream from Clear Creek Falls, 

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 

ureeK near JSJ.K) , October 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 259 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 9,670 second-feet Jan. 6 (gage heights, 9.1

reet); minimum, 37 second-feet July 5, 11, minimum gage height, 0.81 foot Aug. 24, 25.

1939-50: 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 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 28 to Dec. 12, 

May 20 to Sept. 3o)

0.8.~3

1.0

1.3

1.4

33

53

79

147

233

1.7 

3.0 

3.5 

3.0 

3.5

395

609

1,070

1,630

3,190

4.0 2,750

7.0 6,510

8.5 8,700

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

63 

58 

58 

58 

63

66 

66 

66 

63 

58

53 

53 

56 

58 

95

82 

69 

61 

58 

58

53 

53 

51 

49 

53

56 

56 

49 

47 

89 

159

Nov.

125 

95 

79 

69 

66

61 

58 

58 

58 

58

56 

56 

71 

82 

63

56 

53 

49 

47 

47

47 

47 

47 

53 

66

63 

56 

53 

56 

53

Dec.

51 

49 

47 

49 

53

53 

53 

56 

53 

71

136 

140 

320 

383 

238

176 

147 

264 

570 

348

262 

339 

692 

421 

309

258 

220 

188 

168 

151 

140

Jan.

133 

129 

125 

133 

976

8,640 

7,050 

1,740 

1,020 

881

1,400 

959 

862 

816

762

626 

503 

447 

402 

348

309 

293 

272 

258 

233

215 

451 

488 

414 

360 

331

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apr! 

Hay 

Juns 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

mber .........................

lendaT year 1949 

ary

1...... ......................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 '............

' Feb.

360 

2,570 

2,410 

1,220 

797

593 

1,410 

1,180 

1,180 

1,110

779 

601 

543 

3,840 

2,250

1,110 

762 

578 

467 

389

348 

348 

325 

272 

248

238 

210 

210

Secondfoot-days

1,97" 

1,84 

6,40.

140, oee

31,57( 

36,34E 

36,OOC 

6,222 

6,76. 

5,242 

5,502 

3,456 

5, 90S

127,331

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 sec. -ft.) .--Jar

sec. -ft.; Feb. 14 (6 p.m.; 4,600 sec. -ft.; Ma

Mar.

1,200 

814 

496 

395 

336

304 

282 

612 

474 

383

348 

, 1,270 

5,680 

3,180 

1,400

969 

709 

570 

467 

447

408 

348 

309 

293 

348

348 

594

1,400 

718 

496 

402

Apr.

377 

354 

314 

298 

298

258 

243 

233 

224 

210

206 

197 

184 

176 

168

163 

159 

168 

163 

155

140 

143 

155 

143 

163

155 

140

210 

206 

220

Maximum

1 159 

3 125 

> 693

8,350

> 8,640 

1 "3,840 

5,680 

377 

794 

648 

1,220 

1,160 

1,050

8,640

Hay

298 

258

267 

233 

210

184 

163 

151 

140 

133

133 

238 

794 

510 

517

325 

243 

197 

172 

192

176 

159 

140 

129 

122

115 

108 

115 

115 

108 

118

Minimum

47 

47 

47

47

125 

210 

382 

140 

108 

49 

39 

41 

63

39

June

115 

105 

220 

467 

325

202 

151 

129 

125 

533

648 

309 

215 

172 

143

125 

115 

108 

105 

98

105 

168 

115 

85 

74

66 

61 

56 

53 

49

Mean

63. E 

61.6 

207

384

1,019 

941 

839 

307 

318 

175 

177 

112 

200

349

July

45 

43 

41 

39 

39

116 

85 

53 

45 

41

39 

41 

45 

68 

1,060"

1,220 

600 

277 

188 

143

118 

105 

95 

85 

85

92

118 

118 

197 

136 

125

Aug.

108 

98 

111 

95 

79

74 

69 

66 

61 

69

63 

58 

53 

51 

61

76 

61 

51 

49 

49

47 

45 

43 

41 

41

51 

51 

45 

242 

290 

1,160

Per square 

mile

0.423 

.408 

1.37

2.54

6.75, 

6.23 

5.56 

1.37 

1.44 

1.16 

1.17 

.742 

1.32

2.31

Sept.

1,050 

383 

298 

220 

168

133 

364 

454 

336 

325

278 

233 

297 

176 

155

140 

125 

115 

101 

95

92 

89 

85

79 

74

69 

66 

66 

63 

66

Runoff in 

inches

0.49 

.46 

1.58

34.50

7.70 

6.49 

6.40 

1.53 

1.67 

1.29 

1.36 

.85 

1.4S

31.38

. 6 (9 p.m.) 9,670 sec. -ft.; Feb. 2 (6:30 p.m.) 3,480 

r. 13 (1 p.m.) 6,900 see. -ft.
498 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Blackwater Creek nearj Manchester, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°55', long. 87°15', In SE^ sec. 15, T. 13 S., 

RT~7~W., 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.

Heeords available.--October 1938 to September 1950.

Average aisenarge. 12 years, 309 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 6,200 second-feet Jan. 8 (gage height, 10.0

 feet); minimum, 25 second-fest Oct. 23, 24.

1938-50: Maximum discharge, 8,050 second-feet Jan. 9, 1946 (gage height, 11.49 

feet); minimum daily, 1.3 second-feet Oct. 25, 1938.

Remarks. Records good. Occasional regulation at very low flow by mill dam 2 miles above 

station.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 22)

1.9 

2.1 

2".3 

2.6 

2.9

Oct. 1 to Jan. 8 Jan. 9 to Sept. 30

82

131

3.2

3.6 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0

197

308

450

691

980

5.5 

6.0 

7.0 

9.0 

9.8

1,340

1,790

2,750

4,950

5,940

2.0

2.2

2.3

2.4

28

41

49

59

2.5

2.6 

2.8 

3.2

71

85

122

210

3.6 

4.0 

4.5 

5.0

318

458

688

980

Note. Same as preceding table 

above 5.0 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

36 

32 

31 

30 

30

31 

34 

33 

31 

30

27 

27 

27 

29 

32

30 

35 

34 

31 

31

29 

26 

25 

25 

27

27

26 

26 

26 

290 

369

Nov.

151 

99 

72 

58 

51

46 

44 

41 

41 

40

39 

38 

37 

49 

56

47 

41 

38 

36 

35

35 

35 

34 

34 

34

39 

47 

43 

41 

40

Dec.

38 

38 

35 

34 

34

38 

44 

48 

46 

64

147 

162 

264 

337 

258

178

135 

244 

450 

415

308 

412 

774 

577 

419

321 

270 

228 

192 

169 

151

Jan.

137 

131 

127 

129 

477

4,520 

4,830 

5,940 

5,070 

3,470

2,020 

1,430 

1,180 

1,040 

950

920 

772 

631 

573 

550

443 

391 

357 

328 

294

266 

428 

490 

443 

391 

340

Month

Ooto 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

*Pri

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

ber ..........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

any ....

1 ............................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

398 

1,660 

2,500 

2,500 

2,150

1,340 

1,260 

1,380 

1,380 

1,380

1,260 

1,010 

800 

1,660 

1,880

2,100 

1,790 

1,010 

657 

502

420 

395 

395 

328 

282

260 

234 

220

Secondfoot-days

1,517 

1,443 

6,83C

152,536

39,06£ 

31,153 

33,815 

6,323 

5,932 

4,182 

8,02E 

5,545 

11,677

155,513

Peak discharge (base, 1.800 sec. -ft.). Jar

sec. -ft.; Feb. 16 [3 p.m.) 2,150 sec. -ft.; Ma

Mar.

350 

435 

428 

367 

303

271 

260 

663 

641 

486

395 

2,470 

4,710 

4,350 

4,350

3,470 

1,880 

890 

641 

541

498 

424 

360 

321 

303

297 

579 

1,040 

890 

716 

490

Apr.

424 

409 

360 

337 

367

306 

263 

244 

234 

217

210 

205 

194 

174 

158

152 

145 

147 

150 

143

128 

120 

122 

126 

122

143 

139 

183 

203 

198

Maximum

369 

151 

774

5,810

5,940 

2,500 

4,710 

424 

597 

582 

1,300 

1,690 

1,700

5,940

May

280 

288 

300 

288 

242

198 

165 

141 

126 

110

188 

112 

348 

597 

439

340 

260 

205 

169 

176

165 

143 

124 

108 

94

81 

74 

69 

64 

60 

58

Minimum

25 

34 

34

25

127 

220 

260 

120 

58 

34 

28 

30 

58

25

June

57 

63 

82 

227 

274

167 

112 

90 

128 

388

582 

439 

300 

189 

137

106 

87 

72 

64 

58

 58 

58 

114 

72 

58

49 

42 

39 

37 

34

Mean

48.9 

48.0 

220

418

1,260 

1,113 

1,091 

211 

191 

139 

259 

179 

389

426

July

33 

32 

31 

29 

28

28 

28 

53 

43 

33

35 

40 

38 

185 

1,130

1,300 

1,040 

772 

331 

201

145 

112 

92 

90 

120

120 

110 

281 

429 

402 

714

Aug.

288 

187 

300 

196 

124

90 

75 

65 

58 

60

108 

58 

49 

45 

47

51 

74 

60 

47 

42

38 

35 

34 

33 

34

34 

32 

30 

421 

1,140 

1,690

Per square 

mile

0.276 

.271 

1.24

2.36

7.12 

6.29 

6.16 

1.19 

1.08 

.785 

1.46 

1.01 

2.20

2.41

Sept.

1,700 

1,340 

890 

488 

315

238 

386 

950 

980 

860

607 

447 

350 

288 

248

208 

183

167 

143 

122

110 

102 

97 

87 

78

71 

66 

63 

59 

58

Runoff in 

inches

0.32 

.30 

1.44

32.05

8.21 

6.55 

7.11 

1.33 

1.25 

.88 

1.69 

1.17 

2.45

32.70

. 8 (5 p.m.) 6,200 sec. -ft.; Feb. 2 (10 p.m.) 2,750 

r. 13 (9:30 a.m.) 5,190 sec. -ft.; July 15 (6 p.m.)
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 499

Locust Pork near Cleveland, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 34°02' , long. 86°34' , in NE^ sec. 6, T. 12 S. , R. 

I j£.~, at bridge on State Highway 38, 2 miles north of Cleveland and 2^ miles downstream from Graves Creek. Datura1 of gage is 536.94 feet above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929 (Corps of Engineers -bench mark).

Drainage area. 300 square miles.

Kecoras available.--December 1936 to September 1950.

Average aiscna'rge'. 13 years (1937-50), 535 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 22,700 second-feet Mar. 13 (gage height, 13.7 

reet); minimum, 13 second-feet Oct. 4.

1936-50: 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 computed on basis of partly estimated gage-height - 

record and those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Revisions (water years).--W 1112: 1943(M)/*

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in seeonfl-feet)

.(Shifting-control method used May 3 to Aug. 31, 

Sept. 29, 30)

0.8 11 1.7 178 6.0 3,400 

.9 20 2.0 272 8.0 5,670 

1.0 31 2.3 395 9.0 7,400 

1.1 46 2.8 675 11.0 12,500 

1.2 63 3.4 1,100 12.0 15,700 

1-4 103 4;S 2,000 13.1 19,900

Discharge, in "(second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18

19

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

17 

17 

16 

16 

17

17 

17 

« 28 

36 

31

26 

23 

23 

94 

168

281 

651 

235 

141 

128

101 

84 

74 

67 

60

60 

60 

54 

51 

190 

1,020

NOT.

982 

651 

4"35 

334 

279

, 238 

210 

190 

178 

162

151 

141 

146 

151 

136

126 

136 

105 

97 

90

88 

84 

78 

76 

88

101 

92 

86 

80 

78

Dec.

72 

69 

65 

63 

63

63 

67 

78 

78 

140

410 

325 

467 

555 

435

354 

309 

415 

567 

484

425 

484 

1,100 

875 

688

591 

538 

489 

415 

368 

338

Jan.

309 

294 

283 

272 

272

4,580 

4,640 

2,450 

1,700 

1,580

2,220 

1,820

1,660 

1,660 

1,620

1,460 

1,340 

1,420 

1,460 

1,740

1,340 

1,140 

982 

861 

734

651 

4,690 

2,720 

1,700 

1,340 

1,100

Month

Octo 

Here 

Dece

Ca

'Janu 

P«br 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendair year 1949 

ary

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

945

1,970 

3,300 

2,220 

1,580

1,260 

2,290 

2,220 

1,860 

2,140

1,910 

1,540 

1,260 

1,660 

1,540

1,140 

938 

792 

682 

597

538 

555 

579 

462 

400

377 

338 

325

Secondfoot-days

3,803 

5,789 

11,390

240,540

50,038 

35,418 

66,448 

9,307 

7,512 

5,369 

18,877 

7,519 

, 14,497

255,967

Peak discharge (base, 11,000 see. -ft.) . MJ

a No gage-Height record;- discharge coraputec

Mar.

1,620 

1,100 

727 

615 

533

489 

462 

746 

621 

489

440 

4,200 

19,900 

11,300 

3,360

2,220 

1,660 

1,340 

1,060 

1,220

1,340 

982' 

798 

682 

720

669 

1,140 

2,770 

1,540 

945 

760

Apr.

663 

615 

544 

500 

847

615 

456 

400 

359 

330

309 

290 

262 

235 

213

201 

190 

187 

207 

201

181 

175 

173 

164 

164

170 

154 

187 

167 

148

Maximum

1,020 

982 

1,100

27,100

4,690 

3,300 

19,900 

847 

579 

773 

2,450 

1,220 

1,350

19,900

May

141 

201 

579 

456 

287

226 

192 

173 

154 

141

141 

255 

395 

283 

390

400 

298 

229 

204 

346

382 

269 

226 

195 

170

151 

134

162 

119 

110 

103

Minimum

16 

76 

63

14

272 

325 

440 

148 

103 

61 

53 

61 

84

16

June

108 

99 

110 

' 240 

257

156 

121 

112 

224 

192

192 

156 

131 

110 

97

97 

76 

78 

69 

61

163 

773 

661 

283 

204

164 

134 

114 

101 

86

Mean

123 

193 

367

659

1,614 

1,265 

2,143 

310 

242 

179 

609 

243 

483

. 646

July

74 

67 

60 

53 

53

250 

304 

176 

103 

84

61 

63 

352 

954 

2,450

2,220 

1,460 

889 

573 

410

321 

283 

281 

1,030 

533

621 

al.100 

1,700 

982 

3770 

3600

Aug.

aSOO 

a430 

a360 

325 

283

238 

195 

173 

148 

128

117 

195 

369 

159 

117

388 

368 

207 

181

146

110 

92 

80 

69 

65

61 

78 

84 

67 

566 

1,220

Per square 

mile

0.410 

.643 

1.22

2.20

5.38 

4.22 

7.14 

1.03 

.807 

.597 

2.03 

.810 

1.61

2.15

r. 13 (2 p.m.) 22,700 sec. -ft. 

on basis of weather records and records for

Sept.

f 1,100 

fl,260 

f945 

f472 

f346

f354 

f265 

f 1,350 

f982 

f792

f740 

3800 

3700 

3570 

3490

3420 

3370 

3330 

3290 

3260

3240 

3210 

3200 

3190 

3170

3150 

a!30 

allO 

f97

f84

Runoff in 

inches

0.47 

.72 

1.41

29.82

6.20 

4.39 

8.24 

1.15 

.95 

.67 

2.34 

.93 

1.80

29.25

nearby

stations.

f Computed on basis cf partly estimated gage-height record.
500 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Locust Pork at Trafford, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°50', long. 86°45', In SW^ 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 2f 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.

Records available. September 1930 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--19 years (1930-31, 1932-50), 1,038 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 43,000 second-feet Mar. 14; maximum gage height, 

iB.b feet Mar. 14; minimum discharge, 45 Second-feet Oct. 5, 6.

1930-50: Maximum discharge, 60,700 second-feet Jan. 6, 1949 (gage height, 59.1 

feet); minimum daily, 8 second-feet Oct. 20, 1931.

Remarks. Records good. Diversion above station subsequent to 1938 from Inland Reservoir 

on Blackburn Pork (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 1949-50, except for periods Jan, 6, 7, Mar. 12-15, when rate of change

of stage was used as a factor (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 3 to Dec. 18)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 13 Mar. 14 to Sept. 30

2.9 41

3.0 63

3.1 96

3.4 214

3.8 346

4.5

6.5

9.0

12.0

18.0

566

1,290

2,360

3,970

7,700

23.0 11,400

31.0 18,900

40.0 29,400

45.0 36,600

3.2 

3.4 

3.8

4.J

150

287

612

1,730

Note.--Same as preceding 

table above 7.6 feet.

Discharge, irt second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

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

47

47

47

47

47

49

55

63

63

63

55

63

 96

195

270

66B

532

287

225

187

160

144

124

120

112

108

116

104

218

1,450

Nov.

1,410

1,100

703

499

391

334

290

-260

239

221

206

195

195

206

203

180

168

152

144

136

132

132

128

124

124

128

144

140

132

124

-

Month

Dec.

120

112

104

100

100

100

116

124

136

176

467

532

583

808

703

549

452

566

987

843

720

738

1,610

1,490

1,170

951

843

756

651

566

499

October. ...............

November. ..............

December. ..............

Calendar year 1949 . .

January ................

February. ..............

March.... ..............

April ..................

May. ...................

June ...................

July.. .................

August. ................

September. .............

Water year 1949-50 . .

Jan.

467

436

406

406

406

5,140

11,000

4,670

2,910

2,400

3,560

2,860

2,500

2,270

2,450

2,220

2,180

2,270

2,090

2,550

2,090

1,770

1,570

1,370

1,170

1,020

5,480

5,150

2,860

2,090

1,730

Secondfoot-days

5,815

8,540

17,672

499,567

79,491

66,352

138, 849

17,336

13 297 7)502 35,557

9,348

20,731

420,490

Feb."

1,530

3,310

7,020

4,320

3,010

2,270

3,050

4,550

3,450

4,320

4,030

3,070

2,400

2,800

2,960

2,180

1,770

1,490

1,290

1,140

987

951

1,020

861

738

686

600

549

-

-

-

Maximum

1,450

1,410

1,610

56,900

11,000

7,020

36,300

1,440

1,120

1,080

4,790

1,320

2,040

36,300

Mar.

1,250

1,950

1,170

951

843

773

738

951

1,210

915

808

5,050

35,100

36,300

12,700

4,670

3,230

2,450

2,000

1,950

2,270

1,820

1,480

1,280

1,480

1,400

1,760

5,520

3,180

2,090

1,560

Minimun

47

124

100

37

406

549

 738

188

105

88

OQoo 

117

47

Apr.

1,360

1,240

1,080

960

1,440

1,200

900

760

666

595

561

528

463

431

393

367

335

377

383

370

313

290

290

287

287

297

280

264

335

284

-

Mean

188

285

570

1,369

2,564

2,370

4,479

578

429

250

1,147

302

691

1,152

May

267

270

960

900

595

447

357

303

270

251

234

234

479

479

595

630

479

361

383

1,120

741

528

409

325

280

247

220

306

247

188

192

June

185

192

290

192

332

264

192

164

220

389

290

264

210

171

150

140

147

120

108

105

251

415

1,080

495

290

227

192

160

143

124

-

Per square 

mile

-

2.20

I

1.85

July

114

100

94

88

120

1,160

578

412

237

168

147

160

293

1,050

4,790

4,550

2,600

1,730

1,120

780

578

511

447

1,160

1,160

1,400

1,240

2,530

3,180

1,860

1,200

Runoff 

in 

inches

-

29.87

I

25.14

Aug.

900

648

511

431

335

277

237

206

188

196

230

528

293

192

154

182

405

280

192

192

143

124

111

100

94

88

94

97

105

495

1,320

Change in 

reservoir

contentst

+31

0

-21

-12

+117

+24

+3

-30

-2

-49

. Of. +OO

-20

-13

+10

Sept.

2,040

1,440

1,440

900

578

495

447

1,190

1,910

1,440

1,240

1,320

1,160

980

666

511

415

348

297

257 '

234

213

196

185

168

154

140

130

120

117

-

Diversion 

from 

reservoirt

45

52

72

72

73

73

72

76

77

79

79

80

81

70

Peak discharge (base, 17,000 see.-ft.). Mar. 14 (l a.m.) 43,000 sec.-ft.

T Change In contents or diversion from Inland Reservoir; figures are equivalents in second-feet.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 501

Locust Fork at Sayre, Ala.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°42'35", long. 86°59'00", in NW£ sec. 29, T. 15 

S., 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).

Drainage area.--885 square miles.

Records available.--May 1942 to September 1950. July 1928 to March 1932 at site 9 miles 

upstream, puDlished as Locust Fork'near Warrior.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 39,400 second-feet Mar. 14 (gage height, 40.0 

reet) ; minimum daily, 77 second-feet Oct. 3-6.

1928-32, 1942-50: Maximum discharge, 55,300 second-feet Jan. 7, 1949 (gage height, 

47.9 feet); minimum, 17 second-feet Sept. 28, Oct. 2, 1931.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Inversion from 70 square miles above station for industrial water supply for city of 

Birmingham.

Revisions (water years).--W 1142: 1943(M).

Rating table, water year 1949-5O (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used July 17 to Sept. 30)

2.6 

2.8 

3.0 

3.5

118

175

353

557

5.O 1,06O

7.0 2,220

9.0 3,48O

13.0 6,490

20.0 12,500

28.0 21,000

35.0 30,600

39.0 37,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IB

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1 g86

g86

77

a77

a77

371

, a84

a89

a93

g93

a90

a88

a92

160

188

232

368

850

488

309

240

198

166

145

129

126

118

118

118

256

1.160

Nov.

1,800

1,500

1,060

750

589

488

430

380

342

312

283

265

250

265

268

250

222

208

188

182

175

172

169

166

166

163

175

188

185

172

-

Dec.

163

154

148

145

142

142

160

192

188

201

301

700

650

850

925

775

650

700

1.O8O

1,190

975

925

1,560

1,980

1,560

1,270

1,110

975

850

750

675

Jan.

603

566

539

526

531

4,390

12,500

8,520

4,060

3,150

4,280

3,990

3,280

2,890

2,950

2,820

2,760

2,820

2,760

3,620

2,820

2,340

2,040

1,800

1,560

1,380

3,140

6,970

3,910

2,700

2,220

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March .................... ... ...

April ............................

May ...............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,920

2,820

8,520

6,250

4,130

3,080

3,080

5,010

4,430

5,160

5,160

4,060

3,210

3,020

3,620

2,890

2,340

1,980

1,740

1,500

1,360

1,270

IjSOO

1,190

1,000

900

825

775

_

_

-

Secondfoot-days

6,47£

11,76!

22,086

663, 74£

98,43E

82,541

171, 09C

24 28'

17J35]

9,79]

39 99"

13|ol4

24,68£

521, 51£

Mar.

1,170

2,460

1,740

1,360

1,190

1,110

1,060

1,110

1,500

1,300

1,140

3,160

25,500

37,700

33,700

13,300

4,570

3,410

2,760

2,460

2,700

2,460

2,040

1,680

1,680

1,740

1,740

5,310

4,870

2,950

2,220

Apr.

1,920

1,800

1,560

1,300

1,470

1,620

1,270

1,060

950

875

800

775

700

626

571

526

505

522

603

535

492

446

426

422

414

430

418

399

395

459

~

Maximum

1 1,160

1,800

1,980

51,200

12,500

8,520

37,700

1,920

1,380

925

5,390

1,560

2,100

37,700

May

410

391

1,030

1,380

1,000

750

589

492

426

376

338

312

323

650

626

775

675

526

438

898

975

775

571

459

391

334

290

268

364

279

240

Minimum

77

163

142

77

526

775

1,060

395

240

137

103

121

163

77

June

243

240

294

361

286

422

331

247

212

380

471

376

320

254

215

185

166

172

148

137

273

65O

851

925

484

338

272

215

175

248

-

Mean

209

392

712

1,818

3,175

2,948

5 'sio 519

560

326

1,290

420

823

 1,429

July

132

121

110

106

103

435

985

575

387

240

178

163

283

707

3,690

5,390

3,550

2,280

1,560

1,160

900

7OO

603

725

1,270

1,440

1,410

1,560

4,430

2,820

1,980

Aug.

1,560 1

1,140

900

725

580

467

383

323

283

257

261

338

553

349

236

188

241

434

309

222

212

163

140

132

123

129

140

137

121

638

1,330

Per square 

mile

0.236

.443

.805

2.05

3.59

3.33

6.24

.915

. 633

. 368

1.46

.475

.930

1.61

Sept.

2,100

1,620

1,560

1,330

900

650

626

725

1,950

1,740

1,410

1,330

1,410

1,190

950

750

603

522

455

399

353

323

298

275

254

232

208

188

175

163

-

Runoff in 

Inches

0.27

.49

.93

27.90

4.14

3.47

7.19

1.02

.73

Ul

1 .68

.55

1.04

21.92

Peak discharge (base. 17,OOP sec.-ft.) .--Mar. 14 -(e p.m.) 39,40O sec.-ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for nearby stations.

g Computed from graph based on gage readings. *

231536 O - 53 - 33
502 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Turkey Creek at Morris, Ala.

Location.--Staff gage, lat. 33°44'25", long. 86°48'45", in Sw£ (corrected) sec. 12, T. 

ISST, 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 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,120 second-feet Mar. 13 (gage height, 16.6 

reet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum daily, 12 second-feet Dec. 1-3.

1944-50: Maximum discharge, 11,600 second-feet Nov. 28, 1948 (gage height', 23.1 

feet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 10 second-feet Oct. 18-21, 

1944, Sept. 24, 25, 1948.

Remarks. Records fair, 

read twice daily.

Occasional slight diversions by sawmills above station. Gage

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Jan. 6, June 21-23, 

July 12 to Aug. 6, Aug. 30 to Sept. 14)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 6 Jan. 7 to Sept. 30

0.7 12 1.7 112 0.7 14 1.8 126 9.5 2,67Q' 

.8 17 2.1 178 .8 20 2.4 239 13.0 4,740 

.9 24 2.7 298 1.0 34 3.2 420 14.7 5,850 

1.1 41 3.5 500 1.2 51 4.0 640 

1.4 73 4.0 640 1.5 84 8.0 2,050

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6" 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oot.

15 

14 

16 

15 

16

29 

18 

16 

20

17

16 

24 

42 

66 

36

51 

84 

28 

22 

20

17 

15 

15 

14 

15

14 

14 

14 

14 

68 

112

Nov.

92 

54 

43 

32 

29

a28 

26 

23 

23 

18

16 

17 

20 

24 

21

18 

18 

16 

17 

22

20

17 

16 

16 

18

17 

16 

16 

17 

14

Dec.

12 

12 

12 

14 

15

15 

27 

23 

19 

23

a20 

21 

43 

40 

39

32 

34 

56 

98 

63

54 

70 

127 

81 

69

65 

52 

48 

43 

35 

32

Jan.

30 

25 

28 

25 

25

636 

375 

180 

134 

180

348 

209 

161 

180 

161

170 

190 

161 

170 

170

134 

118 

111 

90 

83

73 

76 

76 

71 

69 

62

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Pebr 

Marc 

Apr! 

"ay.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

ber ..........................

nber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

1 ............................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

59 

354 

371 

219 

161

134 

199 

152 

339 

395

260 

209 

161 

270 

170

143 

118 

104 

a90 

.83

84 

.97 

84 

73 

64

58 

61 

65

Seoondfoot-days

877 

724 

1,294

63,802

4,521 

4,577 

13,252 

1,927 

1,595 

846 

2,032 

1,171 

1,142

33,958

Mar.

215 

126 

118 

104 

97

90 

90 

161 

118 

104

97 

1,690 

5,820 

1,150 

498

348 

239 

190 

161

170

134 

118 

104 

97 

90

80 

299

249 

209 

152 

134

Apr.

118 

111 

97 

90 

97

83 

77 

73 

70 

74

70 

63 

58 

55 

55

aSO 

46 

73 

61 

52

51 

47 

46 

44 

48

45 

41 

46 

40 

46

Maximum

112 

92 

127

8,390

636 

395 

5,820 

118 

229 

84 

293 

196 

90

5,820

"ay

46 

108 

229 

118 

90

74 

68 

55 

50 

47

42 

40 

42

40

51

38 

33 

32 

44 

50

a40 

33 

30 

28 

26

24 

24 

23 

23 

22 

25

Minimum

14 

14 

12

12

25 

58 

80 

40 

22 

17 

14 

18 

18

12

June

24 

24 

32 

42 

30

26 

24 

23 

31 

40

33 

24 

23 

22 

20

20 

19 

19 

18 

20

84 

61 

37 

28 

24

22 

22 

19 

18 

17

Mean

28.3 

24.1 

41.7

175

146 

163 

427 

64.2 

51.5 

28.2 

65.5 

37.8 

38.1

93.0

July

17 

14 

16 

16 

16

24 

20 

18 

16 

16

16 

52 

62 

293 

183

190 

84 

61 

46

40

36 

34 

32 

30 

41

41 

50 

119 

180 

143 

126

Aug.

84 

62 

53 

46 

40

38 

36 

32 

30 

30

28 

27 

33 

24 

22

d21 

21 

23 

22 

21

19 

19 

18 

18 

18

18 

23 

22 

18 

109 

196

Per square 

mile

0.349 

.298 

.515

2.16

1.80 

2.01 

5.27 

.793 

.636 

.343 

.809 

.467 

.470

1.15

Sept.

82 

55 

41 

46 

46

3*

56 

90 

64 

55

SO 

SO 

41 

37 

35

31 

30 

33 

28 

26

24 

23 

22 

22 

21

20 

18 

18 

18 

19

Runoff in 

inches

0.40 

.33 

.59

29.27

2.08 

2.10 

6.08 

.88 

.73 

.39 

.93 

.54 

.52

15.57

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 sec.-ft._) .--Mar. 13 (10 a.m.) 7.12O sec. -ft.

tions.

d Doubtful gage-heigh record) discharge interpolated.
HOBII£ RIVER BASIN 503

North River near Samantha, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°28'45", long. 87°35i50", in SVf£ sec. 16, T. 18 

5., K. 10 W., at highway bridge half a mile east of Crump's store, lij miles upstream 

from Cripple Creek, and 4 miles north of Samantha. Datum of gage is 232.39 feet above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Drainage area. 220 square miles.

Records available. December 1938 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years (1939-50), 345 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 14,000 second-feet Mar. 13 (gage height, 26.0 

reet); minimum, 8.9 second-feet July 5.

1938-50: Maximum discharge, that of Mar. 13, 1950; 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 fair.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height. In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 8 to Feb. 2)

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.8

6.6

12

19

29

41

2.0 73

2.1 96

2.2 124

2.4 195

2.6 280

3.0 470

4.0

6.O

8.0

10.0

12.0

970

2,010

2,980

3,970

5,040

1.9 55 3.O 470 24.2 12,800 

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

JO

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

18 

19 

19 

20 

20

26 

29 

24

19 

19

20 

19 

19 

51 

27

24 

26 

22

18 

18

18 

18 

18 

19 

20

24 

30 

28 

24

431 

720

Nov.

258 

137 

91 

69 

60

51 

48 45' 

44 

41

40 

40 

64 

60 

52

45 

40 

39 

39

40

40 

36 

34 

35 

34

36 

37 

39 

36 

36

Dec.

36 

36 

31 

35

41

41 

64 

82 

64 

70

203 

184 

195 

224 

176

131 

110 

308 

48O 

317

224 

354 

845 

475 

326

254

211 

176 

144 

124 

113

Jan.

107 

102 

99 

96 

199

9,190 

12,800 

3,590 

920 

1,100

2,060 

828 

635 

580 

580

540 

535 

505 

450 

4O7

368 

350 

335 

321 

303

285 

460 

470 

460 

397 

364

Month

Octo 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Haro 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary .

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949 50 ............

Feb.

354 

1,700 

3,310 

1,260 

570

455

416 

373 

416 

500

455

416 

587 

5,620 

3,560

845 

720 

6Z5 

540 

421

383 

402 

373 

280 

262

245 

224 

224

Seoondfoot-days

L r,807] 

1,666 

6,074

145,5711

39,436! 

25,536 

40,470 

12,789 

7,6751 

1,642 

1,654|.9 

5,078 

8,629

152,456.9

Peak discharge (base, 4,800 see. -ft.). Jan

sec. -ft: j Mar. 13 (9 p.m. ) 14.OOO sec. -ft.; A

Mar.

970 

695 

525 

421 

387

326 

303

611 

555 

431

383 

1,960 

11,800 

10.0OO 

1,940

745 

595 

470 

431 

450

387 

331 

317 

289 

280

271 

1,170 

1,860 

665 

500 

402

Apr.

441 

436 

373 

359 

364

298 

276 

249 

224

211

211 

203 

180 

165 

154

150 

144 

165 

165 

134

124 

116 

116 

107 

113

124 

102 

5,180 

1,420 

485

Maximum

720 

258 

845

6,460

i 12,800 

1 5,620 

11,800 

5,180 

1,420 

137 

288 

2,540 

2,110

12,800

May

455

609 

1,420 

610 

441

335 

271 

236 

203

180

297 

199 

176 

165 

176

154 

124 

107 

132 

450

161 

140 

116 

96 

84

71 

62 

59 

51 

46 

47

Minimum

18 

34 

31

14

96 

224 271' 

102 

47 

13 

9.9 

11 

51

9.9

June

44 

42

86 

137 

98

69 

57 

54 

49 

84

106 

82 

60 

49 

44

35 

30 

28 

24

21

122 

106 

56 

37 

28

28 

19

18 

- 16 

13

Mean

58.3 

55.5 

196

399

1,272 

912 

1,305 

426 

248 

54.7 

53.4 

164 

288

418

July

12 

11 

13 

10 

9.9

157 

91 

54 

31 

22

18 

18 

24 

24 

107

288 

119 

64 

51 

35

29 

24 

22

41 

22

60 

82 

42 

48 

42 

84

Aug.

82 

51 

46 

43 

27

22

18 

16 

14 

16

84 

54 

26 

19 

43

264 

76 

39 

28 

22

18 

14 

14 

13 

12

11 

12 

16 

178 

1,260 

2,540

Per square 

mile

0.265 

.252 

.891

1.81

5.78 

4.15 

5.93 

1.94 

1.13 

.249 

.243 

.745 

1.31

1.90

Sept.

2,110 

387 

446

298 

220

161 

326 

770 

495 

520

364 

317 

249 

199

165

150 

276 

224 

147 

116

99

91 

82 

73 

66

59

55 

51 

54 

59

Runoff in 

inches

O.31 

.28 

1.03

24.62

6.67 

4.32 

6.84 

2.16 

1.30 

.28 

.28 

.86 

1.46

25.79

. 7 (6 a.m.) 13,900 aec.-ft.; Feb. 14 (11 a.m.) 5,560 

pr. 28 (2 p.m.) 7,590 sec. -ft.

231536 0-53-34
504 MOBILE RIVER BASIN

Prairie Creek near Gallion, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32"32 I , long. 87°41', in SB;- sec. 9, T. 18 N., R. 4 

E., at bridge on State Highway 13, 4 miles upstream from Little Prairie Creek and 4 miles 

northeast of Gallion. Auxiliary staff gage,s 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 1950.

Average discharge. 10 years, 248 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,280 second-feet May 21 (gage height, 13.73 

feet); minimum, 5.2 second-feet Aug. 25.

1940-50: 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 pr.ior to Oct. 1, 1944, not determined.

Remarks. Records fair. 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.

Rating table, water year, 1949-50, except periods of backwater from Black Warrior "River"

(gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-11, Nov. 1 to Dec. 13, and July 17-28)

-0.3 5.2 3.0 136 11.0 1,330 

0.0 10 5.0 307 12.0 1,960 

.5 23 8.0 661 13.0 3,100 

1.5 57 10.0 1,010

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

17 

16 

16 

16 

16

16 

18 

18 

16 

15

"15 

13 

15 

25 

16

15 

16 

15 

14 

13

13 

12 

12 

12 

12

12 

12 

13 

13 

19 

53

Nov.

44 

30

20 

17 

15

15 

15 

15 

15 

15

15 

14 

15 

18 

18

16 

16 

15 

15 

15

17 

17 

17 

17 

22

39 

25 

22 

22 

22

Pec.

20 

19 

18 

18 

20

24 

23 

30 

30 

24

23

24 

271 

494 

633

341 

81 

66 

78 

62

50 

119 

554 

136 

66

53 

49 

47 

43 

38 

35

Jan.

35 

34 

35 

35 

37

141 

547 

121 

64 

329

1,380 

cl,040 

0184 

.0136 

C143

C599 

c812 

C252 

c!47 

c!26

88 

" 71 

64 

60 

54

50

58 

81 

57 

50 

47

Feb.

53 

47 

42 

38 

35

35 

35 

35 

164 

1,570

2,650 

503

381 

857 

592

118 

81 

68 

62 

55

51 

245 

720 

210

88

71 

58 

52

 .. SecondMonth foot-days

Octc 

Neve 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

her ..........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

504 

578 

3,489

............ 94,091

1 ............. ........ .

St.... .......................

ember ........................

6,877 

"8,916 

10,125 

1,176 

11,448 594.' 

3,902.4 

1,462.3 

4,282

ter year 1949-50 ............ 53,354.4

liar.

385 

268 

78 

81 

262

143 

154 

953 

700 

106

76 

66 

597 

1,700 

480

785 

0275 

0129 

0166 

0854

0497 

c!66 

c!32 

0112 

c89

71 

104 

474

112 

61 

49

Apr.

49 

58 

53 

47 

122

64 

44 

40 

38 

36

36 

53 

40 

37 

31

30 

29 

31 

47 

34

28 

26 

24 

23 

23

27 

25 

23 

29 

29

Maximum

53 

44 

633

5,390

1,380 

2,650 

1,700 

122 

3,090

r se

L 1,480 

692

1,200

I 3,090

May

200 

1,000 

1,730 

734 

74

45 

36 

34 

40

88

30 

27 

31 

51 

38

26 

22 

19 

38 

2,470

3,090 

1,150 

162 

62 

42

34 

30 

74 

30 

22 

19

Minimum

12 

14 

18

11

34 

35 

49 

23 

 19 

6.6 

5.6 

5.5 

10

5.5"

June

17 

15 

15 

19 

22

19 

16 

20 

74 

49

86 

35 

20 

15 

13

12 

10 

9.6 

11 

9.1

9.8 

19 

20 

13 

9.8

8.4 

7.7 

6.9 

6.8 

6.6

Mean

16.3 

19.3 

113

258

222 

318 

327 

39.2 

369 

19.8 

126 

47.2 

143

146

July

6.2 

5.8 

5.6 

5.8 

6.5

6.5 

7.2 

11 

7.9 

6.6

34 

17 

38 

47 

231

53 

87 

40 

23 

16

12 

13 

11 

9.3

12

14 

 14 

234 

1,060 

388 

1,480

Aug.

692 

50 

37 

27 

19

15 

13 

12 

10 

10

9.6 

9.3 

8.6 

8.0 

7.6

7.1 

10 

9.5 

7.9 

7.1

6.5 

6.3 

5.8 

5.5 

5.5

6.0 

6.9 

9.4 

12 

7.7 

421

Per square 

mile

0.096 

.114 

.665

1.52

1.31 

1.87 

1.92 

.231 

2.17 

.116 

.741 

.278 

.841

.859

Sept.

892 

387 

243 

72 

37

25 

349 

1,200 

562

81

49 

36 

33 

27 

24

22 

20

34 

31 

22

18 

16

16 

15 

14

12 

11 

10 

12 

12

Runoff in 

inches

0.11 

.13 

.76

20.58

1.50 

1.95 

2.21 

.26 

2.50 

.13 

.85 

.32 

.94

11.66

Peak discharge (base, 6,000 sec. -ft.). No peak above base.

o Backwater from Black Warrior River.
MOBILE RIVER BASIN 505

Sucarnoochee River at Livingston, Ala.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°34', long. 88°12', in SE£ sec. 33, T. 19 N., R. 

aw., 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, supplementary 

adjustment of 1944.

Drainage area. 635 square miles.

Records available. October 1938 to September 1950.

Average discharge.--12 years, 862 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 15,600 second-feet Jan. 9 (gage height, 26.2 

reet); minimum, 164 second-feet July 5.

1938-50: Maximum discharge, 17,600 second-feet Nov. 30, 1948 (gage height, 26.9 

feet); minimum, 61 second-feet Aug. 28, 1943.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; records of discharge computed by 

geological Survey.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Jan. 6, Sept. 8-30)

4.4 164 12.0 1,470 22.0 5,360 

6.0 344 16.0 2,410 23.0 7,280 

7.0 477 18.0 2,970 25.0 12,20O 

8.0 630 20.0 3,700 25.9 14,800 

9.0 808 21.0 4,290

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19

20

21 

22

23

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29

30

31

Oct.

268 

263 

263 

290 

290

290 

285 

274 

263 

258

258 

252 

246 

246 

246

252 

274 

296 

280 

263

246 

246 

236 

236 

230

230 

236 

263 

263 

258 

280

Nov.

408 

521 

408 

320 

285

268 

263 

258 

258 

258

258 

258 

268 

268 

a260

a260 

a250 

a250 

a250 

a250

252 

258 

258 

258 

258

263 

263 

263 

263 

263

Dec.

268 

268 

263 

258 

258

268 

285 

296 

320 

344

332 

395 

463 

435 

536

598 

536 

536 

582 

734

614 

491 

521 

681 

681

521 

435 

408 

395 

369 

356

Jan.

332 

332 

332 

332 

356

1,370 

2,620 

5,460 

14,800 

9,940

6,100 

3,960 

2,760 

1,830 

1,240

1,110 

1,060 

929 

847 

770

716 

664 

630 

598 

598

566 

681 

888 

1,130 

a950 

a840

Feb.

a770 

a700 

a660 

a620 

a630

a670 

a580 

a530 

a650 

1,240

1,580 

1,620 

1,740 

2,570 

2,880

3,340 

6,620 

5,360 

3,790 

2,470

1,130 

1,350 

1,920 

2,060 

2,110

1,920 

1,200 

808

 _.,. SecondUonth foot-days

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

mber .........................

lendar year 1945 

ary . . ....

1. ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

8,081 

8,41£ 

13,447

446,382

64,741 

51,51£ 

46,091 

16,015 

44,459 

9,011 

16,684 

11,842 

24,551

ter year 1949-50 ............ 314,862

Mar.

1,150 

1,530 

1,650 

1,650 

1,400

1,150 

1,040 

1,060 

1,080 

929

752 

664 

1,960 

2,650 

2,850

3,000 

3,380 

3,420 

2,680 

1,650

1,110 

970 

847 

734 

664

630 

681 

990 

1,290 

1,400 

1,130

Apr.

734 

681 

789 

847 

752

630 

582 

521 

491 

477

477 

477 

506 

477 

435

408 

395 

491 

716 

647

491 

421 

382 

356 

356

344 

356 

449 

521 

810

Maximum

296 

521 

734

10,200

14,800 

6,620 

3,420 

847 

6,020 

566 

2,040 

1,670 

2,460

14,800

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 sec. -ft.). Jan. 9 (8 p.m.]

May

1,970 

2,970 

4,370 

4,860 

6,020

6,020 

4,210 

2,820 

1,040 

630

536 

491 

477 

698 

808

647 

536 

521 

449 

449

506 

491 

435 

408 

356

332 

308 

290 

280 

268 

263

Minimum

230 

250 

258

230

332 

530 

630 

344 

263 

192 

164 

202 

241

164

June

258 

258 

268 

290 

332

320 

302 

290 

290 

320

449 

463 

369 

296 

263

241 

230 

219 

214 

208

263 

435 

566 

421 

302

252 

252 

246 

202 

192

Mean

261 

281 

434

1,223

2,088 

1,840 

1,487 

534 

1,434 

300 

538 

382 

818

863

July

180 

175 

170 

170 

164

197 

435 

614 

477 

302

230 

208 

219 

246 

752

888 

752 

716 

491 

344

285 

246 

280 

382 

320

382

449 

1,090 

1,580 

1,900 

2,040

Aug.

1,

Per square 

mile

0.411 

.443 

.683

1.93

3.29 

2.90 

2.34 

.841 

2.26 

.472 

.847 

.602 

1.29

1.36

15,600 sec. -ft.; Feb. 17 (2 p.ra

670 

770 

477 

369 

320

296 

274 

258 

241 

246

252 

268 

395 

274 

230

214 

308 

521 

536 

395

463 

344 

274 

236 

219

208 

202 

263 

463 

421 

435

Sept.

788 

1,710 

2,110 

2,160 

2,280

2,460 

2,430 

1,600 

1,110 

888

698 

551 

521 

449 

382

344 

344 

344 

369 

356

308 

290 

274 

268 

263

252 

241 

241 

246 

274

Runoff in 

inches

0.47 

.49 

.79

26.13

3.79 

3.02 

2.70 

.94 

2.60 

.53 

.98 

.69 

1.44

18.44

.) 7,280

sec. -ft. ; May 5 (9 a.m. ) 6,830 sec. -ft.

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of recorded range in stage and weather records.
506 PASCAOODLA RIVER BASIN

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 9-| 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 1950.

Average discharge. 12 years, 1,175 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 38.100 second-feet Jan. 8 (gage height, 31.14 

TeeTT; minimum, 130 second-feet Sept. 27 (gage height, 4.83 feet).

1938-50: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 8, 1950; 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 table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used July 28 to Aug. 5)

4.9 141 11.0 2,550 23.2 15,800 

5.4 236 12.0 3,200 26.0 21,800 

6.0 379 15.1 5,780 30.7 36,600 

7.1 698 18.0 8,480 

8.5 1,250 21. O 12,100

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

D«»

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

8 

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 

238 

256 

276 

279

304 

290 

267 

260 

258

247 

238 

234 

366 

340

546 

461 

366 

297 

267

251 

240 

236 

232 

226

236 

279 

272 

260 

251 

304

Nov.

420 

420 

366 

316 

276

256 

24O 

234 

230 

228

221 

219 

217 

217 

213

203 

197 

191 

186 

186

182 

172 

169 

169 

171

176 

184 

187 

191 

195

Dec.

197 

201 

205 

209 

217

223 

245 

267 

267 

263

267 

297 

316 

447 

666

930 

870 

799 

1,180 

1,300

1,250 

1,010 

852 

765 

748

666 

575 

590 

731 

666 

575

Jan.

503 

461 

433 

420 

489

5,250 

22,400 

36,600 

31,100 

14,500

5,600 

4,640 

4,000 

3,280 

2,730

2,850 

3,130 

2,550 

2,250 

1,950

1,600 

1,350 

1,220 

1,130 

1,070

1,500 

2,140 

2,920 

2,920 

2,550 

2,100

Month

Ootc 

Hove 

D«ce

Ca

Janu 

Febr

 arc 

Aprj

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary .

1. . . ........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,800 

1,450 

2,150 

2,850 

2,850

2,310 

1,850 

1,550 

1,300 

3,200

4,320 

4,000 

6,240 

19,300 

22,800

24,600 

15,400 

5,240 

3,060 

2,370

1,850 

1,700 

2,430 

2,490 

2,550

2.0OO 

1,550 

1,220

Seccnd 

foot-days

8.81E 

6,832 

17,794

597,556

165,636 

144, 43C 

68.28C 

17,98( 

47,71! 

13,374 

12.93S 

9,19< 

6,916

519,92]

Mar.

1,300 

1,600 

1,600 

2,370 

2,790

2,730 

2,610 

2,370 

2,250 

2,050

1,600 

1,220 

1,300 

2,920 

4,160

6,410 

4,400 

2,920 

2,310 

2,100

2,050 

1,950 

1,650 

1,300 

1,050

950 

1,170 

2,000 

2,000 

1,800 

1,350

Apr.

970 

990 

990 

910 

816

731 

666 

620 

575 

560

635 

731 

605 

546 

503

475 

475 

503 

517 

503

475 

447 

420 

406 

406

447 

420 

420 

461 

765

Maximum

> 546 

420 

1,300

21,400

36,600 

) 24,600 

) 6,410 

3 990 

3 8,910 

t 950 

i 1,850 

1,350 

682

L 36,600

Peak discharge (base, 8,000 sec. -ft.). Jan. 8 (4 p.m.;

May

1,150 

3,680 

6,590 

7,040 

8,910

5,060 

2,200 

1,600 

990 

714

620 

560 

575 

698 

731

682 

575 

503 

433 

420

447 

433 

406 

,579 

366

379 

328 

316 

304 

302 

328

Minimum

226 

169 

197

169

420 

1,220 

950 

406 

302 

197 

172 

158 

131

131

June

304 

353 

698 

748 

870

731 

714 

930 

950 

799

635 

475 

392 

340 

304

286 

270 

256 

247 

263

366 

420 

340 

302 

270

254 

234 

217 

209 

197

Mean

284 

228 

574

1,637

5,343 

5,158 

2,203 

600 

1,539 

446 

417 

297 

231

1,424

July

191 

186 

205 

189 

180

189 

207 

197 

189 

178

176 

172 

172 

191 

385

489 

503 

489 

379 

272

228 

256 

267 

254 

232

274 

328 

1,300 

1,160 

1,850 

1,650

Aug.

1,

1,

Per square 

mile

0.378 

.303 

.763

2.18

7.11 

6.86 

2.93 

.798 

2.05 

.593 

.555 

.395 

.307

1.89

38,100 sec. -ft.; Feb. 16 (8 a.m

350 

070 

620 

406 

316

260 

236 

217 

205 

205

230 

201 

199 

199 

184

172 

172 

223 

245 

263

249 

219 

186 

171 

160

158 

207 

238 

215 

197 

226

Sept.

243 

328

682 

666 

560

316 

23S 

221 

217 

201

1S9 

186 

172 

169 

163

162 

158 

155 

151 

167

186 

155 

146 

139 

136

131 

139 

186 

182 

174

Runoff In 

inches

0.44 

.34 

.88

29.56

8.19 

7.14 

3.38 

.89 

2.36 

.66 

.64 

.45 

.34

25.71

.) 25,800

350 sec. -ft.
PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN 507

Leaf River at Hattiesburg, Miss.

Location. Mater-stage recorder, lat. 31 0 21', long. 89°17', In NVf£ sec. 2, T. 4 N., R.

 la w. St. Stephens meridian, at bridge on U. S. Highway 11, 300 feet downstream from 

Bowle Creek, 3,000 feet upstream from New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad bridge, and 

three-quarters 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 1950. Gage-height records collected at 

site a.uuu reet downstream since 1904 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 12 years, 2,954 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 47.300 second-feet Jan. 10 (gage height, 27.42

 1'eet); minimum, 615 second-feet Sept. 26 (gage height, 4.95 feet).

1938-50: Maximum discharge, 71,300 second-feet Mar. 22, 1943 (gage height, 28.91 

feet); minimum, 410 second-feet Oct. 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, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used July 23 to Aug. 7)

5.2 760 12. 0 7,010 22. 0 23,4OO 

5.7 1,090 14.0 9,410 25.0 32,900 

7.5 2,580 17.0 13,700 26.9 42.1OO 

10.0 4,830 20.0 18,800

Discharge. ID seoond-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,090 

1,090 

1,130 

1,210 

1,290

1,290 

1,370 

1,290 

1,210 

1,210

1,210 

1,210 

1,170 

2,220 

1,850

1,810 

2,010 

1,850 

1,530 

1,330

1,250 

1,170 

1,130 

1,130 

1,090

1,130 

1,130 

1,210 

1,210 

1,170 

1,210

NOT.

1,330 

1,530 

1,450 

1,290 

1,210

1,130 

1,090 

1,050 

1,050 

1,050

1,050 

1,050 

1,050 

1,090 

1,050

1,020 

985 

985 

950 

950

950 

950 

950 

950 

950

950 

950 

950 

950 

950

Dec.

950 

950 

950 

950 

950

985 

1,020 

1,090 

1,170 

1,210

1,370 

1,330 

1,370 

1,570 

2,010

2,310 

2,310 

2,310 

2,850 

3,030

2,940 

2,670 

2,580 

2,880 

2,220

2,050 

1,850 

1,770 

1,970 

2,310 

2,050

Jan.

1,770 

1,610 

1,530 

1,490 

2,940

3,620 

9,930 

17,900 

33,700 

42,100

30,800 

18,600 

9,800 

6,890 

5,860

5,230 

5,860 

5,640 

4,830 

4,290

3,660 

3,120 

2,850 

2,670 

2,490

2,400 

2,850 

4,560 

4,830 

4,930 

4,290

Month

Ooto 

Move 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Aprl 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendair year 1949 

ary

1.. ..........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

3,750 

3,210 

3,390 

4,110 

4,470

4,200 

3,840 

3,210 

3,030 

4,470

8,570 

8,450 

9,270 

18,600 

26,800

36,100 

34,100 

25,900 

15,700 

6,770

4,700 

4,290 

4,830 

5,030 

4,830

4,470 

3,840 

3,300

Secondfoot-days

41,200 

31,860 

55,675

1,515,515

253-, 040 

263,230 

156,990 

58,420 

103,740 

42,594 

35,867 

33,003 

27,465

1,103,084

Mar.

3,390 

4,110 

4,020 

6,890 

8,690

7,490 

6,770 

6,530 

5,430 

4,560

4,110 

3,480 

3,210 

4,200 

5,860

9,800 

8,930 

7,130 

5,230 

5,640

4,830 

4,560 

4,200 

3,570 

3,030

2,670 

2,580 

3,930 

4,560 

4,110 

3,480

Apr.

2,850 

2,850 

2,940 

2,850 

2,580

2,310 

2,130 

1,930 

1,850 

1,770

1,770 

2,220 

2,310 

1,930 

1,690

1,610 

1,530 

1,610 

1,770 

1,730

1,610 

1,490 

1,410 

1,370 

1,330

1,570 

1,490 

1,450 

1,530 

2,940

Maximum

2,220 

1,530 

3,030

33,700

42,100 

36,100 

9,800 

2,940 

9,930 

3,210 

3,840 

3,300 

1,890

42,100

Peak discharge (base, 12,000 sec. -ft. ). Jan. 10 (5:30

Hay

3,480 

7,490 

9,540 

9,670 

9,670

9,930 

7,730 

3,930 

2,850 

2,220

1,890 

1,730 

1,810 

2,400 

2,580

3,390 

, 2,670 

2,010 

1,650 

1,490

1,970 

2,130 

1,970 

1,570 

1,370

1,250 

1,170 

1,O90 

1,050 

1,020 

1,020

Minimum

' 1,090 

950 

950

950

1,490 

3,030 

2,580 

1,330 

1,020 

754 

706 

652 

615

615

June

1,020 

1,020 

1,370 

2,050 

2,050

1,930 

1,730 

1,890 

3,030 

3,210

2,580 

1,850 

1,370 

1,170 

1,130

950 

915 

880 

850 

880

1,330 

1,570 

1,530 

1,210 

985

880 

850 

820 

790 

754

Mean

1,329 

1,062 

1,796

4,152

8,163 

9,401 

5,064 

1,947 

3,346 

1,420 

1,157 

1,065 

916

3,022

July

730 

712 

724 

760 

754

736 

760 

760 

760 

718

706 

712 

730 

760 

880

1,020 

1,290 

1,330 

1,210 

985

850 

790 

1,050 

1,170 

1,020

950 

1,290 

1,810 

2,760 

3,300 

3,840

Aug.

3.3OO 

2,580 

1,970 

1,410 

1,050

985 

880 

820 

790 

760

820 

1,020 

850 

790 

736

748 

760 

820 

1,170 

1,650

1,330 

1,020 

850 

736 

682

652 

664 

670 

790 

850 

850

Per square 

mile

0.755 

.603 

1.02

2.36

4.64 

5.34 

2.88 

1.11 

1.90 

.807 

.657 

.605 

.520

1.72

Sept.

950 

1,050 

1,850 

1,890 

1,570

1,250 

915 

820 

790 

790

790 

850 

985 

880 

820

1,050 

1,050 

850

760

742

718 

724 

688

646 

630

615 

620 

658 

754 

760

Runoff in 

inches

0.87 

.67 

1.18

32.03

5.35 

5.56 

3.32 

1.23 

2.19 

.90 

.76 

.70 

.58

23.51

a.m.) 47,500 sec. -ft.) Feb. 16 (4 p.m.)

36,BOO sec.-ft.
508 PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN

Leaf River near McLaln, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°06', long. 88°48' , in SE^ sec. 29, T. 2 N., R.

a w. St. Stephens meridian, at bridge on State Highway 15, 1-J- miles east of McLaln

and 2 miles downstream from Rogers 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, 

ttecoras available. November 1939 to September 1950. 

Average aiscnarge. 10 years, 6,303 second-feet. 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 46,500 second-feet Feb. 19 (gage height, 23.69

reet); minimum, 1,160 second-feet Sept. 27 (gage height, 3.15 feet).

1939-50: 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 except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

3.7 

4.0 

5.5 

6.5 

8.0

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

1,260

1,450

2,560

3,390

4,820

Oct. 1 to Aug. 1

10.0

11.5

14.0

17.0

19.0

7,100

9,100

12,900

18,500

23,000

21.0 30,000

22.5 38,000

23.6 45,700

Aug. 2 to Sept. 30

3.2 1,190

4.2 1,790

7.0 4,020

8.1 5,010

Discharge, itf second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

18 

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28 

29

30

31

Oct.

2,160

2,160

2,240

2,840

2,320

2,400

2,320

2,320

2,240

2,160

2,160

2,080

2,080

2,240

3,040

2,800

2,640

2,720

2,640 

2,400

2,160

2,010

1,940

1,870

1,830

1,900

1,970

1,900 

1,900

1,900

2,160

Nov.

2,010

1,970

2,080

8,010

1,940

1,830

1,760

1/690

1,660

1,620

1,620

1,620

1,660

1,660

1,660

1,620

1,620

1,550

1,550 

1,520

1,520

1,480

1,480

1,480

1,480

1,480

1,480

1,480 

1,480

1,480

-

Dec.

1,480

1,480

1,480

1,450

1,450

1,480

1,520

1,550

1,590

1,690

1,970

2,240

2,320

2,880

3,660

4,020

3,840

4,420

5,460 

5,460

4,920

4,620

5,020

5,020

4,520

3,840

3,570

3,210 

3,100

3,500

4,000

Jan.

3,500

3,000

2,500

2,200

2,500

3,570

6,620

10 , 600

13,800

17,300

23,000

32,000

39,200

36,800

29,200

20,700

14,300

11,400

10,400 

9,100

8,010

7,100

6,380

5,460

4,720

4,220

4,120

4,920 

6,380

7,230

7,490

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 19.49 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

7,100

6,620

5,900

5,900

6,380

6,500

6,260

5,790

5,130

6,020

9,660

12,600

13,900

15,600

19,300

24,200

33,000

41,900

45,700 

42,600

35,000

25,800

16,700

11,200

9,660

8,820

8,010

7,100

-

-

Secondfoot-days

68 , 900

49,490

96,760

3,216,570

357,720

442,350

341,920

95,600

198,070

68,380

60,880

69,230

55,000

1,904,300

Mar.

6,860

7,490

7,620

10,100

15,000

16,700

17,100

16,100

15,400

14,300

12,000

9,940

8,400

7,620

8,140

14,300

17,300

17,100

15,400 

13,400

12,600

12,000

10,800

9,100

7,620

6,620

5,790

5,790 

6,860

7,490

6,980

Apr.

6,400

5,600

5,000

5,200

5,200

4,500

3,800

3,300

2,900

2,700

2,600

2,700

3,000

3,200

3,100

2,900

2,600

2,300

2,300 

2,400

2,400

2,300

2,200

2,100

2,000

2,200

2,300

2,200 

2,200

4,000

Maximum

3,040

2,080

5,460

50,000

39,200

45,700

17,300

6,400

16,000

4,120

4,820

5,240

3,840

45,700

May

6,400

8,500

12,000

14,000

15,000

15,000

16,000

16,000

12,000

7,000

5,820

3,840

3,480

4,820

4,820

6,020

5,900

4,820

3,840 

3,300

3,040

3,840

3,840

3,210

2,800

2,480

2,320

2,160 

2,010

1,940

1,870

Minimum

1,830

1,480

1,450

1,450

2,200

5,130

5,790

2,000

1,870

1,320

1,260

1,410

1,160

1,160

June

1,830

1,870

1,900

2,160

2,720

2,800

2,640

2,720

2,800

4,120

4,120

3,570

2,960

2,400

2,080

1,870

1,800

1,730

1,620 

1,620

2,640

2,640

2,240

2,160

1,900

1,730

1,590

1,450 

1,380

1,320

Mean

2,223

1,650

3,121

8,813

11,540

15,800

11,030

3,187

6,389

2,279

1,964

2,233

1,833

5,217

July

1,260

1,260

1,350

1,290

1,350

1,480

1,620

1,620

1,380

1,320

1,450

1,550

1,590

2,400

1,800

1,800

2,080

1,940

1,870 

1,830

1,730

2,480

1,620

1,690

1,690

1,760

2,160

2,880 

3,390

4,420

4,820

Aug.

5,240

5,010

4,560

4,290

3,510

2,550 2,0-*0

1,660

1,660

1,620

1,590

1,560

1,680

1,620

1,560

1,500

2,230

1,680

1,560 

1,790

2,230

2,000

1,790

1,650

1,530

1,410

2,000

1,930 

1,590

1,790

2,150

Per square 

mile

0.633

.470

.889

2.51

3.29

4.50

3.14

.908

1.82

.649

.560

.636

.522

1.49

Sept.

2,230

2,710

3,840

3,350

3,030

2,710

2,390

2,070

1,790

1,650

1,560

1,790

1,760

1,760

1,650

1,500

1,400

1,600

1,800 

1,800

1,500

1,290

1,290

1,260

1,220

1,190

1,160

1,190 

1,220

1,290

Runoff in 

inches

0.73

.52

1.03

34.07

3.79

4.69

3.62

1.01

2.10

.72

.65

.73

.58

20.17

Peak discharge (baae, 21.000 aec.-ft.). Jan. 13 (3 p.m.) 39,800 sec.-ft.j Feb. 19 (11 a.m.) 46,500 sec.-ft. : 

Note.--He gage-height record Dec. 29 to Jan. 5, Apr. 1 to Hay 10, Sept. 17-21; discharge computed

on baais of records for station at Hattiesburg.
PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN 509

Pascagoula River at Merrill, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°59', long. 88°44', in SW£ sec. 18, T. 1 S., R. 7 

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 mil,e 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 1950. Gage-height records collected at 

same site since 1904 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.--19 years (1931-50), 10,500 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 54,100 second-feet Feb. 20 (gage height, 23.34 

I'eet); minimum, 2,210 second-feet July 2; minimum gage height, 4.24 feet Sept. 28.

1930-50: 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 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

4.5 2,250

6.2 3,870

8.0 6,000

11.0 10,500

Oct. 1 to Aug. 1

13.2 14,300

15.0 17,600

18.0 24,500

20.0 30,000

21.0 34,800

22.0 41,400

23.3 54,100

Aug. 2 to Sept. 30

4.3 2,300

5.6 3,580

8.0 6,540

12.3 12,700

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 tc September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

IS

16

17

16

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3,760

3,760

4,090

3,980

g3,980

4,200

4,090

3,980

3,870

3,760

3,650

3,650

3,760

3,980

4,530

4,530

4,200

4,200

4,310

4,090

3,760

3, '550

3,350

3,250

3,150

3,060

3,250

3,250

3,250

3,250

3,760

Nov.

4,090

3,870

3,650

3,760

3,650

3,450

3,250

3,150

2,970

2,970

2,880

2,880

2,880

2,970

2,970

2,970

2,880

2,790

2,790

2,700

2,700

2,700

2,610

2,610

2,610

2,610

2,610

2,610

2,700

2,700

-

Dec.

2,700

2,610

2,610

2,610

2,610

2,610

2,610

2,700

2,700

2,970

3,550

4,200

4,530

5,740

8,150

9,060

8,450

8,450

9,860

10,300

10,200

9,700

9,700

9,860

9,380

8,450

7,550

6,840

6,140

g5,870

g5,740

Jan.

5,870

5,480

4,990

4,750

4,530

5,230

8,600

13,400

17,400

20,800

25,500

30,000

38,500

44,700

44,700

41,400

37,800

34,200

31,700

28,200

24,200

18,900

14,800

12,000

10,000

8,900

8,300

8,450

10,200

12,200

12,900

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

toy..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

12,900

12,200

11,700

10,700

10,700

10,700

10,700

10,200

9,380

9,380

13,400

17,700

21,200

23,800

26,500

29,400

34,800

43,800

51,700

54,100

50,600

44,700

38,500

31,700

28,200

25,500

21,800

17,600

_

-

-

Secondfoot-days

117, 25<

89 1 98

188,45

5,663,71

588; 60

683,56

614,00 

244 54

361; 62

112, 14(

140, 93<

142, 22<

144, 01(

3,427,30<

Mar.

15,200

14,800

14,100

15,700

21,000

24,500

26,200

26,500

26,000

25,000

23 , 000

20,000

17 , 000

14,800

14,600

20,800

26,000

27,300

26, 800

25,800

24,800

24,000

23,500

21,800

18,300

14,800

12,400

11,400

11,700

13,000

13,200

Apr.

12,900

12,200

11,500

13,400

16,100

15,700

13,400

10,700

8,900

7,850

7,260

7,400

7,400

7,550

7,120

6,420

6,000

5,870

5,870

5,870

6,000

6,000

5,610

5,230

4,870

5,110

5,740

5,480

5,350

5,740

-

Maximum

3 4,530

3 4,090

3 10,300

3 68,800

3 44,700

3 54,100.

3 27,300 

3 16,100

3 25,000

3 6,420

3 12,500

3 13,000

3 12,100

3 54,100

May

7,850

10,700

15,200

18,900

21,000

22,500

23,500

24,500

25,000

23,000

19,300

16,400

12,500

10,200

9,540

10,500

11,200

9,860

8,300

6,840

6,140

g6,000

g6,980

6,140

5,230

4,750

4,420

4,200

3,870

3,650

3,450

Minimum

3,060

2,610

2,610

2,610

4,530

9,380

11,400 

4,870

3,450

2,430

2,210

2,750

2,250

2,210

June

3,350

3,250

3,350

3,550

3,980

4,310

4,200

4,420

4,750

5,610

6,420

5,610

4,750

3,980

3,650

3,350

3,150

2,970

2,880

2,880

3,450

4,090

3,550

3,350

3,250

3,150

3,060

2,790

2,610

2,430

-

Mean

3 * 7A9 ' °*-

2 99*

5)079

15,520

18 99C

24J41C

19.81C 

8 151

11J67C

3» 73f

4,546

4,588

4', 80C

9,390

July

2,340

2,210

2,340

2,340

2,340

2,520

2,880

3,550

4,200

3,650

3,650

4,310

5,110

5,110

4,530

4,200

4,530

4,990

4,990

4,640

4,090

4,310

3,550

3,550

3,760

4,090

4,750

6,140

9,060

10,700

12,500

Aug.

13,000

12,700

11,500

10,300

8,580

6,020

4,630

3,910

3,470

3,250

3,050

2,950

3,050

2,950

2,950

2,950

3,470

3,150

2,850

2,850

3,470

3,580

3,360

3,250

2,950

2,750

2,850

3,250

2,750

2,850

3,580

Per square 

mile

0. 573

 454

i921

2.35

0 QQ

z'.lQ

3.00

1.24

1.77

.566

. 689

. 695

.727

1.42

Sept.

4,390

6,420

12,100

11,000

9,990

9,000

8,440

8,020

7,060

5,240

4,270

4,030

4,270

4,270

3,910

3,580

3,360

3,360

3,150

3,050

3,050

2,850

2,660

2,570

2,480

2,390

2,300

2,250

2,250

2,300

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.66

.51

1.06

31.91

3 32

s'.ss

3.46

1

*0 OO

2.04

.63

.79

.80

.81

19.31

Peak discharge (base, 58,000 sec.-ft.). Jan. 14 (9 p.m.) 44,700 sec.-ft.; Feb. 20 (6 a.m.) 54,100 

see.-ft. 

g Computed from graph based on once-daily wire-weight gage readings.
510 PASCAOOULA 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. 

St. 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 1950.

Average discharge. 12 years, 529 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 12,400 second-feet Feb. 15 (gage height, 21.94 

reet); minimum, 162 second-feet July 22 (gage height, 3.42 feet).

1938-50: 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 table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

3.5 174 7.2 1,180 17.6 6,240 

3.8 225 9.0 1,900 19.2 8,080 

4.4 346 12.0 3,130 21.0 10,900 

5.0 494 14.0 4,020 21.5 11,800 

6.0 780 16.0 5,090

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 tc September 1950

DO*

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

244 

234 

234 

263 

273

273 

293 

273 

254 

254

263 

254 

254 

346 

467

494 

480 

392 

314 

283

263 

254 

254 

244 

244

254 

263 

263 

254 

254 

254

Nov.

283 

303 

273 

254 

244

244 

234 

234 

234 

234

234 

234 

234 

244 

244

234 

221 

216 

214 

216

214 

216 

216 

216 

220

221 

223 

225 

234 

234

Dec.

234 

234 

225 

234 

234

244 

244 

263 

273 

263

283 

293 

303 

358 

416

441 

392 

480 

675 

576

428 

358 

494 

480 

380

324 

303 

314 

441 

467 

346

Jan.

314 

303 

293 

404 

548

817 

2,830 

9,560 

6,080 

1,620

1,180 

1,070 

873 

750 

690

675 

750 

690 

632 

534

467 

416 

392 

392 

380

369 

604 

690 

618 

562 

467

Month

Octc 

Neve 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Mav

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ra

ber ....................... . .

Bber .........................

Bber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

1. ...........................

St. ..........................

ember ..'......................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

441 

416 

562 

590 

494

428 

416 

416 

441 

1,010

1,580 

1,420 

1,970 

8,070 

11,800

6,520 

2,220 

1,070 

780 

661

576 

590 

. 765 

720 

604

534 

480 

454

Secondfoot-days

8,943 

7,047 

11,000

269,967

35,869 

46,028 

26,223 

11,280 

17,924 

7,876 

7,150 

8,253 

8,146

195,739

Mar.

604 

842 

735 

1,700 

1,980

1,540 

1,180 

1,040 

780 

604

534 

494 

590 

735 

831

1,780

1,140 

780 

646 

970

811 

632 

590 

534 

467

441 

480 

873 

873 

576 

441

Apr.

416 

507 

521 

480 

428

392 

358 

346 

335 

335

346 

428 

441 

369 

335-

314 

303 

346 

369 

346

314 

293

283 

283 

283

283 

283 

283 

387 

873

Maximum

494 

303 

675

6,580

9,560 

11,800 

1,980 

873 

2,100 

416 

632 

534, 

576

11.8OO

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 sec. -ft.). Tan. S (3 p.m.!

Bay

905 

2,020 

2,100 

1,460 

1,070

735 

494 

380 

346 

314

303 

283 

346 

562 

534

705 

720 

454 

335 

303

436 

562 

441 

358 

303

273 

254 

244 

234 

225 

225

Minimum

234 

214 

225

199

293 

416 

441 

283 

225 

198 

166 

193 

179

166

June

216 

225 

234 

380 

346

273 

254 

293 

324 

314

303 

273 

244 

225 

218

212 

209 

209 

207 

225

358 

416 

346 

273 

244

225 

216 

211 

205 

198

Mean

. 288 

235 

355

740

1,157 

1,644 

846 

376 

578 

263 

231 

266 

272

536

July

193 

192 

198 

205 

198

195 

192 

190 

192 

185

182 

179 

177 

179 

184

197 

205 

211 

187 

172

168 

166 

273 

283 

234

209 

254 

346 

380 

392 

632

Aug.

521 

335 

244 

225 

216

209 

204 

197 

193 

197

234 

220 

263 

220 

198

198 

198 

244 

454 

534

467 

314 

244 

220 

225

202

197 

211 

303 

273 

293

Per square 

mile

0.947 

.773 

1.17

2.43

3.81 

5.41 

2.78 

1.24 

1.90 

.865 

.760 

.875 

.895

1.76

Sept.

335 

335 

576 

380 

283

225 

204

193 

193 

195

195 

261 

392 

263 

254

576 

467 

303 

254 

221

209 

197 

190 

185 

180

1'79 

162 

211 

244 

244

Runoff In 

inches

1.09. .86' 

1.3S-*

33.04

4.39 

5.63 

3.21 

1.36 

2.19 

.96 

.67 

1.01 

1.00

23.94

11,200 sec.-ft.j Feb. 15 (5»30 a.m.)

12,400 sec.-ftT
PASCAGOULA RIVER BASH 511

Tallahala Creek at Laurel, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°41', long. 89°07', in NE£ sec. 8, T. 8 N., R. 11 

w. 5t. 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 1950.

Average discharge. 12 years, 387 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 6,260 second-feet Feb. 16 (gage height, 17.21 

 feet); minimum, 18 second-feet Sept. 27; minimum gage height, 2.46 feet July 2.

1938-50: Maximum discharge, 13,700 second-feet Jan. 21, 1947 (gage height, 20.29 

feet); minimum observed,. 2.4 second-feet_Qct. 15, 16, 1938.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 14 to Dec. 15, 

Hay 17 to July 24, Sept. 11-30)

2.5 20 6.0 245 14.0 1,810 

3.0 34 8.0 472 15.0 2,440 

3.5 55 9.0 602 15.8 3,390 

4.0 83 11.0 908 16.8 5,390

4.8 142 12.5 i,eeo 

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

44 

46 

44 

47 

50

52 

52 

48 

45 

44

44 

43 

42 

42

41

48 

75 

82 

71 

58

49 

44 

41 

39 

38

36 

35 

36 

36 

37 

39

Nov.

41 

52 

50 

48 

.43

39 

36 

34 

35 

35

34 

36 

42 

45 

48

49 

45 

39 

35 

34

33 

33 

33 

33 

35

35 

26 

40 

38 

38

Dec.

34 

37 

39 

32 

43

37 

39 

41 

106 

93

90 

142 

142 

138 

166

200 

213 

245 

296 

340

307 

231 

213 

251 

245

200 

166 

170 

227 

182 

150

Jan.

134 

11,8 

111 

111 

 166

388 

700 

807 

3,580 

3,070

2,090 

1,710 

1,340 

924 

644

aSOO 

a600 

a700 

715 

775

807 

550 

307 

251 

227

204 

289 

563 

644 

672 

686

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary . .

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

498 

340 

318 

340 

436

498 

388 

307 

436 

957

1,310 

1,190 

1,450 

2,820 

2,910

5,500 

3,000 

2,030 

1,630 

1,210

582 

400 

448 

524 

563

537 

412 

329

Seoondfoot-days

1,448 

1,174 

4,815

192,658

24,383 

31,363 

18,643 

5,292 

16,489 

1,539 

3,889 

3,499 

1,105

113,639

Mar.

318 

448 

448 

624 

760

807 

856 

945 

926 

775

630 

550 

424 

537 

616

745 

823 

873 

856 

791

576 

511 

460 

364 

285

245 

240 

376 

602 

630 

602

Apr.

344

255 

265 

265 

255

218 

178 

158 

146 

134

142 

195 

200 

158 

130

114 

107 

111 

158 

174

154 

122 

104 

90 

97

126 

142 

142 

191 

417

Maximum

82 

52 

340

8,310

3,580 

5,500 

945 

417 

3,220 

83 

658 

775 

80

5,500

Peak discharge (base, 3.000 see. -ft.). Jan. 9 (4 p.m.)

Hay

630 

839 

1,220 

1,900 

3,220

2,290 

1,810 

1,370 

521 

209

166 

142 

138 

170 

265

318 

174 

134 

111 

100

90 

90 

86 

81 

74

69 

64 

58 

53 

49 

48

Minimum

35 

33 

32

32

111 

307 

. 240 

90 '48 

26 

24 

27 

19

19

June

48 

48 

52 

56 

60

62 

66 

83 

82 

78

81 

73 

67 

52 

44

40 

36 

33 

32 

32

34 

40 

60 

66 

54

42 

34 

30 

28 

26

Mean

46.7 

39.1 

155

528

787 

1,120 

601 

176 

532 

51.3 

125 

113 

36.8

311

July

24 

33 

28 

26 '30

25 

84 

69 

48 

39

33 

30 

29 

30 

33

34

77 

114 

90 

62

54 

42 

50 

57 

209

218 

162 

307 

550 

644 

658

Aug.

715 

775 

565 

158 

100

74 

60 

SI45 

42

40 

38 

37 

T3 

75

56 

41 

39 

36 

38

62 

45 

a37 

033 

31

30 

27 

30 

30 

56 

a60

Per square

mile

0.200 

.168 

.665

2.27

3.38 

4.81 

2.58 

.755 

2.28 

.220 

.536 

.485 

.158

1.33

5,180 seo.-ft.j Feb. 16 (7>30 a

Sept.

a60 

aSO 

aSO 

aSO

aSO

a40 

a37 

aSS 

a34 

aSS

'aM

36 

36 

46 

41

40

32 

29

27 

25

24, 

24 

22 

20 

20

19 

22

22 

25

30

Runoff in 

inches

0.23 

.19 

.77

30.75

3.89 

5.01 

2.98 

'.84 

2.63 

.25 

.62 

.56 

.16

18.15

.m.) 6,260

sec. -ft. j May 5 (7 a.m.) 3,390 sec.-7t7 

a No gage-height record; discharge MHput«d OB basis of records for station near Runnelstown.
512 PASCAOOULA RIVER BASIN

Tallahala Creek near Runnelstown, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°20', long. 89°07', in NE£ sec. 8, T. 4 N., R. 11 

w. BE. 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 1950.

Average discharge. 10 years, 1,073 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 9.070 second-feet Feb. 18 (gage height, 

TeeTT; minimum, 82 second-feet Sept. 27 (gage height, 1.45 feet).

1939-50: Maximum discharge, 19,300 second-feet Jan. 23, 1947 (gage height, 

feet); minimum, 46 second-feet Oct. 26, 27, 1941 (g^ge height, 1.35 feet).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, vater year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

16.11

21.70

1.5 89 3.3 553 8.0 2,750 

1.7 120 4.5 1,040 13.0 6,060 

2.1 196 5.1 1,300 16.0 8,950 

2.7 356 5.5 1,490

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Dot.

208 

210 

233 

248 

248

261 

251 

236 

226 

219

217 

210 

203 

275 

275

241 

219 

238 

294 

266

233 

208 

194 

198 

183

194 

186 

177 

175 

177 

183

Nov.

192 

188 

203 

217 

217

201 

183 

175 

165 

165

163 

161 

163 

171 

179

196 

186 

179 

167 

161

159 

151 

150 

151 

153

153 

153 

155 

157 

161

Dec.

161 

161 

157 

159 

163

157 

169 

173 

179 

263

412 

362 

418 

500 

553

571 

553 

848 

953 

890

869 

828 

911 

787 

746

686 

609 

553 

686 

628 

571

Jan.

483 

434 

402 

384 

693

1,040 

1,940 

1,990 

2,040 

2,640

4,790 

5,610 

4,920 

3,980 

3,990

2,140 

1,790 

1,840 

1,790 

1,740

1,740 

1,740 

1,440 

995 

828

746 

807 

1,080 

1,350 

1,540 

1,640

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

ber ..........................

mber .........................

mber .........................

lendaT year 1949 

ary .

u&ry

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,640 

1,440 

1,210 

1,170 

1,080

1,080 

1,210 

1,170 

974 

1,840

2,870 

3,110 

3,110 

5,820 

6,300

6,900 

7,700 

8,950 

7,700 

5,400

3,940 

2,640 

1,940 

1,640 

1,540

1,540 

1,440 

1,210

Seoondfoot-days

6,886 

5,175 

15,676

555,142

57,542 

86,564 

56,022 

18,628 

40,812 

7,560 

7,830 

10,689 

4,432

317,816

Mar.

1,210 

1,350 

1,350 

2,340 

2,870

2,590 

2,440 

2,590 

2,540 

2,290

1,940 

1,540 

1,440 

1,540 

1,740

2,440 

2,140 

1,990 

1,990 

2,440

2,290 

1,940 

1,640 

1,350 

1,170

953 

869 

1,080 

1,260 

1,350 

1,350

Apr.

1,300 

1,080 

932 

974 

911

807 

686 

590 

535 

483

466 

517 

609 

647 

535

450 

409 

396 

399 

450

517 

450 

415 

362 

362

828 

628 

500 

500 

890

Maximum

294 

217 

953

13,500

5,610 

8,950 

2,870 

1,300 

4,200 

686 

1,260 

1,350 

269

8,950

Peak discharge (bsse, 5. 000 sec. -ft.). Jan. 12 (12 m.)

May

1,540 

2,640 

2,810 

2,750 

2,690

3,490 

2,200 

4,140 

3,490 

2,140

911 

667 

609 

807 

787

932 

1,020 

706 

500 

418

517 

571 

378 

347 

314

283 

259 

246 

231 

214 

205

Minimum

175 

150 

157

150

384 

974 

869 

362 

205 

125 

107 

122 

83

83

June

192 

190 

205 

246 

238

238 

261 

261 

341 

553

686 

553 

381 

291 

241

210 

18fl 

171 

157 

171

186 

169 

163 

217 

241

212 

179 

155 

139 

125

Mean

222 

172 

506

1,521

1,856 

3,092 

1,807 

621 

1,317 

252 

Z53 

345 

148

871

July

117 

110 

107 

122 

123

110 

122 

112 

171 

155

135 

123 

137 

157 

155

155 

150 

159 

275 

266

221 

179 

159 

142 

165

221 

415 

418 

609 

1,080 

1,260

Aug.

1,300 

1,350 

1,300 

1,080 

517

335 

264 

219 

194 

175

171 

188 

217 

196 

190

209 

230 

179 

256 

233

201 

196 

201 

161 

141

175 

155 

122 

144 

196 

194

Per square 

mile

0.363 

.281 

.827

2.49

3.03 

5.05 

2.95 

1.01 

2.15 

.412 

.413 

.564 

.242

1.42

5,680 sec. -ft.) Feb. 18 (2:30 p

Sept.

208 

196 

251 

236 

269

236

203 

181 

161 

144

135 

141 

165 

151 

148

151 

146 

130 

117 

114

104 

102 

98 

90 

88

83 

86 

100 

102 

96

Runoff in 

inches

0.42 

.31 

.95

33.73

3.50 

5.26 

3.40 

1.13 

2.48 

.46 

.48 

.65 

.27

19.31

.m.) 9,070
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 

ETTJKoctaw meridian, at bridge on U. S. Highway 80, 2,500 feet upstream from Alabama & 

Vicksburg Railway bridge, l£ miles east of Chunky, 3£ miles upstream from Tallahatta 

Creek, and 5i miles downstream from Concobona Creek.

Drainage area. 368 square miles.

Records available. August 1938 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 12 years, 534 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 30,700 second-feet Jan. 7 (gage height, 25.08 

reet); minimum, 47 second-feet July 2 (gage height, 2.90 feet).

1938-50: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 7, 1950; minimum, 6.4 second-feet Aug. 27- 

29, 1943 (gage height, 2.28 feet).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-31)

Oct. 1 to May 4 May 5 to Sept. 30

3.0 57 6.0 1,110 16.6 

3.2 90 8.0 2,200 19.5 1 

3.5 161 10.0 3,370 21.3 1 

4.1 342 12.0 4,660 23.0 1 

4.5 479 14.0 6,010 24.2 2 

5.0 675 16.0 7,620

Discharge, In second- feet, w

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Got.

66 

64 

66 

70 

74

76 

79 

79 

76 

76

74 

66 

66 

172 

109

242 

233 

145 

100 

85

79 

76 

70 

69 

69

81 

100 

96 

86 

88 

320

Nov.

297 

198 

138 

113 

92

86 

81 

81 

77 

76

76 

81 

118 

107

111

94 

81 

76 

74 

72

74 

72 

72 

77 

83

88 

86 

86 

85 

86

Dec.

83 

81 

81 

81 

86

92 

202 

381 

248 

201

285 

285 

348 

655 

635

479 

342 

517 

822 

635

381 

361 

517 

442 

326

276 

273 

270 

257 

230 

209

Jan.

198 

195 

204 

212 

404

3,290 

22,900 

13,700 

4,720 

2,490

1,360 

1,230 

1,090 

888 

888

954 

976 

888 

675 

536

457 

418 

397 

381 

361

342 

695 

998 

866 

556 

472

Month

Ooto 

Move 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Pebr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Align 

Sept

We

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

iiarv

1 .............................

8t ...........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

432 

390 

498 

595 

435

348 

329 

320 

368 

1,070

1,470 

1,310 

1,330 

5,870 

16,400

7,030 

3,070 

1,360 

801 

655

556 

779 

1,800 

2,200 

1,630

844 

595 

498

Secondfoot-days

3,151 

2,940 

10,081

252,470

63,741 

52,983 

34,196 

6,491 

23,264 

3,094 

10,630 

6,706 

10,771

230,048

7,890 

3,800 

2,600 

7,000 

2,000

Mar.

822 

1,360 

1,110 

801 

932

932 

758 

716 

635 

498

421 

400 

1,370 

2,890 

4,140

3,310 

1,970 

1,110 

758 

932

1,070 

779 

575 

479 

446

421 

524 

1,310 

1,360 

888 

479

2.9 4' 

3.1 6< 

3.3 9(

Note. 

8.'0~7ee1

Apr.

449 

556 

556 

468 

400

377 

304 

.285 

276 

260

260 

304 

304 

245 

218

204 

201 

260 

326 

279

218 

189 

175 

169 

181

215 

215 

186 

181 

230

Maximum

320 

297 

822

6,480

22,900 

16,400 

4,140 

556 

6,240 

197 

1,300 

873 

1,970

22,900

Peak discharge (base, 5.000 sec. -ft.). Jan. 7 (l p.m.

19,5OO sec. -ft.; May 4 17 a.m.; 6", 9 SO" sec. -ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of

3.5 131 5 

) 3.7 180 6 

> 4.2 342 8

 Same as preceding tab 

to September 1950

Hay

798 

2,140 

3,490 

6,240 

3,620

1,400 

525 

388 

314 

263

221 

203 

381 

582 

420

280 

209 

170 

149 

138

138 

136 

145 

186 

131

112 

' 106 

101 

96 

92 

90

Minimum

64 

72

81

63

195 

320 

400 

169 

90 

51 

47 

72 

70

47

June

95 

106

136 

192 

197

145 

114 

109 

116 

116

116 

116 

99 

86 

79

74 

69 

68 

64 

67

88 

180 

177 

106 

33

69 

64 

58 

54 

51

Mean

102 

96.0 

325

692

2,056 

1,892 

1,103 

283 

750 

103 

343 

216 

359

630

July

48 

47 

101 

206 

112

79 

109 

172 

120 

76

63 

57 

73 

219 

918

. 582 

420 

260 

149 

98

87 

304 

450 

374 

203

123 

467 

873 

1,220 

1,300 

1,300

.2 722 

.0 1,090 

.0 2,200 

le above

Aug.

873 

328 

170 

167 

129

101 

89 

81 

72 

74

273 

370 

145 

90 

77

110 

154 

314 

406 

391

253 

125 

90 

77 

72

142 

335 

307 

142 

147 

602

Per square 

mile

0.277 

.266 

.883

1.88

5.59 

5.14 

3.00 

.769 

2.04 

.280 

.932 

.587 

.976

1.71

30,700 sec. -ft. s Feb. 15 (4:30 

records for Okatlbbee Creek nea

Sept.

487 

1,410 

1,850 

1,970 

1,250

426 

221 

169 

206 

183

162 

162 

149 

116 

109

99 

98 

122 

116 

101

69 

63 

61 

61

74

70 

a70 

166 

366 

237

Runoff in 

inches

0.32 

.30 

1.02

25.52

6.44 

5.35 

3.46 

.66 

2.35 

.31 

1.07 

.68 

1.09

23.25

a.m.) 

r Meridian.
514 PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN

Chickasawhay River at Enterprise, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°10', long. 88°49', in Nw£ sec. 24, T. 4 N., R. 14 

E. unoctaw 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 1950. Gage-height records collected at same 

site since J.9U4 are published in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge. 12 years, 1,366 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 33,500 second-feet Jan. 8 (gage height, 33.10 

reet); minimum, 119 second-feet June 2 (gage height, 0.17 foot).

1938-50: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 8, 1950; 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 reporst of U. S. 

Weather Bureau).

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating tables, vater year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 19 to Feb. 9)

Oct. 1 to May 4 May 5 to Sept. 30

0.7 177 5.3 1,510 19.0 8,300 0.3 138 3.5 978 

1.0 229 7.6 2,340 22.0 11,600 .8 224 7.6 2,340 

1.5 334 12.0 4,200 25.0 16,200 1.5 389 

2.3 552 15.5 5,900 31.9 30,800 ^ Note. Same as preceding 

taETe~above 7.6 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Dot.

197 

194 

204 

208 

209

211 

209 

209 

206 

208

199 

189 

189 

334 

322

358 

450 

358 

278 

235

211 

199 

189 

179 

174

191 

206 

208 

208 

216 

436

Kov.

582 

493 

383 

289 

248

227 

215 

209 

204 

199

197 

199 

238 

250 

246

248 

227 

208 

194

191

187 

186 

186 

194 

268

248 

220 

213 

213

211

Dec.

206 

201 

199 

201 

211

222 

530 

952 

642 

552

779 

733 

702 

1,110 

1,380

1,210 

888 

1,210 

1,610 

1,410

1,020 

952 

1,310 

1,180 

984

795 

733 

764 

687 

612 

567

Jan.

522 

507 

507 

567 

1,150

5,740 

13,000 

30,800 

26,400 

12,900

6,740 

5,300 

4,290 

3,150 

2,420

2,340 

2,500 

2,180 

1,820 

1,510

1,128 

1,180 

1,110 

1,050 

952

888 

1,580 

2,030 

1,920 

1,510 

1,210

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Aprl 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

He

ber ..........................

Bber .........................

lend&r year 1949 

ary . .

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,110 

1,020 

1,110 

1,150 

984

857 

779 

764 

913 

2,860

3,660 

3,060 

2,980 

7,830 

13,400

20,500 

12,600 

6,700 

4,790 

3,490

2,060 

1,820 

3,150 

3,950 

3,660

2,860 

2,060 

1,480

Seoondfoot-days

7,384 

7,373 

24,552

668,462

139,053 

111,571 

81.92C 

22,556 

65.31E 

10,071 

23,833 

17,313 

27,493

538,436

Har.

1,920 

2,740 

2,620 

2,340 

2,300

2,140 

1,960 

2,700 

2,140 

1,580

1,340 

1,240 

2,790 

5,350 

6,380

6,620 

5,550 

4,560 

3,530 

2,580

2,260 

1,960 

1,580 

1,340 

1,210

1,150 

1,280 

2,340 

2,580 

2,260 

1,580

Apr.

1,210 

1,240 

1,310 

1,240 

1,080

952 

857 

795 

748 

717

702 

748 

764 

687 

612

582 

552 

748 

826 

764

627 

552 

493 

464 

478

522 

507 

493 

522 

764

Maximum

436 

582 

1,610

18,500

30,800 

20,500 

6,620 

1,310 

9,800 

598 

2,740 

2,090 

4,160

20,800

May

1,800 

6,140 

8,220 

9,800 

9,400

6,200 

4,430 

3,020 

1,420 

1,010

885 

793 

1,070 

1,260 

1,160

947 

763 

673 

598 

554

539 

658 

613 

702 

539

442 

376 

338 

312 

326 

326

Minimum

174 

186 

199

174

507 

764 

. 1,150 

464 

312 

135 

124 

210 

210

124

June

302 

389 

402 

598 

598

497 

402 

363 

338 

389

511 

483 

415 

302 

252

222 

200 

184 

181 

179

385 

469 

539 

376 

265

206 

184 

159 

146 

135

Mean

238 

246 

792

1,831

4,486 

3,985 

2,643 

752 

2,107 

336 

769 

558 

916

1,475

July

126 

124 

136 

304 

292

232 

210 

281 

290 

232

181 

153 

166 

538 

1,750

1,260 

916 

748 

583 

389

292 

605 

1,040 

823 

673

469 

1,010 

1,950 

2,700 

2,620 

2,740

Aug.

2,090 

1,100 

658 

554 

483

415 

350 

312 

272 

252

394 

596 

455 

304 

249

338 

511 

613 

718 

763

658 

415 

314 

247 

210

241 

598 

703 

525 

483 

1,490

Per square 

mile

0.261 

.269 

.867

2.01

4.91 

4.36 

2.89 

.824 

2.31 

.368 

.842 

.611 

1.00

1.62

Peak discharge (base, 10,000 aec.-ft.). Jan. 8 (4:30 p.m.) 33,500 sec.-ft.; Feb. 16 (6

Sept.

1,880 

2,440 

4,160 

3,800 

2,940

1,650 

885

748 

733 

703

628 

583 

511 

455

389

363 

350 

415 

415

350

302 

276 

256 

243 

232

220 

210 

260 

583

511

Runoff in 

inches

0.30 

.30 

1.00

27.24

5.66 

4.54

3.34 

.92 

2.66 

.41 

.97 

.71 

1.12

21.93

a.m.)
PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN 515

Chlckasawhay River near Waynesboro, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°41' , long. 88°41', in NWi sec. 10, T. 8 N., R. 7 

w. at. 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 1950 (discontinued).

Average discharge. 12 years, 2,575 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 21,700 second-feet Jan. 12 (gage height, 36.06 

reet); minimum, 300 second-feet July 2 (gage height, 3.72 feet).

1938-50: 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 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 12-30)

3.8 317 9.0 1,850

4.0 352 11.0 2,630

4.8 526 16.0 4,750

5.8 790 20.0 7,030

7.0 1,150 26.0 11,100

30.0 14,400

34.0 18,800

35.6 20,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

538

526

550

575

587

587

575

550

538

538

526

514

600

502

514

706

819

819

790

679

600

550

526

502

479

502

490

502

502

526

550

Nov.

652

907

907

819

679

600

550

526

514

514

502

502

528

587

600

562

562

550

526

502

502

490

479

479

502

562

613

575

550

538

-

Dec.

526

526

502

502

514

526

550

937

1,250

1,220

1,150

1,420

1,520

1,520

1,880

2,310

2,230

2,430

2,790

2,830

2,510

2,110

2,196

2,390

2,230

1,850

1,560

1,490

1,810

1,590

1,320

Jan.

1,180

1,090

1,030

997

1,090

2,310

4,850

6,960

8,120

10,300

15,400

20,700

20,900

18,600

15,200

11,500

7,920

5,630

4,480

3,740

3,040

2,550

2,270

2,150

2,040

1,920

2,390

3,400

3,660

3,400

3,120

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ..........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January .

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

2,630

2,270

2,150

2,270

2,310

2,270

2,070

1,850

1,810

4,290

7,600

8,320

7,470

8,580

.9,910

10,700

11,000

12,300

14,400

15,400

14,400

11,700

7,860

4,990

4,750

4,890

4,570

3,700

- -

-

-

Seoondfoot-days

17,762

17,377

48,182

1,323,908

191,937

186,460

136,640

45,301

102,927

19,282

46,24=

31,09E

40,377

883,587

Mar.

3,040

3,160

3,660

4,440

5,300

5,190

4,660

4,570

4,480

4,170

3,450

3,080

2,950

3,960

5,190

6,220

7,150

7,600

7,730

7,600

6,650

4,660

3,660

3,040

2,550

2,270

2,190

2,750

3,740

3,870

3,660

Apr.

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

2,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1.

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

Maximum

819

907

2,830

21,500

20,900

15,400

7,730

2,990

10,100

997

5,680

4,570

4,390

20,900

990

310

190

310

310

070

770

590

490

380

420

560

490

380

320

180

120

250

490

560

450

250

090

997

937

967

030

030

090

280

-

May

1,920

3,910

6,900

8,450

8,930

9,280

9,840

10,100

9,420

6,400

2,470

1,700

1,520

1,770

2,110

2,190

2,070

1,660

1,320

1,150

1,090

1,060

1,0.90

1,090

997

1,030

848

734

665

626

587

Minimum

479

479

502

479

997

1,810

2,190

QX7 93 t

587

343

317

445

423

"317

June

613

600

613

' 790

848

997

967

848

734

706

679

762

848

734

626

526

479

434

412

391

423

550

907

877

762

575

467

401

371

343

-

Mean

573

579

1,554

3,627

6,192

6,659

4,408

1,510

3,320

643

1,492

1,003

1,346

2,421

July

317

317

334

381

412

1,520

2,390

997

639

575

526

467

434

412

526

1,660

2,230

1,880

1,450

1,090

819

819

1,150

1,740

1,770

1,590

1,490

2,510

4,660

5,680

5,460

Aug.

4,

3,

2,

1,

570

870

590

350

997

848

734

639

575

575

600

514

734

819

626

502

445

562

790

937

1,060

967

762

600

490

490

490

502

819

819

819

Per square 

mile

0.3*5

.349

.936

2.18

3.73

4.01

2.66

.910

2.00

.387

 899

.604

.811

1.46

Sept.

1,180

2,870

3,620

4,170

4,390

4,170

3,160

1,660

1,180

1,060

997

937

937

846

762

706

639

734

790

679

613

550

502

467

445

434

423

423

456

575

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.40

.39

1.08

29.66

4.30

4.18

3.06

1.01

2.31

.43

1.04

.70

.90

19.80

Peak discharge (base. 10.000 »ec.-ft.). 

sec.-ft.I May 8 (11 a.m.) 1O,100 sec.-ft.

.. Jan. 12 (12 p.m.) 21,700 sec.-ft.j Feb. 20 (12 m.) 15,400
516 PASCAGODLA RIVER BASIN

Chickasawhay River at Leakesville, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°08', long. 88 0 33', in SW£ sec. 12, T. 2 N., R. 

 b w. 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 1950.

Average discharge. 12 years, 4,290 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 20,800 second-feet Jan. 17 (gage height, 25.87 

feet); minimum, 625 second-feet July 3,4, (gage height, 8.81 feet).

1938-50: 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.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

8.9

9.3

10.1

11.5

13.0

652

775

1,080

1,850

2,770

15.5

18.5

21.5

24.5

25.8

4,770

7,870

11,800

17,100

20,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Daj

1

2

5

4

S

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

1ft J.O

19

20

21

99g*f* o*iCO

24

25

26

27

9A£O

29

30

31

Oct.

1,180

1,150

1,130

1,130

1,180

1,200

1,230

1,180

1,150

1,130

1,130

1,080

1,060

1,180

1,150

1,080

1,080

1,230

1,230

1,250

1,180

1,080

1,000

960

921

921

960

1,000

980

980

1,130

Nov.

1,280

1,230

1,280

1,380

1,330

1,200

1,080

1,000

960

921

902

902

902

960

960

980

960

940

921

902

883

846

846

828

828

810

828

883

921

921

-

Dec.

902

883

864

846

846

846

864

883

940

1,330

1,730

1,670

1,910

2,450

3,050

3,340

3,420

3,340

3,500

4,060

4,060

3,740

3,500

3,580

3,580

3,540

2,980

2,570

2,330

2,390

2,450

Jan.

2,270

2,030

1,910

1,790

1,730

1,790

2,700

4,860

6,550

7,650

8,830

10,500

12,500

15,000

17,800

19,900

20,500

19,100

15,600

11,100

7,650

5,820

4,770

3,980

3,580

3,260

3,050

3,120

3,980

4,770

4,770

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Hater year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

4,590

3,980

3,580

3,260

3,190

3,190

3,120

2,980

2,770

2,910

5,520

8,470

9,980

11,100

11,400

12,000

12,800

13,300

13,800

14,300

15,200

16,300

16,900

16,300

13,800

9,460

7,430

6,660

-

-

-

Seoondfoot-days

34,242

29,584

72,194

2,228,11C

232, *6C

248, 29C

230 73(

87^940

138, 90C

32. 831

c* oo- OO; L.Q*.

51,115

62,34C

1,283,320

Mar.

5,920

5,220

5,040

6,220

8,470

' 9,590

9,720

9,200

8,710

8,470

7,760

6,550

5,620

5,320

6,120

9,070

9,980

9,980

9,980

10,300

11,000

11,100

9,980

7,650

5,820

4,770

4,140

3,980

4,500

5,130

5,420

Apr.

5,220

4,860

3,980

3,980

6,120

6,020

4,500

3,580

3,120

2,770

2,570

2,570

2,700

2,630

2,450

2,330

2,150

2,090

2,150

2,390

2,510

2,510

2,270

2,030

1,850

1,730

1,670

1,670

1,730

1,790

Maximum

1,230

1,380

4,060

27,100

20,500

16,900

11,100

6,120

11,200

1,490

7,210

)

c a art OfOOv 

5,520

20,500

May

2,150

2,910

4,950

6,990

8,470

9,330

9,850

10,300

10,800

11,200

10,800

7,210

3,420

2,980

g3,120

g3,660

3,660

3,340

2,910

2,390

2,150

2,090

2,090

1,910

1,850

1,670

1,610

1,460

1,330

1,200

1,100

MiniMum

921

810

846

810

1,730

2,770

3,980

1,670

1,100

726

638

792

680

638

June

1,040

1,020

1,040

gl,040

gl,150

gl,230

gl,300

1,380

1,430

1,490

1,350

1,200

1,150

1,180

1,130

1,040

940

864

846

810

828

864

846

940

1,100

1,150

1,060

902

792

726

Mean

1,105

986

2,329

6,104

7,512

8,868

7,443

2,931

4,481

1,061

2,041

1,649

2,078

3,516

July

680

652

638

666

742

775

1,130

2,450

2,150

1,550

1,430

1,670

1,670

1,300

1,400

1,330

2,030

2,630

2,450

gl,970

gl,610

1,380

1,490

1,670

2,030

2,270

2,270

2,910

4,140

6,990

7,210

Ang.

6,880

6,020

4,950

3,900

2,510

1,790

1,460

1,280

1,130

1,020

960

980

921

902

1,020

1,000

902

846

810

921

1,040

1,180

1,180

1,080

940

864

810

810

792

921

1,300

Per square 

mile

0.412

.368

.869

2.28

2.80

3.31

2.78

1.09

1.67

.396

.762

.615

.775

1.31

Sept.

1,380

2,830

5,130

5,520

5,320

5,220

5,040

4,500

3,050

2,150

1,730

1,670

1,670

1,550

1,430

1,280

1,180

1,060

1,080 '

1,300

1,100

1,000

940

864

792

758

726

710

680

680

Runoff in 

inches

0.48

.41

1.00

29.03

3.23

3.45

3.20

1.22

1.93

.44

.88

.71

.87

17.82

?eak discharge (base, 15.000 aeo.-ft.). Jan. 16,900 sec.-ft. . 

g Computed from graph baaed on gage readings.

17 (7 a.m.) 20,800 sec.-ft.] Feb. 23 (3 p.m.)
PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN 517

Okatlbbee Creek near Meridian, Miss.

Location Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°21'15", long. 88°45'25", in NW£ sec. 22, T. 6 N. , 

K. ib K. 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.

Records available. August 1938 to September 1950 (discontinued).

Average discharge.--12 years, 361 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 18,000 second-feet Jan. 7 (gage height, 24.85 

reet); minimum, 13 second-feet July 7 (gage height, 5.45 feet).

1938-50: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 7, 1950; 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.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-31, July 15-17)

Oct. 1 to July 17 July 18 to Sept. 30

5.5 15 8.5 241 16.0 1,670 22.2 5,400 5.8 46 10 

6.0 44 10.0 415 18.0 2,320 23.0 6,810 6.2 75 12 

6.4 70 11.8 660 19.6 3,160 23.4 7,980 7.0 142 13 

7.5 149 13.4 980 21.0 4,150 23.7 9,270 8.6 291 14

Discharge, in seoond-f eet , water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

' 22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

49 

48 

46 

44 

43

42

42 

40 

39

37

37 

35 

34 

33

34

43

64 

61 

49 

40

39 

34 

32 

30 

28

28 

30 

 g37 

g39 

g39 

g64

Nov.

g!29 

gl!5 

81 

62

51

4-5 

43 

41 

40 

39

39 

39 

g42 

g55 

g62

g58 

49 

43 

39 

37

37 

37 

36 

36 

38

39 

39 

40 

40

42

Dec.

42 

42 

40 

40 

40

44

112 

115 

91 

88

108 

126 

g!33 

g!69 

g252

g211 

g!53 

g211 

g285 

263

187 

165 

226 

g268 

g201

g!49 

g!37 

g!26 

g!22 

gl!2 

glOS

Jan.

101 

94 

94 

101 

157

1,420 

9,510 

8,760 

4,470 

2,650

1,880 

1,250 

g770 

g557 

g504

g530 

543 

439 

367 

307

268 

246 

231 

221 

206

192 

296 

452 

478 

343 

268

Feb.

231 

211 

192 

183 

178

161 

153 

153 

264 

599

710 

660 

592 

1,850 

3,040

4,710 

2,980 

1,970 

1,200 

543

379 

452 

1,030 

1,230 

1,250

1,000 

526 

355

u__.. SecondMonth foot-days

Ooto 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

ber

mber .........................

lendar year 194 

ary

3 .

st ...........................

ember ........................

1,260 

1,493 

4,363

185,293

37,705 

26,802 

21,061 

4,690 

17 ,-887 

2,129 

5,942 

3,727 

7,452

ter year 1949-50 ............ 134,511

liar.

452 

g770 

g870 

g676 

517

504 

439 

465 

391 

319

263 

236 

637 

1,390 

1,610

1,880 

2,000 

1,550 

830 

504

517 

465 

343 

296 

252

236 

257 

543 

790 

692 

367

Apr.

268 

296 

331 

296 

257

216 

183 

165 

153 

149

g!49 

153 

157 

141 

126

119 

115 

126 

149 

141

122 

108 

98 

91 

91

91 

91 

91 

91 

126

Maximum

64 

129 

285

4,730

9,510 

4,710 

2,000 

331 

2,750 

149 

1,230 

394 

1,130

9,510

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 sec. -ft.). Jan. 7 (7 p.m.'

May

682 

1,760

2,750 

2,500 

2,750

2,170 

1,330 

439 

252 

196

165 

157 

201 

296 

268

192 

157 

157 

119 

105

105 

157 

257 

192 

gl!5

g91 

g76 

g66 

g62 

g58 

g62

Minimum

28 

36 

40

28

94 

153 

236 

91 

58 

20 

15 

42 

45

15

June

g70 

g65 gioa

g!45 

g!49

gl!2 

83 

69

64 

70

137 

g!41 

g90 

64 

52

45 

39 

34 

34 

31

g48 

g!29 

g98 

63 

49

40 

33 

26 

21 

20

Mean

40.6 

49.8

141

508

1,216 

957 

679 

156 

577 

71.0 

192 

120 

248

369

July

16 

15 

15 

15 

15

15 

15 

g28 

g74 

g43

g25 

g!8 

g22 

E34 

g!26

g!33 

155 

g209 

gl!9 

g83

g57 

g83 

g!96 

g!69

g95

g75 

g!07 

715 

1,080 

1,230 

960

.8 530 

.0 693 

.6 1,030 

.4 1,230

Aug.

g394 

g!96 

g!46 

g!28 

gllS

g99 

g83 

g67 

g61 

S56

g54 

g66 

g71 

g54 

g45

277 

200 

111 

g?P 

gllS

g87 

g75 

g60 

g47 

842

g83 

gl!9 

g!51 

g!46 

g!69 

340

Per square 

mile

0.170 

.208 

.590

2.13

5.09 

4.00 

2.84

.653 

2.41 

.297 

.803 

.502 

1.04

1.54

18,000 sec. -ft. j Feb. 16 (8:30

Sept.

810 

980 

1,100 

1,130 

750

321 

g!91 

g!87 

g205 

gl91

g!60 

g!39 

gllS 

g99 

g87

879 

g79 

103 

83 

73

67 

60 

55 

56 

52

47 

45 

52 

66 

70

Runoff in 

Inches

0.20 

.23 

.68

28.83

5.87 

4.17 

3.28 

.73 

2.78 

.33 

.92 

.58 

1.16

20.93

a.m.) 5,030

sec.-ft.

g Computed from graph based on twice-daily wire-weight readings.
518 PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN

Escatawpa 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 1950.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,220 second-feet Sept. 2 (gage height, 17.2 

reet); minimum, 91 second-feet July 2.

1945-50: Maximum discharge, 35,000 second-feet Nov. 28, 1948 (gage height, 24.0 

feet), from rating curve extended above 16,000 second-feet; minimum, that of July 2, 

1950.

Remarks. Records fair.

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; records of discharge computed by 

ueoiogical Survey.

Rating table, water year 1949-5U (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 18 to May 17, Sept. 4-3O)

2.7 83 4.0 352 14.0 4,820 

3.0 128 5.0 650 16.0 6,160 

3.3 184 6.0 1,020 16.5 6,560 

3.6 250 8.0 1,890

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

SO 

31

Oct.

252 

320 

450 

352 

592

966 

792 

585 

464 

570

523 

421 

421 

, 554 

435

523 

450 

347 

289 

262

245 

236

227 

218 

218

245 

255 

243 

243 

312 

538

Nov.

585 

650 

667 

667 

554

366 

292 

252 

236 

227

218 

214 

225 

238 

234

223 

205 

194 

188 

190

190 

190 

190 

190 

190

190 

190 

190 

186 

184

Dec.

178 

174 

174 

174 

174

176 

186 

2O1 

209 

216

241 

262 

523 

1,660 

2,680

2,300 

1,580 

1,190 

950 

792

740 

800 

850 

870 

710

560 

460 

410 

380 

350 

330

Jan.

322 

310 

300 

300 

300

350 

800 

75O 

620 

520

2,200 

1,9OO 

1.3OO 

950 

830

760 

800 

800 

760 

720

670 

620 

560 

523 

450

407 

379 

366 

352 

341 

325

Month

Octo 

Nove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

bsr ..........................

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

h. ...........................

1 ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-5O ............

Feb.

307 

304 

493 

617 

523

393 

380 

380 

380 

42O

70O 

640 

53O 

1,100 

1,150

1,080 

966 

849 

702 

554

450 

493 

634 

554 

508

464 

421 

366

Secondfoot days

12,548 

8,515 

2O,50C

426,832

20,585 

16,358 

50,900 

26,891 

14,667 

7,197 

49,755 

23,271 

34,388

285,575

Mar.

464 

737 

702 

1,840 

2,920

2,820 

2,630 

2,540 

2,340 

1,890

1,490 

1,190 

1,O40 

907 

1,040

3,720 

4,070 

3,070 

2,400 

2,120

1,800 

1,530 

1,280 

1,080 

966

868 

737 

755 

719 

650 

585

Apr.

1, 

2,

3,

2,

1, 

1,

1, 

1,

Maximum

966 

667 

2,680

8.OOO

2.2OO 

1,150 

4,070 

3,170 

849 

585 

5,280 

3,670 

6,650

6,650

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 sec. -ft.). July 13 (2 a.m.

554 

57O 

538 

OOO 

540

170 

20O 

710 

320 

985

811 

946 

792 

617 

493

421 

379 

760 

490 

9O7

650 

493 

393

341 

315

302 

289 

274 

279 

352

Hay

508 

585 

554 

702 

849

702 

523 

393 

299 

279

225 

209 

' 209 

250 

454

755 

755 

585 

407 

344

464 

562 

849

811 

617

464 

393

307 

236 

199 

178

Minimum

218 

184 

174

174

30O 

304 

464 

274 

178 

100 

94 

220 

209

94

June

164 

160 

184 

207 

205

192 

205 

394 

554 

523

585 

450 

352 

302 

269

216 

172 

147 

130

151

184 

194 

245 

229 

186

149 

128 

114 

1O6 

100

Mean

405 

284 

661

1,169

664 

584 

1,642 

896 

473 

240 

1,605 

751 

1,146

782

July

94 

94 

210 

347 

296

784 

617 

585 

667 

617

407 

4,270 

5,280 

4,070 

2,680

1,980 

2,440 

2,680 

2,16O 

1,360

907 

634 

716 

1,440 

1,440

1,100 

1.04O 

1,280 

2,920 

3,320 

3,320

Aug.

3,670 

3,170 

1,710 

1,800 

1,490

811 

523 

421 

366 

379

336 

292

274 

317 

284

284 

562 

811 

493 

366

302 

264 

241 

220 

280

435 

523 

393 

 299

315 

1,640

Per square 

mile

0.80O 

.561 

1.31

2.31

1.31 

1.15 

3.25 

1.77 

.955 

.474 

3.17 

1.48 

2.26

1.55

) 5,550 sec. -ft.; Sept. 2 (8 p.m

Sept.

2,200

5,990 

6,650 

4,790 

2,540

1,620 

1,190 

966 

774 

601

478 

585 

49S 

49S 

4S5

464 

478

478 

464 

344

292

267 

255 

24S 

225

214 

209 

216 

214 

220

Runoff in 

inches

0.92 

.63 

1.51

31.36

1.51 

1.20 

3.74 

1.98 

1.08 

.53 

3.66 

1.71 

2.53

21.00

.) 7,220

Bee.-ft.

Note.--No gage-height record Nov. 20-28, Dec. 19, 21-31, Jan. 2-14, 16-2S, Feb. 7-15; discharge 

computed on basis of weather records and records for Big Creek near Mobile.
PASCAGOUIA RIVER BASIN 519

Big Creek near Mobile, Ala.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 30°43'45", long. 88°30'10", in NWi sec. 1, T. 4 S., R.

 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. Datum of gage 

is 58.60 feet above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 84 square miles.

Records available.--November 1944 to September 1950 (discontinued).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,460 second-feet July 12 (gage height, 17.5

 i'eet, from graph based on gage readings); minimum observed, 65 second-feet July 1, 2. 

1944-50: Maximum discharge, that of July 12, 1950; minimum observed, that of July 

1, 2, 1950.

Remarks.--Records fair. Gage read twice daily.-

Cooperation. Base data collected by Corps of Engineers; records of discharge computed by 

Geological Survey.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In seoond-feet)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 14 Dec. 15 to Sept. 30

2.0 

3.0 

6.0

106

216

582

1.4 

1.8 

2.2 

3.0

65

39

123

199

5.0

8.0

12.0

13.0

417

SOI

1,380

1,540

14.0 1,760

15.0 2,130

16.5 2,390

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

116 

181 

216 

170 

280

396 

336 

248 

181 

170

148 

142 

159 

170 

192

228 

181 

143 

137 

126

126 

126 

126 

121 

121

232 

170 

142 

142 

159 

264

Nov.

22.8 

159 

137 

126 

126

121' 

121 

116 

116 

116

116 

a!20 

159 

159 

132

116 

116 

111 

116 

. US

111 

106 

106 

111 

111

106 

106 

111 

111 

111

Dec.

106 

106 

106 

106 

106

106 

111 

116 

106 

111

126 

159 

248 

595 

628

393 

239 

199 

179 

159

141 

174 

219 

189 

159

150 

141 

132 

132 

123 

123

Jan.

123 

123 

123 

123 

123

135 

179 

179 

141 

132

234 

229 

199 

159 

141

132 

132 

132 

123 

123

123 

123 

114 

114 

110

114 

110 

110 

110 

110 

105

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Apri 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

mber........................ .

lenda'r year 1949 

ary . .

Bt ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

' Feb.

105 

114 

141 

141 

114

110 

114 

114 

110 

136

150 

141 

123 

183 

114

105 

101 

101 

97 

97

97 

147 

179 

141 

114

105 

97 

93

Seoondfoot-days

5,654 

3,711 

5.68J

87.09Z

4.22J 

3,324 7,17- 

6.09E 

3.67J 3,34" 

11.57C 

3,667 

7,65J

65,306

Mar.

205 

184 

a250 

393 

336

292 

270 

239 

219 

189

169 

159 

159 

169 

223

602 

429 

231 

219 

229

209 

325 

219 

169 

150

150 

141 

179 

159 

132 

123

Apr.

141 

159 

179 

396 

513

336 

239 

179 

159 

150

159 

199 

179 

150 

141

132 

123 

374 

429 

292

139 

141 

132 

132 

132

169 

141 

132 

132 

169

Maximum

396 

228 

628

1,460

' 234 

179 

602 

513 

311 

281 

) 2,850 

435 

1,360

2,850

Peak discharge (base, 1,000 sec. -ft.) . July 12 (3 p.m.

May

159 

141 

132 

123 

114

alio 

101 

101 

97 

93

93 

93 

101 

164 

237

311 

156 

114 

105 

105

110 

123 

114 

101 

93

86 

82 

32 

79 

79 

79

Minimum

116 

106 

106

- 106

105 

93 

123 

123 

79 

65 

65 

79 

105

65

June

82 

88 

132 

105 

97

97 

162 

281 

249 

219

150 

114 

93 

82 

82

110 

79 

76 

76 

116

160 

100 

82 

76 

73

70 

' 68 

93 

70 

65

Mean

162 

124

183

239

136 

119 

232 

203 

119 

112 

373 

113 

255

180

July

65 

65 

73 

76 

76

39 

200 

240 

136 

125

261 

2,850 

2,310 

724 

303

231 

293 

281 

209 

189

207 

281 

159 

150 

159

239 

292 

303 

347

547 

240

Aug.

150 

132 

123 

132 

123

allO 

105 

101 

101 

114

114 

101 

93 

105 

89

93 

150 

132 

105 

101

97 

89 

82 

82 

79

114 

97 

39 

93 

136 

435

Per square 

mile

2.17 

1.48 

2.18

2.85

1.62 

1.42 

2.76 

2.42 

1.42 

1.33 

4.44 

1.40 

3.04

2.14

) 3,460 sec. -ft. j Sept. 2 (6 p.m

Sept.

358 

1,310 

1,360 

670 

308

209 

169 

169 

1S9 

141

132 

169 

199 

169 

ISO

203 

214 

169 

141 

132

125 

114 

114 

110 

105

10S

105 

123 

114 

114

Runoff in 

inches

2.50 

1.65 

2.52

38.56

1.87 

1.47 

3.18 

2.70 

1.63 

1.48 

5.12 

1.32 

3.39

29.13

.) 1,530

sec. -ft. 

a No gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of weather records and records for Escatawpa 

River near Wilmer.

231536 O - 53 - 35
520 PEARL RIVER BASIN

Pearl River at Edinburg, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°47', long. 89°20', in Sw£ sec. 13, T. 11 N., R. 

a K., Choctaw meridian, at bridge on State Highway 16 in Edinburg, 1,100 feet downstrea 

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 1950. Gage-height records collected in same 

vicinity since 1908 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.--28 years, 1,091 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 24,100 second-feet Feb. 16 (gage height, 26.30 

feet); minimum, 65 second-feet July 5 (gage height, 2.77 feet).

1928-50: Maximum discharge observed, 31,400 second-feet Mar. 8, 1935; maximum gage 

height, that of Feb. 16, 1950; minimum discharge, 2.7 second-feet Aug. 29, 1943; minimum gage height, 1.63 feet Sept. 8, 1929.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, in second-feet)

2.8 67 10. O 1,200 23.0 8,490 

3.2 98 13.0 1,970 24.0 10,800 

4.0 170 15.0 2,650 24.5 12,40O 

4.8 262 18.0 3,840 25. 0 14,6OO 

6.0 434 20.0 5,050 25.5 17,600 

8.0 783 21.7 6,630 26.2 23,200

Discharge, in second-feet, water year Ootober 1949 to September 195O

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

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 

70 

67 

68 

71

82 

87 

82 

80 

79

77 

74 

72 

101 

170

186 

165 

141 

128 

123

118 

114 

110 

102 

96

98 

96 

86 

73 

215 

498

Nov.

566 

566 

498 

450 

418

372 

329 

268 

225 

191

155 

132 

128 

123 

114

110 

110 

106 

102 

98

98 

102 

106 

110 

114

110 

110 

110 

114 

114

Dec.

110 

110 

106 

114 

128

128 

165 

180 

186 

191

231 

268 

329 

418 

466

450 

434 

654 

726 

783

783 

783 

783 

764 

745

726 

690 

672 

600 

532 

466

Jan.

402 

387 

343 

322 

672

4,68O 

8,010 

16,900 

21,400 

19,OOO

14,100 

10,500 

7,830 

6,100 

5,050

4,320 

3,750 

3,240 

2,760 

2,360

2,030 

1,820 

1,660 

1,520 

1,420

1,320 

1,520 

1,620 

1,660 

1,720 

1,590

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 ...........

ary .

h. .........................

1 ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,520 

1,850 

2,190 

2,290 

2,400

2,540 

2,800 

2,910 

3,130 

3,440

3,570 

3,610 

4,280 

7,830 

16,900

23 , 200 

19,800 

13,200 

8,860 

6,410

4,910 

4,090 

3,570 

3,280 

2,980

2,510 

2,030 

1,720

Secondfoot-days

3,601 

6,149 

13,721

618,938

150,006 

157,820 

78,520 

23,487 

49,367 

10,027 

13,069 

11,504 

21,099

538,370

liar.

1,940 

2,060 

2,33O 

2,190 

1,970

1,850 

1,790 

1,760 

1,720 

1,640

1,520 

1,390 

2,560 

3,200 

3,480

3,840 

4,380 

4,840 

4,630 

4,200

3,700 

3,240 

2,690 

2,190 

1,850

1,640 

1,850 

2,190 

2,190 

2,000 

1,690

Apr.

1,560 

1,590 

1,620 

1,660 

1,620

1,540 

1,44O 

1,320 

1,180 

1,040

938 

840 

708 

583 

498

434

402 

418 

418 

387

357 

329 

308 

294 

372

357 

322 

308 

294 

350

Maximum

498 

566 

783

19,800

21,400 

23,200 

4,840 

1,660 

2,980 

878 

1,910 

1,520 

1,420

23,200

Peak discharge (base, 7,000 sec. -ft.). Jan. 9 (9 a.m.)

May

616 

1,850 

2,730 

2,870 

2,980

2,690 

2,540 

2,69O 

2,620 

2,220

1,820 

2,100 

2,870 

2,580 

2,220

1,790 

1,460 

1,200 

1,040 

938

859 

859 

1,040 

1,060 

840

340 

708 

450 

343 

301 

243

Minimum

67 

98 

106

63

322 

1,520 

1,390 

294. 

243 

96 

67 

88 

219

67

June

191 

354 

878 

708 

600

549 

532 

515 

466 

466

600 

566 

450 

357 

288

237 

191 

150 

128 

123

226 

262 

237 

196 

160

136 

132 

123 

110 

96

Mean

116 

205 

443

1,696

4,839 

5,636 

2,533 

783 

1,592 

334 

422 

371 

703

1,475

July

84 

74 

70 

67 

68

132 

150 

114 

128 

128

128 

155 

141 

183 

618

745 

549 

549 

515 

434

350 

288 

288 

202 

160

189 

600 

1,080 

1,180 

1,910 

1,790

Aug.

1,520 

1,180 

1,040 

938 

802

672 

515 

387 

268 

243

315 

213 

146 

110 

96

96 

240 

490 

268 

186

150 

114 

95 

88 

120

196 

219 

175 

175 

256 

191

Per square 

mile

0.129 

.228 

.493

1.89

5.39 

6.28 

2.82 

.872 

1.77 

.372 

.470 

.413 

.783

1.64

Sept.

231 

329 

618 

1,020 

1,220

1,200 

1,110 

1,150 

1,300 

1,420

1,390 

1,300 

1,130 

978 

840

726 

672 

566 

434 

387

336 

288 

315 

343 

315

268 

219 

315 

364 

315

Runoff in 

inches

0.15 

.25 

.57

25.63

6.21 

6.54 

3.25 

.97 

2.04 

.42 

.54 

.48 

.87

22.29

22,300 sec. -ft.; Feb. 16 (12 m.) 24,100
PEARL RIVER BASIN 521

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. 

unoctaw meridian, at bridge on county road, three-quarters of a mile downstream from 

Tuscolameta Creek, 3j 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).

Drainage area.--1,995 square miles (authority, Corps of Engineers). 

Records available.--November 1936 to September 1950. 

Average discharge.--11 years, 2,505 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 46,500 second-feet Jan. 8 (gage height, 

&B.bb feet); minimum observed, 250 second-feet Nov. 26 (gage height, 2.00 feet).

1936-50: Maximum discharge observed, that of Jan. 8, 1950; minimum, about 40 secondfeet Aug. 27, 28, 1943 (occurred during period of doubtful gage-height record).

Remarks. Records fair. Gage read twice daily.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in aeoond-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 6 to Jan. 7)

Oct. 1 to July 5 July 6 to Sept. 30

2.2 

3.2 

7.0 

9.4

281

461

1,280

1,910

11.0 2,540

14.0

16.2

18.8

22.6

4,140

5,880

8,840

14,500

24.0 17,700

25.2

26.5

27.4

28.5

21,8OO 

28,300 

35,000 

45,500

2.4 

3.4 

5.4

323

575

1,180

12.0 3,540

12.8 3,970

13.6 4,450

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

313

313

313

313

313

297

313

330

313

313

297

297

281

281

297

313

441

383

365

347

313

313

297

297

281

281

281

313

313

365

648

Nov.

925

991

947

837

732

669

585

564

501

461

402

383

383

383

347

330

330

313

313

313

383

297

297

281

281

281

297

297

297

297

-

Dec.

297

297

281

297

297

330

564

711

669

648

627

753

753

903

1,100

1,100

1,100

1,240

1,670

1,760

1,670

1,500

1,520

1,600

1,500

1,400

1,310

1,240

1,190

1,120

1,010

Jan.

991

925

903

859

903

4,260

16,600

45,500

40,500

37,800

36,900

29,500

22,700

17,700

14,100

11,500

9,100

7,360

5,980

4,780

3,780

3,140

2,640

2,190

1,970

1,790

2,030

2,840

3,140

3,290

3,290

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calenda'r year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

Hay ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

3,140

3,140

3,900

4,210

4,350

4,350

4,280

4,140

4,280

5,520

6,920

7,360

8,320

18,100

21,800

40,500

40,500

33,200

26,400

18,000

13,800

10,800

10,200

9,940

9,100

7,480

5,020

3,660

_

-

Secondfoot-days

10,135

13,717

30,457

1,405,682

338,961

332,410

160,470

44,779

102,891

26,161

31,018

37,612

41,840

1,170,451

Mar,

4,140

4,780

4,780

4,700

4,280

3,780

3,190

2,940

2,690

2,440

2,270

2,150

3,460

6,480

8,580

10,100

11,500

10,900

9,240

8,020

7,720

6,700

5,610

4,560

3,780

3,090

2,790

3,780

4,280

4,140

3,600

Apr.

3,390

2,940

2,790

2,640

2,440

2,690

2,110

1,940

1,790

1,620

1,520

1,450

1,350

1,220

1,120

991

947

925

947

969

947

881

816

774

859

947

969

903

903

991

-

Maximum

648

991

1,760

35,000

45,500

40,500

11,500

3,390

10,900

1,790

3,970

4,450

2,300

45,500

May

1,220

3,100

6,380

9,380

10,800

10,900

8,580

5,520

3,960

3,290

2,640

2,190

3,290

4,140

4,140

3,720

2,890

2,070

1,640

1,450

1,350

1,260

1,240

1,220

1,240

1,150

991

881

795

732

732

Minimum

281

281

281

859

3,140

2 '774 150

732

347

354

575

281

June

795

859

1,240

1,790

1,700

1,600

1,570

1,500

1,280

1,010

837

816

816

774

669

606

564

522

441

421

441

732

925

991

774

753

564

441

383

347

-

Mean

327

457

982

3,851

10,930

11,870

5,176

1 493

3|319

872

1,001

1 213 1)395

3,207

July

313

297

281

297

281

471

773

630

522

399

323

354

354

422

630

1,180

1,700

1,530

1,180

988

803

744

630

833

956

863

894

2,060

2,960

3,380

3,970

Aug.

4,450

4,330

3,460

3,040

2,650

2,230

1,600

1,220

956

803

715

715

630

522

471

399

354

654

988

1,050

1,150

715

522

399

354

354

399

575

496

548

863

Per square 

mile

0.164

.229

.492

1.93

5.48

5.95

2.59

^748

1.66

.437

. 502

'.606

.699

1.61

Sept.

1,020

1,220

1,530

1,980

2,300

2,230

2,090

1,840

1,670

1,700

1,740

1,840

1,810

1,600

1,390

1,320

1,050

988

1,060

1,220

1,390

1,420

1,220

833

744

658

602

575

1,180

1,600

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.19

.26

.57

26.23

6.32

6.20

2, '.as 99

1.92

.49

.70

.78

21.83
522 PEARL RIVER BASIN

Pearl River at Meeks Bridge, near Canton, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°30'50". long. 89°56'25", in NE£ sec. 25, T 8 N 

H - a £ - Choctaw meridian, at Meeks Bridge, 3j 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. Z, 780 square miles.

Records available.--July 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 3,581 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 48,600 second-feet Jan. 12 (gage height, 25 72 

reeTT; minimum, 328 second-feet Oct. 27 (gage height, 2.06 feet).

1939-50: 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), 

1943ma aVS n leSS durlng Perlod of n° gage-height record in October and November,

Flood in December 1932 reached a stage of 26.4 feet, from floodmarks. 

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 19, Dec. 29 to Jan. 5)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 12 Jan. 13 to Sept. 30

1.7 

2.2 

3.5 

4.5 

7.4

352

482

886

1,260

2,520

11.0

13.0

16.5

18.0

20.0

4,530

5,930

9,530

11,900

15,900

21.0

22.5

23.5

24.7

25.7

18,400

23,400

28,000

37,000

48,600

2.6 

3.4 

4.5

505

729

1,100

5.9 

7.4

1,720

2,520

Note. Same as preceding 

table above 7.4 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

S

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

IS

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

377 

377 

377 

364 

364

377 

377 

377 

389 

389

389 

377 

364 

352 

352

352 

364 

468 

524 

495

428 

389 

364 

352 

340

340 

340 

340 

364 

428 

510

Nov.

989 

1,340 

1,420 

1,380 

1,260

1,100 

989 

886 

786 

738

659 

613 

553 

495 

468

455 

428 

402 

389 

377

377 

364 

352 

352 

340

340 

352 

352 

340 

340

Dec.

340 

352 

540 

340 

540

340 

389 

495 

722 

802

754 

722 

786 

835 

1,020

1,180 

1,220 

1,220 

1,540 

1,740

1,950 

1,860 

1,740 

1,780 

1,780

1,700 

1,620 

1,500 

1,420 

1,540 

1,260

Jan.

1,180 

1,100 

1,060 

1,020 

1,080

4,200 

9,040 

13,500 

19,300 

30,500

43,400 

48,600 

44,600 

38,000 

31,200

26,000 

21,400 

17,600 

14,300 

11,300

9,170 

7,480 

5,930 

4,920 

4,230

3,840 

4,000 

4,410 

4,860 

4,980 

5,120

Month

Ooto 

Hove 

Deoe

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Haro 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 ............

ary

1 ...........................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

5,250 

5,320 

5,770 

6,290 

6,480

6,580 

6,680 

6,680 

6,780 

7,480

8,280 

9,050 

10,500 

15,100 

21,400

27,500 

38,000 

45,900 

45,900 

39,000

31,900 

26,500 

22,200 

19,000 

16,600

14,500 

12,500 

10,000

Second 

foot-days

12,OOC 

19,23f 

33,22-

2,033,44C

437, 32C 

477, 14t 

254, 02( 

82,84C 

157, 15( 45,39" 

37.8K 

53,60< 

49,42!

1,659,17'

Peak discharge (base. 10,000 sec. -ft.). J!

47,200 sec.-ft.j Mar. 19 (9 p.m.) 14,700 sec

Mar.

8,600 

7,880 

7,680 

7,580 

7,480

7,080 

6,480 

5,850 

5,180 

4,860

4,530 

4,290 

5,180 

6,880 

8,820

10,500 

12,300 

13,700 

14,700 

14,500

13,300 

11,900 

10,400 

9,050 

7,880

6,680 

5,850 

6,020 

6,290 

6,380 

6,200

Apr.

5, 

5, 

5, 

4, 

4,

4, 

4, 

3,

3, 

3,

3, 

2, 

2, 

2, 

2,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

1, 

1,

1, 

1, 

1,

1,

1, 

1, 

1, 

1,

Maximum

) 524 

> 1,420 

' 1,950

) 42,200

) 48,600 

) 45,900 

) 14,700 

) 5,850 

) 12,300 

J 2,900 

> 4,660 

) 5,180 

2,800

J 48,600

in. 12 (10 a. 

-ft.j May 7

850 

610 

390 

980 

660

290 

060 

840 

560 

290

020 

800 

630 

410 

190

970 

820 

670 

620 

620

620 

620 

570 

440 

390

440 

520 

570 

570 

820

May

2.30C 

4.46C 

7.58C 

9.41C 

10.40C

11.30C 

12,30C 

12.10C 

10,40C 

8.18C

6,02C 

4,72C 

4,17C 

4,79C 

5.61C

5,77C 

5,46C 

4,72C 

3.95C 

3.18C

2.68C 

2,41C 

2,19C 

2.02C 

1.97C

1.97C 

1.82C 

1,57C 

1.54C 

1,22C 

1.14C

Minimum

340 

340 

340

340

1,020 

5,250 

4,290 

1,390 

1,140 

699 

505 

544 

853

340

"ia

June

1,140 

1,260 

1,520 

2,240 

2,850

2,900 

2,850 

2,900 

2,850 

2,410

1,870 

1,480 

1,340 

1,300 

1,180

1,060 

952 

853 

790 

744

729 

759 

1,180 

1,440 

1,390

1,440 

1,390 

1,060 

821 

699 

-

Mean

387 

641 

1,072

5,571

14,110 

17,040 

8,194 

2,761 

5,069 

1,513 

1,220 

1,729 

1,647

4,546

July

627 

571 

531 

505 

505

505 

585 

790 

759 

714

627 

558 

531 

531 

684

987 

1,620 

1,970 

1,670 

1,340

1,140 

952 

853 

853 

918

1,100 

1,140 

1,960 

3,400 

4,230 

4,66O

Aug.

4,

5, 

5, 

4, 

4,

3, 

3, 

2,

1, 

1,

1,

1,

1, 

1,

Per square 

mile

0.139 

.231 

.386

2.00

5.08 

6.13 

2.95 

.993 

1.82 

.544 

.439 

' .622 

.592

1.64

48,600 sec.-ft.j Feb. 18 (12 

p.m.) 12,500 sec. -ft.

980 

120 

180 

790 

290

730 

120 

300 

620 

300

100 

987 

918 

853 

759

670 

627 

714 

821 

060

220 

180 

952 

790 

641

571 

544 

585 

729 

714 

744

Sept.

987 

1,260 

1,520 

1,970 

2,460

2,800 

2,740 

2,460 

2,140 

1,920

1,870

2,020 

2,080 

1,970 

1,770

1,570 

1,390

1,220 

1,180 

1,300

1,520 

1,720 

.1,820 

1,480 

1,100

952 

918

853 

952

1,480

Runoff in 

inches

0.16 

.26 

.44

27.21

5.85 

6.38 

3.40 

1.11 

2.10 

.61 

.51 

.72 

.66

22.20

p.m.)
PEARL RIVER BASIN 523

Pearl River at Jackson, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 32"17'20", long. 90°10'45", In SE£ sec. 10, T. 5 N., 

 R. 1 K. 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 

Cree'k, and 4y miles upstream from Richland Creek. Datum of gage_ Is 234.90 feet .abosg__ 

mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1941 (levels by Corps of Engineers) .

Drainage area. 3,100 square miles.

Records available. June 1901 to December 1913 (prior to 1903 and for 1913, gage heights

only), August ±928 to September 1950. Gage-height records collected at same site since

1904 are contained In reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.--31 years (19C3-12, 1928-50), 3,831 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 44,700 second-feet Jan. 14 (gage height, 33.90 

reec); minimum, 407 second-feet Nov. 27 (gage height, 3.18 feet).

1901-13, 1928-50: 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 1949-50, except periods when rate of change in stage 

was a factor (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in second-feet)

3.2 414

11.0 3,400

17.0 6,300

22.0 9,500

24.2 11,800

27.2 16,600

30.5 24,000

31.4 27,50O

32.5 34,OOO

33.0 37,500

33.8 43,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

481

473

470

462

455

458

451

451

462

488

477

466

455

447

544

481

451

440

525

562

544

525

481

455

455

440

431

418

421

710

784

Nov.

895

1,160

1,310

1,350

1,310

1,190

1,080

969

876

821

747

692

654

618

580

544

525

506

488

470

455

447

444

432

425

418

410

418

429

425

-

Dec.

414

418

418

429

425

421

429

466

525

692

802

784

747

802

858

969

1,160

1,310

1,270

1,420

1,800

2,030

1,920

1,760

1,800

1,840

1,730

1,610

1,500

1,460

1,380

Jan.

1,310

1,230

1,160

1,120

1,270

6,330

17,000

20,700

19,000

20,400

25,500

32,200

40,400

43,900

43,900

39,900

32,700

25,600

19,9OO

17,300

15,000

13,100

11,000

9,860

8,610

7,200

7,260

6,660

6,200

6,000

5,800

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

5,650

5,850

7,030

7,320

7,800

7,980

7,920

7,740

8,310

9,550

9,740

10,300

16,700

20,500

24,900

26,000

27,100

31,600

38,600

42,300

42,300

41,500

37,000

27,900

21,900

18,600

16,100

14,700

_

_ -

-

Seoondfcot-days

15,152

21,08£

33.58E

2,319,003

507/51C

542 , 89C

319 32 (

92',59(.

206, 68C

44,48!

44,97'

68.7K

48,63

1,945,634

Mar.

g!4,600

g!2,600

gll,300

gl 0,600

glO.100

g9,740

9,150

8,730

8,170

6,940

6,050

g5,600

g6,250

8,210

9,180

10,200

11,600

12,700

13,400

14,300

14,100

14,300

13,000

11,900

11,000

10,100

10,000

9,660

9,150

8,590

8,100

Apr.

7,620

7,200

6,780

6,42O

5,950

5,400

4,750

4,200

3,760

3,440

3,200

2,840

2,560

2,370

2,180

1,990

1,800

1,730

1,570

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,460

1,460

1,380

1,310

1,420

1,540

1,690

2,070

Maximum

784

1,350

2,030

37,500

43 , 900

42,300

) 14,600

) 7,620

) 14,500

3 2 , 840

6,680

3 7,140

2,640

I 43 , 900

Hay

3,120

8,O50

10,300

13,400

14,500

13,800

13,600

13,200

13,200

12,200

10,800

9,640

7,880

6,310

6,050

5,900

6,050

6,050

5,700

4,700

3,440

2,680

2,330

2,110

1,990-

1,920

1,880

1,730

1,540

1,380

1,230

Minimum

418

410

414

410

1,120

5,650

5,600

1,310

1,230

802

488

562

747

410

June

1,160

1,160

1,310

1,500

2,070

2,600

2,840

2,760

2,800

2,720

2,330

1,800

1,420

1,310

1,230

1,120

1,010

932

858

802

821

802

802

1,160

1,380

1,310

1,310

1,310

1,040

821

Mean

489

703

1,084

6,353

16,370

19,390

10,300

3,086

6,667

1,483

1,451

2,217

1,621

5,331

July

692

618

562

525

488

488

766

766

1,010

840

784

654

562

544

544

654

969

1,540

1,800

1,610

1,310

1,120

1,010

876

895

1,010

1,800

3,560

4,750

5,550

6,680

Aug.

6,920

7,140

6,840

6,300

5,900

5,300

4,400

3,360

2,410

1,730

1,380

1,190

1,040

1,010

895

802

728

673

728

840

1,040

1,160

1,160

969

802

673

599

562

673

728

766

Per square 

mile

0.158

.227

.350

2.05

5.28

6.25

3.32

.995

2.15

.478

.468

.715

.523

1.72

Sept.

747

1,010

1,230

1,460

1,840

2,260

2,560

2,640

2,410

2,140

1,920

1,920

1,990

2,070

1,990

1,800

1,570

1,420

1,270

1,230

1,350

1,540

1,730

1,760

1,540

1,190

1,080

1,010

914

1,040

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.18

.25

.40

27.82

6.09

6.51

3.83

1.11

2.48

.53

.54

.82

.58

23.32

Peak discharge (base. 14.000 sec.-ft.). Jan. 14 (10 p.m.) 44,700 sec.-ft.; Feb. 21 (2 a.m.) 

43,100 sec.-ftTj Mar. 22 (S a.m.) 14,400 sec.-ft.

g Computed from graph baaed on gage readings.

Note. Rate of change of stage used as a factor Jan. 7, 8, 10-13, 17-26, Feb. 3, 9, 10, 13-19, 

Feb. 24 to Mar. 5, Mar. 10, 11, 14-20, 23-26, May 2-5, 1O-14, July 31.
524 PEARL RIVER BASIN

Pearl River near Rookport, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°47'25", long. 90°08'35", in SW-f sec. 31, T. 10 

W., K. 11 E. Washington meridian, at highway bridge 1-j miles upstream from Sinkler 

Creek, 2 miles east of Rockport, and 1\ miles downstream from Strong River. Datum of 

gage is 180.19 feet above mean sea level, datum of 19-29 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 4,600 square miles.

Records available. June 1939 to September 1950.

Average discharge. 11 years, 5,984 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 45,300 second-feet Jan. 8 (gage height, 33.81 

feet); minimum, 650 second-feet Nov. 26, 27, Dec. 2-6; minimum gage height, 5.58 feet 

Dec. 3.

1939-50: 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 by Corps of Engineers on same day (gage height, 35.0 feet).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 12 to Jan. 5,

Aug. 31 to Sept. 30)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 8 Jan. 9 to Sept. 30

5.6 650 22.6 18,400 6.4 940 8.6 2,200 

7.0 1,350 26.5 24,900 7.8 1,660 10.0 3,360 

8.6 2,320 30.5 34,000 

10. O 3,360 32.5 40,200 Note. Same as preceding 

13.7 7,340 33.7 44,900 table above 1O.O feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 195O

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

785 

762 

762 

762 

785

785 

740 

740 

740 

740

740 

740 

810 

740 

762

935 

935 

785 

740 

717

785 

785 

762 

740 

740

810 

762 

695 

672 

1,060 

1,990

Nov.

1,930 

1,570 

1,570 

1,570 

' 1,570

,570 

,460 

,380 

,£70 

,160

1,080 

1,040 

985 

935 

885

835 

785 

762 

740 

740

717 

695 

672 

672 

672

650 

650 

672 

672 

672

Dec.

672 

- 650 

650 

650 

650

650 

672 

695 

695

717

835 

1,010 

1,080 

1,140 

1,160

1,240 

1,270 

1,810 

2,390 

2,320

2,110 

2,250 

2,600 

2,600 

2,390

2,320 

2,320 

2,670 

2,740 

2,390 

2,180

Jan.

1,990 

1,870 

1,810 

1,690 

3,320

30,600 

42,900 

44,900 

41,300 

36,100

31,700 

28,900 

26,500 

25,700 

27,500

31,000 

35,200 

37,000 

37,000 

35,200

32,400 

29,300 

26,100 

22,900 

19,800

16,800 

16,800 

16,300 

13,900 

11,200 

9,380

Feb.

8,420 

9,140 

13,900 

14,200 

12,400

10,800 

10,200 

9,740 

9,740 

14,400

16,800 

15,800 

18,900 

29,800 

32,900

33,500 

32,900 

31,000 

29,300 

28,900

30,500 

33,700 

39,500 

42 , 900 

42,500

39,500 

35,800 

31,900

unntt. SecondMonth foot-days

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

mber .........................

lendar year 1949 

ary

1 ............................

at ...........................

ember ........................

25,30£ 

30,58] 

47,52£

3,134,643

737, 06C 

679, 04( 

491, 24C 

154, 51C 

321,08 

72,03( 

72.61C 

89,19C 

53,20C

ter year 1949-50 ............ 2,773,37;

Peak discharge (base, 18,000 sec . -f t . ) . Ja

sec.-rt.; Feb. 24 (3 p.m.) 43,700 sec. -ft.; W

Mar.

28,600 

25,700 

22,900 

21,700 

21,200

19,200 

16,500 

14,500 

13,600 

12,300

11,100 

9,740 

12,300 

15,900 

15,700

16,100 

16,100 

15,200 

13,900 

14,100

14,300 

14,900 

15,000 

14,800 

14,500

14,100 

13 , 800 

14,900 

14,400 

12,900 

11,300

Apr.

10, 

10, 

9, 

9, 

8,

7, 

7, 

6, 

5, 

5,

4, 

4, 

4, 

3, 

3,

3, 

3, 

2, 

2, 

2,

2, 

2, 

2, 

2, 

2,

2, 

2,

6, 

7, 

6,

Maximum

1,990 

1,930 

2,740

40,200

) 44,900 

) 42,900 

) 28,600 

) 10,500 

3 25,700 

) 5,080 

) 10,100 

) 8,660 

) 2,600

44,900

n. 8 (9 a.m. 

ay 3 (ll p.m

200 

500 

980 

140 

540

820 

100 

400 

850 

300

970 

640 

210 

810 

540

270 

000 

920 

840 

680

520 

360 

360 

280 

360

360 

280 

960 

460

860

Hay

7,220 

18,200 

25,500 

25,700 

23,700

21,600 

18,90C 

15,800 

14,200 

13,50C

13,100 

12,700 

12,400 

12,000 

11,300

9,380 

7,580 

6,980 

6.86C 

6,740

6,510 

5,520 

4,110

3,450 

3,000

2.84C 

2,760 

2.68C 

2,52C 

2,280 

2,050

Minimum

672 

650 

650

650

1,690 

8,420 

9,740 

2,280 

2,050 

1,340 

990 

940 

1,060

650

June

1,980 

2,760 

2,920 

4,640 

5,080

3,450 

3,810 

3,910 

3,720 

3,630

3,450 

3,000 

2,520 

2,120 

1,840

1,7'20 

1,660 

1,540 

1,440 

1,440

1,440 

1,440 

1,440 

1,340 

1,440

1,720 

1,720 

1,660 

1,660 

1,540 

-

Mean

816 

1,019 

1,533

8,588

23,780 

24,250 

15,850 

5,150 

10,360 

2,401 

2,342 

2,877 

1,773

7,598

July

,340 

,160 

,090 

,040 

,010

990 

1,060 

1,240 

1,190 

1,240

1,290 

1,190 

1,160 

1,340 

1,840

1,720 

1,340 

1,440 

1,720 

2,050

1,980 

1,840 

1,660 

1,440 

1,440

1,840 

2,520 

6,740 

6,860 

10,100 

9,740

Aug.

8,660 

7,580 

7,100 

6,980 

6,620

6,290 

5, 740 

5,080 

4,010 

3,090

2,360 

1,910 

1,600 

1,440 

1,340

1,540 

1,290 

1,240 

1,160 

1,260

1,190 

1,260 

1,390 

1,440 

1,340

1,210 

1,140 

990 

940 

940 

1,060

Per square 

mile

0.177 

.221 

.333

1.87

5.17 

5.27 

3.45 

1.12 

2.25 

.522 

.509 

.625 

.385

1.65

) 45,300 sec. -ft.; Jan. 18 (10 p 

.) 26,300 sec. -ft.

Sept.

1,110 

1,060 

K140 

1,340 

1,490

1.7BO 

2,120 

2,520 

2,600 

2,520

2,280 

2,200 

1,980 

2,050 

2,200

2,200 

2,050 

1,840 

,660 

,540

,440 

,490 

,540 

,720 

,840

,780 

,540 

1,490 

1,390 

1,290

Runoff in 

inches

0.20 

.25 

.38

.25.34

5.96 

5.49 

3.97 

1.25 

2.60 

.58 

.59 

.72 

.43

22.42

.m.) 37,300
PEARL RIVER BASIN 525

Pearl River near Monticello, Miss.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 31°33', long. 90°05', In SW£ sec. 23, T. 7 N., R. 21 W. 

, St. Stephens meridian, at bridge on U. 3. Highway 84, 1.0 mile east of Monticello, 2^ 

"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.

Records available October 1938 to September 1950. Gage-height records collected since 

1924 at site i£ miles upstream from station are contained In reports of U. 3. Weather 

Bureau.

Average discharge. 12 years, 6,776 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 59,300 second-feet Jan. 7 (gage height, 

29.44 feet); minimum not determined, probably occurred during period of doubtful gageheight record.

1938-50: Maximum discharge observed, that of Jan. 7, 1950; minimum, 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, by Corps of Engineers (gage height, 30.15 feet, from floodmark).

Remarks. Records gdod except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, which 

are fair.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 3-6, 10-16, 28, 

Dec. 5, 6, 13-25, Jan. 1-5, May 9 to July 26, Aug. 4-10)

4.9 

5.4 

6.4 

7.4 

9.6

810

1,200

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 50,500

29.0 56,500

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7

e

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

16 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

960 

945 

922 

900 

855

945 

945 

945 

a980 

a880

a880

aaao 

aaao 

a9oo 

a980

2,000 

1,200

al.150 ai , ooo

870

a890 

aaao

a870

aaso 

aS60

a890 

 a890 

a850 

750 

1,120 

3,540

Nov.

a3,400 

a2 , 500 

2,090 

2,170 

2,040

2,000 

al,900 

al,900 

al , 800 

1,600

1,440 

1,280 

1,240 

1,200 

1,160

1,080 

al,020 

al.OOO 

a990 

a970

a950 

a930 

a920 

a900 

a900

a900 

a900 

832 

a890 

aaao

Dec.

aaao 

aaao 

aaao

a880 

855

892 

a900 

a920 

a920 

8940

al,020 

al.100 

1,280 

1,320 

1,440

1,440 

1,520 

2,040 

2,760 

2,760

2,420 

2,510 

2,850 

3,020 

2,850

a2,800 

a2,700 

a3,200 

a3,600 

a3,300 

a2,700

Jan.

2,420 

2,250 

2,170 

2,090 

2,340

28,400 

57,900 

a55,000 

50,500 

46,300

43,000 

42,000 

35,500 

30,900 

28,900

29,300 

31,700 

35,000 

38,500 

39,500

38,500 

36 , 000 

32,900 

29,700 

26,500

22,900 

19,900 

19,000 

18,100 

15,800 

13,400

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Haro 

Apri 

Hay 

June 

Julj 

Augu 

Sept

her, , 

mber

mber .........................

lendaT year 1949 

arv

1 .......'..,..................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

10,700 

9,750 

13,800 

16,800 

16,400

14,200 

12,600 

11,700 

11,200 

15,600

19,900 

19,300 

20,300 

32,100 

36,000

37,000 

36,500 

36,000 

34,500 

32,500

31,300 

32,100 

35,500 

40,000 

45,700

45,100 

43,500 

40, OOO

Secondfoot-days

32,317 

41,782 

57,57"

3,632,173

876, 37C 

750, 05C 

608., 70C 

200, 34C 

382, 12C 

87, 11C 

76.70C 

102.45C 

63,31C

3,278,82<

liar.

37,500 

34,100 

30,500 

28,900 

28,000

25,600 

22,600 

19,900 

19,000 

18,600

14,000 

12,400 

12,000 

16,800 

19,200

21,300 

19,200 

18,300 

17,200 

16,600

16,300 

117,000 

17,000 

16,800 

16,400

16,000 

15,400 

15,800 

16,400 

15,700 

14,200

Apr.

12,600 

12,400 

12,100 

11,600 

10,200

9,470 

8,820 

8,040 

7,780 

6,740

6,610 

6,120 

5,400 

4,830 

4,520

4,240 

4,150 

4,060 

3,970 

3,710

3,540 

3,360 

3,280 

3,100 

3,190

3,190 

3,100 

7,520 

11,700 

11,000

Maximum

3,540 

3,400 

3,600

50,500

57,900 

45,700 

) 37,500 

) 12,600 

) 29,700 

) 5,760 

) 11,000 

) 10,000 

) 3,020

57 , 900

Hay

10,200 

16,30C 

23,50C 

28,600 

29,700

27.40C 

24.40C 

21.30C 

18.00C 

15,800

14,600 

14.20C 

14,200 

15,700 

14,80C

12,40C 

10.30C 

8.30C 

7,65C 

7.65C

8.17C 

7,13C 

5.40C 

4.33C 

3.88C

3,45C 

3.19C 

3.36C 

2.85C 

2,68C 

2.68C

Minimum

750 

832 

855

750

2,090 

9,750 

' 12,000 

3,100 

2,680 

1,600 

1,080 

1,160 

1,320

750

June

3,450 

3,710 

3,880 

3,970 

5,760

4,420 

4,830 

4,520 

4,150 

3,970

3,800 

3,620 

3,190 

2,680 

2,420

2,250 

2,170 

2,000 

1,840 

1,840

1,960 

2,000 

1,840 

1,680 

1,600

1,800 

2,000 

1,960 

1,960 

1,840 

-

Mean

1,042 

1,393 

1,857

9,951

28,270 

26,790 

19,640 

6,678 

12,330 

2,904 

2,474 

3,305 

2,110

8,983

July

1,600 

1,440 

1,280 

1,160 

1,120

1,080 

1,160 

1,280 

1,280 

1,240

1,320 

1,240 

1,240 

1,480 

2,000

2,250 

1,840 

1,680 

1,680 

2,090

2,170 

2,170 

2,000 

1,720 

1,800

2,340 

3,100 

4,940 

a7,500 

a8,500 

all, 000

Aug.

aio.ooo 

a8,700 

a7,400 

7,000 

6,740

6,360 

6,120 

5,520 

4,620 

3,970

3,450 

2,680 

2,090 

1,760 

1,800

1,800 

1,640 

al,630 

al.61'0 

1,600

1,480 

1,440 

1,600 

1,720 

1,680

1,600 

1,480 

1,320 

1,200 

1,160 

1,280

Per square 

mile

0.207 

.276 

.368

1.97

5.61 

5.32 

3.90 

1.32 

2.45 

.576 

.491 

.656 

.419

1.78

Sept.

1,400 

1,360 

1,320 

1,480 

1,680

1,960 

2,340 

2,680 

3,020 

3,020

2,850 

2,850 

2,510 

2,510 

2,510

2,590 

2,510 

2,340 

2,170 

1,960

1,800 

1,720 

1,800 

1,920 

2,090

2,000 

1,920 

1,840 

1,640 

1,520

Runoff im 

inches

0.24 

.31 

.42

26.81

6.47 

5.53 

4.49 

1.48 

2.82 

.64 

.57 

.76 

.47

24.20

a Doubtful or no gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of readings of U. 3. Weather 

Bureau gage, 1 mile upstream. *
526 PEARL RIVER BASIN

Pearl River near Columbia, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°14', long. 89°51', in E| sec. 7, T. 3 N. , R. 18 

W. st. Stephens meridian, at bridge on State Highway 24, 1-| miles southwest of Columbia, 

2 miles downstream from Pernwood, Columbia & Gulf Railroad bridge, 2-J- miles upstream 

from Silver Creek, and 2§ 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 1950. August 1928 to May 1934 at site 1 mile 

downstream. tJage-height records collected in vicinity since 1904 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Average discharge.--21 years (1928-29, 1930-50), 7,691 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 53.300 second-feet Jan. 11 (gage height, 24.3 

reet); minimum, 1,580 second-feet Dec. 4 (gage height, 2.75 feet).

1928-50: 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.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, in see end-feet)

Oct. 1 to Aug. 1 Aug. 2 to Sept. 30

2.8 1,580

3.0 1,710

4.0 2,470

5.0 3,350

6.0 

7.0 

8.5 

9.0

11.0

12.5

14.0

17.0

11,400

14,200

17,200

24,100

20.0

22.0

23.0

24.0

5,630

7,500

3.4 2,230 7.0 

4.8 3,350 8.5 

5.0 3,530

Note. Same as preceding 

table above 8.5 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

4,350

5,500

7,500

8,200

32,300

38,900

44,000

50,900

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

1,920

1,920

1,920

1,920

1,920

1,990

1,990

1,920

1,850

1,850

1,850

1,780

1,780

1,850

2,310

2,390

3,170

2,550

2,150

1,990

1,850

1,850

1,850

1,850

1,780

1,780

1,850

1,920

1,780

1,710

2,070

Nov.

4,350

4,150

3,260

2,810

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,630

2,550

2,470

2,310

2,230

2,150

2,070

1,990

1,920

1,850

1,780

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,710

1,640

1,640

1,640

1,580

1,580

1,580

1,580

1,580

-

Dec.

1,580

1,580

1,580

1,580

1,580

1,580

1,580

1,640

1,580

1,640

1,710

1,780

1,920

2,230

2,310

2,390

2,390

2,630

3,260

3,850

3,750

3,450

3,550

3,950

3,950

3,750

3,550

3,750

4,460

4,570

4,150

Jan.

3,650

3,350

3,170

2,990

3,080

9,240

25,400

41,400

50,900

51,700

51,700

49,300

45,200

41,300

37,300

34,100

32,600

32,000

32,900

35,000

36,900

38,100

37,700

36,200

34,400

32,000

29,300

26,100

23,600

21,900

19,700

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

Hay ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

16,000

13,000

12,400

15,500

18,100

18,300

17,000

15,200

14,000

14,200

18,100

21,600

25,600

33,500

36,900

38,900

38,900

38,100

37,700

36,500

35,600

34,400

33,800

34,100

35,900

38,900

42,300

43,400

_

_

-

Seoondfoot-days

61.38C

66,34C

83,27C

4,460,810

922 1 18C

778, OOC

756, 40C

245, 85C

474, 69C

129 21C

10l|21C

149 1 08C

89.34C

3,856,95C

Mar.

43,400

42,300

39,800

38,100

35,900

34,100

32,000

29,300

26,100

22,600

19,700

17,200

15,400

15,200

18,800

23,900

24,400

23,600

22,100

21,400

20,100

19,400

19,400

19,700

19,400

19,000

19,000

19,000

19,000

18,800

18,300

Apr.

17,000

15,400

15,000

15,200

13,800

12,200

11,200

10,300

9,250

8,500

7,920

8,060

7,360

6,670

6,150

5,630

5,260

5,140

5,020

5,020

4,570

4,250

4,050

3,950

3,950

3,850

3,850

4,050

9,250

14,000

-

Maximum

3,170

4,350

4,570

50,900

51,700

43,400

43,400

17,000

29,000

7,500

11,200

12,200

3,930

51,700

Hay

13,800

15,200

20,300

24,100

27,400

29,000

28,400

27,600

25,600

22,900

19,900

17,900

17,500

17,900 is, 300

18,800

17,200

13,600

10,800

10,200

11,400

12,600

10,300

7,920

6,540

5,760

5,140

4,790

5,020

4,570

4,250

Mininun

1,710

1,580

1,580

1,580

2 990

12! 400

15,200

3,850

4,250

2,470

1 920 2)230

2,230

1,580

June

3,950

3,850

5,500

6,020

6,150

7,500

6,800

6,800

6,800

6,280

6,020

5,500

5,140

4,570

3,950

3,550

3,170

3,080

2,900

2,990

3,350

3,450

3,080

2,810

2,630

2,470

2,470

2,810

2,810

2,810

-

Mean

1,980

2,211

2,686

12,220

29,750

27,790

24,400

8,195

15,310

4,307

3 ,26E

4 f SOS

2,978

10,570

July

2,720

2,470

2,310

2,150

2,070

1,990

1,990

1,920

1,990

2,070

2,070

2,150

2,150

2,230

2,630

2,900

3,170

3,260

3,350

3,170

2,630

2,990

3,080

2,990

2,720

2,550

3,550

5,140

6,800

8,800

11,200

Aug.

12,200

11,200

10,000

9,250

8,800

8,500

8,060

7,640

6,980

6,230

5,410

4,640

3,830

3,260

2,990

2,830

2,750

2,910

2,670

2,510

2,510

2,440

2,370

2,370

2,510

2,510

2,510

2,440

2,300

2,230

 2,230

Per square 

mile

0.348

.389

.472

2.15

5

0* 

 CO

4.88

4.29

1.44

2.69

.757

.574

.845

.523

1.86

Sept.

2,300

2,300

2,300

2,230

2,300

2,440

2,670

2,990

3,350

3,730

3,730

3,830

3,930

3,630

3,350

3,350

3,630

3,530

3,260

2,990

2,830

2,670

2,510

2,510

2,670

2,830

2,910

2,910

2,910

2,750

-

Runoff in 

inohea

0.40

.43

.54

29.15

6.03

5.09

4.94

1.61

3.10

.66

.97

.56

25.19

Peak discharge (base, 28,000 see.-ft.). Jan. 11 (4 a.m.) 53,300 sec.-ft.; Mar. 1 (9 a.m.) 44,000 

eec.-ft.; May o (time unknown) 29,000 eec.-ft.

Note,. Discharge computed from once-daily wire-weight gage readings Oct. 1-16, Dec. 5-10, May 1-9, 

June 11-19, 26-28, July 16 to Sept. 3.
PEARL RIVER BASIN 527

Pearl River near Bogalusa, La.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 30e 47'35", long. 89°49'15", on line between sees. 17 and

id, 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. 

ttecoras available. October 1938 to September 1950.

Average aiscnarge. 12 years, 9,817 second-feet (11 years, 9,658 second-feet; figure pub- 

.lisnea in water-Supply Paper 1142 in error). 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 55,100 second-feet Jan. 13 (gage height, 20.32

feet); minimum, 2,320 second-feet Dec. 1-7; minimum gage height, 7.77 feet Dec. 4. 

1938-50: Maximum discharge, 60,000 second-feet Jan. 25, 26, 1947; maximum gage

height, that of Jan. 13. 1950; 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 except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record,

wmcn are fair. Gage read twice daily.

Rating tables, water year 1948-49 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 6-lo)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 10 Jan. 11 to Sept. 30

8.0 2,450 13.0 6,880 17.5 17,700 8.

9.0 3,130 14.0 8,440 18.0 20,700 9.

10.0 3,830 15.0 10,300 . 18.5 24,600 10.

11.0 4,610 16.0 12,600 19.0 31,100 11.

12.0 5,620 17.0 15,500 12.

13.

4 2,680 14.0 8,010 18

0 3,070 15.0 9,740 19

0 3,730 16.0 11,700 19

0 4,500 17.0 14,200 20

0 5,400 17.5 15,900 20

0 6',560 18.0 18,500

.5 22,500

.0 29,000

.5 37,700

.0 48,100

.3 55,100

Discharge, In seoond-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

3,060

2,990

3,130

3,270

3,270

3,480

3,480

3,270

3,130

3,060

2,990

2,990

2,990

3,200

4,050

3,900

3,550

3,900

3,620

3,270

2,990

2,850

2,790

2,720

2,720

2,720

2,790

2,790

2,790

2,790

2,790

Nqv.

2,990

4,250

4,610

4,050

3,620

3,480

3,410

3,410

3,340

3,270

3,200

3,130

3,060

3,060

2,990

2,850

2,720

2,650

2,580

2,520

2,520

2,450

2,450

2,450

2,450

2,380

2,380

2,380

2,380

2,380

-

Dec.

2,320

2,320

2,320

2,320

2,320

2,320

2,380

2,380

2,380

2,450

2,450

2,520

2,650

2,790

3; 200

3,480

3,410

3,410

3,760

4,130

4,370

4,450

4,370

4,530

4,530

4,450

4,370

4,130

4,210

4,690

4,870

Jan.

4,530

4,210

3,980

3,S30

4,050

4,610

10, 100

18,800

24,600

29,500

37,700

50,400

55,100

52,700

48,100

45,900

41,600

37,700

35,800

34,000

34,000

34,000

35,800

37, 700

37,700

37, 700

35,800

34,000

32, 300

29,000

26,100

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December ..................... ...

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

 arch ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

23,600

22,500

15,900

13,900

14,800

16,300

17,300

17,900

16,300

15,500

15,900

17,300

19,800

32, 300

41,600

43,700

43,700

a42,000

a41,000

39,600

37,700

39,600

37,700

35,800

35,800

34,000

35,800

37,700

-

_

-

Second 

foot-days

97 34C

89,41(

104, 28C

5,349,90C

921, 31C

805,000

879,800

285, 05C

494, 63C

150,080

112, 17C

180, 700

100,210

4,219, 98C

Mar.

41,600

43,700

43,700

45,900

45,900

43,700

39,600

35,800

34,000

32,300

29,000

26,100

21,500

18,500

16,800

22,500

24,800

26,100

26,100

24,800

24,800

24,800

23,600

21,500

21,500

20,600

20,600

20,600

19,800

19,800

19,800

Apr.

19.

18,

16,

16,

16,

15,

13,

12,

11,

10,

9,

9,

9,

8,

7,

6,

6,

6,

6,

5,

5,

5,

5,

4,

4,

800

500

800

800

800

500

900

600

500

500

740

560

380

670

690

960

430

050

050

930

710

400

130

950

770

5,400

5,

4,

5,

9,

Maximum

4,050

4,610

4,870

54,400

55,100

43,700

45,900

19,800

26,100

) 7 I tOSU cQn 

9,020

11,300

4,100

55,100

400

950

040

140

May

13,100

13,900

15,100

17,800

18,500

' 22,500

24,800

26,100

26,100

26,100

24,800

23,600

20,600

18,500

19,100

19,800

19,800

19,100

16,300

13,100

12,000

12,000

12,900

12,200

10,900

7,690

6,300

5,820

5,500

5,400

5,220

Minimum

2,720

2,380

2,320

2,320

3,830

13,900

16,800

4,770

5,220

3,260

2,740

2,740

2,810

2,320

June

4,950

4,590

4,590

5,600

6,430

6,300

7,540

7,690

7,390

7,390

6,820

6,430

6,050

5,820

5,220

4,680

4,260

3,940

3,800

3,730

3,940

4,180

4,340

4,100

3,600

3,460

3,280

3,260

3,260

3,480

-

Mean

3,140

2,980

3,364

14,660

29,720

28, 750

28,380

9,502

15,960

5,003

5

C1 a

fOjLO

5,829

3,340

11,560

July

a3,600

a3,600

a3,400

a3,200

3,070

2,940

2,880

2,810

2,740

2,740

2,810

2,810

2,940

3,000

3,140

3,400

3,600

3,730

3,730

3,260

3,140

3,260

3,460

3,730

3,730

3,800

4,100

4,340

4,590

5,600

9,020

Aug.

10,300

11,

11,

10,

30Q

100

500

10,300

10,

9,

9,

8,

100

380

200

840

a8,400

a7,600

a6,

a5,

as.

400

800

200

a4,500

3,660

3,

3,

3,

460

460

590

3,400

3,330

3,

3,

2,

200

000

B80

2,740

2,740

3,

I'

3*

3,

070

160

460

260

3,070

Per square 

mile

0.474

.449

.507

2.21

4.48

4.34

4.28

1.43

2.41

.755

.546

.879

.504

1.74

Sept.

3,000

3,000

3,000

3,000

2,940

 2,880

2,810

3,000

3,200

3,520

3,660

3,800

4,020

4,100

3,870

3,730

3,660

3,660

3,940

3,940

3,460

3,330

3,070

2,940

2,880

2,940

3,000

3,200

3,330

3,330

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.55

.50

.58

30.01

5.17

4.52

4.94

1.60

2.77

.84

.83

1.01

.56

23.67

a Doubtful or no gage-height record) discharge computed on basis of records for station at Columbia, Miss.
528 PEARL RIVER BASIN

Lobutcha Creek near Carthage, Miss.

Location.--Wire-weight gage, lat. 32°46', long. 89°28', in NEir sec. 34, T. 11 N., R. 8 E. 

CTTocTaw 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 1950.

Average discharge.- 11 years (1939-50), 405 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge observed during year, 9,800 second-feet Feb. 14 (gage height, 

iv.ua feet); minimum observed, 40 second-feet July 5 (gage height, 1.17 feet).

1937-50: 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, 1.47 feet, site and datum then in use) , but may have been less during 

period of doubtful gage-height record.

Remarks.--Records fair. Cage read twice daily.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height. In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 8 Jan. 9 to Sept. 30

1.5 54 9.0 747 15.0 3,860 1

2.0 78 10.0 940 15.5 4,630 1

2.5 107 11.0 1,190 16.0 5,640 2

3.0 142 12,0 1,490 16.4 6,800 3

5.0 308 13.0 2,000 16.7 7,910 5

8.0 611 13.9 2,670

ft

2 42 7.0 555 12.

5 54 8.0 692 13.

5 112 9.0 867 13.

0 150 10.0 1,080

0 335 11.0 1,320

Note. Same as preceding table a

et.

0 1,590

0 2,010

9 2,670

bove 13.9

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

56

54

60

63

63

68

78

73

73

73

68

63

56

60

68

73

73

68

63

60

58

56

54

54

56

63

83

83

83

89

230

Nov.

326

254

214

166

121

95

83

83

78

73

73

73

78

83

83

78

73

78

73

68

68

68

68

73

78

78

73

78

78

83

-

Dec.

83

78

78

78

95

89

114

114

107

101

114

128

128

128

135

135

128

158

198

190

166

166

198

190

166

158

142

150

135

121

114

Jan.

114

114

114

121

174

1,110

4,150

5,400

4,980

3,600

2,760

2,200

1,720

1,450

1,320

1,180

1,060

949

847

692

506

416

365

305

295

275

395

677

828

1,010

1,040

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March

April ............................

May ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

949

1,040

1,350

1,400

1,270

1,150

1,130

1,040

1,060

1,250

1,420

1,350

1,910

7,910

7,910

5,400

3,600

2,270

1,680

1,370

1,130

949

847

692

568

460

385

325

-

-

-

Seoondfoct-days

2,222

2,998

4,085

234,412

40,167

51,815

27,046

9,550

19) 69E

6,731

6,355

6> 97E

11,178

188,817

Mar.

395

828

1,220

992

809

677

494

395

395

385

335

305

780

1,590

1,900

1,650

1,850

1,620

1,300

1,180

1,180

992

739

649

568

460

427

707

847

756

621

Apr.

Maximum

230

326

198

9,800

5,400

7,910

1,900

663

1,800

828

1^270

847

7,910

594

635

663

635

607

542

460

365

305

265

247

238

220

202

184

175

158

175

229

256

229

202

166

150 220'

305

315

295

238

275

May

375

974

1,720

1,800

1,650

1,530

1,320

1,060

809

395

229

370

1,370

1,720

1,220

642

315

265

202

158

142

158

193

150

119

98

86

80

74

166

305

Minimum

54

68

78

52

114

325

305

150

74

52

42

48

92

42

June

315

256

530

581

828

739

530

285

211

158

134

119

92

86

74

66

64

56

54

52

103

238

285

220

211.

166

98

69

59

52

-

Mean

71.7

99.9

132

642

1,296

1,851

872

318

635

224

205

225

373

517

July

48

44

42

42

44

54

89

158

86

64

54

50

54

62

119

193

265

166

126

80

62

52

48

278

193

98

348

635

828

773

1,200

Aug.

1,270

1, 060

677

581

265

220

142

105

86

74

69

62

56

59

54

52

50

54

158

229

158

92

66

54

48

64

86

72

176

565

471

Per square 

mile

0.229

.319

.421

2.05

4.14

5.91

2.79

1.02

2.03

.716

.655

 719

l!l9

1.65

Sept.

530

677

649

663

677

663

542

305

295

325

295

229

175

126

105

92

105

228

438

494

568

449

193

150

119

98

92

372

677

847

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.26

.36

.49

27.85

4.77

6.16

3 21

l!l3

2 '.80 34

 76

.83

1.33

22.44
PEARL RIVER BASIN 529

Tuscolameta Creek at Walnut Grove, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 32°35', long. 89°28', In NE^ sec. 34, T. 9 N., R. 8

 F., Choctaw meridian, at bridge on State Highway 35 over north drainage canal, 0.4 mile 

west of Walnut Grove, 0.8 mile upstream from Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad bridge, 7f 

miles upstream from junction of north and south drainage canals, and I5j 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 1950. 

Average discharge.--11 years, 532 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 34,600 second-feet Jan. 7 (gage height, 23.00 feet,

 north canal gage); maximum gage height, south canal, 21.53 feet Jan. 7; minimum dally 

discharge (combined flow), 22 second-feet July 2; minimum gage height, north canal, 1.60 

feet July 2; minimum gage height, south canal, 7.14 feet July 2.

1939-50: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 7, 1950; maximum gage height, south canal, 

that of Jan. 7, 1950; minimum discharge (combined flow), 5.0 second-feet Aug. 28, 29, 

1943; minimum gage height observed, north canal, that of July 2, 1950; minimum gage 

height observed, south canal, 7.07 feet Aug. 29, 1943.

Prior to canalization, creek reached a stage of 24.5 feet, from floodmark, sometime 

between 1920 and 1925.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, 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 1949 tc September 195O

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.

a36 

a36 

a38 

a40 

a4O

48 

57 

48 

44 

42

42 

40 

38 

46 

48

81 

74 

60 

5O 

44

41 

39 

39 

41 

42

46 

52 

46 

42 

125 

386

Nov.

271 

195 

130 

93 

75

67 

61 

58 

57 

57

55 

55 

57 

62 

58

52 

50 

49 

54

51

48 

52 

49

51 

58

 58 

56 

52 

62 

6O

Dec.

55 

52 

49 

52

71

74 

163 

244

169 

130

182 

204 

267 

432

351

306 

216 

634 

846 

63 O

443 

348

473 

368 

283

22O

185 

178 

161 

142 

128

Jan .

124 

128 

130 

130 

606

11,8OO 

32,500 

17,500 

6,250 

4,120

2,390 

1.7OO 

1,270 

1,030 

931

770 

698 

538 

426 

348

291 

266 

250 

244 

225

220 

1,050 

1.26O 

1.O5O 

795 

520

Month

Ooto 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Kebr 

Hare 

Apri 

Hay

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

ffa

lendar year 1949 

ary ......

1 ....................... .

st ....................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

370 

502 

769 

678 

528

380 

292 

258 

64O 

1,73O

1,880 

1,530 

3,060 

10,600 

16,200

7,360 

4,060 

1,47O 

536 

392

331 

1,78O 

3, ISO 

3,330 

2,420

892 

443

341

Secondfoot-days

1,851 

2,153 

8,O56

258,134

89,560 

65,912 

36,238 

5,58O 

23,284 

2,519 

12,085 

4,948 

3,691

255,877

Mar.

1,720 

1,710 

1,260 

845 

699

623 

542 

622 

590 

437

337 

277 

1,870 

3,390 

4,730

4,340 

2,270 

926 

631 

1,O3O

966 

738 

478 

336 

282

260 

595 

1,430 

1,120 

792 

392

Apr.

333

518 

438 

363 

282

225

184 

171 

161 

150

154 

189 

163 

138 

122

116 

118 

144 

16O 

141

12O 

108

101 

1O2

141

165 

131 

116 

107 

219

Maximum

386 

271 

846

9,700

32,500 

16,200 

4,730 

518 

5,59O 

441 

2.36O 

1,280 

474

32,5OO

Peak discharge (base, 4.00O sec .-ft .} .--Jan. 7 (8 a.m.)

May

757 

3,090 

4,040 

5,590 

4,590

1,780 

321 

195 

150 

126

107 

120 

219 

287 

206

16O 

121 

93 

80 

235

156 

194 

162 

96 

74

62 

57 

52 

5O 

55 

59

June

55 

120 

441 

307 

171

105 

85 

95 

86 

7O

62 

61 

55 

47 

42

38 

36 

33 

33

31

52 

142 

89 

57 

47

4O 

35 

31 

28 

25

Minimum Mean

36 59.7 

48 71.8 

49 260

30 707

124 2,889 

258 2,354 

26O 1,169 

1O1 186 

50 751 

25 84.0 

22 390 

41 160 

38 123

22 701

July

24 

22

41 

47 

43

243 

163 

107 

54 

43

37 

36 

42 

168 

57O

777 

447 

310 

143 

93

69 

67 

160 

246 

235

280 

4O4 

854 

1,790 

2,360 

2,210

Aug.

1,

Per square 

mile

0.145

.175 

.633

1.72

7.03 

5.73 

2.84 

.453 

1.83 

.204 

.949 

.389 

.299

1.71

34,600 sec. -ft.; Feb. 15 (5 a.m

sec. -It.; Mar. 15 (8 p.m.J 5,210 see. -ft.; May 4 (1 p.m.) 5,800 sec. -ft. 

a No gage-height record at South Canal; discharge computed on basis of records for Nort

280 

387 

211 

170

114

83 

68 

58 

53 

62

94

66 

54 

52 

47

41 

69 

301 

359 

396

194 

95 

65 

52 

49

58 

146 

108 

66 

62 

88

Sept.

97 

156 

318 

474 

403

183 

83 

75 

80 

75

70 

89 

83 

59 

53

51 

50 

50 

54 

54

79 

74 

51 

44 

41

38 

39 

280 

265 

223

Runoff in 

inches

0.17 

.19 

.73

23.35

8.10 

5.96 

3.28 

.50 

2.11 

.23 

1.09 

.45 

.33

23.14

.) 18,500 

h Canal.
530 PEARL RIVKR BASIN

Yockanookany River near Kosciusko, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 33°02', long. 890 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 1941 

(levels by Corps of Engineers).

Drainage area. 314 square miles.

Records available. August 1938 to September 1950. Prior to October 1947, published as 

YOKanocKany Kiver near Kosciusko.

Average discharge.--12 years, 406 second-feet.

jgreremea. Maximum discharge during year, 13,600 second-feet Jan. 8 (gage height 17 08 

FeeTT; minimum, 17 second-feet July 10; minimum gage height, 4.88 feet Oct. 2, 3.

1938-50: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 8, 1950; minimum, 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, water year 19*9-50 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In second-feet)

Oct. 1 to May 3 May 4 to Sept. 30

4.9 22 9.8 1,170 13.7 4,290 5.0 21 6.2 161 

5.2 50 10.0 1,250 14.1 5,070 5.3 47 6.7 266 

5.5 84 10.5 1,470 15.5 8,400 5.6 78 7.S 551 

6.0 156 11.5 2,030 16.3 10,700 5.9 115 10.0 1,250 

6.6 271 12.5 2,810 * 

7.6 522 13.1 3,420 Note. Same as preceding 

table above 10.0 feet. 

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

36 

33 

22 

26 

40

66 

56 

40 

36 

33

31 

28 

53 

45 

40

45 

43 

35 

29 

37

25 

29 

40 

37 

46

74 

64 

48 

38 

68 

233

Nov.

187 

115 

65 

59 

50

44

40 

40 

40 

40

40 

40 

43 

44 

46

45 

43 

42 

43

46

49 

50 

50 

51 

57

58 

58 

61 

62 

64

Dec.

62 

59 

57 

61 

83

85 

94 

112 

97 

85

103 

110 

108 

138 

134

110 

90 

138 

191 

142

117 

156 

214 

145 

111

100 

100 

103 

97 

85 

79

Jan.

76 

83 

85 

100 

910

5,320 

10,400 

11,600 

6,870 

3,670

2,550 

1,850 

1,520 

1,290 

1,130

806 

495 

365 

328 

340

293 

260 

246 

236 

222

233 

922 

1,100 

777 

508 

390

Month

Ooto 

Nove 

Dace

Ca

Jami 

Febi 

Marc 

Apr! 

Hay 

June 

Julj 

Augv 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lenda'r year 1949 

tary

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 .............

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 sec.

sec. -ft.; Mar. 15 (8 p.m.) 4,290 a

Feb.

806 

1,670 

2,340 

2,470 

2,550

1,750 

655 

390 

586 

1,250

1,420 

1,330 

2,340 

5,720 

7,870

6,400 

3,540 

1,840 

549 

352

304 

416 

536 

378 

293

265 

234 

216

Secondfoot-days

1,434 

1,672 

3,366

226,134

54,875 

48,27C 

30,411 

6,707 

11,637 

7,867 

7,493 

7,388 

19,601

200,721

-ft.).- Jar

ec.-ft.s Se

Mar.

 616 

893 

522 

316 

293

278 

258 

748 

1,250 

1,470

1,130 

403 

1,660 

3,100 

3,810

3,540 

2,070 

633 

390 

806

923 

577 

352 

282 

258

244 

527 

1,100 

1,100 

577 

286

Apr.

365 

563 

429 

442 

352

356 

214 

195 

184 

173

173 

204 

175 

153 

140

137 

132

230 

265

195

156 

138 

130 

125 

248

304 

195 

150 

131 

153

Maximum

222 

187 

214

10,700

11,600 

7,870 

3,810 

563 

2,170 

1,620 

1,730 

1,670 

5,280

11,600

. 8 (2 a.m.) 

pt. 30 (11 a

May

434

1,560 

3,170 

1,790 

1,020

278 

190 

154 

134 

116

100 

101 

302 

339 

336

241 

167 

128 

101 

80

72 

222 

190 

134 

98

75 

58 

47 

40 

632 

428

Minimum

22 

40

57

15

76 

216 

244 

125 

40 

27 

17 

20 

56

17

June

132 

184 

1,150 

1,620 

1,050

303 

178 

129 

102 

94

94 

68 

56 

45 

38

34 

30 

28 

28 

27

573 

1,180 

320 

122 

80

60 

47 

38 

31 

27

Mean

46.3 

55.7 

109

620

1,770 

1,724 

981 

224 

375 

262 

242 

238 

653

550

July

23 

20 

18 

22 

21

43 

45 

29 

21 

17

18 

20 

18 

32

40

101 

74 

42 

30 

23

18 

18 

25 

41 

376

228 

920 

1,150 

1,150 

1,180 

1,730

Aug.

1,670 

1,170 

336 

142 

93

71 

56 

42 

36

31

28 

34 

23 

21 

20

46 

84 

274 

129 

88

47 

32 

24 

20 

39

90 

76 

57 

260 

1,080 

1,290

Per square 

mile

0.147 

.177 

.347

1.97

5.64 

5.49 

3.12 

.713 

1.19 

.834 

.771 

.758 

2.08

1.75

13,600 sec. -ft.; Feb. 15 (4 p.m 

.m.) 5,500 aec.-ft.

Sept.

1,080 

566 

302 

192 

122

83 

72 

182 

206 

169

129 

102 

85 

67 

58

56

538 

1,180 

475 

190

135 

129 

114 79' 

64

56 

602 

3,170 

4,120 

5,280"

Runoff in 

inches

0.17. 

.20 

.40

26.78

6.50 

5.72 

3.60 

.79 

1.38 

.93 

.89 

.88 

2.32

23.78

) 8,400
PEARL RIVER BASIN 531

Yockanookany River near Ofahoma, Miss.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 32°42', long. 89°40', in NE^NWi sec. 22, T. 10 N., R. 

b E. Choctaw meridian, at bridge on State Highway 16, l| miles southeast of Ofahoma, 

3 miles upstream from mouth, and 85 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 1950. Prior to October 1947, published as 

Yocicanokany Hiver near Ofahoma.

Extremes. Maximum discharge observed during year, 12,100 second-feet Jan. 10 (gage height, 

19.19 feet); minimum observed, 32 second-feet Oct. 11, July 7, Aug. 24-26 (gage height, 

4.10 feet).

1943-50: Maximum discharge observed, that of Jan. 10, 1950; minimum discharge observed, 6 second-feet Oct. 5, 1947; minimum gage height observed, 3.00 feet Oct. 11, 

12, 1943.

Remarks . --Records fair except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, 

wnicn are poor.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used May 31 to June 6, June 8-15)

4.2 36 6.6 338

4.4 47 8.5 694

4.6 62 12.0 1,530

5.0 103 13.0 1,880

5.6 181 14.0 2,440

14.8 3,090

15.9 4,450

16.8 5,880

17.6 7,520

19.1 11,700

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 tc September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

44

41

36

41

47

d65

d70

d50

36

36

32

50

47

44

50

50

50

58

d45

d40

d40

d45

50

58

47

47

44

41

41

92

153

Nov.

153

210

225

225

15.3

dlZO

dlOO

92

81

62

58

54

47

54

54

58

47

d47

d48

d52

d55

d58

d60

d62

d62

d65

d68

d70

d72

d72

-

Dec.

d70

d70

d72

d80

d88

d96

109

109

109

127

146

134

134

140

146

146

146

160

160

160

195

210

160

121 210-

210

181

181

146

146

134

Jan.

134

121

115

115

498

1,300

4,590

7,520

11,100

11,700

9,120

6,640

5,200

3,410

2,370

1,9SO

1,650

1,430

1,160

988

694

536

408

390

372

408

372

390

694

801

1,060

Feb.

1,130

1,130

1,280

1,280

1,590

2,130

2,310

2,310

1,590

1,930

1,720

1,330

1,940

7,060

7,060

7,520

9,120

6,640

4,890

3,190

1,880

1,330

1,180

892

715

715

593

555

_

_

-

u,, *K Seccnd- 

*onth foot-days

October .......................... 1, 590

November ......................... 2, 584

December ..... . . A-?Qfl

Calendar year 1949 .......

 *

..... 328,836

January .......................... 77,366

February ......................... 75,010

March. ........................... 42,211

April ............................ 10, 190

May .............................. 22,457

June ............................. 11, 430

July. ............................ 5,436

August ........................... 9 , 664

September ........................ 10,114

Water year 1949-50 ............ 272,248

Mar.

462

633

846

1,040

1,080

892

715

498

444

426

536

694

1,530

2,730

2,730

3,300

4,040

4,890

3,300

2,030

1,400

1,040

869

940

d800

673

480

823

715

715

940

Apr.

1,060

1, 380

736

593

613

555

480

574

408

321

272

240

225

167

121

115

L46

167

167

174

210

210

L67

181

167

174

Maximm

153

225

210

10,300

11,700

9,120

4,890

1,080

2,130

1,400

892

1,360

1,040

11,700

160

210

225

272

-

May

613

964

1,330

1,650

1,680

1,980

1,720

1,230

846

517

225

509

2,130

2,080

1,650

633

555

390

321

225

153

134

121

115

210

121

98

50

34

81

92

Minimum .

32

47

70

32

115

555

426

115

34

50

32

32

98

32

June

160

517

574

673

. 823

869

dl,200

1,400

940

355

167

160

146

121

103

66

62

58

54

50

153

408

304

372

633

517

272

121

98

54

-

Mean

si.;

86.1

139

901

2,492

2,679

1 ;362

340

724

381

175

312

337

746

July

50

54

54

47

47

44

32

81

92

34

38

58

54

181

160

321

240

109

103

92

36

75

134

58

140

160

225

498

694

633

892

Aug.

1,130

1,C i,; i.s80

60

80

1,230

555

2

]

]

1

Z

72

15

67

98

66

54

54

50

44

41

47

15

40

225

181

:

1

1

81

21

32

32

32

98

98

92

53

321

Per square 

mile

0.106

.178

. 287

1.86

5.15

5.54

2 . 81

.702

1.50

. 787

.362

.645

.696

1.54

Sept.

408

593

694

1,040

536

304

304

225

181

181

240

210

115

127

127

103

98

109

372

633

593

288

225

225

174

146

121

304

498

940

-

Runoff in 

inches

0.12

.20

.33

25.26

5 94

5]76

3 24

. 78

1.73

. 88

.42

.74

.78

20.92

d Doubtful or nc gage-height record; discharge computed on basis of records for station near 

Koseluskc.
532 PEARL RIVER BASIN

Strong River at Dlo, Miss.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 31°58'45", long. 89°54'05", in SW£ sec. 28, T. 2 N., 

 TTT~'O;. 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 1950.

Average discharge. 21 years (1928-29, 1930-50), 589 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge daring year, 23,300 second-feet Jan. 7 (gage height, 33.0 

reet, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 13,400 second-feet; minimum 

not determined.

1928-50: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 7, 1950; 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 poor.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 22 to Nov. 27, 

Feb. 19-22, May 7 to June 4)

2.6 

2.8 

3.3 

4.2 

5.3

41

62

123

259

459

6.5

10.5

16.0

22.0

24.5

741

1,940

3,840

6,690

8,500

27.0 11,200

3O.O 16,10O

32.1 20,900

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

6O

60

60

60

60

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

50

60

1OO

150

90

80

70

60

60

60

62

60

76

101

72

71

70

178

243

Nov.

204

162

113

87

75

66

62

59

- 58

56

56

55

60

56

53

51

50

49

48

46

47

44

45

49

45

54

60

60

58

50

-

Dec.

48

47

47

53

54

59

62

70

73

86

87

87

115

134

169

151

126

386

512

372

251

251

318

259

211

176

18O

354

318

227

184

Jan.

154

140

133

143

817

g9,970

g20,900

g!8,800

11,300

6,240

4,160

2,730

2,030

1,560

1,320

1,230

1,170

934

715

556

449

400

363

336

310

310

2,160

3,140

2,060

1,350

689

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

March ............................

April ............................

May..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

534

680

2,490

2,76O

1,710

858

568

469

495

1,900

2,790

2,100

3,920

10,400

13,3OO

11,400

6,360

3,240

938

689

591

1,110

2,100

1,740

1,620

1,110

591

459

-

-

Secondfoct-days

2,363

1,978

5,467

306,963

96,569

76,922

42,387

8,593

38,363

7,415

9,742

3,787

1,710

295,296

Mar.

579

934

963

1,530

1,940

1,410

 1,050

1.O8O

1,290

934

591

459

2,310

3,880

3,650

3., 610

3,430

1,860

850

1,020

992

963

664

480

409

372

567

1,59O

1,440

1,050

490

Apr.

429

568

501

469

400

327

276

243

227

211

227

235

208

196

181

169

168

202

219

211

184

166

151

144

147

192

186

462

579

715

Maximum

243

204

512

10,900

2O,9OO

13,300

3 1 880

715

8 23O

2^160

2,230

1,080

87

20,900

Hay

1,260

3,730

7,3OO

8,230

6,82O

4,260

1,360

469

363

310

267

251

259

318

354

301

235

205

184

175

172

219

251

176

151

134

131

126

120

116

116

Minimum

50

44

47

44

133

459

372

144

116

50

44

50

41

41

June

159

506

556

2,160

781

310.

251

327

259

206

156

126

106

93

84

78

71

70

64

79

157

143

138

12O

97

86

69

60

53

50

-

Mean

76.2

65.9

176

841

3,115

2,747

1 1 367

286

1,238

247

314

122

57. C

809

July

46

46

45

44

71

52

59

52

52

55

77

60

76

437

699

345

276

199

154

109

81

75

71

66

64

153

423

658

937

2,030

2,230

Aug.

1,O80

345

211

152

122

106

91

83

79

71

68

60

60

60

72

60

63

60

64

126

101

79

64

58

50

54

63

71

60

71

83

Per square 

mile

0.178

.154

.410

1.96

7.26

6.40

3 19

iee?

2.89

.576

.732

poA . £O*

.133

1.89

Sept.

75

66

87

84

64

64

60

69

63

65

56

50

50

49

49

42

48

42

41

42

43

41

44

47

52

51

53

71

72

68-'

Runoff in 

inches

0.20

.17

.47

26.60

8.37

6.67

3.67

.74

3.33

.64

.84

.33

.15

25.58

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 see.-ft.).--Jan. 7 (time unknown) 23,300 sec.-ft.; Feb. 15 (10 p.m.) 

13,500 sec.-ft7j May 4 (4 a.m.; 8,410 sec.-ft.

g Computed from graph based on high-water mark.

Note. No gage-height record Oct. 1-21; discharge computed en basis of weather records and records 

for nearby stations.
PEARL RIVER BASIN 538

Bogue Lusa near Franklinton, La.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°52'05", long. 90°00'10", in NE^NWjj sec. 21, T.

 as., R. 12 E. St. Helena meridian, at bridge on State Highway 35 at Sheridan Store, 

three-quarters 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 1950.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,990 second-feet Feb. 13 (gage height, 10.18

 feet); minimum, 3.8 second-feet Sept. 25, 26 (gage height, 1.52 feet).

1948-50: Maximum discharge, 4.020 second-feet Nov. 26, 1948 (gage height, 11.0 feet, 

from graph based on gage readings); minimum, that of Sept. 25, 26, 1950.

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1, 2,

Jan. 7-22, Mar. B to June 6)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 13 Feb. 14 to Sept. 30

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

32

44

60

4.5 

5.0 

5.4 

5.8

6.4

82

120

166

222

335

7.0 488

7.5 660

8.0 900

1.5 

1.7 

1.9 

2.1 

2.5

3.6

5.7

8.6

12

20

Note. Same as preceding table above 2.5 

feet. 

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Oct.

14

27

40

20

26

24

16

15

17

20

29

16

15

15

14

14

14

13

13

13

13

12

12

12

13

14

13

13

13

14

15

Nov.

13

12

12

11

11

11

11

11

12

12

12

13

19

13

12

11

11

11

11

11

12

11

11

12

12

11

11

12

12

12

-

Dec.

11

10

11

13

13

11

12

12

11

14

15

13

19

24

34

16

13

42

20

14

13

21

24

13

12

12

12

12

11

11

11

Jan.

11

11

11

16

32

38

45

19

17

19

28

22

20

19

18

' 31

29

19

18

16

14 -14

13

13

13

13

30

17

19

22

15

Month

October ..........................

November .........................

December .........................

Calendar year 1949 ............

January ..........................

February .........................

llarch ......:.....................

April ............................

Hay may ..............................

June .............................

July .............................

August ...........................

September ........................

Water year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

13

13

16

13

11

14

21

13

18

42

28

18

821

373

77

42

30

26

23

21

19

44

34

20

19

18

17

16

.

-

Secondfoot-days

519

 fCff ODD

480

13,013

622

1,820

1,582

641

341.

318 .

308.

178 

138.

7,305.

Mar.

27

21

32

130

54

35

29

28

21

18

17

18

26

23

224

274

56

35

39

60

41

130

43

32

27

25

28

32

21

18

18

Apr.

26

38

32

52

28

20

19

19

18

18

27

34

19

18

16

15

16

19

16

15

14

13

13

13

17

26

14

13

21

32

Maximum

40

1 j.yQ

42

750

45

821

274

52

D 27

9 46

5 26

3 13

D 7.2

1 821

May

23

16

14

12

11

9.8

9.4

8.9

8.4

8.C

7.8

8.6

15

27

25

25

11

8.2

7.7

7.6

8.3

8.6

7.6

6.7

6.1

5.7

5.7

6.4

6.1

7.2

8.S

Minimum

12

11

10

10

11

¥ 13- 

17

13

5.7

5.1

4.9

4.5

3.9

3.9

June

6.4

7.8

14

11

7.4

10

46

16

11

11

13

8.8

7.2

7.0

6.5

7.1

13

8.8

7.2

13

28

11

8.0

6.7

6.1

5.8

5.5

5.3

5.1

5.1

-

Mean

16.7

U Q .9

15.5

35.7

20.1

65.0

51.0

21.4

11.0

10. 6

9 9'

si??

- 4.6C

20.0

July

4.9

5.7

8.2

7.4

6.0

6.1

6.4

5.5

5,2

5.1

5.3

7.4

10

12

12

12

7.8

6.8

5.7

6.0

7.4

7.4

8.9

15

14

16

24

26

19

17

8.3

Aug.

6.3

5.5

5.2

6.3

5.7

5.5

5.2

5.0

4.9

4.7

4.6

4.6

4.5

4.6

5.0

5.5

13

8..Z

5.7

5.7

5.8

5.2

5.0

4.5

4.5

4.6

8.9

6.3

5.5

. 6.4

6.4

Per square 

mile

1.38

.983

1.28

2.95

1.66

5.37

4.21

1.77

909

 876

 822

.477

.380

1.65

Sept.

5.7

5.7

7.2

5.6

4.6

4.2

4.1

4.1

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.1

4.0

4.2

4.2

4.4

4.S

4.0

4.3

4.1

4.0

4.1

4.0

4.0

4.0

S.9

4.4

7.0

6.0

5.2

-

Runoff In 

inches

1.60

1.09

1.48

39.99

1.91

5.59

4 .86

1.97

1.05go * 

 9O

.95

.55

.42

22.45

Peak discharge (base, 350 sec.-f t. ) .--Feb. 13 (4:30 B.m.) 2.990 see. -ft.i Mar. 15 (11 p.«.) 1,150
534 PEARL RIVER BASIN

Bogue Chitto near Tylertown, Miss.

Location. Water-stage recorder, lat. 31 0 11', long. 90°17<, in SE^ sec. 34, T. 3 N., R. 9

 £< ' Washington meridian, a quarter of a mile dovmstream from Fernwood, Columbia & Gulf 

Railroad bridge, a quarter of a mile downstream from Bars Branch, 2 ¥ miles downstream 

from Topisaw Creek, and 9 miles northwest of Tylertown.

Drainage area. 502 square miles.

Records available. August 1944 to September 1950.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 45,700 second-feet Jan. 7 (gage height, 33.50

 feet); minimum, 350 second-feet Nov. 19; minimum gage height, 8.27 feet Sept.^26.

1944-50: Maximum discharge, that of Jan. 7, 1950; minimum, 208 second-feet Nov. 6, 

1944; minimum gage height, 7.38 feet Oct. 21, 1946.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating table, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 3 to Jan. 2. 

Feb. 18 to Mar. 1, Mar. 8-15, Mar. 19 to May 2)

8.3 363 16.0 6,650 

8.7 501 17.5 8,560 

9.4 791 20.0 12,900 

1O.2 1,240 25.0 23,800 

12. O 2,690 31.0 38,800

Discharge, in second- feet, water year October 1949 tc September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29

30

31

Oct.

383 

396 

406 

410 

444

483 

483 

454 

448 

444

423 

413 

420 

557 

501

451 

440 

' 451 

427 

413

406 

399 

396 

396 

396

423 

427 

427 

410 

406 

483

Nov.

815 

1,000 

595 

462 

406

389 

383 

373 

370 

366

363 

360 

389 

386 

370

363 

357 

353 

350 

353

357 

350 

353 

357 

357

357 

357 

357 

357 

353

Dec.

353 

353 

353 

357 

357

360 

370 

370 

383 

383

386 

393 

430 

427 

437

440 

458 

538 

557 

557

501 

501 

519 

501 

483

465 

465 

595 

635 

635 

557

Jan.

519 

519 

501 

501 

690

5,770 

39,600 

19,900 

5,680 

3,O50

2,870 

3,320 

2,960 

2,780 

1,850

1,150 

1,180 

1,210 

972 

815

721 

677 

635 

615 

595

595 

840 

944 

891 

744 

677

Month

Ootc 

Nove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Hare 

Apr! 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

ber ....................... . .

mber .........................

 ber....... ..................

lenda'r year 1949

uary

h.. ............... .

1 ....................

St. .................... ....

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

635 

615 

656 

1,000 

1,090

767 

699 

721 

721 

1,360

3,140 

3,600 

5,360 

12,700 

11,600

6,290 

3,230 

1,410 

1,060 

891

815 

865 

1,090 

1,000 

840

744 

699 

656

Seccndfoot-days

13,41£ 

12,35£ 

14, HE

400,932

103,772 

64,254 

63,435 

24,30J 

51.47E 

16,813 

19,244 

16,43E 

12,783

412,409

Peak discharge (base, 6,000 sec. -ft. ) . Jan

i!>,5OO sec. -ft. ; May 4 (Z p.m.) 9,490 see. -ft

Mar.

1,040 

2,870 

2,870 

5,300 

5,270

3,700 

3,230 

2,010 

1,380 

1,150

1,000 

917 

917 

1,060 

1,870

4,600 

4,200 

4,000 

2,510 

1,570

1,690 

1,530 

1,120 

1,060 

891

840 

972 

1,150 

1,090 

865 

767

Apr.

744 

1,240 

1,380 

1,380 

1,060

891 

791 

744 

699 

677

699 

767 

840 

744 

677

656 

635 

656 

791 

815

699 

656 

635 

615 

615

615 

615 

595 

801 

1,570

Maximum

557 

1,000 

635

12,500

39,600 

12,700 

5,300 

1,570 

8,270 

1,180 

2,010 

1,060 

983

39,600

. 7 (10 a.m.

May

1,770 

2,510 

5,300 

8,270 

5,100

2,330 

972 

744 

677 

615

576 

656 

1,250 

2,960 

2,870

. 2,690 

2,090 

1,530 

840 

699

1,090 

917 

767 

615 

576

538 

519 

501 

501 

501 

501

Minimum

383 

350 

353

350

501 

615 

767 

595 

501 

416 

396 

410 

353

350

June

483 

519 

557 

557 

519

519 

1,020 

1,180 

917 

767

699 

615 

538 

501 

483

465 

465 

458 

451 

462

519 

538 

519 

465 

451

440 

437 

430 

423

416

Mean

433 

412 

455

1,098

3,347 

2,295 

2,046 

810 

1,660 

560 

621 

530 

426

1,130

July

410 

403 

403 

403 

413

420 

458 

437 

416 

403

399 

396 

399 

403 

576

767 

557 

483 

437 

416

416 

423 

448 

483 

423

572 

1,060 

1,450 

2,010 

1,650 

1,310

Aug.

1,

Per square 

mile

0.863 

.821 

.906

2.19

6.67 

4.57 

4.08 

1.61 

3.31 

1.12 

1.24 

1.06 

.849

2.25

) 45,700 sec. -ft. j Feb. 14 (6:30

891 

615 

538 

557 

519

483 

465 

451 

437 

427

434

462 

465 

427 

410

444

635 

744 

060 

815

635 

538 

465 

440 

427

423 

465 

465 

437 

448 

413

Sept.

406 

403 

399 

396 

393

386 

376 

373 

370 

370

370 

370 

370 

366 

366

363 

366 

501 

454 

440

399 

376 

370 

363 

360

353 

360 

983

824 

557

Runoff in 

inches

0.99 

.92 

1.05

29.71

7.69 

4.76 

4.70 

1.80 

3.81 

1.25 

1.43 

1.22 

.95

30.57

p.m.)
PEARL RIVER BASIN 535

Bogue Chitto at Franklinton, La.

Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat. 30°50i35", long. 90 0 09'45", in SE-J-SE-f sec. 26, T. 

2 s., 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.

Records available.--October 1938 to September 1950. August 1928 to September 1931 at site 

a quarter of 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.--15 years, 1,745 second-feet.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 40,700 second-feet Jan. 8 (gage height, 17.59

feet); minimum, 690 second-feet Sept. 25-27; minimum gage height, 0.59 foot Sept. 25, 26.

1928-31, 1938-50: 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.

Rating tables, water year 1949-50 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used June 9 to Sept. 9)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 15 Feb. 16 to Sept. 30

0.8 

1.0 

Z.O 

3.0 

4.0 

6.0

890

980

1,550

2,290

3,150

5,200

8.0 

10.0 

12.0 

14.0 

15.0 

1-6.0

7,490

10,600

14,500

19,200

23,100

28,600

0.6 

1.0 

2.0 

3.0

690

890

1,440

2,150

4.0 3,010

6.0 5,100

8.0 7,490

Note. Same as preceding 

table above 8.0 feet.

Discharge, in second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2

3 

4 

8

6

7 

8 

9

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,000 

1,030 

1,130 

1,100 

1,220

1,360 

1,190 

1,160 

1,270 

1,220

1,130 

1,080 

1,080 

1,360 

1,390

1,190 

1,100 

1,080 

1,060 

1,030

1,000 

980 

980 

955 

955

1,030 

1,000 

1,000 

980 

1,000 

1,030

Nov.

1,130 

1,450 

1,520 

1,190 

1,060

1,000 980" 

955 

955 

955

930 

930 

1,000 

1,000 

955

930 

910 

910 

910 

910

910 

890 

890 

910 

910

910 

890 

890 

910 

890

Dec.

890 

890 

890 

890 

910

890 

910 

910 

910 

930

955 

955 

980 

1,060 

1,130

1,080 

1,060 

1,450 

1,420 

1,270

1,220 

1,190 

1,240 

1,160 

1,100

1,080 

1,080 

1,130 

1,240 

1,240 

1,240

Jan.

1,130 

1,080 

1,060 

1,080 

1,160

2,650 

7,110 

27.7OO 

26,400 

9,640

5,420 

5,310 

5,310 

4,770 

4,120

3,150 

2,620 

2,620 

2,370 

2,080

1,860 

1,720 

1,610 

1,550 

1,480

1,450 

1,820 

2,200 

2,160 

2,040 

1,780

Month

Ooto 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr

Marc

ft1

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Wa

her ..........................

mber .........................

lendaT year 1949 

ary

uary

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Feb.

1,610 

1,520 

1,520 

1,610 

1,930

1,930 

1,640 

1,580 

1,580 

2,080

3,240 

4,230 

7,800 

17,300 

18,900

17,100 

9,960 

5,240 

3,200 

2,470

2,150 

2,310 

2,470 

2,390 

2,150

1,880 

1,740 

1,630

Seoondfoot days

34.09C 

29,58C 

33, 30C

871,085

136, 45C 

123, 16C 

115, 62C 

44,86C 

75,OOC 

40.06C 

35.59E 

33,90C 

24,63C

726, 24E

Peak discharge (base. 7.000 sec. -ft.) .--Jar

20, ZOO sec. -ft.; Mar. 5 111:30 p . m .; 8,020 se

Mar.

1,740 

2,560 

4,000 

6,150 

7,750

7,490 

6,150 

5,550 

4,000 

2,920

2,390 

2,070 

2,230 

2,230 

3,170

6,270 

6,870 

6,270 

5,550 

4,440

3,300 

3,300 

2,650 

2,310 

2,030

1,880 

1,840 

2,390 

2,310 

2,070 

1,740

Apr.

1,700 

2,030 

2,390 

2,650 

2,310

1,880 

1,630 

1,500 

1,440 

1,380

1,440 

1,600 

1,500 

1,470 

1,350

1,290 

1,260 

1,320 

1,290 

1,410

1,350 

1,200 

1,140 

1,090 

1,090

1,090 

1,060 

1,040 

1,120 

1,840

Maximum

1,390 

1,520 

1,450

18,000

27,700 

18,900 

7,750 

2,650 

7,490 

3,400 

2,830 

2,070 

1,560

27,700

Hay

2,310 

2,470 

3,400 

5,430 

7,490

5,990 

3,010 

1,840 

1,530 

1,380

1,320 

1,200 

1,410 

2,650 

4,000

4,220 

3,600 

2,920 

2,230 

1,630

1,990 

2,070 

1,770 

1,440 

1,260

1,170 

1,090 

1,060 

1,040 

1,040 

1,040

Minimum

955 

890 

890

865

1,060 

1,520 

1,740 

1,040 

1,040 

890 

840 

865 

690

690

June

1,020 

1,040 

1,320 

1,290 

1,200

1,120 

2,700 

3,400 

2,650 

1,990

1,700 

1,500 

1,350 

1,200 

1,140

1,090 

1,040 

1,040 

1,020 

1,020

1,260 

1,200 

1,140 

1,040 

990

965 

940 

 915 

890 

890

Mean

1,100 

986 

1,074

2,387

4,402 

4,399 

3,730 

1,495 

2,419 

1,335 

1,148 

1,094 

821

1,990

July

a870 

a870 

890 

865 

865

865 

890 

915 

865 

840

865 

965 

840 

915 

990

1,170 

1,200 

1,020 

940 

865

840 

865 

915 

1,020 

1,020

1,040 

1,380 

2,150 

2,740 

2,830 

2,390

Aug.

2,07Q 

1,560 

1,260 

1,230 

1,170

1,060 

1,020 

965 

940 

890

890 

965 

965 

915 

890

865 

915 

1,140 

1,320 

1,560

1,350 

1,140 

990 

915 

865

890

1,170 

1,020 

965 

1,040 

965

Per square 

mile

1.12 

1.00 

1.09

2.42

4.47 

4.47 

3.79

2)46 

1.36 

1.17 

1.11 

.834

2.02

Sept.

890 

865 

840 

840 

815

790 

'740 

740 

 740 

718

740

765 

740 

740 

740

765 

740 

740 

890 

840

790 

790 

740 

690 

690

690 

715 

1,090 

1,560 

1,200

Runoff In 

inohes

1.29 

1.12 

1.28

32.90

5". 15 

4.65 

4.37 

1.69 

2.83 

1.51 

1.34 

1.28 

.93

27.42

. 8 (7:30 p.m.) 40,700 aec.-ft.; Feb. 15 (9:30 p.m.) 

c.-ft.; May 5 (7 p.m. 8,020 sec. -ft.

a Ho gage-height record] discharge computed en the basis of records for station at Bush.
536 PEARL RIVER BASIN

Bogue Chitto near Bush, La.

Location. Wire-weight gage, lat. 30°37'45", long. 89°53'50", in T. 5 S., R. 13 E., at 

Dridge 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). 

Records available.--October 1937 to September 1950. 

Average discharge. 13 years, 2,095 second-feet.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 33,700 second-feet Jan. 10 (gage height, 14 41 

TeeTT; minimum, 794 second-feet Sept. 15, 24-27; minimum gage height, 2.38 feet Sept. 

26.

1937-50: 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 Pranklinton; 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. Gage read twice daily.

Rating table, water year 1949-5O (gage height, in feet,

and discharge, in second-feet) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to. Dec. 4)

2.4 794

3.0 955

4.5 1,380

6.0 1,990

7.0 2,500

7.5 2,840

8.0 3,280

8.5 3,820

9.0 4,520

9.5 5,390

10.0 6,520

10.5 8,200

11.0 10,500

12.0 16,500

13.0 23,400

14.4 33,700

Discharge, In second-feet, water year October 1949 to September 1950

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Oct.

1,200 

1,260 

1,350 

1,410 

1,410

1,600 

1,600 

1,560 

1,560 

1,600

1,520 

1,290 

1,320 

1,410 

1,520

1,520 

1,410 

1,350 

1,320 

1,290

1,290 

1,230 

1,200 

1,200 

1,170

1,170 

1,200 

1,230 

1,200 

1,170 

1,260

Nov.

1,320 

1,350 

1,320 

1,560 

1,520

1,290 

1,2OO 

1,170 

1,150 

1,120

1,120 

1,090 

1,150 

1,200 

1,170

1,150 

1,150 

1,120 

1,090 

1,060

1,040 

1,040 

1,010 

1,010 

1,010

1,010 

1,010 

1,010 

1,010

1,010

Dec.

1,010 1,010

1,010 

1,010

1,010

982 

1,010 

982 

982

1,010

1,010 

982 

1,090 

1,200 

1,350

1,410 

1,380 

1,410 

1,680 

1,640

1,290 

1,440 

1,440 

1,320 

1,290

1,260 

1,230 

1,290 

1,440 

1,380 

1,350

Jan.

1,290 

1,230 

1,200 

1,150 

1,150

1,500 

2,540 

4,810 

13,400 

30,700

16,600 

8,200 

6,020 

5,590 

5,200

5,020 

4,220 

3,480 

3,090 

2,760

2 ,560 

2,390 

2,190 

2,140 

2,140

2,140 

2,140 

2,190 

2,390 

2,440 

2,340

Month

Octo 

Hove 

Dece

Ca

Janu 

Febr 

Marc 

Aprl 

May.

June 

July 

Augu 

Sept

Ha

mber ! ........................

lenda'r year 1949 

ary

1 ............................

st ...........................

ember ........................

ter year 1949-50 ............

Peak discharge (base, 8.0OO sec

Feb.

2,290 

2,440 

2,560 

2,340 

2,090

2,040 

2,240 

1,990 

1,900 

1,990

2,440 

3,800 

6,020 

18,600 

22,700

20,600 

18,500 

10,000 

6,260 

4,520

3,700 

3,280 

3,280 

2,920 

2,690

2,560 

2,500 

2,500

Secondfoot-days

41.82C 

34.46C 

37,89£

1,029,08£

144, 21C 

158, 75C 

139, 66C 

56.18C 

78.14C 

43,524 

37,352 

37,65£ 

26.83E

836,49]

Mar.

2,440 

2,620 

3,590 

4,850 

6,800

8,200 

8,200 

6,8OO 

6,520 

5,390

4,220 

3,190 

2,620 

2,620 

2,840

3,980 

7,100 

7,800 

7,450 

6,800

5,590 

5,020 

4,220 

3,180 

2,760

2,620 

2,500 

2,340 

2,560 

2,500 

2,340

Apr.

2,190 

2,190 

2,560 

3,590 

3,700

3,000 

2,620 

2,390 

2,140 

1,950

1,720 

1,810 

1,900 

1,810 

1,770

1,600 

1,520 

1,520 

1,520 

1,480

1,410 

1,350 

1,350 

1,320 

1,320

1,320 

1,320 

1,290 

1,230 

1,290

Maximum

1,600 

1,560 

1,680

21,300

30,700 

22,700 

8,200 

3,700 

5,590 

3,280 

2,690 

2,390 

1,320

30,700

May

1,990 

2,390 

2,560 

3,000 

4.O8O

5,590 

5,590 

3,480 

2,390 

1,990

1,810 

1,720 

1,680 

1,860 

2,500

3,480 

3,950 

3,700 

3,090 

2,690

2,500 

2,390 

2,140 

1,900 

1,680

1,480 

1,380 

1,410 

1,290 

1,230 

1,200

Minimum

1,170 

1,010 

982

982

1,150 

1,900 

2,340 

1,230 

1,200 

982 

901 

982 

794

794

-ft.). Jan. 10 (7:30 a.m.) 33, 7C

23,400 sec. -ft.; Mar. 7 (7:30 a.m.J 8,600 sec. -ft. j Mar. 17 (9 p.m

June

1,200 

1,170 

1,200 

1,170 

1,150

1,290 

1,640 

2,600 

3,280 

2,760

2,340 

1,860 

1,600 

1,410 

1,320

1,230 

1,200 

1,170 

1,200 

1,320

1,350 

1,350 

1,290 

1,230 

1,120

1,060 

1,040 

1,010 

982 

982

Mean

1,349 

1,149 

1,223

2,819

4,652 

5,670 

4,505 

1,873 

2,521 

1,451 

1,205 

1,215 

895

2,292

July

982 

982 

955 

1,010 

1,040

1,010 

1,010 

982 

982 

955

928 

901 

955 

1,010 

1,170

1,260 

1,320 

1,260 

1,150 

1,040

1,010 

1,010 

1,010 

1,010 

1,060

"1,170 

1,230 

1,560 

2,140 

2,560 

2,690

Aug.

2,390 

2,040 

1,640 

1,38O 

1.35O

1,320 

1,170 

1,120 

1,06O 

1,010

982 

1,010 

1,040 

1,010 

982

982 

v 1,010 

1,090 

1,060 

1,120

1,440 

1,520 

1,260 

1,060 

982

1,010 

1,090 

1,200 

1,150 

1,090 

1,090

Per square 

mile

1.11 

.950 

1.01

2.33

3.84 

4.69 

3.72 

1.55 

2.08 

1.20 

-.996 

1.00 

.740

1.89

Sept.

1,040 

1,010 

955 

928 

928

901 

874 

847 

820 

820

820 

847 

847 

847 

794

820 

820 

847 

901 

928

928 

874 

820 

820 

794

794 

794 

901 

1,200 

1,320

Runoff in 

inches

1.29 

1.06 

1.16

31.62

4.43 

4.88 

4.29 

1.73 

2.40 

1.34 

1.15 

1.16 

.82

25.71

0 sec. -ft. j Feb. 15 (12:30 p.m.) 

) 8,200 sec. -ft.
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS 537

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 Qulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1949 to September 1950

James River Basin, Va.

Date

Oct. 12 

Aug. 16

16 

16 

1

Oct. 12 

Sept. 10 

Aug. 16 

Sept. 10 

10

Oct. 10 

10

10 

10

Sept. 10 

Oct. 11

Sept. 10 

Aug. 23

23 

23

23 

Feb. 21 

21

Aug. 23

21 

Sept. 13

Stream

Hackey Spring. ....... 

Cowpasture River.....

Shews Pork. ..........

Meadow Creek. ........ 

C. E. Lefel Spring... 

Looney Mill Creek. . . . 

Calf pasture River....

St. Mary River.. .....

Irish Creek. .........

Colliers Creek. ......

Davls Creek. .........

North Pork Hardware 

River.

North Pork Rlvanna 

River. 

Schenks Branch. ......

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Jackson River. . j 

James River. ....

Cowpasture River

Cralg Creek. .... 

Meadow Creek. . . . 

James River. ....

Maury (North) 

River.

South River. .... 

Maury (North) 

River. 

South River. .... 

....do..........

Maury (North) 

River.

South Pork 

Buffalo Creek.

Buffalo Creek. . . 

James River. ....

Rockflsh River. .

Hardware River. .

Rlvanna River... 

Meadow Creek. . . .

Locality

0.5 mile south of VanderpooL 

At bridge on U. S. Highway ~ 

250, 1.6 miles west of 

Headwaters. 

At headwaters, 4.3 miles 

east of McDowell. 

At bridge on U. S. Highway 

250 at McDowell. 

At bridge on State Highway 

624 and 5.5 miles southeast of Newcastle. 

0.1 mile southeast of State 

Highway 42 and 2£ miles 

southwest of Newcastle. 

Just east of U. S. Highway 

11 and 4 miles southwest 

of Buchanan. 

Just below bridge on U. S. 

Highway 250 and 2 miles 

east of West Augusta. 

0.1 mile above State Highway 740 and 0.5 mile 

below Denmark. 

0.3 mile above Walker Creek 

and 2£ miles northwest of 

Lexlngton. 

2 miles north of Vesuvius.... 

Just above Irish Creek and 

0.6 mile north of Cornwall. 

0.6 mile north of Cornwall... 

0.3 mile east of Steeles 

Tavern. 

0.3 mile below bridge on 

U. S. Highway 11 and 6.7 

miles southwest of 

Lexlngton . 

1.2 miles northwest of 

Rapps Mill and 5.5 miles 

northeast of Natural 

Bridge. 

Along State Highway 251, 1.0 

mile above Ef finger. 

At bridge on U. S. Highway 

60, 5.3 miles northwest 

of Porks of Buffalo. 

At Woods Mill, 0.4 mile 

above mouth. 

At bridge on U. S. Highway 

29, 1.5 miles southwest 

of Covesvllle. 

Just above bridge on State 

Highway 616 at Paber. 

At bridge on State Highway 

335, at Schuyler. 

0.1 -mile below bridge on 

State Highway 335, at 

Schuyler. 

At bridge on U. S. Highway 

29, 0.5 mile west of Red 

Hill. 

At bridge on U. S. Highway 

29. 

At bridge ott Rugby Avenue, at 

Charlottesvllle .

Drainage 

area 

(sq.ml. )

-

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

3.87 

2.26

.34 

16.0 

2.79

1.72 

a 10, 000 

.50 

alO,000 

all, 500

5.86 

25.8

12.5 

1.72

339,700 

1.78

a7,960 

5.23

6.86 

1.22

2.05 

3.11 

3.86

4.51

25.2 

b8 90

a Plow at crest stage; computed by slope-area method. 

b Plow at crest stage; computed by contracted-opening method.

Pasquotank River Basin, N. C.

Apr. 19 

Sept. 4

Pasquotank River. .... 

....do...............

Albermarle 

Sound.

....do..........

At bridge on U. S. Highway 

17. lat. 36°25'20", long. 

7 6 s 20 '50", li miles below 

Newland drainage canal, 

2 miles southwest of South 

Hills, Camden County, and 

5 miles above confluence 

with Dismal Swamp Canal. 

....do.......................

72.2 

30.0

Chowan River Basin

Oct. 19

Dee. 1

Jan. 17

Mar. 8

Apr. 18

Meherrln River. ......

.. . .do.......... .....

Chowan River. . . .

....do..........

At bridge on State Highway

35, lat. 36°32'20", long.

77*ll'17 n', 1-t miles above

Tarrara Creek and 1-J miles

north of Severn, Northampton County, N. C.

....do.......................

1,120

_

_

_

_

222

582

404

231536 0-53-36
538 MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge measurements In the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1949 to September 1950 Continued

Chowan River Basin Continued

Date

Aug. 26 

Apr. 18

July 28 

28

Dec. 13

Sept. 3

Stream

Meherrln River. ...... 

Potecasl Creek. ......

Cypress Swamp. .......

Ahoskle Creek. .......

....do...............

....do...............

....do...............

....do...............

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Chowan River. . . . 

Meherrln River. .

Blackwater River 

....do..........

Wlcacon Creek. . .

....do..........

....do..........

....do..........

Locality

At bridge on State Highway 

35, lat. 36°32'20", long. 

77*11 '17", li miles above 

Tarrara Creek and if miles 

north of Severn, Northampton County, N. C. 

At bridge on State Highway 

35, lat. 36°22', long. 

77*14', f mile north of 

Potecasl, Northampton 

County, and 2f miles above 

Urahaw Swamp, N. C.

At bridge on Route 635, 

J mile north of Route 611, 

3 miles southwest of Burdette, Southampton County, 

and 5 miles north of Franklin, Va.

i mile west of Route 460 

 and 3 miles northwest of 

Ivor, Va. 

At bridge on State Highway 

350, lat. 36°17', long. 

77°00', f mile southwest 

of Ahoskie, Hertford 

County, N. C.

....do......................

36°25'55", long. 76°42'00", 

3i miles northeast of 

Gatesville, Gates County, 

and 4i miles below Duke 

Swamp, N. C. 

....do......................

....do......................

Drainage 

area 

(sq.mi.)

53.2

64.3

_

_

_

_

79.6

_

Discharge 

(see. -ft.)

856 

13.4

15.6 

29.5

32.9 

26.3

6.7

4.50

152

13.0

.09!

29.8

10.1

3.67

Cashle River (Basin, N. C.

Apr. 19 Roquist Creek. ....... Cashle River. . . . At highway bridge, lat. 

35°57', long. 76°56', 

3l miles above mouth and 

3f miles south-southeast 

of Windsor, Bertie County.

62.2 6.1

Roanoke River Basin

Aug. 2

Nov. 21

Nlnninger Creek. .....

South Countryllne 

Creek.

Otter River. ....

Countryline 

Creek.

At bridge on Route 43, 

4 miles south of Bedford, 

Va.

311, lat. 36°17', long. 

80°09', at Walnut Cove, 

Stokea County, N. C., 

4 miles above mouth.

....do......................

At bridge on first road 

above State Highway 86, 

lat. 36°21', long. 79*16', 

4-J miles above mouth and 

4f miles southeast of 

Yanceyville, Caswell 

County, N. C.

57, lat. 36*28', .long. 

79*07', 1 mile above South 

Hyco Creek, 2£ miles southeast of Semora, and 9 miles 

northwest of Roxboro , tjprson 

County, N. C.

17, lat. 35°47'21", long. 

77°03'36", Just below Dog 

Branch and 4j miles south 

of Willlamston, Martin 

County, N. C.

114

-

34.8

-

78.0

-

15. 5 1

3. S3

65.1

68.9

32.8

5.04

5.79

.31

18.4

21.1

3.23

5.11

2.73

Pamllco River Basin, N. C.

158, lat. 36°18'47", long. 

78°43'15", If miles above 

mouth and 7£ miles west 

of Oxford, Granville 

County.

22.6 4.04
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS 539

Miscellaneous discharge measurements In the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1949 to September 1950 Continued

Famlieo River Basin, N. C.--Continued

Date

Apr. 15

Apr. 17

Apr. 19

Apr. IS

Jan. 19 

Mar. 9

15

28

May 27

Aug. 20

.Sapt.28

Stream

Shelton Creek. ......

Herring Run. ........

....do... ...........

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Tar River. ......

....do..........

....do..........

Pamlloo River. . .

....do..........

Locality

At bridge on 0. S. Highway158, lat. 36 0 18'47", long. 

78"43'15", l{ miles above 

mouth and 7^ miles west of 

Oxford, Oranvllle County.

0. S. Highway 1. lat. 36°n', 

long. 78*27', lj miles above 

mouth, 2j miles south of 

Klttrell, Vance County, and 

4 miles below Ruin Creek.

At highway bridge, lat. 35°

53'07", long. 77°54'-45", 

1 mile above mouth and 6^ 

miles southeast of Nashville, Nash County.

long. 77°52', 3 miles below 

Sandy Creek, and 3 miles 

northeast of Red Oak, Nash 

County.

State Highway 59, lat. 36° 

23', long. 78*11', £ mile 

below Fhoebes Creek and 2 

miles southwest of Warrenton, Warren County.

258, lat. 35°48'00", long. 

77°35 I 2G", £ mile below 

Bynum Mill Creek and 2f 

miles east of Flnetops, 

Edge combe County.

lat. 35*37 1 25", long. 77° 

13 '20", at Paotolus, Pltt 

County, 2 miles below 

Hunting Run and 5j miles 

above mouth.

lat. 35°35'10", 77°04'05", 

ij miles above mouth and 2£ 

miles north of Washington, 

Beaufort County.

At bridge on first road above 

0. S. Highway 264, lat. 35" 

34', long. 77°01'j 2£ rtlleB 

above mouth and 2j miles 

northeast of Washington, 

Beaufort County.

lat. 35°19', long. 76°52', 

at Edward,, Beaufort County.

....do.......................

Drainage 

area 

(sq.Hil.)

69.8

64.8

_

180

_

192

6.2

4.4

1

_

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

4.70 

.88

8.84

14.2

4.33

77.4

39.5

30.7

95.5

40.8

42.9

13.2

29.0

2.84

.483

8.70

E Q7

2.69

Neuse River Basin, N. C.

Dec. 10

Apr. 15

Aug. 11

30 

Dec. 10

Horse Creek. ........

~

....do..............

Crab tree Creek. .....

. Neuse River, ....

....do..........

....do..........

....do.......... 

....do. .........

At bridge on 0. S. Highway

264, lat. 35°58'10", long.

78 0 35'30", 1 mile above

mouth and 4i miles west of

Wake Forest, wake County.

....do.......................

... .do... ....................

At bridge on U. S. Highway

ISA, lat. 35° 50 '15", long.

78e 40'45", li miles above

Mine Creek and 4i miles

northwest of Raleigh, Wake

County.

21.0

-

-

97.8

12.7

11.9

7.62 

9.16

22.4
540 MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge measurements In the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1949 to September 1950 Continued

Neuse River Basin, N. C. Continued

Date

Apr. 14

11

31

Dec. 11

Dec. 13

Apr. 19

Dec. 13 

Apr. 17

Swpt^E?

Stream

Crabtree Creek. .....

Stony Creek. ........

Moccasin Creek. .....

Core Creek. ......... 

....do..............

....do..............

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Neuse River. ....

Swamp.

Neuse River. ....

Contentnea Creek

Neuse River. ....

....do. .........

Locality

At bridge on U. S. Highway 

ISA, lat. 35°50'15", long. 

78°40'45", I? miles above 

Mine Creek and 4i miles 

northwest of Raleigh, 

Wake County.

ISA, lat. 35°41', long. 

78°41', Is miles above 

Yates Pond Creek and 2 

miles north of McCullers, 

Wake County.

41', long. 78*39', 2 miles 

northeast of Williams 

Cross Roads and Z-| miles 

northeast of McCullers , 

Wake County.

210, lat. 35°30', long. 

78°24', 15 miles above 

mouth, 2 miles below 

Steep Hill Branch, and 3 

miles west of Smithfield, 

Johnston County.

28', long. 78*27', 2J 

miles northwest of Pour 

Oaks, Johnston County, 

and 5 miles above mouth.

16', long. 78*05', 15 

miles above mouth and 2£ 

miles west of Dudley, 

Wayne County.

At bridge on U. S. Highway 

70, lat. 35°23', long. 

77°58', 2 miles east of 

Goldsboro, Wayne County, 

and 3j miles above mouth.

70, lat. 35°15'40", long. 

77°41'30", at Palling 

Creek, Lenoir County, 4 

miles above mouth, and 6j 

miles west of Kinston.

08', long. 77*42', \ mile 

above mouth, 0.7 mile east 

of Deep Run, Lenoir County, 

and llj miles southwest 

of Kinston.

At bridge on U. S. Highway 

264, lat. 35°49', long. 

78°15', 3i miles northwest 

of Middlesex, Nash County, 

and 9 miles above Turkey 

Creek.

58, lat. 35"30'30", long. 

77°44'35", f mile above 

mouth and 5f miles northwest of Snow Hill, Greene 

County.

At bridge on State Highway 

55, lat. 35°15'10", long. 

77 6 17'10", 3f miles southeast of Port Barnwell, 

Craven County, and 7 miles 

above mouth.

....do..... .................

Drainage 

, area 

(sq.mi.)

39.9

_

124

_

79.0

17.0

_

21.0

45.4

_

6.1

_

_

28.2

_

_

59.2

_

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

24.9

3.01

28.0

9.26

2.93

52.9

52.9

18.5

33.7

1.57

8.04

5.36

7.06 

4.27

6.31

25.8

12.7

4.17

2.66

2.78

9.80

5.50

26.9

27.0

16.2

10.4
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS 541

Miscellaneous discharge measurements In the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins

during water year October 1949 to September 1950 Continued

Neuse River Basin, N. C. Continued

Date

Dec. 13

Sept. 28

Stream

Trent River. ........

....do..............

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Neuse River. ....

....do..........

Locality

At bridge on State Highway 

12, lat. 35°04'55", long. 

77"25'05", 3j miles west 

of Trenton, Jones County, 

and 4^ miles above Beaver 

Creek.

11'. long. 76*56', li miles 

southeast of Springhope and 

3 miles north of Olympia, 

Paralieo County.

....do......................

Drainage 

area 

(sq.ml.)

181

22.0

-

Discharge 

(see. -ft.)

46.5 

41.1

44.0

.721

1.77

Newport River Basin, N. C.

May 26

Sept. 28

Black Creek. ........

....do. .............

Newport River. . .

....do..........

At highway bridge, lat. 34°

47'14", long. 76°48'00",

Just below outlet of Carteret Lodge Lake, 14 miles

above mouth, and 3 miles

east of Newport, Carteret

County.

....do. .....................

10.7

-

2.54

.78

White Oak River Basin, N. C.

Apr. 17 White Oak River..... Atlantic Ocean. . At bridge on U. S. Highway 

17, lat. 34°53'30", long. 

77°14'00", £ mile north 

of Belgrade, Onslow County

53.3 21.1

Cape Fear River Basin, N. C.

Nov. 16

Apr 11

Nov. 21

Nov. 21

23

Nov. 22

Cape Pear River.....

Jordan Creek. .......

Little Alamance 

Creek.

New Hope River. .....

Atlantic Ocean. .

Buttermilk Creek

Alamance Creek. . 

Haw River.......

At bridge jon State Highway 

217, lat. 35°19', long. 

78°42', 1 mile below Juniper Creek and l£ miles 

southwest of Erwln, Harnett County.

1, lat. 34°24' , long. 

78°17', 4 miles southeast of Kelly, Bladen 

County.

29, lat. 36°16', long. 

79°39', It miles above 

mouth and 5£ miles south 

of Reldsvllle, Rocklngham 

County.

At highway bridge, lat. 36° 

11', long. 79*24', 1 mile 

south of Union Ridge, 

Alamance County, 2 miles 

above mouth, and 7 miles 

north of Burlington.

70, lat. 36°06', long. 76° 

20' , li miles below Quaker 

Creek and 2 miles east of 

town of Haw River, Alamance 

County.

62, lat. 36°02', long. 79° 

29', at Alamance, 0.7 mile 

below Little Alamance 

Creek and 4 miles south of 

Burlington, Alamance County.

At highway bridge, lat. 36° 

03', long. 79*38', 4^ 

miles west of Whitsett. 

Guilford County, and 8J 

miles east of Greensboro. 

At bridge? on State Highway 

54, lat. 35°55'00", long. 

78 6 58 '15", 1 mile above 

Third Creek, 4j miles east 

of Chapel Hill, and 5$ 

miles southwest of Durham, 

Durham County.

3,730 

5,230

55.1

21.6

71.0

144

38.4 

57.1

1,760 

1,730

2,980

6.05 

7.05

.80

6.89

60.8

56.6

18.3

5.60 

12.5
542

.Miscellaneous discharge

MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

large measurements In the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf o 

.during water year October 1949 to September 1950 Continued

Cape Fear River Basin, N. C. Continued

if Mexico basins

Date

Apr. 14

Oct. 31

Nov. 22

Nov. 22

24

Nov. 22

Aug. 11

Aug. 22

Apr. 24

22

Dec. 12

28

May 25

Stream

New Hope River. .....

Sandy Creek. ........

Bear Creek. .........

Crane Creek. ........ 

....do..............

Rookflsh Creek. .....

....do..............

....do..............

Tributary to or 

diverting from--

Haw River. ...... 

...,do..........

Deep River. .....

....do..........

Rocky River.. . ..

Lower Little 

River.

Cape Fear River.

Locality

At bridge on State Highway 

54, lat. 35°55'00", long. 

78° 58 '15", 1 mile above 

Third Greek, 4£ miles 

east of Chapel Hill, and 

5j miles southwest of 

Durham, Durham County.

35°51' , long. 79°50', Z£ 

miles northwest of Randleman, Randolph County. 

At bridge on State Highway 

49. lat. 35°51', long. 

79°38' , £ mile east of 

Melancton and 34 miles 

west of Liberty, Randolph 

County.

13, lat. 35°38', long. 79° 

43', 3i miles above Bachelors Creek and 8 miles 

southeast of Asheboro, 

Randolph County.

27, lat. 35°23', long. 79° 

27', 3 miles northwest of 

Carthage, Moore County, 

and 3£ miles below Junipers Creek.

At highway bridge, lat. 35° 

38', long. 79*18', 3 miles 

northeast of Goldston, 

Chatham County, 4£ miles 

below Atlantic and Yadkin 

Ry. , and 6j miles above 

mouth .

34', long.. 78*58', Ij miles 

below tfhiteoak Creek, li 

miles southeast of Corinth, 

Chatham County, and 2 miles 

above mouth.

210, lat. 35°2Z', long. 

78*51' , 3 miles southwest 

of Lillington, Harnett 

County, and 9 miles above 

mouth.

At bridge on U . S. Highuay 1, lat. 

35°17', long. 79°16', '!£" 

miles below Herds Creek 

and 2 miles northeast of 

Vass, Moore County.

At highway bridge, lat. 35° 

00', long. 79*13', 1 mile 

below Nicholsons Creek 

and 1 mile north of Raeford, Hoke County.

42', long. 78*54', l£ 

miles above Jones Lake 

Outlet, 44 miles northeast of Elizabethtown, 

Bladen County, and 6 miles 

above mouth.

At bridge on U. S. Highways

74 and 76, lat. 34° 19', 

long. 78°14', l£ miles 

southwest of Belco and 1-J 

miles west of Acme, Columbus County.

74 and 76, lat. 34°17', 

long. 78°08', 1 mile southeast of Maco and 4j miles 

northwest of Leland, 

Brunswick County.

33', long. 78*15', 2$ miles 

below South River and 5 

miles northwest of Atklnaon, 

Fender County.

Drainage 

area 

(sq.mi.)

169

23.3

33.9

43.1

43.2

74.2

180

32.4

90.7

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

13.7 

4.73

5,590

12.4 

11.8

3.34

15.1

19.9

16.6

6.77

5.38 

5.50

4.52

19.8

5.00

8.10

75.4

13.7 

8.06

82.0

30.0

493
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS 543

Miscellaneous discharge measurements In. the south Atlantic slope and eastern Qulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1949 to September 1950--Continued

Cape Pear River Basin, N. C.--Continued

.Date

Dec. 12

Dec. 12

Dec. 12

Sept. 29

Stream

Little Coharie 

Creek.

Six Runs ...........

....do.............

... .do.. ...........

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Coharie Creek. . .

Black River. ....

....do..........

....do..........

Locality

At bridge on State Highway 

24, lat. 34°57', long. 78° 

20', l£ miles east of Roseboro, Sampson County, and 

ij miles above Bearskin 

Swamp.

At bridge on State Highway 24, 

lat. 348 59', long. 78°14', 

1/8 mile above Atlantic 

Coastline Ry. , £ mile below 

Turkey Creek, and 5 miles 

east of Clinton, Sampson 

County.

long. 78°07', 2$ miles below 

Tuckahoe Creek and 3 miles 

northeast of Atklnson, 

Fender County.

....do.......................

Drainagej 

area , 

(sq.ml.)

96.4

_

110

51.9

-

-Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

37.8

184

26.9

9.06

40.7

3.10

6.22

2.76

Lockwooda Polly Basin, N. C.

May 25

Aug. 18

Sept . 29

Pinch Gut Creek. . . .

....do.............

... .do.............

....do.............

Lockwoods Polly.

....do..........

At bridge on U. S. Highway 17, 

lat. 34°02'50", long. 78°10' 

45", li miles above mouth

and 2 miles southwest of

Bolivia, Brunswick County.

....do.......................

20.3

-

2.56

3.72

Pee Dee River Basin

Mar. 2

Apr. 28

Aug. 18

Oct. 12

Sept. 21

Oct. 12 

Apr. 10

Sept. 21

Nov. 17 

Feb. 3

Oct. 17

Feb. 8

Sept. 19

Nov. 2 

Dec. 7

Hay 8

Sept. 19

Pee Dee River. .....

....do.............

Middle Pork Reddles 

River.

Roaring River. ..... 

....do.............

....do........ .....

Stewart Creek. .....

Hunting Creek. ..... 

....do.............

....do.............

Atlantic Ocean. .

Reddles River. . .

Yadkin River. . . .

Ararat River. . . .

South Yadkin 

R1-! er.

....do..........

At bridge on U. S. Highway 

15, near ISociety Hill, S.C.

268, lat. 36°04'20", long. 

81°24 ( 15 1', at Elkville, 

WilkeS County, N. C. , 0.4 

mile above mouth.

At highway bridge, lat. 36" 15' 

50", long. 81°17'55", 1 mile 

east of Wllbar, Wllkes 

County, N. C., and 2j miles 

above mouth.

At highway bridge, lat. 36° 

15°20", long. 81°02'30", 3^ 

miles northwest of Roaring 

River, Wllkes County, N. C. , 

and 4 miles above mouth.

At bridge on U. S. Highway 

601, lat. 36°27'45", long. 

80°37'30", 2 miles above 

mouth and 3 miles southwest of Mount Airy, Surry 

County, N. C.

138, lat. 36°02', long. 80° 

22', l£ miles east of Clemmons, Forsyth County, N. C. , 

and 2 miles above Salem 

Creek.

At bridge on U. S. Highway 54, 

lat. 35°55'05", long. 80°40' 

30", at Calahaln, Davle 

County, N. C., and 7 miles 

weat of Hocksvllle.

....do........................

-

13.9

122

89.2

180

_

6,870

33.2

23 2

172

100

730 

168

191

161.
544 MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1949 to September 1950 Continued

Pee Dee River Basin Continued

Date

Oct. 17

Oct. 17

Hov. 22

Dec. 2

Apr. 20

Aug. 30

Apr. 20

Mar. 2

Apr. 20

May 31

Apr. 21

31

Jan. 11

Stream

....do.............

....do.............

.!..do........... ..

Rooky River. .......

Coddle Creek. ......

....do.............

Little River....... 

....do.............

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

River.

....do..........

....do..........

Pee Dee River. . .

Rocky River. ....

....do....... ...

Pee Dee River. . .

....do..........

....do.... ......

Locality

48 '30", long. 80°52'45", 

200 feet above Morrison 

Creek and 1 mile north of 

Statesvllle, Iredell 

County, N. C.

70. lat. 35°43'00", long. 

80*35 '45", i mile below 

Whiterow Creek and 2.7 

miles east of Barber, 

Rowan County, N. C.

150, lat. 35°40'00", long. 

80°30'30", 2 miles west 

of Salisbury, Rowan County, 

N. C.

long. 80°18', 0.6 mile east 

of Linwood, Davldson County, 

N. C. , and 2 miles above 

mouth.

109, lat. 35° 58', long. 80" 

08 ', 5 miles above Brushy 

Pork Creek, and 5 miles 

northwest of Thoraasville, 

Dayidson County, N. C.

supply intake, lat. 35°54'', 

long. 80°11', 400 feet 

below Brushy Pork Creek and 

5i miles west of Thomasville, Davidson County, 

N. C.

48', long. 80*00', 2 miles 

above Little Uwharrie River 

and 12 miles northwest of 

Asheboro, Randolph County, 

N. C.

At highway bridge, lat. 35° 

19', long. 80*29', | mile 

above Dutch Buffalo Creek 

and 9 miles southeast of 

Concord, Cabarrus County, 

N. C.

At highway bridge, lat. 35° 

24', long. 80*40', Just 

below Afton Run, 2£ miles 

below State Highway 73, 

and 5 miles west of Concord, 

Cabarrus County, N. C.

lat. 35"16'44", long. 80*18' 

11", 2^ miles above Stony 

Run and 8 miles southwest 

of Albemarle, Stanly County, 

N. C.

....do.......................

At highway bridge, lat. 35° 

23 '10", long. 79°49'54n , i 

mile below West Pork Little 

River and 3 miles west of 

Star, Montgomery County, 

N. C.

58 '35", long. 79°51'3d", 

i mile above mouth, li miles 

southeast of Blewett Palls 

Dam, and 5i miles northwest 

of Rockingham, Richmond 

County, N. C.

57'40", long. 79°42'15", 

1 mile south of U. S. Highway 1 and 4 miles east of 

Rockingham, Richmond -County, 

N. C.

Drainage 

, area , (sq.ml.)

119

38.8

34.9

33.8

65.9

31.9

409

56.6

71.6

97.6

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

10.1

56.4

72.9

46.5

14.5

23.6

23.9

11.4

24.6

20.5

18.9

10.1

14.3

170

180

65.2

32.0 

9.88

22.8

73.3
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS 545

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico ba«ins 

during water year October 1949 to September 1950 Continued

Pee Dee River Basin Continued

Date

Apr. 19

Jan. 5 

Feb. 28

Mar. 3 

May 24

Apr. 25

Apr. 19

Apr. 19

Aug. 31

Sept. 28

Apr. 18

Sept. 28

Apr. 18

Sept. 28

Stream

Palling Creek. .....

Chock Creek. .......

South Pork Jones 

Creek.

Thompson Creek. ....

Gum Swamp Creek. . . .

....do.............

....do..... ........

Big Raft Swamp. .... 

....do..... ........

....do.............

Tributary to or 

diverting, from--

Pee Dee River. . .

Hitchcock Creek. 

Jones Creek. ....

Pee Dee River. . .

Little Pee Dee 

River.

Lumber River. . . .

....do..........

.Locality

At highway bridge, lat. 34° 

57'40", long. 79°42'15", 

1 mile south of U. S. Highway 1 and 4 miles east of 

Roekingham, Richmond 

County, N. C.

J mile above U. S. Highway 1, 

lat. 34°57'55", long. 79*38' 

55", 2 miles northwest of 

Cognac and 6 miles northeast 

of Hamlet, Richmond County, 

N. C. 

At bridge on U. S. Highway 

52, lat. 34°53'15", long. 

80*01 '30", l£ miles above 

mouth and 2 miles north of 

Morven, Anson County, N. C.

....do.......................

At highway bridge, J mile 

below Seaboard Air Line 

R. R. bridge, 3.5 miles 

southwest of Cheraw, S. C.

at Society Hill, S. C. 

....do.............. .........

....do................... ....

.. ..do......... ..............

At highway bridge, lat. 34° 

51 '15", long. 79°31'30", l£ 

miles above Richmond Mill 

Pond, 4 miles above Seaboard 

Air Line R. R. , and 6£ miles 

northwest of Laurinburg, 

Scotland County, N. C. 

....do.......................

74, lat. 34°45', long. 79" 

23 ' , i mile below Seaboard 

Air Line R. R. , 2£ miles 

below Jordans Creek, and 

4£ miles southeast of 

Laurinburg, Scotland 

County, N. C.

lat. 35°11'35", long. 79°38' 

50", 2 miles southwest of 

Jackson Springs, Moore 

County, N. C. 

... .do................. ......

42', long. 79*15', J mile 

above U. S. Highway 74 and 

3£ miles west of Pembroke, 

Robeson County, N. C.

At bridge on State Highway 

211, lat. 34°43', long. 79° 

05', ij miles above Richland Swamp and 6 miles 

northwest of Lumber ton, 

Robeson County, N. C.

43', long. 78°50', i mile 

south of Robeson -Bladen 

County line, 2£ miles above 

Goodman Swamp, and 2-J miles 

southwest of Tarheel, 

Bladen County, N. C. 

.. ..do.......................

Drainage 

. area . (sq.ml.)

8.1 

33.7

41.1

84.5

107

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

5.27 

2.64

5.50

14.5 

17.5

.28

155 

93.0

99.1

68.0

48.4

82.1

23.2

78.6 

32.2

63.4

20.7

231

30.9 

22.2

43.4

22.7

Santee River Basin

Apr. 13 

Nov. 30

Feb. 28

Mar. 30

July 25

Catawba River. .....

....do..... ........

Santee River. . . . At bridge on U. S. Highway 64, 

lat. 35°37'30", long. 82°10' 

30", £ mile south of Old 

Port, McDowell County, N. C. , 

i mile above Mill Creek.

55", long. 82*10'20", i mile 

below Mill Creek and 1 mile 

east of Old Port, McDowell 

County, N. C.

29'25", long. 80°56'52", 

£ mile above Davidson Creek 

and 3.3 miles east of Triangle, Lincoln County, N. C.

14.0 25.8
546 MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge measurements In the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1949 to September 1950 Continued

Santee River Basin Continued

Date

Aug. 14 

Apr. 13

Mar. 3

Dec. 1

Feb. 28

Mar. 29

Oct. 5

Oct. 5

Dec. 1

Oct. 11

11

5

Feb. 24

Mar. 8

13

28

Stream

Catawba River. ..... 

Curtls Creek. ......

River. 

....do.............

No Name Creek. .....

River.

....do.............

....do.............

tributary to or 

diverting from 

Santee River. . . . 

Catawba River. . .

....do..........

North Muddy 

Creek.

Locality

At State Highway 73, lat. 35°' 

29 '25", long. 80"56'52 n , 

£ mile above Davldson Creek 

and 3.3 miles east of Triangle, Lincoln County, N. C. 

At bridge on U. S. Highways 

64 and 70, lat. 35° 38 '35", 

long. es'Og'SO", 2 miles 

northeast of Old Fort, 

MoDowell County, N. C.

At highway bridge, lat. 35°

50'00", long. 82°00'05", at 

Pltts, McDowell County, 

N. C., and 3j miles northeast of Woodlawn.

64 and 70, lat. 35°42'50", 

long. '61°51'35", £ mile 

south of Brldgewater, Burke 

County, N. C. 

At highway bridge, lat. 35" 

38 '45", long. 81°57'20", 

1 mile above mouth and 

4 miles, southeast of Marion, 

McDowell County, M. C.

41 '55", long. 61°45'45", 

Just above Sutterwhlte Creek 

and 2j miles southeast of 

Glen Alpine, Burke County, 

M. C.

45 '40", long. 81°39'10", 

about l£ miles above mouth 

and 2 miles northeast of 

Morganton, Burke County, 

N. C.

55'25", long. 81°40'40", at 

Collettsvllle, Caldwell 

County, N. C., £ mile above 

Mulberry Creek.

321, lat. 35°54'35", long. 

81° 31 '35", at Lenoir, Caldwell County, N. C.,0.2 mile 

above Cane Creek.

49'45", long. 61°37'50", ij 

miles above Whites Mill 

Creek, 3 miles above mouth, 

and 6 miles northeast of 

Morganton, Burke County, 

N. C.

46 '30", long. 81°35'00", 

J mile above mouth, l£ 

miles northeast of Drexel, 

and 6 miles northeast of 

Morganton, Burke County, 

M. C.

46'20", long. 81°33'45". li 

miles above mouth and 1} 

miles northwest of Valdese, 

Burke County, N. C.

lat. 35°55'10", long. 81" 

12 '55", 2 miles west of 

Taylorsvllle, Alexander 

County, N. C.

SS'OO", long. 61°12'25", if 

miles northwest of Millersvllle, Alexander County, 

N. C. , and 2£ miles above 

Ol'ade Creek.

Drainage, 

area 

(sq.ml. )

17.3

33.0

97.3

9.9

25.9

23.3

79.8

5.0

8.6

61.4

_

_

79.4

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

266 

35.3 

46.3

37.5

29.1

84.2

12.6 

12.5

16.9

9.13

28.2

22.0

28.4

79.9

49.5

14.5

93.0

4.58

9.51

69.4

62.5

564

38.3

89.6
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS 547

Miscellaneous discharge measurements In the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1949 to September 1950 Continued

Santee River Basin Continued

Date

Get. 21

Jan. 20 

Apr. 18 

July 14 

Apr. 18

Mar. 6

'Sept. 20 

Apr. 18

July 31 

Mar. 6

9

21 

June 28 

July 26 

Mar. 7

21 

May 16 

Oct. 11

Mar. 23

May 31 

Aug. 4 

Mov. 18

Aug. 15 

Mar. 22

Apr. 27 

May 3 

Aug. 15 

Sept. 15 

Mar. 17

June 29 

Sept. 12

Mar. 2 

8 

13 

20 

20 

Apr. 27 

June 26 

Aug. 15

Stream

Lyle Creek. ....... 

....do............

South Forte Catawba 

River.

....do............

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Catawba River. . . 

....do..........

....do..........

South Fork 

Catawba River.

....do..........

Locality

At bridge on State Highway 

10. lat. 35°42'40", long. 

81*04 "50", at Catawba, 

Catawba County, H. C., and 

1 mile above mouth. 

..~..d6. .....................

At highway bridge, lat. 35° 

30'05", long. 80"55'05", 

li miles above State Highway 73, 3.3 miles northwest of Cornelius, 

Mecklenburg County, H. C. 

At bridge on State Highway 

73, lat. 35*29', long: 80° 

56", 0.7 mile above mouth 

and 4i miles west of 

Cornelius, Mecklenburg 

County, N. C.

At highway bridge, lat. 35° 

24'27", long. 80°53'26", 

2.7 miles west of Hunters - 

vllle, Mecklenburg County, 

N. C.

At highway bridge, "lat. 35° 

22'00", long. 81°01'55", 

3 miles east of Stanley, 

Qaston County, N. C. 

At State Highway 273, lat. 35°18'05", long. 81°01' 

00", at Mount Holly, Qaston 

County, N. C.

At highway bridge, lat. 35° 

17', long. 81*00' . 1 mile 

above mouth and l£ miles 

southeast of Mt. Holly, 

Qaston County, N. C.

At highway bridge, lat. 35° 

39 '50", long. 81°18'25", 

li miles above Jacob Fork 

and 5 miles west of Newton, 

Catawba County, N. C. 

At bridge on State Highway 

27. lat. 35°28'15", long. 

81*16 '10", at Llncolnton, 

Lincoln County, N. C.

At highway bridge, lat. 35° 

38 '25", long. 81°19'25", 

0.7 mile above confluence 

with Henry Fork and 3 

miles west of Star-town, 

Catawba County, N. C.

At bridge on North .Grove St. 

in town of Llncolnton, 

Lincoln County, N. C. , lat. 

35"28'3OH , long. 81°16'05", 

and i mile above mouth.

At highway bridge, lat. 35° 

24 '50", long. 81°20'40", 

2 miles above Leonard 

Fork and 2 miles southwest 

of Crouse,' Lincoln County, 

H. C.

At bridge on State Highway 

150, lat. 35°25'50", long. 

Sl'lT'SO'1 , 1 mile northeast of Crouse and 3 miles 

southwest of Llncolnton, 

Lincoln County, H. C.

....do......................

....do.................. ....

....do......................

....do......................

Drainage 

area 

(sq.mi.)

70.7

34.0 

37.6

37.6 

10.1

112 

141

33.9

106 

393

100 

92.2

49.0

63.3 

63.3

Discharge 

(sec. -ft. )

48.1

75.8 

68.6 

44.5 

*13.9

20.6

11.1 

*5.25

*1.80 

74.8

*99.9

*370 

*53.5 

*39.7 

*57.1

*82.9 

*40.4

188

*946

*274 

*204 

121

71.1 

151

68.6 

57.0 

27.7 

35.3 

*67.4

111 

*38.9 

57.3

57.6 

67.8 

320 

82.4 

91.5 

54.5 

38.9 

27.7

* Measurement furnished by North Carolina Stream Sanitation Commission.
548 MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge measurements In the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1949 to September 1950 Continued

Santee River Basin Continued

Date

Mar. 17

June 29 

Sept. 18 

Apr. 27

Aug. 15 

Mar. 9

28 

May 25 

Aug. 11 

May 26

June 28 

Mar. 15

June 29 

Mar. 14

Apr. 27 

May 26 

Aug. 2 

15 

Nov. 23

Mar. 14 

28 

Apr. 24 

Mar. 14

21 

Apr. 20 

June 28 

Mar. 8

21 

Apr. 20 

June 27 

Dec. 13

Mar. 24 

Apr. 20 

May 19 

June 8 

28 

Aug. 9 

Dec. 13

Aug. 9 

Mar. 27

Jan. 16 

* Measi

Stream

Beaverdam Creek. . .

....do............

Catawba Creek. ....

....do............

Sugar Creek. ......

....do............

....do............

Little Sugar Creek

McAlplne Creek....

....do............

Twelvemlle Creek. .

irement furnished by

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

South Pork 

Catawba River.

Catawba River. . .

.'...do. .........

Sugar Creek. ....

....do... .......

Catawba River. . .

North Carolina St

Locality

At highway bridge, lat. 35°24' 

15", long. 81* 14 '45", i mile 

southwest of Long Shoals and 

2j miles west of High Shoals, 

Gaston County, N. C.

At bridge on State Highway 275, 

lat. 35°18'15", long. 81°13' 

40", 3 miles northwest of 

Qastonla, Qaston County, 

N. C., and 3$ miles northeast 

of Bessemer City.

At highway bridge, lat. 35° 18' 

30", long. 81*07 "05", 0.3 

mile west of Spencer Mountain, Gaston County, H. C., 

and i mile above mouth.

At highway bridge, lat. 35" 11' 

40", long. 81*04 '55", 2± 

miles south of Cramerton, 

Gaston County, N. C., and 5 

miles east of Boogertown.

At highway bridge, lat. 35° IS 1 

05", long. 81°15'15", 1.8 

miles east of Mount View and 

3 miles southeast of Bessemer 

City, Gaston County, N. C.

At bridge on U. S. Highway 321, 

lat. 35°10', long. 81°12', 

i mile below South Crowders 

Creek and 6 miles south of 

Gastonla, Gaston County, 

N. C. 

....do........................

At city of Charlotte, N. C., 

sewage-disposal plant, lat. 

35°11'50", long. 80°54'27", 

4 mile above mouth.

At U. S. Highway 21, lat. 35° 

05 '25", long. 80°54 1 00", 0.8 

mile west of Plnevllle, 

Mecklenburg County, N. C., 

and 1.1 miles east of North 

Carolina-South Carolina 

State line.

At bridge on State Highway 51, 

lat. 35°05'05", long. 80°52' 

55", t mile east of Plnevllle, Mecklenburg County, 

N. C.

At bridge on p. S. Highway 521, 

lat. 35°03'35", long. 80°52' 

35", 1 mile below McMullen 

Creek and 2 miles south of 

Plnevllle, Mecklenburg 

County , N . C .

At bridge on State Highway 16, 

lat. 34°57'05", long. 80°45' 

20", 0.1 mile below West 

Pork Twelvemlle Creek and 2i 

miles north of Waxhaw, Union 

County, N. C.

At highway bridge, 2,000 feet 

above Southern Ry. bridge, 

near Sprlngdell, S. C. 

At bridge on State Highway 9, 

near Port Lawn, S. C. 

ream Sanitation Commission.

Drainage 

area 

(sq.ml.)

23.2 

33.1 

60.6

60.6 

23.2

16.5 

70.1

30.9 

64.8

49.4 

91.7

72.4 

72.4

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

*23.4

14.4 

*9.28 

26.7

11.5 

*58.2

*223 

*23.0 

»9.8 

*13.8

16.0 

*20.5

124 

107

60.8 

56.3 

43.6 

31.3 

17.3

 65.6 

 131 

 19.5 

*163

 231 

*27 8 

20! 6 

*120

*175 

 35.4 

26.4 

30.9

106 

36.2 

22.7 

10.7 

6.58 

. 5.56 

21.8

2.00 

25.5

145
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS 549

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1949 to September 1950--Continued

Santee River Basin--Continued

Bate

May 2 

Feb. 9 

Nov. 14

Mar. 3 

June 26 

26

Nov. 15

Feb. 21 

Mar. 2 

13 

21 

May 3 

June 26 

Sept. 19 

Nov. 15

Mar. 2 

Sept. 20 

Mar. 29

Dec. 20

Apr. 27 

Aug. 15 

Nov. 28

May 11 

Nov. 29

28

May 2 

Nov. 29

28

Feb. 9 

Map. 27 

May 2 

Nov. 15

Mar. 3 

Sept. 19 

Oct. 25

Nov. 29 

28

Dec. 16

Feb. 9 

Mar. 31 

May 4 

10

10 

Oct. 7

May 10

June 14 

Dec. 2

2 

* Meas

Stream

Fishing Creek. ....

South Fork Fishing 

Creek. 

Cove Creek. .......

Second Broad 

River.

....do............

First Broad River.

Cherokee Creek. . . .

North Pacolet 

River.

Tyger River

Reedy River. ......

....do............

Coronaca Creek. . . .

irement furnished by

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

'Catawba River. . . 

Fishing Creek. . . 

Broad River. ....

....do..........

....do..........

Pacolet River. . .

Broad River. ....

Saluda River. . . .

....do..........

Wilson Creek. . . .

North Carolina St

Locality

At bridge on State Highway 9, 

near Fort Lawn, S. C. 

At bridge on State Highway 72, 

near Chester, S. C. 

At bridge on U. S. Highways 

64 and 74, lat. 35° 25 '30", 

long. 82°06'35", 1 mile 

above mouth and 5 miles 

east of Lake Lure, Rutherford County, N. C.

At bridge on State Highway 108, 

lat. 35°20'45", long. 82°00' 

40", 3 miles southwest of 

Rutherfordton, Rutherford 

County, N. C. 

At highway bridge, lat. 35°27', 

long. 81°55', 1 mile above 

Camp Creek and 2 miles northwest of Logan, Rutherford 

County, N. C.

At highway bridge, lat. 35°29', 

long. 81 "40", 2 miles above 

Dune an and Ward Creeks and 

3j miles southwest of Casar, 

Cleveland County, N. C.

At highway bridge, lat. 35°13', 

long. 81°37', 25 miles above 

mouth and 4-J miles northwest 

of Earl, Cleveland County,

At highway bridge, lat. 35° 20' 

55", long. 81*28 '45", 2± 

miles southwest of Waco, 

Cleveland County, N. C., and 

5 miles northeast of Shelby.

At bridge on State Highway 5, 

near Blacksburg, S. C.

1,000 feet above waterworks 

dam, near Gaffney, S. C. 

At bridge on State Highway 5, 

at Kings Creek, S. C.

At bridge on U. S. Highway 29, 

at Thicketty, S. C. 

At bridge on State Highway 5, 

near Sharon, S. C.

At highway bridge, lat. 35°12' 

55", long. 82*10 '50", 1 mile 

below Horse Creek and 3 miles 

east of Tryon, Polk County, 

N. C. . '

At bridge on State Highway 105, 

near Mayo, S. C.

At bridge on U. S. Highway 321, 

near Chester, S. C. 

At bridge on State Highway 72, 

near Leeds, S. C.

At bridge on State Highway 7, 

near Delta, S. C. 

At bridge on State Highway 177, 

near Pomaria, S. C. 

Computation of crest discharge 

over Conestee Dam at Conestee, s.'c.

At bridge on State Highway 22, 

near Ninety Six, S. C. 

....do........................

At bridge on U. S. Highway 221, 

near Greenwood, S. C. 

At bridge on State Highway 248, 

near Ninety Six, S. C. 

 earn Sanitation Commission.

Drainage 

. area . (sq.mi. )

77.0

40.6 

35.7

63.2

292 

43.5

45.6

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

105 

16.1 

150

117 

81.7 

41.1.

51.4

55.7 

44.8 

460 

120 

55.0 

32.6 

38.4 

91.6

79.8 

43.7 

*534

40.0

^35. 7 

18.5 

153

126 

18.2

46.2

38.4 

50.2

44.8

82.9 

66.7 

50.4 

108

81.7 

67.6 

46.7

47.8 

7.72

339

54.5 

66.6 

82.3 

609

17.8 

6,000

24.3

19.9 

12.3

4.96
550 MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge mi

during

 asurements in the south.Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

water year October 1949 to September 1950 Continued

Santee River Basin Continued

Date

Aug. 9 

Mov. 30

23 

Apr. 24

June 19 

Jan. 4 

June 14

OOt. 19

Sept. 19

Stream

Little Saluda 

River.

Congaree Creek. . . 

....do...........

Red Bank Creek. . . 

Gills Creek...... 

....do...........

Little River.....

....do...........

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Saluda River. ....

Congaree River. . . 

.....do....."......

Congaree Creek. . . 

Congaree River. . . 

....do...........

Santee River. ....

....do...........

Locality

At bridge on State Highway 43, at 

Saluda, S. C.

southwest of Mewberry, S. C. 

At bridge on U. S. Highway 21, near i 

 Cayce, S. C. 

. . ..do ... ..... .............

About 50 feet below dam, at Red Bank, 

S. C. 

At bridge on State Highway 48, near 

Columbia, S. C.

Just below Lake Marion Dam, near 

Pinevllle, S. C.

....do.................................. ,

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

4.22 

29.0

242

199

13.9 

' 54.1 

35.9

39.6

33.2

Ashley River Basin, S. C.

Jan. 24 Cypress Swamp. . . .' Ashley River. .... At bridge on U. 

Rldgeville .

S. Highway 78 ,. near 2.23

Kdisto River Basin, S. C.

Dec.

Mav

»ov.

Jan.

1?

14 

23 

23 

24

North Pork Edlsto 

River, 

llghtwood Knot 

Creek. 

Hellhole Creek. . .

Folk Swamp. ......

River.

Edisto River. ....

North Pork Edisto 

River. 

Llghtwood Knot 

Creek. 

Edisto River. ....

of Eureka.

At bridge on U. S. Highway 321, near 

North. 

At bridge on State Highway 116, near 

Leesvllle. 

At highway bridge, 3 miles southeast of 

Leesvllle. 

At bridge on State road S-18-19, near 

Grover.

47.8

28.3

384 

19.2 

23.4 

4.84

Ashepoo River Basin, S. C.

Jan. 24 Ireland Creek. . . . Great Swamp. . . . At bridge on U. 

boro.

S. Highway 15, at Walter- 6.22

Combahee-Broad River Basins, S. C.

Jan. 25

2b

 25

Salkehatchle

River.

Little Salkehatohie River.

Coosawhatchie

River.

Combahee River. . .

....do...........

Broad River. .....

At bridge

Hampton

At bridge

Bamberg

At bridge

Hampton

on U.

on U.

on U.

S.

S.

S.

Highway

Highway

Highway

601,

301,

601,

near

near

near

250

22

26

9

0

Savannah River Basin

June

Dee.

May

Dec.

Aug.

Dec.

Nov.

13

1

1

1

12

2

14

20

*

9

Cane Creek. ......

Twelvemile Creek.

Town Creek. ......

Coneross Creek. . .

....do...........

Rocky River. .....

Wilson Creek. ....

Long Cane Creek. .

Brier Creek. .....

Little River. ....

Seneca River. ....

Twelvemile Creek.

Seneca River. ....

....do...........

Savannah River. . .

Rocky River. .....

Little River. ....

Savannah River. . .

At highway bridge, 3 miles southeast

of West Union, S. C.

At highway bridge, J mile below Wolf

Creek and 3.7 miles southwest of

Fickens, S. C.

700 feet above bridge on State Highway 183, at Fickens, S. C.

At bridge on U. S. Highway 76, at

Rlchland, S. C.

....do..................................

100 feet above waterworks intake and 2.7

miles northeast of Andersen, S. C.

At bridge on State Highway 184, 2.7 miles

east of Iva, S. C.

At bridge on State Highway 72, near

Abbeville, S. C.

At crossing of State Highway 56, 3 miles

northwest of Waynesboro, Ga.

67.8

142

22.1

70.5

53.2

34.1

10.3

34.7

342

Ogeechee River Basin,. Ga.

Mar. 30 Ogeechee River.. Atlantic Ocean... At crossing of State Highway 204, 12

miles from Lanler, at Morgans bridge.

2,640

Altamaha River Basin, Ga.

Sept. 8 

8

South River. ..... Ocmulgee River. . . At highway bridge on Boulder crest Road, 

Dekalb County, 4 miles southeast of 

Atlanta.

County road, 9 miles southeast of 

Atlanta.

east of Covington.

427 

1,330

254
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS 551

Miscellaneous discharge measurements In the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during Mater year October 1949 to September 1950 Continued

Altamaha River Basin, Qa. Continued

Date

Mar. 6 

Apr. 13

Stream

Tpwallga River. . ._

Commissioners 

Creek.

tributary to or 

diver-ting from 

Ooraulgee River. ..... 

Oconee River. .......

Locality

At crossing of State Highway 36, ' 

7 miles southwest of Jackson. 

At bridge on Post Road, i mile 

north of Toomsboro.

4 miles southeast of Jesup.

Discharge 

Csec.-ft.)

420

119 

0

Satllla Rlvep BaBln, Ga.

Oct. 18

Oct. 19

Oct. 19

Oct. 18

Oct. 18

23

Oct. 18

Mar. 29

Sept. 9

Satllla River. . . .

Red Bluff Creek. .

Creek.

Hurricane Creek. .

Creek.

Little Batllla

River.

Satllla Creek....

....do...........

Atlantic Ocean. .....

Alabaha River. ......

Little Satllla 

River. 

....do..............

....do..............

At crossing of State Highway 32, 

8 miles east of Ocilla.

6 miles south of Douglas. 

8.4 miles east of Pearson. .

4 miles north of Douglas.

At crossing of State Highway 32, 

1 mile east of Alma.

5 miles west of Alma.

9 miles north of Alma.

3 miles south of Hortenae. 

Jti ..do...................f.J........

At crossing of U. S. Highway 341, at 

Odun.

1 mile west from Junction with State 

Highway 38. Junction Is 7 miles 

south of Jesup. 

....do...............................

2.54

8.67

0

218

0

18.5

.51

0

112

8.41

3.07 

25.5

. 3.460

St. Johns River Basin, Fla.

May 24 

Nov. 6

Dec. 3

Nov. 2

27

28

Apopka-Beauc lair 

Canal.

Creek.

....do...........

St. Johns River.....

... .do........ ......

At crossing of State 

3i miles northeast

....do..............

Highway 448, 

of Astatula.

7*6.8 

10.9

4.04

61.5

44 4

109

e Estimated.

Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades, Fla.

Dec. 12

July 10

17

14

28

12

May 15

Jan. 30

Oct. 5 

13

Oct. 4

Dec. 21

Jan. 31

Indian Prairie 

Canal.

Cypress-Klsslmmee 

Canal.

Josephine Creek. .

. ...do... ........

Lake Okeechobee. ....

Lake Klsslmmee. .....

Lake Istokpoga. . . . . .

....do..............

At crossing of road 3f miles south of 

Brighton.

miles southwest of Okeechobee.

miles southwest of Okeechobee.

7 miles- southwest of Okeechobee.

At levee, 0.5 mile below Cypress Lake 

and 19 miles northeast of Lake Wales.

At outlet from Josephine Lake, near 

DeSoto City.-

....do...^.. ........................

0.94

645

7 cc

130

4.93

e Estimated.
552 MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge measurements In the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1949 to September 1950 Continued

Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades, Pla. Continued

Date

Mar. 14

Oct. 4

4 

Nov. 7

Oct. 4

Dee. 21

Mar. 14

Apr. 25

Oct. 5

Oct. 4 

Nov. 7

Dec. 21

Oct. 5

Oct. 5 

Nov. 8

Oct. 5

Oct. 4

Dee. 21

Mar. 14

Apr. 25

Oct. 4

Dee. 21

Mar. 14

Oct. 4

Nov. 1

Nov. 1

Sept. 25

Stream

Josephine Lake. . . 

....do...........

....do...........

....do...........

....do...........

Sebring Lake 

south outlet. 

Jackson Creek. . . . 

....do...........

Stearns Creek. . . .

....do...........

....do...........

....do...........

....do...........

....do...........

.. ..do...........

Annie Lake outlet

....do...........

... .do...........

Placid-Mirror 

Canal. 

....do...........

.. ..do...........

....do...........

Hunt ley-Clay 

Canal.

....do...........

Clay Lake outlet.

Yellow Bluff 

Creek.

Letta Lake outlet

Sebring Lake 

northeast outlet.

Little Red Water 

Lake outlet.

Crooked-Clinch 

Canal (formerly 

Caloosa-Cllnch 

Canal)

Clinch Lake outlet.

Taylor Creek. ....

Tributary ,to or 

diverting from 

Lake Istokpoga. .....

Rex Beach Lake. ..... 

Josephine Lake. .....

Prances Lake. .......

Placid Lake.........

Mirror Lake .........

Clay Lake. ..........

Apthorp Lake. .......

Josephine Creek. ....

Bonnett Lake ........

Little Red Water 

Lake.

Letta Lake outlet...

Clinch Lake..... ....

Reedy Lake. .........

Lake Okeechobee. ....

Locality

At outlet from Josephine Lake, near 

DeSoto City.

3 miles northwest of Sebring. ......... 

2 miles south of Sebring. .............

3.4 miles northwest of Lake Placid....

0.3 mile northwest of Chllds. .........

1.9 miles south of Lake Placid. .......

1.5 miles east of Lake Placid. ........

2.1 miles northeast of Lake Placid....

1.1 miles southeast of DeSoto City....

3. 9 miles north of Sebring. ...........

3.4 miles northwest of Sebring. .......

3. 6 miles north of Sebring. ...........

2.3 miles northwest of Frostproof.....

At crossing of Lake Drive. ............

Frostproof.

At crossing of cemetery road, 3 miles 

.nortlv of Okeechobee .

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

1.86 

.23

.19

4.19

5.71

1.37

31.2 

.86

39.6

21.8

15.6

1.69

1.03

4.84

3.71

20.2 

4.01

2.64

1.24

.08

1.35

5.03 

5.91

4.92

5.42

5.42

2.24

11.8 

5.67

4.06

2.74

.08

15.4 

4.57

1.94

18.5

5.08

2.55

2.85

2.08

1.82

19.7

4.89

3.27

.27

.06

22.7 

7.09

3.08

1.09

.05

.02

24.5 

6.21

1.97

.42

.29

.74

23.6 

15.2

27.6

5.61

8.52

63.0
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS 553

Miscellaneous discharge meaaurementa In the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1949 to September 1950 Continued

Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades, Fla.t Continued

Date

a948 

Oct. 26

Nov. "3 

Dec. 17

1949

1946

1949

1950 

Aug. 22 

1949 

Nov. 22

1950

July 7 

1949 

Oct. 20

1950

27

July 26

Sept. 26

Stream

Taylor Creek. ..... 

St. Lucle Canal... 

....do. .,......,.,

Equalizing* Canal 

No. 4. 

Hlllsboro Canal. . .

Lateral northeastward. 

Tamlaral Canal. ....

....do............

....do............

....do............

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Lake Okeechobee. ....

South Pork St. Lucle 

River. 

....do..............

West Falm Beach 

Canal. 

Atlantic Ocean. .....

Hlllsboro Canal..... 

Miami Canal. ........

.... do ..............

....do..............

....do..............

. Locality

At crossing of State Highway 70, 

Okeechobee. 

4.5 miles east of bridge on State 

Highway 710 at Indlantown.

Stuart. 

....do...............................

At Lake Clarke, near Lake Worth, Fla.

Just above Indian Run, near Deerfleld 

Beach. 

....do...............................

At crossing of State Highway 717, 

2 miles northwest of Belle Glade. 

At crossing of Red Road, Miami. ......

....do...............................

southeast of Qoulds. 

....do... ............................

east of Homestead.

east of Florida City.

....do.. .............................

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

113 

6,190

6320

5,34O

6,820

83.5 

378 

296

67.6 

g487

g404

g386

g!96

16.9

38.5

36.5

43.2

40.1

52.4

73.7

98.9

39.2

80.9

104

70.3

t Includes measurements made In 1949 water year.

K Average of 2 or more measurements for 1 tide cycle.

Caloosahatchee River Basin, Fla.t

1948 

Oct. 9

1949

1948

1949 .

1948 

Oct. 9

1949

1948

1949

1948 

Dec. 14 

1949

Oct. 11

Caloosahatchee

Canal.

Caloosahatchee 

River.

....do............

....do............

Caloosahatchee River

Gulf of Mexico. .....

....do..............

....do..............

1/8 mile below Lake Hlcpochee and 

6 miles southwest of Moore Haven.

....do...............................

At crossing of State Highway 29, near 

La Belle.

....do. ..............................

At highway crossing at Denaud, 4j

miles west of La Belle.

At highway -crossing at Olga. .........

....do...............................

2,090 

2,750

4,190

4,340

4,640

2,730

4,420

4,620

6,540 

4,820

2,720

4,680

5,100

5,550

h4,730

h2,960

h4,960

h5,720

h4,780 

h2,850

h5,480

h6, 520

t Includes measurements made In 1949 water year, 

h Integrated mean discharge for 1 tide cycle.

Peace Creek Basin, Fla.

Oct. 7

31

Dec. 15 

Feb. 1 

Mar. 8 

May 25 

Oct. 7

Nov. 16 

July 25 

* Form

Hartrldge-Conlne 

Canal.

Mariana-Jessie 

Canal.

do

Lake Conlne. ........

Peace Creek marsh 

outlet (corrected)*

. -rto . . . . . . . . .

At crossing of U. s 

Lake Alfred. 

0. 6 mile southwest 

outlet, near Lake

At crossing of U. S 

Auburndale.

. . . rto . . . . _ _ _

srly published as tributary to Lake Hamilton.

. Highway 17, near

of Lake Hamilton 

Hamilton.

. Highway 92, near

15.7 

24.0

6.6 

4.2C

.at .if

7.8

2.5 

.5

231S36 O - 53 - 37
554 MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1949 to September 1950--Continued

Peace Creek Basin, Pla. Continued

Date

Oct. t 

31

Dec. 15

Stream

Howard-May Canal.. 

Lulu Lake outlet..

outlet. 

....do............

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Lake May.... ........

Peace Creek marsh 

outlet.

....do..............

Locality

At crossing of Lake Howard Drive, 

Winter Haven. 

At highway crossing, 3 miles southeast of Eagle Lake.

miles northwest of Alturas. 

....do...............................

Discharge 

(sec. -ft.)

20.2 

26.0 

4.64

5.29

17.2

5.57

Hillsboro Rive,r Basin, Fla.

Oct. 18 

18

Oct. 19

Sept. 8

Ditch. ............

Drainage ditch. . . .

....do............

Cypress Creek. ......

Hillsboro River. ....

... .do... ...........

At Sunset Lane, 0.5 mile east of 

Hanna Road, near Lutz.

mile east of TI. S. Highway 41, 

near Lutz.

At crossing of Atlantic Blvd. and 

Florida Ave., near Sulphur Springs.

....do...............................

13.2 

28.2

22.9 

2.91

.77

91.1

Rocky Creek Basin, Fla.

Sept. 13

12 Brushy Creek. ..... Rocky Creek. ........

near Citrus Park.

near Sulphur Springs.

At crossing of Ehrlich Road, near 

Sulphur Springs.

97.1

17.0

Brooker Creek Basin, Fla.

Sept. 13 Brooker Creek. .... Spring Bayou. ....... At crossing of State Highway 587, 

near Odessa.

42.2

Withlacoochee River Basin, Fla.

Sept. 11 WithlacoocheeHillsboro overflow.

Diversion from 

Withlacoochee 

River.

At crossing of State Highway 35, 

3 miles southeast of Rlchland.

932

Suwannee River Basin

Oct. 7 

20

June 28

28

Oct. 19

19

Oct. 19

Oct. 18

Oct. 20

Oct. 18

18

29

18

20

Oct. 19

Suwannee River. . . . 

Alligator Creek. . .

....do............

....do............

Withlacoochee 

River.

Warrior Creek. ....

Oulf of Mexico.... , . 

Suwannee River. .....

....do.. ............

....do..............

Suwannee River. .....

Little River. .......

At crossing of TI. S. Highway 19, 

near Wilcox, Fla. 

At crossing of 0. S. Highway 84, 

10.8 miles southwest of Waycross, 

Oa.

2 miles east of Homerville, Ga.

12.5 miles south of Homerville, Ga.

Dupont, Qa.

3 miles west of Fargo, Oa.

miles southwest of Fitzgerald, Oa.

3 miles east of Lakeland, Oa. 

At crossing of State Highway 38,

4 miles north of Ocllla, Oa.

4 miles west of Willacoochee, Ga.

At crossing of State Highway 76, 

li miles west of Nashville, Oa.

8 miles northwest of Valdosta, Ga.

3 miles west of Tifton, Oa.

miles northwest of Valdoata, Oa.

At crossing of 0. S. Highway 82, 

2 miles east of Sylvester, Oa.

12,500

.10

0

0

6.6

4.50

62.3

49.9

7.77

37 2

7.92

(\A(!

5.35

0
MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS 555

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1949 to September 1950--Continued

Suwannee River Hasin--Continued

Date

June 28 

28 

Oct. 19

Stream

Warrior Creek. .... 

Okapilco Creek. . . .

Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Little River. ....... 

Withlacoochee River. 

. ...do..............

Locality

At crossing of U. S. Highway 82, 

2 miles east of Sylvester, Ga. 

At crossing of State Highway 35, 2J 

miles north of Moultrie, Ga.

2 miles east of ftuitman, Ga.

Discharge 

(see. -ft.)

0 

0 

2.45

1.41

Aucilla River Basin, Pla.

Feb. 10 Aucilla River. .... Apalaohee Bay. ...... At crossing of ro= 

west of Scanlon

id 5 miles north- 59.3

Oohlockonee River Basin, Ga.

Oct. 19

Oct. 19

28

19

Oct. 19

June 29

Ochlockonee River.

Bridge Creek. .....

Wolf Creek. .......

....do............

Gulf of Mexico. .....

Ochlockonee River. . .

....do. .............

Tired Creek. ........

.. ..do. .............

At crossing of State Highway 37, 

1 mile west of Moultrie.

At crossing of State Highway 37, 

8 miles west of Moultrie.

miles west of Thomasville.

At crossing of U. S. Highway 84, 

2 miles east of Whigham.

Cairo. 

....do..............................

0.33 

.05

1.23

3.22

6.53 

3.28

4.27

.55

Apalachioola River Basin, Ga.

Mar. 31 

Oct. 4 

4

6 

6 

6

5 

5 

5 

6

Mar. 28

29

Aug. 31 

Sept. 1

9

Chattahoochee 

River.- 

South Pork Peachtree Creek.

Proctor Creek. .... 

North Utoy Creek. .

Hoses Creek. ...... 

Wards Creek. ...... 

Olley Creek:. ..... 

Camp Creek. .......

Muckaloochee Creek

Creek. 

Hochaway Creek. . . .

Apalachicola River. . 

Peaohtree Creek. ....

Chattahoochee River. 

Utoy Creek. .........

Sweetwater Creek. . . . 

Noses Creek. ........ 

Sweetwater Creek. . . . 

Chattahoochee River.

Huckalee Creek. .....

Ichawaynochaway 

Creek.

At crossing of State Highway 52, 

3 miles northwest of Lula. 

At crossing of U. S. Highway 29, 

1.6 miles northeast of Deoatur.

mile northwest of Clarkston. 

At crossing of Bolton 'Road, at 

Atlanta. 

At crossing of Fairburn Road, at 

Atlanta.

At crossing of Mableton Powder 

Springs Road, 8 miles southwest of 

Marietta. 

At crossing of Wards Road, 0.8 mile 

north of State Highway 5 and 4 , 

miles southwest of Marietta. 

At crossing of Mableton, Powder 

Springs Road, 7 miles southwest of 

Marietta. 

At crossing of Butner Road, 2 miles 

west of College Park.

8 miles south of Lumpkin. 

At crossing of State Highway 118, 

i mile east of Smithville.

5 miles north of Morgan, at 

Cordray's mill. 

At crossing of State Highway 50, 

9 miles west of Dawson.

3 miles east of Edison.

8,790 

3.91 

2.04

6.33 

4.18

17.7 

2.47 

5.85 

13.0

243

178

Escambia River Basin, Ala.

1949 

Nov. 2 Burnt Corn Creek. . Murder Creek. ....... Sec. 9, T. 

crossing 

Lenox.

4 N., R. 9 E. , at highway 

, l£ miles southeast of

23.1

Mobile River Basin

Sept . 8 

Mar. 13

Sept. 7

1950 

Sept. 20

Mar. 14

Coahulla Creek. . . . 

Etowah River. .....

Pumpkinvine Creek.

Mortar Creek. .....

Creek. 

Tallapoosa River. .

Conasauga River. .... 

Coosa River. ........

Etowah River. .......

Coosa River. ........

Alabama River. ......

Below Praters Mill, 3 miles east of 

Varnell, Ga. 

At crossing of State Highway 9, 11 

miles north of Dawsonville, Ga. 

At crossing of State Highway 9, 11

miles north of Camming, Ga. 

At crossing of State Highway 6, 

2 miles west of Dallas, Ga.

Sec. 34, T. 19 H. , R. 17 E. , J mile 

west of Speigner, Ala. 

Sec. 13, T. 18 N., R. 17 E. , on

State Highway 14 at Elmore, Ala. 

At crossing of State Highway 100, 

2 miles north of Tallapoosa, Ga.

677 

2,470 

2,130

903 

447

42.4 

18.5

2,170
556 MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS

Miscellaneous discharge measurements in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins 

during water year October 1949 to September 1950 Continued

Mobile River Basin--Continued

Date

Sept. 8 

June 5

Aug. 17 

Jan. 17

Stream

Tallapoosa RiverLittle Tallapoosa 

River.

Little Mulberry 

Creek.

Tombigbee River. . .

-Tributary to or 

diverting from 

Alabama River. ...... 

Tallapoosa River. . . .

Mulberry River. ..... 

Mobile River. .......

Locality

At crossing of State Highway 100, 

2 miles north of Tallapoosa, Oa. 

At crossing of State Highway 5, 

2 miles south of Bowdon, Oa.

Sec. 26, T. 20 N. , R. 13 E. , at 

highway crossing, 2 miles west 

of Billings ley, Ala. 

Sec. 17, T. 9 N., R. 1 W. , on 

State Highway 44 at Coffeevllle, 

Ala.

Discharge 

{sec. -ft.)

2,820 

1,150 

1,100

15.0 

86,300

Pearl River Basin, La.

Feb. 15 Pushepatapa Creek. Pearl River. ........ In lot 46, T. 2 S., R. 14 E. , at 

bridge on State Highway 7, 0.9 

mile south of Varnado, 1.4 miles 

below Muster Ground Creek, and 

7 miles north of Bogalusa.

1,740
INDEX

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Abbotts Creek at Lexington, N. C....... 160

Aberdeen, Miss., Tombigbee River at.... 468

Accuracy of field data and computed

results.......................... 5

Acre-foot, definition of............... 1

Acton, Ala., Cahaba River near......... 459

Adel, Ga., Little River near........... 353

Agencies other than Geological Survey,

records collected by............. 12

Alabama River at Claiborne, Ala........ 430

at Selma, Ala........................ 428

near Millers Perry, Ala.............. 429

near Montgomery, Ala................. 427

Alafia River at Lithia, Fla............ 329

Alafia River Basin, Fla., gaging-station

records in......................328-329

Alapaha River at Statenvllle, Ga....... 351

near Alapaha, Ga..................... 350

Albany, Ga., Flint River at............ 386

Alien Creek near Largo, Pla............ 337

Alligator Creek near Milford, Ga....... 391

Alpine, Ala., Talladega Creek at....... 448

Altaraaha River at Doctortown, Ga....... 244

near Baxley, Ga.....................242-243

Altamaha River Basin, Ga., discharge

measurements in.................550-551

gaging-station records in...........237-254

AltaVista, Va., Roanoke River at....... 77

Altha, Fla., Chipola River near........ 393

Alturas, Fla., Peace Creek Marsh outlet

near............................. 315

Amicalola Creek near Dawsonville, Va... 439 

Amory, Miss., Tombigbee River near..... 467

Anclote River near Elfers, Fla......... 339

Andalusia, Ala., Conecuh River near.... 409

Anderson, S. C., Seneca River near..... 2S6

Anderson Branch at Sussex, Va.......... 65

Apalachee River near Buckhead, Ga...... 253

Apalachicola River at Chattahoochee,

Fla.............................. 376

Apalachicola River Basin, Fla.-Ga.,

discharge measurements in........ 555

gaging-station records in...........368-393

Appomattox River at Farmville, Va...... S3

at Mattoax, Va....................... 54

near Petersburg, Va.................. 55

Arbuckle Creek near De Soto City, Fla.. 296 

Arcadia, Fla., Horse Creek near........ 322

Peace Creek at....................... 318

Ariton, Ala., Pea River near........... 399

Arvonia, Va., Slate River near......... 46

Ashley River Basin, S. C., discharge

measurement in................... 550

Ashton, Fla., Brick-Alligator Canal

near............................. 286

Lizzie-Lost Canal near............... 287

Athens, Ga., Middle Oconee River near.. 252 

Atkinson, Ga., Satilla River at........ 256

Aucilla River at Lamont, Fla........... 362

Aucilla River Basin, Fla., discharge

measurement in................... 555

Augusta, Ga., Augusta Canal near....... 232

Savannah River at.................... 221

Augusta Canal near Augusta, Ga......... 232

Austell, Ga., Sweetwater Creek near.... 379

Autauga Creek at Prattville, Ala....... 456

Babbie, Ala., Llghtwood Knot Creek at.. 403

Bahama, N. C., Dial Creek near......... 117

Flat River at........................ 115

Flat River near...................... 116

Bainbridge, Ga., Flint River at........ 387

Baker, Fla., Blackwater River near..... 405

Banister River at Halifax, Va.......... 103

Barrineau Park, Fla., Perdido River at. 417

Bartow, Fla., Kissengen Spring near.... 320

Peace Creek at....................... 316

Bassett, Va., Smith River at........... 99

Battle Ground, N. C., Horsepen Creek at 130 

Baxley, Ga., Altamaha River near......242-243

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Bear Creek at Robbins, N. C............ 140

Beauclair Canal. See Apopka-Beauclair

Canal. 

Bedford, Va., Otter River near......... 87

Bell, Fla., Suwannee River near........ 349

Bell, Ga., Broad River near............ 228

Belle Glade, Fla., Hillsboro Canal at.. 305 

3enaJa, N. C., Haw River near.......... 124

Bennett, Fla., Econfina Creek near..... 394

Bent Creek, Va., James River at........ 18

Big Canoe Creek near Gadsden, Ala...... 445

Big Creek near Mobile, Ala............. 519

Big Spring at Elliston, Va............. 84

at Kerrs Creek, Va................... 38

Big Swamp Creek near Lowndesboro, Ala.. 457 

Big Wills Creek near Crudup, Ala....... 444

Bishopville, S. C., Lynches River near. 165 

Black Creek, North Fork, near Middleburg, Fla........................ 276

South Fork, near Penney Farms, Fla... 275 

Black River at Kingstree, S. C......... 171

Black Warrior River at Tuscaloosa, Ala. 494 

near Eutaw, Ala...................... 495

Blackwater Creek near Manchester, Ala.. 498 

Blackwater River (Blackwater River

Basin) near Baker, Fla........... 405

Blackwater River (Chowan River Basin)

at Zuni, Va...................... 67

near Dendron, Va..................... 66

near'Franklin, Va.................... 68

Blackwater River (Roanoke River Basin)

near Union Hall, Va.............. 84

Blackwater River Basin, Fla., gagingstation records in..............405-406

Bloxham, Fla., Ochlockonee River near.. 366 

Blue Spring near Orange City, Fla...... 263

Blue Springs, Ala., West Fork Choctawhatchee River at................. 398

Boardman, N. C., Lumber River at....... 170

Bogalusa, La., Pearl River near........ 527

Bogue Chitto at Franklinton, La...:.... 535

near Bush, La........................ 536

near Tylertown, Miss................. 534

Bogue Lusa near Franklinton, La........ 533

Boguechitto Creek near Browns, Ala..... 463

Boiling Springs, N. C., Broad River

near............................. 183

Bolar Spring at Bolar, Va.............. 22

Bonita Springs, Fla., Imperial Rivernear............................. 312

Bowie Creek near Hattiesburg, Miss..... 510

Boynton Beach, Fla., Baynton Canal at.. 304 

Boynton Canal at Boynton Beach, Fla.... 304

Bradenton, Fla., Manatee River near.... 326

Branch, N. C., Linville River at....... 178

Branchville, S. C., Edisto River near.. 214 

Branford, Fla., Suwannee River at...... 348

Brantley, Ala., Conecuh River at....... 408

Brick-Alligator Canal near Ashton, Fla. 286 

Brier Creek at Millhaven, Ga........... 233

Broad River (Santee River Basin) at

Richtex, S. C.................... 186

near Boiling Springs, N. C........... 183

near Carlisle, S. C.................. 185

near Chimney Rock, N. C.............. 182

near Gaffney, S. C................... 184

Broad River (Savannah River Basin) near

Bell, Ga......................... 228

Brooker Creek near Odessa, Fla......... 338

Brooker Creek Basin, Fla., discharge

measurement in................... 554

Brooklyn, Ala., Conecuh River near..... 410

Brookneal, Va., Roanoke River at....... 78

Brooksville, Fla., Weekiwachee Spring

near............................. 339

Brooksville, Miss., Noxubee River near. 490 

Brown Creek near Polkton, N. C......... 163

Browns, Ala., Boguechitto Creek near... 463 

Bruce, Fla., Choctawhatchee River near. 397 

Buchanan, Va., James River at.......... 16

557
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Buchanan, Va., Karnes Spring near...... 32

Buckhead, Ga., Apalachee River near,... 253 

Buena Vista, Va., Maury River near..... 36

Buffalo Creek (Cape Fear River Basin)

near Greensboro, N. C............ 131

Buffalo Creek (James River Basin) near

Hampton Sidney, Va............... 56

Buffalo River near Norwood, Va......... 41

Buford, Ga., Chattahoochee River near.. 369 

Buggs Island, Va., Roanoke River at.... 81

Bull Mountain Creek at Tremont, Miss... 475 

near Smithville, Miss................ 476

Burkeville, Va., Nottoway River near... 60 

Bush, La., Bogue Chitto near........... 536

Butler, Ga., Whitewater Creek near..... 389

Buttahatchie River near Caledonia,

Miss............................. 481

near Hamilton, Ala................... 478

near Sulligent, Ala.................. 480

Cahaba River at Centerville, Ala....... 460

at Sprott, Ala....................... 461

near Acton, Ala...................... 459

near Marion Junction, Ala............ 462

Cairo, Ga., Tired Creek near........... 367

Caledonia, Miss., Buttahatchie River

near............................. 481

Calfpasture River above Mill Creek, at

Goshen, Va....................... 33

Calhoun Falls, S. C., Savannah River

near............................. 220

Caloosahatchee Canal at Moore Haven,

Fla.............................. 313

Caloosahatchee River Basin, Fla., discharge measurements in........... 553

Camden, S. C., Wateree River near...... 175

Camps Canal near Rochelle, Fla......... 271

Canal Point, Fla., West Palm Beach

Canal at......................... 303

Canoe Creek near St. Cloud, Fla........ 292

Canoochee River near Claxton, Ga....... 236

Canton, Ga., Etowah River at........... 435

Canton, Miss., Pearl River near........ 522

Cape Fear River at Lillington, N. C.... 127

at lock 3, near Tarheel, N. C........ 128

Cape Fear River Basin, N. C., discharge

measurements in.................541-543

gaging-station records in...........124-145

Carlisle, S. C., Broad River near...... 185

Carrollton, Ga., Little Tallapoosa

River at......................... 453

Cartecay River near Ellijay, Ga........ 418

Cartersville, Ga., Etowah River above.. 436 

Cartersville, Va., James River at...... 20

Carthage, Miss., Lobutcha Creek near... 528 

Caryville, Fla., Choctawhatchee River

at............................... 396

Cashie River Basin, N. C., discharge

measurement in................... 538

Catawba Creek near Catawba, Va......... 31

Catawba River at Catawba, N. C......... 173

near Marion, N. C.................... 172

near Rock Hill, S. C................. 174

South Fork, at Lowell, N. C.......... 180

Catfish Creek near Lake Wales, Fla..... 295

Cedar Creek near Cedartown, Ga......... 440

Centerville, Ala., Cahaba River at..... 460

Century, Fla., Escambia River near..... 411

Chappells, S. C., Lake Greenwood near.. 203 

Saluda River at...................... 204

Charlie Apopka Creek near Gardner, Fla. 320 

Charlotte, N. C., Little Sugar Creek

near............................. 181

Chattahoochee, Fla., Apalachicola River

at................................ 376

Chattahoochee River at Columbia, Ala... 375 

at Columbus, Ga...................... 374

at West Point, Ga.................... 373

near Buford, Ga...................... 369

near Leaf, Ga........................ 368

near Roswell, Ga.....;............... 370

near Vinings, Ga..................... 371

near Whitesburg, Ga.................. 372

Chattooga River (Mobile River Basin) at

Galesville, Ala.................. 442

at Summer-vine. Ga................... 441

Chattooga River (Savannah River Basin)

near Clayton, Ga................. 217

Cheraw, S. C., Juniper Creek near...... 164

Chestatee River near Dahlonega, Ga..... 378

Chickahominy River near Providence

Forge, Va........................ 58

Chickasawhay River at Enterprise, Miss. 514

at Leakesville, Miss................. 516

near Waynesboro, Miss................ 515

Childersburg, Ala., Coosa River at..... 425

Chimney Rock, N. C., Broad River near.. 182 

Chiniquapin, N. C., Northeast Cape Fear

River near....................... 145

Chipola River near Altha, Fla.......... 393

Choccolocco Creek near Jenifer, Ala.... 446

near Lincoln, Ala.................... 447

Choctawhatchee River at Caryville, Fla. 396

near Bruce, Fla...................... 397

near Newton, Ala..................... 395

West Fork, at Blue Springs, Ala...... 398

Choctawhatchee River Basin, Ala.-Fla.,

gaging-station records in.......395-401

Chowan River Basin, N. C.-Va., discharge

measurements in.................537-538

gaging-station records in...........' 69-72

Christmas, Fla., St. Johns River near.. 259 

Chuluota, Fla., Econlockhatchee River

near............................. 261

Chunky Creek near Chunky, Miss......... 513

Citra, Fla., Orange Lake Outlet near

Citra, Fla....................... 271

Claiborne, Ala., Alabama River at...... 430

Clarksville, Va., Roanoke River at..... 80

Claxton, Ga., Canoochee River near..... 236

Clayton, Ga., Chattooga River near..... 217

Clayton, N. C., Middle Creek near...... 118

Neuse River near...........'.......... 112

Clear Creek at Falls City, Ala......... 497

Cleveland, Ala., Locust Fork near...... 499

Cleveland, N. C., Third Creek at....... 159

Cliffside, N. C., Second Broad River at 187

Clifton, S. C., Pacolet River near..... 191

Clifton Forge, Va., Cowpasture River... 27

Smith, Creek near..................... 26

Clover, Va., Roanoke River near........ 79

Clyo, Ga., Savannah River near......... 223

Coatopa, Ala., Tombigbee River near.... 472

Cochrane, Ala., Tombigbee River near... 470

Coldwater Creek near Milton, Fla....... 406

Collins, Miss., Leaf River near........ 506

Colly Creek near Kelly, N. C........... 144

Columbia, Ala., Chattahoochee River at. 375 

Columbia, Miss., Pearl River near......3, 526

Columbia, S'. C., Congaree River at..... 3

Lake Murray near..................... 206

Saluda River near.................... 207

Columbus, Ga., Chattahoochee River at.. 374

Columbus, Miss., Tombigbee River at.... 469

Combahee-Broad River Basins, S. C.,

discharge measurements in........ 550

Computations, accuracy of results of... 5-6

Conasauga River at Tilton, Ga.......... 432

Conecuh River at Brantley, Ala......... 408

near Andalusia, Ala.................. 409

near Brooklyn, Ala................... 410

near Troy, Ala....................... 407

Congaree River at Columbia, S. C....... 3

Contents, definition of................ 2

Contentnea Creek at Hookerton, N. C.... 121

near Wilson, N. C.................... 120

Control, definition of...........'...... 1

Cooleemee, N. C., South Yadkin River at 157

Cooperation, record of................. 12-13

Coosa River at Childersburg, Ala....... 425

at Gadsden, Ala....................... 423

at Jordan Dam, near Wetumpka, Ala.... 426

at Leesburg, Ala..................... 422

near Cropwell, Ala................... 424

near Rome, Ga........................ 421

Coosa River reservoirs, Ala., contents

of............................... 431

Coosawattee River at Pine Chapel, Ga... 4-19

Copeland, N. C., Fisher River near.,... 154

Cornwell, Fla., Istokpoga Canal near... 297

Kissimmee River near................. 285

Covington, Ga., Yellow River near...... 246

Covington, Va., Dunlap Creek near...... 24

Potts Creek near..................... 25

Cowpasture River near Clifton Forge,

Va............................... 27

Craig Creek at Parr, Va................ 28

Crawfordvllle, Fla., Vakulla Spring near 363
INDEX 559

Crestview, Fla., Shoal River near. ...... 404

Croom, Fla., Withlacoochee River at.... 341

Cropwell, Ala., Coosa River near....... 424

Cross City, Fla., Steinhatchee River

near............................. 358

Crudop, Ala., Big Wills Creek near..... 444

Crystal Springs near Zephyrhills, Fla... 333

Cub Creek at Phenix, Va................ 90

Culloden, Ga., Flint River near........ 383

Cypress Canal. See Tohopekaliga-Cypress

Canal. 

Cypress Creek at Vineland, Fla......... 294

Dahlonega, Ga., Chestatee River near... 378

Dan River at Danville, Va.............. 94

at South Boston, Va.................. 95

near Francisco, N. C ................. 92

near Wentworth, N. C ................. 93

Danville, Va., Dan River at............ 94

Sandy River near..................... 102

Data, accuracy of...................... 5-6

explanation of....................... 2-4

Dawsonville, Ga., Amicalola Creek near. 439

Etowah River near.................... 434

De Land, Fla, St. Johns River near..... 260

De Soto City, Fla, Arbuckle Creek near. 296

Josephine Creek near................. 299

Deep Creek near Mannboro, Va........... 57

Deep River at Moncure, N. C............ 138

at Ramseur, N. C..................... 137

East Fork, near High Point, N'. C..... 139

near Randleman, N. C ................. 136

West Fork, near High Point, N. C..... 135

Deerfield Beach, Fla., Hillsboro Canal

near ...................... j .*..... 306

Demorest, Ga., Soque River near........ 377

Dendron, Va., Blackwater River near.... 66

Denmark, S. C., South Fork Edisto River

near. ........................... 213

Dennis, Miss., Mackys Creek near....... 474

Dewy Rose, Ga., South Beaverdam Creek

at............................... 227

Dial Creek near Bahama, N. C ........... 117

Dillon, S. C., Little Pee Dee River

near............................. 167

Dinwiddie, Va., Stony Creek at......... 64

Dismal Swamp, Va., Lake Drummond in.... 59

Dlo, Miss., Strong River at............ 532

Doctortown, Ga., Altamaha River at..... 244

Drainage area, definition of........... 2

Drewrys Bluff, Va., Falling Creek near. 52

Drowning Creek near Hoffman, N. C...... 169

Dublin, Ga., Oconee River at........... 250

Dundee, Fla., drainage canal west of... 319

Dunlap Creek near Covington, Va........ 24

Dunnellon, Fla., Rainbow Springs near.. 342

East Tohopekaliga-Tohopekaliga Canal

near St. Cloud, Fla....:......... 289

See also Hart-East Tohopekaliga Canal

EconTIna Creek near Bennett, Fla....... 394

Econfina River near Perry, Fla......... 361

Econlockhatchee River near Chuluota,

Fla. ............................. 261

Eden, Ga., Ogeechee River near......... 235

Edinburg, Miss., Pearl River at........ 520

Edisto River near Branchville, S. C.... 214

near Givhans, S. C................... 215

North Fork, at Orangeburg, S. C...... 216

South Fork, near Denmark, S. C....... 213

near Montmorenci, S. C............. 212

Edisto River Basin, S. C., discharge

measurements in. ................. 550

gaging-station records In...........212-216

Effingham, S. C., Lynches River at..... 166

Eldorado, N. C., Uwharrie River near... 161

Elfers, Fla., Anclote River near....... 339

Ellaville, Fla., Suwannee River at..... 347

Ellijay, Ga., Cartecay River near...... 418

Elliston, Va., Big Spring at........... 84

Eloise, Fla., Lulu Lake Outlet at...... 314

Elrod, Ala., Sipsey River near......... 488

Emporla, Va., Fontaine Creek near...... 72

Enfield, N. C., Fishing Creek near..... 109

Eno River at Hillsboro, N. C ........... 110

Enoree River near Enoree, S. C......... 199

Enterprise, Miss., Chickasawhay River

at. r............................. 514

Escambia Creek at Flomaton, Ala........ 416

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Escambia River near Century, Fla....... 411

Sscambia River Basin, Ala., discharge

measurements In.................. 555

gaging-station records in...........407-416

Escatawpa River near Wllmer, Ala....... 518

Etonia Creek near Florahome, Fla....... 274

Etowah River at Allatoona Dam, above

Cartersville, Ga................. 436

at Canton, Ga........................ 435

at Rome, Ga.......................... 438

near Dawsonville, Ga.................. 434

near Kingston, Ga.................... 437

Eureka, Fla., Oklawaha River at........ 266

Eutaw, Ala., Black Warrior River near.. 495 

Evergreen, Ala., Murder Creek near..... 415

Evington, Va., Otter River near........ 88

Fairforest Creek near Union, S. C...... 198

Falling Creek near Drewrys Bluff, Va... 52 

Falling River near Naruna, Va.......... 89

Falling Spring, Va., Falling Springs

Creek near....................... 23

Jackson River at..................... 14

Falling Springs Creek near Falling

Spring, Va....................... 23

Falls City, Ala., Clear Creek at....... 497

Sipsey Fork near..................... 496

Fargo, Ga., Suwannee River at.......... 345

Farmville, Va., Appomattox River at.... 53

Fayette, Ala., Luxapalila Creek near... 484

Sipsey River at...................... 486

Fenholloway River at Foley, Fla........ 359

near Perry, Fla...................... 360

Fenholloway River Basin, Fla., gagingstation records in.............. 359-360

Fine Creek at Fine Creek Mills, Va..... 50

Fingerville, S. C., North Pacolet River

at............................... 189

Pacolet River near................... 190

South Pacolet River Reservoir near... 192 

First Broad River near Lawndale, N. C.'. 188 

Fisheating Creek at Lake Okeechobee,

Fla.............................. 280

at Palmdale, Fla..................... 279

Fisher River near Copeland, N. C....... 154

Fishing Creek near Enfield, N. C....... 109

Flanagan Mills, Va., Willis River at... 49 

Flat Creek at Fountain, Ala............ 464

Flat River at Bahama, N. C............. 115

at dam, near Bahama, N. C............ 116

Flint River at Albany, Ga.............. 386

at Bainbridge, Ga.................... 387

at Montezuma, Ga..................... 384

at Oakfield, Ga...................... 385

near Culloden, Ga

near Molena, Ga. 

Florahome, Fla., Etonia Creek near.... 

Floods, special reports on.

383

near Griffin,'Ga..................... 381

382 

274 

11 

Foley/Fla., Fenholloway River at...... 359

Fontaine Creek near Emporla, Va........ 72

Forbush Creek near Yadkinvllle, N. C... 155 

Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Middle River

Canal near........................ 307

North New River Canal at 26-mile bend,

near............................. 309

North New River Canal near........... 309

Plantation Road Canal near........... 307

Fort White, Fla., Santa Fe River near.. 356 

Fountain, Ala., Flat Creek at.......... 464

Francisco, N. C., Dan River near....... 92

Franklin, Va., Blackwater River near... 68 

Franklinton, La., Bogue Chitto at...... 535

Bogue Lusa near...................... 533

Freeland, N. C., Waccamaw River at..... 146

Frostproof, Fla., Reedy Lake Outlet

near.;........................... 298

Fulton, Miss.,-East Fork Tombigbee

River near....................... 466

Gadsden, Ala., Big Canoe Creek near.... 445

Coosa River at....................... 423

Gaffney, S. C., Broad River near....... 184

Gainesville, Ala., Tombigbee River at.. 471

Gallion, Ala., Prairie Creek near...... 504

Gallivants Ferry, S. C., Little Pee Dee

River at......................... 168

Garden City, Ala., Mulberry Fork near.. 493

Gardner, Fla., Charlie Apopka Creek near 320
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Gaylesville, Ala., Chattooga River at.. 442

Geiger, Ala., Noxubee River near....... 492

Gentry Lake Outlet near St. Cloud, Fla. 292

Georges River near Gretna, Va.......... 104

Gibsonville, N. C., Reedy Fork near.... 129

Givhans, S. C., Edisto River near...... 215

Goldsboro, N. C., Neuse River near..... 113

Goose Creek near Huddleston, Va. ....... 86

Goshen, Va., Calfpasture River at...... 33

Greenfield, Va., Rockfish River near... 44

Greensboro, Ga., Ooonee River near..... 248

Greensboro, N. C., Buffalo Creek near.. 131

North Buffalo Creek near............. 132

Greenville, S. C., Reedy River near.... 208

Saluda River near.................... 200

Gretna, Va., Georges River near........ 104

Griffin, Ga., Flint River near......... 381

Gum Branch, N. C., New River near...... 123

Haines Creek at Lisbon, Fla............ 263

Halifax, Va., Banister River at. ....... 103

Hamilton, Ala., Buttahatohie River

near............................478-479

Hamilton, Ga., Mountain Creek near..... 380

Hampton Sidney, Va., Buffalo Creek near 56 

Hanna Lake Outlet near Lutz, Fla....... 324

Hardware River below Briery Run, near

Soottsville, Va.................. 45

Harney Pond Canal at Lake Okeechobee,

Fla.............................. 281

Hart-East Tohopekaliga Canal near Narcoossee, Fla..................... 288

See also Mary Jane-Hart Canal. 

Harwell, Ga., Tugaloo River near...... 218

Hatchet Creek near Rockford, Ala....... 449

Hatchineha-Kissimmee Canal near Lake

Wales, Fla....................... 291

Hattiesburg, Miss., Bowie Creek near... 510 

Leaf River at........................ 507

Havana, Fla., Oohlockonee River near... 365 

Haw River at Haw River, N. C........... 125

near BenaJa, N. C.................... 124

near Pittsboro, N. C ................. 126

Hawkinsville, Ga., Ocmulgee River at... 240 

Hawthorn, Fla., Loohloosa Creek near... 272 

Henry Fork near Henry River, N. C. ..... 179

Hialeah, Fla., Miami Canal at.......... 310

High Point, N. C., East Fork Deep River

near............................. 139

West Fork Deep River near............ 135

High Rock, N. C., Yadkin River at..... . 150

High Springs, Fla., Santa Fe River near 355 

Hildreth, Fla., Ichatucknee Springs

near............................. 358

Hillsboro, N. C., Eno River at......... 110

Hillsboro Canal at Belle Glade, Fla.... 305

near Deerfield Beach, Fla............ 306

Hillsboro River near Tampa, Fla.......331-332

near Zephyrhills, Fla................ 330

Hillsboro River Basin, Fla., discharge

measurements in.................. 554

gaging-station records in...........330-336

Hoffman, N. C., Drowning Creek near.... 169

Holcombs Rock, Va., James River at..... 17

Holder, Fla., Withlacoochee River near. 342 

Holmes Creek at Vernon, Fla. ........... 401

Hookerton, N. C., Contentnea Creek at.. 121 

Hope Mills, N. C., Rockfish Creek near. 143 

Horse Creek near Arcadia, Fla.......... 322

Horsepen Creek at Battle Ground, N. C.. 130 

Huddleston, Va., Goose Creek near...... 86

Hutchins Lake Outlet near Lutz, Fla.... 335

Hyco River near Omega, Va.............. 105

Ichatucknee Springs near Hildreth, Fla. 358

Ichawaynochaway Creek at Milford, Ga... 390

Imperial River near Bonita Springs, Fla. 312 

Indian Prairie Canal near Okeechobee,

Fla ............................. 282

Iron City, Ga , Spring Creek near...... 392

Istokpoga Canal near Cornwell, Fla..... 297

Iva, S. C., Savannah River near........ 219

Ivy, Va , Mechum River near............ 47

Jackson, Ga., Ocmulgee River near...... 238

Jackson, Miss., Pearl River at......... 523

Jackson River at Falling Spring, Va.... 14

James River at Bent Creek, Va........... 18

at Buchanan, Va...................... 16

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James River at Cartersville, Va........ 20

at Holcombs Rock, Va................. 17

at Lick Run, Va...................... 15

at Scottsville, Va................... 19

near Richmond, Va.................... 21

James River & Kanawha Canal near Richmond , Va......................... 51

James River Basin, Va., discharge

measurements in.................. 537

gaging-station records in............ 14-58

Jenifer, Ala., Choccolocco Creek near.. 446 

Johns Creek at Newcastle, Va........... 30

Jones, Ala., Mulberry River at......... 458

Josephine Creek near De Soto City, Fla. 299 

Joshua Creek at Nocatee, Fla........... 321

Juniper Creek near Cheraw, S. C........ 164

Jupiter, Fla., Loxahatchee Slough near. 302

Kanawha Canal. See James River &

Kanawha Canal. 

Karnes Spring near Buchanan, Va........ 32

Kelly, N. C., Colly Creek near......... 144

Kerrs Creek, Va., Big Spring at ....... 38

near Lexington, Va................... 37

Keysville, Va., North Meherrin River

near............................. 70

North Prong Alafia at................ 328

Kingston, Ga., Etowah River near....... 437

Kingstree, S. C., Black River at....... 171

Kinston, N. C., Neuse River at.......... 114

Kissengen Spring near Bartow, Fla...... 320

Kissimmee Canal. See HatchinehaKissimmee Canal. 

Kissimmee River below Lake Kissimraee,

Fla.............................. 284

near Cornwell, Fla................... 285

near Okeechobee, Fla................. 286

Kosciusko, Miss., Ycckanookany River near 530

Lafayette, Va., Roanoke River at.......

Lake Butler, Fla., New River near......

Lake Drummond in Dismal Swamp, Va......

Lake Greenwood near Chappells, S. C..., 

Lake Jordan, Ala., change in contents

of...............................

Lake Kissimmee, Fla., Kissimmee River

below............................

Lake Marion near Pineville, S. C......

Lake Moultrie near Pinopolis, S. 211

Lake Murray near Columbia, S. C........ 206

Lake Okeechobee, Fla., Fisheating Creek

at. .................................. 280

gage heights of...................... 278

Harney Pond Canal at................. 281

inlets between Caloosahatchee Canal

and Fisheating Creek, Fla. ....... 278

Fisheating Creek and Harney Pond 

Canal, Fla....................... 280

Harney Pond Canal and Indian Prairie 

Canal, Fla....................... 281

Indian Prairie Canal and Kissimmee 

River, Fla........................ 283

Taylor Creek and St. Lucie Canal, 

Fla.............................. 301

inlets into Eagle Bay, near Okeechobee,

Fla.............................. 300

St. Lucie Canal at................... 302

Lake Okeechobee Basin and The Everglades, Fla., discharge measurements in........................551-553

gaging-s.tation records in...........278-313

 Lake Wales, Fla., Catfish Creek near... 295 

Hatchineha-Kissimmee 'Canal near. ..... 291

Lakes Marion-Moultrie diversion canal

near Pineville, S. C............. 210

Lament, Fla., Aucilla River at......... 362

Largo, Fla., Alien Creek near.......... 337

Laurel, Miss., Tallahala Creek at...... 511

Lawndale, N,. C., First Broad River near 188 

Lawrenceville, Va., Meherrin River near 69 

Lay Lake, Ala., change in contents of.. 431 

Leaf, Ga., Chattahoochee River near.... 368

Leaf River at Hattiesburg, Miss........ 507

Leaf River near.Collins, Miss.......... 506

near McLain, Miss.................... 508

Leakesville, Miss., Chickasawhay River

at............................... 516

Leesburg, Ala., Coosa River at......... 422
INDEX 561

Lena, Miss., Pearl River near.......... 521

Leroy, Ala., Tombigbee River near...... 473

Lexington, N. C., Abbotts Creek at..... 160

Lexington, Va., Kerrs Creek near....... 37

Maury River near..................... 35

Lick Run, Va., James River at.......... 15

Lightwood Knot Creek at Babbie, Ala.... 403

Lillington, N. C., Cape Pear River at.. 127 

Lincoln, Ala., Choccolocco Creek near.. 447 

Lincolnton, Ga., Little River near..... '230

Linden, N. C., Lower Little River at... 142 

Linville River at Branch, N. C......... 178

Lisbon, Pla., Haines Creek at.......... 263

Lithia, Pla., Alafia River at.......... 328

Little Manatee River near Wlmauma, Pla.3, 327 

Little Pee Dee River at Gallivants

Perry, S. C...................... 168

near Dillon, S. C .................... 167

Little River (Neuse River Basin) near

Princeton, N. C.................. 119

Little River (Savannah River Basin)

near Lincolnton, Ga.............. 230

near Mount Carmel,-S. C.............. 229

Little River (Suwannee River Basin)

near Adel, Ga.................... 353

Little Sugar Creek near Charlotte,

N. C............................. 181

Little Tallapoosa River at Carrollton,

Ga............................... 453

near Wedowee, Ala.................... 454

Livingston, Ala., Sucarnoochee River

at............................... 505

Lizzie-Lost Canal near Ashton, Pla..... 287

Lobutcha Creek near Carthage, Miss..... 528

Lochloosa Creek near Hawthorn, Pla..... 272

Lochloosa Lake Outlet near Lochloosa,

Pla.............................. 273

Lockwoods Polly Basin,J. C., discharge

measurements in.................. 543

Locust Pork at Sayre, Ala.............. 501

at Trafford, Ala..................... 500

near Cleveland, Ala.................. 499

Loughman, Pla., Reedy Creek near....... 293

Lovingston, Va., Tye River near........ 42

Lowell, N. C., South Fork Catawba River

at............................... 180

Lower Little River at Linden, N. C..... 142

at Manchester, N. C.................. 141

Lowndesboro, Ala., Big Swamp Creek near 457 

Loxahatchee Slough near Jupiter, Pla... 302 

Lulu Lake Outlet at Eloise, Pla........ 314

Lumber City, Ga., Ocmulgee River at.... 241

Lumber River at Boardman, N. C......... 170

Lunenburg, Va., North Meherrin River

near............................. 71

Lutz, Pla., Hanna Lake Outlet near..... 334

Hutchins Lake Outlet near............ 335

Luverne, Ala., Patsaliga Creek at...... 412

Luxapalila Creek at Steens, Miss....... 485

near Payette, Ala.................... 484

Lyman, S. C., Middle Tyger River at.... 195

Lynches River at Effingham, S. C....... 166

near Bishopville, S. C............... 165

McDonough, Ga , South River near....... 237

McDowell, Va. Stuart Spring near...... 28

McKenney, Va. Nottoway River near..... 61

McKenzie, Ala , Sepulga River near..... 413

McLain, Miss. Leaf River near......... 508

Macclenny, Pla., -St. Marys River near.. 257 

Mackys Creek near Dennis, Miss......... 474

Macon, Ga., Ocmulgee River at.......... 239

Tobesofkee Creek near................ 247

Macon, Miss., Noxubee River at......... 491

Manatee River near Bradenton, Pla...... 326

Manchester, Ala., Blackwater Creek near 498 

Manchester, N. C., Lower Little River

at. .............................. 141

Mannboro, Va., Deep Creek near......... 57

Marietta, Miss., East Fork Tombigbee

River near....................... 465

Marion, N. C., Catawba River near...... 172

Marion Junction, Ala., Cahaba River

near............................. 462

Martinsville, Va., Smith River at...... 100

Mary Jane-Hart Canal near Narcoossee,

Fla.............................. 288

Mascotte, Pla., Palatlakaha Creek near. 259 

Mattoax, Va., Appomattox River at...... 54

429

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Maury River at Rockbridge Baths, Va.... 34

near Buena Vista, Va................. 36

near Lexington, Va................... 35

Mayo River near Price, N. C ............ 95

Meadow Creek at Newcastle, Va.......... 29

Mechum River near Ivy, Va.............. 47

Meherrin River near Lawrenceville, Va.. 59 

Melbourne, Pla., St. Johns River near.. 258 

Meridian, Miss., Okatibbee Creek near.. 517 

Merrill, Miss., Pascagoula River at.... 509

Miakka River below Lower Miakka Lake,

near Sarasota, Pla............... 325

below Upper Miakka Lake, near

Sarasota, Fla.................... 323

near Sarasota, Pla................... 324

Miakka River Basin, Pla., gagingstation records in..............323-325

Miami Canal at water plant, Hialeah,

Pla.............................. 310

Middle Creek near Clayton, N. C........ 118

Middle Oconee River near Athens, Ga.... 252

Middle River Canal near Fort Lauderdale,

Pla.............................. 307

Middle Tyger River at Lyman, S. C...... 195

Middleburg, Pla., North Pork Black

Creek near....................... 276

Milford, Ga., Alligator Creek near..... 391

Ichawaynochaway Creek at............. 390

Mill Creek at Dalton, Ga............... 433

Milledgeville, Ga., Oconee River at.... 249

Millers Perry, Ala., Alabama River 

near..........................

Millhaven, Ga., Brier Creek at......

Savannah River near.................. 222

Milligan, Pla., Yellow River at........ 402

Milton, Pla., Coldwater Creek near..... 406

Miscellaneous discharge measurements:

Altamaha River Basin................550-551

Apalachicola River Basin............. 555

Ashley River' Basin.................. 550

Aucilla River Basin.................. 555

Brooker Creek Basin.................. 554

Caloosahatchee River Basin........... 553

Cape Pear River Basin...............541-543

Cashle River Basin................... 538

Chowan River Basin..................537-538

Combahee-Broad River Basins.......... 550

Edisto River Basin................... 550

Escambia River Basin................. 555

Hillsboro River Basin................ 554

James River Basin.................... 537

Lake Okeechobee and The Everglades..551-553 

Lockwoods Folly Basin................ 543

Mobile River Basin..................555-555

Neuse River Basin...................539-541

Newport River Basin.................. 541

Ochlockonee River Basin.............. 555

Ogeechee River Basin................. 550

Pamlico River Basin.................538-539

Pasquotank River Basin............... 537

Peace Creek Basin...................553-554

Pearl River Basin.................... 556

Pee Dee R'iver Basin.................543-545

Roanoke River Basin.................. 538

Rocky Creek Basin.................... 554

St. Johns River Basin................ 551

Santee River Basin..................545-550

Satilla River Basin.................. 551

Savannah River Basin................. 550

Suwannee River Basin................554-555

White Oak Basin....:................. 541

Withlacoochee River Basin............ 554

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............................... 431

Mobile, Ala., Big Creek near........... 519

Mobile River Basin, Ala.-Ga.-Miss.,

discharge measurements in.......555-556

gaging-station records in...........418-505

reservoirs in........................ 431

Mocksville, N. C., South Yadkin River

near............................. 156

Modoc, S. C., Stevens Creek near....... 231
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Helena, Ga., Flint River near.......... 382

Moncure, N. C., Deep River at.......... 138

Monroe, Pla., Tamiami Canal outlets,

Miami to......................... 311

Montezuma, Ga., Flint River at......... 384

Montgomery, Ala., Alabama River near... 427 

Monticello, Miss., Pearl River near.... 525

Montmorenci, S. C., South Fork Edisto

River near....................... 212

Moore, S. C., North Tyger River near... 193 

Moore Haven, Pla., Caloosahatchee Canal

at. .............................. 313

Moores Bridge, Ala., Sipsey River at... 487 

Morris, Ala., Turkey Creek at.......... 502

Moss Bluff, Fla., Oklawaha River at.... 264

Moultrie Creek near St. Augustine, Pla. 277 

Mount Carmel, S. C., Little River near. 229 

Mount Vernon, Ga., Oconee River near... 251 

Mountain Creek near Hamilton, Ga....... 380

Muddy Run Spring near Warm Springs, Va. 22 

Mulberry Fork near Garden City, Ala.... 493

Mulberry River at Jones, Ala........... 458

Murder Creek near Evergreen, Ala......". 415

Myrtle-Mary Jane Canal near Narcoossee,

Fla.............................. 288

Narcoossee, Fla., Hart-East Tohopekaliga

Canal near....................... 288

Mary Jane-Hart Canal near............ 288

Myrtle-Mary Jane Canal near.......... 288

Naruna, Va., Falling River near........ 89

Nashville, N. C., Tar River near....... 107

Nettleton, Miss., West Fork Tombigbee

River near....................... 477

Neuse River at Kinston, N. C. .......... 114

near Clayton, N. C................... 112

near Goldsboro, N. C................. 113

near Morthside, N. C................. Ill

Neuse River Basin, N. C., discharge

measurements in.................539-541

gaging-station records in...........110-122

New Hope River near Pittsboro, N. C...133-134 

New River near Gum Branch, N. C........ 123

near Lake Butler, Fla................ 357

Newcastle, Va., Johns Creek at......... 30

Meadow Creek at...................... 29

Newport River Basin, N. C., discharge

measurements in.................. 541

Newry, S. C., Keowee River near........ 225

Newton, Ala., Choctawhatchee River near 395 

Niagara, Va., Roanoke River at......... 75

Nocatee, Fla., Joshua Creek at......... 321

North Buffalo Creek near Greensboro,

N. C... .......................... 132

North Mayo River near Spencer, Va...... 97

North Meherrin River near Keysville, Va. 70 

near Lunenburg, Va................... 71

North New River Canal at South Bay, Fla. 308 

at 26-mile bend, near Port Lauderdale,

Fla.. ............................ 309

near Fort Lauderdale, Fla............ 309

North Pacolet River at Fingerville,

S. C............. ................ 189

North Prong Alafia at Keysville, Fla... 328 

North River near Samantha, Ala......... 503

North Tyger River near Moore, S. C..... 193

North Wilkesboro, N. C., Reddles River

at. .............................. 153

Northeast Cape Fear River near Chinquapin, N. C........................ 145

Northside, N. C., Neuse River near..... Ill

Norwood, N. C., Rocky River near....... 162

Norwood, Va., Buffalo River near....... 41

Nottoway River near Burkeville, Va..... 60

near McKenney, Va.................... 61

near Sebrell, Va..................... 63

near Stony Creek, Va. ................ 62

Noxubee River at Macon, Miss........... 491

near Bro'oksville, Miss............... 490

near Geiger, Ala..................... 492

Oakfield, Ga., Flint River at.......... 385

Ocala, Fla., Oklawaha River near....... 265

Silver Springs near.................. 270

Ochlockonee River near Bloxham, Fla.... 366

near Havana, Fla..................... 365

near Thomasville, Ga................. 364

Ochlockonee River Basin, Ga., discharge

measurements in.................. 555

Ochlockonee River Basin, Ga., gagingstation records in..............864-367

Ocmulgee River at Hawkinsville, Ga..... 240

at Lumber City, Ga................... 241

at Macon, Ga.......... .............. 239

near Jackson, Ga.................... 238

Oconee River at Dublin, Ga............. 250

at Milledgeville, Ga............ .... . 249

near Greensboro, Ga....... .......... 248

near Mount Vernon, Ga........... . .. 251

Odessa, Fla., Brooker Creek near....... 338

Ofahoma, Miss., Yockanookany River near 531 

Ofelia, Ala., Tallapoosa River near.... 450

Ogeechee River at Scarboro, Ga.. ...... 234

near Eden, Ga........................ 235

Ogeechee River Basin, Ga., discharge

measurements in.................. 550

gaging-station records in...........234-236

Ohoopee River near Reidsville, Ga...... 254

Okahumpka, Fla., Palatlakaha Creek near 269 

Okatibbee Creek near Meridian, Miss.... 517

Okeechobee, Fla., Indian Prairie Canal

near ............................ 282

Kissimmee River near................. 286

Taylor Creek near.................... 301

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............ 105

Oostanaula River at Resaca, Ga......... 420

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......................... 216

Otter Creek, Fla., Otter Creek at...... 344

Waccasassa River near................ 343

Otter River near Bedford, Va........... 87

near Evington, Va.................... 88

Pacolet River near Clifton, S. C....... 191

near Fingerville, S. C............... 190

Palatlakaha Creek near Mascotte, Fla... 269 

near Okahumpka, Fla.................. 269

Palmdale, Fla., Fisheating Creek at.... 279

Palmyra, Va., Rivanna River at......... 48

Pamlico River Basin, N. C., discharge

measurements in.................538-539

gaging-station records in...........106-109

Panther Creek near Toccoa, Ga.......... 224

Parr, Va., Craig Creek at.............. 28

Pascagoula River at Merrill, Miss...... 509

Pascagoula River Basin, Ala.-Miss.,

gaging-station records in.......506-519

Pasquotank River Basin, N. C., discharge measurement in............ 537

Patsaliga Creek at Luverne, Ala........ 412

Patterson, N. C., Yadkin River at...... 14.7

Pea River near Ariton, Ala............. 399

near Samsom, Ala..................... 400

Peace Creek at Arcadia, Fla............ 318

at Bartow, Fla....................... 316

at Zolfo Springs, Fla................ 317

Peace Creek Basin, Fla., discharge

measurements in.................553-554

gaging-station records in...........314-322

Peace Creek Marsh outlet near Alturas,

Fla.............................. 315

Pearl River at Edinburg, Miss.......... 520

at Jackson, Miss..................... 523

at Meeks Bridge, near Canton, Miss... 522 

near Bogalusa, La.................... 527

near Columbia, Miss..................3, 526

near Lena, Miss...................... 521

near Monticello, Miss ................ 525

near Rockport, Miss .................. 524

Pearl River Basin, La., discharge

measurement in................... 556

gaging-station records in...........520-536

Pedlar River near Pedlar Mills, Va..... 40

Pee Dee River at Peedee, S. C.......... 152

near Rockingham, N. C................ 151

Pee Dee River Basin, N. C.-S. C., discharge measurements in..........543-545
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Pee Dee River Basin, N. C.-S. C.,

gaging-station records in.......147-171

Peedee, S. C., Pee Dee River at........ 152

Pelzer, S. C., Saluda River near....... 201

Penney Farms, Fla., South Fork Black

Creek near....................... 275

Perdido River at Barrineau Park, Fla... 417 

Perry, Fla., Econfina River near....... 361

Fenholloway River near............... 360

Rocky Creek near...................... 360

Petersburg, Va., Appomattox River near. 55 

Phenix, Va., Cub Creek at.............. 90

Philpott, Va., Smith River near........ 98

Piedmont, Ala., Terrapin Creek near.... 443

Pigeon Creek near Thad, Ala............ 414

Pigg River near Toshes, Va............. 85

Pine Chapel, Ga., Coosawattee River at. 419 

Pinetta, Fla., Withlacoochee River near 352 

Pineville, S. C., Lake Marion near...,. 176

Lakes Marian-Moultrie diversion Canal

near............................. 210

Santee River near.................... 177

Piney River at Piney River, Va......... 43

Pinopolis, S. C., Lake Moultrie near... 211 

Pittsboro, N. C., Haw River near....... 126

New Hope River near................. 133-134

Plantation Road Canal near Fort Lauderdale, Fla........................ 307

Pleasant Ridge, Ala., Sipsey River near 489 

Polkton, N. C., Brown Creek near....... 163

Pompano Canal at Pompano Beach, Fla.... 306

Potato Creek near Thomaston, Ga. ....... 388

Potts Creek near Covington, Va......... 25

Prairie Creek near Gallion, Ala........ 504

Prattville, Ala., Autauga Creek at..... 456

Price, N. C., Mayo River near.......... 96

Princeton, N. C., Little River near.... 119

Providence Forge, Va., Chickahominy

River near....................... 58

Publications on stream flow by Geological Survey......................6-9, 11

by State agencies....................10, 11

Rainbow Springs near Dunnellon, Fla.... 342

R'amseur, N. C. , Deep River at. ......... 137

Randleman, N. C., Deep River near...... 136

Reddles River at North Wilkesboro, N. C. 153

Reedy Creek near Loughman, Fla......... 293

Reedy Fork near Gibsonville, N. C ...... 129

Reedy Lake Outlet near Frostproof,

Fla. ............'................. 298

Reedy River near Greenville, S. C...... 208

near Ware Shoals, S. C ............... 209

Reidsville, Ga., Ohoopee River near.... 254

Reidville, S. C., South Tyger River

near............................. 196

Resaca, Ga., Oostanaula River at....... 420

Richmond, Va., James River & Kanawha

Canal near....................... 51

James River near..................... 21

Richtex, S. C., Broad River at......... 186

Rivanna River at Palmyra, Va........... 48

Riverside, Va., South River near....... 39

Roanoke Creek at Saxe, Va.............. 91

Roanoke Rapids, N. C., Roanoke River at 82

Roanoke River at Altavista, Va......... 77

at Brookneal, Va..................... 78

at Buggs Island, Va.................. 81

at Clarksville, Va................... 80

at Lafayette, Va..................... 73

at Niagara, Va....................... 75

at Roanoke, Va....................... 74

at Roanoke Rapids, N. C .............. 82

near Clover, Va...................... 79

near Scotland Neck, N. C............. 83

near Toshes, Va...................... 76

Roanoke River Basin, N. C.-Va., discharge measurements in........... 538

gaging-station records in............73-105

Robbins, N. C., Bear Creek at.......... 140

Rochelle, Fla., Camps Canal near....... 271

Rock Hill, S. C., Catawba River near... 174

Rockbridge Baths, Va., Maury River at.. 34

Rockfish Creek near Hope Mills, N. C... 143

Rockfish River near Greenfield, Va..... 44

Rockford, Ala., Hatchet Creek near..... 449

Rockingham, N. C., Pee Dee River near.. 151

Rockport, Miss., Pearl River near.'..... 524

Rocky Creek near Perry, Fla............ 360

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Rocky Creek Basin, Fla., discharge

measurements in.................. 554

Rocky River (tributary to Pee Dee

River) near Norwood, N. C........ 162

Rocky River (tributary to South Yadkin

River) at Turnersburg, N. C...... 158

Rome, Ga., Coosa River near............ 421

Etowah River at...................... 438

Rosalie Canal. See Weohyakapka-Rosalie

Canal.

Roswell, Ga., Chattahoochee River near. 370 

Runnelstown, Miss., Tallahala Creek

near............................. 512

Runoff in inches, definition of........ 1

St. Augustine, Fla., Moultrie Creek

near............................. 277

St. Cloud, Fla., Canoe Creek near...... 292

East Tohopekaliga-Tohopekaliga Canal

near............................. 289

Gentry Lake Outlet near.............. 292

Tohopekaliga-Cypress Canal near...... 290

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.................. 551

gaging-station records in...........258-276

St. Lucie Canal at Lake Okeechobee,

Fla. .............................. 302

St. Marys River near Macclenny, Fla.... 257

Sakatonchee River near West Point, Miss. 483 

Saluda River at Chappells, S. C. ....... 204

near Columbia, S. C.................. , 207

near Greenville, S. C................ 200

near Pelzer, S. C.................... 201

near Silverstreet, S. C.............. 205

near Ware Shoals, S. C............/.. 202

Samantha, Ala., North River near....... 503

Samson, Ala., Pea River near........... 400

Sandy River near Danville, Va.......... 102

Sanford, Fla., St. Johns River near.... 260

Wekiva River near.................... 262

Santa Fe River at Worthington, Fla..... 354

near Fort White, Fla................. 356

near High Springs, Fla............... 355

Santee River near Pineville, S. C...... 177

Santee River Basin, N. C.-S. C., discharge measurements in..........545-550

-station records in...........172-210

Sarasota, JFla., Miakka River near 323,324,325 

Satilla River at Atkinson, Ga.......... 256

near Waycross, Ga.................... 255

Satilla River Basin, Ga., discharge

measurements of.................. 551

gaging-station records in...........255-256

Savannah River at Augusta, Ga.

at Burtons Ferry Bridge, near Millhaven, Ga.......................

near Calhoun Falls, S. C ............

near Clyo, Ga.......................

near Iva, S. C .......................

Savannah River Basin, Ga.-S. C'., discharge measurements in.

221

222

220

223

219

550 

gaging-station records in...........217-233

Saxe, Va., Roanoke Creek at............ 91

Sayre, Ala., Locust Fork at............ 501

Scarboro, Ga., Ogeechee River at....... 234

Scotland Neck, N. C., Roanoke River

near............................. 83

Scottsville, Va., Hardware River near.. 45 

James River at....................... 19

Sebrell, Va., Nottoway River near...... 63

Second Broad River at Cliffside, N. C.. 187 

Second-feet per square mile, definition

of............................... 1

Second-foot, definition of............. 1

Second-foot-day, definition of......... 1

Selma, Ala., Alabama River at.......... 428

Seneca River near Anderson, S. C....... 226

Sepulga River near McKenzie, Ala....... 413

Shoal River near Crestview, Fla........ 404

Silver Springs near Ocala, Fla......... 270

Silverstreet, S. C., Saluda River near. 205 

Sipsey Fork near Falls City, Ala....... 496

Sipsey River at Fayette, Ala........... 486

at Moores Bridge, Ala................ 487

near Elrod, Ala...................... 488